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Dr. G: maureen does not own Alvin and the Chipmunks

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The wind was blowing as she stood outside watching the stars fall like rain. Only 13 years old but still she longed to have someone to share this sight with.
Unknown to her, across the way on a hill opposite hers there was a boy barely a month older than she looking at the night sky, and wondering when he would get the courage to ask his young love to go out with him, un aware she was right across the way.
Jeanette marvaled at the sight before her. She took down her raggamuffin bun down and let her hair blow in the wind as she wondered aloud
"Brittany, she has the radiance and beauty of the stars... And Eleanor, such grace and delacacy to match. What have I got? Nothing, I have nothing worthy to offer. I cant even get Him to notice me..." she thought for a moment and had an idea and rushed back home.
Simon had decided to go home when he saw the girl of his dreams pull her hair down and he stood there and watched it blow in the wind until the girl turned and ran home. The pager in his pocket buzzed twice, signaling for him to return home, so he left.

The next day Jeanette got up and told Miss Miller that she needed a few things from the corner store
"May I please have an advance on my allowence?"
"why ofcorse dear, but whatever for?"
"well i need a few things from the corner shop" jeanette said
"Well i'll just give you the money dear, you have been helping Brittany with her chores for a while so you have earned it. Will 10 dollars be enough?" Miss Miller Asked"Oh thank you Miss Miller" Jeanette said giving her a hug and rushing off with the 10 dollars and her wooden basket.
she got to the shop and went down the health and beauty isle. She saw a bottle of pills. The lable read "Beautiful You Vitamins" she took one off the shelf and placed it in her basket. She wanted to look beautiful just like Brittany. She walked a little way down the isle and saw a stack of energy shots. "this could be useful" she said so she got 4 of them. She then saw a stationary set that was blue with an S monogram and she got it for Simon. She took her basket to the register and purchased her items. The cashier was new, so they didnt think to check if jeanette was allowed to purchase the medication and the energy shots.
Jeanette went home and ran up to her room with her basket. She put the stationary set in her wardrobe and hid the rest in her dresser. Tomorrow was Monday and Jeanette was going to start using the pills.

2 weeks passed and still she looked the same and she was tired all the time. Maybe she needed to take more of them. So the next morning she awoke and took not just one but 12 of them. Then to rid herself of the sleepiness she took and drank 2 of the energy shots. Then she went and got the stationary set from her wardrobe. She was finally going to tell Simon about her feelings. She took a purple slip of paper from her desk and wrote "To Simon, with Love, Jeanette"
she stuck the note on the stationary set and placed it in her book chipettes walked to school and when they arrived they met the boys at their locker.
Simon saw Jeanette and noticed she looked very tired.
"are you feeling alright?" he asked her.
She jumped and said "yeah i'm fine, why?"
"you just look really tired thats all"
"Oh, I must have been up later than i thought" she covered
the bell rang and they all went to their respective classes

Around 11:30 during third period science with Dr. G, Simon and Jeanette were working together on a science project when suddenly Jeanette stopped breathin her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell back hitting her head on both the corner of the table and on a chair.
Everyone else in the room gasped and rushed over to where Simon was with Jeanette, Dr. G. Knelt down next to Simon.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" the instructor asked
"i dont know, she just fainted, her eyes rolled back into her head."
her eyes fluttered open
"Dont move" at first she didnt listen "Jeanette dont move," Dr. G repeated "are you in any pain?"
"i dont know" she said
"can you move?"
"i dont know"
"can you sit up?"
"i don't know"
"can you try?"
"i think so"
She sat up and immediatly put her left hand on the side of her head where she hit the table and chair
"whats wrong" Dr. G asked
"My head hurts just there." jeanette said still holding the point of pain
"what happened?" she asked
"you fainted" her teacher responded "can you stand?"
"i can try" she said.
Dr. G stood up then offered his hand. the bell rang just as she managed To get her balance back and every student except Simon left.
"Simon would you give us a minute" Dr. G said
Simon nodded and waited out in the hall.
"Jeanette, what has been going on with you?"
"what do you mean?"
"You are one of my 2 best students and these past 2 weeks you have been so tired and looked over worked, i have also noticed that you havent been eating and when you do eat you get sick. And then this happens. Jeanette, Im worried about you, not as your teacher, but as a friend"
"I'm fine, Dr. G, really."
"Alright, go on then, report to the nurse, school policy you know"
"Yes sir." she said and she left

Out in the hall she saw Simon talking to Alvin, Theodore, Eleanor, Brittany and a few others about what had happened. She started to walk over when simon was just reassuring them that she was alright. The she heard the most horrible thing.
"She should have just died life would be so much easier" said Ethan, one of the boys in the group. she turned on her heel.
Immediatly after Ethan had said this and before Brittany could react simon pulled his arm back and punched ethan right on the nose, causing him to scream.
"not even Alvin deserves to have that said about him!" and Simon pushed his way through the crowd and walked off

Jeanette had gone to her locker and grabbed her bookbag. She then went back to the science classroom she had been so tired lately and wasnt sleeping at night the other day on her way home from school she picked up some over the counter sleeping pills. She hadnt gotten the chance to use them yet so they had stayed in her book bag. When she got to the science classroom Dr. G was sitting at his desk.
"may i help you?... Oh hi Jeanette did you see the nurse yet?"
"no" she said through her tears
"Jeanette, whats wrong?"
"someone said i should have just died, and that it would have been easier on everyone."
Jeanette had never seen Dr. G look as angry as he did that moment.
"who said said that about you?" He asked
"can we talk about this tomorrow?" jeanette asked
"i would rather talk about it today" he said
"i just want to be alone right now, can we talk this afternoon?"
"sure, i'm going to go to the principal's office to alert him of the situation, will you be alright here by yourself?"
"i think so" she replied and she walked over to the corner desk she and simon sat at durring class.
Dr. G took one last look at his student just to be sure and then he left the room.
Jeanette opened her bag and took out the sleeping pills and a bottled water. Then she realized she still had the stationary in her bag so she pulled it out and got another peice of paper out. She decided to scribble down a longer note since she wasnt going to be there. After she wrote her note she folded it as small as she could held onto it. Then she opened the pill bottle and swallowed 16 of its 30 pills. She took out a picture simon had given her a month ago, it was his school photo, she stared at it until she heard someone come in the room.
Simon had been walking the halls for 15 minutes. He was waiting for someone to call his name over the intercom since he had punched Ethan. Finally he decided to go to the science room. When he entered he saw jeanette standing there with something in her hand. He looked down at the table and saw the medicine bottle. He grabbed the phone and immediatly dialed the only other extention he knew by heart.
"Principal Talbiet, how may i help you?"
"Simon Seville medical emergency Dr. G's science room hurry" and Simon hung up and ran over to Jeanette
"Jeanette" he said "what are you doing?"
"im trying to make everyone's life easier. Simon I-" and she collapsed as Dr. G, the principal and the nurse arrived
Simon knocked everything off the table and placed Jeanette on it. He checked her pulse, it was faint. He looked over to the adults.
"dont worry simon the ems is on its way." said the principal
"she took sleeping pills" said Dr. G "about half the bottle is missing"
the EMS arrived and took Jeanette to the hospital. Simon was forced to stay at the school so that he could tell her sisters what happened. The rest of them were called from their classes and sent to the science room just after the ambulence left. Simon looked to the floor after explaining what had happened to Jeanette.
_~two days later~_

Jeanette awoke with Simon laying next to her in her hospital bed, on top of the covers. He had his eyes open wide so that he might see when she was awake again.
She opened her eyes and he handed her Her glasses. She saw he was there and knew she had some explaining to do.
"Simon?" no reply "Simon are you mad at me?" still nothing "Simon please say something, anything to me."
a single tear rolled down his cheek. She moved so that she was on her hip. "why wont you talk to me? I just did it to get you to like me! Ethan was right! I should just..." she was stopped by the gentle placement of Simon's hand on her mouth.
"Jeanette i read the note, you said you want my world to be perfect. Without you my world is gone, the stars stop shining, and i stop living. You are perfect, just being jeanette. And i wouldnt change that for the all the shooting stars in the universe." he stood up and grabbed her hand. "I have wanted to do this for a long time. " he lead her over to the window, he opened the curtains and she saw the most beautiful meteor shower. She was wearing her cotton lavender nightgown, he took out a wide ribbon and loosly wrapped it arround her middle. He opened the window, and pulled her hair out of it's bun.
She knew that tomorrow morning she would be in trouble, but tonight she had Simon. They just stood there together Simons arms around her waist. the room was quiet until a part of her note was wispered in her ear
"i made a wish, and you came true"