This story is going to be themed against the song Honestly, by Cartel (not so much this chapter, but future ones). It won't contain the actual lyrics, because I don't want to be banned from Fanfiction, but it was inspired by it. So it might be a good idea to listen to the song as you read this. And there may be one or two lines found in the story. I know I really shouldn't be taking on ANOTHER chapter story right now, but I don't see this one as being too long. Oh, and also, a time note. This is the night of the carnival.
Summary: Duke found out that Viola was a girl. He didn't want to confront her about it--yet. Not until he figured out why she did it. Then he'd get her to tell him. AU.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, sadly. I love this movie.
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I was never more shocked than that day that I found out that the girl I had made out with, and the "boy" I had shared my room with for the past two weeks were the same person.
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It was late. Or early. I don't know. Either way, it was around 3 or 4 in the morning. I was having an amazing dream about this girl I had met at a kissing booth (meaning Viola), and when Sebastian's alarm went off, first I was annoyed that it had ruined my good dream. Then I felt guilty, because I had been dreaming about his sister.
I pretended like I was still asleep. I didn't want to talk to him right now, because I knew if I did I would be completely embarrassed, knowing that I had just been dreaming about Viola. I wondered why the hell his alarm had gone off at such a ludicrous time, so I stayed as still as possible, and listened. Was he awake? I heard him rustling out of bed, and gathering some things. Quietly, he slipped out of the room.
I waited until the door had been shut for about 30 seconds, and I bolted out of bed. Where was he going? As his roommate, I felt some sort of responsibility for him. Or maybe I just wanted to know where he was going. So naturally, I followed him.
He was a little bit down the hall by that time. I shut the door ever so quietly, as to not let him know I was behind him. Where was he going? I bet he was going to meet a girl. Another one of his "conquests." Don't get me wrong. I liked my roommate a whole lot. But he didn't seem to have a whole lot of respect for women. That's not cool in my book. Though, he did seem to be getting better.
So there I was, expecting him to meet up with another gorgeous girl, when lo and behold, he slips into the bathroom.
Wait, what?
He set his alarm to some insane hour of the night to go to the bathroom? Who the hell schedules when they have to piss?
I knew there had to be more than that though, so as he slipped into the bathroom, I made up my mind to follow him. I counted to 120, figuring that would give him enough time to actually go in, and not notice me if I were to sneak in.
No, he definitely did not notice me. That's because he was too busy removing his wig. So now you might be thinking, so the guy wears a wig. Big deal.
Well, it is a big deal. Especially when along with the wig, he pulls off his eyebrows and sideburns. And his hair ends up being rather lengthy, like that of a girl's.
I watched as he turned around, and began removing some sort of wrap that was around his chest. I was really very confused at this point. What was going on? Slowly, Sebastian began to unbutton his shirt, and I realized something. I walk around the room half dressed all the time, and I've never seen Sebastian less the completely covered. Even during soccer, his socks were all the way pulled up, practically pulled up to his shorts.
Its not like I had a desire to see Sebastian less than fully clothed, but he was practically the only guy I knew who was always fully dressed. And he didn't take showers with the team. I hadn't really paid much attention to those details until just that moment.
As I had been lost in thought, I realized Sebastian's shirt was off. And it was all I could do not to die of shock.
That's when I realized. This guy... was a girl.
As she turned around again, looking through the bags she had brought for her shampoo, I got a look at her face, and I felt myself go pale. It was Viola. I knew I was about to go into convulsions.
Not wanting to be discovered, I carefully slipped out of the bathroom, and back towards our room, turning the idea over in my head.
What was going on?
Sebastian, my awkward and strange, though very nice roommate... was a girl. More specifically, his sister.
Thousands of questions ran through my head. Was there even a Sebastian at all? If there was, where was he? Why wasn't he here? Why was Viola here? Had it been Viola the whole time? Or had it been the real Sebastian for parts? Why would Viola pretend to be a boy?
But then, at the same time, I began to think about everything that had happened the last few weeks. I thought first of the tampon incident. Who really shoves tampons up their nose? Obviously, that's not why Viola had them. And then that girl voice she had done began to make sense. It was her voice. And then, the spider incident.
"You're the guy!" Kept running through my head. She had covered for herself by saying, "Er, the... bigger... guy." But still.
There had been so many clues. So many tips. I hadn't caught any of them. She's good. She played us all for fools.
I thought back to the kiss we had shared earlier in the day. And then to the rather awkward conversation we had had afterwards, when she was Sebastian. Kiss the crap out of her. What? What brother says that about his sister? I had briefly wondered about some of the things he... or rather, she, had said, but I wrote them off as him being strange. Now I knew better.
I felt myself kind of getting angry. She kissed me. She let me kiss her. Was this all some big joke to her? I wondered how she could just sit there, talking to me like nothing had changed after we made out. Here I was, thinking that meeting Viola could possibly be the thing I needed to finally get over Olivia, and then this happens.
I had made it back to my room, and lay down in my bed. What was I going to do now? Should I confront her? No, that would be too easy. I'd be letting her off too easy. And besides, I didn't have all the facts yet. I wanted to know the whole story before I did anything.
And that's when I decided. Why not just let her think I didn't know? I'll show her that I'm no fool.
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So, what do you think? Feedback is SUPER appreciated. And I hate to do this... but I will not update before I get 5 reviews. I know that sounds unfair, but see, I write HP fandom... I'm used to getting sometimes 20 reviews per chapter. I know that isn't possible for lesser written fandoms like this one, so I am going to aim low. If I get more than that, that would be AMAZING, but that is the minimum. I really want feedback on this.
This chapter was a little weird, because I am not a boy, so I don't know what the exact thought process would be. Also, some of you may be wondering why he doesn't just confront her... Well, he thinks she is taking advantage of him. That she thinks he's some dumb jock that wouldn't notice. So he wants to prove to her (and himself) that he really can be perceptive, and then catch her in the act.
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Love,
Monica