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Quick summary – Chuck and Sarah's relationship comes to an end. Chuck confides in Ellie about his recent relationship breakdown.

Once again, thanks for the reviews left everyone. Enjoy the 13th chapter. (BTW, the title of this chapter, I took it from a Lady Gaga song)

I've gotta add my piece regarding recent reviews on my last Chapter. I know many hate it when a couple break up, but even the passionate of couples part at one point or another. Please don't hate me or stop reading just cause of that last chapter. I do not intend to keep those two apart…I don't. In fact in chapter 16 they will get back together. I wanted to add some drama, and the fact that quite a few commented on it, good or bad means I've done something right…it's caught peoples attention. A few of you hated the way I wrote Sarah's reaction. Maybe I should have made her persona a tad warmer. But what I was trying to show here is that she's extremely hurt by Chuck's deceit, and therefore she does what she does best…shuts down emotionally and acts cold and negative. That's what she's use to when she's hurt even though we don't see it on the actual show. Please continue to read, don't let that last chapter put you off.

Chapter 13 – Bad Romance

Whilst driving home Chuck had received numerous calls and messages from Beckman, however he took it upon himself to ignore each call and text. Once at home, he walked into the courtyard and sat at the fountain. He remembered times he and Sarah shared at this very spot and all he could do was think of past memories, but each smile didn't last long and smile by smile, soon it faded. There were to be no more good memories, there's no way Sarah could ever forgive him for what he did. He decided to head into the apartment. It was the early hours of the morning, however sleep was far from Chuck's mind. Soon as he entered his bedroom, General Beckman lit up his LCD screen.

"Mr Bartowski, I have been trying to get a hold of you all night. I do not like being ignored."

Chuck heard all of what Beckman said, but he hadn't a care in the world about what she was saying to him. With her rambling on Chuck grew more and more annoyed by the second before he snapped.

"Leave me the heck alone. I don't care about the intersect. I have much more important things going on right now and the intersect 2.0 is the least of my worries."

Beckman was taken aback by his sudden outburst. However it prompted her to become more forceful.

"What other things could be more important than this country? I don't care about what feelings you have going on right now Bartowski, I am the General and I will not be spoken to like that. You must decide now Bartowski. As I said I am not waiting any longer."

"I don't have to decide now do I. I mean come on, if you wanted a decision by now surely you would have found a way to make me decide. But you haven't. You have the ability to get a decision outta me, but so far…you haven't. I bet I have a load of time to decide what to do."

Beckman took a breath and looked away from the screen, it appeared she was in communication with someone off screen. As they collaborated with each other for a few moments all Chuck could do was watch on helplessly. Soon the conversation between Beckman and the unknown person, had ended. Beckman then turned back to Chuck.

"In all fairness Chuck, you have a limited amount of time to decide, however the sooner the better."

"I get it, so how long have I got?"

"You have a maximum of 8 days left to decide. If the time has run out and still no decision, we'll be force to make it for you."

Beckman disconnected the call. Chuck had some time to think, still no idea which path he will take. He laid sprawled out on his bed, and kept replying that moment he had with Sarah hours earlier.

Time was now approaching 9am……

Chuck had fallen asleep in the clothes he had been wearing, he was suddenly awoken by his phone. He picked up to see who was calling, and when Sarah's name appeared Chuck quickly answered.

"Sarah, hey. Thought you've never call me again."

"Regardless what happened between us, we're still on an assignment here. We have a briefing at 11am. Before the briefing we need to talk, I'll be over you place soon."

Before Chuck could say anything else Sarah ended the call. Chuck jumped out of bed and rushed to the shower. He scrubbed as quickly as he could. After finishing he rushed out into his bedroom and put on a new set of clothes. A knock came at his bedroom door, seconds later Ellie entered.

"Hey Chuck. Didn't see you last night, were you with Sarah?"

Chuck's eyes looked sadden as he answered. "Yeah I was with her."

"Why the long face, is everything ok?"

Chuck sat on the bed before telling Ellie.

"Sit down sis, there's something I have to tell you. Me and Sarah, well we're not good at the moment. Something happened last night and I don't think our relationship can repaired."

"What happened? Did you cheat on her, you best pray to God you didn't Chuck"

"Of course I didn't cheat on her, and why do you assume it could have been me. You know women cheat too Elle."

"Yeah yeah, whatever Chuck. Tell me, want happened."

"I lied to her, I lied big. And it crushed her when she found out. I couldn't tell her, I had my reasons….I just couldn't"

"How did she find out?"

"I told her. It got too much sis, I had to tell her. I couldn't keep it a secret any longer."

"Whatever it was, why couldn't you tell her? Did you not trust her?"

"Why do people keep saying that, yes I do trust her. I just couldn't tell her"

"And so she broke it off yes?

"Yeah she did. I don't know what to do Elle, she was the best thing that's ever happened to me….and now the idiot I am, I've gone and lost her."

"You don't know that Chuck, talk to her…." Chuck interrupted her,

"I tried to; she just can't get passed the fact I lied to her. And you know what, I don't blame her."

"Try again Chuck, you've been knocked down, try and pull yourself up. If it's truly over between you two, then it's over. There's not much you can do."

How am I gonna explain the fact that she'll still be in my life to continue her assignment. Are we still cover dating….???

Sarah appeared at Chuck's window, Ellie saw her.

"Chuck I've gotta get ready for my shift. We'll speak more later." And with that Ellie left Chuck's room. Sarah entered Chuck's room via his window. She croaked her voice to signal to Chuck she was here. He quickly stood up and faced her.

"Chuck before you say anything I need to say my piece."

Chuck gulped, what was she going to say that could ruin their relationship even more.

"I've been up all night thinking about you…"

"I've been thinking about you too Sarah" Chuck interrupted, whilst taking a step closer to her.

"Chuck stop. Let me finish…..What you did, why you lied to me, I understand now. I get it, you didn't want to disobey orders and that's a good thing Chuck,..in a way. But at the end of the day, you lied to me. We should just go back to the cover dating."

"Cover……but our relationship, the real one…..your ending it?"

Anguish suddenly overcame his entire persona, which showed through his eyes and face. It made it even harder for Sarah to confirm what Chuck had just asked. She still loved him no matter what, but she was still hurt by the deceit. Something she knew she couldn't overcome, no matter how much she loved him.

"Yes Chuck, I am. We've got to act like nothing has happened; we can't let Casey suspect anything. In future missions….we have to act responsibly."

"What….is that all you care about a cover? Sarah I love you, please don't throw this away."

It was harder then Sarah had initially thought. She began to wipe away her tears that were streaming down her face.

"I still care about you, and I will stop at nothing to protect you. That's not changed…"

Chuck interrupted, "Until your reassigned that is. You're just going to walk away?"

"If the time comes, then yes Chuck... I will walk away. I have to. We're not together anymore so what reason would I have to stay…."

Chuck looked dejected. He tried his best to hide away his hurt. He could only blame himself for the consequences.

"Ok Sarah. We've drawn a line under this; we go back to the cover and act like nothings happened" Chuck said coldly.

Sarah nodded in agreement with Chuck. Besides the hurt she felt, all she wanted to do was to have Chuck hold her in his hands, she looked at him with raw emotion. I love you. Sarah said to herself. As she exited the apartment, Chuck whispered in the hope she would hear.

"I love you Sarah, and I'm sorry for what I've done."

Sarah paused for a moment, still with her back to him. She dared not to turn around to face him; because she knew once she saw his face she'd run to him and kiss him. She carried on and disappeared from Chuck's view. Chuck gained his composure and left his bedroom in the hope he'd find Ellie still at home. As he exited his bedroom Ellie was in the kitchen.

Once she saw Chuck, she could see he was heart-broken. She dropped the cloth she had and rushed over to him. She draped her arms around him, and she could feel Chuck's distress. Chuck clinched on to his sister as he thought, I have to tell her we're still together…..for the cover.

However Chuck couldn't bring the words to his mouth, he couldn't say they were together knowing the fact that they were not and that he'd lost her for good. He didn't care about the cover anymore; he wanted to tell Ellie how he really felt.

"It's over Ellie. It's over."

Ellie didn't say anything, nothing could make Chuck feel happy right now. She just held onto him, letting him know that she was there for him. Chuck eventually pulled away.

"Ellie I'm still an employee a the Buy More, can't take a day off just cause my girlfriend dumped me." As Ellie watched him wonder off into his bedroom, she could only feel Chuck's pain. She hadn't seen him so happy and now all he was feeling was devastation. Chuck soon appeared wearing his work uniform.

"Later sis."

Ellie waved him good-bye. The minute he left she whipped out her phone and dialled Sarah's number.

On Sarah's end…………..

Sarah's phone began to ring, when she saw it was Ellie calling her, Sarah instantly guessed Chuck told her that the two of them had broken up. She rejected the call and continued her way to work.

Back with Ellie….

Ellie put the phone down, and continued getting ready for work.

Chuck arrived at work and got on with his daily duties. Everyone could see that Chuck was clearly upset about something and they all respected his privacy by not questioning him. All but Morgan of course.

"Chuck, don't look like a wet fish. Lighten up."

Chuck shot him a look that was extremely cold. Morgan knew to back off. Chuck carried on with his daily job duties until 11am came by. He dashed off to the Castle for the briefing. As he entered the Castle, Sarah immediately caught his attention. He looked at her as he walked down the stairs. He knew he had to somehow get passed all that happened so that they could keep their relationship on a carm note.

"Where's Casey?"

"I'm here Bartowski"

Casey appeared from the back room. As all 3 stood facing the screen, Beckman appeared.

"Good morning team. I have a new mission for you. Tonight there is a Club opening and you 3 are to attend. The owner of that club is a rogue agent, he's posing as the club owner. The real owner was shot yesterday. We intercepted information on this. The rogue agent is called Harry Williams, although he may have an alias. He went rogue over 10 years ago, we've been unable to catch him that is until now. We're yet to find out why he is posing as the owner, but first we must capture him."

"But General, he may recognise Casey."

"He won't. Casey was in a different sector and these two knew nothing of each other's existence. Chuck and Sarah, your to pose as a couple."

Once the two of them heard that, they turned to look at each other. This is gonna be harder than I thought. Both Sarah and Chuck thought to themselves.

End of chapter everyone. Please leave a review, and I hope you like the chapter.