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Two To Tutor
Chapter 2
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Brittany walked onto the Seville porch. She quickly fixed a stray hair dangling in her face and rang the doorbell. She waited patiently for an answer. The door cracked open. She could see a blue eye staring at her. The door was slowly opened wider to reveal Alvin. "Hey, Simon its you next victim!" The red clad chipmunk called upstairs to his brother.
Brittany rolled her eyes as she walked into the Seville's home. Simon came downstairs with his text book in hand. "Great, right on time." Simon said smiling at Brittany.
Brittany couldn't help but smile back. "That's a first." Alvin mumbled walking over to the couch and continued to lazily watch TV. (1)
Brittany's smile faded and she shot a glare at Alvin. Simon rolled his eyes at Alvin. "Ignore him." Simon said turning to Brittany. Brittany slightly gasped when Simon grabbed her hand. Simon lead her upstairs into his bed room. "Just take a seat on my bed while I set up some things." Simon aid pushing the chalkboard in front of his bed and searching for some chalk.
Brittany sat on Simon's bed. She looked around the room. It had been awhile since she had been in it. Not much had changed. Their were several Kid's Choice Awards on the shelves that they had won recently. She looked at the few above Simon's bed. He had four orange blimps and one silver one, that was otherwise known as Nickelodeon's Wannabe Award(2). Brittany turned to look at Alvin. "You won a Wannabe award?" She asked.
"Yeah," Simon said finally finding the box of chalk under Alvin's bed. He turned to look at Brittany. "Why do you sound so surprised?" Simon asked pretending to be offended.
"I…uh…its just-" Brittany stammered nervously.
"Britt calm down, I'm just kidding." Simon chuckled. Brittany let out a small laugh and swung her legs onto the bed. She placed them into an Indian position. "Okay, lets start with Linear Equations(3)." Simon said.
He opened the textbook and handed it to Brittany. She looked at the page. "Huh?" She asked tilting her head to the side.
Simon chuckled. "Linear equations are equations such as 3x-120," Simon paused to write the equation on the chalkboard. He turned to look at Brittany. She nodded slightly. "Now, can you tell me the value of x?" Simon asked taking a seat next to Brittany on the bed.
"No, that's why you're here." Brittany said.
Simon smiled. "Well, give it a shot." He said encouragingly.
Brittany began to work on the problem. After several minutes, of humming and erasing, Brittany came up with an answer. "Um negative four?" Brittany asked unsure of her answer.
"Hm, close." Simon said. "Maybe it would help you if you could relate to the problem." Simon said. "What do you like to do?" Simon asked.
"Sing." Brittany answered in a "duh" tone.
Simon laughed. "I mean other than sing." Simon said still laughing softly.
Brittany thought for a moment. "Shop." Brittany said.
"Okay," Simon said not that shocked. Not shocked at all really. Simon got off his bed and started putting on his shoes. "Come on." He said reaching out to help Brittany up.
Brittany took his hand and followed him. "Where are we going?" She asked picking up her purse.
"The mall." Simon stated plainly while opening the door for Brittany and gesturing for her to go first.
Brittany giggled at how gentlemanly he acts. She walked down the stairs with Simon right behind her. "Where are you guys headed?" Dave asked from the kitchen.
"To the mall. Don't worry I'll be back before dinner." Simon said.
"Is Brittany going to stay?" Dave asked.
"I don't know, are you?" Simon asked Brittany smiling.
Brittany couldn't resist. "Sure, I could used all the help I can get." Brittany said smiling at Simon. Brittany could've sworn she saw Simon's smile grow wider. Simon nodded to Dave that Brittany was staying and they headed towards the mall. When they got there, Brittany finally asked the question that had been pestering her mind. "Why are we here?" Brittany asked.
"Continuing our lesson." Simon said going into a food.
"What does the mall have to do with math?" Brittany asked sitting in the seat Simon pulled out for her.
Simon sat in the seat across from her. "Britt, math is everywhere." Simon explained.
"Math is taking over the world?" Brittany asked playfully.
"Quiet. You'll anger the math gods." Simon said playing along. They both laughed. "Okay, lets focus." Simon said. Brittany nodded. "Let's say you best friend was working behind the counter at your favorite make up store and you buy three of your favorite lipsticks," Simon said writing a three on a napkin. "For x dollars," he continued writing an x. "And your friend's discount gets you twelve dollars off, and you end up paying nothing. How much was each lipstick?" Simon asked scooting the napkin over to Brittany, once he finished writing it out.
Brittany immediately began working out the problem with ease. "Four dollars." Brittany said.
"That's right." Simon said smiling at Brittany.
"Its so much easier when its about shopping." Brittany said.
Simon laughed. "I told you it would be easier." Simon said.
"Could we try a few more?" Brittany asked.
"Sure." Simon said getting up. Brittany followed him. Simon continued showing Brittany how easy math could be. Soon enough Brittany was solving equations like a math pro. They were so into what they were doing Simon was shocked when he checked his watch. "Whoa, we better get going if we don't want to be late." Simon said.
Brittany just nodded and followed him to his car. The ride back to the Seville house was quiet. Simon parked his car in the garage next to Dave's. Brittany and Simon walked through the door. The smell of lasagna was perceptible throughout the house. They walked into the kitchen to see Alvin and Theodore starting a wooden spoon fight while trying to make a salad. "C'mon cut it out fellas(4)." Dave said placing the lasagna on the table.
"Yes, Dave." They said concurrently while bringing the salad to the table.
Dave looked up and saw Simon and Brittany and the kitchen doorway. "Oh, you're back." He said taking off his oven mitts. "How did the tutoring go?" He asked grabbing some plates and forks and handing them to Simon.
Simon took them and hand the forks to Brittany. "Great, Brittany is really smart." Simon said setting the table.
"Simon, don't lie to the poor girl." Alvin said grabbing the fruit punch out of the refrigerator and filling the glasses on the table.
"Alvin," Dave said splitting his name into two as if it were two separate words.
Simon ignored Alvin's comment. "Soon enough she'll be able to do the problems without buying something." Simon said. "I knew tutoring was expensive, but I didn't think for the tutor(5)." Simon joked. Brittany laughed and so did Dave and Theodore. Alvin just rolled his eyes.
They all sat down for dinner. Dave asked about school getting a positive response from everyone except Alvin who only groaned at the thought of it. Simon and Brittany continued a math joke from earlier, leaving Dave, Alvin, and Theodore confused.
After dinner Simon and Brittany worked out of the book for awhile. Brittany was starting to get it. She got some wrong but with Simon's help could now easily point out her mistakes and correct herself. Simon looked down at his watch and gasped. "Its getting late. You should get going." Simon said closing the book.
"Yeah, Miss Miller might mangle me." Brittany said grabbing her purse.
"Excellent alliteration." Simon complimented.
"Thank you. I'm an expert at the repetition of consonants." Brittany said. Simon looked surprised. "I get English!" Brittany exclaimed laughing slightly.
Simon laughed along with Brittany. Simon walked downstairs with her. He opened the door for her. "Do you want me to walk you home?" Simon asked.
"No. I think I can make it back okay." Brittany said fixing the strap on her purse. There was an awkward silence between them. "So, what time should I be here tomorrow?" Brittany asked breaking the silence.
"Around eleven." Simon said
"Cool, see you then." Brittany said walking down the steps onto the sidewalk. "Bye Simon." Brittany said turning around to wave goodbye.
"Bye Brittany." Simon said waving back. He slowly closed the door and turned to see Alvin and Theodore looking at him from the doorway(6). Their eyebrows raised in a knowing manner. "What?" Simon asked puzzled by their expressions.
"Nothing." They said simultaneously. They walked in two different directions.
"I know what you're thinking, and its not true!" Simon said to both his brothers.
"Uh huh," Alvin said from his place on the couch.
"Sure," Theodore said continuing the dishes.
Simon rolled his eyes at his brothers and headed upstairs. He walked into his room and commenced cleaning. He bent over to pick up a textbook, when he smelled a familiar fragrance. It was a blend of various berry's and fruits(7). A smile appeared on his face. Brittany's perfume. Simon shook his head as he continued to clean.
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Ooh, Alvin and Theodore are smartical! I still like reviews! Shoot I don't care if you give me a bad review thats just more reviews for me! That just means you read it! Nana nana boo boo! LOL! This is my favorite chapter! So far! Plz review!
(1) Alvin is so mean to Britt
(2) I know I wanna be Simon
(3) Ugh, I hate math!
(4) No more Alvin and the Chipmunks for me. That a line from several different episodes.
(5) Haha! Math humor.
(6) Awkward... hello chillen's!
(7) Mmm, fruity!
