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A Night at the Ballet
Darcy went to walk out of the bedroom but was pulled back in and kissed.
"Well good morning" she said.
"Come back to bed" he said.
"We can't" she said "You have class, and I have to work"
"Work?"
"This place don't run its self" she commented and kissed him. "Get dressed my handsome intelligent college boyfriend"
"Ballet tonight?" he said walking into the closet.
"Sounds Fantastic" she smiled then walked into the kitchen.
They both went to their separate ways. After Darcy did some Empire stuff she headed over to her place to check up on it and pull a dress out for tonight then she headed to the campus to turn in a paper.
"Darc!" she heard Nate say and she turned to him.
"Hey Nate" she said.
"What are you doing on campus? I didn't think you had a class today?"
"I have a paper to turn in. I mean it's not due till tomorrow but I'm trying to maintain my 3.6 GPA."
"Who would have thought, Darcy Ellis brilliant college girl"
"When I met you College had never crossed my mind" she said "Why are you on campus? You don't have classes today either?"
"Looking for Juliet"
"So is her stuff in the bag?"
"Yeah, I went by her place but turns out she never lived there"
"Sounds about right"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"She doesn't quite fit in. I played poor all summer I know what I'm talking about."
"Where was my best friend insight at the beginning of this? You would have saved me."
"I was distracted."
"I bet" he joked.
"Plus we haven't had any of our best friend, Chinese food and movie nights to talk it out."
"Well then it's settled we need one."
"Not tonight though. Bass is taking me to the ballet."
"Romantic."
"Rain check?"
"Of course" he said and they hugged. He went to walk away.
"Hey Nate" Darcy said and he turned back to her.
"Wasn't Vanessa and your ex like besties for a while?"
"Yeah I guess"
"Maybe she knows where to find her" Darcy said.
"Thanks Darc, you're the best" he said and took off.
She turned in her paper and was headed back across campus when she ran into her boyfriend.
"Hey" she said and greeted him with a kiss.
"What brings you by campus?"
"I had a paper I needed to turn in" she said "and I thought maybe I would see you."
"Sounds reasonable" he said and gave her another kiss.
"Hey Sis, Chuck" Serena said.
"I will see you at home" he said and kissed her.
Darcy turned to her sister.
"You two are really cute" Serena said.
"Thanks. But what's up"
"I need some sister advice"
"Shoot"
"Okay, so there is this guy and he's off limits but he asked me to go out of town with him"
"Oh"
"But Dan gave me this advice about how I've made these sacrifices for this guy but he hasn't for me"
"Okay, so as much as I hate agreeing with Dan you need to take his advice."
"Wow, I guess that was easy?"
"You thought I'd go against Dan with it being Dan"
"Yeah"
"Serena do whatever you feel is right. I'll support you either way."
"Thank you" Serena said "And I wasn't lying. You and Chuck are cute. And right for each other."
"Thanks, I'm really happy. Like really happy" she said smiling.
Later that evening they arrived at the Ballet.
"Thank you for this" she said.
"Well you told me once that you wanted to be a ballerina when you were 5"
"I forget how much I tell you" she said.
"You've been my go to girl for years now, as I have been your go too guy"
"True" she replied.
"I'm gonna go find us some drinks"
"You're the best" she said and kissed him as Nate approached.
"Archibald" Chuck said "I hope you can keep my queen company while I get her a drink"
"I would love to" Nate said and she grabbed his arm as Chuck walked away.
"So I see Juliet came with you" Darcy said.
"I forgave her"
"For?"
"She was just lying about being poor. At least I thought"
"What does that mean?"
"I had a chat with Vanessa"
"and…?"
"She said that they have pictures of Serena with her professor"
"Wait what?" Darcy asked stopping as Chuck rejoined them.
"Have you seen Blair so I can tell her" Nate asked as Chuck handed her the drink.
"No I haven't but I'm coming with."
"What's going on?"
"Vanessa and Juliet have pictures of Serena and her professor and are gonna give them to the dean"
"What!"
They located Blair and then headed over to the Dean.
"Dean Reuther, may I please have a moment with you" Blair asked.
"Of course you're involved in this Miss Waldorf" the dean said. "I told you and Miss Van der Woodsen to try and stay off my radar."
Serena and Colin walked over.
"Dean Reuther, I'm not lying" Juliet said.
"What's going on?" Colin asked.
"Nothing that concerns you professor or concerns anyone for the moment" the dean said.
"Actually it does concern Colin" Juliet said. "He's the one in the pictures with Serena"
"Is that why you resigned your position today?"
"While it's true I resigned because of my involvement with student, it's nobody's business who that student is. All that matters is the responsibility is mine and I took it by leaving my post" Colin said.
"That's somewhat admirable Colin and while usually it's the professor in the student-professor relationship that takes responsibility for any impropriety, if that student is under suspicion of trading sex for grades in the past, I think we might need to examine the situation a little more closely."
"Oh, let me get my camera." Vanessa said.
"Here, Look as close as you want." Juliet replied.
"Oh, let me help you with that." Darcy said grabbing it and handing it to Blair and she dropped it in Darcy's cider.
"Oops, you didn't want to look at those photos anyway because it wasn't Serena in them."
"It was Blair." Darcy said and Blair glanced at her then back to the dean.
"Darcy is right" Blair agreed.
"Guys you…"
"Why would I jeopardize my college career by lying?" Blair said "Go ahead fire Colin oh wait he quit. So let's just all go in and enjoy the show"
"Darcy and Blair don't even like each other. They're protecting Serena" Juliet said.
"Without proof I can't tell who…"
"There was proof until Blair drowned it in Darcy's drink"
"Darcy Ellis is an excellent student. How she got involved in this I have no clue" the dean said.
"That's my que to leave" Darcy said smiling, her and Chuck walked to the side.
"Serena is your guy's neutral ground isn't she?" Chuck asked.
"Who? Blair and I?"
"Yes" he said.
"Yeah. We made that deal the night Serena went missing and then she told us about Pete Fairman"
"Oh"
Blair walked over with a glass and handed it to Darcy.
"I promise its cider" Blair said and Darcy took it.
"Thank you"
"Well we usually aren't on the same team so I figured I owed you since I did use your drink" Blair said "Oh looks like Colin is done with Juliet"
They all headed outside.
"Now it's our turn." Serena said.
"Your obsession with Serena has grown tiresome." Chuck said.
"Just because you have no money and delusions of grandeur does not make it okay for you to be a single white trash female." Blair said.
"Nate, this isn't me. You know that."
"Why would I ever believe anything you say again?" Nate said.
"Why would anyone believe you" Darcy said. "You stuck out like a sore thumb"
"Well, you can believe the part where she does her own hair."
"You tried to destroy my friendship with Blair, my reputation, my academic career."
"You failed every time, and now it's time for you to go." Chuck said
"I'm trying to."
"He's talking about Columbia." Nate said.
"You don't belong there anyway." Blair said.
"If we catch you hanging around again, there will be consequences." Chuck said.
"And we're really good at payback." Darcy and Blair said at the same time.
Juliet ran off away from them.
Darcy and Chuck arrived back at the Empire. They went into the bedroom. Darcy went to walk into the bathroom when Chuck grabbed her hand and pulled her into a passionate kiss.
"Mmm, what was that for?" she asked pulling away.
"Something about a takedown" he said and kissed her again.
"If this is what a takedown does then we need more of them" she said kissing him and he picked her up.
"Bass" she squealed and he kissed her again.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this lovely chapter.