It was two days before Thanksgiving when I next saw William Darcy. I was back in my hometown for the holiday with nothing to do so my sisters and I went to the mall to see a movie. We arrived at the mall at three o'clock but the movie did not start until four-thirty. We all decided to go window shopping to look for early Christmas presents, we were headed into a store called Mixx Myxx when a man bumped into me.

"Oh, I'm sorry! Did I hu…" The man started to say until he saw who I was. "Elizabeth, what are you doing here?"

"Hi William," I said surprised "I live here; this is where I am from. What are you doing here?"

"The Bingleys just bought a house here so Charles would not have to commute as far during the holidays. They were nice enough to invite me to stay with them whenever I'd like," he replied.

"That was kind of them but then again you are really good friends with Charles." I looked around and noticed that my sisters had left me to continue window shopping. William Darcy and I were left alone, I do not know why but this really embarrassed me! Although we were standing in the middle of the mall it did feel this way and it was a very strange feeling. It is not as though I have never been alone with a guy before but somehow this was different, I could not help but smile the whole time I was with him. It seemed as though I liked William Darcy, but this could not be possible! There is NO POSSIBLE way that I could like William Darcy, he is an arrogant jerk and that's not my type.

"So, Elizabeth would you like to walk around with me or get some coffee?"

"Umm…" I said hesitantly "sure coffee would be great."

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Fifteen minutes later we were sitting at a table in the coffee shop named Jitter Bug. William is such a gentleman he held the door open for me and paid for my coffee.

"How do you like Marietta so far?" I asked

"I have only been here a few hours but I like the atmosphere quite a bit. The small town feel is a lot different than Chicago. I really like it here; it is possible I might spend the rest of my holidays and the summer months here!" I smiled at this. I never thought someone like William Darcy would actually like my hometown. He grew up in wealthy fenced in neighborhood with people waiting on him hand and foot. In Marietta we are all middle class, sure there are a few poor people but the community helps them out when they need it.

We continued talking like this for the next hour. I do not know why but I glanced at my watch, it read 4:25. "Oh no," I got up hurriedly "I'm sorry but I have to go I am going to be late for the movie."

"That's fine but I'm walking you to the theater," he said.

"All right," I said smiling.

When we arrived at the theater we said our goodbyes. As I was walking away he grabbed my hand and kissed it. It was very sweet; I have never seen a guy do that before well except for in the movies. When I finally found my sisters in the theater I realized my hand was still tingling from where William Darcy's lips had once been. I do not remember much of the movie because I could not help but think about what had happened in the last two hours. Why was he being so nice to me? From the first time I met him he had a frozen expression of hatred on his face whenever I was around. I guess in time I will find out. About twenty minutes into the movie I realized that maybe just maybe it was possible that William Darcy had a heart that could possibly be beating in sync with mine!