What could have been.

Chuck vs. The Intersect

Sarah strolled along the beach front, carrying her boots in her hands as she felt the cold sand slip between her toes. She looked on to see the sun descending in the sky, creating a perfect horizon. The tide washed away the markings on the sand, but the same couldn't be said for her problems.

She stood beside Chuck, noticing how distressed he looked she decided to wait for him to speak.

"How long have you been here?" He said, his eyes focusing on the sea.

"All night." She said, sitting down barely an inch away from him.

"There's nowhere I can run, is there?" Chuck replied, almost sighing.

"Not from us." She looked at him as he stared on ahead. "Talk to me Chuck."

"Yesterday I was making twelve bucks an hour fixing computers, now, I have one in my brain." He took a breath before he continued. "I can't figure out why Bryce did this, why he chose me."

"What are you going to do with me? What happens now?" He was suddenly curious.

"For now you go back to your own life, we'll protect you and you'll work with us."

"My sister and my friends, what do I tell them?" He asked.

"For now you tell them nothing to keep them safe." She said, he felt his heart drop as the gravity of the situation hit him.

A small silence ensued. "I need you to do one more thing for me." Sarah said.

What now? Chuck thought. You want me to trade my hand in for a gun? Make me the next bionic man?

"What?"

"Trust me, Chuck." She whispered, as a magical jolt shot through his body as they locked eyes. Butterflies exploded in the pit of her stomach and continued to rise and pulled on the strings of Sarah's heart.

"I can do that." He smiled as he relaxed and let his head rest on the sand.

"I know this is a lot for you, Chuck." Sarah said, lying back with him. She didn't know what it was about him but she felt totally at ease.

"Well, yeah, it is." He replied, angling himself so that his questioning brown eyes shone into hers.

"I promise I'll always protect you." Sarah turned away once she heard how cheesy it sounded out loud.

"Thanks." He smiled. "So, our first date, was it all fake?

"No, most of that was all me, except for the fact that I don't usually dance like that." Sarah grinned.

"What? Aw man, I loved that dancing, though it made me feel slightly awkward. You were practically between my legs and everything!" He exclaimed, as the images replayed in his head.

"I was throwing knifes, at different angles, the dancing what just a decoy." Sarah turned around again so that their eyes locked and at that moment she felt so attracted to Chuck.

She couldn't understand it though, he was just her new asset. Bryce had only just died, but even though she didn't think that she actually loved Bryce, she wasn't sure she was over him yet. She sighed deeply, closed her eyes and listened to the tide as it swished inwards and outwards.

She heard Chuck breathing softly beside her and she turned to him, cupping her head in the palm of her hands. He looked back at her and felt something arising in him, he didn't know what it was but he did know that he hadn't felt like this since Jill.

He had only just met this woman, but felt as if he had known her his whole life, he smiled contently to himself as the wind binded itself around him and took off with his troubling thoughts. At that moment, there was no intersect, no people trying to kill him, it was just him lying next to an exceptionally beautiful woman.

Sarah knew that she would have to tell Chuck about Casey working alongside him at Buy More and her working just across the way from him, but she didn't want to throw it all on him too quickly.

His eyes bore into hers, and saw a light behind her eyes that was different from when he had first met her, they weren't cold and professional, they were warm and tender. He couldn't understand how one woman's eyes could tell him so much.

Chuck didn't think that he had ever seen anyone as beautiful as Sarah. Her hair was a golden-blonde colour that shone in the evening sunlight, her eyes - those eyes, so gorgeous and blue with a lifetime of stories behind them. And she was the perfect height, tall with willowy, slender limbs - the type of body that only supermodels had, like the ones in the magazines Ellie had bought as a teenager.

Sarah watched Chuck scanning her body upwards and downwards and felt unfamiliarly self-conscious, like any woman, she had things that she didn't like about her body. She never usually felt this nervous though, she had no idea why but she felt excited and nauseous at the same time.

She loved the way Chuck's hair was wild and unruly but didn't clash with his kind, chocolate eyes. And yes, he was nerdy, but she found that so attractive. Though, she didn't actually recognise her feelings yet, but they were slowly moulding into a crush. Not a childish, pathetic crush where she could write his name over and over again and doodle hearts next to it, but something that might develop into an emotional obsession.

"Why are you looking at me like that, Sarah?" Chuck asked, as she tore her eyes away from his crotch area.

"Like what?" Sarah almost blushed, but she hid her embarrassment behind her rock-hard spy exterior.

"Like you want to eat me!" Chuck laughed.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Sarah apologised, but didn't think to mention that he had been looking at her the same way not five minutes ago.

"I don't know what it is about this beach, but I feel a lot better now. It's not like the tide can wash away my troubles but it certainly can make you forget for a while." Chuck smiled, as the soothing waves reflected in his eyes.

"I know what you mean, one time I was on this really tough mission and-" She stopped herself before she said too much.

"And what?" Chuck misunderstood her pause and thought she was about to continue.

"Nothing." She breathed as Chuck finally understood that she was not a woman for sharing or caring, she was just his new 'handler' and that was that. He already knew that he was developing a crush on her but he really didn't want it to, where would it get him? He would only fall down the unwanted path of heartbreak.

"Okay." He got to her feet and looked at his watch. Sarah stood up too, so that she was only a few inches away from him.

"We'd better go." Sarah said, but she didn't move, she was transfixed on his eyes.

"Yeah." Chuck said, he didn't move either. He moved a little closer to her as he almost felt the heat of her breath on his cheek.

She felt like he was going to kiss her, she tore his gaze from his and walked in the direction of her car. She had spent years and years building a wall around herself, she wasn't about to let it down now. Her father had taught her, don't show your feelings, you'll only get hurt.

Chuck exhaled and put his hands into his pockets, he needed to go home now and get himself into work. And face his worried sister, he had been out all night.

He thought this whole spy thing was going to be hard, with Sarah Walker, he had another thing coming.

So, what did you think? I know I'm doing missing moments but they're not going to get together yet in my story. So my aim is to take a Charah moment from each episode and let my imagination take over, because we don't know what happened after these moments.

Next up: Chuck versus the Helicopter. What did happen during the dinner between Chuck, Ellie, Sarah and Awesome at Wienerlicious?

Oh, and please review!

Emma, 14, UK. (* I added it again to correct my mistake)