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3 Weeks after everything...
Gigi Darcy was worried, it wasn't like William to ignore her calls and messages, at least not for this long. He always checked in with her, but she has been unable to reach him for two days now. She tries his cell one last time as she grips the keys to his condo in her other hand, watching the numbers on the elevator display slowly increase.
"Come on, pick up!" She says out loud impatiently bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet. Just like it has for the last 36 hours it goes to his voicemail. "William it's Gigi, again..." Her worry over her brothers well being evident in her voice. It has been a crazy few weeks, for everyone, but finally things had been returning to normal. According to her calls with Lizzie, Lydia was recovering, Jane and Bing were back in LA. Fitz, William, and herself were catching up on all the missed work at the office. Now, if only she could persuade Lizzie to take the job offer with Pemberley Digital upon her graduation at the end of next month. "I don't know where you are or what's happened, but I'm coming to your place to check on you. Call me back!" She presses the end button on her cell phone as the elevator doors open.
The first thing she notices when she opens his door is that is smells like breakfast. She takes that as a good sign, but wonders why if he's home and cooking breakfast he would not have called her back.
The second thing she notices is things are out of place. William likes order, he thrives on it. His things are dropped carelessly in the front entry. As she wonders at what could have caused such carelessness, she hears a soft murmur or was that a giggle coming from what she thinks is the kitchen. Rounding the corner, she gasps and quickly turns her back on the scene she’s just witnessed. Neither her brother, nor Lizzie noticed her intrusion though.
There was her newest friend wrapped around her brother in his kitchen, her head throw back against the refrigerator door as he pressed himself into her, his head lowered to her neck and his hand trailing up her bare leg, disappearing under the hem of what looked like one of his button down shirts, as he wore only a pair of Pajama pants. Gigi couldn't help but notice how happy and how disheveled they both looked.
Taking a breath, readying herself for the task of interrupting them, a smile spreads across her face as she turns back around and clears her throat.
It's Lizzie's turn to gasp, whereas William just freezes, slowly lifting his head and turning to see her standing there.
"Hello William, Lizzie." Gigi beams at them, "I'm not interrupting anything am I?"
"Gigi, what..." Darcy clears his throat, "Uh, what are you doing here?" He asks as Lizzie tries to hide behind him.
"Well, dear brother if you checked your phone, you would see you have quite a few missed calls and messages. I was worried something awful had happened to you; but I can see it’s quite the opposite." Gigi teases, but notices how neither move away from the other.
"Umm, yes." He blushes under her scrutiny, "We were just about to have some breakfast, why don't you join us?" He asks politely or as politely as he can given the situation.
"I would love that. Then, you can tell me all about how this happened." She grins, pointing at the obvious couple, stepping towards to kitchen.
"Perhaps we should get dressed." He says, pushing Lizzie towards his bedroom.
"Take your time." She calls after them laughing, as she can hear Lizzie suddenly find her voice again after being shocked into silence. Sitting on one of the stools, she clicks her phone on and opens her text conversation with Fitz, her fingers flying over the letters.
OMG, YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST WALKED IN ON!!!