Chapter 10-Busted!

Brittney yawned as she woke up the next morning. She glanced over at Alvin's bed and noticed he wasn't there.

"Hm," she thought, "He must be in the bathroom or watching TV, or something like that...or possibly both, like that one time when he brought the TV in the bathroom after he ate all that cheese because he knew he was gonna be really constipated, and he wanted something to do while he…never mind, I'm going back to sleep." Brittney closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

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"Sweetheart?" Jeanette could hear a man's voice and someone shaking her gently, "Wake up, honey."

"H-huh?" Jeanette mumbled as she opened her eyes and looked up at the sexy lifeguard who was shaking her awake, "David Hasslehoff?" she said barely awake. The lifeguard laughed.

"No, Sweetie," he said kindly, "I'm the lifeguard. I just came out for my shift and saw you and your brother here lying in the sand. You guys alright?"

"M-my brother?" Jeanette said confused as she got up and glanced at the chipmunk in red swim trunks, lying beside her, "Oh, he's not my brother, he's my friend." She shook him gently, "Alvin," she said, "wake up."

"UUGGH," he moaned and then pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dave, please?"

"Alvin," she said, "its Jeanette." Alvin sat up and looked around. He gasped when he realized where he was.

"Aw, man," he said, "we fell asleep out here."

"You two youngsters better be gettin' back home before your folks start to worry," the lifeguard said. Alvin and Jeanette gasped at each other.

"Ms.Miller/Dave!" they cried at the same time.

"We're dead!" Alvin cried. They got up and ran for their beach house

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Dave had just come back from McDonald's and went into the kids' room to get them up for breakfast.

"Rise and shine kids," he said cheerfully, "I got you guys breakfast at McDonald's." Dave glanced at Alvin's bed and noticed he wasn't in it. "Alvin?" he said as he pulled the covers off the bed and was horrified when he didn't see his son lying under them. "Where's Alvin?!" The others shrugged their shoulders. Eleanor climbed up to the top bunk to see if Jeanette had any idea, but she wasn't there. She gasped.

"Jeanette's gone to!" she cried.

"Jeanette?!" Dave cried with surprise, "Where could they be?! Ms. Miller!"

"Yes David?" Ms. Miller called from the bathroom.

"Alvin and Jeanette are gone!" Ms. Miller rushed out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to her foot.

"What do you mean David?" she asked worried.

"They're missing! They're not here!" Dave cried.

"Jeanette left?!" Ms. Miller cried, "Where could they've gone?!"

"I'd expect this kind of thing from Alvin, but never Jeanette!" Dave said still really shocked, "hopefully, where ever they are, they're together and okay, but when I find that boy, oh, he is gonna be in so much trouble!"

"Well," Ms. Miller said, "before we let ourselves get worked up, let's just wait a little while, I'm sure they'll be back soon, but if they're not, we'll call the police." Dave nodded in agreement, then he and Ms. Miller sat down and ate their breakfast.

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Alvin and Jeanette were about ten feet from their beach house, they were tired and out of breath from running so much.

"Hopefully, everyone'll still be asleep," Alvin said.

"I doubt it," Jeanette responded.

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Dave and Ms. Miller were waiting anxiously at the kitchen table while the other four kids were watching Spongebob. Suddenly, the front door opened and Jeanette and Alvin walked through it.

"Alvin/Jeanette!" Ms. Miller and Dave cried with relief as they ran to their kids and hugged them. Dave lifted up Alvin and cradled him lovingly. Ms. Miller just lifted up Jeanette and held her.

"Are you guys alright?" Dave asked.

"Uh-huh," they both replied.

"I'm in BIG trouble, aren't I?" Alvin asked nervously looking up at his father. Dave looked down at his son he was still cradling and nodded.

"You and I are gonna have a long chat, missy," Ms. Miller said sternly to her timid daughter. Jeanette swallowed hard.

Obviously, this chapter was more humor than horror, and it was rather short, much shorter than the last. I'll try and have chapter 11 up by tomorrow, but I can't make promises since it's a weekend. I like reviews!