A/N: Since this is already posted somewhere else I will be putting up a few other fics today because, my life is insane, and they're sitting on my hard drive and I have no idea when I can post. Thanks to my super ninja beta michaelfmx for his help on this one. This one, well, start playing Etta. Welcome to Wanting It All Ch 10, A Different Kind of Family

Disclaimer: I don't own Chuck, and I love this one...even though I write on it rarely...

"What is he doing?" Zondra asked Carina.

Carina glanced out the window and saw Chuck sitting in front of the pool. Sarah had left with Jordan over two hours ago. Bob the assassin now had the security system Chuck had built, and left without incident. Chuck was pretty sure that Casey being on one side of him and Shaw on the other when he handed over the program had something to do with it. The CIA and NSA were already having a field day with the information the program was feeding them. As much as Daniel was mad, he didn't get to put a bullet in Gaez's head, he had to admit that Chuck was right. This way was better, and this way included a future with his son.

Carina and Zondra had left Chuck alone since the two Walkers departed earlier in the evening, but they were beginning to think they might have to do something soon. That was when Morgan opened the front door. As he entered, he stopped in his tracks, the same way he had ever since he first saw Carina.

"How is she so beautiful?" he muttered. He meant to say it to himself, but Morgan had never really mastered that technique.

Carina grinned at Morgan and studied him. "The beard." She paused and he stood there waiting gleefully for her words. "I like it."

He looked like he'd won the lottery. There was an awkward silence and Morgan realized it was his turn to talk in the conversation. "Jordan is having a hard time going to sleep because he misses Chuck."

Carina thought for a second. "Why are you here?" Morgan looked like the kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. "While I assume you're glad to see me, I have to believe I wasn't the reason you came over here."

"It's not, but I'll spend every day going forward coming to see you if you let me." Carina and Zondra shared a glance.

Casey looked ill. "Christ, Grimes, spit it out before you drown yourself in lady feelings."

"He wants his room back," Carina said.

"OF COURSE I DO!" Morgan looked exasperated and threw his hands in the air. "I was the original roommate. There was nothing explicit in the house rules about me NOT sleeping on the couch El Buffo."

Zondra leaned over to Carina, and spoke in a muted voice, but loud enough for Morgan to hear. "Think he's as hairy everywhere else as he is on his face?." Morgan blushed and Carina smirked.

Something outside caught Morgan's eye. "Guys, Chuck's getting a phone call." They turned, watched Chuck talk on the phone, hang up, come inside, grab his keys, and head toward the door. "Chuck, where are you going?"

He spun towards them. "Jordan can't sleep, I'm going to see my s-" he paused. Morgan was grinning. "I'm going to see him and see if I can help him go to sleep."

"Good," Casey said, staring at the others. He was standing there, arms crossed, a no nonsense look on his face. No one said anything. "That kid's been through enough." Chuck nodded and headed out the door. Everyone turned toward Casey. "What?"

"Married in 6 months?" Carina asked. Casey laughed.

"Three," Morgan replied, and then, as though a thought hit him, went over to Chuck's computer."

"Grimes, what are you doing?"

"Oh, nothing, Casey. Just making sure my officiant's license is up to date."

-ooooo-

Chuck opened the door and saw Sarah on the couch with Jordan. Jordan looked up at Chuck and threw his hands up to be held. Chuck walked over, scooped him up, and sat down beside Sarah.

"What's wrong, Buddy? Your mom said you wanted to see me?"

Jordan pouted for a moment before asking, "Why can't we stay with you? Everyone else is." Chuck and Sarah exchanged a glance. He noticed she was fighting a smirk…not very well.

He looked down at Jordan, intentionally ignoring Sarah. "But, Buddy, you just moved to this house. Don't you want to stay here in your room."

Jordan just shrugged. "I like being at your place better." Chuck felt, rather than saw, Sarah wince at that one. He wasn't sure what to say. "Don't you want us there, Chuck?"

Sarah had heard enough. It was one thing when she got to see him get just a bit uncomfortable when Chuck was thinking about asking them to move in, but for Jordan to emotionally blackmail him… "Okay, Jordan, I think that's enough for tonight. Chuck came over and you got to see him, you promised you would go to bed if you saw him."

Jordan gave Chuck a hug. "Thank you, Chuck."

"Hey, Buddy, it's not that I don't want you there, it's just that's something your mom and I have to figure out. My dad left me when I was a kid, so I get it. But I'm not leaving, I'll be at my house, and you can call me, and I'll see you. I know I'm not your dad, but I'm not leaving."

Sarah took Jordan toward the bedroom. "Good night, Chuck," Jordan called out.

"Good night, Buddy."

Chuck and Sarah locked eyes for a moment. She had an indescribable smile on her face, and then disappeared down the hall. Chuck sat on the couch, not sure what to do. In a perfect world they'd be a family, and Jordan would be his son. Jordan wanted to live with him, Chuck nearly called him his son earlier. Chuck was so confused as to what to do.

"I'm so sorry, Chuck. I didn't intend for him to say that." Chuck looked up at Sarah and gave her a grin. "He's having trouble."

"Hey, at least it's that he wants to see me instead of not wanting to see me." She sat down beside him and squeezed his leg. "I'm sorry I'm causing the problem."

She gave him a level look. "Chuck, you're not the problem. He thinks he has a second dad and he's kinda better than the first. This is on Daniel, not you."

Chuck looked down at his hands. "Full truth?" He looked over and saw her nod. "When I left my house and they asked me where I was going, I nearly said to see my son." Sarah pulled both her lips between her teeth to keep from smiling. "Since you've left, I've missed you two."

"If only there was something we could do about it," she commented softly.

He looked her in the eye. "Are we moving too fast?"

She shook her head, an amused smile on her face. "Not fast enough if you ask me." Chuck's jaw dropped and she bounced a shoulder. "You asked. Deal with it." Chuck gave her a look that nearly melted her. He took her hand, gently tugging her toward him. She surprised him by planting her far foot, stepping over him, and sitting on his lap facing him. She smirked at him.

He pulled her toward him, their foreheads touching. He kissed the tip of her nose, earning a smile, and then he slowly captured her lips with his. She squirmed against him, a happy sigh escaping. His arms wrapped around her torso and she wrapped hers around his neck. His fingers ran gently across her back and touched the bare skin where her pants and shirt met. She pulled back quickly.

"Chuck, we can't…Jordan."

He nodded, a mixture of understanding and frustration on his face. She stood up, and he did the same. He gave her a hug as she looked at him questioningly. He walked over to the door, turning back to look at her as he started turning the doorknob.

She decided to end this quickly before he did something really stupid. "Where the hell do you think you're going, Bartowski?"

"Uh, you just said, right there," pointing toward the couch. "Chuck, we can't."

"That's right, we can't right there. I have a son and he doesn't need to see that." She walked toward him smirking, as he worked out her words in his head. She locked the door, and took his hand, leading him down the hallway. "Worked it out, yet?"

"I'm a little slow."

"Now we know that's not true, Nerd Boy."

"How come it sounds so hot when you call me that?" She pulled him into her bedroom, shut the door, grabbed his arm, spun him as he hit the door and she trapped him there against it. "This is new," he sputtered.

"Nah, I just didn't want to scare you back then," she said with a wink. "I love you Chuck Bartowski. I have for a long time."

"I love you Sarah. And I am begging you, if this is a dream, please don't wake me."

"Deal, now quiet, mamma has work to do."

"That shouldn't be so mrphf." Sarah began to kiss him and he began to get lost in her. He felt his shirt being pulled out of his pants, the buttons slowly unbuttoned. She pulled away as she pushed his shirt off him and she stared into his eyes. He saw love there…a whole lot of lust, but love. She stepped back, pulled off her shirt, and shucked off her pants. Chuck swallowed. He walked towards her, wrapping his arms around her waist. She lifted an eyebrow, smiled, and pulled him toward the bed. He reached for his pants, and she smacked his hand gently, making him smile.

"Stop, I want to enjoy this." Chuck grinned at her. She unbuttoned his pants and pulled down the zipper, looking in his eyes the entire time. A saucy smile covered her face. He leaned down, capturing her lips in his. Her eyes widened in surprise a second later when her bra was unfastened.

"I'm sorry, was it only supposed to be you enjoying yourself it?" He waggled an eyebrow at her, and she tackled him to the bed. She grabbed his pants and flung them off, and then her bra. Chuck lay there, trying to figure out where to look.

"What, you not enjoying yourself?" She waggled her eyebrows with that one.

"You're gonna get it now, Missy." Before he could move, she pounced on him. A minute later they were both naked, him on his back, her over him. There was a momentary pause as they looked into each other's eyes, trying to figure out if the other was sure about taking this further. Chuck broke the silence first.

"Sarah, are you sure?"

"Sure about what, Chuck? Am I sure I'm in love with you and I want this more than anything? Am I sure that I want you in my life every single day? Am I sure I want you in Jordan's life? Yes. Am I sure that you're going to survive this? No."

Chuck took his hand and rubbed the back of his fingers on her face. She closed her eyes and got lost in the touch. She opened them and leaned forward. "Hi," he said with a grin.

"Hi," she replied with her own grin.

"I think we need to have a long talk about things."

"Later if you don't mind, I'm busy."

"You mean, gettin' busy." Sarah gave him a look. "Right, shut up and kiss you. It's always that I'm too talkative. I mean mphf." The kiss quieted him for the moment. Then he wasn't as quiet, but that was okay, because she wasn't either.

-ooooo-

"Don't go," he muttered with a crackly voice. Daylight was just making its way through the bedroom window. Chuck had started to leave last night, not because he didn't want to stay, but because he didn't want to make things weird for Jordan. Sarah asked him to stay. They had made sure they were dressed somewhat, just in case.

"Hey, I'm just gonna get Jordan up so I can get him to preschool." She stretched and he felt every inch of her against him.

He let out a low groan. "You are positively evil." He opened an eye and saw her beside him, propped on an elbow looking him over, smirking. "You look proud of yourself."

She bounced a shoulder. "What can I say, Nerd Boy, you know how to scratch my itches."

He took the backs of his fingers and softly stroked her cheek, a slight look of melancholy shadowing his features. "You know, this is all I thought about all that time we were apart." She started to say something but he quickly shook his head. "No, I'm not upset, it's just I love you, and if I could do this every day, start the morning off just seeing you…."

She took his hand and rubbed it against her face. "You can."

"Tell me how."

She grinned at him, lowered herself onto his left side. "I have it on good authority there's room at your place and Jordan would love to live there."

"But what about Jordan? Do, do you really think-" The bedroom door open and both Chuck and Sarah turned to look at Jordan, who walked in, looking sleepy.

"Mommy, can I have cereal for breakfast this morning?"

"Absolutely," she chirped. Chuck was holding in the laughter of the ridiculousness of the situation. "Chuck was nice enough to stay over and see you this morning."

"Thanks, Chuck." He turned and left the room.

Chuck let out a breath. "Well, that went better than expected."

Jordan came back into the room. "Wouldn't it be easier if we just stayed at your house?"

"Jordan," Sarah began.

"Sarah, may I?" She gave him a look, shrugged, and settled into his arms. "Jordan, buddy, what if you and your mom moved in with me?"

"Would Mommy get her own room?"

Sarah let out a wet laugh. "Jordan, I don't want my own room."

Jordan thought about it for a second. "Okay, but Morgan said he wanted to live there too."

Sarah was snickering into Chuck's shoulder, and Chuck was just shaking his head. "Jordan, buddy, uncle Morgan and I have to have a loooooong talk before he can stay."

"But we are?"

Chuck turned to Sarah. "It's up to your mom, Buddy." Sarah grinned at him.

-ooooo-

"I think the short one should get to stay," Carina said. Carina, Zondra, Casey, and Chuck were all in the living room talking about how things would be. The house was built in a way that it could have two separate families live there. Ellie always kidded him it was so she could move in with Awesome and their family one day. Chuck had never told her she was right, but she was.

"You talking about the bearded gnome or the cute one?" Zondra asked.

Carina grinned. "Sounds like the same guy to me."

"Fine, he sleeps in the room beside you," Casey muttered.

"You guys know I kicked him out last time for sleeping El Boffo." Chuck wanted to make sure everyone knew what they were signing up for.

"Carina is well aware," Zondra commented.

Chuck looked around the room. "I would like you three to say whatever you are going to say about the new living situation now. I mean it, get it out now."

"Do you think we can get reimbursed for having to buy earplugs?" Casey asked.

"How many Chucks can a Sarah-" Carina began.

"WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!" Chuck yelled. Carina and Zondra were crying they were laughing so hard. "Perhaps I didn't think this through."

"Didn't think what through?" Sarah asked, walking in with Jordan. Chuck turned to her and smiled.

"Telling Carina to get all her lewd comments out at once," Zondra answered.

"What's a lewd comment?" Jordan asked. Everyone turned to Zondra, Chuck and Sarah with the same amused expression on their faces.

"It's a bad comment that Carina isn't going to make around you," Chuck replied, staring at Carina. Carina bit the inside of her jaw. "Isn't that right, Carina?"

"No, DAD, I'm not."

"Chuck's your dad?" Jordan asked, his eyes wide.

Sarah was beside herself. First Chuck was watching out for Jordan, now Carina had stepped in it. She decided to take over before it got worse. Sarah squatted down beside him. "No, Sweetie. She's calling Chuck dad because Chuck is looking out for you."

"Isn't that what good dads do?"

Sarah wasn't sure how to answer.

"Kid," Carina began. "He'll make sure nothing happens to you, or me, or Zondra, or any of us, because Chuck is a good dude. So, in that way, he's a dad."

Jordan turned toward Chuck smiling. "So he's my dad. I'm going to my room." Chuck started to say something, shut his mouth, and turned to Sarah, who was grinning like the cat who ate the canary. He spun toward Carina.

"You're welcome, Curls," Carina said shrugging. "You know it was destined to happen, I just sped it all up." Sarah laughed, wrapped her arm around his, and pulled him away.

"Hey," he said softly. "I meant to say this earlier, but well, you walked into some stuff. Welcome home."

She looked at him, her eyes full of tears. She turned into him and kissed him softly. She was here. She was finally home.

-ooooo-

Later, after everyone had retired to different sides of the house, the front door opened and Morgan entered, his hands in the air like he had returned, victorious.

"Honey, I'm home!" Sarah chuckled. "Chuck, I swear, I'll behave."

"Not up to me, it's up to them," Chuck said, jerking his thumb to the other side of the house. Morgan opened his arms, and Chuck stood and hugged him.

"Night, buddy, love you," Morgan said, heading down the hallway.

"Love you too, buddy."

Sarah shook her head at the two of them. "Come on, Jordan, it's bedtime."

"Okay, Mom." He hopped up, came over and hugged Chuck. "Night, Chuck, love you," he said, mimicking Morgan. Chuck caught Sarah's eye. It was indescribable.

He pulled away, and ruffled Jordan's hair. "Love you too, Buddy." Jordan wrapped his arms around Chuck again. Sarah led him to the bedroom, wiping the tears from her eyes. Chuck sat there for a second and realized, he had the woman he loved, and the family he always dreamed of. It was up to him to not make the same mistakes his parents did.

A/N: Hoped you liked it, reviews and PMs are always welcomed…til next time.

DC