Chapter 25: Bringing Up the Past!
THREE DAYS LATER!
Jeanette comes walking out of the bedroom with Tom, her arms. He had just been feed and now was going back downstairs to join his siblings, father, and grandmother in the living room. With a tired look in her face she makes her way up to Simon.
"There, Tom's fed. Have they all been fed now?" Jeanette asked as she handed Tom over to her husband. She has been so worn out for the last few days it's been hard to keep track of what each baby wants.
"I believe so." Simon said. He mentally did the count to make sure he was right. "Yup, they've all been fed."
"Oh, good." Jeanette sighed with relief. She fell back into the chair behind her and simply melted from the comfort.
"Are you going to be alright, dear?" Vinny asked her daughter in law. .
"Uh huh. I just need to get use to feeding three infants every four hours." Jeanette said as she started to massage her throbbing head. Vinny simply smiled knowingly.
"Maybe you should go have a nap, Jeanette. Mom and I can handle everything here for a while." Simon suggested.
"Sounds good. I think I'll do that.Thanks." Jeanette smiled at Simon and Vinny before taking Simon's suggestion and going back upstairs for a nap.
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Half hour later Alvin and Theodore came through the front door.
"Hey! We're home!!" shouts Alvin.
He immediately gets up and goes to his brothers by the front door.
"Alvin, shh!" Simon hisses placing a finger on his lips
"Boy, being a daddy just makes you more bossier, doesn't it?" Alvin commented sarcastically.
"The kids are sleeping, you dolt!" Simon says harshly as he addresses the quiet scene in the living room.
"Oh."
"Gee, can I see them?" Theodore asks excitably.
"Sure, Theodore." Simon gestured.
"Theodore, you see them everyday. Why should today be any different?" Alvin asked.
"Well, they are just so cute." Theodore shrugs. With an excited look to his face, Theodore makes his way to the living room and looks over the sleeping infants in the baby play pin.
Alvin rolls his eyes skyward and follows his younger brother into the living room with Simon close behind.
"Awe, they are even cuter asleep." Theodore coos.
"Yea, and not to mention quieter." Simon smirked.
"I bet." Alvin raised his eyebrow.
"Were they crying a lot today, Simon?" Asked Theodore.
"Oh, only when they needed to be fed, picked up, changed, or, my personal favorite, crying just for the sake of crying." Simon replied.
"Intense. Lucky I was at my classes all day." Alvin said.
"Yea. Lucky you." Simon said with a grim look.
"Where is Dave, mom, and Jeanette?" Theodore asked.
Simon took a deep breath before replying. "Dave is at the studio, he is having a meeting with the producers. Mom is in the kitchen making some tea. And Jeanette is upstairs taking a nap."
"Oh, ok." Theo nodded in satisfaction.
Without warning, one of the babies starts to whimper. Simon immediately rushes to the play pin and looks over the railing to check on which one is making the noise. "Vincent, what is it?" Simon asks as if the child could talk back with words. The baby responds with a funny look on his little face then begins to let out a cry.
"Please don't tell me that you just did what I think you just did." Simon said as he picked up the crying infant.
Alvin leans over then pulls away quickly, and begins to wave his hand in front of his face. "By the Power of Greyskull.that really stinks!!"
"What's wrong.I hear one of the babies crying." Vinny asked as she runs into the living room.
"It's Vincent, mom. He made a 'stinky'." Simon announced while holding his son as away from him as possible so he doesn't have to smell him.
"Here, Simon, I'll take him." Vinny instantly took charge as she laid Vincent down on a special blanket they had placed on the floor earlier that day. She took off the smelly diaper and placed it in a plastic bag. Then she whipped his bum and placed the used towelette it in with the diaper. Vinny then holds up the bag and looks up to her boys. "Theodore, could you go run this to the garbage bin outside?" Vinny asks.
"Sure mom." Quickly Theo leaps up, grabs the bag, and runs out the front door to the trash bin outside in the garage.
"That boy gets way too excited over the littlest things." Alvin commented. He then turns to look up at Simon to hear what he had to say about that.
"Well, what are you looking at me for? He IS your brother." Simon jokes.
"Oh, veeerrrry funny." Alvin groans.
Theodore comes running back in and looks at his brothers giving each other their usual look of annoyance with each other. "What are you two talking about?" He asked.
"Nothing!" Both Simon and Alvin spoke at the same time.
Vinny paid no attention to her son's discussion, but carried on in changing Vincent's diaper. "Boy, these modern diapers are a lot easier to handle then the cloth diapers I use to use for you boys." She comments. After she is done, Vinny holds Vincent up to have a good look at his smiling face. "There." That is when she noticed the expression Vincent made. Vinny's smile dropped and almost started to cry.
"What's wrong mom?" Theodore asked.
"Oh, nothing sweetie."
"Mom, something is wrong.what is it?" Simon demanded.
"Well." She slowly started to say and trying to hold herself from crying. "It's just that Vincent here looks just like your father."
"Our father?" The boys all said at once.
Theodore took one look over to get a closer look at Vincent then looked up at his mom. "I-I-I just don't see the resemblances to Dave, mom." He says innocently.
Both Alvin and Simon start to groan and began rolling their eyes skyward. Vinny smiled a little over Theodore's innocent comment. "No, dear. I mean your biological father."
"Oh." Theo said.
"You never really spoke of our dad before, mom." Alvin said as he sat down beside his mom with Simon and Theodore joining him.
"It was a very painful memory for me." Vinny said. "Your father was quit tall for a chipmunk, and very smart, too. When you boys were born he really wanted the best for the three of you. About a month later he set out to gather supplies for the winter. He.he never returned home. Later I found out by a friend, that a predator got him. You boys were very young and small; I couldn't just leave you three to go gathering food for the winter. That winter was one of the coldest ones yet, and I did not have enough food gathered to help the four of us to survive. That was when I remembered about a human that took up residence in the woods before the first snowfall came. I took a risk. I had too. Making sure you three were completely warm inside a carry basket, I bundled you all up in as many blankets that I could find. Then I set out to the cabin where Dave lived. In the long run, I believe the choice I made was the best. If I hadn't, I don't think either of you boys would have survived that first winter." Vinny then couldn't hold in her emotions and started crying. Alvin, Simon, and Theodore cuddled her as they too shared her loss. "I'm sorry, boys." Vinny sniffs.
"Don't be, mom. It's alright." Theodore says with sympathy.
"Yea, mom. We're glad you told us." Alvin says.
"What was dad's name?" Simon asks out of curiosity.
Vinny pauses for a bit to regain her composure. Then she looks up her beautiful boys and smiles. "Ethan.His name was Ethan."
"I wish we had the chance to get to know him." Alvin said.
"Me too." Vinny agreed. "He was so excited when you three came into the world."
Simon takes Vincent, from his mom's arms, and holds him close to his chest. How he wants to always be there for him. His greatest fear now was if anything would to happen to him, just like his own father. Who would be there to protect Vincent and his siblings? Simon looked up and saw his mother and two brothers looking at him.
"Whatcha thinking, Simon?" Asked Theodore.
"About life, Theodore." Simon replied. "About life, and why things happen the way they do."
"Oh."
Alvin simply shakes his head then looks back up at his brother. "Simon, you stress out way too much."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Simon asked, unsure what had gotten into Alvin.
"Well, you've only been a parent now for a couple of days so far, and you are already worried about their future."
"You have no idea." Simon whispered to himself. It wasn't life that worried him. He was more concerned with a certain 'society' that could cause suffering and pain to him and his family. "Would any of you mind if I too went upstairs and took a nap?" He finally spoke up.
"Sure, Hon, you go right on ahead." Vinny said. She takes her grandson in her arms and watched her tired son gets up off the floor and leave the living room to go upstairs. Vinny then looks to Alvin and Theodore as if they might know what could be going through Simon's head. Both of them just shrugged their shoulders.
THREE DAYS LATER!
Jeanette comes walking out of the bedroom with Tom, her arms. He had just been feed and now was going back downstairs to join his siblings, father, and grandmother in the living room. With a tired look in her face she makes her way up to Simon.
"There, Tom's fed. Have they all been fed now?" Jeanette asked as she handed Tom over to her husband. She has been so worn out for the last few days it's been hard to keep track of what each baby wants.
"I believe so." Simon said. He mentally did the count to make sure he was right. "Yup, they've all been fed."
"Oh, good." Jeanette sighed with relief. She fell back into the chair behind her and simply melted from the comfort.
"Are you going to be alright, dear?" Vinny asked her daughter in law. .
"Uh huh. I just need to get use to feeding three infants every four hours." Jeanette said as she started to massage her throbbing head. Vinny simply smiled knowingly.
"Maybe you should go have a nap, Jeanette. Mom and I can handle everything here for a while." Simon suggested.
"Sounds good. I think I'll do that.Thanks." Jeanette smiled at Simon and Vinny before taking Simon's suggestion and going back upstairs for a nap.
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Half hour later Alvin and Theodore came through the front door.
"Hey! We're home!!" shouts Alvin.
He immediately gets up and goes to his brothers by the front door.
"Alvin, shh!" Simon hisses placing a finger on his lips
"Boy, being a daddy just makes you more bossier, doesn't it?" Alvin commented sarcastically.
"The kids are sleeping, you dolt!" Simon says harshly as he addresses the quiet scene in the living room.
"Oh."
"Gee, can I see them?" Theodore asks excitably.
"Sure, Theodore." Simon gestured.
"Theodore, you see them everyday. Why should today be any different?" Alvin asked.
"Well, they are just so cute." Theodore shrugs. With an excited look to his face, Theodore makes his way to the living room and looks over the sleeping infants in the baby play pin.
Alvin rolls his eyes skyward and follows his younger brother into the living room with Simon close behind.
"Awe, they are even cuter asleep." Theodore coos.
"Yea, and not to mention quieter." Simon smirked.
"I bet." Alvin raised his eyebrow.
"Were they crying a lot today, Simon?" Asked Theodore.
"Oh, only when they needed to be fed, picked up, changed, or, my personal favorite, crying just for the sake of crying." Simon replied.
"Intense. Lucky I was at my classes all day." Alvin said.
"Yea. Lucky you." Simon said with a grim look.
"Where is Dave, mom, and Jeanette?" Theodore asked.
Simon took a deep breath before replying. "Dave is at the studio, he is having a meeting with the producers. Mom is in the kitchen making some tea. And Jeanette is upstairs taking a nap."
"Oh, ok." Theo nodded in satisfaction.
Without warning, one of the babies starts to whimper. Simon immediately rushes to the play pin and looks over the railing to check on which one is making the noise. "Vincent, what is it?" Simon asks as if the child could talk back with words. The baby responds with a funny look on his little face then begins to let out a cry.
"Please don't tell me that you just did what I think you just did." Simon said as he picked up the crying infant.
Alvin leans over then pulls away quickly, and begins to wave his hand in front of his face. "By the Power of Greyskull.that really stinks!!"
"What's wrong.I hear one of the babies crying." Vinny asked as she runs into the living room.
"It's Vincent, mom. He made a 'stinky'." Simon announced while holding his son as away from him as possible so he doesn't have to smell him.
"Here, Simon, I'll take him." Vinny instantly took charge as she laid Vincent down on a special blanket they had placed on the floor earlier that day. She took off the smelly diaper and placed it in a plastic bag. Then she whipped his bum and placed the used towelette it in with the diaper. Vinny then holds up the bag and looks up to her boys. "Theodore, could you go run this to the garbage bin outside?" Vinny asks.
"Sure mom." Quickly Theo leaps up, grabs the bag, and runs out the front door to the trash bin outside in the garage.
"That boy gets way too excited over the littlest things." Alvin commented. He then turns to look up at Simon to hear what he had to say about that.
"Well, what are you looking at me for? He IS your brother." Simon jokes.
"Oh, veeerrrry funny." Alvin groans.
Theodore comes running back in and looks at his brothers giving each other their usual look of annoyance with each other. "What are you two talking about?" He asked.
"Nothing!" Both Simon and Alvin spoke at the same time.
Vinny paid no attention to her son's discussion, but carried on in changing Vincent's diaper. "Boy, these modern diapers are a lot easier to handle then the cloth diapers I use to use for you boys." She comments. After she is done, Vinny holds Vincent up to have a good look at his smiling face. "There." That is when she noticed the expression Vincent made. Vinny's smile dropped and almost started to cry.
"What's wrong mom?" Theodore asked.
"Oh, nothing sweetie."
"Mom, something is wrong.what is it?" Simon demanded.
"Well." She slowly started to say and trying to hold herself from crying. "It's just that Vincent here looks just like your father."
"Our father?" The boys all said at once.
Theodore took one look over to get a closer look at Vincent then looked up at his mom. "I-I-I just don't see the resemblances to Dave, mom." He says innocently.
Both Alvin and Simon start to groan and began rolling their eyes skyward. Vinny smiled a little over Theodore's innocent comment. "No, dear. I mean your biological father."
"Oh." Theo said.
"You never really spoke of our dad before, mom." Alvin said as he sat down beside his mom with Simon and Theodore joining him.
"It was a very painful memory for me." Vinny said. "Your father was quit tall for a chipmunk, and very smart, too. When you boys were born he really wanted the best for the three of you. About a month later he set out to gather supplies for the winter. He.he never returned home. Later I found out by a friend, that a predator got him. You boys were very young and small; I couldn't just leave you three to go gathering food for the winter. That winter was one of the coldest ones yet, and I did not have enough food gathered to help the four of us to survive. That was when I remembered about a human that took up residence in the woods before the first snowfall came. I took a risk. I had too. Making sure you three were completely warm inside a carry basket, I bundled you all up in as many blankets that I could find. Then I set out to the cabin where Dave lived. In the long run, I believe the choice I made was the best. If I hadn't, I don't think either of you boys would have survived that first winter." Vinny then couldn't hold in her emotions and started crying. Alvin, Simon, and Theodore cuddled her as they too shared her loss. "I'm sorry, boys." Vinny sniffs.
"Don't be, mom. It's alright." Theodore says with sympathy.
"Yea, mom. We're glad you told us." Alvin says.
"What was dad's name?" Simon asks out of curiosity.
Vinny pauses for a bit to regain her composure. Then she looks up her beautiful boys and smiles. "Ethan.His name was Ethan."
"I wish we had the chance to get to know him." Alvin said.
"Me too." Vinny agreed. "He was so excited when you three came into the world."
Simon takes Vincent, from his mom's arms, and holds him close to his chest. How he wants to always be there for him. His greatest fear now was if anything would to happen to him, just like his own father. Who would be there to protect Vincent and his siblings? Simon looked up and saw his mother and two brothers looking at him.
"Whatcha thinking, Simon?" Asked Theodore.
"About life, Theodore." Simon replied. "About life, and why things happen the way they do."
"Oh."
Alvin simply shakes his head then looks back up at his brother. "Simon, you stress out way too much."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Simon asked, unsure what had gotten into Alvin.
"Well, you've only been a parent now for a couple of days so far, and you are already worried about their future."
"You have no idea." Simon whispered to himself. It wasn't life that worried him. He was more concerned with a certain 'society' that could cause suffering and pain to him and his family. "Would any of you mind if I too went upstairs and took a nap?" He finally spoke up.
"Sure, Hon, you go right on ahead." Vinny said. She takes her grandson in her arms and watched her tired son gets up off the floor and leave the living room to go upstairs. Vinny then looks to Alvin and Theodore as if they might know what could be going through Simon's head. Both of them just shrugged their shoulders.