Let me Dry your Eyes

Summary

There once was a lonely little girl who was the youngest of five children. And an angry young man whose mother died and left him with a grieving father and a baby sister mere hours old. This is their story.

AN-I have no right to Pride and Prejudice or its characters. That joy solely belongs to Jane Austin and her descendants.

I know that there are those that think that I either used too much of Austin's writings or made sure it was defiantly known a little too much. I really wanted everyone to know it was hers though and the reason I used so much of her words was I love that time she spent there and did not think I could make it any better. I did try to kind of make it my own though. Now without further ado…

Chapter Fourteen: Guests…

Mr. Darcy POV

How could my son even think of marrying? He has always refused to even talk about it when I bring it up. I will get to the bottom of this! My son will not marry anyone that is below our station in life. I have talked to the Duke Whitehall and promised Fitzwilliam to his daughter. Anne was close friends with the Duchess she would love it if Fitzwilliam were to marry her daughter.

I should be there soon as I have been on the road for a week. I wonder if I should have told them I was coming. No this is better. Better to get him before he can make excuses up. If he really has promised himself to a woman in Hertfordshire I will pay the father his asking price and have the woman break it off so that she may still marry. He will not marry some country maid.

Mrs. Bennet POV

The girls are walking out today. They had better be back before Mr. Collins arrives. I told them to stay in, but would they listen to me, no! All but Lizzy went to Meryton. Who knows where she went off to…? "Mr. Bennet are you sure that Collins will marry the girl? I mean after he meets her he may decide not to after all. What with all her pertinence and Ideas"

"I suppose he might not want to but, he has already signed the contract he just wants a wife to appease his patroness Lady Catherin I believe is her name, after all her mentioned her in ever sentence. He should be here by dinner if his last letter is anything to go by, so I hope you have prepared a good meal for him." Very good once she is gone I am sure Jane and my Lydia will catch the attention of some fine young rich man.

"Of course I have! I always prepare an excellent meal." Where does he get these ideas that I would not have told Cook to arrange a meal that would exceed Mr. Collins expectations? "I have already talked to Cook and it will be splendid." Or Cook will be in trouble.

Jane POV

"How dare that man. To think he actually insinuated that I would marry him he is a toad! I will only ever marry for love." Oh, Lizzy…

"I am sure that he did not mean to offend you. He is not a toad. Lizzy I am sure Mr. Collins does not believe that you would marry without love maybe he is just confident that he will be able to obtain it as he is your cousin." Okay he may look like a toad but it should not be said.

"Oh Jane you are so much nicer than I am. But let us stop talking of Mr. Collins instead let us talk about Mr. Bingley and how he could not stop asking about you when you were in bed."

"Lizzy I am sure I do not know what you mean." Is it even possible to be even redder than I am now? Oh, she is giving me that look I need to change topic immediate. She is like a shark that scents weakness, goes straight for the kill. "I think we should talk about you and Mr. Darcy. He was paying you quite a bit of attention." Is that how I look when I talk about Mr. Bingley? I do not think I have ever seen her flustered she always seems in control. Except when men start to think that she might marry them then she is just plain mad.

"W… Mr. Darcy was just being a kind host. He saw that Mr. Bingley was far too preoccupied with you so he saved me from having to talk to either of his dreadful sisters of the boring Mr. Hurst. I think it is time for bed now." Hee Hee that was fun maybe I should question her more often about Mr. Darcy.

Eliza POV

Yikes I can't believe that Jane would ask something like that. I do believe that Mr. Bingley is rubbing off on her. Oh how I miss William already. The days could not go by fast enough I cannot wait for Sunday to come.

Normal POV Mr. Bingley

'My god the Mr. Darcy is here in my parlor and his son is missing! Okay so he is not missing he is just out again… You know now that I think about it he is always out in the morning. Riding he says…' These are Mr. Bingley's thought as he sits in his considerably smaller parlor now that Mr. Darcy is in it. He had not thought it was small but now… Well if Darcy intimidated him he wasn't sure what Mr. Darcy did to him but it sure did make the room seem smaller.

"I am sorry if we had known you were to come your room would have already been prepared…" Miss Bingley said. As always she was trying to impress those of the society she wished she was a member of. Mr. Darcy raised his hand stopping her.

"I did not tell Fitzwilliam I was coming, I wished for it to be…a surprise. What sort of… society do you have here?" Miss Bingley was happy now that his father was here Mr. Darcy the junior couldn't pay so much attention to Miss Eliza Bennet.

She almost smiled as she remembered the first time she called her such. The look that was on her face was perfect. Miss Bennet looked horrified… well for the split second that her face stopped sporting that smile that was always on her face. How she kept her composure with that family was a mystery to Miss Bingley.

"Oh a surprise what a joy I am sure your son will love it." Even if she did not like surprises.

Mr. Darcy raised an eyebrow, "You must not know my son very well. He hates surprises more than anything." Miss Bingley blushed and mumbled something no one could hear.

They sat in silence and waited for William to arrive back. Occasionally Mr. Bingley would try to talk to Mr. Darcy but every time he did Mr. Darcy always seemed to either have no idea what he was saying or looked so stern that he would quickly closed his mouth. As dinner preparations began being made William arrived.

"Father!? What are you…? I mean I did not know you were to come here. If I had I would not have gone out for my morning ride." William said as he found a place by the window.

He could just make out the figure of Eliza as she raced to the Widows house as she was supposed to have been there a half hour before. She so did look like Faye the way she would wind through the forest almost as if she was born from it.

"Yes well I wanted to surprise you, and it seems I did a good job of it." Mr. Darcy looked at his son and could see no visible signs of him being any different than he was before. He looked out the windows as much as he always had, straight laced as he had been since his mother's death never venturing out to do what people his age did to have fun. It worried him that maybe his wild side would come out after he had… well… he just hoped that it wouldn't. "Now that you have finally graced me with your presence I believe that I am going to go and rest for the night."

"Of course father and again I am sorry that I was not here earlier." William said as he stood to show his father out of the room. After Mr. Darcy left William turned around "I am sorry for him if I had known I would have asked and at least have made sure I was here."

Mr. Bingley smiled and replied "It is quite all right you father is always welcome here." William smiled and shook his head at his friend. Charles is always so pleasant William often wondered how he became his friend.

William POV

What is he doing here? He never travels beyond London not since mother died. I… I am still going to propose to Eliza even if he is here I cannot live without her much longer. It is getting harder and harder to leave her every day. I cannot wait for Sunday…

Author Pleadings

I am so sorry! I hope you like this chapter and don't hate me too much. I wish I could have updated sooner but until recently I seemed to have a bit of writers block. It will probably be a while till I update again as I am still having a bit of trouble.

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