This is my new story! Let me know what you think! Should I continue?! I own nothing, and in fact some of the conversations is taken from the wonderful 2005 movie. All characters belong to Jane Austen.
Chapter 1
"Miss Elizabeth!" Lady Anne Darcy, heard her son before she saw him, running past her study, and outside, Georgiana followed soon after, but she called her young daughter by name.
"Georgiana, come here, my love."
Georgiana, stopped, and seemed disappointed, but obeyed her beloved mother anyway. "Yes mother?"
"What is your brother up to?"
"She is here mother!" Georgiana's wide blue eyes, dazzled in excitement.
"Who is here?"
"Miss Elizabeth Bennet! She is here! She is touring the house!"
The great lady's eyes widened in realization. The woman who rejected her son, who changed her son these last few months. "Well, where is she."
"She ran off when she saw Fitzwilliam."
"Why?"
"I do not know, you stopped me before I could reach them!"
Lady Anne had to laugh at her young daughter, practically bouncing in excitement. "Calm my love. Come," she held her arm out for her. "Let us see if we can see where they got off to."
Georgiana took her mother's arm in excitement and they made their way outside. They spotted the twosome immediately. Lady Anne had to hide back a gasp.
The girl was quite beautiful. Her hair, long, dark, and unrestrained, hung down her back. She was tall, just a little shorter than her son. And very thin, but did not lack a womanly appearance.
Georgiana looked at her mother wide-eyed. They were thinking the exact same thing.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, did not have a chance of not falling in love with this girl as soon as he met her. She was strikingly perfect.
Lady Anne and her daughter stood at the top of the steps, as they watched the Master of Pemberley converse with his love. She was biting her lips now, and looked quite nervous, while wringing her hands in front of her."
"I thought you were in London," her voice was high.
"No. No I'm not." Lady Anne shook her head at her frank son, as Georgiana giggled.
"No," Elizabeth replied "We would not have come-"
"No I came back a day early for some business with my steward."
"-if we had known you were here," Elizabeth looked weary. "I'm in Derbyshire with my aunt and uncle."
"Are you having," Darcy was becoming affected by her sudden presence. "a pleasant trip?"
"Very pleasant," she smiled, and she was radiant. "Tomorrow we go to Matlock."
"Tomorrow!" Lady Anne, heard the disappointment in his voice, and began to make her way down the stairs. "May I see you back to the village," her son was at a loss. It was time for her to step in.
"No! No, I'm very fond of walking."
"Yes! Yes I know," he trailed off when he realized his mother's presence.
"Fitzwilliam, dearest. You must introduce me to this charming young woman." Lady Anne Darcy, was all politeness. She looked between the couple and noticed their blushes.
Darcy cleared his throat, and made the introduction. "Mother," Elizabeth's eyes widened, "This is Miss Elizabeth Bennet. I met her while I was visiting with Bingley in Hertfordshire. Miss Bennet, this is my mother, Lady Anne Darcy. And I'm sure my sister Georgiana, is eavesdropping on the staircase," he said in amusement.
Elizabeth noticed his tease as she made her curtsey to Darcy's mother. "Lady Anne, I have heard so much about you. I think Lady Catherine is your sister, is she not?"
"She is indeed, Miss Bennet. You have met her then?"
"Yes," Elizabeth's smile was generous. "Yes I met her. I stayed a month with a friend in Kent, and we dined with her quite a bit. She is very-"
"Commandeering," Lady Anne, offered amused.
"That is not the exact word I was looking for," Elizabeth giggled.
"It is the truth though," Lady Anne looked thoughtful. "Miss Bennet, you said you were with your aunt and uncle. Where are they now?"
Elizabeth now looked sheepish, "I actually lost them, I got so interested in the house. You have a beautiful house, Mr. Darcy."
Darcy nodded his thanks, still shocked at seeing the woman who haunted his dreams at night standing in front of him, a reality.
"You say you are to go to Matlock tomorrow? Would you mind delaying your trip a few days, and have dinner with us tomorrow evening? I would dearly love to get to know you. And your family, of course."
Elizabeth blushed, "I should ask them, but I doubt they would say no. So you have our thanks."
Lady Anne smiled an endearing smile that quite reminded Elizabeth of her son. They had the same smile. Too bad Darcy rarely showed his, she thought.
"Fitzwilliam, do go and fetch Miss Bennet a carriage, you and Georgiana shall escort her back to Lambton," Elizabeth was about to protest, "No, no. I insist. And we shall see you tomorrow afternoon."
"I thank you Mrs. Darcy. You are far too kind."
"What is a little kindness among friends, Miss Bennet," and with that she walked up the stairs to find Mrs. Reynolds to put tomorrow's dinner plans into motion, as her son and daughter ushered the young woman back to her family.
Later that night, Georgiana had retired early, her excitement at meeting the Miss Elizabeth Bennet, wore her out.
"Fitzwilliam, come sit by your mother, it is lonely over here, and you have been reading that same page for the last half hour."
He blushed, and sat down beside her.
"Your Miss Bennet is a beautiful one, Fitzwilliam. I am not sure you know what you are getting yourself into. Think of all the gentleman, and the attention she must attract. You are a jealous suitor, my son. You think this would work?" She was teasing, but the truth in her words hit her son.
"She is not my Miss Bennet, mother, hardly." His sigh was great.
"Fitzwilliam," she placed a hand over his. "You've had to carry more on your shoulders than most young men your age. Your father would be so proud of you. You think of others more than yourself. But," she paused, "I think it is time you thought of yourself. You're lonely, my son. I can see that."
He only nodded.
"And no, she is not your Miss Bennet now. But very soon, I am sure she will be. The sooner the better, in fact. Oh! Think of my beautiful grandbabies!"