Disclaimer: I do not own She's the Man

Well lots of reviews to do now.

GilbertDrone328- thank you for pointing out some of my errors. I know it's really unlikely to pass out from dehydration that was like a month ago, but lets pretend she never fully rehyrdated herself...

pinkflamingos988- don't we all wish we had a man like that? It's a shame this story is fiction...LOL!

ummmhilol- like I said before. Don't we all want that perfect guy? One day... When I finish high school that is.

cbarkins- don't worry. I'll try not to let Abigail to get to Viola. Thank you for the nice comments. I actually enjoy writing Abigail stuff and how her life is a mess... and when I write about how she gets to Viola, I think YAY! Now someone can make her feel better! (like Duke)

Girlz-Rule- I'm not gonna break them up again... that stuff is over... you'll just have to wait and see...

navy seaside anchor- I thought it wasn't a good cliffhanger because it like gave the next chapter away...

Mrs. Dom Masbolle- don't worry, no one thinks she's clingy OR needy. That's Abigail. Duke loves spending time with her, he might even feel a bit guilty... because it was most of his doing that she suffered... if you look at it from one point of view.

HarryPotterANDShesTheMan18- it's nice to hear you can't wait for more!

nikkitan89- I cannot kill Abigail. She's still important. Don't worry, she's going down.

Today, let's get right into it!

"You mean you wanna?" Sebastian asked slowly. Duke nodded.

"That's great!" Olivia gushed.

"I never said it wasn't," Sebastian said. "It is great. But why are you asking us?"

"Seeing you've done it before. I personally don't have a clue what to do. I've been thinking for ages now. Just unsure."

"Well if you're worried she's going to say no, it's okay. She's bound to say yes." Olivia kindly remarked.

"Well, the first thing you need to do is find a really nice ring."

"Oh! Like mine!" Olivia showed Duke her engagement ring.

"And then you have to think of a way to ask her."

"Oh! Sebastian wrote a song! Isn't that sweet?"

"Okay... what about your parents?"

"Well I asked Olivia's parents and my parents before... just to let them know. Knowing my parents, they'd flip if they found out I decided to get myself engaged to Olivia without letting them know."

"I see. What type of ring do I buy?"

"You really have never done this before, have you?"

"Oh sure I have. Lots of times because I've been oh so successful in my social life with Abigail always there," Duke said sarcastically.

"Okay, okay. I get your point. Let's get two things straight. The engagement ring is the one with the rock." Olivia pointed to her ring. "Then the wedding band is the one without the rock." Olivia once again pointed to her other ring.

"I know that. I'm not completely a hopeless case."

"That's a relief."

"Sebastian, be nice!"

"Well will you help me find a ring?"

"Sure!" Olivia said on behalf of Sebastian.

"Thanks!" Duke sighed with relief. One third of the process was over. Now he had to tell his parents and Viola's parents. This weren't going to be pretty. Duke called up his parents the next day. He said they needed to talk. His mother was all worried and was jumping to conclusions that night.

"Oh Edward!" Elizabeth Orsino said in bed that night. "I can't get to bed without the feeling that Duke's going to tell us he's gotten some girl pregnant!"

"There's nothing to worry about. Just go to bed."

"But what if something is seriously wrong!"

"I'm sure it'll be fine."

"But what happens if he tells us-"

"Elizabeth, I assure you, he is not going to jail."

"If you insist!" She rolled over in bed and thought of all the possibilities that could be wrong. Duke was closer to his parents when he was younger. As he got older, his parents became more and more absorbed into their social lives and barely acknowledged they had a son, let alone child. His mother became obsessed with Juinior League and his father was always busy with work or out to golf meetings to care. Then came the year where Duke was going to enter high school. His parents thought it was appropiate to send him to preparatory school. So they shipped him off to a boarding prep school. Duke was lucky to choose which was he was able to go to and chose Illyria for their great soccer program.

So Duke was headed off to Illyria Prep. As the years went on, he and his parents barely talked or contacted each other. Duke would go home for major breaks and vacations but even then, his parents were to busy to care. Duke didn't care much. His parents had a life to live and so did he. After college, he was out on his own. They spoke occassionally but Duke avoided his parents. So when Duke said he had something important to talk about, his mother was worried that something dreadful happened.

The next day, Duke met up with his parents. They weren't too busy but they made an excuse to hurry up anyways. Duke wasn't exactly to thrilled to meet up with them either. Elizabeth Orsino was odd in a way. When people said how proud she must be, she went on about how it soccer was always a dream for Duke and how she was so proud. But when people didn't wonder and ask she lived her life. Don't get the wrong idea. Mr and Mrs Orsino loved their son Duke quite a lot, like most parents do. They just have an odd way of showing it.

"Duke," his father said, nodding.

"Dad, mom. I need to talk. It's really important."

"Here it comes!" Elizabeth groaned.

"There's this girl." Before Duke could continue, Elizabeth Orsino started panicking and jumping to conclusions.

"I knew it! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!" She was referring to her 'he's gotten somebody pregnant' theory.

"Continue," Duke's father said. He put a hand on Elizabeth's arm and she started to stop a bit.

"Her name's Viola. She's really special and I was thinking of asking her to marry me."

Elizabeth Orsino lifted her head up which was in her hands. "That's it? There's nothing more? Are you sure?"

"I'm positive."

"You're mother had this crazy idea that you had gotten someone pregnant."

"It wasn't a crazy idea! It was a logical theory!" She snapped.

"You thought I?" Duke was shocked. His mother had tended to jump to conclusions and let her mind ponder in the possibilites but this was different. He decided to let it go this time, his mother was well always going to be herself, there was no changing.

"Well?"

"Well what?" Duke questioned.

"When do we meet her?" his father demanded.

"You want to meet her?"

"Of course sweetie. You can't expect us to let you go off and marry some girl. If you came to ask us for permission, we need to meet the girl first."

"Fine then." Duke grumbled. He said in a low voice, "We'll know who to blame if she hates me at the end."

"Well bring her to dinner."

"When?"

"Tonight of course! We aren't busy and it's not like we're going to cancel any other dinner. Bring her to dinner tonight. We'll meet you at Paolo's." Paolo's was this really nice, elegant, fancy restaurant that they loved going to for dinner parties with their friends.

"We'll meet you there at 8pm, sharp," his father added.

"Can you not mention anything? I want it to be a surprise."

"Fine." Then the two hurried off as they had 'business' to attend. Duke knew the evening wasn't going to be the best, especially with his parents asking her questions as if it were a test. It was a test. But even if they didn't approve, it wasn't going to stop him from loving Viola. Now all he had to do was get her to go to dinner... with his parents.

"Hello?" Viola's cheerful voice answered the phone. She was so much better now. Never been better before. She was so full of life, just like in high school, back when they were together.

"Hey Vi."

"Duke! What's up?"

"Do you wanna go to dinner tonight?"

"Sure!"

"With my parents?"

"You're parents?" Viola wondered. "Sure," she said slowly.

"Are you sure?"

"Duke it sounds like you don't want me to meet your parents."

"I don't. They're just, I don't know. My parents."

"Well, if it goes that bad and I decide I hate you, I'll just take you to dinner with my parents."

"That sounds fair."

"So where we going?"

"This place my parents like."

"I see. I'm guessing it's fancy."

"Yep."

"Don't worry I'll wear a dress and look all pretty. Don't worry. I have a dresses. I'm not a tomboy, I just prefer not to be so dressed up and girly-girl all the time."

"Well. I'll meet you at 7:30?"

"Sure. I'll be waiting."

"Don't sound too excited, when the night's over you'll regret it all."

Duke waited anxiously until time came. He got ready. He knew his parents would expect him to dress up. He went for a suit. He didn't want to wear a tie, but he brought one with him, just in case. He went to pick up Viola and all he could say was "Wow." Viola looked beautiful and elegant. She had her hair in slight curls, like the night of the Debutante Ball, years ago. She wore a deep, dark blue dress. It was a sleeveless dress and the straps covered her shoulders. The back was high so that it covered most of her back. The dress stopped just at her knees and she had these silver, strappy, open-toe high heels. She wore very little make up. She just had a silvery eye shawdow and some lip gloss. Nothing big.

"You look very nice," Duke complimented, kissing her cheek in order not to ruin her make up and not get any lip gloss on his lips.

"You do too. Don't mind me asking, but won't your parents want you to wear a tie?" Viola mentioned as they walked to his car.

"Yes. I have one in the car."

"Don't tell me you don't know how to tie a tie."

"I do! I just don't like wearing them, or doing them up." They got his car and he took out the tie to show her. She snatched the tie from him. She lifted up his collar. She did the tie for him, perfectly. She put the collars down and buttoned the top button that had been left undone and pulled up the tie. She pretended to wipe some dust off his shoulders, causing them to both laugh.

"Where'd you learn to tie a tie like that?"

"Remember, I went to Illyria as a guy for a few weeks. I wore the proper school uniform which consisted of a blazer, shirt AND tie. Plus, I used to do it for my dad when I was younger."

"How sweet," Duke said in a mocking tone. Viola punched him in the arm before doing his seatbelt. They drove to the restaurant with Duke tellling her about his parents.

"My mom is very, um, interesting. She likes to ask a lot of questions." They arrived at the restaurant at 7:55. They waited in the car for four minutes before heading outside and entering the restaurant. They sat down at 8 on the dot. Viola tried not to laugh at how precise he had been and she managed with a smile.

"You must be Viola," Mrs Orsino said in a kind tone.

"Yes. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Just the same. I'm Edward and this is Elizabeth," Edward said introducing himself and his wife. Duke sighed with relief, he knew the dinner would be okay. He knew Viola was going to be very formal with everything. Sure enough, Viola was very polite and very lady-like. When a waiter came around with a bottle of wine, Viola politely rejected.

"You don't like wine?" Elizabeth questioned, mentally noting it.

"Well I'm not particularly fond of it. I don't drink a lot and I don't really like the bitter taste of alcohol."

Duke gave out a nervous laugh while Mr and Mrs Orsino laughed freely. The dinner went pretty smoothly with Elizabeth doing most of the asking. She asked about her parents, her job, how she knew Duke. Viola told her how her mother was in the Junior League as well and how she was a debutante (Elizabeth was thirlled to hear that) and how she played soccer. (Elizabeth didn't approve of that and she made a mental note to remember.) Viola told her how she knew Duke back in high school, they had played soccer against each other. Viola didn't mention their previous dating past. When asked how long she'd been dating Duke, she answered 4 months. The three this year plus the month back in high school.

Only four months and Duke is sure this is the girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with? Elizabeth thought. The night ended and the two parents agreed that she was a nice girl. They didn't think she was the 'perfect' match for him but they approved. Edward approved more than Elizabeth who was thinking about how she played soccer and only been dating for 4 months. Elizabeth just smiled and thanked her for the dinner. Viola thanked them and she and Duke left. During the ride back to Viola's apartment Viola just said, "They're nice. But, I'm still taking you to dinner with my parents."

So the following week, they had dinner with her parents. It went better than the dinner with the Orsino's. They didn't ask too many questions and both approved highly of Duke. Later on, Duke met up with the parents and asked them the question. If he succeeded, all he would need to do is find a ring and have Viola to say yes.

"I asked you hear today to see if I could possibly ask Viola to marry me." Both parents knew that Duke and Viola dated before, but didn't mention any of it at dinner.

"What a gentlement!" Daphne Hastings gushed. They gave him their approval and the following day, Duke went ring hunting with Sebastian and Olivia and Evie. Sebastian took him to the jeweller he found his ring. It was a fancy place, Duke could just tell. They went in and this man started blabbering about the four C's.

"An engagement ring usually will have a diamond along with some other stones if wanted. When looking at diamonds, you need to look at color, carat, clarity and cut. Color is the color of the diamond, carat is the size, cut is how the diamond is cut and clarity is the appearance of the diamond under 10x magnification."

Duke nodded. "Then there's what the ring is made out of. There's gold- yellow or white or the more expensive, more durable option of platinum. Then there is you're budget. What's the price range?"

"Any price, it just has to be the perfect ring."

But after an hour of looking at every possible ring he, he found nothing.

"Well there's always the choice of custom making a ring."

There! Okay, I found out the annual salary. From June06-June07, David Beckham made 33million! I found out on Forbes! Who Made Bank. Just imagine Duke known world wide just like David Beckham. Let's say he's the new David Beckham. That's how it is. Viola is like Mia Hamm. Maybe better... who knows? So that's their fame and how good they are. Some would even say their better than the soccer legends... I'm gonna have fun describing the ring and wedding. Weddings excite me.