This story came out of binge watching TV on Prime – But it totally could make sense on Chuck – It takes place during those horrible episodes of S3 that we all fast forward through, admit it. Please let me know what you think – Mssupertigz

Hidden Blessing Ch 1

Two months after Paris - Maison23 Sarah's hotel room

Sarah rolled over and stared at the man who saved her life more times than she could count and again brought life back into it. She watched him wiggle his nose as he slept and she found it adorable, he was adorable. He had told her once or twice that he was adorable and she loved it every time.

Paris was an end to a horrible circle of events, but also a new start. When she and Chuck finally gave into how they really felt for each other, and what they almost lost. It was cemented when Sarah looked up at the small café, paralyzed, seeing the face of her angel, as her biggest mistake sat across from her.

She knew that Chucks actions were justifiable and now for two months they were free. Free to explore which hey did as their days were full of love, and fun adventures and their nights were full of round the clock love making and romance.

Sarah smiled to herself as she thought about all that Chuck had done since Paris to make her comfortable, safe and cared for. They avoided Beckman for as long as they could but knew they had to get back to work. They agreed to do smaller missions, lasting a few days here and there, just to keep the peace and their jobs. But Paris still bothered them; it was like they knew that the events were not behind them. Then Chuck had to deal with news that Ellie and Devon were thinking about going to Doctors Without Borders. Ellie was all he had even though Sarah reminded him that he was not alone.

Sarah tossed her bag at the door of her hotel room after working out at Castle. She looked up to see the room full of red rose pedals scattered all over her floor and bed, the smell was amazing. When she finally looked up, she saw Chuck standing there holding a single rose. She remembered the other time he came to her room with a rose. She looked at him and wondered where he went so fast after their work out and now she knew why. She smiled at him.

"Hey."

"Hey."

Chuck walked up to her and dragged the rose across her chest, then her cheek settling just under her nose as she inhaled in its aroma. She liked seeing him when she came home. And now he was over most nights and she would not have it any other way. But tonight she knew that he was over because Ellie and Devon were just finishing up working nights so they did not need the two of them making love in the next room.

Chuck leaned in and kissed her lips then dragged his lips down her chin and across her neckline. "You smell amazing."

"I showered at Castle, cause I didn't know what you/we had planned to do tonight."

Sarah wrapped her arms around his neck as he lingered in her neck area a little longer. She knew that he was making up for lost time and she had not been kissed like that since Black Rock. They kissed a little longer then he let go of her hold. "You hungry?" Chuck still grinning.

Sarah looked up as she was still feeling the effects of the kiss. "Hungry?" Sarah mumbled.

"Yeah, food, stuff you eat."

Sarah focussed on Chuck's face, wanting to continue kissing him. "What would you like?"

"You?" Chuck looked at her not really shocked by her answer. Sarah stepped into him and pushed him onto her bed, then seductively straddled him.

"Well." As he looked up at her beauty.

"We can arrange something." Chuck sat up and pushed his hands under her shirt and lifted it up over her head as she pulled his over his. Chuck wrapped his arms around her body, falling back onto the bed. They rolled back and forth, touching and feeling each other. They finally stopped as Chuck rolled Sarah over and placed his lips on her taunt stomach then eventually finding her lips.

Sarah reached for his belt and pushed his jeans down towards his knees as he kept her lips busy. She managed to shimmy out of her jeans without missing a beat.

Chuck made sure she was ready and with a faint nod they became one. Chuck adored her and he made sure she knew that and with every motion, touch and ministration it was worth every bit of their time. He was making sure that she was again cared for. Sarah did not want it to end too quickly, so she rolled him onto his back and let him stare at her. Which gave her some time to catch her breath and slow him down a bit. Chuck placed his hands on her hips. Which she loved when he did that, and the fact that she could, finally let him touch her, the way she wanted him to do even months before that morning in Black Rock. Chuck woke her senses, made her feel what a woman should feel when making love. Sarah lowered herself as her warm skin touched Chucks chest, her lips making him want more of her. Which she obliged and when he started to moan, she knew that she had him just where she wanted him.

They stopped for a while and ordered something to eat. But forgot to ask for plates so Chuck ate most of his meal off Sarah's back and Sarah enjoyed licking the whip cream with strawberries off of Chuck that somehow got into the weirdest places on him. They laughed as they kissed to the bathroom to get cleaned up and ended their evening with a hot steamy shower.

A few days later

Sarah woke up in a fright holding her hand over her mouth as she ran to the bathroom. Chuck woke up freaking out thinking that she had one of her 'nightmares' again. When he saw the back of her run into the bathroom it was not the case. He followed her and held her hair back as she vomited over and over. Chuck grabbed a cold cloth and wiped her face as she leaned against the counter. Chuck waited till Sarah looked at him. "Food poisoning?"

"No it can't be, your fine and we ate the same thing."

They did not want to go to that other reason why Sarah would be throwing up. They had been having a lot of sex since Paris but it never occurred to them using protection and all that it would happen so soon. But when Sarah looked at Chuck, they got dressed and headed out in the middle of the night to the 24 hour pharmacy that was down the street, walking towards the family planning section.

Chuck grabbed the first box and read the back then went to another box and another. He looked at her and Sarah cared less which box he got. He grabbed all three and headed to the counter. He also grabbed some ginger ale and crackers. As that was what Ellie gave him when he was nauseous. They walked back to Sarah's room and Sarah took the boxes and headed to the bathroom closing the door. Chuck waited on the bed staring at the bathroom door. He thought about whether he was ready to be a father, and Sarah a mother. They never really talked about kids and he could not see Sarah leaving the CIA because of one. What would he tell Ellie, Devon, Morgan and Casey? His mind tossed every scenario he could think of till he snapped back when he heard her call him. Chuck got up and joined her on the floor as they leaned against the bathtub waiting for the results. Chuck set the timer on his phone then grabbed her hand. He squeezed it gently and tried to smile.

The timer went off and as he shut it off he grabbed the three tests and faced the small screens towards them. They looked at all three and each one read pregnant. Sarah got up and walked out. Chuck got up and followed her. "Babe, Sarah are you okay?"

Sarah turned around, nervously. "It's just a lot to take in you know. I've never been pregnant before and we just got together and..." Chuck looked at her then embraced her. Sarah held him tight. "Physically yes – its new but we have been together for three years. I guess this is an obvious next step?"

"But now?" Sarah started to cry. Chuck held her tight.

"We don't need to do anything tonight. We can call Ellie later to see who she would recommend to go see."

Chuck looked at her. "Sarah, it's just a plastic tube that says…." Chuck looked at her, she did not need the schematics and what would need to happen. Chuck softly spoke to her. "Your pregnant and I know that it is not the right time. But when have we ever been right about anything with us? We are definitely not a normal couple, but we have loved each other for a very long time and you carrying our child, maybe its telling us something. We will deal with this like we have dealt with everything else that we have had to face. I'm not going to let you go through this thinking that you are all alone."

Chuck kissed the top of her head and walked her over to the bed and covered her up. Sarah looked at him as he kissed her forehead. "I love you."

"I love you too Sarah."

Chuck crawled over her and snuggled in behind her as Sarah took Chuck's hands and placed them on her mid section. "A baby?"

Chuck nodded. "Maybe a baby."

The next day Chuck and Sarah walked into the apartment as Ellie embraced the both of them. Chuck asked Ellie to sit down. Ellie was worried but sat down anyways. "Ellie, Sarah and I have some news and its' not what we had planned to have happened but here it goes." Ellie sitting nervously looking at the two of them. "Sarah's pregnant. Well we're thinking she is. She took three of those stick tests thingy's."

Ellie sprang to her feet and hugged Chuck then pulled Sarah up into another embrace. "So how long, details."

Sarah sat down again as Chuck joined her. "Sarah took the test late last night and we don't know what to do now."

Ellie looked at Sarah. "How are you feeling?"

"Nauseous, slight headache."

"Ell, do you know of a doctor that Sarah could see."

"Yeah, would you prefer a female doctor or a male doctor?"

Chuck looked at Sarah then back at Ellie. "A female doctor is fine." Sarah answered her.

Ellie got up and grabbed the phone and called an OBGYN she knew and made an appointment. She walked back with a piece of paper with the name Dr. Foster written on it.

"She can see you this afternoon."

Dr Foster's Office – Westside Medical

Chuck sat rubbing his hands on his jeans. He looked around at all the posters and pregnancy photos and lots of babies, there were a lot of babies. Babies everywhere and the more he saw and heard the faster he rubbed his hands on his jeans. Sarah grabbed his hand. "We got this." Chuck smiled and squeezed her hand back. A nurse came out and called Sarah's name. Getting up they followed her, Dr Foster was waiting in a small medical room and smiled when they walked in.

She had Sarah change into a gown. Sarah slipped out while Chuck looked around and nervously played with a model of a woman's abdomen trying to get all the pieces back into their spot. He gave up and gave the pieces to the nurse then backed away waiting for Sarah. Sarah came out holding her gown closed as she stood beside Chuck. Dr. Foster motioned for her to get up on the table. Sarah sat on the table with Chuck's help. "Do you want him to stay?" Dr. Foster turned with her clip board.

Sarah looked at Chuck and reached for his hand. "Yes. If it is okay?"

"Sure, but most men don't care for the examination part."

"We are in this together." Chuck grabbed a stool and sat on Sarah's right side.

Dr. Foster smiled. "He's a keeper?"

Sarah looked at him then back at Dr Foster as she was about to sit down on Sarah's left. "He is."

Dr. Foster clicked her pen and started writing down in Sarah's file. "I need to asked you a few questions."

"Okay."

Sarah tried to answer them, the best she could then she proceeded with her examination. Dr. Foster stood up and grabbed a probe as Chuck looked at her.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't worry I just want to get an idea how along Sarah is?"

The Doctor took her time making Chuck nervous but Sarah was doing awesomely well despite what was happening to her. Finally an image came up on the screen. She passed the probe to her assistant then pulled the cover back over Sarah's knees. She smiled. "You're definitely pregnant."

Sarah looked at Chuck as Chuck kissed her. Dr. Foster stood up then grabbed a bottle of gel and squirted a large dollop onto Sarah's mid section. "Now we can see how far you really are."

Dr Foster dragged the probe across Sarah's stomach and pressed a few buttons on the cart then dragged it back and forth again. Pressing in certain spots causing Sarah to grimace. She looked up as she cleaned Sarah's midsection. The nurse had Sarah sit up. Chuck sat up but kept his eye on the screen.

Dr. Foster grabbed Sarah's folder. "It looks like you are almost nine weeks." "Almost?" Chuck replied.

"Based on what I can see your about 2 months along."

Sarah looked at Chuck then back at the doctor and Chuck did the same.

Sarah sat up. "Is there a way to know for sure?"

"Why, is there a problem?"

Chuck got up and walked out. Sarah closed her eyes and paused. "Chuck may not be the father."

"Oh! Okay then."

"No its a mistake on my part. It's just that Chuck and I have had a rocky relationship and when we finally had a chance to be a couple we ended up seeing other people."

Dr. Foster continued to fill out Sarah's chart. "And this other person isn't in the picture or not one of your favourite people."

"No, he's not but the chance that this baby might be his. We slept together and then Chuck and I were together."

"Don't worry, your not the first woman or couple to experience this. We can do a blood test in a week, test Chuck's blood with yours and we will have a 99% accuracy of who the father is."

"Okay we will do that."

Dr. Foster printed out a few photos of the image on the screen and Sarah smiled as she looked at them.

Sarah got dressed then headed out. Dr. Foster met her outside by the front desk. "Here are some vitamins and information for you to read." Sarah took the items. "Sarah don't focus on you know what, I mean try not to. We can't have you get stressed."

"Thanks doctor."

Chuck stood up and shook her hand. "Thanks doctor."

"Chuck we will need to get a blood sample from you in about a week."

Chuck looked at Sarah. "Okay."

Chuck grabbed the items from Sarah and headed to the elevator.

They arrived back at the hotel and had not said a word the whole drive back. "Are we not going to talk about this?" Sarah sat down and took her shoes off.

"What's there to talk about? Your pregnant."

"No Chuck we are. This baby is ours your and mine."

"You don't know that. And only being nine weeks that means that you slept with Shaw then we." Chuck paced the room.

"She said that I was almost nine weeks which makes you more of the father than Shaw will ever be. Do the math Chuck!"

Sarah started to cry. Chuck sat down beside her. "It was just suppose to be you and me."

The next day

Sarah left early and headed to Castle to come clean again with Beckman about her and Chuck. When she walked out after talking with Beckman, she saw Casey standing there. "So the nerd got you pregnant?"

Sarah sat down. Casey looked at her. "Congrats?"

"No. (a slight pause) it's not that. It might not be his."

Casey arched his back. "That bast…"

Sarah looked up. "Casey it's my fault."

"So how far along are you?"

"Almost nine weeks but you and Chuck, I'm assuming Paris means that he could be the father."

"That's what I said to him. I told him that he's smart, so do the math."

"Does Ellie know?"

"Yes."

"So how are you going to tell her that Chuck may not be the father."

"I don't know and if I do then Chuck would have to tell her that he's a spy."

"Do you think he has to?"

"How else would I explain Shaw and me working at the Orange Orange. Then Paris?"

A week later

Sarah headed to the hospital looking for Chuck and hoped that he was there. He had not returned Sarah's calls and he purposely avoided Sarah down in Castle. Even Casey noticed how cold it was getting inside Castle and it was not the temperature. Sarah rounded the corner and saw Chuck coming out unrolling his sleeve. She knew he did not like needles so she was surprised to see him coming out of Dr. Foster's office. "We should have the results in a few days, it's not your standard blood test."

Chuck looked up to see Sarah walking towards him. "Oh good, Sarah your here so we can get yours done as well."

"Hi, sorry I'm late I was trying to get a hold of you Chuck."

Chuck avoided looking at her. "Just figured that we get this over with so I came early."

"Sarah ready when you are."

Sarah walked up to him and kissed his cheek. "You coming?"

Chuck shook his head. Sarah pressed her lips together and followed Dr. Foster inside and closed the door.

Sarah came out holding the cotton ball on the inside of her arm. "Like I told Chuck, give me a few days."

"Okay."

Sarah turned and looked around and was happy to see that Chuck had not left. He looked at her and smiled and his brown eyes she missed seeing were not as bright as they had been. She had not seen him much over the last week and she ached for him. Chuck looked at her and he wanted to grab her and kiss her hard but felt unworthy. Sarah walked up to him.

"Coffee?"

Chuck smiled and the two headed to the elevator.

Chuck ordered him a coffee and Sarah a decaf and sat down over looking the grounds of Westside Medical. Chuck reached for Sarah's hand and sat with it in his lap as they drank their coffees. Sarah pulled out the photos and placed them in front of him. Chuck eventually dragged them closer to him picking them up and going quiet. Some time later.

"I'm sorry." Chuck took a sip.

"Chuck, I'm sorry that I felt that sleeping with Shaw was the answer. It was not, I was hurt and he was there. We only did it twice."

Chuck looked at her. "Just like me and Hannah. It was not the right thing to do and Jill as well. I felt that if I could not be with you, the way I wanted to be beyond being friends. I would get it somewhere else but that was not the answer. It did not feel right but I did it anyways. But when you and Shaw, were together, Hannah was there, and I wasn't flashing. Shaw comes with his impressive resume, good looks and he swept you off your feet and I let him and now this baby."

"Chuck you hurt me when you chose Hannah, when you walked away after we had a moment in Castle and you chose her I went to Shaw, cause he was there. He said the right things, he knew what to say when it came to you to us. And yes there is a chance that he could be the father, your going to be it's dad. And I can't changed what I did but we can do this together."

Chuck looked at her. "Wanna get out of here."

Sarah nodded.

Chuck drove Sarah's car and parked it outside Maison23's parking lot. Chuck got out and walked with Sarah up to her room. They barely got the door closed before Chuck had pressed her against the back of her door. Chuck wrapped Sarah's legs around his hips as he took his shirt off and tossed it, grabbing Sarah's blouse and popping every button hearing them fly. Chuck pressed his lips into hers as Sarah pressed hers as equally into his. Chuck carried her back to her bed and pulled her skirt off, working his belt and jeans just enough to make the moment theirs. Sarah shuddered then let out a soft cry. Chuck raised her arms above her head and released her bra from its hold. He kissed her breasts and kept his lips close to her. It was fast and exciting and Sarah was glad that is was over cause they could start up again.

Chuck stayed for the weekend as they talked, planned and held their 'meetings' on a regular rotation.

Monday morning

Chuck headed out the lobby doors and crossed the street to grab a cab. He looked back at the hotel's parking lot seeing a tall dark hair man staring up at the hotel. He kept looking trying to get a better look of what could only be a cruel joke or a ghost of the enemy. And neither was something he had ever wanted to see again. Flashbacks of the night in Paris flooded his memory. He walked back across the street and followed this person. He knew his gait, he knew how he favoured his right foot. He knew his cocky presence. And this person had all of them. 'But how?'

Chuck thought to himself. He lost this person as he entered the subway system. Chuck ran and ran till he got him heading down the stairs. Chuck reached the platform losing his sights on him but heard a loud tap. He looked up and as the subway treaded forward Chuck saw his ghost.