Author's Note: Hey there! For those of you who are following me for my Miraculous Ladybug Fanfiction, don't worry, I haven't abandoned it. I just wanted to take a break with another fun couple to write about. A few notes about this story, the Chipmunks and Chippets are in their mid-twenties (Human Years!) and there is quite a bit of swearing. Enjoy!
"Are you guys sure you are up for this?" Dave asked as Ian slid the paper towards them.
"Dave, we aren't kids anymore, right Britt?" Alvin asked, handing her the pen.
"Sure. But you will be on your best behavior, right? Because you promised." Brittany countered as she began signing the contract.
"Yep. I promise. No stupid pranks."
"Ok, because if I find a single fake bug in my dressing room I swear..."
"No fake bugs, snakes, or any other childish pranks. Even if hearing you scream warms my heart." He teased playfully.
"Alvin..." she moaned as she handed the pen back to him.
"Kidding, kidding. No, I promise to take this seriously. Truly." He signed his name below hers and handed the pen back to Dave. "I'll show up to rehearsals. I won't be late. I won't..."
"Steal my verses..." Brittany suggested. "Step on my feet on purpose..."
"Put laxatives in your coffee...string your underwear out of the tour bus window...none of it. I promise."
"Good. Break that promise and your dead, Seville." she threatened and Alvin knew she meant it.
"'Munks honor, Britt. I promise I will be ever the gentleman. I'll be so good, you'll fall in love with me."
"HA! In your dreams, Alvin. As if I would ever fall for you!" She retorted as their siblings stepped up and signed the contract for their next big tour as well.
'Maybe' Alvin thought to himself. 'Maybe it is a dream, but I'm ready to make it come true. That I can promise.'
***6 Years Later***
Brittany stared at the paper on Ian's desk as a flutter of butterflies ripped through her gut. Ian handed her the pen and pointed to the blank space. Her sisters' signatures were already there as well as Simon and Theodore's.
"It's a shame we can't use Chipmunks as your name, but you know how copyright laws go." Ian was saying. Brittany nodded as she scribbled out her name. It had been 5 years since she had an active singing contract. After the end of their last tour, Brittany had left the music industry behind her.
"The Chippers is close enough," she pointed out. The contract she was signing officially made her the lead singer of the group the others had formed after the breakup of the Chipmunks and Chipettes. The Chippers had been moderately successful, but without her or Alvin, the group didn't have the same amount of star power. They were viewed as a spin-off of the original group.
"Technically we could use Chipettes, you know, now that you're back," Ian added, but Brittany frowned.
"That's not fair to the boys and you know it. We are sticking with the Chippers." She handed the pen back to Ian as he rolled his eyes.
"Alright, but if you guys change your mind, we can always adjust the contract." Ian took the papers and filled them away in his desk. "Have you seen your sisters yet?"
"Not yet," she admitted. She had come straight to Ian's office after her plane landed. She had spent the last 5 years in New York City working on her own fashion line. The Brittany line was quite popular, but she had handed off the business to her CEO so that she could return to singing.
"Well, say hi to them when you do." He handed her a business card. "This is where we will start rehearsing next week. I've already lined up a few tv interviews. I figured we can announce your return on the first one. Keep it quiet until then."
She nodded. They had already discussed all of this on the conference calls leading up to this moment. It had taken months of planning and she had considered backing out several times. Brittany had never thought she would return to L.A, but she truly missed singing. Designing dresses just didn't give her the same satisfaction that performing did.
She thanked Ian and headed out to where a car was waiting to drive her to her sisters' apartment. She glanced over at the sign for the Jet Records Building. She smiled at the memory of when she had first arrived here in an envelope with her sisters. It was so long ago and so much had happened since then but it still felt like yesterday to her. Her driver opened the car door for her and she jumped it. She watched as the downtown buildings flew by through the window. She was back. Brittany was back.
