"What book?" He snatches the book out of Thea's hand. He let out a short, sparky laugh. "Ha! Romeo and Juliet? I- I mean it's a great story I suppose . . . How about . . . I'll be your Romeo tonight if you go out with me?"
"Gaston, I've said it before but I am just not interested in you or anyone else for that matter-there's plenty of boys in this village falling over themselves for the chance to go out with you-why can't you just ask one of them?"
He stood on his tiptoes, trying desperately to grab his book back
