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Chapter 1: Unresolved

A/N: hello my little ducklings! I've finally decided to start my first chapter story. This will be an Avlon fic (not brotherly so if you're not into that kind of stuff, I apologise) and I'm just going to explain some things that might help you understand the story a bit more clearly.

They are humans in this fic. They still have the same personalities and such but I felt that it would just be too complicated and very strange to write them as chipmunks. I've cut out Brittany and Jeannette from the story so they are only mentioned and they do not play a part in this. I'd like to mention that I've just taken the characters from Alvin and the chipmunks (I love them to bits), not the story (well not the whole story) so they'll be little facts and things that don't go with the movies that I've made up.

I'm planning on having a couple of songs in this so I'll let you know at the beginning or end of a chapter what they are, I think it would really help get you in the vibe of things if you downloaded and listened to them. I think that's about it! Sorry for any mistakes, constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated! And if you have any questions please feel free to ask by comment or PM. Hope you like it xXx

It was quite simple actually, the angrier they made each other, the closer they became. Fighting back then was a means to get to know each other better, in a twisted kind of way. Fighting now though, was just part of their daily routine.

Alvin and Simon, Simon and Alvin. So different you wouldn't in a million years thinks they could work, but somehow, they did. Their rough time back then, seemed to be the spark that ignited the fire.

Day after day they would fight and insult each other until both Dave and Theo had gotten the impression that they fully hated each other. It was Theo who unknowingly brought them closer again. It had been another day, full of shouting and violence on Alvin and Simons part. Theo as usual was stuck in the middle.

They should know by now that I'm not going to take sides. Theo thought. He hated them fighting but he figured it was much better now become their anger wasn't really anger, it was passion. He also knew how they felt about each other, heck even Dave had an inkling about their feelings. And if he really looked closely Theo could see that Alvin and Simon knew too, they were both just too scared and in too much denial to admit it.

What they were fighting about, he doubted if they themselves knew. All he picked up was that Simon had started it and Alvin was determined to finish it. After almost half an hour of listening to their bickering, he picked up his phone and wallet then advanced towards the door, looking back to see if any of them would notice. No such luck. With a heavy and long suffering sigh he ambled down the driveway, texting Eleanor to meet him at The Wobble; an amazing new bakery that had just opened up. It was like a dream come true, from the moment he turned 16 he would be able to work there.

Without a wisp of caution he bounded across the road, thoughts of the bakery having cheered him up. It was a quiet day, hardly any cars around. A few people walking their dogs here and there, couples canoodling in the park and annoyed mothers dragging their crying children along with looks of great suffering on their faces. He walked down a small steep slope and headed in the direction of the bridge. It was a tiny remote little thing that hardly anybody used anymore. It was a cosy place to have a picnic under or just sit and look at the stars from at night. Theo adored it. The water under it was a bit on the murky side but not brown so it was still fine.

He usually walked past it as a shortcut to the bakery but today, something stopped him from carrying on. He heard crying, no, wailing would be a better description. It was on its own the saddest and most mournful wail he had ever heard. It was filled with need, a need to be loved maybe? It was also filled with hopelessness, the owner of the cry had given up .

Very troubled by what he heard, Theo took into action and sprinted for the bridge. Upon arrival he looked around and saw a pair of eyes in the far corners on the area. They were in the place under the bridge where the banks on the small river finished and there was enough land for a tall man to lay quite comfortably without being disturbed by the water. There lay a young lady, probably in her early 20's. She was rolled up in a defensive ball and her eyes, large and dull stared at Theo unblinkingly.

'Umm, hello… my name is Theodore.' Theo uttered, realising a moment later she couldn't have cared less if he turned out to be the queen of England in disguise.

'Are you alright?' Theo tried again. 'You don't look very happy here in the dark all alone. I'll tell you what, why don't I come over there and sit with you! Do you think we could both fit? I'm pretty sure we can, I may be a bit chubby but you hardly take up any space! So what are you doing here? Um… do you have a name or like a nickname? No? How about I get you one, a nickname I mean I presume you already have a name right? Yeah it would quite weird if you didn't.' Theo babbled on, completely oblivious to the womans unflinching stare and complete silence. He leapt across the river to the other side which, considering the smallness of the river, it was hardly anything to be proud of.

He took a good look at the woman. She had reddish hair and pale brown eyes. She was pretty but her expressionless eyes and unmoving facial expressions made her look more like a mannequin than a woman.

'So… err, is there a certain reason that you're here?' Theo asked.

'Yes,' the woman breathed. Her response caught Theo by surprise; he hadn't actually expected her to answer him. Only then did he notice a shining glint of metal… a gun. Horrified, Theodore abruptly stood up, his gaze fixed on it.

'Go away; I don't want anyone to be blamed for my death. Just leave me to go in peace.' The woman whispered. She uncurled from her position and heaved herself onto her knees. 'I don't want to be in this world anymore.' She sighed talking more to herself than she was to Theo who stood frozen. 'I've lost my other half, I've lost my child, I've lost my job… I've lost everything. I don't see how it could get any worse than this, but you know what the funny thing is? I'm still too chicken to do it. I grew up in a family where I learnt all about suicide and how it affected your going to heaven and I really thought I could still go along with it. Yet here I am, hours later and I still haven't done it.

Theodore was at a complete loss for words. All he did was kneel down next to the lady and take the hand that wasn't holding the gun into his. 'No situation is ever hopeless.' Was all Theo needed to say. He saw in the lady's eyes that she understood. She really didn't want to end her life, she still had hope and he could see it in her eyes. She was just so upset and everything seemed to be spiralling out of control so fast she couldn't cope. Overwhelmed, her eyes filled with tears, not the first either by the look of her itchy red eyes. She nodded and handed the gun over to Theo.

BANG!

The bullet pierced into Theos arm and with a silent cry for help he crumpled to the ground eyes wide with fear and pain.

'THEODORE! THEODORE!' the lady cried. She removed her shirt and wrapped it tightly around his arm all the while wiping the tears that were blurring her vision. She dug through his pockets and found his phone. 'Your family, what's the name of someone in your family?' she sobbed.

Theo looked at her through unfocused eyes he barely had time to utter the name before he fell into unconsciousness. 'Ava.' The woman sniffed. 'My name is Ava.' Frantically Ava searched the name and called it.

'Hello? Theo? Are you there?' Eleanor giggled.

'Eleanor? Theo is dangerously hurt. He's under the Crockney bridge with me. P-please come quickly and call an ambulance, hurry!' Ava sobbed unable to continue because her throat was closed up from her tears.

' What? Is he alright? What's going on! Theo! I'll be right there!' and with that she hung up.

All Ava could do now was wait, and wait she did.

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Eleanor rushed over to the chipmunks house. Knocking on the door, she heard Alvin scream at Simon to get it. After much impatient waiting she eventually just stormed in and almost slapped both of them silly.

'If it means anything to you, your little brother is HURT!' she yelled, her voice getting more shrill by the word. 'He's under the bridge and if you two would stop fighting long enough for us to actually get some help I would appreciate it.' She knew she was being rude but all she could think about was her poor little Theo weak and helpless, probably unconscious. 'You guys can continue with your little whatever later, Simon you need to call an ambulance, we need to get to the bridge.

'What? Are you sure? How do you know?!' Simon said calmly.

'I'll explain on the way! For the love of peace can we just go now?!' Ellie choked out. Simon seemed to sense the desperation of the matter and quickly rushed upstairs to get his phone and first aid kit in case it would be needed.

Alvin on the other just sat in the corner and only looked up when Simon had gone upstairs. 'I'll drive us there.' He mumbled, clearly worried about Theo but looked like he had much more on his mind. Ellie stood there waiting for Simon and as she did she began observing Alvins behaviour, it was as if he was upset by something. Not angry upset… he was sad. It was something Ellie was sure she had never seen on Alvins face.

Anger, she saw almost every time she came to visit. Big headed was practically written across his forehead but sad, sad was something she had yet to see. It made her wonder… what could be so bad that it had upset Alvin Seville of all people? Maybe it was t- 'I'm back, let's get going.' Simon said gliding down the staircase. 'You ready Alvin?' Alvin didn't reply. He simply picked up the car keys to Daves old car that both he and Simon shared and walked out the door.

'Well, I'll take that as a yes then…' Simon sighed. Ellies thoughts immediately went back to Theo and she was out the door and before she knew it they were approaching the bridge. Alvin parked at the side of the lane and they got out walking the rest of the way seeing as a car wouldn't be able to fit through the corner.

As they got closer their pace began to quicken and when they heard the sound of a woman wailing, they broke out into a sprint, all the possibilities of what had happened to Theo racing through their heads. Pulling to a simultaneous halt, they all took in shaky breathes then proceeded to make their way under the bridge.

'Theo! Theo are you here?' Ellie shouted, struggling to be heard over the sudden loudness of the womans crying. 'Over here.' The lady hiccupped. They squeezed under the bridge and peered to the other side, gasping in shock at what they saw.

It looked very bad for the lady. There Theo was, lying on the ground, blood pouring from his arm, mouth curled into an unconscious grimace. The lady had a gun lying by her left foot and Theos phone in one of her hands. If Ellie hadn't quickly explained what she had heard on the way there, the lady would by now be waist deep in the ball of fury Alvin became when someone hurt his little brother.

'Pl-please, you have to help him!' The lady cried. They immediately snapped into action and Simon ordered her to jump to their side seeing as three people couldn't fit on the tiny bank. She did as was instructed and Simon leaped to the other side with his first aid box. He figured they would need to stop or at least cover the bleeding before they attempted moving Theo. He immediately got to work. He couldn't do much but disinfect the arm and attempt stopping the bleeding seeing as the bullet was still wedged in Theos arm.

After he was done he heaved Theo into his arms, having tossed the kit to the other side already and waded through the water because he wasn't strong enough to jump with both his and Theos mass weighing him down. It was only then he noticed everyone looking green with worry, in fact he had completely forgotten they were all there. He felt the need to reassure them so he gave a small weary smile and told them him arm just needed some patching up.

They all helped get Theo out from under the bridge and lay him down on the soft grass. Simon called the ambulance again. They were held up and would be there in half an hour.

It was in the silence that followed that Alvin allowed a part of him that he had kept hidden away as a defence mechanism to show slightly. He held Theos hand and brushed his fingers through his wavy curls. He noticed the looks he was getting from both Ellie and Simon but chose to ignore them. When he finally looked up the first persons eyes he caught was the ladys'. He realised they didn't even know who she was or how she had caused Theo to get shot in the arm.

'So, what's your name and what happened? I mean I can clearly see it was a mistake but how?'

'My name is Ava.' She replied, he noticed her slight Australian accent. 'I'm so sorry about Theo,' she whispered again, tears filling her eyes. 'He came to save me and I hurt him. That gun was meant for me but I couldn't do it, Theo made me realize it wasn't the right way to handle things but the gun dropped and...' she began crying again, unable to continue.

'It's okay Ava, it wasn't your fault.' Alvin cooed; which didn't go unnoticed by Simon and Eleanor. 'I'm Alvin; this here is my nerd of a brother, Simon.

'Guilty as charged.' Simon said rolling his eyes.

'And this is Eleanor,' Alvin continued as if Simon hadn't said a word. Ava was still in tears but she managed to muster up a smile for each of them. It was a few moments later that the ambulance came. Eleanor asked if Theo would be alright.

'He's gonna be good as new in a day or two.' The paramedic replied with a reassuring smile.

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' Alvin...'

'What?'

'I don't want to keep it in any more.'

'We have to Si, we don't have a choice. '

'Today before the ambulance came, I saw the real you again, not that mask you've been putting on for everyone, even me.'

'I have to put it up and I need it to be so convincing that I'll start to believe it myself. If I don't, I won't be able to stay away.'

'Alvin, I want you back. Just because Anthony hated gay people and kicked us out doesn't mean we have to hide forever. Dave is different, he loves us for us. Completely and unconditionally.'

'I don't know, I just don't want to ruin everything again. I don't want you and Theo to have to be homeless just because of me and my big mouth.'

'Alvin, Alvie it wasn't your fault!'

'Yeah it was Si, it was entirely my fault.'

'You haven't told me the full story yet, do you wanna talk about it?'

'I don't think now is the best time Si.'

'It's okay.'

'Simon?'

'Yes Alvin?'

'C-can I sleep in your bed with you tonight?'

'It would make my life if you did. And you know, you look very cute when you blush like that.'

'Shut up, it's humid in here.'

'Sure it is.'

'Shut up.'

'Shutting.'

And with that last word Simon planted a light kiss on Alvins petal like lips for the first time since moving in with Dave and wrapped the blanket around them tighter to keep out the chilly night air.

WOW! My first chapter, complete! It's taken almost two months but I'm finally happy with it. Please guys, I'm begging you. Leave me a review on what you think about it so far, it really gives me the inspiration to write more. It would mean the world to me. Feel free to send me a PM if there's anything you want to say or ask. I will be answering your questions at the end of the chapters. I can't believe it, my very first chapter!

Have an awesome day, see you soon beauties

-emeraldxxx

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