Chapter Two
Libby stood before the full length mirror in her room, gazing critically at her reflection. Netherifeld Park's uniform was actually quite nice, a short blue skirt pleated at the bottom, a white shirt that she left untucked, a navy vest and a blue and white striped tie. Libby, admittedly didn't care much about fashion, but she'd lived with her sister Kitty for far too long to be completely oblivious to what looked 'good' and what didn't. Her makeup was neutral and her long brown hair was tied back into a high ponytail. Simple. Perefct for her first day of classes.
Jane emerged from the small ensuite bathroom, she wore her uniform similar to Libby, only she had ditched the vest for a cardigan and wore her shirt tucked in. Her hair was loosely braided and she had barely any makeup on but still managed to look flawless.
"How do you manage to make a school uniform look good, Jane?" Libby said, turning and facing her roommate, Jane laughed and rolled her eyes,
"Let's go to breakfast!" She said, heading for the door, "I can't wait to introduce you to my cousin Lydia, maybe you'll meet Caroline too, it depends if she sits with us or the other cheerleaders!" Libby took one last look in the mirror before following Jane out of their rooms.
"Jane!" a small girl with wild curly hair called, waving to the Jane and Libby as they entered the schools dining hall,
"Lydia!" Jane exclaimed, grabbing Libby's wrist and dragging her over to the younger girl, "Lydia, this is my new roommate, her name is Libby and she's from England!"
"Hi," Libby said, smiling,
"England? Wow, I've totes always wanted to go! I'm Lydia, Janie's amazballs cuz!" Lydia said, grinning and tossing her hair, Libby tried not to role her eyes, Lydia was...interesting to say the least.
"Is Caroline about?" Jane asked,
"Yepp, she sworsies that she'd sit with me today, she'll be along any-"
"Talking about me were you?"
Libby turned to see a tall girl with silky coppery hair and large green eyes wearing a cheerleading uniform, "I'm sorry," she said, her voice was very...high. She looked and sounded exactly like a barbie girl, and not in a good way. "Do I know you?" she asked, looking Libby up and down and folding her thin arms,
"I'm...new. My names Libby, I'm-"
"Ohhh, you're the girl from the Cops party last night." She said, getting a knowing look in her eye, Libby looked at her in bafflement,
"Erm...I guess...I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name?" Libby responded, deciding that this girl wasn't really her type of person.
"Caroline." She said, looking insulted at Libby not knowing this, yep, Caroline clearly belonged with the Will Darcy's of the world. Libby had to stifle a laugh at that thought,
"Libby, this is my old roommate, remember? The one that I was telling you about?" Jane said, sliding into the seat next to Lydia and gesturing to Caroline and Libby to sit down too,
"Sooo," Caroline said "Janie," Caroline said falsely, and Libby almost threw up a little in her mouth, "First day back and people are already talking! Rumour has it you got a personal invite from Chuck Bingley to the Cops party last night? And that he gave you his number?" At this, Jane blushed, because yes, Chuck and Jane had exchanged numbers.
"Oh My Jesus! For realisies?!" Lydia demanded, turning to stare at Jane, who blushed and adverted her gaze,
"And Libby apparently, you were introduced to Will Darcy? I'm sure you must have been completely star struck after hearing him performing, his voice is perfectt isn't it?" At this, Libby snorted, pouring herself a cup of coffee,
"Yes, William Darcy is quite 'perfectt'" She said mimicking Caroline, before adding sugar to her coffee. She turned to see Caroline looking confused, "I actually wasn't all that impressed by the 'amazing Mr Will Darcy oh my god!'" she said in a false voice, "to be completely honest, I found him to be rude, unsociable and arrogant and I hope never too encounter him again."
Caroline stared at her in astonishment,
"Oh." was all she said, before she turned back to her breakfast.
It was at lunch time, when Lydia, Libby, Jane and Lottie were all sat besides the lake in the grounds gossiping that things got interesting,
"You'll never guess who I saw in the corridors today! Will Darcy! What's he actually like, guys?"
"The ultimate guy!" Lottie said, before anyone else could talk, "He's crazy smart, and he's on the soccer team, he's the lead singer of Murphy's law, and-"
"Not, but what's he like?" Lydia asked, at this, Libby chimed in,
"I can honestly say that he is one of the most arrogant, disagreeable and unsociable people I think that I've ever met." Libby responded coldly, "and I can honestly say that I hope never to encounter him again. Looks aren't everything, Lydia."
"He really isn't that bad, Libby." Jane chimed in,
"No, Jane, he was. He was every bit the stereotypical 'rock star', far too arrogant and pompous for his own damn good."
"But he's sooooo hot!" Lydia said, pretending to faint and Libby just rolled her eyes,
"What do you have next, Libby?" Lottie asked, changing the subject,
"English, with Miss...Simmons?"
"Ohhh, Miss Simmons? She's lovely!"
Libby walked into her first English class of the semester. A few kids she recognised from the party the night before smiled at her and she smiled warmly back. She noticed Caroline sat right at the front of the class and, in an attempt to get as far away from her as possible, Libby decided on a seat right at the very back. The class started and Libby couldn't help but notice the fact that Caroline kept glancing at the door. It was only after about fifteen minuets that the reason became apparent:
Will Darcy strode through the doors looking every ounce as hot as he had done the night before in his dark trousers and crisp white shirt. Miss Simmons looked up as he muttered some excuse about soccer practice running late before looking around and, reluctantly, settling into the only available seat that just so happened to be next to Caroline, who immediately leaned over and started chattering away to him as he got his books out, causing Libby to roll her eyes before turning back to her work.
When the bell finally rang to signify the end of class, Libby started packing her books up quickly, desperate to avoid both Caroline and Will; grabbing her notebook she made a dash for the door,
"Sorry, Caroline, I..." Will said, urgently looking about the classroom in an attempt to avoid talking to Caroline; and then he spotted Libby hurrying away.
"I have to talk to Libby!" He said quickly, causing Libby to turn at the mention of her name. Her eyes widened as Will hurried over to her, "Libby," he called, actually looking imploringly at her, "Remember that thing we needed to discuss?" Libby smiled sardonically at the, albeit incredibly tall, incredibly attractive, boy in front of her,
"oh, it's perfectly okay, 'Darce', me and all of the other 'personality void' groupies dealt with that one on our own! I have to rush, I have a history class in two minutes, see ya later!" She exclaimed cheerily, shooting him an overly sweet smile before turning and walking out of class, leaving Will Darcy looking very...well very unDarcy and at the mercy of Caroline.
"I literally cannot believe you!" Lottie exclaimed, barging into the Sophmore's common room. Libby looked up from her book, startled, "That whole thing with Darcy!"
"Shhh!" Jane said, looking around to check that Will wasn't in the room, thankfully, he wasn't,
"That whole thing with Darcy in english class," Lottie continued lowering her voice, "everyone is talking about it!" At this revelation, Libby laughed heartily,
"Do people really have nothing better to do around here than discuss William Darcy and...me? I don't get why people care so much, literally on my way back from classes this evening I had several girls whispering and pointing at me. It's ridiculous!"
"Word gets around here pretty fast. It's what happens and a small school where people are around each other twenty four seven...Most people know about Jane and Chuck (I want details, now), and so you and Darcy sort of become collateral damage."
"What details?" Jane asked,
"Like, has he called yet?" Jane remained silent and just blushed,
"They're going out this saturday, happy?" Libby replied,
"OMG!" Lottie yelled, her face lighting up with excitement, "Anyway, that's besides the point,Will Darcy apparently asked you for a 'private word' and then you basically told him to go fuck himself." At this Libby looked shocked,
"I certainly did not! He was attempting to use me to get out of talking to Caroline and- speak of the devil, and he doth appear," She said, suddenly, and Lotie turned to see Will Darcy and Chuck walking in, deep in conversation, they went and sat down by the fire and Will retrieved a book from his bag while Chuck got out his phone, "As I was saying," Libby continued, " He was trying to get out of talking to Caroline and I was the nearest person. I guess he thought I'd be so honoured at 'Will Darcy' speaking to me that I'd just go along with it. Sadly for him, I'm not that pathetic." At with that, Libby turned back to her book, leaving Jane and Lottie to discuss all things 'Chuck Bingley'. Although, it wasn't too long before she felt the heat of someone gaze on her, looking up, she noticed Will Darcy just staring at her from across the room. She sighed and turned back to her book.
"You alright, Darce?" Chuck asked, as Will got out a notepad suddenly,
"Yeah, I just had an idea for a new song." he said, scribbling the words "Fine Eyes" at the top of a piece of paper, before glancing back at Libby's tiny form as she sat reading a book across the room.