Well here go.

xxxxx

That following Monday morning Brittany was rummaging in her closet for something to wear. But not just anything, something that would get Simon's attention. She wanted to look extra good for him today. She wanted him to notice her. While she knew they were friends she still wanted to know if he was attracted to her. She wanted to put a smile on his face. Basically she wanted to impress him.

"Aah! Nothing! All I have is junk!" she screamed in frustration as she tossed articles of clothing all over her room from the closet.

Downstairs Eleanor and Jeanette could hear Brittany's frustrated screams as they sat down for breakfast, both completely dressed. They just ate and waited for Brittany to come down as she was their ride.

Eleanor looked at Jeanette. "What's wrong with her?"

Jeanette shrugged. "No idea. It's Monday maybe?" she tried.

Eleanor shook her head. "No, I mean other than…"

"Aah!" they both heard Brittany screaming again from upstairs, cutting off her sentence.

Eleanor sighed. "…Other than that. She's…changed," she pointed out.

"Oh…" Jeanette nodded a bit. "…Yeah I have noticed that. But I'm not really sure what caused it," she said.

Eleanor smiled a bit. "Yeah she seems happier, and dare I say…nicer."

Jeanette nodded. "I know…It's…nice…a little strange, but nice nevertheless." She smiled as well.

After a few minutes, Brittany finally arrived downstairs in a short fitting pink sleeveless dress accented with black leggings and matching pumps. The neckline plunged but nothing that extreme to go against school dress code. Her make-up was flawless and her hair was in a long curly ponytail with a few loose spiral curls framing her face. She smiled at them as she entered the kitchen.

"Good morning," she said cheerfully. "Sorry for the wait."

Jeanette's eye brows rose in surprise. "Um…good morning Brittany," she replied.

Eleanor smiled. "Yeah, good morning."

Brittany continued smiling. "You two are looking lovely. Well it's not surprising since you're my sisters," she laughed.

Jeanette chuckled. "Well thanks."

Brittany nodded. "Yeah we all look good. We just define the word diva." She then twirled around. "So what do you think, how do I look?"

Eleanor smiled and laughed. "You look good," she told her.

Jeanette nodded in agreement. "Yeah you look really good."

Brittany laughed. "Oh, and I feel good! It's going to be a great day!"

Jeanette blinked and looked at Eleanor, who simply shrugged.

Brittany then grabbed her bag. "Come on lets go, I can't wait to get to school," she told them.

Jeanette simply smiled and stood, grabbing her bag as well.

Eleanor did the same as she followed her older sisters out the door…

Once at school, the Chipettes walked down the hall together. Eleanor eyed Brittany as she watched her cheerfully wave at people telling them good morning and nice things to them. Brittany never spoke to people that she felt were unimportant, but now she spoke to everyone.

"Morning, good morning. Oh I love those boots Ashly!" she commented.

Ashly smiled. "Love your dress Brittany!" she replied.

Brittany smirked. "Girl, Forever 21," she laughed as they continued to walk. "Hi Josh, your speech last week was awesome!"

Josh smiled. "Thanks Britt."

Jeanette was amazed by Brittany's behavior. "Wow," was all she could say.

Eleanor then grabbed Brittany by the arm and stopped her. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with our sister?"

Brittany laughed. "What?"

Jeanette nodded. "Seriously Brittany, what's gotten into you? Because we are witnessing one drastic change right now."

Brittany just laughed and shook her head. "Girls, girls, girls, what you're witnessing is someone who now understands that life is too short. Tomorrow is not promised to us, you know?"

Jeanette shifted her eyes. "Um…yeah."

"Well anyway, I'm off. You two have a great day." She then turned and headed on to her locker. "Love ya," she called back to them.

Eleanor just stood there watching her, dumbstruck.

Jeanette suddenly smiled. "Do you want to claim her now?" she asked Eleanor.

Eleanor just laughed.

At her locker Brittany put her books away and checked her make-up in the mirror on the locker door. She smiled at her reflection. 'Simon is sure to say something about how I look. I mean how can he not?' she thought to herself.

Meanwhile

The Chipmunks walked in the school. As soon as they walked in, Alvin couldn't help but to smile. "Hey Si, you think Nick brought his ass to school today?"

Simon looked at him with an arched eye brow. "Well after getting punched in my already broken and not healed nose and getting beat in the head with a saxophone by a girl whose aim was to kill me, I don't think I would come to school," he said.

Alvin chuckled slightly. "Man that mess was crazy."

Theodore laughed as well. "Yeah I heard about that. Man, remind me never to get on Brittany's bad side," he said.

Simon smiled slightly. "I don't think you should really be worried about that," he told him.

Theodore arched a brow at him. "What do you mean? Dude she choked me and beat up a dude triple her size with a brass instrument."

Alvin laughed.

Simon laughed as well. "Well she's not like that anymore," he assured him.

Alvin looked at him still laughing a bit. "How do you figure? You mean to tell me she's changed since you took out on that all day date?"

Simon smiled. "I'm saying she's well on her way."

Theodore arched a brow. "Hold up, pause…rewind, and play. All day date?"

Alvin looked at him. "Didn't you notice that Simon was gone all day Friday?"

Theodore thought about it. "Uh…no. Was I supposed to?"

Alvin laughed. "No. I was just saying. Anyway, he took Brittany on a date," he told him.

Simon laughed. "It wasn't exactly a date," he corrected.

Alvin rolled his eyes. "Whatever. You took her the planetarium and then you never came back until late. You were on a date whether you think so or not."

Theodore stared a Simon. "Wow a date…with Brittany Miller..hm." He thought about it for a second. "…Well I guess it's not too surprising that you would want to go out with her, she is pretty cute." He then laughed. "Though I'm not so sure what it is exactly she sees in you. I mean no offense but…you're kind of a...a...well a geek," he said.

Simon rolled his eyes. "Thanks so much Theodore," he replied sarcastically. Then he huffed. "And we are not going out. And it wasn't a date. She just wanted to thank me for helping her at the Black and White ball the other week."

Alvin arched an eye brow. "What happened at the Black and White ball?"

"Well…she kind of came close to…You know what, it's not even important. The main thing is I helped her, and now we're friends," Simon said as-a-matter-of-factly.

Alvin continued to give Simon that look. "So Friday was just a friendly outing huh?" he smirked.

Simon nodded. "Pretty much."

Theodore just stared. "And you guys are just friends?"

Simon nodded. "Yes."

Theodore shook his head. "Wow, you really are a geek then," he stated bluntly, and he walked off to his locker.

Alvin couldn't help but to laugh a bit.

Simon just narrowed his eyes and huffed in frustration. "What. Ever."

xxxxx

Brittany closed her locker door, and looked up to see Simon and Alvin walking in her direction. She smiled at them and waved (mostly to Simon). "Good morning," she greeted.

Alvin arched an eye brow at that. "Um, morning," he replied. Then he noticed Eleanor down the hall and continued walking. "Catch you two later."

Simon stopped once he got to Brittany. "Good morning to you too. I see you really are trying," he smiled.

Brittany smiled. "I really am," was all she said as she waited for him to compliment her on how she looked.

He nodded. "Well that's great. Has it been pretty easy for you?"

She giggled. "Pretty much. I just focus on positive thoughts, and…" she stopped as she didn't want to tell him what her true inspiration was.

"What?"

"…Um and how thankful I am to be given a chance to actually be and act like a teenager. I think about all the things you've told me. I even went to a peaceful place yesterday to think when I got upset," she told him.

He smiled. "Awesome. You're doing great. I really am proud of you."

"Thank you," she said flirtatiously as she moved her shoulders side to side in a flirty girl motion. 'Come on Simon, don't you notice anything?' she thought.

He nodded before glancing at his watch. "Well look I have to go. I need to meet with someone before class starts," he said, and then looked back up at her. "I'll see you later ok? Have a good day." He smiled at her before walking off.

Brittany didn't answer him. She just stood there staring at him as he walked away. She was so disappointed. 'He didn't even notice how I looked.' She looked down at herself, second guessing her choice. Then she thought about what he said. 'Meet up with someone?' she could slowly feel her face turning into a frown. He was brushing her off for some other girl. And with that thought she just stomped off in the opposite direction to class her mood clearly changed.

xxxxx

Lunch rolled around, but Simon didn't go because he and a girl from his class were busy working on their chemistry project together in the library.

Everyone else went though. Alvin and Eleanor sat together as usual. Alvin put his arm around her shoulders. "We are going out this weekend," he said as he smiled at her.

Eleanor arched a brow. "Are you asking me or telling me?"

He arched an eye brow. "Will I get in trouble if I say I was telling you?"

She just watched him for a moment with the same expression. "I don't know, just tell the truth," she told him.

He sighed. "I was telling you," he said honestly.

"Alvin!" she started, clearly upset. "We talked about that!"

He pouted slightly. "I know…I'm sorry."

She sighed. "Okay, look let's try this again. Now what about this weekend?"

He smiled cutely. "Will you go out with me?" he tried again.

She couldn't help but to laugh. "Of course. What do you have in mind?"

He thought about it. "I don't know yet. It's only Monday. All I know is that I'm taking you out," he said.

She smirked. "What are you trying to do? Impress me so you can get into my pants?" she questioned.

He shifted his eyes. "Pssh no, of course not," he lied.

She giggled. "Oh good. We should probably practice celibacy anyway," she said.

His eyes widened and he looked at her. "Say what?"

"Oh what's wrong? Don't you agree," she smirked.

He arched an eye brow. "No," he stated.

Eleanor laughed harder. "Men." She shook her head.

"Yeah Men!" came Brittany's frustrated voice as she slumped down in the seat next to them. She was clearly pissed off.

Alvin blinked as he stared at her.

Eleanor blinked as well, but then snapped out of it as she could see something was bothering her. "Brittany, what's wrong? And where's your uh…entourage?" she joked, clearly talking about Jasmine and Cindy.

Brittany just stared straight ahead. "Oh them…I gave them the day off," she said plainly.

Alvin simply arched an eye brow. 'She gave them the day off?' he thought to himself.

Eleanor shifted her eyes, obviously thinking the same thing. "You gave them the day…You know what, I'm not even going to try and understand that. Look what's wrong? You were in such a good mood this morning, remember? Life is too short and tomorrow isn't promised to us and all," she said.

Brittany rolled her eyes. "Yeah well fuck all that stupid shit. I don't give a damn if the world ends in the next 15 minutes! All I care about is that a certain nerd didn't notice my outfit! I mean how dare he? I look good don't I? Everyone else noticed and gave me compliments, so what the hell is wrong with him!" she demanded.

Alvin was trying not to say what he really wanted to, but he couldn't help but to do so. "Maybe he just didn't care…."

Brittany stiffened up a bit at his words. "Wha…What!"

Eleanor shook her head. "Wait, who are you talking about here?"

Brittany rolled her eyes. "I'm talking about Simon…duh," she said as if it was obvious to begin with.

Alvin smiled. "Well never mind then. He probably cared but just didn't…care…at that moment," he corrected himself.

Brittany huffed. "But I've been trying to get him to notice all day, like whenever I see him in passing, but still nothing."

Eleanor arched a brow. "Uh…why do you care again?"

Brittany folded her arms. "I don't," she said defiantly.

Alvin arched an eye brow of his own. "Are you sure about that?"

"Of course I'm sure. Just because I had to wake up at 5 in the morning just to do my hair and make-up and it took me forever to find the right outfit, and these heels are killing my feet even as we speak! That doesn't mean I give a shit about what Simon thinks. I mean who cares about Simon? He's no one special. Who died and made him the light of my life? No one, that's who," she turned away getting angrier by the second.

Eleanor nodded slightly. "I see your point." She just continued to watch her closely finding her behavior and words very strange.

Alvin smirked. "I bet you wouldn't say that in front of him," he said to Brittany.

Brittany glared at him. "The hell I wouldn't!"

His smirk faded. "You wouldn't. And you know why? Because you don't mean it. You're just mad because he's the one person that won't give your ass a compliment."

Brittany sighed. "Maybe…but damn it, what's wrong with him? I look amazing. I've been hearing it all day."

At that moment, two guys walked, each of them looking Brittany over. "Damn Brittany looking good," one said.

"Brittany, you, me, behind the bleachers in 10 minutes," came the other right behind him.

"Thank you, and fuck you," she said passively not even looking up at them as they walked away. She then sighed again. "I guess you're right," she said softly as she stared down at her hands, responding to Alvin's earlier statement.

She then looked around as she noticed Simon was nowhere in sight. She suddenly started fuming as she remembered he said he had to meet with someone earlier. He was probably still with that someone. She growled as she thought about it. 'Simon is my man!...Wait what?' she thought to herself.

Eleanor blinked at her and shook her head. She just didn't understand why she was so upset. She then looked at Alvin. "I know what we can do this weekend," she started.

He smiled at her. "What's that?"

She snuggled up next to him. "You can take me shopping again," she giggled.

He chuckled. "Sounds like a plan," he said.

"Oh, you're just so generous Alvie," she giggled.

Brittany just rolled her eyes, as she was clearly bored and irritated by their lovey-doveyness.

Alvin smiled and kissed Eleanor's nose.

After lunch, everyone was heading back to class. Simon and his partner, Kasey, were heading out of the library

"The project's due in two days. I think it would better if we just meet up somewhere so we can finish it up either today or tomorrow," Simon suggested.

Kasey shrugged. "Well how about today? I'm not doing anything," she told him.

Simon nodded. "Ok that's fine."

xxxxx

Brittany walked out the cafeteria kind of lagging behind Eleanor and Alvin since all three of their classes were in the same direction. Brittany was still thinking about Simon. She was a bit depressed and witnessing Alvin and Eleanor's public displays of affection wasn't helping her mood. She noticed how whenever they were together it seemed that Alvin couldn't keep his hands off her sister, and she didn't mind admitting she was a bit envious. She really did mean what she told Simon the other day about love. She truly feared she wouldn't be included in that lucky percentage.

"So guys tell me…" she said in a soft voice as she hesitated a bit, "…what's it like?"

Alvin looked back at her. "Hmm? What's what like?"

Brittany looked down. "You know…being in…love…"

Alvin was silent for a moment a little surprised by the question. Then he smiled. "Awesome," he chuckled. "You know how sometimes you get a song or something stuck in your head and it just won't leave? Well it's like you can't get this person out of your head, but the good thing, though, is that you know they're thinking about you too," he said as he held Eleanor close with a smile on his face.

Eleanor giggled. "Yeah, and it's like a happiness that never leaves. Oh sure you have your ups and downs whether it's in the relationship or just life itself. But underneath it all you still feel that underlying peace and joy that never leaves." She looked up at Alvin getting lost his eyes, and he returned to the favor.

Brittany didn't say anything she just stared down at her feet, as they walked, in deep thought.

Just then Simon and Kasey walked by. "So your house after school?" Kasey asked him.

Simon nodded. "Sounds good."

Kasey smiled. "Ok great. I'll bring everything we need."

Simon smiled back. "Ok great. It's time we get this over with."

Kasey laughed. "Oh I know. It'll be so great when we do."

Brittany looked up when she heard Simon's voice with a...girl's voice. Her mouth was agape when she saw who he was talking to. She started breathing hard as she felt her temperature rise. And on top of that he didn't even notice she was there and engrossed in conversation with…

"…That! Her! Are you fucking kidding me?" she said more to herself but obviously loud enough for Alvin and Eleanor to hear her.

Eleanor looked back at her. "Huh? What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about that ugly bitch that's with Simon!"

Eleanor blinked a few times at Brittany, and then looked over at Simon and the girl. "Brittany, stop…"

Brittany looked at her incredulously. "Stop? Are you crazy? And for that matter, is he crazy? He doesn't notice me, and is all engrossed over Geek-a-rella over there!"

Alvin arched an eye brow. "Brittany…" he started.

Brittany shook her head defiantly. "No, NO! This is bullshit, who is she anyway! I mean what does he see in her? I mean look at her clothes. They look like she got them from a thrift store, and her hair is all frizzy and dull…Hey sweetheart I know the name of a good conditioner!" She yelled the last part out toward them.

Eleanor shook her head. "Brittany calm down, you don't know her."

Alvin nodded. "Yeah and you don't even know what's going on with them."

Brittany kept her eyes on them. "I know that he said he was MY 'special friend' but he seems to be friendlier with frumpy bitches with no asses," she retorted.

Eleanor's eye brows furrowed. "Again…why do you care?" she asked.

"I DON'T!"

This was actually pretty funny to Alvin. Brittany was fuming right now because Simon was talking to a girl in his Chemistry class and they were obviously talking about finishing their project. But Brittany didn't know that. And he thought he might mess with her a little bit because of that. "Wow Britt, you really don't know do you?" he asked, sounding quite serious.

Brittany spun around and looked at Alvin. "What! What don't I know? Tell me!"

"It's really shocking that you don't know because everyone else does…" he continued.

Brittany's heart was breaking by the second, yet she just remained silent as she looked at Alvin, waiting for the enviable news.

Eleanor just looked up at Alvin blankly not knowing what he was talking about.

Alvin glanced at Eleanor and noticed her look. "You don't know either?" He sighed and shook his head. "Ok look at those two. Go ahead, take a look." He looked himself just to be dramatic, but he was laughing his ass off in his head.

Both Brittany and Eleanor looked over at them.

Alvin glanced at them and noticed they were looking. "Ok now do you see?" he asked.

Eleanor still looked lost.

Brittany narrowed her eyes at the couple in question. "Just what are you trying to say Al..vin?" she said getting angrier by the second.

Alvin almost laughed but refrained. "You don't see? It's obvious those two have chemistry together. You can ask anyone and they'll tell you. Simon and Kasey have chemistry together," he finally said.

Just as he said that, over with the other two, Kasey was laughing at something Simon said and Simon was just smiling at her.

Alvin shook his head. "I'm still surprised you didn't know."

Brittany was glaring at the two at this point. "Chemistry! You think they have chemistry? No they don't! I don't fucking see it! In fact I don't see it so much I'm going to go over there and, and prove it!"

Eleanor titled her head to her words. "Huh?"

"Just shut up, Eleanor," Brittany said before stomping over to where Simon and Kasey were…

Right after Brittany stomped away, Alvin burst out laughing. "Oh my God, I can't believe she fell for that," he said to himself.

Eleanor just watched him, still not getting what was going on.

Brittany finally reached them, pushing her way between the two. She looked Kasey in the face looking like she was ready to fight. "Excuse me bitch, that's right I'm talking to you bitch, mind backing the fuck away from him? Instead of laughing it up and smiling in his face, you ever think that maybe you should exfoliate first? Because having thick layers of dead skin on your face is never a cute look. And while you're at it you might want to wash, and deep condition your hair, as frizzy and split ends have never been in," she said quite harshly.

Simon's eyes widened. "Brittany!"

Kasey stared at her in shock, which slowly changed to hurt. "Um…I…I'll see you later Simon," she stammered, and then she turned around and hurried off.

"That's right bitch, keep it moving!" Brittany yelled after her.

Simon was just angry now. "Brittany! Stop it! What is your problem?"

Brittany turned and looked at him like he lost his mind. "What's my problem? How about what the fuck is your problem! You say we're friends but you blow me off all day, and act like I'm not even here! And for what! For that fashion impaired skank?"

He just stared at her. "It seems to me like we're back where we started," he said after a moment.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Look I don't know what your problem is, but whatever it is, you need to go work it out, because you have obviously lost it. I mean, what possessed you to come over here and insult Kasey out of the blue? Why in the hell are you downing people you don't know? And I did not blow you off today. I've been working with Kasey all day because she's my partner for our chemistry project. But what does it matter to you? I mean, you tend to go straight to anger instead of actually getting to the bottom of a situation first."

He shook his head. "Brittany, I really don't know what to say. After all this, we're back to square one. I don't get it. Am I wasting my time? To be honest, I'd rather not do that. So how about this? You think about the answer to that question, and get back to me." And with that, he walked around her and headed for class.

Brittany stood there for a moment...stunned. His words hurt and yet his authoritativeness with her ignited something her. She felt remorseful yet so alive at the same time. She turned around to see him walking away. "Simon!" she yelled after him.

Simon heard her and was tempted to stop and turn around, but he opted not to, and he sighed and kept walking.

Seeing him not turn hurt, and she suppressed her tears. "YOU'RE SO SELFISH!" she screamed after him, and then turned and ran off in the opposite direction.

Eleanor stood there with Alvin in shock seeing Brittany run off like she was about to cry. She understood now. Brittany was in love.

Alvin blinked. "Wow," was all he could say.

Brittany ran and ran until she reached the girls restroom, and no sooner than she was inside she burst into tears.

Simon sat in his desk in a completely different mood. It surprised him a bit, but he was a little hurt. He was at a loss. He couldn't begin to explain why Brittany blew up the way she did. He didn't know what happened between this morning and now. Whatever it was, it just completely blew all of Brittany's progress. But the real reason why it really got to him was because he really liked Brittany. So when everything they had worked on was pushed aside, he just didn't know what to say. So he just walked away.

Brittany had finally emerged from the bathroom after a good cry she felt a little better. It killed her that Simon felt that she was going backwards in progress. But what really hurt was that he just walked away from her. She felt that he was giving up on her, and she couldn't take the thought of him doing that to her. She needed him. Oh how she needed him. She smiled to herself as she thought about how assertive and strong he was in the way he spoke to her moments ago. No one ever talks to her that way, and even though some of the things he said hurt her, she knew she needed to hear it, she could admit that.

Brittany arrived to her class late as class was already in session.

Her teacher, Mr. Goff, stared at her as she walked in. "Thank you for finally gracing us with your presence, Ms. Miller," he said to her sarcastically.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Goff," she said remorseful.

Mr. Goff looked at her stunned as usually she would have said a rude and smart comment back to him. "Um…well don't make a habit of it, and take your seat."

For the remainder of the class Brittany's thoughts kept going back to Simon. She smiled as she thought about how sexy he looked when he was being stern with her. She sighed as she doodled in her notebook his name. Then somehow writing his name escalated to her drawing a little character of him...with his shirt off...then with no pants...then with her bent over as she illustrated what it would be like if he was giving it to her hard from behind doggy style. She giggled as she looked at the finished crude doodle framed with hearts…

"What a man," she whispered to herself giggling softly.