William was about to leave the baggage claim area at Tweed, New Haven when a woman in a cute hat and sunglasses said to him, "Hey, brother."

He turned on the stop stupefied, "Georgiana?"

The woman took her glasses off, revealing her bright green eyes, and smiled at him, "William, who else call you brother?"

"Fitz, sometimes." William did not give Gigi time to reply and pulled her into a hug.

"I did not recognize you. You cut your hair." The last time William and Gigi had used Domino she still had her long black locks.

"Yes, yesterday. I wanted to try something new."

"You look beautiful as always."

"And you look dapper as usual, even after spending all day travelling. I can see some women checking you out. Let's go before someone steals you from me. Or should we stay?"

William smiled and shook his head.

"How did you know I was coming? It was supposed to a surprise."

"Well, someone sent me your schedule and I decided to come pick you up".

"Was it Fitz?"

"Maybe…"

"Mmm..."

"I wanted to be my turn to surprise you, for a change. So, shall we? You must be hungry."

William followed his sister to the parking and she drove them to her favorite restaurant in the city. On the way, he gave her an update of all his projects at Pemberley including the mini-series. She listened with interest but waited to question him about other matters.

Once they were seated and eating their appetizers, she did just that.

"So, how are you, big brother?"

"What do you mean? I've already told you. Busy as always. What about you, little sister?"

"No, no, no. I want to know about 'you'. You talk about work but never about your personal life."

"Gigi, there is not much to say. I sometimes spend time with Fitz and Brandon but…"

"Ugh, William! I was talking about women! How are you supposed to meet someone?"

William just smiled by seeing how indignant Gigi looked.

"This is serious, William Fitzwilliam Darcy. I want to have nieces and nephews and I am not getting any younger, you know?"

William laughed at her sister's wit.

"Georgiana Allison Darcy, please don't be so dramatic. I just don't have good luck when it comes to women. However, I promise I will do my best to give you nephews and nieces. Eventually. Now, let's eat."

But Georgiana had not finished. She just waited until the waiter brought the second course.

"William, are you telling me that you haven't met anyone special recently?"

"Yes", William answered quickly.

"Are you sure?"

William glared at her suspiciously, "Yes".

"What about someone from your past?" Gigi was looking at him mischievously.

"How often does Fitz give you information about me?"

"Often enough. When exactly were you planning on telling me that the new hire was your Lizzie Bennet?"

"Firstly, she is not mine. Secondly, I was just going to tell you. And thirdly, Fitz!"

"William, don't get mad at him. He did tell me some things but only because you did not care to inform me that she is now working at Pemberley and working with you. Besides, I remember that you were really cold and silent before your high school graduation and saw your blush when a certain redhead walked the stage to get her diploma. Also, by accident I swear, I heard Mom and Dad talking about you having a crush. I just tied up the knots."

"Oh, you have good memory."

"I know. So, how is she? Did she change? Do you still like her?"

"Georgiana!"

"William! You cannot blame for being curious about her. She was my brother's your first love after all."

William looked at his food, long forgotten. He did not know what to respond to Gigi. He was conflicted by what he was feeling for Lizzie.

He exhaled loudly and said: "Can we talk about that later, at your place?"

"Ah! So there is something to talk about! I'll get the check."

"Don't you want dessert?" William offered. He knew that his sister had a sweet tooth and he could gain some time.

Gigi seemed that she was thinking about it and called the waiter.

"Can you please bring us a slide of the chocolate cake to go and the check, please?"

William laughed and was shortly joined by her. Gigi's laugh was one of his favorites sounds in the world. He took her hand and said:

"I miss you, Gigi."

She smiled and replied, "I miss you too, William."

Back at Gigi's department, William sat next to his sister on the couch and told her everything about Lizzie.

"Ah, how unfortunate that she has a boyfriend. She sounds like a good match for you. Maybe she will see that too and dump him! Maybe we can come up with a convoluted plan so you can get the girl..."

William laughed shyly.

"Do you know anything about her boyfriend?"

"I don't and I rather not. It doesn't even matter, Gigi. I need to start thinking of her again as another co-worker and not as a woman, for the sake of our professional relationship. My feelings are completely out of place, especially since she's not available."

"William, you don't need to be so harsh on yourself. The heart has a mind of its own and you can't always control how you feel."

William sighed, "You are right."

Gigi walked to the kitchen and quickly returned with a bottle of tequila and two shot glasses. William did not complain when she poured the tequila and gave him one of the glasses.

"Cheers", said Gigi and they both drank their shots.

"By the way, you haven't told Fitz, have you?"

"No, otherwise, you would have already known."

"Right…" Gigi chuckled.

"He is my best friend but he is not the quietest person. Besides, he is friendly with Elizabeth and I am afraid that he will say something and she will then suspect and…"

"I understand, William. Oh, how I wish she was single…"

"You are not the only one." William poured himself another shot.

"What if you try to be her friend?"

William did not know if he could trust himself with that task. It might just be worse.

"I'm not sure that would help. I think it will be better if I just let this go."

"Sorry, big brother. I wish I could say or do something helpful…"

"Yes, you can. Tell me about you. Any news with school? Any boys that I should know about?"

Gigi stock her tongue out at him.

"No, yet… but I'll promise you will be the first to know."

"Not Fitz?"

"No, my over protective older brother will be the first, so he can gloat over Fitz", Gigi said and then hugged him.

"Thanks Gigi. I think I will call it a night unless you want to talk about something else."

"No, I'm tired too. Have a good night, William."

"You too, Gigi".

Maybe it was Gigi's presence or the tequila but for that night, Elizabeth Bennet did not appear in William's dreams.

Darcy enjoyed his stay with Georgiana. They spent as much time as possible together and talked a lot. He was happy to see her happy and totally recovered from what had happened three years ago.

Eight days later, when she dropped him at the airport, she promised to call regularly to have updates on the Lizzie matter and also not to mention anything to Fitz until William agreed. He hugged her one last time, knowing that she would go to San Francisco until Thanksgiving.

William was feeling better at this return and hoped to achieve his objective to stop thinking about Elizabeth Bennet.

Lizzie was working late at the office for two reasons. She was a perfectionist and was finishing the last details on her notes for the incoming meeting and she was waiting for their date night.

During her time at Pemberley, she had discovered the perfect spot to get inspiration: the topiary area next to the pool. It was a very nice place and she liked a lot. She would bring her notes and computer to work there. Also, when she had a headache, she would go upstairs and feel better.

Her stomach was growling and George had not called. He was supposed to pick her up when he returned from a photo-shoot in Los Angeles. She was about to call him when her phone finally rang and George's photo contact appeared on the screen.

It turned out that George had come across some of his friends, they had invited him to a party and he was staying the night. Lizzie got mad at him, ended the phone call with a simple "See you" and hung up. Sometimes, George could be infuriating.

Her head started to hurt, so Lizzie grabbed her keys and an emergency granola bar and headed upstairs. When she opened the door to the rooftop area, she heard strokes in the water. The building was almost empty at that time, so she had not expected to find someone there.

Lizzie approached silently. She could only see the arms coming out of the water but she guessed they belonged to a very strong individual. In that moment, the person stopped swimming and stoop up. Lizzie almost gasped when she realized who the person was. She tried to back up slowly but had to stop when she heard her name.

Oh, crap…