A/N: Another chapter for my lovely readers. Thank you for not killing me. Trust me I have a reason for everything. PT 2 will be out shortly after this one. Then I have to type of the next part. Part 5 which has some good stuff in it. Also Fun Fact: Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of 'I Love You' So thank you to all my lovely readers who have been with me this long and also to the readers that just joined Darcy's adventure. You guys keep me writing.

Disclaimer: I own Darcy, that is all.

A Summer Apart Pt 1

Darcy walked into the living room of the apartment and into the living room as her phone rang. She really didn't want to answer it but if she didn't someone would come looking for her. She looked at the caller id and saw Nate's name.

"Hello" she answered.

"Hey Darc. I didn't see you at the Empire this morning"

"He didn't tell you. Figures Chuck wouldn't want to mention it"

"Whoa first name using. This can't be good. What happened?"

"You know we so well Archibald."

"You're my best friend Darcy. Now talk"

"He proposed…"

"Well that should be good news. I know you can't say I love you but…"

"With Blair's ring"

"Oh"

"Please don't bring it up to him. I really think a summer apart will be good for us."

"Or you should talk to him."

"I can't" she said "Last night was a mess for me. I just can't face him right now."

"Well then how about this. Movies and Chinese tonight. After the Constance/St Jude's thing of course"
"Sounds perfect best friend"

"Well I will bring the Chinese food and…"

"The Sound of Music"

"A girl after my own heart" he laughed. "I'm stopping by to see Raina. I'll call later and checkup?"

"You are seriously the best friend ever Nate. Thank you"

"I know" he responded "It's because I love you"

"You too" she said then hung up.

"Who was that?" she heard her dad ask walking in to the kitchen.

"Nate" she replied.

"Okay next question. Why are you here and not at your, I don't know home with your boyfriend?"

"Chuck and I are taking a break or we're broken up. I really don't know the details."

"Can I ask why?"

"Dad."
"I know you sweetheart, you love the guy I know you do. So what happened for it to all come crashing down."

"He proposed" she said and her dad looked at her weird.

"Am I missing something because usually a girl is totally excited about a proposal?"

"With his ex's ring. The very ring he was holding on for dear life when I found him with a bullet in him."

"Oh"

"Yeah" she replied looking at the time "I gotta go. I promised Lily and Serena we could have a girls day there and then I was gonna go to the St Jude's/Constance thing"

"You need an escort?"

"I'll be fine Dad"

"Send Lily my best"

"Of course" she said then kissed his cheek and left. She got halfway to the Van der Woodsen's when her phone rang again. "Nate I'm fine."

"Yeah but I think maybe you might want to have that talk with Chuck now."

"Nate I told you…"

"Jack's in town" he said "Raina brought him"

"Oh"

"I thought maybe you could warn him."

"Yeah" she said then hung up and hailed a taxi. She got one and got in "Brooklyn please, and make it fast. I'll pay double"

She got to the new building and went up to the roof top and spotted Chuck.

"Ellis" he said happy to see her.

"Hey" she replied as he kissed her cheek. She took a step back and he looked at her. "Your favorite uncle is in town"

"Make's sense. New building and all"

"Nate said Raina brought him."

"Makes sense as well. He told her about the fire."

"I'm sorry" she said. She so badly wanted to hug him and make him feel better. "So um I came and I told so I should probably get going."

She went to turn around when Chuck grabbed her hand.

"Ellis" he said. She turned back to him.

"My answer is still no" she replied.

"I know"

"I need space, time to think. Clear my head. You're the first guy that I have ever felt like this for and it absolutely terrifies me because you were the last person I ever thought I would fall for."

"Ellis"

"If you really…you know…you'll let me have this summer" she replied then walked away before Chuck could get another word out.

She headed straight for the Van der Woodsen's and walked in spotting Rufus.

"Hey Darcy" Rufus said.

"Hey Rufus, is my um sister here?"

"Yeah back in Charlie's room"

"Thank you" she said and headed that direction.

"…and your feet won't hurt you as long as you have just the right amount of champagne" Serena said and Darcy walked in.

"Gala advice?" Darcy asked.

"Hey sis?" Serena said.

"Are you going to the Gala?"

"With Dan yeah" Charlie replied.

"Serena?"

"No but I am headed to Blair's engagement party."

"Blair's engaged?"

"Yeah."

"Oh my god!" she said and then turned around.

"Wait D." Serena said and she turned around "Are you okay?"

"Of course" she lied and faked a smile.

"Then be my date to B's party. I know you bringing Chuck would be bad"

"Yeah of course" she replied still faking a smile.

She arrived at Blair's with Serena. She felt so weird being here.

NATE: Come to Empire. Now!

"Hey S" she said to her sister.

"Yeah"

"I'm sorry, I gotta go. Emergency at the Empire"

"Chuck can't fix it?"

"He's in Brooklyn, so I must" she lied.

She quickly got to the Empire. She arrived behind Nate, Chuck and Jack totally confused on what was going on. She stepped off the elevator and heard them talking.

"…so we played follow the leader so unless you're into arson porn there's obviously something else of interest on that tape" Jack said.

"Bart murdered my wife" Russell replied "I can take my story to the press."

Darcy thought about it for a second.

"Did he though?" Darcy said finally showing her appearance. "I mean as much as I hate being on the same side as Jack Bass. He is onto something."

Russell ignored her and walked over to the elevator pressing the down key only for guys to walk out.

"First you stay for the viewing" Chuck said smirking and Darcy couldn't help herself but to return it.

They watched the tape Russell had in his pocket revealing that it was Russell himself that had killed his wife. Why hadn't Darcy thought to check the other tapes? After discussing it all everyone began to leave. It just left her, Chuck and she was pretty sure Jack was somewhere.

"I thought about why you…"she said.

"Stop Ellis" Chuck said. "You're right, a summer apart will be good for us."

"Thank you"

"You just name the rules. I'll do whatever you ask. Because I love you"

"Well I guess we can see other people"

"You want to date someone else to prove you love me?" Chuck asked confused.

"Not me. You"
"Ellis, I don't need anybody else if I have you"

"Are you two lovers done" the heard Jack yell.

"I should go. I need to get ready for the Constance thing."

"Well you will look amazing in whatever you choose"

"Palace Rooftop? September? I'll bring the party favors" she smiled.

"It's a date" he replied then kissed her forehead.

"Bye Jack!" she yelled then left.

*Jack and Chuck*

Jack sat on the couch and Chuck joined him.

"Your dad was a nasty son of a bitch but I never thought for a second he'd actually gone O.J"

"Well thank you for using your evil powers for good this time."

"Ah it was selfish really. I didn't want anyone else playing with my punching bag."

"Dysfunctional is best kept in the family. It's true"

"Plus what would I want with a company someone else owns half of or a building in Brooklyn. Now if you still had Blair things might be different. Or perhaps Darcy. Now there's a catch. Actresses are crazy in bed!"

"I need to go" Chuck said standing up.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm gonna try and convince Darcy to have one more night with me."

"What exactly happened there?"
"I screwed it up"

"By what?"

"Proposing with a ring bought for Blair"

"Ouch" Jack replied. "That's gonna take some time to salvage"

"Yeah. I know. But Darcinda Ellis is worth fighting for" Chuck said and left.

Darcy arrived at the event after getting dressed. She was headed up the stairs when her phone rang.

"Hello" she answered not knowing the number. The person mentioned something about Chuck on the roof. "I just left him. He's fine. I'll be there soon"

She hung up and put her phone in her purse when she ran into Blair.

"Darcy, wow you look amazing"

"Wow, I think engagement has made you nicer" Darcy commented.

"Thanks. I'll take that as a congrats"

"Can you do me a favor? If you see Nate, will you tell him I had to run to Brooklyn?"

"Sure"

"Thank you" she said walking away but stopped and turned back to Blair. "Congrats Blair. You look happy. You deserve it"

"Thanks Darcy, that actually means a lot coming from you"

Darcy left the event and hailed a cab to Brooklyn. When she arrived at the new building noticing it was really dark. She got up to the roof. She was now beginning to think this was a set up. She shook her head. Leave it up to Bass to try and make things romantic after a mess up.

**To Be Continued**