A/N: Like with the Carina episode, this one with Chuck's new girlfriend was harder to write so it took a little longer but here it is. Also I try to get these out as quick as I can, but realistically I get one maybe two nights a week to myself where I actually have time to work on them, so that's why they're not being finished one after another. So please be patient, and please review.
"You're late," Casey says, pulling open Bela's car door.
"The hell?" she asks, staring up at him confused. "I just pulled up."
"You got home late last night," he notes, watching for her reaction.
She groans, pressing a hand to her head.
"Don't remind me," she sighs.
"How much did you drink?" he asks, holding her door open.
"Uhh," she yawns, climbing slowly out of the car. He chuckles as she begins to wake up, leaning against the car. "Too much."
"Did you...?"
"I didn't do anything," she says, lifting her sunglasses to stare into his eyes. "I promise."
"Right," he nods, clearing his throat. "Good."
She pulls her sunglasses back on, pulling her bag out of the car before locking it.
"Casey!" she yelps as he pushes her against the side of the car, his lips making contact with her neck as his hand slides up under her shirt. She laughs, quickly running a hand through his hair before pushing him up.
"It's our cover," he growls, leaning her against the car again. She grins, turning her head as she pushes him away.
"I'm also late; the Buy More may just be for your cover, but it's also my real job," she says, buttoning up her shirt. He smirks, watching her actions before she slaps him on the arm. "Casey."
"Fine," he sighs, throwing an arm across her shoulders.
She glances at him but rests her hand on his as they enter the store.
Casey glares at Morgan as he waves, staring at them questioningly. Bela snorts, waving back.
"Don't provoke him," he warns.
"Don't provoke you more like it," she teases.
"I'll see you later," he says, kissing her before heading towards the staff room. She smiles to herself, stopping as she sees Sarah coming out of the theatre room in tears.
"Sarah?" she asks, glancing at Chuck before following her. "Sarah, hey."
"I'm okay," she sniffs, Bela following her out of the store. "You're going to be late."
"I don't care, what's wrong? What did Chuck-?"
"Chuck didn't do anything," she sighs, turning to her. "Chuck wants to stay broken up. This is for the cover, his friends were watching us."
"Of course," Bela nods, not quite believing this.
"Uh you and Casey, you're... your cover is okay?" Sarah asks, wiping her eyes again.
"Casey's taking full advantage of it, but it's to be expected," she chuckles.
"I'm sure he is," she says, smiling lightly. "Thank you for last night."
"Anytime; it's a nice change not to go out with Chuck and Morgan," she smiles. "Ellie's usually at work or with Devon, we don't go out much."
"Well it was fun," Sarah smiles. "It was nice to have a break."
"Well technically you were still watching one of the intersects," Bela smirks.
"Speaking of that... You'd better get to work," she nods. "Casey's been watching you for the last five minutes."
"What? Unbelievable," she sighs. "See you later."
"Hey, Bells," Chuck grins, walking over to her as soon as she re-enters the Buy More. "You're late."
She ignores him, glancing up and catching Casey's eye.
"Bells?" Chuck tries again, following her.
"Please stop calling me that," she growls, turning to him. "Please."
"I'm sorry," he apologizes, staring down at her. "I didn't mean to-"
"No, I'm sorry I snapped at you," she sighs, running a hand through her hair. "It's just everything with you and Sarah, and now Casey and me."
"Casey and you," he chuckles before pausing. "Wait, Sarah and me?"
"She likes you Chuck and you just might have blown it," she explains. "We went out for drinks last night-"
"Casey let you?" he teases before motioning for her to continue.
"We went out for drinks and we talked about things, which reminds me you told her about Bryce you dolt," she growls.
"I didn't think you'd mind…?" he says slowly, waiting for her to hit him. She watches him carefully before continuing.
"She likes you, Chuck."
"Wait, what do you mean? She likes me, likes me? Or likes me like you like me?" he asks nervously.
"Does it matter? You want to stay broken up," she shrugs.
"Look I like Sarah, okay? But I asked her if anything would ever happen and she said no," he sighs. "And Lou, I really like her Bela."
"Her name is Lou?" she smirks.
"Get it out of your system now, because you're meeting her today."
"What? Chuck, no," she frowns.
"When you're on your lunch break, come find me," he smiles. "I want you to meet her."
"But lunch-"
"Bells," he warns, making her grimace.
"Fine," she sighs. "You quit it with that name, and I'll meet her."
"I don't like the idea of this breakup at all. What the hell happened?" Beckman asks.
"She got dumped," Casey gloats, Sarah shooting him an incredulous look.
"We decided that it would be best for Chuck to date a civilian. It will help secure his cover in the event that someone IDs me," she says.
"Yeah, because she got dumped," Casey repeats.
"Let me get this straight, some woman comes in off the street and starts dating an asset and this doesn't strike either of you as suspicious?" Beckman asks.
"It was never an issue when civilians were dating Bela, why should Chuck be any different?" Sarah asks.
"Because people actually wanted to date Bela," Casey says, looking away momentarily. "Bartowski's like the ugly step-sister."
"It's not completely unfeasible, he is a reasonably charming guy," Sarah says, ignoring Casey's comment.
"Look I've heard enough, I want to know everything there is to know about this woman before she gets too close," the General says, ending the link.
"You know if Bela wanted to break up with you for some other guy, it'd be different," Sarah huffs, glaring at him. He chuckles, making sure all the communication equipment was switched off.
"Yeah, but I keep her satisfied so there's no concern for that happening," he says smugly.
"Unbelievable," Sarah says, opening the door.
"I was just about to knock," Bela says, hand raised.
"Oh he's in a fine mood tonight," she growls, moving past her. Bela watches her leave before walking in, locking the door behind her. She turns to Casey, frowning.
"What did you do?"
He pauses, his shirt half over his head. Laughing, she steps toward him and pulls it completely off.
"What did you do?" she repeats, folding the material up as she makes her way to his bedroom.
"The General wants us to look into Lou's history; we think that she may know who Chuck is," he explains, watching her as she puts away his clothing.
"You know Chuck is a great guy, any girl would be lucky to date him," she says, sitting down on his bed as she pulls her boots off.
"A girl like you?" he frowns, making her laugh.
"I met him when we were in college. I was already dating someone, and we became friends. He is still my best friend," she says, smiling up at him. "No need to be jealous over him."
"Jealous over Bartowski? You're kidding," he shrugs, turning.
"Although there was that time a few years ago..." she says slowly, grinning as he turns around glaring at her. "Kidding; and you're busted."
He growls, tackling her back onto the bed. Laughing, she wraps her legs around his waist as he quickly makes work of the buttons on her shirt.
"I met Lou today," she says, glancing up at him as he pauses. "What?"
"You met her by yourself?" he growls.
"Of course not, Chuck came with me," she shrugs. "Why is this a problem? She's a nice girl."
"I don't want you to be alone with her, not until we're sure of who she is," he orders.
"Fine," she says, laughing as his lips slide across her stomach.
"Morning," Casey says, watching as Bela begins to stir.
"Morning," she mumbles, rolling onto her back. "Were you watching me sleep, because that I would have a problem with."
"You woke me up," he says, leaning over her. "You kicked me."
"I what?" she laughs.
"You kicked me," he whispers, leaning down and kissing her. "I think you were dreaming."
She quickly pushes him off of her and onto his back, climbing on top of him.
"I'm sorry," she smiles, kissing him.
"It was a hard kick," he growls, running his hands down her sides. She shivers, smiling down at him.
"Then I will make it up to you," she whispers, kissing him again.
He responds instantly, deepening the kiss as she moves above him.
"You make me do everything," she smiles, leaning over him and pulling a condom from the dresser.
"It's more fun when you do," he chuckles, watching her pull the wrapper open with her teeth.
"I'm buying the next lot," she says, screwing her face up at the taste. He starts to say something before she silences him by sliding the rubber onto his length.
"Buy whatever you want," he groans as she slides down onto him. She grins, her fingers sliding across his stomach.
"That's what I like to hear," she whispers.
"Whatever you say, sweetheart," he hisses, his hands gripping her hips.
"You're so easy," she laughs, moaning as he moves with her.
"You just ask at the right time," he smirks, her hands covering his as he digs his fingers into her hips. "Am I hurting you?"
"No," she chuckles.
"Good," he nods, watching as she leans down and kisses him.
"John," she sighs, tilting her head slightly.
"Hmm," he mumbles, smiling at her use of his first name.
"Door… knocking," she whispers, glancing at him. He grips her hips harder, groaning as he rolls his head back.
She gasps a few moments later, collapsing on top of him.
"They're still at the front door," she mumbles after a while, sliding a hand across his chest.
"I'll take care of it," he says, kissing her before getting up. She mumbles something again, pulling a pillow over her head as he dresses.
"You're definitely not a morning person, even after that," he says, quickly making his way down to the front door.
"What?" he asks, seeing Sarah and Chuck standing there.
"Chuck flashed last night, on his date," Sarah says, letting herself in. "We need to talk to Beckman."
"I need a few minutes," Casey says, glaring at Chuck as he walks into the apartment.
"I'll call Bela," Chuck says, dialing her number as Casey pauses.
"That's great," Sarah smirks, picking up Bela's ringing phone from the counter. "Bring her down with you, Casey."
"What?" Chuck asks before realization hits him. "Oh. Oh, ew."
"We'll be down in a minute," he growls.
"We'll be down in a minute," Chuck mimics once Casey's left the room. He moves into the kitchen, fixing a pot of coffee as Sarah raises an eyebrow at him.
"What?" he asks, noticing her look. "She won't function without it."
She laughs, glancing up as the two join them.
"Morning," Chuck says, watching Bela. She nods at him, heading straight to the kitchen for coffee. Casey sets up the link to Beckman as she pours herself a cup before joining them.
"Agents," Beckman says, coming up on the screen.
"General," Casey nods, watching as the images of the man Chuck flashed on are shown.
"Stavros Dimitrios, a handsome playboy," Beckman explains. "Owns and operates a number of LA clubs."
"I don't think he's that handsome," Chuck shrugs, Bela smirking at him.
"He's the son of Yaray Dimitrios, the shipping magnet," she continues.
"What do you mean by playboy, what kind of Intel do we have on that?" Chuck asks.
"What we have is information that a volatile package is coming to Los Angeles," she says. "The cargo itself is time sensitive which knowing the Dimitrios family ties to the Middle East could mean a weapon."
"Chuck, we need you to get as close to Stavros as possible and see if you flash on anything related to the shipment," Sarah says.
"What, what you want me to get close to my girlfriend's ex?" he asks. "How do you want me to do that, plus I don't want to get her involved in all this."
"Well why don't you and your girlfriend hit Club Aries tonight," Casey suggests. "I hear it's supposed to be all the rage."
"Excuse me," Lou asks, walking up to Morgan. "Hi, do you know where I could find Chuck?"
"Ahh the sandwich maker, I have heard so much about you," he says, leaning towards her as he runs his eyes over her.
"Thank you," she says, laughing nervously.
"And I must be...?" he asks.
"The guy that works at the Buy More?" she guesses.
"Close; Morgan Grimes?" he asks, shaking her hand. "Chuck's best friend, soul mate?"
"Sorry," she apologizes, noticing someone over his shoulder. "Bela!"
"Bela?" Morgan asks, confused.
"Lou, hi," she says, joining them.
"Bela," she smiles, sighing in relief. "I'm looking for Chuck?"
"Sure, he's just-"
"You've met Bela?" Morgan asks, confused.
"We met yesterday, at lunch," Bela says before turning back to her.
"Why wasn't I invited?" he says as Chuck joins them.
"Hey, there you are," he smiles. "Glad you've all finally met."
"I brought you some lunch," Lou smiles.
"Oh, thank you," Morgan says, snatching the bag from her. "Mmm I smell salami, black olive, top knot? Okay, this might have a chance of working out."
"Wow," Bela says, smiling at Lou before moving back to the Nerd Herd desk.
"You ready for tonight?" Casey asks, joining her. She looks up at him briefly before turning her attention back to the paperwork in front of her.
"Of course," she nods.
"I'm here," Bela says, walking in. Casey stops what he's doing at the sight of her. The strapless yellow dress fell just above her knees, clinging tightly to her and flaring out at the waist. His eyes travel down her legs as he bites his lip momentarily at her white heels.
"You're not wearing that," Casey says at once, throwing a coat at her.
"Casey," Sarah says, frowning.
"She'll receive attention from half the place, it could interfere with the mission," he growls.
"Or if Chuck fails I could talk to Stavros and see if I flash on anything," Bela says, staring him down.
"Fine, once you change."
"I'm not changing," she says, not breaking eye contact.
"Awkward," Chuck says, glancing at Sarah.
"She looks fine, Casey," Sarah says, interrupting the two.
He growls, turning back to his equipment.
"Thank you," Bela smiles.
"No problem," Sarah smiles back, handing her a necklace. "This has a mini-mic. If Chuck fails, you're to keep this as close to Stavros as possible."
"I'm not comfortable with all this talk of me failing," Chuck says, watching the two.
"You'll be okay," Bela nods as she glances at Chuck, Casey moving to help her tie the jewelery. "Thanks."
"Ear-wig," he says, handing her the tiny earpiece before making sure she positioned it correctly.
"What's with the rose," she smirks, walking over to Chuck. "Trying to get laid?"
"Bela!" Chuck yells, turning red.
"What, you think I don't know?" she asks, laughing lightly. "It'll work, trust me."
"That' a girl," Casey chuckles.
"Don't do anything stupid, don't drink anymore than one drink, and don't go off with strange men," Casey says as he helps Bela out of the van.
"Yes, sir," she smirks before moving towards the club.
"She'll be fine," Sarah says as he joins her back at the surveillance monitors.
"Just keep an eye on your boy there, 'kay Walker?" he growls, focusing on the camera at the bar.
"He does have a small neck," Casey chuckles, listening to Chuck and Stavros.
"Maybe I should go in," Sarah says.
"Same bit with you, huh?" he asks.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You need me to spell it out?" he asks. "Fine; you fall for the guys you work with, first Bryce now our boy Chuck."
"Bryce was a mistake and I haven't fallen for Chuck," she says. "And you're one to talk, you're sleeping with Bela!"
"Whatever you say," he says. "And Bela is just fun, she knows that."
"So you know she's still dating, then?" Sarah asks slowly, watching his reaction.
"Nice try," he says, smirking at her. "She's not dating anyone."
"That's it, I'm going in," Sarah growls as he continues to watch the surveillance.
"Hey, no you-hey, Walker!" Casey yells as she climbs out of the van.
"Casey?" Bela asks, watching as Chuck confronts Sarah.
"What?" he growls.
"Sarah's just blown it, I'm going in," she says, standing up from the bar.
"Bela, wait it might be alright," he starts, watching as she moves over to Lou. "Damn it."
"Lou!" Bela grins, seeing the other woman.
"Bela, hi," Lou sighs, glancing over at Chuck.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but Chuck is being stalked by his ex."
"I'm sorry to hear that," she says, glancing at them before nodding at Stavros. "Who's that?"
"That is my ex," she sighs, before pausing. "You should meet him."
"Are you sure?" she asks as Lou leads her to the table.
"Of course!" she nods. "Stavros, this is Bela one of Chuck's friends."
"Isabela," Stavros smiles, standing as she makes eye contact.
"Careful, Bela," Casey says, watching her.
"Nice to meet you," she smiles, taking his hand as he offers her a seat next to him.
"Excuse me," Lou says, leaving the two alone.
"You have a strange friend," he says, nodding at Chuck as he pours them a drink.
"He can be... unpredictable at times," she says, laughing lightly.
"Bela, Stavros's father is heading over you need to keep the mic within hearing distance," Casey says.
Bela smiles, glancing up before flashing on the man.
"Excuse me for a moment," Stavros smiles at her, standing up as his father joins them. They move to the next booth, leaving Bela pressed against the seat trying to listen.
"Got it," Casey says. "Feel free to join us, Bela."
"I'll get back to you on that," she says, smiling as Stavros moves back over to her.
"Sorry for leaving you like that," he apologizes, pouring her another drink.
"That's fine," she smiles as he hands the shot to her.
"We're waiting," Casey growls.
She sighs, ignoring him as she downs the liquor.
"Have you known Lou long?" he asks.
"We only met recently, because of Chuck," she says, frowning as she reaches into her pocket.
"Yes?" she growls into her phone.
"Get out here now, this isn't funny anymore," Casey growls before hanging up.
"Important?" Stavros asks, watching her.
"I'm sorry, I have to go," she says, standing. He joins her, leaning forward and kissing her before letting her go.
"It was nice meeting you," he smiles, watching her leave.
"Bela," Chuck says, meeting her outside the doors.
"Where is he?" she growls, looking around before spotting the van.
"What are you doing?" he asks, following as she pulls open the back and climbs in.
"Took your time," Casey says, turning to her before she wraps her hand around the back of his neck, pulling him to her.
Chuck clears his throat, glancing at the two before turning to Sarah.
"Happy now?" Bela asks, pulling away.
"What was that for?" Casey smirks.
"Stavros kissed me," she frowns, staring up at him.
He growls, pulling her against him again.
"Hey," Casey says, walking up behind Bela.
"Jesus," she growls, glaring at him before turning back to the TVs.
"You're watching monster trucks?" he asks.
"Favorite past time," she says, watching the vehicles.
"You did a good job last night," he says. "We're going down to the docks in a few hours to intercept the package."
"You need me to go?" she asks, turning to him.
"Uh huh, bring chicken neck with you as well, it'll be a party," he smirks, causing her to smile.
"A simple 'no' would suffice," she says, turning back to the TVs.
"No," he whispers, his lips caressing her ear.
"Okay," she sighs, nodding. He smirks, patting her on the butt before turning.
"Casey," she says, grabbing his arm as he leaves.
"Yeah?" he asks, watching her.
"Be careful," she says slowly, pausing as she realizes what she'd just said.
"Okay?" he asks, confused.
"Right... good talk," she nods, quickly turning and crossing the room to join Chuck.
"You've got to be kidding me," Bela growls, blindly reaching for her towel as she steps out of the shower.
"Looking for something?" Casey smirks, causing her to jump.
"Son of a bitch!" Bela yells, quickly wiping the water from her face before opening her eyes.
"Evening," he grins, frowning as she covers herself with her hands.
"What are you doing?" she hisses, growling as she spies the towel in his hands.
"Enjoying the show up until now," he says as she snatches the material from him.
"What are you doing?" she asks again as she pushes her hair back over her shoulders.
"Walker and I have been up all night explaining to our bosses why we were raiding a cargo freighter filled with nothing but air and a surveillance camera," he says, following her into the bedroom. "The tip Bartowski gave us was compromised, someone set us up."
"What?" she asks, pulling her underwear on. "You don't think it was Lou?"
He hands her a photo, watching her reaction.
"That was taken at the docks after their date," he says as she studies the photo of Stavros and Lou.
"Oh," she says, nodding. "Does Chuck know?"
"I trust Walker is informing him now," he nods.
"He's not going to take this well," she frowns.
"Not our problem," he shrugs.
"Not yours," she mutters, pulling some clothes from the wardrobe.
"I should let you finish dressing," he growls, pulling her against him.
"What's another interruption or two, right?" she whispers as he leans down, pressing his lips against hers.
"Ugh," she frowns, pushing him away.
"What?" he asks.
"You've been smoking," she coughs, making a face.
"A cigar," he shrugs.
"It's still disgusting," she says, shaking her head.
"Okay," he sighs. "You need a lift to work?"
"I'm not working this morning, you know that," she smirks, finishing dressing.
"Good, you can come with us then," he says, following her down the hallway.
"Okay, Chuck our Intel tells us Lou should be meeting Stavros behind the club," Casey says, handing him a watch. "Now you're mic'd."
"You guys are being paranoid, there's no way Lou's showing up here," Chuck says, glancing at Bela who smiles reassuringly at him. "And what will the sandwich police be doing on this stakeout?"
"Here we go, we've got company," Sarah says, shrinking down in her seat.
"What?" Chuck whispers, staring out the window as Lou pulls up.
"Believe us now?" Casey asks, Bela hitting him lightly on the shoulder.
"No, as a matter of fact I don't," Chuck growls, climbing out of the car.
"Be careful," Bela says, watching him go.
"You say that to everyone now?" Casey asks, glancing at her.
"Chuck, wait!" Sarah says, Casey pulling her back as she tries to exit the car. "No, damn it I'm going after him!"
"They have us on tape," he growls. "They recognize either one of us it'll blow the whole operation."
"I could-" Bela starts.
"You're staying right here, sweetheart," Casey interrupts.
"You're unbelievable," Sarah growls, glancing at him.
"Just doing my job."
Bela sits quietly in the back seat as she glances at the two agents, Sarah muttering under her breath.
"I can't hear anything, I'm going in," she says.
"No, no, give him a minute, can't go in every time he breaks a nail."
"Just cover the front," she growls, slamming the door shut as Bela climbs into the front.
"Chuck would have done something to the mic to stop Lou from incriminating herself," she explains.
"Walker should have just left it a few more minutes."
"I don't hear them, or anything," Bela frowns.
"Damn it," Casey says, climbing out of the car. "Stay here!"
"Stay in the car, don't leave," Bela mutters to herself, rolling her eyes before spotting Lou. "Oh crap!"
She quickly slides down the seat, uncomfortably positioning herself between the seat and the dash.
"Bela!" Casey growls, letting out a breath as he sees her.
"What?" she asks confused at his reaction as he jumps into the car.
"I thought you-I couldn't see you," he says, starting it up.
"I saw Lou, so I hid," she shrugs.
"Good; Walker and Bartowski are gone, and the genius left the watch with the tracking device behind."
"They're gone?" she asks urgently. "Where-what... Casey, where are they?"
"I just said he left the tracking device behind," he growls.
"Then how can we find them?" she asks.
"I know someone who can help."
"Now stay in the car and I mean it, if you even think about getting out of here I will kill you myself," Casey growls, loading his gun.
"Yes, sir," she growls back, glaring at him as he runs off.
She sighs, eyes widening as his backup arrives.
"Well this can't be good," she whispers as an agent spots her.
"Hands where I can see them!" he yells, gun aimed at her.
"Uh oh," she says as he pulls her from the vehicle.
"I'm unarmed," she says, gasping as he pulls her roughly along with him into the building.
She looks around, sighing with relief.
"Casey!" she yells, and he quickly turns to her before glaring at the man holding her.
"What the hell are you doing?" he yells, stalking over to them.
"We found her outside, figured she was with the others," the agent says.
"She one of ours, you moron," he growls, pulling her arm out of his grasp. "You brought her directly into danger."
"Sorry, Agent Casey," he apologizes, backing away as Casey turns to Bela.
"You okay?" he asks.
"I stayed in the car," she says, rubbing at her arm. He pushes up her sleeve, growling at the hand mark on her skin.
"I'm going to kill that son of a bitch-"
"Casey, no," she says, shaking her head. "He was just doing his job."
"He interfered with my job of protecting you," he growls.
"I am alive, and I am fine," she says before pausing. "Where's Chuck and Sarah?"
"Bela," Chuck nods, joining her at the Nerd Herd desk.
"Chuck," she says, smiling up at him. "So you broke up with Lou?"
"Yep," he sighs.
"'Cause you kissed Sarah," she teases, smirking as he blushes.
"I knew I shouldn't have told you that," he groans, leaning next to her.
"So you kissed her, Casey and I have done a lot mmm-"
"No-stop-no!" he says, his hand covering her mouth. "Never do I want to hear about any of that ever."
"But what are best friend's for," she says, snorting as he plants his head against the desk.
A/N: So at the end of this chapter, Sarah didn't take the shock of Bryce being alive as much as in the episode because she doesn't have feelings for him anymore. Next chapter, Bela and Chuck finally see Bryce for the first time since Stanford. It's going to make things interesting for Casey, that's for sure. And the next two chapters will be out within hours of each other just because they're going to be tied-in a lot with each other, and it'll make a lot more sense reading them one after the other. So they should be out fairly soon as they're both around halfway done. Please review!
