CHUCK VS. THE BEGUILING BEHAVIOR
DISCLAIMER: I don't own "Chuck."
SUMMARY: After Chuck breaks up with Sarah (in the second season episode "Chuck Vs. The Breakup"), she fights to win him back. But Chuck's mysterious behavior worries both Sarah and Ellie. Has he found a new girl friend or is something else going on?
NOTE: I'm sorry, but this chapter has more questions instead of answers. But please be patient! The next two chapters have the answers and the ending. This was the first fan fiction I ever did. I wrote it after seeing the "Chuck" second season episode "Chuck Vs. The Breakup" and after I finished it, I decided I didn't like it, tossed it aside, and wrote other Chuck fan fiction. I'm still not sure if this thing works. But all of you are the judge. Thanks again to all who reviewed!
Part Five – Sarah and Ellie Investigate
A couple of days later, on Chuck's day off, Sarah decided to secretly tail him hoping to find out what was going on. Since that night when she smelled perfume on Chuck, she and Ellie had spoken. Ellie told Sarah about the conversation that she had with Chuck and while he had assured Ellie that he was not having an affair, they both agreed that something was not right.
Ellie noted that Chuck had said that he had dates with Sarah on some other nights in the recent past. "Did you two really go out those nights?" Ellie asked. They did not, Sarah confirmed. Ellie also noted that on some other days during the morning and afternoon that Chuck had not been specific about where he was going or what he was doing.
So whatever was going on with Chuck may have been going on during those times, they surmised. And when Ellie said that Chuck mentioned "going somewhere" today, Sarah decided to try following him.
She checked the GPS in his watch and discovered that he had left it at home. But fortunately, Chuck wasn't hard to tail in the Nerd Herd vehicle. Chuck drove for a while and then pulled into a parking lot in front of a high-rise apartment. He parked the car in a space, got out, locked the car and walked into the building, carrying what appeared to be a clothing bag.
Is he meeting with some woman in there? Sarah wondered. When she thought that, an image appeared in her mind of Chuck romantically entwined with a woman. The image jolted her. She did NOT want to think about that. By the time, she had parked her car, Chuck had already entered the building and was out of sight. It would be pointless to rush into there and try to see where he went. By the time she got indoors, he would probably have gotten on an elevator and gone to who knows what floor and what room. So she sat in the car and waited.
About five minutes later, her phone rang. She looked at the display. It was Ellie. Sarah answered and knew right away that something was wrong. No greeting, no how-are-you. And Ellie sounded frantic.
"SARAH! Thank goodness I got you. Can you come here please? To the apartment? Please?"
"Ellie, what is it? What's wrong?"
"I found something in Chuck's room and I'm really worried. Can you get here right away?"
"I'm on the way," Sarah replied and hung up. She started her car and sped toward the Bartowski home.
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Sarah couldn't believe what Ellie showed her. Ellie said she had been looking for an old family scrapbook and thought that Chuck had it in his closet. When she found it, she accidently knocked over some boxes. When she straightened up those boxes, she was horrified at what she saw inside one of them.
It was a gun. Not a toy gun for one of his video games or a souvenir gun from a movie or TV series. It was an actual, real gun.
Chuck owns a gun? Sarah thought. Sarah was just as shocked as Ellie. She couldn't believe it. Then Ellie dropped another bombshell.
"Sarah, there's something else. When I found that gun, I started looking around his room to see … well, I wasn't sure what I was looking for, I just looked to see if I could find something that would tell me what is going on. And I found these on his desk," Ellie said as she handed Sarah several sheets of paper.
Sarah looked. The sheets were printouts of information from some website. And it was information about suicide. Sarah's jaw dropped. Then Ellie voiced what Sarah was thinking.
"I'm worried that Chuck is thinking of committing suicide," Ellie said.
"Surely he wouldn't," Sarah replied.
"I would hope he wouldn't but I just don't know what to think now. This gun, these notes on suicide. He has been acting so strange lately and sometimes moody. Generally I would never even think that Chuck would do a thing. But with his strange behavior recently and during that talk we had the other day, he said that he was tired of his life. So I just don't know. I'm worried, Sarah, I'm really worried," Ellie said.
So was Sarah. She recalled how Chuck had reacted that night when she came to his apartment to tell him that the new intersect had been destroyed. He had thought that he would get his life back that he could go back to doing things that he wanted to do rather than what he had to do. But his dreams had been destroyed.
Sarah had taken him to a briefing with General Beckman about the destruction of the new intersect and Chuck seemed in shock during the whole thing. He hardly said a word. And his silence continued in the car ride home.
And when she dropped him off in front of his apartment, she suddenly remembered that tonight was supposed to have been their date. But it hadn't happened – again. She called out to him and apologized about that. But he just nodded and walked off. He had never looked so defeated and sad, Sarah recalled. And was this his solution? She wondered as she looked again at the gun. Had he had enough, had he decided that it was all too much for him? She looked at the sheets of paper that she held and suddenly realized that her hands were shaking.
"If only we could find out what is going on," she said.
"I know. His disappearances, this gun, these notes, him coming home smelling of perfume …." Ellie mused.
"Yeah, her perfume is pretty powerful, isn't it," Devon said as he strolled up to Chuck's doorway.
Sarah and Ellie exchanged surprised looks. Did Devon know what was going on with Chuck? They both turned and looked at him and waited for further explanation. Devon, apparently realizing that he said something that he shouldn't have, looked embarrassed and quickly walked away.
End Part Five