It was November.

The dynamic between Lizzie and Darcy did not change. She was amicable to him when they had to work together, but otherwise, she still was distant. If William was hurt, he disguised it very well.

Thanksgiving was coming soon and Lizzie and George had planned to spend it with her parents back in Arizona. Jane and Bing were also taking the opportunity to visit her family before the wedding. Lydia was busy on the mini series, so she could not join them.

Monday morning of the Thanksgiving week, Lizzie was reviewing a proposal from one of her coworkers at the cafeteria. They were having a chocolate week, which meant that it was busier than usual.

"Excuse me, do you mind if I sit here?," someone asked Lizzie.

Lizzie lifted her eyes from the document and met someone with bright green eyes.

"No, please." The rest of the tables were already taken.

"Thanks, I really needed to put this hot chocolate down. It was burning my hand," the girl said, smiling.

Lizzie had not seen her before, but she seemed familiar somehow.

"Do you want a piece of the pain au chocolat?," the girl offered to Lizzie.

"No, thanks. I already ate one."

"They are the best, right?"

"Yes, they are very good."

"Every time I come here, I have to get one of this."

"'Come here'? You don't work at Pemberley?"

"No, no yet in any case. I'm just visiting."

"Oh, I see…"

The girl continued to eat her pastry and Lizzie tried to return to the proposal.

"Hey, are you Elizabeth Bennet, by any chance?," the girl asked.

"Yes, I am. How you know my name?"

"I recognized you from your video blog."

Lizzie blushed a little bit; it always got her when someone recognized her from the web.

"They were really fun."

"Thanks."

"Your stories were good too."

"Wow, you know a lot about me and I don't even know your name," Lizzie said.

"Mmm," the girl sipped her hot chocolate, "my name is Georgiana. But you can call me Gigi."

In that moment, Lizzie's mind went back to the time she was exploring the Darcy Memorial Hall and saw their family photograph.

"You are Georgiana Darcy."

"The one and only," and Gigi smiled to her.

In that moment, William showed up at the cafeteria's door and was surprised to see his sister sitting with Lizzie.

Gigi saw him and waved at him. Lizzie turned around and did not know what to do.

"It was nice meeting you, Lizzie Bennet. I hope we can talk more later," Gigi said and left to meet her brother.

Gigi and William were talking in his office about their plans for Thanksgiving, which included an early lunch with their aunt and a dinner with Fitz and Brandon, when Gigi suddenly changed the subject.

"She's even prettier in person," Gigi said suddenly.

"What?", William said, confused.

"Lizzie..."

"Oh... Yes, of course." And he added, "Gigi, you didn't plan that meeting, did you?"

"Nooo, I promise. All the tables were taken and she happened to be there."

"Okay", he said dryly.

In the last months, Gigi had sensed that something was off with her brother. She could not quite say what it was, but that had contributed to her decision to flight early to San Francisco.

"William, I have to ask again, is everything all right with you?"

"Yes, it is," he responded quickly.

Gigi furrowed her brow; "You know you can trust me, right?"

"Georgiana, you don't have anything to worry about."

"Okay, if you say so...," Gigi was still skeptical but was not going to push her brother to open up.

"Gigi, really! Everything is fine," William had noticed the disbelief in his sister's eyes, "if you stop worrying, I promise to tell you all about Kate's boyfriend."

Gigi snorted.

"Please, William. I already know everything about James." She and Kate were in constant communication and she knew about Kate's relationship.

"Well, what if I tell you about my dates?"

"Whaaaaat?!," Gigi screamed.

William laughed.

"I have to go, but I'll meet you here for lunch. Bye, Gigi!," and he left, leaving his sister in near shock.

When she finally recovered, Gigi went in search of someone.

Lizzie was walking to her office when someone called her name. She turned and almost tripped with Georgiana Darcy.

"Oops! Sorry!," Gigi apologized.

"That's ok."

"Hey, are you free? I'm on my last year in college, at Yale. Maybe we can talk about it, now..."

At the mention of her school, Lizzie smiled and showed Gigi to her office. They spent a fair amount of time talking about their university. Apparently, they had taken some classes in common, and Lizzie was remembering funny stories about the teachers.

After, Gigi asked her about the miniseries and whether she planned on write more. Lizzie wanted to but did not have the time. She might have the time once Elaine returned to her job after her maternity leave.

Gigi looked at her watch and realized that several hours had passed and that she needed to meet her brother again.

"Lizzie, can I ask you something?"

"Sure," Lizzie answered. For a minute she feared Gigi knew about her relationship with George.

"You are working closely to William, right? He has been acting somehow weir for the past months. Do you know what happened to him? Could it be work-related?"

Lizzie did not know what to answer; she might be the reason of his behavior.

"I don't know, Gigi, maybe he is working too much. The filming of the miniseries is still ongoing so we are not spending as much time together as before. I'm pretty sure that he is involved in other projects that require his attention. I don't doubt he might be stressed about it."

"That could be it. My brother is a workaholic." But Gigi thought that not spending time with Lizzie could be the reason that her brother was... sad, for the lack of a better work.

"I have to go. Maybe, we can have lunch tomorrow..."

"Sure, Gigi, I would like that."

"You are very cool, Lizzie Bennet. No doubt everyone says good things about you."

Gigi waived good-bye and left.

Lizzie knew that Fitz was a very close friend of Gigi, and probably he and Darcy were the ones that had told Gigi about her. She pondered if Darcy was going to tell his sister that she was George's girlfriend.

Sometimes, she wondered if ignorance was bliss. If George had not told her about Darcy's actions, she might be able to work and enjoy his company, as well as Fitz's.

When his meeting finished, Georgiana was already waiting for William.

"Let's go! I am starving!," she said.

"What about Fitz?," her brother asked.

"I told him we will meet him for dinner."

"For dinner? I thought you wanted to see him earlier."

"No, that's okay. I want to spend time with you."

"I am honored," William said.

"Well, you are my favorite brother," Gigi replied.

"I am your only brother."

"Exactly! Now let's go. I can't wait to hear all about your dates," Georgiana said as she took his arm and dragged him to the elevator.

Once they were seated at the Italian restaurant Gigi had chosen, she started the interrogatory.

"How is it possible that this is the first time I heard you went on dates, plural. Why has Fitz not told me?"

"Because I made him swear not to. I wanted to be the one to tell you."

"Thanks," Gigi smiled and continued, "so who is she?"

William, thinking that one nail could drive out another, had finally agreed to go on a blind date with one of Fitz's 'candidates'.

"Her name is Samantha Wright and works in the same law firm as Brandon."

"Tell me more, describe her."

"She is witty, smart and…", William thought for an instant, "very charming."

"'Charming'?"

"She is very pretty..."

"Aha! When are you seeing her again? You are seeing her again, right?," Gigi asked impatiently.

"I don't know... We went out twice, and it was fun, but..."

"You are still thinking of someone else."

"Yes, maybe..."

"William, I don't think two dates are enough to forget someone. But only you can decide if you want to see her. But I am happy because at least you are trying."

"Thanks, Gigi," William smiled, "I'm glad you arrived early."

"I'm happy to be here, big brother. Now, where did you take her?"

Gigi kept asking questions on all the possible related subjects until she was satisfied.

"Hey, before we go, do you mind if we have lunch with Lizzie tomorrow?"

"Gigi.."

"What?! I swear that my intentions are innocent. I just happen to like her, she is very nice."

William frowned and stayed silent for a while.

"So, what do you say?"

"Sorry, Gigi, but even if I wanted to, I have a lot of stuff to finish before Thursday."

"Is that true, William?," Gigi asked.

"You can ask Ann if you want...," he replied.

"That's okay, I believe you." she finished.

After lunch, she went to Kate's bakery and William returned to Pemberley. Later that day, they joined Fitz and Brandon.

Now that Gigi knew about Samantha, they did not hesitate to continuously throw hints at William and tease him about his date life. And William went along with their game as he enjoyed seeing his sister laughing and smiling.

The next day Gigi met Lizzie for lunch as she had promised. They continued to talk about Yale and other things, including Gigi's plans after college.

Lizzie found that she liked Georgiana. She was smart and feisty, and reminded her a lot(!) of Lydia. She had thought of telling George that she was in town so he could explain what had happened the last time they met and maybe work things out. But at the end, she had decided against; she did not want to mingle in a family affair.

"It was very nice to meet you, Lizzie. I'll guess we will see each other until at Bing's wedding," Gigi said before leaving.

"Of course, I almost forgot about that."

"Bye, Lizzie, and Happy Thanksgiving."

"Happy Thanksgiving, Gigi. See you soon."

"George, are you ready to go?"

It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and Lizzie and George were supposed to flight to Arizona that day. Lizzie had stopped early at Pemberley to finish some last business before leaving.

"Hey, peach," George greeted her from the kitchen.

"We have to go now or we are going to be late," Lizzie said as she approached him.

"Listen, babe, I have some good news and bad news. Which ones do you want to hear first?"

Lizzie frowned, "Bad first?"

"Remember my friend Jack? He was hired to photograph some fancy event tomorrow, but he's just got sick. So he asked me to cover for him."

"Really, George? You cannot ditch me like this. My mom is expecting us and she will throw a fit and I will never hear the end of it," Lizzie said in one breath.

"Wow, listen, Lizzie! You still haven't heard the good news. Look who I gave my ticket to."

He pointed to their bedroom and there was Lydia.

"Hello, melodramatic, nerdy, older sister. You sure take after mom."

"Lydia, you are here!," Lizzie ran to hug her sister, "What are you doing here? I thought you were still filming."

"We finished my scenes before schedule and George called me."

Lizzie smiled at her boyfriend, suddenly forgetting that she was upset with him.

"Are we good?," George asked, with that charming smile in his face.

"We're good," and Lizzie said, rolling her eyes and kissed him on the cheek.

"With that established, should we go?," Lydia asked.

"You have to tell me all about the mini series. How is it going?"

"Sure, sis, we'll have plenty of time to talk during the flight. Now, let's go. I can't wait to see Mom, Dad and Jane."

Lizzie nodded and got her bags. George drove them to the airport and received a grateful kiss from his girlfriend. She was beaming by having her sister by her side and could not wait to surprise the rest of her family.

Thanksgiving had been nice. Lydia's presence soothed Mrs. Bennet's disappointment by not seeing George or a diamond ring on Lizzie's left hand. Mr. Bennet had just been content to have his three daughters again with him, under the same roof.

After dinner, while Bing was in the den with his soon-to-be father-in-law watching some football game, Jane joined her sisters in Lydia's bedroom.

"Hi, Janey, we were just talking about you," the younger sister said.

"Really? Something good, I hope," Jane replied.

"What else? You are the perfect daughter. We were just talking that we are very excited to go dress shopping with you," Lydia said.

"Oh, about what...," Jane said quietly, "please don't be mad at me."

"Why would we be mad?," Lizzie asked.

"I kind of already have a dress."

"What?!," Lydia and Lizzie yelled at the same time.

"I'm sorry! I know I promised we would find the dress together but I found it by accident."

Jane sat in the bed next to her sisters and continued.

"I was walking back from work one day and decided to take a little detour and I got to places I did not know. I walked in front of a wedding dress boutique when I noticed this beautiful dress. I was not sure what to do but decided to go inside and try it on. It was the only dress of its kind in the store and it fitted me like a glove. I fell in love with it and bought it." Jane finished with a smile.

"Oh... That's cute," Lydia said, trying not to sound disillusioned.

"I'm sorry, Lydia. I did not mean to buy without you guys," and Jane hugged her.

"Well, are we going to see it now or until the ceremony?," Lydia said.

"That's up to you. I have pictures in my phone if you want to."

"Wait... Does Mom know?," Lizzie asked.

"Yes, I told her early, and strangely, she was not mad. Not that mad."

"Has she seen it?"

"No, I want to surprise her."

"That sounds good, show us," Lydia extended her hand towards Jane.

Jane found the pictures on her phone and handed it to her sister.

Lydia and Lizzie both looked at the screen for two seconds and then at Jane. They went back and forth three times.

"It's not white," Lizzie finally remarked.

"I know," Jane replied with a smile on her face.

"I always assumed you were going to be more traditional," Lizzie said.

"Mom may flip out about this," Lydia added.

"Well, what's life without a little bit of drama?," Jane replied.

The three of them laughed and Jane received a ton of compliments for the dress' choice.

"At least, we can still go shopping for our bridesmaid dresses," Lydia said.

"About that...," Jane started to say.

"Do you have those too?!" Lydia exclaimed.

"No!", Jane said, "I just have some ideas."

Jane had done some research. She showed them some drawings of what she had in mind for them as well as the palette color. In addition, she had found some store in the city that could have the kind of dresses she wanted. Her younger sisters approved of her suggestions and decided to go shopping the next day.

They continued to talk about Jane's fashion line, wedding, Pemberley and Lydia's next job and lost track of time until Bing went to get Jane. Apparently, her mother wanted to go over the guest list for the fiftieth time.

Bing had asked Lizzie about Darcy and Pemberley, and she could only tell him that she enjoyed working there was excited about all the projects she was involved in. He even commented on George's absence and Lizzie wondered if he knew at all what Darcy had done to her boyfriend.

At the end of her small holiday, Lizzie returned to San Francisco with Lydia, with a brand new dress for Jane's wedding and with happiness for having spent quality time with her family.

At the same time Lizzie was leaving Arizona, William was saying good-bye to his sister. As she had done before, Gigi made him promise that he would tell her about any developments with Samantha.

As he left the airport, William pondered whether or not to call Samantha. Maybe Gigi was right and more dates were needed to get over Elizabeth Bennet.