I finally got this chapter together. There are some original characters I created for this story. So I hope you like it.

Chapter Three: Back to School

The next morning Brittany woke up extra early. She didn't really like getting up early if she could help it, but she was determined to talk to Simon today about Jeanette. If her little sister was getting serious about a guy she wanted to know his true intentions. She walked out into the hallway, and even though her hair was still a mess, and she was still in her house robe she could hear Simon's voice from the bathroom.

"Is he singing?" she wondered out loud. She stomped over to the bathroom door with determination in every step.

"Simon, open up," she demanded as she pounded on the door.

This was confusing to Simon. Why did Brittany need to get into their bathroom? A few months after the girls had moved in, Dave had construction done to build the girls as well as the boys their own chipmunks sized bathrooms.

"Brittany, you girls have your own bathroom," Simon said, poking his head out of the door. "Is your toilet broke, because if it is, I can…"

"No, smart guy, I just want to talk to you," Brittany said, putting her paws on her hips.

"What about?" Simon asked coming out into the hallway.

"Jeanette, what else," Brittany said. "I want to know how you really feel about her. Do you really truly love her, or are you just stringing her along?"

"Brittany," Simon fired at her. "What's between me and Jeanette is none of your business. Like we told you yesterday at breakfast, we're friends."

"Oh, yeah, not the way Jeanette wrote about you in her diary. She's in love with you, you dupe, and if you hurt her…" Brittany had a finger pointing in his face.

"Brittany!" she heard someone shout from behind her. She turned quickly to see an angry Jeanette staring her down. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Only protecting my little sister," Brittany said.

"By reading my diary," she said.

"Well, how else am I supposed to know what you're up to?"

"Ask me," Jeanette said.

"I did, and neither of you were telling the truth," Brittany said.

"Only because you made it sound like an accusation," Jeanette said. "You acted like we were sneaking around behind your back and… well…" Jeanette just couldn't finish. "The point is you never shouldn't have read my diary."

Jeanette stomped off into the living and sat down on the couch.

"Nice work," Simon said to Brittany before following Jeanette. When he entered the living room he found her on the couch with her head buried in one of the couch pillows crying. He jumped up on the couch and stood next to her. There was a look of concern on his face. "Jeanette, are you okay?"

She looked up from the pillow and dried her eyes with her paw. "I think so, but Brittany just made me so mad. She had no right to read my diary."

He sat down next to her and took her paw in his. "Did you really write in your diary that you're in love with me?"

"Yeah, I kind of did," she said and shyly turned away. He took his other paw and gently guided her face back towards him. "I'm in love with you too, from the moment I first saw you." She could hardly contain herself as he pulled her close to him and kissed her.

"Well, that answers my question," Brittany said smiling sweetly at them. She quickly walked off into the bathroom to start her morning ritual.

Jeanette looked a little embarrassed, but Simon simply put his arm around her which made her feel better. They soon jumped off the couch and prepared to get ready for school. It was the first day of a new year, and they were both looking forward to it. They were both determined to be the first Chipmunks to ever get into college, and that would take a lot of hard work and study.

Jeanette knocked on the door of the Chipettes' bathroom, but Brittany was ignoring her and refusing to open the door. "Jeanette, why don't you use our bathroom?" Simon suggested.

"Are you sure?" she asked. "I remember the last time Brittany used it when our toilet was backed up, and Alvin had a fit."

"Only because Brittany was in there for two hours straight and when she did finally come out it smelled like strawberries and roses." She giggled thinking back to that day. "Don't worry about Alvin," Simon said. "He won't be up until the last minute anyway."

"Okay, if you're sure," Jeanette said. Simon only nodded and smiled at her as she opened the door and walked in.

Soon the usual morning chatter could be heard throughout the house. Theodore and Eleanor were making breakfast as usual, while Alvin was as grumpy as ever. Brittany was more cheerful than usual basking in the knowledge of something the others only suspected, even Simon and Jeanette themselves. Jeanette was still sore at her sister for invading her privacy, but she was never one to hold a grudge for long. At least some good come out of it. Both she and Simon admitted what they knew in their hearts all along.

Even Dave was in a good mood. He came into the dining room just as breakfast was being brought out.

"Good morning, everyone," he said with a wide smile on his face. "Is everyone ready to start school again? It's going to be a great year. I can feel it."

"I agreed one hundred percent, Dave," Simon said. "With the advanced physics class I'm taking this semester, school this session will be quite stimulating."

"Really?" Brittany questioned. "And here I though chemistry was more your thing." Simon's face turned red, but then he felt a warm paw touch his from underneath the table. He looked over at Jeanette who gave him a warm smile.

Looking from Brittany to Jeanette and then seeing the hostility in Jeanette's face. Dave looked puzzled. "What's going on?" he questioned. Jeanette was eying her sister with an expression that could kill. Dave only assumed it was because Brittany had made that embarrassing remark to Simon. "Are you girls having a disagreement?"

"Not a disagreement per say, but more of a slight issue about privacy," Jeanette said as she finished off the last of her eggs.

Dave looked even more confused. "What privacy issues?"

"It's nothing, Dave," Brittany said, hopping down off the chair. "It's just sister stuff."

"Well, alright," Dave said as he got up and cleared the table. "School starts in thirty minutes, so let's get moving." The six chipmunks quickly gathered their school things together.

"One thing I hate most about school is lifting that heavy bag," Brittany complained.

"Well, I did come up with an idea to fix that," Simon said, lifting his arm and pointing his index paw in the air. "If you'll observe…"

Alvin examined his bag and discovered something. Simon had installed a small wheel on the bottom of everyone's school bag. Although their notebooks and writing utensils were all chipmunk size their textbooks were not. As it was, Simon had come up with a solution for them to transport their books easier.

"Brilliant idea, Bro," Alvin said, giving Simon a light punch on the arm. As they were all walking out the car to wait for Dave, Alvin remarked, "Wish you thought of this sooner."

"Simon always has brilliant ideas," Jeanette said, taking his arm. "But you can't rush genius, Alvin." Simon blushed a little at her compliment and gave her a half crooked smile.

Finally Dave came out and opened the back door for them. They all crawled in the back seat leaving their schoolbags on the floor. It was pleasant morning. The sun was out and despite that it was the beginning of fall it still felt like mid-summer. Before they knew it they were back at school.

Brittany spotted some of her friends from the cheerleading squad and scampered away. Alvin followed her, if only to take the opportunity to flirt with the hot cheerleader girls. "You can come," Brittany told him, "but don't embarrass me."

"Would I do that?" Alvin said sarcastically as Brittany groaned and grabbed his hand leading him towards the entrance.

A girl from Eleanor's Home Economics class waved excitedly to her. "Come on, Theodore. I want to tell Valerie everything that happened this summer."

"Okay ," he said and took Eleanor's hand and they took off together.

Jeanette and Simon were the only two left by the car. "I'll pick you all up at three," Dave said as Simon and Jeanette both waved back. Their siblings were too caught up in their own worlds to know that Dave had left.

"So are you nervous about being back here?" Simon asked as he and Jeanette approached the entrance doors.

"Maybe just a little," Jeanette admitted.

Then suddenly something caught Jeanette's eye. There was the sound of a motor running, not so much like a car. Then she saw a teenage human boy in a black leather jacket, faded jeans and combat boots. He was wearing a white T-shirt with the words 'Born To Ride' printed on it.

"Must be a new student," Jeanette said as the boy parked his bike. She then saw a smaller bike, and there was a chipmunk riding it. He also wore a leather jacket, and she noticed his top hairs where black and spiked up.

The two boys walked together up to the school steps, the boy chipmunk gave Jeanette a quick wink before entering the building.

"Who do you think they are?" Jeanette turned to Simon and asked.

"In a word," he said, squeezing her paw a bit. "Trouble."

They both walked inside, but Jeanette kept wondering who that mysterious Chipmunk really was.

They both looked at their locker assignments and found that they were right next to each other. It was exciting being at school again, back to their old routine. Not like it was on the island, not knowing if they would even survive. School was safe. It was familiar, and that's what they both needed right now.

Jeanette gathered her books for her first few classes and placed them in her bag. Being the first day, she wanted to get off to a good start. Simon did the same, hoping they would have a normal routine day. That hope was shattered when they both heard a familiar voice.

"Well, well, if it isn't the geek rat couple." Jeanette gasped and looked up to see Ryan and two of his jock friends. Simon had told her what they had done to him on his first day of school and the thought frightened her.

"What do you want, Ryan?" Simon said, standing in front of Jeanette.

"Just want to have a little chat with your girlfriend," Ryan said as he and his friends laughed.

"Forget it," Simon said, holding out his arm and making am invisible line in front of him. "You'll have to come through me first."

"Fine with me," Ryan said and picked him up by the scuff of his neck and hanging him in the air.

Jeanette was trembling. She feared what Ryan might do to Simon. "Please, don't hurt him," she called out in a trembling voice.

"Jeanette, go out of here now!" Simon called to her, but that only made Ryan mad, and he threw Simon across the floor. He slid on the shiny flooring until he hit a wall on the far end of the hallway.

"Simon!" Jeanette cried out. She tried to run to him but one of Ryan's friends cornered her. She was sobbing by now, and too scared to move. Suddenly she heard a voice.

"Hey, jockhead," she heard a boy call out. "That ain't no way to treat a lady."

Ryan turned around and there stood before him was a chipmunk wearing a leather jacket and a black t-shirt the said Bad to the Bone. "So, there's a new rat in town."

He just stood there and glared at Ryan. Then after a little chuckle, he said, "Then it's true what they say about jocks. We are that dumb. Don't even know the difference between a rat and a chipmunk. Well, I think you're a new breed. A human rat, that explains you pickin' on a poor defenseless girl."

"Then how about we pick on you?" Ryan said, but the chipmunk only laughed. "Get him!" Ryan commanded his two friends.

They both charged towards the chipmunk, but he managed to dodge them and scampered about acting like he was trapped and then leaped into the air and making them knock heads with each other.

"Pathetic," he laughed. Then Ryan came towards him, but the chipmunk crawled up his shirt clawing and scratching. Ryan was in a daze and didn't even realize he hit his head on the wall. He fell backwards onto the floor seeing the chipmunk leaning his paw against the wall. "Didn't even break a sweat."

"I'll got you, you little rat- faced loser!" Ryan yelled and stumbled to his feet. He looked around and didn't see him. "Where the hell did you go?"

"What's it to you?" he saw kid, a human kid wearing the same type of jacket that the chipmunk was wearing. "Now, tell me the truth. You weren't pickin' on my little brother, were ya?"

"You're brother?" Ryan questioned.

"Yeah, that's right. The name Tony Slate, and the little guy over there, and let me get this straight, the one you called a little rat-faced loser, that's my brother Jesse. You mess with him, you mess with me. Got it."

"I'll do whatever I want," Ryan said. "I run this school."

"Not anymore," Tony said and grabbed the front of his shirt and slammed him into the wall. Ryan had a look of horror about his face. Tony gave a little laugh and said, "Under new management now. Got it. So you and your buddies lay off the chipmunks in this school or else."

Tony walked away over to his brother who was standing next to Jeanette. "Hey, Jesse, you okay, little bro."

"Sure, Tony, I had it handled," he said and looked over at Jeanette. "Hey, doll, those losers didn't hurt you, did they?"

"No," Jeanette said softly, "but thanks for helping me." She thought for a moment. "Simon, where is he?"

Suddenly a girl appeared carrying the chipmunk in the blue hoodie and glasses.

"Celia," Tony said. "How is the little guy?"

"I think he's fine," she said. "Just a concussion."

The human girl with the dark straight hair and brown eyes set Simon down on the floor as he started to stir. "Simon!" Jeanette cried leaning down next to him. "Are you okay?"

"Jeanette?" he said and tried to adjust his glasses. Once his eyes were in focus he could see her smiling face. "Hey, what did I miss?"

"Just my brother beating the crap out of those jocks," Celia said, looking down at Jesse. "The mini tornado."

"Hey," Jesse said and held out his hand. Simon rose to his feet, but felt dizzy soon after. "Hey, you okay, man?"

"Maybe we should take him to the nurse," Celia said.

"No, I'm fine," Simon said as he tried to take a step and almost fell down. Jeanette caught him before he could fall.

"No way, Simon, we're going to the nurse's office," Jeanette said. Celia insisted on going with them.

"You boys get to class," Celia said. "We'll take care of him."

Simon felt so humiliated being carried by this teenage girl. Jeanette sat on her shoulder as Celia walked them down the hallway. So much for a routine first day.

I just have one last note. The character of Jesse was named by one of my reviewers, but for the life of me I can not remember who it was. I'm really bad with names, so whoever you are sorry for forgetting your name. I'm not sure what I'm going to do for the next chapter, so if anyone has any ideas feel free to message me. Oh, and remember to review.