A/N: This is the last pure chapter for this story. Although the more I look at it, it seems as if this is a setup for more stories, but I do have other stories that I have been working on as well, most importantly the two that are still hanging out there. I do not own Chuck or any of the movies I have utilized in this story. Hope you enjoy this and thanks for reading.
Chapter 6
Chuck vs. the Killer Pimp
Seeing her eyes and hearing her melodic voice released the tears Chuck had been holding back. Despite wanting to turn away, he forced himself to look to make sure she was in fact there. Sarah grew concerned as she was unable to figure out why he was reacting this way.
"Chuck, I'm here." She adroitly crawled onto the passenger seat and cradled Chuck's head in her hands, "What's wrong?"
Chuck drew her in and once he felt her head in his chest he began to calm down, "I'm sorry… I waited the twenty minutes and when you never showed I started to panic that something happened." He placed his head down on top of hers, "I know I'm being stupid."
Sarah took a deep breath, moved back before leaning her forehead into his, and suddenly found herself attempting to maintain a semblance of composure as the full effect of what Chuck said hit her. She could not recall anybody being purely worried about her. Sure within the CATS she felt a kinship there and although they experienced some harrowing moments they were accompanied with the major concern about completing the mission. Bryce was even more 'professional' than the girls were and while he joked about it, a part of him was serious when he said the worst part of something happening to her would be the additional paperwork. Even from her two 'fathers'; she took a nanosecond to wonder if her biological father was still going by Jack or what her 'adoptive' father Langston Graham was truly feeling after Bryce's betrayal. Any worry from each would have been accompanied by guilt that either one or the other hadn't prepared her well enough or even chauvinistically chide themselves that they sent a girl to do a man's job. Her mother… well there were enough layers there that a simple wave could be interpreted with any number of false innuendos.
She lifted his head off of hers and then closed in with a kiss; just enough to show that she was there with him. She pulled away as he began to reciprocate and up the ante. Granted when Chuck initially entered the car she was strongly considering having her way with him right then, but after contemplating the angles necessary to allow them the room they would need, she would have to kick out a window and didn't need anything else to draw unwanted attention to them.
"That's the last thing you are being," came out far more emotional from her than either one expected. "Chuck…" she positioned his face so that their eyes were locked before continuing, "I have never had anybody feel that way about me before, so… thank you… and I'm sorry you had to go through that. Didn't Carina tell you?"
A torrent of different emotions were running through Chuck's head, but instinctively he leaned over and kissed the lone tear that strayed from Sarah and brushed some hair off her forehead. Although slightly stunned at the brilliance of the toothy smile he got in return he was able to state, "Carina? Your attempted doppelganger?" came out more robustly than he intended.
Sarah cautiously looked at Chuck and could see glimpses of something in his eyes she'd never seen before. "Are you mad because I sent Carina? I…"
Chuck sighed at his inability to control his emotions, "I'm not mad at that… although it would have been nice to have been informed… She is something."
At that Sarah grabbed her phone to see the photo that Carina had sent. It was initially ignored because she assumed it was the promised selfie that was payback for having to be a blonde even momentarily. Before she could see the picture Chuck lifted her head much in the same way she had just done to lock their eyes.
"Sarah, I am mad about a few things, but not at all at you. First, I'm mad at the world for not being able to recognize just how precious you are; and although I am happy that I can and do… I'm also mad at myself because I think I'm selfish in that if anybody had prior to this you would be with them instead of me."
The first part of Chuck's statement had her melting faster than butter on a hot skillet. The latter she needed a moment to regroup and dropped her head and caught a glimpse of the picture Carina had taken. Her eyes opened wide with rage as she saw the writing above the pic: Looks like you're not the only one who can rev up your new stud ; ). Her brow began to unfurl almost as quickly as it had ratcheted up when reading the post underneath: You might have the right Boy Scout. Turned me down flat, even resorted to offering a threesome with you and still rejected… must be that damned blonde wig. PS he has sensitive earlobes. Now you definitely owe me one Blondie! TTFN.
Watching Sarah's mercurial emotional state from the last ninety seconds had Chuck completely gobsmacked and it took a second or two to respond to Sarah asking when he realized Carina was not her. Chuck cleared his throat and licked his lips before answering, "When I first saw the glimpse of blonde hair in your style I got excited," Sarah gained a sly smile from that, "But then the crowd parted and even from far away I could tell she wasn't you." Sarah's eyebrow quirked, "Granted I could see she was attractive, maybe even a model, but then I kinda got lost in my head thinking about you modeling bathing suits and some other things. Then she came over and teased me for a little while before I guess I passed a test of hers before she told me to wait twenty minutes for you." Chuck warbled off hoping his rambling helped.
Fusing Chuck's ramble with Carina's text still left an incredibly large window of possibility; especially when Carina was involved. Despite that scintilla of doubt she herself had created by using Carina as she was the devil she knew and would not only pursue Chuck depending on how he fell on her 'cute-ish' scale, but given Sarah's interest in him and the photo Carina took Sarah knew Carina would put on the pressure. Sarah knew it wasn't from malice and part of it was protecting her in a sort of sisterly way. However Carina has a penchant for needing to take a man to bed that is well… well endowed. Penchant may be an understatement considering the staggering amount of sub-missions to allow her to scratch that particular itch; somehow Carina was always able to turn it to her advantage.
For some reason Sarah had yet to fathom she felt a little bit proud of them both; Chuck for not going where 100% of spy males, and presumably most straight, non-spy males, would end up at and for Carina Sarah had the intuitive feeling she did not put on her true 'full-court press'. However she would hold back full judgment until this ear lobe situation was addressed.
Realizing Chuck was waiting on an answer, "Did she say I was going to be there in twenty minutes?"
Chuck replayed the events ending his meeting with Carina. He subconsciously wiped at his earlobe before getting what Sarah would soon learn is his 'A-ha' face (A-ha as in discovery not "Take on Me" as that is a totally different face). "She only said 'Wait twenty minutes'… but what else…."
"Shhh Chuck, it's alright. It is my fault. This development came up at the last minute when I saw I was being tailed last night. I didn't have enough time to brief Carina that she needed to be more specific because you are a civilian and that we don't have an established plan."
"Wait… does that mean we will establish a plan?"
Sarah decisively nodded her head before speaking, "That is something we will discuss later. I do want to apologize for worrying you. Carina and I were at a club last night dancing."
"Oh… do the two of you do that often? I mean do you like to dance and did you have a good time?"
"I love to dance. I don't get to do it that often and we used to do it a lot more when we were on the same team. My boss had us paired with another two girls and we sort of all broke in as spies together as a team. We learned quite a bit from each other and we'd all go out after successful missions. Amy would join Carina and me on the dance floor, but usually by the end of the evening they had found their guy du jour and I would dance a little longer then wait for Zondra to find a fight to finish off before leaving. When we go out now, Carina sticks to dancing because we don't get to do it that often. Anyways I spotted the tail, but we weren't sure if he was for me or Carina. Since he followed me out of the club and she was scheduled to fly out to LA in a few days she bumped up her ticket to today and we did a switch and twist. Oh… and I can only think of it being a better time if only one other person was there." Sarah gave Chuck a quick kiss before batting her eyes at him.
Chuck shifted himself in his seat, to Sarah's amusement, but it gave enough time for his mind to focus on the ten percent that was not having carnal relation thoughts, "A switch and twist? That sounds like something from The Sting."
"I guess… that was a movie, right? But I have heard a little about it. Basically Carina bought a ticket in Coach while I and my tail had 1st class seats. After the first beverage pass and when the front bathrooms were filled with a person or two waiting; it gave me the excuse so that I could make my way to the rear bathrooms. Carina would follow. We'd exchange clothes and put on wigs and our face covering sunglasses and make our way to our new seats. Once off the flight we can ditch the tail with her going into the bathroom putting on her backup outfit and ditching the clothes and wig or depending on the threat we can lure him into a trap. He was pretty easy to spot; which made him most likely FBI or NSA so we just ditched him. One question I forgot to ask… Is it ok for me to stay at your place for a few days? I could stay at a hotel, but…"
Chuck broke out the megawatt smile which brought Sarah's out as well, "Of course… well I'm sure Ellie and Devon wouldn't mind. Although there is only the one bathroom, but actually Ellie did want me to bring you over tonight for dinner. She's making her pot roast which is really good… You do like pot roast, don't you?"
"Chuck, I do and actually there is an update to our cover story that I can discuss with the three of you after dinner. I do need to know; did you tell them the cover story or the truth?"
"I wanted to tell them the truth, but went with the cover story hoping I could convince you when you came back. They are both completely trustworthy."
"I understand Chuck, but I am glad you trusted me. Can you call to find when dinner will be ready?"
Chuck took out his phone and made the call even without it being on speaker it was easy to tell what Ellie was saying most of the time. At Ellie's insistence of changing his Star Wars sheets Chuck blushed, her reminder that their hot water heater could only handle two showers and ONLY showers back to back brought a little crimson to Sarah's cheeks. When he hung up the phone he looked over to Sarah, "I guess you heard at least some of that… She's happy to have you stay and dinner can be ready in about an hour and a half… unless."
"Well, I suppose if I kick out the back window we should be able to… What?" Sarah innocently replied to Chuck's astonished look, "I am teasing… a little, but I missed you and I was here all alone… thinking of the possibilities."
Chuck had a dreamy look cover his face, "Yeah…" Sarah kissed him then smirked as he brought himself out of the state he was in. "Oh, also you should be glad to know that despite my telling him no, my sister also refused to bend and Morgan will not be joining us, but will get first cut of his favorite leftovers tomorrow."
Sarah nodded, "So how long will it take for us to get there?"
"With traffic, I probably can get us there with at least three minutes to spare."
"Well what do you think we can do with the other two minutes, twenty-three seconds?" She finished with a salacious wink.
"Challenge accepted, missy."
Casa Bartowski approximately 78 minutes later
"Sorry, I've given you an extra nine minutes, how can we possibly fill all that time?" Chuck stated as his eyebrows danced.
"Shut up and kiss me." Sarah announced as she pounced as much as one can inside a Nerd Herder.
Twenty minutes later they had barely made it out of the car and were just in front of the door to his apartment still completely engrossed with the other when they felt a whoosh and Sarah was in the presence for the first time of the 'Sister Glare'. While not nearly as potent as her 'Enforcer's Glare' Sarah was not prepared for it and was quite impressed as she and Chuck immediately pulled away from each other. Although Chuck attempted to help straighten out Sarah's tousled hair which momentarily sapped the strength of the glare; a firm "Stop that Chuck," brought his hands down to his side and his head down. A steady tap of a foot brought his head up and a motion of her head towards Sarah caused Chuck to clear his throat.
"Ellie, I would like you to meet my girlfriend Sarah." Sarah who wasn't expecting that moniker beamed at Chuck; she also felt the glare waning upon hearing the term as well. "Sarah, I am happy to introduce you to my sister Ellie."
Ellie quickly attempted to regain control by stating in a completely earnest manner, "Sarah it is nice to finally meet you. Now, both of you come inside. Sarah, the bathroom is just down the hall, I can only imagine after the long flight and drive you would want to freshen up. Chuck, go get Sarah's bags, bring them into your room and change your sheets. Dinner should be ready in about fifteen minutes. Chop chop."
Chuck turned back to the herder and when Sarah closed the bathroom door Ellie turned to her chuckling boyfriend who was only able to get out, "Babe…" before the squeal was unleashed.
"They are soooo cute together!"
"I was actually a little surprised you were able to maintain the stare," Devon chuckled, "Although it was awesome to get to see the person that has made Chuck happy again. I had forgotten the difference between his true happy face and the one where he's obviously been placating us." Ellie began to tear up as she was chastising herself for almost that exact thing. "Babe, c'mon let me set the table while you go help Chuck with his bed. You know you want to." Ellie's eyes lit up and she bounced to her brother's room.
Dinner went well and Sarah was shocked by how much she enjoyed Ellie's cooking. She was constantly telling herself she had a mouth full of food because a) it was delicious and b) it allowed her to watch them interact and to confirm what her research had told her and not c) she was nervous about not making a good impression. However the other three's forthrightness unnerved her to the point of almost changing her mind, but she decided to hold steadfast with the original plan. Although she did her best to remain inconspicuous they each would occasionally attempt to draw her into the conversation; and not in an annoying way. She would politely answer them as succinctly as possible. Her smile had relaxed as the evening wore on until the conversation wound up on Chuck's birthday. Sarah looked to her empty plate and cursed at herself, but wasn't quite ready for thirds and Devon had already taken away the popovers, so there wasn't anything to nibble on.
Chuck grew slightly concerned; he had hoped maturity had mellowed Ellie's exuberance, but he knew he garnered some, if not most of the blame. For five years she had to hold back while he wallowed in self-pity and before that his sister's relationship with Ji… the other one was strained. Initially the other one was overwhelmed by Ellie's fervor and then it became a comedy of errors as each successive time they met they were concentrating so much on correcting their previous 'mistakes' they ignored the items that could have, if not make them friends at least less awkward around each other. As the subject of his birthday came up, he didn't realize why Sarah had gone wide-eyed with an audible swallow until he followed her eyes to the couch. Knowing how embarrassed she was he coughed to draw the attention to himself.
"Well it was undoubtedly the happiest day of my Buy More career when I rescued…" Chuck's attention was drawn away to Sarah's raised eyebrow and just a partial Enforcer's glare had him backtracking, "Rescue may be a strong word…" He suddenly felt Sarah's hand grasp his right one her thumb lightly rubbing the back of it soothed him so completely his mind blanked. "What was I talking about?"
Sarah's giggle captivated Chuck and when their eyes met the rest of the world ceased to exist. The other couple at the table was quick to recognize and exchanged a quick, loving smile to each other before Ellie placed both elbows on the table and rested her head in her palms as she unabashedly gawked at the other couple. Devon smirked to himself as he took a casual glance around the table. He allowed Ellie to stare because he knew she needed to experience this because she couldn't be fully happy unless Chuck was and this assuaged some of the guilt she felt from the friction between her and J-i-double hockey sticks. However, just as this was nearing the five minute mark Devon grit his teeth seeing he would have to break it up. He stood from his chair, walked behind Ellie, and wrapped his arms around her.
Hearing her contented sigh relaxed Devon so he was able to state, "Babe, you think we should skip dessert and leave the two lovebirds alone for the rest of the evening?"
Ellie's response was much louder than she intended, "I didn't really want to disinfect the table tomorrow." That seemed to burst the bubble surrounding Chuck and Sarah as their simultaneous blushes indicated they were aware of their surroundings once again.
As Ellie began to apologetically speak she couldn't quite string together words coherently. Devon gave a quick squeeze and a kiss to her temple before stating, "Well, it wouldn't be the first time you would have to." He finished with a wink to Chuck and Sarah. Chuck blushed more furiously finally dropping his head onto his crossed forearms lying on the table. Sarah was analyzing the situation; slightly upset at having lost contact with Chuck she caught Devon's wink and immediately reciprocated with a look of thanks as she understood why he said that. Apparently though Ellie was oblivious to it which made her reconsider the initial reaction to Ellie's broaching of Chuck's birthday.
Ellie felt as though her face was beginning to melt much like that Tomb Raiders of the Lost Ark movie Chuck loved. She was dumbstruck why Devon would embarrass her like that and knew she had to create some distance to recollect herself. Just before she was going to burst from the table he kissed her temple again and while whispering, "I'm sorry babe, you know I love you, but just one word: sofa" he released his hold of her and stepped back.
Still uncertain of what had just happened Ellie shakily stood. "Uhh, I'm going to get the dessert," while rushing away from the table. As she grasped the refrigerator handle her mind connected the pieces and she placed her head on the appliance hoping she hadn't screwed this potential relationship up as well.
In the midst of Ellie's exclamation, Sarah gathered her social cues and excused herself from the table. She only left after receiving the sound she was aiming for running her fingers through Chuck's hair. She toned down her smile as she crossed the threshold into the kitchen as she saw Ellie leaning into the refrigerator. Sarah cautiously approached and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. Ellie initially flinched, but placed her hand quickly over Sarah's before she could pull away.
Sarah was impressed with the speed of Ellie's reflexes, but was a little more when Ellie whispered out, "I just realized I embarrassed you when I brought up Chuck's birthday. I swear I wasn't thinking about the sofa when I brought it up. I'm sorry… I want you to like me." The last part came out barely audible, but Sarah heard it and shook her head at the admission. She hadn't even considered they were as nervous as she was.
Sarah dipped her head on top of their hand-pile as she tried to figure out what to say, but in her mind she was marking her territory adding Ellie and Devon to the list of people she would protect with every fiber of her being. She couldn't hold back the smile that a little over a month ago there was no list, but its mere existence brings a warm feeling to her.
"Ellie, I want you to like me too. I know now you didn't mean anything by that, but I'm used to having any sign of weakness being exploited… I'm sorry I thought that of you."
Sarah was once again surprised as Ellie quickly turned and wrapped her arms around Sarah, "You should know I am a hugger so let me know if it makes you uncomfortable."
Sarah was considering her options as she heard a muted 'Awesome' coming from the dining area. The hug broke as they both turned to look through the pass to see Chuck and Devon both gasp and turn while awkwardly trying to begin a conversation. The two women gave a chuckle and Sarah responded with, "I'll let you know if that ever happens." She surprised herself as she gave a quick hug to Ellie, before asking, "Do you need any help?"
"You can ask the two busybodies what they want to drink with Chuck's birthday cake." Chuck's eyebrows rose at that, "We only promised to not celebrate that weekend, you couldn't believe that I would ignore it altogether could you." At Chuck's questioning look she continued, "Fine, we were probably going to let it go, but with the word of Sarah returning I couldn't help myself." She finished with an unapologetic look that Chuck considered before shaking his head and genuflecting before rising with his full smile.
They moved to the living room to consume the small chocolate cake after a rousing rendition of 'Happy birthday' and Chuck blowing out the lone candle. After some nondescript conversation and Devon clearing the dishes and silverware Sarah knew it was the time for her to really speak. She started by saying it was opportunistic celebrating, or even re-celebrating she conceded at Chuck's whimsical look, but she had brought back a gift. Chuck was nonplussed as Sarah explained there was a potential position he would seem perfect to fit. Her attempt at the Bartowski eyebrow dance caused an 'Oh God' groan from Chuck and an amused laugh from Devon and Ellie. Sarah has some investors who are looking for somebody to develop specific software which caused Chuck to lift his head back up and mouth 'really' while the other two began to beam. She convinced them to open the branch here and with Chuck as their programmer. Ellie's immediate response of, 'Hell, yes!' was enough to give them all a quick laugh. There was a window of a week where Sarah needed to locate a physical location and secure Chuck's involvement.
Devon held back Ellie as much as he could, but she refused to be denied as she embraced Chuck. Sarah could not hold back her amusement as Chuck shrugged while in the grip of his sister. After a few moments Ellie released Chuck with a scowl, "Do not tell me you are going to turn this down to stay at the Buy More." At Chuck's silence she responded by hitting him in the shoulder and shouting, "Chuck!"
As Ellie rose Chuck began to rub the spot she struck while exclaiming "Ow. Come on sis try to give me some credit; I'm waiting to hear some more details of this offer and uh…" Feeling and ultimately looking up to the 'Sister Glare' caused him to spit out, "I wanted to negotiate with Sarah."
Devon literally fell off his chair and hit the floor twice with his hand as he was laughing so hard. Sarah first began to blush, but as the thoughts of negotiating took hold she found herself drifting to the 'happy place' she had recently discovered. Ellie placed her shaking head in her hands before eventually sighing and lifting her head completely composed as she added, "Well at least I still have that Hazmat suit from when Devon's parents were supposed to come over." She quickly glanced over to Sarah who still seemed to be elsewhere, "Sarah, I know it seems like I'm harping, but this was aimed at my little brother."
Sarah nodded her head to Ellie signaling she understood and looked over to Chuck and beamed, "Are we negotiating?"
Chuck laughed as he stated in a raspy voice, "Always."
With that Sarah told of the salary and benefits which were matching the highest step of a GS-7 level job. She explained that there was a possibility of a quick bump up as she initiated an investigation into Chuck's dismissal from Stanford and there was a strong possibility of a quick and positive decision. Ellie latched onto Sarah and after Devon was able to pry her off she gave a look to Chuck which said, 'It's up to you.'
Chuck looked a little sad as he mumbled out, "I guess I kind of had a different thought about negotiation, but this is just about all I could ask for…" Chuck took a quick look at Sarah and could see she was anxious for him to say yes. Despite the trepidations as he was positive there was more that she had yet to reveal; he did trust her: completely, "Yes."
Sarah beamed as she took a few long strides to take her to Chuck's room and she quickly returned before anybody could say anything holding a folder. She took out a contract and held it in front of Chuck and produced a pen from thin air placing it next to the papers. Chuck looked at Sarah and saw her nod excitedly. He took the pen, unscrewed the top and signed on the dotted line just at the point Devon and Ellie began to announce some protestation. A few seconds of the 'Enforcer Glare' had them sitting quietly, but swallowing loudly.
Sarah took a deep breath before kneeling down to bring herself to the level of Ellie and Devon, instinctively she reached her hand back and Chuck grasped it immediately. She looked back and Chuck was caught off guard as her eyes were watery so he brought her up and gave her a chaste kiss. Soon both were smiling again and she thanked Chuck for fully trusting her before turning back and dropping down to the confused couple looking at a form, another set of stapled papers, and a pen in front of each of them.
"The first form is a nondisclosure form. I'm sorry, but I need you to sign this before I can fill you in on everything. Chuck has vouched on your trustworthiness and while I am inclined to agree with him completely there are people that I need to answer to."
The two simply stared ahead as they were trying to process what was going on. Chuck soon dropped down as well and caught both of their attention as he took one of their hands with one of his, "I know you are working through this, but I trust her." He looked at both utilizing his 'puppy dog eyes'. Devon quickly turned away to Ellie basically deferring the decision to her. She noticed it and let out a slight huff while reaching with her other hand she rubbed the back of her fingers along Chuck's cheek. After she took a moment before grabbing the pen and signing her name and exchanging a confirmation look with Devon he did the same.
Sarah released a breath she hadn't realized she was holding, "Ok, there is something else that you now can know. I… and Chuck now, work for the CIA." At Ellie's alarmed look Sarah held out both her hands, "I did not lie to you. The job I described is Chuck's cover job, but he is going to be responsible for creating cyber-defense for the government. He is also going to act as an analyst and support for me. My boss has approved for me to be based out of LA and create an elite team…"
Devon stopped her by asking, "Isn't the CIA only supposed to operate outside of the US? Is that going to be a problem?"
Chuck shrugged as that thought hadn't crossed his mind yet and Ellie still had a somewhat worried look on her face. Sarah looked to Devon as she answered, "The CIA charter alludes to that but like many things within the government it is vague. In a perfect world you are right, but with the FBI, NSA, DEA, Secret Service and even the branches of the military it is impossible to coordinate with any sense of efficiency. Most of the operations will be surveillance or acquisition. We will work with another agency if necessary, but if what we are working on is connected to an international group we do have authority to act within the boundaries of the US."
Devon seemed satisfied with that, but Ellie blurted out, "What if Chuck gets hurt or taken?"
Sarah's look almost drained the blood from Ellie, "I will not allow anything to happen to anybody in this room. If something were to happen, the individuals responsible would not be able to regret their choice for long."
Chuck and Devon both gulped and almost felt sorry for whomever would dare cross Sarah, but came to the realization they earned what they would receive. Ellie took a breath and once again locked herself around Sarah. This shook Sarah out of the grim mood just the thought of somebody attempting to harm Chuck and she couldn't help but laugh.
"You really are a hugger aren't you?"
Ellie nodded her head before stating, "I trust you to keep Chuck safe." Sarah's eyes went wide at that point as she returned the hug. Their respective partners pulled them apart and gave them some time and water to help calm them. A few minutes later Devon asked Sarah about the other papers which looked like a contract as well.
Sarah responded, "It is a contract, but it is a subcontractor agreement; different from Chuck's. This is to allow you to work on persons within my field, but only with my authorization… well the President's as well. In my negotiations for all your contracts I felt this was a concession I could live with. Also this only obligates you only in a medical practitioner capacity. You will not be sent on any missions, but sometimes missions find you; so there is a compensation package just in case. You will have time to look it over and if you want a lawyer to look it over I would suggest Devon's uncle or whomever he recommends."
At the Bartowski's shared look of questioning, Devon quickly stated, "He is currently on the House Ways and Means committee… I don't know if he has the time or is willing to do that. His side of the family and mine isn't on the greatest of terms." Both Ellie and Chuck were still confused as Devon had never mentioned anything about this.
"Actually I spoke to him before I flew out and the fact he has your jersey framed on the wall of his study makes me think he wants to work on those terms." Devon's eyes misted with that and Ellie never missing the chance brought him into an embrace, mumbling 'Oh, honey' into his shoulder.
At some point Chuck and Sarah's hands intertwined and both finally noticed it in surprise as they lifted their joined fingers with a fairly shy look on each of their faces. They drew together for a kiss that quickly accelerated and only stopped to catch their breath. They looked over to see they were being watched by Devon and Ellie.
"I can't remember if there's anything else to go over." Sarah said apologetically, "It's his fault," she muttered pointing her head to a shocked Chuck.
Ellie and Devon rose, "That's fine Sarah, I don't think there's anything else I can possibly absorb… stop it," Ellie chided Devon who was tickling a spot on her hip, "Anyways I think it's best to call it a night and although I am not a prude and understand you two are in some combination of a discovery and honeymoon phase the house rule stands that Chuck… and I guess Sarah are responsible for breakfast tomorrow. With that being said can you two stand one more?"
As she outstretched her arms Chuck and Sarah each walked in willingly. As they broke apart Devon picked up Ellie bridal style to her squeal of delight, "Sarah it was a pleasure to meet you… and thank you for everything tonight."
Sarah kissed Devon on the cheek before saying, "You're welcome, and it was a pleasure to meet you even though I didn't get to see you floss yet."
Chuck put his face into his palm as Ellie laughed into Devon's shoulder while Devon shook his head, "Bro, I think on that it is time to call it a night." He turned and carried Ellie into their bedroom leaving Chuck and Sarah in the living room.
"Well what should we do now?" Sarah winked salaciously.
"I think first off I need to correct your internal clock as I recall something about thirty-seven seconds."
"It has been a while, so I probably do need to be reminded… It might help to do so multiple times to reinforce the lesson."
Chuck surprised Sarah by easily picking her up the way Devon had done Ellie. Sarah wrapped her arms around Chuck's neck and soundly kissed him as he negotiated their way into his bedroom, closing it with his foot.
A/N: Two battles went on that delayed this chapter, not really satisfied with how a part during dinner initially got resolved so it sat until I could make it better. Second, there will be a short epilogue. The Amy vs. the Nerd Herders will not be added to this story; instead I will continue this AU through snippets, or drabbles I guess is the correct term and that will be the first story told in it. I have not decided whether I will solely concentrate on Couple or Eliza Doolittle or work on both simultaneously. I will not apologize for the length as I didn't want to separate this into two chapters. Thanks to all those still reading and reviewing.