My first fanfic and I'm just freehanding it so I have no idea what direction this story will take. Buckle up it will probably be a bumpy ride.

No I don't own chuck.

Set sometime after season 2 ends....

Chuck stared out over the water as the waves lapped against the beach. Overhead the moon slowly arced its way across the night sky. The stars looked down upon our unlikely hero as he sat in the same place that he considered the starting point for this whole adventure.

The morning sun was beginning to color the sky as Sarah sat down beside Chuck in the sand. A comfortable moment of silence passed between the two.

Finally Sarah broke the silence, "How long you been here?"

Chuck looked over and smiled, "All night, but you already knew that."

Sarah smiled, "What kind of CIA agent would I be if I didn't?" Sarah leaned into Chuck's side and held his hand, "Talk to me Chuck."

Chuck laughed softly to himself before he answered, " This is so much like the first time we were here together in some ways. And in others its so much different. Two years ago I looked at having the intersect in my head as a curse. I hated Bryce for what he had done to me and couldn't understand why he had done it. I was worried that my normal life was going to be ruined forever by all these government secrets in my head. And in most every way it was ruined. My life was anything but normal for these last 2 years."

Sarah's grip tightened on Chuck's hand but he pushed on.

"But somewhere along the way I fell in love with the most amazing and non normal girl I've ever met. And I slowly realized that if I'd had my normal life that I'd have never met her. Along the way I've helped saved lives, lots of them. In some tiny way I think I've helped make the world a better place. And I've come to understand why you love what you do so much. That feeling of having helped people and dare I say having been a hero, it never gets old."

Chucked paused a moment before continuing, "But it doesn't compare to the feeling of having you in my life for real. Nothing compares to that feeling. You can't imagine how my heart nearly exploded when Bryce told me you had decided to stay with me." Chuck winced as he felt Sarah stiffen up against his side and speak, "You knew? And you still uploaded the new intersect?" Sarah took a deep breath and Chuck realized he better cut her off before she blew a gasket, "Sarah please let me finish."

Sarah let the air out in a sigh but didn't relax as Chuck continued, "Bryce told me that Fulcrum is only part of a bigger group of bad guys he called the Ring. We managed to take apart Fulcrum piece by piece even when I hated having this thing in my head. When I felt like it had been forced on me and I resented the hell out of it."

Chuck looked down into Sarah's eyes as he continued, "But when I was standing there at the new computer I thought back over the last 2 years. And I realized that for once I understood why Beckman worked so hard to keep the intersect in my head. Because our team can accomplish what many other teams can't. We can destroy Fulcrum and possibly the Ring as well. I hope you don't hate me for the fact that I had to upload the new intersect. I hope you know that I did it because it was the right thing to do. I hope you will still stay with me because I'm not sure I can do this without you. And I hope you still care about me in spite of the roadblock I've placed between us."

Sarah barely hesitated before swinging herself over to straddle Chucks lap. She gave him a quick but passionate kiss before she replied, "How could I ever hate you for doing the right thing? The fact that you always do the right thing is one of the reasons I fell in love with you. How could I ever leave you? I was giving up being in the CIA for you. The only thing that's ever made sense and felt right in my life until you came along. But there are 2 problems. First is that I cannot go back to the way we were. It was tearing us apart and I cannot lose you Chuck. Without you I have nothing."

Chuck gave her a huge smile, "Agreed, I cannot imagine having you in my life and it not being real anymore."

Sarah smiled back, "Good then we will talk to Beckman today. And it really doesn't matter what she says because if she tried to reassign me I'll just resign and stay with you anyways. Which will mean that I'm going to be out of the loop for the most part. But I'll still protect you as much as I can. And if she lets me stay as your handler then its not really a problem at all."

Chuck nodded and Sarah continued, "The second problem is the fact that you never listen when Casey and I tell you to stay in the car. I know that the intersect has downloaded some abilities in you. But that isn't training, and it surely isn't field experience. If you want to do this then we are going to have to train you as a real agent. The intersect will make certain things easier but it will still be hard. I want you to be able to take care of yourself as well as being protected by me. I want our normal life together when this is all over with, and I can only do that if your still alive."

Chuck gave Sarah an intense look, "It took us 2 years to get to this point. I'm not letting anything take me away from you or you from me. I need you to trust me on that....."

Sarah's phone began to vibrate. As she attempted to fish it out of her back pocket Chuck stretched out in the sand. Sarah laid down on top of him and laid her head on his chest as she answered it. "Walker, Secure......Understood........Yes, he's here with me..........Yes I'll bring him......No he's not dehydrated........I'm not sure honestly but we are going to talk to Beckman about it.........Well you would probably try.......See you then."

Sarah put her phone away and relaxed on Chuck again, "That was Casey, we have a meeting at 1800. Let's grab some breakfast and a nap at my hotel room before we head over for the briefing."

Chuck laughed, "A nap huh? The briefing is like 12 hours away. I'd hate to see what you classify as truly sleeping."

Sarah stopped and gave Chuck a smoldering look, "And you'll be lucky if you get 2 hours sleep between now and then."

Chuck did the only smart thing he could think of, he shut his mouth and took off at a run for the car.