Author's note- I am so ridiculously sorry for the two years wait. I got caught up in other things and simply forgot about it until my sister (book_maniac13) brought it up. She graciously agreed to let me post it on her account two years ago since I don't have my own. I sincerely apologize for taking two years to finish my little story. And thank you for the comments. I realize that nothing could ever compared to Jane Austen's original story and I certainly haven't been trying to best it. I just wanted to play with the story for my own enjoyment. Thanks for reading.

Lizzie entered her father's study uncertainly. "Papa…" she began, but her father looked up at her and his expression made her stop. He seemed so sad.
"Mr. Darcy has asked for your hand, Lizzie. That is certainly something I never would have expected."
Lizzie nodded. "I know."
Mr. Bennett took off his glasses and gazed at his daughter. "What changed?"
"So much, Papa. He's not proud. He's kind and wonderful and witty and perfect in every way."
"You sound like your younger sisters," Mr. Bennett noted unhappily.
Lizzie laughed. "I do sound like them. But I'm quite serious. I can't imagine myself marrying anyone else. Please give your consent."
Mr. Bennett sighed. "It pains me to realize there's a more important man in your life than me." Lizzie smiled at that. "I really don't think I have a choice, though." He put his glasses back on and looked right at Lizzie. "I will call him back and tell him that I have changed my mind."
"Thank you, Papa!" Lizzie cried, throwing her arms around her father. She ran out of the study to tell her sisters. Mr. Bennett watched her go sadly.
"Three daughters married in a weeks." He paused as he listened to his girls speaking loudly to each other in the next room. "I do hope Kitty and Mary will not follow their sisters' examples so soon or this will be a very quiet house indeed."
Mrs. Bennett was far more thrilled by the news and immediately began planning the wedding. Jane and Lizzie both looked stunning in their dresses and the gentlemen looked quite dashing. It was a lovely ceremony and everyone in attendance was quite pleased with it. Many people noted that those getting married hardly paid attention to the ceremony and the visitors, though. And it was true. Lizzie and Darcy could hardly keep their eyes off of each other and Jane could not stop smiling at Bingley. As they left the ceremony, Mrs. Bennett looked at her husband and smiled.
"We've done well, haven't we?" she asked. He smiled back at her.
"It would seem we have."
She sighed and watched them go. "Three daughters married. God has been good to us, Mr. Bennett."
"That he has," Mr. Bennett replied. He seemed very quiet and thoughtful.
"Shall we go home and find husbands for the remaining two?" she said with a grin.
Mr. Bennett smiled and turned to his wife. "We hardly need to go home to do that," he pointed out and they looked at Mary and Kitty, who were conversing with two young gentlemen from a nearby town.
"You are certainly right about that," said a slightly shocked Mrs. Bennett, taking her husband's arm. "Perhaps I should go talk to their mothers and…"
Mr. Bennett cut her off. "I think that is hardly necessary, my dear," he said, glancing at his two daughters and their happy faces. "They'll somehow manage without your meddling."
Mrs. Bennett rolled her eyes, but held her tongue. The two of them walked back to Longbourn, where so much had happened and so much still could happen.