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Lizzie: I…ah…
hmmm…
How do I start this? You know normally I just talk, and these videos sort of
come together into something
kind of coherent. This one,
maybe not so much. Because just as this is starting out a
strange incoherent mess,
I just had my own strange and incoherent conversation. My name is Lizzie Bennet,
and Darcy just weirded me out.
"Weirded Out" Written by Anne Toole
Lizzie: So, anyway…
Charlotte: Hey, was that Darcy I saw pull out of the parking garage? Lizzie: Yeah, he was just here.
Charlotte: And what did he say?
Lizzie: I’m not sure, actually.
Charlotte: Did he say why he was here on a Sunday?
Lizzie: I assume…
business stuff?
Charlotte: On a Sunday? He knew Ricky and I had a business brunch today.
Lizzie: Really?
He seemed surprised to find me here alone.
Ricky: Ms. Lu, a word.
Charlotte: Oh, ah the final edits of the illumination regulator tutorial video are in your inbox.
Ricky: Oh, delightful. Um, I've just been informed that Mr. Darcy made a surprise
appearance at our offices.
Do you think he was trying to catch us off-guard before he submits his operational report?
Charlotte: But we were prepared for him, were we not, Mr. Collins?
Ricky: I believe so, Ms. Lu. I believe so.
Charlotte: Why don't you take a look at those edits so that we can be more prepared when he returns?
Ricky: Always so calculating, Ms. Lu! You are the perfect partner in this-- Charlotte: Oh, Mr. Collins.
Ricky: Yes, of course! Ms. Bennet.
Lizzie: Well played, Ms. Lu!
Charlotte: Okay, but I really need to know what he said while he was here.
Lizzie: Why? Since when are you so nosy about Darcy?
Charlotte: No, it’s just there's an operational report coming up in a week, and if he doesn’t like what he sees...
Lizzie: Oh, right! Sorry, no, um, he didn't talk about you or Collins and Collins.
Charlotte: Oh good. Then what did he talk about?
Lizzie: Personal stuff?
Charlotte: Really?
Lizzie: Yeah.
So, Darcy.
You, Bing, and Caroline all left the neighborhood in
such a hurry last month.
Charlotte: You, you didn’t give me a line there.
Lizzie: That's because he didn't say anything.
So…
Ah…
How are Bing and Caroline?
Charlotte: They are well.
Lizzie: Do you think Bing might return to the neighborhood?
Charlotte: Bing no longer consorts with rabble like you.
He did not say that!
Lizzie: Well, he said
Bing was making new friends in Los Angeles.
But don’t listen to him, Jane!
Darcy’s not the boss of him.
Charlotte: Your friend Charlotte seems to have settled in well here at Collins and Collins.
Lizzie: Yes, she has.
I thought it was a bad idea at first, but
I was wrong.
She's making it work,
and I'm really proud of her.
Charlotte: Oh, Lizzie!
That was sweet.
But really, was that it?
Lizzie: Yeah, other than some
long awkward pauses.
That’s weird, right?
Charlotte: Yeah, he knows that Ricky and I aren't going to be here, and comes to chat with you.
Lizzie: Well, it was like five minutes.
He was probably just looking for an air conditioned place to drink his probiotic hemp latte.
Charlotte: But you said he was awkward. Maybe he was…nervous.
Lizzie: Yeah, he kinda was.
Maybe I’m starting to get to him.
Charlotte: Um, yeah, let's go with that.
Lizzie: Lizzie Bennet:
making men uncomfortable since 1988!
I bet that’s on Lydia’s list.