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Ok so hi you guys. Not posted anything since a week and a bit ago because as most of the regular readers know I was away on holiday to Greece. I'm back now and back to posting new chapters for my story. So a few reviewers noted that I had 'forgotten' about Lily, but I assure you I haven't. Sometimes things will not happen until a few chapters later but I assure you things will always be explained. Lily will feature a tiny bit in this chapter. Enjoy guys.

Chapter 19 – Goodbye

As Chuck and Sarah walked through the streets of Chelsea heading to the hospital to collect Diana, Chuck had been in hospital all week and he wondered what had happened to Lily that day when she ran out of the house.

'What about Lily? What happened…where is she?'

'She is safe. Some operatives had to collect her from the neighbour's house she ran to.'

'What happens now?'

'Well the original plan was to bring her back to the USA with us but things have changed. Beckmen pulled a lot of strings. Remember the nanny? Well turns out she hadn't seen Lily or Evelyn for over 2 months, we managed to track her down…her name is Michelle Dartway. She knew who Evelyn and Diana were but she had no idea of their plans, technically she hasn't done anything wrong. So rather than take Lily away from a place she knows, Michelle agreed to become her legal guardian. She has known her since she was a child so if anyone has to take her on, it really should be her.'

'That poor girl, she lost her both her parents in one day. I know they weren't the good guys but Evelyn did try to at least make Daniel see sense. After finding her father, she lost him again, can't be easy on her.'

'It's not going to be easy but this way she is with someone she knows.'

'That's the best thing to have come from this, Lily is in safe hands now. But what about Diana…surely she would want to say goodbye right?'

'It's not happening Chuck.'

Chuck breathed a heavy sigh. Although Diana went along with Evelyn's plan, towards the end it was Diana who led them to both Evelyn and Daniel Shaw and she at least tried to make things right. In his mind, he truly believed Diana had some right to say goodbye.

'Sarah, I think we both know that Diana wasn't the person we thought she was. I mean we're finally free of both of them and really it's down to her, we would have taken a long time to find them if she didn't help.'

'Chuck I understand your sentiment but we can't do that. Beckman has given us orders, she is to come back with us…no de tours along the way.'

'This will be our last order Sarah, once we bring her back we're done. For once…or for the hundred time…let's disobey the orders Sarah. I mean one day when we have a child or children of our own….'

Sarah interrupted Chuck with a raised eyebrow,

'Children? What we're having more than one now?'

'I dunno, maybe right? Anyway….I would love to say goodbye to my child every day before nursery or school. Because what if something happens and I didn't say goodbye then I'd torture myself for the rest of my life.'

'Chuck….'

'Sarah you know I'm right. Come on…'

'Ok, but we don't tell Casey. He will blow if he found out, He wasn't never keen with the whole idea of this plan to begin with, let's not tick him off any further.'

Pleased he managed to get through to her, Chuck smiled and planted a kiss on her cheek as they continued to head towards the hospital. Although Sarah was on board, they had to contact Michelle, since finding out exactly what Evelyn and Diana were up to, she didn't want anything to do with Diana anymore nor did she want her anywhere near Lily. As they got closer to the hospital, Sarah began thinking of ways to convince Michelle to let Diana say goodbye before she was extradited back to the States. Standing outside of the hospital, Sarah told Chuck to go in as she tried to contact Michelle. Calling her phone, she managed to get through.

'Michelle, hi this is Sarah? You perhaps remember me?'

'Yes I do. What can I do for you?'

'Well I have a favour to ask and this is something that has to stay off the books?'

'What is it?'

'We're flying Diana back to the States with us later on, but I know that she cared very much for Lily and she would want nothing more than to say goodbye.'

'It's not happening. For so long she lied to me and she was putting Lily in danger, I can't allow anyone like that near her.'

'Please….I'll be there and nothing will happen, you have my word.'

On the other side of the phone, Michelle gave it grave thought, but no matter how much Diana cared for Lily, the fact remained that she did put her in danger and this Michelle could never forgive.

'No. Get her back to the US and let her rot.'

Just before she was about to hang up, Sarah played the trump card.

'Wait…please. Lily looked to Diana like family, surely Lily would want to say goodbye. If not for Diana, do it for Lily.'

'Fine. You will get 5mins then I want her out of our lives for good.'

'Ok, thank you. We have your location, we'll be there soon.'

Sarah hanged up the phone and headed inside the hospital where Diana was getting discharged. Thinking back to what Chuck said, he was right. One day when they had a child of their own, she'd look forward to greeting him or her in the morning and saying goodbye as they went to school. She smiled for a second before, composing herself and walked towards Chuck and Diana. As the papers were getting signed, she glanced over to Chuck telling him a meet was set. Although Diana was once with the very organisation that they took down, she truly never was one of them. Heading out, Chuck couldn't wait to deliver the good news.

'So you know you're heading back to the States with us later but we've have one thing left to do before we go.'

'And what's that?' Diana asked.

Heading out and jumping into a taxi, they set off to where Michelle and Lily were. Pulling up at the house Diana had no clue as to where she was. As Sarah got out and strolled towards the house, Chuck informed Diana where they were.

'I know that you helped us and that you never wanted any of this but you cared for her and I think it's only right that you get to say goodbye.'

As Diana looked over at the house she noticed Michelle and could only guess exactly who that little girl was standing beside her. She quickly exited the taxi and ran to Lily. Before getting out, Chuck asked the driver to wait for them as they were needing a ride back to their hotel to gather their belongings. As Diana got to Lily, Michelle stood firmly in the way.

'I guess you know then' Diana said to Michelle.

'Yes and I can't believe you two did this. That's why Evelyn fired me because she knew I wouldn't go along with this insane plan and I thought you would have felt the same.'

'I did but I couldn't let her go at it alone. In the end it didn't matter because the outcome would have been the same I think. Can I see Lily?'

Lily was still behind Michelle and she was reluctant to allow Diana in her house after all that happened, but after a few moments she relented and moved aside as Lily ran at Diana and the two embraced in a hug. As Diana cradled Lily's face, tears began to fall. She wanted to keep both Lily and Evelyn safe but sadly only one of them was here today.

'Lily I have to go away now with these people. But I will always love you like my own ok, we can write if you want…every day.'

'Ok…I'd like that. But why do you have to go, why can't we stay together like before?'

'Because Lily America is my home and England is yours. It's time I went back.'

She couldn't prolong the goodbye and with a quick kiss to her forehead, Diana walked away back to the taxi and jumped in. She looked on as Chuck and Sarah thanked them. Soon Chuck and Sarah were back in the taxi and they set off for their hotel.

Several hours later and they were on the plane heading back to the states

Staring out the window, Chuck gazed over the island that was the UK. Although he was brought there on a mission, he did like what he saw and considered moving there. It was a passing thought, because Burbank was always his home and would continue to be nothing less. Coming back from the toilet Sarah sat beside Chuck. She placed her hand on his leg and snapped him from his thoughts.

'What you thinking about?'

'Nothing major.'

'Really?'

'Well…in a few hours we will be done with this and I don't know if I want to stay in Burbank anymore.'

'We're back to that?'

'Back to what?'

'You said that you thought of moving away, I just didn't think you were serious.'

'Wouldn't you want to move?'

'I've not given it thought Chuck, but as long as I am with you, I'm happy. And if that's in Utah or Texas…or even Africa I'm still happy.'

Not matter where they were, as long as they were together things would always work for them. He kissed Sarah but managed not to get too far into it as they did have an audience of Casey and Verbanski who were sitting over in the corner talking. As Sarah began to fall asleep in Chuck's arms, Diana got up and walked over to where they were sitting. She sat down in front of him and began to talk to him until he signalled to her to whisper.

'Chuck….I don't know you but I want to thank you. You guys trusted me when you had a million reasons not to and you let me say goodbye to Lily which is something I never thought was possible after everything I had done.'

'I think like many people, you got sucked in by the Ring and they wouldn't let you leave. You see the CIA is different, we're not like them. But after what you did, you know that you will be in a government facility for a very long time. It'll reflect well on you that you helped us but we can't take it all away.'

'I understand. I'm ready for it. But I just wished it ended differently, if Evelyn didn't let Daniel get into her head then he'd be alive in prison and we'll be happy together as a family. But not everything goes the way you want.'

Chuck laughed lightly as to not wake Sarah who was starting to stir and began to listen in on the conversation.

'Believe me, that's something I know better than most. I was sucked into this all and for a long time I couldn't leave for reasons I can't tell you. I was important to the CIA and NSA and I wanted out for soooo long that I began to forget what an ordinary life was. But after over 5yrs of doing this, I can now finally leave and I can't wait. Things never go to plan or the way you want, but eventually things do work out. Sometimes you just have to be patient, which may not have a bearing on you but it always works out in the end. Maybe one day when you're released, Michelle will allow you to be a part of Lily's life, that's something you can hold onto.'

'And what did you hold onto when you got involved in all this?'

Chuck looked down at Sarah, clearly indicating her.

'I dreamed of a life with her and that kept me hanging on. I think if it was someone else in her shoes, I would have forcefully left a long time ago. But she kept me sane every day, she made me remember who I was when I started to lose myself. I fell in love with her probably a few months of meeting her.'

'That's nice. I'm glad you have found what you're looking for, because something tells me you have been searching for a very long time.'

'I had, but then one day I found it when she walked into the store that I worked at.'

Sarah heard every word. She loved it when Chuck spoke like that, it reminded her exactly who Chuck Bartowski was and counted her lucky stars every day that it was her that was assigned to this operation all those years ago. The plane was now within reaching distance of touching down. 20mins later they were stepping off the plane to be greeted with several CIA agents ready to take Diana away. As she was led away in cuffs, Diana looked back to Chuck and mouthed thank you. Chuck nodded his head as the car began to pull away. Casey and Verbanski headed off one way to update Beckman and Chuck and Sarah headed back to their apartment. Unpacking the few bits and bobs they brought with them, Sarah knew something was still on Chuck's mind.

'You're really thinking about moving away aren't you?'

'You can tell?'

'Of course I can, I am a spy remember and your my husband. I know you inside out Chuck, there is nothing you could keep from me.'

Yet there was still 2 secrets hanging around. Chuck knew about the innocent Sarah really shot that day and Sarah was hiding the fact she asked Verbanski to kill Evelyn, no matter what. Neither of them was willing to spill and wanted to carry their secrets forever. However this wasn't the niggling thing Chuck had going on in his head.

'Well aside from why we were in England, I actually liked the place Sarah.'

'Ok so we're getting somewhere. Are you sure about this?'

'Well it's not something that will happen overnight, I mean we still got that 2nd wedding to plan. But after that I really would want to start thinking about it. Only if you would want too as well, I mean I wouldn't want to move you if you weren't happy.'

'Chuck what did I say before?'

'Yes yes….no matter where we were just as long as we are together.'

'There you go then.'

Kissing Chuck, the two began to get entwined and only had to stop when there was a knock at the door. Composing themselves and freshening their clothes up, Chuck answered. To his surprise Ellie, Devon, Morgan were there.

'Guys what are you doing here?'

'Well when you told us you were back, I wanted to come and see you. It's been a rough few weeks and with you guys leaving the CIA, you know….'

'I know sis.'

Morgan hadn't seen Chuck for a while and the two strolled outside to have a catch up whilst Ellie and Sarah spoke.

'So this is it then. You two are really going to leave it all behind.'

'Yeh, it's finally happening. But there is something else you need to know.'

'What is it?'

'Chuck asked me to marry him….again. A renewal of vows. After everything that's happened with Quinn and now Evelyn…Chuck wanted to start again fresh.'

'Oh my god, that is so beautiful. It's so Chuck, typical of him.'

'I know, it's why I love him.'

Heading in to a 2nd wedding, Sarah wanted no secrets and began considering telling Chuck exactly what she had asked Verbanski to do, she even wanted to tell Ellie. Before long, Ellie could tell something was weighing in on Sarah. And with Chuck outside being sketchy, Morgan too began to think something wasn't up to scratch. With both of them thinking ahead to their 2nd wedding, could they really keep their secrets to themselves?

Ok so that's the end of this chapter. Next one up soon. Please review.