so in this chapter i think we'll see a slightly nicer Darcy but a still stubborn Liz. Rick will also be a part of this chapter so...yeah...enjoy!
"Is that absolutely all you will give me because it's not much to work with and you really could have told me this over the phone." Liz looked intently at the man in front of her. Darcy stared back at her in deep thought. If only I could read minds. There is definitely more he knows. Liz thought to herself.
"That's it Miss Bennet. I swear."
"Your word doesn't do much for me."
Liz was dead serious but Darcy laughed and said, "Not surprising." Liz's heart gave an odd flutter at the sound of his laugh.
"Anyway, was there a particular reason that you needed to set up a meeting because like I said, you could have just called."
"Calls can be intercepted."
"There was nothing confidential that you just told me."
"True but Charlie had a special request,"
"Oh..."
Darcy held out an envelope. "Here, the occasion is formal so nice dress required."
"How formal is formal? Like prom dress formal?"
Darcy didn't laugh but just looked at her. "Not that nice but close to."
"Oh..." Liz said outloud but in her head she was thinking What the hell does that mean? Your no help at all! You know that don't you!
"He told me to tell you to extend the invitation to your sister and Charlette."
"Will do Captain." Will did not find Liz's comment very funny.
A sudden burst of sound reached the ears of the pair as Rick threw open the door to the office. "Liz!" he shouted. "Get out here and tell Collin that..." his voice sudden dribbled off and his body grew rigid. At first Liz was unsure of what just happened, but her confusion soon ended.
"Rick!" Darcy cried out happily as he stood up and walked toward the place where Rick was standing.
"Will?" Rick looked stunned as the other man gave him a quick hug.
"Listen, I was going to stop by on my way home and drop this off to you, but since you're here I'll give it to you now." Darcy held out an envelope that looked exactly like the one he just handed Liz.
"Bingley?" Rick replied as though all of this handing of invitations was normal for him.
"Yeah, and Charlie says that you better be there this year or he'll kill you." Will and Rick laughed for a moment.
"Hey Rick!" Liz suddenly spoke up with a false cheery voice.
Rick grinned at her sheepishly, and then cleared his throat. "Umm...Will why don't you stop by later anyway. Bring Gee with you too. I haven't seen the two of you in ages."
"Sure sounds good. I'll see you later then." Will shrugged then he turned and faced Liz. "Good bye Miss Bennet. Have a nice day." He exited the office.
Rick began to follow him out, but stopped when Liz hissed at him to stay put. "Liz, now don't blow up at me. I can explain."
"You know him!" Liz shouted at him. Rick closed the door so that their conversation would be a little less audible. "You told me outright that you had never heard of him before and yet you knew him all along!"
"Yeah, I know him. He's my cousin."
"Your cousin! Why the hell did you not tell me he was your cousin? He's your flesh and blood! Oh my God, he's your cousin and you let me sit in my car and rant about over the phone to you! You couldn't tell me the fucking truth!"
"Liz, calm down."
"No, give me one good reason why I should calm down. You let me rant about your cousin. Why? So that you could go and tell him what I said and then sit there and laugh about it!"
"No! Liz listen to me for two seconds!" Rick had finally raised his voice, but Liz wasn't intimated.
"One...two" She said coolly. "Time's up." She went to the door and opened it to see a small group of people scatter away."Out," she said simply.
Rick knew better than to argue with her when she was this pissed off. Instead as he walked up to the door he smiled and laughed. "Yeesh! On our menstral cycle are we?" Then laughing again he handed her a motrin and walked out of the office.
it's not a long chapter but it gives some info bout Rick and Will and also helps to portray the kind of relationship Rick and Liz have.