Hey everyone, I'm so sorry this has taken me so long to update, I think its been almost two months now, possibly more. Again I'm really sorry, but school has been so stressful and on top of that a full work schedule has left me little time to do anything for myself, and that includes writing. Hopefully I'll get a couple chapters up over the holiday, thought I'm leaving soon for New Years. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter. And thanks for all my great reviews, I'm so shocked that I've almost reached 300 reviews. You guys are really awesome! Thanks to all of you!

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

A NEW DAY

Viola rolled over and stretched out in her bed. When she finally opened her eyes it took her a couple minutes to realize where she was at. The biggest smile broke out on her face when she came to realize that she was in her new dorm room at Illyria Academy. Just then Olivia walked into the room with her hair wrapped up in a towel and still wearing a bathrobe.

"So your finally awake." Olivia said laughing.

Moaning Viola said, "Why did morning have to come so early?"

"Well if you and Duke weren't out so late you wouldn't be so tired." Olivia teased.

"Well he wanted to make sure that I was comfortable in my new home." Viola said sitting up in her bed, "So what time does classes start in this place?"

"In an hour." Olivia said laughing, "You had better hurry up."

"If I have too." Viola said flopping back down on the bed acting over dramatically.

"Come on drama queen get out of bed."Olivia said sitting down at the vanity and pulled out her blow drier.

"Fine." Viola said getting up and grabbing her bathroom things and headed to the girls shower room.

About twenty minutes later Viola reemerge into the dorm room and saw that Olivia was already in her uniform and her hair was all done and was now sitting in front of her laptop checking her e-mail. Viola sat down at the vanity and started to blow dry her hair which only took about ten minutes. Viola then quickly changed into her uniform.

"So what is your first class?" Viola asked slipping her feet into her shoes.

"English, how about you?" Olivia asked back.

Reaching over to pick up her course schedule Viola said with a disgusted voice, "Math. You would think that the school board would know that it isn't smart to put math first thing in the morning seeing no one is awake enough to learn it."

Olivia started to laugh and then asked, "Let me see your schedule to see if we have any classes together."

Viola handed Olivia over her schedule, who then read it over quickly and said, "We got Biology and History together."

"Not bad huh, at least I know I have a friend here that won't just think of me as the girl that has come from Cornwall." Viola said laughing.

"Do you need any help finding your first class?" Olivia asked reaching over to grab her text book to put into her book bag.

"Yeah if you wouldn't mind." Viola said, "And I guess if I want help that means we got to leave now."

Laughing Olivia said, "Unless you plan to make me late for class."

"Fine if we have too." Viola said going over to the side of her bed and picked up her book bag and double checked to make sure she had her scribbler and her pens.

Then they both headed out of their room and headed to their class rooms.

Viola was bored out of her mind the entire time during class and her mind kept wondering back to Duke and wondering how his class was doing. She was constantly doodling in her scribbler occasionally looking up at the teacher trying to make sense of what he was going on about. She was so much into her day dreaming that she was startled when the bell rang.

Excited that she was going to get to see Duke she quickly packed up her book bag and jumped up from her desk and headed out of the classroom. She got out of the class room and headed right and only got a couple classrooms down when she realized that she didn't know where she was going. Stopping and hoping to get her bearings she felt someone tap her on the shoulder.

Turning around Viola saw Duke and quickly jumped into his arms.

"I figured you would be lost and thought I would come help you find your way to your next class." Duke said laughing.

"Who said I was lost?" Viola asked teasingly.

"Because you were heading in the wrong direction." Duke pointed out.

"Maybe I was taking the scenic route." Viola said.

"Yeah, the route that would make you very late to class, so come on or you are going to make the both of us late." Duke said turning Viola around in the right direction and took her hand.

"My hero." Viola said in a swooning voice.

"You know it." Duke said letting go of her hand and wrapping it around her shoulder.

"So you got soccer practice this afternoon?" Viola asked.

"Sure do, you coming down to watch?" Duke asked.

"Of course I am, can't miss watching you working out without your shirt on." Viola said with a mischievous look in her eyes.

"You know you are too cute for words, and you know if you want to see me without my shirt all you got to do is ask." Duke said laughing.

Viola was just about to say something back to that when Sebastian who was behind them interrupted.

"I hope this conversation is going to end right here cause that is my baby sister your talking about." Sebastian said with good humor.

Turning around Viola said "You are only older by a couple minutes now get over it."

"I'm still older." Sebastian argued.

"Fine what ever." Viola said rolling her eyes but was still smiling at her brother. "So you happy that you LITTLE sister is here in the same school as you so you can keep a better eye on."

"You know I'm happy you're here, besides this way my phone isn't ringing all day and night driving me nuts with you just wanting to talk." Sebastian said.

"Why so you and Olivia won't be interrupted anymore." Viola said teasingly.

"Shut up."

"Come on you two lets not fight or we'll ruin Viola's first day here at Illyria." Duke said laughing.

"Come on Duke you know that I'm only picking on her." Sebastian said gently punching Viola in the shoulder.

Just then Olivia showed up and said, "So how was math class Viola?"

"Boring, I don't think I heard one thing the teacher said." Viola said.

Olivia laughed and said, "Well this one should be much better seeing we are all going to be their."

"Yeah in a class where we are going to be dissecting animals." Viola said starting to look

nauseous.

"Come on you big baby, lets go before we are all late." Sebastian said laughing.

Together the four of them headed to class, and after Viola was introduced to the teacher who surprisingly partnered her up with Duke, whose partner happened to be sick that day. This was much to Viola's relief that she wasn't being partnered up with a complete stranger.

Viola sat across from Duke who when the teacher wasn't looking reached over and took her hand and gently rubbed his thumb over hers and smiled at her. Viola smiled back but quickly turned to disgust when the teacher started to hand out the pans with the frogs they were to be dissecting.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Viola said looking down at the frog the teacher had put in front of her.

Duke laughed and slid the plate with the frog on it over to his side of the table. "Don't worry about it babe. You read me the directions of what we are suppose to be doing and I'll do all the gross stuff."

A sigh of relief came from Viola who looked down at the directions in front of her. "Ok the first thing it says to do is tell your boyfriend how much you love him and how wonderful you think he is."

"So how wonderful do you think your boyfriend is?" Duke asked.

"So wonderful I would kiss him right in front of this class and embarrass him if I didn't think that it would cause me to get detention on my first day." Viola said laughing and crumpling up a piece of paper and threw it at Duke's head.

Before Duke could say something back at Viola, Malcolm came up behind Viola and said, "There is not suppose to be any carrying on around the burners."

Duke look at Malcolm and said, "Get lost Malcolm."

Viola hearing Malcolm's name turned around and put on the biggest smile on her face and said in her sweetest voice, "So your Malcolm."

Malcolm never having met Viola said, "Why yes I am."

"Good because I owe you this." Viola said and punched him square in the nose and said angrily, "Next time someone gives you a message you deliver it, got it?"

Malcolm however was no long listening to Viola but had his hand over his now bleeding nose cursing and looking for the teacher.

Viola now realizing she was going to get detention walked over to Dukes side of the desk and leaned over and kissed a very shocked looking Duke.

While still kissing Duke, Sebastian said, "Viola what are you doing?"

Pulling away from Duke Viola said laughing, "Making my first day at school a little more interesting."

"I can see that." Sebastian said looking at the door that Malcolm had run out looking for the teacher who had momentarily left the class room.

"You know what, I think everyone in this room is jealous that you actually hit him when so many of us want to." Duke said finally coming out of his shocked stage but still blushing from the kiss Viola just gave him in front of the whole class.

Just as Duke said that the entire class started to clap and Sebastian just shock his head knowing that this was all a shot to Viola's ego.

But the laughter was short lived when the teacher came back into the classroom with Malcolm in tow who was now pointing at Viola.

Walking over to Viola the teacher said, "Well you seem to be having a very good first day. Care to explain how this student got a bloody nose."

"I'd be glad to." Viola said putting on a very serious voice and face. "He came over to me and touched me on the shoulder and it startled me and it was just a reaction. I'm so sorry and I promise it will never happen again."

"You natural reaction is to punch someone when they tap you on the shoulder." The teacher said unbelieving.

That's when Sebastian spoke up, "Believe me its true, I've had my share of bloody noses and black eyes from her."

Looking at Viola the teacher said, "Seeing its your first day here I'm going to cut you a little bit of slack, however I would quickly change your reaction to being startled. At least your reaction to being startled in the classroom."

"Thank you so much and I promise I won't punch anyone anymore in the classroom." Viola said in a very grateful voice.

"Good." the teacher said and in a louder voice at the whole class, "Shows over everyone now get back to work. Malcolm you are excused from the rest of class to go see the nurse for your nose."

When the teacher was out of ear shot and the noise in the classroom when back up to a higher volume Viola let out a sigh of relief.

"That was close, I was sure I was going to get detention." Viola said to Duke.

"I thought you were going to get detention too." Duke said shocked that the teacher let her off.

"Believe me it was a big sacrifice, detention would have meant that I wouldn't have been able to see you run around the soccer field shirtless. But its was so worth it to punch him." Viola said smiling.

"Well I'm glad you punched him too, though almost at the expense of missing me run around with my shirt off." Duke said.

Before Viola could reply the teacher showed up and said, "Don't make me regret not giving you detention, now you two get back to work before I rearrange lab partners."

Both Viola and Duke mumbled that they were sorry and got back to work on their lab assignment.

Following the day at school Viola went back to her room to change out of her uniform before heading down to the soccer team to watch Duke practice for soccer. She put on a pair of jeans and her tank top and put on her sneakers.

Jogging down to the field Viola took a seat on the grass under one of the tress and put in her head phones and watched the team start their warm ups.

When their warm ups where complete Duke and the rest of the team broke up into two teams and started to practice. Viola started to think back to what she gave up by transferring schools, and that was being captain of her own team. Her at Illyria there was no girls soccer team and she knew that tryouts were already over for Illyria so it was too late to tryout for Illyria's team. Sighing Viola realized that she gave up Cornwall for a reason and that was to get as far away from Justin as possible.

Two hours later when practice was over Duke jogged over to where Viola was sitting, who had dozed off half way threw the practice.

Noticing that Viola was asleep Duke leaned over and pulled her headphones out of her ears and whispered, "Wake up sleepy head."

Viola stirred but didn't get up.

"Come on Viola you need to wake up." Duke said a little bit louder. When Viola still didn't wake up Duke said, "Well if you don't wake up we won't be able to play soccer."

Viola eyes instantly opened up at the word soccer.

"Hey." Viola said yawning.

"Hey yourself." Duke said standing back up and putting his hand out and helped Viola up to her feet. "So you up to kicking the ball around a bit?"

"Of course I am, but aren't you soccered out from all that practice?" Viola asked.

"Of course not, besides I know how much you miss playing, so lets go." Duke said jogging back out on the field and picked up one of the balls he had made sure was left there for him.

Viola chased after him and quickly stole the ball from Duke and dropped it to the ground. Then she jumped up and kissed Duke and said, "Thanks, I really do miss playing." Then Viola kicked the ball and started running away from Duke.

The two of them started to chase each other around trying to steal the ball from each out when Toby and Andrew showed up on the field.

Toby yelled out, "Is this a private game or can anyone join?"

Viola stopped and picked up the ball and tossed it over to Toby and Andrew and yelled, "I hope you guys can keep up."

Excepting the challenge the guys quickly joined in on the game and they all put everything they had in on it. They quickly broke up into teams, Viola deciding to change sides and picked Toby to be on her team. Seeing the teams were now pretty evenly matched they tied up in the end when they decided to call it quits.

Completely exhausted the guys headed to the locker rooms to get changed while Viola ran back to her dorm to change. When she got there Olivia wasn't there so Viola figured she was out with Sebastian. Quickly grabbing a shower and changing Viola headed back down to the locker room.

Viola was waiting outside of the locker room waiting for Duke wondering what was taking so long.

Inside the locker room Duke was working out a plan with Toby and Andrew about how they could make Viola feel really welcomed into their school.