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Pride and Prejudice RP:

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The Courts Decision:

"All rise for the judge" A man in a white wig said as he stood in front of the judges box.

Everyone stood, though there was not all that many people to stand. Lydia had kept her promise to get the law on Elizabeth for "Kidnapping" as she had called it, and now, a month later, here she was in court over a custody dispute.

The only people in the room, were Elizabeth, Darcy, the judge, two lawyers, and of course, Lydia and George Wickham.

Lydia looked over at Elizabeth, she had somehow manufactured tears onto her face as she dabbed her eyes with Wickham's handkerchief, playing the part of an upset mother quiet well.

"Take you're seats" The judge said after he had sat down himself. He seemed rather bored already, though custody disputes were not overly common, it held none of the thrill that a murder trial did.

"Let us look at the case" The judge said as he riffled through some papers while everyone sat back down. "Now, Here we are. Lydia and George Wickham, accused of child abandonment, while Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy remain accused of kidnapping said child." He looked up, he waved towards The Darcy's lawyer.

The lawyer stood, and was by the name of Mr. Thomas Howard.

"Sir, The Darcy's can not be accused of Kidnapping." He stated as he made his way around the table. "Lydia and George Wickham, left the child in their care, even leaving a note, signed by George Wickham" Mr. Thomas said, holding up the note Wickham had left with Little George in the first place as evidence before handing it over to the judge.

"The Wickham's left the country for years, without even telling anyone their full plan until that note was read, which was after they had boarded the ship to leave." Mr. Howard continued, meanwhile Lydia let out a loud sob, and covered her mouth. Wickham took this opportunity to wrap an arm around Lydia, then hold her hand with his other hand, playing the part of the concerned husband now. They really were laying it on thick. The Judge looked sympathetic for a moment before addressing the Wickham's lawyer.

"Mr. Edwards, if you would please control your clients, thank you" The Judge ordered then looked back to Mr. Howard to continue.

Mr. Howard cleared his throat to continue.

"Now, as you can imagine, a new born child being left with a sister is not uncommon, however, in such a way it was left as this, was true abandonment, they did not even write a single letter to the Darcy's for two years, never asking for a portrait of the child, what his first word was, or even how he was doing! Then showing up two years later, and simply expecting the Darcy's to hand over the infant they had raised, surely that is a crime in itself!" Mr. Howard exclaimed then looked to the judge.

"You may take your seat Mr. Howard, Mr. Edwards please rise to state your clients side of such a tale" The judge said, leaning back in his chair.

Mr. Edwards stood and looked at the Wickham's before he spoke. "Sir, it said right in the letter that they would return, only that they knew not how long until they would return. The reason for them never writing or inquiring about their lost child, is a simple matter of the fact that they were to distraught to hear of it. For it caused them both such pain to leave it behind while they left to better their lives" Mr. Edwards said clearly as he painted a picture of a hard working couple who had been so horribly wronged.

"As you see even now, being without their only child, their first son, is a misery, And is it not cruel any more to keep a mother from her son?!" Mr. Edwards exclaimed then put his hands behind his back.

"And even if that is not seen as cruel, the Darcy's have no claim to the child. They may have raised it, but they never adopted it, nor did the Wickham's ever sign a document stating they wished the Darcy's to keep the child forever. The Wickham's left to gain the funds to support their family, as they had struggled to do so here, even after Mr. George Wickham, the war hero that was sent to battle in Ireland against France for almost the entire first year of he and Mrs. Wickham's marriage, work for Mr. Wickham was hard to come by. So they fled to the knew land, searching for a way to claim life that their newborn child so desperately deserved. And as promised, they returned, bringing with them, said new life that they had set out for" Mr. Edwards finished, then returned to his seat.

The Judge sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "You waste my time with such a case" He said then sat up once again and began to speak. "It is with my experts in the law, that I place the child, George Edmund Wickham, in the hands of A Mister George, and Ly-"

"STOP!" Cried a deep voice from the back of the court room. Everyone turned to look at a group of officers who had suddenly burst into the courtroom.

several of the officers walked up to the front, and placed a note on the judges podium. The judge read it and gasped. "Lydia and George Wickham, are to be sent to jail, for crimes committed in the new land of America, forgery, blackmail, and the practice of conning for quick funds" He read aloud while Lydia was jerked up from her seat and put into shackles, along with her husband Mr. Wickham.

"Hey! What are you doing?! I've done nothing wrong!" Lydia exclaimed as she was being pulled from the courtroom. "Wickham! Wickham what is going on! This is a mistake! We've done nothing wrong!" Lydia yelled again.

An officer lifted her onto the carriage that would take she and Wickham to a holding jail. "You can't do this you know! I've done nothing!" but as Lydia spoke, her words were still ignored as she was pushed down onto the bench. "How dare you push a lady! Wickham! He pushed me down! Are you going to just let him do such a thing?! Wickham!" Lydia shouted attempting to get her husbands attention, though George Wickham was choosing to go quietly, and sat down in silence on the bench across from Lydia while the carriage began to drive away.

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Elizabeth and Darcy ran out from the court to watch as Lydia and Wickham were arrested and began to be taken away to jail. Elizabeth was more then a little surprised, she was not so surprised that Lydia and Wickham had committed crimes in the new land, but she was surprised that they were taken after coming to close to getting Little George.

Elizabeth couldn't help but smile. "I suppose this means we'll be keeping little George" She laughed and looked to Darcy. Darcy did not smile but he nodded.

"It is a victory for us that we should keep him, the Wickham's time in jail will cause scandal, but for now we must bask in our own victory of being able to keep the boy" Darcy replied then finally gave a small smile. "And, Elizabeth, I feel that now, it would be best to adopt George, while we still have the chance"

Also, Someone had asked how old Lydia would have been, and I apologize for not making it more clear:

So the story begins three years after Georeg and Lydia Get married:

Lydia would have been 19, George Wickham would have been about 27

When Lydia has her baby:

Lydia would have just turned 20

When The Wickham's return to England:

Lydia would be 22, And George Wickham would be either 30 or pushing 30

and I also apologize for the unsureness of Mr. Wickham's age, but his age was never clearly stated, but it seemed assumed he was in his mid twenties when he and Lydia got married.