CGI. They live in a forest community. Including cars, houses, shops, and roads.
B.T.W. There's POV diary sort of things in the beginning of the chapter, but those don't happen until the middle or end…it's just some suspense I put at the beginning of each chapter in each story now…okay?
~ That's Life ~
Chapter One: Upside Down
I never thought I would see the day…
But, now I'm seeing it…
The awful truth…
Why did my life have to come down to this?
It came down because of our lives…
We moved, we split houses, and now…they haven't visited and we haven't visited.
Is there another girl? Am I not good enough?
What's going on?
Is life as I know it coming to an end at last?
Please…no…
I need you back…
Need you…
Are you even there anymore?
My head tells me no, my heart tells me yes…
- Brittany
Sun streamed into the window of the house. Brittany yawned and rubbed her eyes.
Brittany punched in Alvin's number. She let out a smaller yawn as the phone continued to ring.
"Hello?" a sleepy voice came.
"Hey," Brittany said.
"What? IT'S EARLY!" Alvin snapped.
"Sorry," Brittany said. "I can't stay mad at you. It's okay," Alvin replied. Brittany giggled.
"So what are we doing today?" Brittany asked. "The secret beach at the end of the forest I discovered yesterday," Alvin said.
"Huh? A secret beach?" she asked. "Uh-huh. I was bored and decided to go exploring, and came across it," Alvin said.
"That's…that's amazing!" Brittany exclaimed. "It sure is. I'm going down to set up a surprise, I'll call you," Alvin said.
"Okay," Brittany said, giggling. "Bye, love you." "Love you too, Alvin." Brittany snapped her phone shut.
She took off her pajamas and grabbed a light pink tank top, darker pink shorts, and light pink flip-flops.
She re-did her ponytail (which had a bad case of the worst hair drama: BEDHEAD!) and walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth.
Then Brittany walked inside the lounge, down the stairs, past Eleanor's room, down another set of stairs, into the living room, and then walked into the kitchen.
If the front wall was torn down, the rooms from the top, left to right would be: (TOP) Brittany's Room, Bathroom, Lounge with stairs.
(MIDDLE, LEFT TO RIGHT STILL) Jeanette's room, empty room with stairs, Eleanor's room with stairs.
(BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT!) Living Room with stairs, Kitchen.
Brittany opened the cabinets above the granite counters. She pulled out a gallon of pancake mix, and fired up the griddle.
"I wonder if I can make them as good as Eleanor," Brittany muttered. She tripped over her flip-flops and nearly poured the mix into the fire going under the griddle.
"Nope. Give me that mix now," Eleanor said from the doorway, still fully in her pajamas.
"El! How did you know I was up?" "I heard you getting ready. And you're not good at creeping around silently, especially with flip-flops. You'd be a horrible museum robber," Eleanor said.
"Guys, it's so early…BRITT! YOU'RE UP?" Jeanette said, coming down the stairs in the living room.
"WHY IS THAT SUCH A SHOCK?"
At the original chipmunks' house…
Alvin crept down the stairs and out of the house. He wanted to make Brittany's surprise special.
He gathered his supplies and walked out the door to the garage. He pressed the button, and winced at the garage door squeaked open.
He walked out and left the door open, wanting to get air circulating for his brothers.
Alvin's walk to the secret beach was easy if you remembered some marks. There was a bone, the first sign. It was a dog-bone type thing.
Then there was a bush of weird blue flowers, and the last sign was a sign. Literally. It said 'SECRET BEACH THIS WAY'…so why the heck was it secret?
"Brittany's gonna love this," Alvin said, passing the bone. He walked a little further, and passed the bush.
"I'd love to see the surprised look on her face," Alvin muttered to himself.
"Well you won't see it…," a nasty voice said behind him. It was Derek, someone that was newly enrolled at The Chipmunk School.
"Wha-?" "SHE'S MINE, SEVILLE!" Derek grabbed the umbrella Alvin was carrying and whacked him, sending him clean on the ground.
"She's mine. You just don't listen…" A certain French chipette was watching at the moment. She knew Alvin was in for trouble when she saw him walk in the forest, and then saw Derek follow.
"No…," Fifi whispered. She ducked into the bush. "WHO THE HECK IS THERE? FIFI, GET OUT HERE!" "Oh crud," Fifi whispered to herself.
She walked out from the bush. "Why, Derek? Why can't you leave him alone?" "Don't. Tell. Me. What. To. Do," Derek growled.
"Well, if Alvin wakes up, he'll probably remember what just happened, so be prepared to get your butt kicked by Alvin and his girlfriend Brittany!"
Alvin's paw twitched. He didn't show any signs of getting up. Derek snorted and walked back toward town.
Fifi crouched to Alvin's side. "Alvin, get up. Brittany needs you," Fifi muttered. She didn't bother speaking French…even if he could hear her…he wouldn't understand her, being himself.
"Derek, I'll have revenge for both of them…," Fifi muttered. Fire flickered across her eyes.
Back at the original chipettes' house, 2:30 P.M…
"When will he call me?" "Britt." "When will it ring?" "Britt." "Sometimes I think my sanity is hanging by a shoe string…" "BRITT." "How long is soon?" "BRITTANY…" "SHOULD I CHECK MY WATCH, MY CALENDER, THE PHASES OF THE MOON…?" "BRITTANY!" Eleanor and Jeanette yelled.
"What?" Brittany asked. "Call him," Jeanette said. "Okay…" Brittany dialed his number.
Simon picked up.
"Hello?" Simon asked. "Simon? It's Brittany, where's Alvin?" "I haven't seen him since he left. I heard him get dressed, grab some stuff, open the garage, and walk out…" "Oh…my…gosh…HE LEFT HIS CELL PHONE, AND HE HASN'T BEEN BACK?"
"Yup. Theodore's really worried." "HE SHOULD BE!" "Wait, didn't that Derek kid have a crush on you? Do you think he might've…well…you know…" "NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
Weeks later…
Nobody found Alvin. Yet. He was still alive, I'm reassuring you. He's probably still…well…get some of his memory of what he was doing back…
Brittany sobbed in her room. Jeanette and Eleanor walked inside. "Britt." "What if he lied? What if he moved in with another girl?"
She always thinks of worst case-scenarios first… Jeanette thought. "Britt. Come on, I'm sure he's alive, wherever he went…" I'm sure she'll object…
"HE HASN'T BEEN HERE FOR WEEKS! HE'S DEAD, I TELL YOU! IT'S OBVIOUS HE'S DEAD…"
Then Eleanor will attempt to brighten the mood…
"He's alive! He probably lives off of bugs and tree shelter…he's alive!"
"EW, YUCK!"
Oh, Brittany…
Back in the forest at the same time…
What did the blue bush mean? Why was he here? Which forest was he in? What happened?
Alvin sighed. Then an important question popped into his head: WHICH WAS THE WAY HOME?
"She's mine…" Those words were the last thing he heard…Derek was the last thing he saw.
But what could it mean?
So, Alvin's okay. But how did he survive? You might want to pay more attention to Eleanor, viewers…LOL.
Alvin, being himself, is struggling to put two and two together. Brittany thinks he's dead and they're planning to call it a real death…
How will more OC's get involved? Read it…
B.T.W. That's Life is based off of the Chipmunk School Series. It's not book two. Book two would be The Chipmunk School 2: The Second Year.
I don't know why I'm uploading. I guess I'm bored.
This forest community is called Nature Grove…
P.S. Derek is part of a story I'm gonna upload called Camp Chipmunk. He and another chipmunk named Luke will be in book two of the Chipmunk School...