"Bye honey, I'll call you tonight," her mother called out. Viola rolled her eyes. "Bye mum," she said.
She turned round and took in her new school. All the new and unfamiliar faces looking at her as they passed. She was so angry at her mother for sending her to Illyria! She was much happier at Cornwall than here she thought. Well, except for her tool of an ex boyfriend and the girl's soccer team getting cut, but she still had her two best friends there.
She sighed as she made her way to the office to get her room number. When she arrived in her room, she was greeted by a friendly looking blonde girl.
"Hi, my name's Olivia. You must be my new room mate."
Viola nodded. "Yeah, my name's Viola."
Once she had put all her stuff away, they started talking.
"So, what school did you go to before here?" Olivia asked.
"Cornwall," Viola said. "Our rival school? What was it like there?"
Viola shrugged. "It was good. But my mother transferred me here when my twin Sebastian got kicked out."
"Your brother got kicked out? Why?" Olivia asked.
"Because he skipped too many classes. Um, is there a girl's soccer team here by any chance?" Viola asked hopefully.
"Yeah, I heard that tryouts are tomorrow after classes. Why, you play?" Viola nodded. "Yeah, I was captain of the girl's team at Cornwall, but it got cut."
That night in the dining hall, Viola spotted her brother Sebastian with a group of guys. "Sebastian," she called out. Seeing her, he got up and came over to her. "Hey Vi, how are you?" He asked. "Yeah, I'm good. Guess what? There's a girl's soccer team here!" She said excitedly. Sebastian rolled his eyes. "Seriously, is that all you ever think about?"
At that point, Viola heard her name being called out. Turning around, she saw that it was Olivia. "Hey Olivia," she said. "This is my brother Sebastian. Sebastian, this is my room mate Olivia."
Once they were introduced, Olivia invited them to sit with her and her friends. They accepted, so they went to meet her friends. Her friends were called Lily, Sarah and Amy, and to her delight, they all played soccer too, so Viola happily chatted away with them while Sebastian and Olivia got to know each other better.
That night, Viola went for a walk to the soccer field. She sat down in the stands and looked out over the field. She jumped when she heard someone behind her. Spinning round, she saw that it was a guy about her age, who was also rather attractive.
"Sorry if I scared you," he said.
"It's fine. I'm Viola Hastings," she said.
"Duke Orsino. Are you Sebastian's sister?"
Viola smiled "Yeah. Why, you know him?"
Duke nodded. "He's my room mate. He said you're pretty good at soccer too."
"Well I was the captain of the girl's team at Cornwall, but it got cut, and the coach wouldn't let us try out for the boy's team because he's a sexist asshole."
Duke laughed. "Well I suppose that's a good thing then, because I happen to be captain of Illyria, and my team would beat yours easy. We do every time we play."
"Captain? That's pretty good," Viola said. "My ex is the captain at Cornwall."
"You mean Drayton?" Duke asked with a bit of shock and disgust in his voice.
"Yeah, but I dumped him before I came here because he's such a tool."
Duke nodded in agreement. "Well it's been nice talking to you, but I'd better get back to my room now," Viola said. "Yeah, well I'll see you around then," duke said.
Not long after, Duke also headed back to his room, only to find his girlfriend, Anna, waiting for him. "Hey," he said as he went and hugged her. "What are you doing out here?"
"I was waiting for you," she said. "Duke, I think we should break up."
"What? But why? I thought we were great together."
Anna sighed. "I just don't like you like that anymore. Sorry."
Duke just stood there while she walked away. After a while, he went into his room and saw Sebastian and his two friends Toby and Andrew. "Hey, Anna was in here a few minutes ago looking for you," Sebastian said.
"Yeah she was waiting for me outside the door."
"Really? What did she say?" Andrew asked.
"She broke up with me."
"What? Man, that really sucks," Toby said. "We all thought you two were great together."
"Yeah, me too," Duke said. "I met your sister tonight," he said to Sebastian, trying to change the subject.
"Really? She should have been nice to you, seeing as you play soccer," Sebastian said.
"Yeah, she was nice," Duke agreed.
"I just figured out how to get Anna back for you Duke!" Toby said excitedly after some silence had passed through the room. "We could get you to go out with Sebastian's sister, to make Anna jealous! Then she'll take you back for sure."
"Um, or not," Sebastian protested.
"Why? It's a great plan," Andrew said.
"Because she's my sister, and I don't want to see her get hurt."
"Come on Sebastian," Toby said. "Yeah we'll tell her all about it so she knows," Andrew said.
Sebastian looked at Duke, who looked hesitant. "I don't know about this one guys. I mean, I'd love to get Anna back, but I would feel really bad about using someone, even if they do know."
"Come on Duke, how else will you do it? Besides, she might find someone else soon, Toby said.
Duke sighed. "Fine. But only if it's ok with Sebastian."
Everyone looked at Sebastian, waiting for his answer. Sebastian thought about it for a moment. He didn't think Viola would mind helping Duke get Anna back, and how could se get hurt if she knew? "Well, I guess it should be fine," he said. "Just make sure you tell her first."
"We will," Andrew said.
The next day in chemistry, the class was put into pairs for the rest of the semester, and Duke got partnered with Viola. "Hello again," she said as she came and sat next to him. "Hey," he said. "So you trying out for the girl's team today?" She nodded. "Yep. Hope I get in." "Well from what your brother has said, I think you stand a pretty good chance." So for the rest of the lesson, they talked and got to know each other better.
After classes, Viola hurried back to her room to get ready for tryouts. Once she was ready, she raced down to the soccer field and saw the other girls waiting for tryouts to begin. She spotted Lily, Sarah and Amy and jogged over to them. "Hey," she said. "Where's the coach?" "Just coming now," Amy said, pointing behind her. Viola turned and saw the coach come towards them.
The tryouts were hard, but at the end, Viola was pretty sure she had made it through. When the coach had read out ten names which had made first string, Viola was getting nervous. "And finally, the captain of first string, is Hastings," the coach said. Viola was shocked. Captain? She could hardly believe it! When the girls started to drift off, her friends came up to her to congratulate her. "Well done," Sarah said. "Yeah, you really deserved it," Lily added. Amy nodded in agreement. "Thanks guys," Viola said. "Come on lets go get cleaned up."
As they were walking away, Duke came up to Viola. "Hey, could I talk to you for as second?" "Sure." Turning to her friends, she said, "I'll see you guys later." Once they were gone, Duke said, "You did really well out there today."
"Thanks," Viola said. "I was made captain." "Well done. Um, I know we've only known each other for a few days, but I was wondering if you wanted to go out to dinner with me sometime?" He asked hopefully.
Viola smiled. She had hoped he would ask her out. "Sure, I'd love to." "Really? Ok then, I'll meet you here at eight." "Ok. Well, I'd better go have a shower and get changed, so I'll see you at eight," Viola said. "Yeah, see you then."
When Duke went back to his room, Andrew and Toby were eagerly awaiting Viola's answer. "She said yes," he said when he walked in. they immediately jumped up and patted him on the back.
"So was it easy to convince her to help you get Anna back?" Andrew asked. Duke paled. "You didn't tell her did you?" Toby asked in disbelief. Duke just shook his head and sat on the bed. "What will I do now?" Toby and Andrew looked at each other. "You can't tell her now dude. She'll get all angry at you." Duke looked at them. "You think?" He asked sarcastically. "Sebastian will kill me when he finds out. So will Viola." "Well," Andrew said. "Sebastian doesn't get back for like three weeks, so don't worry about him for now." "And just keep dating Viola like nothing's wrong," Toby added. "You just have to make sure she doesn't find out. Because then you're screwed." Duke sighed. "If she finds out she'll probably never speak to me again." He would just have to take it one date at a time now.