Stargazing date

The chipmunks and Dave were sitting at the breakfast, when Alvins view gets the back of the newspaper, which Dave was reading. He dropped his fork, leans himself over the table and tears the back of the newspaper out of Daves hands. The father of the boys looks up with a surprised face. " ALVIN! What are you doing?" But it seems that the red-cladded chipmunk didn´t heard him. Attentive he reads the article on the last side. " Amazing shooting star spectacle in the nightsky above the town on friday night! A swarm of shooting stars can be seen for maybe thirty minutes, beginning half past nine! Best view from higher positions! Wow, that´s it!" He gives his father an apologizing look. " Sorry, Dave! This article is very interesting! Now i know what i´m doing friday night!" Simon looks over to Theodore. " And it has nothing to do with the point, that Brittany said that a date under the stars should be sooo romantic?" He and Theodore giggled, Alvin blushed. " Very funny! But yes, she would like it! Maybe some kind of...stargazing picnic!" He looks a bit dreamily away, Dave takes a sip from his coffee. " No bad idea, girls like that! But that´s no reason to tear the newspaper out of my hands! You´re always so impulsive!" He shakes his head with a smile. Alvin grins. " You mean i´m dynamic! That´s just me!" He jumps up and runs through the hallway. Then he comes back with pen and paper and opened the fridge. While he searches iside it, Lilly, the dog of the Sevilles, came to him. Alvin wrote a list and fondles Lilly behind her ears. " Dave, we have to buy some things for the picnic! I have to prepare it!" Simon snaps his finger. " You haven´t ask her now, Alvin! Until then you must not plan anything!" Alvin waves the words away. " It will be fine! I mean, she likes things like that and with my charm! And we´re a couple for some time now!" Simon gives Theodore an annoyed look. " Are we talking about the same Brittany? That one, who could be as stubborn as you, Alvin? It should be not that easy! Maybe she has other plans!" Alvin shakes his head. " And what! Certainly no date! Jeanette hangs out with you on friday and Eleanor is friday night at home, too!" Theodore sighs sadly. " Yes, we´re both at the Miller´s house! And thank you Dave, that you and Miss Miller allowed it!" Dave takes a deep breath. " Yes, Theodore, and you should be glad, that Miss Miller agree after all the trouble, she was very disappointed!" Alvin and Simon surpressed a giggle. Theodore and Eleanor were grounded. After their valentine dates with the Montoya siblings both become close again, obviously more than before. With Cody and Juanita they become pen pals. Juanita and Theodore writing about cooking and recipes, Eleanor and Cody about sports and dancing. The siblings from New Mexico had new dates too, but the youngest of the chipmunks and the youngest of the chipettes weren´t bad about it, the sparks between them flying enormous. And they discover their love for latin american dancing. Both taking dance lessons for mambo, salsa, rumba and cha-cha-cha. Last saturday they were on a salsa party. And had so much fun that they forgot the time. Both came home nearly an hour later than allowed, Dave and Miss Miller entered the car to search for them when they arrive. Theodore and Eleanor became a big tell-off, both were so ashamed. This weekend both were grounded. But by the fact that they liked each other so much, Dave and Miss Miller allowed them to spend time together at the Miller´s or Seville´s household. They lived door to door, so the adults could have an eye on them. Simon nodes toward Alvin. " But Brittany has other friends, too! Today is thursday! Ask her out, but before that you can´t plan anything!" Dave smiles. " I´m a bit earlier back home, Alvin! If she says yes, then we both go buying the things you need, okay?" Alvin was pleased. " Great, thanks Dave! Half past nine, that´s perfect! Basketball practice ist until eight, i can make it back in time! Uhm, Simon, where is the best place for watching the shooting stars?" His smart brother takes the newspaper and reads the article on the back. He broods, then he snaps again with his finger. " The best place is...the balcony of the chipettes treehouse! Perfect angle, best height!" He grins. " You both could be there alooone!" Now he and Theodore giggled again. Dave frowns. " Alvin, when the shooting stars are over, you bring Brittany back home and come here immediatly. It would be late. You know Miss Miller, she a bit old-fashioned and i don´t want anymore trouble! Allright?" Alvin rolles his eyes. " Okayyyy!" Then he wents on with his list.

" That sounds so beautiful, Alvie! With pleasure, we do that, that´s so sweet of you!" Brittany laughs, with her hands on her chin, and wiggles a bit side to side, seemingly excited. Alvin grins, he´s right she likes it. " Yes, it will be great, i can be there at nine! I get the things for the picnic today! And it fits with the basketball practice, there is enough time between! It will be GREAT!" Brittany kisses him on the cheek, he blushes a bit. " Before your practice you bring the snacks and all we need to the treehouse, i prepare everything, you come later and we make it ourself comfortable! Some private time!" She giggles and wiggles with her eyebrows. Alvin scratches himself on his head, a bit embarrassed. " This is totally...romantic!" She giggles again. Then she pinches him softly in his cheek, as the school bell rings. " Gotta go, drama class! See you later!" Then she heads off. Alvin looks after her, with a smile on his face. This date would be great, nothing could go wrong.

Friday practice was over, the boys tied up the gym. Alvin grabs a towel and wipes the sweat off his face. The coach rushed them this friday, in two weeks they have a match against another school. Alvin takes it easy, he and his team will kick that guys off the court. When they went to the locker room, Sean, the team captain, comes toward them. " Hey guys, when you freshend up, the coach wants us for a meeting back here!" Alvin frowns. " Take this long? I have a date after practice!" Sean shrugs. " I think, ten, fifteen minutes!" Alvin gulps, this could be hectic. A luck he´s here with his bike.

Alvin kicks his pedals like he´s insane. The meeting takes nearly thirty minutes, he runs outside until it´s over. Now he rushes towards the treehouse, he has a chance to be there in time for the shooting stars, maybe earlier. Unfortunately everything was wet, with puddles all on the way. It had rained while they had the meeting. Alvin takes a curve, there was the district where they live. The street was going a bit downhill. Alvin saw a big puddle in front of him and he steers a bit through the side. He didn´t want to get dirty. Then it happened. He drives over some wet leaves on the street and slips through the side. The bike lurches side to side, Alvin tries to get back control. For a second he looks down. One second too long. As he looks forward again, it was too late. He crashes into some garbage cans, flies above his bike and falls completely into a big puddle of mud. He blinks with his eyes and stood up. Grumbling he looks down at himself. He was full of mud and totally soaked. Great. As he tried to look on his watch, he notices that he holds the handlebar, and only the handlebar, of his bike in his hand. He hesitates, than he looks at the watch. Oh no. He starts to run. Don´t be too late.

Brittany prepares the last things for the picnic on the balcony, after she cleans of the balcony from the water. Suspicious she looks up. The sky was clear. She smiles, crystal clear, perfect. Then she looked at the clock, that´s on the wall inside, to check the time. She startles. So late, where was Alvin? Earlier he was here and was so glad about the date. what happenend? Did he waste time? She looks down the street. Nothing. Okay, she thought, the streets are wet, he had his bike with him. She hopes he wasn´t too fast on his way, it could be dangerous. She decides to go on with preparing the picnic. To turn one eye blind was okay. It was his idea, he wouldn´t ruin it!

Music starts, while Alvin runs down the street and Brittany places a blanket for the picnic.

Brittany: I´m waiting here, where are you now?

Alvin: Everything goes wrong somehow!

Brittany: I miss you so, i need you here!

Alvin: I come too late, i think with fear!

Both: The stars will rise, our wishes may come true,

but all i really want is to be with you!

Brittany lights some candles on the balcony, Alvin slides around a house corner.

Brittany: The time flies by, i get no call!

Alvin: Hurry up boy, you won´t do fall!

Brittany: Somewhere between anger and sorrow!

Alvin: If this losing streak goes on, i arrive tomorrow!

Both: The stars will rise, our wishes may come true,

but all i really want is to be with you!

Alvin stops, as he heard the barking of a dog. He looks through the right. In a backyard he saw a big dog, that runs toward the gate to the street. The gate was open. Alvin startled, as the dog runs growling toward him. Alvin starts to flee, across the street and through some front yards. When he looks over his shoulder, he saw the dog was directly behind him, with bared teeth. He moves on. Alvin splashes through several puddles, he gets over and over soaked. But in his panic he didn´t notice. He looks back again. The dog gets nearer and nearer and catches up. When Alvin looks ahead, he saw an chain-link fence at a yard. He runs toward it, jumps up and began to climb. Suddenly something pulled on his shoe. He looks down and startled. The dog catched him on the shoe and pulled him down with all it´s strength. Desperated he claws through the fence with his fingers. But relentless he was pulled down. Before he let loose, the shoe slides from his foot and he gets free. With his last strength he swings over the fence and felt down on the other side. He lands unlucky with his feet. The dog jumps against the fence, angrily. Alvin stood up and waves his fist against the dog. As he starts to walk away, his right foot hurts. It must be bruised. He limps away, toward the direction of the treehouse. Don´t be too late.

Brittany sighs as she looks at the clock again. It was ten minutes past nine, where was Alvin? He´s too late, and she didn´t know why! She uncertainly between getting mad or being worried. Did he forget it or did something happened? Then she heard the front door downstairs get unlocked. She runs down the stairs. When she walks through the hallway, she notices a red cap. There he was! " ALVIN! What takes you so lo..." She stops when she turned the light on. Alvin sank down on the door until he sits on the floor. He looks miserable. He was totally soaked and full of mud. His hoodie was torned, one of his shoes was missing and he had several scratches in his face. Shocked she runs to him, kneels down and hugs him. " Great god, Alvin! What happened?" He gasps heavily, when he starts to talk. " ...Coach...meeting...bike...puddle...accident...dog...fence...don´t...be...too late!" He looks at her, horrified. " Dont get mad, i´m too late! I know, but everything goes wrong!" He snivels. " I ruined it!" She laid her hand softly on his cheek. " Alvie, no, no, we already have time! First you have to change your clothes, you get a cold! We go upstairs and i get you something to change! I´m not mad at you!" She helped him to stand up. Then they head upstairs. Brittany saw that Alvin limps. She smiles. Despite of all the bad luck he only thought about their date. How cute.

Ten Minutes later both sitting on the balcony, with snacks, two glasses and a bottle lemonade. Brittany gets some clothes of the closet for Alvin to change. He must contenting with girls clothes. One of Jeanettes Sweaters, that reaches over his knees and a blue sport pants from Brittany herself. What a luck they nearly got the same size. Her pink shirt she had here she spares him, he had enough to get through something. Now they sitting on a blanket, Alvins foot was bandaged. He told her precisely what happenend. While Alvin was in the nathroom, Brittany called Dave and told him what happenend. The father of the boys asked her if they break up the date and make it another time. Alvin shouts from the bathroom that this was no option, it was important for him to do this. Dave did agree, now he was on the way to look for the bike and the handlebar. He would pick them up around half past ten, he grants them the lost time. Brittany grabs another blanket and covers them with it. She grins as Alvin looks a bit embarrassed to the side and gets closer to him. " How you feel, Alvie? Does the foot hurts a lot?" He shakes his head. " No, not so much!" Brittany wraps her arm around his shoulders. " It´s sweet of you, that you tried to get here in time for our date, but you must not take any risk!" He shakes his head again. " I had ruined enough dates in the past, and this should be something special!" She cuddles up to him. " Already it is, Alvie, even without the shooting stars!" Suddenly she kisses him on his lips, he blushes and grins. " What was that for?" She giggles. " Because, since were a couple you were so sweet and making an effort for our relationship!" She looks to the clock. " Every second it begins! And tomorrow i come over and patch you up, i mean, you hurry up for me!" He laughs. " You playing the nurse? I think i like that!" She pokes him in his side. " Rascal!" He points his finger to the sky. " It starts!" He wraps his arm aorund her shoulders, too. They cuddle a bit more and started watching the first shooting stars. Both had a long list of wishes, but the greatest of them all has come true. That they became a couple.

The End

The relationship of Alvin and Brittany goes on! The song´s called " Wish to be with you" and is selfmade. And i didn´t forget the other shippings, there is more to come! C ya guys!