I'm back. Time for more Lizzy/Darcy and Lizzy/Rich action.

xx faithinfools

Easy now, with my heart
Easy now, oh with my heart
Walk a tightrope, walk a little tightrope
You walk a tightrope, walk a little tightrope
But oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up
I said oh, oh, oh, oh ,oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up

Tightrope - Walk The Moon

"You're not going high enough, your rotations need work and I won't even begin on your style." Lizzy fumed silently from the cold, wet ground. Finally she cracked.

"Shut up! God! Can't you say anything nice for once in your life?" She yelled upwards to the dark and unimpressed person above her.

"Your fault really." Lizzy groaned and just rolled over onto her front.

"You suck. You know that? You really really suck."

"Very mature words Elizabeth." She rolled her eyes.

"I can't believe Uncle Jerry had to get sick today. More importantly I can't believe he left me with you. And more importantly than that I can't believe you and I agreed."

"That doesn't address the fact that you need to do a lot better than boarding like that if you want to win a comp."

"Why don't you board and I will point out every single flaw in your performance." She retorted. His eyes flashed dangerously.

"Fine."

"Fine." Darcy tightened his boots and began his run. Lizzy watched, not impressed as he started with a Backside 1080 Tail Grab, into a Backside Alley-oop Nose Grab, into a Switch Double Backflip, into a simple big air and finally a 540 Alley-oop Backside Rodeo Mute Grab. He finished his run and trudged up in the snow towards Lizzy. She just smirked.

"How'd I do? Coach." He said sarcastically.

"You really want to know?"

"Hit me."

"I've seen kids at the age of 9 pull some of those tricks better than you." Darcy stood, shocked into silence. He quickly pulled his face back into a mask of indifference. "Your rotations are infinitely worse than mine, your landings need work, I've never seen a person wobble as much as you on a landing. Your choice of tricks were average. Your Backside 1080 Tail Grab needed work, the jump itself wasn't clean and you didn't grab the right part of the board. Your Backside Alley-oop Nose Grab was average. The Switch Double Backflip was pretty good but you need to bend your knees more, it'll ease your landing. Your simple air was ridiculous. I don't even know why you put it in there. If you were competing you'd lose based on difficulty points alone. Your final trick was average but still the amount of air you needed to get for it was a lot more than what you put in. It was quite scary, I almost thought you'd stack it. Can't have famous Mr. Darcy stacking it on such a simple trick can we now?" Lizzy finished with a smirk. "And that is what I think of your run." Darcy was fuming. He looked like he was about burst. Lizzy couldn't help it. She laughed.

"Why are you laughing Elizabeth?" He gritted out through his teeth.

"You look like a sore loser Darcy, that's all." He grunted and started mumbling under his breath as he walked away towards the helicopter.

"Where are you going?" She yelled at him.

"Home." He yelled back over his shoulder.

"But it isn't even 10 yet."

"I know."

"Are you just going to strand me here?"

"Yep."

"Hey!" Lizzy quickly unclipped her boots and grabbed her board, running after Darcy, he was her only ride out after all... They flew back in silence and as soon as the helicopter had landed, Darcy immediately hopped out and started preparing the helicopter for the tours happening later that Jerry was still doing, even though he was sick. Lizzy rolled her eyes and helped him.

"You know, you could just admit that you're not as great as you think you are and we could call it even." She said. He just grunted at her.

"I'd prefer not to Elizabeth."

"Suit yourself." She replied, walking off with her board deliberately swinging it around to whack him in the back of the head.

"Hey!" She turned around and feigned surprise.

"Oh I am so sorry about that." She turned around, whacking him again over the head.

"Hey!" This time she didn't even turn around.

"Sorry!" She threw over her shoulder as she rolled her eyes. She had had enough of William Pompous Darcy. Let alone Collins. Lizzy internally groaned. Collins. It's okay she thought to herself, only 2 more days, only 2 more days.

After her disgruntled morning, Lizzy had taught 4 different classes and by the afternoon was exhausted. That was exactly when Collins had come up to her. She had been chatting happily to Georgie when Collins had come along, trying to woo her.

"I brought these for you Lizzy dearest."

"Kill me Collins. Literally, kill me." He looked horrified.

"Why would I do that my dear Lizzy? After all, you are to be my wife." Lizzy closed her eyes and tried to slow down her breathing.

"For the last time Collins. I will not ever be your wife." She said through gritted teeth while Collins just smiled moronically.

"Of course you would say that Lizzy. Mrs. DeBourgh said-"

"ENOUGH! For God's sake Collins! If you love Mrs. DeBourgh so much, go and marry her for heavens sake!" Lizzy yelled at him

"Oh no Lizzy. That would be most inappropriate."

"And this isn't?" She asked in exasperation. She was so close to clouting him over the head it wasn't funny. One more word about Mrs. DeBourgh and-

"Mrs. DeBourgh said-"

"THAT'S IT!" Lizzy lunged towards Collins furiously, Georgie desperately trying to grab onto her arm.

"It isn't worth it Lizzy! Honest!" Georgie yelled at her, trying to pull her back.

"Oh yes it is." Lizzy snarled. Collins started to sweat in front of her.

"Now, now, Lizzy, I know how much you love me my dear but we can't have sex just yet Mrs. DeBourgh said-"

"What the actual fuck Collins?!" Lizzy asked horrified, walking backwards instead, falling over Georgie in the process. Both girls were lying on their back, staring up in horror at the advancing Collins.

"What do you think you're doing?" A masculine voice above them asked Collins. Both girls sighed in relief.

"Who on earth are you?" Collins asked, confused. "Have you already been having an affair Lizzy?" Lizzy just rolled her eyes and looked up at Rich's smiling face as he helped her then Georgiana up.

"For God's sake! We're not in a relationship. And we're certainly NOT getting married. Got it? So you can tell your pompous Mrs. DeBourgh to go shove one up her ass. Oh and tell my mother she can forget it. I have no intention of marrying you."

"But Lizzy-"

"You heard the lady. Scoot." Rich said sternly. But still Collins persisted.

"You have no right to tell me what to do."

"You're wrong. Do you know who I am Collins?"

"No. And I don't care. Get away from my betrothed."

"I'm Mrs. DeBourgh's nephew."

"No." Collins gasped in horror.

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes- Oh shut up Collins! Better yet, I'm the nephew that spent 3 years in the army. So you better watch out cause I can tie you up and ship you out to Timbuktu within ten seconds."

"No... I won't believe it."

"I am Richard Fitzwilliam. Mrs. Catherine DeBourgh's nephew."

"No..." Collins said, still horrified. Rich just closed his eyes in exasperation and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"You have ten seconds before I squish you small enough to fit inside a tissue box and ship you to Timbuktu."

"You wouldn't dare. Mrs. DeBourgh-"

"One."

"I'm not leaving."

"Two."

"Unless Lizzy's with me."

"Three."

"Lizzy?" He looked hopefully at her. She just rolled her eyes.

"Four. You're testing my patience Collins."

"I want my Lizzy."

"Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine-"

Collins screamed like a girl and ran off in fright. Georgie, Rich and Lizzy just laughed.

"Thanks Rich."

"You're welcome. I save girls from creepy men everyday, it's nothing new. All a part of my job..." Both girls just whacked him lightly on the arms and walked off. "Hey! Where are you going?"

"Boarding. Want to come?" Lizzy asked.

"Sure." Rich said, grabbing his board.

"Where should we go?" Lizzy asked.

"How about the big air?" Rich asked.

"Yeah!" Georgie cheered. "I've never done it before."

"I'll show you how, Squirt. You can only learn from the best." Rich replied, ruffling his cousin's hair. Lizzy felt the blood drain from her face. She couldn't do the big air. Not now. Not ever. Never again. She had promised herself, never again.

"Lizzy? Are you coming?"

"Yeah, I'm coming." She couldn't do it. She couldn't. "Actually guys, I think I'm going to head in, I'm a bit worn out from all my classes." Rich and Georgie looked at each other and rolled their eyes. They walked back to where Lizzy was standing, white-faced. Georgie grabbed one arm and Rich grabbed the other. They pulled Lizzy who was resisting valiantly to where the big air jump was situated on the mountain. There wasn't anybody on it at all and Rich and Georgie thought they were amazingly lucky whereas Lizzy was dooming herself into a big hole, waiting for it to suck her up and bury her alive.

Collins was in the bar, trying to drown his sorrows in a brandy. If Mrs. DeBourgh was here she would have killed him for drinking but what did he care. His Lizzy was taken by a monster and he couldn't do anything to get her back. Mainly because it was Mrs. DeBourgh's nephew. He started to sob into his arms.

"Hey, you alright there mate?" A feminine voice asked him.

"I... I... I..."

"Who are you anyway?"

"Bill Collins." He snivelled.

"Ahhh... I've heard about you."

"From who? Mrs. DeBourgh?"

"Who's Mrs. DeBourgh? No. From Lizzy." Collins began to wail again.

"Lizzy doesn't want me. She went off with that army man, Richard something." The girl smiled. Classic Lizzy, men flocking to her rescue.

"Well, why don't you come with me to my house and you can tell me all about Lizzy." Collins looked up. The girl wasn't that attractive but she wasn't ugly either. She'd have to do. He needed to find at least a girlfriend and this girl would do nicely.

"What's your name?" He asked bluntly. The girl held out her hand.

"Charlotte. Charlotte Lucas."

"I'll go first. Then you girly girls can see how it's done." Rich plodded up to the top of the hill, clipped on his board and slid down the hill, picking up speed to flip into a Frontside 540 Alley-oop Rodeo Mute Grab and he screamed like a little girl while doing so, flipping and landing on his back on the puffed up air mattress below. He laughed exuberantly. He walked back up to where the girls were and smiled. "Told ya it was easy. You're up next Squirt. Don't try to attempt any tricks cause if you hurt yourself Darce will kill me, just jump off for starters and land hopefully in the mattress." Georgie pouted and stuck out her tongue, moving up the hill before putting on her board and going down the hill, up the ramp and yelling in excitement as she flew into the air and landed on the mattress soundly. She laughed as she walked up the hill.

"Your turn Lizzy." Lizzy shook her head, her face still as white as the snow surrounding her. Rich looked her in the eyes and knelt down, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"You don't have to Lizzy if you don't want to." Lizzy shook her head and smiled weakly.

"I'll do it..." She said quietly. She grabbed her board and trudged up the hill, put on her board and took a deep breath. She could do it. She could really do it. She began, anxiously sliding down the mountain. Slowly at first, then faster and faster. No. No. No. NO! She couldn't. She began to panic. The end of the ramp was getting closer. Lizzy screamed as she spiralled out of control, she closed her eyes, shutting them tight, feeling herself fall.

What say you? You shall find out about the accident soon enough... Tune in for more

xx faithinfools