(A/N) I apologize for the wait. It has been written for over a week I was just too lazy to actually type it up. BTW if you haven't you should definitely watch the Lizzie Bennet Diaries on youtube, if you havent noticed they are kind of dominating P&P fanfics right now lol. And thanks to my wonderful beta Jim!

CAUTION! EXTREME USE OF NON-REGENCY LANGUAGE (ok maybe not that extreme lol)

Happy reading.

Previously: "And trying to ruin your relationship and force you into a miserable marriage with her isn't?" She asked with her hands on her hips that reminded Darcy of a certain lady of his acquaintance. "Now back to what I was saying. Ah yes the benefits of my plan. Second she will not claim she has been compromised because if she does she will have to marry Gabe as he is the one she has compromised and we all know that is impossible as he is already married but, she does not know that, so Charlie you can threaten her with that in any case. Third, it will ensure that she does not want to be anywhere near Netherfield out of embarrassment. So to make a long story short; she learns her lesson, stays quiet and gets out of your hair."

Again the men could do nothing but stare in amazement. When did my sweet little sister turn into this diabolical little creature? Oh yes I remember, when I introduced her to Elizabeth.

Chapter 21 - Always lock your doors part 2- What if Caroline tried to compromise Mr. Darcy

Gabe Reynolds was not happy.

As he walked up the grand staircase in Netherfield he thought of all the reasons he should not do this. Darcy, Georgiana and Bingley watched him go up the stairs like a man walking the plank. He turned and looked at Georgiana as a last ditch effort to convince her to reconsider, but she only made a shooing motion with her hands. The stern look on her face brooked no argument; he would have to compromise Caroline Bingley.

He repressed a shudder as he reached the top step. My wife is going to kill me if she finds out! Thinking of his wife reminded Gabe of the circus that his wedding had turned into. After Darcy gave his mother an unlimited budget for his wedding, she bought every flower, ribbon and candle in all of Derbyshire. She invited so many people that the chapel was overflowing. He didn't even know half of them, he wasn't even sure she knew half of them. When he arrived at the church with Darcy, who was his best man, he just shook his head. The church looked like a princess' fairytale. There were ribbons and flowers from the ceiling, on the pews, and around the altar. Darcy laughed so hard he nearly fell into the dirt. Gabe still winced at the thought. Bringing his thoughts back to the present, he looked down at Darcy's jacket over his arm and walked the last few feet to Darcy's bedchamber. Remember what Georgiana said, look natural, just do your job. As he opened the door he was nervous about what he would find on the other side. Thankfully there was nothing too scandalous actually. He immediately looked at the bed and saw the small shock of red hair peeking out of the top. He stepped farther into the room and was happy to see that there were actually things he could busy himself with and still look natural. He threw the jacket over the desk chair. Not that she knows that Darcy does that every night. Walking over to the fire he stoked it a little to fight back the chill in the room. After realizing that Darcy might not stoke his own fire, Gabe held his hands in front of it. How would I know what Darcy does when he is alone! At least she will not know either. Looking around for more to do, Gabe walked back to Darcy's desk and put his watch in its case and folded the cravat his master had already thrown on the desk.

Gabe was dreading it, but he knew it was time to proceed with the plan. He took a deep breath before walking to the side of the bed where Miss Bingley lay. He could not help but shake his head, her hair practically screamed against the black of Darcy's bedcovers. This would be a lot funnier if I was still a bachelor. Fate is a cruel mistress. Finally Gabe turned down the covers; before he even let go of the blanket he felt hands grab his lapels and practically drag him onto the bed. He gave a startled yell as he landed on top of Caroline Bingley. He was even more surprised when she forcibly rolled him onto his back with her lying on top of his body and then kissed him with bruising force.

Just then they heard Georgiana scream from the doorway. Seconds later Caroline's lady's maid, Bingley and finally Darcy appeared in the doorway.

Until Darcy appeared, Caroline had had a satisfied smirk on her face. When she realized that because Darcy was standing in the doorway he could not be under her, it finally clicked that her plan had failed. Caroline looked down and into the face of the impertinent servant who she had talked to and screamed her head off. She jumped off of him and out of the bed until she recalled that she was scantily clad in a sheer nightgown. She snatched the bedspread off and wrapped it around herself.

"What is the meaning of this?" Charles yelled at the top of his lungs. I would have made a great actor.

"This man has attacked me I demand you call the magistrate" Caroline said looking desperate

"That is not what I saw. I see a desperate woman half-dressed and uninvited inside of a bachelor's bedroom. If you are so ready for the marriage bed, fine. You will marry your lover!"

"No! Charles, you must understand."

"I understand perfectly. You are a compromised woman."

"No!"

"No? I find you in bed on top of a man and you claim that you are not compromised. Your definition of compromised is grievously flawed if you believe that."

"It is not what it looks like."

"Oh really. Well then why are you in Darcy's bedroom?"

"Um."

"Why are you in a sheer nightgown?"

"Well."

"Why Caroline? Have you no answer."

"Why are you yelling at me when you saw that servant attacked and compromised me! You should be consoling me instead of throwing these accusations." Caroline cried desperately

"They are not accusations they are facts! You are in Darcy's bedchamber, you are half dressed, you were caught kissing a servant, and you are compromised."

"Stop saying that." She spat

"Stop being compromised." Charles countered

"I can't"

"Exactly! You will forever be compromised. You have shamed me, you have shamed our sister, you have shamed the memory of our dearly departed parents and you have shamed our ancestors, our commoner, non-gentry, trade loving ancestors who you yourself are so ashamed of. They are not only rolling but they are doing cartwheels and back handsprings in their graves while they watch you pollute yourself thusly." Charles yelled louder as Caroline ran back to her room followed by her lady's maid.

While Charles continued to yell random things at Caroline, even though she was probably safely in her room, the Darcy siblings were creased in laughter. When they heard Charles yell something about shipping her off to the circus, even Gabe who was extremely embarrassed to have been used as the decoy in the plot let out a laugh.

"Mark my words; the wrath of Charles Arthur Frederick George Bingley is coming." Charles said as he finished his tirade before he promptly burst out laughing with the rest of the group.

"Well done Bingley, you too Gabe. Your acting skills far surpassed my imagination." Georgiana said with a smile

Once everybody finished laughing Charles said seriously "This must stay between us. If we ruin her reputation, mine goes with it and soon by extension my future brother-in-law's." He finished by wiggling his eyebrows at Darcy who rolled his eyes.

"I must concur with Mr. Bingley" Gabe said seriously from behind the group. They had not noticed that he left the room and just returned. "We all need to take this to the grave. My wife and my mother can never find out this happened." With a serious face Gabe pulled a Bible from behind his back.

The group burst out laughing again, but each put their hand on the Bible and swore an oath of secrecy.

After everyone left Darcy's bedroom so he could finally go to sleep, Charles walked towards the family wing. When he walked past his sister's room he heard her crying. I know I shall regret this. He thought as he knocked on the door. He heard a loud unintelligible yell and then a crash against the door. He assumed that meant go away.

Taking a deep breath he slowly opened the door and peeked his head around before immediately jumping back because a hairbrush was flying toward his head. When he heard the brush clatter to the floor he swung the door, ducked a comb and quickly said "Caroline Molly Bingley, throw one more object and I will never purchase another gown for you as long as we live."

The shoe in her hand dropped to the floor and she threw herself on the bed and began to sob.

Charles looked heavenward in a silent plea and walked over to the bed. He lay on his back parallel to his sister and waited until she stopped crying. As her sobs quieted to sniffles Charles stood, grabbed his handkerchief out of his pocket and handed it to her. After she accepted it, he lay back down and waited for her to start talking.

"If you are here to lecture me, you may save you breath." Caroline said with a slight hiccup in her voice.

Charles looked over at her, shocked that she could still be so obstinate in light of her scandalous behavior. "How could you Carey? To my dearest friend?"

"I will not discuss this with you." She said as she stood to walk away.

Heading her off before she could make it to her closet, Charles said: "You will! This was not a simple insult to someone. You tried to compromise my best friend and trap him into a marriage he does not desire. Breaking his and Miss Elizabeth's heart in the process. How could you be so selfish of their feelings?"

"Hang their feelings! What about mine? How do you think I feel watching the man I planned to marry court another woman right in front of me? I have tried to become Mrs. Darcy since I was nine and ten years. Six years Charles! Six years would have been for naught!"

"And whose fault is that? We told you! We told you countless times but your greed was stronger than your sense! I could understand if you really loved him, even cared for him. If you had genuine feelings for him I could sympathize, but you do not."

"You cannot presume to tell me what my feelings are." Caroline said sullenly

"Then tell me. Make me understand."

"I care for him."

"Do you care for him or for who he is?"

"They are one and the same."

"No they aren't." Charles said with a sigh knowing his sister would never understand that Darcy was more than connections and wealth. "You will be leaving Netherfield tomorrow as soon as it can be arranged."

"What!"

"You will not be allowed to return until the Darcy's have left for Rosings. Darcy has told me that you are no longer allowed into any of his homes. He agreed not to publicly sever the connection and cut you directly but only for my benefit. For all intents and purposes you are no longer acquainted with the Darcy's." Charles said in a serious monotone.

"What?" She whispered in disbelief "But Charlie"

"You have gone too far. You could not have thought you would have gotten away with this." Her silence told him that she did think there would be no consequences. Shaking his head Charles left the room.

The next day, Louisa was looking out the window of her husband's carriage as they were coming up the drive to Netherfield and saw another carriage being loaded with trunks. "It seems that someone will be leaving, my dear." Louisa said to get her husband's attention

"Who?"

"Well, I don't rightly know as I am in the carriage with you, but I am sure we will find out soon enough." She said with a smile.

When their carriage arrived at the front entrance and they were safely on the ground, Louisa took a closer look at the trunks on the carriage and said "Oh no."

"What is it?"

"Those are Caroline's bags. She would never leave willingly if Mr. Darcy is in residence. Something has happened." They heard a loud crash from inside the house that caused them to wince.

"And it seems we are walking right into the middle of it, oh joy." Hurst said with heavy sarcasm as he escorted his wife up the stairs and into the large house.

The butler greeted them at the door and apologized for Mr. Bingley being unable to greet them personally. He was currently dealing with a family matter.

Mrs. Hurst asked where her siblings were and was told they were in the study as she heard another crash. Turning to her husband she said "You may go up to our rooms I will deal with my brother and sister."

"Do you think I would miss this?" Hurst said with a smile

"Insufferable man, come on but do not instigate any problems that are not already present; I know how much you love mischief."

Faking hurt, Mr. Hurst placed a hand over his heart and said "Mrs. Louisa Ginny Hurst, if you think that I would take personal joy out of the suffering of another human being, specifically your sister, you know me so well and that is why I love you." He ended with a big smile. Louisa simply rolled her eyes and kept walking towards the noise.

Before they walked into the study Hurst stopped his wife and said "They do not know we are here yet. We can still tuck tail and run to our room before it's too late."

"No, poor Charles is probably pulling his hair out. You know he hates confrontation."

"I bet you a guinea he's been hit at least twice." Hurst said outside the study door.

"I will take that wager! Charles is faster than a jack rabbit. Caroline has been unable to land anything on him in years."

"What about last Christmas?"

"Oh. I forgot about that, but she caught him off guard. He was just coming into the room and she was aiming for his head but only hit his shoulder."

Louisa opened the door just in time to see Charles duck a silver platter.

Caroline looked at the door and dropped the glass she was about to throw. "Thank goodness, Louisa, talk to him! He is trying to send me away to London by myself."

Louisa let out a sigh. Why did I have to be the oldest? "Sit down both of you." She said in her no nonsense voice.

Caroline moved to one side of the couch that was in the middle of the study and Charles sat on the other end. Louisa sat on the loveseat opposite the couch while Hurst stood behind her.

"Now what is this about?"

"He is trying to send me away!" Caroline yelled

"There is no need to shout Caroline; I am only a few steps away from you." Louisa said. "Why are you sending her away Charles?"

"She snuck into Darcy's room half-dressed and tried to compromise him by being caught in his bed."

"What!" Louisa and Hurst yelled simultaneously

"I know right!" Bingley responded

"Caroline, you compromised Mr. Darcy?" Louisa asked. She was shocked that her sister was so desperate she had to stoop to such an underhanded tactic.

"No, she compromised a servant." Charles said with a chuckle

"What?" Hurst asked with a smile that earned him a swat from his wife. I will ask about that later.

"Darcy says he will not stay in the same house as her. I cannot fault him. He did nothing wrong so he should not have to move into an inn after I invited him to stay with me."

"I am your sister. You would choose him over me?"

"I would rather my sister act with the sense and grace my parents instilled in her, so we would not be in this predicament."

"How dare you!"

"How dare I! I am master of this estate and head of this family. I shall dare to do anything that pleases me. You have two options and I suggest you listen closely because I will only say this once. You can go to London and stay at the Hurst's townhouse or I will permanently set you up in a house with a companion and you may live off of your dowry." Charles said angrily

"That would declare me a spinster!" Caroline screamed in an offended tone

"Are you not?" Charles asked angrily "Only women who are soon to be on the shelf act as desperately as you have."

"Charles that is quite enough!" Louisa said astounded that her normally kind-hearted brother would say something that would hurt their sister so much.

Charles sat back on his side of the couch and crossed his arms defiantly.

Louisa sat quietly for a few seconds while she processed all the information her siblings had related to her. "Caroline you will go to the townhouse in London."

"No!"

"You will stay there alone until Howard and I return. Anytime you go out, you are to be accompanied by a footman. You will not go out at night to Balls, the Opera or any other activity unless you attend with family friends that I approve of. If you cannot follow these rules we will hire a companion for you and put you up like Charles has said. Unless you would prefer to go live with our family on the farm in Scarborough."

"I will not!"

"You will or I will have you tied up and thrown in the carriage." Louisa said calmly

Caroline stared at Louisa and screamed from rage before rushing from the room.

Charles huffed and lay back on the couch with his legs hanging off the end. Staring up at the ceiling, he said "Do you remember when she was kind?"

"No." Hurst said flatly which earned him another swat from his wife.

"Yes I remember" Louisa said as she walked over to the couch and sat next to Charles' head and began to rub his hair like she did when they were young. She heard her husband slip out of the study and close the door behind him.

"What are we going to do with her Lou? She won't listen to us unless we threaten her. Technically she is ruined but does not care. She is willing to ruin the life of my best friend to get what she wants and she feels no remorse. How do you get through to a person like that? How did she get this way? I rack my brain trying to pinpoint the time she changed from Carey to Caroline, but I cannot."

"We are going to love her. That is all we are able to do. Give her time and space, she will change when she is ready."

"And if she is never ready?"

"We continue to love her."

"You would have made a wonderful mother."

"I will." Louisa said with a smile in her voice

Charles quickly sat up and looked at his sister. "Are you.. ."

At Louisa's big smile and nod, Charles wrapped her in a bear hug. "I am to be an uncle."

"Uncle Charlie, I think that has a nice ring to it."

"How long have you known?"

"Close to a fortnight but I have not told Howard yet. I wanted to surprise him."

"Talk to Georgiana; she is all about planning surprises now."

"What do you mean?"

"Ok so you know when I said Caroline compromised a servant."

"Yes."

"Well she might have been set up." Charles said with a crooked smile

"What are you talking about?" Louisa asked confused to what he could possibly mean.

Charles told her the entire story, and by the end Louisa was laughing as hard as they did last night. "I know I should say shame on you but I will not." She said with a chuckle

Suddenly Louisa and Charles jumped at the sound of a door slamming. They looked at each other before rushing to the window overlooking the front of the house. They saw Caroline storm down the front of the steps and get into the carriage.

"Pity, I was really hoping we would have to tie her up." Charles said with a smile.

Louisa just shook her head and left to find her husband.

Meanwhile, upstairs the Darcy siblings were in Georgiana's sitting room listening to the argument going on downstairs.

"I thought you said your plan would make sure she learned her lesson, stayed quiet and got out of our hair." Darcy asked sarcastically when they heard a particularly loud noise.

"Well it seemed logical in theory." Georgiana defended with a smile then winced when she heard another loud bang.

Chapter 22- On the road again . . . hum hum hum humhum- It's a surprise what if.

(A/N) IDK if you guys caught it but yes our wonderful ginger Bingley siblings have names of the wonderful ginger Weasley siblings lol

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