(Alvin Sr's POV)

AJ and Brittany stared with wide eyes as the sun was setting behind Uluru. "So what do you two think?", I asked, already having a guess at their answer.

It was nice to be out in the open and away from the city, after two weeks of showing them around Melbourne and Adelaide.

Brittany was the first to speak, "It's so beautiful."

Chelsea and Leonard walked over to us, both of them carrying a tent. Leonard smiled warmly, "Isn't it now?"

"Can we go check it out?", AJ asked with a hopeful tone. I could already see him climbing the large rock formation with his eyes.

I walked over to him and put my paw on his shoulder, "Tomorrow, its to late tonight."

His shoulders slumped.

"Cheer up, tonight we're going to have a campfire. It will be lots of fun", he perked back up at my words.

A short while later Leonard and Chelsea had set up two tents and a small camp fire was starting to take shape in between them.

As the cool night air set in we all took our seats around the campfire. AJ, Brittany, Chelsea and myself all sat on the ground on one side while Alyson and Leonard sat in fold out chairs on the other side.

It had gotten rather cold out but the fire kept us warm.

"So, what do you two think of Australia so far?", Alyson asked while the fire made her face glow with an orange light.

"It's great. I could have stayed in Adelaide and shopped forever!", Brittany exclaimed with a huge smile on her face.

AJ nodded, "It's wonderful. I always thought it would be just like America here but it's so different. Plus there is so much open space here." It made me glad to know that they were both having so much fun.

Brittany let out a yawn and stood up, "I'm going to go to bed."

"Aw come on, it's still early!", AJ protested with an exacerbated sigh.

She walked over to the tent that the four of us would be sleeping in tonight and paused at the entrance flap, "Good night everyone." She gave a wave and we all waved back at her before she disappeared into the tent.

I decided to ask AJ how they met, "You and her are really close, how did you get to know each other?"

He smiled while he thought about it. He took in a breath and began, "Well its kinda a long story but I'll sum it up. Basically when her sisters and her arrived in L.A they were tricked by my old manager. He convinced them that my bro...", he paused and got a sad look on his face.

"What's wrong?", Chelsea asked with a concerned tone and moved closer to him.

I was concerned for him. He looked very sad about what ever was on his mind, "I'm sorry if I brought up something you don't want to talk about."

He shook his head. "No its fine. I'll continue. He convinced them that Theodore, Simon and I were the bad guys. He got them to preform against us at a battle of the bands. They wound up winning the right to represent our school in a contest that would let the school keep its music program. When the night of the contest finally came we all gathered to watch but they were no where to be found." He paused for a moment and looked as if he was going over the events in his head again.

I waited intently for him to go on. He took a breath and resumed, " At the last minute we got a phone call and it was Brittany. Ian had locked her and her sisters in a cage and so I did the first thing that came to mind."

He laughed as he began his next sentence, "I stole a mini bike and went to rescue them from him. Long story short I saved them and we all made it back in time for the six of us to preform and win the contest and we've been friends ever since."

He nodded to himself as his story wound to a close. I smiled, my son was a hero and he does what ever he can to protect those he cares for, that made me swell with pride.

I walked over to him and put my arm around his shoulders, "That's the way to do it. Nothing gets you in good with a girl like saving her life. And I would know."

AJ's eyes darted around as if her was trying to figure out some way to change the subject. His eyes focused and I guessed he had an idea.

He looked up at me, "What do you mean you would know?"

I laughed, "Turnabout is fair play, I suppose."

He raised his eye brow at me and listened expectantly.

I took my hand from his shoulder and scooted back so I was facing him.

I loved this story it always reminds me of the happiest time in my life, "Well I would know because that's how I met your mother."

I now had everyone's full attention as I had never told this story before, not even to the Fetchers. "It all started when I wasn't much older then you are now. One day, in the spring I was going for a walk through the forest while looking for some food. The forest was buzzing with activity that day and many other animals ran through the trees over my head."

I paused for a moment to take a breath and partly for dramatic effect. "It seemed like it was going to be a normal day, that is until the sound of an eagle was heard and everyone ran for cover. Everyone except one chipette who was running for her life through the trees above me. I watched as she looked for a place to hide but the eagle was getting closer. I decided to follower her from the ground and see if I could do anything to help."

I stood up so that I could act out my story, what can I say I love theatrics, "I ran as fast as I could. She tried to jump from one branch to another by swinging from a smaller one above her. The smaller branch she latched onto snapped and she began to fall to the forest floor. I ran and manged to catch her just before she hit the ground." I acted it out by running and sliding in the dirt, pretending to catch something.

The other four watched me and waited for the rest of the story, hanging on my every word, " I stood up and put her on her feet. She looked at me with her beautiful brown eyes, which were filled with a mix of fear and thanks. She tried to say thank you but I covered her mouth when the eagle let out another call. I grabbed her hand and pulled her behind me as we ran for cover. The tree I lived in was not to far and we made a brake for it.."

I sat back down and smiled, "We made it back safely and the rest, as they say, is history."

(Brittany's POV)

I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but they shouldn't have started telling such good stories while I was trying to go to sleep. Alvin Sr's story was very romantic but I liked my Alvin's story better. They began to talk again but quieter this time, now that the stories were over.

I couldn't make out exactly what they were saying but I gathered that they were talking about love. My ears perked up when I heard the words love and Brittany in the same sentence.

I got up from where I was laying and moved the edge of the tent and put my ear the the fabric so I could hear better. Okay now I meant to eavesdrop.

The first voice I heard was Alvin the younger's, "I don't really know or want to talk about it." What are they talking about it?

Next I heard Chelsea's voice, "It's alright you can tell us, you're among friends here." I leaned against the tent even more.

Alvin spoke again, "I do love her... I just don't know if I'm in love with her." Is he talking about me?

"Well think about it. How do you feel when you're around her?", Chelsea asked and I waited for his answer.

There was silence as he thought about her question, well that what I guessed he was doing. That or they had realized I was listing and starting using sign language.

He cleared his thought and I could hear him take in a deep breath, "Well I smile a lot when she's around. And I hate to see her upset." I blushed under my fur.

My tail flicked back and forth in anticipation. "Sounds like it to me", Chelsea said with a matter of fact tone. I heard Alvin Sr grunt in agreement.

Alvin let out a groan, "I guess I need to accept it..." Darn it Alvin, talk!

He took another deep breath, "I'm in love with Brittany..." I fell back onto my bottom as I heard Alvin the older pat his son on the back.

There was a smile plastered on my face as I was lost in this moment. I was so lost I almost didn't hear him talk again, "I need to sleep on this."

I heard him stand up and start walking toward the tent. I rushed back over to the large sleeping bag that we were all shearing tonight and got under it and closed my eyes just as he walked into the tent.

I pretended to be asleep while he walked over to the sleeping bag and got inside of it and laid right behind me.

As I started to fall asleep there was only one thing on my mind, Alvin is in love with me.