HEY!!!! again thanks for the feedback :D it really makes me HAPPYYYYYYY !!!! anyway, this is getting harder and harder for me, an idea popped into my head this morning, so i decided to write this chapter and give it to you first, then i'm gonna work on this new idea, maybe i won't update daily, for now, just give me time to explore these unknown lands that my imagination gave to me :P and it'll be proably an angsty and suspens kinda stuff xD
by the way, one of the reasons i took sometime to update, is because i've been working on a surprise for you guys :D i know it might suck a bit, but i enjoyed doing it, so credit me and photoshop. and of course i don't own anything *cries* so check my profile to see it ;) and this is the direct link (i hope it won't break when i upload!) .
Enjoy reading, and don't forget to give me your opinion on both surprises :P
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Chapter 14: An expected surprise.
"I'm waiting…"
"Oh Jane please just listen to me…" Said Wilson as he almost ran towards her, and with a quick hand gesture, House pulled Cuddy towards him, before she gets hit by Wilson, who apparently forgot about everyone else in the room.
"Oh, this is gonna be ugly" Whispered House with a smirk. Cuddy looked up at him, suspicious, but wouldn't dare to hope too much.
"What? Wish you had some jelly with you?" she replied with her quick wit, whispering as well. House looked at her smiling this time, but quickly turned his head back to watch the quarrel between the two lovers.
He couldn't but be amazed at their current state right now, he hated the language, that for sure, and the clothes were really tight, and a bit ridiculous for his taste. Well only the men clothes, since Cuddy looked exquisite in her gown. Oh…About Cuddy…. If he ignored the fact that while he was incarnating Darcy, and was in oblivion to who he really was, he longed to see her all the time they were apart, and ignored the fact that when he finally gets to see her he so wanted to escape away, before he gets lost in her ocean blue eyes….Well, he couldn't just dismiss the fact that it's he her voice and her singing indeed that snapped him back to reality.
Was all the confusion here designed to keep his mind off the lack of vicodin here? It's true that his leg is still hurting like hell, but somehow he was able to bear the pain. Was it because he had to in this lost hole of No-Time, because of those upper-powers who sent them here? Or just her mere presence was helping? He still remembered those awful two weeks he passed at Rosings, directly after the Neitherfield ball, the pain almost killed him, and his -maybe- only medication was the fact that he didn't remember the existence of something called vicodin, so that helped his addiction, that and some medieval painkillers his stupid "aunt" prescribed to him.
"I swear to you, it was Caroline who hugged me, I myself was surprised about this flood of affection!!" the high volume of the quarrel was enough to take House out of his reverie, Cuddy was still standing next to him, looking worried at the couple. As for Wilson and Jane, they were inches apart, his face was red with fury and sorrow, and hers was white with anger and surprisingly guilt.
"And then, her lady friends were all over me, I couldn't just yell at them to get the hell away from me in a room full of decent people! And you know that I love you too much to hur…" but he was caught off in mid-sentence by Jane who threw her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately with tears in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry I doubted you, I love you too." She managed to say between her cries.
"Ok, now that was a bit cheesy." Said House in low voice, and looked at Cuddy. But he was very surprised to see tears in her eyes as well. "Ok, now don't tell me that this clichéd scene touched your soul from within?"
That last comment made Cuddy turn her head so quickly that she almost broke her neck. She looked at him in disbelief, he smirked knowingly at her. "It seems that we still have to wake up Valentino over there, and we've got our ticket back."
"But…I thought…"But Cuddy was cut off by Jane who hugged her tightly and began to laugh and cry at the same time. As for House, he received some friendly thank-you-pat on the shoulder from Wilson, and they were a bit too strong for his taste. Apparently, caught in their happiness they didn't notice the brief exchange that happened between House and Cuddy, or Jane would have noticed that even though her sister was happy for her, she was confused, scared, sad, optimistic and pessimistic. Briefly, Cuddy was a total mess!
"Come on Darcy, I need your opinion in something very urgent." Said Wilson, while dragging away House towards the doors. House looked one last look at Cuddy and followed him reluctantly.
"Oh my god! I can't believe he's going to fetch it!" Said Jane, not able to control her happy giggles. Cuddy looked at her, now completely back to reality.
"fetch what exactly?"
"Where were you Lizzy? Didn't you hear? Charles just told me that he's been planning to propose in a few days, but the unfortunate events that happened made him want to marry me even faster, so he's going to get the ring from the jeweler, 'I won't propose without the ring.' He said, 'I want everything perfect for you my dearest Jane'". Jane almost screamed the last part, and the two ladies started laughing like two 14-years-old.
They sat a bit in the room, talking and discussing the wedding details, until suddenly Wilson and House came back into the room. House looked bored, but Wilson had a really concerned expression on his face.
"This letter just arrived my dear ladies, I didn't open it since it's directed to Miss Jane Bennet." Said Wilson. "the sender and his location is unknown." He added with a dark expression.
Oh no….What was Cuddy fearing was happening right now in front of her eyes, but still there's hope that it's just Mrs. Bennet asking Jane about her favorite shoes or ribbons.
Jane opened the letter and started reading, she only read the first three lines before a pained scream came out of her mouth, which she covered quickly with the palm of her hands, and instead streams of tears came running on her rosy cheeks.
"Lydia….she..ran away…with MR. WICKHAM!!" managed Jane to say between her muffled cries.
Cuddy felt her heart sink between her legs, even though she didn't like Lydia as much as she liked Jane, but she lived with her nearly a month now, and though she's been preparing herself for the news, hearing them from a devastated Jane is totally another matter.
If everything was going by the book, she should be reassured that Wickham and Lydia will get married, not a happily ever after marriage, but at least she was safe, and her reputation wasn't ruined. But now, with all the twists and turns Cuddy witnessed, she couldn't but fear the worst.
Wilson took a step closer, and embraced Jane who started weeping on his shoulder, she extended the letter for Cuddy to read out loud.
"MY DEAR JANE,
You will laugh when you know where I am gone, and I cannot help laughing myself at your surprise when you will get this letter. I am going to London, and if you cannot guess with who, I shall think you a simpleton, for there is but one man in the world I love, he is an angel, and I should never be happy without him. You don't have to send a letter to Longbourn of my going, for it will make the surprise the greater, when I write to them and sign my name 'Lydia Wickham.' What a good joke it will be! I can hardly write for laughing. Good-bye. Give my love to Lizzy, for I know she'll be next to you right now.
Your affectionate sister, LYDIA BENNET."
"That girl is a nut job!" said House, but quickly drowned the rest of his comment when he saw Cuddy's expression, and that bewildered him.
"Charles? Why don't you take Miss Jane out for some fresh air?" asked House, and now it was Cuddy's turn to look at him, confused. He actually wanted to be alone with her! That's a first!
Wilson consented to House's proposal and took Jane out of the drawing room, leaving House and Cuddy behind, in complete silence.
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hehehe, cliffhanger! :) yeah i'm evil!