A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I had hoped to get this whole story out before the whole Jill arc on the show but it doesn't seem I'll be able to. I'm getting a work review so forgive me for much slower updates.

Chuck walked on to the UCLA campus in order to attend Professor Fleming's seminar called Psychology in Symbolism, the same subject of the class where he was accused of cheating in while at Stanford. He had to convince Sarah and Casey to let him go; they both were concerned about him going to a seminar where Fleming would be recruiting CIA agents. Chuck let them know that he just wanted to finish something that was started a long time ago and that he wouldn't even look at the images Fleming presented. Reluctantly they let him go only if he took a GPS transceiver with him just in case he got cornered and caught by enemy agents.

Casey came along with him anyways and told him that he would be waiting for him at the coffee shop a block down. Chuck was still the intersect and thus needed protection, but he was also considered a CIA agent now and should be able to protect himself as well. Thanks to the training from his team several months back and Sarah's and Casey's continued training, Chuck was on par if not better than most agents in the company today.

Chuck enjoyed seeing the course material again and surprised himself with the fact that he didn't get depressed with the idea that this exact subject was connected to his downfall at Stanford. Happy with closing that chapter in his life he picked up his notebook and headed out of the lecture hall. Unbeknownst to him a woman looked over and a smile formed on her face as she recognized him. She quickly picked up her purse and followed him out the front doors.

Chuck started heading towards the coffee shop where Casey was waiting for him but decided last minute to drop by the campus bookstore to pick up the newest novel in the Star Wars universe for Morgan. He felt bad that he and Morgan couldn't spend more time together but between him and Sarah and Morgan and Anna, there wasn't much time to do anything. But still he owed his best friend who was also there for him during the dark days after his expulsion.

Chuck walked into the campus bookstore, seemingly unaware of the woman who was following him. She watched as he browsed the new releases section, paying careful mind not to wander into his field of view. She picked up a book and just like in those cheesy spy movies, used it to block the lower half of her face as she watched her target. Chuck. Still as handsome as ever. Still nerdy as ever as well. The unknown watcher decided that she would tail him for a little while and learn as much about him as she could.

Pretending to read one of the books in the recommended section, Chuck weighed his options. He knew that someone was following him ever since he left the lecture hall and that they followed him into the bookstore as well. He tried to orient himself as to see his tail's face but they always seemed to move out of his peripheral vision. Chuck decided to try one last thing in order to confront his follower. He picked up his book and walked calmly over to a group of students waiting to pick up their textbooks. He pretended to accidentally drop what he was holding and proceeded to bend over to pick it up.

The woman followed him over and saw that he bent over pick up something he dropped but was surprised when he never came back up. She rushed over into the group to see if he was hiding amongst them and when she didn't see him she started to look around the store. Then she felt a presence next to her, looking down on her.

"Who are you and why are you following me?" Chuck asked. The woman turned around to face him and his face showed complete bewilderment. "Jill? What are you doing here?"

"Hey there Chuck. It's been a long time" answered Jill, Chuck's ex-girlfriend. "You're looking good."

"You still didn't answer my question. Why are you following me?"

"I just wanted to see how you were doing, that's all. Can't I be curious about someone I cared for and still care for?"

Chuck's eyes narrowed. "You know as well as I do Jill that you stopped caring about me the instant you left me for Bryce."

Jill looked hurt. "Can we go somewhere and sit down for a while? It would be nice if I could just talk to you for a second. Please?"

Chuck knew he should be angry and tell her off, but this was something that he needed to hear before he proceeded with his plans with Sarah. "Fine. There's a coffee shop outside."

"Thanks Chuck."

They sat down in one of the outdoor tables, drinks in hand. Chuck was anxious to get this over with and head back home to Sarah. "Say what you need to say. I'd like to finish this quickly."

Jill was stunned by his abruptness. "I wanted to apologize for how I acted after your expulsion from Stanford. Everything that happened, that whole incident with Bryce. I knew that it wasn't true that you cheated. It wasn't like you."

"So you heard that they overturned my expulsion?"

Jill nodded. "I felt relieved that you're able to finish up the degree you started so long ago. You worked hard for it and I know how much it meant to you to have Ellie see you succeed as well." Her eyes widened as she caught sight of the watch Chuck was wearing; she recognized it and was shocked to see him with one. Her voice suddenly became more serious as she asked "Where did you get that watch Chuck?"

"It was a present. Why?"

"That isn't any watch. That's one of the standard models the agency uses with a GPS locator." She looked straight into his eyes. "Are you one of us?"

Chuck's mind raced. I told Casey that I should have a customized one. Wait a minute; did she say one of us? He looked up and tried to hide his emotions. "What are you talking about Jill? Agency? One of us? I have no idea what you're talking about."

Jill grabbed his arm and leaned in closer. "The watch that you have right here is the CIA standard issued GPS locator watch. They use it to keep tabs on assets and agents."

"Are you certain? I'm sure the CIA shops at the mall like everyone else does." Chuck saw that his reasoning wasn't convincing Jill.

"Look Chuck, there's something I want to confess to you." She looked up and saw that she had Chuck's attention. "I'm CIA as well."

Chuck's jaw dropped. Am I a magnet for spies or something? Chuck's mind spun at what he just heard. His training told him that he should get out of there as quickly as possible since she could possibly be an agent with Fulcrum. One thing that stopped him was that the intersect didn't flash like it usually did whenever he saw a Fulcrum operative. Seeing that he couldn't deceive her any longer, he decided to drop the act. "Since when?"

"From before I met you. I was working with Professor Fleming to recruit students to join the agency. You were one of the more promising recruits and was slated to be part of an ultra-secret CIA program."

Chuck shook his head. He knew his abilities and what that 'ultra-secret' program would ask him to do. "So you went out with me because you wanted me to join up?"

Jill lowered her head in embarrassment. "No. At first I was ordered to be friends with you so the recruitment would be made easier. Bryce didn't know I was an agent but I gave him some hints that I wanted to meet someone like you."

Chuck remembered the first time he met Bryce in the courtyard while he was studying programming.

"So Bryce introduced us but soon after I found that I didn't want to be just friends. I decided to break protocol and ask more from you."

If Chuck's head was spinning before, it was now in a full tornado after what he just heard. Jill went against CIA policy and fell in love with a potential asset and agent. "Why are you telling me this now? Isn't there some kind of rule against telling people you're in the agency?"

"Yes but seeing that you're in the agency as well it shouldn't be a problem."

Chuck winced. So far he knew he didn't handle this whole situation well at all. But still he was curious to why she decided to confess. "To what end? Us getting back together? I'm sorry if that's what you thought would happen but I've moved on and met someone better." Well someone else who, come to think of it, was in an eerily similar situation as yours. Is there something encoded in my DNA to go after and fall for these types of women? Seriously I'm starting to think that Lou was an agent as well. Finally Chuck built up the nerve to ask the question haunting him for the 5 years after his ousting from Stanford. "Tell me why you broke up with me after I was expelled?"

Jill looked into his eyes and tried to arrange her thoughts into something coherent. "I couldn't stay with you even if I wanted. After the CIA found out that you cheated they quickly dumped you as a potential recruit and told me to break off all ties."

"I don't get that Jill. You broke protocol and went against orders when you went out with me but then you couldn't break them when I wasn't a potential recruit?"

"There's another reason."

"I thought there would be."

"I was fairly new to the agency as well and I wanted to make a name for myself. Being associated with Professor Fleming was great for my career and all other agents were jealous that I got that assignment my first time out. I didn't have it in me to give up my budding new career for you Chuck. So I went out with Bryce and used him to break all ties with you"

Chuck now understood. Bryce didn't steal Jill away in order to get him to break ties, Jill used him to make sure that he would stay away and not blemish her record.

Casey watched over Chuck and Jill from a safe distance away and listened in on their conversation through the microphone in the watch. He had decided to look around for Chuck after he failed to meet at the time they agreed upon and now found him talking to his ex-girlfriend. Casey shook his head at how trouble seemed to always follow Chuck around. Sheesh Bartowski. We don't need to weed out the bad guys, all we need to do is sit you down in a Starbucks and they would be attracted to you. He was about to break cover and head over to end the conversation when a familiar face walked into the courtyard. Oh crap, Walker's here. This isn't going to be pretty. Sorry Bartowski, you're on your own with this one. I hope you wore your cup.

Sarah had left work early at the Wienerlicious and decided to surprise Chuck by meeting him after the seminar was done. As she walked into the courtyard she spotted Chuck talking to another woman with brunette hair. Normally Sarah was good at holding back her emotions and preventing them from overtaking her judgment but that ended when she saw her holding his arm. Now Sarah's slow stroll became a brisk walk as jealousy took over as she went over to find out who Chuck was talking to.

Chuck looked up too late to see Sarah walk up to the table. "Hey! What are you doing here? I didn't expect to see you."

"Chuck. I wanted to surprise you" said Sarah with a hint of venom in her voice

"Well consider me surprised." Chuck gave a little chuckle hoping to break the tension.

Turning to look down at the brunette, Sarah asked "So who's your friend Chuck?" The instant she finished the question Sarah's face turned to one of anger as she recognized the woman with him. "You. I didn't think I'd ever see you again."

"Likewise." Jill looked up at the angry blonde and stood up to face her. "Small world isn't it Sarah?"

"Too small Jill."

As was his modus operandi, Chuck was completely confused. Now he found that Jill and Sarah somehow knew each other. This can't be good for Chuck.