Did you like the last chapter? Well, here's the next one.
P.S. Are you paying attention to the characters and which character from PMD 2 and 3 they are portrayed as?
Eleanor, Theodore, and September were sitting on top of the counter.
"We were looking at the recipes September could use to make dinner tonight before you got here" Theodore said excitedly to Eleanor. September looked in the book standing next to him.
Eleanor looked confused. "Wait, she can cook?" she asked pointing to September. September looked a little confused, too. "Yes" she answered as if Eleanor had just asked her if she was a chipmunk.
Eleanor looked even more confused. "But aren't you a woodland creature? You know, from the wild", she said making creepy fingers like how people do when they describe lions. "How would you know how to cook?" she finished.
September looked a little insulted. "Well aren't you a woodland creature, too?" She asked Eleanor.
Eleanor slumped slightly. "Well yeah but-" September cut her off.
"Well shouldn't I be asking you the same question?" she argued, fluffing up her hair, which looked odd because she has plats.
Eleanor stood tall again, but talked a little nervously. "But, I learned how to cook and the boys say that they just found you in the backyard so-" she was cut off again. But not by September.
"Well, let's see about that recipe now." Theodore said trying to keep the peace. It seemed he didn't need to because as soon as he said that, September began clapping, jumped up and down, grabbed Eleanor by the paws and pulled her over to the book next to Theodore. "Oh yes, the food!" September said.
Eleanor was confused again. "Weren't we just in an argument?" She thought, but paid it no mind. "Uhh…how about we make the 'acorn n' toaster waffle combo?'" Eleanor suggested. September shook her head.
"I don't know, the acorns might not be easy to find this early in January. Maybe we could have a vegetarian pot pie with shredded macadamia nuts." September suggested. They both looked at Theodore for an answer. He was just licking his lips, not caring which he ate. "Well, I don't know." He answered, "They both sound really good, but I guess I pick-". He was interrupted, but not by Eleanor or September.
"Whatever Eleanor decides". The voice said. They all pricked up their ears and looked around.
Brittany had jumped up onto the counter and put her hands on Eleanor's shoulders.
"I'd rather eat what my sister decides." She said to September. "It's nothing personal. But I don't really know you and would prefer whatever delicious meal she has planned. She's sort of the cook around here anyways." Brittany finished with a smile.
Eleanor glanced at September. She didn't know what to expect from her. She'd only known her for at least 15 minutes and already knew that her emotions where unpredictable. She was a little shocked, too. She knew Brittany probably suspected something about these three new girls and was just looking out for her, but September was off the chain kind of weird.
Theodore had actually wanted to try the pot pie, but he knew whatever Brittany said was final. Besides he loved toaster waffles too. The food wasn't important at the moment. What was important was that he wanted September to be okay with Brittany's decision. Eleanor winced and all three looked at September.
She was looking down ever since Brittany finished speaking. Suddenly she lifted her head and smiled really big.
"Okay, okay! Don't want to be rude in someone else's home! We'll have fun cooking," she turned to Eleanor. "Ellie!" she turned to Theodore. "Theo!" she turned back to Brittany. We'll have fun!" she exclaimed, running around them.
"And you're okay with that?" Brittany asked, sort of confused. September was weird to Brittany…and Eleanor.
September ran up to Brittany, grabbed her paws, and grinned. "Oh yes, I'm fine, thank you! Much fun! We'll make dinner for you and you'll love it!" she ran to Eleanor and grabbed a paw. She did the same to Theodore. "Bye-bye Brit!" she waved at Brittany.
Confused, Brittany decided to just go. She jumped off of the counter.
"One down, one to go" she said as she ran towards the back door.
Outside; Simon, Jeanette, and June were next to a large telescope. They were all examining it.
Simon and Jeanette had asked Dave for a telescope to build and look into space with. He'd gotten them one for Christmas and they'd already build it. The telescope ran on electricity, but they hadn't ever used it before so they didn't know how much power it needed.
"So, what are you doing to it, now?" June asked.
"Well, we're trying to see how much power we'll need to start it." Simon explained.
"We want to be able to see to Mars, Jupiter, and beyond!" Jeanette added. "That'll need a lot of power."
June walked over and looked at the numbers and equations displayed on a screen. Then she examined the outside of the telescope.
While she was doing that, Simon looked at Jeanette. "I like your…um…hair Jeanette. It looks really nice." He said, but he thought that sounded bad. "I mean… not that it doesn't look nice every day, it's just-" Jeanette interrupted him.
She blushed and twirled her hair. "Thanks Simon". He actually noticed! She thought. June walked over to them.
"I think about 800 watts of power could be just enough" she said.
Jeanette held up her index finger. "Well, I thought maybe it'd need a little more power. Like 1000 watts."
June's eyes widened. "Are you crazy? That could make this thing explode or short circuit." She exclaimed.
Jeanette looked sad. "It shouldn't do that, it's a new model that needs a good deal of power, right?" she said, trying not to argue. June slightly lowered her voice. Jeanette was really timid.
"Yeah, but too much power could ruin this telescope." June continued. "It's a nice thought, Jeanette, but that kind of power could be disastrous." They both looked at Simon.
He thought that 800 seemed nice and that if they need more they could go up to 1000. "Well I guess for now we could-" he was cut off. Brittany jumped through the doggie-door.
She walked over to Jeanette and put and arm around her. "I think Jeanette has a little more experience than you do in the science department." She told June. June wrinkled her nose and glared at Brittany.
"Excuse me, but I do happen to know a little bit about science, too Brittany." June said.
"How?" Brittany asked. But Simon jumped in-between them. "Okay, let's just try 1000 watts of power, why don't we?" he suggested.
"Fine with me" Brittany and June said. Jeanette just shrugged and smiled.
Simon went to the telescope and charged it up to 1000 watts. It started beeping and charging with electricity. Simon and Jeanette grinned. Brittany smirked at June. June looked at it in awe.
Suddenly, it started to spark and beep uncontrollably. The girls screamed and ducked. Simon ran over to the telescope and lowered power back to zero before it could finish short circuiting. The telescope hadn't sustained any damage.
Simon looked at the girls. "Is everyone okay?" he asked. Jeanette spoke first "I'm good".
"Everything okay here, too." June replied then she murmured. "I suspected this." Brittany stood up.
"Well, that was quite a little spark, huh?" she said nervously. They others glared at her.
June walked up to her, paws on her hips. "A little spark! That thing could have exploded if Simon hadn't turned it off. I told you that was too much power." She said a little too loudly for Brittany.
"Well excuse me, Miss Know-It-All." Brittany snapped back. Jeanette tried to calm her older sister.
"Brittany it's okay. We'll try again. Calm down." Jeanette said giving Brittany the "don't act a fool" look.
Brittany obviously thought something about these girls and the chipmunks together when they first walked in, Jeanette thought. She knew Brittany was only looking out for her, but she didn't want to jump to conclusions on girls she'd never even met before. Brittany nodded and walked back to the door. She looked back at Jeanette and she waved. Brittany finger waved back and went back in to find Alvin.
There, by the TV, he was talking to May. Brittany walked over.
"Okay, I'm done." She told them. They looked at her.
"Finally!" Alvin said, tired of waiting to play his video game.
"Where have you been?" May asked, kindly, her accent rolling on certain words.
"Oh, just takin' care of some things." Brittany answered.
"Well come on, let's start already." Alvin said, starting the game.
"She can play?" Brittany asked after glancing at May.
"Yeah, I've explained it to her." Alvin said.
They started playing the game, and May, who had never played a video game before, caught on quickly. However, she often got distracted.
The game controllers were on the floor and Alvin and May stood in front of them, pressing the large buttons with their tiny paws. However, Brittany, who always liked to make things "more fun", was actually standing on the controller, doing dances to press the buttons. Obviously she had some fancy footwork, because using one foot on the control stick and one on the buttons seemed like tough work. May looked at Alvin.
"Alvin, what is she doing?" she asked.
"That's Brittany for ya. Always doing something her way." He answered sheepishly.
"The fun way!" Brittany said. Alvin smirked.
"Let's see how fun it is when you lose" he told her.
"Oh I'll lose, will I?" she playfully said back. Then it really got competitive.
They played for 20 minutes. Brittany won most games, Alvin the rest, May none.
After a little bit more playing, Alvin was getting competitive, as usual.
"I win again!" Brittany sang, dancing on the controller.
"Best 17 out of 32." Alvin demanded, until Theodore, Eleanor, and September approached them.
"Dinner's ready." Eleanor said. Simon, Jeanette, and June followed them.
"Okay" Alvin, Brittany, and May said.
They went and sat on the floor in the living room as Dave passed out dinner and sat in a chair.
The three new chipmunks sat facing everybody else.
"Okay," Dave began, "So where did you three come from?" They were clearly ready to find out where these guests had come from.
The three glanced at each other, grinning.
"Yeah" Brittany added.
"What's your story?"
Oooh! We're about to find out where the new chipmunks came from.
