Chapter 3: Try Outs

The trip between the Dorm Rooms and the Soccer Pitch.

Viola (dressed as Sebastian), Duke, Toby, and Andrew

"So, you got a boyfriend?" Toby asked with a sly smile.

"No. I just broke up with Justin a few days ago. Remember?" Viola answered.

"Justin?.. Wait, do you mean Justin as in Drayton?!" Andrew demanded.

"Uh, yeah?" Viola replied with curiosity.

"Oh My God! What made you go out with him? I mean come-on! He's a tool!" Toby exclaimed.

"And a cry-baby" Andrew added.

"Yeah, remember when our Dukey here made him cry? That was so funny!" Toby said while slapping Duke on the back.

"OMG! That was you?! That was hilarious. I mean even though I was dating him at the time I still couldn't help myself from laughing!" Viola told Duke with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, that was me," Duke replied shyly.

They had then reached the soccer field. Viola looked around, amazed at how impeccable the field was. Cornwall had a couple of ovals they used to play soccer on, but that was nothing compared to this! It looked like Illyria took care of this oval as though it was going to be hosting the Olympics right after training. The grass looked as though it had just been cut, the lines looked as though they had just been painted and the stands looked like they had just been cleaned. Viola couldn't wait until try outs started so she could play on the field. Just as she was thinking this a voice came from behind her.

"Ladies, I am Coach Dinklage and you will need to show me what you're made of." A man said from behind her. She turned around so she could see him. She was met with a massive man, with huge muscles and a tanned body, staring right at her.

"Who are you?" The coach asked in a somewhat friendly voice.

Viola was stunned for a moment but she managed to regain her voice.

"I am Sebastian Hastings, Coach. And I would like to try out for the team." Viola said in her best man voice. She could see Toby, Duke and Andrew fighting back a laugh and she knew it was because of her voice and how fake it sounded.

"Okay, well good luck then." Coach Dinklage said to her before asking the next person the same thing. After he had finished getting to know the newbies he said,

"Well, let's get started you bunch of girls!"

And so tryouts began.

Tryouts

(Let's also pretend that Viola is actually better

than what she was in the movie)

Tryouts were intense. Coach Dinklage made them run four laps of the field, then do 20 push-ups – Viola struggled to do ten, but continued through them. Then they were told to do 20 push-ups. By this time Viola was already getting tired and so she was glad when they stopped to do some stretches before getting into more training. After they stretched, they were put in pairs to have a one on one game of soccer. Toby and Andrew were paired together, and so was Viola and Duke. The Coach put 'Sebastian' and Duke together because he considered 'Sebastian' to be the runt of the pack, because he was considerably smaller than the rest of the guys, and he wanted him to know that soccer was a tough game ad that it was going to be hard to obtain a spot on the team, even for the second stringers.

Viola was glad that she got paired with Duke because a) he knew her secret and, b) she wanted to show that she was serious about soccer. Viola ran to find Duke when they were told to find there pairs and they got started straight away. Duke let Viola start with the ball because he wanted to go easy on her, although he regretted that decision as she ran past him and scored a goal without him realising that she had even started. He got to start with the ball next but when he got about two-thirds of the way up the field Viola managed to sweep the ball out from under him, run it to her goal and score before he could comprehend what had happened. When training was over the score between Viola and Duke was 6-2 in favour of Viola. Duke was so shocked and also amazed at Viola. He couldn't understand how she beat him. He was the best on his team, and captain.

The Coach called everyone to stand around him while he announced who was going to be in the team. "Okay, first stringers," he said, "Duke, Toby, Andrew, Sebastian, Robert, James, David, Brandon, Vincent, Jeffery, and Michael, all deserved their spot as a first stringer. And all you rest are second stringers. Keep training and I might change some spots around though. Now hit the showers!" Coach Dinklage told everyone.

Viola was so happy with her spot on the team that she went up to Duke after and hugged him, then realising it was an un-manly thing to do she quickly took a step back and just smiled instead.

"Hey, well done!" Duke said after.

"Yeah!" Andrew added, him and Toby coming towards them.

"You didn't tell us you could play well!" Toby said as they all congratulated Viola on her efforts.

Viola walked back to her dorm alone and had a shower there while the guys showered in the locker room.

Once she had finished she got changed and waited for the guys to get back.

A/N: Short chapter, I know. Maybe one day, I will edit this story properly and make it longer. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! :)