I Love You

A Present From Daddy Dearest

Disclaimer: I only own Darcy, all other characters unless otherwise noted belong to someone else. 

After last weekend Darcy was hoping for a less drama filled weekend. She personally wanted to just spend it in her room or at a spa just relaxing but being friends with Serena Van der Woodsen she had an invite to Blair's sleepover. She personally wasn't a fan of Blair's but she tolerated her for the sake of Serena. She was just hoping for an excuse not to go.

"Hey D!" she heard Serena say and she turned to her.

"Hey S" she replied. "Any clues about your date?"

"No"
"That sucks. Thanks by the way for convincing Blair to invite me and then you ditch me"

"I'm sorry, but you'll have fun I promise"

"I highly doubt it."

"Because Nate and Chuck are out of town. What did you three end of doing last weekend? I heard Lost Weekend was cut short"

"It's a long story but it wasn't boring" Darcy laughed as they spotted Jenny up ahead.

"Hey Serena. Darcy Ellis"

"I'll catch up with you later S." she said as her phone rang. "No I don't miss you"

"Wow if that's the thanks I get then I'll get back on the plane"

"Dad!"

"So do you really not miss me?"

"I have a friend who is out of town that calls me every hour and asks me I just thought you were him."

"Oh."

"I do miss you."

"Good, I sort of brought you a present"

"Present?"

"Dinner tonight. Chinatown"

"Chinatown? Dad we live in the Upper East Side"

"I want Chinatown"

"Dad"

"Chinatown 7pm don't be late"

"I'm your daughter. I'm never late. It isn't in my vocabulary. See you there."

Darcy hung up and walked over to Blair.

"Darcy I'm so happy you're coming to my party tonight"

"Um Actually..."

"What's more important than my party?"

"Uh my dad."

"Your dads in town" Serena said excited.

"Yeah and it's the first time since I moved here that I have seen him so I'm taking it"

"I guess that's a reasonable excuse" Blair said then turned to Serena and her and her minions walked away.

"Your dad really in town?" Serena asked.

"I don't lie about that. He's family and family to me is important" she smiled and they headed to class.

Later that evening she rushed back to the room and quickly changed to have dinner. She hailed a cab to Chinatown and found a familiar face standing on the corner. Austin Cooper. He was her California boyfriend. She had broken up with him days after her mother died. She was at that point where she didn't want to be happy so she broke it off with the guy she assumed she would once say those words she couldn't say. She was really happy to see him standing there in front of her. His rock star self. Which is exactly who he was. He had started a band when he was 13 with some friends and when they turned 16 they were noticed.

"Austin!" she yelled running to him. He picked her up hugging her and then setting her down.

"Darcy Ellis. How I missed thee"

"What the hell?"

"Why what do you mean?"

"No call, no text, not even an email"

"I was giving you time and space. That's what an ex does right?"

"You're not just an ex Aust. You are one of my best friends"

"Then I wanted to give you time to find friends"

"I have and they're pretty great"

"I'm happy, now shall we head inside" he said holding out his arm.

"We shall"

They got inside and she spotted her dad sitting at a booth. She walked over and he stood up and hugged her.

"You liked your surprise"

"Um yeah" she said and they all sat down.

"I ran into Austin in Cali and we talked about you and I just figured you would want to see him"

"It's great. To see both of you"

"So how's school?" he asked. Darcy was known not to get the best grades.

"Actually since that whole Ivy week thing and the grades they expect to get in I have really tried my hardest."

"Good, and your friends. Keith mentioned you ran into an old one"

"Yeah my friends are great. And Keith was right I ran into Carter."

"Wow, how was that. The last time you saw him is when you lost..." Austin said then shut his mouth. Oh crap. Darcy looked away from her dad really fast. She had lied about that money and said she had put it away in a piggy bank for a car but then when she lost the chance of getting her license her parents had learned it wasn't in there. She made up so many different things for that $10,000 to be.

"Lost what?" he father asked.

"Money" Darcy said quietly

"How much?"

"Like 10"

"10 dollars" he dad said confused. "That's not much"

"Times 1000" she commented quietly hoping he wouldn't hear her.
"10,000" he screamed.

"Dad!" she said trying to get him to calm down.

"Darcy Ceclia Ellis!"

"He's paying me back"

"So um... how are your other friends?" Austin asked.

The rest of the dinner avoided the subject of her friends and went to mostly movies and memories of California. After dinner her dad left leaving her and Austin.

"So miss New Yorker. Where would you be if I wasn't here?"

"Did my dad come too?"

"No"

"Alright, I was invited to a party"

"Party Darcy skipped a Party"
"Slumber party"

"Okay, not what I was expecting"

"New York is very different"

"I can tell"

"Instead of Tequila and Vodka shot parties, people drink Champagne and Gin"

"Seriously"

"Seriously" she said. "Oh speaking of fancy Upper East Side get ups."

"Yes?"

"So there is this thing called Cotillion and I sort of want to go"

"And?"

"I need an escort"

"Austin Cooper at your service your highness" he said bowing in front of her.

"Oh my god you are embarrassing me"
"Come on Royalty give me the grand tour" he said dragging her away.

A/N: Learning a little bit about Darcy's past a chapter at a time.