I Love You

Like Old Times

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

Darcy sat at the kitchen table across from her dad. She hadn't seen him in a few months. He had come and spent a week with her and Serena during the summer.

"So are you and Chuck back together considering your room is still in boxes?"

"Yeah" she said "We have a dog together."

"A dog?"

"Monkey. Bass and I finally agreed on a name after just calling him boy or dog."

"I'm glad. I want you happy again. Not to mention I was worried about you after that slip up"

"I regret that everyday" she said.

"You can't change it"

"Only learn from it. I feel like that's something mom would have said."

"She'd be proud of you. She'd like Chuck too. I do. He's good for you. Keeps you grounded."

"And I keep him grounded" she replied.

"Like your mother and I" her dad responded "Well I can't wait to meet my first grandchild"

"What?"

"Monkey. Unless..."

"No just Monkey" she said not ready to tell her dad about the miscarriage.

"So what's Serena up to? Maybe the three of us can grab dinner"

"Can't"

"Bummer. That doesn't answer the Serena question"

"Oh right" she replied "She got a job being a producers assistant. She likes it a lot"

"Both my girls in the movie business"

"And I thought it was an Ellis trait" she said.

"I guess you got it from both sides"

"I guess so" she said "I actually am meeting Bass. So talk later"

"Of course love you"

"You too" she said kissing his cheek and heading out.

She walked into the Empire and spotted Chuck sitting on the couch drinking scotch.

"Have a long day?" she asked greeting him with a kiss.

"You could say that" he said.

"Wanna talk about it?"

"Of course"

She lifted a joint showing him.

"Here or the Palace?" she asked

He grabbed her hand and they went out on to the Empire Roof. She over looked the city as Chuck lit the joint.

"I miss our high school roof top chats" she said.

"We had some good ones"

"That's where Henry and Sara came from"

"I always thought Clarissa was your alias of choice"

"A wise man once told me it wasn't plain Jane"

"I remember" he commented.

"I like Henry and Sara" she responded.

"Me too" he said and kissed her. "So I saw a psychologist today"

"Oh yeah" she asked "You going back?"

"I think so" he replied.

"Did you discuss me?"

"Possibly" he said "Have you ever seen one?"

"Yeah. I had to do a lot of things after the car crash. Also the doctor that I saw for the miscarriage recommended me to one. Just to talk it out. Little did she know I had Nate Archibald for that?"

"We are very lucky to have him as our friend"

Later that evening they laid in bed entangled in each other. Darcy couldn't be happier.