Present

"Oh my god, I can't believe you said so many words." Catherine looked at Harry in shock as Harry has always been a man of few words and she couldn't believe he talked so much.

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"Yeah, I was scared Liz would be angry with Will because of my actions."

Catherine too had no idea this was the lie Harry cooked up to convince Liz to stay, she thought everything was fine so she never bothered to ask them what the lie was about and eventually she forgot all about it.

Even after years Liz, Will or Harry never mentioned this lie and she too forgot until she started narrating the story to Rachel.

"Yeah, I am very sorry for what I said."

Harry apologized to Catherine as well as Rachel as in the future Will and Liz indeed ended up dying.

"No, uncle it is okay, maybe that was why mom at least gave a chance to dad, please don't feel guilty." Rachel tried to console Harry as she could see how guilty he felt.

"But still…"

"Come on uncle, mom and dad pranked you so it is fine, don't mind all of this." Rachel again put her point forward, she was really not offended as Harry and Will were close friends and they knew each other for more years then she knew her parents so she believe Harry and Catherine had more right on her parents than she did and it was their friendship zone in which she believed she had no right to meddle in or blame them for their past actions.

Harry didn't say anything and just nodded his head.

"So, you said so many words to Liz?" Catherine again questioned him.

"Yes, I had to. I was scared she would hate Will for what I did."

"Then what happened? Rachel and Catherine asked him curiously.

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Past

Liz couldn't keep up her straight face and laughed at Harry as he was really fooled by her.

Harry wondered what suddenly happened to Liz, he even assumed she went crazy with the anger that built in her.

"Sorry Harry, I already knew the truth, I was pranking you." Liz finally confessed.

"Wait what?"

Then Liz told him what happened and how she knew the truth already.

Harry sighed in relief that she already knew the truth and she was fine with it.

"I am still sorry"

"No worries, I already forgave you."

"So, that newspaper article?" Harry asked her.

"You think only you can lie?"

Harry smiled at his stupidity, "So, all these days you were being genuinely nice to Will?"

"Yes, we decided to be good friends"

"That is a good start" Harry nodded his head.

"And that is the end too, I have no other intentions" Liz clearly told him

Before Harry could ask anything else, Catherine and Will came with their luggages to the car as they were supposed to leave now.

Harry and Liz were already packed so they came to their car earlier.

Since Catherine and Will were here Harry didn't feel it was the right time to continue this conversation and he also thought Will should be handling this and not him so he let them be and they all headed back to london and again played car games on the way.

Catherine went back to Dublin to complete her internship after staying at her home.

Will and Liz continued spending more time at his office as her internship was not yet completed.

During this time they were still friends and Liz was very clear about what she wants and what she does not, so Will too never dared to cross the line.

After her internship was over Liz headed back to Dublin as her college was to start soon.

Will too went back to his college in London and the two decided to occasionally call each other, either once a month or once every two weeks.

During her time in Dublin, Liz used to miss Will more than she thought she would.

She always used to think about him and wondered if he really was just a friend for her.

She spent her time with Catherine but she never shared these feelings with her as she was scared Catherine would blabber to Will about it.

In their class there was another guy, Ethan who was in love with Liz.

One day he proposed to her but she rejected him as she knows she is having feelings for Will.

Catherine quickly informed Will that there is a guy who is trying to pursue Liz.

Since Catherine didn't know about Liz's feelings for Will, she was worried that Liz might accept Ethan's proposal.

By the same night, Will reached Dublin and went to meet Liz, she was surprised to see Will there and assumed he came to meet Catheirne but that day Will confessed his feelings for Liz again and told her he can't continue being only friends with her and he wants to be with her in a proper relationship.

"What happened to you suddenly? Why did you show up here like this out of blue?" Liz didn't understand why suddenly Will showed up in Dublin and why he was suddenly confessing to her.

"I got to know how some guy from your batch proposed to you and I got scared so I immediately came here."

Liz was touched by his words and she already had feelings for him so she was really happy but she still rejected him, "Will, we two belong to two different classes, I am not good enough for you. I am an orphan and I can't match the status of the Richardsons"

"Liz, do you think all of this matters to me or my family?"

"Will please, I am not good enough for you."

Just then Ethan too showed up drunk as he was very upset that Liz rejected him in the morning so he got drunk and came to meet her but when he saw her with an extremely handsome and rich looking man, he got very angry.

"So, is he the reason that you rejected me? Only because he has money that you decided to be with him instead, right?" The drunk Ethan shouted at Liz.

"You rejected him?" Will asked her as he didn't know what happened.

Liz just nodded her head.

Ethan then added, "Yes and she told me she likes someone else and now I understand who that someone else is"

Ethan tried to create a scene.

Will ignored him and turned to Liz, "You didn't give me the same excuse as you gave to him, does that mean you like me Liz?" Will joined the dots and figured it out.

Liz couldn't deny it when she looked at Will's intense gaze so she confessed, "Yes, I love you too but our statuses don't match, just like the first time when I approached you and you assumed that I came to hit on you, the entire society too will think the same, they will all think I am with you for your money. I can't bear it Will, please forget me and accept the fact that we have no future together."

Liz cried when she said these words.

"Liz, I don't care what the society thinks, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

"Will, you are not being practical, we two are not possible."

"Liz, stop being so ridiculous, if we love each other why should we care about society?"

"Because that is where we live, Will, I am an orphan and I don't even know who my parents are. Do you really want to be associated with someone like me?"

"What the fuck do you mean by 'someone like me' what is wrong with you? You are an amazing woman Liz, please don't talk about yourself this way."

"Will, why are you so stubborn?"

Ethan who was drunk and was witnessing this scene felt his blood boil, he didn't like the conversation he was hearing, so he looked around himself and found a small flowerpot there. He tried to lift it and hit Will with it.

Catherine who was observing all of this shouted Will's name alerting him of his surroundings. Will and Liz saw Ethan trying to hit them with a flowerpot, he was drunk and he moved towards Liz as he was drunk and Will pulled her towards him and quickly stood in front of her and he got hurt by it as Ethan hit Will's forehead with the small flowerpot, the material was not very heavy so Will only had a scratch on his forehead but other people around them quickly came to their rescue and they held Ethan and forcefully took him away.

"Oh no are you alright?" Liz got worried seeing the few drops of blood on his forehead.

Will smiled seeing her being concerned for him, "Are you that worried about me?"

"Will, stop smiling and leave." Liz composed herself and again turned cold.