It was five in the morning and Sarah hadn't answered her phone. Casey said he hadn't seen her since he gave her the room key and Morgan hadn't seen her since the mission. Chuck was starting to freak out. He shouldn't have been so hard on her, she obviously had beaten herself up about it already and she was sorry, but he still couldn't fathom the idea of putting their child in danger. It didn't make sense to him.

Chuck took a deep breath before knocking on the door of Sarah's hotel room. When there was no answer, he took out his own keycard and inserted it into the slot before opening the door. The room seemed empty. The bed was still made and her unopened suitcase rested on top of it. She was there though. Her phone was on the nightstand next to a strip of ultrasound pictures that lay atop an envelope and the bathroom light was on.

"Sarah?" Chuck called as he walked toward the bathroom door

No answer.

"Sarah?" He called again, this time knocking on the door

No answer.

Finding the door unlocked, he walked inside only to find Sarah asleep on the bathroom floor. She was never a heavy sleeper. Years of being in the CIA prevented that. Being pregnant, stressed, and exhausted has changed that, however. The toilet lid was open, indicating she had been throwing up. Chuck sighed and left the bathroom. He walked towards the bed and put her suitcase on the ground and turned down the bed. He went back to the bathroom and picked Sarah up and laid her on the mattress and rolled the blankets up to cover her. She stirred a little at the new sensation but thought nothing of it.

About an hour later, Sarah woke up to find Chuck looking at the new ultrasound pictures with tears in his eyes.

"lt's alright." Sarah whispered, "The baby, I mean. It's healthy."

Chuck sniffed and nodded.

"I asked the doctor to put write down the sex and put it an envelope so we could open it together." Sarah said as she looked down at the quilt that covered her torso.

Chuck wiped some of his tears away and slightly laughed before shaking his head and crying again.

"I'm sorry, Sarah. I'm so, so sorry." Chuck began as set the picture down and dropped his head. "I should have never said that. It was stupid and selfish and I'm sorry. I trust you with the baby. I know it wasn't… that you didn't…"

"Stop." Sarah interrupted. "Why are you apologizing? You have every right not to trust me. I put our baby in danger. It's just that what Decker did and what Ryker wanted to do, I just suspected that Beckman might… I don't know. But when I was in the room and he chained me to the wall, I was just so scared. I've never… I didn't know what was going to happen and I was scared, no, terrified. I thought he was gonna.." Sarah choked on her tears and pursed her lips together, "… and you were going to have watch. But then he had the knife and I just thought that 'this is it, he's going to kill my baby.' And I couldn't…" Sarah started to sob, her hand covering her mouth

Chuck rushed over to the side of the bed and took her in his arms and cradled her head. "I wouldn't have let him do anything to you. I wouldn't ever leave you there." Chuck said "The baby is okay, you're okay." He ran his fingers through her hair. It had grown back longer over the years and reached past her shoulders to the length Chuck preferred. He pushed her out slightly so he could look into her eyes. They were a dull color, almost grey. They had been like that for a couple days. It was the lack of food and sleep, the stress she had put on her shoulders, and the fear of losing her child, their child. He tucked a strand behind her ear and lifted her chin up. "I left the van when he found out you were wearing a wire. Is that all that happened?" Chuck asked

"He, uh, he did touch me." Sarah shifted a little

Chuck leaned forward and kissed her head. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything… If I had been there-"

"You were there." She paused to look him in the eye "You were there, and you saved me and the baby. You're always there."

"Sarah please know that I DO trust you with our child. I was just… there's no excuse but believe me, I didn't mean it. I had forgotten about everything. I called Beckman up and she had no record of what Decker did, but she's not surprised. Pregnancy falls under medical reasons and you can leave the CIA because of it. It's just that it doesn't happen often. So, don't beat yourself up about it. You're going to be a phenomenal mother. Don't forget that."

Sarah nodded and wiped some more tears away.

"I'm sorry I left my wedding ring. It was a spur of the moment thing, I was just hurt, and you've never been mad at me like that, so I just assumed…" Sarah trailed off

"Do you remember our prenup?" Chuck asked

Sarah laughed, "Yes."

"And what did it say?"

"I, Sarah Bartowski, will never even mention the word divorce."

"Something along those lines." Chuck smiled and took her wedding ring out of his pocket. Sarah held out her hand and slid the ring back on. "Perfect fit."

"Like Cinderella." Sarah smiled

"And it should never come off again." Chuck reiterated

Sarah leaned in to kiss him, her hands resting on his cheeks and his on her waist. Sarah leaned into his touch before breaking the kiss. "Never." She said as she kissed him again. One of Chuck's hands traveled up her back to thread through her hair, the other still planted firmly on her waist bringing her closer. He then broke the kiss this time. "Except you should probably take it off when we have sex. I don't want to explain to the doctor why I need stitches down there… Again. "

Sarah laughed and reached over onto the nightstand to grab the yellow envelope. "Wanna find out?"

"Yes, but let me set up the camera on my phone to video." Chuck said excitedly

"You're such a dork."

"Yes, but I'm your dork."

Sarah smiled and sat on the bed with her legs tucked under her, the envelope in her lap. Chuck soon joined her and sat down eagerly.

"Should we open it? I mean it might be a fun surprise. Plus-"

"I'm opening it." Sarah said as she pulled the top open and took the paper out

"It's a boy. It's a boy!" She exclaimed

"We're getting a boy!" Chuck yelled as he kissed her, "I'm getting a son."

Chuck leaned in to kiss Sarah once again. His hands were on her waist, pulling her flush against him and hers were threading through his hair. She shifted her legs until she was sitting on his lap, straddling him.

"I love you so much." Chuck whispered against her lips

Sarah responded by kissing him harder, her hands lingering on his chest. Chuck slipped his hands underneath her shirt and placed them gently on her stomach before his lips traveled down to her neck making her moan.

"You might want to take you wedding ring off now." Chuck said with a smile

"And you might want to turn the camera off." Sarah replied

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BURBANK, CALIFORNIA

"Chuck where are the raisins?" Sarah asked

"Uh, we don't have raisins." Chuck replied with a puzzled look

"Why not?"

"Because you hate raisins."

"But you like them."

"I tolerate them."

"Okay, well we need raisins."

"I'll add that to the shopping list."

"Add olives as well."

"Okay, who are you and what have you done with my wife." Chuck laughed

"Do we have celery?" Sarah asked as she looked in the fridge

"Aw, there's my wife."

Sarah pulled the celery out of the fridge and took a bite out of it before leaning against the counter.

"Do we have Dramamine or Zolfran or something." Sarah asked

"We have Pepto Bismal." Chuck suggested

"I can't take that."

"I'll pick up some Dramamine."

"Thank you."

"Anything else?"

"Condoms."

"Um, we are already pregnant, I don't think that is going to do much."

"Not for us, Morgan and Alex's wedding is in 4 days and you are in charge of wrecking their car. We already have most of the stuff, just not condoms."

"Oh, yah… Thanks for reminding me."

"No problem." Sarah said as she quickly kissed him. "Now, scooch, Alex is supposed to be here any minute to discuss final wedding plans."

"Alright, love you." Chuck said

"Love you too, Sarah replied as she kissed him goodbye

About 10 minutes later the doorbell rang and Sarah let Alex in.

"Hey Alex." Sarah said as she stepped aside to let Alex walk into the house.

Alex stepped into the house and gave Sarah a soft smile before taking her coat off and placing it over the edge of the couch.

Sarah noticed something was off but decided to let it go for now.

"Um, Ellie is flying in tomorrow and she said she would be happy to pick up the flowers, so that problem is solved." Sarah said to Alex

"Oh, I didn't think she could fly in her condition." Alex stated

"She had the baby about a week ago. Did Morgan not tell you?"

"Oh, uh yah he did, I just forgot."

Sarah definitely knew something was wrong now and decided to break the ice.

"Alex, what's going on?"

"It's nothing, just wedding jitters."

"Uh huh… Yah, except wedding jitters look like you're nervous about going on a rollercoaster, not like you just found out some big news, possibly from an at-home test you picked up at a pharmacy."

"How'd you know?" Alex quietly asked while looking at the floor

"You couldn't say the word pregnant, uh you forgot Ellie had her baby, and you keep looking at my stomach like it's a ghost. I was in the CIA for about 10 years, I picked up a few things." Sarah smiled

Alex laughed a little and shuffled her feet.

"Plus," Sarah said as she placed her hand on Alex's shoulders, "I've experienced both, and they are very different."

"Yah, you could say that."

"But, that's not it, is it?" Sarah asked as she leaned against a chair

Alex closed her eyes and shook her head. A couple tears fell from her eyes and then she looked back at Sarah.

"I haven't told Morgan yet, which will be fine, he'll be thrilled, but my mom and dad are a different story. I'm about 6, maybe 7 weeks, I'm not sure I'm kind of irregular, but if I tell them after the wedding, they… well they can do the math and my mom will be livid that I could be this stupid and my dad may just about kill Morgan. A baby isn't exactly the best way to start a marriage. Plus, you're not supposed to tell anyone until you're about 12 weeks, just in case. If I lose the baby though…" Alex started to cry a little more

Sarah stepped up and wrapped Alex in a hug before leading her to the couch to talk to her. They sat down at opposite ends and Alex wiped her tears.

"I know it doesn't seem like it, but think will work out. Morgan will be thrilled to have a mini nerd." Sarah laughed and so did Alex, "and I don't know your mom at all, but she can't control what happened, but your mom isn't, well, Chuck's. Don't ever tell him I said that, but that woman scares the hell out of me, and I don't get scared."

Alex and Sarah both laughed at that.

"As for Casey, well I know he's your dad, but I know him pretty well. You need to tell him or else he will figure it out. A few years ago, I thought I was pregnant and while we were on a mission, Casey figured it out, before Chuck. But he's not going to kill Morgan. He might be upset at first, but give him 5 minutes and he'll be good. If you want though you don't have to tell Morgan. Him and Chuck are clueless, you could go the whole nine months and he wouldn't suspect a thing."

Alex smiled. "Thank you Sarah, I know that your circumstances with your ba- uh, Finn, were different, however, what if I do lose the baby. Everyone will know and I…" Alex sighed

"I… have had a miscarriage before, and it, well it really sucks. But if it does happen, you can always come talk to me. Trust me, I wish I had someone to talk to at the time who knew what it was like."

"Thank you."

"Of course."

Sarah hugged Alex again and then stood back.

"Okay, the wedding," Sarah started, "Everything is done."

"Except one thing…" Alex smiled, "The dress."

"It doesn't fit." Sarah finished

"Not quite."

"That's okay, we can fix it."

"You can do that?"

"Heh, no. But I know someone who can."

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Sarah and Alex were both in the car driving into downtown LA with Alex's wedding dress in the back.

"Okay, so this guy, his name is Nick, he owns, well an adult shop, but he also alters clothing as a side job and he's fantastic. Just to warn you though he is a little flamboyant." Sarah said as she pursed her lips

"So he's gay." Alex laughed

"Yes, which is fine, but he's um, a little handsy. But he's fabulous. Uh, with sewing."

Alex tried to suppress a laugh, "Sarah are you blushing?"

Sarah quickly pulled over and turned to Alex.

"Yes. I usually would never admit that, but Alex he is so hot. He looks like Ryan Gosling and Channing Tatum had a baby that was blessed by the hands of God. And ugh, my hormones are all over the place right now and I haven't had sex in two days because Chuck has been busy with work, and just ugh." Sarah said as she placed her head on the steering wheel

Alex was laughing now while Sarah groaned.

"You sure you're okay?" Alex laughed

Sarah looked up and laughed "Yah, I'm fine. Let's just park here and walk the rest of the way, his shop is just before the light."

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Sarah and Alex walked into the shop and started looking for Nick.

"Um, how did you meet this guy Sarah?" Alex asked

"I… found him while trying to get someone to alter my dress for my wedding." Sarah replied

"Oh my Gosh! Sarah?" Nick yelled as he ran up to the two women. "It's been forever, how are you darling!?"

"I'm doing good." Sarah smiled

"And you have a bun in the oven!" Nick said as he crouched down to touch Sarah's belly

Alex looked at Sarah and quietly laughed as Sarah awkwardly shifted.

"And the dress you're wearing is so good. Accents all your curves perfectly. What are we looking for, I bet your hormones are everywhere and your cute husband probably can't resist those right now." Nick said pointing to Sarah's chest before turning back around and leading them into the shop.

"I don't know, she hasn't had sex in two days." Alex muttered

"Shut up." Sarah laughed

"Come back here I had a few new arrivals and… Oh! Oh my gosh! I have the perfect thing for you, it's a new design but-"

"Actually Nick," Sarah quickly cut him off, "My friend Alex here needs her wedding dress altered before her wedding. Just a couple of touchups."

"Oh of course, let's go upstairs."

Nick led them out of the back room and up the stairs to a loft. The place was covered in fabric and boxes of all different sizes. There was a window on one wall and several paintings on another. Mannequins lined the railing on the edge, adorned in different styles of clothing.

Nick raced over to one wall and started sifting through some boxes while Alex and Sarah stayed near the stairs.

"You didn't want him to keep talking? He seemed to really know what you wanted." Alex teased

4 DAYS LATER

3:07 AM

Sarah was once again huddled against the edge of the toilet catching her breath after dry heaving for almost an hour. Chuck was by her side, gently rubbing his thumb over her hand while his eyes started to close.

"You can go back to sleep if you want." Sarah suggested

"No, no, of course not, I'll go to bed when you do." Chuck said as he suppressed a yawn

"We have to get up super early though, and plus you have to help Mor-"

"I already told you, I'll go to bed when you do."

"I don't want to get back into bed, it's too warm. The tile feels nice."

"One sec." Chuck said as he got up and headed to the bedroom that connected to the master bath. He grabbed a couple of pillows off the bed and a small blanket and came back to the bathroom to find Sarah leaning over the toilet again. He dropped the pillows and headed over to her rubbing her back and grabbing the cold cloth off of the counter. When she was done he placed the cloth on her forehead and placed the pillows on the ground and up against the bathtub. He leaned back on them and urged Sarah to lie on his chest. They fell asleep on the bathroom floor with the blanket draped lightly over them.

7:30 AM

Chuck barely heard the alarm coming from inside their bedroom. He gently nudged Sarah awake before getting up to turn the alarm off. When he came back Sarah had the shower started and was getting undressed. Chuck turned the sink on and began to shave while Sarah took a shower. After shaving Chuck stepped in the shower and rinsed off before getting out and handing Sarah a fresh towel.

"What time do you need to be at Alex's mom's house?" Chuck asked

"10:00, but I still need to get some things ready and pick up the dress." Sarah sighed

"Are you feeling okay?" Chuck asked as he went to feel her forehead

"I'll make it. Move over though, I need to dry my hair."

Sarah started doing her hair while Chuck left to go get breakfast ready. He came back about a half hour later with toast, oatmeal, and tea for the both of them. He reached into the medicine cabinet in the bathroom and pulled out Sarah's pre-natal vitamins before taking a couple out and placing them on her plate.

"Thank you." Sarah said as she gave him a small kiss

Sarah was working on her makeup by the time Chuck was dressed and ready so he decided to go pack up some things they needed for the day and call Morgan to make sure he was up. Sarah soon came out in full hair and makeup wearing leggings and one of Chuck's t-shirts.

"You wearing that to the wedding?" Chuck teased

"No, I'm coming home to get changed and touch up my hair and makeup after I get done at Alex's."

"It's a nice day for a wedding. It's not too hot or too cold. It's pretty perfect." Chuck noted as he hugged his wife.

"You know they waited for us." Sarah said

"Hmmm?"

"They waited to have the wedding, they had a date picked out and invitations made and then we had everything happen so they waited for things to clear up."

"You know Morgan was going to originally propose with a ring pop."

"What color?" Sarah joked

12:50 PM

Sarah came in the front door looking extremely tired while Chuck was sitting at the table eating lunch.

"I am so happy it is not my wedding day right now." Sarah stated as she sat down beside Chuck, "Alex is so stressed, I feel so bad."

"Morgan seems pretty chill. He asked me what color tennis shoes he should wear." Chuck said

"Please tell me…"

"Don't worry, I told him red. I thought it would go with the flowers."

"Ha, ha." Sarah replied in a sarcastic manner, "Did you make something for lunch?"

"Yes, there is a plate in the fridge for you."

"Thank God."

"Hurry though, you still have to get dressed and we leave in approximately 43 minutes."

1:15 PM

Sarah stood in the mirror and straightened her dress before fixing her hair.

"You look perfect." Chuck whispered as he stared at her from the doorway. She turned to face him, smiling when she saw tears in his eyes.

Sarah had on a knee length dress that was short sleeved and glazed with a light rose color. The dress was formfitting and highlighted her small baby bump perfectly. Chuck's eyes were fixed on her stomach as he walked toward her and cupped her face before kissing her thoroughly. He moved down to her stomach before kissing the top of the bump.

"Hi baby boy." Chuck whispered, "Daddy loves you so much."

Sarah placed her hand over her over and blinked her tears away. She pulled chuck up to her before she stood on her toes and kissed him.

"You ready to go to a wedding?" Sarah asked breaking the kiss