A/N: so this is the last chapter! If any of you are still reading, I know it's been a while; I'd love it if you reviewed, thanks :)

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Ellie wasn't the type of girl who got worked up. She had always been the stable one, the rock. But as she got the call from the hospital, it was all she could do to keep from screaming at the nurse on the other end of the phone.

She had woken up early that morning wondering where the hell her brother was. He always told her where he was going or called so she wouldn't get scared. But as she sat alone in the kitchen her heart began to sink further down in her chest. What if he had gotten hurt, hit by a car, or what if…? No! She scolded herself, you can't think like that. For all you know Chuck could just be sleeping over at Sarah's and forgot to call. That brought a smile to her face, out of all the people she knew Chuck was by far the most deserving, and Sarah always made him so happy. When she walked through the door he would smile as big as a child on Christmas day. But as the clock ticked on worry began to cloud her face and doubt began to control her judgment.

It was a little past ten when the phone rang, jolting Ellie from her thoughts. When she set the phone down her face was an ashen white.

As she got in the car she began to rapidly dial the captain.

"Yo" came the cheerful voice on the other end

"It's Chuck, he's at the hospital, they wouldn't tell me but he's hurt they wouldn't tell me if he was… Oh God!" she cried into the phone praying that what she was thinking wasn't true

"It's okay Ell I'll meet you their, and I'll call Morgan and Becca. You just get to the hospital and make sure chuck's okay" he soothed, no matter how goofy he was he knew when things were serious

"Okay, okay. Bye" Ellie rushed as she hung up the phone and screeched out of the parking lot"

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Sarah and Casey were crowded around chuck's bed clearly in the middle of an intense argument,

"And I'm telling you she'll never buy it!" Sarah shouted

"Well I don't see you coming up with any better ideas," grunted Casey

"I've got one how bout' we say that I was attacked by a drunken hobo!" Chuck giggled

"That's the forth idiot thing he's said. Can't they lower the morphine intake?" Casey growled, clearly unamused by the interruption

"The doctor said that when he was hung from the ceiling he lost feeling so he wasn't able to feel the extent of his injuries, but now it's hitting him at full force." Sarah explained, a look of guilt spreading across her features.

"It wasn't your fault, Walker, no one-" Casey was interrupted by the sounds of shouting in the lobby, all of the sudden the door burst open, as Ellie, Awesome, Morgan, and Becca all ran to Chuck's side.

"Are you okay Chuck?" asked Ellie concern plastered to her face

"Oh well I'm just hunky dory!" Chuck slurred

"Good, now WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU! You didn't call you didn't tell me you were going out! And then, I don't get a call till' ten this morning and it's not even you it's the hospital, oh, and don't let me forget that they told me you've been awake or hours but didn't bother to tell me you were all right!" Ellie screamed

"Ellie it wasn't his fault, you see we were at the store at closing time and well chuck was walking me to my car when some maniac jumped out with a knife and tried to steel my Porsche but panicked and ended up stabbing Chuck." As Sarah explained the events she saw Ellie's hands clench into a fist as everyone started to back away

"So you decided you wouldn't call his sister? His sister who was panicked and scared?" she seethed, Awesome walked up to her and gently guided her to the chair in the corner "I'm sorry, I was just so scared, I'm sorry" Ellie whispered

"It was my fault you were right to get mad" Sarah sighed, as she hung her head, too ashamed to look up

"Now I'm going to get mad at you for listening to me" the brunette said, "you're the one who got him into the hospital, if it hadn't been for you he probably wouldn't have made it" Ellie said, shuddering at the thought "you're the reason he's still alive" Ellie walked over to Sarah, smothering her in a giant hug.

"Well, now that the girls re done being hormonal I brought you some stuff! I know how much you hate hospitals so I brought some music, a can of silly string, and your computer" Morgan grinned as he placed the box he had been holding on the counter by Chuck's bed. As Chuck and Morgan began an animated discussion about video games, Becca slipped over to where Casey was standing, "You know you're an ass, right?" Becca said her eyes burning with rage

"I don't do relationships" Casey monotone

"Neither do I, I do dates, or at least I would like to go on dates… with you" she said, glancing down at her feet, "If you don't want to go on a date with me than just say so, but don't avoid me"

Casey let out an agitated sigh; there was clearly no way out of this. And besides it would be good for his cover. It wasn't like he liked her, because he didn't, but he would sacrifice for the good of the country, "Becca, would you like to go on a date with me?" Casey asked,

"I would love to," Becca grinned as she planted a kiss on his extremely red cheek

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It had been about four weeks since Trino had been captured. At the moment team Chuck was situated in a circle at the Bartowski home. Ellie and Awesome were curled up together on the couch, Morgan and Anna were sitting on the floor, Becca was sitting in Casey's lap next to Ellie and Devon, and Sarah and Chuck were entwined on the armchair,

"You cheated! I saw you hide that card!" Sarah was shouting at Casey

"What card?" Casey asked with his best 'innocent' face on

"The card you just hid!" Sarah screeched

"Theirs no need to be a sore loser," Casey taunted

"Game night has gotten a lot bigger since last year" Morgan commented "I like it better this way" he added as a pair of dice hit his head

"Sorry that was meant for Casey!" Sarah laughed.

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Sarah and Chuck walked out into the courtyard; still holding hands even after Ellie disappeared behind the door. They walked in silence, every once in awhile smiling at each other. Chuck pulled Sarah over to him with a grin plastered on his face,

"You know, since we're really dating I'm going to be forced to kiss you good night" he teased

"Well, then I can't argue with that!" She smiled, as she crashed her lips into his awaiting mouth.

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