A/N: *Peeks around corner* Hi…I'm sorry. I've been working on so many other things, I honestly forgot and Grace has been busy so….yeah. She's off for the summer and I've had little time to do anything….So I can't make this part work for whatever reason, and all I'm doing is spinning my wheels, but, I think I have a way to fix it. I know what the issue is, so this one is going to move forward a little bit in time. I hope you all can forgive me….I'm in so much trouble with Grace already…Send help….I give you Ch 4 I Told You So
Disclaimer: I don't own Chuck.
"What do you think you're doing?" Chuck heard Sarah ask. He was pretty sure it wasn't him this question was being posed to, but he stuck his head out of the bathroom and pointed at himself just to be sure. She saw him, gave a quick headshake, and turned back to the questionee. "Well?"
"I'm getting you out your bathing suits, the bikini's," Molly explained patiently, as if she was the parent.
"Sweetie, I can't wear that," Sarah replied. Molly examined it.
"Well, there isn't that much there, but that's apparently what Chuck likes," she said, looking at it critically. Chuck nearly choked on the tooth paste. He forgot he had been brushing his teeth. Sarah took the garment from Molly, saw Chuck, shook her head, grinning, and put it up.
"Sweetie, it's not that there isn't much there, which is true, but it's that I have grown because of the baby inside of me," Sarah explained.
"Well, you have to wear it," Molly said. "You've already screwed things up and you have to fix it."
"Molly, the baby's sex is the baby's sex, we can't get it changed. The only way you'll have a brother is if we have another baby," Sarah explained. Molly nodded, walked to the door and began to shut it, messing with the lock as she shut it. "WE AREN'T MAKING ONE RIGHT NOW!" Chuck had tears in his eyes he was laughing so hard. She spun toward him, a dangerous smile on her face. "Don't start, Buster." Chuck held his hands up defensively.
"She could be right," Chuck said, shrugging. "We don't know for sure." Sarah raised an eyebrow.
"We have a mission, Chuck," Sarah said.
"Yeah, we have to appear to be enjoying ourselves, having a honeymoon, or a babymoon, or whatever," Chuck said, grinning. Sarah walked up to him, wrapping her arms around him.
"Appear, Chuck?" she asked.
"Baby, I wouldn't want the General to think there was something going on under the cover," he said. They both looked down at her growing abdomen. "Well, she might have a hint by now," he said, shrugging. "After all, she is a spy." They both burst into laughter. "Speaking of bathing suits?"
"Carina and I are going to go shopping," Sarah said, grinning. Chuck shook his head and watched her go down the stairs, knowing the best thing to do was let those two have their fun. He felt eyes on him and turned, seeing Molly.
"Fix it, Daddy," she said, and walked into the bedroom. Chuck gulped.
The mission was easy, almost too easy, and the two had a week of luxury. April turned into May, and May into June. Molly finished first grade, which brought much excitement but Sarah was not feeling the best in the summer heat. Chuck had grand ideas to go everywhere in the US, but one look at his wife told him, that was a no go. As July rolled around, Sarah and Chuck stayed home, letting the others run the business.
"Do you think I should recheck my bag?" Chuck asked, one evening in late July.
"I swear to God if you touch that bag, I will not have sex with you ever again," she said. Chuck turned slowly toward her.
"You look very serious," he said.
"Check that bag and see how serious I am," she said. Chuck gulped, and Sarah began to laugh. "You are too easy."
"Kinda how you ended up that way," Chuck said, laughing. Sarah laughed, and stopped, hand to her stomach.
"These Braxton Hicks contractions are annoying," she said. Chuck got wide eyed. "Do not. Do not start with that mess. You didn't even make it through the videos."
"Sarah, maybe I should call, just in case," he said. Sarah looked at him, and relented. He picked up his phone and made a call to the doctor. He told the doctor what was going on, and with the look on his face, Sarah got herself out of bed, and began to grab the bags. "What are you doing?"
"Loading the car, because you are about to have an absolute freak out," she said. "Do I need to drive."
"No," he said, trailing after her. In Washington DC, an operator flagged a phone call, a priority red. The operator contacted the NSA, exactly as the report said. Inside a DC apartment a phone rang.
"Beckman," she answered.
"General Beckman, we have a phone call flagged," the operator said.
"Burbank to a local hospital?" she asked, sitting up.
"I'll get the car ready," Roan said. He looked at Diane who was a little surprised. "You expect me to miss the birth of the child from the man that stood up to you? Diane, this, I have to see."
"If I know Chuck, he'll pass out at least twice," Beckman grumbled, but was very please to have Roan joining her.
"Diane, three times minimum, but he'll do fine in the end," Roan said, grinning.
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"Bartowski, you get in there," Casey growled.
"Casey, she told me to come out here and tell you that it was going to be several hours," Chuck tried to explain. Casey shook his head.
"You wouldn't keep your trap shut and she ran you out," Casey said, not asked. Chuck pouted.
"I just wanted to know what I could do to help and she said leave," Chuck said sullenly.
"Chuck, you need to go in there," Carina said gently. Everyone stared at her, but she waved them off. "Blondie doesn't mean it."
"She threatened me with a knife, Carina," Chuck said.
"CHUUUUUCCKKKK!" the yell came from down the hall. Chuck turned toward the scream, color draining from his face.
"Christ," Casey muttered. "Get in there, numbnuts," he said, shoving Chuck toward the room. Chuck entered. "Poor fool might die before today is over."
"Or might never have another one again," Carina blurted. Casey shuddered. Walk-Bartowski was still good with the knives.
"They better have gotten this straightened out then," Molly said from beside them. Casey and Carina exchanged a look. "Because they owe me a baby brother."
"Owe you?" Carina asked. Molly gave her a look.
"Who do you think got them together?" she asked, as serious as could be. Carina started to say something, but stopped.
"You do know you could have stayed with your grandmother?" Carina asked.
"A general is always there for her troops," Beckman said, coming down the hall. The two Generals saluted each other. Casey shook his head. Beckman had even been Bartowskified.
"AND STAY OUT!" Sarah screamed.
"Christ," Casey grunted. The nurse left the room. "Did she tell you to get out?"
"No, she's watching TV, and some guy was cheating on his wife on a soap opera and when the actress threw the guy out, Mrs. Bartowski reacted," the nurse said, pale.
"I'm going in," Carina said, and she walked to the doorway. She paused, hearing them talk and listened in.
"Sarah," she heard Chuck say calmly but firmly. "What is wrong?"
"He cheated on her, and she was pregnant," she said, indignity.
"Sweetie, you watched that show for five minutes, what is wrong?" Chuck insisted.
"What if you don't love me anymore?" she asked. She heard him try to hold in the laugh.
"The woman who helped save me, who took me in, and had no reason to?" Chuck began. "The woman carrying my child? The incredible, smart, funny, sassy, loving, beautiful, mother to two children who aren't even hers? Did I mention she's gorgeous?"
"I'm fat," she insisted.
"Sarah, you are pregnant, and very soon you're not going to be pregnant," Chuck said.
"Chuck, I'm scared, our lives are about to be turned upside down," Sarah admitted.
"You'd think raising two would terrify us," Chuck began. "You'd think our roller coaster romance would terrify us, but no, it's you having a child that does it, huh?"
"I'm just scared," Sarah said.
"Good, because I'm freaking terrified, but I've got you, so it's all going to be okay," Chuck said.
"He's not as big of an idiot as I let on sometimes," Casey said softly behind Carina. "They really do work well together, don't they?"
"They do," Carina said.
"ARRRGHHH," Sarah yelled.
"Christ!" Casey yelled, turning pale and fleeing with Carina behind him. Doctors calmly entered the room, and the door shut.
"Is mommy okay?" Molly asked.
"It's just part of the process," Beckman explained.
"Think I'll adopt," Molly said, sagely.
"You and me both, Kid," Carina said. Casey looked at her, in shock. She shrugged. "What? Maybe I want a rugrat."
"You do?" Casey asked. Carina shrugged again.
"I've been…thinking," Carina admitted.
"Will wonders never cease," Beckman said, shaking her head and grinning.
"Charles did all of this?" Roan asked, looking around at all the ex-spies in the room. Beckman nodded. "Fascinating."
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"So, is it coming out of her like the alien did?" Molly asked. Carina looked at Morgan, who shrugged.
"She may have came downstairs while Chuck and I were watching Alien," he admitted. Alex smacked him.
"It kinda made the same noise Mommy did earlier," Molly said. Carina turned to Casey.
"Don't look at me, I didn't have anything to do with her watching that movie," Casey said.
"Nope, in fact, Uncle Casey enjoyed it when the Predator beat up the Alien," Molly said. Carina gave Casey a look. Casey tried to look away.
"I like Predator and she already knew about Alien," Casey said as if to explain.
"It's no big deal Aunt Carina," Molly said. "It's all make believe, and some of the early CGI isn't that great." Morgan rubbed his head, feeling a headache coming on.
"Does Sarah know all of this?" Morgan asked. They all paled.
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"Seriously, what is the baby doing?" Molly asked. "It's like he doesn't want to see me."
"It just takes time," Carina said, looking tired. No one was really paying attention to Molly as she wandered down the hall. She saw a nurse go into her mother's room, and followed in right behind her. She walked in and saw everyone around her mother, no one paying attention to her.
"Push," the doctor said. "This is it." She heard her mother groan, and then the doctor and nurse were doing something. "Congratulations, it's a boy."
"What?" Chuck said.
"I told you so," Molly said. Sarah snapped her head up and looked in the direction of her voice. She shook her head and laid it back on the bed.
"Chuck, take care of our daughter, please," she said. Chuck jumped up and hurried Molly out of the room.
"Wait," she said. "I told you it was a boy, do I not get to see him?" Chuck paused, but decided he wasn't going to do this to Sarah, she was tired after delivery.
"She's kinda right, Chuck," Sarah said. Chuck grinned at Molly.
"What do you say, Pumpkin, wanna meet your brother?" Chuck asked. Molly's grin was answer enough. They came over to where Sarah was holding him.
"Hi, Jason," Molly said.
"Jason?" Sarah asked. Molly nodded.
"Doesn't he look like a Jason?" Molly asked.
"Chuck, is there a Star Wars character named Jason?" Sarah asked.
"No," Chuck replied.
"There is a Jason in those killing movies," Molly said. Chuck and Sarah turned to her. "Jerry," they all three said at once. "But, he looks nothing like that Jason, this is my brother Jason."
"What do you think, Jason?" Sarah asked her son. He cooed in her arms. She beamed up at Chuck. "You okay with it?"
"I think I don't have a choice, do I?" Chuck asked.
"Nope," Molly answered. Chuck rubbed her head, making her giggle.
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"Whatcha doing, Pumpkin?" Chuck asked Molly who was standing in front of the window where she could watch all the babies.
"Watching to make sure no one loses Jason," Molly said, keeping an eye on her brother the entire time.
"Sweetie, you don't have to do that," Chuck said. "Look, I have a bracelet, your mom has a bracelet, and Jason has a bracelet. Before he's given to anyone they have to compare the bracelets." Molly nodded. "Not gonna abandon your post, huh?" Molly shook her head.
"Ellie wouldn't have abandoned you," she said. Chuck looked down at his daughter, and not that he ever wondered if she wasn't but in that moment, he knew even though she wasn't his by blood, she was a Bartowski, through and through. He put his arm around her and they stood there watching Jason.
"No, she wouldn't," Chuck agreed. "She'd be proud of you." Molly looked up at him.
"She'd be proud of you too." They stood there, one watching her brother, the other his son, and both of them thought Ellie was watching them.
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"What can we do to help, Sarah?" Carina asked as they brought Jason home two days later.
"Did you keep an eye on Molly this time?" Sarah asked, grinning.
"I mean seriously, Sarah, if you look away for a second," Carina began.
"I know, Carina, I know," Sarah said.
"To be fair no one said I couldn't go into the room," Molly said from the living room. Chuck shook his head.
"Molly," he began.
"I know, I know," Molly said. "But I thought he would get here faster if he knew I was waiting for him." Chuck turned to Sarah.
"Do you even want to try to argue that logic?" Chuck asked.
"By the way, no ordering babies for awhile," Molly said. Chuck stopped in his tracks. "Mommy needs time to cuperate."
"Cuperate?" Chuck said, trying not to laugh.
"You tell him, Girl," Sarah said, grinning.
"You act like I was the only one involved," Chuck muttered. "I wasn't the one drunk talking about making the babies." Sarah blushed.
"I was talking to Mommy," Molly said, getting up and heading upstairs. Chuck gave Sarah a look, who was slightly mortified.
"We are in so much trouble in a few years," Chuck muttered.
"I'm not sure we have a few years," Sarah said.
"Well, control yo self around me woman, you need to cuperate," Chuck said, taking his son out of her arms and snuggling with him. Sarah watched him. He saw her and grinned. "That look right there, that's how we got into this mess."
"Well quit looking like that," she said, winking. She sat down in the chair, held out her arms and Chuck placed their son in her arms. "Mr. Bartowski, what do you think Ellie would say right now?"
"I think she'd say the only thing she could," Chuck replied. "Aces, Charles." Sarah nodded.
"Chuck, we did good," Sarah admitted. Emma came in holding Clara and began to fuss over Jason and Sarah. Emma put Clara down who ran over to see Carina and Zondra. Emma took Jason, leaving the two alone for a second. Chuck looked around at the full house with a General, spies, ex-spies, his daughters, son, and wife.
"We sure did, Sarah," Chuck said. He chuckled. "Ever think what might have happened if Molly didn't introduce us?"
"We'd of found each other Chuck," Sarah said. "I guess the question is, what next?" Chuck looked at Molly and Clara.
"Live happily ever after?" Chuck asked. Sarah stood, wrapped her arms around him, and gave him a kiss on the lips.
"I like that idea," she said. It wasn't the life she expected, but she was so glad to have it. "No, I love it."
"Mom, can I invite Jerry over to meet his brother-in-law?" Molly asked. Chuck and Sarah looked at each other, and both shrugged. Everyone was staring at them.
"Why not," Chuck said, and Molly went to make the phone call. "I love you, Sarah."
"Love you, Chuck, thank you for this amazing life," she said, content, happy, and full of love.
A/N: That sounds like it wrapped it up. I did wrap up this fic, but Sarah vs the Life never really ends. It just takes a break and comes back as things hit me. We keep hinting at how bad it may get in a few years, so we'll probably jump forward in time four or five years for Chuck vs the Life Unexpected, and of course a one shot of Molly vs the Life She Expected might just pop up here and there.
Now I know what you're all thinking, Molly shouldn't have been in there. But after 30+ chapters of Molly, no one told her not too, and we all know she kinda does what she wants. And honestly, I had to. She was the only one who kept believing it was a baby brother. Hope you liked it.….Take care…Until next time
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