Confusion
Ch 37
"Painful Memories and Real Comfort
A month before the Homecoming dance Alvin sat in his room and thought back to the future he saw when he was only 10 ½ . Then he knocked on Simon's door and said.
"I need to ask you something Simon can I come in? I know you're doing homework, but I need to find out something."
Simon looked up from his Chemistry book and said.
"Yea Alvin come in. I'm not really doing homework just recopying my notes from Chemistry what's on your mind?"
Alvin entered and asked.
"You remember that future we saw when I was unsure about what prize to take? Do you remember how old we were in that future? I know it was like 2010 but it's only 2008 and we'll be 18 in 2009."
He looked and said.
"Yea what about it; we were 19 ½ in the future why are you asking me? Don't tell; me you're going to propose to Brittany at 17 ½ dad will kill you and so will mom. Besides Ms. Miller you know how she is. Alvin are you telling me that you're going to propose to her while we're Seniors? Do you have any idea what people will think about the poor girl? Besides what will they think about you? You really should think about it a little more. "
He looked at his brother and said.
"I did think about it and want to propose to her after the Homecoming dance while we walk on the beach beneath the moonlight. I'm not going to marry her until after we graduate and when we turn 18. Who knows if she'll even say yes; but Simon I'm in love with the girl and want to be with her the rest of my life. I just have to figure out a way to ask dad without getting yelled at. Then oh man mom that'll probably be the hardest one to talk to."
Simon looked at him and said.
"Why not go talk to dad now. Unless you want to wait. You have to get his blessing first Alvin he's our legal guardian. Then you ask Ms. Miller and ask mom last. Don't ask mom before Ms. Miller since she is Brittany's step mother. If I was you I'd go talk to dad when he's in a good mood like he is right now."
Alvin sighed and headed downstairs to the kitchen where Dave was reading the paper like he did every Sunday morning. He poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table across from their father.
"Dad I need to talk to you about something. Do you have a minute?"
Dave looked up from his paper and said.
"Yea Alvin what do you want to talk to me about I'm listening. If you want me to put the paper down I will."
Alvin sipped his coffee and looked.
"Yes please its very important. You see Brittany means a lot to me and I can't see my life without her. I know I'm still in High School and only 17 ½ but I really want to do this. Besides we're Seniors and are graduating High School and then of course moving on to college."
Dave nodded.
"Yes I know that she means a lot to you and that you're in love with her. What do you want to do that you have to talk to me first even though I am your father. Alvin I'm listening what do you want to talk to me about that is so important?"
He took another sip of his coffee and said.
" I need your blessing so I can propose to Brittany after the Homecoming Dance. Dad please I'm serious I am madly in love with Brittany and want her to be my wife. Please don't tell me I'm too young either I've been with Brittany since I was like 9 ½."
Dave sipped his coffee and said.
"I do think you're too young; but that's just because I'm a human. As far as you're concerned I just want you to make sure that is what you really want? Alvin marriage is a lifetime commitment and requires a lot of communication and trust to. Do you think you and Brittany can deal with it. If you do then you have my blessing; but I want you to think about it a little more before you ask Ms. Miller for her blessing and don't forget your mother Vinny. Just think about it and make sure that is what you really want. You still have an entire month till Homecoming take your time and don't rush ok Alvin?"
He hugged his father and said.
"Thank you dad. I will give it a little more thought before I go and ask Ms. Miller and our mother too. Oh I have to go pick up Brittany's Ferrari. I can't drive my car or I'll end up having to leave it. Oh I know I'll ask Theo. What time is the party again?"
Dave looked at his watch and said.
"Their Sweet 16 party is at 6pm. You have to be at Ms. Miller's along with your brothers at 3:30pm. We'll hide the cars behind the hall and then after the cake you'll lead them outside with the blindfolds on and then remove them. Kabish! I know their Sweet 16 party is a little late but Ms. Miller had too many emergencies out of town and had to push it back 4 months. Besides I was having a hard time getting the hall for them. Lucky for you 6 there's no school tomorrow."
Alvin nodded and said.
"Ok dad no problem. What we're going to have to do is drive there with Theo and then Simon and I will get the girls' cars. Then when we get back either me or Simon will have to drive him to the lot to pick up Elle's car. Whoa talk about a very long day."
Dave looked and shook his head.
"Alvin I'll drive all 3 of you there and then you 3 will drive their cars to the hall and then we'll come home and you 3 will get ready how's that?"
Alvin nodded.
"I like your idea better. Let me go get them we're already running late picking them up and there goes my cell. Let me get this while I go get those two I think they forgot today is their Sweet 16 party! We'll meet you out in your car."
Alvin answered his cell as he walked up the stairs.
"Yes I know we were supposed to be there half an hour ago. We're on our way sorry about the tardiness. Its just we had a lot to do today. We'll be there in less than 15 minutes."
Simon and Theodore both exited their rooms and went in the car with Alvin. In the meantime Brittany stared at her promise ring and sighed. Then she also stared at her dress for their Sweet 16 party and sighed. Jeanette looked and asked.
"Britt what's the matter? Why are you acting like that? I understand you're mad because we're having our Sweet 16 party late but you know why? Besides its hard to book a hall this summer too many parties and other events were booked. You should be happy we are able to have our party when there's no school tomorrow. What's on your mind?"
She sighed and said.
"Because the boys are seniors and we're lousy juniors. That's what's on my mind. I have to go through my senior year without my man graduating with us. It's just not fair they're graduating on time and we're not."
Jeanette looked at her puzzled.
"Umm Britt we're also seniors. So what are you talking about? We're graduating at 16 ½ and the boys are graduating at 18. How can you forget what grade you're in? Are you feeling OK? What is really on your mind talk to me please? Brittany I'm serious why are you in such a bad mood?"
She looked and said.
"I'm not in a bad mood. I just know Alvin is hiding something from me and don't like it at all. When he gets here before our party him and I are having a very long talk. I hate when he hides things from me it's annoying and ticks me off!"
Eleanor looked and said.
"Britt his brothers are acting the same way. So you really shouldn't be mad at him. Calm down and relax. Stop getting upset over silly things. We have to go pick up Shana and Valerie with Ms. Miller's car. Which one of us is driving?"
Brittany grabbed their step mother's car keys and ran out to the car.
"I guess I am since I'm the oldest. Besides I'm tired of sharing the car with our Stepmother. I mean we're also a huge sensation and she won't let us use our money to buy cars for ourselves. I mean Dave let the boys buy their own cars and Ms. Miller won't allow us to."
She started the car and pulled out carefully. Then she turned slightly because of the alignment on the car and shook her head.
"Ooh I hate this old car sometimes. If I don't get my own car soon I'm going to lose my mind. Let's try this again. Thank goodness Alvin let me use his car for my road test or I would've failed miserably. Here we go once again. Make sure you two have your belts on I'm going to have to jerk the damn wheel so I can make this sharp turn."
She jerked the wheel and finally turned the car. Then she drove toward Shana and Valerie's block. Both of them were waiting outside for them along with Jill and two other girls. Jill joked with Brittany.
"Whoa talk about an old car. Wow Britt I thought you'd have a really nice car since you're a huge rock star like your man Alvin! I still envy all 3 of you because you are with the Chipmunks and I'm stuck with Jake still."
Brittany looked and said.
"No you're not with Jake anymore Valerie is. You broke up with him remember because you accused him of cheating on you because that's what Chelsea told you. So don't even go there it was your own fault no one else's. Besides Val is more his type than you. Come on we have an appointment at the mall for our hair and nails. Fine if you're going to keep on complaining then I'll make you walk. Now be quiet Jill I'm trying to watch the road. Please whatever you do don't draw attention to us. I'm in no mood to sign my fans' autographs today is our Sweet 16 party and I have a lot to do. Besides I know my sisters are in no mood to sign autographs either."
Jeanette nodded as she sat in the passenger seat.
"Oh yea you're right I'm in no mood for our fans either. I also know Elle isn't but she's going to get Theo mad if she keeps on calling his cell. The boys also have a lot to do today before the party. All 6 of us have a very hectic day ahead of us."
Brittany pulled into the parking lot of the mall and parked the car. Then all 8 of them exited the car and Brittany and her sisters put their shades on as they entered the mall. They were lucky enough to fool the fans and all 3 sighed with relief. They all sat in the chairs while they got their hair done and then one girl recognized Brittany as she sat in the chair. She approached her and asked.
"Are you Brittany Miller from the Chipettes? You look so much like her and I happen to be her #1 fan."
Brittany shook her head.
"No sweetie I'm sorry I'm not. I'm just a fan too that happens to look like her."
She sighed with relief as the little girl exited the salon with her mother and remained still. While the woman did her hair she continued to stare at her promise ring and closed her eyes and thought about the future she saw 6 years ago. She thought about Alvin and her joined in matrimony and about the two boys she supposedly had with him. She also thought about life after they graduated from High School and wondered if the Chipettes would stay together or go their separate ways. She also knew that Alvin thought about the same thing she was; but yet he was too stubborn to tell her. She understood but also didn't like it at all.
After the boys picked up their cars Alvin, Simon, and Theodore entered the hall and saw the decorations were in Pink, Navy blue, and Blue green. Then over in the corner Alvin saw a male chipmunk that reminded him of their father before he saw him torn to shreds by the boar. He ran to his mom and asked.
"Is that your new boyfriend or something? I mean he reminds me of dad but it can't be I saw him torn apart a month after we were born. Who is that male chipmunk looking at me like that mom I'm serious?"
She put her hand on her eldest son's shoulder and said.
"Oh that's Henry; Brittany, Jeanette's, and Eleanor's biological father. According to Olivia he just arrived from Australia and just got his memory back about his 3 girls. I find that hard to believe though. I knew their parents and their father would never abandon them if he survived that attack."
Alvin's face turned red as he recognized the chipmunk.
"Oh no way. Mom don't believe that for a second that's Harry the one who supposedly was your brother. He's a swindler and a scam artist we need to get him out of here now! I saw a picture of the girls' father and that is not him. I saw it in Brittany's locket. He was also killed by that hunter. Oh no way I'll be right back. He walked over to Lou and said.
"Yo Lou do me a favor and escort that scam artist Harry out of the hall before I kill him for even pretending to be the girls' father. Let me go talk to Olivia for a second before you go and do that ok? Just give me a minute."
He walked over to Olivia and asked.
"Is that really their father? He looks so much like Harry."
She smiled at him and said.
"Yes Alvin that is their father. Harry has been put in jail for life so that's not him. Look around his neck he has the same locket Brittany hides in her jewelry box. That chipmunk is a lot taller than Harry. Besides he has an Australian accent like me I wouldn't bring a phony into a party for the girls. Go on he's calling you. Alvin relax will you? He knows that your Brittany's man; just go talk to him."
Alvin walked over to the male chipmunk and froze as he approached him. Then he was pushed by Simon and Theodore. They both yelled at him.
"Get your little tail over there he will be your father in law now go. Alvin he won't bite we already met him he's really nice and has a strong hand shake too he crushed our hands."
Alvin looked and said.
"Oh gee thanks I'll feel a lot better now; not! Remind me to kill you both!"
Henry looked and said.
"So you're Alvin the one who captured my daughter Brittany's heart huh? How long are you with her again?"
He swallowed hard and said.
"It will be 9 years come Valentine's Day."
He looked and said.
"Whoa that's a pretty long time. I want to thank you for loving my daughter the way you do. Out of her sisters she's the most sensitive and the one with her mother's temper. Even though I am angry with my daughter Jeanette for getting intimate with your brother Simon before she's 18. I can't really yell now can I? I've been in Australia all these years searching for my girls and was beginning to think they were also killed along with their mother. But then I wandered into the forest and met your mother and she recognized the locket around my neck and told me that Ms. Miller adopted them and that they were also with the Chipmunks a huge rock sensation. So I decided to find out on my own and found out that my girls are also a huge sensation called the Chipettes. They are also managed by your father Dave right? I was in the audience during the Album Release Party and just couldn't face them because I hated myself for allowing their mother to die. Yet as I think back I was told to take our babies to keep them safe from harm. I was able too but then I was shot with a tranquilizer and woke up to find my girls snatched from my arms as I sheltered them."
Dave yelled.
"Alvin, Simon, and Theodore we have to go now. You 3 still have to get ready so you can be at Ms. Miller's house by 3:30pm. Alvin what's the matter? Are you ok?"
As they got back in the car.
"No I'm not ok. I can't believe their father was at the album release party and didn't say a word to his girls when they were right there. Dave why would he do that to his daughters I mean Ok yea our mother abandoned us on your door step but then when we found her she welcomed us into her arms and is a part of our lives now! How is Brittany going to feel after she finds out her father is alive? She's not going to be happy Dave! The thought of her parents getting killed causes the poor girl to cry! She's going to be in a pissy mood at her Sweet 16 party and might just walk out because she'll be disgusted like I was when my mother tried to tell me what to do after not being in our lives for almost 11years. He's been out of his girls' lives for almost 17 years! That's just wrong I'm sorry but it is!"
Dave looked at his son and said.
"I understand where you're coming from Alvin; but you have to understand he thought his girls were dead because he was knocked out. Stop criticizing the poor guy will you! Try not to think about your girl's reaction when she sees her father for the 1st time and just be her man and comfort her if she gets upset ok!! Can you do that Alvin instead of copping the attitude? That's one thing you'll have to do when you get married to her and if you can't now then you're not ready for marriage like I told you earlier!"
Simon and Theodore looked and said.
"No Dave he's right Henry should've approached his girls at the Album Release Party instead of walking away like he did. All 3 of the girls saw him and thought they were seeing a ghost that night. So don't expect them to be as loving toward their father as we are toward our mother! He's wrong and what he's doing is just not right!"
Dave shook his head and said no more. When he pulled up the boys entered the house and got ready for the Sweet 16 party for the girls. In the meantime Brittany sat up in her bed and stared at the locket of their parents and tears started to form in her eyes. Jill entered her room and saw her crying and asked.
"Britt what's the matter? Why are you crying? Who's that in the locket with you 3 as babies?"
She looked up and held the locket to her heart.
"It's our real mom and dad after we were born. Jill please just leave me alone I'm depressed right now! I just want to be alone!"
Jill ran out of their house and knocked on the boys' door and Simon answered.
"Jill what's the matter? Are you OK why do you seem so worried? Talk to me please is it Jean?"
She shook her head.
"No it's Brittany she's in her room crying and won't tell me why? Then she told me to leave her alone. Their party is at 6pm and it's now 3:30pm. Where's Alvin I think she needs her man's comfort cause she's not coming out of her room! Simon I'm serious her sisters can't even get her to come out of her room. She was looking at some locket she had hidden in her jewelry box then the tears began to streak down her cheeks! I'm really worried she's my best friend!"
Simon looked and said.
"Jill go sit in the kitchen and drink something cold. I'll go get Alvin he knows what's wrong with her. He'll get her to come out of her room and make her feel better! Theo please pour Jill something to drink she's a bundle of nerves because of Brittany won't come out her room. I have to get Alvin."
He ran up the stairs and knocked on his brother's door. Alvin was at the mirror fixing his collar and said.
"Come in Simon I'm almost ready. My door is open just come on in. What's the matter and why is Jill here? She's supposed to be with the girls since she's part of their court."
He looked at him and said.
"Brittany is crying in her room and no one can get her to come out. She needs your comfort just like dad said. Alvin please go talk to her their party is at 6pm and the hall is an hour away from here! Will you stop worrying about your looks and go calm your girl down already! Now you know why dad told you to think about proposing to her you aren't even worried about why she's in her room crying!"
Alvin glared and said.
"Excuse me did I say I wasn't worried? No I didn't now stop lecturing me I know what the hell I need to do. I just have to zip my fly and I'll go right over now take that back! I am ready to marry Brittany so don't even go there! Now move out of my way and tell Theo to get dressed! Tell dad I'll be by Brittany's waiting for you guys now get out of my way!"
He saw Jill at the table and said.
"Come on Jill you still have to get ready. I'll calm her down just don't worry about it I know why she's like that. Theo get upstairs and get ready you too Simon! I'll meet you 3 at the girls' house. Oh Nathan should be pulling up any minute he just called my cell and apologized because he had to stay half an hour late at work. Oh Theo; Jake, Mike, Tyler, and Bobby should be here shortly all of them had to work and just got off. So they're on their way in Mike's car."
Theodore looked and said.
"Ok Alvin no problem I just have to brush my hair and I'll be ready. Here comes Nathan now. Just go calm her down and let's hope she doesn't get pissed and walk out of her party because of her father!"
Alvin followed Jill and asked Jeanette.
"Jean where's Brittany. Did she come out yet?"
She shook her head and said.
"No Alvin she is still in her room crying. Even though we know our father is alive she's still in tears. I just think she needs someone to talk to and obviously that someone is you?"
He knocked on Brittany's door.
"Britt its Alvin can I come in? Brittany!"
She was in front of her mirror putting on her make up and responded as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Come in Alvin I'm just putting my make up on. My door is open."
He turned the knob and entered her room. Then he looked around and said.
"Whoa Ms. Miller had your room redone in Pink and red for your birthday. Talk about all out it really looks nice. What do you think about it and be honest you used to hate red now all of a sudden you love red. Oh I got you another gift for your sweet 16 to match the promise ring. Well not exactly match the ring but it matches your bracelet Ms. Miller got you last year for your 15th birthday."
He walked up behind her and moved her hair from her shoulders and put the nameplate he got her around her neck. She looked down and smiled.
"Oh Alvin you're right it matches the bracelet we got for our 15th birthday; but instead of just my birthstone the crown above my name has both our birthstones in a pattern. I love you so much thank you. I don't want to see my father right now. I was crying because today is my mother's birthday and I miss her dearly. I didn't want to tell Jill because she doesn't know our real mother was killed in front of the 3 of us! It's a wonder our father still remembers our birthday after the way he walked passed us at the Album Release Party."
Alvin held her waist and kissed her on the cheek.
"Yea I know that, but he is there waiting to see you girls. I met him he seems like a nice guy give or take as far as I'm concerned anyway? He's angry at my brother and your sister because of what happened this summer while you ladies stayed with us. Then again no one but my father knows that we are also beyond innocent. Unless my brother opens his mouth and tells your step mother then we'll both be dead. "
She looked down at where he held her waist and smiled as she grabbed his hands.
"Even if he does slip you'll talk your way out it like you always do. So I really wouldn't worry too much about it. I was thinking where we'll be after High School. I mean we're seniors a year before we're supposed to be. Well we are anyway you 3 are right on time. You'll be 18 in April and we'll be 17 in June a month after we graduate. After graduation what will happen to the Chipmunks and Chipettes?"
He looked and said.
"Nothing will happen. Brittany we'll go to college and perform like we usually do and then maybe when we're older like in our 20s I'll be a solo artist and so will you. Let's not think about that right now Britt we're still teenagers. You're only 16 ½ don't worry too much about your future at such a young age. Oh man I'm starting to sound like my father. I'm going to stop talking now before I sound like I'm 40 something."
She laughed.
"Alvin I think one of the qualities that made me fall so fast for you is that sense of humor of yours. Whenever I'm down you always bring me back up and make me laugh. I love you so much and besides you're romantic side made me fall even harder."
He looked and said.
"Oh really maybe I should show more of that side and maybe we won't fight so much."
She looked and said.
"We haven't really fought for quite sometime and I like it that way. If it'll make you feel better I'll talk to my father even though I rather not! Jean and Elle are glad he's alive but not me I'm still angry cause he never came and let us know he survived after our mother was killed!"
Alvin heard Ms. Miller hollering.
"Brittany and Alvin let's go the limo is here! Brittany dear your guests are waiting hurry up!
End of ch37 but will be continued in ch 38……