Disclaimer: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries belong to Hank Green and Bernie Su. I don't own any characters, in anyway, shape or form.

A/N: Hey everyone long time no see. So sorry that I haven't updated this story lately, I've been incredibly busy.

Anyway got to live in the here and now, and here is a new chapter, that I hope you all enjoy :)

I would just like to thank my lovely beta Anony Mouse 1776, who had helped me out so much with this, all the people who review, favourite and follow, you guys put a smile on my face and last but not least everyone who has taken the time to read this story, it means so much to me.

The car trip was ok. Lizzie wasn't in the mood to talk. She barely spoke a word to him, except for the address of where she was house sitting.

She just sat there, stared out of the window and thought about Bing and Jane. Darcy didn't push her to do or say anything but at a red light he finally opened up and asked what was on her mind.

"Nothing, I'm just a little bit tired that's all" she said

Darcy, who knew girl language from endless years with Gigi, knew that she wasn't tired so he politely said, "Oh ok, it just seems that you have something on your mind."

"Uh yeah…, uh, no, I'm fine." She uttered.

"Well if you do want to talk about something; that would be fine. If you don't, that would be fine also. Whatever you need" Darcy replied so sincerely that Lizzie after a few second could not help but burst out what was on her mind.

"DoesBingknowaboutmyvideos?" Lizzie had meant for it to come out normally but she was nervous and still not completely comfortable with Darcy.

Darcy looked shocked but responded as this 'new' Darcy would, "Uh, no he doesn't. I didn't think that you would like that and you respected my confidences, it was the least I could do to respect yours."

"But Charlotte and I. We….."

"Look, Lizzie, I don't know a Darvid if I did, well…things might be different" Darcy interrupted, much to Lizzie's surprise.

"But. Uh. Um. I just thought Bing would know about this by now," Lizzie responded, still confused by all of this.

"I thought that telling him about the videos would cause more pain- not just to him but to your sister as well, and I have already meddled with them before; I just don't want to do it again." Darcy replied. "I mean they are both going on with their lives, both without each other, happy enough. Why ruin that?"

"Do you think he still cares for her?" she asked Darcy, as she turned her head to look at him for the first time since she got into the car.

She asked this question carefully, wanting to see his response because she also wanted to see if Darcy still liked her. He had been so nice and friendly ever since their run in, even though he shouldn't be after all that had happened. She wondered if he was always like this in a home environment, if he had changed his behaviour around her because of what she had said or because he still liked. She wanted to know because maybe she liked him too.

"I think," Darcy said as he pulled up to Lizzie's house, stopped the car and turned to look at her "that you should ask him."

And he looked into her eyes again as if he knew what she meant. Lizzie wanted to look away but she couldn't for some reason.

"Well we're here. I hope you had a nice time at our house. You will always be a welcome there. Oh and if you need a ride I am more than happy to take you tonight." He said, as he kept on looking in her eyes.

"Uh yeah that would be great. Whatever time suits you." She stated as broke his gaze, and undid her seatbelt, about to exit.

"Ok how about six, Gigi said she made the reservation around six thirty."

Lizzie nodded and with her bag in her hands she was ready to leave but she didn't know what to do. Old Lizzie would have just said goodbye and left but new Lizzie, well she knew that, that was not an option. So she stuck her right arm out for him to take. He had done it after their first meeting so this was perfectly fine.

He took it and as soon as he did the electric feeling came back.

"Six is fine. Thank you. Goodbye." She added, as she felt she should say something.

"Goodbye."

And then she pulled back her hand, breaking the connection and left the car headed for her front door.

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Lizzie had spent hours deciding what to wear for tonight. She normally didn't care about this sort of thing. Fashion was more her sisters' thing, she just wore whatever was appropriate and comfortable. But today she really wanted to look nice.

When she had finally decided on a nice cream dress and navy blue jacket, Lizzie flopped down on the couch and rested for a moment.

She knew why she wanted to look nice today. There were two reasons. One was that she wanted to look great in front of Caroline for all sorts of petty reasons and two was that she wanted to look nice for Darcy.

She had a realisation after he had dropped her home earlier today. She asked that question about if Bing still cared for Jane, because well really he was Bing and she was Jane and she didn't just want to know if Darcy still liked her, she wanted Darcy to still like her.

She thought about this again and again but she came to the same conclusion. She didn't know if it was because she liked him or….. Lizzie didn't really have an 'or' she just knew that she wanted him to still like her- which was ridiculous after what she had done, but she did.

Maybe it was because she liked him, but she didn't really know if she liked him. Love was something she wasn't used to. She had, had crushes before but that's all they were, because before anything got serious she broke it off. She knew she used to act that way because she didn't want to get her mother's hopes up, but now it was a habit to avoid serious relationships.

Lizzie didn't know how to feel and more than anything she wanted to call up Charlotte or Jane or Lydia but she couldn't. All she could do was to plan what she was going to do when he was around and hope that she didn't look like an idiot.

And well an hour later at five to six, Lizzie had started pacing as she waited for Darcy to pick her up.

The doorbell rang and Lizzie was thankful that Darcy was early. She basically ran towards the door and opened it to see Darcy standing there wearing a blue checked shirt with his top button undone but tie still on, with a nice black leather jacket and jeans. Wait jeans. Lizzie had to take a second take. But sure as ever he was and he looked great. Correction- he looked hot.

"Sorry, I'm earl-….. Wow you look… wow." Darcy stuttered as he examined her like she him.

"Thank you. So do you" she said as she blushed

Damn these emotions she thought.

"Shall we go?" he asked

"Yeah" she responded, still feeling a little bit flushed "Let me just get my bag"

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When they got to the restaurant, Lizzie and Darcy looked around a bit for their companions. It was Darcy who found Gigi, Fitz, Bing and Caroline seated at a booth at the back of the restaurant. He then tapped Lizzie on the shoulder and pointed to them for her to see. They started to walk towards the table still quite close to one another.

Gigi then saw them, jumped up from her seat and hurried over to them.

"William, Lizzie it's so great to see you." she said as she pulled them both into a big hug. This forced Lizzie and Darcy to be closer than they had ever been before.

Lizzie couldn't speak for Darcy but she felt awkward.

Gigi finally let go after what felt like a lifetime, and dragged them both by the hand to the table and pushed them together again.

"Look who I found" was all Gigi said

After that there were a lot of 'Lizzie's and 'Darcy's. Bing almost got up to hug them but they both told him that he didn't need to.

Darcy sat down and slid across to the end of the booth, and Gigi practically forced Lizzie to slide down too, so she was close to Darcy as possible.

Lizzie looked up and saw an annoyed Caroline looking at her. This made Lizzie smile.

Throughout the whole evening Lizzie smiled. She saw, how Caroline saw, how close she and Darcy had become. From the look on Caroline's face, she must have been seething inside but still she acted quite polite and lovely to everyone except Lizzie. She didn't mind it though. She knew she was winning.

Bing was his usual charming self but he did look a little on edge and asked a lot of question about her 'family' making sure that they were all healthy and single.

This made Lizzie very happy.

The whole evening was enjoyable everyone happily ate and chatted away, except towards the end of the night. It all started with Caroline asked Lizzie. "So Lizzie I heard on the grape vine that your sister and the guy you were dating last summer, what was his name, are getting very friendly. What do you say about that?"

Lizzie and Darcy sat up shocked about what Caroline had just said, especially in front of Gigi.

"Um, I don't know who you mean" was all Lizzie said, as she hoped that Caroline would drop the subject.

"Yes you do" said Caroline, who obviously really wanted to make Lizzie and probably Darcy feel uncomfortable. "His name was…. George Wickham, yes that's it."

At the mention of his name Gigi choked on the spaghetti she had put in her mouth.

Lizzie thought quickly and grabbed the jug of water on table and poured Gigi and said "Oh Gigi you ok? Here have a glass of water."

Gigi took the glass that Lizzie handed to her and drank it. Her coughing started to decrease.

Caroline dropped the subject; finally, as she knew that she hit a nerve. Fitz who knew what had happened just sat there and kept on eating his food. Bing just sat there oblivious to everything that had just gone on and only looked at Lizzie and Gigi, confused.

Darcy, however, who hadn't been able to do anything in this whole incident, placed his hand on Lizzie's thigh, underneath the table. Lizzie knew that this meant he was grateful for what she had just done and even though she hadn't done this to be the hero, she liked the fact that he had put his hand on her leg.

She quickly looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back, but not for long because she looked back down at her food, in an attempt to keep Caroline from noticing their shared glances or so she told herself. It most certainly was not because her heart fluttered when their eyes met. Definitely not that.

The rest of the evening was just awkward. Nobody wanted to talk after what had happened. They just ordered desert and ate that with minimal conversation.

When it came time to pay the bill, Darcy had decided to pay for everything, even the tip. Of course everyone objected but eventually gave in. They all knew when Darcy had set his mind on doing something he was not going to back down.

Though Lizzie thought she knew the reason behind this random act of kindness from him. She thought it was because he wanted to thank her for what she had done for his sister and instead of making it awkward for them and just pay for him and her, he paid for everyone else.

Lizzie thought it was a bit much for her, since it was the right thing to do to help Gigi but she didn't want to object.

A/N: So I hope you guys like that chapter.

I plan to have the next chapter up in a week or so, sorry about the delay but I have just started school again and time is something I have a lot of at the moment, Ill do my best though. This story does have a end though so please stay with me.

Thanks for reading, feel free to leave a comment good or bad, I'm always up to constructive criticism.

Hope you're having a good day or night where ever you live :)

Rach