Depression
Disclaimer: I do not own Alvin and the Chipmunks they belong to thier legal owners.
It was around midday on Saturday when the phone began to ring at the Miller house. Brittany answered the phone. "Hello, Miller residents." "Hey Brittany, is Jeanette there?" It was Alvin. "Yeah, hold on a sec." Brittany said and laid the phone on the table to go find Jeanette. Brittany found Jeanette sitting on her bed doing her homework. "Hey Jeanette, Alvins on the phone and he want to talk to you." Jeanette looked up at Brittany a little confused. "Why is he calling me, he usually calls you." Jeanette said as she closed her book. "I don't know. Why don't you go ask him?" Brittany said and left the room. Jeanette pushed her self off her bed and walked to the living room where the phone was. Jeanette sat on the couch next to the phone and picked it up. "Hey Alvin, what do you need?" Jeanette asked once she had the phone to her ear. "I got some bad news you need to hear, it's about Simon." Alvins tone was that of sadness. "What about him, is some thing wrong?" Jeanette asked worried as she gripped the phone tighter. Brittany and Eleanor entered the room when Jeanette asked what was wrong. Alvin didn't answer. "Alvin tell me what happened!" Jeanette demanded out of worry. Alvin let out a sigh and said "Simons... Simons dead Jeanette." Shock came over Jeanettes face. Brittany and Eleanor saw Jeanettes expression. "What's wrong Jeanette?" Brittany asked as she sat by Jeanette. Eleanor sat by Brittany. Jeanette seemed to not hear Brittany. "How?" Was all Jeanette could ask as tears began to surface in her eyes. "He.. he killed himself la.. last night... in his hotel room." Alvin said as his voice started to crack up from the sadness. "Why... why would he do that? It doesn't make any sense." Tears began to roll down Jeanettes cheeks. Brittany looked at Eleanor with a worried look and then back to Jeanette. "Jeanette... what's going on? What's wrong sweetie?" Eleanor asked. Jeanette looked at her sisters and said "Simons dead. He killed himself." "Oh my God." Brittany said as shock came over her and Eleanor. "I... I got to go Jeanette." Alvin said on the other line and hung up. Jeanette let the phone drop from her hand. "Jeanette, are you going to be alright?" Eleanor asked. Jeanette didn't respond she just let her tears fall as she thought about Simon. She silently stood up from the couch and walked back to her room. She closed the door and put her back to it. She slid down the door to the floor and started to sob uncontrollably.
A few days pass while Jeanette lays in her bed. She refuses to eat and barely sleeps. Her sisters try and get her to talk but she wont. Jeanette eventually gets out of her bed and eats though not much. After she is done she usually goes back to her bed without a word. A few weeks of this goes by and there is no change in her behavior. One day there's a knock at the door. Brittany, who was on the couch, opens the door. "Yes, who... is...it?" Brittany is shocked and slightly afraid as she sees who it is. "Hi Brittany." It's Simon. "Si... Simon? You're... you're supposed to be dead." Brittany says while she backs away. Simon gives a deep sigh before saying "Yeah that was my original plan. I don't want to talk about it right here. I need to see Jeanette right now I have to talk to her." "I don't think she could handle that right now Simon. She's... well she's been in a bad depression since she heard you were dead." Brittany said looking away from him. "I know and that's why I have to talk with her so she doesn't make the same mistake I made. I don't want her to commit suicide like I tried to do." Simon said pleading. Brittany started to cry a little as she said "She's in her room." Simon walked in and shut the door behind him. "Thanks." He said and started towards Jeanettes room. "Simon." Brittany said stopping him. "Yeah?" Simon said turning to her. "Maybe I should go with you so I can help her comprehend all this." "Alright." Simon said and waited for Brittany to pass him before he continued to Jeanettes room.
Brittany stopped at the door and softly knocked on it as she said "Jeanette sweetie I need to talk with you is alright that I come in?" There was no answer. "Jeanette?" Brittany said listening carefully. A few seconds later she heard Jeanette say softly "Yes, come in." Brittany turned to Simon and said "Stay here for sec I'll need to prepare her for the shock." "I'll right. Just call for me when you want me to come in." Simon said and leaned against the wall beside the door. Brittany opened the door and walked in, she closed the door behind her. Eleanor was sitting in a chain next to Jeanettes bed. Brittany walked over and sat on Jeanettes bed, she placed her hand on Jeanettes shoulder and said "Jeanette there's someone here to see you but it might be a little much for you to handle, so I need to know if you really want to see who it is." Jeanette looked at her sister and said in a dry voice "Sure." Brittany looked over at Eleanor and said "This might be a shock to you as well, so brace your self." Eleanor nodded her head. "Alright you can come in." Brittany said getting up from Jeanettes bed.
Simon stood at the door a few seconds before he gave a sigh and slowly opened the door. As the door opened Jeanette saw who it was. Jeanettes eyes widened at the sight of him. "Oh my god." Eleanor said as she saw him. Jeanette slowly sat up in her bed as she said "Simon... is that really you?" Simon walked in slowly with his head down. "Yeah it's me, Jeanette." Tears formed in Jeanette's eyes. "Lets leave them alone, Eleanor." Brittany said and started to walk out. Eleanor got up and followed Brittany out the door as she closed it. Simon stood in the middle of the room not saying anything. Jeanette stood up from her bed and walked over to Simon, she wrapped her arms around him, and cried into his shoulder. Simon was a little surprised at what Jeanette had just done but was relieved at the same time. Simon put his arms around Jeanette. "I'm sorry Jeanette I didn't mean to do this to you." Simon said as tears started to fall down his cheek. Jeanette looked at Simon and said as she wiped the tears from her eyes "Just tell me why." Simon wiped the tears from his eyes and cheeks before saying "I just couldn't take life anymore. I fell into a deep depression during the tour." Simon let go of Jeanette and walked over to her bed where he sat down before continuing. "I delved in alcoholism as a remedy but it only worsened my depression." Jeanette sat beside Simon as he explained his situation. "At times I couldn't even go on stage either from being to drunk or just feeling so bad that I didn't want to be around, or even seen by, anyone. The only thing that helped me was my love for you." Simon looked into Jeanettes eyes but looked down after and continued. "That day I tried to kill my self," Simon pulled the sleeves of his blue sweeter up revealing a scar across both of his wrists. "That was the day I stopped loving you." "Simon?" Jeanette put her arm around him. "I realized, when I came to at the hospital they took to, that I made a horrible mistake when I stopped loving you. I don't really expect you to fully forgive me and I know that just saying sorry wont ever be enough but please don't hate me." Simon looked into Jeanettes eyes again hoping that she would understand. Jeanette pulled Simon into a hug and said "I could never hate you Simon and I will always love you no matter what you do." "Thank you." Simon said hugging her back.
I hope you liked this story. This story is based off something that happened to me but I didn't get such a happy ending, oh well. R&R.
