A/N: And here we have the relationship revealed! ;)

"Hey, Sarah," Carina said, "sorry to interrupt your story, but you're almost out of gas and we're now headed out of L.A."

"Ugh," Sarah said. "Okay, stop somewhere for gas. Then start driving back towards Chuck's place."

"You're the boss," Carina said, making an illegal u-turn. "There's a gas station right there."

"Okay, now that we have that sorted out," Chuck said, "what happened? Face to face with the bosses?"

"Ha, hold on, big guy," Sarah said. "This is where the story gets interesting and I need you to know that everything that I did was done for the team. For our safety. Understood?"

"Yeah," Chuck said, "I understand. Now, what happened?"

"A lot," Carina said, parking the car by a gas pump. "Money?"

"Uh, here," Sarah said, taking a credit card out of her pocket.

"Ohhh, plastic," Carina said. "Fancy. Mind if I get a drink or something?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever," Sarah said.

"Cool, thanks," Carina said, getting out of the car.

As soon as Carina's door shut, Sarah resumed her story...

"I see you killed some of my men," the leader said, threateningly. "You're going to have to pay for that."

"Who are you?" Bryce asked, aiming his gun at the speaker.

"Ha, you don't scare me," laughed the leader. "And that little gun of yours would hardly do any damage. But my name is Ramone. My friends here, you may call them Felix and Antonio."

"What do you want from us?" asked Sarah, all business as usual.

"I wanted you to leave my business alone," Ramone said. "But you didn't do that. Now I take you as hostages."

They brought the three agents back in to their facility.

"Put the three of them in different rooms. I can't manage to have any more losses." Ramone ordered his guards.

"Wait!" Sarah said. She had a plan to get them out of there.

"What is it?" Ramone answered, starting to get irritated.

"If it is not an inconvenience I beg you to put me in the same cell as my beloved one" Sarah looked at Bryce. They exchanged glances.

"And why would I do that?" Ramone answered in indignation.

"Because if you have ever loved, you would at least have a little heart to let me die with him." Sarah started to cry.

"Yes. I beg of you. Let me at least die with my love," Bryce said, with a pleading look on his face.

Ramone considered this for a moment, then he said, "What a bunch of CIA crap agents. I thought that the main rule was not to fall in love. Okay, I'll take that as your last wish, but don't ever think that I'm a soft guy. I'm everything, but a soft guy. Go ahead."

Carina did her best to school her features, so that she wouldn't laugh.

Ramone's guards took all of their guns away.

Sarah, Bryce and Carina were now on their cells. Ramone thought he should leave them in surveillance that night, to see if they were really a love couple. If they were, he could use that against them.

Sarah and Bryce were thrown in a cell. Only their hands were tied with ropes. Both knew they were being watched. So, they had to act.

Sarah quickly rushed to Bryce and kissed him. Bryce quickly responded to the kiss. When Bryce started to kiss Sarah's neck, she lowered her head and whispered into his ear, "Bryce, I have a plan." She moaned before continuing, "There are knives tied to my inner thigh."

How does she expect me to get them? My hands are tied too, Bryce thought before realization hit him. Sarah was wearing a skirt.

Sarah felt Chuck stiffen under her. She knew that the story was bothering him. "Sarah, I need some time alone. Please, just stop for a moment" Chuck said almost in a whisper. Even a stupid person could realize the pure sadness in his voice.

"No, Chuck. Wait." Sarah started to say.

"No you wait Sarah. I need this." Chuck said more harshly than he expected. "I'm sorry, this is just a lot to take in." Chuck started to slowly move from under Sarah.

Chuck walked away and went to breathe some fresh air. Sarah rubbed her eyes in frustration and thought to herself, 'I knew this was going to be hard.' By that time Carina was back in to the car. "So, I guess you got to the good part. Just saying, If I were you, I wouldn't let him be alone at this hard moment." Carina had her drink with her.

Chuck was already far from the Porsche, he was thinking to himself. Getting his mind in place. Sarah had to run a little to get there. She came from behind and hugged him tightly. The hug could tell more than what words would ever had.

"Chuck, I love you so much. Please, you have to understand." Sarah said almost in tears.

Chuck took a deep breath, "I love you too Sarah, we both know that, but some things are just hard for me to handle..."

Sarah looked him straight in the eyes, "Come on, Chuck, leave the past behind, forget that, you know every time Carina's around, things get pretty messy" she then took 3 steps backwards and stared at the moon "You know that me and Bryce had a past, there's nothing I can do about it... The only thing I can do is tell you what happened. You still want to know what happened at the drug warehouse?"

"Of course I do," Chuck said, looking back at her. "It's just hard to listen about you and Bryce."

"I know, sweetie," Sarah said. "It was hard to watch you and Jill."

"I'm sorry about that, Sarah," Chuck apologized again. "I just couldn't help it."

"I can kind of understand that," Sarah said. "And I hope you will understand that what happened between Bryce and I that mission was strictly for the mission."

"Okay, I'll try," Chuck said. "But, please answer me this, how did you and Bryce end up in a relationship?"

"It's part of the story," Sarah replied.

"Oh," Chuck said, glancing toward the car. "I guess I'll just have to listen to the rest of it then. Come on, Carina's waiting."

Sarah smiled, taking his hand, "Thank you."

"For what?" asked Chuck as the two made their way back to the car. "For being you and caring that I was with someone else. Even if you already knew."

"You're welcome," Chuck said, "but it's just Bartowski nature."

"Hmm, well, I like it," Sarah said.

The two quietly jogged the rest of the way to the car. They found Carina where Sarah had left her. In the front seat. Messing with the radio. Chuck and Sarah heard the music blaring. And they weren't even in the car yet.

When they opened the door and climbed into the passenger seat, the music became clearer and they could understand the lyrics. Carina's singing became clearer too.

"I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up four-wheel-drive," Carina sung before she noticed the two people sitting in the passenger seat quietly laughing at her. "It's not funny."

"No, no," Sarah shook her head, laughing, "it's not funny. That song is completely serious. And I could totally see you doing that. You know, beating up a guy's truck and then carving your name in the seats."

"Whatever," Carina rolled her eyes, driving away from the gas station. "Just tell your story."

"Fine," Sarah said. "I will."

A/N: And there you have it! Thanks for reading. I would also like to thank the eleven authors that helped put this story together. :)

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