As I said before, this chapter isn't an action one. A big leap forward in time too, about a month. And will Morgan and Alex get their dream wedding? Will the psychiatrist have good news? We'll find out.
1 PM BARTOWSKI APARTMENT
"are you sure you can do it?" Sarah's heavily pregnant body is resting on the doorframe, seeing Chuck fumble with some screws and bolts, laughing. "need a hand?"
Her laugh makes him look up. "Sarah, I have an intersect in my head and I installed computers for over 5 years, I think I can build a crib thank you." Her laughing in the background increases the moment she hears what he says. She knows he cannot finish this within 24 hours, or even before Morgan and Alex' wedding the day after that. "I know what you think, I can do this."
Sarah walks away when she hears the doorbell ringing. "oh that must be the dresses." her spy school always makes her check who is on the other side before opening it. "ID Yourself."
A male voice on the other side nods and says: "vineyard in may." The wooden door opens between them and the man, probably in his mid 30's end 40's hands over a white box. "wow, you remind me of my wife 5 years ago, it is a shame she isn't with us anymore."
The man wipes away a tear and Sarah makes an inviting gesture with her hand, 3 years ago she would never do that but she really sees that he is having trouble with it. "want to talk about it?"
"the general said it herself, don't interrupt the Bartowski's for too long." The corners of his mouth curl up a bit. "I really should go."
"she said I shouldn't have feeling for my asset but I married him anyway, you could say that she has a weakness for us."
The male courier is convinced and enters the room. "you married your asset? They must've been pissed off. Where is he by the way?"
A small finger points at the corridor. The combination of falling planks and a low shouting voice. "oh for god's sake!" makes Sarah laugh again. "he is kind of clumsy as you can see. Tea?"
"yes please, should I take a look because that doesn't sound good." He comforts himself on the couch and looks around, seeing a load of games and DVD's neatly stacked in a rack. "your husband is quite a geek?"
A long person Sarah knows as Charles Irving Bartowski walks down the corridor and as he sees the unknown man sitting in his spot and greets him. "I rather call myself a nerd." Their right hands meet. "Charles Bartowski."
"Liam Jackson, nice to see the famous Charles Carmicheal for once, you are the spy who saved LA by pouring some fruit juice over a nuke, we are still talking about it at langley." His smile is one of those peaceful calming ones, Chuck directly knows that he can be trusted.
"I am famous?" he laughs thinking about it. "from super nerd with no diploma to the most famous spy of central intelligence… I think it is because of her." His finger points at Sarah carrying a tray with 3 cups and freshly brewed tea and the widest smile on her face. "what is so funny?"
"oh come on, this all isn't because of me." Her cheeks turn a bit red of shame. "it was purely you hon."
"oh no, you saved me like infinite times and if you think about it…." He starts spiraling like he is known to do. "you made sure that I kept my Job at the buy more, you gave me my Stanford diploma, you almost took Volkoff down on your own, do I have to keep talking?"
In the time he was rattling she put down the tray and waggled towards him. "no you don't you said enough." A quick peck on his cheek makes him smile. "made tea, want some?"
"sure, I really need to take my mind off that teasing little crib."
Liam was sitting there seeing the married couple in love like some teenagers. As they sit down Sarah turns her attention towards him. "so, you said your wife died? You don't have to talk about it if you want to."
His hand goes towards his wallet and removes 3 small photographs from the leather fold. "here, this is my wife Kim…" he shows to what seems them on a holiday, she is leaning on him with a big smile. She resembles Sarah a bit, only with emerald green eyes and a fuller face. "oh and here are David and Kyle." His hands are shaking because of the emotional pain. "they are really energetic, too much sometimes." Tears start building in his eyes, it will not be long before he bursts. "Kim would be so proud of them."
Sarah looks at the picture of two almost identical 4 year olds and looks up "twins?"
Liam only nods, his pain is too much for him to even speak a single word.
Chuck smiles to calm him down but his words does the exact opposite. "how exactly did you lose her?"
The tears then start rolling and he finds the courage to start talking. "it was the first mission after the twins were born…." He pauses to sniff his nose. "they said it was a low risk mission…. She was killed by a car bomb…"
Horror stories start to unfold in Chuck's head. 'what if I or Sarah will get killed? Or even both of us?' they had this talk before but hearing this story makes him think about their future again, yes they will quit after the ring has been eliminated forever but he damn knows that he cannot escape forever, another bump in the long road..
He looks up towards Sarah and sees that she is having trouble not to start crying too, she used to be this stoic woman without emotions for anyone but he cracked open the hard shell she used as cover for anything sentimental and see her now: a beautiful woman with a loving family, their first kid is coming within 3 weeks. (purely did this to clear the issue of confusing leaps on the timeline) Yep, she evolved a lot the last 6 years.
Their tea is still untouched as Liam takes back his beloved pictures. "oh why am I bothering you guys with this? You are too busy with the nursery." He laughs. "I better be going, Beckman will start searching for me by now."
"oh no no no, we are not busy at all." Chuck and Sarah simultaneously take a sip of their cups as his arm rests on her shoulder to kip her up. "I know, one of the most saddest stories I have ever heard."
After a long and emotional conversation Liam's phone starts buzzing and he nods. "that must be the general. Got to go."
A couple of minutes later Chuck and Sarah are still sitting there, thinking about their future with or without the CIA as they both know what the consequences are. Chuck has a revelation as his fingers slowly moving over her stomach. "what if we make Carmicheal industries a CIA branch? Mercenaries and freelance for the CIA, oh and a Intersect research lab of course."
She smiles and adds: "then we don't have to sell the buy more, we keep working for Central Intelligence and it is fun! Got to love my husband sometimes." Her mouth connects with his and they start cuddling more intensely. She jolts up a bit as Chuck goes a little bit too far with his movements "no sex right now remember?"
"aw man. Totally forgot the 'no sex in the last month rule'" He grabs her with an iron grip and starts tickling her. "let see if you didn't hold back on your training agent Walker." as her laughs muffle his squealing sounds.
(I really wanted an example of a ruined family for Chuck and Sarah to think about, plus their 'happy time' was something I just wanted to see them making love once again. Hope you don't mind the smut.)
3:43 PM CASTLE
"Hey Sarah, you should be at home right now." Ellie heard the tapping on the metal stairs and looked up and saw Chuck and Sarah walking down. "oh and Chuck, you should take a look at this." She picks up Clara and says some numbers.
"five." The little child opens her hand and counts to five on her hand. "good girl! Now do two."
Clara smiled and raises her left hand, again being right. "tlo" she adds."
"who is a smart baby?" Clara raises her hands in the sky and laughs. "yes you are."
A smiling Stephen then stands up and looks towards Chuck. "I heard about the last mission. The psychiatrist is already here, good friend of mine" Stephen's face goes from happy family guy to worried scientist dad. "he told me you guys know each other."
Chuck already knows where this is going, the last and first time he had a talk with a CIA psychiatrist It wasn't a calming one. "you mean Leo is your friend?"
A monotone voice starts talking from a hallway. "yes he is, we used to study human biology together, it suited him more than I do as you can see." Dr Leo walks in and waves towards Chuck. "it is so good to see you 2 still together. And Stephen told me you are expecting a little rugrat, congratulations!"
"thanks!" Sarah grabs Leo's hand directly with a big smile on her face. There is an awkward pause before Leo starts talking again.
"So Charles, shall we begin then? Sarah, you may come too of course." Chuck slowly follows him like a kid who is at the dentist for the first time, not wanting to talk to him and start failing again in building the nursery with Sarah at the background laughing at all his mistakes. "well here is my improvised office, make yourself comfortable."
Chuck's eyes inspect every bit of the room, the back ground is still Carmicheal industries but there are some stereotype psychiatrist features added, the Freudlike couch annex mental torture device, the luxurious armchair and a pile of books. Yep defiantly a psychiatrists office.
"lay down and calm yourself Charles." Dr. Dreyfus walks past him and opens one of his books. "this were your dad's research papers, before the takedown of course." He smiles and closes it again. "he could've won the Nobel price with ease."The tries to calm Chuck down don't quite work as he starts to sit on the metal bar close to the wall. "you may sit in my seat Sarah, wouldn't let someone stand there for over one hour."
Chuck's mind however is somewhere else, his thoughts about Shaw walking around and able to show up every second. CIA spies learn to cope with this constant fear of death but now it is different. He gets pulled out of his daydream by dr. Dreyfus, luckily. "so let's begin, what happened exactly?"
Chuck looks up from the TL lights towards the doctor with a not so amused look. He responds with a swirl of anger in his tone. "they didn't tell you? Well I was on a mish with agent grimes and Sarah and when I supposed to flash I didn't."
"intersect failure, it isn't the first time I heard that." The doctor's voice is still as monotone as always, annoying Chuck more and more the longer he is laying down there. "nothing special."
Chuck explodes, Shocking everyone in the room. "nothing special? It felt like someone was pulling my strings! I'm sorry for this sudden outburst but I have a lot of things to do." The shouting was so loud that Clara has started crying. "sorry for that!"
"apologies accepted, so you say that the intersect took a life on its own? Like you are a puppet in a puppet show? Interesting."
Some scribbling makes Sarah pissed as well, her tapping her fingers is one of the first indications of her growing anger and Chuck knows that. Plus the chance of the sudden raise of stress can induce birth makes him calm a bit. "gosh you know that I hate this right? Well everyone knows." An anxious smile on his face comes up and Mr. dreyfus continues like nothing happened. Clara is still crying on the background with Stephen trying to calm her down but it is in vain.
Leo's fingers grab towards his glasses and cleans it with his sleeve. "I think we need to do some more research, get Ellie and Stephen." Those last two words make the parents-to-be look toward each other and only by the looks they are giving they know it is going to be a long day…
5:34 PM CASTLE
Chuck feels the sweat on his forehead as he is shown another picture her sister thinks is in the intersect. Another photograph is shown to him, he feels a flash coming up and his eyes start to move in their sockets. "Carlos da Silva, Spanish microbiologist, 80 years old. Part of the Norseman project and is MIA since 2010. Wait a minute, Norseman project? The project who almost melted Sarah's enzymes?"
"yes Charles. Checking the brain activity." Stephen looks towards a small screen in front of him. "still the same as the last 20 times." His hands suddenly grab Chuck's shoulder, just to calm him down like only a father can. "sorry son, we have to do this, we've found a loophole here."
Sarah walks in with Clara in her hands and sits down in the last free chair next to the 'operation table.' And removes the sweat from Chuck's forehead and arms. "you are doing great." Her face turns towards Steven, still fixated with his eyes on the latest test results. "don't go too harsh on him, I need him doing something else too." Her hand still caressing her husbands'
"I won't." he answers, very short because his mind is somewhere far away.
'must be in the family.' She turns towards Ellie, busy with scribbling some quick words on a blank piece of paper. 'jup, defiantly.' Some stirring in her arms make her look down. Clara's head is now resting her head on Sarah's shoulder. "it seems that little Clara is a little bit tired."
Chuck is now trying to remove the leather strap tied around his head. "can I take a 5 minute break? Really need to go to the bathroom." Ellie hums, saying yes without opening her mouth and removes all the straps and electrodes from his body. "thanks," he stands up and a rush of dizziness goes through his head. "see? Everything is fine." Arms and legs go numb and he dives face first to the concrete floor…
Stephen is just in time saving Chuck's face by grabbing the back of his shirt and puts him back in the chair. "Grab my flashlight Eleanor."
She runs around and starts opening some drawers. "small one I think?"
"yup." His fingers slowly open Chuck's eyelids as Ellie tosses him the small Cylinder. "Eyes not responding…."
2:34 AM THE NEXT DAY
His head is spinning the moment Chuck opens his eyes a bit. "wha, where am I?" his eyes Check the room and sees that there is a dim shape in the background, sleeping with a blanket covering her, or his, upper body. "hello? Can you unclasp my belts please?"
A female voice hums from the chair and she stands up. the woman's face glows up the closer she gets to him. "well rested?" her face is now easily visible, it is Alex who is rescuing him from his leather oppressors. He yawns as a response. "I take that as a yes."
"thanks for that." He drops the strips on the floor and slowly stands up. his hands slowly go towards his temples, trying to rub away the dizziness and pain what seems to happen there. "Why are you here? You are getting married… uhm…" he looks at his watch. "tomorrow." A big smile is showing on his face as he looks at his watch thinking about his 'day before', the hectic night in a hospital, Sarah on the brink of death. His future almost shattered by the pull of a single trigger. Shivers already go down his spine as he thinks of the idea. How someone can kill so coldblooded.
"I know I know, but Stephen sent Sarah home and Morgan would just keep you awake you know? I never should've given him that stupid game." Her talking pulls him out of his waking nightmare, he only laughs at her. "you didn't listen did you?"
"not really."
"I know you had it hard around this time yourself, just try not to look back at the past, but look at the future. Come on, Your little girl is almost here, Sarah is fine too. Keep the past in the past."
(these words will be a big part in the 12'th and 13'th episode, my sort of 'season finale'.)
"thanks for these smart words, come on, let's go home." His arm drops on her left shoulder as they both walk out of castle, remembering what happened 1 ½ years ago
8:33 AM BARTOWSKI RESIDENCE
Sarah starts stirring as the alarm starts beeping. She looks up when her foot hits someone's shin, with a small moan as a result. "Chuck, you could've woke me up when you came home?"
"didn't want to wake you." His mouth gives her a small peck on the face of his wife. "we need to enjoy our last times alone. I am really going to miss our uninterrupted nights."
"is it really that bad? Those sleepless nights everyone told me about? Please let it be false." A big yawn finds the way out of her mouth. She stretches herself to stretch her muscles. Chuck answers that by pulling the blanket back over her expanded body. "how late is it? Tired as hell."
" around 8:30. I have a busy day today, you can stay in bed if you want to. Maybe a little breakfast on bed you know. Just another lazy Sunday."
Sarah drops herself on the bed hearing the last words Chuck said. 'lazy Sunday, sweet buns and couch day, LO-VE-LY'
his sudden laughing makes her look up. Chuck has the biggest smile on his face. "someone likes the idea."
"you have no idea." Her stomach makes everything but the edges of their blanket rise from the mattress. "can you believe it? we are going to be parents. I never thought of marriage or even kids when I walked in the buy more 6.5 years ago, the only thing what was important for me was my job, you really cracked me open Chuck."
"same for me, I was a smelly nerd who lived with his sister's and couldn't stand up for himself. And then the most beautiful woman in the world entered my life." A big smile emerges on his face. "could've been a fairytale."
She responds by some 'MM MM's' but she doesn't see that Chuck has already left the room, making breakfast for her. "gone like the wind."
It all flashes in front of her again, all those good memories. From their first real kiss in an abandoned warehouse to Barstow to their wedding and then the pregnancy scare a year ago. And after a couple of minutes of her being lost in her mind Chuck returns with freshly brewed coffee and poptarts. "back. Hello?" he sees Sarah smiling at the window overlooking the courtyard, like something funny is happening at the fountain. "hellooo-oo?"
"what? Was I daydreaming again? Sorry for that." She puts her mug at her side of the bed and sits up. "strange story hmm?" she quickly takes a sip of her mug and puts it back again, in that time Chuck finds his place next to her and puts his arm behind her back, her head moves in the crook of his neck as response. A minute of tranquility passes but then someone's cell starts buzzing. Chuck quickly looks at his display… an American flag, can only be one man. "Casey strictly on time as usual. Let's hope that he falls for our trap. "
Casey's low voice sounds through the device in Chuck's ear. "Casey here, I hope I didn't wake you up but I am at your front door." the Loud bonking from the front door echoes through the conversation, Sarah leaves Chuck's hold and walks towards the living room, quickly grabbing a bathrobe from the bathroom before opening the door for Casey. His eyes fly wide open the second he sees Sarah. "damn Walker, you are huge!"
'why does he still say Walker?' she thinks, they had this talk many times before. Without knowing she puts her right hand on her hip and starts to lean on the doorframe. Her words are filled with sarcasm. "thanks Casey. What brings you here?"
Casey's puts his hand on her shoulder and walks inside. "my daughter's wedding of course, plus I have company."
A small person, maybe around 5 FT 3 inches walks in, blue uniform, loaded with a lot of ribbons, Sarah now sees the face of the General, walking with a wooden walking stick in her hands supporting herself with it. "hello Sarah, how are you doing?"
Stunned by the sudden appearance, Sarah starts to stumble."General Beckman! You yo you are walking again? This is a miracle!" she starts to spiral, talking about it is her fault that it happened followed by like a thousand I'm sorrys
"it wasn't your fault Sarah, plus with this walking stick I kind of resemble that guy from my new favorite television show. It is called house, ever heard of that? she spins her stick around her hand. Sarah gives her a sarcastic look, the general looking at television shows? Beckman responses to the look. "had to do something when spending entire days clustered to a hospital bed except doing paperwork."
Casey adds: "she ran through 3 seasons in 10 days, I even had to do some of HER paperwork myself."
"oh hey Casey, general." Chuck walks in with his mug firmly in his hands. "great to see you walking again general." He pauses to take a sip. "here for the wedding?" he quickly looks at his watch and sees that he is going to be late for his appointment at castle. "got to go, your psychiatrist needs me." He says it with the best irony he can give. "talk to Sarah if you need something." He quickly kisses Sarah on her right cheek before running towards his bedroom.
"so, do you have any spy stuff to tell?" a desperate try from Sarah to get somehow get at least some intel about the stuff she is missing. "won't tell."
The general sits down on the couch, making small laughing sounds."I know you won't Sarah, and I know that Chuck doesn't tell a thing about his latest mission, those were my orders." Casey follows her like he is her pet and sits down next to her. Sarah begs some more and Beckman releases some intel, telling about they know about Shaw's location but because of tactical reasons they wait.
Sarah cannot accept the idea and starts ranting. "tactical reasons? He needs to get taken down as soon as possible! You know what he can do!"
Chuck quickly runs by and says: "watch your blood pressure, calm down."
Sarah sits down and starts to breath with slow and long strokes, she looks up and sees Chuck fiddling with the buttons of his shirt. '30 years old and he still can't dress properly himself.' "come here, let me do this properly." She only needed 10 seconds to do it properly where Chuck needed more than a minute to do it poorly. "now off you go, show them your Bartowski spirit."
"thank you Sarah. But I really have to go now!" if he would go a mile per hour faster there would be a trail of smoke behind him, gone so fast that it even amazes Casey.
"so now it is your turn Sarah, how is the baby doing?" Sarah starts smiling by Beckman's question and slowly starts rubbing her stomach. "good actually, we didn't finish the nursery yet but Chuck said he will manage to finish it this week, let's hope that the research doesn't take a lot of time." And she drops down in the chair in the corner.
Casey shows a side he doesn't show that much, close to never is a better word combination for his words. "I can help if you want to."
Sarah laughs so hard she almost falls out of her chair. "what? You are saying that Colonel John Casey thinks that he can make a baby's crib? I really want to see that."
One of the loudest grunts ever makes Sarah stop laughing. "are you challenging me walker? give me the tools." He stands up and walks towards the hallway with his feet stampeding on the wooden floor. After a couple of seconds of yelling he yells something from the nursery. "I must say Bartowski made a mess of it."
11:38 AM CASTLE
"so Charles, are you ready for more mind delving questions?" dr. Dreyfus walks in with a book in his hands. "this is the last day of my research, we are going to find the problem today, I a…
(beep beep.) "sorry, my phone, really have to pick this one up." 'hmm Sarah calling? It didn't happen right? Please not now.' "heyy honey? Is it time? Did it happen? I can go home everytime." His voice raised by the sudden stress.
"no Chuck, only wanted to say that Casey fell in our trap, he is currently finishing the last bits of the closet, and he already finished the crib. No need to get stressed."
"that is excellent news, but I really have to go now." An impatient psychiatrist is looking at Chuck from the corner of the room. "bye, love you."
"let's continue Charles. Now I am going to ask the same question again, how did you feel when your strange flash happened?"
11:55 AM BARTOWSKI RESIDENCE
"here, done." Casey's big hand shoves a wrench in Sarah's hands. "told you I could do it." he still doesn't know that they led him into their trap, making him work for them as their 'slave' "why are you laughing so loud?"
Sarah rests her arm on his shoulder. "I still cannot believe you did that, that saved us a lot of time and cut fingers."
"clever girl! I knew Bartowski couldn't handle this job" a big smirk on both of their faces betray the fact that she agrees with him. "see, you agree too. Bartowski can be a numnut sometimes." (sorry if I spelled it wrong.)
"john, you know that he can be a bit clumsy sometimes but you got to give him at least some credit for the design." Casey starts to grin and walks away, leaving Sarah with the job of cleaning up his mess. "oh just don't help a woman who is about to burst…"
She tried to bow down but her hands cannot even reach the ground. "can I get some help?" she yells towards the door and hears the ticking of colliding wood.
Beckman's head pops around the corner and then it is followed by the rest of her body. She is smiling. "quite impressive, I would've said that Casey did a good job but now seeing you doing his dirty work makes me want to fire him." Beckman squats down and starts to pick up the tools. When she is finished she asks: "want to tell the name? or do you guys want to keep it a secret?"
'keep it secret Sarah, come on, Ellie almost found it out last week because you were so stupid to start spiraling. just wait 2 more weeks.' She raises her hands and shakes her head. "just wait 2 weeks and you know it."
"already know it Sarah, won't tell." Beckman says with the biggest smile on her face, like she is the proudest being alive
'bu but how?' Sarah's mind starts to race. 'damn security footage, don't they know anything about privacy? I'm not surprised to find out the even tape us in the bathroom.' Then, like a revelation, it hit her. What if the ring is just looking at our private lives standing by to destroy us. A frightening thought. (yet another tease for my 'finale')"general?"Diane turned around and asks what is wrong, Sarah replies. "how big is the chance that someone is currently tapped in looking at our conversation?"
"slim to zero percent? Why this question?" Beckman thinks that Sarah doubts about the defenses of central intelligence. "you know we have hundreds of Bartowski types working at Langley protecting our feeds and hard drives. "so you can quite say your personal life is safe with us."
THE NEXT DAY 9 AM, BARTOWSKI RESIDENCE (sorry for the sudden gap, really want to finish it quickly. Hope you don't mind.)
*beep beep beep beep* the alarm clock starts to ring but Sarah was already awake. Chuck wakes up and sees that Sarah isn't at his side. He freaked out a bit but he then hears Sarah yell from the bathroom "Chuck, I am in the bathroom, my bladder is really having a bad influence on my sleeping pattern I must say." It brings a big smile on his face. Every 2 hours he woke up feeling her body squirm out of his grip. "stop laughing, I really want to see you walking around with 26 extra pounds."
"someone is a bit grumpy." Chuck smiles as he sees Sarah standing in the doorframe, her shirt covering most of her stomach. "you are so beautiful when you are angry."
"stand up and dress yourself, transport arrives in 90 minutes." She then adds. "plus, you need to shave yourself." Her hand glides over his chin, going over his stubbles.
"I know I know." He stands up and walks towards their closet. "where are the suits again?"
Sarah walks behind him and looks outside of the window, smiling at what is happening outside. Ellie and Devon talking with Stephen and Mary, probably about dropping Clara off at her grandparents because of the wedding. Ellie giving Stephen a big bag filled with toys and diapers. 'typical Ellie, always over packing.' She then answers his question. "bottom drawer."
"this isn't a normal suit." His thumb strokes over the soft material. His eyes fly wide open as he sees the tag in the collar. "this is Armani! You bought me an Armani suit, how much did it cost?"
"not much." She moved her head on his left shoulder. "11 thousand."
He jumps up, so fast that he almost makes Sarah lose her balance. "11K? I'm fine with 1000 but 11? You know I don't see the difference between different brands. Pure waste of cash."
"Chuck, we have roughly a billion in our accounts, how are we otherwise going to spend it? I mean the only big thing we have bought was the Porsche." Her hands quickly unfold the suit and presses it in his hands. She then uses her Australian accent, one of her many. "now, quickly put it on mister Charles, we are rrrunning out of time."
He makes a small laugh and starts to change clothes. "will do misses Charles, you know Charleyboy can change clothes very quickly." She replies to his words by making a country girl laugh. "hi hiii." (like the one in the train with the Spanish terrorists, 3x14. Really don't know how to explain it better.)
"want some breakfast? Devon taught me how to make a power meal which is edible too, but if you spoil any of it on your suit I am going to kill you." Chuck smiles a bit. How on earth can she be so sarcastic but so deadly at the same time, a real femme fatale.
"oh and Sarah, the tests are almost done, they found the bug in the intersect and removed it, so I am ready to fight the ring again."
She turned around and hugs Chuck. "what good news!" she pauses to kiss him on the lips. "even dr. Dreyfus agrees? It is a miracle."
A half hour passes as they eat their breakfast, chatting about the wedding and well everything. Only strange thing that Sarah is wearing a too small shirt and he is wearing an expensive suit. "Sarah? 10 minutes until transport arrives."
"damn, got to hurry." She runs away as fast as a 9 month pregnant woman can run and she disappears.
'I bet she is going to wear sneakers to the wedding. Last week when we went to a restaurant she went with high heels she almost threw them out of the window out of pain. When we returned home he checked her feet and they had red marks all over them.' Chuck thought as someone knocks on the door. "Sarah! They are here!"
"almost done."
"okay." He opens the door and a woman opens the door. "hi, you must be Charles Irving Bartowski, the limo is here. Where is your wife?" her mouth falls open as she sees Sarah walk down with high heels and a long purple dress. "what a beautiful dress! I am so jealous!"
"thank you." Sarah replies and Chuck turns around. His eyes widen and his jaw almost drops. Sarah is wearing a long dark purple dress what seems to be handmade, the waistline has a perfect fit around her stomach. "close your mouth Chuck , except if you try to capture flies."
He smiles, walks towards her, and grabs her left hand. "we are ready to go."
12:30 PM DOWNTOWN LA
"ready for the big day Morgan?" Morgan looked up from his perfectly folded tie and saw Chuck walking in the room in the mirrors reflection. "I must say a suit fits you perfectly, even better than your old buy more suit."
"I am ready. Only a bit nervous but that is normal right?"Morgan asks as he turns around. "I can say the same about you. Is that Armani you are wearing?"
"it is normal that you are a bit scared on your big day bro." Chuck's hand goes towards his best friends shoulder, Having a calming effect on his bud.
"are you sure? I didn't sleep at all last night." He smiles. "maybe it are my nerves but maybe it was Casey snoring in the room next to ours."
Chuck laughs, he then sits in the chair in the corner. "then we both have sleep problems, I have a pregnant hippo who has to pee every 2 hours." He winks and whispers. "but don't tell that or I have to sleep on the couch." He then stands after he looked at his watch. "now let's go and get you married."
Morgan followed him out of the room, anxious to get married.
A couple of minutes later he walks back to his seat on the front row, next to Sarah and Devon. 'it is the perfect day to get married, nice summer sun, almost no clouds. Lucky guy' he thinks as he sits down next to his wife.
"the weather is beautiful isn't it?" Sarah looked up towards the beam of sun shining on the first 2 rows from a small window.
"yes it is," Chuck sits down next to Sarah lets his arm lean on his shoulder. "you know that Morgan is really nervous?" he looks behind him and sees the empty spot next to General Beckman. "do you guys know where Casey is?"
"yes." The general says. "he is the lucky guy, Alex wanted him to walk her down the isle, and from what he heard he squealed like a pig."
And then all the sudden music starts to play and the main doors open, wedding march starts to play and everyone stands up and they see Alex in a white wedding dress and Casey towering over her, almost walking in a military walk, next to her. His eyes are a bit red from his emotions. And when they have reached the end the officiant walks towards them. "we are all gathered here to join together to See Alexandra McHugh and Morgan Guillermo Grimes go in matrimony. who gives this woman in marriage to this man?"
Alex smiled and leaned on her dad as he says one of the first words as a 'real' father. "I do."
They released hands and Alex quickly kisses him. She whispers a quick "thank you." In his ears before standing on the platform. Casey makes a quick waving motion with his hand and stands next to the altar with his hands across his stomach. Waiting for the groom.
And then the doors open again. It is the little bearded fella with his 'dad' almost parading next to him. You could say that big mike finally felt that he was part of the expanding family. The isle is almost too small for the two of them as Morgan is pushed against the benches 2 or 3 times. The same ritual happens. "who gives this man in marriage?"
"I do." Big mike smiles and gives his stepson a joyful slap on the shoulder. "make daddy proud son."
And after Morgan moves next to his future wife the officiant starts to talk a story about how important marriage is.. well not so important for Sarah, who is slowly falling asleep. A quick push at her shoulder makes her look up at Chuck. "sorry, bad sleeping rhythm."
"I know but it is impolite to fall asleep on a ceremony." He smiles as the officiant ends his speech and asks for the rings. And suddenly Chuck stands up and walks towards him. Everyone is surprised that it is someone from the audience who is the ring bearer. "here you go." He says giving a small wink towards Morgan. As he sits down again Sarah looks at him. "you are the ringbearer? You could've told me." The only thing he says. "surprise."
"and now their wedding vows." The about-to-be-newlyweds hold each others hands and look deeply in their eyes.
Morgan begins to talk, stopping sometimes to inhale some air. "so, my vows. I never knew I would end up marrying the most beautiful woman in the world. And everyone knows that I will fight for you every day for the rest of my life. I fought an endangered tiger, withstood like 1000 volts and fought people almost twice the size of John here. And I will fight for us like that for every minute for us to come." Half of the female audience already grabbed their napkins the moment he started talking, including Sarah and Ellie. "straight from the heart." He adds before looking up towards Alex again.
"beautiful, and now it is my turn. Before I met you Morgan, I never had a family at all. I never knew my dad, and by meeting you I met him again, felt how it was to have a family. And even when our relation was in the very beginning you always tried to keep me safe from everything." She quickly looks back towards Casey, meaning that this part is about him almost choking Morgan to death twice when he found out he had her number and dated her respectively. The only thing he can do is smile. "you always put me on top priority, with you on second place, and that is why I love you and want to stay with you for the rest of my life, and I know we will stay together… forever."
(beginning is a bit like Sarah's vow but I had this idea in my mind for a looong time. Hope you don't mind.)
The vows are so inspiring that even some of the man cracked open and started crying."if someone has a reason that this wedding isn't legal speak now or forever stay silent." A small pause before he starts to talk again. "you may now put on the rings."
Morgan begins again and fumbles a bit with her ring before sliding it on her ring finger. "wow, you look beautiful."
Alex however is more smooth with his ring. "and so it is official."
The man continues. "and hereby I announce you husband and wife, it is official now. You may now kiss the bride." They don't waste a second and they lunge in each other's arms, kissing eachother as their bodies move around each other. Sparkling a lot of "Bravos" and "congratulations from the audience and especially from Chuck. And as they walk back to the entrance being showered in rice.
30 MINUTES LATER
"Chuck I have to talk to you, and it isn't good news nor bad news." Casey walks towards him, a bit red from all the beers he drunk. "it is time to take down Johnson inc. car is leaving in 2 hours."
"oh come on, Morgan and Alex just left on their honeymoon and you are asking me to leave Sarah again? Oh come on." he moans as he takes the last sip of his drink.
"you chose to stay at the CIA, and now it backfires. Oh and where are they going?"
"a month of island hopping on the Caribbean, 10 bucks that Morgan returns with a sunburn."
"you're on." They both laugh and see Sarah waggling towards them through the crowd. "what is so funny?"
Finally found the time to finish it. and it is almost 2 weeks too late.. oh and 7k words, next up the first chapter of the 2 episodes 'finale.' Stay tuned. And as I said before, a review really makes me happy!
