Ch. 24-Nikki's Date
It was now 9:10 pm. Nikki and Jeremy were at the park. Dinner had been eaten and now they were drying themselves off from an unexpected swim. Nikki was too embarrassed to even speak. Her night had been ruined!
"When I find them!" thought Nikki. "They are sooo-o-o-o DEAD!"
Why was Nikki so mad at Alvin, Simon, and Theodore?
Here's Why:
...2 hours ago...
Nikki and Jeremy were in Papa Mario's Italian Restaurant. It was actually a very fancy restaurant considering the name. Everything looked shiny and new.
"That's because it opened last week," said Mrs. Evans. (A/N: Yes people, Jeremy's ma is here too.)
Even for a new restaurant, the place was packed. Everywhere you looked, the tables were crowded. Waiters and waitresses were rushing about from table to table, taking orders and giving people their food.
It looked as if they wouldn't get in until Mrs. Evans showed one of the waiters a card. The waiter made a gasping noise and ran in the back. He came back and the waiter escorted them to a table. As he left, the three began a small series of small talk. Jeremy said something funny and Nikki began laughing, grabbing her stomach to keep it from bursting. On doing so, she dropped her purse.
"Yeow!" cried the purse as it landed.
Nikki jumped in surprise.
"What was…?" started Jeremy in alarm.
"Oh-uh-nothing," replied Nikki, trying to keep her cool, but failing miserably.
You try keeping you cool when you see a purse moving around the floor all by itself.
Nikki quickly grabbed the bag off the floor. The purse fell out, or like jumped out of her hands and moved under the table.
"Uh," said Nikki, slipping under the table. "I'll just get that now."
Under the table, Nikki opened her purse. Three chipmunk heads popped out.
"What are- why are you-how did you-!?" sputtered Nikki.
She stopped herself and shook her head in disbelief.
"Can this night get set up any weirder!?" thought Nikki.
"JEREMY!" came an all too familiar voice.
Nikki, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore froze in terror.
"It's that nightmare from your school!" exclaimed Alvin.
"What's she doing here!?" panicked Simon.
"Hide!" ordered Nikki.
The chipmunks ducked out of sight.
Nikki quickly shut the purse and resumed her seat just in time to see Tamaki pull up a chair right between Nikki and Jeremy, smiling innocently all the while. Nikki knew better. Jeremy turned red, so did Nikki, but for a different reason.
"H- Hi, T-Ta-Tamaki," gulped Jeremy, trying to breathe.
You may be wondering why he was trying to breathe. For one, Tamaki didn't exactly go light on the perfume. She smelled like she had dumped the whole bottle on her. For another, she looked like a Vegas showgirl who had just met with extra heavy makeup, with hair that looked like it had just had left the salon.
Two things were flying through Nikki's mind. A: Why was Tamaki trying to steal the night? And B: What was Tamaki up to?
Nikki got even redder as she compared Tamaki to her simple self. It's not she wanted to look like a Vegas showgirl, but it was more elaborate than a blue and black dress.
"I'm not gonna give up that easy, Tamaki!" fumed Nikki.
Mrs. Evans broke the silence. "Hi Reika, it's… a pleasure to meet you."
That was the first time Nikki heard someone call Tamaki by her 1st name since...since...as long as she could remember.
"Oh, the pleasure is all mine!" beamed Tamaki, her voice was just as bad as her perfume.
Nikki sat there, biting her tongue and trying to eat. Tamaki talked the whole time about much of nothing. Nikki was bored out of her right mind and without realizing it, she had a noodle in her mouth and there was a sharp tug at the other end. She turned in that direction and saw Jeremy staring back at her, the other end in his mouth. Out of his boredom, he had been eating from her plate too. They got red quickly, especially when Tamaki noticed the noodle.
"WHAT IS THIS, "LADY AND THE TRAMP"?!" she half-shouted.
The restaurant grew quiet as they all turned to Tamaki and completely missing the whole middle scene an either side of her. Tamaki grew red and was quiet... for about 5 seconds and she talked again, her voice blending into the rest the voices.
"It's over at last!"thought Nikki, getting up and stretching.
The dinner was finally over. Tamaki gave Nikki a triumphant smirk, only to find Nikki giving her the same look, and left. Nikki sighed with relief as Mrs. Evans filled out something in a mini-notebook and paid the check.
"It could've been much worse." Nikki thought as the trio went to the park.
Nikki had managed to keep Alvin, Simon and Theodore quiet by feeding them some breadsticks and rolls.
Why were they going to the park? Because there was firework show, that's why.
"Fireworks?" thought Nikki as walked. "That's a good way to end the evening. And the chipmunks can watch too!"
In the distance, Tamaki followed. She had her camera with her. The cheerleaders had it all planned but in Monday and Tamaki was carrying it out. Phase 1 had been a total fail, but phase 2 was 100% foolproof.
"She's going to rue this night!" thought Tamaki, fire in her eyes.
Everyone sat and watched the fireworks. Since everyone was paying attention to the night sky, Nikki let the chipmunks out.
"Wow!" they all breathed as the fireworks exploded in the sky.
"They're beautiful." sighed Nikki, leaning her head toward Jeremy's shoulder.
"OH JEREMY!" came Tamaki's voice out of nowhere, shattering the happy moment.
Before Nikki could stop her, Tamaki had sent Nikki rolling down and took photos of her.
When Nikki finally stopped, she was outraged. Tamaki was really typing to ruin the night! She went back up the hill and saw a letter pinned to her purse. She pulled it off and read in horror.
Nikki,
We're have gone boating. Please meet us there."
Nikki grabbed her purse and raced to the boats.
"Do you think it's going well?" asked Theodore as they watched Nikki caught up with Jeremy as began conversating.
"Of course not!" exclaimed Alvin, watching Tamaki shove Nikki out of the way. "That thing keeps getting in the way! Nikki and her boyfriend haven't even sniffed each other yet!"
Alvin leaped out of the tree they were perched in.
"Alvin-!" started Simon.
"Nikki needs a little help from The Love Doctor!" interrupted Alvin, running off.
Annoyed, Simon followed with Theodore close behind him.
Nikki climbed in the boat with Jeremy. He had to help her in and Nikki almost fell on top of him. They sat there, alone in the boat, waiting for Mrs. Evans and hopefully not Tamaki, to return.
"Nikki?" said Jeremy. "About tonight..."
"I know," she replied. "Tamaki came without your notice."
"That wasn't supposed to... suppose to...Nikki?"
"What?"
"I...I...I..."
Jeremy's voice trailed off. He was now listening intently to something in the distance. Nikki was listening too, but pretending not to hear the three chipmunks harmonizing.
Percussion (A mysterious drum noise came from nowhere.)
Strings (A sound like a guitar softly played.)
Winds(The wind chimes around the dock began to chime in time with the melody.)
Words (The harmonizing and melody grew stronger as a singer began to sing softly and romantically)
ALVIN:
There you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say
But there s something about her
And you don t know why
But you're dying to try
You wanna kiss the girl
(Jeremy and Nikki both began to blush, both looking away. But slowly, they turned and started staring at each other again.)
ALVIN:
Yes, you want her
Look at her, you know you do
It's possible she wants you, too
There is one way to ask her
It don't take a word
Not a single word
Go on and kiss the girl
(A light nudge from Alvin sent Nikki into Jeremy's arms. Their eyes widen as they stared and each other, blushing hard. Alvin smiled and decided to keep on with the song.)
ALVIN:
Sing with me now
CHIPMUNKS:
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
My, oh, my
Look at the boy too shy
He ain't gonna kiss the girl
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Ain't that sad
Ain't it shame, too bad?
You gonna miss the girl
(Jeremy was really red now. Apparently, the song was having some effect on him. He did want to kiss her, but not because of the song. He… No, he couldn't. He needed to tell her first, then he could kiss her.
Nikki, for her part, hoped Alvin would stop. Why was he being so annoying right now? He had been good the whole evening, so why did he have to start acting up now?
Alvin, along with Simon and Theodore, hurriedly gnawed through the rope fastening the boat to the dock. The boat began floating away from the dock. Alvin, now more determined than ever, climbed on, Simon and Theodore followed on lily pads, harmonizing all the while.)
ALVIN:
Now's your moment
Floating in a blue lagoon
Boy, you better do it soon
No time will be better
She don't say a word
*And she won t say a word *through gritted teeth*
Until you kiss the girl*
(A firework exploded and read "Marry Me". Though that hadn't been planned, it created a dramatic effect. Jeremy and Nikki looked into each other's eyes. Nikki couldn't, wouldn't say a word as she stared into his eyes. Alvin by this time was getting down right annoyed. Where was sparks of romance? Did he really need to do everything? He kept singing.)
CHIPMUNKS:
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Don't be scared
You got the mood prepared
Go on and kiss the girl
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Don't stop now
Don't try to hide it how
You wanna kiss the girl
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Float along
Listen to the song
The song say kiss the girl
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Music play
Do what the music say
You wanna kiss the girl
(Jeremy began to slowly lean in. Nikki did too, only she realized what she was doing and began leaning backing up. Alvin was fed up with Nikki's resistance.
"That's it!" thought Alvin.)
CHIPMUNKS:
You've got to kiss the girl
Why don't you kiss the girl?
You gotta kiss the girl
Go on and kiss the girl
(Alvin got behind Nikki and kicked her in the back of her head so hard, she toppled forward.
"Yipe!" she cried before lips touched Jeremy's, locking together for a kiss. It lasted for about 5 seconds, but the seconds seemed to move slowly.
They pulled away in shock, blushing, their mouths opened in shock as if they wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in their throats.
Alvin, who had by that time joined his brothers on the lily pads and gotten a safe distance away, punched his fist into the air and whooped with satisfaction, especially when Jeremy began leaning in again to...)
"JEREMY CALEB EVANS!" roared Mrs. Evans from the shore. "WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?"
Jeremy jolted back in alarm. Unfortunately, the movement was so violent, the boat capsized. The two kids scream as the boat flipped and they both when under. Tamaki, who was with to Mrs. Evans, was snapping pictures like it was going out of style.
Under the water, Nikki couldn't breathe. She couldn't move. She just sank deeper into the water.
"That kiss…"
She felt light-headed, her oxygen running out.
"Amazing…."
Her eyes shut as she thought about it. Then she remembered why she had gotten it.
"…Why would they do that, anyway?! I'm like Jeremy, but not like that!"
She felt herself slipping into unconscious. That's when his arms wrapped around her as he began swimming up to the surface. They finally broke the surface, both gasping for air. Nikki was hot with embarrassment and anger as Jeremy swan to the shore.
And that's why Nikki was mad at Alvin, Simon, and Theodore.