Caroline was a people observer. She knew many things about people's habits and routines that they didn't know about themselves. For example she knew Charles was in the habit of always sleeping on the right side of the bed. She knew Jane always ate her peas before her carrots. From her short meeting with Catherine, she knew Catherine took 1 cream and no sugar in her coffee. She also knew Darcy always left his phone unattended when he went for a swim in his pool. He would leave the phone many times unlocked and playing music on one of the chairs or tables around the pool in his penthouse. She instinctively knew that had to be her best chance of getting her hands on his phone for her plan to work. Now how could she go about getting access to his phone while he was in the pool? That was going to be her next hurdle. She thought of many ways of getting invited to Darcy's penthouse but each one of them had some flaw or the other. Her chance finally came when she got to know Charles and Darcy were planning a pool volleyball game with some of their friends and luckily for her Charles was looking for a fifth for his team. He grudgingly accepted Caroline into the team mainly because the game was coming up and he still did not have a full team, and in her defense Caroline had played high-school volleyball for sometime. Caroline was excited beyond words at this rare opportunity and she promised she would be very nicely behaved towards everyone including Elizabeth.
It was decided that Charles' team would include himself, Jane, Elizabeth, Caroline and Charles' work buddy, Peter. Will's team would include himself, Georgie and Georgie's three friends who were visiting with her from Europe during their school's autumn break. Will and Lizzy were super excited to be meeting Georgie after almost nine months. This would be the first time Georgie would be seeing them as a couple. Lizzy stayed with Will in his penthouse the previous evening. Georgie arrived with her friends late in the evening and simply couldn't contain her excitement on seeing her dear brother and one of her best friends together. She smiled from ear to ear as she hugged them both and jumped up and down for five minutes straight. The friends sat around chatting and catching up.
As they finally decided to call it a night, Georgie asked Lizzy without even thinking, "Lizzy, which room do you have now? Can you sleep in my room tonight so we can giggle and catch up some more?"
Lizzy grinned awkwardly as she looked between Will and Georgie for help. Will seemed to be dumbstruck as he tried to figure out how to explain their sleeping situation to his sister. He opened his mouth to clarify when Lizzy stepped in to say, "Sure Georgie, I can sleep in your room tonight. That should be fun," although she didn't sound very convincing at all. Georgie turned beet red finally realising what she had said. Of course the two love birds would be sleeping together and going at it like bunnies, she thought to herself as she face-palmed herself. Will opened his mouth to say something and then closed it not knowing what to say. Georgie decided she had to step in to make the two lovely morons understand that they didn't have to sacrifice their "quality time" together for her. "Guys, excuse my stupidity. You have my express permission to go at it like bunnies as long as you are taking the usual precautions," she grinned, "I'll just have to use ear plugs when you two are around," she added as she sprinted up the staircase two at a time to get to her room before her brother smacked her or died of embarrassment or both. Lizzy and Will couldn't stop laughing as they walked up to Will's bedroom.
"You would leave me and go sleep in her room at the first chance?" Will pouted playfully once they were in the privacy of his room. It had been a few months since they had finally done the deed but they were still going at it like bunnies like Georgie had correctly guessed. It didn't surprise him they had been insatiable for each other. Besides this was the first time they were getting together that week.
"Get a grip you horny man," Lizzy teased as she kissed him.
"I'm horny, Lizzy. It's the truth. I ache for you all the time," said Will huskily.
"Looks like my poor baby is feeling neglected. Do not worry. Dr. Lizzy is here and she will cure all your aches and pains," she said mockingly.
"Dr. Lizzy, what is your specialization?" Will whispered suggestively into her ears.
"William Darcy, I'll have you know I can give you a thorough physical," she smirked
"Confucius say - you want beautiful doctor, you have to be patient," Will replied as they both laughed at his Confucius humour.
"Now for that physical," said Lizzy in a fake doctor voice, "If you can please take off your clothes and lie down, I can run some tests to get to the bottom of this."
Will was only too eager to comply, "At this rate, I'm going to become addicted to physicals with you Dr. Lizzy," he grinned as he undressed slowly for her benefit.
As he laid down on the bed he pulled her to him and said, "Lizzy, You are what I ache for and You are my cure. You are my madness and You are my sanity. You are my beginning and You are my ending." Lizzy's already slipping control crashed to the floor as she heard him reassure her of his feelings so poetically just as their bodies joined and caressed and careened together poetically. As she floated back from her climax, she wondered why neither of them had still not said the three little words to openly reaffirm their feelings when it was obvious how strongly they felt for each other. She guessed correctly that he was likely waiting for a sign from her. She resolved to let him know that she did not fear being in love anymore. She realized loving him did not make her weak, it did not make her less independent, it in fact made her feel strong and it set her free.