AN: This fic is VERY LOOSELY based on the 80's movie The Breakfast Club. I don't believe in doing outright parodies, though. Please r/r… oh and I don't own AATC and the breakfast club.
Detention room, Seaview High School. Six chipmunk seniors are brooding, steadily ignoring each other. They had all been best friends in elementary school and middle school, but in the middle of freshman year, the three male chipmunks had suddenly left town, without warning, only to move back at the beginning of senior year. Their best friends, hurt at their sudden departure and absolute break in contact for the last few years, had snubbed them on their return. Now however, they're forced to spend Saturday afternoon together, in the detention room. A "princess", two science "geeks", a jock/musician/class clown, and two slightly pudgy, quiet, "normies". They sit in silence, occasionally darting shy looks and glares across the room.
"I don't see WHY they had to give me detention, anyway… shopping isn't against the school rules!"
'Cutting calculus to shop is, princess…' a slightly sarcastic voice from the back of the room calls out. Brittany Miller, the auburn haired chipette who had spoken first, turns to glare at the tall, well built chipmunk grinning at her from the back of the room. She frowns as she takes in his red checked shirt, letterman's jacked, signature red cap and mischievous grin, unhappy with the fact that her heart skipped a beat when she heard his voice.
"And what're you in for, Alvin… vandalism? You know the minute your ugly mug sets foot on school property, the value goes down…"
' Meow to you too… your cheerleading squad would probably have to disagree with that, Britt…' Alvin's cool demeanor seems to infuriate Brittany further.
"I can't help it if they have no taste!"
'They elected you captain… you sure you want to insult their taste level?' Alvin grins back at her, watching her cheeks redden. Her sister, a tall, slender, brown haired chipette places a comforting hand on her shoulder and glares at Alvin.
"Lay off her, Alvin…"
'Why don't you lay off him, Jeanette…' a surprisingly hard voice comes from the front of the room. Jeanette Miller turns to look at a tall chipmunk, in a blue sweater and jeans glaring at her from behind a pair of blue framed glasses. Unconsciously, she tugs at the hem of her denim skirt, suddenly inexplicably shy.
"You lay off her, Simon… she wasn't talking to you…" Brittany feels the need to defend her now silent sister.
'And he wasn't talking to you…' Alvin snarks from the back of the room, grinning at the auburn haired chipette's reddened cheeks.
'Stop it… all of you…' A voice suddenly comes from the corner of the room. All eyes turn towards Eleanor Miller, a slightly chubby chipette in a jade green dress, with blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail. Even the boys look concerned as she seems to be fighting tears. Hardly daring to look around the room, her eyes meet the sympathetic brown eyes of a chubby chipmunk in a green button down shirt and jeans.
"Eleanor…" Brittany starts to make a move towards her.
'Y-y-you…' Eleanor looks around the room, panic starting to well up in her chest. Unwittingly, her eyes seem to fall on Theodore once again, her former best friend, now an apparent stranger. Suppressing a sob, she dashes out of the room, leaving five very confused, uncomfortable chipmunks behind.
Her sisters, glaring at the three boys in the room, are about to get up and follow her when the door opens.
"And where is Miss Miller?"
'She had to go to the bathroom… we ARE allowed to do that, aren't we? There ARE bathrooms in jail, you know…' Alvin snarks at their principal, a familiar face promoted from their elementary school.
"That's enough from you, Alvin, unless you want to spend another Saturday in here…"
'I think I'm free…'
"That's another Saturday in here for you…"
'Mr. Talbot SIR I really think you're starting to become a little too fond of me…'
"And another Saturday… I could go on all day, Alvin… now when I come back I expect to see Miss Miller in her seat… or you're all stuck here for a month of Saturdays…"
'Yes SIR… although…'
"What is it, Alvin…"
'She could take awhile finding a bathroom that's unlocked. It is a Saturday…'
"This is a school, not a graveyard, Alvin… I hardly think she'll take that long…"
"She'll be back, Mr. Talbot…"
"She better be, Miss Miller…" The principal turns to glare at a timid looking Jeanette, who had just spoken. Brittany glares at him as he leaves the room.
"Big bully..."
'Talbot's not THAT bad…' Alvin's unexpected remark causes all heads to turn towards him in shock.
"He just gave you two more Saturday detentions… and you're defending him?" Brittany is incredulous. This is NOT the Alvin she'd known… and… loved…
'Maybe I asked for it..' Alvin shrugs. 'He's also been understanding about…things…'
"WHAT things…"
'Things like… are we going to go look for your sister, or what?'
"So we can ALL get another month of Saturday detentions, Alvin? I don't think so…Some of us have lives, you know…"
'Ouch… that hurt, Britt… really… it did… But anyway, he won't come to check on us until lunch time..'
"How do you know THAT?" Brittany's tone is sarcastic.
'Brittany, Brittany…' Alvin looks at her with a smirk. 'Who knows what goes on in detention better than me?'
"Look, why don't we just give her half an hour… I think she just needs to be alone for awhile, anyway… if she doesn't come back, we can split up and look for her." Theodore's voice pipes up from the corner of the room. Unwittingly, the remaining chipmunks begin to smile tentatively. Theodore had always been the peacemaker of their little group, and even now, Brittany and Jeannette find Theodore's voice calming. They also know that he probably knows their sister even better than them, and are mollified, for the moment.
The five remaining chipmunks are silent. Brittany begins to file her nails, while Simon and Jeanette bury their noses in books. Alvin seems to be scribbling something into a notepad, while Theodore looks worriedly out the window. Brittany suddenly breaks the silence.
"This is so dumb! What's everybody else in here for, anyway. I mean, except for Alvin… I'll bet he could find a way to get detention for breathing..."
'Lay off him, Brittany…' Simon glares at her, with Theodore surprisingly joining him. Brittany and Jeannette look shocked, as Alvin tries to calm his brothers down.
'Cool it, Si… She's got a point… the detention room is becoming my second home right now…'
The chipmunks lapse into silence again, until Jeanette pipes up timidly, "I got detention for having an overdue library book."
'Really? They give detention for THAT? What happened to good old fashioned fines?' Simon sounds surprised, finally daring to turn around and look at the bespectacled chipette. His heart starts to thump irrationally as he looks at her chocolate brown eyes.
"You should have seen the look on my face when they told me… there went my perfect record.." Jeanette laughs, suddenly feeling comfortable talking to her former best friend. "What were you in for?"
'I was late for algebra…'
'Can you believe that… the perfect Simon Seville… late for class?' Alvin jokes, earning a glare from his brother, while Theodore and the chipettes laugh along with him.
'It was my first time though… I can't believe they didn't go easy on me…'
"I got detention for turning in the wrong homework assignment.." Theodore pipes up.
'Man… Talbot's running a tighter ship than I thought… maybe I should have a word with him…tell him to ease up abit'
"Oh and he's so likely to listen to you, Alvin…" Brittany turns to glare at him. She can't help smiling, though, when she sees the familiar mischievous grin and glint in his sky blue eyes.
'They all do… whether they admit it or not' Alvin winks at her, causing her heartbeat to accelerate against her will.
"DAMN YOU AND YOUR CHARM! I mean… um…. What landed you in here, anyway?' Brittany attempts to make a cool recovery, trying to hide her mortification at her outburst.
'Let's see… it could have been the fact that I pulled the fire alarm in the middle of our math test… the time I snuck into Talbot's office and played Baby got Back over the P.A system… the time I rigged the timer in the science lab to go at double speed, so everyone's experiments were speeded up…I'm not sure, really… he didn't specify…' Alvin answers her with a grin. She looks up at him gratefully, and he feels his cheeks starting to grow warm as he looks into her ice blue eyes.
'That was you? Thanks a lot Alvin…do you know how many explosions happened that day? The science club can't meet until the labs are cleaned up!' Simon is not amused by his brother's prank.
'Well… at least he must have saved a few frogs…' Jeanette pipes up from behind her book, earning a warm smile from Simon, and laughs from the remaining chipmunks in the room.
