Pride, Prejudice and High School

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Chapter One

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl beginning her junior year at Longbourn High School must be in want of a boyfriend. All except one Elizabeth Bennet; unlike most people that attended the school she was the only one not in search of a boyfriend. She wasn't one of the 'popular' people but also wasn't unpopular. She was mostly liked by everyone. Elizabeth was an intelligent, ingenious, complaisant, sociable and headstrong girl. Unlike the other girls she wasn't desperate for a boyfriend she didn't really care. She didn't have any interest in boys and was more focused on her studies.

Elizabeth's POV

I was in my room studying, even though school didn't start until Monday I still wanted to get ahead by reading the novel for English. I was peacefully reading when Jane burst into the room with excitement on her face.

"Lizzie, Lizzie, You'll never believe it. We got inviting to the 'End of Summer' party" she screamed with joy.

"So?" I responded not really caring. Parties weren't my sort of thing.

"We need to hit the shops tomorrow so we can get new dresses, "Jane said.

"Correction, you need a dress not me, I'm not going to the party," I said strongly.

"But Liz, please I'll have no one there with me." She begged.

"Okay fine but you owe me." I sighed.

The next day we were at the mall.

"Lizzie." Jane called me over to the rack of clothes she had been looking at. "This dress will look perfect on you", Jane said as she held up a black strapless mini dress. We'd been at the mall for over 2 hours trying to look for the perfect dress for the 'End of Summer' party. Jane didn't have much trouble finding a dress as she looked perfect in everything, but it was me having the trouble of finding the perfect dress. I wasn't a big fan of parties, but Jane really wanted to go, she didn't want to go by herself and persuaded in me keeping her company. Jane and I were sisters and best friends. Jane was the most modest, kindest and sweetest person I've ever met, I've never seen her raise her voice or get angry. She was way prettier than me, her hair was golden blonde while mine was light brown, she had blue eyes I had hazel eyes. Jane was a senior while I was a junior.

"Um, I don't know," I said to Jane.

"Trust me you'll look great, go try it on", she objected as she ushered me towards the fitting room. Jane was right, she was always right, I looked gorgeous.

"I can't wait for the party, it's going to be so much fun, "Jane exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah it may be fun for you, but it's going to be horrible for me, Jane we're not all popular and pretty as you are," I justified.

"How can you say that? You're just as smart and popular as me." Jane argued.

"That's what you think," I replied. "Let's just pay and get out of here okay?"

"Okay fine," Jane responded.

Once we got home we had bags of things that we picked up at the mall. Most of these were cosmetics. Jane and I started to put a few of our things away when Lydia barged in.

"I don't get why I can't come to the party!" Lydia yelled.

"Why would you want to come to the party?" I asked Lydia curiously.

"Because Charles Bingley is going to be there," Lydia explained.

"Who's Charles Bingley?" I asked.

"He's, handsome and rich and from London." She answered in what seemed like a British tone.

Later that night I got dressed, did my hair and makeup for the party. I decided to curl my hair, I paired the strapless mini dress with some cream colored wedges. I looked at myself in the mirror, 'I don't look that bad,' I thought to myself. I went to check if Jane was ready to go, I stepped into the bathroom and there she was finishing off her makeup she looked absolutely amazing in her blue knee length dress.

"Ready to go yet?" I asked Jane, "Yeah I'm ready, let's go, "Jane replied. "Aren't you excited to meet the new students from London?" Jane caught me by surprise.

"Um... why would I be excited their just people from London?" I asked Jane.

Jane just gave me a questioning look. We ran down stairs as quickly as we could because we didn't want our father to give us a lecture of his disapproval. We were about to get through the front door when suddenly, "Girls, where do you think you're going?" I heard my dad say.

"Out to a party," I said innocently.

"Well you're not going out dressing like that," he declared.

"Please dad just let us off this once please," Jane and I begged.

"Okay fine but don't tell your mother about this, if she found out she wouldn't let you go to anymore parties."

We rushed out the front door and hoped into Jane's red Volkswagen golf cabriolet that she had gotten for her birthday a few months back. We drove down the street to pick up my friend Charlotte Lucas a friend that I invited to keep my entertained. "You look great!" I said when she stepped into the car.

The party was in full swing when we arrived. There were lots of people dancing. We were standing there unsure what to do. "Let's go get a drink," Charlotte suggested. "Yeah sure," I said making my way to the refreshments Jane following behind me. I looked over the bar and saw lots of alcohol. "Jane I don't think mum would approve of this," I said to Jane.

"Don't worry she won't know about this," Jane responded. We all decided to get diet coke and sat down at the seats, drinking our diet coke.

"So are you excited to meet the new people?" I asked Jane already knowing the answer.

"Of course," Jane chorused," I want to make them feel welcome", Jane continued.

"There are new kids coming to town?" Charlotte asked unaware of what we were talking about.

"Yeah I heard their names are Charles, Darcy and Caroline," Jane answered. "Oh look their they are, the people from London, look how cute that one is," Jane said pointing to the blonde guy. Jane was right he was cute, he had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked fairly happy to be here, there was another boy and girl with him. The other guy had dark brown hair and hazel eyes, he was much cuter than the blonde one, the girl was dressed head to toe in designer clothing and had a lot of makeup piled on her face.