Disclaimer: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries belong to Hank Green and Bernie Su. I don't own any characters, in anyway, shape or form.

A/N: When Darcy tell Lizzie how to get to the Marina, I used Google maps since I don't live in SF, so I could be wrong in my direction, I could be right, sorry if its the first one.

Re-uploaded since the first one was taken down.


Awkwardness, glances and thank yous

"Thank you" Lizzie said as she touched his wrist and all of a sudden she felt a strange, warm feeling, something she had never experienced before. She quickly let go, and turned off the camera, now feeling her pale cheeks, turning a nice tomato colour, red.

She turned and looked up at Darcy, not knowing what to do next.

God, she thought, why is she feeling so anxious now. Nothing had changed since their last meeting, had it?

Yes and no. She still was furious with him for breaking up Jane and Bing but since their last encounter she had, read his letter, been allowed to shadow his company, visited his company, listen to all of his staff rave about how fantastic he is, met his sister, who doesn't hate her, actually liked his sister and had a somewhat pleasant but extremely awkward conversation with him….. on camera.

This was all messing with her brain, she would think about this later, yes, she would think about this when he wasn't there looking at her, with those gorgeous eye.

Stop it Lizzie, she thought to herself, bringing her back into reality and seeing him turn, and open the door.

He held it open and said in his low voice "After you"

She smiled thanked him as she went through the door. She saw Gigi at the end of the corridor smiling, as she was talking to someone on the phone.

She looked up, when she heard Darcy closing the door, but she didn't end the call, but her smile grew.

Lizzie turned back to Darcy wanting to say thank you one more time but thinking she might sound repetitive, she said gave him a little nod while saying goodbye, then she left without waiting for him to answer or turning back.

Lizzie took a left and walked down to the elevators. There were six of them so she didn't have to wait long and luckily since work at Pemberley finished at 5 and it was a quarter past 6, it left the elevator to herself.

After she pressed the button for the lobby and the doors closed, Lizzie backed herself into the corner thinking about what had just happened.

She had started her video, talking about how she needed some new friends in this town and that Gigi would be the perfect candidate. Only to have Gigi coming in asking her about grad school even though she didn't really want to know about grad school, then math came up, then she got a text and left for a few seconds, only to come back with Darcy and shove him in the room.

To say it was awkward would have been an understatement. They both were not expecting to be ambushed into meeting like that but they were.

Talking to him this time was so different from the last. He seemed kinder this time and she saw that he was shy, instead of him seeming proud or above her standing, like she had thought him in the past.

He also seemed more comfortable and at ease this time, she didn't know if it was because he did at home or something else but he was, well contorting the face a lot more.

And when he spoke to her he was so nice and polite. He seemed genuine in everything he said and liked the fact that she had met his sister.

She didn't know if she liked it or not, him being so friendly and kind, she guessed she did but she didn't want to because she was still upset about the Jane and Bing thing, but that was ages ago and she had kind of made her peace with it because Jane had. So does that mean there are no more excuses for her not to hate him?

Argh! Why is this so confusing?

There was also the fact that he had offered to drive her to her dinner, twice, well kind of. He said "the hills in the city are quite unforgiving" after she told him that she would walk to the marina and that was the same thing that Gigi had said to her in her last video.

So does that mean he still watches her videos or is the something that just the Darcy family say or anyone in San Francisco says?

Yep this was messing with her brain for sure.

Lizzie heard a ding, letting her know that her elevator ride had finished.

She walked through the lobby, so engrossed in her thoughts that she wasn't really taking in her surroundings but then she hear a "Lizzie"

She turned around to see Darcy coming through the elevators, jogging towards her.

She took a second to check him out even though she had done that during her videos. He was actually really good looking, with his well-built torso, long legs and strong jaw line. Not that he wasn't before, it's just when you absolutely detest someone you kind of don't want to think they're good looking or good at anything.

When he approached her he paused for a moment, creating more tension than there already was.

"You forgot you purse" he said abruptly and explaining the reason for him being here.

"Um, thank you, I might actually need that" Lizzie said chuckling, trying to make this conversation a little more comfortable.

"Yeah, you might"

He reached his hand out with the purse so she could grab it. When she did their fingers brushed. And there was that warm feeling again.

He quickly let go so things couldn't get more awkward and this time it was his turned to say goodbye, but he got a thought.

"From my experience the best way walking to the marina from here, is by turning onto California Street and keep walking down there till Fillmore, where you want to turned right and keep on walking straight. It's the simplest way to get there and the hills aren't too bad."

Lizzie was again surprised about how nice Darcy was being. Helping her out in any way he could.

"Thanks, I had actually planned a different route but this seems like the better option."

"No problem"

And then they make eye contact, holding it this time.

"Um, well, I better leave you to it" he said not drawing from her gaze.

"Ah, um, yeah" was all Lizzie could get out of her mouth.

"I hope you enjoy your dinner with…."

"Dr Gardiner ….. and thanks" There it was again her thanking him, she didn't really care but she felt like it was all she had said this evening.

"No worries." He thought he should do something so he extended his hand for her to shake.

"Goodbye"

She took it and replied herself with "goodbye" and for a second they both were touching and staring into the others eyes, both not wanting to let go. This was a feeling that Darcy was used to, not wanting to stop looking at her but for Lizzie this was a new feeling that she didn't even know the concept of yet.

Then they both withdrew their hands and their gazes, turning in opposite directions.

But both feeling flushed after that last encounter.


A/N: Hi everyone, just letting you know that this is my first fanfic ever and the first time I've ever done anything like this. I hope you all like and that its not terrible. I'm thinking that this is a one shot but it a get a good response to this who knows I might write another chapter or two.

Thanks for reading, feel free to leave a comment good or bad, I'm always up to constructive criticism.

Hope you're having a good day or night where ever you live :)

Rach