Ivy Dickens
A/N: I am so so so so sorry about the long delay for a chapter. Life has gotten extremely busy. My goal is to have this story all finished typed and posted by the end of March. There is only about 20 chapters left after this one.
Disclaimer: I own Darcy. That is all.
Darcy sat on the bed watch her man fix his tie.
"So what does my handsome man have planned today?" she asked getting up and wrapping her arms around his torso.
"Empire business" he replied turning to her.
"That I don't know about?"
"I thought you could enjoy the day off."
"Aww" she replied then kissed him
"So with having this day off what are your plans today?"
"Well I do have more stuff at the apartment that I could always bring over." She said as they walked into the living room. Nate and Lola sat on the couch.
"He should come" Lola said to Nate.
"Who? Where?" Darcy asked.
"Dan, they're doing his book at this thing Lola is a part of" Nate replied.
"You can invite him yourself, he's on his way up" Chuck responded Monkey coming up to him. "He's joining me to walk Monkey"
"So you guys are all okay?"
"Why wouldn't we be?" Darcy asked.
"Never mind" Nate said as Darcy stared him down. The elevator dinged and Chuck headed toward.
"So Inside huh?" Darcy asked.
"You should come too. People would love to meet an established actress."
"I actually have stuff I need to do. Maybe next time"
"So what's this I hear about my book?" Dan asked walking in.
"Oh Lola is performing it at a theater"
"With the Upright Citizens Brigade. Have you heard of them?"
"I'm so psyched I read about the uh Bret Easton Ellis a while back."
"Yeah, he came by the rehearsal, which was really cool." Lola said "You should come. I mean I'm sure the other actors would love to meet you"
"Wow! That'd be… that'd be great"
"I just need to make a phone call. Can I borrow your phone Nate? Mines dead"
"I should get going" Darcy said then turned to Dan. "Humphrey are you summiting the proposal for your book?"
"Yes and I sent in the first chapter to your biography"
"Awesome" she replied then walked over to Chuck. "Have a great day"
"You as well beautiful" he replied kissing her and she walked over to the elevator.
She arrived at the apartment and spotted her uncle.
"Hey niece of mine" he said hugging her "How's life treating you?"
"Pretty great"
"How's the other half"
"Amazing. I'm happy that he and I are back on track. That were both really happy with each other"
"Me too. You were so sad this last summer"
"Yeah"
"I'm so happy to see you happy again"
"Thank you Keith"
"So where is he at today?"
"Empire Business"
"Isn't the Empire both of yours?"
"Yeah but he told me to take the day off. He's been so romantic lately"
"Oh, can we see a proposal soon?" he asked.
"Possibly"
"And this time you'll say yes?" he asked.
"Oh most definitely" she smiled as her phone rang. She spotted Charlies name and answered it "Hey Charlie"
"Hey"
"What's wrong?"
"It's Cece"
"What?!"
"She really sick. She told me not to inform the family but technically..."
"I understand" Darcy said.
"Will you meet me at the hospital? Lily and Carol will meet us there too. The nurse called them."
"Of course" Darcy said then hung up and turned to Keith. "I've gotta go"
"Yeah that sounded not good"
She hugged him then headed out calling Chuck.
"Hey beautiful what's wrong?"
"Cece is sick. I'm meeting them at the hospital."
"I'll meet you there"
"Bass."
"Ellis. I will meet you there"
She smiled and nodded.
"Thank you"
"Always"
She got to the hospital and spotted Charlie. She walked over to her and hugged her.
"Are Lily and Carol here yet?" she asked.
"I don't know" Charlie said and Darcy grabbed her hand.
"Mother!" she heard Lily say.
"Oh my god is she unconscious?" Carol yelled.
"They just have her sedated." Charlie said.
"We think she has a blood clot in her lung" the nurse said.
Darcy let go of Charlie's hand and walked around the corner. She went to get her phone out to call Chuck when she saw him walking toward her. She toward him and he pulled her in close.
"Bass" she cried into his chest.
"How's Cece?" he asked and she pulled away and looked at him wiping her tears.
"It's not good. She has a blood clot in her lung"
"Have you called William?"
"Not yet." She said wiping more tears. Chuck grabbed her hand and put his other hand on her cheek helping her wipe her tears.
"Let me call him for you okay"
She nodded and he kissed her then pulled her close again and kissed the top of her head.
"You are truly the best Bass"
"I would do anything for you" he said. "Because I love you"
"You too" she said pulling away again.
"I am gonna go call William and you go be with Lily and Serena."
"Thank you so much" she said. He kissed her and they parted ways. She rounded the corner to see the family in a bit of a confrontation.
"She's my daughter" Carol said. Darcy was obviously confused.
"What?" Serena said then looked at Charlie. Darcy followed her stare. "Who are you?"
"Carol I don't understand. Why did you introduce this girl as your daughter?" Lily asked pointing at Charlie.
"Ivy Dickens" Lola said
"Yeah we know that story" Rufus said.
"Oh my god! So Max was telling the truth" Serena said.
"Ivy don't say a word" Carol shouted.
"Your mom hired me to be you" Ivy/Charlie said
"Why would you do that?"
"To protect you"
"I was supposed to gain access to your trust fund for your mother. Which I did and then went back to my own life. Then I ran into Serena and Darcy in LA"
Darcy walked away trying to clear her head. She really liked Charlie or whoever she really was. She sat down in the hall and put her back up against a wall. She opened her phone and went to a picture of her, her mother and Cece when she was 9. She smiled then stood up and headed back running into Serena.
"Hey sis" she said to Serena.
"Thanks for being here"
"Of course. Cece is family" Darcy said hugging her then they started walking back running into Ivy.
"Why did you come back to New York!?" Serena yell "And as I remember you didn't even want to!"
"I never really had a family. You were so good to me. Both of you. Serena you were like a big sister to me. I really care about you guys.
"Oh you care about us or the money?! I suppose it was your idea to keep grandma's relapse a secret"
"Actually she told me" Darcy said.
"Ivy?" Serena said.
"Actually Cece. When she collapsed at her party I had dad checking in on her."
"Well that doesn't make what Ivy did right"
"True"
"I begged her to call you. She just didn't want to worry you guys. Especially you Darc. With your mom and all." Ivy replied and Darcy looked away.
"You know what? This is a family matter okay. You need to leave" Serena said.
"I promised Cece I would stay with her. I'm not leaving"
"Leave Ivy" Darcy said then guided Serena away.
Darcy spotted Rufus and Lily and walked toward them.
"I'm so happy you're here Darcy" Lily said hugging her.
"Cece is family" she said.
"You're our family too" Rufus said "Even if your father is William"
"Glad you don't hold that against me" she laughed.
They all sat in silence for a while and Serena sat down next to her.
"Penny for your thoughts" Darcy said.
"Dan and Blair" she replied.
"Like over there" Darcy pointed to the two talking and then Blair kissed Dan.
"Yeah" Serena said sad. Darcy grabbed her hand and gave it a light squeeze and Serena gave her a faint smile.
"It's what big sisters are for"
The doctor walked out and shared that Cece was in fact dying. They stood in the room. Darcy on one side of Serena and Blair on the other, both holding her hand.
"Take care of mom Cece" Darcy whispered.