So this is the second last one. Sorry I haven't written in a while, but I was debating whether to add some more bits in before this one. As you can see I didn't so here you have it. Dizzie Day. The long one. This one easily has the most dialogue from the videos, so yeah. Have fun!
Darcy checked his messages for the umpteenth time. In all these meetings he had to turn it off and someone always called him. There was one from Gigi, telling him to watch Lizzie's most recent video. Taking her advice, he sat down at his computer and typed Lizzie Bennet Diaries into YouTube. And watched. She had called him. She had called him! Lizzie Bennet had called him. Elizabeth freaking Bennet had called William Freaking Darcy. He felt like screaming or something. As soon as the video ended, and he had gotten over his initial shock he checked his messages and heard her voice through the phone:
Hey Darcy… It's Lizzie. When you have a sec… give me a call… I'd like to… chat.
Finishing the message, Darcy made another call to some of the members of the board. If he was going to meet her unfortunately he would have to make arrangements here. It took him until Tuesday to do that, and he spent half of Wednesday angsting and deciding half a million times to not go, but the time came and he drove himself to the airport and flew to LA before taking one of his cars for the hour long drive the Lizzie's house. Even in the car he decided so many times to turn around, at one point he made a U-turn, before turning back around. He was, he was at her house! He straightened his shirt and rang the doorbell. Charlotte answered it, looking surprised, she shushed him and pushed him silently towards a door, he could see Lizzie talking to a camera, it was always going to be like this wasn't it?
'Do you need money for the tip?' Lizzie bent over and reached for her wallet.
'Excuse me Lizzie?' He was poised on the edge of the doorframe. And came in when she acknowledged his presence, standing in surprise.
'I thought you were Chinese' He wasn't sure if she sounded happy or disappointed at his lack of Chinese heritage. Deciding to make the most of the situation, he answered:
'I can understand the confusion.' He smiled at that. He felt like his knees would give out, so he gave the offer to sit, which Lizzie hurriedly did. He could see himself in the tiny camera screen and he couldn't stop smiling. His hand was a mere half an inch away from Lizzies. Deciding to make conversation, he asked if she did in fact film everything in her life.
'No… I swear you just have impeccable timing' She looked at him. She really looked at him. Old Darcy Froze, but new Darcy continued.
'Well I can't begrudge your video's they've certainly been useful from my perspective.' He couldn't stop smiling. 'I was surprised to see Charlotte!' more like I was surprised with the force Charlotte was able to push me in here.
'It our birthday' she said, trailing off. Her birthday? He didn't have anything. He felt like a tool now, he had begrudged Lizzie Charlotte on their birthday.
'I'm sorry I didn't know it was your birthday' he said as Lizzie replied over the top:
' No! why would you?' she looked down, a slightly pained expression on her face.
'Happy Birthday!' He looked at her, he looked at her beautiful face and he just wanted to cup it in his hands, he wanted to be able to hug her and snake his arms around her back. She thanked him, bringing him out of his thoughts. Time to get down to business. He had to know.
'You called me?'
'I left a message… yes' She seemed uncomfortable.
'I was in Chicago so that's why didn't get back to you sooner' nononononono back pedal back pedal why did he have to mention Chicago?
'Oh God!' Lizzie started over the top of him. 'I thought you would just call me back you didn't have to come here' She looked at him again.
She didn't understand.
'Yes I did, I needed to see your face when I asked you why'
'Why?'
Here it was.
'Why did you call me?' She looked uncomfortable. 'I know um… I've been watching your video's and I know that you have found out certain things about recent events'
'Recent events? You bought up whole companies to save my sister. For what you've done for my family we cannot thank you enough.' Didn't she get it?
'Your family owes me no thanks, as much as I have learned to respect them I did not do it for them, I did it for you' Why did he have to tell her that? It would just make everything awkward.
'My Gratitude is there and always will be.' How could she not see what she was doing to him, even looking at him the way she was, was not helping.
'Lizzie I have to admit to some confusion because you also said in your videos that we are not friends and I realized… you were right. As much time as we had spent in San Francisco, we hadn't become friends. I thought perhaps you wanted to amend that.'
'I do' It seemed to Darcy that she had pushed that out with as much force as humanly possible. Did she really want to be friends? Or was she just humoring him? He was a little disappointed.
'So you want to be friends?' He asked for clarification.
'Yes' She seemed delighted at the concept. 'Well I mean I… God no wonder you're confused.' The pained look crossed her face again. It was time. Tell her the truth.
'Lizzie I still feel the same way I felt back in the fall' He had said it, whatever was going to come. Let it come. 'More strongly even than I did then' She looked like she was going to cry. Had she permitted it he would have held her in his arms until she stopped. 'If you just want to be friends or say thank you for recent evens then I' Lizzie cut him off as she pressed her lips against his, Clutching his neck in the best way humanly possible.
It was happening, he was tasting Lizzie Bennet. She was kissing him, and for the life of him he couldn't remember the last few minutes.
'Does that clarify some things for you?' He could even taste her breathe, she was so close to him.
'Some, I could use some further illumination on certain points however' And he kissed her again, he wrapped his hands around her back and held her to him, not wanting to ever let her go now that he had her. She smiled. And he smiled while she held their heads closer together and played with his tie.
'Just so you know, you're not the only one who was confused' At that moment Darcy wanted nothing more than for Lizzie to yank on his tie to make them closer again. But she painfully kept playing with it.
'Really'
'We were getting along so well at Pemberly and then after I left I didn't hear from you I thought'
'I didn't know if you wanted to hear from me. I watched your videos and your focus was solely on your sister, as it should have been. And I realized I would have just been an unwelcome distraction'
'Not unwelcome', she leaned in towards him. 'I promise' She had stopped playing with his tie.
'And then I heard what you said to Caroline about my life being my choice and your life being yours and I got my hopes up again.' The way she was looking at him now was the way he wanted her to look at him always. 'Then I didn't know if that was just because of what you had found out. '
'I get it, confusing, God for two such smart people we can certainly act like idiots can't we?'
'One might even say it's our forte' were they flirting? Was Lizzie Bennet flirting with one William Darcy?
'Well let me make things a clear as possible. William Darcy I don't wanna be just friends, and I don't wanna be with you because I'm grateful. I wanna be with you because of you got it?' she nudged him.
'Clear as Day Lizzie Bennet' he replied as he finally stroked her cheek, something he had wanted to do since he had first met her. And then all he could taste was Lizzie, her lips, her smile, he could smell her hair, her make up, and he was even beginning to taste himself in her lips.
'Um… One sec' He turned and gave an evil eye to the camera this damn thing took Lizzie away from him, even if it was only for a few seconds.
'Definitely more than one second' he said s he wrapped Lizzie up in his arms and kissed her again.
Happy Birthday Elizabeth Bennet.
