Chapter 2: Nostalgic

Alvin's POV

I was in the hospital with Brittany, she had come with me to see my gymnastic. Three times a week I train my legs so I will be able to get rid of the wheelchair and believe me this was the hardest thing I have ever done. The simplest task was being able to walk, but now it was my biggest challenge. I was holding on to something that looked like two railings, and I slowly took one step forward after the other. My legs were shaking, and I nearly tripped several times.

"Come on, Seville. You only have to do one more step, and then you can take a break," my gymnastic said. Brittany was sitting on a bench and gave me a smile. I also had my personal cheerleaders which were Thomas, Bobby, Samantha and Linda. They were cheering for me, and it kind of felt like I was ot a football game.

"You can do it Alvin!!" Bobby shouted and clapped his hands. "Give me an A-L-V-I-N!!"

I was covered in sweat. It was really hard, and I used all my might and took a final step. "Oh, my god, he can walk. It's a miracle." Bobby kept on joking then a nurse came to me and helped me down to the wheelchair. "Oh, I guess I was wrong," Bobby said as they were all laughing.

"Would you knock it off, Bobby? Man, you can really be annoying sometimes," I said. I couldn't help but to laugh a little. I rubbed my legs. They were so sore. Brittany then came and gave me a kiss.

"You were amazing, Alvin."

I looked at her and smiled. She was my motivation for being able to go through with this. "Thank you, Brittany… let see, now that I have some free time would you like me to continue my story?" I asked. I could tell that she had wished for it all day. "Where did we end?... oh, that's right."

It was a new day, but this one felt different from the others. Today I was going to be famous. "Okay, Dave, shoot… what's our next step?" I asked extremely thrilled, even though it was so early in the morning.

"Slow down, Alvin. I'm just as excited as you are, but we have just been awake for ten minutes. It's too early for me to think," Dave said and yawned

"That's a no winner talk, Dave. How about I call Peterson and make him book us up in the arena to perform?"

"Yeah, in you're dreams, Alvin. We must first focus to make people take interest in us," Simon said.

"And what better way wouldn't it be if we perform in the arena so the whole town is able to come?"

"And why do you think people are going to show if they don't even know who we are?" Simon asked me.

I looked over to Dave, Simon and Theodore, and I was getting angry for their lack of ambition "Is it just me who's giving 100% at this?"

"Alvin, we want to become famous just as much as you do, but it's not as easy as you want it to be," Simon said. I crossed my arms together, and I didn't want to admit that he might be right.

"How about we ask that girl for help?" Theodore suggested. "What was her name again?"

"You mean, Charlene?... Great idea, Theo, and maybe she can ask one of her contacts and maybe pull some strings for us"

"If you guys do that, then I will speak to Peterson and ask him for some advertising," Dave said. "Now, finish you're breakfast, and then we head over to the studio."

Charlene? I thought to myself, I really wanted to see her again, and this time would be different. This time I won't act like I had bit my tongue. I wanted to ask her out. I finished my breakfast and we went out to the car. We headed to the studio, and I tried to figure out what I was going to say to her. Just to simply ask her out wasn't going to be enough. I wanted to do it in style. We arrived to the studio and Dave went to see Peterson and he also assigned us to search for Charlene, but she were nowhere to be found. So we decided to go to Johnny. Maybe he know where she could be? "Hey, the Chipmunks. What can I help you with?"

"Hi, Johnny, we're trying to find Charlene. Do you know where she is?" Simon asked

"The Chipette?... I believe she is at R.R.R"

"R.R.R?" I asked confused

"Yes, Roy Rock Record… didn't you know? She represents them."

My eyes widened of surprise. "No, we didn't."

"Is it far from here?" Theodore asked. "We really need to speak with her."

"Well, it takes some time on foot. Do you want me to call someone to escort you there?"

"Please do," Simon said and then he turned to us. "Why would a rivalry company want to help us out?" He wondered.

I wanted to know that as well. It just seemed odd that she was going behind their backs and was helping this company. Johnny picked up his cell phone and made a quick call, and soon after there was a car waiting for us. We asked Johnny if he could inform Dave that we were heading to R.R.R in case he wondered. The ride took about an half hour, until we arrived. We entered the building and went to the receptionist.

"Yes may I help you gentleman?"

"Yes, we're the Chipmunks, the yet to know world famous rock stars, and we want to know if Charlene, the Chipette is here," I demanded.

"I'm sorry but if you want to see Miss Charlene you have to sign this paper, and then we'll call when she's available."

I took the document and read it. "And how long do you think it will take before she is able to see us?" I asked

"Oh, not so long, six weeks or so."

"Six weeks?!!" I yelled "Forget it. we have to see her now!" three guards came and grabbed us, and the receptionist smiled at us. "I'm sorry but you have to follow the rules. Please, escort them out."

"This isn't over. I'll be back." they literally threw us out, and Simon frowned at me.

"Great job, Alvin," Simon said with sarcasm. "How do you expect us to be able to see her now?"

"I'm thinking," I said and rubbed my forehead then I saw a truck coming and was heading for the back doors. "I got it. Come on!" I started to run and my brothers were right behind me. We jumped onto the truck, and it seemed that it was shipping new equipment for the company.

"And now what?" Theodore asked

"Now we wait for the truck to stop and then we'll sneak out and head for the stairs and seek Charlene."

"And which room is she staying in?" Simon asked. Damn I hadn't thought of that. I started to instead laugh nervously. Simon sighed. "Oh, brother, and we can't just ask them for directions. They would probably throw us out again."

"Yeah, and my back still hurts from last time." Theodore complained

"Okay how about this?... when we get inside we just split up and search every room." they knew that they had no other choice, so they just agreed, we felt that the truck stopped so we silently jumped out from the truck and we headed to the stairs quickly. When we were inside we split up and began the search. I searched like 20 rooms and I was about to give up then I heard someone was singing. I followed it. It was the most beautiful voice I had ever heard, and it seemed it came from this room. I opened the door and went inside, and there she was. I was stunned, and my mouth dropped. She had a voice of an angel.

"Hey! You are not supposed to be here." I turned around and saw one of their guards.

"No, it's okay. I'm a visitor, and I'm here to see Charlene."

"Every visitor needs a pass or else you must leave at once," he said and grabbed my arm.

"No, you must understand that I need to see her."

"Who is it?" I heard someone say.

"It's just a trespasser. Nothing to worry about, Miss Charlene."

"Alvin?... Its okay. He's a friend of mine." The guard let go of me, and I adjusted my cap. "Please, Alvin, come this way." She grabbed my hand and led me to her private room. "Sorry about that."

"It's okay, but boy you were hard to find."

"You could just have called me."

"We didn't get you're number?"

She started to laugh. "Oh that's right. I'm so sorry." She went and got a piece of paper and a pen, and she wrote it down. "Here you go." she smiled

I took it and stared at it for a moment. I already had her number the only thing left was for me to do was ask her out.

"So you wanted to see me?"

"Oh, you see. I was wondering about what you said the other day. That you knew some guys who might set us up for some performance, and we would really appreciate if you could perhaps talk to them."

"Sure, no problem. Just let me do some calls, then I'm sure you will get some."

Okay, Alvin, ask her already. It's now or never.

"Um, Charlene. There was one other thing I would like to ask you." She turned around. Man, she is so beautiful.

"What is it Alvin?"

"Well, I…" there it was again I couldn't speak right.

She giggled. "Alvin, I like you… How about this? I know a good restaurant. How about you take me there some time? How about tomorrow at seven?"

"Yeah, that's fine!"

"Great. I can't wait… you have to excuse me, Alvin, but I promised that I was going to give you some performances."

I could only nod. I wasn't sure what just happened. Did she just ask me out? Either way I scored. I was startled by my cell phone. I picked it up, and it was Dave. "Hi, Alvin. I'm outside the building. Go get your brothers. We have to get going. He hung out, and I was about to leave.

"Alvin, wait." It was Charlene. "I made some calls, and you have one theater booked already tonight. I'm going to call Peterson and let him do some advertising for it."

"Wow, that was quick," I said surprised.

Charlene giggled and closed the door. I hurried and searched for Simon and Theodore. I told them that we were set for tonight, and when we got outside I told Dave about this. He became filled with joy and excitement. When we were riding in the car I noticed that they already talked about us on the radio, and when I looked out I saw fliers of us everywhere. So this is show business. I could really get used of this. We headed to the theater and I noticed how small it was. It would only fit a few hundred. At first, I didn't like it. I wanted more, but I realized that we had to start somewhere. I started to fantasize that after our performance, there would be reviewers and more and more fans wanting to see us. I smiled at that thought.

"Okay, guys, rehearsal… I have songs for you right here. The most obvious song I want you to sing is the Witchdoctor and the rest Peterson has select for us." Dave gave us the songs, and I scrambled through them. The rest of the day we kept on with preparations and memorizing our songs. It was only matter of moments until we were about to sing for an audience, and I was really pumped.

"Hey, Alvin," Simon said "I forgot to ask you… when you met Charlene today, did you ask her out?"

I started to laugh, "It was more that she asked me out."

"Oh, really? So where are you going?"

"To a restaurant she said it was a good one."

"I wish you my luck for you're first date, Alvin."

"Oh, please, Simon, stop it." I felt a little embarrassed

"Keep it down, guys. They are about to let the people in, now." Theodore hushed us and was getting nervous. We hid around the corner and looked out as we saw more people coming inside. My heart raced, and I was getting kind of nervous, too.

"What are you doing? Get on stage already." Dave sounded stressed and worried and obvious he was the one who was the most nervous of all of us. We did what he said and got in the right positions on stage. I heard how the audience was mumbling, and then the presenter began.

"Ladies and gentleman, on the behalf of Speed record it's an honor for us to present their future hit rock stars, Alvin and The Chipmunks!!!"

The Witchdoctor

I told the witch doctor
I was in love with you
I told the witch doctor
I was in love with you
And then the witch doctor
He told me what to do

He said that

Ooo eee,ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla bing bang...
Ooo eee ,ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla ,bing bang
Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla bing bang

I told the witch doctor
You didn't love me true
I told the witch doctor
You didn't love me nice
And then the witch doctor
He game me this advice

He said that

chorus...repeat x4

You've been keeping love from me
Just like you were a miser
And I'll admit I wasn't very smart
So I went out and found myself
A guy that's so much wiser
And he taught me the way to win your heart.

My friend the witch doctor
He taught me what to say
My friend the witch doctor
He taught me what to do
I know that you'll be mine
When I say this to you

chorus...

You've been keeping love from me
Just like you were a miser
And I'll admit I wasn't very smart
So i went out and found myself
A guy that's so much wiser
And he taught me the way to win your heart.

My friend the witch doctor
He taught me what to say
My friend the witch doctor
He taught me what to do
I know that you'll be mine
When I say this to you

chorus...

We really gave it our all, and then came what I really loved most about being on stage, the screams of fans going wild. It was such an awesome feeling. I had ever experience before, and I couldn't help but to laugh out of joy.

"They love us." Theodore squeaked.

After we had finished the lights turned dark we quickly headed backstage. I let out a scream of joy "WE ROCK!!!"

"They really liked us," Theodore said.

"Man, what an experience," Simon laughed.

Dave came and gave us a group hug. "You were fantastic." a small tear of joy rolled down his cheek.

The ride home felt like a let down. I wanted to stay for a little longer, but as soon as I sat down in the car I realized how tired I was, and so was my brothers. We fell asleep in the car and when we got home Dave picked us up one by one and placed us in our beds and kissed us goodnight, and in my sleep I started to hum the Witchdoctor.

"Okay, Seville. Break's over," my gymnastic said.

"Oh, come on," Bobby complained.

"Yeah, we want to hear the rest," Samantha said.

Brittany smiled. "So that was you're first performance?"

"Yes, it was, and I remember every detail of it. The feeling was so overwhelming when the crowd went wild."

"I know what you mean, Alvin."

One doctor came to me. "I have some good news for you. Seville."

I was getting to my position and was about to start my training. "About what?" I asked.

"We have been going through you're result of you're training, and you will soon be able to advance and use crutches instead."

"Alvin, that's great news," Brittany squeaked and gave me a hug.

Finally I thought to myself. As I stood there and was holding on to the railings, I stared out in the distance and remembered back at my first time on stage. There was a picture in my head of the screaming fans. I smiled and felt a little nostalgic.

That's chapter two of my newest story. Please, say what you think. Be honest. I like that. Anyway, look for the next chapter next week most likely. The Chipmunkster is signing out.