From Paris,

With Love

Disclaimer: Because I rather liked the Chuck/Hannah dynamics just as I do the Chuck/Lou dynamics and really, no one should be surprised at this point that I'm doing something like this. Lol.

Summary: In a world where Chuck managed to convince Shaw to let him stay in Paris for a few days, his return home brings a surprise.

"I'm still gonna kill him when I see him." Grumbled Ellie as she, Devon, Morgan, and Sarah waited in the airport for Chuck to arrive.

"Babe, seriously, him goin' to Paris is no big deal. Especially since it was for somethin' job related." Tried to console Devon.

Morgan kept quiet as he had some suspicions about that since somehow, only Sarah and Casey had known about it. And clearly, if the look on Ellie's face was anything to go by, Devon's response was definitely not the way to go as she scowled at him! The whole thing making Sarah's lips twitch as well. "No big deal, Devon!? This is a very big deal! The first time he was out of the country he came back heart broken! Anything could have happened to him on this second time around and we wouldn't have been there since he was a thousand miles away!"

Ohh yeah, one more reason for Ellie not to know about his 'Other Job'. Sighed Sarah in her head as she also winced over the reminder of Prague...

She'd be way more freaked out otherwise! "Yeah, the outside world is a very scary place." Mused Morgan.

Devon scowled at the Little Man as Ellie gave her husband a 'there you go!' look. "Dude, not helping!"

"Hey! I'm just sayin' is all. I mean… Look how Hawaii turned out for me." Came Morgan's somewhat bitter reply.

Sympathetic looks came his way. "Ellie… Babe, Chuck's an adult, he can handle himself just fine. I promise."

"That's what we thought and then he lost Sarah and he spiraled! I can't stand the thought or sight of Cheese Balls anymore, Devon! Something like that could be happening now!" Ellie said with an apologetic look to Sarah.

Though admittedly, Ellie was somewhat confused about the fact Sarah was even here since she was under the impression the other woman and her brother weren't close anymore. Though part of her did hope that Sarah being here meant that that might change for the better. Sarah smiled reassuringly at her to know she saw the look from her while wincing again on the inside. So many mistakes… And try as I might not too… I miss what Chuck and I had. I know his decision not to go with me on the run had to do with his family just as much as it did with the Spy stuff. I just wish it hadn't taken me so long to realize that…

It had been selfish of her back in Prague as running away together would have meant he wouldn't ever be likely to see his friends and family again and he very well likely would have ended up resenting her because of it. Not having him around in her life again, even if for a week, made Sarah realize it was time to really and truly hash things out with Chuck Bartowski so that hopefully, just hopefully, they could put the past behind them and move on. Together. Hopefully he's willing.

It honestly frightened Sarah more than she cared to admit that he might not be willing and would just want to keep things on a friends level between them. "Hey, there's the Chuckster! And oh, looks like he's made a friend." Devon declared with raised eyebrows as the small group spotted Chuck in the crowd of arrivals.

Ellie quickly brought out the sign she had made to ensure he would see her and the others as Sarah's heart fluttered at the sight of him. Smiling and laughing about something and when she saw the so called friend Devon had mentioned, her heart sank as said friend was a rather beautiful short haired Brunette girl. She and Chuck were hand in hand and enjoying themselves and heart break and jealousy swept through Sarah like a Hurricane. No, Chuck! Who the Hell is she!? Was this why he convinced Shaw to let him stay longer in Paris and let the team there handle the return of that flash drive?

She didn't know and she didn't like any of it one bit! "Hey, guys! Its great to see all of you!" Greeted Chuck cheerfully as his friend stood by with a nervous energy about her.

Hugs and happy declarations about having him back were had, even if Ellie did punch him in the arm after Sarah had gotten her hug in much to her favorite Nerd's surprise. "Ow! What was that for, El!?"

"For going to Paris and not saying a word of it to me! And who is your friend!?"

Chuck's eyes lit up as he turned to his new found friend and gestured for her to come over and wrapped an arm around her when she did. "Guys, this is Hannah. We met on the flight to Paris and-"

"And we ended up hitting it off very well." Declared Hannah with a wide smile on her lips as she looked up at Chuck.

"So well in fact, that she is now my girlfriend."

This stunned the group a great deal, but more so for Sarah, the unexpected news made her unhappy as can be. NO! This can't be happening!

Author's Notes: Ohh, but it is, Sarah, it is. I've had this sitting on my hard drive for a week now there abouts and finally decided to post it here. I may use it for a sequel idea I have for a fic I'm currently working on but we'll see.