Ok, here's chapter 4, read this to know what will happen to Jeanette, and another sneak peek at Nic's past. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Sound of the Siren

"Mom? Are you talking to someone?" Nic asked his mom.

Luckily, Nic doesn't notice Jeanette at the sofa right away because of her small size. He first caught glance at Mrs. Reed. This gives Jeanette enough time to hide.

"Um, no dear, I'm just…" Mrs. Reed stopped.

"Are you crying?" he took a few steps closer.

"Just remembered something sad…" the picture frame is still in her hands.

"Anna…" he murmured.

Mrs. Reed wiped some tears in her cheeks then asked "why are you up? I thought you're already sleeping"

"I'm thirsty" he said.

"Oh, there's water in the fridge" she pointed out.

"Ok" he headed towards the fridge in the kitchen.

When he's out of sight, Mrs. Reed quickly turned her head to Jeanette at the sofa, but she's not there. "Jeanette dear? Where are you?" she whispered, her eyes looking around.

"Here Mrs. Reed" she popped up at the side of the vase.

"I think you should leave dear, Nic will be back here any moment now" she whispered.

"But what about…" "Next time dear, we'll talk about it" she quickly said and stood to open the window.

"Ok, bye Mrs. Reed, thank you for the time" she managed a smile.

Mrs. Reed showed a faint smile then said "go"

Jeanette jumped at the window then landed at a bush, making it a soft landing. She got up and looked again at the two story apartment then started to walk towards the Seville residence.

Fortunately, she got home before dark, Nic's apartment is not that far from the Seville's. Dave opened the door for her, and said that she's on time for dinner.

The six together with Dave and Claire have a wonderful dinner, just like always, full of chit-chatting and Alvin telling exaggerated stories about his life in school. All the people inside the dining room are happy except for Jeanette, she's still thinking about her conversation with Mrs. Reed, about Nic hating the chipmunks and the chipettes, about what happened to Nic's girlfriend, Annabeth. All this questions are swirling around in her mind. She wanted to go back to that apartment to ask Mrs. Reed again, but a part of her tells that it is not yet time to know the truth behind it.

A voice beside her interrupted her deep thought "Jeanette, are you alright?" Simon asked concerned.

Jeanette looked around, everyone is still having a good time chatting with each other, "I…I'm…" "Is it something to do about what happened earlier when you visited a friend?" Simon cutted in.

"How…" she said in confusion.

"Your sister told me, about your…new classmate, Nicholas" he said. "So what happened in there?"

Jeanette looked down, her hands rested in her lap "it's…a long story and complicated"

"Come on, you already said that a while ago, and besides I can handle everything, except for Alvin's…" he leaned forward to Jeanette's ear "stories"

Jeanette giggled, and then noticed everyone is looking at them grinning. Jeanette and Simon both looked down trying not to blush. After all that looking, grinning and blushing cooled down, Jeanette whispered to Simon "I'll tell you and the others later…"

After dinner, Dave escorted the six to their beds. "Good night fellas, you still have school tomorrow, sleep well tonight" he said.

"Good night Dave" the six greeted simultaneously.

Dave turned off the light then closed the door gently.

When the sound of the steps faded, the five jumped at Jeanette's bed. Jeanette is nearly asleep because of her exhausting day, she jumped then tumbled in surprised.

"Hey, tell us what happened earlier at Nic's house" Brittany demanded.

"Yeah!" the other four agreed.

"Oh, that…sorry I completely forgot" she said in a sleepy voice, and then sighed. She told everyone about her conversation with Mrs. Reed. By the time she got there, up to her departure.

"Whoa, so this, Nicholas…" Alvin started but cut off by Jeanette "You can call him Nic" "Yeah, so this Nic hate at us?" he said in disbelief "I thought Ian is the only one who hate us".

"But I don't understand, if he's mad at us, how come he didn't strangle me or any of us when we met him at the school?" Eleanor said confused.

"I don't know either" Jeanette also confused as her sister.

"Didn't you ask how his girlfriend died?" Simon asked as if he is a detective.

"No, I haven't got the chance to ask that one, you know, Nic interrupted" Jeanette looked down.

"Good thing he didn't saw you, that's one of our advantages, where too small to be recognized" Simon explained.

Jeanette sighed then said "Guys, that's all I know for now, can we hit the hay? I'm really sleepy" she sounded very tired, her eyes are starting to close.

The other five nodded then yawned. They said goodnight to their counterparts then returned to their bed.

Back at the Reed's residence, Nic is also sleeping in his own bed, but he's having a dream, specifically, a nightmare.

-Dream-

The sound of an ambulance siren can be heard. Everything is blurry, Nic is just standing there, staring in a flock of people, circling a person lying in the ground. He took a step closer, he saw blood at the cold asphalt road, the paramedics rushing in breaking the circle. Somehow he knew the person lying in there. He took another step closer, and his vision cleared, his eyes tensed, Anna is the one who lies on the cold road, she's wearing a jeans, a blood stained yellow t-shirt and a brown jacket. He rushed in, but he runs in a slow motion, the scene is becoming farther, he reached his hand then shouted "Anna!"

"Anna!" he shouted again, but this time he's awake, beads of sweat are forming in his forehead. He sat down at his bed, his face buried at his palms. His dream is still fresh in his mind, his hands are shaking, and his eyes are wide like he'd seen a ghost.

"Nic dear? Are you alright?" Mrs. Reed knocked at his door.

Nic took a quick glance at his alarm clock, 4 am "Ye...Yes mom, just have a dream, I'll be ok" his breath is heavy.

"Ok dear" Mrs. Reed said, returning to her own room.

Nic slammed his body at his bunk, his eyes fixed in the ceiling and his arms resting in his forehead. He slowly closed his eyes and after a few moments, he's asleep again.

Lucky Jeanette… :D , anyway, read the following chapters and something big will happen to Nic that will change his life forever, just keep reading and review.. Thank you!