Lizzie's family flew to New Haven to see her walk across the stage and receive her diploma. She still saw Derek that day and he was kind enough to say hello to the Bennets.

However, her mother noticed the change in the way they talked to each other and how they behaved. When she asked Derek if he was going to join them for dinner and he declined, Mrs. Bennet bombarded Lizzie with questions and her daughter had no choice but to tell her that they had broken up.

"Oh, well, you must certainly find a young, rich and handsome eligible bachelor when you live in New York with your sister".

Lizzie was not expecting that response from her mother, and even though she felt hurt, she was glad when her mother dropped the subject. Despite the bitter sweetness of the day, Lizzie managed to keep a happy face.

The whole family travelled to New York, where they helped Jane and Lizzie move in to their new, cozy apartment in Brooklyn. After a week, their parents and Lydia returned to San Francisco, with the promise that their youngest sister was going to return soon.

Jane had obtained a position at a fashion design agency that was slowly receiving public recognition. She was in love with her work and, although most of the time was busy, she still managed to spend time with Lizzie.

Jane knew heartbreak so she did everything in her power to help her sister, with tea, home made snickerdoodles and movies. Lizzie was grateful, but still felt bad. Only time was going to make her overcome her sadness.

Lizzie needed to start paying her student loans so she looked for a job until the beginning of school. She was overqualified for most of the jobs that were available, but finally found work as a waitress at a small café.

Lizzie was not expecting to like it, however, a lot of her customers had great stories and she started writing about them and publishing them on a blog.

"I have an idea. What if instead of writing, you tell the stories. That would be really different." Charlotte suggested her friend on one of their phone calls.

"Like a blog in video?"

"Yes, a video blog. I think it will be really interesting to see the response of the people to your stories and you can still write."

"But I don't think I will have enough material to do that regularly."

"Come on, Lizzie. You are creative person. You can tape interviews with random people in the streets, you could go to Jane's events and do a behind the scenes, document your life in New York...," Charlotte continued.

Lizzie thought for a minute.

"I guess you are right...," she sighed.

"I know I am." Lizzie smiled at Charlotte's sassiness.

"But you are going to help me, understood?"

"Of course, bestie. I have to go now, but say hello to Jane. Good luck!"

And that is how Lizzie started her video blog and her masters' project was born.

"Lizzie, thanks for coming with me."

"Anything for you, big sis", Lizzie replied when they arrived to Jane's coworker birthday party.

"I think you will have fun, you spend a lot of time studying and working. You don't go out enough."

"That's not true! I do go out... sometimes."

In the year she had been in New York, Lizzie had gone to parties and dates, but nothing had ever gotten serious with everyone and she had decided to focus on school.

They took the elevator to the roof top bar that had been reserved for the party. Lizzie knew some of Jane's friends and so joined their group.

She lost sight of her sister, and found her much later in a corner talking with a good-looking guy. Lizzie had spotted him at their arrival and noticed how he followed Jane with his eyes and did not look away.

Finally, at the very end of the party, Jane returned to her sister and introduced her new acquaintance, Bing Lee.

"So, what did you think of Bing?," Jane asked on their way home.

"Well, we did not talk much, but he seemed nice, and very interested in you."

Lizzie had only exchanged a couple of words with him and had learnt that he worked in a charitable foundation.

"You think so?"

"Oh, yes! He saw you since the moment we walked in, and he never danced or talked with anyone else".

Jane beamed at Lizzie, "I'm glad you said that, because I'm having brunch with him tomorrow. I really like him."

In the following week, Jane went out with Bing four times. Lizzie was not at all surprised by that; any man in his right mind would expend as much time as possible with her marvelous sister.

As a precaution, Lizzie googled Bing Lee and learnt that, not only he work in a charity, he was the chairman of the Lee Relief Foundation. After dropping medical school, he had started working on several charities, until he had started his own.

"Did you know all this?," Lizzie asked Jane while they were having dinner, later that day.

"Yes, he told me this afternoon and I was just going to tell you."

"Oh… that's very good. I don't want you to be with someone who keeps secrets."

"Yes, I know how much you hate lies, but I can assure you that Bing is not like that."

Time proved Lizzie that Jane was right. Their relationship became serious, and Lizzie got used to see him often in their apartment and even to spend time with him.

"So, Lizzie, Jane tells me that you went to San Francisco University High School", Bing tried to make small conversation with Lizzie as he waited for Jane to change for their date one night.

"Yes, but only for my senior year."

"My best friend went there too, you might have met him. His name is William Darcy."

Lizzie almost spit out her tea.

"Darcy?," she mumbled. She had not heard his name or thought of him in years.

"You did meet him…"

"Uh, yeah... we were in some classes together, but he wasn't... he was more of the silent type." Lizzie lied and she hated herself after saying that. But Bing was clearly clueless about her history with Darcy and she was not going to disclose that to his sister's boyfriend.

"That sounds like Darcy. He can be shy, but is a really great guy. He cares about people, even after everything…," Bing did not finish his sentence because Jane came out of her room, ready to go.

When they left, Lizzie grabbed her laptop and typed William F. Darcy in her browser. Bing's unfinished sentence had piqued her curiosity.

She clicked on the first hit. It was about a Darcy Memorial Hall at Pemberley Digital. Lizzie read everything on the web page. The memorial was built for Darcy's parents. Darcy was now the CEO of Pemberley Digital, a digital media company.

Lizzie went back to the search results and found a news report about the death of William's parents. They had died in a car accident three years ago, when Darcy was twenty years old. She felt sorry for him and his sister. She could not even imagine what it was to lose both parents at the same time, being that young and have to take care of his younger sister and the responsibilities of managing an entire company. Maybe he had truly changed as Bing had implied...

She closed her laptop and sighed. It did not matter if Darcy had changed from the seventeen-year-old guy she had met in high school. It was not like she was planning to see him again.

It was cold December night, and Lizzie was getting ready for Jane's winter gala.

Bing had asked her sister to organize a fashion show for his charity and Jane had been in charge of everything. The event that night could be her big breakthrough in the industry.

Lizzie chose a dark blue one-shoulder dress with pockets. Jane had given it to her months before but never had the chance to wear it before. It looked very nice and was comfortable.

When she walked out of her room, she saw Jane already standing by the door, ready to go. She looked outstanding in a red dress that fitted her figure and highlighted her already bright red hair.

"Bing is going to fall more in love with you, if that's even possible, when he sees you", Lizzie commented.

"Oh, Lizzie, please... You look beautiful. I knew that dress was going to look great on you." Lizzie thanked and smiled at her sister.

In that moment, Bing arrived to take them to the venue, and was suddenly speechless by Jane's look. He offered her arm and walked out of the apartment. Lizzie took her purse and followed silently, sure that her previous statement was right.

The three of them discussed any last minutes details on their way to the venue. Lizzie had offered herself to be at the door and greet the guests and collect their invitations.

"By the way, I talked with Darcy last night, and he said he might come tonight. I haven't seen him in a while and I want you to meet him, Jane." Bing said as he took her girlfriend's hand. Jane just smiled back.

"Oh, crap," Lizzie thought. Was it going to be awkward to encounter him again? Five years had passed; he surely did not hold a grudge after all that time, did he?

By the time they arrived, Lizzie decided to focus on her tasks for the night, determined not to fail her sister in her big night.

Soon after the specified hour, the guests started to arrive. Clara, a college friend of Jane, was helping Lizzie at the entrance. They got busy very quickly; apparently most of the people who were invited had decided to attend.

Lizzie had just welcomed a young couple and when she turned to greet the next guests, she heard her name.

"Lizzie Bennet?"

Oh, crap…