This is a two-part story based on the Chuck TV show.
CHUCK VS THE PLAN
Chuck awoke Tuesday morning feeling hopeful about his plight for the first time in…maybe since he gotten blindsided with the Intersect in his head. Yeah, it might just work. One thing for sure, he had to hand it to Awesome. The guy could sling some verbal crap. All the Tony Robbins self-actualization mumbo-jumbo sounded pretty impressive after he had a few brewskis at one in the morning. Throw in Awesome's conviction and Chuck had become a convert. Well, not really, but he had to do something. Look, Awesome got the chicks, I mean, he gotten Elle didn't he? and he knew his sister was quite a catch. If it worked for Awesome, then it might just work for Chuck. He was sick and tired of being a pawn in other people's games. Enough. Time to make some moves.
He thought of Sarah. Always Sarah. Not five minutes went by in a day without his mind drifting to her. What a total knockout. She was everything Chuck could possibly dream of in a woman and more. She was gorgeous beyond words. She was smart, loyal, cool, a great listener, supportive, athletic, great at her job. Oh, and deadly. It all started and ended with her. This whole plan was just a way for them to be together. Yes, he did love her. He was sure of it. He wasn't sure where he stood with her. One day he thought she was crazy about him and then she would do something cold-blooded and rob his confidence. The next day she was all business and Chuck thought that all he was to her was just a job. Then she would stare at him a few seconds longer than needed or she would go out of her way to give him a cover kiss that spoke volumes or she would call him just before going to bed and make up some mission-related excuse when it was plain that she just wanted to hear his voice. During those moments he was positive he felt something deep. She had to be into him. She had to be. And so it had gone back and forth for months and months this way. Swinging between hope and despair, intense emotional intimacy and awkward indifference. And always the job excuse; of the need to protect him and she couldn't protect him if she got involved, blah, blah, blah. But no more. Awesome's talk had hit a nerve. It was time to crap or get off the pot. No more Mr. Nice Guy. OK, just a little of bit of Mr. Nice Guy with a dash of bold and aggressive thrown in for measure. Or maybe it was mostly dashing and bold with just a little bit of Mr. Nice Guy. Whatever the recipe, things were never going to be the same after today.
He walked into the Orange Orange while Sarah was all alone getting the store ready to open. Perfect.
"Morning Chuck." She said with a smile. "What are you doing here so early? Don't tell me you got a craving for one of my special banana fruit smoothies?" She was playing cute today. She was using her cute voice. He knew it well.
Chuck paused for confidence. He swallowed hard. Twice. OK. Here it goes. Phase 1 here it goes. "Sarah'" Chuck swallowed again. Damn, he was losing his nerve.
"What is it Chuck? Is everything alright?"
"Fine. Fine" replied Chuck. "No, it isn't fine." Chuck took several steps closer to be right in front of Sarah. He then looked around at the hidden monitors, grabbed her hand and led her back into the kitchen to a blind spot where the cameras couldn't see them.
"Here goes. I love you Sarah." The words came out of Chuck in rapid-fire delivery. The next time he said it slower, pausing on each word. "I love you Sarah."
Sarah was stunned. It took a second for her to recover and by that time Chuck was kissing her. "I can't. I have to protect you…" Chuck kissed her again. "I love you Sarah." After a few seconds of more kissing, Sarah snapped back into her Agent Sarah mode and tried to push Chuck off. "We can't. Beckman will reassign me." It didn't work. Chuck kissed her more strongly and hungrily this time and he could feel her resistance wavering. Their foreheads touched and in between gasps of air Chuck said, "Sarah, let me handle Beckman. Tell me that you don't love me and I'll stop." "Say it Sarah. Say you don't love me." It was no use. Sarah's resistance caved. She just couldn't deny herself anymore. She had spent a lifetime erecting walls to protect her from her true feelings and now when she needed her sanctuary most, it was gone. She had nowhere to hide from herself anymore. All those buried feelings of longing, love, and lust came erupting out of her. "I love you Chuck. I love you so much!" The words streamed out her as tears welled up in her eyes. "I love you!"
"That's all I needed to hear." Said Chuck. The entire well of suppressed feelings came poring out of both of them as they tore off each other's clothes and made mad, passionate love right there in the kitchen.
Sure, the Orange Orange sink wasn't on anyone's top 10 list of romantic spots, but when the government has spy satellites tracking your every move, you can't exactly walk in, reserve the honeymoon suite at the Four Seasons, put the 'Do Not Disturb" sign on the door, and go to town.
Next up - Phase 2.
