Chuck sat with his head face down in his pillow. Why did life always have to suck for him? First he got kicked out of Stanford, lost Jill, got the intersect, found out he was kicked out of school to be saved from the spy life, only to pushed into the spy life…this is was just not his…decade.

"Knock knock" Ellie announced as she walked into Chuck's room. "Sweetie, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Chuck mumbled into his pillow.

"Well obviously something is wrong, what is it?" Ellie pushed.

Chuck sighed, but rolled over and made a spot for Ellie to sit down on the bed, which she immediately did.

"It's just stuff with Sarah…" Chuck trailed off. He really hated this cover relationship…but at least he was able to blend what was going on into a story for Ellie and get some advice.

"What is wrong with you and Sarah? You guys seem like you are in love." Ellie asked, a little panicked.

"Easy Ell, we are fine technically, and yes I do love her…we just had a little fight." Chuck replied.

"About what?" Ellie asked, calmer now that she had be reassured by Chuck that they were still together, she was always scared they would break up. She wanted her brother to be happy, and Sarah made him happy.

"Sarah…Sarah has a crush on this guy." Chuck replied, at least that was sort of close to the truth.

"Oh is that all?" Ellie asked relieved. "Sweetie, I have crushes on lots of guys, it doesn't mean I am going to leave Devon or anything. A crush is nothing, not if Sarah loves you, which she so obviously does."

"Sometimes I wonder." Chuck muttered.

"Chuck Bartowski! Why would you say something like that?" Ellie asked.

"Sarah just doesn't like to express her emotions. She is hard to read sometimes." Chuck admitted.

"That girl is hopelessly in love with you Chuck, I can tell." Ellie soothed with a smile on her face.

"Well, I wish she would show it then." Chuck replied honestly. Oh how much he wished Sarah would show that she loved him, he dreamed of the day every night.

"Well give her time, you guys have been dating for a while, but sometimes it just takes longer for some people." Ellie suggested, rubbing Chuck's back.

"Thanks sis." Chuck replied, honestly meaning it. Maybe Ellie was right, maybe Sarah just needed time…but if she needed time, why did she go out with Seth? And if he couldn't date anyone, why could she?


Sarah had been calling Chuck's cell phone for two days, but it always went to voicemail. She knew it was on, because Casey could get through, so that mean he was ignoring her. Perfect.

"Dammit Chuck!" Sarah called out in frustration when she tried once again to get a hold of him. They needed to talk. Sarah was ready, she was going to start a relationship with the man she loved, and here Chuck was ignoring her. Deciding enough was enough, Sarah decided to go over to Chuck's house, it was only five at night, Ellie would be getting ready to start dinner. Hopefully Sarah would be invited to stay, Ellie was the world's best cook.

The drive took no time at all for Sarah, who seemed to drive more like someone from NASCAR then anyone else. Every time she drove it was a race to see if she could cut seconds off her time to get to Chuck's house. As she walked to the front door, she saw Devon coming in from getting the mail.

"Hey Sarah! Here to see Chuck?" Devon asked with a large smile. Sarah had to admit, she loved Devon he was like the brother she never had.

"Yea, is he here?" Sarah asked, returning Devon's smile.

"Yup, he and Ellie are cooking dinner. It smells awesome." Devon replied.

"I am glad they are spending time together, I feel like I always take up his time." Sarah laughed, walking inside as Devon opened the front door.

"Chuckster, your girl is here!" Devon boomed, walking over to kiss Ellie.

"What?" Chuck called back, poking his head out from the kitchen. "Oh, Sarah." Chuck finished, not looking super pleased to see her.

"Can we talk?" Sarah asked, pleading with her eyes.

"Sure, I'll be back Ell, don't start eating this without me." Chuck joked with his sister.

"Well I just love eating raw meat, dinner will be ready in an hour, Sarah are you staying?" Ellie asked.

"I would love too." Sarah replied.

"Oh but Sarah you have that appointment, remember?" Chuck piped up.

Sarah was crushed, Chuck didn't want her at dinner. Maybe after they talked things would get better, but for now she would play along with Chuck's wishes.

"Oh damn, I do. Sorry Ellie, maybe next time." Sarah lied, giving a pointed look to Chuck.

"Ok, anytime you are always welcomed here." Ellie smiled back.

Sarah nodded and then grabbed Chuck's hand, dragging him back to his room.

"I am not allowed to dinner?" Sarah asked once the door was closed, and the bugs were blocked, Sarah didn't want Casey to hear this discussion.

"I don't want to talk Sarah, why are you here?" Chuck asked, not meeting Sarah in the eye.

"I want to talk." Sarah replied evenly, she had to remember she had hurt him, it was time to make up for it.

"We have nothing to talk about." Chuck pushed.

"Yes there is. There is a lot to talk about. Look I only dated Seth because we decided to be friends, and I was lonely, I wanted you and I tried to find you in someone else…but it wasn't working out. I want to be with you Chuck." Sarah admitted in a whisper.

Chuck looked taken aback, completely caught off guard. She could not be serious. Could she? Or was this another game? Just a couple weeks ago, Sarah was saying they could never be together, now suddenly after breaking up with the fulcrum guy, she wants him? What so he was her second choice? The rebound guy? No way.

"Well that's too bad. Listen Sarah I tried, and I tried, and then I tried some more for you to be with me, but then the job was always more important, now I am just going to be some rebound guy. No. I am not putting myself through that, you said we could never be together, and I have accepted that now. I want the cover relationship over. We can stay friends for the sake of cover, but I am just done." Chuck stumbled out quickly. He didn't know where all this strength was coming from, but he was done playing around.

"What?" Sarah asked, tears immediately filling her eyes. "You can't be serious Chuck."

"I am. You get to date other people, well now I want to be able too. This how government secrets in my head has taken over my life, I want some of it back." Chuck pushed.

Sarah couldn't believe it. How could things go from ok to hell in two seconds?

"Chuck…please, I meant what I said…I love you." Sarah cried out.

Chuck's head snapped up at that. She loved him? No…Chuck to remember she was just rebounding from Seth, she didn't mean any of this.

"No you don't Sarah, if you did…we would have been together a long time ago. Now I would like for you to leave, I will tell them we broke up." Chuck whispered.

Sarah stood there shocked, completely frozen to the floor. How could this be happening.

"Please Sarah." Chuck begged, his own tears slowly making their way down his face. Sarah just nodded and quickly ran out of the bedroom and right passed Ellie and Devon to the front door.

"Sarah?" Ellie called, but she didn't stop Sarah just kept running, all the way to her car where she sped away.

Ellie quickly ran back to Chuck's room, wondering what was going on.

"She cheated on me. She was dating someone else." Chuck explained, that was what it felt like anyway.

"No!" Ellie gasped, quickly wrapping her arms around Chuck.

"It's over." Chuck whispered.

"It will be ok Chuck, everything will be alright." Ellie soothed, while Devon starred at the spot Sarah once stood. Something did not seem right to him.


Casey was at the castle when Sarah stormed in crying. Right away he knew this was not going to be the relaxed evening he had been planning on.

"He broke up with me." Sarah cried. "I mean he ended the cover, he said he wants to be able to date other people."

"He can't do that! We need that cover!" Casey growled out.

"He doesn't love me John!" Sarah sobbed. Casey had never seen anyone so destroyed before, it hurt him to see Sarah so upset.

"Ok, we all know that isn't true Sarah." Casey replied soothingly, getting up to hug the poor broken woman that stood before him.

"What do I do?" Sarah cried out.

"You prove to him he is the one, he is probably scared…I mean you were hiding Seth, and now suddenly you want to be with him for real after a year of saying you can't…he doesn't understand." Casey replied.

"Help me, help me fix this." Sarah pleaded.

"I will do what I can kid, but this is up to you, you have to prove to him you are serious." Casey soothed.

"I can do that." Sarah sniffed, wiping her eyes. "I think anyway."

"You can, we will work on it together…but no one knows I helped with this or I swear to God I will end you." Casey growled out.

"Thank you Casey." Sarah whispered.