The room was dark. Aside from all the spilled drinks and half eaten appetizers, she sat alone at the table. Unable to catch her breath, she sat back in her chair. Her sister, Jane, rushed over to her side and asked, 'Lizzie, is this what we came to do? To sit back and let this atmosphere go to waste?'

'Jane... I can hardly take a deep breath without struggle. Your dance partner, indeed, has fancy foot work.' Lizzie responded.

'We've only just met, but I daresay he is very amiable. His sisters are all so pleasant as well.'

'Jane, they could hand you a poisonous snake and you'd believe it was a sincere token of affection. Your light heart gives me great hope in such a cynical town, where people like myself use sarcasm for entertainment.'

'Lizzie, you talk down on yourself too much. You're much more pleasant than you describe yourself to be. Beside-...'

Jane and Lizzie's attention swings to the other side of the room where the front door slams shut. All at once, the entire crowd has shifted their attention from conversation and dancing to the newest members of New York City.

The two young men and young woman make their way through the crowded bar as cell phones chime away filling the room with new social media notification updates. Jane unlocks her phone and reads the latest Tweet from her Twitter news feed.

'Jane...' Lizzie whispers. 'What is going on?'

'Oscorp's newest CEO just walked in. But people are unsure of who the other gentleman and the lady are.'

Lizzie thought to herself, Oscorp? That horrid scientific excuse of a permit to run unsafe trials on humans and genetic testing?

'Does that interfere with our ability for another song?' Lizzie asked with her light sense of humor.

'I suppose not. I am rather intrigued by how tired we will end up tomorrow morning.' Jane giggled.

The ladies stood up and ordered a few soft drinks. Just as the bar tender handed their drinks, one of the gentlemen stood next to them and ordered and appetizer at the bar. Lizzie and Jane looked at each other with a glance only sisters can discern. This man was very handsome, indeed. His oak brown hair was parted on the left and tossed to the right. He was no less than 6'1 and had the softest brown eyes. He was slender in physique, but very appropriately dressed. A perfect blend of trendy casual. His crisp navy blue button down complimented the contures of his face. Jane was immediately smitten, but paid no special attention, as she has always been modest with her manners. The gentleman turned toward the crowd after placing his order and leaned against the bar counter. He looked pleases to see such a lively crowd. He turned to the right, then to the left where the ladies stood, then turned around and faced the bartender and placed another order. He looked over at the sisters,

'Just looking at this crowd is exhausting. So much energy in one room. I'm going to need a larger meal.' He chuckled.

'Have you ever seen such lively people on a Tuesday night?' Lizzie laughed. 'The show hasn't started yet. You might want to brace yourself.' She jokingly warned.

'Thanks for the heads up. Can't be too careful these days.'

Lizzie laughed, and as soon as the man saw Jane smile, he was immediately drawn to her.

'I'm Peter.' He said, warmly, extending his hand to the sisters.

Lizzie immediately noticed the way he looked at Jane and smiled to herself on the inside. Jane was beautiful. There was no doubt in all of New York that her sister would capture the attention of any man she came across.

'It's very nice to meet you Peter.' Lizzie responded as she shook his hand. 'Excuse me, a friend of mine just walked in.'

Peter nodded as she made her way passed him. She knew if Jane had just five minutes to speak with Peter, he was sure to fall in love. As Lizzie made her way through the crowd a drunk college frat boy stumbled over himself knocking Lizzie off balance into Oscorp's new young CEO. Lizzie startlingly jumped back.

'I'm so sorry.' She apologized. 'It seems I can't walk through a room without getting run over.' She forcefully joked.

She hadn't much of a desire to ever speak to the fellow for she had strong objections about Oscorp's proclaimed genetic research and human trials.

'Not to worry. I can be quite clumsy myself.' The woman who entered with the men extended a warm reply while the man simply looked at her in misery.

'Well, then...' Lizzie continued. 'Please excuse me.' She finished her journey to the entrance and saw her friend Charlotte.

'Did I just see you all over William Darcy?' Charlotte teased.

'Wil- who?'

'He's Oscorp's heir. And the woman standing next to him is Georgina, his younger sister.'