William had spent most of the week trying to find his sister a present for her fifteenth birthday that would be occurring on Saturday. Fifteen years old, an almost ten year age gap between them but they had always been close. He recalled a conversation that he had with Mrs Reynolds, how she thought it was funny when his father complained at having Georgie's birthday in June, having Lucy's birthday in early July and then Leonard's in the middle of August and William's birthday at the end of August whilst Frank's birthday was two days before Christmas. Mrs Reynolds had said that his father found it stressful having to organise three birthdays in a short amount of time between the other's and when Leonard had been born it nearly made him implode.

On Thursday, he enlisted the help of Elizabeth to help him pick out what to get Georgiana for her birthday, having no clue what teenage girls liked. Elizabeth, having two very girly younger sisters, suggested buying her a gift voucher so that Georgie had the option of buying her own clothes. He, thinking that was a great idea and thinking himself stupid for not thinking of it himself, handed over fifty pounds in cash and asked Lizzy to go to Debenhams and purchase said gift voucher, Georgie liked to shop at a Debenhams store now and then. Whilst Lizzy went and got the gift card, he went into a jewellery shop and bought a simple, white gold locket for his sister and paid extra to have a 'G' initial engraved into the front of the oval shape.

He met up with Lizzy at the fountain, who handed over the gift voucher and receipt, and kissed her goodbye so that she could head off to Fagin's to start her shift. Will went into one of the card shops to get a birthday card to Georgie before heading home and wrapping the present and looking at paying for a courier company to deliver the present to Georgie at boarding school.

On Friday morning, there was an unexpected knock on the door as he, Leonard, Charles and Mrs Reynolds were fathered around the breakfast table. Will rose from his seat, half eaten piece of toast in his hand and went to answer the front door; his mouth gaping open widely as he saw the last person that he had expected to see. In front of him stood a girl he hadn't seen since Easter, a little taller than the last time he had seen her, blonde hair curlier than ever and falling past her shoulders and the same brown eyes and nose as he. She smiled in greeting, taking down her umbrella and jumping up to wrap her arms around his shoulders in a hug.

"Georgie-"

"I've missed you, Fitzwilliam." she said, cutting him off.

William led her into the house, placing the small suitcase by the stairs and her umbrella on the coat stand by the door. He stood back from her, observing if she was truly stood in his doorway as he closed the door behind her.

"What are you-"

"Doing here? Dad called the school and got permission for me to get leave this weekend as it's my birthday tomorrow." Georgiana replied with a smile.

"It's great to see you!" Will replied enthusiastically, hugging his sister once more.

"Darcy, the croissants are getting cold!" Charles called from the kitchen.

"Have you eaten?" William asked Georgiana.

His sister shook her head, "No, the car picked me up in the early hours of the morning so I'm starving." she replied.

William took her through to the kitchen where the others greeted her warmly, the most warm greeting came from Leonard who leapt from his seat, squealing 'Auntie G' and hugged her tightly. Mrs Reynolds was next, sitting Georgiana down after the two had embraced and started making Georgiana something to eat whilst Charles gave her a brief hug and departed from the house, promising to be back in time to take Leonard to the cinema.

"Can Auntie G come too Uncle Will?" Leonard asked excitedly as Charles closed the front door behind him.

"I'd love to come." Georgiana replied, ruffling Leonard's blonde hair.

"Uncle Will has a girl coming over for dinner. Her name's Lizzy and she's cool, she took me to a castle and we went on swan boats with my new friend Harry. Charles says that Uncle Will and Lizzy kiss now which is icky-"

Georgiana looked at Will, eyebrow raised as she thanked Mrs R for the croissants which were now placed in front of her.

"Someone's been busy. New girlfriend?" she asked.

Will scratched his forehead, he and Lizzy were still yet to establish their relationship in official terms.

"Tonight she's coming over for dinner, it's our third date. But now you're here I can rearrange-"

"No you won't. My arrival was a surprise and an intrusion for the weekend. We can catch up for a bit and then Leo and I can do something for a little bit and tonight I'll go to the cinema with Leonard, Charles and Mrs Reynolds, assuming that is what the original plan was. Tomorrow we can spend the day together as it's my birthday, if you don't mind?" Georgie asked.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, Fitzwilliam you don't need to change your plans because I've come to visit for the weekend."

"You'll probably get to meet her at some point. Her sister is staying this weekend too and her sister and Charles have agreed to meet up. If the weather is nice on Sunday, the plan was to have a barbecue and they are coming over, if you don't object?"

"I'd love to meet her. I'd like to see who's captured my brother's attention." Georgiana replied warmly.

Will smiled, "She is amazing." he breathed.

Leonard looked at his Uncle and then to his Auntie and said, "Yuck. Uncle Will's got it bad." and went back to his cereal.

Georgiana laughed, "Where did you hear that, Leo?" she asked.

"From Charles, he says that Uncle Will really likes Lizzy and that he always wants to be with her."

Georgiana continued to laugh as Will felt his cheeks turn a little red but he didn't deny anything that was said. He liked Lizzy, a lot and whenever they were apart he did want to go and see her but he kept himself in check and text or called her instead. Besides, they were seeing a lot of each other anyway, any more and they might get sick of each other's company.

ooOoo

Lizzy woke at ten o'clock on Friday morning, a little late for her but she figured that everyone deserves a lie in every now and again. She got home at nine last night after the close with Jade, who was beginning to become more of a nightmare to work with considering Jade still carried a torch for William. Her...boyfriend? Was it too soon to call him that? They were due for their third date tonight so maybe she should talk about it with him then.

She pulled her phone from the bedside table, unlocking it to see a text from Jane to say that she was coming into Portsmouth at four and going to the cinema with Charles, Mrs Reynolds and Leonard and asked if she should meet her at Will's house when the movie was over so that the two of them could return to her flat together, as Jane didn't have a key. Lizzy text back and told her it was fine to do that and that she'd see her later. Just as she kicked back the covers, she heard her phone beep again.

Just a heads up, my sister is here, W x

Do u want to rearrange, I know u haven't seen her for a while. L x

No, just a warning if she tries to grill u about us. She likes to tease me too :) x

Lizzy laughed as she went through to the kitchen to make herself a cup of tea, putting fresh water in the kettle and setting it to boil.

I like your version of payback when I tease u ;) x

Maybe u should tease me 2night then ;) xo

She made herself a cup of tea and switched on the TV, hearing the rain pour harder on her balcony outside. It was a day like today, with clouds covering the whole of the sky and rain pouring so hard that she had to turn the TV volume up, that made it hard to believe they were in the month of June.

Do u want 2 come over at 6? The others are leaving at half 5, their movie starts at 6ish I believe x

Shall I bring anything? x

No, just yourself :) W xo

The rest of her day was organised by doing housework, washing her clothes and heading to ASDA to get some treats in for her and Jane over the weekend, she also bought Lydia a birthday card as it was her birthday on Monday and shoved a twenty pound note inside; Lydia was quite difficult to buy for, even though her youngest sister liked to shop, she hated having clothes bought for her for a number of different reasons. So, she figured that shoving some money inside a card would be the better option as that way, Lydia had complete freedom to buy whatever she wanted.

At four o'clock she got a text from Jane to say that Charles had met her at the train station and that she'd see her later as Lizzy jumped into the shower. At half five, her hair had been washed and dried, she had pulled on a pair of skinny jeans and a navy blue blouse with matching flats and left her flat to walk to Will's house.

ooOoo

Will waved goodbye to Charles and the others who had climbed into his best friend's seven seater car to head off to the cinema. Georgiana had teased that she was going to deliberately stall them so that they could see him with Lizzy and although Charles had a new girlfriend in the form of Lizzy's sister Jane, the teasing of a new relationship still landed on Will instead of his best friend.

He waited on the driveway, in the light downpour of rain as Lizzy walked up the driveway and kissed him in greeting. Leading her inside the house, he took her jacket from her and watched as she went into the living room to sit on the sofa. The lasagne was still cooking in the oven, along with some garlic bread where he set the timer for another ten minutes. Will went to get them both a glass of wine, checking on dinner and set the timer for another ten minutes before returning to Lizzy in the living room.

"It appears that my best friend is now dating your sister." said Will, handing over her glass before sitting next to her.

"She's smitten with him, always mentioning that they've been talking whenever she phones me." Lizzy replied.

"It's funny how his relationship with Jane is new and should be the one getting teased but my little sister finds it amusing to tease me, you can thank my nephew for that." Will laughed.

"The only exception between our situation and theirs is that they are officially dating." Lizzy said, taking a mouthful of her wine.

Will looked at her, sighing because he knew she was right. No matter how many time they had spent time together, no matter how many times he had kissed her or she had kissed him, he still hadn't asked her to be his girlfriend, officially.

"Well then, let me rectify that. Elizabeth, will you be my girlfriend?" Will asked, his heart thumping faster in his chest.

Lizzy grinned at him, leaning over to peck his lips lightly, "Yes I will, how old do you feel asking me that question?" she teased.

"Like a schoolboy." he answered.

"Mhmmm, it's a good job that you aren't a schoolboy, I couldn't kiss a schoolboy."

She leaned forward and kissed him, a little hungrier this time until he heard the timer ping from the kitchen. Will pulled away reluctantly, gesturing that she follow him into the kitchen. Lizzy sat at the table as Will put on a pair of oven mitts and pulled out the lasagne and garlic bread, noting that she was watching him serve up the food on to two plates before he handed her one plate and set the other down on the table and took the seat next to hers. They talked a little more about what their plans were for the weekend, with Will planning on taking Georgiana and Leonard out for the day for Georgiana's birthday tomorrow and Lizzy had the open at Fagin's before she spent Saturday afternoon with Jane. On Sunday, she said that she was still planning on coming round for a barbecue with her sister if they were still welcome. She mentioned it was her youngest sister's birthday on Monday and was sending a card back up to Longbourn with Jane to give to Lydia.

"What's she like?"

"Lydia?"

He nodded, cutting up a small portion of lasagne and popping it into his mouth before snapping off a piece of garlic bread and eating that too.

"Flirtatious, reckless, wild. Kitty's like her in some ways but Kitty tends to follow Lydia's example."

"And your parents have done nothing to curb her behaviour?" Will asked.

The two ate a little more of their dinner, "My mother thinks that Lydia can do no wrong and my father leaves her to do her own thing while occasionally he'll punish her if she crosses the line too often. Apparently she's dating someone at the moment, she's constantly texting and sneaking out of the room to take a phone call according to Jane." Lizzy replied.

"If she were my sister, my father would have cut her off by now." Will muttered.

The subject changed to schools for Leonard where Will told her that he had managed to get Leonard into St John's College on September the third for his first day and was buying the school uniform through the school in a few weeks. They spoke more about Charles and Jane until they had finished their dinner feeling full and satisfied, where Lizzy complimented that Mrs Reynolds was a fantastic cook. They moved into the living room, deciding to watch Notting Hill that was showing on the TV. Soon they were kissing, tongues teasing each other and his hands rested on her lower abdomen, stroking the silky skin beneath her blouse. Making a bold move, he pulled away from her lips and moved his hands a little higher underneath her blouse. Keeping eye contact, his look silently asking her if he could touch her breasts as they rested just below her bra, when she nodded, he pulled back the material that covered them and cupped each one in his hands.

Her breathing quickened as he massaged them, teasing her nipples with firm strokes. She groaned throatily as her hands went to his hair and locked into the mass of curls and pulled him back to her lips for a more fiery kiss. William retracted his hands and began to unbutton her blouse as she grinded in his lap which only fueled his desire. Once he could see what was underneath her blouse, he pulled away from her lips once more and trailed a path of wet kisses down her neck and along the top of her breasts; pushing the bra to the side and kissing her breasts all over. Lizzy arched her back into him, his arms wrapped around her back to hold her to him as close as he could, pleasuring her with open mouthed kissing and sucking on her breasts; listening to the moans of pleasure as she grinded against him, again and again.

They continued like this for several minutes, not paying attention to their surroundings until they heard the front door open and five people stepped in, talking loudly about the movie they had seen. Lizzy moved from William's lap, tying the buttons, straightening her blouse and standing as Jane entered the living room and the two sisters hugged tightly.

Next, Will introduced Lizzy to Georgiana before Lizzy thanked Mrs Reynolds for cooking them dinner. He went upstairs to put Leonard to bed and read him a bedtime story, to find that Lizzy and Georgie were conversing quite easily which only made him smile. The group talked a little about how their evenings had gone before Lizzy and Jane announced that they had to go, Lizzy had an early shift and Jane was meeting Charles at nine for breakfast. Will walked them both to the door, giving Lizzy a parting kiss before bidding her goodnight. As he shut the door, he turned to see his smirking little sister stood behind him.

"This one is different, isn't she?" Georgie asked.

William nodded, "Very different." he agreed.

"Nothing like Eleanor. Elizabeth seems nice, she hasn't once mentioned our family money or perhaps you haven't told her?"

"She knows a little about our family's wealth but it doesn't matter to her."

"I'm happy for you, Will." Georgie smiled, leaning up to kiss her brother's cheek before heading upstairs to bed.

ooOoo

Saturday consisted of Georgiana waking up at eight in the morning by Will and Leo bursting into the bedroom with her cards and presents whilst Mrs Reynolds walked in, after she had opened her presents, carrying a breakfast tray which contained a glass of orange juice and a fry-up. She loved the locket that William had bought her, she instantly asked him to put it on for her and after eating her breakfast and accepting a gift voucher from Charles when she dressed and headed out with William and Leonard for the day.

First he showed her Southsea and it seemed that Leonard loved living by the seaside, there was so much to keep a six-year-old entertained. The common was lovely, a large green space three times the size of the field she used for her PE lessons at boarding school and the War memorial that stood on the common was grand. After keeping Leo entertained in the arcades, Will took them to Gunwharf Quays and paid for them to go up Spinnaker Tower; showing Georgiana the views of Portsmouth where he pointed out the town centre and Portsdown Hill where he said he had spent his first date with Elizabeth.

"Uncle Will, can we have Burger King for lunch?" Leonard asked.

"It's up to Auntie Georgie where we eat, it's her birthday." William replied.

"It's fine Fitzwilliam, Burger King would suit me just fine. I'm no Caroline Bingley." she laughed.

William laughed as her nephew beamed widely and hugged her round tightly, it made her happy to see her brother and nephew settled and happier for the first time in a long time. Georgiana couldn't remember the last time that she had seen the two of them not looking so unhappy because of the circumstances in which Lucy had been killed. She had been too young at the time to understand what had happened but she knew that her adoptive sister hadn't been the one driving the car and her father had hired private investigators to look for the man responsible. She couldn't remember his name.

After lunch, Will treated them both to a sundae at Sprinkles Gelato in the town centre. If she had returned to Pemberley for the weekend, it would have been just her and her father and although she loved her father dearly, Reginald Darcy would have merely treated her to a picnic in the grounds of their estate. Both her brothers and her nephew wouldn't have been there and it took a lot of persuading her father to allow her to spend the weekend in Portsmouth. It didn't matter to her that they were doing things that Reginald Darcy would have thought strange, she was where she truly wanted to be; with two of her favourite boys in the world and she couldn't be happier.

ooOoo

George Wickham was getting tired of the constant time and attention that Lydia Bennet demanded. Earlier in the week, he had shagged her for the first time; a naive, fourteen year old girl who was turning fifteen on Monday and believed them to be boyfriend and girlfriend. What a joke! he, a twenty-five year old man in the army, in a relationship with a fourteen year old?! Of course, Lydia had to believe that if he was planning a way to get in touch with Elizabeth. She hadn't stayed over since the previous weekend because he didn't want Mr and Mrs Bennet to get suspicious and they couldn't be seen by those who lived in Meryton because most of the villagers knew what he had done to Lizzy.

He lay on his bed, his phone ringing on the bedside table that he picked it up and answered it lazily.

"George, you haven't been in touch for the last two weeks!" a woman shrieked.

"Mrs Younge, I apologise. The army regiment has me training very hard that I get too tired to call. Are you okay?" he asked.

Mrs Natalia Younge had been the only foster carer who he had been with for a long period of time; exactly six years, five months and four days and after that he had turned eighteen. Mrs Younge was the only mother figure that had truly cared for him and he had taken on her last name as a sign of his devotion to her.

"I was quite worried about you, have you seen that madam since you've been back in Meryton?" Natalia asked.

"No, she's currently away at university. Her little sister is proving to be putty in my hands though."

"Which one?"

"The youngest, Lydia."

"Oh George, you always did like them young!"

"There's a naivety about young girls that I like. If I charm them enough to think that they can only rely on me the better."

"Be careful my dear. I wouldn't put it past that horrid man to keep searching for you after everything that happened with...oh what was her name again-"

"Can we not talk about that? They should have forgotten about me by now." George interrupted.

"I know dear. Just be careful."

"I promise I'll try."

"Okay dear, I'll let you rest. Call me soon."

"Bye Mrs Y."

George ended the phone call and chucked his phone back on to the bedside table, rolling on to his side and shutting his eyes. One way or another, when Lizzy returned to Longbourn, he would reunite with her. After all, she had fallen for his charms before, he was sure that with better acting he would be able to win her round once again.

ooOoo

At one o'clock on Sunday, Lizzy and Jane arrived at William's house; handing over some bottles of fizzy and some crisps and went through to the back garden where Charles was on the grill. From what Lizzy had been told by her older sister, Jane and Charles had gone on their first date to lunch and an early afternoon cinema trip and the two had formed a deep connection. It was nice, to see Jane so happy as she watched her sister walk over to Charles and place a kiss on his cheek. She sat next to Georgiana, chatting with her a little more and getting to know William's little sister.

It turned out that Georgiana attended a unisex boarding school in Oxfordshire and was going into her final year there in September and she planned to attend the local sixth form in the village of Lambton after she had concluded her education at boarding school. Georgiana didn't know what she wanted to do for a career, she was torn between studying law like her father and mother had or taking an art course to become a graphics designer. Both were good career choices and Lizzy advised that she still had plenty of time to work out what she wanted to spend her life doing.

William asked her to come into the kitchen so that he could have a word with her in private to which she excused herself and followed him and shut the door behind her. He gestured for them to enter the living room where they both sat down on the sofa.

"Lizzy, I know it's very early on for both of us but I need to talk to you about something important." he muttered.

She squeezed his hand, "What is it?"

He took a breath, "We've both opened up about our pasts, well you know what happened with Lucy and I know what happened with you. My father is trying to track down the man responsible for my sister's death and I'd like to ask you the name of the boy who caused your accident."

Lizzy blinked, wondering why he would ask her but she didn't ask him why.

"George Wickham."

William nodded and let out a sigh of relief, "Thank you, it's been playing on my mind for a while. The situations are so similar between you and my sister. Was the George who caused your accident punished?" he asked.

Lizzy nodded, "Well it was hardly a punishment as such, community service and a victim surcharge as well as court costs. I haven't seen him since the trial." she replied.

"We never found the man who caused my sister's accident. My father has hired a new private investigator to try and track him down." Will muttered.

She looked into his eyes, "I'm sure that they will find him eventually. Karma will come back and bite this guy in the backside." Lizzy tried to assure him.

He nodded, kissing her lightly when they were interrupted by Charles.

"Alright lovebirds, time to eat some burgers and hotdogs!" he said brightly.

Lizzy laughed as they went back outside to join the others. It was nice of William to talk to her about what had been bothering him, it made her feel more...connected to him. The two were opening themselves up to each other and she only hoped that this was just the beginning for them.

A/N: Some of you have asked that I keep angst levels low, whilst I'll try my best I will warn you on future chapters. I have a plot outline for each chapter and this story will be a very long one, so far I have plot lines up to chapter 39 but what I will promise you now is that everything will work out in the end. The next chapter will see a time jump to a few weeks later to the end of July where their relationship goes to the next level.

I also want to have a go at writing a Lizzy/Darcy Regency fic, I already have a plot line or two in mind and while I'm trying to do my research into the regency era I would really appreciate some advice or knowledge from others. If you would like to help me in this regard, I'm going to allow PM's on my account once more. Please feel free to inbox me if you have some advice in regard to a regency fic and I'll tell you of my plot ideas.

Also posting tomorrow :) As always, please review.