A/N: Hey everyone! So I tried to get this up a few days ago but was having some issues with my computer. It didn't want me to have this chapter for some reason. So I hope you guys enjoy it. I personally love this chapter.

Disclaimer: I only own Darcy... Oh and Austin (Who is in this chapter)

End of Summer.

Darcy sat in the dressing room looking at her reflection. She was wiping her make up off from the shoot. It was the end of her day. Her phone rang and she picked up knowing it was Nate.

"Hey Best Friend" She said. He had called her once a week since she had gotten to California. Always double checking on her. Between her slip up and then the news she had received shortly after she had gotten here he always wanted to make sure she was okay.

*2 weeks after arriving in California.

Darcy walked on set ready to start the movie but she also didn't want to be here. She had a lot on her mind and the doctor's appointment she had just come from hadn't helped much. It had totally crushed her soul. Her phone rang and she saw her best friends name come across. She answered it and just began to cry.

"Darc?" Nate said "You okay?"
"No" she replied still crying. "I just got back from the doctors."

"You figure out what was making you so ill?"
"I had a miscarriage Nate."

"Oh my god Darc, I am so sorry."

"Doctor said I was about 8 weeks, maybe 9."

"Wow."

"Don't tell Chuck, it will break his heart."

"I won't."

"Thank you Nate."

"I am gonna check up on you."

"Well Dad cleared the house out here of any booze and Serena is here as well."

"I'm still gonna check up on you."

"Thanks."

"How is my best friend today?" he asked.

"Each day gets better. We're almost done shooting so the added stress of that will end soon."

"And the sobriety?"

"Serena and I are both at 2 months"

"I'm glad she's doing it with you."

"Me too" she said then thought of Chuck. "How's…?"
"He's good" Nate replied knowing who she was referring to.

"You haven't told him yet have you?"

"I promised you I wouldn't."

"Hey Darc they're calling you?" a girl said stepping into her trailer.

"I better go" she said

"See you soon"

"Just a few more weeks."

"Or hours" he replied and she smiled "We're in the harbor"
"We? As in Bass?"

"Yes, we are in the harbor" he said then hung up. She put her phone away. She followed the girl out and spotted Serena and Marshall.

"Shoots not over till next week." Marshall said and walked away.

"Wow, he obviously doesn't know you're Serena van der Woodsen" Darcy said.

"No it's fine. I don't want him, or them treating me different because I'm your sister."

"S... you got this job all on your own."

"I know"

"These are for you" a girl said handing them each an envelope. Serena opened hers.

"Blair set the day" Serena cheered and Darcy moaned "Darc you told him no."

"I know, but now a part of me is regretting it."

"No you're not. You're Darcy Ellis. You need romantic candles and rose petals everywhere proposal."

"No I like simple and meaningful. Personal. Like if he took me to Prague and proposed."

"Alright so when you meet on the Palace roof and he proposes, you say yes this time."

"Well they're in town so I'll be seeing him sooner than that"

"Well then let's go"

"Serena"

"Nate will be there too" Serena replied.

"I know but I'm not worried about seeing him. I'm worried about seeing Bass for the first time since the hostage thing and I feel like I am gonna break."

"Maybe seeing him will be good for you. You can tell him about the miscarriage."

"That's exactly what I'm avoiding"

"Come on Darcy!" she said dragging her sister.

They arrived at where the boat was and spotted Nate.

"Darcy! Serena!" he said hugging them as they climbed aboard.

"How did you end up out here? And whose boat is this?" Serena asked.

"This is Allegra Versace's"

"Allegra's? How did you um get it?"

"Chuck won it in a poker game in Chiang Mai. He won Allegra too but that's another story"

"So he's okay then?" Darcy asked.

"Ask him that yourself." Nate said as Chuck walked out. Darcy turned to him and smiled.

"Hey!" Serena said hugging him.

"Serena" he replied and then turned to Darcy. "Ellis, a pure gem as always"

"Hey Bass" she responded and gave him a hug kissing his cheek. She missed being in his embrace. She downright just missed him.

"Usually when you smile like this look like a creepy Cheshire cat" Serena laughed.

"This one is real" Darcy replied. She always liked his smiles.

"What's your secret? And if it's legal. I want some"

"It's not a substance. It's a state of mind. A word" Chuck said.

"Let me guess a dirty word?"
"Yes" Chuck said "The word is yes. I say it at anything. If an opportunity presents itself, I take it. There's nothing I won't try once, even happiness."

"He's very inspiring. I've been saying all summer he should run an infomercial." Nate said

"You mock, but if someone gave me the opportunity, I'd say…"

"Yes. Yeah, I think I get it." Serena said.

"I don't think you do. See, you've been working all summer in your little assistant's job, driving a cart, getting coffee, sorting things"

"Actually, the producer, Jane, who I really admire, asked me my thoughts on a scene." Serena said "And I was really excited to write something up, but then Marshall, who's technically my supervisor, got wind of it and, uh He wasn't a huge fan of the idea."

"Marshall is an ass" Darcy said.

"Who has a huge crush on our Darcy."

"What, so you never did it?" Nate asked.

"Well, no, I placated Marshall, so now Jane probably thinks I'm a flake."

"There's still time. Go say the 'yes' you never said." Chuck said.

"You know what? You-you are actually right. And even if you are completely delusional, if it makes you look this good, I will find Jane tomorrow, Marshall be damned. Who wants to go with me to make sure I actually go through with it? I know what you're gonna say."

"Yes" they all replied.

A few moments later Darcy turned to Chuck and walked toward him.

"Hey" she said and he smiled at her "Can we um talk"

"Of course" he replied and guided her toward his room. She looked around at it then heard Chuck in her ear "Do you like?"

"It's very Charles Bass" she replied and turned to hit. "So how was the Lost Summer?"

"It was good" he said "Eye opening"

"Good" she replied.

"How was working on the movie? Your whole summer?" he asked.

"The movie has been a dream come true. As for the summer, it's made me think about some stuff. Life changing"

"You're seeing someone?" he asked as his smiled faded to a frown.

"No of course not Bass" she said putting her hands on his cheeks making him look at her "I could never. But um I did have a one night stand"

"Me too" he said then turned away from her ashamed.

"Bass you can tell me who it is. We said we could see other people"

"It was Blair."

"Okay" she said a little hurt but shook it off. She had slept with an ex as well. "I slept with Austin"

"Wow" he said.

"It had been a rough week. He was drinking for me. I took total advantage of the situation. I just didn't want to feel anything and I couldn't drink not after the slip up" she said and he grabbed her hand and pulled her to sit on the bed.

"Did you say slip up?" he said.

"I relapsed" she said "It was brief. I didn't even get a full sip down my throat before I realized what I was doing. I wanted to call you."

"Ellis, you can call me anytime"

"It was right after our whole accidental marriage proposal. The one person I wanted was the one I couldn't call."

"You could have. I would have come running"

"But I couldn't have you doing that Bass, we had just whatever it was. Broken up or something."

"Ellis" he said taking her hands in his and kissing each one. "I am so sorry for that night"

"It's in the past Bass. All we can do now is look forward" she said then looked away.

"What else is on your mind?"

She turned back to him and wiped a tear that had fallen.

"Ellis, talk to me"

"I was pregnant" she said wiping more tears.

"Was?" he questioned.

"Miscarriage." She replied "The doctor said it was most likely stress related on top of gas inhalation from the hostage thing."

Chuck pulled her to him and kissed the top of her head. She began to cry into his shoulder and she just rubbed her back trying to sooth her. All he ever wanted to do was take care of her.

The next day Darcy sat in her dressing room after doing her scenes. She had to admit she was a wreck after last night. It was nice to just lay in his arms again. She looked over at a picture she had of her and Chuck on her table.

"Hey best friend?" Nate said behind her. She turned and got up hugging him.

"You're here?" she said.

"Yeah I came with Serena."

"Is Bass here?"

"He's here" Nate said "I see you told him"

"Yeah. How could you tell? Did he tell you?"

"He's being extra moody, and he just went to go hang out with the stunt doubles"

"Well that sounds like him" she replied.

"He loves you, you know that right?"

"I do" she smiled "If there is one thing I know for sure in life, it's that"

"You two will be back before you know it. I just have a feeling."

"Um can we change the topic?"

"Oh yes, sorry. I actually came in here to tell you I had my first audition"

"Oh yeah?"

"I didn't get the part."

"Next time"

"I'll leave Hollywood to my good friend Darcy"

"Well before completely shutting it out, do you want to go to this party thing with me?"

"What! A Hollywood Party with Darcy Ellis! Our very own Hollywood Princess!"
"Har Har Archibald"

"I'd be honored" he said

"Meet me at my house. The limo is picking me up there"

"Your very own limo"

"I had my very own one in New York too. It came with the boyfriend" she said.

"Very true" he replied.

"Speaking of him, do you know if he's still around?"

"No clue" he replied then gave her another hug.

Later that evening they showed up at the party.

"This is a Hollywood Party?" Nate asked.

"A high class one yes. The ones I went to when I was young. Very rowdy"

"I see, explains a lot" he laughed.

"Har Har. Will you find me some cider please? Or water"

"Yeah" he responded kissing her cheek.

"Hey" she heard behind her and turned to see Austin.

"Austin. Hey" she said.

"Hey, I haven't seen you since, well um"

"Yeah" she said "Look Austin, you do realize that night was a mistake. It can never happen again"

"Chuck? You said you two broke up"

"We did, we are broken up. It's a whole lot of complication"

"I see"

"So what brings you here?"

"Aunt Diane"

"This is her house?" she replied. "Fabulous"

"That's right, you two never got along"

"She told me that you were going nowhere sticking with me. Wow I wonder what she thought of Brooklyn?" she said then totally hit herself "I'm sorry Austin that was too soon."

"She told her the same thing."

"Oh" she said "Um I'm gonna go"

She walked away and spotted Nate with a water.

"I'm gonna leave." She said.

"Well I'll come with"

"No stay, have fun."

"You shouldn't be alone."

"I'll be okay Nate. I know a certain guy who seems to always find me when things are bringing me down."

"Indeed he does" Nate replied and gave her a hug.

She got to the house and climbed down to the beach and sat just looking at the water. She sat there for about an hour when she felt someone sit next to her. She didn't even have to look to know who was sitting there.

"Hey" she said.

"Hey" Chuck replied.

She laid her head on his shoulder and he put an arm around her.

"You okay?" she asked.

"I'm not sure. You?"

"I've been better" she said then lifted her head and looked at him.

"I missed you Ellis"

"I missed you too Bass"

"To old times?" he asked showing her a joint. She giggled and took it from him and the lighter and lit it up. Taking a hit and passing it over. He smiled at her and they both laughed. Her night had just gotten better because the one person she had wanted to see all summer was sitting right next to her.

The next morning she lounged with Serena and Nate on the boat when Chuck walked out of his room.

"Are you happy" Serena said "We decided what we wanted, went after it like you said and look what happened."

"Yes, look Serena you accepted responsibility without hesitation for maybe the first time in your life. And Nate you had more fun not being you which mean you now know you need to change."

"Is it me or is what he's saying actually make sense?"

"I'm still high" Darcy laughed.

"What?" Nate and Serena said.

"Ignore me. Bass continue" she said.

"We're growing up. We need to start being responsible for ourselves. Instead of always being responsible for others" Chuck said pulling out the save the date from Blair's wedding.

"Wait you knew?" Nate asked.

"I could care less about the save the date and I know you think that it was gonna remind me of what I did but Ellis and I talked last night and agreed we need to work on us"

"Last night?" Serena asked. "So beaches became rooftops"

"Something like that" Darcy smiled. "Now if you'll excuse me. I need to get to work"

"Bye" they said.

She got up and walked over to Chuck. She kissed his cheek and left.

Darcy stood in her dressing room getting ready for her scenes when her door opened and she turned to see Chuck.

"Hey" she smiled.

"Serena said something about a bathroom"

"That's the next one over" she said then spotted his shirt. "What happened?"
"Champagne spill" he said taking off his jacked and unbuttoning his shirt revealing a huge bruise.

"Oh my god Bass!" she said walking over. "How did this happened?"
"I don't know" he said and she touched it.

"How bad does it hurt?"

"It doesn't" he said and they both looked at each other surprised.

"Well then when you get back to New York, will you have someone check it out please?"

"Of course" he replied.

Later on Darcy and Serena went in a restaurant grabbing a bite to eat.

"So seeing Chuck didn't make you swoon all over?"

"S!"

"You are so in love with him. It's written all over your face" Serena said "And he you."

"Thank you"

"So you two trying again?"

"We're taking it one day at a time but I'm sure we can be the couple we always were"

"Yay!" she said then had a weird expression on her face "Charlie?"

Darcy looked where she was looking and spotted her.

"Serena? Darcy?" Charlie said surprised to see them.

"Oh my-gosh!" Serena said.

"Hey Charlie" Darcy said.

"What are you guys doing here?" Charlie asked.

"Well Darcy is an actress, and I'm working on the same movie as her"

"So like a sister summer?" she asked.

"Yeah" Darcy said as her phone buzzed. "I should get back to set. Dinner tonight with Keith?"

"Yes! See you then" Serena said and Darcy left.

A/N: So fun fact about this chapter and last chapter. So originally I had Darcy not only having that one slip up but drinking again and then sleeping with Nate (Which I'm sure some of you would have enjoyed) but then I thought about what Nate would do if he walked in on Darcy even thinking about drinking which lead to me having to figure out who else she could sleep with and then I thought of Austin. So there you have it. I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. Our couple is slowly getting back.

Also Don't hate me for the miscarriage. It's a very important factor for Darcy in some chapters ahead.