"Hey, Karen, is William in the office?" she asked as she stepped out of the elevator, to Darcy's top floor office.
"No, Lizzy. He's not in right now. He's downstairs dealing with office reassignments."
Her face scrunched then fell, "is he going to be back soon? We were supposed to have lunch." It was weird that he was dealing with office assignments. It wasn't exactly part of his job description.
"He went downstairs alone. He's in office 210A. I'm sure he won't mind the interruption."
Lizzie nodded and stepped back into the elevator. Office 210A had been the office she was placed in during her independent study at Pemberley. She had no idea what he was doing in her old office. It didn't exactly hold the best memories for the two of them. Sure, they had flirted and gotten to know each other, but it was also a symbol of a missed chance for them.
She exited the elevator and walked the familiar path to her temporary office. The door at the end of the hall was open and she could see her boyfriend pacing the office.
"William," she said from the doorway.
"Lizzie," he said spinning around to face her. He was startled. "I thought we weren't having lunch for another half an hour."
"I got bored with editing and decided to come early. What are you doing in here?"
"I, well, this office is being reassigned to some summer interns," he said as if it explained everything.
"Wait, has this office been sitting vacant?'
"I thought that perhaps you would return to finish your project. That was at first, then, I just liked keeping it as a reminder. You must think I'm being silly."
"Not at all," she said stepping towards him and wrapping her arms around his waist. "I think it's really sweet."
He leaned down and kissed her. "I have wanted to kiss you in this office for months." He confessed.
"Really?" she asked with a smile.
"Of course. I wanted to kiss you so many times while you were here. I wanted to see this room one last time before the new employees make it their own. This is where I regained confidence with you. I just wanted to see it one more time."
"William, that is so unbelievably sweet," she said pulling him down into a kiss, a real kiss. She didn't care that the door was open. It didn't matter, not when he was being impossibly cute.
"Now that is something I would have loved to have had happen in this office months ago," he said cheekily.
"I have a confession too." He nodded at her to continue. "I wanted to kiss you quite a few times while I was shadowing."
"Really?"
"Of course."
"Tell me about it."
"You first!"
"Fine," he said. "I'll start right here, in this room."