A/N: I am back, finally! I am so sorry about that, I meant to update this story like two weeks ago but I got sick then I had to do stuff to graduate high school but I'm back with chapter 14 for you so please enjoy and above all else leave a review, we talked about reviews last chapter so I won't bore you with that again, :)

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~"We only part so we may meet again"~

That night D.J took the four chipmunks out to dinner to one of Allentown's finer restaurants and where now heading back to their hotel, "how'd you fellas like that?" the colonel asked as they departed from the building.

"It was great!" Theodore exclaimed

"It was pretty good" Jeanette replied

"Ok, let's hit the track" D.J said excitedly

"Please D.J at least let our food settle first" Eleanor begged rubbing her full tummy.

"It'll take us about 10 minutes to get back to the hotel then another 15 to get to the track; that should be plenty of time" the man replied with a smile. "Actually D.J… it takes 45 minutes to an hour for a meal like the one we just had to fully digest" Simon corrected.

"Fine… I'll drive slowly to the track that should be about 45 minutes" he said, "here… we'll cut through here, it'll be quicker" D.J pointed out heading down a shabby side street.

Jeanette wanted to protest this idea because it didn't seem like a very good one but she felt it would do little good, instead from her spot just behind Simon she looked around at all the people walking and sitting around against the buildings, as the group walked down the sidewalk.

"All these unfortunate people" she whispered noticing several of the homeless men staring at her, 'they probably haven't eaten in days… it's probably been even longer since they've had a morsel of meat…' she thought causing her eyes to bulge out, "uh oh" she said then was about to pick up her pace when someone grabbed her. Letting out a startled and terrified squeak she tried to struggle out of the man's grasp but he was just too happy with his catch to let her slip away.

The man brought Jeanette up to eye level and laughed as he licked his lips, suddenly something roughly tapped against the man's forehead. Jeanette glanced up and saw an arm and a hand, turning her head she followed it back to the owner who was D.J.

The man holding the terrified chipette crossed his eyes and looked up trying to see the gun that D.J had pressed into his head, "put the chipmunk down… nice and easily" he said. The man nodded slightly and slowly as he gently placed Jeanette back on the ground, once he saw Jeanette run behind him he gently let the hammer of his .45 set into place before he holstered the weapon, "here you go buddy" D.J said to the man as he handed him 10 dollars, "go by yourself something to eat".

"Bless you sir" the homeless man said gratefully as he looked at the ten dollar bill.

Simon had caught the chipette in a hug as she ran behind the colonel's legs to where the others were still standing, "you're alright now" Simon said with a smile as she held on to him for dear life.

Jeanette loosened up as she nodded, Simon then released her only so she could be tackled by the other two in a hug, "I'm fine guys" she said with a wide smile before any of them could ask if she was ok.

"Ok… I think that was enough excitement for one night" D.J said turning to face his four charges "how about we skip the track tonight"

"That would be great… I don't know how many potential heart attacks I can have before I actually have a heart attack" Jeanette said.

Since the others agreed with her, D.J took them back to the hotel for the evening where his other two men were waiting for them. "What took so long D.J?" Hogan asked, "yeah we were about to come looking for you" Pepper put it as D.J sunk into a chair.

"We had a little incident on skid row" D.J replied pinching the bridge of his nose. "I really don't want to know" Hogan said dreading what could have possibly happened earlier that evening with D.J on the skid row of Allentown Pennsylvania.

Turning his head to face the four chipmunks who were sitting on the coffee table just looking at the colonel and his men, D.J said "time for bed, we have to catch our plain bright and early tomorrow morning".

"Ok D.J" the chipmunks chorused before hopping off the table and heading into the bedroom they shared. Once they were in their bedroom and falling asleep, D.J sighed, "I could get used to having them around".

"NO!" Hogan and Pepper said quickly and very forwardly causing all three men to start laughing.

Alvin awoke very warm, comfortable and content, "thank goodness" he heard a voice next to him say as he stirred and rolled over slowly lifting his eye lids, "if you would have stayed asleep any longer I would have thought you were dead". Alvin rolled over to come nose to nose with a smiling Brittany.

The chipmunk let out a small sleepy groan, "what time is it?" Alvin asked slumping back down

"I don't know let me see your watch" she said tugging on his wrist, the chipmunk allowed her to pull his wrist towards her that was wearing his chipmunk sized watch.

"12:00" she said as he pulled his arm back,

"We should probably get going" he said crawling out from under the dog's front leg, Brittany followed suit prompting the shepherd to stand up.

Wiping the rest of the sleep from his eyes Alvin shook his head and yawned, "we slept for hours… why am I so tired?"

Brittany smiled to herself and giggled, "we didn't sleep the whole time" Brittany said massaging his shoulders tenderly. Alvin chuckled nervously as his eyes widened, "we… uh better get… yeah… moving" he said stumbling not only over his words but his feet as well.

Brittany giggled again, she thought Alvin was so cute when he was uncomfortable, still giggling to herself she began following the chipmunk with her larger companion following behind her.

After a few miles of walking the chipmunks and the Shepherd stood outside LAX. Alvin took a deep breath as they entered the terminal of the airport, "I just love air travel" Alvin commented as they began to walk through the massive building.

"Look… Hawaii over there" Brittany said pointing to a sign that had an arrow directing the people into a smaller hallway.

"Let's go" he said grabbing her hand, but suddenly he was knocked from Brittany's grasp and to the floor, "ouch" Alvin muttered under his breath. "Found you" Tory said pulling him to his feet, "Tory what are you doing here?" Alvin asked as he was pulled to his feet.

"You didn't say goodbye" he said wrapping an arm around his friend, "where are you running to?" he asked the couple.

"First-" Brittany began but was cut off by Alvin, "sorry Tory… can't tell you" he said,

The black clad chipmunk nodded, "I understand… you want to start fresh, just the two of you plus the slight addition that is due any minute… I can dig that" Tory said with a nod.

"That's good" Brittany said with a somewhat relieved smile

"I'll stay around your house and keep your bed warm until you come back" Tory said with a grin.

Alvin opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by several joyful shouts, "Brittany!… Alvin!"

They all turned to see four very happy chipmunks running towards them, Jeanette and Eleanor engulfed Brittany in a hug while Simon and Theodore did the same thing to Alvin. Alvin and his brother's broke apart and watched the sentimental moment between the three sisters.

"You haven't changed a bit Simon" Tory said from behind the tall chipmunk, Simon whirled around to face the chipmunk that was his height, "Tory? I thought you would've been dead by now" Simon said.

"Heck no… that cat was big but let me tell you this, I taught him a lesson he'll never forget" Tory said with a smile.

Once the three chipettes broke apart Tory turned to Jeanette and bowed deeply, taking her hand as he straightened up again. "The name's Tory.. just Tory. What name could possibly describe such pure natural beauty?" he asked staring into her violet eyes after delicately kissing her hand.

"Jeanette" she replied shyly as she blushed

"Such a beautiful name… very fitting" Tory said with a smile

"Uh… Tory" Simon said tapping his shoulder, Tory turned around slowly to face the tall chipmunk, "what?" he asked.

"She's got a boyfriend already" Simon whispered into his ear.

"Oh well" Tory said with a shrug, "never hurts to try" he said flashing the brunette chipette a bright smile,

"Why are we still standing around?... let's go home" Simon said as D.J and his men walked up to the group of chipmunks.

"Simon… we're not coming home with you" Alvin said softly wrapping an arm around Brittany.

The chipmunk whirled around to face his older brother, "what do you mean?" he asked afraid he already knew the answer.

"Me and Brittany are… leaving the nest, for good" he said slowly

Simon nodded sadly; he knew there would be a day when the right chipette would come along for each of them, and with that the day they would all have to leave the nest of brotherhood to start a new life. Trying to hold back the few tears that were threatening to fall he said, "are you sure you're ready for this?"

Alvin nodded, "I'm ready"

Simon and Alvin then glanced back at the others, "Brittany… are you ready for this? This is a very big step" Jeanette asked.

"As long as I've got Alvin by my side I'm ready" she replied although she too was very scared.

"Alvin…" Theodore asked walking up to his oldest brother, "yes Theo?" Alvin asked knowing exactly what question he was going to ask. "Alvin… when will you be back?" the little chipmunk asked hope shining in his eyes. Alvin swallowed down his tears with much difficulty, "Theodore… I won't be coming back". Hearing this, the small chipmunk wrapped his arms around his older brother's waist, "I'm going to miss you Alvin" he said his tears leaking from his closed eyes.

Alvin set his chin on his little brothers head and softly cried, "I'm going to miss you too Theo"

"Does that mean you won't be coming back either?" Eleanor asked her older sister who was already wiping tears from her eyes. Brittany shook her head, "we'll visit but it might take us some time to get settled".

Eleanor nodded as she threw her arms around Brittany lovingly,

Once Theodore had let go of Alvin, the red clad chipmunk took the few step towards his bespectacled brother, "Simon…" Alvin stated slowly, "we haven't always gotten along as well as I would have liked to and I want to say that I'm-"

"I forgive you Alvin" Simon said with a small smile as he extended his hand for Alvin to shake, but Alvin shook his head and grabbed Simon in a loving brotherly hug to which Simon quickly responded by wrapping his own arms around his brother.

Once the two chipmunks broke apart, Simon went over to Brittany, "are you going to be alright?" he asked her putting a hand on her shoulder.

She nodded, "you've always treated me like your own sister" she replied, "and you've always treated me like your own brother" Simon said with a smile, "abuse, name calling and all" he added with a chuckle. Brittany chuckled at this as well, "I'm gonna miss you" she whispered.

Simon nodded, then pulled her into a quick hug.

Jeanette nodded slowly as she turned to face the red clad chipmunk, "Alvin, take good care of her" she said, Alvin nodded "I will… sis" he said embracing the chipette warmly.

Jeanette after gently breaking the hug with Alvin went back over to her older sister who was just exiting from a hug with Simon. "Brittany… if you need anything what so ever you know where to find your family" Jeanette said trying her best to hold her tears back.

"I'll be fine" Brittany said through her tears as she wrapped her arms around her sister, Jeanette nodded sadly, "I always knew this day was coming and I've always dreaded it… but I'm still very happy for you".

"I know" Brittany said "we won't be gone forever… once this whole thing blows over we'll come back to visit you guys"

Slowly the seven chipmunks gathered together in a huge group hug that lasted for several seconds, once that hug broke apart Alvin took the couple of steps it took for him to get to D.J's feet.

"D.J" he said prompting the man to crouch down, "thank you for everything" the chipmunk said extending his hand, D.J nodded extending his finger for Alvin to shake. "You're welcome little buddy" D.J replied "here take this" he said giving Alvin a small piece of paper, "that's the number to my cell, if you ever have any problems, large or small call me… I'll be there". Alvin smiled and nodded "thank you D.J but now I have to ask that you forget you saw us".

D.J nodded "I understand… I saw nothing" he said holding out his fist for Alvin to punch. The chipmunk smiled and bumped fists with the colonel before turning back to his family.

"Brittany… if you're ready to go…" Alvin said softly making sure that if Brittany needed more time she could have it.

"I'm ready" she said then embraced each of the other four chipmunks as did Alvin. "Good luck!" Jeanette called as Alvin and Brittany bounded into the terminal becoming lost from sight.

"They'll be fine" Simon said putting a hand on Jeanette's shoulder

"I know they will be… they were made for each other… they were made to be together" Jeanette said with a smile wiping a stray tear from her eye.

Alvin and Brittany ran all the way to the gate, Alvin checked to make sure nobody was following them before him and Brittany darted down the passage way like hall to the plane.

The two chipmunks began walking down the center aisle of the plane but stopped suddenly when they saw a German shepherd sitting obediently next to a man. "That isn't…" Alvin asked doubtful but the dog gave a nod.

"How did he know which plane we were getting on?" Alvin asked as they climbed in between the dog and the seat. "He's a very special animal" Brittany replied patting the dog affectionately.

A few minutes later and the flight attendant began speaking over the loud speaker to prepare the passengers for takeoff. Finishing her talk about the safety procedures in case they crash she bid everybody a happy flight then hung up the intercom. "Here we go" Alvin said causing Brittany smile, "the next chapter of the story of us begins here" the chipette said as the they rolled down the runway and took off into the clear blue skies of California.

A/N: Short but very sweet, this chapter was kinda rushed in case you couldn't tell, lol. But I still hope you enjoyed it, please leave a review and check back for chapter 15!

P.S: I know you have questions about the story so send them in, and I'll answer them in a commentary chapter that will be put onto the end of the story so as you read and have questions send them in via review or message, don't be shy, remember, there's no stupid questions just stupid people ;)