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Green eyed monsterChapter One- Never thought I'd be hereLizzie sighed and pushed her hand through her still slightly damp hair. Looking around at the high arched ceiling and the fire place she couldn't believe she was sitting here. Still it was all for Jane...Lizzie yawned and stretched as she stepped out of the bath; wrapping her towel around her she bent down and blew out the candles that were on the side when the phone rang."Perfect bloody timing," she muttered to herself. She thought that she had left the answer phone on but as the phone kept ringing she obviously hadn't."Hello?" she answered towel still wrapped around her, hair dripping wet falling past the phone."Hi, is this Elizabeth Bennet?" asked a nervous male voice that sounded a lot like Charlie Bingley."Charlie?""Oh, Lizzie thank god it's you. Um I was just going to tell you about Jane.""What about Jane?"Her voice was panicked. Calm down Lizzie she scolded herself you don't know anything's happened yet."We'll about half an hour after she arrived she said that she felt funny and then the next minute she fainted."Lizzie gasped her mind was now running through a whole series of different scenarios. Jane fainting and falling down the stairs. Jane fainting and landing on broken glass. Jane fainting and landing in the pool (Wait, did they have a pool?). And then the real issue, the one she didn't want to get to. Why had Jane fainted?"She's ok she says. It's just that when she fell she hit her head and I don't really think that she should be driving so she's going to stay the night. I just thought you should know.""Has she seen the doctor? Is she definitely ok or is that just what she's telling you to tell me? Can I speak to her?""Um well," Charlie felt awkward. "She already went to bed, she said she felt exhausted."Lizzie frowned worriedly and bit her lip."Darcys done several first aid courses and said that she seemed ok- she really didn't want any fuss. She seems ok- I promise you, Lizzie."Despite the reassurance in his voice Lizzie immediately started to panic and had manically got dressed grabbing stuff and shoving it in a bag. As she grabbed her keys she went to her filing system and grabbed a folder full of paper and documents.Right might as well stop being a chicken, Lizzie scolded herself and join Charlie and the rest of them downstairs in the Living room.Downstairs meanwhile the occupants were talking about a certain Bennet girl, the one who was awake and the one who they considered not worth their time unlike her older sister."Did you see the way she looked," Caroline Bingley, Charlie's youngest and bitchiest sibling laughed with her sister Clare. "I mean really why would you allow yourself out like that?""I know," Clare responded. "Doesn't she realise that people will see her?"The two continued to make catty comments about her appearance and giggling whilst Charlie sighed and ran his fingers through his messy dishwater blonde hair. Hurst (as he was known) who was Clare's rather useless husband was snoring gently on the sofa. Will Darcy, who yes had unfortunately insulted her when he had first met Lizzie Bennet at that damned work event but wasn't so sure that his opinion had been right, was frowning at the girls' comments. If anyone asked he could pretend it was his book, Joseph Heller's Catch 22. The book's language wasn't incredibly difficult to read but the plot was rather confusing.Charlie who clearly didn't know what to do with himself especially as he didn't want to her all these comments about Lizzie and her family who, he secretly hoped would soon become his girlfriend's family. Despite the situation he was glad that Jane was here.Lizzie walked down the corridor and gently pushed on the bedroom door where Jane was sleeping. She had woken for about an hour or two just after Lizzie had arrived and she was groggy. Lizzie had made her take something to help her sleep knowing that if she didn't she would just be constantly waking up in the middle of the night. There was no point in checking on her but she couldn't help it. As she pushed on the door her eye caught a piece of paper that was lying on the floor.She picked it up and recognized the neat small handwriting."Lizziebear I'm fine! Now I'm telling you as your bossy big sister stop worrying! It's not good for either of us.Love Janneykins.?Lizzie smiled at the nickname they had used when they were younger.p.s you should go downstairs and be sociable. If anything it'll help with your writing.She shook her head and sighed. That was so typical of Jane, always reassuring although in some way it made Lizzie worry even more. She had been like that when they had spoken earlier."Lizzie, what are you doing here?" Jane sat up in bed.Lizzie wasn't sure what to say, she wasn't sure she could speak right now so instead leapt forward and hugged her sister."I'm fine, Lizzie really I am. I know what you were thinking but it's not that I promise you. I haven't eaten much today, I was excited and I just had my period. It's probably a result of the two."But, Charlie said you've been feeling tired.""And? Haven't you? We've both been rushing around lately.""Fine, but can we go through the questions and the forms? Not right now, if you don't want but definitely later. And I definitely think that we should get you a doctor's appointment." When Jane looked like she was about to protest Lizzie became sterner. "You didn't last time."She knew her sister was right and that maybe she might worry less if she was being sociable so she closed the door carefully and made her way downstairs. Darcy who had just returned from the toilet met her in the hallway."Hi," she said awkwardly."Hello," he paused then turned towards her, "your sister ok?" wow, she thought sarcastically, a four word sentence from you, and aimed at little old me, the jobless floozie who didn't really know how to pick out a dress?"She seems to be that way. I think that she just needs to sleep it off.""Good." He answered and turned back to the room where the others were."God could you actually expand a little" she thought to herself rolling her eyes as she followed him. She could already hear Jane telling her to give them a chance."Lizzie, how's Jane?" Charlie bounded up to her very enthusiastically making her instantly smile.It was so hard to believe that he was the CEO of the main company that owned the smaller sister version that Jane was in charge of running. The cynical part of her believed that he seemed too good to be true. They had all met at a large party to celebrate another small company joining the group. Lizzie was invited because she often temped at the office and was very good at organising the events and as she wasn't working had assisted Jane in organising the party.It turned out that Jane had met Charlie before at a big board meeting and was excited to meet him again. As was he. Hurst who was lower down in the main company was there at this initial meeting along with Caroline who didn't really have a purpose but when she needed money was given a made up title of being in charge of Creative control despite the fact that all three companies had an Arts Editor and a Creative Manager. This was all the little scraps of information that Jane had been able to gather. As far as she knew Clare Hurst didn't work."She's sleeping now but I think that she's ok. I can normally tell.""How?" this rather brusque question came from Darcy who was sitting on a chair in a corner."Well she's my sister. I know her." Lizzie was surprised that someone who should obviously be fairly intelligent could question such an obvious question."Lizzie you need to sit down, you must be exhausted, Jane told me how busy you were today." Charlie ushered her over to the sofa next to Darcy's chair. "Can we get you anything to eat? I mean we already ate but I'm sure there's something.""It's fine." She smiled. She hadn't eaten yet but wasn't hungry. She smiled again thinking what Jane would say at her being a hypocrite."Well we could play a game? I mean the t.v's out we seem to have had problems recently. I guess with all the moving in and re-organising things there must be stuff that needs sorting. We had a power cut last week."Charlie and his sister Caroline had arrived from Australia about a month ago. The family was English but the company was possibly expanding to Australia and so they had gone over there to see potential problems."It's ok, Charlie I've got a book. You really don't need to entertain me.""You prefer a book to socialising?" Caroline asked raising her eyebrows raised. "How odd."Lizzie felt herself getting annoyed. "No, I just feel like I am getting a headache so would prefer to be quiet."She didn't actually say it but Darcy could feel that in her loaded sentence that the cause behind her headache was now looking at her disdainfully."What are you reading? Jane mentioned you were a fan of the classic and had been from an early age. Pride and Prejudice is your favourite, isn't it?""Ooh really Mr Bingley just how much have you been talking about me? I mean I know I'm fascinating and all but seriously?"He smiled at her teasing manner whilst Darcy wondered whether it was appropriate for her to be teasing someone she barely knew and also why she wasn't comfortable enough to tease him. Maybe, he chastised himself, if you actually talked to her more and stopped scowling then she might. But, his mind debated it's not as if you're going to become friends with this women. Really you are a Darcy you know."No," Charlie let out a soft laugh. "We passed a book shop on our way back from lunch one day and Jane said she had to pick something up for you."Without realising it Charlie had just released some ver...
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