Hello everyone I want to thank everyone that has been following this story and especially those of you who have commented. Your comments have encouraged me to go forward and they have also helped me with my writing. I have checked all the chapters and fixed some of the mistakes that you have pointed out, so hopefully the big mistakes are fixed. Thank you very much! And here finally we get some Darcy/Elizabeth for the end. I have to admit I'm a bit nervous about it cause I love this pairing and I am really afraid about writing it. Hope you like it! Here is the final chapter.

Chapter 7

Brother and sister were in the carriage on their way to Lambton to pay a call. The Matlocks had left shortly after lunch. There had been many smirks and many insinuations, and Georgiana had confessed that she had mentioned that there was a particular lady that he was interested in. It had taken little time for Richard to make the connection to Miss Bennet, and Richard was incapable of keeping his mouth shut in cases like these, especially, with his mother. And if his aunt knew, his uncle would know. So he ended up suffering through lunch with some very smug relatives.

Darcy had to admit to being quite nervous, Georgiana was as well he could tell. They both wanted it to go well. Now that the Bingley situation was dealt with, they could dedicate all their attention to Miss Bennet and her relatives. He was hoping that they would accept an invitation to spend the day at Pemberly tomorrow. They could arrive at breakfast and spend the day with them and leave after dinner. He could show her all the beauties of Pemberley so that she would not want to leave. Maybe if he was lucky he could get Georgiana to persuade her to stay at Pemberley as Georgiana's guest for a few weeks. That would be truly wonderful.

They finally arrived at Lambton, the ride had felt unusually long. Next to him he could feel Georgiana fidgeting with excitement, she was finally going to meet Miss Bennet. The carriage stopped and the stepped out and entered the inn and asked for the Gardner's.

The moment he saw her again he was tempted to go to her, take her had, and lift it to his lips to kiss. He didn't understand how he'd thought she wasn't worthy of him. It became even more clear what an absolute fool he'd been. But now he had been gifted with a second chance and he was not going to waste it.

"Miss Bennet."

"Mr Darcy, let me introduce you to my aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner."

"A pleasure and please let me introduce to you my sister Miss Georgiana."

Georgiana smiled excitedly. "I am so glad to finally meet you Miss Elizabeth, I have heard so much about you."

"Thank you. I am glad to meet you as well. I have heard many great things about you from many people."

Then there was a moment of silence were no one seemed to know what to say. Mrs. Gardiner moved forward to the Darcy's to talk.

"Instead of staying inside how about we go out for a walk, there weather is especially lovely today."

"That's a great idea aunt, what do you say Mr. Darcy?"

"I think it's a marvelous idea."

They spent the afternoon walking around Lambton and having a good time. Darcy was not able to talk to Elizabeth as much as he would have wanted, but he had gotten to know Mr and Mrs Gardiner while Georgiana talked with Elizabeth. He could see that Georgiana was greatly enjoying her time with Elizabeth and it brought him great hope for the future. But he had to admit that he had enjoyed his time as well. The Gardiners were excellent people; nice, well mannered, intelligent. Nothing like he would imagine Mrs Bennet's relatives to be. It made him realize just how badly he had judged them originally just for who they were without even meeting them.

They got back to the inn before they left for Pemberley. He was a bit worried about the invitation that he was about give. It had been an enjoyable evening but Elizabeth had spent most of her time with Georgiana, he wasn't sure if she would be open to spending an entire day with them, but he would never know if he didn't ask.

"Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Miss Elizabeth, Georgiana and I wanted to extend an invitation to spend tomorrow with us at Pemberley. I believe that you wanted to see more of the grounds so we thought you could come for breakfast and stay until dinner. We could have a nice picnic for lunch."

"Oh please say you will come? I would love to get to know you better Miss Elizabeth. We could play the piano after dinner when the sun has set. My brother says you play so well, I would love to play a duet with you."

Mr and Mrs Gardiner seemed very pleased about the invitation but Elizabeth seemed a bit hesitant.

"Thank you Mr. Darcy but we do not wish to be an inconvenience, you have other guests to take care of."

"If you mean the Bingley's, you have nothing to worry about. An unfortunate incident forced them to depart today."

"Incident? I hope it is not to serious?"

"Serious enough, I am sure you will hear about it eventually. But as for now you have nothing to worry about. You will be the only guests we have."

Her aunt an uncle looked at her with questioning looks. It was clear that they would let her choose.

"Then we kindly accept your invitation Mr Darcy."

Georgiana had to contain her squeal of happiness. Darcy was not far behind, he felt like he was floating. They said their goodbyes and left. Now he would have to talk to Mrs Reynolds to make certain that tomorrow would go perfectly.

Elizabeth could feel her aunt an uncle watching her as she looked out the carriage window. They were on the way to Pemberley to spend the day. They had tried to subtly question her last night after Mr. and Miss Darcy left. She could understand their curiosity. She had not spoken well of Mr. Darcy in the past and had made it clear they were not on friendly terms, but Mr Darcy's actions had expressed quite the opposite. He had come all the way to Lambton to call upon her and introduce his sister, and had invited them to spend the entire day with them. The first time he had proposed it had been an immense surprise for Elizabeth, nothing in his demeanor towards her had made her aware of his feelings towards her. He had hidden them well. He was not hiding them now. She could clearly see in the way that he looked at her, talked to her and his actions. His aunt an uncle were very clever people. They had picked up that something had changed since the last time she had talked to them about Mr Darcy.

She could see Pemberley from the window, even more beautiful than the first time she had seen it. A part of her was nervous of how the day would go, it seemed that Mr Darcy had not forgotten her or he would be trying to avoid her, not inviting her to his home. At least Miss Bingley and Mrs Hurst would not be there. She did wonder what had happened. It was of no real important anyhow, she decided that she would enjoy the day. She would not let what had happened in the past burden her or cloud her judgment.

Darcy could scarcely believe that the day was going so well. Breakfast had started a bit slow but little by little the conversation had gotten very friendly and animated. It had taken Elizabeth very little time to relax and let go of the tension. It had taken him a bit more but when they had ended breakfast and had left to walk the grounds he was enjoying himself so much that any tension that he had had was gone.

They had walked with the lunch baskets for an hour or so until they found a lovely clearing on top of a small hill. They laid down the blankets and the food baskets for later. He could see that Miss Elizabeth would enjoy walking some more, she had a great love for the outdoors and an hour of walking had not tired her out. Georgiana claimed exhaustion and so did Elizabeth's aunt and uncle, and he saw the perfect opportunity to spend a bit of time with her.

"Miss Elizabeth, if you wish to keep walking I could accompany you. We are at the top of the hill, so if we walk straight on there are no trees that would hide us so we would be on sight the whole time. Is that acceptable Mr Gardiner?"

"As long as you stay were we can see you I don't see why not."

"Are you certain Mr Darcy?"

"Absolutely."

"Then lead on."

Georgiana gave him an encouraging grin, and he could see Mr and Mrs Gardiner were also hiding smiles. It was clear that they had also noticed his preference towards their niece. He was glad that they approved. He extended his arm for Elizabeth to hold and then they were off.

They kept their pace slow as to not go to far. He could feel her glancing at him every now and then. He finally got the courage to talk to her.

"Miss Elizabeth I wanted to speak with you privately. I was hoping that you were not uncomfortable or felt pressured to accept our invitation for today, I know you were a bit hesitant and I can understand why."

She didn't respond right away.

"I was a bit hesitant Mr Darcy but I am glad to be here. I am really enjoying getting to know your sister more and Pemberley and it's grounds are delightful."

"I am glad you approve. Georgiana was looking forward to getting to know you better and was very happy that you accepted the invitation. To be honest she was not the only one that was pleased. I know that we did not part at Hunsford on the best of terms, quite the contrary I'm afraid, but I have thought about what happened quite a lot since then."

"Mr Darcy… I…" She stopped walking and looked at him clearly upset. "I must ask for your forgiveness my words were harsh and cruel that day I–"

"There is no need to apologize, it is I who should apologize. You were honest and I had deeply insulted you and your family. The truth is I had not taken anyones feeling but my own into account. The fact that you might not feel the same didn't even occur to me. Your words were well deserved and I believe it has helped me to becoming a better man. I hope to show that to you, if you would give me a chance."

Silence engulfed them. Darcy held his breath as he looked at her. Then a small smile started to appear on her face.

"I am looking forward to getting to know the true and improved Mr Darcy." The last part was said with the mischievous twinkle in her eyes that he loved so much. He smiled and she responded with a wide smile of her own.

"So Mr Darcy, tell me more of the grounds that you have here in Pemberley, you know I have a great love for the outdoors."

Mr Darcy and Miss Elizabeth kept walk slowly, what had happened at Hunsford had been resolved and there was an understanding of were they currently stood. With the misunderstandings out of the way, he hoped that things would turn out as he wished this time around.