The Hotel Heiress and Queens Nephew
Summary: Lizzy and Jane are the heiresses to the Bennet Hotel Empire, Darcy is the Duke of Somerset and nephew to the queen of England. The usual they meet, words fly as well as sparks, both of them deny it but will love prevail when all else fails? A modern day P&P.
Authors Note & Disclaimer: My first Jane Austen fanfic. I absolutely love Pride and Prejudice and waste all my time reading it so I thought it fair to write my own little version of drabble. But unfortunately I don't own P&P and likely never will.
Hope it's as good as it was in my mind.
The Bennet family were a wealthy and relatively respected family, the behaviour of the two youngest Bennet's always drew unwanted attention, but other than the frivolity of the youngest it was the two eldest who many looked up to and envied. Jane and Elizabeth were twins though no one would suspect it for they looked nothing alike. Jane was blond with blue eyes while Lizzy had dark brown hair and brown eyes that always sparkled with laughter. Jane was without doubt the prettiest of them all, a fact that Lizzy gladly agreed upon and teased her sister about.
Mr Bennet had inherited his father's business and just like that was the owner of one of the worlds most famous and expensive hotel chain. Around the world Bennet Hotels drew the famous and wealthy to their establishments like a flame draws a moth.
Mr Bennet had been married when he inherited the hotels, Mrs Bennet giving birth to the twins a few days afterwards. A few years latter and Mr and Mrs Bennet had three more children, all girls. Mary, Catherine or Kitty and Lydia were all silly girls in their father's opinion, though it was known that Mr Bennet favoured Lizzy most. Mrs Bennet how ever favoured Lydia and Kitty.
Twenty one years ago the Bennet Empire lost its founder, changed hands to his son and gained two heirs and all in less then a month. Now Lizzy and Jane were twenty one and graduated, Lizzy was taking on the position of CEO of the hotels in the UK and was moving to London. Mr Bennet was in a bad mood because of this and the fact that Jane was going with Lizzy as the support leaving Mr Bennet stuck with his silly daughters and their mother.
Lizzy and Jane flew out for London six months before the opening. They checked into one of their hotels, being given the penthouse suit until Lizzy found a place of her own. The sisters unpacked their bags laughing and joking all the while.