This fiction is co-authored by UKChuckster and AuditoreanGhost.

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Chapter VIII: The Gaming Night

As time passed, Chuck and Sarah had been playing through Morrowind, enjoying their time together. Even Miranda and Alex could notice that they definitely liked being around each other, a lot.

"So, Chuck?" Miranda asked, from the opposite corner of the table. "Has Sarah learned the ropes yet?" She asked, sneaking a smile at him.

"She's a natural, Miri" Chuck said, happy. He couldn't imagine how he had found her. She was getting more and more interesting by the day, which made him think about some things.

"She's something special, Chuck" Michael said from his left, giving him a serious look. He had formed a strong friendship with him since the first year of high school, which entitled him to give Chuck advice. Well, he was definitely qualified having gotten the courage to ask Miranda out on the first day there.

"Michael's right, Chuck," Miranda said, killing a orcish type enemy. "We barely met two days ago, and she seems comfortable with us already. Right, Sarah?"

Sarah nodded in confirmation as she wrote on her pad. "Yeah, that's true. You guys feel like old friends already."

"I'm surprised that Morgan hasn't irritated you at all" Alex said, playfully. "You couldn't imagine how annoying he can be sometimes."

"I'm right here" Morgan whined, looking sad.

"I used his emergency PS2 memory card.. when he was to play Dynasty Warriors with Michael..." Morgan explained, making Sarah sigh out of relief.

'Back in Harvard, IOU meant protection.. but I'm in the company of nerds. It's a memory card for god's sake' She thought, giving Chuck a wide smile. He hadn't lied to her once, which made him feel more and more like the right guy to be with.

"Chuck..." Sarah wrote, pouting. "Did you lose?"

"Yeah, he steamrolled me" Chuck said, swallowing. "His character killed mine in one blow.."

"Morgan!" Sarah wrote, in cat sized letters. "Not bad ;)" She wrote, on her pad.

As the day dragged on, Miranda and Michael had disappeared to check up on supplies, leaving Chuck and Sarah alone in the gaming room.

Sarah rolled next to Chuck, giving him a slight smile.

"Chuck... I forgot something.." Sarah wrote to him, a mild blush coming up her figure. She sighed before continuing. "We've been on a date, correct?" She asked for confirmation from him.

"Yes, I think so. Why do you ask?" Chuck asked, turning to face her. He saw that Sarah was unconfortable right now, so he decided give her some space.

"Well, it's just that Carina always told me that the first date always ended with a kiss." She wrote, clearly unconfortable as she looked at him.

Chuck looked at her, seeing that she was struggling with this. He pondered for a minute, thinking about his options. He decided to stay quiet as Sarah started to write on her pad again.

"I told Miranda that kissing you wouldn't be a problem, but after that date... I don't know..." She wrote, not trusting to look up. She looked at her pad for a moment, before she felt Chuck's fingers lift her chin up slightly. What surprised her the most was the fact, that he was keeping his distance. In every story Carina had told her, when a guy lifted your chin up, they would kiss you soon afterwards. Not Chuck, it seemed.

"What if your boyfriend insisted on snuggling, Sarah?" He suggested, earning him a wide smile. "And Carina.. Exactly how many times had her date ended there?" He added, playfully making her laugh at his innuendo.

"You're funny, Chuck" Sarah wrote to him, a smile creeping up to her lips. She couldn't even belive how much she was smiling after she had met him. "Follow me?" Sarah suggested, as she started turning towards the sofa in the room. Chuck followed her, sitting down next to her. She was getting more and more used to using her arms to lift her up, which helped here.

"Charles, could you hold me?" Sarah wrote, giving him a somewhat seductive grin. As Chuck opened his arms, inviting her into his hands. As Sarah's back gently leaned on his chest, he heard a sigh from her. She then placed her head on Chuck's chest, looking up at him. Grabbing her pencil and pad from him, she wrote. Chuck then placed his arms on her waist, giving her a very gentle squeeze, sliding his hands across her sides.

A tear threatened to fall from her eyes, as she revelled in his touch. She was touched to the very core by him. Nobody else had ever held her like this before. And the fact that Chuck did not kiss her when she felt uneasy about it, made her like him even more.

She looked up at him and saw the caring look on his face. As Chuck looked down at her, their caes were merely inches apart. Sarah could see that he didn't expect anything from her, which made her feel appreciated. They locked eyes for a moment, before Sarah decided that it was time.

She tilted her head tilted to the right, before she pressed her lips against his. She felt her hear swell in happiness, as she finally felt his soft lips against hers.

Chuck was definitely suprised by her actions, making him freeze for a moment. The thought of kissing her had never even crossed his mind, only to be squashed by this moment. He then tried his best, tilting his head to the left, kissing her back.

As Sarah felt him respond, she closed her eyes. The kiss was slow and caring, just the way she had hoped her first kiss to be. A sensual one, without any hurry or hunger. Just two souls having finally found eachother, melding together in a sweet crescendo.

He couldn't even describe how good it felt to be kissing Sarah Walker, especially when they were deliberately taking their time with this. He had known her for three days, but certainly it didn't matter. The connection they shared was unbeliveable, like fate would have wanted them to meet.

Sarah pulled back slowly, gazing up at him. Their eyes opened at the same time, only to have a tear fall from her right eye. She had her right hand pick up her pad from her stomach, writing on it with tears falling slowly across her cheek.

"I want to thank you, Chuck. For being there for me, when I needed you. For being patient with me. You've been the most caring guy I have ever known.." Sarah wrote on her pad, peaking up at him momentarily.

"You didn't care about the fact that I was paralyzed or that I couldn't speak. You started writing with me, and you even bought that wheelchair" Sarah said, giggling a bit. She felt Chuck's hands rest on her sides, caressing them slowly.

"I don't know what to say, Chuck. I don't know any word to describe how happy I am" She then gave him a quick peck on his right cheek. "...And I like you Chuck, more than you know"

"I like you too, Sarah" Chuck whispered back to her, placing his hands on her stomach.

Sarah instinctively looked up at the ceiling, mellowing in her blissfull moment. She had just kissed his boyfriend for the first time. It was her first kiss, as it was his. She had not expected her and Chuck to be so in sync on the first try, since she had expected an awkward head-on collision at first. Thankfully, Sarah had chosen to lean on the right.

They laid there for a couple of minutes, completely silent. They didn't want to break the moment, which had them both on cloud nine.

"Sarah..." He whispered to her. "How did I do?"

"You're talking about the kiss right?" Sarah wrote to him, giving him a lopsided smile. She giggled a bit, before she replied. "Perfect, Chuck.. I think that I'm going to be a regular" She joked, making him chuckle.

"I sure hope so, Sarah" He replied, looking down at her. "You're a beyond perfect girlfriend, Sarah" He added, giving her a quick peck on the lips.

"...And you're a beyond perfect boyfriend, Chuck" Sarah wrote, seeing Miranda and Michael emerge from the hallway. Sarah slowly pressed her lips against his again, leaving suprised. She held on the kiss until she heard an definite syllable from Miranda.

"Awww..." Miranda sighed, her heart fluttered. "I take it you and Sarah are official now?" she asked, as Sarah snuggled to him

"We're dating, exclusively" Chuck said, earning him a large smile from her. Miri definitely noticed that Sarah especially liked the 'exclusive' part.

"We're both very happy for you" Michael said, pulling Miranda to his arms. "And Sarah?" He asked, pausing for a second. "I'm glad that you took Chuck off the market before Jill got her hands on him"

"So am I" Chuck said, honestly. Sarah's heart fluttered at his words.

"So am I" She thought to herself.

Later in the Evening

3AM

Chuck and Sarah had been enjoying their time together so much, that they both lost any knowledge of time. Michael was still there gaming with them, but Morgan and Alex had called it a night.

Sarah looked at the clock on the left corner of her desktop, making her gasp. She tugged Chuck's sleeve hard, afraid. She was supposed to be home an hour ago.

"Chuck, I need to go home," Sarah wrote to him, her smile turning into a frown. Chuck saw this and quickly thought about something.

"I could walk you home?" Chuck suggested, looking straight at her. She felt a little conscious of her body at that moment, which made her a little insecure.

"I would like that, Chuck," Sarah wrote to him, giving him a peck on the cheek as a 'reward'. Sarah had developed a habit of kissing him on the cheek, which made her feel giddy. "You're a perfect gentleman, Mr. Bartowski" Sarah wrote to him, as he opened the door for her.

"Anything for you, Miss Walker" Chuck replied, giving her a salacious smile.

As Chuck helped her down the stairs, Miranda came up from the kitchen. "I take it you're calling it a night then?"

"Yeah," Chuck replied, helping Sarah disconnect her wheelchair from the lift. He disconnected the metal bar that held her wheelchair hostage.

"...And you're escorting her home" Miri deduced, a smile creeping up her lips.

"Yep," Chuck said, as he pulled his jacket over his head.

"Right then, go on now, Michael and I need some sleep," Miranda replied, yawning a bit.

"Shall we?" Chuck asked audibly as he opened the front door for her. Sarah gave a him a smile, and rolled through the front door.

Chuck and Sarah were nearing their destination slowly but surely. They kept talking through her pad, making light conversation.

They were currently walking through a small park, that had a beautiful lake in the middle of it. Sarah gazed at the lovely sight, before she wrote on her pad.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" She wrote, looking up at him as he pushed her along, albeit slowly.

"It's more than beautiful" Chuck said, looking straight at her.

Sarah giggled a bit. "I meant the scenery?"

"Oh, that's beautiful too" Chuck said, his plan revealed. Sarah sighed in contempt. How did she ever find him?

Sooner, rather than later they arrived at Sarah's front door. Sarah knocked on thee door three times, knowing that her father was still waiting for her. She had deduced that the lights in the living room pretty much insisted on somebody being awake.

The door opened, revealing Jack in a t-shirt and jeans. "Well hello, Charles. I assume that you escorted her home?"

"Yeah, I did" Chuck said, giving her a sweet look. "Why are you awake at this hour, Jack?"

"It's those Chinese agents I need to work with. They don't sleep, so that means that I'm pretty much awake all night" He replied, happily. "Thank you, Chuck.. For escorting Sarah here I mean"

As Chuck and Jack had had this small conversation Sarah had written a small text on her pad, which she showed to her father.

"Could you give me and Chuck a moment in private?"

Jack turned back and left the door barely closed, so that Sarah could roll in easily when she wanted to.

Chuck was left dumbfound as Sarah's strong arms pulled him to her, smashing his lips against hers. She pulled him so close, that his chest touched against hers. Out of instinct she tilted her head to the right, deepening her 'dream first kiss' to last longer. They kept on kissing until they both had to come up for air.

"Thank you for the best first date of my life, Chuck" Sarah wrote him, as Chuck barely stood straight. He definitely expect Sarah to kiss him like that, which made his knees feel weak.

"Thank you for allowing me to take you on that date, Sarah" Chuck said, barely making words count.

Sarah rolled to the door, looking at his tall figure. She gave him a wink as she slowly closed the door.

"A perfect date..." Chuck said, not knowing that Sarah could still hear him through the door. "She is perfect, who am I kidding.." He said, as he walked away from the door.

Inside, Sarah's heart fluttered. She couldn't belive that he considered her to be a perfect date.

"So tell me, darling" Jack said, as he came back to the hallway. "What has happened between you two?"

"Chuck and I are dating, dad" Sarah admitted on her pad, a little afraid of her fathers reaction. What if her father didn't like the idea of her dating him? What would happen then?

"That's great actually.." Jack said, playfully. "Now I can sneak off to play Pong with Stephen more.." He joked, gazing at her.

"And you're okay with me dating Chuck?" Sarah wrote, hope in her eyes.

"I'm more than okay with that, darling... but let's not wake up your mother, shall we? It's nearly four a clock anyway"

Sarah yawned loudly. "Yeah, thanks dad. I'm off to bed" She wrote, making a quick exit out of the room.

Later as they both layed in bed, they both thought the same thing.

That was the best date of my life...

A/N As Esardi predicted the kiss is here, hope you enjoyed it!