A/N: I am sorry it has been a few weeks since posting. I had a family emergency and had to fly to Maryland. I was in the air when I realized I left my laptop at home. My laptop is like air for me so I understand the torture you have been feeling. I hope this meets your expectations and as always reviews are GREATLY desired. Enjoy ~*Mandy

~*Chapter 8*~

"…LEAVE THEM ALONE!"

"…BITE ME BITCH! I'LL TEACH YOU TO MESS WITH ME!"

The two women were using every advantage they could find to gain the upper hand on their opponent. Caroline was using her sharp 3 inch orange nails to slash at the young women while she used her speed and agility of youth to avoid the blows. Caroline was seriously outmatched against this young upstart, her pathetic obsession to have Will being the only reason giving her the energy to fight. She was rapidly losing steam and she could see that she was not having much of an impact on her young opponent. The main reason that her opponent was not flagging was her fierce determination to protect her brother and Lizzy from this mad women seemed to fuel her with an unstoppable amount of energy. Will and Lizzy were frozen in disbelief watching the two volatile women.

"Georgie?..."

Lizzy looked back to Will's face and could see that in his emotional state he was going to be no help to Georgiana. She gently but swiftly slid Will off her lap and made her way to the red and blonde blur. She managed to grab Georgiana and Caroline by their shirts and released Georgiana in the direction of the bed where Will was sitting. She picked Caroline up by grabbing her upper arms and lifting. While Caroline thought she had won Will she relaxed into Lizzy's grasp. Placing Caroline down outside the door, she slammed the door quickly before Caroline could realize what had happened. She locked the door, resting back against the wood as Caroline began her screeching yet again this time accompanied by banging on the door.

Looking back at the bed she saw that Will had pulled Georgiana to him and was holding her like she was dying. He looked so worried and still had not gained the upper hand on his emotions. Georgiana was confused for the most part. She knew that Lizzy liked her and cared about her for Will's sake but seeing her so upset for her well-being was mightily confusing. She sat there with a furrowed brow, awkwardly patting Will on the back.

Lizzy had to bring her fist to her mouth to prevent Will and Georgiana for seeing her smile. It wasn't that she was happy about what had taken place, she just couldn't believe that it had happened to begin with. Approaching the bed, she held out her hand for Georgiana who grasped it firmly. She pulled her to her enveloping her in a gentle hug that she remembered seeing Will give her on a few occasions.

"It's alright Georgie, I think Elizabeth is just thankful that you are alright after defending her so powerfully." Lizzy made wide eyes to Will over Georgiana's head.

Understanding the message, Will jumped to his feet and apologized for confusing Georgiana. Seeing she still wasn't convinced Lizzy offered, "Elizabeth is experiencing her time of the month, so she is just feeling really emotional right now."

In a flash, Georgiana's face cleared and she hugged Will again in complete understanding of what 'she' was going through.

There was a light knock on the door and they could hear Jane's soft voice from the other side. Lizzy opened the door realizing the screeching had stopped and Jane stepped in.

"I am sorry, I just wanted you to know that Charlie is driving Caroline to the train station. He bought her a ticket to Louisa's and called to tell her he was shipping Caroline to them. I am so sorry Georgiana for that welcome. Charlie is mortified."

Georgiana hurried to put Jane at ease, "Please do not worry Jane. I am absolutely fine. I may have a few bruises but I was more worried about her attacking Lizzy and Will to worry about that. I am sorry for surprising you. I hope you don't mind that I came up to join you all. I know that Will said that you wanted them to celebrate with you but I need to come see Will immediately."

"Don't worry, it is perfectly alright. I will go make sure the guestroom is ready for you."

After Jane closed the door, Will turned to Georgiana and asked what was wrong. Georgiana looked a little confused that 'Lizzy' was asking her instead of 'Will' but she looked over to Lizzy and said, "Uncle Henry stopped by with Aunt Catherine. She was a mess, just yelling about you and Lizzy. When Uncle Henry finally got her to be quiet he asked where you were. I told him you were away with friends on vacation. I asked him why of course and he said that Aunt Catherine told him about the harlot that you had the gall to be marrying and he needed to talk to you about it straight away. I told him you would be away for a little while but that I would go to you to give you the message. He decided that was fine so he left with Aunt Catherine. Why do you think he needs to talk to you?"

Lizzy looked to Will, who looked like he had not a clue in the world, so she said, "Well, it's probably nothing to worry about. We will leave and head home tomorrow to make sure everything is alright."

Will couldn't believe that Lizzy knew so precisely what he would've said. They were gaining so much knowledge of each other that they could almost read each other's mind.

The next morning saw Lizzy driving Will's car back home with Will in the passenger seat and Georgiana asleep in the back.

"So, what do you think your uncle needs to talk to you about?" She whispered out of the corner of her mouth.

Will just shook his head. "I have absolutely no idea. I hope he doesn't believe all the nonsense Aunt Catherine was spewing but he has never asked to speak to me urgently like this so I don't know whether to be worried." He look over to Lizzy and ran 'her' and through 'his' hair and said, "I think it will be okay." He gave her what he hoped was a reassuring smile but he was actually quite nervous. He had rarely had any serious conversations with his Uncle. He would see him for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and anything serious to do with Georgiana. He had never been 'summoned' like this before and he was starting to feel really nauseous, although that could be a side effect of this darn period that he was really starting to question the necessity of such a function.

By the time the pulled into the drive, Georgiana was awake and not helping Will's anxiousness by continually asking Lizzy if 'he' thought he was in serious trouble. Will rushed out of the car, stomped up the stairs and slammed his bedroom door for good measure.

Lizzy laughed and told Georgiana that she was going to check on Lizzy and then call Uncle Henry. Watching her dash off to the kitchen for a snack, Lizzy smirked. She had always liked Will's sister but she has become very entertaining, just by being herself. She has also quite enjoyed seeing how Will interacts with his sister. And it had been downright hilarious watching Will interact with her and trying to be Lizzy. My poor man was never slated for acting. She thought.

She made her way upstairs and gently knocked on Will's door. Hearing some muffled exclamation that sounded somewhat welcoming, she opened the door and found Will lying face down diagonally across the bed. She straddled 'her' hips and began messaging Will's upper and lower back.

He began moaning at the feeling of 'his' strong hands working away the soreness from his back. "Hmmmm…ummmm…mmmmm…hm, Lizzy?"

"Yes." His mouth was still buried in the comforter so she was smiling while biting 'his' lip to keep from laughing. She knew that wouldn't feel good for him since she was sitting on him.

"Lizzy, you are the best BEST boyfriend EVER!"

"Why thank you Sweetpea, I think you are a pretty great girlfriend."

Will turned his head to the side and finally realized what he said. The next thing they knew they were laughing so hard tears were falling down their cheeks and Lizzy had Will wrapped up in 'his' arms.

There was a knock on the bedroom door and they looked over to see none other then Aunt Catherine.

"What in the Devil is going on in here? Why do you have this HARLOT in your room?"

Will saw his Uncle Henry peer around his Aunt and roll his eyes. Will and Lizzy couldn't help but smile at that which set the old bat off yet again.

"DON'T YOU BE SMILING ABOUT THIS! THIS IS SERIOUS! THIS WOMAN COULD CLAIM YOU GOT HER PREGNANT, THEN GO SLEEP WITH ONE OF HER MANY CONQUESTS AND THEN YOU ARE UP SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A GODDAMN CANOE!"

She was turning red at an alarming rate and Henry just patted her on the arm and told her that it was time for her to leave.

"You better fix this Henry. This is all your fault, you know. I told you that you should've kept a closer watch on him and you did nothing. FIX IT!"

There was a lot of stomping, the door slammed, and then they heard car wheels spinning out.

"Well, now that she is gone…Will? Are you going to introduce me to your young lady there."

Will managed to not slip this time and waited for Lizzy to stand and help him up off the bed.

"Yes Uncle, this is Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth this is my Uncle Henry. Elizabeth's sister is engaged to my good friend Charlie Bingley." Lizzy said. She peeked over at Will and he was smirking back at her and winked, telling her that she was very convincing and said all the right things.

"Nice to meet you, my dear." Henry stepped forward and brought Will's hand to his lips in greeting.

Will looked to Lizzy and saw that she was laughing very much on the inside while he found nothing humerus in the situation. Never did he dream that his Uncle would ever kiss his hand and to be quite honest was an image he would have to burn out of his memory.

"Well Will, shall we leave your young lady to recoup from her encounter with Catherine and head to your office? I have a few things I would like to speak with you about."

"Of course, Uncle. Why don't you head on down, I'll be just a minute."

After Uncle Henry had shut the door Lizzy spun around looking frantic. "Will, what am I supposed to do? What am I to say?"

Will place 'her' hands on 'his' face and said calmly, "Baby, if anyone can do this you can. You are a much better actor then me. I can't really prepare you since I have no idea what he wants. Just think about me. You are the one person that knows me best, especially now."

Lizzy nodded and placed her faith in Will's belief in her. She headed down the stairs and looked back before entering his office to see Will poking his head around the corner, giving her a double thumbs up. She smirked at him and entered to find Uncle Henry sitting behind Will's desk, looking rather foreboding.

"Why don't you sit down Will."

Lizzy sat down keeping her borrowed eyes locked on Henry's blue ones. Henry held her gaze for what seemed like forever and then smiled. His eyes flickered down to the area of Will's desk in front of Lizzy. Lizzy looked down and gasped. She looked back up to Henry and saw that he had tears in his eyes. She looked back down and was speechless.

Henry tried to compose himself and said, "you're ready Will."