DeAnna Lisa Wexler
and
Charles Irving Bartowski
cordially invite you to celebrate
their union in holy matrimony
on Sunday June 19th 2010
4 O'clock p.m.
The Swan Lake Area
at
The Beverly Hills Hotel
The Morning Of
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6:00 a.m.
June 19, 2010
The sound of an alarm slowly wakes Chuck and Sarah out of their slumber. Chuck is laying on right his side facing the alarm clock and blindly reaches over to hit the button in order to turn it off. The husband-to-be slowly opens his eyes and a smile appears on his lips as he realizes the big day is at hand to wed the woman he loves with all his heart. He briefly closes his eyes as he takes a satisfying deep breath of contentment as he lays there on his right side above the covers.
In that instant, he can't help but think he's the luckiest man alive to marry a woman who is so awesomely beautiful that he actually wants someone to pinch him to check if he actually isn't dreaming. If he is, then the past 3 and half years were sort of like the episode of Dallas where the death of Bobby didn't actually happen. It's as if it was all merely a dream by Pam who woke up to find him in the shower.
However, the curly haired, brown eyed business owner knows that it isn't a dream because he is fully aware of his surroundings right now. He felt his hand hitting the off button to the arm clock. He can hear the sound of the ceiling fan spinning above him. He feels the air circulating from the ceiling fan as it lightly hits against his skin. All his senses are heightened at this point causing him to be aware that he is truly awake.
Nobody can take this away from me or Sarah Chuck thinks to himself. He, as well as his loving soon-to-be wife have come this far and experienced so much to come to this point. In his mind, everything they've experienced in the past 3 and a half years has lead up to this point. At the end of today, no matter what happens he is going to be a happily married man.
To him, its an absolute fact rather than fiction and he will challenge anyone to either tell him otherwise to his face or even try to attempt to stop him or Sarah from doing so. If an attempt is made they will have to contend with his sister Ellie, Sarah's sister Cassidy, and not to mention Casey who will quite possibly bag em', gag em', and make em' disappear before or during the impending nuptials.
As Chuck is lying there with a smile on his face, Sarah gradually opens her eyes to where a smile slowly creeps on her lips. It's impossible for her to hide the excitement on her face. So many thoughts are running through her head at the moment but the one main thought she is focusing on is that she's marrying the man who has given her everything she could possibly want and so much more.
The blonde haired, blue eyed beauty takes a deep breath of absolute satisfaction knowing she is going to marry her soul mate. A man who she is meant to be with and has always loved her even though there were moments where she didn't deserved to be loved because of her past. Yet, it didn't matter to him as he essentially helped her bring closure to her past to the point where she can now live in the present and look forward to the future.
A future filled with happiness, contentment, joy, security, passion, respect, intimacy, faith, hope, trust, honestly, love and everything in between. What more can a woman ask for Sarah thinks to herself. To her, it just so unbelievable and yet it so very real at the same time she couldn't help but be giddy for the experience of a lifetime. An experience should never imagined coming to fruition for her own future.
The future. For her, it never really had meaning until now. The days of living from a suitcase and having her passport stamped but not being able to visit the breathtaking sights are over. She has a reason to finally unpack her suitcase for good and set down stable roots in one place instead of bouncing around from one assignment to another in different areas of the world alone.
It's a future where she can actually see herself growing old and having a family with Chuck whereas in the past before ever meeting him her future was consider in her own mind bleak. No family. No growing old. A life as a career spy and nothing else. It was all she ever knew...has known but an assignment to Burbank, Los Angeles would undoubtedly change all that as she stepped through the Buy More doors to where she would stand face to face with absolute true happiness.
Nerd gets government secrets downloaded into his brain. Girl is sent to protect him. Nerd falls in love with girl. Girl is sworn to protect the nerd at all costs. Nerd and girl form a cover relationship. Nerd and girl have a rollercoaster relationship. Nerd shares his feelings but the girl doesn't. Obstacles come between nerd and girl. Nerd and girl conquer obstacles to be together. A untold love story for the ages.
The brief moment is over for Chuck as he opens his eyes to check the time and sees that its 6:01 a.m. He knows its early especially after the bachelor party last night that Awesome threw and he can most definitely feel the throbbing in his head to where he can sleep a few more hours but he's up anyways. Sarah has the same mindset after the bachelorette party her sister Cassidy threw for her.
It's at this point, Chuck and Sarah both turn their heads to instinctively look at each other but unfortunately they instead find themselves looking at someone else laying next to them. The person Chuck is looking at next to him is his best friend Morgan in Sarah's spot while Sarah sees her sister Cassidy laying in Chuck's spot. They both slept in different houses/apartments the night before the wedding and would see each other when Sarah walks down the isle.
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Casa Bartowski
6:15 a.m.
June 19, 2010
Chuck gets out of bed still wearing the clothes he wore last night. He shuffles out of his bedroom door and into the hallway. He passes the open doorway of the guest bedroom to see Travis passed out on the bed while his next door neighbor Rusty Ryan is on the floor. He shakes his head and then proceeds to the living room but before heading there he not only sees a light on in the kitchen but hears a commotion in there as well. He wonders who is up at this hour.
When he reaches the open doorway to the kitchen he leans forward taking a peek inside. His eyes narrow as he sees Sarah's father bright eyed and bushytailed causing him to step forward and stands in the middle of the open doorway with a look of curiosity. "Mr. Wexler, what are you doing up this early?" questioned Chuck.
Jeremiah Wexler turns around holding a metal egg whisker in his right hand while holding against his stomach a bowl filled with what else eggs. He expresses a grin towards his future son-in-law. "I'm making breakfast son…" he said. "…and you don't need to call me Mr. Wexler. Call me dad." added. Wexler.
The memories of last night are a bit hazy for Chuck. He knows there was a lot of drinking and partying going on for his bachelor party but he doesn't know whether or not Sarah's father drank as much as much as they did. If he did drink as they did, he wouldn't be that chipper this early in the morning or for that matter wouldn't be in the kitchen cooking breakfast for a group of guys who may puke at the sight of the food.
However, he had to give it up to his soon-to-be father in law for quite possibly being the responsible drinker of the group and watching out for them. As far as he knows, personal property wasn't damaged, everybody had a good time, and nobody got arrested ending up in jail at least he hopes so being that Awesome, as well as Casey have not been accounted for as of yet.
"Yeah, okay dad." he responded with a yawn reaching up to scratch his head. As Wexler commences to beat the eggs in the bowl the sound causes Chuck to wince.
The soon-to-be father in law of one Charles Irving Bartowski notices him sticking the metal egg whisker in the bowl and reaches into his pocket in order to get something out. After a few seconds, he gets Chuck's attention. "Chuck…" The man with the hangover who is currently rubbing his eyes puts his hands down to see Wexler about to toss something over to him. "…I know you need this so catch." he said tossing it underhanded to him.
He catches the object being tossed with both hands. When he looks at it, it's a bottle of aspirin. He shakes the bottle a bit hearing the contents inside and then peers up holding the bottle in his right hand acknowledging his efforts. "Thanks dad."
"No problem son." he replied back. "I've got more for the rest of the guys when they eventually wake up." added Wexler.
"Good to know." answered the man with a serious hangover.
As he says that, Casey stumbles into and leans against the doorway of the kitchen wincing from the brightness of the kitchen lights. "Keep the noise down will ya." he softly grunted.
Chuck wondered where the burly NSA agent was and he got his answer. He apparently passed out in the living room and ended up sleeping on the black leather couch. Now that he's accounted for that just leaves Awesome leading him to question Casey on the whereabouts of his brother-in-law he thinks to himself. "Casey, is Devon in the living room with you by any chance?"
Casey grunts and glances over to the living room and sees 2 unconscious bodies. He shuffles over to the living room but as he does he nearly trips over something. He glances down to see feet sticking from underneath the dining room table, which are strewn with bottles of beer on top of the table. He kneels down pulls whoever it is from underneath the table to see that it isn't Devon but rather one of Chuck's employees from Whiz Kid Systems, Inc.
He pushes himself up and holds on to the table in order to not fall down to the floor. He then shuffles over to plop himself down on the black leather couch and when he does he sees 2 more people passed out on the floor none of which are Devon. "Nope..." he grunted "…no Devon."
Upon hearing that from the hallway, he decides to look in his game room. He turns nearly tripping himself in the process towards the game room just a few feet away. It takes a few seconds but he finally reaches it and turns on the light to see one of his employees Trip Barclay passed out in the chair with a bottle of beer in one hand and a game controller in another.
He shakes his head wondering where Devon is. It's at this point, Chuck decides to head back to his bedroom and take a shower in the master bathroom. He shuffles past Casey snoring up a storing on the black leather couch and heads down the hallway towards his bedroom. Once in the master bathroom he turns on the light and as he does so winces due to how bright it is. He deals with it and almost immediately opens the bottle of aspirin.
It take a matter of seconds for Chuck to pop a few aspirin into his mouth and then takes a sip of water from the bathroom sink. After doing that, he peers up looking at himself in the mirror and once again a smile appears on his face as he realizes this afternoon he'll be a married man. He then takes a deep breath grabbing a towel behind him and then side shuffles over reaching into the small crack provided by the shower curtain turning on the shower cold side first.
As he does that, he immediately hears a scream coming from behind the curtain causing him to become startled nearly falling backwards over the toilet but he grabs a hold of the shower curtain. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop him from falling as he rips the curtain off taking it with him to the floor covering part of his body. When he pushes himself up by his elbows removing the part of the curtain over his face, he sees Devon laying in the bathtub facing the showerhead fully clothed and soaking wet as the shower head sprays him.
"There you are…" he said with a hint of grin on his face. "…awesome to see you Devon."
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Wexler Condo
6:30 a.m.
June 19, 2010
Sarah steps out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe and her hair wrapped in a towel. She passes a now awake Cassidy who is sitting at the foot of the bed waiting for her turn to use the shower. It takes her a while to get herself going and moving because of the bachelorette party last night where craziness ensued. Unfortunately, she doesn't remember much of it.
"Wake up sleepy head…" said Sarah looking at her older sister. The aforementioned maid of honor's reflection in the mirror. "…the shower is free so take it before mom, Ellie, Jayne, Shannon, Isabel, Kes, Caitlyn, Mary, Beverly or Alex steal it away from you."
"They can use the shower down the hall…" Cassidy muttered. "…or the one upstairs remember."
As Sarah stands there in front of the mirror, she is grateful for her father in letting them use his home away from home. It's a spacious and luxurious room with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms that can sleep up to 1 - 8 people. It has a balcony/outdoor patio that overlooks the beach giving the wife-to-be the perfect opportunity to live it up the night before her wedding or hours leading up to it.
From what she could recall, the bachelorette party thrown by her sister was a blast. Everyone had a great time partying leading her to wonder if Chuck and the guys had just as much fun as she and the ladies did. She truly didn't want to know if the guys had a stripper there knowing Devon would be awesome and provide his brother-in-law with the entertainment portion especially for him like her sister provided her with the male stripper, which she will never speak of to her soon-to-be husband.
A wide smile appears on her lips when she thinks about Chuck and how happy he has truly made her. Unfortunately, her thoughts of him would briefly be set aside by the sight of her older sister's reflection in the mirror bent over with her head between her legs. She shakes her head knowing she feels the same way but endures it knowing its all worth it in the end.
"How much did you drink last night?" asked Sarah turning around to face her big sister.
"Just as much as you sis." she answered blindly pointing up at her.
She watches as Cassidy gets up off the bed and heads towards the shower in the bathroom. As she closes the door behind her, Sarah suddenly hears the muffled sound of puking from her sister on the other side of the door. She then hears the muffled sound of her response to what Sarah probably heard. "I'm fine."
Upon hearing that, Sarah hears a knock at the bedroom door leading her to walk over and open it. When she does, she sees Ellie standing there with an excited smile on her face. Her future sister-in-law had a great time even though she didn't drink any alcohol whatsoever being that she's now 6 months pregnant, which is clearly showing by the baby bump from underneath her shirt.
"Ellie…" grinned Sarah. "…hi."
"Hey sis." she retorted. "Just wanted to see if you're up because we have lots to do today." added the oldest Bartowski sibling.
"I am." she replied. Sarah peers over Ellie's right shoulder to see if anybody else is coming down the hall behind her. "Who else is up?" she inquired.
"Well…" responded her soon to be sister-in-law. "…your mom is cooking breakfast and Alex is helping her. The rest of the ladies are either just waking up or still asleep."
The one thing Sarah knows about Ellie is that she can be a real taskmaster when she wants to be. In all fairness, she's been that way at a very young age and had to be the one to keep the family together when not only her and Chuck's dad left but when their mom got sick to the point where she unfortunately passed away. She truly respected her not just a person or friend buts a family member as well.
"Since Cassidy is in the bathroom…" Sarah pauses as she and Ellie hear muffled sounds of puking behind the bathroom door. She shakes her head and continues on with her conversation with her. "…I'm leaving it to you to get them up because nothing is going to stop me from marrying your brother." the blonde woman firmly stated.
Sarah can see Ellie beaming with a joyous glow when she hears that coming from her mouth. Ellie reaches over to give her a quick hug to where Sarah returns but doesn't hug her too tightly because she doesn't want to do anything that might injure the baby. Hey just to be on the safe side she thinks to herself. When the two ladies separate, Ellie gives her a quick salute. "You're the boss sis." she replied turning around and heading off on her assigned mission leaving Sarah standing at the doorway of the bedroom with bright smile forming on her lips.
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Casa Bartowski
6:50 a.m.
June 19, 2010
"That was a not so awesome wake up call bro." Devon said to his brother-in-law as he's being helped out of the tub.
"Sorry Devon. I didn't even know you were in there." Chuck responded pointing to the tub. Chuck glances back at it leaving him to pose a question to the proverbial Captain of awesomeness. "How did you end up in shower tub anyway?"
Devon scratches the top of head and then reaches down rubbing the back of neck trying to recall how he got in there. As much as he tried to remember, he had chunks of memory missing from last night's festivities. "I have no idea dude but I do know one thing though." answered Devon.
"What might that be?" inquired Chuck.
"The bachelor party…" he said turning to Chuck expressing a wry smile. "…so awesome." added Devon holding up his fist for him to tap to which he does.
"Okay." Chuck knows its going to be a busy day ahead and he need his best man to wake up the unconscious bunch located in different areas of the house so they can start getting things done before the wedding happens. "Devon, as my best man wake everybody up and give them some aspirin because they're gonna need it. Sarah's dad, who technically now is my dad, told me has a few small bottles for them."
In that instance, Devon nods complying to what Chuck said. He turns around heading out of the bathroom door and the first person he goes to wake up is Morgan who is snoring up a storm. As he stands there in the doorway of his master bathroom he wonders if Morgan shouldn't have partied with them since he is after all an ordained minister. It would be so bad if he officiated the ceremony hung over.
He didn't have time to think about that right now as he closed the bathroom door and locks it making sure nobody gets in. Chuck strips off the clothes that he's wearing last night and proceeds to take a shower minus the curtain. In any case, the brief coldness he feels from the water causes him to quickly wake up. As the water eventually turns warm he soaks himself within the water being sprayed at him, his head is beginning to no longer throb after taking the aspirin.
Thank God I'm not flashing he thinks to himself as he shampoos his hair. If that were to happen he would most definitely not be enjoying the experience right now to the point where ends up cursing up a storm. Yet, it didn't happen and hopefully there aren't any sudden alerts from Beckman to go on a mission because she knows that if she contacts the team Sarah's dad wouldn't be pleased at all.
While he's rinsing off his hair in order to repeat the process again, he knows the only mission he's focused on is to get married to the most beautiful woman he has every laid eyes on. A look of absolute determination is shown on his face to make this day the best ever for Sarah and if anything even remotely goes wrong they will have to answer to him and maybe Casey.
Speaking of Casey, he informed Chuck that several of his Marine buddies are ushers for their wedding so if he notices any signs of trouble he'll contact them and they'll take care of it. It was information that is good to know and hopefully nothing will happen because on a day like today he feels in his gut everything will run smoothly. It's just a matter of staying positive he thinks to himself.
After washing his hair he proceeds to wash everything else. It takes a total of 10 minutes to shower and after drying off he wraps the towel around his waist and wipes the condensation that forms in the bathroom mirror. He then takes a few minutes to brush his teeth, gargle with a tremendous amount of mouth wash, and then proceeds to shave his face in order to be presentable to his bride.
As he looks at his reflection in the mirror with his face lathered up with razor in hand, he commences to shaving. While doing so, one thing remains perfectly clear to not only him but hopefully Sarah as well. Today is their day that will be shared with their family and friends. Plus, he knows that his mom and dad are looking down on him with smiles on their faces proud as can be for their son who has met the right woman for him.
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