"Lizzie we have to be downstairs in twenty minutes!" Charlotte practically screeched in ear, for the fifth time.
"I'm up." she muttered rolling, and over ignoring Charlotte, a few minutes later she heard Jane and Charlotte whispering, and then she heard the shower come on.
But Lizzie ignored it, she wanted sleep, she could stay up all night with the best of them, but when Lizzie went to sleep you had better leave her alone.
Jane and Charlotte crept up to the bed, Jane stood at the head and Charlotte stood at the bottom.
"Get, her." Jane yelled, to Charlotte, and then they were picking Lizzie up by her hands and feet.
"Put me down!" Lizzie yelled, as they carried her into the bathroom.
"Okay." Charlotte shrugged and tossing her fully clothed in the shower.
"You, stupid morons!" Lizzie sputtered. "Why couldn't you let me sleep?"
Neither Charlotte nor Jane answered; they were too busy rolling on the floor laughing.
"I hate you." Lizzie laughed, no longer angry, as she dropped her sopping wet clothes on the floor.
A little while later, all three of the girls were dressed and ready to go downstairs to meet "Locking up Prejudice."
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William Darcy was in a bad mood, first of all he hadn't got any sleep and second of all that stupid girl had ran into him.
She looked familiar for some unknown reason; maybe he had seen her at one of their concerts.
He shrugged as he slipped shirt over his head. Why was he wasting his time thinking about some unknown chick anyway?
"Hey Will, you ready?" Charlie Bingly asked. He had been Will's best friend since high school and had been inseparable since. "Because we're supposed to meet, that girl band in-well now." he called, from the bedroom, they shared, while Blaze and Martin shared another room.
"Yeah." Will said coming out of the bathroom.
"Good, because you know how my sister is if we're late for anything." Charlie said rolling his eyes.
The sister he was referring to was none other than Caroline Bingly; she was "Locking up Prejudice's" manger.
The tall thin strawberry blonde, met them outside of the dining room. She had a large frown on her otherwise decent looking face.
She had wide green eyes, a straight nose and small thin lips; she was okay in her own way, just a little off.
Caroline favored business suits to any other sort of attire, and black high heeled shoes. Today she was wearing a green power suit, and wore small gold earrings and a simple gold chain.
She frowned when she saw the four guys finally show up, Caroline was on the phone with some person or other so she couldn't yell; instead she frowned and pointed to the dining room.
Charlie and Blaze gave each other a high-five because they had gotten off easy; they then pretty much ran into the dining room, before Caroline got off the phone.
Will followed behind them into the dining room and Martin brought up the rear.
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When the guys eventually showed, Jane and Charlotte gapped at how good looking they were, but Lizzie was gaping because, the lead singer of "Locking up Prejudice," was none other than the stupid jerk, she had ran into.
Lizzie had forgotten all about the incident until he walked in, and she knew it was going to be a long meeting.
--
Will had not realized how nice the hotel they were staying in was until now, he looked up at the crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, and the small tables covered in white linen tablecloths, which had china plates placed on each one.
It was a pretty sight and he felt his mood lighten until he turned his head to look at the girls they might be going on tour with.
His face immediately darkened, when he their lead singer, it was none other than the ditsy girl who had ran into him.
Will studied her; he hadn't really seen what she looked like, just enough to recognize her.
She was short, even sitting down he could tell that, she had long straight auburn hair and a black cowboy hat on, and her eyes were a clear blue.
She was wearing jeans, with a black t-shirt that had something on it, he couldn't tell from where he was standing, and black and white suspenders that hung down on each side of her leg.
That's when he realized he was standing alone, the others were almost at the table, but with his long stride he was sitting down at the same time as the other guys.
--
Lizzie upset to discover, that Will Darcy would be sitting directly across from her. So therefore she would have to stare at his stupid face the whole time.
Lizzie was brought out of her fuming, by Jane was saying. "Earth to planet Lizzie."
"Eh?"
"Come on and introduce yourself." Charlotte urged.
Lizzie blushed furiously as she spoke. "Uh…I'm Lizzie Bennet, Twenty years old and yeah whatever the magazines have told you." she said laughingly.
"Oh so you do have an evil twin sister?" a medium height, husky blonde guy with spiky hair, and pretty hazel eyes, asked teasingly.
"You, betcha. I'm sure she around here somewhere." Lizzie said pretending to look over shoulders for someone.
"Back to the introductions." Jane said trying to get them back on track.
"I guess it's my turn." a guy who reminded Lizzie somewhat of a frog said. "I'm Martin Collins, and I play the drums." He was short for a guy only five-five, with overly gelled brown hair, and small murky looking brown eyes.
In a way he creeped Lizzie out, but she then scolded herself if they were going on tour together she couldn't be creeped out by them.
And then it was the spiky blonde's turn. "Hey, I'm Blaze Williams…Uh I'm twenty, and that's about It." he said shrugging.
They went through Jane and Charlotte's introductions and then it was the tall husky, strawberry blonde Lizzie had noticed Jane staring at.
"I'm Charlie Bingly, I'm Twenty-three, and that's about It." he said grinning.
Lizzie had to admit he was cute, she wondered vaguely if he was looking for a girlfriend-For Jane-of course not herself.
Finally it was the infamous Will Darcy. "Hey, I'm Will Darcy, and I'm twenty-three," he said with a sigh, as if it was killing him to speak.
Lizzie wanted to hit him; he had a bad attitude when there was no call for one. He obviously considered himself a cut above the rest.
That's when Lizzie noticed everyone else was ordering, so she turned her attention to eating instead of that self centered jerk that called him a man.
--
Will watched Lizzie out of the corner of his eye, not that he would admit it.
That's when he heard her speak. "So, Darcy what do think about us going on tour together?" she asked, flashing him a grin.
He was surprised that she was calling him Darcy, a few people referred to him as Darcy, but mostly his younger sister Georgiana.
"I don't know. I haven't really listened to any of your music, and therefore I don't know if you're any good." Will said condescendingly, as if they're was any doubt they were good.
The others looked on in shock, wondering what his problem was.
Charlie's normally pleasant face was a mixture of anger and shocked, he liked the bass player Jane and was planning on asking her out, but that would never happen if Will offended them.
Lizzie felt herself go red with rage, so he thought his band was the only one worth listening to. Well she'd knock him off his high horse soon enough. "I see." Lizzie said going through great pains trying to remain calm.
"You see what?" Will asked, his unusual eyes flashing as if daring her to go off on him.
"I see-"
But she was cut off by the waiter, bringing their food.
"Excuse me." Lizzie said standing, after the waiter had left. "I'll be back in a second." she said hurrying to the bathroom.
Breath, Lizzie. She told herself. You know a lot of self centered jerks. That's just apart of being famous, some people let it go to there head.
It was true Lizzie had met more than her share of snobby people, and she herself at first had been tempted to respond in the same way, but for some reason Will just got under her skin.
She entered the rest room at a brisk pace, she looked at herself in the mirror, her blue eyes were snapping, declaring she was angry, her cheeks had a red flush to them, but on the bright side, for once her hair wasn't flying all over the place.
When Lizzie calmed down, she hurried back to the table to finish this meal and be over and done with it.
--
Jane and Charlie were the last ones to exit the dining room. Jane had enjoyed talking to him he seemed sweet, but you could never be sure.
"Um…Jane I apologize for Will. He spoke out of line and I'm sorry." Charlie said rubbing the back of his head in a sheepish gesture.
Jane blushed crimson; he was taking the time to apologize for something that wasn't even his fault. That was so sweet. "Charlie, its fine. He's just outspoken much like Lizzie." she said kindly, her blue eyes sparkling.
"Cool…Um I was wondering if you wanted to ask the others if they wanted to get together with us tonight. We could go see a movie or just hang out somewhere." Charlie said shrugging his broad shoulders, trying to remain casual and failing miserably.
"Sure, that sounds fun." Jane said trying to remain cool.
"Alright, we can meet in the lobby at five. Does that work for you?"
"Yep, I'll see you then." Jane said, and began to walk to the elevator, fighting the urge to run.
--
Lizzie had set herself in front of the TV in their suite. She was looking through music videos on demand, trying to find any of "Locking up Prejudice."
She finally found one; the song was called "Forgetting You."
Lizzie clicked it, few seconds later it came up. It started out as just Darcy playing a grand piano, singing in a nice baritone.
"I still see your face,"
"Even though,"
"I know your not here,"
"In this place,"
"My heart is crying out,"
"And all I want to do is,"
"Forget you,"
"Even though,"
"My heart doesn't want me to,"
That's when you could hear the drums and the electric guitar break in, as he continued to sing in a mournful tone.
"It's so hard to sleep,"
"At night,"
"Because I all I want to do is,"
"Forget you,"
"Even though,"
"My heart doesn't want me to."
"I still love you,"
"Even though you're gone,"
"I still love you,"
"Even though you're not on this earth."
"I still love you,"
"And I don't want to forget you."
At the end of the video, words popped up on the TV screen they read; In Loving memory of Mrs. William Darcy.
And that's when it hit Lizzie, Darcy was a widower, and she felt compassion for him. She wondered vaguely how his wife had died.
And then Lizzie wondered if she would have the heart to be mean to him ever again.
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Will sat alone by the indoor pool, when he saw no one was in there he knew it would be the perfect place to think.
He pulled out his wallet, and took out the picture of a pretty woman, with long curly blonde hair, and large green eyes with gold specks in them.
She had high cheek bones, a small pert nose and full lips.
He smiled at the picture, he missed Karen terribly.
They had married at eighteen, and then two years later she had been diagnosed with cancer, she had lived a year after the diagnoses.
The marriage hadn't exactly been happy; they fought like cats and dogs when he wasn't busy on the road.
They had even been considering a divorce, before she was diagnosed and then they found out. She had gone on the road with him, knowing that she wasn't going to make it. The cancer had already spread by the time they found out.
Will still missed her, even though they had fought, when push came to shove he had discovered he loved her.
He put the picture away he preferred not to be asked about her; even two years later it still hurt to talk about her.
Maybe that's why Lizzie annoyed him so, she seemed to have similar personality traits as Karin, she was outspoken, but he didn't know much more about Lizzie.
Will picked himself up finally and headed upstairs, back to his suite.
Chapter two yay! Anyway I'm sorry for miscounting the girls in the band, I hadn't realized it until someone brought it to me attention, and thanks for the reviews.