"He's gone for the entire week." Gigi whined at Lizzie over the phone.
"Gigi, this wouldn't be a repeat of 'The Lizzie Trap', is it? Because I am not in the mood." Lizzie really was in the mood for one of those moments, though. She wanted to see Will, but was too embarrassed to say anything.
"No Lizzie. But if you want..." She trailed off and Lizzie knew Gigi suspected.
"Fine, I'll come over in an hour and stay a few nights."
Lizzie and Gigi sat on the couch, laughing at some cheesy romantic comedy full of bad pickup lines and horrible flirting.
"Your subtle compare to these guys." Lizzie managed to get out through laughing fits.
"I'm glad you think so. I can be less subtle if you want me to." She winked playfully.
"Gigi, promise to answer me truthfully?"
"Yes?" She squeaked a little.
"Did you help your brother take care of the problem that my family had?"
Gigi sucked in a breath. "Yes, with some help from Fitz." She hid behind a pillow.
"Thank you." Lizzie lowered the pillow and smiled.
"You don't know, do you?"
"About what?"
"Domino."
"What's Domino?"
Just then a door burst open and she heard his voice. "Gigi, you will never guess the time I just had. I got to the-" Lizzie tensed in her seat. "Lizzie."
"Darcy." She turned and glared at Gigi. "Gigi, what are you up to?" Gigi didn't answer, but Lizzie saw the shock in her face. "Sorry." She turned back to Darcy. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was supposed to be in New York for a week, but the people I was meeting decided after two hours not to go for this program Pememberly has after all. I came back early."
"Clearly." She saw him smile a little. She wondered if it was because of her little reference. "What's Domino?" The smile quickly left his face.
"GEORGIANA!" Lizzie jumped at the volume of his voice.
"Sorry, William! I promised I'd tell the truth. She knew you helped her anyways." She crossed her arms and huffed a little.
"How..." he trailed off. "Was it on video?"
"Uh, yeah. What, camera shy?" She teased.
"No, I just..." He trailed off again. What is with him!
"Gigi, could you give us a moment?" Lizzie could see William stiffen and Gigi holding in a squeal, or a giggle, or a smile, or a combination of all of them as she nodded and practically ran out of the room.
"Lizzie-"
She interrupted. "Darcy-"
"I haven't watched your last couple videos. I wanted to, but-"
"William, please let me talk." She stepped forward, but resisted the urge to grab his arm. He nodded stiffly. "I need to thank you. For everything. My family, if they knew, would be all over you with thanks. Well, you've met my mother." She saw him smile quickly, but hid it again."I can never repay you for all that you did. You risked everything for me after I was nothing but judgemental and rude. I can understand why you wouldn't feel the same about me, but i just wanted to say i feel the opposite of what i felt earlier and i think i love you." She stopped talking and realized she was holding her breath, waiting for a response. He caught on.
"Lizzie, if you want to thank me, let it be for yourself alone. I just, did you call me William?"
"Seriously! Thats all you got from that?" He took a step toward her.
"No. Would you mind repeating that last sentence though, just so I know the plane ride didn't do something to my hearing." She noticed a genuine smile on his face.
"William Darcy, I think I've fallen in love with you." she took a step towards him and stopped. "But I can totally understand how that would be unwelcome aft-"
She never finished her sentence. It wasn't by all means a perfect kiss, but it was a kiss nonetheless. Her knees buckled and weren't able to support her weight. But he was supporting her, both arms wrapped tightly around her waist. She slid her arms awkwardly up his chest to wrap around his neck. He broke the kiss and stared down at her.
"Never," he kissed her lightly again, "think that hearing you say you love me is unwelcomed."
"You never answered my question." She pulled out of his arms. "What's Domino?"
"Are you sure you want to talk about that?" A devious smile came to his face. "We could go to dinner, or stay in and do something else, or-"
"William Darcy, tell me what Domino is or I will tell your aunt about the videos, and about us." He stood a little startled, but nothing close to caving, so she upped her threat. "And I will never sleep with you."
"Its a communication application that we used to help find George Wickam." It came out almost as one word.
"What?" Her knees buckled again, and her head started to spin.