Chuck and Sarah vs The Family Life

AN: Hey guys, this is my take on what Chuck and Sarah's life could be like if they had kids. Not sure if it's going to be a oneshot or a multi chapter fic. I'm not really sure. Anyways, tell me what you think. I might end up turning into a story mainly about the Bartowski kids, I dunno. You guys have to tell me what you think. Please review and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Chuck. If I did Shaw wouldn't be in the plot.

-00Awesome

"SJ! Come on get up!" Sarah Bartowski called to her second son. The 10 year old rolled over onto his side, trying to ignore his mother's call.

"Come on, you're dad's making pancakes for breakfast." This got his attention. "If you don't come down now, Tyler and Sam will have finished them."

SJ bolted upright. "You're bluffing, mom."

"Maybe," Sarah smiled. "But are you willing to risk your pancakes?"

SJ briefly considered it before he threw the covers off and ran down the stairs to the kitchen. Sarah smiled and made her way downstairs where Chuck and the other two were waiting. Chuck was finished frying pancakes and was starting to wash the pan.

"Morning," he greeted her with a peck on the lips.

"Morning," she greeted back and took a sip of coffee. "I finally got your son up."

"I know. He ran down the stairs yelling about pancakes. And for the record he's your son too. He really doesn't like getting up early."

"He does not."

"I think he gets that from you," Chuck grinned at his wife.

She playfully smacked him. "I guess he does."

"At least he doesn't murder his alarm clock."

"You know he gets his spy skills from me." She retorted playfully. "They all do," she grinned back at him. "And you never know, maybe someday in the future he might."

"God I hope not. I'll have to spend a fortune replacing alarm clocks for the both of you."

After thirteen years of marriage Chuck and Sarah had three children. The eldest was eleven year old Tyler Charles Bartowski, he had his mother's blonde hair and his father's brown eyes. Tyler had definitely inherited Sarah's athletic skills and was one hell of an athlete who played for a couple of school teams but was a bit of a nerd at heart, which Chuck was incredibly proud of.

The second was Steven John Bartowski or SJ for short, SJ had blue eyes and curly brown hair, which he whined continuously about, forcing Sarah to have his hair cut short, so he would stop complaining. He was far more of nerd than his older brother and was one of the smartest kids in class. Despite being a nerd he had inherited a lot of Sarah's spy skills as did his other two siblings, although he seemed to have gotten more.

The third child and only daughter of Chuck and Sarah was Samantha Emma "Sam" Bartwoski. Eight year old Sam was nearly a carbon copy of her mother, blonde hair and blue eyes with a few of her father's facial features. She was just entering second grade. She was both smart and a keen athlete which gave her a lot of potential to become like either of her brothers

Chuck and Sarah entered the dining room, where the Bartowski kids were hastily eating breakfast. It was the first day of school and none of them were very keen to go back after a summer of awesomeness.

"So, Ty, you excited for fifth grade?" Chuck asked his eldest son. Tyler seemed more interested in his pancakes than his father's question. Another thing that he'd inherited from Sarah was that he was not very chatty and sometimes kept to himself.

"Not really," he replied. "I imagine it's like fourth grade, just harder and with a different teacher."

"How about you Sam? Excited for second grade?"

She shrugged. "It's okay I guess. I'd rather summer lasted the whole year."

Sam and Tyler were both dressed for school. SJ quickly finished his pancakes and headed upstairs to get dressed for school. It was nearly 8:25, the doorbell rang and Chuck went to get it. He opened the door to find Ellie, Devon and their kids, thirteen year old Clara and seven year old Chris.

"Hey, guys," Chuck greeted them. "What a nice surprise, Sarah and the kids are in the kitchen."

"Hey, baby brother," Ellie greeted him. "We figured we'd send the kids off together. You know Chris is starting first grade."

"Yeah, I figured," Chuck said picking up his nephew; he'd grown a lot over the summer. He turned to his niece. "Clara, last year of middle school, right?"

"Yep," she said. "Junior high next year."

"Hey, bro, can I talk to you for a minute?" Devon asked Chuck. Chuck nodded and the two men made their way out of the living room.

"Is everything, okay, Devon?" Chuck asked. He seemed to be acting kind of odd.

"Um I just got a call from my mom yesterday she and my dad are gonna stay with me and Ellie for two weeks and I know that Ellie always starts freaking out when my parents come over. I mean do you remember when they came to visit for Chris' seventh birthday? The days leading up to it were not awesome."

Chuck remembered Ellie freaking out, cleaning like a mad man, attempting to cook every dish as if she was on Hell's Kitchen. And he certainly did not want a repeat of the last thanksgiving Devon's parents visited.

"So what do you want me to do?" Chuck asked. "I can't exactly stop your parents from visiting."

"I was thinking maybe you could calm her down, when she needs it. You know like be someone she can vent to or something, I dunno. Anything that will keep her from totally freaking out so I can get some sleep at night."

"Devon, I'm sure she won't be that bad. Isn't she used to it by now?" Chuck asked.

"No way bro. I mean you'd think that but the last time my parents came she was complaining to me every night, I hadn't not slept that much since we brought Chris home from the hospital."

"Of course I'll help you out Devon," Chuck told his brother in law.

"Thanks, Chuckster. You are a life saver."

"It's what I do."

Chuck and Devon made their way into the kitchen where everyone else had gone into. Sarah and Ellie were talking about the new school year, while Clara was giving Tyler some new tips for the fifth grade.

"It's pretty okay," she said. "Unless you get Mrs. Burgess, she's a real pain, gives you detention for everything..."

"SJ down yet?" Chuck asked.

"No," Sarah replied. "I haven't seen him."

"I'll go up, see if he's okay," Chuck said heading upstairs. He approached SJ's room and knocked on the door.

"SJ?" No reply. He knocked again. "SJ you alright?" Still no answer, Chuck opened the door and saw his son, fully dressed staring out the window, he seemed to be in a trance, zoning out and not paying much attention to his surroundings. He reminded Chuck so much of himself.

"SJ, you okay?" he asked sitting down next to his son on the bed.

"Huh? Oh yeah, um I'm fine. Fine-totally, yeah" he said not very convincingly. Chuck sighed. SJ may have inherited Sarah's spy skills, but what he'd gotten from Chuck made him a not very adequate liar. Then again, he was only ten years old.

"Come on, buddy. Talk to me, what's up?" he asked. "Nervous for the first day at school?"

"I dunno, Dad. I mean sometimes I feel like I'm always gonna get compared to Tyler and I'm not gonna match up cause he's smart and sporty and plays for like five different clubs. And I'm...well I'm kinda just a nerd."

Chuck wondered where all this was coming from. He and Sarah had never compared SJ to Tyler and as far as he knew none of SJ's friends did either. And then suddenly it hit him. This was about a girl.

"SJ, by any chance is this about a girl?"

"A girl? Pfft, nah, dad I'm in the fourth grade. I'm not worried about girls. I mean if anything you should worry about Tyler I mean he's in the fifth grade...and I don't really hang out with girls, but Tyler does and so he's the one you should be worried about and not me so...yeah, " SJ rambled. Yup, this was totally about a girl.

"What's her name SJ?" Chuck deadpanned.

SJ sighed. "Her name is Lucy Shields. She was in my class last year."

"And you like her?"

"Kinda. But you know, I'm not really her type. I think. She likes sporty guys and bad boys and cool guys like that."

Chuck hadn't imagined having this conversation with SJ for a couple of years but he supposed he might as well tell him now then wait till it was too late. He wondered about everything SJ had said and what had happened for him to think about it this seriously.

"Want my advice, kiddo?" He nodded his head. "First of all, I wouldn't take any of this stuff too seriously. You're in the fourth grade, you still have a lot of time ahead of you to worry about girls and you being their types and them liking you. Second, you won't get compared to you brother, people like you for you, not your siblings." SJ nodded his head once again. "And third, don't worry about not getting girls because you're a nerd. Because by being a nerd is how I got your mom to marry me. You don't always have to be Prince Charming, SJ. Sometimes the nerd does get the girl."

SJ smiled. "I get it now. Thanks dad."

"Good to hear it, now you should probably get down if you don't wanna miss the bus."

Chuck and SJ came down just two minutes before the bus arrived. Chuck, Sarah, Ellie and Awesome wished their kids a good first day before they got on the bus. After that, Ellie and Awesome went back to their place.

"So what happened with SJ?" Sarah asked.

"Oh, he was worried about being compared to Tyler and he has a crush on this girl in class and being a nerd. But I told him not to worry and sometimes," Chuck flashed his famous Bartowski grin. "The nerd gets the girl."

"That is true," Sarah grinned back at her husband. Their lives were finally normal. There was no more CIA, no more spying, no more Intersect, no more constantly almost getting killed. If someone had told her back when she was sent on her mission to find the Intersect that she would be happily married to a wonderful guy, with three kids who she could not love more, she would have told them they were crazy. And maybe tranqed them because they might have been mental. But the truth was she could not have been happier.

"I love you," she said.

"I love you too," he replied giving her a kiss.

AN: Okay, so good? Bad? Okay? Terrible. Please review and tell me what you think. Also tell me if I should make this a multi chapter or not. Thanks for reading.