POV: Mercutio Escalus

"When did you see them together?" Cassio asked quietly.

"Last Tuesday. And Thursday. And Saturday." I counted on my fingers like I was tallying something cheerful instead of documenting my best friend's march toward disaster. "They meet in the old greenhouse behind the athletics building. Very romantic. Very secret. Very likely to get them both killed when Tybalt inevitably finds out."

"Maybe it won't come to that."

"It always comes to that. Montagues and ...