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Chapter Seventeen:

Don't Ever Threaten Chuck Again

Los Angeles Airport:

02:00 Local time (04:00 Mexican Time)

Sarah had just landed the plane at Los Angeles airport and the team and the two captured Agents were preparing to disembark. They had contacted Graham in the air to inform him of the mission's success. Graham provided them with all of the necessary clearances to enter U.S. airspace and a landing clearance. He also had transport waiting to take them back to Castle to transfer the captured Agents over to his command.

"Home sweet home." said Chuck as they opened the door to the plane.

"Lets get these two locked down in Castle." Sarah said pointing to the Fulcrum agents "I want to head back to our apartment and sleep for a year." Said Sarah looking at Chuck.

"That makes two of us. I'm exhausted." Replied Chuck.

"Oh please. Is sleep a codeword for dipping your chocolate into Chuck's peanut butter? Casey asked looking at Sarah.

Chuck and Sarah blushed. "Well that was a very disturbing thing to say John. And why on earth would you think that?" Chuck asked.

"After your performance together in the nightclub everyone here knows you cant wait to get home to continue where you left off." Replied Casey.

"Yeah and we have kind of been in your company for six whole days now." Replied Bryce.

Sarah mentally kicked herself for not thinking of what Casey had said sooner. In her defense she was kind of busy trying to fly a plane. "Actually John, I hadn't thought about that but now that you mention it it's a not a bad idea at all. I would love to continue where we left off, would you Chuck?" Sarah asked while biting her lower lip smiling suggestively at Chuck as she contemplated just staying inside the plane, screw going back to the hotel.

Chuck gulped.

"Oh gee, John thanks a lot my whole body already feels like it's gone twenty rounds with Mike Tyson."

"Don't mention it. I just helped you get laid tonight. You should be thanking me!" Replied Casey.

Chuck let out a sarcastic laugh.

"While we're on the subject of women John when are you going to find a lady?" Bryce asked.

"Larkin... I'm warning you." Casey grunted angrily..

The two Fulcrum Agents were watching on amusedly.

Chuck leaned in close to Sarah "Care to take some revenge on Casey?" He asked whispering into her ear.

"uh-huh" Sarah nodded smiling brightly leaning back in to Chuck to kiss him very sweetly before they both turned to Casey.

"You know John, Bryce is right you really need a woman." replied Sarah.

"No I need a tough mission." Casey replied.

"We just had one?" Bryce asked.

"Well now I need another one." Casey replied grunting.

"What's wrong big man? All that tension building on you? We'll help you out there buddy I know this perfect internet dating website." Replied Chuck.

"Ughhhh Chuck one more word from you and I'll forget we're good friends."

"Tut tut promises promises Jonathan. If you want I'll even set you up with a dating profile then you can even what was it again 'Dip your chocolate into somebodies peanut butter'" replied Chuck smirking knowing Casey was about to explode.

Casey violently grunted "I'm going to kill you Bartowski" He said taking a step towards Chuck.

Chuck was grinning, he could more than handle his own against Casey he would spar with him quite regularly and they were a good match for each other. Just as Casey was about to try and attack Chuck, Sarah moved in front of him glaring coldly at Casey. Casey immediately stopped and took a step back away from the woman who had a menacing look in her eyes.

"Something you wanted John?" She asked hands on her hips.

"Yeah. Your playtoy behind you is finished." replied Casey.

"Nobody threatens Chuck do you understand me? I don't care if it's a joke you started this. Don't give out what you can't take back." Said Sarah menacingly.

Casey grunted.

Carina stood in silence realizing her selfishness of trying to take Chuck away from somebody as devoted as Sarah was to Chuck. She wanted the ground to swallow her whole. Right now she felt inches tall.

Bryce and Chuck were watching on shocked ready to separate Casey and Sarah from each other.

Then suddenly, Sarah started to laugh uncontrollably pausing to try get her words out "John... you should have seen the look on your face... You really thought I was going to kill you." Said Sarah in between laughter.

Chuck and Bryce realizing that Sarah was only playing joined in on the laughter and all three were bent over pains in their chests from laughing.

"He who laughs last laughs best." Replied Casey. Making the three of them laugh even harder.

After a minute or two of constant laughter they managed to get themselves under control and continued slowly towards their transport vehicles. Occasionally chuckling still.

Casey turned to the two Fulcrum Agents and seen them laughing. He took his anger out on one of them and kicked Hector in the nuts. "Welcome to California traitors."

That started off Sarah, Chuck and Bryce's laughing fit all over again. Once they stopped laughing once more, Sarah got serious.

"Seriously John. Don't ever threaten Chuck around me again." Said Sarah menacingly.

Casey grunted. He remembered back to when he first met Sarah and he told her not to hurt Chuck. He now feels stupid for saying that. This woman would do absolutely anything for his friend and inside he was happy, really happy but he would never tell anybody that. Bryce also was extremely happy that his best friend Chuck had managed to find somebody as devoted to him as Sarah was.

Chuck took Sarah's hand and stopped for a moment letting the others walk on. "Sarah what was that all about I can more than handle myself. I'm just as well trained as you" He said smiling in amazement at her.

"I know Chuck... It's just you're all I have in my life so my instinctive reaction is to protect you from anything and I always will. It's like you said a couple weeks ago when you took a bullet to save me. I'll do anything to protect you."

Chuck cupped Sarah's cheeks in his hands smiling brightly "Well it was really sweet. As are you." he confessed.

Sarah smiled lovingly back at Chuck.

"That was really corny huh?" He said feeling stupid that he just called a CIA Agent 'sweet.'

"No Chuck it was cute." Said Sarah honestly.

"Cute? Thanks for making me feel like I'm eight." replied Chuck laughing.

"Chuck... the things that you do to me and make me want to do to you are definitely not what an eight year old should be doing." said Sarah coyly.

Chuck blushed momentarily then moved in to nibble on Sarah's neck making Sarah shiver and moan.

"Things like that?" He replied smirking.

"Oh Chuck you are so going to get it the SECOND we get back to our apartment" Replied Sarah EXTREMELY suggestively.

"Can I tell you a secret?" he whispered into her ear.

"uh-huh" Replied Sarah. Very interested to hear what her lover's wicked thoughts.

"I can't wait." he smiled as he quickly began to kiss her lips before she could respond to him

Chuck quickly walked away taking Sarah's hand along with him. 'Oh he definitely is so going to get it' Sarah thought to herself as she admired how incredibly sexy her boyfriend, partner, lover, beast, et cetera was looking from behind as she got a view of his butt. Unable to resist grabbing it saucily.

They team got into their waiting transports and headed towards Castle.


02:45

Inside Castle

As they arrived at Castle Graham was waiting for them "Good evening team. You all look like hell."

"Thank you sir." they all jokingly replied.

"Let's get those two locked up then you're free to retire for the evening. We will conduct the debriefing of the mission this evening. Was there any complications?"

They all looked awkwardly at each other and Graham picked up instantly that something had happened. Team morale was high between his team but the team were distancing themselves from Agent Miller. He made a mental note to get to the bottom of exactly what happened with the team. He had a special assignment for Agent Miller anyway. This was a perfect opportunity to remove her from the team.

As they were all reluctant to say what had happened between Carina and the rest of them Casey spoke up.

"Nothing that wasn't resolved, sir." Replied Casey.

"Very well..." Director Graham paused.

"I expect a full debriefing this evening of the mission and this thing that was, 'resolved' but right now there is no use you could be to me unless you want to hang around to do some paperwork."

"That I would definitely not like to do." Replied Chuck.

"Nor me. I can think of many other things that I would rather do." Replied Sarah smiling at Chuck. 'You being one of them' she thought to herself.

'Oh god.. A long night ahead. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.' Chuck thought to himself.

"Ughh I'll be glad to get away from those two lovesick teenagers." replied Casey looking at Chuck and Sarah.

Chuck and Sarah just smirked at Casey, Chuck pulled tongues at him.

"Well I am loving the enthusiasm team. That will be all then. I to would like to get some sleep. Report to me at 17:00. Agent Miller report to me at 16:00, Dismissed."

The Agents headed to the armory to remove their tactical gear and weapons. Graham wanted a private word with Chuck and Sarah.

"Agent's Bartowski and Agent Walker a private word with you both, if you will."

"Yes sir."

The three walked into Graham's private conference room Sarah and Chuck shot glances at each other wondering what this was about. Sarah thought back to just minutes ago when Sarah was being flirtatious towards Chuck. 'Oh god, he's going to separate us? But why? Fraternizing with other agents is permitted.' The Agency actually strongly hints towards it. Sure they give you the feelings can get you killed speech but they know that having a personal relationship with your partner can get you out of some very tricky situations. Many missions have been saved because of it. The CIA can only do so much to provide you with a cover but it's never water tight. There's always a gap and if you're smart enough you can find the gap. But if the two Agents in question have a personal relationship between themselves and add that into the cover they have been given it makes it so much more tight and swings the balance right over into the CIA's favor.

A personal relationship will always stand scrutiny because it's completely real.

A cover relationship if scrutinized by the right people will be sniffed out for being exactly what it is. A cover and then more often than not both Agents end up dead and the bad guys win.

The only thing the CIA do not like about a personal relationship between Agents is if they ever have to put out a burn notice on one of them the other is going to be fully compromised and will do anything to defend their partner meaning they will have to issue a burn notice on that Agent also.

Chuck was having a similar sort of worry that Sarah was having except his involved Carina. What had Carina said to Graham? 'Did she make some sort of trade so that I will have to work alone with her?'

They both sat down in front of Graham very anxious about what he was going to say.

Graham looked at both of them noticing them going considerably paler since he was just with them in the armory moments ago.

"So how you are you two getting along?"

"Uh. Aside from being very tired after a particularly long six days pretty good, sir?" Chuck replied not sure where this was leading.

"Same as Agent Bartowski sir, pretty tired but great overall."

"Good. I wanted to ask you two both something completely off the record."

"Sure?" They managed to reply skeptical.

"You've both been partnered now for almost a month how are you both getting along together?" replied Graham.

Chuck and Sarah let out huge sighs looked at each other and smiled brightly. So no separation and no Carina.

"We're getting along great sir." Replied them both in unison smiling away happily.

Graham smiled in return. Since he recruited both Chuck and Sarah all the Agency has done was take from them and he is happy that the Agency could finally give them something back in return, each other. And judging by their happiness as of this moment compared to how they were when he first recruited them they couldn't have been more happier.

"Well I am glad to hear that. I recruited you both in your darkest times and have witnessed first hand the troubles you have both gone through." Said the Director sincerely.

"Thank you sir" they both replied smiling.

"Well that will be all. I just wanted to see how you both were getting along. I'm glad you both have each other the spy business is a lonely game." Said Graham honestly.

"We are both very glad too sir" Chuck and Sarah replied once again in unison very happily.

"I'll see you both this evening, good night"

"Good night, sir" Chuck and Sarah replied then got up to leave the office happy faces restored. After removing their tactical gear and weapons in the armory they left Castle hand in hand and headed back to their hotel.

Upon Chuck and Sarah leaving Graham sat back in his chair and sighed. "I truly hope that they both get the happy ending that they deserve." He murmured to himself. He then packed up his files and headed to his own apartment.

The journey back to their hotel was short and pleasant for Chuck and Sarah they were both tired but they were still extremely happy they felt as though they were both living in this amazing dream and they never wanted to wake up from it. Neither of them would have ever expected to have been this happy after the problems they have both had in their lives in recent years. They didn't remove their hands from each other once. Both afraid that if they did then they would wake up and this amazing dream would be over.

They arrived back at their apartment and put their travel cases to one side. Chuck went into the bathroom to start running the bath tub they had six days of built up stress to remove and a good place to start would be a nice soak together. Chuck returned into their room and walked over to where Sarah was sat on the bed he sat next to her. Sarah snuggled into Chuck's body and they lay back happy to finally be alone.

"Mmm.. I have missed this. Just us alone together no mission just you and me." Said Chuck as he wrapped his arms around Sarah tighter.

"Me too baby. I have missed this more than you will ever know." replied Sarah before kissing Chuck's chest through his shirt.

"Care to join me in the tub?" Chuck asked.

Sarah playfully punched Chuck in the chest.

"ow. What was that for?" Chuck asked as he winced at that blow landed on him by his ruthless angel.

Sarah looked up into Chuck's eyes "Chuck you don't even need to ask me. You know my answer will always be yes." replied Sarah grinning then kissing where she just hit.

Chuck grinned and picked Sarah up and carried her into the bathroom. Sarah instinctively wrapped her legs around Chuck's chest and her arms around his neck giggling as she kissed his face. Sarah normally wouldn't let anybody carry her it's a sign of weakness but she trusted Chuck completely she trusted him with her heart and also her life. She knew more and more each day that Chuck would never hurt her.

Sarah quickly undressed Chuck and then herself faster than she ever had before as they had almost seven days of love making to make up for. They quickly got into the circular shaped bath tub.


One Hour Later

After sharing a bath together that consisted of them showing their affection to each other they got out of the tub and began to dry each other. Sarah was the aggressor in the love making department tonight.

"Told you I missed you more." she said coyly. Blowing a raspberry at Chuck.

Chuck pulled a funny face at Sarah and cheekily grabbed Sarah from behind making her squeal slightly "I will concede defeat just this once. But tomorrow... Is a new day" He whispered.

"Tomorrow?" Sarah asked suggestively "Why don't you show me when we get back into the bedroom?" Sarah pouted at Chuck adorably in a way he could never resist.

"Oh lord. Sarah you almost broke me in the tub." Replied Chuck grinning.

Sarah smiled as she turned in his arms and lowered herself to bite gently on his left nipple.

"Sarah you're going to kill me." He groaned. "But... what a fine way to die." He grinned mischievously.

Sarah looked up at him and nodded whilst smiling brightly.

Chuck picked Sarah up once again, causing her to grin mischievously as she wrapped her naked body once more around Chuck's as he carried her back into the bedroom. Chuck loved to carry Sarah because he knew that normally she would never allow anybody to do that but she let him and only him which made his stomach fill with butterflies. He returned them into their bedroom and pulled back the covers and dropped her from the air onto the bed grinning mischievously. "Oh you are so going to get it Agent Bartowski" said Sarah as she landed hard on the bed grinning as she leapt up and pulled Chuck down onto her forcefully.

Chuck landed just above Sarah smiling lovingly at her as he lowered his face to meet hers and kissed her delicately on her lips. Sarah opened her mouth to let his tongue enter as they played a game of cat and mouse with their tongues in between exploring each others mouth, Sarah moaning into Chuck's mouth. Chuck had no control whenever Sarah did that it always instantly turned him on. Sarah felt Chuck becoming aroused and grinned into his mouth while her lips were locked with his. She moved her hand between their bodies to grip Chuck's arousal making him moan into her mouth making Sarah grin into his mouth once more in return as she had him right where she wanted him.

Sarah loves the effect that she has on Chuck and she also loves the effect that he has on her nobody has ever made her feel this way. Sarah has extreme sexual desire when she is around him and he is quickly becoming an obsession. Cancel that he has already become her obsession. She has never felt this for anybody except him and she is very quickly falling for the man on top of her.

Upon separating their lips Chuck leaned back up on his elbows and looked down on Sarah. Sarah gazed longingly into his eyes as Chuck admired her beauty.

"Sarah you are so beautiful." Chuck declares in a soft but oh so powerful tone that leaves no argument to his dedication towards her.

Sarah is in a state of wonderment over his overall appreciation of her. Everything he says she can feel it coming straight from his heart and it gives her butterflies so she thanks him in the only way she knows how. By pulling him back down for a passionate kiss before they proceed to make love and scream each others name...