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Chuck vs a Wish Granted

John Casey leaves Sarah in the car and walks to the house that should have been hers to enjoy her daughter's eighth birthday party. He hopes that Sarah will follow but is unsure if she will. He is thinks to himself, that he may have been a little harsh on her. When he enters the house, his wife, Gertrude Verbanski looks at him with concern know something is wrong before he says anything.

John Casey walks up behind her and whispers in her ear "Walker's out there."

"Is she coming in?" Gertrude asks in a hushed tone try not to let the other members of their extended family hear. Walker and her never had time to get close, but she knows her husband and everyone one else still cares deeply for the women who caused them all so much pain. Casey just gives his signature grunt and shrugs his shoulders and heads over to greet the rest of the family there.

The rest of the night Casey keeps an eye on Walker's car through the window hoping she will come in. The car stays turned off from what Casey can see, but she never gets out. When everyone starts to leave, he makes sure himself and Gertrude are last. Which takes while considering his daughter is practically dealing with four kids and the biggest kid of the bunch is enjoy Mario Kart with Chuck and Millie. At first as he watches with his second grandson on his lap who is betting the Bartowski's chocolate lab, Ripley, he thinks Chuck and Morgan are letting the girl win because it her birthday and she is a kid, but when Lukas, his oldest grandson, joins the second race he loses badly. Casey decides as Millie gets up and celebrates maybe the girl is just good.

That starts a little tantrum for the four-and-a-half-year-old because he didn't win. Grimes picks the boy up and starts to sooth him which semi works, but then Oliver, who is only just three, starts to whine because he wasn't playing even though 10 seconds before he was content on sitting on his grandpa's lap watching the game. It becomes obvious that even though it isn't that late the Grimes kids are tired, so they leave.

Casey and Gertrude follow suit and as they say goodbye to Chuck and Amelia, Gertrude distracts the young girl while Casey talks to Chuck.

"Maybe you should try and call, Walker tonight. I am sure Millie would enjoy it and maybe this time she'll answer," Casey says leaving out the fact women who is Chuck's wife and Millie's mother is less than a half a mile away because if she doesn't come in he doesn't want Chuck to get his hopes up.

Chuck shrugs and pull Casey into a goodbye hug. Casey lets the man who is one of his only friends hug him.

"She has texted me once in the past year. She doesn't care, Casey and I am honestly tired of fighting for her to. She doesn't want to be her mom. She doesn't love us," Chuck tells him quietly.

Casey pulls away and looks at the absolute defeat on his friend's face. He has watched Chuck never give up in all the years since he was assigned to this place he used to think of as hell, but now thinks of as home. He wonders if his friend has it in him for one more fight for his fairy tale ending as his son-in-law likes to call it.

"I just think you should give her one last call. Maybe, she'll pick up," Casey says as him and Gertrude leave the house.


After Casey and Gertrude leave, Chuck finishes the dishes and cleans up from the party. While he does the dishes, Chuck thinks long and hard about giving Sarah one more chance like Casey said. Giving her one more chance to pick up the phone and talk to Amelia. Last time, he and Sarah talked they both said things they regret. Well, he knows he said things he regrets. He isn't sure if Sarah regrets hers. He is still so angry at her for multiple things including the things she said, but he will always care deeply for her.

While her dad cleans, Amelia scurries off to the living room and spreads all of her toys on the coffee table. The dogs lay on the floor next to her one on each side. She turns the TV on and puts Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in the PlayStation 4. Chuck promised her they would rewatch it tonight after she opened it in the present from Morgan because even though they have Disney+, they still collect DVDs. Chuck regrets making that promise as it is already late, but knows he promised her, and he just can't break his promise to his little girl. She has had so many promises broken in the eight years she has been alive, so Chuck tries not to break any. Chuck knows how it feels to have someone promise something when your young and not go through with it. It hurts even if the person had the reasons.

After he is done, he heads to the living room and plops down on the couch. He grabs the remote and goes to hit play but pauses and just watches his daughter play with her Legos. She has her hair in pigtails that remind him of her never present mother. He sits there and realizes he will always give Sarah one more chance. She is the love of his life who gave him his perfect daughter.

"Hey, Millie. I think we should try your mom, again," Chuck says as his daughter turns around and looks at him with her perfect blue eyes that match her absent mother's.

"Why?" Amelia snaps, "She isn't going to answer. She never answers. We call her every holiday or birthday and she doesn't answer. Aunt Carina and Aunt Zondra have a better chance of answering than she does. My mom doesn't like or care about me."

"Your mom cares about you and loves you…" Chuck states. He pauses for a few seconds trying to find the words to continue, "…. It's just a tough..."

"Situation. Ya, I know," his daughter interjects cutting him off before he can say the words, he has said so many times. She doesn't know the situation, but has heard it is tough her whole life, "Whatever the situation is I really don't care. I don't believe she cares anymore. This is the second birthday she has failed to show up or even send a card for. Gramps at least sends a card and money even if I am not allowed to touch it because it is 'dirty' money..." she points out using air quotes around the word dirty.

Chuck does a double take wondering which family member told her the money her Grandpa sent is dirty and if she understands what that means, he hopes she doesn't, but let's his daughter continue her speech.

"…I know she doesn't love me because if she did, she would be here. She would send a card and answer your texts. If she cared, she would be in my life like everyone else is or tries to be. She doesn't even try," Millie says with tears in her eyes and the same look of defeat Chuck had on his face earlier this very night.

Chuck looks at Amelia Hope Bartowski and hates the intersect even though in a roundabout way it gave him this life. Without it, he wouldn't have close to the life he has now, but he still hates the computer still nestled in his brain with passion right now. It is the reason his wife isn't here. It is the reason Amelia barely knows her mom. He wonders how Amelia would have grown up had his wife not downloaded the faulty intersect to save his sorry ass, if they decided to ignore Morgan's stupid frosted tips phone call, or if the pregnancy test they took before she lost her memories didn't give them a false negative. Amelia doesn't even know why his wife stays away and Chuck can see that his daughter believes it is her fault even though it in no way is. It is the intersect's fault.

"Mills, I am sorry." It is the only words he can think to say in reply to his daughter's pain. He knows it doesn't help, but it is the only thing he can think of. He is angry with Sarah for so many things and one of the biggest is hurting their daughter. If she had just stayed away after giving him Amelia, it would be one thing, but she played with their hearts and gave them hope, hurting him and Amelia in the process.

"Can we just watch the movie?" Amelia pleads holding back the tears. She may look like her mom, but her emotions fly wild like her dad's.

With that Chuck plays the movie deciding to drop the topic. As the movie plays, Chuck's mind isn't on the movie, but it is focused on everything that has happened in his life since Bryce Larkin sent him the stupid email. He thinks of his family and his friends who have become family. He thinks about his wife and the life, they should have had. The mother, his daughter should have had. He wonders when his daughter grew up and out of the hope that her mother will arrive on the doorstep to permanently return. Out of the fairy tale ending her Uncle Morgan was, no still is, so sure they were all going to get even if he has dropped the topic in the last year. Chuck decides to call Sarah once more when Amelia gets ready for bed and if she answers, he'll tell Amelia because he isn't ready to lose that hope just yet.

Amelia crawls up on to the couch and falls asleep before they even reach the halfway point of the movie. Chuck switches it off and finishes putting the stuff away from the party that he was planning on just leaving until tomorrow while Amelia sleeps on the couch. Cleaning has always helped him think, but tonight it doesn't. It doesn't do anything for the thoughts running through his head.

As he moves into the living room to carry Amelia to bed, Chuck hears a knock at the front door. He freezes. It is late and no one should be knocking at this door. He slides back into the kitchen as the knocking continues to grab a knife and quietly goes to the door. He prays his daughter is still asleep on the couch and that if need be, he can flash. Every once in a while, he still flashes, but it doesn't happen a lot especially if his emotions are all the place. When he opens the door, he is shocked to see the women, he has loved for over 10 years just standing there on his porch.

"I'm sorry," is what Sarah says when she sees the door open. She had planned what she wanted to say, but all the words evaporate from her mind leaving those words the only word she says.

Chuck is holding a kitchen knife but drops it when he realizes that it's her. It almost hits his toes, but luckily misses. Chuck had been wanting her to just answer his call later and here she is standing there on his porch of the house they should be sharing. He just looks at her, panicking. He is happy, but feels the anger and sadness bubbling up behind that happiness. Chuck pushes it down, though. He can feel a difference in her even though he doesn't know what it is. Chuck doesn't say anything just moves to let her inside and shuts the door behind them. Maybe, it is all a dream.

The air in the house is tense. They both stand there right in the entrance of the house waiting for the other one to talk. Lucy, the golden retriever, runs up to Sarah's feet and Sarah bends down to pet her. The dog knows who she is even if Sarah herself doesn't know and she ends up sitting on the floor petting the dog who she helped pick out.

"Are you really here? Am I dead?" Chuck asks disbelief. The sadness he was trying to come out has is now at the top of his head.

Sarah turns and looks at Chuck who is learning against the door and has tears streaming down the face. Sarah isn't sure she made the right choice coming back.

"I'm really here. If you don't want me to be, I understand. I'll leave," She says standing up and keeping all emotions out of her voice. She wants to be here, but maybe Casey and Carina were wrong about Chuck wanting her still. Maybe, she has broken him too much. Maybe, she should just leave.

"Sarah, I never want you to leave," Chuck breathes out pulling Sarah into a hug she accepts quicker than she has done since Quinn stole their life. All of her worries and doubts run away as she leans into Chuck's hug.

"Mom?" a quiet voice says behind Sarah.

Chuck and Sarah quickly pull apart and Sarah turns around. Her daughter is up and standing there less than 10 feet away with the brown dog at her feet obviously protecting the little girl from the stranger. Amelia's hair is out of the pigtails and instead falls almost to her waist. It is more wavy than curly now. Sarah studies her young daughter taking everything in. The girl's emotion run rampant and are obvious on her face. Sarah can see the girl is sad, angry, and shocked all at once. Sarah wants to hug the little girl who has grown up so much since the last time she saw her. The pain on Amelia's face has obviously been caused by her.

"Why are you here?" Amelia shouts as the anger hits her causing Chuck to jump beside her. Before Sarah can even react or give an answer, Chuck is already walking over to their daughter.

"Amelia, why don't we all go to bed and we will all talk about this in the morning. It's late and have soccer camp for the next few days so you need," Chuck tells the girl bending down to her level. He isn't ready to deal with any of this tonight.

"Can you take me instead of Aunt Ellie? I don't want to ride with Clara and her weird music tastes," She asks Chuck as he wipes the tears off her face.

"Jeffesters not that weird," Chuck answers in reply laughing slightly. Amelia gives her dad a face that can only mean 'are you serious' so Chuck continues, "I'll drive you if you head to bed now."

"Okay, I'll go," Amelia says as she hugs her dad goodnight. Sarah can see Amelia wants to ask something, but is hesitant.

"Happy Birthday. Goodnight don't let the bed bugs bite." Chuck says as the small blonde pulls away and he stands up.

Just as Chuck goes to turn away from his little girl, he hears a mumbled question directed to him for Amelia, "Dad, is she going to be here, tomorrow?"

Sarah sucks a breath in and holds it. She wonders what the answer Amelia is wants.

"I am not sure, Mills. It is up to her," Chuck answers quietly looking at Amelia and then to Sarah, "She is your mom and I think we should give her a chance."

Sarah stands there quietly not saying a word and Amelia accepts the answer even if she isn't happy with it. Chuck and Sarah can both see it on their daughter's face that she doesn't want Sarah here. Amelia doesn't argue though and heads up the stairs followed by both dogs. Chuck bets she isn't arguing because she thinks Sarah is going to leave again.

Chuck turns back to Sarah taking in all the differences. Her hair is longer than the last time he saw her, but the same blonde as it always has been. The one Amelia inherited despite genetics saying it is the least probable outcome. Chuck looks at her and doesn't even know what to feel. He doesn't know if they can ever be the happy married couple they once were. He doesn't even know where their wedding rings are at the moment. After she left the last time, he took them off thinking that it was over between them and hasn't put them back on. He silently hopes they are in his P.A.N.T.S. box like he thinks they are. They are still married even if they should have been divorced years ago and the papers stuffed in a the file cabinet in the extra bedroom that Chuck uses as a home office not being able to send them to her in the past year despite not talking to her.

"Clara still likes Jeffster?" Sarah asks pulling Chuck out of his thoughts.

Chuck looks at her surprised. He can't believe she remembered that minute detail. "Yeah, she does. Ellie and Awesome let her listen to it only in the car, though, due to not wanting to here in in the house constantly," Chuck answers the next question that he knows Sarah was going to ask. "I think we should both head to bed. It has been a long day for me, and I just told Millie that I would drive her to her Soccer camp, so I have to be up early and ready to leave the house. And I really don't want to talk right, now, no offense. You can take the guest room."

Sarah nods and follows Chuck up the stairs. He opens the guest room which is one of the last two bedrooms in the four-bedroom house. The Tron poster is hanging above the bed and there is a slew of Chuck's geeky things scattered across the room just like there is in every other part of the house.

"You know where the bathroom is and everything. There should be non-kid shampoo under the sink if you want to take a shower and don't have anything…so yeah goodnight," Chuck tells her awkwardly.

"Goodnight and Thanks, Chuck," Sarah says nodding and moving her bag to the bed where she immediately lays down. She wishes Chuck would have just invited her into his bed, but know she is a long way from that. Chuck is keeping his guard up for once and she knows it is for the best.

"Your welcome," Chuck replies as he shuts the door.

He goes to his bedroom and just sits there for a long while. He is still in shock that his wife is here, and he doesn't think he will be getting any sleep tonight. He wonders why she is here. What has changed in her head for her to want to be here after not talking to anyone for a year. He knows something has changed since he last saw her, but they didn't exactly part on the best terms so maybe that is why she is acting different Chuck thinks to himself. He wonders if she is here for something and not because she wants to be. All these thoughts keep Chuck up for most of the night tossing and turning.

Just down the hall in the guest bedroom, Sarah is also tossing and turning. She doesn't know how she is going to fix this mess she has created. She has all her memories back and she is still at loss. Her daughter is at the very least angry with her if not hates her while Chuck didn't even believe she was standing in front of him. She doesn't even want to know what the rest of the family Chuck has built around him is going to say.