A/N Ah, what the heck, lets upload two chapters in one day.
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Now nothing, not even the law, could stop us from being together. Because no matter what, my heart will always belong to Chuck Bartowski. . .
I walked back into the apartment and found Chuck, sitting on the couch, mesmerized by the G4 showcase of the Iphone.
"Hey Chuck, I'm back."
"Hey." He mumbled, still captivated by the TV. When the show finally went to commercial he turned around to face me.
"Sorry. This is just so cool."
"It's okay Chuck." I smiled and sat beside of him.
Chuck still seemed distant, like he had first thing this morning. I was really starting to regret telling him about the baby in the first place. The last thing he needed right now was another point of stress, and that is exactly what I had given him.
And what upsets me the most is that I know for a fact what is bothering him, and I can't get him to talk to me about it, so I can't fix it.
Chuck needs someone to talk to. And I know exactly who he'll open up to.
"Chuck, what would you think about having Morgan over for lunch?"
"That'd be awesome! He said the other day that he was going to teach me how to play this game, um what did he call it? Oh yeah, Call of Duty." Chuck said, his bright smile lighting up the room
I seriously didn't know if I could find one thing about Chuck I didn't love.
The thing is, I love eight year old Chuck just as much.
And even though he doesn't love me the same way he did before, I can't think of letting that change how I feel about him.
Because he'll always be my Chuck. No matter what.
"So, do you want to call him or should I?" I asked.
"I'll call him. Where is the phone?"
"Hang on. . . ." I went into his room and got his Iphone. I gave it to him and upon holding it for the first time, his eyes became as big as dinner plates.
"I have an Iphone?!"
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"This food is fantastic Sarah!" "Yeah it's amazing!" Morgan and Chuck exclaimed with mouths full of food.
"Guys, they are just a couple of sandwiches."
"Sarah, you don't understand. Sandwiches are an important part of our lives. They should be an important part of everyone's life, if you ask me." Morgan said, defending their strange sandwich obsession. "Agreed Chuck?"
"Totally." He said. "The right amount of meat and cheese and mayo."
"Dude, you can't forget the tomato or this fantastic whole grain bread. This is awesome!"
Chuck and Morgan high-fived each other and then continued eating.
"Well, I'm going to let you guys get to your scheduled Call of Duty time and I'll be back in a few. . . " I was going to say minutes but the look Morgan and Chuck gave me made me end my sentence with, ". . . Hours."
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Lunch was at one o'clock. They hadn't stopped playing Xbox since one fifteen, and it was almost four.
I walked over to Chuck's door, hoping that I wouldn't be interrupting an important conversation between them. Or rather, hoping that Chuck had opened up to Morgan and there would be an important conversation to interrupt.
I cracked open the door quietly and looked in just as they had turned off the Xbox.
"See I told you it was awesome." Morgan said, putting up the Xbox controllers.
"Yeah you're right. . . Um, Morgan can I talk to you about something?" Chuck asked quietly.
"Sure buddy, anything." Morgan sat on the bed beside of Chuck. They were facing the window so I couldn't see either of their faces but I could still hear what they were saying. . .
"Well. . . It's just, something's been bothering me all day. Well since last night."
"What is it?"
"Last night, Sarah was talking with me before we went to bed. She showed me a picture, she said it might help me remember, but it didn't. Really it confused me even more. She says she's gonna have a baby. And then she said it was her boyfriends baby. Morgan I am her boyfriend!
"Sarah is having my baby. Morgan, I'm eight! I know I'm supposed to be a grown up, but I'm not. And I really want to remember now because I'm gonna be a dad. Morgan I can't be a dad. At least not right now. I don't even know where babies come from!" Chuck sounded like he was going to hyperventilate.
I really had caused Chuck a great deal of stress last night. I feel so guilty.
"Buddy, seriously you gotta calm down." Morgan said putting his arm around Chuck's shoulder. "You don't have anything to worry about. We'll worry about getting you back to your, um, older self and you just worry about, ya know, kid stuff."
"You see, Sarah said the same thing, 'you don't have anything to worry about' but I have lots of stuff to worry about! I can't remember anything, Sarah is having my baby, that I don't remember, and apparently I grew up to be a superhero! I think I have a lot to worry about." Chuck said putting his head on Morgan's shoulder.
I could hear the sound of Chuck crying and it was killing me, because I felt responsible for his distress.
"I really don't know what I'm supposed to do Morgan. I am not a grown up, and I'm not a dad. I'm just a kid."
"It's okay buddy." Morgan said rubbing Chuck's shoulder. "We'll figure everything out. And I know you don't believe me, or Sarah for that matter, when we say this, but you don't need to worry. Though, I can think of one very important thing you need to do."
"What?" Chuck asked looking at Morgan.
"You need to talk to Sarah about all of this."
"I'm just afraid to, ya know? She's. . . She's my first girlfriend and she's really nice and pretty and I don't want to make her upset. And I don't know what'd I'd say if I did talk to her, Morgan."
So the reason that Chuck wouldn't talk to me is because he was afraid of making me upset. He didn't want to push me away. . . I could guarantee one thing. Nothing could make me leave him behind.
The biggest thing I've learned so far about eight-year-old Chuck continuously amazes me. . . He almost never thinks of himself.
"Yeah I know man. But I don't think you have to worry about that. Actually I think she'll be glad if you tell her how you feel." Dr. Morgan PhD gets it right. . . Again.
"I guess. I'll try to talk to her later. . . .Maybe."
"Come on buddy. . . "
"Okay I will talk to her later."
"See I knew you had it in ya!" Morgan patted Chuck on the back and Chuck wiped his eyes.
"Let's get out of here."
I hurried away from the door and went to the kitchen to get them something to drink. . . To make it look like I hadn't been listening in on their conversation.
"Grape soda on the rocks!" Morgan exclaimed as I turned around carrying two glasses of grape soda. "My favorite."
"Still?" Chuck asked.
"Dude, it doesn't get better than grape soda." Morgan said taking his drink out of my hand.
"Thanks Sarah." They both said.
"My pleasure." I smiled. . .
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Morgan left around six o'clock and Chuck seemed to be less distant than before, though now he was acting nervous around me. I guess he was worried about talking to me.
Around ten o'clock Chuck started getting tired.
"Ready for bed Chuck? It's been a long day."
"Yeah." He said nodding his head. "How long do you think it'll be until Ellie and Devon get home?"
"It could be a while longer. I'm sure they'll be home when you wake up though."
"Oh okay." He said as we went to get ready for bed.
Once we were ready we both got into bed, on our respective sides of the bed, and laid down.
I was convinced that Chuck would fall fast asleep which is why I was startled by hearing his voice about five minutes after we had gotten in bed.
"Hey Sarah, are you awake?"
"Yeah. . . Why, is everything okay?" I asked turning over.
"I wanted to know if I could talk to you about some stuff."
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A/N, Yes I did just leave you with that cliffy :D
BTW: I know it wasn't necessarily cool to have Sarah spy on that convo, but in POV work, to get this scene I had to have Sarah hear Morgan and Chuck talking.
R&R or I'll withold the next chapter. JK, or am I? . . .
