The next morning I woke up and went into the kitchen and started to make breakfast. With the eggs that Jane bought me I made an omelet for me and a fried egg for Jane because she prefers them to omelettes, just as I platting them up and making sure the toast and bacon didn't burn Jane popped her head out of her room and said with a blush on her face "Lizzie, um...would you make enough for three?" I looked up sharply and raised an eyebrow.
"Any particular reason?" I asked neutrally
"Well...um...Charliemightofstayedthenight" she mumbled blushing
"Sorry didn't catch that" I said grinning, because I knew why she wanted a third plate at breakfast - Charlie's coat was still hanging over one of the kitchen chairs - but I wanted to make her say it, lesson one of having siblings: never give up a chance to tease.
"Charlie and I fell asleep talking last night so could you make up a plate for him?" She asked with an exaggerated sigh.
"Oh okay" I said "we have too much bacon anyway" and l looked away from her to hide the smile that was making an appearance on my face.
She gasped and narrowed her eyes "You knew!" She exclaimed at last " and you made me say it anyway" she glared good naturedly and I grinned back.
"If you wanted to hide it he could of move his jacket" I said and her eyes widened as she saw it on the chair.
"Oh um... Okay then" she said and she looked like she was waiting for me to pronounce there death sentence.
"How does he want his eggs?" I asked and she looked up so fast with surprise written all over her face.
"Oh um..." She stammered, I raised one eyebrow - she was being surprisingly shy and timid today but I would ask her about it later, I thought. "Eggs Benedict" she blurted out after a mumble came from her bedroom and this effectively pulled me from my thoughts.
"Okay" I said and she slammed the door to her bedroom, I chuckled to myself and I heard giggles coming from Jane's room , I was so happy for Jane and grateful to Darcy for telling Charlie's the truth. Charlie had told me that he went to see him and I realized that he was putting things back together, I had read the letter he gave me over and over and come to the conclusion that I was bitter, sure Darcy had done things wrong but so had I and everybody else who exists and his mistakes were well-intentioned they were just hastily made in the case of Jane and Charlie. I had come to realized that Darcy's was an amazing person and I needed to wait longer before judging people, I think that the remark about me being a drunk had successfully cemented my opinion of Darcy as a rude know it all who needed to be taken down a step.
I had been wrong but it didn't matter now, I would probably only see Darcy at Jane and Charlie's wedding and by then he would of found someone else that was a much better person than I was.
Jane and Charlie came out of her room and I came out of my thoughts to finish making his eggs and slid them onto a plate for him, I motioned at Jane to come out into the hall way.
"Um…Jane, don't take this the wrong way but did you sleep with Charlie?" I asked biting my lip because a thought had occurred to me that having sex right after a long absence was not the best way to start a relationship that would last long and I wanted Jane to be happy which she was with Charlie obviously, she was glowing and grinning and seemed so much happier that she did before.
"No" she said, frowning slightly "Well, we fell asleep talking about everything on my bed but we didn't have sex, if that is what you mean. Did you thing I would be that easy?" she looked at me and I shrank a little into myself.
"No I was just checking and I was a little worried, I know you love him and I was worried that you might rush things" I said looking at her earnestly "I love you and I couldn't bare to see you hurt again"
"Well we didn't but I understand what you are saying, that was one of the things that Charlie and I discussed last night, we are going to start this like that previous relationship, everything that happened is not part of our relationship, he said he would never do that again and I believe him." She grabbed my hand "I will be okay and I will be happy. It's funny" she said giggling a little bit "you hate it when I try look after you but for the longest time you looked after me but the thing is that while I will always need you I think I am getting better at standing on my own two feet and while I will still lean on you I don't think that I will ever lean on you completely again, it's not a bad thing" she said when she saw my face fall "It means that we can be closer without me thinking that I need to ask your permission and I think you'll be able to have a better life without worrying about me all the time, you have your own goals and I want you to achieve them, you can't do that will looking after me all the time" she smiled and a tear fell down my face, I catapulted into her arms and we hugged fiercely.
We walked back in to the kitchen and ate breakfast with Charlie, after which he bowed out because he said he had to go have a shower and put on new cloths at his house. Jane and I spent the rest of the day lounging around and baking, she was getting slightly better at not burning everything in sight while 'baking' to use the term loosely.
