Chapter 1: Kiss

Chuck Bartowski had never been so nervous in his life.

Of all the dangerous situations he had been in (including spy missions), this situation was by far the most frightening he had ever been in. After all, something valuable had been stolen from him. This mission had to succeed because so much was at stake. If he didn't succeed, he wouldn't just loose his life, he would lose his heart.

His mission was to bring his wife, Sarah, back to him.

That being said, he had never been so certain either. He knew how much he loved Sarah. And that love alone is what made him drive to that beach, somehow knowing that Sarah would be there. And she was. His love for her gave him the confidence to sit down next to her, ask her to trust him, and tell her their love story.

That daring confidence also gave him the guts to suggest one of Morgan Grime's crazy plans; that Chuck and Sarah should kiss so that Sarah's memories would come flooding back.

And she agreed to the plan.

As Chuck went in for the kiss, his heart beat violently in his chest as he wondered what would happen after that fateful moment. But as soon as their lips touched, he felt a sense of comfort and familiarity. After all, Sarah was the love of his life. Even if she didn't remember, that fact wouldn't change. He gently put his hand on her face as they continued to kiss. The truth was that neither one of them wanted this moment in time to end.

Eventually, after a couple minutes of kissing, Sarah pulled away. She looked at him, and although she had a small smile on her face, she also had tears in her eyes. She looked at him silently.

"Well…" Chuck asked her in a gentle voice. "Do you remember now?" He also had tears in his eyes, but he was doing his best to be strong for her.

"Not…not everything." she said slowly.

They sat in silence looking out at the ocean for a minute before Sarah turned to Chuck and said, "I do remember something…"

"Really?" Chuck asked with a hopeful smile. Maybe she remembered our wedding, or how we met." he thought to himself. "Or maybe she remembers a certain mission. At this point, any memories at all would be good." "What do you remember?"

"I remember that I love you, Chuck." she responded with a slight grin.

Chuck looked at her with a confused look on his face. "Are you talking about how we met, or the memories we shared together?" Chuck asked. "Because I just told you about those…"

"No, this is different. It's not a head knowledge. I just know in my heart how much I love you." After a brief pause she continued. "I know, it's not a concrete memory like you were hoping, but-

At that point, Chuck interrupted her by suddenly sitting up and reaching to hug Sarah. As they hugged, he said "Sarah, the fact that you love me is the best thing I could have hoped you would remember."

"Don't worry Chuck…I won't leave you." Sarah told him. At that point, a few small tears started to stream down his face.

They pulled apart a bit, and Sarah wiped the tears off his face. "You know, it is ok for you to cry." she told him.

"But I'm not sad…I'm just really, really happy." he said with a smile. And that statement was 100% true. After all, maybe the plan didn't go as magically as Morgan had hoped. She still didn't remember many things. And they had hard times coming ahead. But Sarah had remembered the most important thing:

How much she loved Chuck.

As he was thinking about all this, Sarah told him "Chuck, I think we should go to the hospital."

"Ok, why?" Chuck asked her. "Are you feeling ok?"

"I'm feeling fine, Chuck….but we need to see Ellie."

"Ellie? You mean my sister Ellie? She's in Chicago now. Anyway, what has she got to do with this?"

"She's a doctor, Chuck. And a good one at that. Plus, she has studied the Intersect before, and how it affects the brain. I think she can help me remember everything."

At this point, Chuck looked at Sarah with his mouth hanging open. Sarah, meanwhile, looked confused.

"What did I say?" she asked.

He responded slowly. "When I was telling you our story earlier, I mentioned Ellie. But I never said anything about her being a good doctor, or about her studying the Intersect. You must have remembered those things on your own."

"I guess I did." she told him with a big smile.

Chuck couldn't help but grin. Over the past few days he had seen her memories coming back, little by little. "Well then," he said with a smile, "let's get you a doctor's appointment."

Chuck and Sarah then got up and started walking to his car. As they were walking, he pulled out his cell-phone and called his sister.

"Hey Ellie, it's Chuck. I know you are in Chicago now…feel like having some visitors? Great, because I have a patient for you. Yep, it's Sarah. Alright, we'll talk to you in a bit."

And with that, Chuck smiled at his wife and drove to the hospital, both of them hopeful that Ellie would be able to restore Sarah's memories.