1 September 2006

9 years later, Alvin and Christie both grew up to be kids.

With Alvin…

"Mom? What time is it now?"

"Honey, its half past seven now. The school bus will arrive at any minute. Hurry, or you'll be late for school."

Alvin's mom, Elsa, said in the kitchen.

Alvin got ready and swung his bag over his shoulders before crying out, "Mom, dad, I'm going to school!"

Elsa came out and hugged her son, kissing him on the forehead, "Do have fun, Alvin."

Alvin smiled and hugged her mom, saying, "I will mom."

Elsa released him and Alvin got out and waited at the bus stop, waving at his mom. Her mom smiled and waved back, blowing a kiss to him before getting inside again.

With Christie…

"Mommy, I don't want to go school."

"Why?"

"Do I need to?"

"Of course sweetheart. If you don't go to school, you cannot get knowledge. If you want to be a good girl, just go to school."

Brittany kissed her daughter and said. "Just have fun and make friends."

"Mommy, I'm scared."

"What are you scared of? Just get to know them and you'll get along with them. That is how mommy and daddy met."

"Really?"

"Really." Brittany smiled. "Now off you go!"

Christie calmed down and obeyed her mother. She ran out of the door, with Brittany closing it for her.

She went to the bus stop but stopped in her tracks to see a chipmunk waiting at the bus stop. She walked towards him slowly and said, "Hi."

"Hi." The boy replied. "You must be in the neighbourhood."

Christie blushed wildly, "Um… Yeah. I just live across the road." She then pointed to her house.

The boy got excited, "Really? Wow I live next doors."

Christie blushed again, "Oh! What a coincidence!"

The boy said, "By the way, nice to meet you. I'm Alvin, Alvin Henderson."

Christie smiled and said, "Nice to meet you too. I'm Christie, Christie Seville."

Just then, the bus came. Alvin found two empty seats and motioned his counterpart to go seat with him. Christie accepted and sat next to him."

Throughout the whole ride, they were silent and just looked around.

Christie decided to break the eerie silence. "Hey Alvin."

Alvin turned his head to face her, "Yeah?"

Christie asked, "So… are you excited about having school?"

Alvin smiled and said, "Of course. I love school."

Christie said, "Oh. I actually don't like school that much."

Alvin asked, "Why? Isn't school fun?"
Christie rolled her eyes but said sarcastically, "Boringggg…"

Alvin just laughed and said, "I'm sure you will like it. Try to think of it, you can learn whatever you want to know, you can make friends and you can…"

Christie rolled her eyes and said, "I know. I know. But just to think of how much homework we need to do, it just creeps me out."

Alvin gave a reassuring smile and said, "Come on. That's just homework. Once you are done with it, you can play . It won't eat you."

Christie giggled at this little joke and said, "Thanks, I guess. Well, after hearing what you've said, maybe you're right. I'm just worrying too much."

Alvin smiled and said, "That's the spirit. Hey, wanna have lunch with me?"

Christie blushed, "Sure, I guess."

"Great."

The bus came to a halt and the door opened. Kids were leaving the school bus, leaving Alvin and Christie behind alone.

"Well, see you at lunchtime."

Alvin said. Christie replied with a smile, "Ok. See you."

They walked to their respective classrooms and waved to goodbye.

Christie entered the room and saw bunches of humans (in this story, the chipmunks and chipettes are in their normal size) towering over her. She felt a bit nervous, but just proceeded to an empty seat.

She sat down and glanced around the classroom. Classes won't start until 8:00am. It was now 7:55am, which means that she had 5 minutes before school actually started."

A girl sat beside her and said, "Hey, nice to meet you. I'm Jasmine. What's your name?"

Brittany replied, "I'm Christie. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. Mind if I sit beside you?"

"No. Feel free."

"Thanks."

At the same time, the teacher came inside and said, "Ok good morning class. I'm History teacher this year. I'm Miss Peterson. Ok, so let's begin by introducing ourselves, shall we…"

The classes went by in a blur. Then it was lunchtime.

Christie went to the canteen and hopped onto the counter. She bought her food and waited for it. Just then, something bumped into her. She turned around and saw Alvin. They were so close that they brushed their lips slightly. Alvin backed away and they both blushed. Alvin apologized, "I'm sorry."

Christie said, "Nevermind. We can seat over there."

She pointed towards an empty table.

"Ok," Alvin replied.

They both got their food and went to the table, seating next to each other.

"So, Christie, what do you have after lunch?"

"English Literature."
Alvin got excited, "Really? I have it too!"

"Cool."

For the rest of the time, they got to know each other more by introducing themselves towards each other, about what they like, what they hate and other random things.

Then the bell rang. Alvin stood up and said, "Well, let's walk to class now."

Christie stood up and said, "Alright."

In class, they were instructed to seat beside each other. They couldn't believe their luck, but Christie was more excited. She got to seat beside her friend!

After school, they walked home.

Alvin said, "Hey, why don't you come over to my house and do homework with me? Then we can hang out or something after that."

Christie gasped and said, "Awesome. I'm sure we would have fun."

They both laughed. Alvin slowly held Christie's paw and said, "Best friends?"

Christie blushed but gripped into his paw saying, "Best friends."

They walked towards their house holding their paws together.

Alvin and Christie both knew a thing. They were in love with each other.