Posted March 26, 2022

A/N: In Dune, Shai-Hulud is the Fremen term for the sandworm of Arrakis. It has various poetic translations. A lot of Fremen words are similar to Arabic. The closest Arabic phrase is Shayʾ-Khulud, which translates as "Thing of Eternity" or "Thing of Immortality." That's Sarah.

"Chuck vs the Sandworm" (1x06) Recap
Here are a few things you might need to know in case you forgot.

A young man ran through an underground through concrete halls and a stairwell, carrying a laptop. A different man in a suit stopped him and started to pull out a gun. An alarm started to go off, and using the distraction, the desperate man on the run knocked out the other with his laptop and escaped the bunker to find himself on a cliff in the middle of nowhere.

At the Nerd Herd desk, Chuck was asked a sales question from a customer. Chuck said she needed to talk to a Green Shirt. However, none were on the sales floor. Chuck went to the back and heard chanting. In the break room, Morgan was in the middle of the Mystery Crisper challenge. For it, he wore a blindfold and ate random food that had been abandoned in the break room's fridge. He completed the challenge to the cheers of his coworkers, like Anna Wu who said, "Morgan is so awesome. He can eat anything."

Big Mike interrupted the crowd by angrily calling Chuck into his office. He told Chuck that the best thing about being Buy More management is the medical insurance. He then said that Chuck had to impress someone for Buy More Corporate to get the Assistant Manager position over Harry Tang. His final order was don't let his friendship with Morgan screw it up.

After work, at the Echo Park apartment, Ellie was decorating for the annual Halloween party when Chuck told Ellie about the interview. Ellie unsuccessfully tried to convince Chuck to not wear his "two-man sea cucumber" costume, aka the sandworm from Dune, with Morgan. Devon showed off his nearly-naked "Adam" costume. Big Mike called Chuck's cell to tell him Morgan was missing from his double-shift.

Chuck found Morgan at the Santa Monica Pier, about to start a Guitar Shredder video game challenge for a $10 bet. The competitor was the man who earlier escaped from the bunker. Laszlo Mahnovski. Chuck flashed on him and warned Morgan he was dangerous. Laszlo saw Chuck's watch and left in the middle of the game, forfeiting to Morgan. Around back, he accosted Chuck and asked how many agents were waiting for him. Since Laszlo had recognized Chuck's watch, he knew that Chuck was with the CIA. When Morgan found them to collect his winnings, Laszlo ran off.

Chuck returned home, and Sarah was waiting for him in his room. Sarah said he did the right thing by following protocol. When she was about to leave, Chuck asked her to stay because Ellie and Devon thought he was "getting lucky." He put on some music, and they awkwardly sat on his bed. He asked why Sarah was in his room, as opposed to somewhere else, and she showed him a picture she had made of her and Chuck dressed in costumes at Comic-Con. He said they almost looked like a real couple, and Sarah said they were a real couple—just a different kind of couple.

The next day at Buy More, Casey confronted Chuck for always leaving him as the last person to know anything. Then he chastised Chuck for telling Laszlo that his girlfriend gave him the watch, blowing Sarah's cover. In the store, Chuck stopped Morgan from using a video camera to project whale tail panties on the TV screen wall, and he told his friend to grow up. In the home theater room, Casey was briefed by Beckman. She said Laszlo was a dangerous weapons designer who had escaped from a research lab and was on the run. She showed pictures that implied he had killed his handlers.

Leaving the store, Chuck was stopped by an armed man in a Halloween mask, who was Laszlo. He said he had been framed for murder and helped design the home theater system. Because of the gun, Chuck wrestled with him, but was overpowered. The gun over his head started dripping water, meaning it was a squirt gun. With the ruse over, Laszlo said he needed help and admitted he was hungry, so the two went for pancakes.

Unhappy about Chuck saying Morgan needed to grow up, the little man was waiting by the courtyard fountain when Ellie and Devon returned home. Devon gave a talk to teach him to be more mature.

Laszlo said he had been in a bunker for years and described what he did for the CIA. Chuck called him as a real life 'Q' who never saw James Bond, Laszlo gave Chuck a napkin doodle as an "IOU" to pay for the food. He told Chuck not to trust his handlers and that his home probably had bugs everywhere.

At home, Chuck found a lot of bugs, including one in the picture from Sarah. At Casey's, Chuck confronted the NSA agent for snooping. Casey said they were for Chuck's safety. At Wienerlicious, the Federal agent who had initially stopped Laszlo briefed Sarah that they thought Laszlo was going to make a bomb. When Chuck returned to his room, Laszlo was there and told Chuck again that he shouldn't trust his handlers. He asked for a place to stay for the night.

Chuck took Laszlo to the Buy More home theater room. Laszlo took A View to a Kill to watch, and Chuck said he'd watch with him. Sarah called, but Laszlo convinced Chuck to not answer. Then he stomped on Chuck's watch to disable the transponder inside.

After the movie, Laszlo started justifying the bad guy. Then he used the home theater room computer to dispatch a B2 bomber to attack Texas. That was going to take too long, so he redirected to San Francisco, like the movie. Chuck distracted him by suggesting they watch Goldfinger. Then he found a reason to go outside, where he checked his messages.

Casey and Sarah had been calling, so Chuck followed Sarah orders and went to a Nerd Herder. Laszlo was already there. When they were surrounded in the parking lot, Laszlo caused a second steering wheel to appear and took over the Herder to drive them away. When fleeing, he ejected Chuck out the side of the car and escaped.

The next morning, Sarah wished Chuck well at the Assistant Manager interview. He was upset that he had been played, but she encouraged him. She saw the bugged picture frame was in the trash and said they had a tracking signal from the Herder.

At Buy More, the employees were dressed in costumes. Morgan wore slacks and a vest and said he was not in costume, trying to act more mature. He challenged Chuck for being dressed up too, but Chuck said he was dressed up for the interview.

Before the interview, Chuck flashed on the IOU napkin, realizing Laszlo was going to do something to Santa Monica Pier, where he had been recruited, because he had told Chuck that was the place where his life was ruined. Chuck called to tell Sarah, and the spies had discovered that the tracker had been taken off the Herder, sending them the wrong direction. Chuck skipped out on the interview and couldn't get a Herder, so he stole Morgan's bike and went to the Pier to find Laszlo.

Morgan tried to cover for Chuck's interview, but the man from Buy More Corporate said Tang was going to get the Assistant Manager job. Under the Pier, Chuck tried to stop Laszlo, but accidentally armed the Herder. Chuck figured out that Laszlo was lying about how to disarm the bomb, so he did the opposite, successfully disarming it.

Afterwards, Chuck returned to Buy More and heard what Morgan had tried to do for him by covering the interview. He then went home to the party, and as a thank you/apology/sign of respect, he told Morgan that he should be the head of the sandworm that year.

They started their "snake dance" in costume, and Ellie stopped them to find out how the interview went. Chuck started to tell her he didn't get the job because he skipped the interview, and at that very moment, Sarah showed up and took the "blame" because Chuck had saved her. She was wearing a Princess Leia slave-girl/gold-bikini costume, like the Comic-Con picture.

Chuck took a break, and Sarah and he went to his room. She took a selfie of the two of them so he'd have a "real" picture of them. The crowd started chanting for the sandworm, so Morgan interrupted them. To mess with Casey, who was listening, Chuck with Morgan talked about Sarah's favorite sandwich for a deserted island.

Chapter Characters: Devon, Sarah (with Ellie, Chuck, and Morgan)

Songs (1x06):
- "Dice" by Finley Quaye
- "The Weight of the World" by The Editors

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A/N: The LEGO Movie didn't come out until 2014, almost six and a half years after the season 1 Halloween party. However in 2007, Devon didn't need a song. He was already thinking…

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Echo Park Apartment

Everything is awesome!

Devon looked over the courtyard. The Halloween party was a great success, just like always. Everyone was having a good time. Devon felt so lucky because the hostess, the hottest babe there, was with him—"his Eve." As a bonus, neither he nor Ellie had been pulled away for an emergency at the hospital. Ellie had the tendency to get worked up preparing to host these shindigs. Not this time. She was ready in plenty of time, and all of the food she had made was outstanding, like it always was. There was only one word to describe it.

The only thing that hadn't gone exactly like they wanted was Chuck hadn't gotten the Assistant Manager job at Buy More. Devon knew Chuck well enough to know he deserved more than that job, but Ellie wanted Chuck to get the promotion enough for the three of them. All Devon knew exactly was Chuck missed the interview to help Sarah. Chuck was a great guy who had sabotaged himself before. At least this time he had a good excuse. A good man does whatever necessary to help his girlfriend.

A few minutes ago, Sarah had taken Chuck to his bedroom to "thank" him for helping her. Good for Chuck! Devon was concerned for a brief instant that they would forget that the apartment and courtyard were full of people that would hear them, but who was he kidding? Chuck wouldn't let it get that far. Even when Sarah waited for him in his room the other night in relative privacy, they didn't take the time to do something like that. They were attached at the hip, but not where they should be. They were going really slow.

While Devon's concern was so short lived to almost be non-existent, he spotted proof that he had no need to worry that Sarah and Chuck would get carried away with a listening audience everywhere. She came out the front door of the apartment. She had been with Chuck in his room for less than two minutes. Virtually everyone at the party was a neighbor or someone he and Ellie knew from med school or the hospital. Sarah didn't know anyone there, so he went over to make sure she felt welcome.

"Hey, Sarah! You liking the party?"

"Of course," she answered.

"Awesome. I thought you and Chuck would remain in his room for a while."

"48 minutes and 2 seconds?" That was oddly specific. "Or do you mean 42 minutes and 15 second?" Another specific answer—Devon didn't understand. Sarah could tell he was confused. "A couple nights ago, Chuck said Arcade Fire's first album is an auditory aphrodisiac. I couldn't stay and listen then, so I listened to it this morning. It was a different length. I need to ask Chuck why he told me 5 minutes and 47 second shorter. I thought maybe he skipped a song, but none of the songs are that length."

Chuck and Sarah went into his room alone to only listen to songs? That didn't make sense. After staying out together on the first date, Devon thought they'd be doing other things by now. Nothing must have happened that date. That would explain why Sarah was never over all night.

The reason he came over… Devon said, "I know you haven't met most of the people here. Everyone knows Chuck, but he's going to be back in his sandworm costume with Morgan, so if you'd like introductions, let me know." He slyly added, "Or I could let you know which of my frat buddies you should avoid." They were all great guys, but he knew a few of them well enough to keep Ellie away from them in back med school. Half of them weren't any better years later.

Ellie joined them, so Devon gave another idea, "Or Ellie could introduce you."

"Thank you, but I'm good," Sarah confidently said. Then she said to Ellie, "Don't worry. I'm not hitting on Devon."

Once again, Devon didn't understand. What was that about? Why would Ellie think he was interested in anyone else? There's no way he would be interested in Chuck's girl because Chuck was like a brother, and no one was Ellie.

Ellie laughed and put a friendly hand on Sarah's arm. "I'm not worried."

"Good. I'm lucky to have Chuck."

"Even though he didn't get the Assistant Manager job?" Ellie questioned. "Does this mean you're going to convince him to leave Buy More?" she hinted.

"I like Chuck just like he is."

That meant Sarah wasn't going to push Chuck, but Devon could tell that Ellie liked that answer. However, he felt like he missed some part of the conversation between the two women a few seconds ago. Sarah wasn't hitting on him, and he felt the need to say he wasn't doing that either. He told Ellie, "I was just seeing if Sarah is enjoying the party, and she is. Everything is awesome."

"That's great. I'm so happy you came, Sarah."

"Of course I'd be here for Chuck."

"Chuck is back with his little bearded barnacle, so you can hang with us, or as Devon said, I could introduce you around."

"I'll be fine."

"You don't need to leave to feed your fish?" Ellie teased.

"I fed Orangie when I changed at my place. He'll be fine. He's not a mudskipper that can walk on land, so he's not going anywhere, making him safe from cars, unlike Peaches."

Chuck and Morgan were back in the sandworm costume doing their dance around the fountain. The crowd started chanting, "Sand-worm. Sand-worm."

Ellie rolled her eyes at her brother and his friend. To Sarah, she said, "I'm surprised you and Chuck didn't dress in a couple's costume, like Devon and I did."

Sarah looked surprised by the suggestion. "I haven't been to a Halloween party before, so I didn't realize that would be the right thing to do. What should Chuck and I have worn?"

"You two could have dressed like that impossible picture you gave him Monday night." Devon knew what picture Ellie was talking about. Chuck was excited and showed it off right after Sarah left. Sarah was wearing what she wore tonight. Ellie and Chuck talked about how it wasn't a real picture, which Devon wouldn't have realized, but they were right. The timing didn't make sense.

"You mean Chuck and me at Comic-Con? That would've worked." Something Ellie had said confused her. "What do you mean impossible picture?"

"You never went with Chuck to Comic-Con. I know when it is because Chuck wants to go every summer. He doesn't always go because the tickets are really expensive for some reason. He complained a lot this year because he couldn't go, and that was before you two met. When I saw the problem with the picture, Chuck explained that you went to some special shop by the Pier and had them photoshop a fake picture of you two together as a gift for him. That's a neat gift. You should have had Chuck dress that way instead of being in the two-man sea cucumber costume."

"Sea cucumber? You mean Shai-Hulud?"

"You know what that is? You really are perfect for Chuck. It's great you know what Chuck is talking about. I'll be a lot happier if you are around more, instead of Morgan. You should assert your role."

"I'm not looking to displace Morgan, but I see what you mean. First that couple's game—now a couple's costume." Sarah set her jaw. "I'll take care of this."

The blonde in the Star Wars costume walked into the middle of the courtyard and stood directly in front of the two-person costume.

Sarah understood that Chuck and Morgan were friends, but she needed to do this for the cover, and a strong cover was best for Chuck. Everyone there would see her establish her position with Chuck as his girlfriend. The best way to protect him would be for her to be closer to him than anyone else. Then, everyone would expect her to always be there.

She stood in front of the sandworm costume that had been bouncing up and down. It stopped, and the chanting of the crowd stopped, too. Chuck looked out from the back, with a silly grin of wonderment on his face. She smiled at him but then stared seriously at the mouth of the Dune costume. "Morgan?"

The small man lifted up the front half of the worm and peered out from underneath. "What? Chuck and I were just getting going."

"I was told that Chuck and I should have worn a couple's costume. I didn't realize that. Now that I know, could I get in the worm to be with Chuck?"

Morgan didn't understand what she was asking. He was probably used to being paired with Chuck because his best friend hadn't had a girlfriend for years. She was Chuck's girlfriend now, so he needed to let his friend go. He asked, "Who said that?"

"Ellie." She knew enough about Morgan that he wouldn't argue with what she said unless it was for him to stay away from her.

He did express one concern. "You're wearing a gold bikini. That's Return of the Jedi, not Dune."

"Are you saying I should have dressed as Chani? I didn't know what."

Morgan's mouth dropped open. She looked at Chuck, and his mouth had dropped open in shock, too. Morgan said in amazement, "You know who Chani is?"

There was a poster on Chuck's wall, so she had done her research on the story. She ought to see the movie sometime, but its reviews weren't great. It was for a classic sci-fi book series. She'd have to ask Chuck if it would be better to read or watch.

Sarah would have dressed as a woman from one of his movie posters if not for finding out the other night that Star Wars was important to Chuck, even though he didn't have a poster from that series on his walls. That's why she had the picture from that series made, too. She hadn't seen most of the Star Wars movies, but of course she knew what every guy wished to see from that series. Chuck was a hero and deserved to have a girlfriend dressed in the gold bikini.

What she learned from her research… "She was the Fremen who rode the sandworm with Paul Atreides." Sarah looked at Chuck when she said Paul. He was the hero of that series who could see things no one else could because of spice, kind of like Chuck was her hero who could see things no one else could because of the Intersect.

She wouldn't have said that to Morgan, but it wasn't necessary. He was convinced of her worthiness. "Yes. Here." He passed the plastic rod holding up the front of the costume to Sarah. "It's a shame to hide something like what you are wearing, but you know Dune. You can be with Chuck." Sarah was thrilled she had passed the test. She didn't like having to pass a test, but had learned that Morgan was very protective of Chuck since Stanford, so she was happy that he considered her worthy.

"Chuck's normally in the head where I am tonight, so this is his spot. Here you go, Princess." Morgan bowed and passed his spot to her. Sarah didn't realize that people bowed to Princess Leia. She had done some research, but she needed to watch the movies with Chuck sometime. Her costume was from the sixth movie, so they had five others to watch first.

One thing had become clear. All she needed to do to get what she wanted was dress like a sci-fi princess and know the name of a person in one of Chuck's stories. "Thank you, Morgan." She took the head position and looked at Chuck. He was frozen in surprise at what she had done. She had hoped he would go along with her assertion as his girlfriend. After a few seconds, he tilted his head that he wanted to talk and got inside the tail hole. She did the same in the head hole and turned to look at him.

Inside the costume, he asked, "What are you doing?"

"I don't know how to do this. Do I just grab your rod and wiggle it?" Chuck opened and closed his mouth, unable to form words. She raised the pole she was holding up. "This thing. Morgan said it was yours. Or do you call this your shaft and shake it?"

It was dark inside with the only light coming through the worm's "skin," but Sarah could tell Chuck was turning red. "Do you have to say that?"

She quietly said, "Someone might overhear." His girlfriend would say something like that.

"As long as you don't tell, no one can hear us when we talk in here. Please show some compassion and don't make my head explode with any more suggestions like that."

He had wanted to talk inside for privacy. Ok, maybe she had overdone it for the cover. It was fun to flirt with Chuck, though. "So I just…" She moved the pole up and down. He nodded yes, she turned around, and they started bouncing around the courtyard.

The "sand-worm" chant started again. She liked dancing with Chuck. It was almost as fun as their first date. That time, she got to put her hands on him, but this time, she didn't have to stab any suited thugs from the NSA. Dancing with Chuck inside the sandworm was a decent workout.

After a while, Chuck panted, "Let's take a break." Chuck and Sarah went over to his room and lowered the costume to the ground. Sarah asked how she did. "You were great, but that's no surprise. You can do anything." Sarah was really happy. When they stopped, she was initially worried she was doing it wrong, but that wasn't the case. "Morgan is really enthusiastic when in the worm, but he doesn't last as long as you do." He quietly said, "I'm still shocked you know about Dune characters."

She discreetly explained why. "I've done a lot of research about what my boyfriend likes. I haven't seen the movies, so we could do that sometime when Morgan isn't around so I can ask questions."

After grinning at each other for a minute, Chuck and Sarah went to a tub of ice on the fountain's edge, got a couple Coronas, and returned to 'their corner' by the window to his room. Chuck said, "You really improved my cred tonight. The last party here was my birthday party, and everyone was a friend of Ellie, except Morgan. We tried to escape, but my big sister caught me."

Sarah had heard how part of the point of the party was to introduce Ellie's single friends to Chuck, but he didn't do well, which is good because Sarah liked being Chuck's girlfriend. It was better than trying to protect him from a distance while he dated someone else. "You're not getting away from me." Sarah bumped her hip in Chuck's.

"I wouldn't want to." He bumped right back.

Sarah hoped that after the party, everyone realized she and Chuck were a committed couple. They felt like a couple. They were a different kind of couple because of the cover, but they were a couple.

A little while later, everyone who was inside the apartment came out and gathered around the fountain. Everyone was looking at the fountain, so Sarah stood with her back in front of Chuck, pulled his arms around her waist, and held them in place. She told herself it would be good for the cover, and it didn't matter how right it felt. A minute later, someone, who Chuck said was Mark, stood on the edge of the fountain and called out to the crowd. "I know I speak for everyone when I say thanks to Devon and Ellie for putting on another great party!" The crowd cheered in agreement. "I wanted to announce this year's winners for best costumes." Sarah hadn't known there was a costume contest.

Mark continued, "The best costume didn't require much discussion amongst the judges. We all know the winner." Sarah had no idea who they were talking about. "Let's hear it for Leia!" The crowd cheered and clapped. Sarah was dressed as Leia. She won? She wore her CIA-made costume to make Chuck look good, not win a contest. What did winning mean?

Before she could ask Chuck, the MC said, "The couple's costume contest was close this year, but we have a new winner."

A single voice of complaint cried, "No!" That was Morgan.

"The winners this year are Adam and Eve!" That was Ellie and Devon!

The crowd reacted with more cheers and clapping. Mark stepped down, and everyone went back to talking to each other.

Sarah asked Chuck, "What's this mean? I wasn't trying to win anything."

"Don't worry about it. The Halloween party has been here the last few years. The costume contest is completely unofficial, and there are no awards. A few years ago, there was a heated discussion, so a group of five, self-appointed people started making the selections every year. They thought it would settle the debate and would be fun. Everyone was fine with that.

"Morgan and I have made the sandworm costume in Jr. High and have worn it ever since. This was the first year we didn't get the two-person award. Morgan takes a lot of pride in it. Pride is all you get because like I said, there's no actual award. I just wish it didn't go to my sister walking around like she was wearing nothing…because she's my sister."

Sarah felt like she should find Morgan and apologize for taking his place in the costume that always won. Looking for him wasn't necessary because Morgan came to them, dragging Mark.

"Mark, how did Chuck and I not win? We always win."

Chuck tried to spare the "judge" who had been put on the spot. "Morgan, it's not your fault I got here late."

Mark looked uncomfortable as he said, "That wasn't it, Chuck. Of course Blonde Leia here was unanimous. The couple's costume was two votes for you and Morgan to win again, one vote for 'Chuck and his hot girlfriend,' one vote for 'Chuck and the babe with his worm,' and one for Adam and Eve. Two of those were the same, making it 2-2-1. After we all talked, we decided the only way to settle the tie was to go with Devon and Ellie." After his explanation, Mark made himself scarce from Morgan's further protests.

Sarah felt bad. It was her fault. Morgan didn't see it that way. "This is all because Awesome showed more skin than Sarah."

Chuck had said didn't like his sister winning dressed like Eve, so Sarah proposed a different, non-series idea. "Next year, Chuck and I will have costumes that go together, and I'll show more skin than Awesome. That means I won't wear a skirt that goes to the ground, and I'll go topless, too." She looked at Chuck and couldn't tell what he was thinking. She was joking by presenting an option that would have her with Chuck and would mean Ellie and Awesome didn't have the skimpiest costumes. Chuck had a distant look on his face…

Before Sarah could poke Chuck and ask him what he was thinking about, Ellie and Devon joined them. Ellie had heard and provided a reason, "Don't do that Sarah. Chuck would go catatonic." Oh, Chuck was picturing her topless. He was so cute. Sarah chuckled.

Ellie said, "There's no award for winning, but I think there should be one. My award is being able to ban that two-man space slug costume next year."

Sarah was going to support that without the need for a ban because she was with Chuck, now. "Chuck and I are dressing as a couple next year. I won't go topless, though." What would they wear? It might be a Dune costume again. "Wait. If Chuck is Paul Atredis, and I'm his concubine Chani, would I be topless?"

She looked at Chuck, but Ellie answered. "No. You'd wear a stillsuit."

Sarah wrinkled her brow. When researching the things in Chuck's room, she learned what Yakuza Prep was, and she learned some select details about Dune, but she didn't know details like that.

"I'll miss the worm, but you would be a fantastic Chani, Sarah. You already have blue eyes," Morgan said.

Chuck dampered his enthusiasm. "Sarah would still have to wear contacts. The entire iris of a Fremen is blue. Sarah, Fremen stillsuits cover everything to prevent moisture from evaporating in the desert, and they even have a nose tube and mouthpiece . My question is for Ellie. How do you know what a stillsuit is? I thought you didn't even know what a sandworm is."

She answered, "Of course I know what it is. That doesn't mean I have to say what it is, and I don't have to call it a sandworm if I don't want to because sandworms aren't real. You and Morgan have used that costume since I was in high school. A couple years before, I made that Thanagarian helmet for you. I thought you might ask me to make something from Dune the year after you wore the worm, so I did look into it a little. I didn't know you would reuse that one for over a decade."

"You would have made me a stillsuit? That would have been so cool!"

"Not anymore. You have a girlfriend who knows where to get professionally made costumes like that."

Ellie was right. She could get what she needed from the CIA. She couldn't say the place she knew was the CIA, though. She needed to come up with a story before someone asked. Fortunately, Chuck helped. "Sarah was getting her outfit today. That's why I missed the interview. Sarah actually was stuck on the freeway, coming back from the place that made that picture." That was a good cover-story. Chuck was learning. He was putting together his "impossible picture" story with his "most dangerous situation" guess from the game the other night. "After getting the picture made at a place by the Pier, Sarah had returned the gold bikini costume. She went back today to get it for this party, but got a flat tire."

Devon said, "That's not awesome, Sarah. You have a nice car but still got a flat. You should get run-flat tires."

Her tires were bullet proof, sturdier than run-flats. Only Chuck might guess her tires were bullet proof, though. She nodded that she agreed that she needed tires that wouldn't go flat on the freeway —not that she had a flat.

"There's something else we could do to celebrate victory," Ellie said. "We could all go out for dinner on a double date." She looked at the little man she didn't like. "I mean Chuck, Sarah, Devon and me. You're not invited, Morgan."

They all agreed, ignoring Morgan's pouting. However, they might not go for a few days because they'd wait until their schedules all lined up. A double date with someone other than Carina would be good for Chuck and Sarah's cover. She'd also like spending more time with Ellie and Devon…and Chuck, of course.

For the rest of the evening, Sarah was practically joined to Chuck at the hip. As she said, she had never been to a Halloween party but she liked being with someone with no mission to steal something from a mark. She had worn disguises on missions many times, but this was different. This was a lot more fun because she didn't have to drug a mark at a bar before breaking into his room. Any night with Chuck was more fun than that. Another one was coming up for the double date! Sarah looked forward to it.

A/N: Everything was going so well…

MyNameIsJeffNImLost AU stories:
- "Chuck vs His Former Handler" (chapter 2, "Better Than a Gold Bikini")
- "The Bartowskis vs the Spy World" (chapter 6, "Carmichael, Sarah Carmichael")
- "Chuck & Sarah vs Trust" (chapter 6, "Not Practice")
- "Ellie vs the Ninja" (chapter 8, "Ellie vs Princess Leia")

MyNameIsJeffNImLost October 2012:
- "Castle vs 3XK" (#CSvTNA - Chuck/Castle Crossover - first half talks about upcoming Halloween couple's costumes for Chuck/Sarah & Morgan/Alex)