Alvin and Brittany need to dig themselves out of a hole and hopefully Alvin's plan is the key to winning back the others trust.
It was getting late and the six of them were getting ready for bed, the chipettes and the chipmunks have bunk beds in the same room and so have to take it in turns to get changed in the bathroom. The Chipettes went into the bathroom first to get changed.
Simon and Theodore kept quiet and didn't even look at Alvin, this annoyed him.
"Come on guys," Alvin said, "don't be like this. I know I did wrong, but I'll make up for it I promise." Simon looked at Alvin disbelieving before carrying on preparing his bed, Theodore looked up but couldn't talk to him because he was disappointed and didn't want to start an argument. Alvin picked up on this response and dropped his head out of desperation.
The Chipettes emerged from the bathroom and walked over to the beds, the boys went into the bathroom to get changed. Brittany looked at her sisters and smiled.
"Don't worry girls; we'll sort this all out." Brittany said.
"What happened Britt, why did we all get dragged into this?" Eleanor said, unhappy at the day's events.
"We thought you were smarter than this." Jeanette said.
"I know, I'm sorry, but Alvin will get us out of this," Brittany pleaded, "I promise."
Jeanette and Eleanor looked at each other and sighed, she relied too much on Alvin, and he never pulled his own weight. The boys emerged from the bathroom and climbed into their beds, as did the girls. Dave came into the room.
"Are you all ready for bed?" He asked looking around the room.
"Yes," They all replied in turn.
"Tomorrow's another day." Dave said trying to cheer them up. "Good night."
They all said goodnight to Dave before saying goodnight to their counterparts. Dave closed the door leaving a little gap for light to get through; they all drifted off to sleep thinking about the mess they had gotten into.
During the night Theodore bolted up right in bed, he was scared and panting heavily. He had a nightmare, the panting and movement of Theodore disturbed Eleanor, she looked across and saw Theodore sat in bed looking upset.
"Theo?" Eleanor asked, "Are you okay?" Theodore immediately turned his head in her direction, he didn't know she was awake and was still a little shaky.
"I-I had a nightmare." He replied hanging his head, embarrassed about his cowardice. Eleanor saw he was upset and jumped off her bed, walked across the room and jumped up onto his bed.
"Don't worry Theo, it was only a nightmare." Eleanor comforted, she sat beside him and smiled. "What happened?"
"It was about the jocks," Theo started nervously, "and I nearly got stomped on."
"That's awful." She said looking at him to see if he had calmed down. "That couldn't happen, you're brothers wouldn't let it." Theo smiled at this, he looked at Eleanor and smiled again.
"You don't need to worry, we're all one big family and we all look out for each." Eleanor comforted. Theodore was still shaking; he lay down on his bed and stared up. Eleanor lay down and snuggled up beside him to keep warm.
"Thanks Elle." Theodore said, glad that he had a close friend that he could trust and rely on. They drifted off to sleep together, happy that their friendship was still strong.
The next morning, Simon and Jeanette woke up nice and early, they began climbing down from their bunk beds to go for some breakfast.
"Where's Eleanor?" Jeanette asked seeing that her bed was empty.
"Found her." Simon said, looking at Theodore's bed as he continued to climb down.
"That's so cute." Jeanette said, looking at the two of them lying back to back in the middle of the bed.
"Maybe Dave's right," Simon suggested, "We need to work as a team to get through this."
The six of them were dropped off at school, at the usual time, by Dave. They walked into the hallways to find that the rumour of the competition between the chipmunks and the jocks had spread. They got to the lockers and started to get their books and equipment as usual, ready for their first classes.
"Let's go." Alvin whispered to Brittany, they dashed off down the hall and out of sight. The others turned around to find that Alvin and Brittany were not there, they were puzzled by this, where did they go?
"Come in," Dr Rubin said, as Alvin and Brittany knocked on her office door. The door was open slightly, so they walked in through the gap and hopped up onto the edge of her desk. "I was expecting you." Dr Rubin said looking at Alvin.
"Really?" Alvin asked, "Why?"
"From what I've heard, there is going to be a contest between you and a group of our sports students." Dr Rubin explained, summing up the rumours that were being spread around the school.
"That's what we came to talk to you about." Brittany said nervously, as she'd never talked to the principal before. Alvin on the other hand, had met Dr Rubin several times and knew she was a secret chipmunks fan, and he was going to take advantage of this.
"Well, in light of the up and coming sports day," Dr Rubin explained, "I propose that the contest be made into an official and organised event."
"I don't know, that sounds pretty serious to me." Alvin said, knowing Dr Rubin wanted him to agree.
"Is there some incentives that would persuade you to accept my terms." She enquired.
"Why do you want to help us?" Brittany asked curiously but at the same time politely.
"I have my reasons," Dr Rubin replied defensively.
"It's okay, you can tell Britt." Alvin said, "We're close friends." He added winking at Brittany, she giggled.
"You have to keep this a secret," Dr Rubin said, she pulled her sleeve up to reveal a tattoo of Alvin and the Chipmunks. "I'm a huge fan, I have all their CD's."
"About those incentives," Alvin hinted. "I was thinking that you could excuse us from the Sport Day to compete in this contest."
"That would be acceptable." Dr Rubin agreed.
"And, the contest will count towards our grades in gym class." He continued.
"I suppose that can be arranged," Dr Rubin said looking at Alvin with a stern expression on her face.
"If you're organising the contest," Alvin continued, "can you make it so that only a couple of events are sports."
"Yes, but only if you'll allow me to publicise this competition, to bolster the reputation of the school." Dr Rubin proposed.
"It's a deal." Alvin said, holding out his paw.
"I'm glad to hear it." Dr Rubin said, holding her hand out. Alvin shook her finger, the deal was done. But would Dave go through with all this, or would he just disagree with him and get angry.
"Oh, and our manager Dave Seville will have to be in charge of some of the publicity." Alvin added.
"I'll make sure he is part of the event." Dr Rubin confirmed as Alvin and Brittany walked out of her office. As soon as they were out of sight of her office they celebrated.
"I never thought I'd say this Alvin," Brittany said happily, "but that was genius."
"I amaze even myself." He agreed, milking the moment.
"Come on," Brittany said, grabbing his hand in excitement, "Let's go and tell the others." She ran pulling Alvin's hand, as they headed to the lockers.
At the lockers, Simon, Jeanette, Theodore and Eleanor were all wondering what had gotten into Alvin and Brittany this morning.
"News has spread fast," Simon said, "People are talking about our contest with the jocks all over school."
"I wonder why Alvin and Brittany ran off together." Eleanor said, puzzled at the earlier disappearance of their elder siblings.
"I hope they don't run into the bullies again," Theodore said fearing for their safety. Eleanor put her arm across Theodore's shoulders.
"It'll be okay, they're working together as a team." She comforted, Theodore smiled at her.
"I've been thinking about what Dave said last night," Simon said, "and I think we were too quick to judge what Alvin and Brittany did."
"It couldn't have been easy for them." Jeanette added, continuing Simon's sentiment.
"Maybe we should at least try to help them." Eleanor suggested. "It'll be okay, if we all stick together." Just at that moment, Alvin came around the corner being lead by a happy looking Brittany.
"Hi guys," she said cheerfully.
"What's gotten into you?" Jeanette asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"Where have you been?" Eleanor asked curiously.
"Dr Rubin's office." Brittany replied with a smile on her face.
"You weren't in trouble were you?" Theodore asked
"No." Alvin replied, "It was...business."
"Was it about the little contest that is coming up?" Simon asked knowingly.
"Alvin got us a deal, with Dr Rubin organising the event." Brittany said, hugging Alvin, before turning back to the others.
"What exactly is this deal?" Simon asked curiously.
"Well...we don't have to do the Sports Day event, also the contest will count towards our final gym class grades." Alvin explained.
"At least we'll get something out of this." Simon commented, referring to the gym class grades.
"And Dr Rubin promised to include as little sport as she could." Brittany added. Theodore, Eleanor, Simon and Jeanette's faces all lit up at hearing this.
"The only downside is, the contest is going to be publicised, to help boost the school's rep." Alvin explained.
"But Dave is going to be in charge of all the publicity and paparazzi." Brittany said. At hearing that Dave was going to be involved, Theodore was happy again, he would have Dave to look out for him.
"That's great," Theodore said, "Dave can look after us."
"For once, Alvin, you've done something smart, and caring." Simon added, impressed at what Alvin had achieved by himself.
"How did you get Dr Rubin to agree?" Jeanette asked curiously.
"What can I say, I'm Alvin Seville." Alvin said, pulling up his sleeve and pointing at his arm. This was a reference to the tattoo that Dr Rubin had of the chipmunks, on her arm. The three chipmunks burst out laughing, Brittany joined in, getting the joke as she had seen the tattoo in Dr Rubin's office earlier. Alvin and Simon each put an arm around Theodore, who in turn put his arms around the two of them. Brittany joined them and hugged Alvin from the side, he put his other arm around her.
Jeanette and Eleanor were puzzled by the laughter and didn't get the joke, as they didn't know about the tattoo.
"What's so funny?" Eleanor asked out of curiosity. The bell rang and the laughter died down, they had to go to their first classes. Jeanette and Simon were together for science class, Theodore and Eleanor were together for cooking class, but Alvin and Brittany were in separate classes.
Simon told Jeanette about the joke as they walked away to science class. Theodore walked with Eleanor to cooking class, they were holding hands as they disappeared around the corner.
"Wow, those two sure are happy." Brittany said, referring to Theodore and Eleanor. "They were holding hands." Brittany grabbed her books from her locker and looked across at Alvin, he was deep in thought, she leaned across and kissed him on the cheek. Alvin immediately snapped out of it.
"Wow, what was that for?" he asked curiously.
"For being so thoughtful," Brittany explained. "You actually helped us all out of a problem, it's so unlike you."
"I'll have to do it more often." Alvin replied jokingly, as Brittany walked off down the hall to her first class. Alvin grabbed his stuff and hurried off to class because he was almost late.
The six of them met up at their break time, under the watchful eye of Ryan, who was watching their every move.
"So, are you four going to help me and Britt?" Alvin asked.
"After all you've gone through and all the trouble you went to, we must help." Simon answered.
"Yeah, it might be tough but we're a team." Jeanette agreed.
"I'll help." Theodore said proudly.
"Me too." Eleanor added straight after.
Great, thanks so much you guys." Brittany said almost overcome with emotion. "With Dr Rubin on our side we'll do great."
The rest of the school day was uneventful, back to the way it used to be, thanks to Alvin's genius plan.
Bringing Dr Rubin into this was a long shot but I think it paid off, for the chipmunks and chipettes anyway. How will Dave react to the new revelations?
Reviews welcome.