A/N: Sorry it is so late on Sunday but I was trying to get to where I wanted to end my chapter. I hope everyone has a good week and look for Chapter 7 next Sunday. Please leave me a review. Let me know how you are feeling. You like it, you hate it, you're not sure. I hope you enjoy. *Picture of Lizzy/Will's bikini is on my profile.
~*Chapter 6*~
The sun was peaking over the horizon. Lizzy and Will sat peacefully while the ocean breeze whipped through their hair.
"Baby as much as I love your hair, how do you control it? This is getting ridiculous!"
Lizzy had been having a very hard time holding in her laughter and she was surprised that Will could not feel that since his back was pressed quite nicely to her front. They were sitting on the beach having finished their breakfast when the morning ocean breeze began to pick up. Lizzy's thick and long curly hair started to misbehave and Will had tried to ignore it. After probably the seventh time of having the hair all of a sudden appear in his mouth Will had had enough and begged Lizzy to help him control this beautiful beast.
"What do you think I can do? I can't stop the breeze." She teased.
"You can do something. You are not always eating your hair. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen you eat your hair. You must have some trick to make it behave. If not, I am surprised you haven't cut it." Realizing what he just said he quickly turned and all but tackled Lizzy to the sand. "FORGET WHAT I JUST SAID! I LOVE YOUR HAIR! PLEASE DON'T CUT IT!"
Lizzy threw her head back and started laughing loudly. The look on 'her' face when Will tackled her was one of true horror. Of course she knew that he loved her hair. Since the switched bodies she has caught him running 'her' fingers through 'her' hair many times. Of course Lizzy loved her hair the way it was so she had no problem making that promise.
"Baby, don't worry. It is safe to say that I will never cut my hair, trust me. My mother cut my hair when I was a teenager very short. She said it was the fashion but we quickly found out that it doesn't matter if its fashion because some people just don't have the right kind of hair for those fashionable styles. My hair had resembled a poodle. No matter what we did it was a big poofy, curly, mess. Let's just say I never let my mother near me with scissors again."
Though he thought the image of Lizzy perpetually running away from Mrs. Bennet was funny, he couldn't deny the relief he felt that Lizzy had and will never have any plans to cut her beautiful soft hair.
"Thank God. I love your hair." He snuggled in closer to her as they laugh entwined in the sand. "By the way, I will have to see the pictures of you as a teenager. Actually all of your pictures."
"I don't think so Mister, absolutely not going to happen!"
"Aww…please, baby? I promise I won't laugh. I have to know what our kids will look like."
"Kids! You are already thinking about kids?"
Will looked up into 'his' eyes, seeing her soul through them. "Well I am not the type of guy that desires to many different women. I only want one woman. A woman to be my best friend, my lover, my wife, the mother of my children. I want to be committed to one woman who I just with everything I am, and that woman is you. It has always only been you. I have never once felt the way I feel about you for someone else."
Having another tear escape from behind the prison of 'his' lashes she smiled softly at him and leaned up to press a tender kiss to 'her' lips. "I know, I feel the same way."
Having been totally lost in their own world, they failed to here the approach of Jane and Charlie.
"Hey guys. Nice move Will." Charlie was smirking but he was really quite relieved to see things working out so well for Will. He has been one of the few people privy to the many different emotions that Will Darcy feels but will not show. Somehow Charlie has just always been able to read Will. He can tell when Will is content or when he is pain, and generally Will's facial expression rarely changes. He knew there was someone who Will wanted. He admitted this to Jane as well as the fact that he was surprised the woman was Elizabeth. He personally felt that Will and Elizabeth would be great together and had mentioned this to Will but Will denied having any feelings for her. I guess true love was the one emotion I was not privy to. He thought as he watched Lizzy immediately stand up to brush the sand off her body. "Wow Liz, I think you just proved how much time you have been spending with him." Seeing Elizabeth's confusion he elaborated, "its just that looked just like something Will would have done having been taken unawares. I guess since you were on top of him he couldn't get up quite so quickly." Charlie, oblivious to the intense stare Jane was giving, chuckled at his jab.
Will quickly realized that he and Lizzy were under an intense scrutinizing stare from Jane who was trying to figure out why Liz was acting so much like Will and Will was acting so much like Liz. As she looked closer at Will, Lizzy turned 'his' head over to look at Jane. Jane gasped. While Charlie turned to her to figure out what was wrong with her, she continued to stare at who she thought was Will. She looked deep into 'his' eyes and she knew. She was seeing her sister through Will's eyes. Turning to look at 'Liz' she could see the intense stare that is the tell tale evidence you are looking at William Darcy.
"Nothing is wrong Charlie, my throat is just really dry. Would you mind going back to the house to fetch me some water?" She turned to Charlie and fluttered her lashes. Not that she needed to, Charlie would do anything Jane asked of him. Without a word, he turned and was off like a shot.
She turned back to look at 'Will' and said "Okay Lizzy, what happened. I want the truth and it better be quick because Charlie is fast."
Having glanced at Will, knowing there was nothing they could say to deny it she quickly explained what happened. Though she hated to relive the pain both she and Will experienced that day she knew it would better help Jane understand Lizzy's rapid change in her feelings for Will.
Jane always knew that Lizzy was attracted to Will. She also believed that would make a great couple if only they could stop fighting each other to see that they belong together. Feeling awful for the struggle they were going through and seeing the fear in both of their eyes that they may never return to their own bodies she fell onto Lizzy holding her while pulling Will down to hold him as well.
This was the scene that Charlie came upon. To say he was stunned was too little a statement. There was his Janie on top of Will, with Lizzy on top of Jane.
"WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON?" He didn't mean it to come out quite so strong knowing that Will would never try to take Jane away from him but it was unavoidable when a man comes upon his fiancé laying on top of his best friend.
Jane quickly rolled off of Lizzy and sat up looking over to Charlie with wide eyes. Both she and Will were stunned to silence. Neither of them had ever heard that tone from Charlie, not even when dealing with Caroline. Lizzy was quicker to regain her senses and was able, thanks to her quick wit, to come up with a believable excuse.
"Charlie, calm down. It's not what it looks like. I was just telling Jane how sorry I am for how I have treated her and her family. I told her of my feelings for Lizzy and how they have been of long term. I didn't want her to second guess my love for Lizzy and have that come between them. I think Jane was just a little overwhelmed and wanted to hug me in thanks but since I am still sitting in the sand, she ended up just falling on top of me pulling Lizzy with her." Lizzy was able to not only come up with this great excuse but while she was speaking she emanated the firm, calm, and trusting tone that Will uses when speaking with Charles.
Will had been watching Lizzy thinking that she was a better actress than she originally thought. That sounded just like him had he been in his own body and come up with this explanation. He looked over to Charlie and saw that once again he was easily swayed from the truth. He felt his frown take over once again, feeling the shame and guilt that he doubted he would ever be rid of for separating Jane and Charlie. Especially since finding himself trapped in Lizzy's body, he was able to spend quite a bit of time with Jane that normally NO ONE would ever see but Lizzy. He once again found that he and Jane were more similar than he could ever have imagined. Maybe if he had better known himself, he would have been able to see Jane more clearly from the start.
"Will, why don't we let the girls spend some quality sister time together on the beach and you and I hit the golf course." Charlie moved to Lizzy's side and whispered, "You know since Jane and I want to have our wedding as soon as possible to make up for all the time we had to spend apart, this could be one of the last times the girls get to spend alone."
Charlie had such a pleading puppy face on that made Lizzy want to laugh, knowing that this was not the first time the Will had been subjected to said face and gave in. She knew her Will could be such a hard ass but when it came to the people that he cared for he could such a pushover. She glanced over to Will and saw that he recognized the face and was already giving into Charlie's plans.
Even though she had never once been golfing she didn't think it looked that hard so she found herself agreeing to the plans. "Okay, well let me just go change. Lizzy, would you like to come with me back to the house to change into your swimsuit?"
Will smiled and said "Of course. I will be right back Jane. Have fun Charlie."
Will reached out and took Lizzy's hand as they walked back to the beach house. "Baby, have you ever been golfing before?"
"No but it can't be that hard. I mean, all you have to do is hit the ball with the club right?"
"Yes but it is a tiny bit more complicated than that. Just do your best and have fun. If Charlie asks just say that you are too busy thinking about me…I mean I am too busy thinking about you…I mean…"
"Yes, honey I know what you mean. Don't worry. Charlie seems to be pretty easy to distract so I will just let him talk and talk about Jane if I completely suck."
She smiled at him and gave him a sweet kiss. Not having passed the pleasure of kissing Lizzy, Will followed her with his eyes in a daze but quickly came into focus when he saw what was in her hands.
Lizzy had walked over to 'her' suitcase that she had packed for Will and pulled out the most modest bikini she had. She would never wear those bikinis that Lydia and Kitty seemed to favor. How can one walk around in only string, she thought once again. Her bikinis, while not strings, were still a little revealing. She had decided to give Will her purple bikini. She felt that this would be the most comfortable for him. She handed it to him and sent him off to the bathroom to change while she searched through 'his' suitcase for something appropriate for golf.
"Uh…Lizzy…I think I need…uh, I need your help."
Lizzy turned to see Will holding the bikini with his right hand while is left held the towel he had wrapped around her body.
"I just…I have never…" He was stuttering so badly and mumbling so much she could barely understand him. On top of that, he wouldn't even look at her and was blushing brighter than the sun. She walked up to him and bent 'his' body down so that she could look up into 'her' eyes.
"Will, honey whats wrong? It is just a bikini. Plus, this is a private beach. No one will see you but Jane and she won't make fun of you because you're in my body. Don't worry so much."
He finally looked up and was blurted out in a loud voice that seemed to echo through the resulting silence in the room, "I'M A VIRGIN!"
Lizzy was stunned. She felt like she was in shock. She didn't know how to process this information. Though she was also a virgin she just couldn't understand why Will was. She understood and accepted to some degree that she was a virgin due to her mouth. She had had opportunities but she always seem to intimidate the guys to the point that they decided it was just nice to make-out. All of her sisters, even Mary, had had sex but not her. She didn't know what to focus on with Will. Should she address his virginity or should she ask why being a virgin seemed to be the topic at this moment.
Will was standing there, in a towel, having a inner meltdown. He couldn't believe that he told Lizzy he was a virgin. Of course he was but that wasn't what he meant to say. He knew Lizzy was probably experienced. Nobody can be that good at kissing and not have had sex, he thought feeling that he was a horrible kisser. He had only kissed one girl before Lizzy and that had been because his Cousin Richard dared him to kiss the girl he had been crushing on for a few weeks in High School. Immediately after the kiss, she had slapped her hand across her mouth and ran to the nearest trashcan to throw up. Will remembered being mortified. Richard was rolling on the ground laughing while Will cupped his hand over his mouth to smell his breath. He couldn't smell anything other than mint so it must've been because he was such as a bad kisser. After that, he never tried to kiss another woman again. Even Georgie. She would give him a kiss on the cheek to say goodnight but he would never kiss her. To say he was shocked that Lizzy was not sick after kiss was a good way to describe his feelings, however, the fear of kissing her was greatly outweighed by the pleasure of kissing her. He would kiss her until she told him otherwise.
Though it was not the issue he was currently dealing with, it is the reason why he has this current dilemma. He didn't know how to put on the bikini. It should be simple but they make women's clothes so darn complicated. A man's swimsuit is on tug up and one tug down, pretty simple. A woman's…yea, not so much. Will had spent 10 minutes staring at the bathing suit trying to figure out the best way to approach this task before he gave up. He decided after being in Lizzy's body, there is nothing that can embarrass him anymore in front of her. He was wrong on that too because now he was standing there, mortified, watching as she thought through what to say to that little revelation.
"Uh…okay, maybe we should come back to that later since Charlie and Jane are waiting downstairs. But…what does being a virgin have to putting on a swimsuit?"
"Well I, uh…don't know how to put it on."
Understanding dawned on her. She thought, How could I be so stupid? Of course he doesn't know how to put them on. Good Lord, I didn't even know until I was a teenager and I had to have Jane show me.
"It's alright Will. Truthfully, I didn't know how to put them on either until after puberty. I would only ever wear a one piece. Come on I'll help you."
She led him back into the bathroom and told him to drop the towel. He did and she held out the bottoms and told him to put 'her' hands on 'his' shoulders for balance. She had him put his legs through and pulled up that bottoms, arranging them so that none of 'her' goods were showing. After some struggle, they finally got the top on and Will was ready to find whoever decided women's fashion she be so complicate and sue them. When he said this, Lizzy burst out laughing.
"I totally agree but it's the world we live in. Just be thankful you're a guy."
"You mean I was a guy."
She noticed his defeated tone and gently put 'his' hands on 'her' cheeks, "and you WILL be a man again. We just have to figure this out but I believe that we will. Have faith and trust in us."
He leaned forward and kissed because let's face it…he just couldn't resist.
Lizzy quickly changed and they headed done the stairs to find Jane and Charlie waiting for them. Within the blink of an eye, Caroline was there practically on top of Lizzy.
"Oh Will, I am so glad you are here. We are going to have so much fun together on the beach." She was clutching Lizzy's arm and very obviously trying to pull Lizzy away from Will.
Caroline, having seen Jane and Charlie in their bathing suits, ran to change into her most provocative suit. She was going to teach Eliza a thing or two and show Will the woman he was truly meant to be with.
Charlie stepped in before a cat-fight started as Will's face was one of thunder, making Charlie think that Lizzy was jealous. Of course who wouldn't be jealous if someone was throwing themselves at your significant other? He thought. "Well Caroline, you are actually going to have to do without Will for a couple hours. Will and I are hitting the golf course while you ladies enjoy the beach."
With that said, Charlie kissed Jane on the cheek and pushing Lizzy in the back out the door and to the car where their clubs sat waiting.
Will and Jane looked at each other and shook their heads not believing how Caroline could act this way. They heard the crunch from the gravel drive as Lizzy and Charlie left.
"Well Lizzy, shall we grab some drinks and sandwiches for the beach."
Will turned, smiling at Jane's teasing. "Sounds like a plan."
They headed for the kitchen leaving Caroline fuming at being so dismissed, and by her own brother. They had just finished packing the cooler when they heard the crunch from the gravel drive.
Jane looked at Will confused. "They can't be back already. How long does golfing take?"
Will laughed, "They probably just forgot something. Shall we go see before Caroline molests Lizzy?"
Jane was laughing so hard she had tears coming down her face and Will was discovering that every time he laughs hard in Lizzy's body he gets the hiccups. Jane opened the front door and Will saw someone he never expected to see at Charlie's beach house.
"What are you doing here Aunt Catherine?"
