The Honeymoon lasted 3 weeks but at the end of their worldwide tour. Chuck was anxious to get home. Those flashes on His Dad's employee were troubling him. Sarah comforted him as much as possible with mind blowing sex. That however, was only a momentary distraction. Chuck spent much of his time researching and traveling. That was when he could get away from Sarah's unending appetite.
"I love you Sarah Lisa Bartowski however we are back and must start work. Carmichael Industries has to stand on its own feet." Chuck said.
Sarah pouted a bit. It truly meant the Honeymoon was over. She was going to have to share his attention now. She really did not want to do that.
"I love you too Charles Irving Bartowski but you don't need to go in just yet. Morgan has been keeping CI afloat for the past 3 weeks he should not have any trouble on one more day?" Sarah asked looking at him with bed room eyes.
Chuck's resolve crumbled on seeing that look.
"I suppose you are right. I mean why do we need to get right back to work since we just arrived?" Chuck said taking her into his strong arms.
They started off with a mind blowing kiss and continued from there. It was 3 in the afternoon when Chuck finished. They were lying in bed cradling each other then the phone rang.
Chuck groaned.
"Please don't answer that…" Sarah murmured.
"I have to Sarah it might be important." Chuck said as he answered with a "Hello"
"Well Hello to you too Little Brother..." Ellie said. "Did I wake you? You sound exhausted."
"Hi El…It is like they say you need a vacation to recover from your vacation. So what is up?" Chuck asked.
"What do you mean what is up? Can not a Sister just call up her Brother to chat?" Ellie deflected.
"Right most Brothers and Sisters can but we both know that is not us so spill!" Chuck pointed out.
"Ok well I have a friend who is being bothered by a cyber stalker." Ellie said.
"Is that what you called me about a Cyber stalker? It is simple just get her to buy the latest Orion Computer. The AI can eliminate any cyber stalker. Come on Ellie you have to do better than that." Chuck said.
"Alright you got me. Mom and Dad are coming to dinner. They really want to see you. I'm making my world famous pot roast. Can I tell them you will be there?" Ellie asked.
"Ellie I'm…" Chuck said but was interrupted by Sarah's urgent gesturing.
Shrugging his shoulders he handed the phone off to his wife.
"El I heard we love to come." Sarah said as Chuck looked a bit despondent.
"Sarah it is wonderful to hear your voice. Thanks I knew you would be interested if my Brother was not so enthused." Ellie said.
"Oh I can get him interested let me handle that so what time is this dinner?" Sarah said.
"Yes Dinner is at 7 so I will see you then." Ellie said.
"Yes we will be there. Bye Ellie." Sarah said as she hung up the phone.
"Charles Irving Bartowski, come over here." Sarah said in her most commanding voice.
Chuck moved closer and looked at his wife.
"You were trying to beg off…Why?" Sarah asked.
"It is just a family thing…Sarah it will be boring and lots of shop talk. I just do not want to subject us to that so soon." Chuck said.
"Chuck I understand but they are my family too. That is one of the reasons I love you. It is your sense of family. Come on let's get a shower." Sarah said jumping out of bed.
Seeing the naked goddess traipses around the bedroom got Chuck revved up again and they continued their love making well into the shower.
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They both were dressed as Chuck was holding on to the bottle of wine. Ellie's pot roast deserved a good red wine. He knocked at the door and was met by John Casey.
"Hello John for a moment I thought I knocked on the wrong door." Chuck said entering.
"Well hello to you too Numb nuts." Casey said as he let them in. "Ellie is in the kitchen. Devon was called away. Excuse me I'm needed in the kitchen."
Casey left them in the front room as he stomped back into the kitchen area.
"Well good to see things have not drastically changed while we've been away." Chuck whispered to Sarah.
Just then Ellie came out of the kitchen wiping her hands on the apron which she discarded. She took a run and then enveloped her Brother in a patented Ellie Woodcomb bear hug.
"Chuck it is so good to see you." Ellie said.
"El I need to breathe!" Chuck said wincing on the pressure of her hug.
El dropped the hug on Chuck then turned to hug Sarah. Sarah prepared endured the squeezing pressure better than Chuck.
"I am so glad you could make it. As you saw John came over to help out. Devon would have but a Premiere of some South American country had a heart attack. He will get here as soon as that is done." Ellie said.
"Ok so where is Mom and Dad?" Chuck asked.
"Well they should be here any moment. You could open the wine you are carrying while we are waiting." Ellie said.
"Oh Yeah let me get the corkscrew." Chuck said going into the kitchen.
Casey was there working on making the smashed potatoes.
"So it was something Devon leaving at such an important moment? El What was the name of the Country again?" Chuck said looking for the cork screw.
"It is Costa something." El replied.
"Costa? Is it Grava?" Chuck asked as he found the cork screw.
Casey hearing the name dropped the pan on the stove with a clatter.
"Easy big guy you are sure getting the case of the nerves." Chuck said opening the wine.
Casey got mad at himself for reacting so badly over the Country's name. Next thing he would learn is that Premiere Goya himself that Commie Bastard was in the hospital.
Chuck flashed and dropped the wine bottle. Casey seeing that expensive wine heading to smash on the floor dove and caught the bottle. Chuck coming out of the flash looked at Casey down on the floor.
"You're the Angeles de Muerte! Er…Angel of Death" Chuck said.
"Quiet numbskull…just don't blab that to anyone!" Casey hissed getting up off the floor.
Chuck mimed zipping his mouth shut then throwing away the key.
"I think I need to take care of this. You can not be trusted with such a vintage." John said pouring the wine.
"Chuck I heard a noise what is going on in there?" Ellie said pausing from her conversation with Sarah.
"It is nothing I just dropped the wine but Casey gave a valiant act in rescuing it." Chuck said exiting the kitchen while John passed out the glasses of wine.
Chuck noticed Ellie did not drink her glass but set it aside. Chuck started to examine all the clues his Sister exhibited. It led him to one conclusion.
"El…Are you pregnant?" Chuck said.
Ellie looked embarrassed but shook her head yes.
"Oh that is so wonderful" Sarah said squeezing her Sister in Law. "Chuck and I are trying too. Congrats."
"Whoops I guess I let the real reason for this dinner out of the bag huh?" Chuck said.
"Yeah Moron…You should've kept your mouth shut" Casey said.
"So Ellie how far along are you?" Sarah excitedly asked.
"I think about 5 or 6 weeks now." Ellie said.
"Does Devon know?" Chuck asked sitting down and downing his drink.
John returned to the kitchen to finish plating everything.
"Yes…He was the first one to know a few weeks ago. We agreed to keep it quiet until my condition started to show. I'm sad he was not here though." Ellie said.
"That is ok El. Devon is doing something very important." Chuck said.
"Well Devon is going to be surprised that Chuck was able to suss out my condition." Ellie said.
"Well in all honesty Chuck did not really want to come. So you can only blame yourself if you wanted to keep this hidden." Sarah pointed out.
"No Sarah it is not that I wanted Chuck here to share the news…At least Chuck act surprised when I tell Mom and Dad they are going to be grandparents soon." Ellie said.
"Ok Ellie I will act as surprised as I can." Chuck said.
Sarah rolled her eyes at her husband. There was not even a chance he could pull this off. He did not have a dishonest bone in his body. That was why she loved him so much.
"I think Chuck should be out of the room when you tell them that way his expression will not give it away." Sarah said.
"No it is my fault I should not invited him so soon. Leave him be. Besides the Parents would want me to wait until he had returned to tell them." Ellie said as there was another knock at the door.
"Mom…Dad…Would you please come in?" Ellie said opening the door to her parents.
"Thank you Eleanor… Good Evening Charles, Sarah and John." Stephen said.
Mary looked at her first born with knowing eyes as they hugged. She could tell too? What is it with her family? Ellie thought.
"Hi Dad how is being the CEO of the faster Electronic Firm in the World?" Chuck asked.
"Pretty Awesome if I can borrow the favorite phase of my Son in Law" Stephen replied.
"Dad I am sure Devon would not mind." Chuck said.
"So where is that Awesome Son in Law of mine?" Stephen asked.
"Devon was called in. He is performing an emergency Heart surgery on the Premiere of Costa Grava." Ellie said. "He will join us later."
Stephen looked a bit upset.
"Dad what is wrong?" both Ellie and Chuck asked.
"He was coming to the US to meet with both Hartley and I. He wanted to modernize his economy and using Orion tech to do it. That is why he did not make the meeting." Stephen said.
"Dad I need to talk to you in private?" Chuck said.
"Certainly Charles…" Stephen said getting up and following Chuck into the courtyard. "Ok Charles what is this about?"
"Goya has had dealings with Volkoff. He would recognize Hartley." Chuck said. "Those dealings had to do with Nuclear weapons." Chuck said.
"Yes I know I told him he would have to let in inspectors before he could receive any Orion Tech. Now with him in the hospital I fear that has gone out the window." Stephen said.
Chuck felt that there was something his Dad has not said.
"Charles I know you are out of the spy business per se but I was approached by General Beckman. She wants to hire CI to locate and neutralize this nuclear threat. She is waiting on my reply." Stephen said.
"Dad I can not do this right now. I would need to bring it up to all the board members." Chuck said.
"Well you have three here now who else do you need?" Stephen asked.
"Well there is Morgan, Alex, Cole and Carina all that need to be consulted. I would not hazard a guess where they all are?" Chuck said.
"Let me handle that detail I just need a firm commitment from you." Stephen said.
"I can't do that until I talk to Sarah and Casey." Chuck pointed out.
"Ok Charles…I will let you consult them after dinner but this is time critical." Stephen warned.
"Yeah Dad…Oh Boy…!" Chuck said as they entered the apt.