Waves of Love
Chapter 1
XOXOXOXOXO
Author's Note: Guys, I am TOTALLY EXCITED!
This is the official trailer of Chipwrecked! → .com/user/IsabellaChipette#p/f/2/oaD9r_ghA6M
Can you believe it? It's finally here! In five months, I'll definitely be buying a ticket to go see it on the big screen! The Chipettes and Chipmunks look even cuter (if that was even possible), and I'm loving the girls' vacation outfits. They seem to be bringing a little more sass to Britt too, and that's awesome! I hope we get to see some romantic and sweet moments for the boys and girls.
Anyway, I decided to celebrate with a short based on a few snippets from the trailer, where the girls come our of the bathroom with their little towels on, for example. I found that extremely cute, so I wanted to write something loosely based on that scene in particular, but it ended up stretching out.
Let's hope we don't have to wait too long for more sneak-peaks of the movie! I'm seriously impatient for more.
XOXOXOXOXO
This was their very first vacation! Everything was so exciting: the marvelous Carnival Dream, the immaculate decorations, the adoring fans, the sparkling sea, and even the fresh sea air. Everything was so new and amazing for the three girls circled around the sink in their hotel bathroom.
"Can you believe it, girls?" Brittany said dreamily as she tested the water with her paw. "This is our first vacation! Isn't it wonderful?"
"It is!" Eleanor said, swinging her feet cheerfully over the edge of the sink. "This is great! Did you see the buffet hall?" she rubbed her tummy, giggling happily. "I can't wait to try some of the food there!"
"It's all very exciting," Jeanette smiled as she leaned against the faucet. "It's all so romantic too, you know."
"It is?" Eleanor and Brittany said simultaneously, looking to one another in confusion.
"Of course!" Jeanette giggled, turning off the cold water faucet. "We're here with Dave and the boys, on a ship that's just like the Titanic! You know, that cute movie we saw before we got here?" she sighed dreamily. "Can you just imagine what might happen on this ship? It's like a dream come true!"
"Oh, Jean, you're such a hopeless romantic," Brittany said, rolling her eyes playfully. "That kind of stuff only happens in movies."
"But don't you want to get to know the boys better?" Jeanette asked, raising a slender brow. "After all, part of our reason to become big was to meet the Chipmunks!"
"You've got a point there," Eleanor said, nodding her head.
"I know," Brittany sighed, undoing her ponytail and letting her warm, auburn hair rest on her slender shoulders. "But we're here to relax, that's all. Besides, after what Alvin did today, I don't think I want to get all cozy with him anytime soon," she added bitterly.
"Aw, Britt," Jeanette smiled, coming over to sit by her older sister. "I know you like him! You talk about him all the time!"
Brittany clasped a paw over her sister's mouth, her blue eyes darting to the bathroom door. Fortunately, no one seemed to be in the vicinity.
"Jeanette, not so loud!" Brittany hissed, releasing her. "What if someone heard you? Especially him. I don't want him knowing that! Besides," she smiled mischievously at the both of them. "While you're here teasing me, what about your boyfriends, Simon and Theodore?"
Brittany burst out laughing as Jeanette and Eleanor's cheeks grew a bright red.
"Britt!" Eleanor squeaked, trying to fight the heat in her cheeks. "Shh! He doesn't know anything about that!"
"Y-Yeah!" Jeanette stuttered. "B-Besides, I can barely t-talk to him without sounding like a spazz. He must think I'm so weird!"
Brittany frowned. "No he doesn't! Simon likes you a lot, I can tell. I saw the two of you skating together when Alvin poured that sunscreen on the floor of the deck. You two looked awfully cute together!"
"Y-You saw that?" Jeanette said, looking embarrassed. But a big grin soon spread across her face. "He was helping me learn."
"So I see," Brittany smiled, happy to see her little sister and her crush begin to deepen their relationship. "I'm really glad to hear that, you were always so shy!"
"Yeah, you need to loosen up, Jean," Eleanor said, kicking her feet in the cool water. "We all know you like each other!"
"Yeah, maybe I should be more like you and Theodore," Jeanette teased, making kissy faces. "You two always get along so well!"
"T-That's because he's so nice!" Elanor said, waving her hands around. "I-It's not like we do anything..."
"Sure, sure," Jeanette and Brittany said, laughing at Eleanor's frustration.
"I think the water's ready, guys!" Eleanor said, trying to change the subject. "Let's jump in!"
"Okay!" Brittany said, slipping out of her towel. "One, two, three – jump!"
The three girls hopped into their chipmunk-made "pool", making a little tidal wave and leaving water all along the counter of the bathroom. They laughed and splashed around as they cooled off from the hot day. Although they were all thankful for the vacation Dave had booked for them, it was a tiring first day: Alvin, as usual, had to try and make the cruise liner his personal playground and ended up embarrassing Dave and the rest of them multiple times. Then, when the Chipettes had tried to woo the crowd with their rendition of "Vacation", Alvin had to make it even worse by stealing the microphone and interrupting them with his own original rap. And to top it all off, Alvin had knocked over the captain of the ship into the water, where everyone scrambled to save him with lifesavers.
Needless to say, they had never been so humiliated in all their lives.
So, here they were, enjoying their sink-pool. They normally would have enjoyed visiting the real pool on the ship, but felt it better not to. Alvin and his brothers might have offered to tag along and get into even more trouble.
I swear, Brittany thought as she relaxed against the edge of the sink. I love him, but he always finds a way of getting under my skin! Why does he have to be so darn hyper!
Brittany was splashed out of her thoughts by Eleanor, who had crept up behind her and tossed water on her head. She laughed and tickled her baby sister.
"Oh, Ellie!" Brittany laughed, splashing her. "You're so dead!"
"That's what you get for spacing out in the middle of a pool fight!" Eleanor snickered, trying to wiggle away.
The triplets were chasing each other around the sink when they were interrupted by the bathroom door handle jiggling. They froze and looked up as Dave entered the bathroom, looking slightly disheveled. He looked them over (and the watery mess they made from their playing) and sighed deeply.
"Girls, please," Dave said, pinching the space between his eyes. "I need the bathroom. And look at the mess you guys made!"
"Sorry, Dave," Eleanor said, twitching her nose sadly. "We didn't mean to."
"Yeah, we can clean it up," Brittany offered, stepping over a large puddle.
"No time," Dave said, moving aside for them to go into their bedroom. "I'll do it. I need to get ready for dinner with the captain."
As Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor passed him, he walked inside. It dawned on Brittany that they were going to have dinner with the captain! That was one of the things she always wanted to do once she got on the cruise!
She turned to Dave with an excited smile. "We're having dinner with the captain?"
"No," Dave said, pointing to himself. "I am. You're staying here! I have to go apologize for everything Alvin did."
With that, he closed the door to get ready.
Brittany couldn't believe it! It was all Alvin's fault anyway! What had the rest of them done? Brittany, Jeanette, Eleanor, Simon and Theodore had all been relatively good on their first day. They weren't perfect, so they could get into trouble at times as well. But the majority of accidents today were from a certain hyperactive, red-clad chipmunk!
"This is so not fair!" Brittany said angrily, hands on her hips. "I was looking forward to that dinner!"
"I know, Britt," Eleanor said soothingly, patting her back. "Maybe next time."
"But who knows when 'next time' will be?" Brittany said, folding her arms. "Why do we have to stay behind anyway? It's not like we knocked the captain into the ocean!"
"It is a bit unfair," Jeanette said softly, adjusting her violet, monogrammed bath towel. It matched her sisters', which also had their initials stamped on the fronts. "But there's nothing we can do about it, Britt. We don't want to stress Dave out even more than he already is, do we?"
Jeanette and Eleanor always seemed to be the voice of reason. In fact, they were two of the very few people who could calm Brittany down when she was angry.
"No, I suppose you're right," Brittany sighed. Although she knew full-well that she could be extremely stubborn, she also had a big heart and didn't want to stress out their adoptive father. After all, he already had enough on his plate as it was. "But it's no fun being cooped up in here when we could have met the captain! This is all Alvin's fault!"
Brittany stomped over to her suitcase, looking for her soft-pink nightgown. She was positively livid at this point. Over the past few months, she had grown accustomed to her trouble-making counterpart, but when the rest of them had to pay for his hardheadedness, that was where she drew the line!
If I see that blockhead, I'm going to nail him one! Brittany thought angrily as she finally found her pajamas.
"What are we going to do now?" Jeanette asked as she went to her own purple suitcase. "Should we turn in?"
"But it's only eight o' clock," Eleanor said, sitting on top of her own as she watched her sisters sift through their suitcases. "I was hoping we could walk around the ship for a while, if Dave will let us."
"Fat chance of that!"
The three of them looked up and were surprised to see the boys walk into the hotel room. The girls instinctively clutched at their towels. Although they knew there was nothing they hadn't seen before when they were without them, living with humans had seemed to have given them an attachment to their clothes.
"Guys! We're not decent!" Eleanor said, folding her arms over her chest.
Theodore blushed a bright red when he saw her and covered his eyes. "W-We're sorry, girls! W-We'll leave -"
"Oh, stop it, Theo," Alvin laughed, rolling his eyes at the blushing boy. "We're chipmunks!"
"We could have knocked, though," Simon said, coughing in embarrassment and pointedly looking away. "Sorry about that."
"It's okay," Jeanette said bashfully as she hurriedly slipped into her nightgown. "We should have done this in our rooms, anyway. What are you boys up to?"
"Well, we -" Simon started.
"Bored," Alvin cut in, folding his arms. "Horribly, undeniably, and unrealistically bored. Dave said we couldn't go to dinner with him and see the captain!"
"Well, duh!" Brittany said, glaring at him. "If he wouldn't allow us to go, it's not a surprise that you can't go!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Alvin retorted, looking back at her.
"Oh, please, don't play dumb," Brittany snapped, pulling her pajamas over her head. "You're the one that knocked the man overboard! Now you've ruined it for everybody! I was hoping we could go, too!"
"It was an accident!" Alvin said, holding up his hands. "I didn't mean to do it, he got in my way!"
"You mean you were swinging on the streamers and knocked into him," Jeanette said, narrowing her eyes at him. "He was standing there the whole time, minding his own business!"
"That's exactly what I said," Simon laughed. "But that's Alvin for you, always making excuses as to why it's not his fault."
"It wasn't like I was aiming at the guy," Alvin said, sighing. "I'm sorry, okay?"
"Save it," Brittany said, brushing past him. "We're going for a walk around the ship. Tell Dave we'll be back soon, okay?"
"Oh! Can we come along?" Theodore asked, smiling at the trio.
Eleanor smiled and looked over at Brittany. Brittany bit her lip. This was exactly what she was afraid of: if she allowed Theodore, Simon, and Alvin to come along, trouble was sure to follow. And all she wanted to do at this point was relax.
"Er, sorry, Theo," Brittany said, patting his head fondly. "It's just us girls this time."
"Oh," Theodore said, sighing deeply. Eleanor twitched her nose sadly. "That's okay, we can do it next time."
"Bye guys!" Brittany said, grabbing her sisters' hands and pulling them out the door before they could overturn her decision. "Tell Dave we're just going to take a walk around the boat, we'll be back in a few!"
"Oh, well, alright," Simon said, waving. "Have fun, girls."
Brittany saw Alvin raise his eyebrows at her and fold his arms, but she ignored him as she closed the door behind them. As soon as they were outside, Eleanor lit into her.
"Britt, why didn't you let Theodore come along?" Eleanor said, pouting. "What harm would it be to let him come with us?"
"Because if I allowed him to come, then Alvin and Simon would have asked to come too," Brittany answered.
"What's wrong with Simon coming along?" Jeanette asked, getting defensive.
"There's nothing wrong with any of them, don't get mad," Brittany laughed, hugging them. "But you know how Alvin is. If we allowed his brothers to tag along, there was no way he would allow us to say he couldn't come too."
"Aw, come on, Britt!" Eleanor said, her hands on her ample hips. "I know he can be a huge show-off sometimes, but we all know you're crazy about him! It's so obvious," she grinned.
"It is not!" Brittany denied, her cheeks growing red. "Me and him? Please! B-Besides, this is a family vacation. We didn't come here for all that mushy stuff!"
"Sure, sure," Eleanor and Jeanette sang in unison, laughing at Brittany flustered expression.
"Whatever!" Brittany snapped. "Let's just look around, okay?"
XOXOXOXOXO
"Nice going, Alvin," Simon said as soon as the door closed behind the Chipettes.
"What? What did I do this time?" Alvin snapped.
"You know why the girls didn't want to walk with us, right?" Simon said, eying him suspiciously.
"Because you're a geek?" Alvin smirked.
"No!" Simon said, glaring at him. "Because you were totally off-the-wall today!"
"Oh, come on," Alvin said, rolling his hazel eyes. "I said I was sorry a million times, what do you guys want from me?"
"For you to stop doing it!" Simon retorted before flopping on top of his pillow.
"Guys, let's not fight," Theodore pleaded, rubbing his head. "Please? This is a vacation! Like Dave said, this is the time to get to know each other! Can we at least try and get along?"
"You're right," Alvin and Simon said.
"Good," Theodore smiled. "But I was looking forward to walking with them, especially since we can't eat dinner with the captain tonight."
"Then let's go find them," Alvin grinned, jumping off of their bed and heading towards the front door.
"Alvin, wait!" Simon said, following him. "They said they wanted to be alone, remember?"
"And for girls, that always means 'please, come keep me company!'" Alvin laughed, scurrying up the chair near the door and landing on the door handle. The door creaked open slightly. "Believe me, I know Britt like the back of my hand. I'm sure the others want the same thing!"
"Well," Simon blushed, coughing. "I would like to talk to Jeanette a bit."
"Then let's go!" Alvin said, pushing his brothers out the door and into the hallway before they could back out.
"B-But what about Dave? Shouldn't we tell him we're leaving?" Theodore asked.
"Don't worry, we'll only be out for a minute," Alvin said, closing the door behind them. "He won't even know we're missing!"
XOXOXOXOXO
"Isn't the sea just beautiful tonight?" Jeanette said dreamily as they sat looking over the dark-blue water.
"It is, isn't it?" Eleanor sighed, lying on her stomach. "It's so pretty!"
Brittany wasn't paying attention to the sea anymore. For some reason, she felt bad about leaving Alvin behind. Sure, he could be annoying at times, but he was still Alvin. Her Alvin. He never did anything to intentionally hurt her or the others. Annoy the living daylights out of them, sure, but not hurt.
"Britt?" Eleanor said.
"Hm? What?" Brittany said, jumping slightly. "Sorry, what were you saying?"
"I said, I see the boys down there," Eleanor repeated, pointing down to the lower deck.
Brittany and Jeanette followed the direction of her finger and was shocked to see the three brothers walking through the crowd. They were a few floors down, so they likely didn't see the girls yet.
"What the? What are they doing here?" Brittany said, rolling her eyes. "I thought they were going to bed!"
"They did want to go for a walk," Eleanor giggled, standing up. "Come on, let's go walk with them!"
"B-But, we can't!" Brittany said, taking her hand.
"Why not?" Jeanette asked, confused.
"B-Because, er..." Brittany bit her lip, trying to come up with a good excuse. She just knew if she let them tag along, Alvin would get all six of them into trouble again. But her sisters honestly wanted to get to know their counterparts better. Was it fair to bring them into her mess? "Well... alright."
"Yes!" Eleanor said, bouncing ecstatically. "Come on! Let's go catch up with them!"
"Yeah, let's hurry," Jeanette said, helping Brittany up to her feet.
"Alright, alright," Brittany said, smiling. "But only for a few minutes!"
The three girls hopped down the stairs and towards the Chipmunks. They called out to them, waving.
"Oh, there you are!" Alvin said, grinning. "I was beginning to think you three were avoiding us."
"No, we wouldn't do that," Brittany smirked.
"I'm glad we caught up with you guys," Theodore said, smiling. "We were worried you all had already headed back to the room."
"What do you guys want to do?" Jeanette asked, smiling at Simon.
"Well, how about -"
"Britt," Alvin said, taking her hand. Brittany jumped slightly at his touch, but tried her best to look natural. "Can we talk?"
"I – what?" Brittany blushed, looking away as their siblings looked them over with amused smiles. "Uh, sure! What about?"
"In private," Alvin said, glaring at their nosy family members. "Let's take a walk."
Theodore and Eleanor giggled, giving each other sly looks. Jeanette and Simon grinned at each other knowingly.
"Okay, let's go," Brittany mumbled, walking beside Alvin as they walked headed towards the front of the boat.
"So, um..." Alvin scratched at his shoulder, nervously glancing over at her. "Are you still mad at me?"
"Mad? Me?" Brittany said incredulously. She then remembered that she had been avoiding him, at least to some extent. Guilt started to eat at her. "Well, I was, actually. But I'm not anymore!"
"I just noticed you've been trying to avoid me," Alvin said, sighing. "I'm sorry. I know I was pretty - "
"Wild?" Brittany grinned.
"More than usual," he winked, smiling. "But I should have kept a cap on all that. I don't want you to be mad at me."
"I'm not mad at you, Alvin," Brittany said sincerely, looking down at her feet. "It's over now, after all. I know you didn't mean it."
"Good," he sighed in relief. "So -"
"But you still owe me a dinner with the captain one of these days!" Brittany cut in, poking him in the chest. "It's your fault we didn't get to go tonight."
Alvin's hazel eyes widened in surprise. He then laughed, taking her hand in his own. Brittany twitched her nose curiously, raising a brow.
"What's so funny?"
"Oh, Britt," he snickered. "We can still go!"
"But, Dave said -" Brittany started.
"Oh, he won't even know we're there," Alvin said, smirking. "We'll just dip in and dip out. Wouldn't you at least like to look around a bit?"
Brittany knew it was a bad idea. Anytime Alvin said stuff like that, it always made the fur on the back of her neck stand on edge. But she really wanted to at least visit the ballroom...
"Alright," Brittany relented, giving him a small, if shaky, smile. "But only for a minute or two!"
"That's my girl," Alvin said, giving her a dazzling smile. She felt her heart skip a beat. "Come on, let's go!"
Alvin hopped ahead of her. Brittany still didn't think this was a good idea, but what harm would it be to just visit the buffet? Besides, she was starving, and didn't think she could wait until Dave came back from his dinner to eat.
"Wait for me!" Brittany said as she scurried after Alvin. "Should we tell the others we're going to the ballroom to eat?"
"Nah," Alvin said, waving his hand. "We'll bring them back something afterward. It's just you and me, Britt."
Brittany couldn't help but smile. Sometimes, Alvin could be extremely sweet.
"Right, just you and me," she said softly.
XOXOXOXOXO
Author's Note: Okay, dang. I know I said this was going to be a oneshot, but I decided to make this a really short story. I wanted to give a sweet scene to all three couples, but I don't think I can fit it all into one little page. So, I'll break them up!
Thanks for reading!