First of all thank you for reading, reader! I wanted say that English isn't my main language so typos and grammatical mistakes are more than guaranteed. also it's my first fanfiction. Now that I think abut this may be a disaster. Let's hope not. Reviews please!
Disc: I don't own The Lizzie Bennet Diares or Pride and Prejudice.
It's been five months since de Lydia-drama ended and said months have been quiet .Too quiet. So Lizzie finds herself one more time sitting in front the seemingly intimidating camera, with nothing to say. She looks at it, breathes, opens her mouth, closes it, checks her phone, and nothing happens. After fifteen second of boring silence she says the opening line.
"My name is Lizzie Bennet, and nothing is happening!" She claims. Then the intro appears.
"I'm actually hoping for someone to barge into my room now because although I'm really trying I can't find anything to say…" Followed by a cut and then Lizzie checking her phone. Again.
"Well, I guess I can tell you that I'm finally getting my degree! I talked to Dr. Gardner yesterday. I really owe her a lot. Thank you… in case you watch these. I hope you don't that would be awkward"
"Oh, I can give you an update on Jane and Bing! You know how I told you that Bing came back to Netherfield a few months ago with Caroline… well, Bing talked to Jane, they worked it out and they've been going out like every day" Her face with a suggestive smile. Another cut can be seen in the video and then finally, someone barging into her room.
"Also… there's something I've been avoiding telling you. Darcy is here too. Before you get all crazy no, I haven't seen him and-"
"Lizzie Th- "
"Jane! Finally!"
"Are you ok Lizzie?" She asked with her classic concerned look.
"Yeah I'm fine I was just hoping someone would just barge into my room with something interesting to tell because this video is getting really boring"
"Oh, um… well"
"Aren't you going to sit? " She pats the little bench next to her.
"Uh no, I actually wanted to tell you that someone is here to see you"
"Who?"
"A woman, with a dog"
"Catherine de Bourgh?!"
Lizzie was panicking now. What could she possibly want from me? Why didn't she call instead of coming here? Maybe she's offering me a job. No. There's no way she's offering me a job. I mean, I think she doesn't even like me and she thinks I do nothing with my life and my degree is useless. So no job offer. Even worse. Maybe she's staying in Netherfield and she wants to say hello. Yes that's it.
A woman appears on frame, slightly overweight in a suit that seems extremely expensive, holding a creepy asthmatic dog. Her gaze meets Lizzie's and transforms into an icy glare as she sits in front of the camera, along with Lizzie. She doesn't seem to notice the camera. Or she doesn't care.
"Liz." She says simply. Making Lizzie panic even more.
"Miss De Bourgh! What a surprise to see you."
"Yes, yes, enough with the small talk. I'm sure that you've come to acknowledge why I find myself in your noticeable small bedroom" Everyone could have sensed her tone of annoyance.
"Actually, I don't"
"Don't play fool with me Elizabeth! Word around the media is that you are in a relationship with my nephew, William Darcy. I have come to your house, if it may be called so, to set the record straight. Has my nephew ever made a declaration of his love to you?"
"Yes, he has, but I fail to see why his love life should concern you" Although she had insulted her, her irritation was small. She was used to Catherine's accusations and insults to her family, studies and possessions.
"Don't you take that tone with young lady! He is my nephew! His love life does not concern me as long as he is involved with someone of my approval. Such lady like you, Elizabeth Bennet, with your useless degree, which you haven't acquired, yet, your level of income, and your rudimentary family, certainly does not have my approval."
"Excuse me?!" Her irritation quickly increasing, she was already holding her words back, by biting her lips and folding her hands back into little rounded fists.
"Oh please, Elizabeth, don't play stupid, we both know that you aren't good enough for my nephew. Both you and your family are in substantial debt. You will probably finish paying your education at age thirty-five and by that time your family will have lost this house" Again with that tone when referring to her house. "You and your sisters lack of the level of education that my nephew and niece have received and will never get a respectable job. Especially your younger sister, who is constantly humiliating herself and making herself look like a harlot and a substance abuser. Your mother does nothing but think of advantageous relationships for her sisters. As you can see, you will never be a suitable partner for my nephew. So I will ask you once again, are you in a relationship with him?"
She didn't know what to think. She was furious. It was too much. Her lips almost bled as she pressed them against her teeth. Her hands, curled with all her strength into almost white fists, getting no blood supply. Almost crying of anger, she wouldn't have minded to punch an elderly woman this time. She definitely deserved it. But she couldn't hit her, so she appealed to her wit.
"You have insulted me in any way possible. So after I say this, I will ask to please leave my house and never come back. No, I am not in a relationship with your nephew. Even if I were, William –her calling him William seemed to make Catherine even angrier and redder- is perfectly capable of choosing his partner. He is a very intelligent and sweet man and he will surely make a woman very happy. Now please, I've answered all your questions. Leave."
The redness in Miss de Bourgh's face slowly faded as she denied this apparent relationship. She straightened her posture as she opened her mouth once again, to Lizzie's displeasure.
"Will you to promise to never be involved with him, both romantically and occupationally?"
"I will make no such promise."
"How dare you?!" She rose from the chair aggressively.
"I will make my decisions according to my happiness and benefit. Now please, I beg you to leave"
"Is this your final answer?" Lizzie nodded.
"Fine. Elizabeth Bennet, always a pleasure" She said sarcastically whilst leaving Lizzie's bedroom."
Catherine De Bourgh storms out of Lizzie's bedroom. This discussion took almost one minute on the video. When she leaves, Lizzie stares at the hallway for some seconds, while processing what had just happened. Then she sits again and looks at the camera, calmer.
"Un. Believable!" She's outraged, and she has every reason to be. She takes a deep breath followed by a cut in the video, and retook whatever she was saying before being interrupted.
"As I was saying, Darcy's in town too… in Netherfield."
"Not awkward at all!" She says sarcastically.
"But I really should talk to him. I owe him a lot. I know you guys want to know but I can't tell you. I'm not even supposed to know but let's face it: Lydia can't keep secrets. Now I know and the least I can do is saying thanks. I look back at this year, at the videos… I misjudged so many people. But the one person that deserves an apology the most is William Darcy. If you still watch these, I'm so sorry, everything I said about you, I take it back."
The video ends after her apology. She turns off the camera and tells Jane about what happened with Miss de Bourgh.
The day after the video is uploaded Lizzie has another casual day at her house. She argues with her mother, Lydia shouts and Jane isn't there. Fed up, she goes out for a walk. She thinks about Darcy. About how she called him William in front of his aunt, and how she had said he was intelligent and sweet without even thinking. She had missed him. Their moments in Pemberly. Maybe she did have feelings for him after all. She could see herself dating Darcy, now that she knew him better. With a dog, of course. And three kids. Wait what?! Lizzie what's wrong with you?!
Meanwhile, in the Pemberly condo, Gigi Darcy types furiously on her iPhone.
-You'll never believe this. Watch Lizzie's last video.
Seconds later, William Darcy got another text from Gigi.
-Go for her, big bro! He turns on his laptop, not knowing what to expect. His right leg is witness to his anxiousness, as he moves it nervously, nearly as fast as his heart goes. He just… he has no words. He just can't believe it. He knew his aunt had a say about his life but he didn't mind, she's family. But this. This? It was too much. She had insulted her even more than he did and claimed having control over his love life. The words "sweet" and "intelligent" linger in his head.
Then the apology happens. This may be the best day he's had in a long time. Some ashes of hope light again. Heart pounding. Agitated breathing. His leg moves even quicker. He needed to calm down so he takes a walk. It's a cold winter midday, scarves, hot chocolate and cuddling are needed. He isn't really thinking where he's going he just lets his legs move until reaching a little park. Said park has actually nothing special. Just some grass and benches. Some of those benches are under trees, which look like an excellent place to spend a while, but giving the cold, everybody was craving for sunlight and warm. William Darcy doesn't know what to do. He sits on a bench. He still doesn't know. Maybe destiny knows, because she appears then, like an apparition. She doesn't seem real. He doesn't seem real either. She'd expect a UFO to land in the park and kidnap instead of... Darcy. But this was her opportunity. She was alone, he was alone, it was perfect. She needed to set the record straight, to apologize, and maybe... talk about feelings.
-So cliché. He thinks.
She sees him. He sees her. She goes to him and he stands.
"Elizabeth."
Fitz appears in his head –Yo! Darcy! Lighten up!
"Elizabeth?" Her smile gone.
"Sorry. Lizzie" He's the one smiling now.
"Listen, Darcy, I want to thank you for everything that you've done for my family, if you hadn't helped that video would be everywhere by now. So, thank you. We will always be in debt with you."
"Lizzie do-"
"I also want to apologize. I have misjudged you in the worst way possible."
"There's no need for you to apologize, Lizzie. I acted like an arse, I deserved every misjudgment. And about your sister, you don't ever have to feel in debt with me. Neither you nor your family owes me anything. I would anyway, like to apologize for my aunt's behavior. You did not deserve any of the things she said"
"It's fine." A sing of relief in her voice.
"Lizzie, you need to know, that everything I did about your sister… I did it for you. My feelings towards you haven't changed. If yours haven't either then I will forget about you. Or I'll try. But if the for some reason have changed I'd like to show you that I could make you happy"
She smiles. Widely. Elizabeth Bennet never saw this coming. She thought he hated her and her guts. What kind of saint loves a woman after she calls him a douche bag, full of himself, narcissistic, stuck up, newsie? She thanked whatever had brought them together again and kissed him shyly.
"My feelings are the opposite of what they were in October"
"I'm glad" This time he kissed her. More passionately. Because he had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He felt her soft lips pressed against his and he knew that moment was one of the best ones in his life.
"We should get lunch"
She smiled and nodded.
First of all thank you for reading, reader! I wanted say that English isn't my main language so typos and grammatical mistakes were more than guaranteed. also it's my first fanfiction. Now that I think abut this may be a disaster. Let's hope not. Reviews please!
Disc: I don't own The Lizzie Bennet Diares or Pride and Prejudice.