Lizzie and Darcy have finally gone to bed, with their newborn son lying between them. They lay on their sides facing each other, keeping their heads up with one hand.

"Today felt like it lasted a whole year, Will. I think Wickham and that psycho lady scared a couple of years from my life.", Lizzie confessed to her husband.

"I agree. But we must not let this affect us. That's what Wickham would want. That scumbag… I honestly had no idea it was him… I mean, Gigi mentioned to me that he had escaped from jail while we were waiting for Ben's birth, but-", Darcy was saying as he was interrupted by Lizzie.

"You KNEW he was out?! Why didn't you tell me?!", she whispered harshly, in order to avoid waking Benjamin.

"Calm down, honey. I didn't want to give you any unpleasant feelings while you were in labor. And then when our little man finally arrived, I completely forgot about it! Wickham was the last thing on my mind; you can hardly blame me! I'm sorry. But I doubt me telling you about him would have made a difference. It's not like either of us knew he would do something so psychotic.", Darcy whispered back defensively.

Lizzie sighed, "Yeah, I guess you're right. I'm sorry. I'm still a little shaken, that's all. I love you, Will."

Darcy smiled at her and said, "It's perfectly understandable.", before leaning over to kiss her softly on the lips. He continued, "I love you too, Elizabeth. And don't you ever forget it. I have you to thank for Benjamin and there's no way I will ever be able to repay you for the happiness that you have given me."

Lizzie smiled mischievously and said, "I know how! You can smile and nod happily while Mom shows us the nursery tomorrow!"

Darcy turned away from Lizzie and let his face hit the pillow repeatedly while he groaned. "The things I do for love.", Darcy muttered through the pillow. Lizzie laughed and took that as a yes and leaned over Ben to kiss the back of Darcy's head.

"Goodnight, babe.", she said she snuggled closer to the baby and drifted off to dreamland. That is, until Ben woke her up wailing for food, only three hours later.

"How was your first night with Benji, dear? How often did he wake you? Ohhhh I'm so proud of my girls! I don't know what Lydia's waiting for. That nice man she's been seeing has some lovely features. They'd give me beautiful grandbabies!", Mrs. Bennet exclaimed as she served breakfast.

She was ecstatic that her dreams had come true. Here she was serving breakfast to her family in the house of her rich, handsome son-in-law who has just fathered her second grandbaby. The only thing that would have made her happier was if Lydia had announced an out-of-wedlock pregnancy.

"Mom, I don't think you understand that we were not put on this planet solely to provide you with grandchildren. And I'm not seeing anybody, mom. A couple of dates here and there doesn't count.", Lydia said as she walked into the dining room, where everyone was already sitting.

"Leave her alone, mom. She still has plenty of time. As for Benji, he woke me up twice. I barely slept! And poor Will! He was awoken by Ben's cries, too.", Lizzie answered her mother. She looked over apologetically at a very tired looking Mr. Darcy.

"It's not fair that you should have to deal with it alone, my love.", he replied to her as he grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it.

"Don't worry, Lizzie. It gets easier, I swear. After a couple months, Charlie was on a schedule. And after I stopped breast feeding him, Bing and I would take turns feeding him when he woke up.", Jane said smiling at her younger sister.

"Thank God!", exclaimed Lizzie. She was still not done reading baby books so any information was like gold to her.

"Now, now! Hurry up and eat. I want to show you all the nursery after breakfast!", Mrs. Bennet said excitedly.

Lizzie immediately looked over at Darcy, whose neck protruded as he managed to form the fakest smile Lizzie had ever seen. She chuckled worriedly. Mr. Bennet saw Darcy's reaction and couldn't help but laugh out loud. He didn't know what the nursery looked like either, because he refused to help Franny, but he could only imagine.

Lizzie shuddered as she went up the stairs for the unveiling because she remembered her childhood room. Pink everywhere. And everything the girls were dressed in was pink up until each reached about five years or so. "Maybe that's why I own so much blue clothes…", Lizzie thought to herself.

"Alright. Before we all go in, I want you all to close your eyes!", demanded Mrs. Bennet. She was practically jumping up and down from the anticipation.

"Open your eyes!", she squealed.

Everyone was present for the unveiling of the nursery. When they opened their eyes, they saw dark blue walls with sports posters all over the place. The crib, which was a dark wooden crib that would one day turn into a day bed, was fitted with sports themed bed sheets and skirt and everything. There were all kinds of balls everywhere. The rug in front of the crib was basketball–shaped. The mobile above the crib? Yea, that was made up of a tennis ball, baseball, mini-basket ball, soccer ball, football, and a mini-boxing glove. There were even little plastic sports balls as the knobs of the drawers. There was real sports equipment scattered here and there for decoration.

It really wasn't as bad as everyone thought it would be, but still, she went overboard with the theme. It was in her nature to exaggerate, so everyone knew the room wouldn't have been to Lizzie and Darcy's liking.

Darcy sighed in relief. He expected neon colors and glitter and 'Grandma loves you' all over the place. This room, he could put up with until she left.

Lizzie, on the other hand, wasn't as relieved as Darcy. She envisioned a much more neutral feel for her son. Not something as stereotypical and gender-defining as sports.

"Well… what do y'all think?!", inquired Mrs. Bennet.

Mr. Bennet was the first to answer. "Well, I'll hand it to you Franny, darling. It's not half as bad as I thought it would be.", he said, telling the absolute truth.

Lydia, Jane, and Bing mumbled in agreement.

Mrs. Bennet ignored the fact that it was a backhanded compliment and said, "I knew y'all would love it! What about you, Lizzie? And William?", she asked expectantly.

Darcy looked at Lizzie before replying, "It's definitely a constant theme. I like the consistency. And I am rather fond of the color blue." Mrs. Bennet beamed at him and then looked over at Lizzie.

"Well, umm… I certainly want to encourage Ben to participate in sports… so hopefully he'll make use of some of this equipment when he's old enough…", Lizzie said. She was trying to be as vague as possible so that whatever she said wouldn't be considered a lie. Mrs. Bennet took that as a compliment as well and was smiling as she left the room.

"I knew it, I knew it! Barbara down the street always said I should have started an interior design company instead of settling down...", she said to herself as she exited the room.

When she was gone, everyone, Mr. Bennet included, was snapping pictures of the room. He could look at this and entertain himself whenever he got bored.

Lizzie was sending pictures to Charlotte and Gigi, captioned 'Too subtle?', Lydia was sending pictures to Mary, and Darcy sent pictures to Fitz and Brandon.

Lizzie decided to speak her mind now that her mother was gone. "Mom is unbelievable. Who told her I wanted to force athletic expectations on my son? What if he doesn't like sports? What if he likes music or books or art? No way am I leaving this room like this.", Lizzie said disapprovingly.

Darcy concurred. Lydia laughed at Mary's text and then patted Jane on the back. "You were totes lucky, Janie. Bing did a good job making Charlie's nursery a 'surprise', *wink wink*", Lydia said jokingly. They all know Jane and Bing decorated their nursery together, but disguised it as a surprise so that Mrs. Bennet wouldn't feel bad.

They all laughed. Just then Lizzie's phone buzzed. Charlotte texted her back.

From: Bestie

11:19 am

This is gold. LOL. I can't tell if this is a kid's nursery or a high school gym storage room! Don't change a thing until I get there! This is the kind of thing you gotta see in person. :P One week!

"Yay! She's coming soon!", Lizzie cheered mentally.

They all left the room together. And they all turned simultaneously to give it one last look. Upon noticing their group act, they all burst out laughing. They were lucky Mrs. Bennet had turned on the radio in the kitchen. She always cooked with music, and she had already begun preparing snacks and lunch. If she had heard them, she would've thought they were laughing at her and that would have resulted in empty stomachs for them all.

I really like messing with Mrs. Bennet. I found her really annoying in the book and movies, so I kind of have her as annoying in LBD, too. Even though all we saw of her was her torso in the last freaking episode (TROLLS!).

I also want to bring Caroline back into the picture.

Reviewing helps me out a lot! And I definitely take into consideration what you all suggest. Thank you so much for sticking with this story! *cyber hugs*