Chuck vs. Sarah's Surprise

A/N: Hey there everyone, it's coreymon77 again. So, about a week ago, HHr and I were talking when I mentioned that Valentine's Day (or Singles Awareness Day for the lonely and bitter crowd, such as myself :P ) was coming up and asked if she wanted to write a Chuck and Sarah V-Day story, since not only is this their first Valentine's Day together, but they are also now engaged (:D). She said okay, so off we went. This two-part story is what resulted. Enjoy and please, remember to review!

A/N 2: As hard as coreymon77 and I have worked on this story, I figured at least Part One should be up today. Part two would've also been up, but unforeseeable circumstances arose and that changed. I will say it's around 95 percent complete so it should be up by tomorrow, Wednesday at the latest. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy. You may need to make appointments for the dentist afterwards, because this is the Fluffiest thing I have ever had the pleasure of co-writing. Hope you all enjoy it :D


Chuck slowly opened his eyes, as per his usual every morning since Sarah and he got together, but even more so since Sarah said yes to his proposal. He took everything in, the feeling of her wrapped in his arms, looking down at her head which rested on his chest, to the small smile that adorned her face since the first morning they woke in each other's arms. Today was a very special day, but he still needed to prepare some things, so sadly that meant leaving this bed and Sarah to go finish what he had planned for them today. First things first, he had to get the day started off, so he gently removed himself from Sarah's grasp, freezing once when she sighed but relaxed when he realized she wasn't awake. He placed a kiss on her cheek before pulling going into the kitchen and making her breakfast. When he was finished he gathered everything on a tray and grabbed the roses, carrying it to their room. Setting the tray down on the desk he placed one rose on the tray and pulled the petals off the rest of the flowers and scattered them across the bed. "Time to wake up my sleeping beauty," he whispered, taking one of the petals and laying down beside her once again.

Sarah woke up to the feeling of something rubbing on her face. Her nose scrunched up and she snuggled deeper into the bed. Wait the bed. Where was Chuck? She was sure she fell asleep with her head resting on him last night. She slowly opened her eyes and saw where Chuck was. He was lying beside her propped up on his arm. The something she felt on her face was a rose petal. The bed was covered in them and Chuck was rubbing one over her face.

"Good morning beautiful. Happy Valentine's Day," Chuck said running the petal down her arm.

She smiled, "Happy Valentine's Day Chuck. C'mere," she pulled him to her kissing him deeply. Running her fingers through his hair, she held him closer to her. Never again would she ever take anything for granted, almost losing Chuck, because of her own decisions this time, really hit her. She could have been gone from him for years. Berating herself for thinking of what could have been instead of what was happening right now, she deepened the kiss even more by rolling onto her back and pulling Chuck on top of her, needing to feel that comforting weight, to help chase away the inner thoughts that she couldn't help but feel. She ran her hand up under his shirt and she felt him shiver when the cool metal of her ring came across his back. Her ring. The ring Chuck gave her, in the hospital when new life was being born. No words were needed between them in that moment when he stood up from his spot beside her and gave her such an intense look when he knelt down on one knee and opened the box, she sat up straight. She just nodded her head slightly and slid down in front of him, grabbing his face in her hands and kissed him intensely.

Chuck's phone alarm went off and he pulled away from Sarah reluctantly. "I have to get ready,"

Sarah frowned, "Why?" She tried to entice him back to her by kissing his neck and making her way up to his ear lobe, lightly nibbling on it.

Chuck's voice faltered a bit and his eyes fluttered closed. "I-I uh have to go into work sweetie." And he pulled away from her again pushing himself up on his arms. "I do have to go,"

This time she pouted, "But it's our first Valentine's Day together. As a real couple," She said and then flipped him over and straddled his waist. "So why don't you stay here with me. I promise I'll make it worth your while," she added giving him a smoldering stare.

"Oh boy, that does sound really Really tempting," she cut him off, pressing her lips to his. His hand came up to the back of her neck and the other resting on her back. He almost gave in, but he had to remind himself what he had to do today and he used her distraction to roll them over so he was on top of her again, then he got up before her legs could wrap around his back.

"Chuck," Sarah groaned.

"I know I know. And I promise I will make it up to you tonight," Chuck said trying to placate her while getting ready.

"What's tonight?" Sarah asked propping herself up on her forearms.

Chuck paused with tying his tie and looked back at her. "Well if I told you now that would ruin the fun," he said with a teasing flirty grin.

She got up off the bed and straightened his tie. "What's tonight Chuck?" She asked again

He wrapped an arm around her waist and held her to him. "I just want to do something special for us tonight. I think after all we've been through, we deserve to have a special night."

Sarah sighed and looked into his eyes, "Okay Chuck. I trust you, I love you. So... surprise me," She knew it was worth it when she saw his eyes light up. She laughed and kissed him again before reluctantly letting him go.

"I promise you'll enjoy it," he said with a grin. "I've fixed breakfast for you, so enjoy and I will see you later on today. I love you," he gave her a quick kiss.

"I love you too. Be careful. Please try not to flash on anyone today," she said with a half-teasing, half-serious grin.

"Nothing is going to ruin today for us, nothing." He said kissing her one more time.

As he turned to leave, "Chuck" Sarah said.

He turned back to see Sarah very close to him, "Y-yes?" he asked.

"That is not an acceptable good-bye kiss, especially on Valentine's Day," Sarah said with an impish grin, trailing her fingers up his chest and around his tie.

Chuck grinned back, "Oh really. Well let me remedy th-," she pulled him down to her by his tie and cut off the rest of his sentence. Moving her hands to the back of his head, she deepened the kiss by opening up her mouth under his. He held her close to him but grabbing onto her waist and tugging her closer, deepening the kiss all the more.

Sarah was the first to pull away, glassy eyed and gasping for breath. "Chuck if you want to leave this house, you need to go right now before I change my mind and throw you back onto our bed and have my way with you,"

"Why do you have to be so tempting woman," Chuck groaned, he courageously swooped back in for one last kiss and then managed to pull himself away, leaving her with her eyes closed and mouth still slightly open. "I love you so much Sarah." And then he left, getting a quick gulp of ice cold water before he exited their apartment and made his way to work.

Sarah flopped back down on the bed and pulled Chuck's pillow over her head, screaming into it in slight frustration, then her stomach growled loudly so she got up again and found the breakfast Chuck made for her along with the rose he left her. She smiled, pulled a robe on over her pajamas, and took the tray to the kitchen so she could put the rose in water. Sitting down at the table she began eating her breakfast, after a few minutes of eating she began to think about all they had been through these past four years and now they were living together, engaged, and happier than ever. She looked down at her ring and twirled it around her finger, a broad smile came over her face. If someone would have told her before she started this assignment that she would be engaged to the most sincere, sweet, and caring guy there ever was she would have laughed in their face and said there was no such person and even if there was they couldn't possibly love someone as jaded as she was. Then she met Chuck and he broke through everyone of her defenses and made a permanent place for himself in her heart. She couldn't imagine life without him now. The thought caused her to smile and she decided to stop by and see Chuck after she cleaned and freshened up. She meant what she said about him surprising her, but that didn't mean she couldn't go see him. With that in mind she finished what was left of her breakfast, washed the dishes and put them up, and then got her things together for her shower.


Morgan saw Chuck coming through the door of the store, "Hey Buddy. How's your special day going with your special lady?"

"Well she definitely did not like me coming into work, but she let me go once I told her that I would make it up to her tonight," Chuck said.

"Speaking of tonight are you ready?" Morgan asked.

"I could use some extra time getting it ready. Think you could help me out little buddy?" Chuck asked hopefully.

Morgan looked offended, "Chuck you wound me. Of course I'll help you out. If you help keep it from our good Colonel that Alex and I are going away on a trip this weekend?" Morgan said looking around as if Casey could pop out at any moment."

"Does Alex know you're keeping this a secret?" Chuck asked.

"Actually, she asked me to. I think she finally realizes that although her dad is cuddly and soft and nice to her, he will indeed rip me limb from limb if he finds out about our...newfound activities,"

Chuck laughed, "Okay sure Morgan, I'll help keep it a secret. Just don't blame me if he finds out on his own,"

Morgan's face blanched, "Yeah thanks Chuck. I didn't need to know that. Anyways, go plan your romantic evening with Sarah. I'll hold things down here,"

Chuck clapped him on the back, "Thanks Morgan," Chuck quickly turned around and made his way out of the store before Jeff or Lester or anyone else could see him, so they wouldn't try toss off their work onto him thus getting in the way of his making this the perfect day for Sarah. He pulled up coordinates on the GPS of the Nerd Herder and drove out of the Buy More parking lot and towards his first stop.


About an hour after Chuck had left, Sarah pulled in the parking lot and made her way into the store. Morgan saw her and before she could reach the Nerd Herd desk he walked up to her, hoping to distract her so she wouldn't see that Chuck wasn't at work.

"Hey Morgan," Sarah said smiling at him. She of course had seen that Chuck wasn't there as soon as she walked in.

"H-hey Sarah. How are you? Are you looking for anything in particular today? We have a nice clearance going on over on the other side of the store away from the Nerd Herd desk, not that it matters how far away from the desk it is, just it's far away from… Can I help you?" Morgan babbled out. Casey had also saw Sarah walk in and then witnessed the horrible attempt Morgan was making at distracting her.

"Hey Sarah," Casey said with a cheerful voice, walking over to them also stepping in front of her, pushing Morgan out of the way, and effectively blocking her view of the Nerd Herd desk.

"Hey…John," Sarah said furrowing her brow at Casey being cheerful "Is something going on with the two you? You are both acting really weird. Is there something I should know?" dropping her voice into a whisper, "Is there a mission?"

"No, of course there isn't. Why do you say that?" Casey said in that cheerful tone again.

"What? Mission? Of course not, I mean wouldn't Chuck be here if there was a mission? And Chuck isn't on his own mission for tonight either…I mean. Ah, my bearded lips betray me again," Morgan babbled and he looked anywhere but at Sarah and Casey. Casey gave Morgan a disgusted look and softly grunted, "Moron," before putting cheerful expression again.

Sarah looked back and forth between Morgan and Casey. Morgan looked very nervous and Casey was trying to be nice yet guarded and she bursts out laughing. "I don't want to know what Chuck's planning. It's sweet that you're trying to cover for him, really, but I told him to surprise me," She laughs even harder at the shocked look on Casey's face before he manages to cover it up and Morgan's slack-jawed expression.

Casey grunts and straightens up, "Later Walker, just hope the goof doesn't flub this one. At least there's not a ring for him to drop this time," he chuckles a bit at the memory and walks away.

Sarah glares at him a bit before glancing once again down at the ring on her hand. "Thanks so much Casey," Then she looks back at Morgan and sees a curious look on his face. "What?"

"I thought you hated surprises?" he asks.

Sarah sighs recalling the reason why Chuck's second proposal plan didn't happen, "Yes I know, but Chuck wants it to be a surprise and to tell you the truth I want him to surprise me too. I mean ever since the first moment I ever saw him, he was constantly surprising me."

"What do you mean?" Morgan asked slightly surprised that she seemed like she was going to open up to him again about how she felt for Chuck.

Sarah a thoughtful look appears on her face as she remembers meeting Chuck for the first time. "I mean, here was this guy who was supposedly working with a rogue agent, supposed to have stolen government secrets, but from the first time I saw him I knew that he didn't do it. Remember when he helped that little girl and her father, that was just the sweetest thing, but right then I knew the he was something special. When we went on our first date, and after he found out things weren't exactly as they seemed, instead of running away from me when he could, he was concerned for me. He always took up for his family and friends. He never listened to us, never stayed in the car when we told him too, because we were in danger, because I was in danger. He may have this super computer in his brain, but Chuck Bartowski is the driving force behind its success. It's because of who Chuck is that we've had all these successful missions. The first, albeit unofficial, mission we went on, he dismantled a bomb with a virus, neither Casey nor I would've thought of that. Two trained seasoned spies had no clue how to disarm this bomb, but this self-proclaimed nerd comes up with an unorthodox solution right on the spot and saved a lot of lives. He has saved my life several times."

Morgan smiled, "I knew you actually loved him you know. When I first found out about this whole spy thing, I thought about the relationship between you guys, and even though he told me it was all for cover, I knew that he loved you and that you loved him too, no matter how much you tried hiding it."

Sarah smiled too, "He found me again Morgan. It's true what I said to him, without him I am nothing but a spy. You saw how I was without him. I didn't like being that way. I love him so much. I am going to be with him for the rest of our lives. So yes, a little surprise every now and then will not kill me,"

"Well good, because I'm sure what our boy has planned will blow your mind," Morgan said. Then he saw that little gleam in her eye, the same one she had when she wanted to know about both of the proposal plans. He backed away slowly, "I honestly know nothing about this one. Remember, you said you wanted to be surprised." He then turn and ran for the safety of his office.

Sarah laughed, shook her head, and thought to herself, "Well since Chuck's not here, I'll go and visit with Ellie." She walked out of the store, texted Ellie asking if she could come over and when she got Ellie's text, Of course you can come over silly :P, she drove back towards the apartments. When she got there, she lightly knocked on the Woodcomb's door, just in case Clara was sleeping, she didn't want to disturb the baby.

Ellie opens the door and when she see's Sarah she smiles, "Hey Sarah, come on in," Sarah follows her inside. "So what are you up to today?"

"Well I went to see Chuck at work-" Sarah started.

"Wait, he's at work?" Ellie asked incredulously. "Today of all days he goes into work?"

"No he's not at work, he said he was going into work...but I think he's trying to plan tonight's surprise," Sarah finished.

"Oh, not sure how he thinks he'll be able to surprise a spy but knowing my little brother and how much he loves you it will be worth it," Ellie said and then she noticed Sarah's ring when she pushed some hair behind her ear. "Oh my gosh! He actually did it! I mean I knew he was wanting to, but oh my goodness! Did this happen at the hospital? You know I've been so out of it lately with staying up with Clara all night and just trying to adjust to mom being back and just wow!" Clara, who had been sleeping in a bassinet in the living room, woke up when she heard her mom's enthusiastic response and started crying. "Oh no, I just put her down to sleep. What could she want?" Ellie picked Clara up and tried lightly rocking her, rubbing her back to see if she needed to burp, checking to see if she needed a new diaper, quietly singing to her, but it wouldn't work.

Sarah just watched the scene with slightly wide eyes as if her being there is what made Clara cry. "I'll just go if you need-"

"No!" Ellie cut her off. "In fact, why don't you hold her? Maybe she'll calm down with Auntie Sarah," Ellie finished with a teasing but pleading grin.

Sarah squirmed at the thought but she gave in, after all who says no to Ellie, "Okay..." she hesitantly said. When Ellie set Clara in her arms she stiffened. Clara cries got softer and the more Sarah relaxed, the quieter Clara got. Sarah smiled down at the baby and she lightly trailed a finger across her soft cheek. "She's so small...so adorable..." Clara's little fingers latched onto Sarah's finger and held tightly. "...strong too," Sarah gently rocked back and forth as Clara fell back asleep in her arms, still holding onto Sarah's finger. "Maybe someday you'll have a little cousin to play with. I think I'd like that, definitely a little Chuck or maybe a little Sarah..." Sarah whispered. Ellie just grinned watching Sarah bond with her future niece, she almost squealed when she heard Sarah mention having kids one day, but she held it in, not wanting to ruin this beautiful moment. She did get her phone and take a picture of it, making a note to send it to Chuck.