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4. Upside Down

Lizzie jogged in the park of Longbourn, as she saw Lydia, sitting on the grass.
"Hey Lyd, what's up?" she asked, as she stopped jogging.
"Nothing."
Lizzie remembered the last few days, when she had said exactly the same thing to Jane, everytime her sister
asked her what was going on.
"Are you sure?"
"As sure as... whatever."
"A monkey?"
"Why a monkey?"
"You don't like monkey's? Well, then let it be a donkey."
"Shut up," and Lydia stood up. Lizzie saw a few tears rolling down her cheek and felt guilty.
"Sorry Lyds, I'm just a bit giggly, I always am when I stop jogging."
"Well, then don't stop, but run!" Lydia said angry.
"I won't leave, if you don't tell me what's up."
"You're so stubborn!"
"I know, and I'm proud of it."
"Alright, alright... George left town."
Lizzie frowned.
"So what?"
"Well, I met him yesterday, and I quite, eh, liked him, so..." she blushed.
"He's the new Jesse?" Lizzie asked, laughing.
"No, no, this is... different, you know."
Lizzie looked at her sister's red face, and to be honest – she didn't.

Twenty minutes later she came home. Her mother was standing in the garden, talking to her father."Really, Mr Bennet, Annie Jackson told me that the cousing of her sister's neighbour-"
"Hello Lizzie!" he greeted.
"Mr Bennet! Are you listening?" his wife asked, looking at him sharply.
"Hey dad, hey mom," she answered. Silently laughing, she walked inside, where Jane was writing in her diary,
while Mary played the piano.
"Lizzie," the first one said, spotting her, "I need to talk to you. Something happened."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong," Jane giggled, and she pulled Lizzie on the chair next to her.
"Listen Liz, and don't laugh..."
"I won't."
"Good. You remember Charles?"
"Bingley? The guy we met yesterday?"
"Of course! Well, ehm... After you, uh, calmed down and Kitty cheered you up, I went back to him. We talked,
and we had a really great time, and, well... I think I've fallen in love with him," Jane whispered.
For an instant, Lizzie didn't know what to say, then she grinned.
"That's great!"
"You think so?" Jane asked, with twinkling eyes.
"Yeah, I do, but when are you gonna see him again? He lives in Manchester! And besides, does he like you too?"
"He's stays at Darcy's quite often and kinda asked for my number," Jane tittered. Lizzie looked at her, amazed. Normally
Kitty and Lydia were the ones that giggled and tittered, but she liked the new behaviour of her elder sister. Jane seemed
to be so happy, it was almost contagious.
"Did he already call you?" Lizzie curious asked.
"This morning," Jane admitted, "and... he asked me out. And I said yes."
"You're going out on a date?" Lizzie was astonished. She never thought Jane would say yes to a man she only knew for twelve hours.
"We're going out tomorrow. I know it's soon, but the sooner the better," Jane laughed, "I really like him, Liz. I really do."
Lizzie looked at the smiling face of her sister.
"I know you do, sis," she whispered. She knew exactly how it felt to fall head over heels in love.
"Ehm," she searched for another subject, "I gotta call Eve. She wasn't at C.U.T.'s performance, I'm wondering why."
"Okay. Liz?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you wanna help me, you know, getting dressed up for the date and stuff?"
"Sure," Lizzie smiled.
"Date?" Mary turned around. The piece of Bach she had been playing was over and now Jane got her full attention.
"Oh, that's nothing."
"A date?"
Lizzie walked to the phone and called her best friend.
"Dawson speaking."
"Hey Jesse, Lizzie over here. Is Eve at home?"
"Yeah, she is. One second, I'll call her."
"Thanks."
She waited.
"Hello, Eve here."
"Hey Eve, it's Lizzie."
"Lizzie! How was C.U.T.?"
"Great, they totally rocked! But where were you?"
"I'm ill. Yeah, great timing, I know. Mum says I have to stay in bed for two days, but I don't want that. Mikey and I are going
out tonight, and I really wanna go."
"Mikey? O my god, Eve, you're getting scarier every day."
"I know. I'm just happy."
"Well, you're not the only one," Lizzie said, looking at Jane, who was trying to avoid Mary's tricky questions.
"Huh?"
"Jane's got a date."
"Jane? Wow!"
"Yeah... I'm really happy for her, she looks so cheerful."
"But you're also a bit jealous?"
"Yeah, well, no."
"What?"
"Yes, I'm jealous she's got a date and I don't, no, I don't wanna go out with her date."
"Who is it?"
"A certain Charles. She met him yesterday."
"That's so- Jesse, stop doing that!"
Lizzie heared some noise and than Eve's voice again.
"Jesse has to make a call, he says it's important."
"Right. Well, I guess I won't see you the day after tomorrow, at school?"
"Maybe you won't, maybe you will. It depends on my mum. Whatever. See ya!"
"Bye."
Lizzie hung up the phone and sighed. She noticed Lydia, who walked into the house and quickly went to her bedroom, crying.
It seemed this day was the opposite of their usual one, with a crying Lydia, Kitty nowhere to find and a dating Jane.