A/N: Well here it is as promised. I felt like I really struggled with this chapter. I wanted a good fluffy Charah reunion and I hope I accomplished that. I have a bunch of fun chapters that are still to come, so I hope you guys stick around and continue to enjoy the story. The reviews have been great, so keep them coming. Again, I don't own Chuck.

Chuck and Sarah just stood facing each other as the bar full of people seemed to disappear into the background. Neither one heard any of the noise or commotion that was taking place around them. Chuck and Sarah were in their own little world as they stood in the middle of the bar.

Sarah was scared to death, Chuck had not said anything more then her name and just stood there with a blank look on his face. Sarah's heart was beating a mile a minute as she waited for some sort of response from Chuck. She had to remind herself to breathe so that she didn't pass out from all the anxiety that she was feeling at this moment. Sarah watched as a number of emotions appeared on Chuck's face. She thought she saw hurt and then anger which was then replaced with questioning and finally resolve. Finally after several minutes, which felt like hours, she watched as Chuck gave her that one smile that belonged to her and her alone. She felt like the weight of the world had just been lifted from her shoulders and she returned his smile that was only meant for Chuck.

Chuck was frozen in place, he didn't dare move just in case this was a dream and she might disappear if he blinked. He had just finished singing about Angel Eyes and here he was looking into the eyes of the most beautiful angel he had ever seen. Chuck looked into the face of the one and only Sarah Walker and then he went through a process of trying to get his emotions under control enough to speak. This wasn't a dream, she was standing right in front of him and he knew at that moment that his life hadn't been complete the past two and a half years. He could change everything in his life but the fact was, without Sarah Walker, it would never be complete. Chuck's heart was filled with joy and he let all his emotions spill out into a room brighting smile that he only gave to Sarah. It had been along time since he smiled like that and it was something that he had missed. He watched as Sarah's face lit up and she returned his smile with one of her own that made him weak in the knees. She really was an angel.

Sarah stepped forward and grabbed both of Chuck's hands. She rubbed her thumbs along the back of his hands and looked into his face for something that would tell her what he was thinking. Was he going to turn away and leave her standing there or would he let out the anger that was sure to be held within his soul? Chuck dropped her hands and she started to panic, that is until he moved closer and wrapped his arms around her and drew her into a hug that just felt so right. Sarah did her best to wrap her arms around him but that was no easy task with Chuck being so large. As she placed her head against the top of his chest and shoulder she took in one of the things she had missed the most, Chuck's scent. God, he feels like a chiseled piece of granite. Sarah knew that she could definitely get used to this. She could stand here all night wrapped in Chuck's arms and she just let her body melt into his. Sarah should of known, this was Chuck and he was the most forgiving person she had ever met.

Chuck pulled his head back from Sarah and asked "How are you here?"

Sarah looked straight into Chuck's eyes "I came back for you, I made the biggest mistake of my life two and a half years ago and I'm hoping to fix that mistake, if you'll allow me to. I know I don't deserve the opportunity to explain why I left and I know that you probably hate me but I was hoping that you could find it in your heart to at least allow me to explain."

Chuck knew that he should hate Sarah for leaving and that a normal person would just turn around and leave but he had never stopped loving Sarah and he wasn't about to give her a chance to leave again. "Sarah, I don't hate you, and yes I would really love to have a chance to sit down with you and talk."

Sarah couldn't stop the smile that stretched across her face and at that moment, she felt like the Grinch who's heart doubled in size. Chuck was willing to let her explain what happened. She had already made up her mind, she was not going to hold anything back. It was do or die time and she wasn't going to waste this opportunity. "When and where would you like to have our talk Chuck?"

"How about now and if you don't mind I would like to go to our spot. I haven't been there in two and a half years."

Sarah felt an ache in her heart after hearing Chuck state that he had not been to their spot on the beach since she had left. She knew there was a lot of hurt in Chuck and that she would have to work hard to regain Chuck's trust. She planned to fight tooth and nail to build a future with him and was ready to do whatever it took and that included talking about her past, present and what she wanted for the future. She wasn't the best person when it came to talking about feelings but she would do her best to let Chuck know what was in her heart.

"I don't want to take you away from all your friends Chuck. We could do it another time if you would like." Chuck looked over at the group of guys he'd been with all evening and knew they wouldn't miss him. Hell, other than Skip, the rest of them were feeling no pain at least not until morning.

"Now is a perfect time and I don't think the guys will miss me if we leave right now." Chuck grabbed Sarah's hand and headed for the door. "Is it alright if we take your car? I rode with them."

Sarah looked down at Chuck's hand in hers and knew at that moment for the first time in her life, she was where she was supposed to be. Their hands together, just felt right and earlier the hug felt like home, a home she was sure she never wanted to be without again.

As they approached Sarah's vehicle she noticed the look of questioning in Chuck's face and realized that he was expecting to see her Porsche. "It's a rental Chuck and I know, the Porsche was always my baby but I recently came to the conclusion that a certain someone is a hell of a lot more important then any car. Sarah looked over at Chuck and when her eyes met his, she tried to relay exactly what she was feeling through her gaze. She was pretty sure he knew, because she could see a sparkle in those deep brown eyes of his that she hadn't seen earlier.

They both remained fairly quiet on the ride over to the beach. Neither wanted to start their conversation until they could give each other their undivided attention. That didn't stop them from stealing glances at each other. Each one of them tried to steal glances at the other while not getting caught. They kinda felt like two third graders in school which in turn made Sarah give a slight giggle and caused Chuck to laugh under his breath.

They arrived at the beach and made their way to their spot that they had sat in several years ago. As they sat quietly side by side, they both knew that the conversation that was about to take place could be a defining moment in both of their lives.

Sarah knew what she wanted to say to Chuck and for the first time in her life, she was going to open her heart to Chuck and hope that he would care for and take care of it for the rest of her life.

Chuck wanted Sarah back in his life in the worst way but he would wait to hear what she had to say before allowing her to have his heart. He knew what he wanted to hear from Sarah and if she opened up like he hoped she would, then maybe they could make it work and have a true relationship, which is all Chuck had ever wanted with Sarah.

Sarah started first, "Chuck I know that I've hurt you and I know that your probably still pretty angry with me. You should be, I know that I would probably never be able to forgive someone that had done the same thing to me."

"Sarah, I don't..."

"Please let me finish Chuck." He looked into her eyes and gave her a slight nod, basically telling her that he would remain quiet and let her finish. "Chuck, the day I left was the worst day of my life. First, I knew that I was going to to hurt a person that meant everything to me and second, I didn't have the strength or willpower to come to you and tell you in person. Hell, I didn't trust myself with even calling you on the phone."

"There isn't a day that has gone by where I haven't thought about you and to be honest I've dialed your cellphone a hundred times but just never could hit the send button. I wanted to hear your voice so bad but I knew that I didn't have the right to do that any longer." She kept her gaze centered on Chuck because she wanted to see any reactions, Good or bad, while she explained her reasons for leaving and also for returning.

"Chuck, I've done a lot of things in the past, some of the things I'm proud of and some things I would rather forget. I did all of those things to complete my mission. If I had failed any of them, then someone like you or Ellie or Morgan could've of died, so failure wasn't an option." She could see different emotions on Chuck's face as she spoke but was unsure what it was he was feeling. "Until I met you, I never gave much thought to what needed to be done to accomplish the mission. I just did it and did it well. After I met you, you started to change me. You showed me what it was like to have friends and a family and that there were actually people out there that cared about me." There was no defense against the Bartowski charm and you never knew it was working until it was too late. She was trying her best to stop the flow of tears that were threatening to escape her eyes. She had never openly expressed her feelings to anyone in her entire life and it scared her to death but it also felt really good to open up to Chuck finally.

"Chuck, I was scared to death that someday, something would trigger a flash and you would see my past." The tears were flowing freely from her eyes and she never made an attempt to stop them. "I was afraid that once you had seen my past, you would never look at me the same and that was not something I could live with. That's why I left, I figured I could live knowing that I would never have to look into your eyes and see pity or disgust but I couldn't live with seeing you every day knowing you might feel that way."

Chuck just sat there and let Sarah talk. He wanted to let her know what he was feeling but he would let her finish before he told her how he felt.

"I know that you found out that I left with Bryce and I wouldn't blame you for hating me but I want you to know that nothing ever happened with Bryce. It was wasn't for lack of trying on Bryce's part but I promise you, nothing happened." She could see a slight smile on Chuck's face and knew that she had eased some of the fears that Chuck was sure to have when it came to Bryce. "The fact is, I used Bryce, he was my way out and when he offered me the chance to go and work together, I took it. There isn't a lot that I'm afraid of but having you think less of me scared me to death and I know now that I made a huge mistake in not trusting you to look beyond my past and be a part of my future."

"Please accept my apology Chuck and I know that it will take some time to regain your trust in me but I will do what ever it takes and know this, I am here to stay either while employed with the CIA or not. I will never leave you again, I don't think I could survive being away from you again."

Sarah took in a breath and tried to steady her pulse because she was about to tell Chuck something that she had never told anyone since she was a child. She had said it to marks to accomplish a mission but had never said to someone who she truly cared for. "Chuck Bartowski, I love you. I've loved you since the first day we met and I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me." Sarah watched as Chuck looked her directly into her eyes and gave her that one smile that made her weak in the knees. God, I really love this man she thought.

To say that Chuck was happy was an understatement. He was having a hard time keeping himself from grabbing Sarah and kissing her until the sun came up but he kept himself in check until he could have his say.

"Sarah, I'll admit, when you left I was hurt and then that changed to anger when I found out that you were off with Bryce. If it wasn't for Casey talking with me and explaining why you decided to leave, I might have stayed angry a lot longer. I can't say that I would've done the same thing as you but I do realize that you thought you were making the right choice at the time. He watched Sarah's face to see if he could see any kind of reaction and found that she was looking down at the sand. He reached over and lifted her chin while turning her face towards him. He knew that she was feeling guilty about what he had just said but he was hoping that her guilt would be lessened by the time he finished.

"I've been through a lot since you left and as you can see, I've made a lot of changes. I decided that I needed to take control of my life and not be so dependent on others. I probably went a little overboard with the lifting but once I got into it, I became addicted to it. So you see, you leaving may of been the one kick in the ass that I needed to take control of my life."

"Believe me when I tell you, there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about you. I would always wonder if you were safe or what country you might be in or if you ever thought about me." Chuck looked up at the stars and then looked over in her direction. "Sarah, since the day you walked into my life, my heart has belonged to you and you only. My life was incomplete while you were gone now that you've returned I'm starting to feel whole again."

"Sarah Walker, I love you. I always have and I always will. I understand it will take sometime for us to work through some of our issues but I have faith that we will work through them and be stronger for it in the end."

Chuck and Sarah both had tears flowing from their eyes as they both reached for each other and enjoyed the embrace that just felt so right. Sarah couldn't take it any longer, she wanted to kiss him since the first day she had returned and she wasn't about to wait another second. She reached up with her hands and placed them on the side of his face and then very lightly touched her lips to Chuck's own lips and could feel the electricity flowing between the two of them. It was a kiss that held a promise of a future that both of them wanted and by all rights deserved. The kiss remained like that for several seconds and then Sarah turned up the heat when she ran her tongue along the bottom of Chuck's lip and silently requested entrance into his mouth. Chuck was more then happy to allow her tongue to push into his mouth and returned the favor as he pushed his own tongue deep into Sarah's mouth. As their tongues dueled with each other the heat was beginning to rise within the both of them and as the the need for air became a sudden urgency, they pulled apart and rested their foreheads against each other.

"Chuck, would you like to come back to my hotel room and we could finish talking there?" Chuck shifted his position in the sand and looked into Sarah's eyes. "As great as that sounds, I don't think that would be the best idea for either one of us this soon."

"Don't get me wrong Chuck, I want to make love with you in the worst way but I agree that now is not the ideal time. I'm sure when the time comes for us to make love we will both be ready for it to happen and when it does, it will be the most intense experience of my life but for now, I just want to go back to my room and have us hold each other."

"That sounds very nice Sarah and yes I would love to go back to your room and the thought of holding you for the rest of the night sounds like heaven to me."

They both stood and entwined their hands together as they walked back to Sarah's vehicle. They held hands all the way back to Sarah's hotel and the conversation was mainly about generic topics that had no bearing on the events that had just taken place.

Chuck was amazed that Sarah was staying in the same hotel that she had lived in before she left and even more surprised when he found themselves entering the same room that he had been too many times before. Once in the room, Sarah removed her shoes and asked Chuck if he wanted anything to drink. "I'll take a coke if you have any."

She went to the small fridge and grabbed a coke for Chuck and herself. Sarah got on the bed and propped herself up on an elbow. Chuck stood in the middle of the room and looked like he wasn't sure what he should do next. Sarah was amazed, Chuck was more handsome then any man that she had ever met and was built like a greek god and yet he still wasn't very confident when it came to women. She would definitely work with Chuck on that because an aggressive Chuck was really really hot.

"You can get on the bed Chuck, I promise not to bite, at least not hard." He looked up and watched as Sarah gave him one of her brightest smiles and it seemed to relieve some of the self imposed anxiety that he had been feeling. Chuck climbed onto the bed and laid on his back. Sarah couldn't resist and cuddled up to Chuck's left side and placed her head on his chest and her leg slightly over his. She molded to him as he wrapped his arm around her. As she slid her hand up Chuck's stomach and chest she could feel the definition of his abs and chest muscles. Think Jeffster, think Jeffster she said to herself as she slowly regained a calm breathing pattern. Wow, she thought to herself, I'm going to need every bit of my self control not to jump Chuck's bones.

Chuck was about as nervous as he had ever been. Sarah had told him that she loved him earlier and here he was in her room. He tried his best not to look like he was nervous but was failing miserably. He could be as big as a house but when it came to Sarah Walker confidence went right out the window. When she asked him to get on the bed, he was sure that his pulse rate doubled and he started to feel light headed. He removed his shoes and climbed onto the bed. When he laid on his back Sarah moved to up to him and laid her head on his chest. She started running her hand up the front of his shirt, working from his stomach up to his chest. Think Jeffster, think Jeffster he said to himself as he slowly regained a slower breathing pattern.

Sarah decided she would show Chuck just how different things were going to be by answering any question he wanted to ask. No subject would be off limits. "Chuck, you can ask me any question you want about any subject and I promise to answer the question truthfully and honestly." She continued to lay on his chest and tried to prepare herself for whatever Chuck would ask her. She figured that he would ask about something from her past and knowing Chuck, it would be a whopper. Sarah could tell Chuck was in deep thought and when she felt a long breath escape from his mouth, she knew he was ready to ask. She listened as Chuck presented her with his question "Sarah, I'm really curious as to what your shoe size is.?"

Sarah held her breath as the words came out of his mouth and felt a tightness in her chest until she realized what he had asked. What in the hell, I give him permission to ask me anything about my past and he wants to know my shoe size.

"Chuck, I don't understand, you've wanted to know about my past since we first met and when I give you the opportunity to find something out, you ask what my shoe size is."

Chuck took a deep breath and lifted Sarah's chin so she was looking up into his eyes. "Sarah, I love you and nothing about your past is ever going to change that. Yes, I would love to know some things about what your life was like growing up but it doesn't mean as much to me as it used to. Your past is your past, and whatever happened in your past is just that. I care about you now and I care about what kind of future we could have together. Nothing and I mean nothing will ever stop me from loving you."

Sarah was shocked, just when she thought she couldn't possibly love Chuck any more then she already did, he goes and proves her wrong, again. Chuck just melted her heart and she knew that there was only one Chuck in the world and he was hers. Life was definitely looking up from a week ago, she was home.

They laid there holding each other tightly with the biggest smiles on their faces. Shortly after they both fell into a peaceful sleep. This would end up being one of the best nights sleep either had had in a very long time.