Chuck vs. The Impending Nuptials
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The Beverly Hills Hotel -Lobby
2:15 p.m.
June 19, 2010
Chuck and his merry crew enter the lobby of The Beverly Hills Hotel. They are dressed in their regular street clothes while carrying their tuxes that are currently slung either over their right or left shoulder. As they walk through the somewhat crowded lobby, the groom suddenly spots his wedding planner Mary in the distance standing near the front desk next to two men who look oddly familiar but he doesn't want to say who they are just yet until he knows for sure.
As he gets progressively closer his eyes start to widen to the point where he feels someone repeatedly patting his left shoulder. As he quickly glances back, it's Morgan who also noticed the two men as well and is absolutely beside himself as glances from Chuck to the two men as they are quickly approaching. In that instance, he eyes his wooly best friend motioning for him to calm down as he gets her attention.
"Mary!" Chuck hollered causing her to spin around expressing a smile on her face waving at the groom and his entourage. When they finally reach her and the two men standing behind her he immediately speaks up. "Hey, do you know who those two guys are?" he stated in absolute disbelief.
"Yes, I do know." she nodded turning back waving to the two men. Mary returns her attention to the seemingly excited groom. "The reason they are here is because there was a situation with the band." added the experienced wedding planner.
"What was the situation?" inquired Travis with vapid curiosity.
"There is no band?" she replied shaking her head.
"What?" Wexler quickly responded with concern. "What happened? Does my daughter know about this?"
The news of not having a band at the reception didn't sit well with Chuck. He personally called the manager of the band himself and he assured him they would play at his wedding. If he knew Sarah at all, she would most definitely take it personally to the point where his fiancé does something that effects them not only personally, but professionally as well.
As much as he could able to think up immature ways to get even, it wouldn't compare to what she has planned for them. He considers Sarah the truly devious one since she has been a spy a lot longer than he has and besides he knows that women are like mental ninjas so if you mess with them, especially on their wedding be fully prepared to kicked in the ass.
"Well…" she said. "…yes she does. I received a voicemail message on my cell that the band got signed to a deal and they couldn't make it to the wedding." Mary added shaking her head with disappointment.
"That is so not awesome." responded Devon. "So how did you end up meeting those two." he says wavering over to the men acknowledging their presence to which they nod back in response.
"It's a funny story actually…" she said.
Casey interjected. "Don't care." grunted the NSA agent. Chuck watches as his burly teammate walks off heading towards the vicinity of the hotel bar. "I'm going to get a drink." he firmly stated.
The attention from Casey returns to Mary. He is about to say something when Rusty speaks up. "So you were saying?" chimed in Chuck's next door neighbor getting the conversation back on track.
"When I got the call I told Sarah that I was on the case." she stated. "Do you know Sarah's sister can be quite an intimidating figure when she wants to be?" said Mary.
Chuck doesn't even say a word. All he does is raise both his eyebrows expressing a sheepish smile. He then hears his soon to be father-in-law respond behind him. "She gets it from me." Wexler proudly replied with a smile on his face.
The lanky business owner glances back at the proud father and then once again returns her attention back to Mary. He opens his mouth to say something but Morgan cuts him off. "So what happened? Come on I really want to know." he excitedly responded.
"Okay if you all want to know I don't want anymore interruptions." she sternly replied pointing at the men standing in front her. "Just nod if you understand me."
The groom immediately nods and then watches as Mary takes a moment before continuing the story. "I was at The Grove and after getting a cup of coffee I was busy trying to call up any local wedding bands that would perform at a wedding at such a short notice." she responded. "Unfortunately, I spent the last 5 hours calling every wedding band that I knew and in the phone book but came up empty. I was at my wits end and was so focused on trying to not let Sarah down that when I stepped into the elevator I didn't notice they…" added Mary pointing behind her. "…were in there with me." I started freaking out and got a bit emotional when they asked if I was okay. Needless to say when I turned back to thank them for being concerned I got the surprise of my life because I was or rather still a fan of the two of them."
"So what are you saying." questioned Trip.
"I'm saying…" responded Mary turning to look at the two men and then turns his attention to Chuck. "…they are going to be playing at your reception."
Upon hearing that Chuck's eyes bug out as he quickly turns around to see the expression on the rest of they guys face who exude astonished smiles. He returns his attention back to what he now considers is the best wedding planner in the entire world. "How did you pull that off?"
"I simply told them about how the band you and Sarah booked left the both of you high an dry after getting signed to a record deal last night. They were totally disappointed hearing that and offered their services on the spot." she answered expressing a soft grin. "That's not all." added. Mary.
"What else is there?" wondered an amazed Travis.
"They're willing to do it for the price that you were going to pay the band." she replied with a wide smile looking up at Chuck.
"So let me get this straight…" Chuck said leaning in and placing his hand on either side of his wedding planner's arms as he looks her directly in the eyes. "…Daryl Hall and John Oates will be playing at our reception.
He watches the relatively short woman peer up at him expressing a reassuring smile up towards him. "That's exactly what I'm saying." she replied.
After hearing that, Chuck pulls her in for a big embrace briefly closing his eyes. In that instance, he feels someone else joining the embrace and when he looks to see who it is he notices that it's Morgan. He knew the momentous occasion suddenly became very awkward leading all 3 to quickly separate. Once they do Chuck immediately peers down at Mary expressing a wide smile. "Thank you." he says.
"You're welcome." she replied reaching over squeezing his right hand.
After the heartfelt moment shared between the groom and the wedding planner, Chuck quickly glances over his right shoulder at the guys who are totally ecstatic about this. He then looks over at Morgan standing to his left and is totally speechless. He, along with his entourage, quickly walk over with Mary to Hall and Oates to shake their hands for being so kind enough to play at their reception after the wedding.
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The Beverly Hills Hotel - Suite 7
2:25 p.m.
June 19, 2010
"I still can't believe Hall and Oates are going to be playing at our reception." said Chuck as he walks through the door of his suite followed by the rest of the guys filed in behind him. "It's freakin' awesome."
"You took the words right out of my mouth bro." replied Devon who would be the last guy entering the suite."
Chuck walks over to the master bedroom and hangs his tux on the door making sure not to wrinkle it. After doing so, he turns out to see the rest of the guys hanging their tuxes in different areas of the room and then plop themselves down getting comfortable. He knows he should to because it will just be a couple more hours before the wedding starts so he should just relax.
As he sits down on the couch in the living room, a faint but familiar sound is heard causing every guy in the their room to check their cell phone. "It's mine." Chuck says raising it up in the air for the guys to see. "I got a text message."
"From who?" asked Casey.
"Cass." he responded back. He clicks on it to read the message that she sent. "They just arrived at the hotel." added Chuck expressing a soft grin on his face.
In that instance, Chuck sees Morgan suddenly spring up from the couch that is also occupying Travis and points directly at his best friend. "Tell Sarah who is going to sing at your wedding." he responded with excitement.
"I could but..." he responded expressing a hint of laughter. "…Mary said she would meet the ladies in the lobby and she probably already received the news."
As soon as he says that Chuck receives a text message. When he clicks on it the message is from Sarah. After opening it he reads the following message from her: I love my wedding planner! : ) Luv U! A soft grin appears in the corner of his mouth after reading the message his future wife sent. In that moment, Chuck feels everything is falling into place and as he glances over at Wexler sitting in comfy chair he remembers the words he said, which are enjoy the present.
The groom is snapped out of his thoughts when Trip interjects his thoughts into the mix. "Dude, calm down." he stated with sense of bewilderment towards the bearded man presiding over the ceremony.
"Yeah man." said Rusty turning his attention towards Morgan. "You're not the one getting married remember. You're the one performing the ceremony."
"Yes I am." Morgan replied. "So what's your point?" questions the bearded one looking around the room.
Chuck watches in amusement as the excitement has considerably overwhelmed his best friend. He hasn't seen him this excited about meeting a famous singer or singers when they both ran into Weird Al at the Grove. He remembers he could couldn't contain his joy at man who sang parody classics such as just to name few like Eat It, White and Nerdy, Amish Paradise, as well as the classic parody Smells Like Nirvana.
"The point is moron…" Casey gruffly stated. "…you should be fine tuning your presentation don't you think?"
"John is right Morgan except for the moron part." he said. "As much as we appreciated the call of duty reference during our ceremony you should fine tune it up a bit." nodded Devon crossing his arms. "Don't get me wrong it was nice but I suggest you leave any game reference out of it because Chuck is after all your best friend right? Plus, I'm his best man so I've written out and basically memorized my speech, which is awesome by the way." he firmly said glancing over to his brother-in-law.
"Right." replied Morgan. There is a brief pause as he looks around the room and then responds. "What are you trying to say exactly?"
The soon to be husband of Sarah Walker otherwise known as DeAnna Lisa Wexler hears a bunch of groans and one distinct grunt after Morgan's response to Devon. Chuck is about to intervene when Sarah's father Jeremiah Wexler stands up in order to make the situation clear for the ordained minister before Casey walks over to him to inflict physical bodily harm to him.
"What the boys are trying to say son is…" he answered reaching over and placing his hand on Morgan's right shoulder. "…take 30 minutes to hour to think about what you're going to say because it's my daughter's wedding and you don't want her angry at you do you?" he firmly stated eyeing the bearded man with an emphasized nod.
In that instance, Chuck sees the realization in his best friend's eyes set in once he figured out what his soon to be father-in-law is trying to say to him.
"Understand now." Chuck responded expressing a hint of laughter.
"Yes I do." replied Morgan.
It's at that point, Chuck sees Morgan take the hotel stationary sitting on a nearby desk and a pen. "I'll be back 30 minutes to an hour." he quickly stated heading out the door in order to prepare what he's going to say at the ceremony.
After he leaves, Trip, Rusty and Devon decide to head out for a bit to stretch their legs leaving Casey, Travis, Wexler, and Chuck in the room. Approximately 5 minutes pass when Casey gets up heading towards the door. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to check on my marine buddies." replied Casey. "They're ushers remember." he stated narrowing his eyes at the lanky business owner. After saying that, he suddenly gets a phone call leading him to answer it. The call last a few seconds and then the burly NSA agents turns his attention to the nerdy groom. "The ring bearer is here."
Upon saying that, all 4 men hear a knock at the door leading Casey to answer it. When he opens the door there standing in the middle of 2 rather large dark suited agents is young boy around the age of 7 dressed in a tux. Chuck walks over towards the end of the small hallway and stops. When he sees the young man a wide smile is seen on his face as he recognizes the man standing just a few feet away from him.
"Chuck!" the young boys screams running towards him.
"Hunter!" replied Chuck kneeling down with his arms wide open inevitably embracing him.
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The Beverly Hills Hotel - Suite 20
2:35 p.m.
June 19, 2010
Sarah reads the following message on her cell phone: Hunter is here : ) It had been approximately 3 and half years since she and Chuck last saw the little guy. Unfortunately, the circumstances that brought the 3 together was a sad situation as his father Dr. Isaac Strickland, a C.I.A. operative was killed by a dangerous radical group known as the Sons of Osiris.
She remembers how Beckman considered him in her own words irrelevant concerning the situation and felt it was in his own interests to be handed over to the state. Chuck objected much to the chagrin of not only Beckman, but Graham as well. The blonde agent sided with Chuck telling Beckman that if anyone asked he's her "nephew" which meant he would be her sister Cassidy's son.
It's at that point she suddenly winces and bites her bottom lip knowing what she inadvertently did to her older sister putting her in a position of parenthood unbeknownst to her. In that instance, she would have to take Cassidy aside and inform her of the situation knowing full well she isn'tt going to like it not one bit but once she meets Hunter she'll change her mind.
The bride-to-be witnessed Chuck and Hunter bonded to the point where they Sarah truly admired him for taking it upon himself to take care of him for the next several days until Beckman's people arrive to pick him up in order to extract the information they needed that was supposedly in his heart but fortunately wasn't. In her mind, those next several days were absolutely special not just for her but for Chuck as well.
It was truly difficult for her, Chuck, and as she recalls Casey as well as they watched him leave. What truly touched her was watching Hunter tell Casey goodbye peering up at him to say bye sugar bear and the normally hardened nosed NSA agent showed his more softer side when he hugged him back. Her thoughts concerning Hunter end by the sound of laughter behind her and glances back through the bedroom doorway to see Shannon's two daughters in the other room dressed in their flower girl outfits playing in the other room.
She not only hears the laughter from the Leah and Emma, but she can also hear the other ladies in the other room as well including her mom who arrived as well. Sarah is truly glad that she is able to share this momentous occasion with people who not just become her friends but family as well. As a spy, its rare for her to have people such as that who you can truly trust to stick by you she thinks to herself.
A soft smile is expressed on her lips after thinking that. As she stands up and walks over to the full length mirror in her bedroom. She stands there looking at herself in the mirror wearing a strapless A-line Beaded Embroidery Satin Bridal Gown With Sweep Train. Her hair is in a romantic hairstyle with soft waves, bangs pulled off the face, and hanging around her neck is the gold locket Chuck gave her at their beach on Valentine's Day.
In that moment, she takes a satisfying breathe of contentment as she finds herself in a seemingly relaxed state. In her mind, everything is just perfectly falling into place causing her to briefly closes her eyes to just take it in. Her moment is suddenly ended when she hears the voice of older sister Cassidy. "You look beautiful."
Sarah opens her eyes turning her head to the right towards the doorway where Cassidy is standing who is dressed in her maid of honor outfit. "Thanks sis." she replied expressing a smile. "You look beautiful too. Are the rest of the gals dressed?"
"Thanks sis and yes they are." she quickly responded walking towards her inevitably standing in front of the mirror next to her younger sister. Sarah can clearly see the proud look emanating on her older sister's face to the point where she looks as if she's going to shed some tears.
"Are you going to cry?" she asked. "Please don't because if you do then I'm going to cry and then my make up will be ruined."
"No I'm not." she replied as she forces herself not to cry being the tough businesswoman she is. "I'm just so happy for you and Chuck. You picked a good one D."
"I did didn't I." she responded back with a smile.
"Think about it." she said bumping her a bit with her left shoulder. "In just a few short hours you will be married to Chuck." Cassidy added reach over with her left hand to hold it.
"I know and I can't wait." she replies with pure excitement in her voice squeezing her sister's left hand. It's during that shared special moment between sister that Sarah decides to inform her sister about the situation with Hunter. "Hey sis, do you remember when I mentioned the ring bearer we chose for our wedding?"
"Yeah." she said.
"Well…"
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The Beverly Hills Hotel - Suite 7
2:45 p.m.
June 19, 2010
Chuck sits on the couch with Hunter as they both are genuinely happy to see each other. Travis and Wexler smile as they witness the playful interaction going on between the two of them while Casey simply stands there looking stone faced. While the two of them are sitting on the couch together Chuck point at Casey and then asks Hunter a question. "Hey Hunter, do you remember him."
He watches as the young boy snaps his head, looks directly at Casey with a wide smile, and immediately responds. "Sugar bear!" he said on bouncing off the couch.
"Sugar Bear?" questioned Wexler looking over at Chuck.
The lanky business owner is about to respond when Travis leans in. "Don't ask, you'll only agitate him more." he replied causing a hint of laughter from Chuck.
"Why don't you go say hi buddy." he said encouraging him to go over to the burly NSA agent.
"That's quite all right Bartowski." grumbled Casey shaking his head.
The groom watches as Hunter gets off the couch and scrambles over to Casey who quickly readies himself to be kicked in the leg again for the third time. Hunter suddenly stops in front of Casey. He then sees him peer up at the big man. "Hey kid."
"High five." said the 7 year old holding up his right hand with a huge smile on his face.
In that moment, Chuck sees Casey kneel down looking eye to eye with Hunter. A smirk then appears on the veteran agents face as he gives the young boy a high five. When he does he is Casey sees him lunge forward to where Hunter wraps his arms his neck locking them together in order to hug him. He tries to pull him apart but his is unable to causing him to look directly at Chuck sitting on the couch.
"Bartowski do something." he gruffly stated.
"Like what?" responded an amused Chuck.
"Get the kid." he said standing up with the Hunter still hanging around his neck expressing joy and laughter. "As much as is it to see the kid again, I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm a father to a grown daughter." added Casey peering down at him then returning his attention back to Chuck. "What do I do?"
"Take him with you when you go talk to your Marine buddies." Travis said interjecting himself into the conversation.
"Are you serious?" grunted Casey.
"Yeah man." he replied. "He's also happy to see you too Casey. Just give him a piggy back ride over there."
Chuck clearly notice his reluctance to do so but after a brief moment he walks over to the side of the chair and sets him down leading Hunter to let go of him for a second to turn around. "Hop on." stated Casey as the young man happily jumps on his back as the two of them head out the door to meet his usher Marine buddies.
After a few minutes, all 3 men are dressed in their tuxes leaving Casey, Devon, Rusty, Trip, and Morgan to be left getting dressed in theirs. He knows they will do it in time for his wedding. As he heads out of the bedroom in full attire he hears a knock at the door. When he walks over to open it, he finds a bell hop standing there with a note in his hand. He hands it to Chuck and then leaves.
He closes the door and then proceeds to read it. Once read, he closes the note, sticks it in his pocket, and then hollers at Wexler is still changing while Travis is currently in the bathroom. "Dad I'll be back in few. Just have to take care of something."
"Okay son!" he hollered back.
Upon hearing his response, Chuck heads out the door into the hallway and turns right. After a few minutes he steps out into a pool area where the hotel bungalows are. As soon as he steps out, he sees from his peripheral vision just off to his right someone else step out on the other side as well. When he turns to look who it is, he sees that its Cassidy in her maid of honor dress.
The two walk straight ahead with the pool separating the two of them. As they continue walk they look across at each other wondering the other is going. When they both reach the end of the pool they inevitably turn heading towards each other to the point where they both realize they're heading for the same door. It's at that point, the two future siblings-in-law question each other as they stand at the front door of Bungalow 3.
"You got a note too." asked Cassidy.
"Yeah." he replied. "What did yours say?" wondered Chuck.
"Go to Bungalow 3 and then knock on the door." she stated.
"Mine too." he replied back. "What's going on?"
"Duh! Knock to find out." she quickly stated. Chuck stares at Cassidy for a moment as he reaches up to knock on the door. As the two wait there she brings something up to Chuck that Sarah mentioned to her. "So Hunter is supposed to my kid?"
Chuck immediately turns his head knowing that they unintentionally put her in that situation. Granted, he didn't know Sarah had a sister at the time thinking she made the whole story up during the game at his sister's house. He is about to respond to Cassidy when the door opens. When the two turn to see who it is both their eyes widen.
"Bryce?" they two said in unison.
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