The Colonel's Daughter
Well, I apologize for leaving you guys with such a cliffhanger last chapter with the door opening and the Morgan and Alex standing there. This chapter was fun to wrote since Casey is at the dinner party not knowing his daughter will be attending with Morgan. As usual please leave a comment and share your thoughts concerning this latest chapter. Read and enjoy!
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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
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Casa Woodcomb
7:37 p.m.
Friday, April 11th, 2010
Chuck opens the front door with his head turned facing the occupants inside with an expressive grin on his face. As he turns his head, the first person his eyes focus on is Morgan standing there with a smile on his face and then his attention immediately turns to the woman standing next to him. The minute he does, his eyes completely go wide as Morgan reaches up to greet his best friend.
"Hey Chu…" Morgan doesn't even finish his sentence as the door gets slammed in both their faces. The two briefly stand there a second taking in what just happened to the two them leading Alex to lean over to her bearded escort.
"What was that about being welcomed with open arms?" she said with both eyebrows raised.
"Chuck!" quickly responded Ellie. She instantly stands up with a bit of help from Devon in absolute shock at what her little brother just did from inside the house.
Chuck momentarily stands there with his eyes tightly closed with both his hands raised clenched in a fist as he realizes what he just did. He slowly opens them staring at the front door in front of him and then slowly turns to face the other 7 people in the room who are staring at him with a look of absolute stunned disbelief. "Dude…" Devon said. "…that was not awesome."
"Moron." Casey quietly muttered under his breath as he shakes his head.
He attempts to explain his actions to the 7 individuals in the room when a succession of knocks is heard once again from the other side of the door. They stand there in silence as they all look at him leading him to slowly reach for the door. When he opens it he has a apologetic smile on his face for his unfortunate actions toward them.
"What was that all about dude?" wondered Morgan standing in the door with a look of confusion.
"Sorry buddy." he answered with a hint of nervous laughter.
As he says that, the rest of the gang is standing there trying to get a glimpse of the girl Morgan is with but unfortunately Chuck is blocking their view. It's at that point, Ellie walks over from the couch placing her right hand on his right shoulder pulling him back from the doorway expressing disappointment in her eyes. The two siblings briefly have a silent nonverbal exchange leading him to face Sarah who he walks up to.
"What is wrong with you?" she whispered to him concerned disappointment in her voice.
"You'll see in a second." he frantically whispered back quickly turning around facing the doorway.
Ellie turns to face Morgan and Alex with an apologetic smile at the two of them more so at Alex than Morgan. "I apologize for my brother." she said with a sense of remorse. After giving a side glance towards Chuck she continues on. "I don't know what's gotten into him. Come in." added Ellie motioning for the two of them to step inside. Chuck's older sister steps back and then steps aside letting the two of them in. She then begins introducing everyone to Alex starting off with Devon. "My name is Ellie and this my husband Devon."
"Awesome to meet you." he said stepping forward and reaching out to shake her hand.
When Alex and Morgan step inside Travis and Sarah's eyes bug out upon seeing Casey's daughter standing next Morgan. They both look at Chuck who is keenly focused on the one person in the room he knows is not liking the situation one bit. The two suddenly turn to see Casey narrowing his eyes directly at Morgan. All three of them turn to Jayne who acknowledges their concern. "Breathe sweetie." she softly whispered.
Jayne can hear the sound of breathing but its more like one elongated grunt as he doesn't break focus on Morgan as he's standing next to his daughter. His attention is then turned from Morgan to Chuck as he has him locked in his sights. "Bartowski." he softly said gritting his teeth.
Chuck expresses a look of innocence signaling to his burly teammate that he had no idea as he steps back and behind Sarah. As Alex is being introduced to Travis, his wife Shannon, and then Sarah, Casey is about to make a beeline towards Chuck when he hears his daughters voice. "John, is that you?"
The expressive scowl he's directing towards Chuck quickly fades as he turns to face Alex with a hint of a smile on his face as he acknowledges it is indeed him giving her a quick nod. Ellie, Devon, and Morgan glance back and from Casey to Alex wondering how they know each other. "How do you know John Casey?" wondered Morgan.
"John is my best customer at work." she happily retorted. "Tuesday night he and Jayne came to the Pie Shack for the best piece of apple pie in Silverlake." adds Alex. "Its nice to see you two again."
"You too." responded Jayne.
"Small world. You two never told me you know each other." Morgan said reaching up to hit Casey in the left arm.
Upon doing so, Casey clinches his fist in order to punch the bearded one back but Jayne stops him. "Yeah." he responded. "As I recall…" grunted Casey. "…you dropped a guy twice your size because he couldn't respect boundaries."
The eyebrows of Ellie, Devon, and especially Morgan rise up after hearing that bit of information. The 3 of them focus their full attention on the young woman as she responds to Casey's recollection of Tuesday night. "I took self defense classes that I passed and he pretty much deserved it." she responded. "Besides…" she said glancing at Morgan with a wry smile…"he wasn't my type." added Alex. Morgan glances over to Chuck giving him a beaming smile to which he gives a thumbs up. When he turns away Chuck has a pained look on his face as he hangs his head to where Sarah reaches up to comfort him.
At this point, its taken all of Casey's restraint from lunging at Morgan in order to strangle the life out of him. So many thoughts are currently running through his mind at this point one of them being how in the world did the two of them meet. His attention returns to Chuck who he knows has the answers because it was in fact him that encouraged the furry little bastard to come to the party not knowing it was his own daughter Morgan has been hanging out with.
As he is about it walk over to him, his attention is suddenly broken by the sound of Ellie's voice. "Now that we're all here. Let's eat!" she announced.
The gang head over to the dinner table leaving Casey to stand there wrapping his brain around the concept of Morgan and his daughter. The more he thinks about it the more angrier he gets causing him to breathe harder through his nose. His thoughts are abruptly broken when his daughter Alex peers up at him causing him to be caught off guard. "You coming?" she asked smiling up at him.
"Yeah." he grunted.
Casey watches as she turns to Morgan and the two of them head over to find a seat at the dinner table. Its at this point, he notices Jayne motioning him over to the dinner table as Travis, Chuck and Sarah look with concerning smiles knowing the safety of one Morgan Grimes could be in jeopardy at the end of the night.
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Casa Woodcomb
7:55 p.m.
Friday, April 11th, 2010
"Wow…" Ellie said leaning with interest towards Morgan new female friend sitting across from her. "…when Morgan told us about you he never mentioned how pretty you are." she said.
"I appreciate that Ellie." responded Alex quickly raising her shoulders with a grin on her face.
Morgan and Alex sit next to each other near Ellie while Casey sits next to Morgan with Jayne sitting next him. On the other side sits Travis and Shannon with Chuck and Sarah sitting across from Casey and Jayne. All 10 people are enjoying the meal Ellie prepared and are having a good time except for the veteran government who is sitting quietly eyeing Morgan. While doing so, he eyes Chuck sitting across from him.
Chuck can clearly see that Casey has a fork gripped tightly in his left hand and wants nothing more than to jab it in Morgan's neck or possibly in his eye. In order to avoid getting Morgan from getting killed he distracts his teammate by asking him a question. "So Casey, you and Jayne saw Alex kick butt?" he stammered. "That must have been a sight to behold huh."
The distraction works as all eyes are on him to answer Chuck's question. He slowly sets the forget down glancing around the table and then responds to the lanky business owner. "She held her own." he grunted glancing over at her with a side smirk. "I'm proud of her."
"That's pretty awesome Alex." Devon said. "Hey, it's a good thing John was there just in case you needed back up."
"Yeah, but I had it under control." she replied nodding to Devon on the other end of the table. "I've dealt with guys like that before so its nothing new. I'm tough like my dad was or at least that's what my mom tells me." he said.
"May I ask what happened to him?" Ellie asked with curiosity. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." she added reaching over to place her hand over hers.
"No…" she retorted shaking her head. She takes a quick second to swallow the food she has in her mouth and then continues. "…I want to because I'm proud of him even though I have never met him." Alex sees a questionable look on her face wondering what she means. "He died serving his country before I was born so I never really got a chance to know him." Alex added with a hint of regret in her voice.
As she talks about her father from what her mother told her, Casey sits there with a distant look in his eyes as he listens intently to what she is saying. He hears her talk about her childhood growing up and how she wished her dad would have been there for many of her special moments in her life like her 16th birthday. Yet, she knows that he is looking down on her smiling at her.
There are so many mixed emotions that Casey is feeling at this point and as much as he doesn't want to deal with what he refers to as "lady feelings" he has to keep those emotions buried because that was his past. His thoughts are suddenly abruptly end when he feels a hand on his left shoulder leading him to turn to face the one person who is not too keen on seeing at this particular point and time.
"You okay big guy?" asks Morgan.
"I'm fine." grunts Casey. After responding to the bearded man he looks around to see the festive jubilant atmosphere has suddenly turned considerably solemn.
"Sorry to bum you guys out." she stated looking around the table.
"Don't apologize." Sarah responded. "I'm sure you're father is very proud of you because if he were alive today he would be brimming with joy." she added glancing at Casey expressing a hint of a smile over at him.
"Sarah's right." said Travis as Alex turns to look across the table at him. "I know if I, Devon, Chuck, or even Casey were your father we would not only be proud of you but see how great of a young woman you've turned out to be." added Travis. "Isn't that right John?"
There is a momentary pause on Casey's part as he glares at Travis for putting him on the spot like he did. It leaves the 4th member of Team Chuck to become a bit rattled at the attention he's getting from his scary teammate. This causes Chuck and Sarah to be even more concerned about 1 more person's life to be hanging in the balance. The glaring look he gives Travis is abruptly ended when he turns and leans forward to peer over at Alex.
"I am…" Casey pauses for just an instant in order to quickly correct himself. "...I would be damn proud of you for all that you've accomplished." he replied back with a hint of smile forming on his lips.
"Thanks John." answered Alex. "Coming from you that's mean a lot." she added
"Alex Coburn is a great man." stated Chuck giving a slight nod to his teammate.
"Yeah…" she responded but then a questionable look appears on the young woman's face. "…wait I never mentioned my father's name." wondered Alex turning to her right looking at Chuck from across the table. "How did you know his name?"
A sudden realization sets in concerning his unfortunate mistake leading all the attention on Alex to be focused on to him. As Chuck scans the faces of everyone on the table his focus is suddenly stopped on the one man sitting across from him who is shaking his head at him. He then turns to Alex who is waiting for an answer on how he's able to know her father's name is Alex Coburn.
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Casa Woodcomb
8:30 p.m.
Friday, April 11th, 2010
"Well Chuck…" grunted Casey. "…how did you know her father's name?"
Chuck knows he has to think quick because if he doesn't get himself out of this sticky situation he'll the be next one added on Casey's list of people he wants to kill. Luckily, he's 3rd on the list with Morgan being on top. "Simple…" he replied with a nervous smile on his face. Everyone at the table is paying close attention as he gives his answers to them. "…Morgan told me." responded Chuck pointing to his bearded best friend.
"I did?" he said with a bit of confusion.
"Yeah buddy." he retorted. "Don't your remember telling me her father's name when we talked in my office about how things went last night?"
"Huh?" replied Morgan. "I don't remember but if you said I did then I must have."
"I hope it was good things about me." interjected Alex leaning over to bump Morgan with her right shoulder.
"Of course." Morgan replied. "You're an awesome woman and I'm glad I have met you." he said with a grin.
As he says that, an audible groan is heard from Casey leading the attention from Alex and Morgan to the veteran agent sitting beside Morgan. "You okay John." asked Devon.
Its at that point, Jayne immediately jumps in. "Indigestion." she replied. "He's probably suffering a bit of heartburn." Jayne added padding Casey's chest.
"I think there is some Pepto is in the bathroom." Ellie stated. "Devon…"
"I'll go get it." interjected Chuck. "Its still in the medicine cabinet right?" he asked looking across the table at her sister.
"Yup." she said.
When he stands up, Chuck suddenly sees Casey stand as well. "I'll go with you Chuck." he gruffly stated.
"You don't have to do that Casey." he said with absolute fear in his eyes. He then reaches down placing his right hand on Sarah's right shoulder for as if to say remember me well. Please don't. If you do then there are no witnesses where the two of them are going he thinks to himself.
Casey doesn't even respond as he disappears into the hallway leading Chuck to walk towards the location with a bit of hesitance on his part knowing full well what might happen to him. "I'll be right back." smiled Chuck as he turns heading towards the bathroom. "I hope." he quietly muttered under his breathe.
A brief moment later, Chuck stands in front of the bathroom door that is ajar with the lights on inside. He doesn't know whether to go in there as he takes a moment to turn his attention back down the hallway towards the dining room area. The sound of pleasant conversation continues to go on. Unfortunately, his attention would be interrupted as the bathroom door opens and a rather large arm reaches out pulling him inside. It's at this point, Chuck finds himself against the bathroom door as Casey narrows his eyes directly at him. "Explain Bartwoski." he grunted.
"Casey, honest to God I didn't know the Alex Morgan was speaking about is actually your daughter." he said.
"Fix this." he angrily said.
"How?" he quickly stated. "What do you want me to do? Get in a DeLorean and time travel back to Monday afternoon at The Grove and stop Alex from spilling coffee on him? This isn't the movies man." he quickly spitted out.
"I don't care how you do it…" he growled leaning in. "…just do it." he emphatically stated poking him in the chest.
"Even if I could, which is highly unlikely, being that I need a flux capacitor and 1.21 giggawatts of electricity." he quickly responded. "Face it big guy. From the look of things Alex likes Morgan and I'm pretty sure she wouldn't like you stabbing him in the neck or eye for that matter with a fork."
As he says that the door opens causing Chuck to be pushed forward to where he turns around standing next to Casey. The two men see Sarah poke her head in and then step inside closing the door behind her. "What's going on?" she loudly whispered.
"Casey wants me to fix it. How? I have no earthly idea." he quickly responded shrugging his shoulders.
"Listen to me Casey." firmly stated Sarah. The NSA agent gives his partner her full attention even though his thoughts are somewhere else at the moment. "You want your daughter to be happy don't you?"
"Yes." he grunted with a scowl on his face.
"You're her father but you can't control her life knowing you made a promise to yourself not to tell her." she stated. "Look, she's a grown woman and she can make decisions on her own. As much as you hate it, she likes Morgan so deal with it. " said Sarah. "After getting to know her a bit she's just like you." she added. "Tough and head strong."
"What about her smarts." inquired Casey.
"I think she got that from her mother." she responded with a wry smile.
"Casey, give Morgan a chance." pleaded Chuck. He pauses for a moment to take a quick breath. "If it makes you feel any better, Morgan just wants to be friends right now since his break up with Anna just happened this past weekend."
"It doesn't." grunted Casey. "It's on your head Bartowski if my little girl gets her heart broken by that little bearded idiot." he stated. "Trust me, waterboarding is the least of your troubles for the two of you." threatened the veteran agent.
As he says that, the door to the bathroom opens once again leading Sarah to move over to stand next to Casey. All 3 of them see Devon appear through the crack in the doorway with a concerned look on his face. "Is everything kosher guys?"
"We're fine Devon." Sarah happily replied with a smile.
"John, how are you feeling man?"
"He's fine." Chuck responded reaching over to quickly but nervously pat Casey on the shoulder. "Casey just needed to burp it out." he added reaching behind Casey to pat him in the back. He'd quickly retract his hand after hearing his burly teammate express a faint growl.
"That's awesome to hear." retorted Devon. "Listen, I hope you guys have your sweet tooth because we're about ready to have dessert." he said with a smile on his face.
"Wouldn't miss it. We'll be right there." Chuck retorted.
"Awesome." he replied disappearing out of sight.
"Just stay cool Casey and try to get through this dinner as best you can." urged Chuck. "If you feel the urge to reach over to strangle Morgan just breathe and think happy thoughts." As he says that, a smirk appears on Casey's face. "You're thinking about strangling Morgan aren't you."
"You told me to think happy thoughts." the NSA agent replied.
"Let's go." Sarah said rolling her eyes and shaking her head. All three walk out the bathroom heading back to the dinner table to rejoin the others.
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Casa Woodcomb - Courtyard
10:15 p.m.
Friday, April 11th, 2010
"I'm glad you were able to make it Alex." responded Ellie standing in the doorway of her apartment with Devon by her side. "Please, come again." she happily added.
"I will. Thanks for the invite and the food was great by the way." she responded. "Oh, congrats on your baby too."
"Thanks. It's been awesome to meet you." retorted Devon reaching to wrap his arms around his wife as she rubs her stomach.
"You too." she replied. She looks at everybody else standing in the room who are also preparing to leave as well. "Glad to have met you all." The gang acknowledges her sentiment with smiles and waves towards their new found friend. Her attention is then focused on Casey. "John, a hot slice of apple piece with coffee black and bitter how you like it will be waiting for you and Jayne at your usual table." she said pointing at him.
"Thanks Alex." he replied giving her a quick nod.
"No problem."
"You ready." Morgan asked handing her purse.
"Yeah."
The two says their goodbyes with Devon giving Morgan a fist tip and Ellie giving a hug to Alex. As the two walk out, the door closes behind them leading both Alex and Morgan to head towards the fountain. Inside the apartment, everybody is gathered at the window curious to see what is going to happen between the two of them but none more curious than Alex's protective father.
The gang watch as Alex and Morgan stop in front of the fountain leading both of them to turn around. The two see the gang play it cool by either looking around, pointing, or pretending to talk to each other, which amuses Alex to no end. Morgan turns back around to face Alex. "So, did you have fun meeting my friends?"
"I did." replied Alex. "It started out a bit awkward with Chuck slamming the door in our faces but after that it was great." she said with a smile.
"Sorry about that." he apologized reaching up to rub the back of his neck. "Chuck is my best friend since we were 6 and when I told him about you he was happy but concerned about me."
"Best friends are supposed to be." said Alex. "What did he say exactly?"
Morgan turns to look behind him leading the gang to once again pretend to be doing something else. A hint of a smile appears on his face as he turns back around facing Alex. "He basically said I have a tendency to fall for someone too quickly in the past and I should take my time getting to know you. Just be friends for right now and I agreed with him."
"I see." she said peering down at the ground.
Chuck's best friend notices possible disappoint coming from Alex. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Are you falling for me?" inquired Alex peering up at him.
Morgan stands there for a moment with fear in his eyes as he has know idea how to answer the question. As he tries to figure out what to say, the gang inside the apartment talk amongst themselves. "They are so cute together." Ellie said.
"Seal the deal Morgan." whispered Devon rooting him on. "Be awesome." he added.
Travis, Shannon, Chuck, and Sarah remain quiet as their attention is focused on Casey who has his eyes completely glued on the two of them as Jayne stands closely by his side. While they are closely watching the two of them from inside through the blinds, Morgan and Alex continue their conversation in front of the fountain.
"Am I falling for you?" repeated Morgan.
"That's what I asked." she stated waiting for his answer.
"Well…" he said. "…I know I like you that's for sure. When it comes to me falling for you…" He pauses as the grin on his face turns into a smile. "….maybe I am but I want to take the time to properly get to know you better."
"Are you asking me out on a date Morgan?"
"Uh…what if I am" he replied. "What would you say if I asked you?"
Alex pauses as a wide smile appears. "You haven't asked me yet."
Morgan stands there for a brief moment and as nervous as he is he musters up the courage to ask her the question. "Alex…" he responded taking in a quick breathe. "…would you like to go on a date with me?"
The Colonel's daughter leans over to her right to see the gang at the window scramble once again causing her to express a hint of laughter. She leans back and gives Morgan her answer by leaning over towards him. Alex kisses Morgan on the left side of his cheek and then proceeds to whisper in his left ear. "Pick me up 7 p.m. tomorrow night. I'll text you the directions to my apartment."
A wide smile grows on Morgan's lips as he turns around to give the gang a thumbs up leading to seemingly excited group of individuals inside the apartment. However, the only person not happy about what just happened is Casey who looks like he's suffering an aneurism at the sight of what he just witnessed as he's being comforted by his girlfriend Jayne.
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