"This is not just a girl you love!"
Benvolio exploded. "'Tis a Capulet girl! The younger sister of
Theobald and Ricardo, who hate you enough as it is! If they realize you have been teasing their innocent younger sister, they will break you in half!"
"Tease!" Mercutio repeated. "Tease? Really, Benvolio, have I ever teased about love?"
Benvolio stared at him.
Mercutio cleared his throat. "Ay. Well, I do not tease now! What, you do not believe me?"
- From chapter 6 of
mercutio and allegra.