Pride, Predjudice and an insane amount of drama

by TotallyNotMe567

AU. The Bennet family resides outside Stockholm, Sweden. It's the 1960s and the old fashioned values are starting to fall apart. Tenten and her sisters are all noticing that, aswell as the rich and handsome man who just moved into the neighbourhood. Will the first impressions be forever lasting or are the reality much more complex than any of the Bennets could ever have foreseen?

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1 New man in town

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Or at least that's what Kushina Bennet believes.

"Oh, darling!" She exclaims while running into her husband Minato Bennet's study.

"What is worth making such a fuss over, my dear?" He answers while looking up from his book, making eye contact with his daughter Tenten who is also present in the room.

Kushina hurries her way up to his grand desk, panting slightly when continuing.

"I heard from Rin Lucas that a rich young man is to move in at the new house down the street. Isn't that just a perfect match for one of our daughters? Perhaps Konan, or you for instance Tenten." She says the last sentence while turning to her daughter.

Tenten rolls her eyes on her inside. Not again! This is not the first time her mother is trying to pair up her eldest daughters with a man. Last time was only a couple of months ago. Then she forced Tenten to have dinner with a Danish successful playwriter. He seemed nice and such but he didn't understand her swedish language so much. When she switched to english it was even worse. Then he did not a single word. Little did it help that she did not understand much of his danish. Her mother had thought it was going to be no problem since she is Swedish. However, just because two countries are sharing a border it doesn't mean their people can understand each other's language, and so was this case.

After that match making disaster Tenten hadn't' agreed on meeting any other of her mother's proposals. Therefore she also protested now.

"But mother, can't you just let us live our own lives? Finding our own partners? Making our own choices?"

"But Tenten!" She exclaims, sounding a little bit offended. "How are you supposed to support your family with your salary from that magazine you're working for? How are you, in the future, supposed to have time to take care of your job, home, children and husband all at the same time? You need to find a partner whose money can release you from that burden."

"I don't have to do all that, right father?" Tenten turns to her father, reaching out an invisible hand to him. He only mutters something Tenten can't make out and goes back into reading his book.

"We'll talk more about this at dinner." Kushina states and quickly turns her back on Tenten, walking out of the room with her head held high. Tenten sighs loudly. It's time for a big family debate, again.