AN: okay, okay I know what you're thinking. 'She's got three stories on the go!' I'm sorry, but since I'm useless when it comes to good story ideas, I felt I just HAD to write this one. Eleanor and Theodore fic (second favorite chipmunk couple). This story is gonna be based on a true story. Wow I guess you people don't hear that often… the only differences are going to be the characters (obviously because I can't use my own on this website). But I'm not going to tell you who it's based on until the end, if I even get there. If this story doesn't work out, I'll probably end up just deleting it, so please don't be sad if it gets erased.

Thank you for reading!

Disclaimer: The Chipettes, Alvin and the Chipmunks, © Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karmen (the Chipettes)

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Dear Diary: is this Love?

Entry One: Mr.Perfect

Sept 16, 2008

Dear Diary,

Oh my gosh! I think I'm in love!! If love counts as blushing whenever I see him, or getting nervous, or wishing I could just be near him all day. If that's love, then yes, I'm in love.

Okay so basically there's this guy (isn't there always?), who is like TOATLLY perfect! He likes all the same things I do, he's really cute and he's really nice and PERFECT! He has sandy hair and the brightest most gorgeous green eyes you could ever have seen! He likes to where green shirts…yay my favorite color! I've liked him ever since English class second semester last year. He was sitting across the room in all of his glory, and the first this I thought when I saw him was "wow that guy is really cute!" Then I wouldn't stop glancing over at him all for the rest of the period! I felt so silly but so weird at the same time. The first thing I did when I saw my sisters after class was gush over how there was a cute guy in the 5th period English class. Then when they asked what his name was…I drew a total blank! It was horrible! After that entire period of being awed by his awesomeness I didn't even catch his name! I felt sooo totally stupid! But that just made me even more determined to get his name the next day.

Eventually I caught his name during the attendance. It's Theodore! Wow…that's not a common name…suuure. But it's the best name in the world right now!

And that's how it was basically everyday for the rest of that semester. Just looking and admiring from afar. God! I'm so totally useless!! Sure around my friends I can be the life of the party... (Might wanna re-think that guys!) …but when it comes to him, I clam up! It's like I'm Jeanette or something (sorry sis!). It's so embarrassing though. Just thinking about going over and talking to him….it makes me get a lump in my throat and wanna hide or something. This is soo completely odd because I'm usually so mellow around guys. But Theodore? No way, my body says otherwise….it kinda pisses me off. I'm so angry that I can't do these stupid little things.

Well its grade 10 now…and the first day I couldn't help scanning all of my classes to see if he was in any. He wasn't in my first period Computer and Information Science Class. But my friend Gabby was. I met Gabby last year in grade 9. Heck I met all of my new friends in grade 9. High school is awesome, period.

Anyway she was in my computers class, which his awesome because there is only like, 4 girls (that's including me and Gabby) that are in my computers class, the rest are all dudes. One girl named Ashlee is my sorta-friend too, she was in my Tech class last year. There were only four girls in that Tech class too. Anyway he wasn't there, which wasn't the best start to my first day in grade 10. Anyway I didn't let it get my spirits down cause I still had 4 more periods to go!

But…he wasn't in my second period Math class either. None of my good friends, or my sisters were. I was alone in that class. Which actually isn't all that bad because then I can focus more on my math. Last year I only scraped by with a 71.

He didn't have my lunch third period either. Believe me I looked for him real hard. One whole summer away from the guy does that to you. I was slowly losing hope. I only had two periods left! This was bad! I hadn't even seen him in the hallways all day! OMG! WHAT IF HE TRANSFERRED OR SOMETHING!! Nooooo!! That would totally and completely suck!!

But I hung in there. I only had three friends out of like…10 that had third period lunch with me. That was comforting…4 isn't a crowd…which is nice. I had Science next with my friend Alison. She is one of my very good friends. She is actually going to be in a Santa Claus parade at the end of the year with me. It's a parade that like, hundreds of people volunteer to do. You dress up in embarrassing costumes and walk down streets lined with people with video cameras and kids drinking hot chocolate from thermoses for 3 hours. Or is it 4? I don't know. Oh, but not only that, it's broadcasted live on T.V. yep…nationwide. The first year was so bad for me cause the camera got a good close-up of me in an elf costume. I wasn't paying attention to the fact that I was on T.V. so I was chewing my gum like a cow. It was sooo bad when I finally saw it on T.V.

Anyway, back to the main reason of this entry! I had science with my friend Alison, our teacher's name was Mr. Charters and he had like, balding hair…but it was long hair. And I'm never sure if it's either wet, or greasy. Anyway Theodore wasn't in that class either. Feeling pretty suckish by now, the period seemed to drag on forever. Finally it ended at 1:18 and my next Art class was literally right across the hall. I said good-bye to Alison as she went to a different class, with my head hung low I trudged across the hall to my art class. The halls at my school are completely packed so it's like trying to walk through a mosh pit. There was a group huddled around the art room door waiting to be let in. I waited there bordely looking at my timetable to make sure I got the room number correct, yep…234. I looked up absentmindedly, and it was like a lightning bolt shot through me. There he was…standing in the huddle of kids waiting to get in, holding a small dark blue binder loosely in one arm. I felt my eyes widen and my cheeks flare up. But as soon as the lightning feeling came it left and I stood there like an idiot staring at him.

He looked the same as last year, maybe a little taller. He was perfect, still as always. He had the same hair the same eyes the same face the same everything. He was perfect in his entire perfect ness.

I finally tore my eyes away and grinned drunkenly at the floor. The art room door suddenly opened and we all filed in. the seats were organized alphabetically. Red duo tangs with our names on them were placed at the seat we were meant to sit at. I found mine and sat down. My eyes glanced over to where Theodore was looking for his duo tang. He walked closer to me…and closer….and closer!! Omg! Is he going to sit beside me!!

No. he sat down in front of me to the left. Well it's better than nothing.

Wow I feel foolish! I've liked this guy for almost a year now and I've never even had a proper conversation with him!! I'm useless! My unrequited love is torturing me! He obviously is living in total peace not realizing the girl sitting behind him is crazy about him. gawd why is life so cruel?

So yeah…he was in my art class. I was soo happy I couldn't stop smiling all the rest of the way home after school. My sisters thought I was high or something.

So yeah…now it's the 16th….AND NOTHINGS HAPPENED!!

I mean he complemented my art once. He said

"That's so good it's ridiculous"

Yep.

Those were his exact words. I remember it clearly. It happened last week. Now I'm fretting over the crisis of him liking another girl in my art class. She is a very good drawer; not nearly as good as me though, I mean I got a 97 in art last year (it's my major). But he's always going over and talking to her and stuff…..waaa. Her name is Amaryn. Grrrr. I've only just realized he was doing this recently and I'm super uber jealous. One of my other very good friends, Kaleigh, is friends with Amaryn, so I made her ask Amaryn if she liked Theodore. Kaleigh told me what she said after school on MSN. The convo went like this:

Kaleigh: heyy I talked to Amaryn today :)

Me: what did you say?? What did she say??O.O

Kaleigh: lol, I didn't really know what to ask her though. What was it you wanted me to ask her.

Me: if she liked Theodore is all.

Kaleigh: oh okay

I stared at the screen for like 10 minuets waiting for her to say more before I realized she was done talking.

Me: so what did you say to her today??

Kaleigh: oh

Kaleigh: only that u really like him and it seems they are flirting a lot in class.

Me: what did she say?

Kaleigh: she was like, "gawd why is everybody saying that?" Then I asked her if she liked him and she said "I don't know, maybe…"

My heart sunk

Me: ohh ok.

I had to sign off after that for dinner. I couldn't concentrate on dinner though so I skipped out and headed upstairs to me and my sisters shared bedroom.

Soon Jeanette and Brittany came up to see if I was still alive or not.

"yo what's with you tonight? You love dinner time, and we had your favorite tonight" Brittany asked flopping down on her pink bed. Jeanette climbed onto her bed and sat cross-legged and took out her book. She's reading Wuthering Heights right now. She just finished reading the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer. She said it was amazing and it made her want to read Wuthering Heights. Oh.

Reminder: Borrow Twilight from Jeanette and start reading!

I sighed and shook my head. I was lying on my belly on my turquoise bed with my pillow balancing on top of my head.

"Oh nothing, just that the guy I like might like another girl and she sort of likes him back…" I said as sadly as I could. Brittany's eyebrow rose.

"Sort of likes him?"

I nodded.

"Yeah, she said 'I don't know, maybe…'" I said mirroring what Kaleigh told me online.

"Who's the guy? Is it Theodore?" Jeanette suggested, putting down her book. She only ever did that if she was actually interested in the conversation instead of what was happening in her book.

I nodded again, in Jeanette's general direction. Brittany sighed and rolled her eyes.

"This is the guy your head over heals in love with, and have like, never even talked to him?" Brittany said like it was the most stupid thing ever.

"I've talked to him!" I argued. Brittany looked at me like I was missing something.

"A real conversation hun" she said. My shoulders dropped. Crap. I've never had a proper conversation with him…

"You need to talk to him Ellie!" Jeanette said. I pouted; she had no idea how hard that really was.

"How!?" I asked.

"Well, he's in your art class right? Just like, walk by him and complement his artwork or something" Jeanette suggested. Brittany nodded.

"Yeah or be all like, 'wow that's really cool! How'd you do that!?' you know, strike up a conversation or something" Brittany suggested. I frowned, the conversation I could do…it's just the stopping and start talking thing that got me. I told this to them and Brittany sighed heavily.

"Well if you don't talk to him nothings gonna happen!" Brittany almost yelled. I winced.

"But I'm burning up just thinking about talking to him!!" I wailed. It was true. My face was all hot and I felt like crying or something I was so embarrassed. Jeanette smiled weakly.

"Okay Ellie, calm down. Just pretend to be going to someone's desk and stop and pretend to notice something and say it looks good or ask how he did it. If he says a one word answer kind of thing than just walk away. If he seems interested or enthusiastic, then keep the conversation going" Jeanette explained. Brittany nodded in agreement. I remained silent while I thought it over.

"Or at least smile at him as you walk by, talking and smiling is always the first step" Brittany said. I sighed deeply. Brittany sighed in annoyance.

"If you don't talk to him nothing's going to happen Ellie!" she said, almost angrily.

hmmmmmmmMMMMMmmmmMMMmmmm. I so should have taken the conversation opportunity when he complemented my art that one time. Damn! Why am I so stupid? I was so taken aback and shy all I could say was "thanks" when he complemented me! Gawd! I'm so useless!!

I groaned and buried my head in my covers. Brittany sighed again and Jeanette resumed her book, therefore closing that conversation. A few minuets later I groaned again.

"Okay…I'll….I'll try it….I'll talk to him" I mumbled under my blankets. Brittany looked up from her diary and Jeanette from her book.

"thata girl!" Brittany said, and then resumed writing.

I was so going to make a fool of myself and blow the whole thing up. Okay checklist for talking to Theodore tomorrow:

Smile at him when you walk by.

notice and complement

If he is interested, keep conversation going.

Yes! Perfect!

Ugghhh I'm soo nervous!!

No!

I'm going to do this! Yes!! Tomorrow will be my day!

Goodnight for now Diary!

Eleanor Miller.

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AN: so there it is first chapter. I had to talk about a lot this chapter, you know build it up I guess. Anyway if you like is please PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!! If you don't review I won't update!!

Ps: Instead of cooking majors, I made Eleanor and Theodore Art majors…cause it helps relate them more to the people this story is based on. But don't worry, if this story reaches until Eleanor's second term, she'll have Food and Nutrition class.