Dr. G:
songs and bagdasarian production charactors do not belong to maureen.
"why did you put us in ballet class dave?" asked alvin
"so that you could learn some new moves and how to gracefully transition yourselves when need be"
"i am on the football team, i not supposed to be graceful."
"shut up alvin" simon said "if i have to go, you have to go"
"but we have to dance with the girls" alvin said
"what is so wrong with that?" brittany yelled from across the car
"nothing" he said quickly
they arrived at the dance studio and were met by Dr. Haritun
"alright now im going to put you into pairs," she looked at the 6 teens before her "alright letter boy and sparkles, butter ball and pigtails, and raggedy ann and andy"
they all looked at her confused
"Well i dont know your names. let's try this again shall we? letter boy and sparkles," she pointed to alvin and brittany "stand over here, butterball and pigtails, stand over there." she told theo and ele "and raggedy ann and andy, stay in this area"
as they were the only two left, Simon and Jeanette figured she was talking to them.
"alright my babies, put on these shoes" she said handing each of them a new pair of ballet slippers
Dr. H took dave and began to show them some dance moves. alvin, brittany, eleanore, and theodore all had trouble, standing on their toes but simon and jeanette were up and ready in no time at all, and they didnt even wobble.
in the back of her mind this kind of annoyed Eleanor, 'it's nothing, as soon as i stand it will go away' just then Jeanette walked over and helped Eleanore and Theodore up she was standing, but it didnt go away 'this must be how brittany feels from time to time with alvin...it's nothing'
3 weeks later they arrived at the studio and eleanor's annoyance had been raised to anger and that was increasing exponentially. 'what is wrong with me' she thought
"alright class today i am going to put on some music and we are dancing free form." she put on life's a dance "think about the chorus"
eleanor wasnt as graceful in the slippers as she was in her kleets, her balance was off and she seemed to bump into theodore alot
"move your body to the rythem, pigtails." Dr. Haritun told eleanor
simon took jeanette, and twirled her around, he lead her around the room then she lead him around for a minute
"very good Raggedy ann and andy" she said as she passed them "Sparkles, letter boy, you are not going to learn anything if you don't try"
alvin and brittany glared at eachother "the world has gone crazy, jeanette can dance ballet and eleanor can't" alvin said
"alvin, just shut up and dance with me!" brittany yelled "sink or swim, you gotta give it a whirl."
over on the other side of the room simon and jeanette slow danced, to the next song. talking between themselves
"so do you want to stay late again tonight jeanette?"
"sure simon, last night was wonderful"
"you have said that for the last 2 and a half weeks" he smiled
"so" she asked
simon couldnt help but laugh "you never take a single breath for granted, promise me you will never lose your sense of wonder"
jeanette looked at him "only if you promise to give faith a fighting chance and the heavens more than a single look"
"alright, i promise" he said
"me too" jeanette replied as she lay her head on his shoulder
everyone got ready to go to the dance studio the next day and eleanor had gotten this evil idea. While in the kitchen waiting for theodore, she grabbed a long knife and placed it in her purse. Theodore looked up and saw eleanore close her purse
"did you pack a snack too?"
"not exactly, just a surprise for jeanette" eleanor responded, feeling slightly guilty.
"lets go" dave called and they got to the dance studio and Dr. Haritun pushed play on the player.
"This isnt mine!" she wispered when she pressed play. She looked over at a wide eyed simon who had just realized that he left his cd in the player. He looked at her hoping she wouldnt let on that it was his and what had been going on.
"alright class continue from yesterday" she announced, winking at simon and jeanette.
"today we are dancing solo, except sparkles and letterboy. They need more practice"
"oh come on!" Said brittany
"Yeah, why dont you pick on eleanor shes terrible" asked alvin in a low voice.
Eleanor heard this and it made her snap on the inside. She began moving barefoot, flowing gracefully without her slippers, she moved over to jeanette and simon rage increasing with every flowing step she took. She stopped infront of jeanette.
Simon saw eleanor pull out the blade from her purse he quickly spun around so that he was between eleanor and jeanette, just before the knife was thrust forward jeanette took simon and spun him around ever so gracefully. Eleanore took that grace to stab her victim in the back.
Simon looked in shock at his sweet jeanette. The knife was still in her back. He opened his mouth but was stopped
"simon you cant pull the knife out without causing major blood loss. just dance me there."
"alright" simon said and she stood on his toes and he danced her gently over to Dr. Haritun
"doctor, dont scream, just call dave, and tell him to meet us next door at the hospital" Dr. Haritun didnt understand until simon lifted jeanette from a dip.
Eleanor watched simon dance jeanette around the dance floor the knife still in her sisters back. Ther was blood starting to drip
"jeanette, do you trust me?"
"yes of course simon" she said
he dipped her again and lifted her placing his hand so as to be sure the knife wouldnt slipout of it's place. He ran with her to the hospital
"my name is ellen, may i help you?" the nurse was nervous because this was her first day on the job.
"dont scream," he said to the fidgetty nurse who looked new "just get a doctor this is an emergency" he looked at jeanette who was fading "stay with me, don't you let go"
"dont worry i'll make it."
back at the studio eleanor stared at the blood that had trailed the way to the hospital. She didnt look up until theodore came over
"are you ok?" he asked
eleanore fell to the ground
"what have i done?"
"i dont know eleanor, i was helping alvin and brittany get together." theodore said kneeling next to her "What happened? Why are you crying? Where are simon and jeanette?"
when theodore said jeanettes name eleanore's sobs got louder and she threw her arms around him.
"Oh theo im a terrible sister" she said
No you're not. He said
yes i am and she told him what had happened
we need to get to the hospital. When they got there they found dave in the waiting area.
When they entered he immediatly looked at eleanor, who was hiding behind theodore.
"eleanor, come here." he said softly. She didnt move from behind theodore She just held his sholders tighter. Theodore knew that she would be mad at him but he started walking toward dave. When theo reached his destination, dave took one of eleanors hands off theos sholder
"thanks theodore, now go sit with alvin and brittany" dave said. Theo left and eleanor tried to go with him "oh no you dont young lady we need to talk" he said pulling her back to him. Now sit" she sat down next to him facing away and at the floor."what happened"
"i dont know"
"what do you mean?"
"i dont know..."
"eleanor, this isnt like you."
"i know"
"Well then what is going on? And don't say 'i dont know' again"
"she was better than me st the one thing i was better than brittany at. I cant dance in ballet shoes, im off balence. jeanette cant dance in her own shoes, i can dance in my kleets! Dont you see whats wron with this picture?"
"i see where you are coming from. Have you talked to jeanette about this?"
"well no, i didnt want her to think i was upset just because she was good at something."
"so you stab her in the back?"
"I DONT KNOW" eleanor shouted and started crying again "i wish i could turn back the hands of time! I just want things to go back to the way they were" she looked at dave "she has always been there for me, i cant remember a time when she wasnt. I have taken her for granted" she blew her nose "she taught me most everything i know, she listens, and comforts... I wasnt thinking, she'd give the world for us if she could... Oh dave what have i done! Ive turned into brittany! Jeanette will never forgive me! What will we do when she gets out of there?"
"if she comes out of there, we dont know how she is and simon hasnt co" he stopped as he heard doors open behind him. Simon came out, his eyes downcast, and he sat down on the chair next to eleanor.
"on no!" eleanor wispered
"what oh no? She is fine, she didnt get hurt too badly, but she wont be able to dance for several weeks." simon told her, not looking up.
"Then why are you staring at the floor?" eleanor asked
"because i want to stay mad at you, and i'm afraid if i look up i will forget what you have done. Jeanette forgives you, and she promisses to stop doing whatever it is she did to upset you." simon responded a bit coldly.
"simon im so sorry" eleanor said.
"tell that to jeanette. She is the one who cant dance" he said.
Eleanor started crying again. simon sighed finally looking at eleanor. She was a broken girl, first something happened to make her mad at her sister, then when she realized what had happened she turned out to be in greater emotional pain than jeanette. He took eleanors hand.
"what are you doing?"
simon didnt answer, he just tightened his grip and pulled. She didnt know what was going on, and it scared her
"simon where are you taking me?"
she still got no answer. She didnt say another word untill they arrived at their destination.
"where are we?"
"eleanor?" came a voice from inside the room.
"jeanette? JEANETTE!" eleanor responded
"eleanor? What Did i do to upset you?" jeanette asked. Her hair was no longer in its messy bun, just a simple pony tail.
Eleanor looked at her sister and once again began to cry. Simon still had her wrist in his hand so he lead her over to the bed and she sat down next to where jeanette was sitting up.
"oh jeanette, i'm so very sorry for what i have done to you! You shouldnt be so sweet and kind! You didnt do anything! It was jealusey and pride! Oh jeanette how can you ever forgive and trust me after what i did?"
"your my sister, and i love you. You might be banned from the kitchen for a while, but i trust you because i have to. Sisterhood is a bond that can never be broken. I love you ele"
"i love you too jean."
