Chapter One; Father and Son

"Simon! Theo! Wake up! Wake up! It's snowing outside!" Alvin cried as he rushed over to the window and placing his face and paws up against the glass. "Wow, it's just like it was last year! Another white Christmas!" he cried as Theodore suddenly sat up. "This is also the first year of having Dave officially as our father." He said. "Yeah, I know." Alvin said as he hung his head and heaved a heavy sigh. "What's wrong Alvin, you seem upset and I thought that you would be entirely happy and excited about it." Simon said as he sat up and pushed his glasses onto his nose.

"Yeah, I am. It's just that, well_" he began when suddenly the bedroom door opened. "Hey boys merry Christmas." Dave said happily while he greeted them. "Good morning Daddy." Theodore said warmly as he looked up at him. "Hey guys, I've got a huge surprise for you downstairs. It was too big to actually be put under the Christmas tree though." He explained with a grin as he pointed his thumb over his shoulder. "Ooh, is it an elephant?" Theodore questioned with a raise of his paw.

"Oh come on Theo!" Alvin snapped with a roll of his eyes. "Use your head! Why would he get us an elephant? I mean it couldn't even fit through the door! If he really even cared about us at all he wouldn't be dumping us with a woman who doesn't even know what year it is and going out with Samantha tonight instead!" he exclaimed as he quickly spun back around and heaved another sigh. "Uh boys, could you please give us a moment?" Dave asked his other two boys.

"Sure." Simon began as he took ahold of Theodore's paw. "Come on let's go." He said. "Umm okay. Is Alvin going to be alright?" he asked him. "Don't worry, Dad knows how to handle it. I mean if he adopted us, you can be sure that he's used to Alvin by now." Simon said as he pulled him out of the door. "Alvin are you okay?" Dave asked him. "No I'm not!" he yelled angrily as he quickly turned around and stomped his paw. "When I first found out that you were adopting me I thought it was because you loved me and you wanted to spend more time with me!" he cried. "But I don't understand, I do and that's exactly the reason that I adopted you." Dave told him with a shake of his head.

"Oh really? So why have you gone out with Samantha ever since then and she's all that you ever talk about? You really just wanted to impress her didn't you?" he questioned his father. "Is that really what you think Alvin?" Dave asked him. "Yeah." He answered as he lowered his head again and turned his face away from him. "This is my first real Christmas with you, our real parents didn't want us. And now it seems like you don't either." He said shakily.

That's when suddenly he felt himself whisked away inside his father's arms. "Alvin, you have no idea how wrong you really are." He said as he carried him over to the bed and sat down with him still cuddled inside his arms. "Do you want to know the truth of why I'm really spending so much time with Samantha?" he asked him. "It's because you're planning on marrying her for real isn't it?" he questioned him back. "Well that, and I want you boys to have a mother. Considering that I can't be two places at once, and you've already gotten close with Miles. I'm doing it for you and your brothers." He explained.

"Okay, I understand but I still wish that we had more time to be together." Alvin said. "I know, and I do too, and that's why we're going to Disney World for Christmas vacation." Dave told him with a nod and a grin. "For real Dave, I mean Dad?" Alvin asked him eagerly as his eyes widened with disbelief. "Yep, we're scheduled to leave tomorrow. However don't tell the others because it was supposed to be a surprise. The Chipettes are coming too." He explained as Alvin grew a sly grin onto his face. "I always wanted to see Brittany in a bikini." He admitted as Dave rolled his eyes.

"Listen, I don't want you to ever feel like I'm ignoring you alright. And since we're a real family now I need you to tell me whenever something is bothering you deal?" he asked him. "It's a deal Dad." Alvin said as he snuggled inside his chest and smiled warmly up at him as Dave hugged him back and he could feel the warmth of his heart beating. "Knock, knock." Alvin gasped as he perked up his ears when suddenly Ian entered the room.

"Uncle Ian!" he exclaimed excitedly. "Gee, I never thought that I'd be so happy to say that before." Alvin said as he looked up at him. "Hey, how's it going fur ball?" Ian questioned as he scratched him behind the ears. "I heard that you're officially a Seville now." He said. "Yep! It's literally written in ink!" Alvin answered. "Well congrats. Jeeze, it's amazing what you can miss after going to Paris for a month." Ian said. "I wouldn't hold him too long though Dave, or you might have to change your shirt." He told him as Alvin scowled at him.

"I am toilet trained for your information! I mean hello!? I'm a talking and singing chipmunk here! Why wouldn't I be able to use a simple thing like that!?" he cried. "Alright, alright I'm sorry don't get your tail in a knot. By the way I just thought you'd like to know that your other two chipmunks or sons or whatever are downstairs playing hide and seek from Andrew." Ian told him. "Alright, I know I'm going to regret asking this here. But who the heck is Andrew?" Alvin asked him. "He's my nephew and I brought him over for you guys to babysit." He answered.

"Well then why are the boys hiding from him?" Dave wondered. "Because he thought it would be fun to yank their tails." Ian said. "And what you didn't try to stop him!?" he exclaimed as he shook his head with disbelief. "He's only a baby Dave, I didn't really see how I could." Ian pointed out. "Listen Alvin, I'm sorry buddy but I'm going to have to check up on them and see what's going on. I'll be back to spend some time with you later I promise." He assured him before kissing his cheek and setting him back down on the bed and racing out of the room.

"Was it just my imagination or did you just seem a little bit hurt about my dad blaming you?" Alvin questioned as he looked up at Ian. "What? Me? Of course not!" he exclaimed as he placed a hand onto his chest being completely dumbfounded. "Cause it's alright if you were. You should probably talk to him about it, otherwise he'll never know." He explained. "Don't be ridiculous, what am I a wuss?" Ian asked as Alvin simply just shook his head while he walked out of the room.