Chapter 2.

It was six o'clock in the morning when their plane had landed on the LAX airstrip. They were both tired from the flight and were ready to get to the hotel to sleep before the 3 o'clock appointment with Dr Stevens extraordinaire. They dragged their tired bodies to the baggage claim, anxious to get to the hotel, Chuck grabbed the bags...well most of the bags he couldn't quite carry all of Sarah's luggage so she had to grab one of them and then they were off to find a cab. It didn't take long to grab one and they were off.

When they arrived at the hotel they checked in and headed straight to the room and crashed out on the bed. They didn't even unpack.

It was 1 o'clock when Chuck woke up.

"Oh gosh! Sarah, sweetie, you need to get up and take your shower! We need to leave in half and hour to get through the traffic and make it to the appointment on time!" he was gently shaking her while saying this.

"Chuck, why didn't you wake me up sooner? It's going to take me longer than 30 minutes to get ready." She complained to him getting out of the bed.

"Because I just woke up too."

"Well next time get up sooner." Sarah said from the bathroom.

"Oh okay honey. I'll make sure to do that." Chuck replied sarcastically, making sure that it was thick enough for her to pick up on. In the bathroom, Sarah shook her head at her husband's reply to her as she turned the shower on.

Chuck had been ready for 15 minutes already and they needed to leave in 10 minutes if they wanted to make sure they got there in time.

"Sarah, are you ready yet? We really do need to leave." Just as he finished saying this his wife walked out in a light blue summer dress and Chuck breaks out in his famous smile even though they've been together for years he could still never get over the initial shock of seeing her and her beauty.

"Wow, you look magnificently beautiful." He said to her while giving her a loving kiss.

Sarah laughed, "Chuck you always say that."

"That's because you are always beautiful." As he said this he gave her another kiss but this one was a deeper than the last one. "Now can we get going?"

Sarah nodded and grabbed his hand as he led her out of the room.

They arrived at the hospital with 5 minutes to spare and Chuck was proud of himself, Sarah could tell too, because when they parked the car in the hospital parking lot, he glanced at the clock and smiled brightly at her.

"Well we sure got here on time." Sarah said not quite looking at him but knowing that his smile grew a little.

"We probably head in now." He replied as he opened his door to get out. "We do wanna baby right?" When he said this Sarah felt the fear grow in her again... What if she can't have kids? What if the doctor had been wrong and there was no hope for her? What if that happens and then Chuck suddenly realizes that she's not worth it if she can't have kids? All of these questions flew her head and she slowly started to freak out. Chuck seemed to realize that she had a pained look on her face.

"Sarah? Babe, what's wrong?" He sounded slightly nervous. Sarah looked at him and he saw that she was on the verge of crying. "Sarah, sweetie, what's the matter? I thought you wanted this?" What if he was wrong? What if she really didn't want kids? What if she was just doing this for Chuck?

"I'm scared, Chuck." Her voice cracking as she said this. Chuck was almost sure that when she said that it confirmed that she didn't want to have kids, but still...he had to hope.

"Scared about what?" He asked not sure if her wanted to hear the answer to it.

"What if...what if I can't have any kids? What if Dr. Stevens can't do anything for us? Will you still love me the same? Will you still want me?" she broke into tears as she said this. Chuck in complete shock for that was not at all what he was thinking.

"Sarah...oh Sarah. How could I not want you? I mean seriously? You are the one for me. You are it. There could not be anyone else." Chuck grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
"Really?" she looked at him as if in awe, which he could not for the life of understand why...he was the who lucked out in this relationship.

"Yes!! How you think that I wouldn't?" He gave her a hard kiss, but on one where it hurts, but where you can feel the love that is being poured out if it. When they pulled apart he looked into her eyes. "Sarah, I will always love you. The end."

Sarah smiled at him and grabbed his hand as she got out of car. "I will always love you too."

"Good. Now we really need to go, cause we're already late. Even though I got us here in record time." He gave her his Bartowski smile as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders leading her into the hospital.

They got the maternity floor and stopped at the reception desk there. There was a surly nurse there who didn't look particularly happy to see them standing in front of them.

"What can I help you with?" she said in a very monotone voice.

"Um...Hi. We're the Marks, ugh...we have an appointment with Dr. Stevens?" Chuck answered. The nurse looked at Chuck and then Sarah then back at her computer.

"Sarah and Chuck Marks?" they both nodded. "You're kind of late don't you think?"

Chuck's eyebrows pushed together in confusion, "Just by a couple of minutes?" the nurse looked at him and gave a blank look.

"Just go to the waiting room around the corner and wait till the doctor is ready for you. Thank you." She said once again in her monotone voice.

Sarah and Chuck looked at each other slightly confused but Chuck just shrugged his shoulders and they headed to waiting room. About five minutes after they sat down, a woman, in her early 30's called out their names and they stood up and walked over to her.

"Hello, are you the Marks?" She asked with a smile.

"Yes, we are." Chuck replied reaching out to shake her hand. "Are the elusive Dr. Stevens?" Chuck asked in a joking voice.

"Why yes I am." Dr. Stevens let out a chuckle. She had already could tell this man was going to be easy to work with. She looked at his wife hoping the same thing stick her hand out to which she believed was Sarah Marks. "Hello, you must be Sarah. It's nice to meet you." Sarah met her had shake and gave it a good squeeze.

"Yes, I am. It a pleasure to meet you, we've heard great things about you." She said with a warm smile.

"Oh you have? Whenever I meet with people they never actually heard anything about they have just read stuff about me. Who did you hear about me from?" Dr. Stevens asked truly curious. She also noticed that Sarah glanced at her husband with a worried look and Chuck met hers with the same look, but then all of sudden their faces cleared and Chuck looked back at her...

"Well I knew this young doctor...well she was an intern when she first met you, but anyways you were her idol or something like that and when she finally got to meet you that's all I ever heard for the next couple of weeks." Chuck laughed at this thinking about his sister's joy of finally meeting THE DR. STEVENS.

"Oh really? Who is this young doctor?" She asked pleasantly surprised that she had made that much of an effect on a person.

"Well...um...Eleanor Bartwoski, I'm not sure if you would remember her, but yea." Chuck said slightly nervously. Dr. Stevens was even more surprised when he said that he knew Ellie, but not for the fact that he knew her per say, but that he knew her as Ellie Bartowski, not Woodcomb. So he must have known her before that then.

"Oh! You mean Ellie Woodcomb?" She asked thinking that he must have known her only during his internship and not after she was a doctor.

Chuck looked at Sarah with a happy, yet with a hint of sadness in his eyes, look.

"So she finally married Capt...Devon, huh?"

"You know Devon?" She asked. This Marks fellow just keeps on surprising her with his knowledge.

"Oh...um...yea. I do. But I haven't seen them in. What, Three years or so? Is that right sweetie?" he said casually, but Sarah knew that he was hurting inside for not seeing her in those three years. She moved her hand to rub his back in a loving manner to make it look casual but they both knew that she was comforting him.

"Yea, Chuck, that sounds about right." Sarah said in the same casual tone.

"Wow, what a small world we have here." Dr. Stevens said, "but if you don't mind we should probably start our meeting instead of talking." Chuck was relieved that she had changed the subject.

"Of course, that's what we are here for anyways." Sarah said grabbing Chuck's hand and started following Dr. Stevens.

After the meeting the had another appointment for next week so Dr. Stevens could run some tests on her so that they could "get the eggs rolling" as the doctor said to the couple.

Right before she was going to send them on their way her phone started to ring, "One moment please?" she said to the couple and the gave a small nod, "Dr. Stevens? Oh what can I do for you?" pause "Tonight? Yea I guess that would work for me. What time? Seven thirty? Mhmm, that sounds fine to me, Alright, well Ells, I have a couple of patients with me right now..." Chuck looked at Sarah with a shocked/nervous look and she could just tell what he was thinking...Ells, Ellie? No, it couldn't be... "Oh actually this couple said they know you...the Marks? No? You don't remember them? Oh okay, hold on..." Dr. Stevens covered the mouthpiece and turned toward them and said, "You know how you said you knew Ellie?" they nodded, "Well her and Devon are having a party at their apartment tonight at seven thirty. She told me to invite you two even though she doesn't quite remember you." She laughed as though it was funny that Ellie couldn't remember these two. Because this Chuck character was an incredibly good-looking man with a terrific personality, even though his hair made weird curls in them and this Sarah is literally drop dead gorgeous. Blonde hair, blue eye... and the fact that they were incredibly in love...no there is no way Ellie could forget these two...once she sees them...yes she'll definitely remember them. "So do you want to?"

"Um...well...Sarah? What do you want to do? I mean this is all for you so its what you want to do." Sarah could tell that he wanted to go, but she wasn't sure if it'll be the best idea...but she looked into her husband eyes and could see the pleading in them.

"Okay...why not?" Sarah said still looking at Chuck smiling back at his smile...but not as quite as bright at his smile was. Dr. Stevens smiled brightly as well.

"Great! Hey they said they'll come. Yes ma'am...look I'll call you later alright? Okay bye." As she hung up the phone she saw Chuck and Sarah still staring into each other's eyes. She coughed to get their attention.

"Anyway we'll have you two back in here on Monday at twelve?" She asked. Chuck nodded and Sarah replied a meek, "We will."