Rating: T
Disclaimer: Chuck doesn't belong to me.
A/N: Just wanted to clarify a few things.
Jenny in this story is Jenny Burton, her father was never arrested by Graham and she was never recruited into the CIA.
Chuck never went to Stanford and did not meet Jill Roberts.
The totally different paths the characters have taken have caused some changes in our favorite characters.
Chapter 2
"I followed you in my car, and then watched what room you went into. I had to wait till I had built up enough courage to knock on your door though" said Heather.
"You drove?" Chuck asked incredulously.
"Yes, and are you really going to send me back out in my car again?" asked Heather.
'Why does shit like this always happen to me?' thought Chuck.
Chuck thought about the risk and the odds that she could get home without causing herself or someone else harm, he knew the last thing he needed was this hanging over his head as he tried to sleep.
"Fine, you can stay" said Chuck.
"But, I am putting on some boxers and you are staying dressed" said Chuck.
"Nope, I sleep naked too" said Heather.
Chuck reached into his bag to grab his boxers, he slipped then on.
"Heather before you get undressed come here for a hug, I didn't get my welcome back to Warwick hug yet" said Chuck.
Heather came up to him and gave him a hug with her hands all over him, Heather then felt limp in Chuck's embrace and carried her to the bed and put her down. He then pulled up the sheet to cover her.
He then took a pillow and a spare sheet out of the cupboard and slept on the floor with the help of a sleeping tablet.
The next morning Chuck woke up first, he got up quickly threw some running clothes on and went out for a run. He had made it down to the beach front and started picking up the pace. He had run about a mile along the water front when he spotted her on a park bench feeding the birds.
He slowed down as he approached and stopped when he reach the park bench.
"Hi Lou fancy meeting you here, what are you doing here so early in the morning? Oh your husband isn't around somewhere, about to pounce is he?" said Chuck.
"No he isn't here, sorry about last night he gets pretty jealous" said Lou.
"It's cool, I am sorry if It caused you problems" said Chuck.
"No you didn't cause any, just reminded me about the ones that were already there" said Lou.
"Talking about problems, I bet you can't guess who turned up knocking on my hotel door last night?" said Chuck.
"Jenny Burton?" said Lou immediately.
"Um, no Heather Chandler. Why would Jenny Burton turn up?" asked Chuck incredulously.
"Huh... so what did that bitch want?" asked Lou.
"Well, um I think she wanted me, you still haven't said why you thought it was Jenny Burton?" said Chuck.
"Well, I could see the looks she was giving you last night and back in school I always thought she would have liked to know you better. A few times I have seen her over the last ten years she has asked me if I had heard from you. So you sent her on her way right?" said Lou.
'Jenny Burton, really' chuck thought then shook his head
"No I tried that, but she was so drunk she ended out passing out in the room" said Chuck.
"You didn't do anything with her did you?" asked Lou.
"Do I detect a hint of jealousy?" said Chuck.
"I think a hint maybe understating the obvious Chuck, well did you?" said Lou.
"No I put her in the bed and slept on the floor, When I left she was still asleep" said Chuck.
Chuck could see a relieved look on Lou's face.
"Which reminds me; I probably should complete my run and get back to her so I can kick her out of my room. So would I be starting world war three if I called in for a sandwich at your shop over the next few days?" said Chuck.
"Chuck if you didn't I would be upset, and if my husband has a problem with it, too bad" said Lou.
"Ok then I will see you then" said Chuck.
Chuck started running back towards the hotel. Because he didn't get a full run in he picked up his pace, he called into the bakery across the road from his hotel, got two coffees and some pastries.
He came back into his room and Heather was only just waking up.
"What...what happened last night?" asked Heather.
"You turned up at my door wanting sex, that's what happened" said Chuck.
Heather didn't say anything.
"Nothing happened after that Heather, you passed out I put you to bed only removed your shoes. I slept on the floor" said Chuck.
Heather sat up and stared at the pillows on the floor.
"One of those mine?" Heather said pointing to the coffee.
"Yes unless you know of someone else that was knocking on my door last night" said Chuck.
"Thanks" she said as she took the coffee and had a sip.
She stared at him for the first time, seeing his shirt all sweaty and sticking to his chest.
"What did you do this morning?" asked Heather.
"Went for a run, and then picked the coffee and the pastries up from across the road" said Chuck.
"You certainly filled out pretty well Chuck, when I saw you at the beach yesterday, I thought look at that sexy hunk. I nearly died last night when I found out I was lusting after you" said Heather with a smile.
"Yeah, I got that much" said Chuck.
"I'm sorry about what I said at the reunion, so why didn't you take advantage of me last night, I seem to remember that I had to twist your arm to get you to let me to stay?" asked Heather.
"Well for starters I don't take advantage of drunken women, not really my scene, and while you are a beautiful girl Heather, you are not really my type" said Chuck.
Heather let out a breath she had obviously been holding for a while.
"Just tell me one thing, did you really answer the door naked or was that just part of a dream?" asked Heather.
"Yeah ok, I normally sleep naked and I guess I am not ashamed of my body" said Chuck.
"No no no, you have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, especially not so little chuckie down there" said Heather pointing to his running shorts.
"Well, you are welcome to have a shower before you leave, but I have a pretty busy day and wanted to get started" said Chuck.
"Ok I will have a shower, nothing I can say to get you to join me?" asked Heather winking
"No" said Chuck and smiled.
Heather went into the bathroom and Chuck heard her turn on the shower.
Chuck pulled off his sweat soaked shirt and went over to an exposed pipe on the ceiling of his room and started his daily pull ups. While he was doing his reps he was thinking about what Lou said this morning about Jenny.
'Could she have really had a thing for me even back in school?' thought Chuck
Heather came out of the shower dressed, but with still wet hair and was appreciating Chuck's exercises. Chuck heard the door open but his back was to the bathroom and was facing the door of his room, so he didn't realise that Heather was just watching him as she dried her hair.
"You know Chuck, if there was an award at the reunion for most ripped you would win without any competition" said Heather.
Chuck let go of the pipe and fell to his feet gracefully.
"Well if you have finished I will see you on your way and I will have a quick shower" said Chuck.
"Yeah ok, so I'm going" said Heather.
"Heather, not to sound rude but what happened? You were the most popular girl at school" asked Chuck.
"Ever listen to Billy Joel?" asked Heather.
"Occasionally not much lately" said Chuck.
"Listen to 'Scenes from an Italian Restaurant'" she said as she walked out the door and closed it.
Chuck just shook his head and went in for his shower.
After his shower, Chuck got dressed and decided to call into a hardware store and pick up some tools and other items to help him complete the maintenance tasks he had decided to complete himself. When he had gotten the things he wanted he decided to just go for a drive around town to see what things had changed and what had stayed the same.
On his trip he noticed what he assumed was the town mall it was something completely new, it looked like a section of the town that had only been developed in the last five years. He also found the town fountain where he remembered playing with Lou when they were growing up; he sure had some good times with Lou. He still couldn't believe she had those kinds of feelings for him, he had always thought of her as a friend you would play practical jokes with not make out behind the sheds.
He saw the town library where he used to go every week with his mother before she disappeared; she would love to read to him.
He then saw the local electronic repair shop where Chuck would work on weekends and after school. He repaired all sorts of things, whether it was computers, video recorders, TV's, or microwaves, he had a knack for electronics even back then. He imagined what his life would have turned out like if he had stayed in town and got a permanent job at the store.
He went in the store and found old Mr Busgang still there at the counter.
"Charles, is that you?" asked Mr Busgang
"Yes it is Mr Busgang, how have you been?" asked Chuck.
"Whatever happened to you, you disappeared all of a sudden your whole family did?" said Mr Busgang.
"Oh…. My father and my sister passed away in a car accident just before my graduation, I just had to get away. Sorry I didn't let you know" said Chuck.
"That's ok Charles, I am sorry to hear about your father and sister. So what did you make of yourself and why back in town?" asked Mr Busgang.
"Well it was my school reunion last night, and I haven't been in town since I left, so I thought after ten years it was time to come back." said Chuck
"Oh, ok and what line of work are you in son?" asked Mr Busgang.
"I am in Insurance, Life Insurance Actuary" said Chuck.
"Ok I see, that's a shame. I have never seen anyone as gifted as you were in electronics, I thought you might have become en engineer or an inventor" said Mr Busgang.
"That is very kind of you sir, but it was really just a hobby" said Chuck.
"Well I will let you get back to it then sir, I just called in for a little nostalgia" said Chuck.
Chuck walked out of the store and couldn't forget the day he started working for Mr Busgang, his dad got annoyed with Chuck constantly playing with his own electronics, so as a 13 year old boy his father took him to Mr Busgangs repair shop, to see if he could put his energies to good use.
Mr Busgang wasn't too keen on the idea as Chuck was very young and Mr Busgang thought that Chuck's dad was a little crazy. He had said that he didn't have a job for him after talking with Chuck's dad for about twenty minutes. Chuck's dad looked around for his son to take him home when he couldn't find him.
Mr Busgang helped look for him and found him with a soldering iron in his hand and had just finished working on a TV. Mr Busgang wasn't too worried when he noticed it was the TV that he had been trying to fix for the last week. He had given up and was going to throw it out; he watched Chuck turn it on and looked on in astonishment as the television brought up a perfect picture.
"What did you do, I have been trying to fix this for a week?" said Mr Busgang
Chuck just shrugged and showed him the components he replaced.
"Robert, I told you he was gifted" said Chuck's dad.
"So he is, how about starting after work tomorrow?" said Mr Busgang
His mind drifted back to the present as he got back in his car to go to his hotel room.
When Chuck got back in he quickly changed his clothes by throwing on some board shorts and a shirt grabbed his beach gear and headed off for a surf.
He had completed several sets when his mind drifted to his sister, he remembered when he was first teaching himself how to surf and how his sister loved to watch and laugh at him failing miserably.
"You make me laugh Chuck how funny you look out there, but you also make me proud that you keep doing it and not giving up." Ellie said
She was only 3 years older then him, but after their mother disappeared she became more like a mother to him.
He eventually decided to come back into the shore and rested on his towel, he hoped he wouldn't be disturbed by Heather today because he just wanted to rest.
He felt someone shade him from the sun then heard them put their towel down, he was tempted to have a look who it was but decided he would pretend to be asleep and see what happened.
"I know you're awake Chuck, so you may as well talk to me" he heard the familiar voice.
"Carina, I am on leave what are you doing here?" said Chuck.
"We have a bit of an emergency, the urgent case you handed over has exploded in our faces, we need a review and a possible resolution. Long story short Daniel is unable to complete and the bosses need resolution fast. I was asked to engage you or have to complete myself" said Carina.
"So you didn't volunteer to come and find me in California?" asked Chuck.
"Well maybe I volunteered for that, but I had to agree to take responsibility if I couldn't engage you" said Carina.
"Show me the file" Chuck said.
Carina handed him over the file he flicked through to the last page.
"That is only an hour from here?" said Chuck surprised.
"Yeah" said Carina.
"So needs to be completed tonight?" asked Chuck.
"Yes, otherwise we have some major issues" said Carina.
"Ok I will do it tonight" said Chuck.
"We can just enjoy the sun now Chuck" said Carina.
Carina was almost salivating over Chuck as she looked at his muscle definition
"Chuck, how much work went into sculpting that perfect body of yours?" asked Carina.
"I run and swim almost everyday and I spend an extra hour each day with weight training" said Chuck.
"I didn't know you were a surfer Chuck?" said Carina.
"Carina, I am sure there are a lot of things you don't know about me" said Chuck
"I am sure there is and I am also sure I would have fun finding out all of them" said Carina.
"What do I need to do to get you to quit with the sexual Innuendo and flirting?" asked Chuck.
"Well you could sleep with me, that would probably stop it for a little while" said Carina.
"Hardly seems worth it" said Chuck.
"Oh I promise you it would definitely be worth it" said Carina smiling.
"Can you at least control yourself until I have this job done?" asked Chuck.
"Well you let me put suncream on you and you put suncream on me and you have got a deal" said Carina.
Carina put the cream on Chuck and was making suggestive comments the whole time she was rubbing it in. Chuck had to tell her that he was sure that it was rubbed in enough and that he didn't need any cream inside his board shorts.
Carina then lay down on her towel and took her bikini top off.
"So what is with going topless, Carina?" said Chuck.
"Well look surely you can see that I sunbathe topless" said Carina pointing out the lack of tan lines.
He knew he had agreed and had no choice as he rubbed suncream over her body including her breasts and all the way up her long legs. Chuck was sure the moans and noises he had heard were likely attracting more attention to them then he wanted. But he knew the quicker he finished the quicker he could get back to relaxing.
"Hey you haven't finished yet" said Carina.
"Yes I have" said Chuck.
"Look" she said as she exposed her well tanned behind by puling back on the material that was covering her cheeks.
"I like some color in my cheeks too" said Carina
Chuck just sighed and came back over and started putting cream on her very shapely rear end. Chuck knew that nothing would ever happen between him and Carina but even he could appreciate the look of her bum.
"Make sure you get right in the cleft and don't get any in the hole or I will make you lick it out" said Carina laughing
"You are disgusting" said Chuck.
"Yep, but I only have a few more minutes till you have finished then I have to be a good girl" said Carina
"You know you could rub my bum all day with those strong hands of yours Chuck?" said Carina.
"Ok done, you happy" said Carina
"Well that didn't satisfy me if that is what you mean, but we can agree you have covered this fine body with those hands" said Carina.
Chuck finally relaxed back on his towel.
"So after I have completed this job, you will leave me to enjoy my holiday right?" asked Chuck.
"Well I am supposed to, but If you are willing to put those hands back to work I could stay longer" said Carina
Chuck Growled.
"Ok, sorry couldn't resist" said Carina
"You need to go, I don't want anything work related hanging around while I am here. I told the boss I needed a clean break for a few days and he said he understood" said Chuck.
"Ok I will go, but be warned a weeks worth of entirely 'appropriate' conversation will be waiting for you when you return" said Carina with a wink.
"I am going to go and have quick surf, dry off and then go" said Chuck.
"Ok I will just watch" said Carina.
Chuck was out in the surf for another hour and his stomach started growling, he came back in.
"Come on then lets go, I want to grab something to eat before we head out" said Chuck.
Carina collected her towel and clothes, when she was dressed it didn't look like they covered that much more anyway. Her singlet barely made it past her bikini top she had thankfully put back on and her pants hardly covered her bum.
"So that is what you are wearing" said Chuck.
"I will change in your room after we eat" said Carina
Chuck hopped in his hire car and Carina got in the passenger seat.
"Now Carina I am going to a shop that is owned by a girl that used to have a thing for me and probably still does, she is just a friend, but please for me just be a professional work colleague" said Chuck
"Yes Chuck, she knows I work for an Insurance company?" asked Carina
"Yes she does" said Chuck.
"Ok, well no fun with this one. Understand" said Carina with a disappointed face.
They got to Lou's Deli and Chuck saw Lou behind the counter. She gave him a big smile but when she saw Carina with him her smile disappeared.
"Hi Lou this is Carina, she dropped into annoy me from work. You would think you could get away from work for a week, but it only has been two days" said Chuck.
"Well serves you right, the bosses only do it because you are the best Chuck, maybe you shouldn't be so good. Besides, I got to grab some sun while I am here, even if I have to put up with you being in the same town. A city can survive us both but a town no way" said Carina rolling her eyes.
Carina could see the smile coming back on Lou's face when Carina explained that there was nothing between them.
"So Lou, I just wanted to have one of your sandwiches", said Chuck.
"How about the 'Chuck', it was named after you?" said Lou shyly.
"Make it two" said Carina.
They went to sit down.
"Well at least I will get to have one Chuck in my mouth today" said Carina quietly winking.
Chuck gulped and took out the file he had to work on.
The job should be pretty simple, Chuck had already documented all the risks, and had planned the necessary mitigation's. Chuck was confident he could complete tonight.
"Any issues?" asked Carina.
"Pretty straight forward, don't know why Daniel couldn't take care of it" said Chuck.
"He is a loose cannon you know that, the bosses have lost faith with him" said Carina.
As Chuck had thought, the job was fairly simple and he completed the job easily. He then went back to his hotel room had a shower and got some sleep. He could now return to reminiscing and enjoying his holiday.
The next morning he woke up and it was Monday, he had to call into the rental management company and hand over his approval for the work that needed to be done. He decided he would probably go for a run and surf after.
oOo
Monday mornings was always the sleep in day for Jenny Burton, and today was to be no different. However she has had difficulty sleeping the last few nights. She eventually got out of bed at about 10AM but had been wide awake for hours. She only ventured out for breakfast when the noise and the rumblings from her stomach became too much to ignore.
Jenny knew the reasons for her lack of sleep, she had thought that after ten years those feelings had gone but she had been proven wrong.
Jenny fixed herself some cereal and juice for breakfast. She had a few things she needed to do today, but wanted to relax this morning. She grabbed her sunglasses and hat and went out onto the back deck to have breakfast.
Jenny sat down and noticed that the guy replacing the fence was already there and was working hard to pull apart the old fence. Jenny found herself staring at him, he had his shirt off and his back, arms and in fact his whole upper body was a work of art. She couldn't believe she was objectifying this poor man, sure he was just a labourer and probably couldn't even carry a conversation, but by the look of his body he would be able to distract her for at least a little while by wrapping his arms around her.
She hasn't felt like this in years, what has happened to her? Then she realised the events of Saturday night had awoken certain feelings in her and now her mind and body were going into overdrive.
The fencer was obviously skilled with his hands as he was deftly removing the old timber quickly and easily. Jenny was just brazenly staring at him; the only think he was wearing was rather small running shorts a hat and sunglasses.
She had eventually finished her breakfast, her spoon seemed to be getting too much attention from her mouth and tongue. Jenny got up from her table and realized she was still thirsty so she went to get the juice to pour herself another glass.
'Hmmm, I bet he is thirsty too. I can take him out a glass and use it as an excuse to get a better look at his um… assets' thought Jenny evilly
She poured two glasses and headed out the back door. She knew she was not looking her best but she didn't need to impress him. She felt bad treating him like a piece of meat, but she had known lots of guys that did that to her.
She was approaching him and she noticed that he was rather tall and very good muscle definition. She had seen some sweat droplets roll down his back going down the hills and valley and made her bite her bottom lip.
She cleared her throat so to not surprise the piece of meat.
"Good morning ma'am" he said, Jenny thought she recognized the voice.
"I thought you might like a drink, looks like you are working hard" said Jenny
He turned around to face her
"Jenny is that you?" he asked.
"Chuck, oh my god. Its you, um how, why…. Shit what are you doing here. Sorry….I must look a fright" stumbled Jenny.
'Oh shit' thought Jenny
Jenny brain wasn't functioning very well, many different thoughts and feelings where going through her head none of them she could ever verbalize.
"Hello to you too" said Chuck.
"Hi" she said shyly.
"Um so was one of those juices mine?" asked Chuck
"Oh yeah" said Jenny handing it to Chuck
"Sorry just a little… surprised to see you here" said Jenny.
"Well I am too, I didn't know it was you living here" said Chuck.
"Yeah it's a nice place, can you believe they reduced my rent. First time I have ever heard that happening. So why are you working as a fencer I though you were working as an Insurance actuary?" asked Jenny.
"Wow, you remembered." Chuck cleared his voice.
"Yeah well this is my house and my dad and I built this fence when I was in school so I kind of wanted to do this myself" he said.
"You own…. this place? You reduced the rent?" asked Jenny.
"Ah… yes" said Chuck cautiously
"Why did you reduce the rent?" asked Jenny
"Well when I did the inspections I saw um some of you paintings and I really liked them, and the rental management told me that you also work at the local shelter" said Chuck
"What so you felt sorry for me?" asked Jenny hurt.
"No that's not it, you were helping people, I guess I just wanted to make things easier" said Chuck
"Well you could have just bought some paintings" said Jenny angered.
"Um I did that too" said Chuck
"You were the one that said I was selling them too cheaply?" asked Jenny
"Yes, sorry." said Chuck.
"Did you know that they were mine?" asked Jenny
"No not until ..ah now. You are really good" said Chuck.
Jenny was having a lot of difficulty looking at Chuck and keeping her eyes on his face. She was sure that Chuck noticed and she was becoming rather self conscious.
"Chuck, um….do you think you could put a shirt on you are kind of distracting" she said biting her bottom lip and a blush taking over her face.
"Oh, sorry didn't mean to offend. Just a bit hot" said Chuck as he threw on his shirt that was now covered in sweat sticking to his skin.
"You didn't offend me Chuck, it was just hard to concentrate" said Jenny blushing.
Then Chuck gave a little smile and blushed himself.
"Well at least I understand what happened on the beach with Heather now" said Jenny looking at her shuffling feet.
"I should let you get back to it" said Jenny.
Chuck was thinking that he would need to tell Jenny about Heather after the reunion, he didn't want her to hear about it from someone else and think something happened.
"Jenny, there was just one thing" said Chuck
"Hmmm?" replied Jenny look nervous.
"I wanted to tell you, and to let you know that nothing happened, but I found Heather knocking on my hotel room door after the reunion, she was drunk and then passed out. I let her sleep on the bed and I was on the floor, I just wanted you to know. I didn't want you thinking something that wasn't true" said Chuck.
'Shit why was that so hard, it feels like I was telling a girlfriend' thought Chuck.
"Oh, um oh…ok did she follow you after the reunion?" asked Jenny
Jenny was getting floods of anger and jealousy and had to control it so Chuck couldn't see it.
"Yeah, she waited until after I had gone to bed, I was nearly asleep, she said she was building the courage to knock on the door" said Chuck.
'Bitch she probably saw him in his boxers' thought Jenny.
"I bet the guys in town keep you busy" said Chuck realizing his Faux Pas
"Um I meant that they would be knocking at your door" said Chuck.
"I don't really date, my work and painting keeps me busy" said Jenny.
'What did I say that for, he will now think I am not interested? God and if I say something else it will sound desperate' thought Jenny
Jenny was confused she didn't know how to recover so she did the only thing she could think of,she smiled at Chuck.
"Oh, that's a shame. I'll get back to the fence then" said Chuck.
Jenny face went red and she quickly turned back around and attempted to get back in the house as quick as possible.
Chuck continued working on the fence and contemplated what just happened, at one stage it felt that she was almost flirting with him and that she was definitely interested but it just seemed to disappear.
'Maybe she was just being nice and I misread. Oh well no biggie. Not like I could ever have a relationship with her anyways' thought Chuck.
Chuck completed the removal of the existing fence and ran a line to mark the path of the new fence. He worked out everything he would need to build the new fence, packed up his tools in his car.
He knocked on her door but there was no answer, he left a note saying he would be back tomorrow.
After Jenny had come back inside she was frustrated, she may have ruined a chance with Chuck. She knows he will be around for a little while and decides that before he leaves today she will apologize that she was a little off, she was still shocked to find him in her backyard working on her fence.
She came out the back after having a shower getting dressed and putting on some makeup, she felt more capable of having a sensible conversation with Chuck now.
She was disappointed to find him gone, she found the note and also how much he had done, and she was impressed at how efficient and quick Chuck worked. For an office worker he seemed to be rather capable with his hands, which brought a rather unexpected smile to her face.
Chuck decided he would go back to his room pick up his stuff and go for a surf.
Chuck was out on his board riding the waves quickly forgetting all his problems. After a long ride he decided he would relax on his towel.
After a couple of minutes he heard some footsteps coming towards him in the sand.
'Here we go, who is it today, a new admirer or more of the same' thought Chuck
"Um hi Chuck, do you mind if I put my towel down here?" he heard.
"Jenny?" said Chuck.
"Yeah, were you expected someone else" she asked nervously.
"Well, that is a funny question" said Chuck looking up from the ground and seeing a vision
Jenny was wearing a bikini that was hiding very little but still had Chuck thinking too much.
He shook his head to clear his mind, and blinked his eyes a few times.
Jenny was worried and came down to her knees put her hand on his shoulder and immediately felt the electricity between them.
"You ok Chuck" said Jenny.
"Um, ah….yeah..oh sorry" said Chuck and had a little laugh.
"What's so funny?" asked Jenny
"Just realized that was probably the same reaction you had to me and maybe for similar reasons but I have an excuse, you look absolutely stunning" said Chuck
Jenny's face went red and said shyly "Thanks Chuck, you are not too bad yourself"
"So I am kind of down here already but do you mind if I put my towel down" asked Jenny.
"No not at all, go right ahead" said Chuck.
"So you said me asking if you were expecting someone else was a funny question, I always like a good laugh" said Jenny.
"Oh first Day I was here Heather approached me in exactly the same way, then yesterday it was Carina from work" said Chuck.
Chuck shook his head
"Can you believe she comes all the way from DC for me to finish of a case?" said Chuck
"Oh, so Carina still around?" asked Jenny with a little too much emotion.
"No, thank god. My best friend at work he has a bit of a thing for her. Yeah I guess she is ok but not my type" said Chuck.
Chuck could almost see the thoughts going through Jenny's head.
"Sorry about back at the house, I was kind of shocked to see you. I must have looked a fright, I didn't get much sleep last night and hadn't long been out of bed" said Jenny.
"You mean you look that good when you wake up?" asked Chuck with a genuine smile.
Jenny hit him on the shoulder with a playful slap and gave him a mock angry look.
"So when are you next at the shelter?" asked Chuck.
"Tonight, why you need a meal or somewhere to sleep?" said Jenny then realized the implication.
"Hehe, no was just wondering if you wanted to join me for a run along the beach, but if you need to go maybe another time" said Chuck.
"Don't be silly I just got here. Actually that sounds like a good idea, I might have a quick swim after that to cool down" said Jenny.
"Sounds like a plan, you ok to go barefoot?" said Chuck realizing that Jenny only had sandals.
"Yep, if that's ok with you?" said Jenny
"That's cool, I might go for another run tonight anyway" said Chuck.
"Chuck you seem to exercise a lot? The fence this morning, surfing, running on the beach and still going for another run tonight" asked Jenny clearly interested.
"Gotta keep fit, I'm pretty active and like exercising" he says.
"What do you do in DC for exercise?" asked Jenny
"Normally I go for a run and swim at lunch then some weight training in the afternoons, also with a bit of martial arts and boxing thrown in "said Chuck.
"How do you have time for a life?" asked Jenny.
"I guess I don't have one" said Chuck seriously.
"That's why being back in Warwick is kind of important, it helps me reconnect with who I was before all the crap started" said Chuck.
Chuck realized that he probably said too much but Jenny didn't push it.
Only dressed in speedos and sunglasses Chuck said he was ready, Jenny put her hair in a pony tail and only wearing her rather revealing swimmers they both set off on their run.
A/N: Please review it helps me keep writing.