A/N: Another chapter for my lovely fans. Hope you enjoy this nice short and sweet chapter. I might post two tomorrow to make up for it. I really liked this chapter even though it took me awhile to decide how to write it. Just so people know. This story focuses more on her friendships than her love life. Especially right now.
Disclaimer: I own Darcy. My lovely Miss Ellis. That is all.
Mutual Friends, or Enemies?
Darcy stood outside Chuck's suite. After he had found out about her habit and how she got good stuff he needed a favor and she was there to deliver. She went to knock when the door opened.
"Hey Darcy" Nate said standing in the doorway.
"Hey, um can I come in"
"Chuck, its Darc. Can she come in?"
"What's going on?"
"Lost Weekend."
"That sounds like… I have no clue what that is." She said laughing. "So is Bass like naked or something?"
"You wish" Chuck said finally in the door "If you'll excuse us one second Nathaniel"
"I don't wanna know" Nate said and walked back into the suite.
"I never thought I would see the day you giving me weed"
"Can we keep this between us?"
"Afraid to ruin your perfect image"
"I'm not perfect the media knows that but this is bigger than a bad girl rep. I could really loose some contracts and some fans and I could get in huge trouble. I'm on probation till I'm 18. Don't ask"
"Fine, it between me and you"
"Thanks Bass" she said and started to walk away but turned back around "Have fun at your Lost…Weekend thing"
She got down into the lobby when she ran into a face she never thought she would see again. Carter Baizen had come into her life when she was 6. Her father had left again after curing her mother and they vacationed more in the summer with the Baizens. Darcy had adopted Carter as her big brother.
"Darcy Ellis" Carter said to her. "You have truly grown up"
"It happens." She smiled "You on the other hand look like hell"
"It happens" he laughed then pulled her into a hug.
"So I haven't seen you in like a year maybe two"
"It's been a while. What are you doing in the City?"
"Well my mom died"
"I know, you didn't see me but I was at her funeral. The minute I heard I took off that way."
"Thank you"
"What brought you here though?"
"My dad, um he didn't trust me by myself in LA"
"Well you are a handful"
"Hey"
"So there is a poker game going on. If I remember correctly you were good."
"That was until my brother robbed me of 10,000 dollars"
"Yeah I'm sorry about that"
"You still owe me just so you remember that"
"I'm working on it"
"Good, so what brings you here?"
"Friends and I'm late so I will see you around sis. I love you"
"You too" she smiled then gave him one last hug and went on her way.
She walked in to the restaurant and spotted her Uncle sitting at one of the tables. She walked over and he stood up and hugged her.
"It's been forever" she said hugging him.
"Well I did see you at your mom's funeral"
"That doesn't count Keith"
"I know"
"So how is life?"
"Good I just got back from Europe. Some of my artist has a tour over there"
"You're a music artist agent."
"And the best!"
"I don't doubt it"
"How's your career now that you're here in New York"
"I have a small part in a film that I'll be working in this summer but nothing big yet. My agent wants me to release a statement saying that I am taking the next two years off due to personal reasoning's"
"Are you going too"
"No, my mom wouldn't want me to stop because of what happened and she definitely wouldn't want me taking advice from a person that doesn't know me"
"Then why have an agent"
"It's more of a formality really"
"Oh, so you'll be in LA this summer"
"Yeah I can't wait to be back home."
"I bet, you dad still have your mother's place"
"Yeah, he can't really touch it"
"Oh cause she willed it to you"
"Yeah"
"Well no wild parties. I was your age once and well I threw some ragers. Your mom punched someone once. It was the best"
"Yeah she told me that story, dad was like what."
"Yeah your mom and dad didn't really know each other then. Okay I take that back they knew each other they just didn't really talk"
"Mom was a party girl and dad was preparing for Harvard. Yeah I heard the stories" Darcy said. She had probably heard how they fell for each other thousands of times. It was her mother's favorite story. Her father was her mother's soul mate.
"So speaking of school, your father mentioned Ivy week"
"Yeah. It was a weird experience"
"Have any schools in mind"
"Well UCLA has always been my number 1 but I am keeping my options open."
"That sounds like a genius plan"
"The problem about most of those Ivy's is my grades. A lot of them want 4.5 GPAs I'll be lucky if I get a 3.5"
"Well you have this year and next year to make it up to that 3.5"
"Yeah I know and I am working on it. I guess dad moving me here was a good thing."
They continued to talk and eat. After it was over she said goodbye to Keith. She headed back to her room and got ready to change into pajamas when there was a pounding on her door. She went over and opened it seeing Chuck on the other side.
"Hey Bass, what's up?"
"Have you seen Nate?"
"No, I was with my Uncle. Did you try Blair?"
"He's not with her."
"How do you know he's not with Blair?"
"My watch and ball are gone"
"You think Nate took them"
"No I think his pal Carter Baizen took them"
"Carter Baizen?"
"Yeah" Chuck responded and gave her a curious look.
"Carter Baizen?" Darcy asked again. How was he involved with Chuck and Nate? Now that she asked that question to herself she was now afraid of the answer. It had to be Money. He needed money and Chuck and Nate were rich. "Where did this Carter guy take Nate?"
"You know Baizen?"
"There could be a possibility that I may or may not know him"
"How well?"
"Answer the question Bass!"
"Nate texted me about a poker game but I was hoping he was lying"
"Poker?" she asked knowing really well her face filled with concern.
"What do you know Ellis?"
"What I know is that Carter Baizen is a shark."
"How do you know him?"
"We've known each other since I was 6. He's practically an older brother."
"What can you tell me about this situation?"
"I know that you should never play poker with Carter"
"We need to find Nate"
"Did he happen to tell you exactly where this poker game was at?"
Chuck looked at his phone and then showed Darcy the text.
"Let's go!" she said and they headed that way.
They got to the address that Nate had texted Chuck. Chuck got out and turned to Darcy.
"Maybe you should…" he started
"Oh hell no! I am going in. You may think you know Carter Baizen."
"Ellis"
"Bass, I'm going."
"Fine" he said. They walked in the place and guys had Nate pinned. "You're a true friend Baizen"
"Who let you in Bass" Carter said and then spotted Darcy "Darc?"
"He set me up!" Nate shouted.
"It was fair" Carter replied.
"Was it Carter?" Darcy said giving him a stern look. Oh he had been on the receiving end of several of those looks.
"If you don't pay them they will find your father and force him"
Chuck grabbed Carter by the collar and pulled him aside. They came back and Carter nodded at the guys to let Nate go. They tossed Nate toward her.
"You okay" she asked him.
"Let's get out of here" he said and Chuck guided him out. Darcy stayed back. "You coming Darc?"
"One moment" she said
"We'll be in the limo" Chuck said and walked outside with Nate.
She turned to Carter.
"Darc, I'm…"
"Save it Carter" she said folding her arms.
"How do you even know those two?"
"That's not really the point of this but if you have to know. Nate and Chuck are my friends. Well not so much Bass but Nate yeah."
"You have a thing for Nate Archibald"
"You pull this shit again and you can forget you ever knew me"
"Darc"
"Stay away from Nate." She said and then walked out. She got out to the limo and slid in. "Can we just go home"
The boys nodded. When they got back to Chuck's suite Nate sat at the bar on his computer.
"I'm going to head back to my room." Darcy said walking out
"Wait. I'll walk you out" Chuck said.
They got out into the hallway.
"Thank you" Chuck said.
"For"
"The weed" he said with a bit of a chuckle.
"That's not it Bass."
"Thanks for helping me with Nate."
"Well he won't do that again. I threatened him pretty big"
"Is that so?"
"I'm going to bed and I'm locking my door, so don't get any crazy ideas."
"Oh you'll sleep with me one day but it will because you want to"
"I'll bet you 1,000 dollars that will never happen."
"When that day comes I'll be a littler richer" he said. She rolled her eyes at him with a little laughed and walked toward her door.