I cried myself too sleep again; I had been doing this a lot frequently. It has been Wickham's fault; I hope that no other girl will fall for his charm. He ruined my faith in people, and trust, and any thoughts I had over love. He had ruined my life.

How could I have been so foolish, I was young and naive, I didn't realise at the time, what he was really like, I saw the signs, but I chose to ignore them. He used to flirt with women, touch their legs, but I being young didn't realise what was going on.

If he did that in public, I blush to think what he did in private, he did try once to be alone with me in my bedroom, but thankfully my maid had knocked. Thinking back he charmed her into not saying anything, how could I have been so silly, I had always prided myself on not being silly and ignorant like other young girls, and here I had gone, and fallen for an accomplished rake. He had seemed romantic,nice, charming, just like in my books, and he had taken an interest in shy little Georgiana. I had wanted to tell my brother, of our blossoming romance, but Wickham said to leave it a surprise.

I will always remember the look of rage on my brother's face; I thought he would be happy.

Apparently not.

I had made a deadly mistake, and I am determined never to give my heart away ever again.

I sighed, I needed to go for a walk to clear my head of all thoughts of Wickham, but all I could see was his leering face, as my brother confronted him. I had hoped, he would say Darcy, I love your sister with all my heart, I would dearly love to marry her, but he didn't.

"You can keep her, it's not worth the trouble, and I'll just take the money"

Those words he uttered will remain with me forever, as will everything that happened, I just need more time, lots more time.

I could just stay at Netherfield all day, and just entertain myself, and only have my brother's, Bingley's and Miss Bingley's company.

Or I could go for walks, read books outside, and perhaps ask Miss Elizabeth to come and play a duet. She and my brother needed to get along. I thought she would make an excellent sister in law, and I would be "related" to Bingley.

Yes I decided happily, I was going to enjoy myself here, for the first time for a long time. I will dance with "savages", and have fun, and I will not act like the Georgiana after Wickham. I will make friends, and not just be a wallflower.

I turned the corner.

"Georgiana, what a pleasure it is to see you again."

I shuddered, I knew that voice.

Sorry this has taken a long time to update, I had English, History and Geography coursework to do. English was Pride and Prejudice so I was happy about that, and it was my birthday. I also found out I'm editor of the school newspaper, if anyone has any ideas, what I can call it, please tell me

Well, I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint, and I will have the next one soon.

R&R