Chapter 6

Month three,

"Look Sarah you've got to stop torturing yourself like this!" Ellie pleaded desperately. "Yes, he did hang up on you and you haven't heard from him in three weeks, but I'm sure that he's fine. Somebody probably caught him with it."

"And what if he's not Ellie? What if he had an accident?" Sarah argued.

"Why won't you just open your eyes and see that your being ridiculous! I thought I worried too much, since Chuck's been gone your like a different person. You talk almost as much as me! Anyway, just think of the rational reason instead of the eccentric one! He's fine. Plus he's being watched twenty four hours a day, you can't expect him to ring without being caught. Haven't you been to spy school?" Ellie was out of breath.

"I'm not authorised to discuss that with you." Sarah muttered darkly. "I can't help it!" She threw her hands upwards.

"Alright, calm down. On the upside, your like my new best friend. The wedding has brought us closer." Ellie smiled.

"Yeah, plus - I know the perfect venue!" Sarah babbled excitedly, her bad mood had vanished as soon as the wedding had been brought into context.

"Where?" Ellie was intrigued.

"The beach!" Sarah smiled.

"No, no! Not the beach!" Ellie groaned. "That's where Devon and I got married. You can't copy me!"

"It's mine and Chuck's special place, I won't go into details but.. It's special to us."

"Can't you think of somewhere else?" Ellie asked.

"Fine, now I have the perfect place!" Sarah gabbled.

"You said you had the perfect place two seconds ago!" Ellie said, pretending to get angry.

"Buy More!" Sarah started to laugh.

"Sarah, please tell me you are not serious?" She went deathly pale.

"Deadly. Look Chuck and I first met there and we have shared so many great moments there, say we close it for the day, fix it up, it's big enough. Decorate it and you wouldn't even know it was a Buy More!" Sarah grinned.

"Why can't you get married somewhere normal like a church or even a registry office?" Ellie moaned.

"Because I want this day to be different and special and like I remember you saying, it's my day, so butt out!" They laughed and laughed until they couldn't even remember why.

Chuck

Chuck hadn't seen Joe in a while, he gave his phone back to him, but he hadn't seen him around lately. Not only did he like Joe, but he had a phone that actually worked in this dump. Chuck looked at himself in the mirror, peering around, he lifted up his T-shirt. He suspected his stomach suspiciously.

He smiled to himself, he had lost a little weight. Not that he had needed to, and he could see that his stomach was flatter and more muscly, Sarah would be impressed.

"- Chuck? What the hell are you doing?" Phoebe asked, looking him up and down.

Chuck jumped and pulled his top downwards.

"Agent Bailey, hey, uh, I was um.. Fine, I was looking to see if I had gotten any muscles yet." Chuck said, blushing.

"Phoebe, please. Lift up your top again!" She instructed.

Chuck did as he was told and lifted it up again to reveal his slender, tanned stomach. It sent ripples through Phoebe, but she didn't let herself flinch. She had met Chuck a few weeks ago, they shared the same Seduction class, they were always partnered together. Phoebe and Chuck shared the same sense of humour and she loved listening to Chuck talking about Sarah.

She also was madly in love with Colonel Silver, she didn't know what it was about him, but he made her heart flutter.

"Mmm.. Mm..!" She said, like a true Jamaican person would. "Definitely some improvement there! You could be a understudy for the Chippendales!" "

"Alright, alright, calm down!" Chuck laughed. "Come on, we're going to be late for class!" This sentence made Chuck feel like he was in high school, but of course, it was much, much harder than high school and it was far more dangerous.

They entered Seduction class, both looking nervous about what today's lesson might be about. Chuck sat as far as he could possibly get to the back. Phoebe followed him, she felt like a naughty school child. Leo Montgomery, entered the room, this was Roan's son, taking over where his father had been.

He was tall and muscular, with the same square, wise face that his father had. He was in his early thirties with a mop of curly, sandy blonde hair and big blue eyes. No wonder he taught seduction class. The class slowly started to fill up with expectant faces.

"Right guys, I know you've come to be familiar with your partners, practising your seduction techniques, but in the real spy world, you won't know who your going to seduce. So tonight, we're all going out to a local club and I want you all to test what you've learnt. Don't worry, I have General Beckman's permission."

The whole class gasped, almost all of them hadn't been to the 'outside world' in three and a half months. Chuck wasn't sure he could do this, seduce somebody else? How could he do that when his mind was fixated on Sarah twenty four hours a day? He felt as if he was betraying her.

"Do we have to actually sleep with them?" A man called Gregory asked, voicing Chuck's fears.

"Now that's up to you, but you have to get as far as their home or it's a failed mission, I will be watching all of you. It's not just a silly game, this is proper spy stuff and if you can't do this, then you can't be a spy." Leo said, standing upright.

Chuck spent the rest of the class in a daze, he couldn't fail spy school but then, he couldn't betray Sarah either. Eventually though, he came to a conclusion, he couldn't kiss or even touch this woman, he would only lead her on, get back to her house and then quickly leave. So, it seemed all the power was going to have to be in his words and not his hands. He always knew that he wasn't so great with words, he knew that he tended to babble on. He was sure that women didn't find that a turn on.

Sarah

Sarah's hand moved slowly along the seam of the envelope, she was literally shuddering with nerves and excitement. He was okay, Chuck was okay.

A letter had come through the door that morning and she had waited until the afternoon to open it. She felt like saving it, even for a few hours. She floated past Morgan who, admittedly, had been rather quiet lately.

"What's that?" He queried, looking at the better in Sarah's hand.

"It's a letter from Chuck!" She beamed, smiling down at him.

"He doesn't write to me, I thought we were best friends." Morgan said, looking rather upset.

"If it helps Morg, he sends his love and he hopes your okay." Sarah lied.

"But.. You haven't even opened it Sarah!"

"Oh, crap, yeah.. Umm, he always mentions you in his letters." She tried.

"There have been others?" He was awestruck.

"Only one. Look I'm going in my room, catch you later." She slammed the door in his face. Morgan stood there for a moment and then sloped off to see his new best friend, the television.

She sat on the bed and crossed her legs, she slowly pulled the letter out and was pretty pleased to see that it was quite a large paragraph.

Dear Sarah,

They actually let me write to you, apparently since half my time is up, I get to write to you. I don't write the rules but I'm not complaining. I'm sitting in bed right now and they told us, lights out, but I'm using my useless, signaless phone as a light.

It's actually getting easier, I know the classes better now and I'm getting fitter. I have lost a little weight and gained some muscle, so I hope you'll be pleased. I'm so sorry about the last time I spoke to you, Joe leant me his phone. Which was really nice of him and then someone caught me with the phone and took it off of me and I got a severe warning.

I think about you twenty-four seven and it's really distracting. Sorry, it's not your fault. I just want you right now, I want to hold you, I want to kiss you, I'd even settle for looking at you. If it's possible Sarah, while I've been away, I think I love you even more.

Tears were pouring down her face at this point, she felt exactly the same.

I can't wait to start planning the wedding when I get back, how about a nice Christmas wedding?

It's really hard to know what to say since I'm not actually having a conversation with you, but it's past the half way point now that I've been here and that's great!

I love you, forever and always,

Chuck xx

As she fell into the bed, clutching the letter, she heard a tapping on the window. She sat up, wiping her face.

"Who's there?" She shouted.

A handsome man popped up from behind the curtain.

"Hi!" He snarled. "I'm Joe."

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