A/N: I am so sorry about the long wait… I have no excuse to offer except the fact that I got distracted but now I'm back and this story will get more attention than what it's been getting. So please enjoy chapter 8 and leave a review, thanks!
~"Trust in your friends, and they'll have reason to trust in you."~
Alvin wandered through the dense Pennsylvania woods with Charlene tagging along annoying him with questions about himself and about his current relationship. Even as the darkness fell surrounding Alvin, he refused to stop for the night he pressed on and on, finally Charlene said something that Alvin thought he found useful.
"Why are you even trying so hard… it'll take you forever to get to the western side of the state on foot" she said.
Alvin stopped walking instantly and turned to face her, "why would I even think about going to the western side of the state?"
"Because that's where this Brittany chick and Tory were relocated too" she replied letting a devious grin crawl across her face as Alvin looked back in the direction he used to be heading. "You better not be lying to me about this" he said sternly pointing a finger at her.
"Alvie darling… I would never do that to you… all I want is for you to have whatever you want so we can be happy together" she said pretending to look and sound hurt.
Alvin ignored her and refused to comment he just continued the way he was heading feeling more and more alone as the darkness began to settle.
The two chipmunks continued through the woods until they found a rural road, glancing up one way and down the other Alvin decided it was safe to cross. After crossing the road that appeared to Alvin that it was rarely traveled he began to walk along the side of the road in the direction he thought was north.
After walking for several hours through the dark, cold northern December night he plopped down on the hard surface of the shoulder and breathed a troubled sigh "where are you Brittany?" he asked nobody.
And nobody gave him an answer, the chipmunk slowly glanced around until he saw a street sign, the sign read "Stroudsburg, 5 miles".
"I know… we go there… I call Dave, and have him take me over to the western side of the state" the chipmunk said jumping to his feet with new found energy. Alvin began to continue walking when a voice from behind him stopped him "Alvin… can't we stop for the night? I'm tired" Charlene asked exhausted.
Alvin really didn't care how she felt, "you're the one who wanted to tag along with me" he said then turned to leave but a thought came to him, 'she could get hurt out here alone… even though I don't like her I would feel horrible if she got hurt or killed because of me' he thought as he turned back to face the chipette who was some ways back, "fine… we'll stop for the night… I'll find us some shelter" he said giving in, then the red clad chipmunk slowly bounded off into the forest.
In the dense woods it wasn't hard to find a hallowed out tree to sleep in, after finding one big enough for the both of them he went back to the road and got Charlene. "Thank you Alvin" she said as they walked towards the tree. Alvin was confused "for what?"
"For caring… nobody has cared about me in years" she said, Alvin shrugged and let her enter the tree first then followed her in. Curling up around each other to keep warm throughout the winter night both chipmunks drifted off to get some much needed sleep.
Having nowhere else for them to sleep James let the two chipmunks sleep with him, Brittany curled up in a ball by the edge of the bed with her head on the pillow while Tory laid in between James and Brittany. After not very long at all the boy fell asleep and Tory quickly followed but Brittany on the other hand had way too much on her mind to even think about sleep.
The chipette laid there tossing and turning trying to push certain thoughts out of her head and trying to keep others centered in her brain. Soon her brain went into an overload mode and just shut down causing her to slip into a very uncomfortable and un-restful sleep.
Suddenly in the middle of the night she woke up crying, she was hot and sweaty, she went to roll over but found it impossible "shh…" Tory whispered in her ear, his arms wrapped firmly around her resting on her large belly "you're ok… just breath" he said softly.
Brittany nodded and breathed in and out slowly taking in long relaxing breaths causing her body to shiver involuntarily, she then rolled over in his arms to face the chipmunk, "I'm guessing you were having a nightmare" he said softly. Brittany nodded wiping a stray tear from her cheek, "Tory… I need to talk to you" she said.
"Sure…" he said looking down into her eyes
"Can we go outside?" she asked unsure how he would react
"Yeah… sure, let's go" he said slowly standing up with her, both chipmunks hopped down and walked through the house and out the front door onto the cement slab porch. "Tory… do you think Alvin is even looking for me?" she asked gently shivering in the cold night air.
"Of course he is….you're his girlfriend, how could he not be looking for you" Tory said "if I had a chipette like you I'd do anything to get you back".
Brittany nodded "I'm not sure….that's what my dream was about, Alvin found another chipette and left me for her".
Tory shrugged, "it has happened… guy loses girl… gets depressed goes out and finds a new girl accidently falls in love… the original girl comes back and becomes upset".
"I don't know… for some reason I've been getting this nagging feeling that he isn't looking for me, even before my dream" she said sadly.
Tory nodded "I dig what you're getting at… but in any case we called that Dave fellow, and he should be here some time tomorrow".
Brittany shook her head sadly, "we called Dave earlier today… I've flown from LA to New York before… it barely takes 5 hours… it's been 8 hours since we called…"
"His flight could have gotten delayed… maybe he just didn't want to disturb anybody at this late hour" Tory suggested softly.
"If he really cared about me… should anything stop him from getting me as soon as possible?" she asked
Not really wanting to comment on that to steer clear of any conflict Tory said, "he should be here tomorrow morning…"
"You're missing the point Tory" she said turning away from him, the chipmunk took a step towards her and laid a hand on her shoulder "what is the point then?" he asked.
"If Dave doesn't care and Alvin isn't looking for me he doesn't care…" she said breaking out into sobs. Tory nodded, he understood now what her point was, he slowly pulled the chipette into a warm hug which Brittany freely accepted. The two chipmunks remained embraced for several minutes, Brittany crying for the better half of that time and Tory gently swaying her from side to side. Finally breaking out of the hug Brittany looked up into his green eyes, "Tory… I have a very big favor to ask of you and I completely understand if you say no".
Tory nodded "I'm game… let's hear it"
"I want to be ready for the worst… If Alvin doesn't come for me I want to start a new chapter of my life… leaving him behind like a bad memory" she said wiping another tear from her eye as she shivered from the chilly weather, Tory nodded "that's understandable, but where do I come in?"
"Tory, if Alvin doesn't come for me by the time my children are born will you help me farther them?"
Tory nodded slowly as his shocked brain took in what she had just said, "you're not giving him very long" was all Tory managed to say at first.
Brittany shrugged very unsure of her own idea, "it's not what I want, I love Alvin but I have to think about the welfare of my children, I don't want them being born without a farther figure" she said looking up into his eyes pleadingly as her eyes watered up with tears again.
Tory nodded, "I can… kinda understand where you're coming from on that one… I'll do it" he said pulling her into a hug "but once Alvin does find you I just disappear and leave you two alone to raise your family".
Brittany quickly broke the hug, "Tory I don't think you understand… if Alvin doesn't find me by the time my children are born he's done… I plan on moving far away… maybe even back to Australia, leave this life behind me".
"Don't you think you're being just a little harsh?" Tory asked
Brittany shrugged as more tears came to her eyes, "I don't know anymore, I think he's looking for me but there's this nagging feeling that he's not. I love him… but I don't know he loves me, he says he does but I don't know… but… I have some sort of feelings for you as well" she said letting herself fall into his arms. Tory stood there for a long time holding Brittany letting her cry into his chest, 'what have you gotten yourself into this time Tory?' he asked himself silently as he rested his chin on Brittany's head while staring out into the darkness.
D.J and his men, by noon the next day had come to the conclusion that something must be holding Dave up and decided they had to move out on their own. Shouldering packs the 5 men began to trek down the road in search of a chipette that they had no idea where to start looking for except a state forest which they were currently heading for. Arriving at the state park/forest D.J entered the small cabin to talk to the ranger, "how can I help you?" the man greeted.
"It's my understanding you got a chipmunk from the United States government to help repopulate this area… is that true?" D.J asked politely flashing a small friendly grin.
The man grunted and turned to face his computer, "I'm not at liberty to disclose that kind of information" he replied having no intention of answering. Hearing his response D.J's grin immediately disappeared and his expression quickly clouded over, he reached forward and grabbed the man's collar and forced his face close to his own, "you listen to me… you're going to tell me if you received a chipmunk from the government or I'm going to make your life extremely miserable".
The man looked into D.J's cold eyes and saw something scary….the ever empowering ever frightening look of nothing…. completely nothing except determination. "I'll do it" the man replied somewhat scared by what he saw in the man's eyes, D.J released him and let him look around through his received shipments on his computer. "Yeah here it is… just the other day, I got a male and a female chipmunk", D.J nodded then left and rejoined with men.
"She's out there somewhere" D.J said as him and his men began looking around in the woods for some sort of sign to which way they might have went.
Earlier that morning with Alvin:
Alvin yawned and stretched before sitting up and rubbing his eyes in the cold morning air, "good morning Alvie" he heard a sweet high pitched voice say from behind him. The chipmunk turned around in surprise to find the blond chipette still with him, "good morning?" he replied as more of a question then a greeting.
The chipette giggled as she slid herself into his lap, "did you sleep well darling?" she asked touching her forehead with his. The chipmunk nodded as he gently pushed her off his lap, "I slept fine, thanks" he replied as she thoughtfully stood up and began walking towards the doorway.
Shortly later the two chipmunks departed again in hopes of finding Brittany but as the day drug on and on and they found no sign of Brittany, at about midday after still finding nothing, Alvin quickly began to fall into depression yet again. "Where could she possibly be?" Alvin ranted as they continued down the road, the blond chipette only smiled broadly behind him where she was clear out of sight, "I don't know Alvin… maybe she doesn't want to be found" she said coming up closer to him.
Alvin stopped dead in his tracks and turned to face the chipette who had collided with his back due to his sudden stop, "what did you say?" he asked.
She shrugged, "look at it from her point of view… you're a chipette all alone in a strange forest with a boy chipmunk, but not just any boy chipmunk, he's tall, dashing, muscular, but he's also cute and soft… now couple all this with the fact that you're expecting a baby and that alone is stressful enough but it's making your brain act funny and suddenly a horrible thought creeps into your brain the thought that the people looking for you might not find you by the time you give birth…" Charlene said putting a paw on his shoulder to help sell the part, "… now you're worried that your child will be born in a strange wilderness without a farther but worse you might have to give birth alone without medical care" Charlene paused for a moment to let the information sink in, "see what I'm getting at? Her and Tory are probably halfway to Canada by now".
Alvin stared at the chipette very dumbfounded and confused, what she said made sense but he had trouble believing Brittany would just run off like that, but on the other hand she did have to think of not only for her own good but for the baby's as well.
'Brittany would do anything to protect her family…' Alvin thought somewhat saddened by the fact that she might have run off with Tory. Seeing him lost in thought Charlene gently patted his shoulder, "you ok Alvin?"
His response was a slow shake of his head as he continued to think, "do you think she's happy with Tory?" he asked the blond chipette.
She shrugged, "if you were her wouldn't you?" was her response, Alvin nodded biting back tears "she'll be better off without me anyway… I've always been a bad friend to her and most likely a terrible boyfriend as well" he said sadly turning away from her and slowly walking off. Charlene, seeing this reaction smiled broadly behind his back and began to slowly follow him.
The red chipmunk walked for hours in painful, heartbroken silence until finally he couldn't take it anymore. Alvin stopped walking and wiped the tears from his eyes as he slowly sat down, Charlene came up beside him and sat down as well, "you know Alvin" she said in a warm soothing voice "maybe you shouldn't look for her".
Alvin quickly turned his head to face her, "even if she doesn't want me any more I still want to know she's alright" he said letting a tear drop from his eye.
"I just don't want you to be hurt when you find out she did indeed run off with another chipmunk" Charlene said, lovingly wrapping an arm around his shoulder, "how about this", she said perking up a bit "we'll go to your house, that way you can forget all about Brittany and start fresh".
Alvin liked the idea to an extent, he did want to go home but he didn't want to leave Brittany out here alone with some strange chipmunk. Nodding slowly he stood up "maybe you're right" he said sadly, "she would be better off without me anyway…"
"Now you're talking sense… let's go home" she said grabbing his hand, Alvin noticed but didn't care as they continued on their way towards home.
Three days had passed since Brittany had called Dave and she was slowly becoming worried, one afternoon she was laying out on the hammock in the backyard when Tory suddenly hopped up startling her.
"Tory!" she exclaimed, "did I scare you?" he asked
Brittany rolled her eyes, "you startled me"
"A little jumpy aren't you?" he asked sitting down next to her
"If you were in my position you would be too" she retorted as she pushed herself to a sitting position as her mood changed to a more serious attitude, "Tory….do you think Dave is actually coming for me?"
Tory shrugged "I've never met Dave so I couldn't say… but why wouldn't he come for you?"
"Because of this" she said gently rubbing her belly, Tory nodded as he thought, "did he give any indications he didn't want you anymore?" Tory asked trying to piece all the information together. Brittany shook her head then nodded quickly, "the night I told him he said, 'you know, some days I wonder why I didn't just let Ian keep you', he said that right after I told him".
Tory nodded slowly then asked "who's Ian?"
"Ian was our manager then he tried to barbeque me and my sister for dinner" she replied sadly
Tory nodded again this time as he thought about the information given to him, "Brittany… I really don't want to dash your hopes away but after hearing that…he's probably using this as a way to get rid of you". Brittany nodded as she wiped a tear from her eye, "so I'm still all alone but now I have no home to go to eventually" she said as she stood up and walked over to the edge of the hammock.
'Maybe I made a mistake' Tory thought as he began to walk after her, suddenly she hopped down off the hammock and ran off into the woods. "Oh come on" he muttered to himself then leapt down and ran after her, "Brittany wait!" Tory called after the chipette but she didn't stop, slow down, or even acknowledge him. Kicking up his speed he gently pounced on her sending both of them rolling across the ground.
Brittany got to her feet first and began running again; Tory seeing this gave chase again "Brittany… where are you going?"
Just like last time though she didn't respond, 'she can run pretty fast for a chipette', Tory thought as he slowly began came up alongside her. Brittany quickly veered off to the left surprising her pursuer, Tory quickly made up for the lost time and quickly caught up to her again. Tory was about to grab her front paw to stop her when his one hind leg connected with a log sending him sprawling across the ground.
Standing up he shook off the pain and watched her run to the top of the embankment that wasn't far away. Starting off at a run he quickly came to the top several feet away from her.
Brittany stood at the edge of the ten foot drop that laid in front of her, down below her the ground was covered in sharp jagged rocks.
The black clad chipmunk slowly approached her until she stopped him, "Tory, just go away"
"Why?" he demanded stopping only about a foot away from her, "my life is ruined… and because of that I ruined everybody else's as well" she said looking down at the rocks below her.
Tory saw the look in her eye and said "Brittany… don't do it"
"I just want it all to be over forever… I'm done with life and everybody else" she said wiping tears of sadness from her eyes.
Tory knew he had to play with her to get her to stop, "you know that those rocks will hurt" he said, Brittany shook her head "I don't care…"
"There's also no guarantee the fall or the rocks will kill you right away… you could lay there for hours dying slowly and painfully with no one to help you".
Brittany looked over the edge again then back at Tory with a sad painful expression, Tory saw something in her eye and stepped towards her. Brittany sniffled back some new tears and turned back to face Tory then ran right past him hitting him in the chest as she went knocking him off his feet and tumbling back down the embankment.
Tory stood up and shook his head, 'what is wrong with her?' he asked himself as he dropped to all fours and began to give chase again. As Tory chased the chipette through the woods all he could see was usually a flash of auburn fur darting around trees and rocks, but after a few minutes he lost her.
"Dang it Brittany" he said looking around listening to the sounds of nature including the sound of a flowing stream. Tory continued to scan the territory for any sign of the chipette until he heard something; a sound that didn't sound very good, the sound was a splash as if something was thrown into a body of water. "Oh no" Tory muttered then turned and headed off towards the stream as fast as he could possibly go.
2 minutes ago Brittany came to a stop at the stream and looked down into the deep crystal clear ice cold water, sighing loudly she slowly climbed to the top of a large rock that over looked the stream.
"Nobody loves me, nobody wants me… I'm just a waste of time" she said letting her tears fall, "Dave doesn't want me… Alvin doesn't love me enough to look for me and my sisters don't care" she said peering down at her reflection in the cold water. "I hate you!" she shouted at the reflection as she began crying uncontrollably.
Gathering all her wits together she took in and let out a deep breath then jumped high into the air and plunged into the water in an attempt to end her own life.
Tory ran up to the stream and looked up and down the stream, then he spotted something, a pink and auburn blob sinking deeper and deeper into the cold water as it was carried downstream by the current. Kicking himself back into high gear Tory ran off along the stream towards the object he believed was Brittany. Getting in front of the chipette he jumped into the icy cold water and dived down far enough to grab the now sinking chipette.
Reaching the chipette he wrapped his arms around her and used his powerful hind legs to kick to propel him to the surface. Tory shot above the surface sucking in deep breaths holding onto the chipette who was unconscious, Tory quickly paddled to shore and pulled himself and Brittany out of the water. "I need to revive her" Tory thought out loud as he began shivering in the coldness.
Stripping off his hoodie he bounded off and begun gathering up wood for a fire, he returned and began throwing together a fire with what he had. After getting it lit he stripped Brittany's clothes off and moved her closer to the fire then began gently rubbing her body all over.
After several minutes Brittany slowly began to wake up, "you scared me… I thought you were gone" Tory said helping her sit up. Brittany sniffled slightly, "that was the idea" she mumbled under her breath.
Tory shook his head as he sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her pulling her close, "why are you trying to kill yourself?"
Brittany didn't answer right away she remained silent sometime before speaking, "my family abandoned me… and I hate myself because the reason they abandoned me is because I'm ruining all of their lives"
Tory slowly pulled her into his lap and began to gently rock her from side to side, "Brittany… even if your family did abandon you that's no reason to kill yourself… and I doubt you're ruining their lives"
"I am" Brittany protested "because of this" she said moving his hands to her belly "the press and the paparazzi want to destroy my life and their careers because of it". Tory nodded, he understood now what she was talking about, "Brittany… this isn't a bad thing, what's happening to you is a gift" he said soothingly.
Brittany scoffed, "you can return a gift I'm stuck with this".
Tory shook his head "you're very confused right now… and very heartbroken" he said now seeing that in her eyes. "Brittany, Alvin is looking for you I know he is…. He will never give up on you" Tory whispered into her ear.
"How do you now, you've never met him before" Brittany replied sadly
"You would be surprised… me and Alvin used to be pretty close friends at one time" Tory stated
"You really know Alvin?" Brittany asked turning all the way around in his lap to face him, Tory nodded "we used to live in the same Christmas tree farm until his and his brother's tree was cut down and taken away".
"I never knew… he has never spoke about you" Brittany said
Tory grinned "that doesn't surprise me… he's Alvin"
Brittany nodded lightly then asked, "why are you helping me after the way I just treated you for the last couple of hours?"
Tory smiled at the chipette, "I can see what you're going through is extremely hard and to top that off you're all alone in a strange area… I don't blame you for the way you've been acting".
"Thank you Tory… you've been so kind to me even when I didn't deserve it" she said planting a small kiss on his cheek. Tory smiled then delicately kissed her lips, "I think I'm falling in love" he said causing her to smile lightly.
Alvin walked along the cold road in his very depressed state wondering where life would take him next, "Alvin" a voice called out from behind him. The chipmunk groaned slightly and turned to face the blonde chipette, "what is it this time?"
"I was just wondering if you were feeling better?" she asked, Alvin shook his head annoyed as he turned and continued to walk ignoring his annoying partner. As he continued to walk with her trailing behind she knew she had him right where she wanted him, "Alvin have you stopped to think about your problem recently?"
Alvin stopped and turned to face her, "I don't have a problem" he snapped angrily
"Actually you do" Charlene persisted
Groaning loudly Alvin smacked his face, "I can't believe I'm about to ask this but, what's my problem?"
"Brittany" she replied, "she could ruin your career", Alvin looked at the chipette curiously prompting her to continue "look Alvin… she runs to the paparazzi and tells them who the father of her unborn child is and it blows your career out of the water, especially if she feeds them some lies like you forced yourself onto her stuff like that, something that simple could ruin you, so you have to get her out of the way".
Alvin's expression immediately hardened "what you're saying is I should go kill Brittany and dump her body so I can save my career… fat chance, I'll take the fall first"
"You can't just think of yourself Alvin… what about your brothers…. Brittany's sisters, their careers count on yours to succeed" she said making Alvin think.
"And your point is? I refuse to kill anybody especially Brittany for any reason what so ever" Alvin replied bluntly.
"Ok" Charlene said obviously disappointed by this, "you don't have to kill her… you could discredit her so when she goes to them with something that could hurt you they turn it back on her".
Alvin was about to refuse this idea as well but Charlene cut him off, "it wouldn't be hard and all it would do is create dislike towards her among the fan base… all you have to do is submit a recent photo of her so they can clearly see she is expecting then write an anonymous letter telling them you know who the father is and tell them it's this random chipmunk she met named Tory, and once you do that you and your career are off the hook for good".
Alvin looked at the chipette in surprise and shock, "that would destroy not only her career but her life as well"
"Yeah pretty much… but your career and the others' will all be saved" Charlene stated putting a hand on his shoulder. Alvin didn't just dislike her idea he hated it "no… why would I do that? I would rather go there and tell the truth and let our careers and lives die together… I still love her and there's no way I'm going to betray her like that".
"Suit yourself but when she crushes your career don't come crying to me" she said as the red clad chipmunk began to walk off without her.
Both Charlene and Alvin continued on their way but Alvin tried to put a little more distance between him and the blonde chipette he was quickly learning to dislike.
"Dave, D.J here" the colonel said into his cell phone,
"D.J, thank goodness" Dave said into his phone "D.J I need you to do me a huge favor… I've got an address that Brittany said she was at".
"Where?" D.J asked grabbing his note pad and pen, Dave gave him the address then said "thanks D.J. I would go myself but I'm still in transit because my flight was delayed for 4 days".
"Don't sweat it man… we've got this, just make sure you get here so you can take her home" D.J said then hung up.
"Ok boys" D.J said turning to face his men "she's at this address" he said handing the paper to Pepper, "Hogan get me a car" the colonel said then started leading the other men out of the woods towards the main road.
"How the heck am I supposed to get a car out in the middle of the woods?" Hogan called after his boss but got no response.
Two hours later Pepper sat behind the wheel of an old beat up Ford pickup truck that was barely able to run, "you call this a car?" D.J asked out the broken back window to the bed where the others were sitting.
"No I call it a means of transportation" Hogan retorted,
Pepper scoffed "it barely qualifies as that" he said making the truck round a corner causing the back bumper to fall off and go clattering across the road.
A couple hours later D.J stood in the living room of a medium sized house trying to get ahold of Dave on his cell phone, "hey Dave… D.J here, we're at the address you gave us but she's not here… they say she was here but she disappeared".
Dave covered his face with his hand, "do you have any idea where she went?" he asked saddened by this news. "Sorry Dave… we've got nothing here" the colonel said into the phone "but we'll keep looking until we find a lead".
Dave nodded "thanks D.J you're the best"
"Save it for someone who doesn't know… talk to you later Dave" D.J said with a smile as he hung up the phone,
Brittany and Tory walked for most of the day then stopped for the night at a hollow tree stump, while they laid in the log waiting for sleep to overtake them Brittany asked a question she really wished someone could answer, "do you think Dave really did abandon me?"
Tory thought for a long second he didn't like being put into these uncomfortable situations, "I guess it's entirely possible he abandoned you…" he said still thinking about it.
Brittany nodded sadly, "I don't think Alvin is coming for me either… by now he would have found me or found a way to contact me" she said letting her expression fall with sadness. Tory shrugged and sat down next to her "come on Brittany I think you're being a little hard on him… he's only chipmunk after all".
She shrugged "I don't know anymore… why hasn't anybody found me yet, why hasn't anybody even tried to make contact… my two sisters, my two best friends, my father, or even my boyfriend?" Brittany paused for a second trying to hold back tears that were threatening to fall "if they really cared wouldn't they be looking for me?"
Tory looked down at her face sadly "regardless if they come for you or not… I'll always be here for you" he said kindly planting a kiss on her forehead. The chipette smiled weakly as a tear slipped out of her eye "Tory… I'm really not sure right now… but I think I have a new crush" she said sliding her body closer to his. Without replying he slowly but firmly wrapped his arms around her waist in a loving embrace.
The very next morning Brittany woke up and looked around their 'nest' before walking over to the door, Tory laid awake and watched her hop out through the doorway and head into the woods. Seeing this and very curious by this Tory hopped out of the hollow tree stump and ran up alongside of her "where are you going?" he asked slowing his pace to walk by her side.
"Far away" she replied looking off into the woods, Tory shrugged as he walked alongside her "a chipette like yourself especially one in your condition could get hurt out there alone" he said.
"I don't exactly have anybody else now do I?" she shot back continuing to walk, "and what am I?... chopped liver?" Tory retorted.
"I really don't want to drag you into my problems… what I asked you to do the other night… that was a mistake on my part I shouldn't have asked something like that from you" she said. Tory quickly jumped in front of her and placed his hands on her shoulders stopping her, "it wasn't a mistake… you clearly need help… and I'll help you no matter what it takes… we're friends right" he said as he slowly locked eyes with her.
Brittany nodded then kissed his cheek, Tory quickly made a 'come on' face then pulled her into a passionate kiss which she needed very badly so she freely accepted it. Once they broke apart she stared deep into his emerald green eyes "I really needed that" she said with a smile.
"I know… I could see it written all over your face" Tory said returning the smile, "now, where do you want to go?"
Brittany shrugged "I don't know… I don't really care, I just want to go somewhere quiet and peaceful where I can raise my children without being disturbed by anything" she said quietly. Tory was thoughtful for a second, "I can dig that… how about our own island?"
"That would work… but how do we find one and get there?" she said
"We'll figure it out eventually… but first let's hop over to Australia, I've always wanted to go there" the chipmunk said as they began to walk off into the woods. "The Australian outback is beautiful especially at this time of year" Brittany said remembering her old home.
Both chipmunks walked through the woods but soon came out on a street, the road they were on seemed to have absolutely no traffic so they continued to walk along the side talking about how they would get to Australia when a new topic arose.
"So… how much longer do you have?" Tory asked as they strode along
"I guess technically it could happen any time from right now to next week sometime" she replied looking up at the slightly taller chipmunk. Tory nodded "so I should probably be on call 24/7 from here on out just in case" he said, Brittany smiled a little "yeah pretty much".
"Don't worry, when it happens we'll be ready" Tory said with a confident smile.
A/N: And there's chapter 8, chapter 9 will be up shortly, I promise it won't take as long as this chapter did, so stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled for chapter 9… oh and leave a review!
