"Alright class. Now it's time for some acting exercises. So how about Alvin, Brittany, Paige and Rupert come on to the stage." Evans told them.

Alvin sighed heavily as he got up while Brittany just rolled her eyes annoyed and got up and onto the stage. They both weren't looking forward to this. Or the scene they had to work together on to pass their first term.

Alvin took a glance at his script, it was a romantic scene. And seeing how this is he was just considering on getting an F for it. He didn't want to do a romantic scene with...ugh...Brittany. Even if they attempted to do the scene, they would never be able to get it done without killing each other.

"Now I want you all to do some acting exercises so...Paige! Start us off with any random thought." Evans yelled.

She giggled. "Hi! My name is Paige!" She announced.

"Don't you think we knows that?" Rupert asked her.

"Everybody knows that!" Brittany snapped at him.

"For once could you just be nice?!" Alvin asked her.

"Gosh Alvin. You should just not talk. Your voice annoys me!" She yelled at him.

"How could anybody put up with you?!" Alvin exclaimed.

"I have good qualities!" She defended herself.

"Oh really." He scoffed and shook his head.

"Can you just shut up already?!" She hissed at him.

"You know what, lately you've been irritating me and doing my head in." He pointed out.

"And why should I care? And my reason for being irritating is that you just had to be here!" She fought back.

He shook his head. "Nope. I think it's something more." Trying to break her.

"Obviously it's not." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Could it possibly be because...you like me?" He asked trying to break her.

"Keep quiet Alvin. You're talking nonsense." She snapped walking passed him to the other side of the stage.

"Really Brittany? Are you sure I'm not right?" He challenged as he smirked at her.

"Seriously Alvin, if you think that I like you, then you're delusional." She shot back placing a hand on her hip.

"The fact that you 'hate' me is a great cover-up for liking me." Alvin told her trying to crack her shell.

"Unbelievable." She simply said.

"Very believable actually." He shot back.

"We will never be a couple." She told him firmly. They started glaring at each other. Tension and anger built up massively very quickly.

"I love the Xylophones! They make such beautiful music." Paige blurted out breaking the tension.

Alvin and Brittany had forgotten about Rupert and Paige. They had been standing there the whole time.

"You're so right!" Rupert announced.

"Zebra's live in zoo's." Paige announced.

"And monkeys." Rupert added.

"BOO!" Alvin screamed at Brittany making her scream and fly backwards a foot or two.

"DARN YOU ALVIN!"

"And you broke character. But I'd like to say thank you to the four of you. Especially Alvin and Brittany who just can't seem to get along even when they're 'acting'." He looked at them.

"You may return back to your seats." He told them as he went back on the stage as they were getting off.

Alvin sighed and sat down. Brittany had a pleased smile when he slumped in the chair looking a bit annoyed at Brittany.

Alvin and Brittany stayed silent for the rest of the class. They couldn't risk another assignment.

Once the bell rang Brittany tried leaving the room before Alvin could confront her about the assignment. Before she got out of the classroom, Alvin gripped her wrist.

This angered her. She spun around and yanked at his hand yelling, "LET GO OF ME!"

He ignored her orders and said, "When are we going to work on the scene?"

"Never." She said simply shrugging.

"I don't care what you think, but I don't want an F for this term," Alvin said firmly.

Brittany groaned. "Fine. We'll meet at yours house, six?" She confirmed.

"Why not your house?" He asked.

"Do you wanna work on it or not?" She hissed at him.

"Alright, gosh." Alvin said holding his hands up.

Alvin pulled out a sticky note and a pen. "Here is my number, text me and I'll give you my address." Alvin told her handing her the sticky note.

Brittany ripped it out of his hand and stomped off. Alvin rolled his eyes and made his way to his locker.

"I don't see what you're freaked out about!" Paige exclaimed as her friend paced back and forth.

"Ugh, Paige, how can you not see what I'm freaked out about? If it was my sisters then they would know in an instant!" Brittany exclaimed stopping her pacing for a quick moment.

"He just said that to wind you up and lose the acting exercise." Paige tried explaining to her friend.

"But that doesn't matter! What bothers me is that everything he said was true!" Brittany yelled.

"So what, you like Alvin Seville, what's the problem?" Paige asked super confused by her friend's emotions.

Brittany quickly covered Paige's mouth. "Never. Ever. Say that out loud again." she ordered with fury in her eyes. "Got it?"

Paige nodded her head violently.

"Good, now let's get to class." She said grabbing her friend's wrist gently.

Meanwhile Alvin went to look for Tyler. He had finally spotted him talking to some girls.

"Tyler!" Alvin interrupted pulling his friend away from the girls.

Tyler groaned. "What man, can't you see I'm busy?" He said acknowledging the girls eyeing him.

Alvin glanced at them. "They're blonde, they'll wait." Alvin bluntly said.

Tyler sighed. "What's wrong?"

"I have to do a romantic scene with Brittany." He said cutting to the point.

Tyler covered his mouth to stop himself from bursting out laughing. Alvin rolled his eyes.

"This isn't funny!" He yelled drawing the attention of people near them.

"Dude, just don't think about it. You'll feel fine about it later on" Tyler said giving him hard-to-do advice.

Alvin shook his head and walked away. He decided he would give it a try but tried not to think about it for the rest of the day. The fact that Brittany was in three more of his classes didn't help at all.

He made sure he went to each of his classes early so he doesn't sit next to her. And he didn't. So he was really happy.

Finally it was the end of the day. Alvin waited with Simon and Theodore for Dave to pick them up. He couldn't wait to get his own driver's licence.

Dave pulled up when he got in, he had an enormous grin on his face.

Alvin rolled his eyes as his brothers greeted him and we got into the car with me being in the passenger seat while Simon and Theodore were in the back seat.

"Sooo, how was your day at West Eastman?." He asked us 'unexpectantly'.

"Great!" Simon exclaimed happily.

"I made some new friends Dave! And so did Eleanor!" He told him cheerfully.

"And you Alvin?" He asked me with a huge grin on his face.

Alvin sighed. "Terrible." He replied simply.

His grin faded. "How was it terrible?"

"Brittany is in four of my classes, and since she wouldn't stop bugging me, I have to do a romantic scene with her as punishment. So she's coming over tonight so we can work on it." Alvin explained.

Dave remembered Brittany, and how much Alvin hated her.

"What happened with you two, you guys used to be best friends." His father acknowledged thinking back to when they were four.

Alvin shuddered. It was hard to believe that they were ever friends. Alvin had been invited to her 4th birthday party. They played together the whole time. After that, they had numerous playdates.

Dave believed that Alvin loved Brittany like a child. Alvin and Brittany would play with chalk on Alvin's driveway, they would ride there little tricycles down the street, and they would eat ice cream at the park. They used to be best friends.

"Dave, we were four and we didn't know what friendship truly was," Alvin explained.

Dave rolled his eyes.

Alvin thought back to the downfall of their 'friendship.'

One day they were at the park swinging on the swings. They weren't talking to eachother, so Brittany decided to say something.

It was something she had been thinking about a lot lately. "Alvin, I think that we shouldn't be fwends anymore," she said as she stopped swinging.

Alvin stopped swinging. "Why not?" He choked out.

"Because, my mother's best friend's daughter said that little boys have cooties. And cooties is a terrible disease that kills little girls like me." she explained to him.

"But, I don't have cooties," Alvin pleaded.

"Yes you do, you're a little boy. All little boys have cooties. And if you don't get rid of them, then you'll have cooties forever," she said subtly. "And I don't want to friends with someone who has cooties."

With that, she hopped off the swing, fixed her hair, and walked home.

Alvin remembered crying for about 15 minutes straight. Dave had found him crying and walking down the road. He couldn't remember how to get home from the park. He took him out for ice cream to get him to stop crying.

And by the time Alvin's flashback was over, Dave pulled over in their driveway.

Alvin, Simon and Theodore got out of the car when they had pulled up and went to the kitchen for a snack. He grabbed an apple and ran up the stairs.

While he was running up stairs Dave called him from down stairs at him, "Do your homework! I mean it Alvin, if you don't do it then you can forget about dinner!"

"Okay Dave!" Alvin replied without turning around. He went into his room and tossed his bag on the floor. He took a bite of his apple and switched on the TV.

After Alvin's grades went up by the help of Simon after asking Dave for a TV in his room because he claimed that Simon and Theodore don't let him pick the channels, he was able to just watch TV without having to go downstairs. Making his life much easier.

But after a few seconds later, Dave opened his door already knowing about him being defiant. He gave him an annoyed look.

"When are you gonna start following the rules? I really regret buying you that TV." He asked giving him a scold.

Alvin sighed, "Can I move out?" He shot back.

"What?" He asked him feeling confused.

"To that old RV you got from Big Cookie." Alvin reminded him.

When you turn 16, feel free," He said shutting his door and leaving.

"Yes!" Alvin shouted. He would be sixteen in a few years.

Alvin watched re-runs of That 70s' Show for about 2 hours. Finally he turned it off and started on his homework. It was ridiculous that he had homework on the first day of school.

He worked on it for a while before his phone vibrated. He pulled it out of his pocket and read who had texted him. It was an unknown number.

He read it.

What's your address idiot?

Alvin sighed. It didn't take a genius like Simon or Jeanette to know that it was Brittany.

He texted her the answer.

122 Lake Beach Drive

After he told her that, he sighed and added her as a contact. He set his phone down on his desk and continued his homework.

His phone had vibrated a few seconds later. He picked it up and read the new text.

K. Be there in 20 mins. If u add me as a contact, I'll hurt you.

Alvin set his phone down and worked on his homework. Dave had came in his room a few minutes later.

"Alvin, I have an emergency at work. I'll be back in a couple hours okay? I'm leaving you in charge and expect the house to be still standing when I get back. Got it?" He asked him.

"Got it. Wait. What? Did you say hours?!" He exclaimed.

"Yeah, sorry. But don't worry. You'll be with your brothers." He assured him.

"Dave, Brittany's coming over; you can't leave me alone with her!" He pleaded.

"I'm sorry, you'll have to be strong. And like I said already. You'll be with your brothers. And you have Kane with you." He said as he walked up and kissed him on the forehead which he cringed at. He was a little too old for it now.

"Bye." Dave said as he rushed out.

Kane jumped up on the bed and Alvin stroked his head.

Alvin worked on his homework some more until the bell rang. Kane lost it and ran down the stairs barking.

"Time to die." Alvin muttered to himself as he walked out of his room.

"Who's at the door Alvin?" Simon asked from his room.

"Brittany." He told him grumpily.

He laughed. "Well, good luck then."

"Thanks. I'll need all the luck I can get." Alvin told him as he started walking downstairs. As he was walking down the stairs, the doorbell rang again.

"I'm coming! Chill!" He yelled.

And the doorbell just rang yet again.

He opened it and Brittany walked in passed him. Kane jumped up trying to get her attention which just sent her crashing down on the floor.

"Agh!" She yelled as the dog 'attacked' her.

"Don't worry, he's friendly," Alvin informed her.

"Well guess what, I'm not!" She snapped while struggling to push the dog's face away from hers.

"Oh…reeeeeally?" Alvin said sarcastically.

Brittany groaned. "Get your dog off of me!" She yelled.

Alvin picked up Kane and 'accidentally' let him lick her face.

Brittany screamed in frustration. Alvin laughed and put Kane in the other room. "Got your script?" Alvin asked her.

"Yeah, now lets get this thing done and over with." She said pushing passed him.

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