A/N: Hope you like.
Lady Alexander
Darcy arrived back at the Empire following her 20 week appointment. She really wanted Chuck there but understood what he was doing was for their child's future. When she got up to the penthouse she walked in and spotted Blair sitting on the couch looking at a laptop.
"Hey" she said and Blair glanced at her.
"Chuck is in your bedroom" Blair replied then went back to looking at the computer.
"Thank you" Darcy said.
"Congrats by the way. On the baby" Blair said "I saw the appointment on the fridge when I got here"
"Thank you" Darcy said then walked into her bedroom.
"Hey beautiful" Chuck said seeing her "How was the appointment?"
"Wish you would had been there"
"I know" he replied kissing her. "So do we have a gender yet"
"In this envelope" she said handing it to him. "You should opened it"
"Together?" he said and they opened it. He took out the paper and smiled.
"What are we having?" she asked.
"How does the name Olivia Bass sound?" he asked.
She kissed him.
"You are amazing" she replied then kissed him again. She then remembered Blair "And as much as I want to shut that door and show you how much I admire you, um we have a brunette on the couch."
"Right Blair" he said
"Yes" she replied.
"She said she owed me for the fashion show. So I thought she could help on Lady Alexander"
"Any luck?"
"None"
"I'm sorry honey" she said "I'm sure the three of us together, as weird as that sounds, can find something on this women"
"You are the best thing in this entire world, you know that right"
"It's nice to be reminded from time to time" she smiled as the left the room.
"So I've gone through the peerage regristries of all the royals in the western Europe" Blair said spotting the couple. "The closest I could find was a Lady Alexandria of Lisbon. But she died 50 years ago in a portuguse mental hospital"
"This is a dead end" Darcy said sitting down.
"I guess he had his body guard feed us bad intel"
"I wouldn't put it past him"
Blair looked between the two of them.
"By him you mean your father right?" Blair asked.
Darcy looked at Chuck and he nodded.
"Yeah, I'm trying to find some dirt on him. Something hasn't been adding up"
"And you're helping him?"
"I'm trying my best but there are some things he doesn't want me to get involved it"
"Stress on the baby" Blair replied.
"Yeah" Darcy said.
They sat in silence for a while but then Blair got on the computer and started typing.
"Um what did you just think of?" Darcy asked standing next to Blair.
"So my mom has this friend, named Lady Vaughn"
"Like Lady is her first name?" Darcy asked trying to figure out where the girl was going.
"Yes, she changed it to sound more important so she couldt sit on all the boards of all the big museums. And it worked"
"Very clever"
"So you're saying Lady Alexander might have done the same?" Chuck asked.
"There she is. Lady Alexander" Blair said. Darcy and Chuck glanced at the screen.
"It says she's a portrait" Chuck said and walked away. Darcy walked over to him.
"This isn't a dead end Bass"
"How?"
"Well portraits have artists right? Someone had to have painted her. We find the artist and go talk to him."
Chuck kissed her then pulled away.
"Here you go" Blair said handing Darcy a paper. "His address and name"
"Thank you"
"My work here is done. I have my own work to get too" Blair said grabbing her bag. "Hope it works out"
Chuck left while Darcy stayed at the Empire. She spotted Dan's new piece on Nate and read it shaking her head. Moments later Chuck walked back in.
"So?" She asked standing up.
"Are you reading that garbage?" he asked spotting the article.
"I was browsing it" she said "You're dodging"
"Dead end" he said "Lady Alexander is a horse"
"A horse? Really? Are you sure we got the right…"
"Ellis. Let's just face it. Dead end."
"No I refuse to believe that Bart has beat us" Darcy said then turned to the computer and put in Lady Alexander Horse. A whole page showed up including an ad for a horse show. "Maybe if we find her owner then we can get back on the right path. She has to belong to someone"
"Anything?"
"Here she is Lady Alexander."
"Who is her owner"
Darcy scanned the screen and got to owner.
"Um well according to this. Your father"
"Seriously?"
"And he bought a ton of them. All from the same guy."
"Let me see" Chuck said reading over her shoulder. "I don't recognize the name"
"Say's his horses are gonna be at some horseshow" Darcy said "Today"
"I'll get us tickets" he replied kissing her "God I love you so much"
"You too" she smiled closing the laptop. Chuck left and she looked down at her bump and put a hand to it. "Daddy and I make an excellent team"
Darcy left and checked on the books and then went and got some food real fast. All this investigating was making her hungry. She got back to the Empire and spotted Lily talking to Chuck.
"Lily" Darcy said.
"Darcy, good to see you" Lily said hugging her "Congrats on your nuptials to Charles"
"He makes me a very happy girl" Darcy replied.
"Speaking of Girls" Chuck said putting a hand on Darcy's back.
"Yes, um Bass and I are excpecting"
"You're pregnant!" Lily said "Congrats"
"Thank you, we found out this morning were having a little girl " Darcy smiled then looked at her husband "Was I um interrupting something?"
"Lily was here trying to get me to call a truce"
"Oh" Darcy said "But um we are gonna have to cut this short. Bass and I have some business to attend"
"Buisness?" Lily asked. "Something to do with the Empire?"
"No, um were expanding our horizons."
"Horses. Where the horse show is, it's for sale. We were thinking of buying it. Attach it as like a package stay for the hotel" Darcy said "Or something."
"I can show you around" Lily said and Darcy looked at Chuck. "I promise not a word to your father"
"Sounds great Lily" Darcy said.
They arrived at the stables. Darcy looked around in aw of it. It truly was a beautiful place.
"There is so much to show you. This could take all day." Lily said.
"I'm gonna find a restroom" Chuck said.
"We can wait"
"He'll find us" Darcy then kissed him and he took off.
"So where should we start?" Lily asked.
"Could we find some food first?" Darcy asked "I am constantly hungry these days"
"You have a beautiful child growing inside you"
"Thank you. We're excited"
"So a little girl. You have any names picked out?"
"Olivia" she responded.
"For your mother" Lily said "I'm sure she is so honoured. How did William take it"
"He's really excited"
"So where was the wedding?" Lily asked then thought of the baby "Please don't tell me you two got married because of the baby?"
"No Lily, she was not reason. We found out about her about a month or so after the wedding."
"Okay"
"We got married in Prague, it's like where we fell for each other."
"I think you two fell for each other way before Prague. Charles has always had a soft spot for you" Lily said and they spotted Serena "Is that Serena?"
Darcy looked then nodded as Serena approached them.
"Serena darling. I had no idea you were coming to this?"
"It was last minute" Serena said and then hugged Darcy "Hey Darc. What are you two doing here? Together?"
"Bonding with my mother-in-law" Darcy said
"This is Steven's daughter Sage" Serena said.
"The brunette that is keeping Nate's bed warm" Darcy said "We haven't exactly met. I'm Darcy, Nate's best friend"
"She's also my sister" Serena said.
"In law?" Sage commented.
"It's complicated" Darcy said.
"Where's Chuck?" Serena asked.
"Oh yeah, he should be back by now"
"I'll see if I can find him. I actually need to use the restroom now myself" Darcy said "This will allow you two to catch up"
Darcy walked away and went looking for Chuck. She spotted him leaning on the fence. She smiled and headed toward him.
"There you are" she replied kissing him.
"She called him Uncle Bart" he said.
"Who?"
"His daughter. The previous owner. I found her, and as I was speaking to her. Bart showed up."
"Is he stalking us or something" she asked pulling out her phone.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Nothing" she lied texting Blair.
"Ellis?"
"I'm pulling a special card" she replied. "The I don't want to stress myself out on this card"
"You're so sneaky" Chuck said
"Yeah I know" she said "Now let's go home. I can give you a shoulder massage and other things"
"Let's go" he said grabbing her hand and pulling her toward the limo.
They arrived at home and Chuck walked to the bar and poured a drink then sat on the couch. Darcy walked over and started rubbing his shoulders.
"Shouldn't I be giving you a massage not the other way around?" he asked.
"Well you're the one who's had a bad day, not me" she said then kissed his cheek. She then walked over and sat next to him. "I have a feeling that things are gonna go our way soon."
"Thanks to you" he said as the elevator dinged and a girl stepped off.
"I'll let you two talk" Darcy said getting up "I'll be waiting for you"
"I'll be in soon" he replied and kissed her.
She walked into the bedroom and changed for bed. She laid down on the bed and was about to drift to sleep when the bed shifted.
"Bart was breaking the law" he whispered in her ear. She shifted and looked at him "He wasn't buying horses. He was paying for oil"
"Really?"
"Yeah" he replied "Thank you"
"What for?"
"Loving me."
"Everyday for the rest of my life" she replied "You're my world Charles Bass, I'd do anything for you"
"And I would do anything for you Darcinda Ellis Bass" he replied and kissed her.
A/N: I know I know its very much like the episode and like Secret Keeper but I just couldn't have Chuck go to the horse show and not bring his wife especially since they lied to Lily about buying it and well they were business partners before they were married. Trust me I thought a lot about this chapter when typing it up. All the other ways I tried to write it made no sense so this is how it went.