Here's the link to the song later on in this chapter. I had a hard time figuring out the lyrics, I couldn't find them anywhere, so the song must be theirs. Please bear with me on them. This is the final chapter. Nice and long, huh? ENJOY!
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-BrittanySeville18
Alvin was shaken gently by his shoulder, someone whispering his name. He subconsciously drew Brittany closer as a reflex, not waking. The person then tried removing his arms from Brittany. This got him to stir slightly. Moaning in disapproval, Alvin tightened his grip, burying his face in Brittany's hair, calming as the fragrance reached his nose gently.
"Alvin..." came a voice he recognized, but was too tired to try and focus on it. All he wanted was to snuggle with Brittany and fall asleep again. He was lifted from the bed, someone managing to remove his arms from Brittany.
"No..." Alvin whispered in his half asleep state, squirming slightly. The person cradled him close and started walking. "No..." Alvin forced his eyes open a fraction and started thrashing violently. The person held him tight, but not hurting him. "No!" Alvin exclaimed as he woke up more. "No! I need to be with Brittany!"
Sitting on his bed, alone, Alvin stared blankly at the ceiling. Simon had left a few minutes before Alvin had been carried in the room. Dave, who had been the one to take him home, said he was getting sick, and should stay in bed. But Alvin knew something else was bothering Dave. Something serious.
Sitting up, he sighed and thought about Brittany. Why couldn't he just be with Brittany? Why didn't they see how much he loved her? He climbed out of his bed and went over to the door. He was about to open the door when he heard yelling downstairs. Opening the door quietly, he went downstairs, stopping halfway to hear who was yelling, and what. It was Simon.
"Dave! You can't keep playing it off! You lied to me! To Theodore! To Alvin!" Simon yelled. Alvin narrowed his eyes. Whatever happened to make Simon so upset must be bad. Alvin stepped down more, sitting down. "I can't believe you kept this from us! From Alvin! He's going to be devastated!"
"Now, Simon. You can't tell him yet. We're still not entirely sure about anything." Dave said in a voice showing that he was trying to remain calm.
"It doesn't change anything, Dave! Brittany might die-"
Alvin's mind didn't process anything but the sentence 'Brittany might die'. No...Alvin shook his head, not wanting to believe it. No. It couldn't be true. She was fine, just fine...No! Tears fell down his face. No, no, no!!! He stood and ran downstairs. "Brittany can't die!!" He shouted over Simon, getting his brothers' attention and Dave's.
"Alvin." Dave went over to him, Alvin stepped back.
"How...Why would you keep something like this from me!? I can't lose her! I won't!" Alvin shouted. Dave bent down to Alvin height. "Nothing you say will make it OK, Dave. Nothing." Alvin's voice was low and dark. "If she dies, I'll never forgive you for keeping the news from me. And from taking me from her. Never." With that, he ran upstairs and into his room, slamming their door. Dave sighed sadly, looking back at his other sons. Simon folded his arms, Theodore stood by him, his eyes down-casted.
Alvin paced in their room, feeling betrayed, hurt, sad and the most, terrified. He couldn't lose her. He refused to. No. He was not going to lose her. He looked at his window. No one was going to keep him from her. Not Dave, Simon, Theodore or anyone else. He went over to the window and tried to open it. It wouldn't open!
"Need help with that?" Simon's voice startled Alvin. He looked back at him. Alvin was ready to yell at him, but knew Simon was on his side. It was clear by all the yelling he had been doing.
"I need to be with her, Simon. You understand that, don't you?" Alvin asked, drying his face and eyes with his right hand.
"I've been with you through this whole thing, Alvin. Remember?" Simon asked gently. The softness in his tone was a big contrast to the yelling he had been doing just minutes ago.
"Yeah. I remember. Thanks Simon. A lot. For everything." Alvin said with genuine sincerity. Simon smiled.
"It's no problem. I'm always here for you. Alright?" Simon asked as he unlocked and opened the window for Alvin. He turned and faced Alvin. "I do hope she'll be fine, you know." Alvin nodded.
"I do. And so do I..." Alvin lowered his eyes. Simon sighed softly and hugged Alvin. Alvin accepted the comfort, hugging his brother back. Alvin pulled back after a minute. "I should go. She needs me." Simon nodded. "Thanks again, Si." Simon smiled. Alvin climbed out the window, being careful as he walked along the room and jumped down.
"Be careful." Simon said. Alvin saluted him and ran off to Brittany's house. Simon chuckled and closed the window, locking it back.
Brittany's breathing was shallow, her body soaked in sweat. Nothing her sisters or Miss Miller did helped. Her temperature was 102.6 F. She needed a doctor. Miss Miller was afraid to take her outside the house, so she was trying to get one to their house at the moment.
"Oh, Jeanette. Her fever isn't going anywhere!" Eleanor said, looking at the thermometer. Jeanette patted her sister's forehead with a damp rag. They both heard knocking on the front door. "I'll get it.." Eleanor sighed as she left.
Within a minute, Alvin was next to Jeanette. "Alvin?" She looked shocked as she watched him lay next to Brittany. "What are you-"
"Jeanette! Alvin's...oh. Hey Alvin. You can't be here right now." Eleanor said as she approached Brittany's bed.
"I am not leaving her side again!" Alvin said firmly. Jeanette and Eleanor exchanged worried looks. Miss Miller was in the room a minute later.
"Alvin dear-"
"Don't you 'Alvin dear' me! You and Dave aren't allowed to speak to me!" Alvin snapped.
"Alvin!" Jeanette shushed him. "You're going to upset Brittany." Alvin's face softened immensely. "You can't be here."
"I'm not leaving!" He almost shouted. Brittany whimpered in her sleep, Alvin looked at her, caressing her cheek, she calmed slightly. He looked back at her sisters and Miss Miller. "Save your breath. I am not leaving her side again, alright?" They sighed and nodded.
"I called the doctor. He said he'd be here as soon as he can." Miss Miller told them, all gazes on Brittany's flushed, sweaty face. Her breathing was erratic as she struggled to get air into her lungs.
"Go away. You guys are making it hard for her to breathe with you guys surrounding her." Alvin waved them away, hugging her gently. They exchanged looks, but left the room silently. He laid her down and removed the rag on her forehead, soaking it, wringing it out and tapping her flushed face with it before replacing it on her forehead. "You'll be fine, Brittany." He whispered.
"What are you doing?! Stop! Don't!" Brittany cried as he forced himself into her, ripping her violently, stealing her innocence. He covered her mouth with his hand, muffling her scream of pain.
"I'm taking what I deserve." He groaned huskily. Tears fell down her face, feeling herself bleeding from his rough entrance. He started thrusting, setting his rhythm based on her screams and cries.
Brittany whimpered in her sleep, gaining Alvin's attention. He stroked her cheek, removing the thermometer from her mouth. He scowled at the numbers it read: 103.0 F He removed her blanket and picked her up, he climbed off her bed, carrying her out of the room.
Going into the bathroom, he laid her on the carpet on the floor and ran a bath. He had to get her temperature down. When it was half full, he turned the water off. He tested it, not wanting the cold water to send her body into shock. Satisfied, he picked her up and gently eased her into the tub.
Pain was the only thing her mind focused on. The ripping and tearing she felt with each movement he did. "Please! Stop! It hurts!" Brittany sobbed, he grabbed something close by and stuffed it into her mouth, silencing her.
"You know I love your beautiful voice, Sweetie. But I can't have you drawing attention, now can I?" He forced himself deeper and she sobbed more, the sound completely blocked. The only thing showing her pain was her eyes shutting tight, her tears and the word 'PAIN' was written all over her facial expression.
Alvin made sure she didn't sink past her ears in the water. Dipping his hands into the water, he ran it across her face, getting it wet lightly. Her face was still very hot. He sat down by the tub and resumed trying to cool down her temperature.
"Alvin?" he looked back and into Eleanor's worried eyes. He returned his attention to Brittany. "What are you doing?" She asked, going over to the tub.
"I'm trying to cool her body down. Her fever is at one hundred and three now. If it gets too high, she may die." Eleanor gasped and she sat beside him.
"Oh, Brittany." She whispered tearfully.
"Did you know?" Alvin asked. She looked at him in confusion. "That she has the possibility of dying. Did anyone tell you?" Eleanor shook her head.
"No. No one. She may die?" Eleanor asked sadly, her eyes filling with tears.
"Yeah. I overheard Simon yelling at Dave and the words 'Brittany may die'. Dave and Miss Miller didn't want any one of us to know." Alvin said, absently caressing Brittany's cheek.
"I can't believe it..." Her voice laced with shock.
"Yeah, me either. Can you do me a favor?" Alvin asked, looking at her. She nodded. "I need you to change her out of these clothes, maybe into something loose so she won't get anymore overheated than necessary."
"OK," She left to get a towel and some clothes. Alvin left when she came back and shut the door so she could dress her sister. He waited by the door, arms folded as he leaned his head back.
Please! Brittany thought, sobbing more. Please! Stop! He kept her arms pinned down, and his weight between her legs, plus the pain, made her too terrified to attempt moving them. She was afraid of causing herself anymore pain.
"Don't worry, baby." He moaned, trailing his tongue across her exposed stomach and chest. Her body arched in reflex, trying to get him off her. "I'm almost there." He smirked against her chest, biting down harshly. She kicked her legs, tossing her head side to side, her body shaking with sobs. The kicking she did drove him deeper inside her, and she cried more as he resumed thrusting more.
"Alvin." Eleanor grabbed his attention. He smiled thankfully at her and picked Brittany up. She was wearing a loose pink tank top and matching loose shorts.
"The outfit is perfect, thank you Ellie." Alvin said with genuine sincerity. She smiled and nodded. He turned and made his way back to her room.
"Oh and Alvin." He looked back at her. "The water cooled her down, but her body heat is going up again." Alvin looked down at her face, she was right. It was flushed again. He looked at her and nodded.
He sighed at the numbers once more that the thermometer read: 102.6 F again. It went down, but it was still bad. He kept a damp rag on her forehead and had given her some water. What she needed was a doctor and some medicine. He sighed in sadness and sat beside her, holding her hand. He thought back to one of the very first times he and his brothers sang with her and her sisters.
"Oh! Whooooa! Ooh!" Brittany sang. "Oh! Yeah! Oh whoa."
"Hey!" Alvin sang. "Come on!" He motioned for his brothers to come over and they all faced the girls they barely knew. "We liked our lives! The way it was! We didn't want!"
"To share our spotlight with no one!" Simon sang.
"When we looked at you! All we could see! Was the enemy!" Alvin sang. Brittany smirked, folding her arms.
"Couldn't let you get bigger than us!" All three boys sang.
"We had a dream!" Brittany sang. "It was everything! You beat us there!"
"Oh how we hated on you three!" Jeanette and Eleanor sang.
"When we looked at you! All that we saw! Was everything!" Brittany sang.
"We ever wanted as a dream! It doesn't matter if you grew up together, apart forever no!" The girls sang.
"All that you need is someone to love with all of your heaaaaaaaaart yeah!" Brittany sang.
"F! A! M-I-L-Y! Whoa!" They all sang.
"Get together now and keep it tiiiight!" Brittany sang.
"F! A! M-I-L-Y! Whoa!" The boys sang.
"Cause you know we'd never leave your side!" Brittany sang. "We promise now! We'll never let you down! We'll be here by your side!"
"Forever till the end of time!" Both boys and girls sang.
"We'll be your sisters too! There's nothing we won't do! For any one of you!" Brittany sang. "Forever till the end of tiiime!"
"It doesn't matter if you grew up together, apart forever no! All that you need is someone to love with-"
"All you need!" Brittany sang.
" -all of-"
"-your heaaaart yeah!" All three girls sang.
"F! A! M-I-L-Y! Whoa!" They all sang.
"Get together now and keep it tiiiight!" Brittany sang.
"F! A! M-I-L-Y! Whoa!" They all sang.
"Cause you know we'd never leave your siiiide!" The girls sang.
"Coming from another litter." Alvin sang.
"Coming from another mother." Brittany sang.
"Nobody to be brought up with her." Alvin sang.
"But we're gonna love each other." Brittany sang.
"Coming from another litter." Alvin sang.
"Coming from another mother." Brittany sang.
"Nobody to be brought up with her." Alvin sang.
"But we're gonna love each other." Brittany sang.
Alvin was snapped out of the memory by Brittany suddenly tightening her grip on his hand. He blinked and caressed her knuckles with his thumb. She calmed instantly and he sighed. I don't know what I'd do if I never got to hear her sing again.
He reached over and grabbed the thermometer again, taking her temperature once more.
She made it through the day, he fever going back and forth between 102.6 and 103.0 F. The doctor had come and told Miss Miller what she would need to do, but Alvin caught the hopelessness in his tone.
"There's something you won't say. Spill it." Alvin snapped. The doctor looked over Alvin's form and the way he held Brittany. He sighed.
"Even with medicine, she still may not make it." He looked at Miss Miller. "I am very sorry, Ma'am." He gave her the slip for her prescription and let himself out. Alvin shook his head in disbelief and looked down at Brittany's face.
"Alvin dear-"
"Get out." Alvin said, not taking his eyes from Brittany's face.
"Deary-"
"OUT!" Alvin shouted, glaring at Miss Miller. Brittany moaned, turning her head towards Alvin, still asleep. Miss Miller sighed and left. Alvin looked back at Brittany. "You can't die on me, Britt. Please?" Tears flooded his eyes. "Britt, I love you. So much."
He moaned, mumbling about being 'so close' but she didn't listen to what he was saying. With each painful thrust, she prayed he'd stop, but then he'd continue on and on with more energy. She was exhausted, her body sore, the places he bit her at throbbing. The pain was dull, almost unnoticeable compared to the searing pain he was causing from between her legs.
Stop it! Stop! She cried mentally. Tears continued to fall down her face.
It killed Alvin that she never once opened her eyes all day. It made her seem almost halfway dead, aside from her soft whimpers she'd make and her erratic breathing.
Dave had been by earlier, but Alvin didn't go and see him. He hated him for lying, and trying to play the situation off as though it were OK. He sighed and nuzzled Brittany's neck, closing his eyes.
"I love you, Brittany." He whispered again, falling asleep.
"Alvin, hi!" Brittany waved happily at Alvin. He blinked and smiled. She ran over to him and tackled him in a hug.
"Oof!" He stumbled back, managing to keep his balance. "Brittany?" She pulled back, smiling brightly. He moved her bangs out of her face. "Are you feeling OK?" He asked.
"Of course!" She giggled.
"Because earlier, you were really sick." Alvin told her.
"I'm fine now, Alvin. Don't worry so much." She said gently. Alvin smiled. "I heard you, Alvin. You sounded so sad."
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"You don't want me to die, Alvin." She became a mixture of sad and serious.
"No! I don't! Brittany I-"
"I'm sorry, Alvin." He fell silent.
"Sorry? For what?" He asked, holding her hands. She was warm, but the healthy kind of warm. He checked her temperature, she was just fine!
"For not telling you who raped me. And for getting you in danger when you had to go out and find me." She said softly.
"Don't be sorry. I did it because I care about you. How did you get out there?" He asked.
"I was walking home from counseling when a truck pulled up from nowhere and was driving slowly, as though it was in tune with my walking speed." Alvin nodded. "Then the driver honked an I saw him. The man who raped me."
"Who, Brittany? Who was it?" Alvin asked, desperate to know.
"You remember Arilene and Stevie from school?" Brittany asked. Alvin nodded. "Their father raped me."
"What?! He did!?" Alvin demanded. He knew him. He couldn't believe it. He forced himself to calm down and motioned for her to continue.
"So, when I saw it was him, I froze up. I watched him stop the truck and soon he was in front of me. I thought he had moved away." She let out a breath. "I ran into the woods and heard him following me, I tripped and he grabbed me. He pulled off my shoes, leggings and tights, I think he was going to try and rape me again. I grabbed a thick stick and hit him over the head with it twice. He started bleeding and he didn't move. After that, I stood and ran, afrais he'd get up soon. I ran, and ran, until I was so tired, I passed out."
"Oh Brittany." He hugged her. "I love you, Brittany."
"I know, Alvin. You told me. I love you too." She pushed him back gently. "I'm sorry Alvin."
"For what?" She smiled and hugged him again. He sank to his knees, holding her close. She pulled back and pressed her lips to his. He blinked in surprise and kissed back. They lingered there until Brittany went limp in his arms. He pulled back, furrowing his eyebrows. "Brittany?"
There was no response, she just stayed there, a peaceful look on her face. She wasn't breathing.
"Brittany?" Tears filled his eyes at the realization that she had died in his arms hit him. "No! Brittany! You can't leave me! Please!"
Alvin sat up, his eyes filled with tears. He looked down at Brittany's form, they same peaceful look on her face as in his dream. He rested his ear on her chest, listening for a heart beat. There was none. "Brittany!" He gathered her up into his arms and held her, sobbing. "No! Brittany!"
Her sisters and Miss Miller were in the room in a second. "Alvin?" Jeanette whispered. "Is she alright?"
"She stopped breathing!" Alvin sobbed. They all gasped. Miss Miller went over to him and took Brittany from his embrace.
"Brittany dear?" Miss Miller whispered, shaking her gently.
"Can't you hear?! I said she stopped breathing!" Alvin stood on her bed and took her from Miss Miller. "You don't touch her!" He sat back down and cradled her, rocking gently back and forth.
"Girls, go call Dave." Miss Miller urged her last two tearful daughters out of the room. Miss Miller sat beside Alvin, rubbing his back soothingly. He welcomed the affection.
Simon, Dave, and Theodore all arrived a few minutes later. Dave coaxed Brittany from his strong embrace and then he and Miss Miller went downstairs, calling for an ambulance.
"Will you be alright, Alvin?" Theodore asked. Alvin sniffled, sobbing softly and he shook his head. Simon hugged his older brother close.
"I had a dream. She told me how she got so far into the forest and who raped her." Alvin whispered. Simon pulled him back, meeting tearfull blue eyes with his own gray ones. "I'll tell you later." Alvin said, lowering his head and Simon hugged him again.
**Two Weeks Later**
After attending Brittany's funeral, the Sevilles went home.
There was a knock on their door an hour later. Dave answered it. "Yes Officer? Is there something you need?"
"May I speak to a Mister Alvin Seville?" The officer asked. Alvin went over to the door, still dressed in a black suit.
"Yes? I'm Alvin." Alvin said.
"Son," he bent down to Alvin's height. Alvin's brothers stood behind him, next to Dave. "We found the man who raped your friend." Alvin's jaw fell.
"Y-you did?!" Alvin asked, his eyes flooding with happy tears. "Really?!" Simon and Theodore exchanged happy looks.
The officer smiled, nodding. "Yes, we did." Alvin turned to his brothers and hugged them. The officer smiled and stood, shaking hands with Dave.
"Thank you so much, Officer." Dave said. It was the best news they've had since Brittany died.
"I'm happy to have good news for you." The officer said.
Parting from Theodore, Alvin looked up at Dave, who looked down at him. Alvin held his arms up. Dave smiled and picked him up, hugging him warmly. "I love you, Dave." Alvin said with a watery voice.
"I love you too, Alvin." Dave replied, rubbing his back.
"Thank you, Alvin." Brittany whispered. Alvin smiled.
"You're welcome. I love you." Alvin replied. She giggled.
"I love you too." She smiled.
All done. I hoped you all liked it. I'm considering making an alternate ending, to see what would happen if Brittany had survived. But personally, I like this ending. Review and tell me what you thought of the ending and the idea. I also hoped you liked the song I added into it.
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