A few years ago I read a Daniel/Vala Stargate fic written by DannysgGirlSG1 to this song and I loved it. I figured I'd give it a crack for Chuck and Sarah. Enjoy!

Toes in the Sand – Chapter 8

She's a yellow pair of running shoes

"What do you think, Chuck? Do they suit me?"

Sarah had dragged her husband out shopping for the day. She needed new workout gear, as her 'old' clothes no longer fitted her. Being four months pregnant with her second baby meant that her stomach seemed to pop earlier than it did with her first. So to go with her new clothes, she wanted new shoes. Normally she would have brought Ellie with her, but Devon had taken her and the kids to Connecticut to visit his parents for a few days.

Chuck leaned against a shoe rack and watched as his wife stood to model the canary yellow running shoes. Not really paying attention to what she was showing him, he strained a smile, and told her nonchalantly, "They look great, honey."

Crossing her arms and narrowing her eyes at him, Sarah told him, "You're just saying that."

"Oh no, no you don't." Chuck stood from his leaning position and walked towards her. He placed his hands on her shoulders, "Those shoes are awesome, Sarah. And I'm not just saying that." He leant down and kissed the tip of her nose and added, "Morgan would be proud of those shoes."

Sarah chuckled and wrapped her arms around his waist. "So you think I should get them?"

He pulled away from her and held her at arms length to look down at the shoes she had on. "Definitely. And just think, with that colour, who needs a high vis. vest when you jog at night?"

"Shut up," she replied before slapping him lightly on the chest. "And just for that comment, I'm getting you a pair in the orange."

Chuck groaned. It was going to be a long day shopping.

A holey pair of jeans

Sarah had a favourite pair of jeans that she only ever wore around the house. She called them her 'lazy day' pair. They were so worn in that there were holes just above the knees and the bottom of the legs were so frayed and scuffed that she had crudely hacked off the hem with one of her knives. Chuck knew that whenever she came out of the bedroom wearing them, they were in for an awesome day. Those days included a movie or television show marathon, popcorn, take-out dinner and a whole lot of snuggling on the couch.

Those were the best days.

They got even better when the kids joined in. Nothing beat family lazy days.

She looks great in cheap sunglasses

She looks great in anything

Alex had organised an 80's themed party and Chuck was itching to go. He had the coolest costume in mind and wanted to show it off; Sarah, on the other hand was reluctant to go.

"I don't know what to wear?" she complained as she fell back onto the couch, resting her head on Chuck's chest.

Chuck thought for a moment before answering her, "Why don't you go as Cyndi Lauper? You can just go crazy that way."

"Who?"

Chuck rolled his eyes; his pop culture education of his wife hadn't gotten as far as Cyndi yet. He pulled his laptop up onto his legs and made his way to YouTube. He instantly found what he was looking for. "Here." He pressed play on the video and handed the laptop to his wife. The sounds of 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' filled the room.

When the song finished, Sarah closed the lid and put the computer back on the coffee table. "So? What do you think?"

"It was interesting. Catchy."

"You think you could pull off being Cyndi?"

Sarah smiled, "Yeah. Thanks, babe. I think I have just the stuff as well."

The night of the party rolled around and Chuck and Sarah were the hit of the party. Chuck came as Hulk Hogan and Sarah teased her hair and added bright red streaks through it. Added to her crazy 80's hair was the gaudy, plastic jewellery, miss-matched skirt and top and a pair of green Doc Martens. On top of her head was the biggest pair of cheap sunglasses that she could find; they were hot pink and covered half her face.

"No matter how crazy you look, you're still the most beautiful woman in the room, and I'm glad I get to come home with you," Chuck told her.

"Well I'd hope so; no one else would willingly come home with me tonight."

She's I want a piece of chocolate

The clock ticked over to 2:18am; Sarah was lying in bed, her hands rubbing her six-month pregnant stomach. She couldn't sleep; she was hungry. She sighed.

"Chuck," she whispered. No response. She called again, this time a little louder all the while poking him.

"Huh, what?" Chuck groaned as he rolled over to face his wife. "Are you okay? Is it the baby?"

Sarah shook her head. "We're both fine."

"Then what is it?"

"I'm hungry."

Chuck sighed. He was used to this kind of thing happening. It wasn't the first time these last six months that she had woken him up to get her food of some description. "What are you in the mood for?"

"Chocolate."

"Chocolate what? Ice cream, cookies, pudding?"

"Just plain chocolate."

"Okay. I'll be back." He kissed her softly before pulling on his boxers and heading out to the kitchen.

Not five minutes later, Chuck returned to find Sarah asleep and hugging his pillow. He knew better than to wake her up, so he placed the chocolate on the table beside the bed and walked around to her side of the bed and slipped in behind her, wrapping his arm protectively around her stomach.

Take me to a movie

"Chuck, you need to educate me. If we're going to make people believe we're in an actual relationship, I need to be learning things."

"Um, okay, sure. What do you suggest?"

"I don't know. How about a movie? You like movies, right?"

"Uh, yeah." Chuck ran his fingers through his curly hair.

"Great. Pick me up at seven."

This 'date' was going to be hell. He hated being in a fake relationship with a woman he was starting to fall in love with. Why couldn't his life be easy?

She's I can't find a thing to wear

"I have nothing to wear!" Sarah cried out as she stood on front of her closet, dressed in only her underwear, staring at her clothes, willing the perfect outfit to throw itself at her.

She wanted her first 'official' date with Chuck to go flawlessly, and nothing she tried on was decent enough. He told her to dress casually. She hated that word. It left too many variables open when it came to choices. Did she wear jeans? Or a simple dress? Hair up? Or hair down? Heels or flats?

Sarah closed her eyes and took a deep breath. You can do this, she told herself. When she opened her eyes, she pulled out the first thing she saw; it was a light yellow summer dress with shoestring straps. Coupled with a pair of comfortable ballet flats she felt amazing. She knew Chuck loved it when she went all 'girl next door'. Tonight was going to be perfect.

Now and then she's moody

Sarah threw a flurry of kicks and punches at the bag in front of her. It was cathartic. Chuck had pissed her off and now she was venting; to be honest, she couldn't even remember what he had said, but he should have known better than to push her buttons when she was feeling hormonal.

This happened often enough that Sarah knew exactly how the rest of the day would go. As she continued her workout, she listed the order of events: 1) Continue workout, 2) after a good few hours Chuck would come looking for her, 3) he would apologise profusely, 4) she would ignore him, 5) Chuck would become insistent that she forgive him and would say something funny, 6) she would futilely try to hide her laugh and then forgive him, 7) forgiveness would lead to a heavy make-out session in the middle of the room, 8) the make-out session would move to the showers and 9) all would be right in the world of Chuck and Sarah.

Despite still being in a mood, Sarah smiled to herself. She loved that she and Chuck were predictable in their relationship. The mundaneness is what she looked forward to the most in her crazy and hectic life.

End Verse One

The song is 'She's Everything' by Brad Paisley. Each chapter will be a verse from the song until it's finished. So that means you'll get four more chapters like this. Hope you like it.

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