Just to make things clear; The story is based on the Chipmunk movies, (2007 + 2009). Set in the time line, a few months after the squeakquel ends. For anyone who is not to familiar with the second movie: Ryan is a jock and has a gang who hangs around with him, one of whom is called Xander, he is always correcting Ryan to his displeasure. They gained a certian dislike towards the chipmunks, but befriended Alvin to use him for the (American) Football team.
It was a warm Monday morning in June. Monday, that meant a school day. The six chipmunks waved goodbye to Dave as he dropped them off at West Eastman, on his way to work.
They all walked into the school, cheerful and spritely, all except Alvin. He was several steps behind trundling along half asleep.
"Eight a.m. is still too early," Alvin murmured to himself, looking around for something that wasn't as boring as school. "Great, another boring school day, with boring lessons, all ending with boring math class." Alvin said out loud as he caught up with the others, who had reached their lockers.
Brittany turned to Alvin, "It can't be that boring, 'cause we're together in math class." She said making a good point. "Or am I too boring for you?"
Simon and Jeanette turned and looked in Alvin and Brittany's direction. "There they go again." Simon said, sighing at the sight of the two arguing.
"They aren't really morning people are they?" Jeanette added, before looking across at Theodore and Eleanor. They hadn't noticed the argument, and were talking about cooking and getting their books from the lockers.
By now both Alvin and Brittany had fully woken up and were in the midst of a fight. When Alvin stopped and looked over Brittany's shoulder, something caught his eye. He brushed passed her and hopped up onto a table for a better vantage point.
"Don't walk away from me Alvin." Brittany said in annoyance, turning towards his direction. She looked up to see what Alvin was checking out, as did the others. He was looking at some sort of poster; he turned and faced the others with an excited look on his face. Alvin grabbed one of the posters, which had fallen off the wall and onto the table, and jumped down to the others with it.
"What are you so excited about?" Brittany asked in an uncaring manner, before glancing at the poster he was holding.
The others took a look at the poster as well; Simon and Jeanette's faces said it all, they were not looking forward to it.
"Sports Day!" Alvin exclaimed in delight, "Finally something exciting in this place."
"Yeah, real exciting." Brittany replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Just because you're no good at sports." Alvin teased, looking to start a fight with Britt again. She just looked at Alvin uncaring, then looked at the others and rolled her eyes.
"I don't need to be good at sports," She defended, "Singing female chipmunk." She turned and walked off to her first class, slightly offended.
"Alvin, don't you think you're being a bit harsh on Britt." Simon said reasoning with him. "I'm just as reluctant to compete in this sports day as the others."
"Come on guys, it'll be fun." Alvin insisted, turning to the four of them.
"Only if you're good at sports." Theodore added nervously.
"Well, you all better get in some practise." Alvin teased, as he turned and walked off down the corridor.
"Don't worry, it won't be as bad as we think." Simon said, trying to put Jeanette and Eleanor's minds at ease
"Like Alvin said it might be fun...ish." Theodore added, trying to reassure the others, and himself.
They all split up in different directions to go to their first classes of the morning. The sports day still plaguing their minds, what would happen? What sports would they have to do? Would they be able to cope? With these thoughts circling around in their heads, it was hard to concentrate at the task in hand, even for Simon and Jeanette.
Later that morning, the guys had just finished second period, gym class. Alvin, Simon and Theodore were all in the same gym class, as were Ryan and his jocks. Alvin strolled out of the changing rooms after class and headed to his locker, with Ryan hunting him down. Only being eight inches tall, Alvin only made it half way down the corridor before being confronted by Ryan, with his jock friends backing him up.
"Hey guys, what's happenin'?" Alvin said nervously, as the group towered over him. He looked around for a distraction or maybe backup, but no luck.
"You cost us that football game last week," Ryan accused, looking down on him with anger.
"Me?" Alvin interrupted in a puzzled tone.
"And I'm getting left with the blame." He continued.
"Well, you did throw the ball." Alvin reminded, looking up at Ryan with a confident smirk. Ryan turned and looked at the others, for some support, before turning back to look at Alvin.
"Well he has a point." Xander commented from behind Ryan. This made him turn around and give Xander a funny look, as if to say 'why did you say that?'
Simon and Theodore emerged from the changing rooms, at the end of the corridor where Ryan was confronting Alvin. They looked tired and beaten-up, the looks on their faces suggested it had been dodge ball again. They walked very slowly down the corridor, not noticing Alvin's predicament, talking about the sports day, which is still at the centre of their thoughts.
Theodore looked across to Simon, "I hope the Sports Day will be better than gym class." Theo said in despair.
"Well it can't get much worse." Simon encouraged, looking across to Theodore. "It'll be fine Theo, we'll get through it together." This lifted Theodore's spirits and brought a small smile to his face. Simon smiled back, then looked up ahead to see Alvin in a confrontation with the jocks.
"Oh no. Not again." Simon said out loud, prompting Theodore to look in the same direction. The smile soon disappeared from his face as he saw the jocks crowding out Alvin.
"Come on Theo," Simon encouraged, "We better go help him."
"Okay." Theodore replied nervously, looking back at Simon hoping he would sort things out. Simon headed for Alvin and the Jocks, slowly, with Theodore following closely behind in his shadow. They were reluctant to get involved with the altercation, from thoughts of past experiences at the hands of Ryan and his gang.
As they approached the conflict Ryan looked up over Alvin and stared right at them. Simon froze in his tracks, met with flashbacks of Ryan giving him a swirly and then nearly drowning in a toilet. Theodore bumped into Simon, and snapped him out of his flashback, then Theodore too iced over at the intimidating sight of all the bullies towering over his brother.
To their relief, Ryan turned away from Alvin and signalled his friends to leave with him. Alvin looked over his shoulder to see what had distracted Ryan's attention from himself; he was surprised to see his brothers in step, a couple of feet behind him, which was quite a long way for him. Alvin had a thankful look on his face, as he approached his brothers, as he was actually glad to see his brothers for once.
"We'll continue this at lunch, fur ball." Ryan shouted at Alvin over his shoulder, as he walked away.
Simon and Theodore looked at Ryan walking away down the corridor, and then changed their focus to Alvin. With a nervous look on his face, Alvin shrugged at the probing looks he got from his brothers.
"Sooo, what's up boys?" Alvin asked, trying to cover up the events that just took place. Simon glared at him with an unbelieving expression on his face, Theodore just looked puzzled.
"What was all that about? Alvin?" Simon interrogated.
"It's nothing guys, don't worry about it." Alvin reassured, looking at Simon nervously and then glancing across at Theodore to see his reaction. He was looking back at Alvin knowing that an inevitable argument or fight would ensue, so he kept quiet and stared at the floor.
"It didn't look like nothing." Simon replied, hinting that there was something Alvin wasn't telling them.
"It's just the stupid jocks, that's all; you know how stupid jocks are? Anyway I gotta go, see you guys at lunch." Alvin rushed away as if in a hurry, avoiding any further questions from his brothers. He didn't want his brothers to get involved in case they get hurt, because it would all be his fault. Then Theo would get upset, Dave would get mad, and that's not good. His mind would be riddled with unwanted guilt.
"It's best not to get involved." Simon advised Theodore.
"But, what if Alvin's in trouble?" Theo asked with concern.
"He'll handle it himself, he always does." Simon replied, trying not to show what little confidence he had in his older sibling. Theodore had an uneasy look on his face. "Anyway, we were supposed to meet the girls." Simon reminded, "They're probably wondering where we are right about now."
"Oh yeah," Theodore replied, having temporarily forgotten. "Let's go Simon." They soon cheered up at the thought of hanging around with their counterparts.
With the girls...
"I wonder what's happened to them." Eleanor quizzed in a caring manner, looking around in all directions hoping to see them walk into view.
"Simon's never usually late for anything." Jeanette said with a concerned look on her face. As for Brittany, she couldn't care less, after the argument they had earlier, he wasn't exactly at the top of the list of people she wanted to talk to.
"It's probably Alvin's fault as usual." Brittany said with no doubt in her voice. Jeanette and Eleanor sighed in unison, looking around for the boys.
Just at that moment the bell rang, so they had to make their way to their next class. Simon and Theodore walked briskly round the corner and spotted the girls. The girls caught sight of them and rushed to meet up with them.
"Where have you guys been?" Jeanette asked, looking around to see Theodore but no Alvin.
"And where's Alvin?" Eleanor added.
"It's a long story, we'll have to tell you at lunch." Simon explained, "Right now we gotta' get to class."
"Alvin's been acting strange," Theodore added, before being dragged away by his brother.
"Come on Theo, you'll be late for class." Simon said ushering him away from the girls. "It's best to wait till lunch to tell them, Okay? Simon whispered.
"Okay Simon." Theodore replied slightly disappointed that they couldn't talk to the girls now.
The boys walked off down the corridor to their next classes, the girls were puzzled.
"What was all that about?" Eleanor said, scratching her head and looking at her sisters.
"It was Alvin, I told you." Brittany said confidently, her annoyance towards him rising with every minute that passed. They all split up and went to their classes.
"Do you think the boys are okay?" Jeanette asked Eleanor before entering her classroom.
"Don't worry Jen. We'll work it out at lunch." Eleanor reassured her sister, as she walked off down the corridor to her class.
Later at lunch, the six of them met up with their lunches and sat outside on a table together. They were all sat in an uneasy silence eating their lunch, Alvin was keeping his head down, it was easy to see. Simon broke the silence,
"About earlier," he started, "we're sorry we didn't show up." He looked across at the three chipettes, then at Theodore. "We ran into a spot of trouble."
"Trouble?" Eleanor asked in a worried tone of voice. "What kind of trouble? Are you guys okay?"
Simon had used the wrong choice of words and was now cursing himself in his head. "Not really trouble," he back tracked, looking at Alvin, who gave him a glare out of the corner of his eye. "More an issue that needed...addressing." Simon was now frantically searching his head for words that wouldn't sound too serious.
"Sooo, has this got anything to do with Alvin?" Brittany hinted, glancing across in his direction.
"Well..." Simon started.
"Alvin was being bullied." Theodore blurted out.
"Yeah, like that would ever happen." Brittany commented looking across at Alvin to check his reaction. He didn't really listen to what they were saying, this took Brittany by surprise, she usually gets into an argument with him at this point but he seemed preoccupied.
"He wasn't being bullied as such." Simon continued, "It was more of a heated discussion."
"What happened?" Brittany asked, now more concerned about how Alvin was acting.
"We came from gym class and the bullies were around Alvin." Theodore explained, referring to Ryan and his Jocks.
"But we approached them and broke it up." Simon said, trying to make it seem as incident free as possible.
"Wow, you two were brave to face up to them like that." Eleanor said looking across at Theodore. He smiled at her and felt all warm inside; Simon was more concerned about Alvin's well being, with a serious look on his face. Alvin was saying nothing and keeping his head down. There was an awkward silence. Brittany, with her eyes fixed on Alvin, noticed him occasionally glance over his shoulder at something before continuing with his lunch.
"Alright Alvin, what's up?" Brittany asked impatiently. "You've been acting weird all day, it's got something to do with those guys." she pointed in Ryan's direction. Ryan raised his eyebrows at the sight of Brittany pointing at him. "And I want to know what it is."
Alvin looked across at Brittany with an unwilling look in his eyes. He didn't want her to get involved because she'd make a big deal about it and take matters into her own hands.
"It's nothing," Alvin insisted addressing the five of them. "I don't want to get you involved." He had a serious look on his face, not a common expression the others were used to seeing on him. "It's my problem, I'll work it out."
"Come on Alvin, we can work it out together." Theodore said trying to encourage him.
"Maybe we can help you." Eleanor continued, agreeing with Theodore's sentiment. They smiled at each other and then looked back at Alvin.
"Perhaps getting it off your chest will make you feel better." Jeanette suggested. Alvin looked at them nervously; he knew they had a point.
"Oh," he said looking down at his lunch, "looks like I've finished, I'll take my tray back."
He had a very small tray, specially provided by the school, picked it up and made his way indoors to tidy it away. The others looked at each other puzzled.
"Alvin would never tidy anything up...unless he was trying to avoid talking to us." Simon said, stating that Alvin was being evasive towards them.
"Anyway, how were your days?" Simon asked the girls.
They all started chatting about classes and the events that were happening in the near future. But Brittany was still concerned about Alvin in the back of her mind.
She suddenly noticed Ryan following Alvin inside by himself; he had purpose in the way he marched from the table and into the building.
"May I be excused?" Brittany asked, not waiting for an answer from any of them, she grabbed her tray and hurried into the building. She wanted to find out what was going on with Alvin, and the only way to do that was to trail him.
Brittany entered the hall to find Alvin and Ryan face to face. Ryan had a menacing look on his face, as he towered over Alvin. She froze; she didn't know what to do, should she get involved against Alvin's wishes? She could always go back to the others and get help, but it might be too late to help. She stood watching, still as a statue, as her mind was clouded with indecision.
Finished the first chapter, Phew, not bad for a first attempt. I hope.
A bit dull, but it'll get going...soon. Please Review, cause evident improvement is needed.
Next chapter is already on its way.