A/N: Here's you guys a chapter. A really nice Bass and Ellis chapter to be honest. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own Miss Darcy Ellis.
You and Me. We.
Darcy arrived at the Van der Woodsen's. Dan was telling everyone about his book and Darcy agreed to meet him downstairs. He walked in shortly after her with a box.
"You ready Humphrey?" she asked.
"No"
"Cute, you're nervous."
"You will be too when your biography is released"
"Is it that bad?"
"See I had a feeling you were a wild child but I had no clue just how much."
"Yeah" she said "I was pretty insane."
"Will you go up first? I'm still collecting my thoughts."
"Of course" she said.
She got up to the apartment as Nate and Serena were discussing a girl named Ivy. She spotted Chuck and walked over to him giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Look here's Dan" Charlie said and they all turned to see Dan rounding the corner from the elevator.
"Hey, everyone. Thank you so much for coming." Dan said.
"I only have 5 minutes" Serena said.
"This better be really important." Blair said.
"What is this all about?" Nate asked.
"Is everything all right?" Lily said.
"This isn't about me? Right?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, what's going on, Dan?" Rufus said.
"This is going to be fun" Chuck whispered to Darcy.
"Definitely" she responded.
"I'm sorry to call everyone here on such short notice, but uh…All right you know how there's been all this speculation about the book that's being published by an anonymous author?" Dan said.
"Yeah, Gossip Girl said it was about us." Nate said.
"Yeah it was probably written by some loser who doesn't even know us." Blair said.
"Well not exactly." Dan said looking at Darcy and Chuck. He then reached into his box and pulled the book out. "I am that loser. I wrote it. And it is based on…you…well sort of…all of you."
Dan began to pass out the books to them giving Darcy another copy. Everyone began to sit around reading it. Lily began laughing.
"What's so funny?" Nate asked.
"I think you should ask Dan" Lily said.
"Uh well, I might've made your character a little..."
"Gay" Chuck said.
"I hope that's okay." Dan said then turned to Chuck. "Stop enjoying this so much."
"You wanted me to feel something"
"That is a feeling Dan" Darcy said.
"Do I have game?" Nate asked.
"Most definitely" Darcy replied winking.
"Oh, okay. I'm cool with that"
"I know it's going to be weird with everyone reading characters inspired by themselves, but I wanna make it clear…this book is a work of fiction."
"It's actually really good" Darcy said. "I gotta read it already"
"After you read it, I hope you'll feel good enough about it and me that uh, you will come to this book party tonight. The publisher is announcing I'm the author. So…"
"Of course we'll be there"
"Well read it first" Dan said.
Later that day Darcy arrived at the Empire to see Chuck and Dan. Dan was on the couch and Chuck was at the bar.
"It's like 2pm" Dan responded to whatever Chuck had just said.
"It's 5 o'clock somewhere." Darcy commented.
"Valium then?" Chuck said.
"I'm guessing my dad is probably half-way through. Nate's probably still on page 20. I wonder if they're going to be upset with me." Dan said talking about his book
"You're not the first person to use the world around them for inspiration."
"Yeah didn't your dad get temporary famous singing about Lily" Darcy asked sitting down and Monkey, the name they finally decided for their dog, jumped up by her.
"Yeah but my book isn't a love song you know"
"I don't know?" Darcy said.
"Why aren't either one of you mad at me? I killed both of you. It's not a happy ending."
"I wouldn't use a belt I'd use a Shahtoosh scarf much softer. As for Ellis…"
"I've been re-sober for 3 months almost 4 but before that little slip up I was sober for almost 2 years. The chances of drinking myself to death very slim."
"Well hopefully everyone else sees your point of view."
Darcy got up and went into the kitchen. She leaned against the counter and spotted a photo of her and Chuck from when they were in Prague on the fridge.
"You okay?" she heard Chuck ask and she turned to him.
"Yeah. I think I am just gonna head home before the party."
"You are home" he replied and she smiled weakly at him.
"My dad's" she said.
"Oh" he replied "Well do you want to go to Humphrey's thing together? Like a date?"
She leaned up and kissed him giving her answer.
"I'll take that as a yes" he said
"Yes" she smiled.
"Good" he replied.
She kissed him again and headed out. She got back to the apartment and spotted Austin and her uncle sitting at the table.
"Hey" she said setting her things on the counter.
"Austin was just telling me about his moving to New York"
"Oh why?"
"My aunt offered me a place to stay, and possibly a job if I want it"
"So you're giving up music?"
"No inspiration."
"Right" she replied.
"Oh hey you got a package from your agent" Keith said.
"A script?"
"Um no I don't think it is" he replied handing it to her. She opened it revealing Dan's book.
"Now I have three copies." She said.
"I got a copy too. I read it on the plane." Austin said.
"Did you like it?" she asked.
"Is it true that the characters are based off people here on the Upper East Side?"
"Oh most definitely."
"Are you in it?" Keith asked "You said something about having a copy already"
"Um yeah…my character is Macy Drake"
"The Author killed you" Austin said.
"Yeah I wasn't really nice to him in high school. Serena's in it too. She dated the author."
"Crazy" Keith said
"Yes" she said.
"Are you going to the party tonight?" Austin asked. "Maybe we can go together. As friends"
"Um I can't" she smiled "I already have a date"
"A date?" Keith asked.
"Yeah" she smiled.
"Chuck?"
"Yeah" she said her smile getting bigger.
Later Chuck picked her up and they headed to the party.
"You look amazingly beautiful" he said putting his hand on the small of her back guiding her in.
"Thank you" she replied "You don't look bad yourself Bass" she said as they ran into Lily and Rufus
"Oh Darcy, you look amazing"
"Seems to be the popular opinion of the night" she replied glancing at Chuck.
"Have you seen Dan?"
"No but here come…"
"Hi. I am Alessandra. Dan's agent. You must be his Dad. It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Humphrey and you too Mrs. Humphrey"
"You can call me Lily" Lily replied.
"Where is the man of the hour? He's early to everything."
"I'm hiding him" she replied and turned to Chuck "You must be Charlie Trout. It's such an honor"
"Nice seeing you again Alessandra" Darcy said noticing the lust in the girl's eyes.
"Darcy, I didn't see you there"
"Right" she replied.
"I need a drink" Chuck said.
"You can have one for me too" she replied and they headed that way.
They got to the bar and Chuck ordered a scotch and a sparkling cider. The bartender handed him the drinks and Chuck handed her the flute after first taking a sip of it.
"Why did you do that?" she smiled.
"Making sure it was actually cider" he replied.
"Thank you" she said then kissed him.
"Anything for you" he said.
"I am gonna go see if I can find Dan. Thank him again for the invite" she said.
"Tell him for me too" he replied. She kissed him and walked away. She looked around for him but never found him. She walked back over to Chuck who was coming in from outside.
"Hey" she said.
"Any luck?"
"No" She replied then noticed he seemed down "You okay?"
"I think I'm gonna head out."
"Want company?"
"Only if you want."
"I came with you, I'm leaving with you" she replied and he smiled.
They got back to the Empire and sat on the couch. Darcy spotted the book on the coffee table.
"You would've found me, but then again I would never put myself in that position." He said handing her a flute.
"I would" she said "You wouldn't let me drink"
"It's because I love you" he said sitting next to her.
"You too" she responded and leaned in and kissed him. He took her drink and set it on the coffee table then scooped her up and carried her to the bedroom.
The next morning Darcy woke up in Chuck's bed but him not there. She put his robe on and walked into the living room. Monkey ran up to her.
"Hey boy, where is your dad?" she asked petting him. The elevator dinged and Chuck walked in "Hey"
"Hey" he said walking over to her "How'd you sleep?"
"The best I have in a while" she replied.
"Me too" he said.
"Can I ask you something personal?"
"Always" he said
"What made you feel again?"
"Blair told me she was pregnant"
"Oh" she replied a little worried about the response.
"It's not mine"
"That's a relief" she responded.
"I started to think about us. What if's. What if you didn't have a miscarriage? That would be us. You and me. We."
She smiled at the, we part then felt a tear fall.
"Don't cry" he said wiping her tear "I want us to work. When I met you I'll be honest all I wanted was to sleep with you. In fact I think we made a bet"
She laughed that he remembered that.
"Then you became my go to girl and I think slowly I began to fall for you. Last summer when we finally got together. I was so happy"
"Me too" she said
"I think you and I are meant to be" he said and she leaned up and kissed him. This was their restart and she couldn't be happier.