Thanks for the reviews so far. I hope you're enjoying this story so far. The dates will jump ahead a bit in the future chapters, but Chuck is only just getting established in the CIA training.

I do not own Chuck.

May 2003

The showers here are community showers. There are private stalls at least. If it was like that movie Starship Troopers then that would just be awkward, but then again, Chuck would get to see nude women so it wouldn't be all bad. But having the self-control around so many beautiful women is not easy, especially when they are nude. If that blonde was there, he would be in deep trouble and quite possibly become the laughing stock of the CIA on his first day. Chuck can't be blamed for his thoughts, though. He's only a man after all. Moving on… he finally finished the shower that was not half bad. The shower head had a strong power to it and not too much spread. It was nothing like a cheap motel or garden hose.

Well, he is only done with half of his first day. Next up, 'The Infiltration and Inducement of Enemy Personnel;' better known as seduction class. This is going to be quite embarrassing for Chuck. Bryce seems so sure of himself, but then again, he has all the looks that girls seem to love so much.

Bryce and Chuck arrive in an ordinary classroom filled with other recruits; a few that were in the previous classes and a few new ones. Bryce and Chuck find seats next to each other in the center of the classroom. The clock ticks just past three o' clock when an older gentlemen with graying silver hair walks in with a martini shaker and a martini glass in his hands. He puts down his alcoholic items and walks up to the female recruit in the front of the class, Kelly. "Good afternoon," he takes her hand in his gently, "I'm Roan. I would love to know the name of such a sophisticated beautiful woman." He gazes into her eyes the whole time as he speaks suavely.

"Ke—Kelly," she responds as he kisses the back of her hand without dropping eye contact.

"Well, Kelly," he slowly lets her hand rest on the desk in front of her, "It's a pleasure. May I ask what such a young woman would be doing here?"

"Class," she responds as her eyes start to glaze over and she gets lost in his charming face.

"Ah, yes, class. Isn't that the scourge of all of us," he smiles charmingly at her and she shies away slightly with a small smile. "I believe dinner tonight would be a great way to start your year."

"Okay," she meekly responds.

"I'll be by tonight at seven," he smiles at her slightly smugly; knowing he's already won.

"Dorm A; Room 36," she tells him almost impulsively.

"See you then," he places his hand on her cheek and leans in for a kiss. She closes her eyes and puckers her lips as she leans towards him. "And that is how seduction works!" He exclaims as he backs away completely.

"What?" Kelly is completely fazed and confused as she blinks rapidly. Everyone stifles chuckles at how easily she was duped.

"Eye contact, eye contact, eye contact," Roan drills into their minds before looking at the gorgeous young student. "Don't feel ashamed. It works on a different recruit every semester," he smiles captivatingly at her before looking up to everyone. "Hello class."

"There is no way our teacher is drinking during class, is he?" Bryce whispers to Chuck.

"I think so," Chuck quickly whispers back quietly because he doesn't want to get in trouble on his first day.

"I am here to teach you everything you need to know about seducing and manipulating your mark to accomplish your mission," the older gentleman continues. "I am Roan Montgomery."

"*The* Roan Montgomery?" One of the male recruits asks in awe.

"So you've heard of me, huh?" Roan smirks as he shakes the martini shaker and pours a glass for himself. "I guess my reputation precedes me," he places two olives into the drink. "The first rule you need to know is the proper way to hold a martini," he lifts his glass. "Hold by stem, nod to mark," he nods to Kelly and she gives him a tight smile. "Slowly tilt back," he takes a long sip that drowns all of the clear liquid. "A moment to learn; a lifetime to perfect." He eats the olives left in his empty drink as he turns to refill it.

"His liver must look like camouflage," Chuck whispers to Bryce in shock. How can he down alcohol so easily? Bryce chuckles before Roan has his glass full and ready to teach some more.

"The second rule of seduction is never ever sleep with your marks," he declares confidently.

A few of the arrogant male recruits sigh disappointedly and drawl out "what?"

"If you have to have sex with your mark then you failed your mission," Roan explains with pure seriousness.

"I thought sex was a way to control your mark?" A recruit asks innocently.

"It can be but only in the most desperate of situations. I know all of you men out there who thought being a spy meant having intercourse with multiple women, but you are wrong. Sex leads to lust. Lust leads to thinking you're in love. That leads to distractions and can and usually will fail the mission." That makes perfect sense to Chuck. He always felt connected to the women he's been with sexually.

"But what about long-term assignments?" Another recruit asks curiously.

"It is rare, but there may be assignments that require that much dedication, but you shouldn't have to worry about it right now," Roan explains seriously. "Plus, the government will never force you to do something against the Constitution. They want their agents content. They aren't going to make you sleep with your marks unless you are willing to," Roan states with a slight faraway look before changing the subject. "I'm here to teach you all how to not only seduce but resist seduction too. I am going to split each of you into groups of two: one male and one female."

He counts everyone off and places Chuck with a cute brunette. Her hair is tied back in a ponytail and her green eyes are welcoming. "Hi, I'm Chuck," Chuck extends his hand sincerely.

"Jesse," she shakes Chuck's hand happily.

"Is this your first year?" Chuck decides to make some friendly conversation. There is nothing wrong with making a friend other than Bryce.

"Yea, you?"

"Yep."

"Alright students," Roan gathers everyone's attention, "I want you to kiss your partner."

A few people express their dislike with saying "What?" While some men and very few women smile deviously; Bryce and his partner being two of them. Bryce is paired with an attractive redheaded woman with small freckles lightly peppering her cheeks.

"If you cannot even kiss a fellow student, how do you expect to kiss an enemy?" Roan drills intensely like it is no big deal to kiss someone else.

"This is awkward," Chuck smiles sheepishly as he turns beet red. Jesse lets out a tiny giggle. "Is it alright if I kiss you?" Chuck asks sincerely as he isn't going to force this woman to kiss him if she doesn't want to.

"It seems like we have to," she smiles shyly. "Here we go," she closes her eyes and puckers her lips. Chuck mimics her as their faces slowly close the gap between them. Don't panic. As he feels her lips brush his, he slowly opens his mouth to gently brush his tongue against her lips, hoping for access. She grants it and their tongues slide against each other's. After a few seconds, she breaks the kiss and shies away.

"It wasn't too bad, was it?" Chuck asks shyly after seeing her reaction. "I probably should've had some gum before class," Chuck says to himself as he tries to check his own breath by huffing into his curled hand.

"What? No," she stammers awkwardly as she blushes a dark red. "It's just the concept."

"Yea, I feel weird kissing someone I barely know too."

"I missed it. Show me again," Roan appears next to them, startling them slightly.

"Is it absolutely necessary for us to kiss at this particular juncture?" Chuck asks after reading the embarrassment on Jesse's face.

"Yes it is. Now kiss her."

She gets back into position and they repeat the same kiss as before. "Hold it for longer," Roan instructs as he places Chuck's right hand on her cheek. The kiss has already gone twice as long as the first one. "You need to act like you want it," he informs Jesse. "Don't be afraid to get some tongue in there, son," he pats Chuck on the back. "Alright, good," he finally says a few more seconds later before walking to the next group. They both break the kiss hastily and gasp for air.

"That was kind of unnecessarily long," Chuck shrugs at her with as disarming a smile as he can muster.

"Really," she raises a sarcastic eyebrow at me. "It seemed like your tongue was having an open season in my mouth."

"He told me to use tongue," Chuck retorts slightly affronted as he starts turning red from a blush.

"I'm just kidding," Jesse giggles at the blush growing on Chuck's face as she playfully hits him in the arm.

"So not cool," Chuck deadpans as a ghost of a smile appears on his face as he feels utter relief.

"You're going to make this class fun for me," Jesse says mirthfully.

"Great," Chuck rolls his eyes which elicits a giggle from Jesse. "I'm glad I could be of service to you," Chuck states dramatically dreadful.

He looks over and sees Bryce with his red-headed partner. They are both in a deep kiss and Chuck can tell she likes it just as much as he does. Their kiss is extremely passionate and Roan watches with a growing smile of pride on his face.

"Bravo," Roan says proudly as they finally break their kiss. "Now that is a kiss."

That class was finally over, much to Chuck's relief. Not that Chuck didn't like kissing Jesse, but it just wasn't right to kiss her without at least knowing her on an intimate level first. He hopes she doesn't despise him or anything. Maybe he had bad breath? He really hopes not. "Dude, I cannot believe Roan just seduced Kelly on the spot like that," Bryce says in shock as they enter their dorm room.

"She did seem like one of the more reserved recruits," Chuck muses with slight surprise.

"She did!" Bryce exclaims. "I want to learn how to do that."

"I'm sure he'll teach us, even though it didn't look like you had a problem in class today," Chuck states matter-of-factly.

"What do you mean?" Bryce furrows his brow.

"You were tongue deep in that girl like you'd been together for months," Chuck smiles wryly.

"Who? Tiffany?"

"Yea," Chuck looks at him like it is obvious.

"She is really hot," Bryce smirks deviously. "I didn't think spy training was going to throw girls at me like that."

"I'm sure when they recruited you, they made sure to throw at least one girl a day at you," Chuck states sarcastically as a smile grows on his face.

"Well, it was part of my requirements to become a spy," Bryce nudges Chuck playfully.

"Sure," Chuck shakes his head in disbelief. "Now we need to get over to the shooting range for firearms training."

"This is gonna be so awesome!" Bryce smiles at Chuck as they leave their dorm room. His voice dons a Sean Connery accent, "Larkin… Bryce Larkin."

"Really?" Chuck looks at his best friend in disbelief. "You're ridiculous."

"What?" Bryce acts confusedly innocent.

"Nothing."

Bryce and Chuck arrive at the shooting range and there she is; that blonde woman that he saw earlier on the track. She is wearing protective headphones and glasses. She is firing a Smith and Wesson 5906 handgun. Her body sits completely still with her legs shoulder width apart and both hands expertly clasped over the handle of the gun as she fires each shot into the target. He contemplates walking up to her and introducing himself but he is too nervous. He has never been good with the ladies, but no one has ever made him so nervous in his life.

"There's where our class is meeting. Let's go," Bryce drags Chuck before he could even think about what to say to the blonde woman.

Firearms training was actually quite interesting to Chuck. They learned how to field strip a pistol. Chuck has always been fascinated with guns; at least the mechanics of it. The killing is still slightly freaky to think he is taking a life away with each shot. He was actually one of the quickest to disassemble and reassemble his gun. By the time the class was over, he had nearly perfected it. He looks up and checks on the stall that the blonde was firing in earlier, but she is gone. He drops his head slightly and frowns. It's apparently not meant to be.

June 2003

It's only been one week in and his body still hasn't quite gotten used to the training regimen. His legs are in constant pain as they have him running three miles daily and they're expecting five miles by the end of the month. What was he thinking accepting this job? He's a nerd, not a jock. On the other hand, Bryce is having the time of his life. He hasn't brought a girl back yet, thank god, but he's charming all the women. Bryce and Chuck are actually great partners. People always comment on how they know exactly what each other is going to do before they do it. But that's just how best friends are. They've been plotted against each other plenty of times during the combat training class. Bryce wins every time but Chuck is actually able to defend himself to an extent. They learned taekwondo the other day. It contains a lot of kicking. Chuck believes his heels are probably completely callused already.

Every weekend they test their skills in an obstacle course. The first one was just jumping through holes and climbing walls, but they said they were going to get more extensive. It totally reminded Chuck of the training course Jodie Foster was in at the beginning of Silence of the Lambs. He didn't like it… not one bit. He's going to just leave it at that. He finished it, barely, while Bryce ran right through it in a breeze. Maybe Chuck should stop comparing himself to Bryce. Bryce seems to be exceling in everything while Chuck is only just floating by.

Bryce has been a good friend though. He hasn't just forgotten about Chuck. He still helps Chuck out when he needs it. He's been trying Roan's seduction methods on some women, but to no avail. It seems everybody here has been trained to be impervious to Roan's methods. He keeps telling Chuck to live a little and "mingle." Chuck has been working on it, but no one really intrigues him enough. Jesse has become somewhat of a friend, but they rarely ever do anything out of class.

Next chapter, Chuck and Bryce meet a new person who will end up as more than just their teacher.

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