The answer is option D. Present perfect. The present perfect tense indicates an action that started in the past and is still happening now.
For example:
-I have been answering these questions since last weekend.
-We have been living here for 10 years.
Friar Lawrence was a friend of Romeo and Juliet. He thought by marrying them they feud between the Montagues and Capulets would be buried, but all it did was make it worse.