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Chapter 10

Sarah's jaw dropped, she stood speechless at the sight of Chuck kneeling before her on one knee with a ring in hand.

"Sarah, I love you…nothing will ever change that...It couldn't…My love for you is unconditional. It's never ending… because…it just… it just is…I want to spend the rest of my life with you…loving you…making you happy…Sarah, I want to grow old with you."

Sarah felt a lump in her throat and at that moment she found it very hard to breathe.

"Sarah, would you do me the incredibly huge honor of being my wife?…Marry me?"

Sarah tried her best to speak but nothing came out. She loved him, she really did and here he stood before her completely vulnerable, putting himself out there. The thought of marrying him scared her and excited her all at once. It was a mix of emotions she had become all too familiar with over the last few months as their relationship progressed.

She thought back to her past conversations with Ellie recently, about her fears of things advancing even further with Chuck, about moving in with him. She always seemed to let her fears get the best of her when it came to her and Chuck. She made a promise to herself that she would stop doing that when they got back together. What was she so scared of anyway. She loved him more than anything in this world. She wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.

"You're freaking out aren't you?" He asked, causing Sarah to snap out of her trance she seemed to be in. Her eyes met his.

"Forget I even said anything. This was stupid. I know it's too soon, we just got back together, you finally agreed to move in with me, I'm pushing it, I always do that, I get carried away. Was this stupid or what?"

"Yes." The word escaped her lips, even taking her by surprise and more surprising than that, she meant it.

"I'm sorry. Please Sarah, just forget I even said anything, I don't want things to be weird between us now, I…"

"Chuck…" She held her hands out to him and he reluctantly accepted them into his own. "Chuck, Yes."

He looked at her confused.

"Yes?"

"I want to be your wife Chuck. So yes, I will marry you."

Chuck's breath caught in his throat. Sarah pulled him to his feet.

"Chuck I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you" The tears streamed down her cheeks

Chuck smiled, his hand moved up to cup her cheek, brushing away the tears with his thumb.

"Sarah…Really?"

She nodded and seconds later she was in his arms. He picked her right up off the ground and spun her around. It wasn't long before his lips found hers and they partook in a kiss so passionate it sent shivers down their spines. She rested her forehead against his as they worked on catching their breath.

Chuck grazed her forehead with his lips. Reaching down, he held Sarah's hand with one hand and slid the ring on her finger with the other.

"It's a perfect fit." he laughed.

Sarah held her hand up to the moonlight to get a better look at it.

"Chuck, it's so beautiful."

"It was my grandmother's. My dad gave it to me when she died. It's very special, it was passed down to her from her mother. My dad told me to save it for the right girl. The girl I was going to marry. That's you Sarah, it's always been you."

She responded to his words with a smile, before moving in for another kiss which quickly turned very heated.

The next morning….

Sarah laid sleeping with her back pressed tightly against Chuck's chest. His arm draped securely over her waist holding her close to him.

Chuck brushed the blonde tresses from her face. He leaned down and began placing succulent kisses on her neck.

Sarah began to stir under his touch. Chuck continued trailing kisses down her neck while his hand slid to her thigh. She turned to roll over and came face to face with him.

"Mmmm."

Chuck's hand continued to caress her inner thigh. "Good morning beautiful."

"Good morning."

He leaned back in and captured her lips as he continued to move his hands over her.

"Mmmm Chuck…Don't stop."

He rolled her onto her back, his mouth continued to work it's way down her body as his hands continued to explore every contour of her body. His mouth retreated back up her body, seeking out her lips once again. Sarah ran her hands over his bare chest. They came up and clasped behind his neck, pulling him closer to her. Chuck pulled away just enough to look her in the eyes.

"I love you." the words came so naturally for him. He loved saying them to her, and he never spoke anything more true than he did when he said those words to her. Chuck took her hand into his and admired the engagement ring. He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. "I can't wait to marry you." Her ran his thumb over her chin. Leaning back in he kissed her lips softly. He continued to work his way down her neck which elicited several pleasure filled moans from Sarah.

"Oh Chuck…I…..uh…stop…" She pushed at him to get off of her.

"Sarah?"

Without a word Sarah jumped out of the bed and made a beeline for the bathroom. Chuck quickly jumped up and followed.

He knocked on the bathroom door.

"Sarah are you okay?"

"Chuck, I'm fine, I….." Chuck could hear her on the other side of the door purging herself of last night's dinner. Last night's very expensive dinner.

"Sarah, I'm coming in." he announced before opening the door. He walked in to find Sarah leaned over the toilet, still heaving heavily. He moved in closer, he grabbed one of her hair ties out of the drawer and knelt beside her. He quickly went to work pulling her hair back away from her face and putting it up for her. He rubbed her back soothingly until she was finished. He then retrieved a wet washcloth and went to work dabbing at her face with it.

"Baby, you okay?" he asked wiping at her face.

Sarah nodded. She stood up and went to retrieve her toothbrush out of the cabinet. When she stood up, she nearly lost her balance as the dizziness hit her. Chuck reached out to steady her.

"Whoa…you okay?" he asked holding on to her.

Sarah closed her eyes and nodded. "Yeah, I just stood up too fast."

"You sure that's all it is?" He was worried about her.

"I'm sure." Sarah grabbed her toothbrush and proceeded to put the toothpaste on it and started brushing her teeth.

When she was done with her teeth, Chuck helped her back to the bed. He settled in next to her and she snuggled into his arms.

"You sure it's just morning sickness?" He asked.

"Yeah, it's already starting to pass now that I've thrown up."

"Should I call the doctor or something?"

Sarah laughed. "No Chuck, it's just morning sickness."

"Well what can I do? What do you need?"

Sarah tightened her grip on him, as she rested her head on his chest.

"I have everything I need right here Chuck…you are all I need."

Chuck leaned down to place a kiss on the top of her head and he tightened his grip on her.

Chuck entered castle whistling an upbeat tune deserving of a disapproving grunt from Casey.

"What's with you this morning?"

"Oh what's the matter Casey, you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?"

The question only elicited another disapproving grunt.

"Where's Walker? We have lots of work to do."

"She'll be here, she was a little under the weather this morning."

"Again? This is starting to become a habit."

"She does her job Casey. She'll be here."

"What's going on with her anyway Bartowski? What happened yesterday with Stansfield?"

"What do you mean?"

"Chuck, she cowered in the face of danger. Walker doesn't cower at anything."

"Casey, everyone has an off day." Chuck was getting defensive now.

"True, but I think it's more than that, and so does Beckman."

"Beckman? Why, what did she say?"

"She's starting to think that Walker is becoming a liability to the team."

"A Liability? That's ridiculous."

"Is it?"

"Casey, Sarah's the best of the best, you know that."

"Sarah isn't focused Chuck. You know what happens to spies who are unfocused? They slip up Chuck, they get hurt." Casey continued to goad him in hopes of cracking him.

Worry began to overtake Chuck. He knew Sarah could take care of herself, she was the strongest person he had ever met, but Casey was right, she wasn't focused. It would only be a matter of time before she slipped up again. And who knows what the outcome would be.

"Look Chuck. I understood before when you and Sarah were on the outs with one another, but you're back together, it doesn't make sense for her to be so distracted."

"Look, Casey, you want answers I can't give you. You should really talk to Sarah."

Casey grunted. "Well maybe I will. If she ever gets here that is." Casey replied before retreating to the back room, to finish going over the intel on Stansfield.

Chuck moved to one of the nearby computers in the room. He took a seat in front of the monitor. Chuck took a few moments to compose himself following Casey's words before he began pounding away on the keyboard.

It was a good two hours later before Casey emerged from the back room.

"I'm going to go grab some lunch, you want anything?" Casey announced making his way past Chuck.

Chuck looked up from his computer screen. "No thanks I'm good."

Casey let out another grunt as he made his way up the stairs. Chuck sighed when he heard the door close behind him. He continued to stare at the screen for the next fifteen minutes. His mind was a blank. He couldn't stop thinking about what Casey had said about agents who were unfocused, how they got hurt. As if he didn't worry enough about Sarah as it was.

He was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he didn't even hear Sarah enter Castle. It wasn't until she laid her hands on his shoulders and leaned in to place a light kiss on his neck that he noticed her presence. Chuck rolled his chair around to face her. He was greeted with her million kilowatt smile.

"I brought you some lunch." she said.

Chuck offered her a small appreciative smile which quickly faded.

"What's wrong?" Sarah asked.

Chuck reached out for her hands taking them both into his.

"I love you."

"I love you too Chuck….What's…going on?" She asked hesitantly.

"I don't want to lose you…I can't lose you Sarah."

"Chuck.."

"Sarah just let me say this okay."

Sarah nodded. Her eyes locked with his. "Okay."

"I've been thinking a lot about this…ever since I found out about the baby. I'm scared Sarah….I am terrified."

"About the baby? Chuck you said you were happy, you said this was a good thing." She could feel the tears forming in the corners of her eyes.

"No Sarah, that's not what I mean. I have never been more happy in my whole life than I am about having this baby with you, marrying you. It's everything I ever wanted."

"Then what are you saying Chuck?"

"Sarah, you are the most incredible woman I have ever known. You never ceased to amaze me, whether it's with your killer combat skills, your ability to speak several different languages fluently, your exquisite beauty or your incredibly big heart. I fell in love with it all, I love you completely and unconditionally with everything you bring to the table, it's who you are and I couldn't ask for anything more…The thought of losing that…losing you." Sarah could see the tears starting to form in his own eyes.

She pulled one of her hands from his and moved it to his cheek. "Chuck, what is this about?"

"Everyday you're out there, your life is in danger and I hate it, but I deal with it, because I know how much you love your job and I know how good you are at it…But Sarah, with the baby…It's like Casey said, you're unfocussed."

"Wait…What? You talked to Casey about this? About the baby?"

"No!…I mean kind of…but not how you think…Casey was questioning me about you today. He says you've been off lately and Beckman has noticed it too…So have I…It's like your mind isn't on the job."

Sarah pulled away from him and turned her back to him. "I admit, I may have been a little preoccupied lately, but you can hardly blame me Chuck."

"Oh I know." Chuck stood up from his stool and moved in closer to her. He placed his hands on her shoulders. "No one can blame you for that Sarah, not with everything that's going on….but Sarah maybe you need to take a break…at least from all the action, just until after the baby."

She turned to face him. "You know I would never intentionally put the baby in danger."

"I know that."

"Chuck I love the baby and I love you." The tears made their way down her face.

Chuck moved in and warped his arms around her waist and pulled her into him. "Honey I know that."

"You should know that it scares me too. When I'm out there in the field…all I can think about is the baby…you're right…I need to take a break…I have to tell Casey and Beckman."

"No, you have to tell Beckman." his voice came from the top of the staircase, catching both Chuck and Sarah off guard.

"Casey!" Sarah exclaimed.

"A baby Walker?" He asked making his way down the steps towards them. "You're pregnant? That's what this is all about? That's why we lost Stansfield yesterday?"

"Casey that is not why we lost Stansfield." Chuck chimed in.

"No Chuck, he's right…Yes Casey, I'm pregnant. Chuck and I are having a baby. I know I've been distracted lately and that's why."

Casey shook his head diasapprovingly. "The spy game is no place for a pregnant woman." he said. "You need to talk to Beckman."

"I will."

"You need to do it soon Walker." Casey responded.

"I will Casey." She replied, irritated with his persistence.

With that Casey headed back towards the back room where he had been working, leaving Sarah and Chuck to themselves.

"You okay?" Chuck asked pulling her back into his arms.

She rested her head against his chest and tightened her arms around his waist. "Yeah."

"On a happier note, I was thinking that maybe we could invite Ellie and Devin over for dinner tonight. Share our engagement news with them. What do you think?"

"That sounds good. Whose cooking though?"

Chuck laughed, "Well maybe we can order in."

"That sounds even better." She leaned up and grazed his lips with hers.

Chuck released her from his arms. He pulled his cell phone from his back pocket and dialed Ellie's number. Chuck leaned back in to kiss Sarah while the phone rang and he waited for Ellie to pick up.

"Hello." Ellie responded as she answered the phone.

Chuck reluctanlty pulled his mouth away from Sarah's. "Hey Sis."

"Hi Chuck what's up?"

"What are you and Devin doing tonight?" he asked.

"Ummm I'm not sure, hopefully not working overtime."

"Well Sarah and I were hoping you guys might want to come over for dinner. We're going to order some take out and Sarah and I have some news to share with you guys."

"Oh yeah, that sounds great…Listen I'll call you when I get out of work. We are so swamped in the ER. They just brought in this guy with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, I'll talk to you later though."

"Wait! Did you say a gunshot to the shoulder?"

"Huh? Oh yeah. Looks like it happened some time ago though, I don't know why he didn't come in when it happened. I really got to go Chuck. I'll talk to you later." Without another word Ellie hung up the phone.

The wheels turned in Chuck's head as he tucked his phone back into his pocket.

"Chuck what is it?"

"I think I know where Stansfield is."

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