A week later Chuck and Casey were in the Buymore break room. Morgan came in and said, "Hey Chuck, there is an Asian woman out front looking for a job. She said she would only talk to you or Casey and that the job is not at the Buymore but it is personal. She carries herself like a spy. Do you know an Asian female spy?"

Chuck's eyes perked at this, and said, "Let me see."

Chuck went and looked out the door into the Buymore central area and when he saw the applicant it confirmed his suspicions. He called out, "This way, miss."

As soon as the two got some privacy Chuck and Mei-ling hugged. Chuck said, "What are you doing here?"

Mei-ling replied, "I would have come here awhile earlier, but It took awhile to get permission from the brass. We had to make sure the Chinese government didn't know that much about you. This place seems to be the place to be as a talented spy these days. I have authorization from General Beckman. How are you, Chuck, are you alright?"

Chuck said, "Better than I have been after previous break-ups. Maybe because it was more mutual than most, or maybe because I'm not as afraid of ending up alone as I was. I'm dealing. I'm glad to have another friend to help me deal. Come on, I'll show you around."

A few moments later Chuck was leading Mei-ling through a hallway in castle while asking, "Do you like our training room?"

Mei-ling replied, "It will meet my purposes fine."

Chuck led Mei-ling into the next room which was a laboratory where Jill was writing down formulas on a whiteboard. Chuck said, "This is the lab. Dr. Jill Roberts, Agent Mei-ling Cho. Mei-ling, Jill. Jill, Mei-ling and I worked together awhile ago."

Mei-ling asked, "What are you working on, Doctor?"

Jill replied, "It's still in the theoretical stages, mind you, but I am working on a new formula which should alleviate some of the negative effects of sleep deprivation. So are you here for a single mission?"

Mei-ling replied, "No, I'm trying to be assigned here permanently."

Jill asked, "You don't seem like a video-game person. However if you're interested in hanging out, there is a lounge called Mirandas near my apartment. It's a great place for people who are new in town to socialize."

Mei-ling nodded and said, "That sounds interesting. I'll get back to you." Mei-ling then said to Chuck, "This seems to be a capable facility. However Chuck, I feel I need to understand why you and Agent Walker broke up. If you don't feel up to telling me, I can understand but I would prefer to hear it from you."

Chuck replied, "No, That's fine. I'm alright with telling you about it, Mei-ling."

A few moments later Jill heard Chuck and Mei-ling through the ventilation system. Mei-ling said, "I see. That is unfortunate. What do you think will happen?"

Chuck replied, "I'm fairly certain that if I want to hook up with Jill, all I have to do is ask, but while what Sarah did was bad, it was not horrible. I'm not a person who can stop caring about someone just because they do something bad. I don't want to marry Sarah right now, but I don't want her to hate me either which is what will happen if I do hook up with Jill. Sarah promised she would be back. It is all dependent on how Sarah is when she returns. My greatest wish right now is that Sarah and Jill can work things out. Whoever I end up with, I want the one I don't end up with to respect it."

A face of personal guilt appeared on Jill, and she left the room while pulling out her Cel-phone.

A few days later, back at Jill's apartment, a videochat window opened up and Sarah said, "It is out of sheer curiosity that I am responding to your recent attempts to contact me. What the heck do YOU have to say to me? Aren't you getting what you want?"

Jill replied, "Chuck cares about both of us. Unless one of us does something really horrible, that is not going to change and I don't see either of us doing something really horrible in the future. He wants both of our respect, and he's not going to get it unless we come to some sort of understanding. I feel somewhat guilty, so I'm going make one last ditch effort to mend fences with you. If you don't want to take it, I haven't lost anything." Sarah started sarcastically laughing, but Jill stopped her with, "Would you please listen to my proposition?"

Sarah stopped her laugh and replied, "Fine, talk."

Jill replied, "I've been reviewing all of our interactions over the past months. In all that time I found only one moment where you have been really nice to me. That is when you forfeited the costume contest. A common process for a scientist is when you want an event to happen again, you recreate the circumstances of the event."

Sarah said, "I'm not going to dress up as Catwoman again."

Jill sighed and said, "That's not what I had in mind."

A few days later Chuck was working at the Buy-more desk when his own phone rang, he looked at the caller ID and answered, "Hello, Morgan."

Morgan yelled, "Chuck get down to the training room, now!"

Chuck replied, "Why? What's going on?"

Morgan replied, "Important rule of the Bro Code. A bro must inform other bros of the presence of a chick-fight. Your personal Betty and Veronica are currently engaged in a rather fierce mixed martial arts match."