You got some 'splaining to do

It's been a while but I'm back and so is Sarah and her handy man! This chapter hasn't been beta'd yet so all mistakes and lameliness are my fault.

Summary of what previously happened: Chuck is a handyman fixing Sarah's house…among other things…not yet though, in future chapters. Sarah is a single mother with a 1 year old son named Travis. Chuck and Sarah had never met before but they already have one person in common, Bryce Larkin a.k.a "the bastard who got Sarah pregnant and kicked her to the curve" a.k.a "the bastard who got Chuck kicked out of Stanford" a.k.a the guy who's trying to kill Sarah. Alright so Chuck and Sarah go on a date and they fall in love. Sarah meets Chuck's family which doesn't go well. They decide to take a vacation but not before Bryce hits Sarah. Chuck ends up beating the crap out of Bryce after finding out his plan to kill Sarah, take Travis, and get married to some rich lady. And then…

Bryce and Chuck are in jail.

Chuck is woken up by laughter. He groans in pain and holds his head.

John and Officer Toby stop laughing and look at the groaning man behind the bars.

"Good morning, Beauty…although right now you look more like Beast." John and Officer Toby laugh again.

"Oh god…what happened?" Chuck sits up and holds his head.

"You got the crap beat out of that's what happened."

Chuck looks, with his good eye, at the large black man sitting across from him. "And you are?"

"Big Mike. You alright there, kid?" Big Mike looks at all the bruises on Chuck and his black eye.

"Oh some minor scratches, a broken rib or three, a couple stitches on his forehead and eye brow but all in all he'll live." Officer Toby says as he unlocks the bar door. "Come on, you got to sign some paperwork so you can leave."

Chuck slowly gets up and walks out the cell. "How long have I been here?"

"We've been here for 5 hours." John says before taking a sip of his coffee.

"You got another live one." Big Mike says nodding toward where Bryce was stirring awake.

"I'm gunna…" Bryce says covering his mouth.

Big Mike kicks a bucket over to him. "Have some respect, some of us live here!"

When Bryce is finished puking his guts out he looks at Chuck. "Dude, what happened?"

"You don't remember?"

"No."

"We got jump walking to our cars at the bar."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, they took our money, your credit cards, and cell phones."

"Oh god, my credit cards!" Bryce groans.

"Your credit cards are the last thing you should be worried about." Big Mike says looking at the equally beat up white guy.

"Alright Mr. Larkin, get up and sign these papers so you can get out of my cell."

Bryce slowly gets up, his arm in a cast.

After signing their release papers the men walk outside. A cab is waiting for Bryce.

"Hey thanks for all your help, Chuck." Bryce says.

"What are friends for? Tell me know how things work out with you and Sarah. If you need any more help just let me know."

"I will." Bryce gets into the cab and drives off.

"Chuck?" Says a sad voice behind him.

Chuck turns around to see a crying Sarah. "Sarah?!"

"I can't believe you. You know Bryce. You two probably had this whole thing planned out."

"Sarah, no, let me explain."

"I don't need an explanation. I know exactly what happened. Bryce and you are pals. He sent you to spy on me. I actually fell for your tricks. I fell for you."

"Sarah, that's not…"

"Don't. I don't ever want to see you again."

Sarah gets back into the car she came from. Carina, who drove Sarah there, walks over to Chuck and slaps him.

"You come near my sister again and I'll kill you." Carina then looks at John. "And you and I need to talk."

Carina gets back into her car and drives away.

Tears roll down Chucks cheeks as he watches Sarah leave.

"Come on." John tells him.

Chuck gets into Johns Crown Vic.

"How did they know I was here?"

"I told them…well I told Carina you were in jail. She must have told Sarah."

"You think?!" Chuck says angrily.

"Hey don't yell at me. This is your fault. Why didn't you tell Sarah you knew him in the first place?"

"I was going to tell her when the time came."

"Well the time is now." John stops the car.

They are park in front of Sarah's house. Sarah and Carina are walking into the house with Travis.

"Go." John says.

"Carina's gunna kill me."

"I'll take care of her."

"Why are you doing this?"

"Believe it or not but I do have feelings…for Carina at least. If Sarah's not happy than Carina's not happy. How am I going to marry her than?"

"You asked Carina to marry you?"

"That doesn't matter right now. Just go fix things with Sarah."

"Okay."

Chuck and John get out of the car and knock on Sarah's door.

Carina answers the door. "Didn't I tell you to stay away?!"

"Carina, just let him explain what happened to Sarah." John says.

"You need to be quiet, you're already in enough trouble helping this back stabber."

"Carina, trust me, he's not a back stabber. He was actually looking out for Sarah."

Carina looks at Chucks puffy red eyes. Please they beg her.

"Okay." Carina says. "You talk to her. You have 10 minutes." Carina moves so Chuck can walk in.

Chuck walks in and goes straight to Sarah's room. He finds her crying into her pillow.

"Sarah." He says gently.

Sarah looks up. "Get out!"

"Sarah listen to me."

"No!" She throws her pillow at Chuck. "I never want to see you again."

Chuck catches the pillow but throws it on the floor. "I couldn't go a day without seeing you." Chuck closes the door to her bedroom and goes to sit next to her. "Give me 10 minutes and I can explain everything to you. After, if you still feel the same, I'll leave you alone and you'll never see me again."

Sarah nods slightly. Chuck tells her all that happened at the bar up until John drove him to her house.

Sarah is speechless. She doesn't know what to say. She can't believe Bryce would actually kill her.

"Sarah, do you forgive me?"

Sarah lowers her head.

Chuck takes that as a no and stands up to leave.

"Do you forgive me?" Sarah asks, still with her head down.

Chuck turns to look at her in amazement. "What?"

"Do you forgive me for jumping to conclusion and accusing you of something you didn't do?"

"No."

"Oh." Sarah felt a lump in her throat.

"No because you have nothing to apologize about. If I was in your position I'd accuse me too." Chuck sits back down next to her. "I should have told you once I knew it was Bryce Larkin but I wanted to protect you and Travis. I wanted to deal with him without anyone finding out. If anything happened to you and Travis I don't know what I'd do. We've only known each other for a short period of time but I already think of you as my family, Ellie does too."

That brought a smile to Sarah's face. "Really?"

"Yes. Why would I lie?"

Sarah shrugs but embraces Chuck. "I'm sorry John had to beat you up."

Even though Sarah can't see it Chuck has a very pained look on his face as Sarah presses on his injuries. "It's cool. It doesn't even hurt that much as long as I don't get pressure on my ribs."

Sarah quickly releases him. "Oh my gosh! I was hurting you. I'm so sorry."

"Sarah stop apologizing. I did nothing wrong."

"I know but I'm s…never mind."

Outside, a dark figure watches them kiss.

"What friend you are, Chuck Bartowski. You'll pay for taking my woman." The shadow walks away.

Thanks to those who are sticking to the story in though it was a month , more or less, since I last updated the story.

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