Been real busy at work lately. This is the first chance I've had to post this up. Sorry for the extra wait
Chapter twelve: photo moments pt 1
'Pay attention Alvin!' Brittany yelled for the hundredth time
'How can I' Alvin yelled in response. Brittany just sighed
They had been driving for about three hours now. The rain had gone and the sun was setting as the Bus drove down the highway.
Brittany sat with Alvin on the couch on the right, making sure he was doing his assignment.
Dave had borrowed one of their beds to take a much needed nap.
'Just finish this question and then we can stop for the night' Brittany bargained
'But Brittany' Alvin whined 'they're taunting truckers'. He gestured across the bus to the windowsill, where Simon and Jeanette stood looking out the window.
'I don't know Simon' Jeanette said worryingly
'It'll be funny Jeanette, just follow my directions' he reassured just as a truck began to overtake them 'you ready? Five, six, seven, eight'
And with that count in they both started to do a dance routine on the windowsill. The trucker looked across briefly before looking back again with disbelief. Simon dictated the dance moves as they performed them so that they wouldn't forget them.
'Turn, and, step, left' he said in time with the dancing
The trucker started to swerve as he watched on until a car coming the other way started honking, pulling the truck driver's eyes back onto the road.
There was a flash from inside the Bus and Simon and Jeanette looked down to see Eleanor and Theodore holding a camera between the two of them. They were pointing it up to Simon and Jeanette and were laughing between themselves.
'Did you just take a picture of that!' Jeanette asked
'Yep' Eleanor giggled
'We're gonna take lots of pictures of everything so we can put in a photo book when we get back' Theodore explained
'Delete it right now Elle' Jeanette demanded as she jumped off the windowsill with Simon.
'No' Eleanor said flatly as she held Jeanette away from the camera.
'Guys' Simon said softly, getting everyone's attention 'look at that' he pointed over to the other side of the bus.
Alvin sat with his book in his lap and various information papers scattered around him. And Hovering over him was Brittany, pointing to the information and looking over his shoulder at what he was writing.
Theodore and Eleanor smiled to each other and pushed the camera around. Once it was in perfect position Theodore pushed the button down with both hands, making it flash.
Brittany and Alvin quickly looked over to the flash with completely shocked faces
'What the heck was that?' Alvin said, completely baffled.
Simon, Jeanette, Theodore and Eleanor cracked up laughing at this.
'Chipmunks, Chipmunks Chipmunks!' the crowd chanted. The place was completely full and there had to be at least a few thousand people there.
The stage suddenly lit up and the crowd went wild. The band started to play and, running out from the side wings, came the Chipmunks.
'Hello Phoenix!' Alvin yelled, making the crowd go crazy 'let's see you clapping those hands!'
'Aw yeah' Simon said as the Audience started to clap
'Here we go people' Alvin yelled 'one, two, one two three four'.
The stage suddenly exploded in a burst of confetti
'do, do, do do do do' they sung. The crowd was going crazy as the Chipmunks did there song. The whole front section of the Audience was jumping up and down in unison. The three of them jumped up onto one of the fold back speakers at the front of the stage.
'We're the chipmunks' they sang in unison
'C.H.I.P.M.U.N.K
We're the Chipmunks
Guaranteed to brighten your day'
The rest of the show went just as amazingly as the first song. They did one bit with just the boys, then the girls did they're set, and then they finished the set together. Just like they did with most of their shows.
They had just finished they're second last song as a combined act and the crowd was cheering loudly.
'Thank you all' Brittany yelled
'You guys are great' Alvin added in 'you know what' he said randomly 'I think we need a photo, what do you guys think?' the Audience let out a loud cheer
'I think that's a yes' Simon said.
A stage hand ran out quickly and handed a Camera to the bass player. She stood up onto the drummer's platform and held the camera out.
'Everyone say cheeseballs' Alvin said to the Audience before turning around and posing for the picture. The crowd yelled out a jumbled mix of the word and just general cheering, and then the camera flashed.
'Alright people' Alvin said as they all turned back to the Audience 'lets get back into it!'
And with that they started up the next song.
Brittany slowly opened her eyes. They were heavy with sleep and hard to open, but something had woken her up. She rubbed her eyes and tuned her ears to try to hear what had made her wake up.
It was pitch black outside as the bus drove on through the night. Everyone else was still fast asleep. She finally heard the sound that had woken her. It was a mumbling sound. Suddenly she saw, out of the corner of her eye, Alvin's blanket moving about. He mumbled something and moved again.
Suddenly it clicked
"Alvin!" she yelled in her mind. She quickly threw her blanket off and leapt across the bus and over to his bed. She rushed over to him, expecting to see him like she had that night. But she was stopped dead in her tracks once she reached him.
He was fast asleep, rolling about and muttering…he was having a nightmare. Brittany slapped her forehead and sighed in relief
'n-no' Alvin muttered as he rolled onto his back. Brittany knelt down and put her hand on his shoulder. He seemed to calm down almost instantly. This made her smile. She slowly moved until she was lying down just next to him. She was lying over the blanket, but it was warm enough next to him that she didn't need to crawl under and risk waking him up.
She closed her eyes and started to drift off to sleep. She opened them briefly when Alvin started to snore softly, but she just smiled and ignored it, letting herself drift off back to sleep.
The Next Morning
Simon, Jeanette, Theodore and Eleanor stood on Alvin's bed, looking down at Alvin and Brittany as they slept and huddled together.
'Should we wake them up' Simon said softly
'n-no' Jeanette shook her head 'we'll never get another opportunity like this one'
'Your right, is it ready?' Simon asked. Theodore and Eleanor moved the Camera into position
'This is going to be a good one for the collection' Eleanor softly giggled
'Do you think they'll be mad?' Theodore asked
'Ooooh yes' Eleanor replied
And with that the Camera flashed.
Sooo…part one eh. I wonder what part two will be?
