This fiction is co-authored by UKChuckster and AuditoreanGhost.

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Chapter IX: All Aboard!

2 Miles North of Los Angeles

Passenger Car

0400 hours

Chuck was barely awake, trying to get his bearings. His mom had waken him up at three in the morning, just to make sure that he got on the train to Stanford, or to be exact, San Francisco. Chuck stumped on to his cabin, opening the door rather slowly. As he opened the door, he saw Sarah on the right bed reading a rather large book.

Sarah looked up at him, giving him a tired smile. "Morning, Chuck" She wrote to him, as he settled down on the opposite bed.

"Morning, Sarah" Chuck said, yawning hard. "Why are you still up?"

Sarah used her hands to launch herself on to Chuck's lap, slowly. "I thought that I could sleep in my boyfriend's arms, if that's okay?" She wrote to him, yawning.

"You want to sluggle with me?" Chuck asked as he laid down on his bed, letting Sarah snuggle to his right side.

"Sluggle?" She asked, swithing pages on her pad.

"You know.. Sleep and snuggle.. Sluggle" Chuck suggested playfully, making her laugh.

Sarah put her hands on his chest, settling her head on his chest. She looked up at him, expectantly.

Chuck knew exactly what she was expecting, so out of instinct he slowly pressed his lips against her. His right hand slowly caressed her face, as they both got lost in time. Sarah couldn't even thik about a better way to spend the couple of hours before the dining cart opened.

As they slowly pulled back, Sarah rested her head on Chuck's chest, closing her eyes. She revelled in the safety that his arms provided, not wanting to leave for a long time.

Sooner, rather than later, both of them had fallen asleep on the comfy train bed. Sarah had settled to Chuck's right side, her chest pressing against it softly. Thankfully for him, she had ponytailed her hair in the morning, which enabled her to rest her head on his shoulder. The advantage went both ways since Sarah wouldn't need to move in order to give him a kiss, which by her standards was pretty amazing.

Unbeknownst to the both of them, a certain brunette had walked by the cabinet door, only a couple of minutes later. This time though, she was without her boyfriend Daniel. Actually they had broken up last Friday, which ended their brief but eventful relationship short. Only two weeks had they been dating, which by her standards was way too long. She didn't want to settle down with anyone except for Charles Bartowski, and she definitely didn't like the fact that Sarah had taken him from her.

"What are you looking at, honey?" A tall, black haired man asked from behind her. He placed her hand on her waist, looking through the window.

"That's Chuck, honey" the brunette replied, looking up at him. "And that's the new girl, Sarah"

The man just stood there, his face unchanging. "I didn't come all the way from Texas for this, Jill" he said, a little angry at her for looking at an another guy.

"I know..." Jill said, turning back towards him. "You're here for me..." She said, grabbing him with her right hand. "...And, I'm really... really appreciative of that"

The man grinned seductively. "Remember last night?" He asked, placing his hands on her hip.

"Shut up.." Jill said, playfully slapping his chest. "It's been a while, you know... "

"Let's go Jill" The man said, pushing her towards the carriage door. As they passed the door that connected the two carriages, the man looked back at the hallway.

"Oak Hill Road..." He whispered, gathering himself and turned to open the carriage door.

Two Hours Later

0600 Hours

Chuck and Sarah's Cabin

Chuck woke up, smelling the faint fragrance of vanilla and lavender. Those two fragrances flooded his senses, making him sigh in content. He felt warm, which was not quite a usual feeling when you frist woke up. Opening his eyes, he saw Sarah looking up at him, giving the widest smile he could hope for.

"How did you sleep, Chuck?" She had written on her pad, as he looked on her left hand. He faintly tried to answer, but his state of unawareness wouldn't let him.

"I've made coffee.. You want some?" She scribbled down on her pad, seeing that he was too tired to answer. Seeing him nod only barely she took a cup of coffee from the nightstand giving it to him. His arms were holding the cup so insecurely that Sarah grabbed his hands, making sure that the cup didn't fall from his hands. The way his eyes lit up when he felt Sarah's hands helping her, they could light up a dark mountain cave. Sarah gave him a smile, as he saw Chuck's eyes fall again. The liquid delight that was coffee, flowed in making Chuck's throat feel a little warm. Not hot, but warm enough to wake you up on a rainy autumn day.

Chuck sipped his drink a couple of times with Sarah's help, before he felt awake enough to grab the cup firmly enough to keep it stable.

"Thank you, Sarah," Chuck said, giving her a swift kiss on the lips before he drank the rest of the coffee.

"It's nothing, Chuck" Sarah wrote to him, as he rose up to sit on his bed.

As Chuck's now reinvigorated eyes looked at Sarah, his eyes coudln't believe what they were seeing. He saw Sarah, wearing a somewhat tight sleeveless dark blue top and black jean shorts that reached down to her knees. He couldn't believe that he had found such a girl, especially with a personality like she had.

As Sarah saw Chuck's eyes wandering up and down her body, she didn't feel any bit of the insecurity she had felt last Saturday. She knew that Chuck liked her for who she was, not her looks.

Chuck couldn't express how he felt with words, which caused him to lift her chin up and press his lips against hers. So slowly, so tenderly and with great care, he kissed her. So slow, that time raced past them faster than the light could travel.

Sarah felt a tear come out of her right eye, which didn't surprise her one bit. To be kissed so tenderly and with such great care wasn't something that you could throw away in an instant. It's a thing you yearn for, hope for... And when you finally are there you take everything you can from it.

Chuck pulled back as they both were feeling the need for oxygen become too great. Sarah moved to hug him after the kiss had ended.

"Sarah?" He asked, as he felt her relax in his arms. "The dining cart is opening in a couple of minutes. Would you want to get some breakfast?"

Sarah pulled back from the hug, only to give him a slight nod before she gave him a peck on the cheek.

"I would love to, Chuck" She wrote on her pad with her left hand as she used her hands to jump on her wheelchair. "Let's go then!" Sarah wrote, giving Chuck a wide smile.

Dining Cart

0603 Hours

Chuck and Sarah sat on the window seat overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which was visible just above the horizon. It rained, as hard as you could imagine. The drops of rain smashing against the windows, lightning striking down on the horizon.

Chuck had got himself a minute steak and some rye bread, rather an uncommon combination. He took a sip from his orange juice as Sarah gave him a smile.

Sarah was using her right hand as she circled the spoon in her cocoa. She had gotten two large baguettes for breakfast.

"What are you thinking about Sarah? Chuck wrote on their new pad, that they both wrote on. Sarah had suggested using it since they were both running out of small pads to write on.

"It's just that I had this strange feeling when we slept," Sarah said, twirling the pen in her hands. She was slightly nervous on how he would react.

"It was something like being watched by someone.. someone I definitely don't like. A cold shiver in my back."

Chuck thought for a minute, before he wrote on their pad. "Well, Jill's on the same train. I saw her back at Union Station."

Sarah nodded, placing her hand of top of his. "It's probably her. Maybe she walked past our cabin when we slept," Sarah wrote with her left hand. She took a sip of her drink as she wrote "How did you sleep by the way?"

"I slept great, but.." Chuck said, pausing for a second. "I kept having dreams of a blonde angel..." Chuck said.

Sarah giggled. "Did she happen to look like me?"

"I don't know... I never saw her face" Chuck wrote, making Sarah raise her eyebrows. "...but I'm sure that you're more beautiful than her.." He added, making Sarah relax.

"Nice save, Chuck" Sarah wrote to him, turning back to her baguette.

The thunderstorm had gotten worse by the minute. The lightning strikes were getting closer to the tracks. The rain was coming in so hard, that the roar of the engines were being covered by the sounds of water drops hammering the windows.

"Morning, Chuck.." Miranda yawned sitting next to Sarah. She was so barely awake that even Chuck seemed very chipper. "I called Alex's dad, Chuck. He's agreed to lean his house in Palo Alto for us again"

"That's nice to know.." Chuck turned to Sarah. "Would you want to come with us?"

Sarah raised her attention from her now non-existant baguette.

"To live with you guys?" she wrote, her eyebrow arching.

"We would love to have you, Sarah" Michael said, yawning as he arrived. "Morning, sweetie" He added, giving Miranda a peck on her forehead.

Sarah looked at Chuck for a moment, thinking about it. She could move in with his new friends and get some obligatory time with Chuck as a bonus. That could also be a hinderance if they ever decided to break up, being around each other would be pretty awkward. Considering that little possibility, Sarah wrote on her pad.

"Chuck, could you come with me for a second?" Chuck nodded to her and got up from his chair. The couple left for their cabin, having already eaten their breakfast.

The Cabin

5 minutes later

Chuck and Sarah had laid down together on their bed with Sarah resting her head on his chest. She felt safe here, but couldn't have the conversation that she desperately wanted to have with him.

"Sarah? I'm guessing you're worried about moving in with us?" Chuck asked, looking down at her.

And there he goes again. He just read my thoughts... Sarah thought, looking up at him. "I'm worried that if we ever break up, I would need to move out..." she wrote, giving him a worried look.

"You wouldn't" Chuck said, honest. That statement definitely piqued her interest, giving him a look that urged him to continue. "First of all, we're never going to break up like that" Chuck said, knowing full-well what Sarah was thinking about. A nasty, much yelling involving break-up involving the both of them.

"How can you be so sure, Chuck?" Sarah asked, a little hopeful.

"From the little time that I have known you, I already know that I couldn't stay angry with you, Sarah" Chuck said, pausing for a second. "If we ever need to break up, I'm sure that we'll break up on the most friendliest terms possible" He said, seeing Sarah's eye form a tear. He slowly wiped the tear off the corner of her eye, looking at her.

Sarah looked down for a second, before she wrote. "I don't know what to say, Chuck."

"You don't have to say anything, Sarah" Chuck said, raising her chin up with his right hand.

Sarah wrote on her pad, without lowering her gaze from him. "I would love to move in with you guys."

Chuck gave her a subtle smile. "And we would love to have you Sarah"

Sarah looked at him, giving him a wide smile. She pressed her lips to his, knowing that they were in it for the long haul.

A/N Hope you enjoyed, this short transition chapter. Beware of the teaser