Hi! This is just a really short filler chapter...
and I honestly... am sick and tired of starring at it... so... it's yours...
BTW... did I mention it's my BIRTHDAY!!! WOOHOO!!
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"What's black and white and red all over?"
The chipmunks minus Jeanette sat directly across from each other at a grey and black bench on the edge of the spacious cafeteria.
Simon let a loud groan, burying his head even deeper into the red hardback he held in his hands.
"A sun burned zebra!!" Alvin cried out with a smirk.
Brittany rolled her eyes, glancing at Eleanor for a minute, who offered a soft, sympathetic smile.
"How do you stop a charging rhinoceros?!" Alvin asked the group. He paused for a few seconds before crying out "You take away his credit cards!!"
"Why did the bacon laugh? Because the egg CRACKED a JOKE!!! You get it?! Egg! CRACK!?"
Brittany let out a sigh. "Sweetie…honey…baby…. would you please stop it with the jokes already!?" she exclaimed.
Alvin snorted. "I thought they were funny! And hey, what are you…" Alvin asked slowly. "Eating?"
Alvin was staring wide eyed at Brittany's bag lunch as she quietly chewed. Simon glanced at them for a moment before quickly returning to his book. Eleanor and Theodore didn't even look up this time, completely engross in a conversation of their own.
Brittany tilted her up away from her sandwich, glaring at the male munk from across the table. "Like you've got room to talk!" she exclaimed.
Alvin glanced down at his tray, before shrugging and looking back up. "It's just a hotdog"
Brittany scrunched up her nose in disgust. "You mean an artery clogging piece of meat loaded with grease and fat?" she asked him.
Alvin rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Who in their right mind eats peanut butter with GRAPES!"
Simon cleared his throat. "Uh… Alvin?"
"Peanut Butter and Jelly" A shy, quiet voice answered from afar.
All the chipmunks immediately looked up, their eyes widening as they fell upon the blue clad chipette.
"He- Hey Jeanette" Theodore called, mildly waving.
"Yeah, hi?" Brittany added, confused.
"What are you doing here?" Eleanor asked. "You're not eating with Jay today?"
"…No… he's busy…" Jeanette answered slowly. "Is- is it alright if I eat here?" She was asking the group but looked directly at Simon.
"Uh… Jeanette." Alvin called out.
"You don't have to ask." Brittany said, finishing for him.
"Yeah," Eleanor added.
Jeanette didn't move. Her eyes focused on Simon. The blue clad chipmunk blinked back at her… and smiled. Jeanette smiled back, slowly taking a seat next to her counterpart.
"Di-did I miss anything?" She asked nervously.
"Not much."Eleanor shrugged.
"I was just telling everyone a joke. You wanna hear one?" Alvin asked, eagerly.
"I…"
"Alright, what's black, white, and terrifying?!"
"Uh… I don't know…"
"A math test!!"
Simon shook his head. "I don't even get that one." he said, rolling his eyes.
"So Jeanette…about the dance..." Brittany asked
"You're still going with Jay right?" Eleanor questioned.
Jeanette quickly looked down, avoiding Simon's anxious glare before slowly nodding.
Brittany grinned. "Perfect. Then we can go shopping after school."
"It'll be fun." Eleanor added.
"Yeah," Jeanette agreed with a small smile. She turned to Simon. "You're going to the dance too… right Simon?"
The middle chipmunks locked eyes.
You know how sometimes… when you've known a person a long time… be it… a brother? A sister? Or a best friend… How you can just tell… by a look in their eyes… or the sound of their voice…what they're thinking? And how… it's almost like you can read their minds? Without… even trying?
Well that's what was happening.
Just in that moment… that split second… As Simon gazed into Jeanette's brilliant, dark green eyes; lingering on the speckles of gold and silver that swam around her pupil. He knew… just by the way she looked at him… he knew… that somewhere… somehow… she was just as confused as he was… and that… without a doubt in his mind now… he knew… she… liked him… and maybe… just maybe… even more than that.
"Simon?"
Jeanette blinked, squinting her eyes slightly in confusion… concern… "Simon?"
"Uh…" Simon mumbled, slowly coming out of his dream like daze. "Yeah, yeah… of course I'm going."
Jeanette's eyes immediately lit up. "Good" she replied with a soft smile.
She was glad… that maybe… perhaps… Simon had forgiven her… maybe… he actually still liked her… despite everything she had put him through. And maybe… perhaps… just maybe… she …
"So I've been looking at dresses all week!" Brittany exclaimed. "And I think I finally found the perfect one!"
Jeanette's eyes shimmered over to her eldest sister. She smiled. "That's great Brittany."
"I mean for all three of us." Brittany continued. "That shop on the corner is completely perfect!"
"Can't wait" Eleanor added.
"And of course we'll need jewelry to go with it." Brittany continued.
"It's just a dance, Brittany" Eleanor sighed.
"Nothing too big" Brittany assured them. "Just some necklaces… a bracelet or two…"
"Did Ms. Miller agree to this?" Jeanette asked.
"Not yet…" Brittany admitted with a slick grin. "But she will"
Eleanor rolled her eyes.
Alvin smirked. "Why did the man put a rabbit on his head?" he asked the group. "Because he had no HARE!"
Brittany groaned.
"What kind of car does an electrician drive?" Alvin asked. "A VOLTS-wagon!!"
"What kind of shoes do spies where?"
"SNEAKERS!!!"
Alvin grinned. "Why did the aardvark cross the road?"
Simon groaned. "To beat up the idiot telling jokes about him?"
Everyone's eyes lit up, smiles quickly growing wider and wider. Alvin's grin instantly deflated as the group burst into hysterical laughter. Brittany looked at Alvin, she opened her mouth to apologize but just the site of his face threw her into another round of hysterics.
"Well… as fun as this has been… I'm going to head to the gym. If I'm missing soccer practice for this I gotta let the coach know." She quickly rose from her seat, picking up her lunch tray along the way.
"Eleanor!" Theodore called, leaping out of his seat. "Wait! I'll walk you."
The green clad chipette stopped and turn back, offering Theodore a thankful smile. He quickly caught up with her and they walked out together.
"I'm going too." Brittany announced." I have to finish planning all this. If I get to the school's library in time I can check out the store's website."
"Oh, uh…" Alvin called out. "Brittany?"
Brittany looked up. "What?"
"Did you want anything… "Alvin asked. "I mean… for the dance… like a… flower or something?"
Brittany quickly collected her trash and stood up. "A LEAST a dozen red roses, a pink corsage… and would it kill you to rent a tux?" Brittany asked him.
Before Alvin could even think of an answer, she was gone. The red clad chipmunk sighed loudly as he quickly stood to his feet and hurried after her.
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it's kinda short... xd.
Once again... it's just a filler chapter... the story needed it. It needed some space in between the last chapter and the next one... so yeah...