Okay, here is chapter three!

Sorry for the mistake on chapter two, but I didn't change it to M and I am not going to.

Disclaimer: I don't own Becoming Jane!

Henrys P.O.V

The idea of a carriage became absurd to me as I was thrown all about. The bumps and turns were starting to affect my stomach. Eliza would laugh at me, but I wasn't feeling quite like myself.

I wondered what Eliza was doing back at my parent's home. Hopefully she was sitting with Jane, and helping my sister, Cassie, out around the house.

My wishes were the only thing I could depend on now, as the carriage rolled on toward London.

"Sir, sir!"

I sat up and rubbed my eyes. "Are we there?" Embarrassment came to me when the man waited for me to gain my senses back.

"Yes sir, we are in front of the house." I was thankful that I was back at the apartment; I missed home when I was back at my parents. But if only my Eliza was here with me as well, then this trip would be much easier.

I got out of the carriage and tipped the driver. I grabbed my bag and headed to my room. My wife and I lived in a good sized apartment, which was big enough for the both of us. It was very exciting to be able to go out and about in London, and I felt excited now.

The servant we had opened the door and smiled. "It's good to see you again sir, I have the bills." He handed me mail, and I shuffled through it.

"Not now," I told him and he took them away.

Instead I went to lay on the couch and closed my eyes. My body was so sore from the ride, and I couldn't quite become comfortable.

The sky was darkening and the busy city of London continued on with the remaining light. "Well, as long as I'm here, I might as well go out," I said out loud. Taking my hat and over coat, I left the apartments and onto the streets of London.

The air was not as clean as in the country, but that was the price to pay. The sounds of the carriages and the people chatting as they walked made me feel the excitement and the reason of why I lived here.

"Sir," the people nodded their heads and tipped their hats. I nodded back and kept walking, but I wasn't sure where to exactly.

"Owww!" A woman suddenly screamed up ahead and I rushed to find out what had happened. Out of the corner of my eye, a man was quickly walking past the women while everyone else was gathering around her. "He... he pushed me down!" She cried and people searched for some kind of villain in black. I kept my eyes on the man walking down the street, with a familiar stride.

It couldn't be...

I pushed past the people and they yelled watch out to me and pretty soon I was past them. "Stop! You in the green coat!"

Instead he started to walk faster and I ran to catch up with him. "Leave me be!" He yelled and I almost was at his heels. Same hair, same profile...it must be him...I had to try...

"It's Henry Austen!"

He stopped in his tracks and stood stiff, looking forward. Was this really possible? Could my search for Tom Lefroy only take one quick day? I had not excepted this, but was thankful my wish and been answered. I stared at the dark sky and thanked some good luck force that was working in my favor.

"Henry?" He slowly said and turned, and I was right, it was Tom Lefroy. "I can not believe this, what are you doing here?" I walked closer to him and I shook his hand. The light from the lamps threw shadows onto his face, and I was taken by surprise at how different he looked. His hair was much longer, and he had not shaved for at least three days, his eyes had a funny look, and in truth, he looked horrible.

"How goes it Tom? How are you after all these years? Still living in London as a lawyer?"

"Yes, sadly," he laughed and took a step back. "I can't believe your here, standing in front of me. Why I haven't seen you since, that day." Tom said and his grin slowly faded.

Yes, that horrible day when his uncle had forbid Tom to wed my sister. Well, that was the past and this was the present. "Are you going to answer my question? Do you still live here?"

"Yes, I do still live quite close to here, but I am in no shape for a visitor at this time," he smiled and I smiled back with relief, for after all, I was very lucky to find him in this large city.

"Why? Is it that scummy of a place?" I laughed, trying to bring some humor into this odd situation.

"No it is in good shape, unlike me," his face twisted up into a bizarre expression.

"Do you have any money?" I wanted to talk about Jane, but I needed to ask the right question. And I needed to find out if he had married.

"No, I inherited enough when my uncle died. But the apartment seems very empty with only me and the servant." Well, that just answered my question, he was unmarried.

"Your uncle died? I'm sorry, but how long ago?" The idea came to me, why had he not come for Jane if his uncle had died.

"He died about three years ago, and it is quite alright, I do much better without him I think." But from my point of view, he was doing worse. His face showed age and he was only twenty-five, and his voice just did not have the same sound to it.

So I had found my answers but something was off. What had he been doing with all the time, I thought he loved my sister. "So, any women here that could catch my eye?" I said and I pretended to smile, for I would do anything that would make him talk without having to ask questions.

"I thought you were married Henry," he smiled and I frowned, since when was my marriage a talk of the town? "What is it that you want to know?"

Here goes nothing I thought, "What ever happened to your love for Jane?" His at ease expression changed when I caught him off guard. "Why did you not come for her when your uncle had passed?"

The silence grew between us, and I waited for his answer. "I- though- I mean, I thought she might have remarried," he said and looked at the ground, "if I went to find out I would be even more devastated and I would become humiliated." Tom shifted back and forth and I stood there staring.

"Jane might die soon Tom," I said softly with dread and he had stopped the shifting.

"What was that Henry?"

"Do you still love her?" Please let him love her, I wished, and then my plan might work.

"I admit I still love her... she might... die? How come?" His impatient eyes told the truth, that he did still love her even after five years.

How could I say this? "She, she um, I found her in the forest and she almost caught her death it was so cold… We are wishing for the best, but the doctor is not sure she will make it through. Tom please, come back to Hampshire with me and let her see you. Let her be happy before the time will come." I begged him, thinking of my poor, young sister lying in her bed, crying for Tom.

"I do not know if I could, it would be most heart breaking when she... doesn't make it." But I knew that he meant something else, he was scared, why I was not quite sure.

"This is a chance to see her and tell her you're still unmarried. To never feel regret because Jane will know that you loved her as she loved you, no matter the time period you were apart. Please Tom, it is only meant for the best." I could see my words making sense to him and he smiled.

"Henry, when do we leave?"

"Tomorrow if possible, I miss my Eliza already."

"I shall prepare tonight. Thank you Henry." I nodded and was thankful he was coming, though it seemed unreal.

"I'm sorry to have interrupted your plans for the night Tom, where were you headed to?" He laughed and nodded his head no.

"My plans were to go down to a bar to box. So you have not interrupted my plans at all. In fact, you saved me from destroying myself further." Whatever that meant made me worry, but I could do nothing at the moment.

We said goodbye, and until tomorrow and I watched Tom take off and walk into the direction of his apartment. Whether this was the right thing to do, was still going to come, or haunt for the rest of my life.

The scene of my sister happy again, to actually see her smile after these five years, would be well worth it. So I quickly headed back to my rooms to get ready. Then I remembered I had never needed to unpack.

The next updating should be much faster because very soon I will have time to write again xD

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