She had planned on calling him, but what she didn't plan on was the first three of the party stores in Longbourn to run out of baby blue balloons. She had called the last one before she drove all the way across town and picked up another dozen balloons. With twelve white, twelve baby blue, and twelve dark blue balloons, Lizzie drove back to her parent's house and helped Lydia set them up. She was sent out again to pick up the cake and she still needed to pick up her present from a store in Old Town Longbourn.

"Lizzie, sweetheart," she heard her mom call out, "don't forget the ice please."

"Sure Mama." She yelled back. Lizzie got back into the family van she had been driving and sped all the way to Old Town Longbourn. The shop as finally open and upon her entrance, the clerk recognized her.

"Lizzie Bennet?" She asked.

"Mary? Oh my god, hi! How are you doing?"

"I'm great, my girlfriend and I own the business now."

"That's really fantastic Mary. I remembered back in high school you always made the prettiest things. I'm really not surprised with how great all of this is." She complimented her.

"So, how's Will? This blanket for your little guy?"

Lizzie chuckled a little, "no, he and I aren't together. It's a present for Jane."

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry, I just thought..."

"I know, it's alright. I do see him though. Our lives are just so interwoven it's pretty much impossible to not hear his name." She trailed off

"Sorry?" Mary asked.

"My sister Jane, is married to Charles Bingley, who happens to be Will's business partner. They're best friends."

"Ohhhh I see." Mary said connecting the dots. "Alright, I'm sorry I blabbed on. Here is the blanket for you. Tell your sister and her husband congratulations on the baby boy. I really hope they'll like it."

"They're going to love it Mary, thank you." She finished off signing her name on the card machine and left out the front door. She looked at her clock, it had taken her a lot longer to do all the things she had wanted. It was nearing 1:30, and and needed to pick up the cake from the bakery. She drove past the shops to the farthest store in town. She silently cursed her sister for doing this to her. She grabbed the cake and drove back home. It was almost time for the party, and she needed to shower and change.

She brought the cake inside, and left it on the table, Lizzie ran past Lydia who had finally escaped their mother when she left to get tray for the party. She ran upstairs with the blanket tucked under one arm and a gift bag in another. She spread it out on her bed to look at it. She folded it again, corner to corner and lined the edges up. She wrapped it in gift tissue and placed it in the bag. Lizzie picked out a card and wrote a short message. She looked at the clock again and it was already 2:15. She put the card and envelope in the bag and ran across the hall to the bathroom. Lizzie washed her hair and shaved her already smooth legs again in case she had missed any spots before. Of the three just-in-case outfits she had originally packed for today she hated them all. She didn't feel the way she wanted to today. She'd be seeing a lot of her old friends and a lot of people she left behind, she wanted to be able to make them say, "wow, Lizzie Bennet did it." Not, "oh poor Lizzie Bennet, she shouldn't have let Will Darcy go."

She stood in the last possible outfit she had. It was white summer dress that came just above her knees. It had an accented neckline with gold. She dried her hair making the natural curls come out. She applied her make-up, the kind she had been practicing for a special occasion. She put her shoes one and bounced down the stairs. Caroline was already there when she walked into the kitchen. She was arranging all of the party favors in rows on the counter that led to the back yard. Caroline Bingley was the kind of person that always looked good no matter what. Today was no exception. She wore white pants and a mint top and a simple belt that came around her waist. Lizzie hated how Caroline could easily make herself look elegant. For Lizzie, it took effort, a lot of it.

"Lizzie, I love that dress." Caroline said when she saw her.

"Thank you Caroline, you look beautiful as well."

"Oh, thanks darling, I'm afraid I was in a rush to get here, I didn't want to be late."

"Nope, you're right on time." Her mother entered the room. She looked Lizzie, nodding approvingly. "Elizabeth. Did you get ice? You father didn't see you put it in the cooler."

"Shit!" She cursed. Her mother shot her a look, "sorry, I can run to the store and grab it right now."

"Please hurry." Her mother said with the slightest hint of attitude that Lizzie and her sisters have learned and interpreted as not today, get your asses in check.

Lizzie nodded and grabbed the keys that were lying on the counter. She breezed by Caroline, who had a sweet smile on her face. Lizzie wanted so much to just punch her, but no, she was her older sister's sister-in-law. What kind of dark twisted world did she live in anyways? Why did the cosmos do this to her? Why did God punish her? She closed the door behind her and started walking to the car that was parked on the street. Just as she was going to open the door, she saw Will's black sedan turn onto the street. She smiled to herself, seeing Will would make her feel better right?

She met Will and Gigi in the middle of the street. She signed hello to Gigi, only to get a colder response back. She furrowed her eyebrows a little and then turned to Will. She smiled warmly at him, "hey." He looked at her and smiled, then went to the back of his car. He reached down and pulled out two bags of ice. "Oh my god, you are a lifesaver William Darcy." She yelled at him, "sorry, I was just about to get some, I forgot to buy it on the way home."

"Caroline texted me, and told me to pick some up." Lizzie's smiled faltered.

"Oh." She responded. "Well, thank you." She smiled at him. He was quiet in response. Her smile slowly disappeared from her face, she was really confused.

She led them inside and looked for Jane, "oh Lizzie, you look cute today!"

"Wait you mean I don't look good everyday?"

Lydia passed by them, "no, she's trying to look good for someone."

"Shut up Lydia." Lizzie laughed, "no I'm not!"

"Really, that's why she wasn't home last night."

Jane turned quickly towards Her younger sister, but managed to dart away. Everyone at different tables started to get up and get food. There were a lot of faces Lizzie recognized she smiled at all of them but she found herself hiding inside. There she found Will grabbing a can of soda and a bottle of water. Lizzie wanted to talk to him, but she heard, "Lizzie, come help me with the games" and Lydia, grabbing her arm. Will looked up at her with a sad smile and nodded towards her.

"Alright, you take this side, I'll take that side." Lydia instructed. Lizzie nodded and grabbed hold of yarn and a pair of scissors. She went up to all the tables, trying to get them to guess how round Jane's stomach was at six months pregnant.

Lizzie went up to Gigi who was sitting herself.

Want to play?

Will it make you go away?

Lizzie understood that Gigi was Deaf, but still, she was taken aback by the attitude. Gigi cut the yarn, half not caring and turned a cold shoulder to Lizzie. She found Lydia and handed her the rest of the yarn. Lizzie looked everywhere for Will, she wanted to know what was up. He was in the kitchen again, cornered by Caroline.

"Hey Will," Lizzie called towards him, "could you help me out."

"Yeah, of course." He responded, thankful to get away from Caroline. "What's up?"

"Nothing, uh, I just... Why does Gigi hate me so much?"

"I'm sure she doesn't Lizzie. Gigi doesn't hate anybody."

"Except me."

He sipped the soda in his hand, "did you need me to do something or…" his voice trailed off.

"Are you alright Will?"

"Yeah, I'm good."

"Really?" She looked at him and leaned against the counter.

"No, I don't know what happened this morning, but if you're ashamed of what happened-"

"Woah, woah, woah, take it back five steps back." She said, "what is makes you say that?"

"You left this morning."

"I didn't want to wake you up, you looked so peaceful and I figured, that we'd see each other here." She jumped off the counter, "plus you were snoring all cute." She smiled looking up at him.

"That's not what I planned though, I was going to make you coffee and maybe some breakfast."

"Well, then maybe we should do it again so I can get breakfast in bed."

"Maybe we should." Boyfriend's bells jingled, as Lizzie called out to him. She picked him up and carried him outside. Will followed her, then brought a cold water to his sister. He looked over at Lizzie with a goofy smile on his face. It was so much better than the smile he had first given her when he got to the house.

With Boyfriend in her arms, she sat down by Lydia and her dad. She stole a sip of the cold beer Lydia had in front of her.

Jane and Charlie stood up to make an announcement, "hi everyone! Thank you for being here today." Charlie started.

"So, Charlie and I have something to share with you." Lizzie looked up at them. She was unaware of any surprises.

"We finally have a name for this little guy."

"Rafael Anthony Bingley." Jane said. It was a perfect name. "Rafa for short."

Lydia led more games, calling for partners. Lizzie had partnered up with her dad because he was closest to her, "so you got home really late this morning." He said with a raised eyebrow. He didn't even look at her, but Lizzie knew from the tone of his voice.

"Oh, yeah… sorry."

"You have nothing to apologize for, you're an adult Lizzie. Sometimes I forget that. Are you going to go out tonight as well?"

"Maybe, it's my last night home before I have to go back."

"Lizzie, you kill me," her father laughed, "don't remind me or else I might not let you leave again sweetheart." He put his arm around her and kissed her temple, "I'm going to get another beer." He stood up, and saw Will walking out of the house again. "William, come take my place so I can get myself a proper drink."

Will laughed and sat next to Lizzie. "Hi." He leaned over and whispered to her.

"You're being super obvious right now William." Lizzie tried not to laugh.

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are." She couldn't help but giggle. She had hoped to God that the way they were sitting had led on that they were on good terms, not screwing each other again. Still, why would any of them care… except, Jane, Charlie, Caroline, her mother, Lydia, her father, Gigi… basically their whole family would care. This day was not about her though, it was about Jane, Charlie and little baby Rafa. She would hate it if any attention was put on her and Will.

Gigi, who had been sitting alone for the most part of the party came up to Lizzie and asked to talk to her privately. She nodded, and signed, what's up?

Stop pretending with me Lizzie.

Gigi, I don't understand

Look, I know what you're doing to Will, and just please, please just stop. Can't you see you're hurting him?

You've got it wrong Gigi.

No, I don't. Don't you know how much you hurt him the first time?

I made a mistake, a huge one.

Don't come back after years of not talking to either of us and jump back in like nothing happened Lizzie. You broke him, and now that he's good again, you're going to mess it all up again.

I swear to God it's not like that.

Really, that's why you snuck out of the house this morning. Lizzie looked at her with her mouth open. Gigi saw her leaving this morning. It made a lot more sense now. But she couldn't explain things the way she could to Will. When you left Lizzie, you didn't leave him you left me too. I was broken too.

She walked back to Will, who was too preoccupied playing the game with Lizzie's father. She told him that she wanted to leave now. He stood to ask her what was wrong, but Gigi, said it was nothing. Will understood and told the party that he'd be back after he brought Gigi to the train station.

Lizzie was heartbroken. Gigi was 100% right. It was her fault she messed up her relationship with Will, but she also ruined hers with Gigi as well. She didn't just leave Will, she left Gigi with no one.

Lizzie was dazed the whole time Jane and Charlie were opening the shower gifts. Lizzie, as godmother was assigned the task of keeping track of all the gifts and who sent them. Lydia took pictures, and everyone else watched with overall merriment for the family. Jane opened up many cute gifts, like clothes for baby Rafa. Baby blue wash cloths and baby blue swaddles, baby blue onesies and even a baby pillow were part of the gifts that Jane and Charlie opened. They wanted to wait until Will got back to open his present, but he still hadn't returned. When they opened up his gift to Rafa, they received a stroller, an expensive stroller that Jane had been looking at for months. She almost cried because she loved it so much. They reached for Lizzie's bag, and she smiled when Charlie pulled out the only gift that wasn't blue. He held up the quilt that patched together different colors. Lizzie smiled proudly, "Rafa doesn't need to conform to gender norms." Jane laughed loudly.