I Love You

Business Deals

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

Darcy headed out of one of the campus buildings where she had just attended class and ran straight into her boyfriend.

"Hey" she said greeting him with a kiss.

"So there is this art auction that's going on tonight. You possibly want to go" he asked putting his arm around her.

"Yeah let's go. It sounds great" she replied looking up at him.

"Good" he said then leaned down and kissed her.

"I actually need to go meet Bass. I'll see you later" she said stopping.

"Another meeting?"

"Yeah, thanks to Carter and Serena it's been hard finding another place."

"I wish you both luck" he said giving her one last kiss and they went their separate ways. She met up with Chuck at an office building.

"You ready for this?" he asked.

"Most definitely" she said.

"Let's do it" he replied and they headed in. They got into the office and met a girl name Devyn and Chuck explained that Mr. MacPierson's club on 63rd wasn't doing so well and they had ideas but the girl instead told them to take an interest and respect the guy's past and nodded at the wall. They walked over and saw the catalog from the auction.

"This is from the auction?" she whispered.

"Then it's ours" he whispered back and grabbed the catalog and they walked out. They agreed to meet up at the auction and she headed home.

Later that evening she stood in the bathroom mirror applying last few touches of her make up. Nate came behind her and put his arms around her waist.

"Hey" she smiled.

"Hey" he replied.

"So there is a piece there that Bass and I need" she said turning to him.

"Oh you two already looked"

"Business deal" she smiled.

"Well I want to give you a heads up about this auction."

"What about it"

"Well you and I only ever went to my family polo match so this is sort of our debut as a couple"

"Debut sounds very nice out of your mouth"

"Debut" he said again and kissed her.

The arrived at the auction and stepped out of the limo. Photographers taking pictures every which direction. Nate stopped them and kissed her and the photographers went crazy. They got inside and he turned to her.

"Page 6 is going crazy after that one" he said.

"That and every tabloid magazine" she replied and spotted Chuck.

"Nathaniel, Ellis" Chuck said hugging Darcy.

"Where's Blair?" Nate asked putting a hand on Darcy's lower back.

"She's around" he said "I need to go"

They turned to see where he was going and spotted Blair on his tail.

"I don't wanna know" she said to Nate and they found a seat. The picture she wanted was up and she raised her paddle a few times but Serena ended up with it. Her and Nate got up and headed toward the back so she could talk to Chuck.

"I guess that deal is off?" Nate asked.

"We'll figure something out" she replied and kissed his cheek then thought of Serena "I'm gonna go see if I can buy the painting off of Serena."

"Good Idea" he said. She walked over to Serena, Blair and Chuck.

"So we started a stealth campaign to destroy his credibility" Chuck said.

"Room service bill, girl on the street" Blair replied.

"Warrant" Chuck commented. Darcy was now very confused on what was going on.

"What warrant?" Serena asked.

"Well he might want to take a DNA sample down to the 24th precinct tomorrow. The point is I did it to protect you" Blair replied.

"Me? I just hate the guy" Chuck said and now Darcy knew exactly who they were talking about.

"This is about Carter?" Darcy asked and they all turned to her. "Bass?"

"When we ran him out of town last spring he traded his Dubai ticket for Greece"

"Greece?" Serena questioned.

"Spent the next few months checking in and out of every resort and hotel from there to Fiji"

"Fiji?" Darcy asked.

"He only came back because he was broke"

"Really Bass, Carter isn't that self-centered."

"He went looking for him" Serena said which got all of their attention.

"Who?"

"My father" Serena said. "I found out he was getting married in Santorini a few years back."

"Finally what happened in Santorini?" Chuck asked. Darcy was now very intrigued. Her parents had gotten married there.

"I wanted to see him and Carter said he had a way. Access to a boat. When the police picked us up I learned access meant stolen. He said he'd make it up to me"

"See Carter is a good guy" Darcy commented.

"You only say that because you have a soft spot for him" Blair said.

"Yeah he's like my brother." Darcy commented.

"I gotta go" Serena said getting her phone out and Blair chased her. Darcy folded her arms and turned to Chuck giving him the same look she had given Carter the night of the poker game. He knew that look.

"Fine I'll call my guy at the precinct" he said.

"Thank you" she said and walked away.

The next morning Darcy stood in front of the coffee maker pouring her some. She felt two arms wrap around her waist.

"Morning beautiful" he said.

"Morning" she said turning to him and kissed him.

"So remember the helicopter girl"

"The one that wanted you?"

"She was there last night"

"Oh joy" she replied.

"I was gonna tell you last night but you seem distracted"

"I know that you guys all hate Carter but he's my family and what those two did really upset me" she replied putting her arms around his neck.

"Well I know a way to make you feel better"

"Oh really" she replied kissing him and he lifted her onto the counter right as her phone rang.

"He has perfect timing doesn't he" Nate said. She gave him a weak smile and picked up her phone.

"Whats up Bass?" she asked.

"How do you feel about a hotel?" he asked.

"Um what?"

"Well you see we went in wanting the club but since Georgina and her friend messed with us"

"What are you saying?"

"We got the whole hotel"

"Serisouly?!" she shouted.

"You're in right?"
"Um duh yeah" she said.

"Good, I'll talk to you later on the details"

"Deal. I'm so excited" she said. "Bye"

She hung up and turned to Nate who was still standing in front of her. She leaned up and kissed him.

"I take that as good news"

"Yes" she said "Now where were we"

"Right here" he replied kissing her then picking her up and taking her to the bedroom.