A/N: Hey guys. Here is the next chapter. Enjoy. I don't own Chuck.

Chapter 3

The wedding was imminent. In a few short hours, one Chuck Bartowski would be married to one Sarah Walker.

The church bells rang. Everything was in place. Morgan stood at the alter and tried to grab everyone's attention. "AHEM. Friends. We are gathered here today to witness a joyous moment in the lives of Charles Irving Bartowski and Sarah Walker."

Stephen stood at the back of the chapel and watched the ceremony from a distance. He felt ashamed of himself - he wasn't ready to reveal himself to his family yet.

He heard footsteps behind him, and he turned to face a man of medium build, with grayish brown hair. The man had his eyes fixed on Sarah. He watched in awe and wonder as she walked down the aisle.

"Ahem...excuse me. Not to be of any disturbance, but who are you?" Stephen inquired.

"Jack Burton. I'm here for my daughter. She's getting married today." He paused for a while. "What about you?"

"Stephen Bartowski. I'm here for my son. He's getting married today." He replied in a monotonous voice.

"Oh." Any stranger standing within close proxemics of them would be able to feel the awkward tension between the two. They simultaneously turned back to the ceremony and watched it in silence for a while.

"Isn't it weird - " Jack started.

"No...maybe yeah. A little. A tad." Stephen replied without taking his eyes off his son and his soon-to-be wife. There was another pregnant pause. Stephen then turned to Jack. "So why weren't you in there? You're her father, after all. Why didn't you walk her down the aisle?"

"What about you, huh? Aren't you supposed to be sitting in the front next to the rest of your family, supporting your son on his wedding day?" Jack threw the questions back at him.

"Well..." He hesitated, wondering if Jack was a good person to share his past with. Throughout the course of his lengthy career, he'd learnt to never trust people you think you know. First impressions may be deceiving. But Jack was different. Jack was his daughter-in-law to be's father. Family. And if you can't trust family, who else can you trust? "...well...you see, I haven't been a great father. I left when Chuck and Ellie when they were kids. Ellie had to raise Chuck all alone."

Jack stretches his hand out to pat Stephen's shoulder. "You're not alone on that, my man. I missed much of Sarah's childhood cause I was too busy conning." He looks down at his feet. "Was trying to get my mind off my wife. "

Stephen chuckled. "But my story doesn't end there. A few years ago, Chuck and Sarah, your daughter, found me. For a while, everything was great. We were reunited. But then, I was shot. They thought I'd died. I thought I died. But an anonymous rescue team rescued me and nursed me back to health. And then they made a deal with me. They said that if I complied to all their rules and satisfied all their requests, they would free me and allow me to be reunited with my family."

"That's all great. And now you're here - "

"Jack, are you familiar with one Vivian Volkoff?"

"Umm...not familiar...but I do know that she tried to kill my daughter two days ago with the - what's its name - the Norsemig device thingy."

"It's called the Norseman." Stephen took a deep breath. He knew he would have to tell Jack sometime now or later. He decided now would be the best time - he didn't want to build a relationship around lies. "Jack. I think you should know something." He took another pause, and then braced himself for Jack's reaction. "I made the Norseman."

"What?"

"Yes. But what I did was not on purpose. I was forced into making it. I didn't know Vivian was going to target Sarah. And I didn't even know her name until she came into my cell to activate the device."

"I get it."

"You what?"

"I get it. Look. I'm not the best father in the world either. I've done stuff like that before - hurt the people I love. And I know that you're ashamed of your actions...not that you should be since you were forced into making it. You didn't know who it was going to target." He paused, and a smile of relief broke out on Stephen's face. "Stephen, completed your end of the deal, simply hoping to be reunited with your family."

Chuck and Sarah stood next to each other at the alter. Sarah had just finished her vows. Chuck struggled to keep his tears in, although it wasn't the first time he'd heard them before.

"Uhhh...right. My vows. My turn." He began. He paused for a while and tried to rephrase the words in his head. He looked into Sarah's eyes. "Words just don't cut it. I'm sorry Sarah. I don't know how to express the depth of my love for you. Or my dreams for our future. Or the fact that I will fight for you every day. Or that our kids will be like little superheroes with little capes and stuff like that." Sarah let out a little chuckle. Chuck gave her a smile as he continued. "Words can't express that...it just doesn't cut it. So no vows. I'll just prove it to you everyday for the rest of our lives."

Sarah glowed with happiness. "Perfect", she whispered.

Stephen saw that the ceremony was coming to an end. "Look. I have to go now soon. Please don't tell anyone about our conversation - especially not my son and my family."

"I got your back, man." Jack replied.

The official ceremony was over. They were officially married. Chuck had his lips glued to Sarah. Sarah giggled as Chuck trailed kisses down her neck. It was getting rather heated, and Sarah decided that they should stop before it got too heated. "Chuck. Should we stop? I mean, people are watching...not that I want you to stop, but I think we're supposed to keep this wedding PG."

Chuck took his lips off Sarah's neck. "Of course, my darling." He gave her a wink. "Let's continue later."

They linked arms and starting walking down the aisle. Out of the corner of her eye, Sarah caught a glimpse of her dad walking away with another man at the back of the chapel. So he did come to my wedding after all. Sarah smiled. But who was the man next to him?

A/N: Please drop me a review :) Any reviews would be greatly appreciated.

There isn't much of Chuck and Sarah in this chapter...I promise there will be more in the next chapter. I'm in the process of writing the next chapter. I think it may be the longest chapter yet. And it may well be my favourite chapter. :P