The Scary C Word

A/N: Was trying to get this chapter out last night after the other one I posted but was not able too so I tried to finished it this morning. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did putting it together.

Disclaimer: I only own Darcy

Darcy sat in the limo with Lily and Serena. They decided to spend the rest of the week with her. Figuring out how they were gonna figure out how to tell Eric. Also how to tell Rufus about Lily's cancer. Darcy had been through the cancer thing. To be honest she wasn't sure how she was gonna handle it again. She just knew she had to be there for her sister and brother. Which she was also getting used to having.

"You ready" Serena asked Lily.

"To explain to Rufus the real reason I've been lying to him"

"He'll understand Lily. Trust me" Darcy said.

"Let's hope." Lily replied. "It was hard enough to tell him but now with your father involved. William and Rufus don't exactly get along"

"And here I thought he was avoiding the Upper East Side because of you." Darcy joked.

"Partially."

"Nothing like a grudge-era love triangle" Serena said.

"Square if you throw in my mom" Darcy said. "Should have been a movie."

They all laughed and Lily grabbed each of their hands.

"Thank you both. I know this last week has been rough with everything out on the table but you two sticking together will just make this all feel better."

"Well the universe threw us together my second day in New York. It was meant to be" Darcy said.

"I always felt like she was more of a sister than a friend to begin with."

"Me too" she replied.

They arrived at the Van der Woodsen's and headed up. Lily got out of the Elevator followed by Serena then Darcy.

"Oh god William" Lily said and Darcy smiled.

"Dad?" Serena said.

"Serena" he replied.

"Dad!" Darcy said and ran over to him and hugged him.

"Darcy Sweetheart. I guess I owe you that explanation now" he said surprised to see her.

"We can have that Ellis talk later." She replied. He kissed her temple and stood next to him. She could feel Serena staring at them.

"William what's going on" Lily asked.

"I was just about to ask you that?" Rufus said.

They all took a seat on the couches.

"Rufus. It wasn't my mother who was sick. It was me" Lily said and explained everything again. "He wasn't treating Cece. He was treating me"

"Mom said that's why you wouldn't see me. When I came looking" Serena said.

"I wanted to see you. I just I couldn't" William replied.

"Doctor-Patient confidentiality" Darcy replied.

"My family and I need sometime alone" Rufus said.

"Um sure" William said and glanced at Darcy who was nudging toward Serena and he turned to her "Listen I uh, know this is a lot to take in. Can I convince you to go somewhere and talk? If Eric's around I would love for him to join us."

"He's with the debate team but um let just change and I'll meet you. Um…"

"You can come to the apartment" Darcy suggested.

"Yeah I'll see you shortly"

*Serena and Nate*

Serena walked into the lobby to head over to Darcy's when she ran into Nate.

"Hey, you just called me" Nate said.

"Why didn't you answer? And what are you doing here?"
"Call me crazy. I thought we should talk in person" Nate said then noticed she was leaving "but obviously you're on your way out"

"I'm going to meet my father and sister" she replied.

"Whoa since when. What's he doing here?" Nate said "Wait sister?"

"It's….complicated. I know that's not what you want to hear right now but a lot is going on. We haven't really even figured out it all with everything going on. If you can just wait."

"I've been waiting, Serena"

"Were you waiting alone of was someone there to keep you company?"

"Darcy was out of town as well" he replied.

"I wasn't referring to her because she was with me." Serena said "You know what forget about it. I have a lot going on"

"Why was Darcy with you?"

"Because she's going through the same thing as me" Serena said and stormed off leaving Nate standing there.

Darcy and her father arrived back at the apartment and her father put his bag in his room and came back out. Darcy sat down at the table and he sat across from her.

"So…" She said

"I met your mom before Lily and I were together."

"I kind got that" she said. "Considering I'm older then Serena"

"You and I both know I had no clue about you until you were 4" he said. "When Keith called and said that your mom was sick and they didn't think she was gonna make it"

"I remember Dad"

"Lily and I were already fighting about how much I worked."

"So you just left them?"

"I thought they were better off. You and I know I suck at being a parent."

"Dad you have been amazing. Sure you're not always here but when you are it's the best."

"Thank you sweetheart"

"Dad"

"Yeah"

"Did she know?"

"No"

"Why not?"

"I didn't want her to think that she was a burden. Because she wasn't. Darc I loved your mother so much it hurt. Losing her was the worst thing that has ever happened to me."

"I know" she said and they heard the elevator dinged.

"Hey" Serena said.

"I'm gonna leave you two" Darcy said standing up.

"D, you don't need too"

"I've had my time. Plus I heard about Bass and Blair and I think I need to check on him. Make sure The Empire is still standing."

"That's actually a good idea" William said.

"We will have that Ellis talk later" she said

"Love you sweetheart"

"You too" she called out and got on the elevator.

*Serena and William*

William began to talk about his past with Serena. Going on about a civil war in the Congo.

"Wait. When was that?" Serena asked.

"98 maybe 99"

"My 98 was pretty similar. We were getting out of the civil war between Lily and Klaus"

"You know this gulf, this chasm that's between us it's gonna take some time but eventually it will go away"

"You may be here for my mom now but that doesn't explain the last 14 years" Serena said spotting a picture of Darcy with him on the fridge. "You just left"

"It wasn't exactly like that"

"Then what was it like?"

"As you know before Lily, there was another women."

"Darcy's mother. Olivia?"

"Yes, but she and we went our separate ways and then one day my brother called. Your uncle."

"Keith?"

"Yeah, he told me that Olivia was extremely sick and they didn't think she was gonna make it. If there was anything I could do. When I got there I found out about Darcy. I had to care for her while I treated her mother."

"But you could have come back. Even brought Darcy"

"Liv got better when Darcy was 6. I wanted to bring you out there. I wanted to stay close but I couldn't tell your mother about Darcy. So I accepted a job in Africa and told myself that I was doing the right thing by not being there for either family."

"But why did you return to California?"

"Darcy did some reckless things to get my attention including hiring a P.I to track me down. Olivia was sick again."

"So since you loved her you wanted to rescue her again"

"Yes only this time I fell more in love with her and stayed"

"And got married in Santorini?"

"Yeah" he said and Serena stood up and headed toward the elevator.

"Serena!" he yelled and she turned "Don't blame you're sister"

"It's not her fault" Serena replied and got on the elevator

Darcy walked into the Empire to see Chuck in his robes.

"I leave for a week and you think you need a vacation?" she asked and he turned to her then smiled and walked over.

"She returns" he said hugging her.

"That I do" she smiled

"Did you get your answers?"

"I did.

"And?"

"He did have another family, and Bass as soon as I figure this out which will be soon. I'll tell you"

"Promise" he said.

"Promise" she replied as the elevator dinged.

"You twisted manipulative psychopath" Blair yelled.

"I think she's talking to you" Darcy said.

"How could you!?"

"You're going to have to be a tad more specific. It's been a few days."

"My party?"

"Right I heard about your little rebound reception. Good for you. Moving on"

"So you're just gonna pretend like you have nothing to do with the fact that no one showed up. That you didn't put a dating fatwa on me? We're over Chuck. Unclench"

"This was nice. So glad to see you both" Darcy said and left before the conversation could get even more intense. On the elevator her phone rang and she answered it "Hello"

"Hey sweetheart"

"How was the talk with Serena?"

"She's a little upset with me but I don't blame her"

"I'm sorry dad."

"Don't be Darc. Will you meet me at Lily's? I have her results and I'm sure your sister would want you there"

"I'm headed that way" she said and got a cab. She got there and saw everyone sitting down.

"A relapse is not uncommon" her father said "We just need another round of treatment"

Darcy sat down next to Serena and grabbed her hand. She'd been through the talks before.

"Make some adjustment" William said. "That's all"
"No" Rufus said.

"Rufus" William said.

"I think we need a second opinion"

"Why my father is the best doctor." Darcy said.

"Well we're at the epicenter of the best medical care in the world and whatever we need to we can do it together here"

"Well if that's what you want Lily of course. I mean, I'll call a friend a Sloon-Keltering myself. But uh even if you do go with another doctor. I'm gonna stick around, because I need to know you're well."

"I think we should stay with dad. Like Darcy said he's the best. Plus he's cured mom once and he's family" Serena said.

"I think I prefer it too Rufus" Lily said "He's already familiar with every aspect of my case and I know what to expect of the treatment. Serena is right. William is family"

"And so is Darcy."

"Sure if that's what you want of course" Rufus said.

"I'll make some calls. We'll get started first thing tomorrow and like Rufus says were uh all in this together" William said.

Serena walked away to make a phone call. Darcy turned to her dad.

"So you're staying for a while now"

"I'm gonna call one of my partners to take some of my cases. Dr. Philips in Beverly Hills already agreed to take my California cases. I figured he was good with your mother this last time"

"He was pretty great" she smiled and saw Serena walking their way. "You okay S"

"It's Nate" she said "I'm…"

"No look talk to me." Darcy said.

"I'm gonna leave you two alone. I need to call Keith anyways" William said and walked away.

"But Darc…"

"We're sisters S. What happened with Nate?"

"Jenny"

"Oh"

"Yeah"

"I'm sorry" Darcy said changing the subject.

"About"

"Taking Dad away from you."

"It's not your fault sis. You're innocent, you were only 4. You had no idea."

"Well then I guess getting Daddy's attention is a Van der Woodsen trait."

"And being a wild child"

They both laughed.

"Will you go with me?" Serena said. "To see Nate?"

"Of course" she smiled

They arrived at the Empire to just as Jenny was about to kiss Nate.

"Jenny no" Nate said.

"Nate?" Serena said.

"I know what this looks like"

"You do? Great. Well as long as you know how it looks then I guess I'm good. D coffee?"

"Yeah…" Darcy replied and they turned around.

"That's not what I meant. Stop. Hey" Nate said and they turned "What are you guys doing here?"

"I came to apologize for not hearing you out earlier. Darc is here to support me" Serena said "Then we walked in to her try to kiss you"

"Yeah but I didn't. Nothing happened." Nate said "Same as nothing happened last night which I would have told you about if you hadn't hung up on me"

"What about the things she was saying? Is that what you think?"

"Yes he does" Jenny said standing up.

"J stay out of it" Darcy said.

"I was asking him!" Serena yelled.

"Do I wonder why you don't trust me anymore? Yeah I do. You don't tell me about looking for your dad and then you leave town with Carter Baizen…"
"Darcy went with me not Carter"
"…then you come home and shut me out more" Nate said ignoring the last part.

"I'm sorry I should have told you that I was looking for my father but I didn't leave with Carter. I left with Darcy. You know that. I even tried to apologize. Darc was my witness. She's the one who told me too"

"What are you talking about?" Nate asked.

"Dorotta's wedding. She called you. But…"

"I left a message with Jenny."

"What message?" Jenny said.

"Don't lie J" Darcy said eyeing her.

"I'm not. I never talked to her."

"Oh really" Serena said.

"Serena left a message. You know I would never lie to you Nate. You're my best friend."

"Get out!" Nate yelled at Jenny.

"What?" Jenny said.

"You heard him" Darcy said and Jenny stormed out. "So?"

"Can we sit?"
"Does Darc need to be here?" Nate asked.

"Only if you need me" Darcy said to Serena.

"I think I'm good now. Thank you sis?"

"Sis?" Nate asked.
"Um yeah. Long story but I'm sure Serena can fill you in" she said as a text from Chuck came through. She smiled.

Bass: Rooftop Palace?

"I actually owe someone that same story" she said.

"Bye Darc" they said and she left.

She headed over to the Palace hotel and headed up. She got to the roof.

"Wanna talk about it?" she asked.

"No you?" he replied and she walked over to him and sat next to him.

"So what do you wanna know?"

"How was your trip?"

"I didn't see my dad on that trip but I did get answers" she replied.

"And?"

"I have a sister, and a brother. Well half I guess. Different moms."

"Are they older or younger?"

"Younger"

"Have you met them?"

"Yeah. One of them is dating my ex-boyfriend."

"Serena?"

"And Eric yeah."

"I guess that makes us…" he started and Darcy shook his head.
"Oh god no Bass. We're family yeah but you as a sibling not happening. Especially since I've slept with you."

"Good" he laughed "I couldn't see you like that either."

"Always just partners" she said laying her head on his shoulder "So your turn"

Silence fell between them.

"Blair and I are really over." He said finally.

She lifted her head up and looked at him.

"I'm sorry Bass" she said.

"I did what I did and now I've gotta live with the consequences" he replied.

"You'll get her back" she replied. "You're Chuck and Blair"

"Then you and Nate will get back together"

"Bass, Nate and I. Were friends. I can't tell him those words and I don't think I ever will. He needs someone that will tell him every day how they feel. Like Serena" she smiled. "And I need someone who will understand why I can't say them"

"You will" Chuck said and Darcy laid her head back on his shoulder. She smiled to herself. She was so happy that she had Chuck to talk to.

A/N: There you have it. Another chapter and some more fun ones to come. Got my Bells (Chuck/Darcy) fans a little moment here at the end. I love their rooftop conversations.