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The Deli

Part 5

Disclaimer: Its finally time for that talk between Chuck and Sarah, oh boy! While doing this idea, I kinda forgot the fact Graham's still alive since this is in between the first two seasons.

Summary: Chuck finally talks with Sarah about Lou, how well that conversation goes and the one with Beckman and Graham after goes about as well as one would expect it too.

"Hey… Casey, can you give me and Sarah a minute?" Chuck asked somewhat nervously as they stepped into the building that was currently being worked on to be the team's new base of operations.

Along with being a new cover job for Sarah as well for that matter. Both Sarah and Casey looked at him for a moment. "Its gonna involve Lady Feelings." Added Chuck, knowing the reaction that would get and surely enough a look of disgust crossed the big man's features.

"Right, I'll head down then." He muttered and hauled ass.

The sight of which made Chuck and even Sarah grin at. "Why Chuck, that was positively devious of you." Declared the vision of Beauty in amusement.

"Well… There is a hint of truth to it."

That he seemed and sounded nervous made Sarah rather curious and maybe a little on the hopeful side despite the fact she shouldn't. It'd been a few days since Chuck and Ellie had talked, along with him talking to Lou about moving in and today, he'd finally decided it was time to talk with Sarah about the situation with Lou. And afterwards, talk with Graham and Beckman about the whole thing as Lou was on board with the idea of moving in with him. Even if she did feel like it would be a better idea if he moved in with her but he couldn't exactly explain why he wanted her to move in with him. At least, not yet anyway. "Oh? Something on that brain of yours?"

"Uhh… Something like that." Chuck told Sarah nervously and causing her to step up to him with a look of concern on her face.

"Okay, well, just take a deep breath and let it out. I'm here for you, Chuck." She told him comfortingly and even hugged him to his surprise.

He quickly did as suggested and wrung his hands together. "Okay… So, I know you've been aware of my hanging around Lou again. Even kinda gave Ellie an impression about that sort of thing." He started with a rueful look at her.

"Well… You are my ex so its kind of expected of me to give her that impression. Even if we are just friends now."

If she sounded a little sour about that, well, Sarah didn't think she could be blamed as she had found herself missing the closeness that their cover had given them! So much for being a professional…

But hey, at least it was with a great guy like Chuck and not some piece of garbage! "Okay… So… I'm, I'm just gonna come right out and say it. Sarah… Lou and I…"

"Are back together?" Sarah asked while feeling like she'd been punched in the gut rather hard.

His eyes widened and he put his hands on her shoulders. "What? No! No, no, no, no. We're, no. We're not back together."

"So you two are talking about it possibly doing that then?"

"No. Definitely not." He assured her and Sarah felt relieved.

"So what's going on then?" She asked in a strongly curious way.

"Well… Its… Sarah, Lou and I are having a baby." He rushed out.

Sarah just stared at him, unsure if she had heard right or not. "I'm, I'm sorry, could you repeat that?"

"Uhh… I said Lou and I are having a baby?" He replied unsurely.

In return, Sarah stared him for what felt like an eternity until she slowly smiled and then, to his surprise, started to laugh. He laughed too but it had a nervous air too it until he finally asked what they were laughing about exactly. "Oh… Its just, I should have came to this conclusion weeks ago when I saw you and her together." Chuckled Sarah as she wiped away a tear.

"O-Oh?"

"Uh-huh. Lou's still pissed about me being one of the factors in your break up with her. So she got you to go along with this plan to get me upset. Well, too bad for her its not going to work so you can go and tell her that, sweetheart." She told him as she patted him on the cheek and to his further surprised, pecked him on the lips.

"Now, let's get our briefing over with."

Sarah chuckled as she shook her head at what she thought was a joke while a dumbfounded Chuck remained where he was. "But… But its not a joke."

A Little While Later

"Now, I believe this concludes our briefing for the day. Unless there is any other business?" Director Langston Graham asked.

"Uhh… Yeah, actually." Chuck declared and making two groups look at one another, wondering what this is about.

"Alright, go ahead then, Mr. Bartowski." Beckman said.

Taking a deep breath and releasing it to try and steady his nerves, Chuck began to speak. "Okay… So I was wondering… If someone like myself with the Intersect in their head has a child, would it somehow pass on to them like its a genetic trait?"

The respective heads of their organizations looked at one another while Casey wondered where this was going as Sarah frowned to herself. "Chuck…" She warned.

But he took no heed of it thanks to how focused he was as Graham spoke up. "As this is a relatively new field of science and technology… There is no way to know for sure at this point, Mr. Bartowski. Especially as the original creator has been off the grid for years and we've no means to ask him about such a thing."

Perhaps asking others who had worked on the project would be a good idea however. And something the CIA man had wished he'd done long before now. Something Beckman was thinking about herself and even asked Chuck why he was asking. "Uhh… Well… You see… You guys remember Lou Palone?"

"Yes, your one week relationship that ultimately failed for a variety of reasons. We remember." Beckman said.

"Well… It uhh, it turns out that that one week with her left a huge surprise for the both of us. One she uhh, she told me about almost a month ago." Informed Chuck.

And seeing just how serious he was, Graham and Beckman were shocked. "Another Bartowski? Good God." Muttered Casey in shock.

Chuck looked at him with a glare on his face as Sarah's brain processed all this as Chuck stopped his glaring and re-focused his attention on the screen in front of him. "Which leads to a few things I wanted to talk to you two about."

Graham cleared his throat and asked what that was. "Living arrangements for one as I want her to move in with me so she's not dealing with bills and all that on her own anymore while running her business and being pregnant with my kid. And… I'd uhh… I'd like her to be aware I'm more than just an FDA informant. Well… Maybe, maybe not completely aware where the Intersect's in my head but aware enough so that she's not wondering why I'm showing up at 3 in the morning because of a mission or whatever."

The two respective heads looked at one another before looking to Chuck and Beckman spoke first. "We'll give this some thought, Mr. Bartowski. Just know that while we are doing so, we are not exactly happy about this situation. But for my own curiousity, how far along is Ms. Palone?"

"Just about 4 months now, General Beckman." Chuck told her with a small smile on his face, unable to help himself where that's concerned.

Director Graham spoke next as his counterpart nodded in understanding. "What are your intentions with Ms. Palone and the baby you two are expecting, Mr. Bartowski?"

"If by intentions you mean marriage, then we've already discussed that and we will not be pursuing marriage. She doesn't expect that from me and just wants me in our baby's life. Which I have every intention of doing so as I will not do to my child what my parents did to Ellie and I." Chuck told them firmly.

"I see. Very well, the General and I will discuss this situation and then get back to you. And congratulations to you and Ms. Palone, Mr. Bartowski. I owe you a cigar." Graham replied and the feed cut off.

Chuck couldn't help but let out a breath of relief as he turned around to look at Sarah and Casey. "And here I expected a mixing of your Chocolate with Walker's Peanut Butter to produce a little Peanut, Bartowski. But uhh, congratulations." Declared Casey and causing the good Nerd to gape at him in shock and surprise.

Sarah however… Said nothing as she rose up and headed for the stairs. "Uhh… Sarah? Where, where ya goin'?"

She turned back to face Chuck with an unreadable expression on her face. "I'm going to have a word with Lou."

And with that, she was gone rather quickly. "Uhh… Should I be worried?"

"Nah."

"Really?"

Casey looked at him and smirked. "Oh yeah, Numbnuts, you definitely should be worried. Its about to be World War 3 out there."

Chuck's face instantly went pale and he hauled ass for Lou's Deli as a certain Major chuckled. "Well, this should be quite the show." He muttered to himself before following after the Kid.

Author's Notes: Oh boy… Its about to get wild! And I probably could have made this a bit more dramatic and the like where Beckman and Graham are concerned but I took a sleeping pill and well, I just didn't want to do that because of that.