The next day big notices were put up all over the school saying there was going to be a school dance on in three weeks. This got everyone very excited.
"I can't wait," Viola said as she and Olivia read one of the notices.
"Me too," Olivia agreed.
"So," Viola said. "Do you think you'll ask my brother to the dance?"
Olivia turned to Viola. "What?"
Viola rolled her eyes. "Oh come on. It's just a bit obvious that you like him."
"Really?"
Viola nodded. "Yeah, and I think he feels the same way about you."
Olivia smiled. "You really think?"
"Yep. If you want I could get him to ask you."
Olivia nodded. "Yeah that would be great. Thanks Vi."
So that night, Olivia went for a walk while Viola and Sebastian had a talk.
"You're good friends with Olivia right?" Viola asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, I was thinking you should ask her to the dance," Viola said.
"Wait what?" Sebastian asked in surprise.
"Well everyone can see how you feel about her Sebastian. Plus, she likes you back."
"But Vi, what if she doesn't?" Sebastian said.
"Trust me Sebastian, she does. Now when she gets back, you should ask her out ok?"
Sebastian just nodded. "Ok," he said. "Where are you going?"
"I'll be in your room with Duke to give you and Olivia some alone time," Viola said as she left.
When she got to Duke's room, she knocked and waited for him to answer.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey. What are you doing here?"
"I left Sebastian in my room so he could have some privacy to ask Olivia out," Viola answered.
"Well, you wanna come in?" he asked, holding the door open for her.
She smiled at him and went into his room and sat down on his bed.
He came over and sat down next to her.
"So how are you?" He asked, trying to make conversation.
"Fine. Just hoping Sebastian doesn't chicken out on Olivia. She's the one who wanted me to set this whole thing up in the first place. I think they would make a great couple."
Duke put an arm round her. "Do you think we make a great couple?" He asked.
She looked up at him. "I think we're alright," she said with a smirk.
"Alright?" Duke pretended to look hurt. "Well that just ruined my day Vi."
Viola laughed at him. "Well," she said. "Maybe I can make it better again," and she leaned over and kissed him. She was about to pull away when he began kissing her back. She soon felt his arms wrapping themselves around her waist, while she wrapped hers around his neck.
"Wow," she said when they finally pulled away.
"Yeah," he agreed.
Duke looked down at her, and couldn't help himself. He leaned down to give her another kiss, much to her delight.
But their little make out session was shortly interrupted by a knocking on the door. Duke reluctantly left Viola to answer the door, which revealed Sebastian and Olivia standing there holding hands.
Viola raised an eyebrow. "So I take it things went well?" She asked.
Sebastian and Olivia smiled at each other, then at Viola. "I take that as a yes then," she said. "Well, I'm off to bed."
She walked over to Duke and gave him a kiss goodnight before leaving the room.
"I should probably go too," Olivia said.
"Yeah, course," Sebastian said. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Olivia said as she left.
Sebastian turned to Duke once they were alone.
"So are you still trying to get your ex back?"
Duke shook his head. "Nope. I think Viola's better than she'll ever be."
"Does Vi know that?" Sebastian asked.
"Yeah," Duke lied. "But she doesn't really like talking about our first few dates much, so maybe try and avoid that topic," he added, not wanting Sebastian to ruin everything they had together.
"Ok then," Sebastian said.
The next day, Anna came up to Duke and Viola after classes.
"Hey Duke," she said.
"Hi Anna," Duke said.
"I was just wondering if you were free tonight." She said. "Because I have all this English work that I need to catch up on."
"Ah, yeah, sure. What time?" Duke asked.
"Meet me at eight in the library," Anna said.
"How about my room?" Duke asked. "Sebastian and Olivia are going on a date, so come over at eight."
Anna nodded. "Sure. See you then."
"Why didn't you want to go to the library?" Viola asked.
Duke shrugged. "It was easier for her to come to me," he said.
That night, Viola decided to do some homework in her room while Duke was tutoring Anna.
At eight, Duke heard a knock on his door. When he opened it, he saw Anna with her English folder and bag, but what he noticed the most, was what she was wearing.
She had a very mini skirt on, and a halter top which came halfway up her stomach.
"Hi," she said.
"Hey," he said as he held the door open for her.
She walked in and dumped her stuff on his desk.
They sat down and Anna took out some assignment on poetry.
"I'm really stuck with this one, because I'm horrible at poetry," she said.
"Well it's not that hard," Duke said. "Just make the words rhyme."
He looked around the room and spotted his bed to use as an example.
"Here, listen to this," he said.
"I love my bed
At the end of the day when I'm tired
It's a great place to rest my head."
Anna nodded and smiled at him. She couldn't believe she was actually willing to fail English just to get him back.
After a few more of Duke's examples of poetry, he excused himself to go to the bathroom.
While he was gone, Anna pulled out a small camera out of her bag and hid it in the room. She only did this so she could use it if Duke didn't take her back.
Soon, he came back from the bathroom, and he continued helping her with her poetry assignment.
When it reached ten, Anna was almost finished. She looked over at Duke, who had a look of concentration on his face.
He looks so cute like that she thought.
He saw her looking, and looked over at her. Anna leaned in and kissed him. For a few moments Duke was in shock. He then quickly pulled away from her.
"Anna, what the hell was that?" He asked.
"A kiss," she said in a duh tone.
"Why did you kiss me? You broke up with me remember?"
"I know I did, but it was a mistake, and now I'm ready to take you back," she said.
"Anna, I'm with Viola now. I'm over you."
But Anna just kissed him again, and as he tried to pull away, she wrapped her arms around his neck. He was finally able to get her off him, and she just smirked at him.
"Didn't you here the part when I said I was over you?"
Anna sneered.
"You mean you actually like that little tramp?"
She got up, grabbed her books and left a very shocked Duke sitting there. Had his plan actually worked? Did Anna really want him back now? Well she was too late, because he liked Viola now.
Shit, he thought. Should he tell Viola about what had just happened? He thought it would be best if he didn't, just to be on the safe side.
The next day while Duke was at soccer practice, Anna snuck back into his room and took the camera she had hidden.
She then went back to her room, and began to edit the whole thing so it looked like her and Duke were kissing instead of doing homework.
She smiled in triumph once she was done. She really couldn't wait until the dance now.
That night, Duke and Viola went on a date to Cesarios.
Duke was trying to be extra nice to her, because he felt so guilty about not telling her what had happened when he was tutoring Anna.
Once they got back to Illyria, they went down to the soccer field to kick the ball around for a while. Soon they were exhausted, so they made their way back up to their rooms.
"Goodnight," Viola said hen they reached the school.
Duke leaned down and kissed her. "Night Vi," he said. As he watched her walk off to her room, he thought about how happy he was whenever he was with her. He would have to be really careful not to let her find out, but after a while all the people that knew about his plan would hopefully forget it and never bring it up ever again.
