He's Perfect For You

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from She's the Man!

A/N: This story starts off after the double date of Duke and Olivia and Sebastian and Eunice. Please feel free to send any ideas my way! Please read & review!! Enjoy.

Chapter 1.

Viola kicked the ball hard. It sailed into the net as it passed the out stretched hands of the goalie in her mind. Soccer always made her feel better even when everything else was going wrong. Viola sighed as she retrieved the ball; her love of soccer is what got her into trouble in the first place. Not only was she standing in the middle of the Illyria soccer pitch in a wig that itched like her aunt Tina's whiskers but she also had fallen for a guy who was hung up on someone else. That someone else just happened to be Viola's best friend at Illyria, although she did even know who Viola was. Viola tossed the ball up into the air and bicycle kicked it into the net.

"That's pretty good," a familiar voice said.

Viola stood up and turned to see Duke fishing the ball out of the net. He still wore the clothes that he had worn out on his date with Olivia: a pair of jeans that were worn in all the right places and a patterned button down open over a ribbed white tank. His eyes were sad and dim, the only change from earlier that night. Viola wanted to cover his lips with hers.

"How was your date? It looked like it went well."

Duke gave his friend a small smile as he handed over the ball. "It looked that way."

Viola frowned at this. How else would the date have gone? They were all over each other!

"What happened?"

"I don't know man. I was so damn nervous and we barely talked at all. Than you came and she was all over me."

"Really?" She asked, thinking that that was an odd thing for Olivia to do.

"She couldn't keep her hands off me. You saw."

"And then?"

"And then when you left she jumped up and left. You wouldn't know what that was all about would you?"

Shit, she thought.

Viola knew exactly what that was all about. Olivia didn't like Duke, she liked Sebastian and was probably just using Duke to make Sebastian jealous.

"Ahh, no!" She said quickly. "Why would I?"

"Because you're her friend. And cause you're good with these things." Duke said.

"Naw man, I don't know what happen but maybe you should consider giving up on Olivia."

"What? Why?" Duke asked, frowning at this.

Because I love you. Viola thought.

"Because if you were supposed to be with her it would have happened already."

There was a pause as Duke thought about what Sebastian said.

"Maybe," Duke said as he took a few steps back, signaling for Viola to pass him the ball.

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Viola fiddled with a pen as she sat on Sebastian's bed, doing Sebastian's homework. She glanced up at Duke who was sitting at his desk flipping through a textbook. Duke's date with Olivia last night was obviously still bothering him, which bothered Viola. She wanted to make Duke like her but she couldn't do that if she had to sit here pretending to be her brother and she couldn't just tell him the truth. He didn't have confidence when talking to girls and if he found out that he had been living with one for almost two weeks he would freak out. Viola bit her lip, unsure as to what she should do. Finally she took a deep breath and got up from the bed.

"Uh. I'll be back later man." Viola said as she hurried towards the door before she could stop herself.

Duke waved without looking up.

He had barely heard anything Sebastian had said and he had barely read anything from the textbook he was looking at. Sebastian had told him that he should give up on Olivia. Should he? He had failed to talk to her and she seemed like she had nothing to say to him. Then she had started kissing his neck. True, she had started kissing him but she moved away when he tried to catch her lips with his. She only moved closer to his ear, leaving him no choice but to nibble on her neck as well. Not that he was complaining at the time. At some point Sebastian had gotten up and she ran right out after him barely saying goodbye. What was that all about?

Duke frustrated with his train of thought, flipped open his book and concentrated hard on what he was supposed to be reading. When he looked up again nearly two hours had passed. Deciding to take a study break, Duke put on a pair of Nike's. He was going to see if Andrew or Toby wanted to grab a pizza at Caesario's. While he sat on the edge of his bed tying up his laces there was a knock at the door.

"It's open," Duke called out thinking that Andrew or Toby had come at the right time.

"Hey, is Sebastian here?"

Duke's head whipped up just in time to see Viola, Sebastian's beautiful twin sister, closing the door. She wore a denim mini, black Converse All Star low tops, and a black My Chemical Romance t-shirt. Duke took in her long toned legs and silky brown hair all at once.

"He, he wen...wen... he went out," Duke stuttered as he stood up.

"So, he's not here?" Viola asked, loving that Duke seemed so nervous.

Duke slowly nodded.

There was a pause as Viola and Duke starred at each other.

"I don't think we officially meet. I'm Viola, Sebastian's sister," Viola said, extending her hand.

"I'm Duke," he said taking her hand. Viola's stomach flipped as they made contact. She wasn't sure but she thought Duke might have felt something too.

"Do you know when he'll be back? We were supposed to hang out today," Viola said after an awkward pause.

"He left a couple of hours ago. He didn't say where he was going but I'm sure he'll be back soon."

"Oh, well I'm early," she said glancing at the watch on her wrist, "Do you mind if I wait until he comes back?"

"No, no it's okay. You can sit," Duke said a little too quickly. Viola nodded but she didn't sit. Instead she walked around the room looking at stuff she had left sitting out before she left the room earlier, pretending to poke around in her brother's things.

"So you play soccer?" Viola asked, looking at Duke's posters.

"Yeah. I'm the captain of the varsity team."

"That's cool. I play too, center forward."

"Same as Sebastian," Duke said sitting down on his bed again.

"Yep. Do you want to play in college?" Viola asked, sitting down on Sebastian's bed opposite Duke.

Duke nodded. He couldn't breath now that Viola was sitting across from him, one smooth tan leg crossed over the other.

"What schools are you looking at?"

"North Carolina would be my first choice."

"Really? Me too!" Viola said excitedly, her smile widening. She never knew Duke was looking to go to North Carolina.

Duke took a deep breath and remembering what Sebastian had said ("flow is flow") he asked Viola questions about herself.

Viola was extremely proud of Duke. He had really opened up to her and was asking her questions; she knew that he felt comfortable around her.

"That debutante stuff isn't really my thing but I do it to make my mom happy, you know?" Viola said.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. Every summer I go on this three-week fishing trip with my dad. I hate fishing but it makes him happy and its pretty cool, just hanging out with him."

"Listen," Viola started, moving to sit next to Duke on his bed, "About what happened at the carnival, I'm really sorry."

Duke's smile flattened a little bit.

"Justin should never have hit you. I feel really bad about that."

"So... so, you're not sorry about the kiss?" Duke asked quietly. This question caught Viola off guard, this was so unlike the Duke she knew, that laughter spilled out of her lips before she could stop herself.

"Not at all. Are you?"

Duke leaned forward slowly. "No. It was for charity." Viola's heart jumped into her throat. Duke's face was only a few inches from hers.

"The first one was for charity. What was the second one for?"

Duke didn't respond right away, he just looked down at Viola's lips.

"Because you tasted good," he said, hovering about her mouth. Their lips touched and there was an instant spark of energy that flowed through them. Viola was so shocked by this that she pulled back a little. Duke slipped his hand to the back of her neck, pulling forward slightly so that their lips met again.