A/N: Here's another chapter. I was feeling nice today. There is a nice little cute moment for some of my fans at the end.

Disclaimer: I own Darcy. That is all.

Wills

Darcy stepped out of the taxi and headed toward the Palace doors. She had promised Chuck she'd d come for the reading of his fathers Will. She spotted Jack flirting with Blair up ahead. Then Chuck walked out and walked over to them.

"Let's get this over with" he said to her.

"Courage Nephew" Jack said. "I'm going to be running Bass Industries and you'll inherit a billion dollars"

"I know my father. There'll be so many strings attached, I'll look like a puppet. He wouldn't miss his last chance to put me in my place."
"Hey" they heard Nate "Thought you might need some backup"

"Thanks man" Chuck said shaking his hand.

While Jack and Chuck were inside the room. Nate, Blair and Darcy sat outside in the hallway.

"Was is like this when your mom's Will was read?" Nate asked her.

"There wasn't a reading because she left everything to me"

"Everything? Nothing to your father"

"She wrote the Will when she first got sick and never changed it. Everything she owns went to me"

"Wow"

"There were some clauses though. Like my inheritance I couldn't get till I was 18, one of the reasons I went back to California for Winter Break. Then the house is in my father's name until I turn 23."

"So you have a house waiting to be yours at 23?" Nate asked.

"If I want it. I've done pros and cons to it. I definitely want to keep it I just don't know if I wanna live there"

The door burst opens and Blair runs into toward Chuck.

"Chuck is everything okay?" Blair asked.

"Chuck this letter represents your father's last words" Jack said.

"Your dad wrote you a letter? You have to read it. Aren't you curious to see what it says?"

"I think I can guess. You're a disappointment of a son. I'd die of embarrassment if I hadn't already. Why do you wear so much purple?" Chuck replied.

"Then you'll have the satisfaction of knowing he was right." Jack said opening the letter and Blair ripped it out of his hands. She read a few things from it. Jack cussed and then Chuck left. Blair chased after him.

Nate and Darcy both headed down. Darcy didn't trust Jack. Something about him just felt off.

"I don't trust Jack" she said to Nate.

"No one does" Nate said. "That thing you said about Chuck needing us?"

"Yeah" she replied.

"That definitely applies now"

"Got it" she said "By the way I never got the chance to really thank you"

"For?"

"Telling me to go see Brooke. We both thank you"

"I'm glad" he said and hugged her.

Later after school and Blair cornering her about a brunch for Chuck she finally got home. She stepped out of the elevator and spotted Mason sitting at her dining room table.

"Hey" she said very confused.

"Um your Uncle said that you would be home shortly. He just stepped out for an errand"

"Oh"

"I can go"

"No stay. I'm gonna go change real quick" she said then walked into her room and set her bag now. She began to panic then took a deep breath. "You can do this"

She walked back out into the kitchen and started a pot of coffee.

"So, what brings you by?" she asked.

"I wanted to apologize" he said "about how I acted. I had no right to accuse you of liking Nate or Chuck"

"You weren't wrong" she said "But look I didn't break up with you because of them. That was all because of me"

"I get that now. I just…Austin mentioned it and then…"

"I think he was just protecting you. He wanted to get back together but learned I was just using him"

"Were you using me?"

"God no Mason. I really liked you. When you said that word I couldn't say it back and I don't think I ever could"

"I'd be okay with that"

"Not because I can't. I like you I do I just think that all that hype from having that crush and then seeing you."

"I understand. That guy that you find, the one you do say those words too. I hope they deserve you because you deserve the world"

"Thank you"

"I guess that's a recurring compliment though." He said spotting the note on top of her notebook. She looked at where she was looking and remember that she had put it there.

"Yeah" she said now feeling uncomfortable. "So um do you wanna maybe go to this brunch thing with me tomorrow? As friends."

"Yeah, I would like that" he said.

"It's at the Palace" she said.

"I'll meet you there"

The next morning she arrived at the Palace. She went inside to the room where it was held and walked over to Blair and Serena.

"He had to reschedule" Blair said.

"Who" Darcy asked picking up a flute of mimosa.

"Chuck" she said.

"What did he do instead?" Darcy asked worried.

"Work" Blair said unsure as to why she was even telling Darcy this.

"Did he tell you that or did his Uncle Jack"

"He did" Blair said then her phone vibrated and walked away. This wasn't good. She had a feeling that Jack was behind this. She didn't trust Jack and she just met him. She watched Mason walk through the door and now she wasn't sure if it was a good idea for him to be there.

"What is your ex doing here?" Serena asked.

"I invited him, but now I'm not sure that was a good idea" she said feeling the room getting smaller. She sat down and downed her mimosa.

"D, I know Chuck would understand if you missed this." Serena noticing that Darcy was starting to act like she did at the fashion show. Mason walked over to them.

"You okay Darc?" he asked.

"I'm good" she said.

"I'll leave you two, but Darc. Chuck won't mind. I know just how much he cares about you."

"Thanks S" she said then Serena walked away.

"What's going on Darc?" Mason asked.

"Nothing" she said with a faint smile. Everything went down superfast and Darcy knew that Chuck had no idea about this Brunch. She was worried about him. So much was happening so fast and she knew it was probably too much. Of course she knew what that was like but this was different.

Mason dropped her off at her place. She went into her room and sat down on her bed. She was still unsure why she had that minor attack. She heard a knock on the door and looked up. Chuck stood there.

"I'm not sleeping with you" she said with a little laughter.

"I don't regret it either" he said then walked over to her and sat down.

"Took you long enough" she said and they both laughed. "What's wrong Bass?"

"I ruined it all"

"What?"

"Blair, Bass Industries. Us. Everything" he said.

"Bass, we may have had a grief driven night but were still friends. As for Blair. I may hate her but she and I have something in common"

"You and Blair?"

"We both care about you" Darcy said grabbing his hand. "Her a little more.

She could tell he didn't really want to talk about her so she moved on to the next one.

"Bass Industries? How do you plan on getting that back"

"I'll figure something out" he said then laid down on the bed.

"Hey I said I wasn't sleeping with you" she joked then laid down as well.

"Shut up Ellis" he said.

They both eventually just drifted off not even thinking about what had happened the last time they were there. Darcy now knew that what had happened wasn't going to ruin them. They were good and that's the only way she wanted to keep it.