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! Sooooo sorrrry this is late I have been really busy over last weeks and so, but here is my next chapter, which, btw, I wrote ages ago, before recent episodes so I'm sorry this story is not as epic as what the writers on the LBD have come up with. Still don't know if this story is any good.
But anyway I hope you still like this and keep with me though to the end, which isn't going to be very far away.
PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT THE U.S LEGAL SYSTEM AND I JUST MADE THIS UP, because I don't even really understand my own country's legal system let alone try to understand another different one.
Yes, I will, and if there is anything else I can do for you let me know." And he looked into her eyes.
"Thanks" she responded.
Then he turned around and left.
I'll never see him again; Lizzie thought to herself, as she then remembered the camera was still recording and turned it off.
*A month later*
Life back at home was a lot different that it was before. Jane had come back from LA, for good because she had it had lost her job in the process of getting home. She said that she didn't mind, that she had missed home way too much and she wanted to be here with Lydia and the rest of the family. But she was smiling less.
It had been about two weeks since Lydia had been realised. Her bail had been paid for by an anonymous tip, who just said "Everyone deserves a second chance." The anonymous tipper had not only paid for Lydia to get realised but somehow managed to have this not go on her permanent file. The family had been ecstatic at this and even though they had no clue who this anonymous tipper was, but they were forever in debt.
There was also enough money for George to but he was not as lucky with his file and it did not look like he was ever going to get any decent employment ever again, it looked like he had a bad rep with all sort of drugs and breaking the law.
He was also told to stay the hell away from the Bennets.
Lydia now just kept to her room. She only came out for meals, and only spoke when spoken to. Everyone was worried about her, especially Lizzie.
She was grateful that her baby sister was not going out to Carters every night and coming home completely wasted, but she didn't want her sister to become more responsible because of this.
They had mended fences but Lizzie still felt like she was walking on egg shells around her. Lizzie on more than one occasion asked Lydia to go out, whether it was shopping or to go to Carters or just go outside on the front lawn, just to see her get out, but no. It wasn't working.
"I miss you Lydia. We all do. We hate seeing you all depressed like this. You were always the light of the party. And I know that we all teased you about that,….mmm…. I teased you about that but you can't go on living like this." Lizzie said to Lydia one day after she had tried and failed to get her out of the house.
The next morning however, Lydia did come down stairs, fully dressed and wanting to the mall. Lizzie just smiled and grabbed her bag.
At the mall they both had a good time; it was like the good old days, before Lizzie had even thought of her videos.
Though back then Lydia would not be looking at a men's ties section.
When Lizzie asked about this Lydia just said "I just got bored and wandered over here, jezz." She knew better though and asked Lydia what this was about.
Lydia just told Lizzie when she was being realised, she had to sign some documents and on the table with those documents, was a check enough money to bail both Lydia and George out, with Darcy's name on it. Lydia didn't really know why he had done this but she did want to thank him, so getting him a new tie was her repayment. Well the best one she could think of. Especially with her budget.
Lizzie was so surprised. She had no idea why he would do that. Bail her sister out, someone who he had never said more than two words to and espically George being the closest thing to a mortal enemy.
She wanted the reason to be that he still liked her but she knew that wasn't the case. Cause she saw the way he reacted when he first heard the news about Lydia. It was WARNING GET AWAY FROM THIS FAMILY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!
Then why did he do this? Why?
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After shopping, Lizzie came home and flopped down on her bed, exhausted. Lydia had basically sprinted to every store and Lizzie just happy to see her happy, had to run to catch up with her.
She was about to doze off when she heard a scream from Lydia's room the footsteps and her door opening.
"OMG, guess what sis. You will neverrrrr believe who is back in town!" Lydia practically shouted.
Lizzie's mind went straight to George but she knew Lydia would never be excited about him ever again. So she just responded with. "I dunno who?"
"BING and Darcy, can you believe it? I just saw it on twitter that they just arrived. Isn't this fab? I have to go tell Jane." Lydia screamed with excitement as she ran out of the door.
Lizzie couldn't believe what she had just heard. Bing and Darcy back in town. Why? And why no Caroline either. Did Darcy finally maned up and told Bing about the videos? Did Bing find them out himself? If he did, why is Darcy back then? Was it to be paid back for bailing out Lydia? Was it to see me? All these questions flooded her mind and Lizzie was too tired and confused to answer them, so she hopped into bed and decided to she would wait to think about it in the morning.
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She didn't really get much chance to think about it though, since when she was getting dressed she heard an "Oh my. Is that who I think it is? Jane, dear, get down here, Bing and his friend have just pulled up in the drive way. Good lord I hope you're dressed."
Luckily she was so she could meet Bing and his friend, who turned out to be Darcy, alongside her mother and her sisters, in time.
The encounter was awkward at best. Lizzie's mother and Bing did most of the talking. Jane just sat there and smiled as usual, she didn't say much. Lydia had gotten bored of the meeting and left to go see Mary. Darcy just stood near the window and glared like he did the first few times he and Lizzie had met.
He still wore his red bowtie and was still as handsome as he ever was, making Lizzie feel flushed.
While this was going on she just sat down at the dining room table, kept her head down and worked on her independent study, that was due very soon, oh and listened to her mother interrogate Bing about why he left so suddenly last September.
She looked up occasionally to see what Bing was doing or where he was looking. Once or twice she looked at Darcy to see what he was doing but was disappointed he was looking either at Jane or her mother.
Bing and Darcy left after a short visit but had promised to see them again in the next few days. This made both Jane's and Lizzie's hearts skip a beat.
Jane was happy for the rest of the day; she basically skipped everywhere she went, even though she told Lizzie she was perfectly fine.
"It's ok Lizzie, I'm ok. Seeing him again has only made me realise that we can just be friends again without having to worry about all that stuff before." She said, as she tried to convince Lizzie, while she was sewing a dress.
"Are you sure you still want to be friends?" Lizzie asked "I mean I was looking at him today and it seemed like he still likes you."
"Don't Lizzie" was all Jane said as she got up and left.
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The next morning Lizzie woke up again to a surprise. Her mother was continuously screaming about the fact Bing had called Jane this morning to go "hang out" just the two of them. This made Lizzie happy and anxious.
All day long she thought about what was happening between them and hope for the best and at two o'clock she got a text from Jane saying that he found out about the videos and that he had explained everything that had happened from his motives for leaving, not contacting her while they both in LA, apologizing for being an ass, ect and, most importantly he would like the chance to properly date her. Which she had accepted.
She also told Lizzie that Bing had invited her and Lydia to Carters that night for a celebration.
Lizzie was overjoyed with this news, about Jane. She was so happy that after all these months of heartache for her sister and that she finally got her happy ending. It wasn't perfect, and they were still some kinks to iron out, but Jane was happy and Lizzie was happy for her.
Later on that night when she and Lydia got to Carters bar they were ambushed by Jane and Bing and their hugs. They were both extremely happy, adorable and nice like they were when they were first together. Lizzie loved seeing them like this, though she was disappointed to notice Darcy wasn't in sight.
"Darcy went back to LA for meetings" Bing informed her, while Jane and Lydia were getting drinks
"Oh I wasn't looking for him or anyone really" responded Lizzie, scared what he might think if he knew she actually was.
"That's cool." Bing said easily "He left early this morning, and will probably be back in around a week."
"Oh ok" was all Lizzie said back, now totally confused as to why Darcy even showed up and a little disappointed that she didn't get to talk to him. She really wanted to thank him for Lydia and to ask him how Gigi and Fitz are. Oh and maybe get to see how he was doing.
Not that she'd admit it to anyone but she actually missed him.
A/N: "Everyone deserves a second chance." love that line.
Hope you all like that and didn't think it was OOC or that Lydia's turn around was to quick.
Please, let me know what you think about any of this. I always up to constructive criticism and hearing your thoughts, it makes me soooooooooo happy :)
Hope you're having a good day or night where ever you live :)
Rach