Chuck versus the Tango.

(Sarah 'briefing' Chuck before their mission)

Sarah rested her hands on the table and leant towards Chuck, her face was calm and reassuring, it made Chuck want to relax, but he was still worried.

"Don't worry about tonight, no reason to be nervous I'm not-" She placed her hand on his and suddenly she had his full attention, his skin prickled at her touch. "-going to leave your side."

"Me.." He glanced down at their hands at raised his eyes back up to meet hers. "..Nervous? Come on. Never."

Sarah smiled disbelievingly. "Your hand is a little moist."

"It does that when I'm freaking out!" He admitted. Her smile widened and she burst into hysterics, she clutched her side and her laughter was infectious, Chuck began laughing too.

"What's so funny?" He managed to splutter.

"You and your clammy hands, it's so cute!" Sarah beamed as his face turned from humorous to almost serious.

"Cute? It's cute when I'm freaking out?" He said, pretending to be mad. He ran his hands through his hair and left it sticking up in an awkward position.

"Yes." She giggled, she reached up to his hair and smoothed it back down. Chuck looked into her eyes as she stroked his hair. When she realised what she was doing, she quickly lowered her hands and resumed her professional face.

"Your uh, hair was sticking up." She said defensively.

"Oh no, no don't excuse your actions, I understand." Chuck smiled almost arrogantly.

Sarah raised her eyebrow questioningly. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Doesn't matter." Chuck shrugged as he stood up to leave.

"No!" Sarah jumped up and stood right in front of him. "Tell me!"

"Geeze! Sarah all I said was you don't need to excuse your actions for touching me! What's up?" He looked baffled.

"I just-" Sarah started.

"Look there's Ellie and Awesome!" Chuck nearly shouted.

"Hold me!" Sarah suddenly piped up.

"You what?" He stepped back, he watched as Ellie and Awesome got closer.

"We've been going out for at least over a month now, we have to look affectionate!" Sarah hissed.

"Okay!" He said, he pulled her to him, almost like they were on a dance floor, he wrapped his arms around the small of her back and pressed her chest against his. Her breath caught in her throat for a moment, she couldn't think, she couldn't breathe. She closed her eyes for a moment and let herself fall completely against him.

Walker! Sarah thought to herself. What in God's name are you doing? Wait. Why am I worrying? It's just for the cover.

Ellie and Awesome were only walking past to go into Large Mart. Ellie stopped for a moment and waved.

"Hey guys, your looking cuter than ever today!" She shouted.

Chuck smiled falsely. "Thanks!" He replied.

"See you later!" Ellie shouted before disappearing hand-in-hand with Devon into the distance. Chuck didn't let go of Sarah, he held his arms tighter around her and closed his eyes. I'm holding the most beautiful woman in the world. He swooned to himself.

He couldn't stop himself, he wasn't thinking, wasn't breathing. It was just that moment, he didn't have to speak, didn't have to breathe or move. Just them. He should have pushed her away and carried on acting normally towards her, but how was a guy like him meant to be friends with a woman as gorgeous as her? It was impossible. Though Casey managed it.

Well, Casey wasn't really friends with anyone, all her needed was his tough physique and steel spy armour and he was all set. He didn't care about romance or love or-.

Chuck just let go. He told himself.

Sarah waited for him to pull away. She wondered if Ellie and her other half were still standing there because this was going on the an awfully long time. She could only see the inside of Wienerlicious because her head was fixed permanently in one position.

She couldn't tell herself that this wasn't nice, because it was. She hadn't been held like this in a long time, her stomach started to swirl and suddenly it felt like she was falling - hurtling from the sky into oblivion, she couldn't stop the feeling. She was falling, falling-

All of a sudden it stopped, his arms came away and the twisting sensation in her stomach subsided a little. She looked into his eyes and she was scared, she had no idea what was happening to her. Was she ill or something?

His knowing eyes looked into hers, her eyes were telling him that she was lost and confused. But her unmoving expression told him otherwise. How could one person give off so many different signals? It was like trying to solve a Rubix Cube, every time he thought he was about to get it right, he would find that he had gone wrong somewhere and have to start again.

He hadn't known her long, he knew that, already though, she was messing up his head in ways that he hadn't thought possible. Each time he thought that they could be normal, as soon as their eyes met or their skin brushed, everything would change. He would feel like there was something frazzling in the air between them. But that might have been just him.

Now, like the previous times something like this had happened, it became awkward. They both knew something was happening, it showed in their eyes, but they didn't say anything about it.

"So, umm.." Sarah tried.

"I guess we'll see each other on, on - the mission?" Chuck said, picking up his jacket. "Thanks for reassuring me.. And stuff."

"Ah, it was nothing, any time." She replied, walking back into Wienerlicious.

What in God's name was happening to her? The past few weeks her stomach was constantly churning, her heart was constantly pumping and she always felt nauseas around Chuck. She couldn't understand it, she was never ill, hadn't taken a day off in ages.

She rested her head against the cold glass and let the cool air sweep around her.

Chuck was even more worried about the mission now, but he couldn't worry about that now. He had to go and learn how to tango.

Review please? (This one was kind of hard to find, there were not many Charah moments between them in this episode) And next, what happened after Sarah said, "My middle name is Lisa.."

I found this on Wikipedia, 'Although Chuck's back is turned and he was presumably out of earshot when Sarah utters her real middle name, it is revealed that he did indeed hear her, as Sarah's real middle name is written on his elaborate Intersect chart first seen at the end of "Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon.' I can't wait to write about that.

This chapter is to my big sister, who's sixteen today.