Chapter Two

Authors Note:

I hope you guys enjoy it, it is a bit short but I'll try to make the next chapter long. R&R. PLEASE REVIEW.

I stood there staring at the two guys and girl that had just walked through the door. Everyone was silent. Those guys were cute. The blonde boy started walking towards us with a big smile on his face.

"Hello, I'm Charles Bingley," Charles said introducing himself," this is my sister Caroline and my close friend Will Darcy."

"It's nice to meet you Charles, I'm Jane Bennet this is my sister Elizabeth and her friend Charlotte Lucas," Jane said shaking Charles hands.

"Hello" Charlotte and I said.

"Hi", Caroline said sounding really bored. We were waiting for Will to say hello but instead he just said," I'll be at the refreshment table if you need me Charles," and walked away, Caroline following him.

"Would you like to dance?" Charles asked turning to Jane who was blushing.

"Uh, sure I would love too," Jane said shyly. Charles and Jane made their way to the dance floor.

I turned to Charlotte and whispered," how rude was that guy Darcy, have you ever met anyone as rude as him?"

"Yeah, he was so rude but the cutest guy I've ever met," Charlotte rejoiced.

Suddenly Collin waddled over," Hello Elizabeth, Charlotte, what a fine party this is".

'Great now I have to stay here and listen to Collin go on and on about something useless,' I thought.

"Hi Collin, are you enjoying yourself?" I asked him politely.

"Yes I am having fun, thank you so much for caring about me," Collin said happily," It's one of the reasons why I admire you, don't you just love the weather? The high is 77 and the low is 64.4 . It's expected to be really cloudy tomorrow, I'm so glad that Mrs. De Bourgh told me to wear this thin sweater; it is getting a bit chilly. I don't think Mrs. De Bourgh would approve of your outfit Elizabeth that dress is way too short and your shoulders are exposed."

"Sorry to disappoint her, I'll be sure to keep that in mind while I'm dressing next time, excuse me Collin, I really need to talk to Charlotte," I said and turned to Charlotte hoping he would leave as usual he didn't get the hint. "Um, Collin I need to talk to Charlotte privately."

He nodded and walked away. "That was boring," I whispered to Charlotte. She already knew that there was nothing I really needed to talk to her about.

I felt like there was someone staring at me. I did a 180 degree turn and caught Darcy staring at me. His stare was really making me uncomfortable. Charlotte and I decided to dance; we glided onto the dance floor. "So, did you meet anyone over the summer?" I asked Charlotte.

She shook her head. "How about you?" she questioned.

"Yeah like I'll ever find a guy, they're all arrogant and so full of themselves. But some guys are okay."

"Lizzie one day a guy is going to swept you off your feet and prove you wrong. You'll be heads over heels for him." Charlotte declared.

"Yeah right, no guy's going to like me." We both went silent. After a few dances we decided to over to the refreshment table to grab a few drinks. I saw Darcy and Charles standing there. I was close enough to hear what they were talking about.

"Aren't the girls here all so beautiful?" Charles asked Will. "You've got the only beautiful girl in the room."

"That's not true, how about her sister Elizabeth, why don't you ask her to dance?"

"Oh please Charles, Elizabeth Bennet? She's not pretty enough for me, and I heard she isn't even popular."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing and turned to Charlotte, she must of had heard everything too, she stood there shocked at what we both heard. Even though I already had ill-feelings for Darcy, those words stung. My opinion of him immediately sunk lower.

"You want to go home?" Charlotte asked me.

"Yeah, let's go find Jane."

We went to search for Jane. We looked around everywhere. Eventually we found her with Charles; even though Charles did most of the talking I could tell she was really enjoying herself. "Sorry to interrupt, but Charlotte and I want to go home, it's getting late." I asked her politely.

Jane looked at her watch and immediately stood up, "Sorry Charles but Elizabeth is right, it's already 12 o'clock we must be on our way home, I had really nice time tonight, goodbye," Jane said rushing towards the door.

"Bye, I hope to see you again," Charles called after her.

We hoped into the car, and drove off as fast as we could, even though our father didn't tell us we had to be home at a certain time, we felt we should be sensible and get home as early as possible.

During the drive Charlotte said, "Darcy must have a thing for you Elizabeth."

"Uh yeah right, he hates me as much as I hate him; I thought you heard him talking to Charles?"

"What were they talking about?" Jane asked curiously.

"Nothing I don't want to talk about, I'll tell you when we get home." I replied. We soon arrived at Charlotte's house and dropped her off.

"See you at school on Monday." Charlotte said walking up her driveway.

We arrived at our house and tried to sneak through the door as quietly as possible, trying not to wake anyone up. We close the door behind as and jumped when we saw our mother standing there arms crossed, she looked angry.

"Where have you girls been?" she asked crossly.

"Um out." Jane said scared.

"Dressing like that, I really thought you guys were responsible and sensible, go upstairs and I'll think of a punishment tomorrow, now get to bed."

Jane and I rushed upstairs into our room. Our house was a three bedroom house. I had to share a room with Jane. Lydia had to share with Mary. And there was mum and dad's room. We had twin beds. We quickly changed into our pyjamas, brushed our teeth and laid on our beds.

"So happened at the party to get you so rattled up?" Jane asked cautiously.

"Um well I overheard Charles and Darcy talking, Darcy said I wasn't beautiful enough for him. He's so arrogant and proud." I said.

"Elizabeth I'm sure misunderstood him." Jane said calmly," Give him a chance. He might not have been feeling well today."

"I'll try my best to give him a chance but I assure you I didn't misunderstand him." I said confidently. I turned over and turned off the lamp that my mum got for me, it was sitting on my bedside table, next to my favorite book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I slowly drifted off to sleep.

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