Fanfiction- Alvin and the chipmunks - "How long I can last"


Chapter 5 – "Family dinner"


After 5 minutes, Dave entered the dining room with a huge bowl of pasta.

- "Boys today we have spaghetti!"-After saying these words, Dave immediately saw Theodore's shiny eyes on the very mention of the food, let alone one of his favourite dishes - "Help me set up the plates and we can start eating" - Dave said with a smile.

After the table was prepared, the Seville family sat down to eat. Dinner, of course, couldn't get around without the fight between Alvin, Theodore and Dave for the best bites of food. Dave usually won these fights, but one look at his sons' begging eyes made him give them what they wanted. Today was no different. Dave had to pass on a few of his meatballs to Theodore. Obviously, it was not without visible sadness in Dave's eyes when he was handing over his prey from a battle with his sons. Sometimes Dave acted like a child, rather than an adult who he is, but this is one of the charms of a Chipmunk's parent.


After everyone put his portion of food on theirs plates, the conversation started.

-"So, guys, how was your day at school?"- Dave asked his sons taking the first bite of his food.

-"Oh, Dave! It was terrible!"- Alvin shouted exaggeratedly - "You won't believe what Mrs Smith told me to do"-Dramatic pause- "She told me to listen to her boring lectures about some midget!"

- "About Napoleon"- Simon corrected.

-"Yeah, yeah, maybe, but it's not important... Dave, listen to me carefully" - Alvin said with a serious look on his face - "I think the school wants to bore its students to death!" Simon face-palmed himself when he heard his brother's words.

-" I.i..Is the school trying t.t..to kill us? -Theodore asked hesitantly.

- "No."

- "No"

- "Yes!"- Alvin shouted interrupting Simon and Dave. Simon glared at his brother.

- "I don't want to die!" - Theodore said terrified.

- "Theodor don't listen to Alvin. He's just making it all up "- Simon sighed

-"I'm not making this up!" - Alvin cried out, then he leaned closer to the Theodore- "I've heard about the teachers taking their students to the school basement under the cover of night... "- Alvin said as if he was telling a horror story.

- "And what do they do with them? -Theodore asked tightening his grip on his fork. Alvin, hearing his brother's question, smiled mischievously.

- "I heard that they tie them up to the chairs and brainwash them so that they are completely under their control "

- "Alvin, stop. Nobody does that!"-Simon exclaimed feeling annoyed. Theodore looked at him with hope in his eyes, but it quickly faded away when he heard his older brother's next words.

- "Oh, not Theodore! They already got Simon!" - Alvin cried out. In istant panic appeared in Theodore's eyes.

-"Alvin, please stop!" - Dave said annoyed.

-"We can't trust anyone anymore!" - Alvin said, acting dramatically.

-"Alviiiin! If you don't stop now, you'll be grounded for a week!" - Dave said sternly.

- "No, you can't do that! - Alvin cried out with disapprobation.

- "You want to see?"- Dave looked at his son victoriously. Alvin tried to say something, but he thought it would be better if he kept quiet, so he went back to his food. Simon giggled at it, catching Alvin's attention. He gave him a look, but Simon just shrugged it off.

- "So, what Alvin was saying was true or not? - Theodore asked, looking deep into Dave's eyes. Dave smiled softly.

-"Alvin was joking, Theodore. You have nothing to worry about" - the little chipmunk calmed down hearing his parent's words and came back to eating happily.

Everyone ate in peace for the next few minutes until Dave started another conversation this time with Simon.

- "Simon, I saw you coming out of the basement earlier. Did you work on something interesting?" - Dave asked his son. Simon flinched by the sudden question, but quickly returned to normal.

- "Um, yeah, I just finished my last invention... 'por duplicação' "- Simon said proudly.

- "por dupli- I'm sorry, what?" -Dave asked confused. Simon sighed and then started explaining.

-" 'por duplicação' that's what I called my gun, which can copy the object you indicated. The best part is that the copy of the object should have the same structure and molecular weight as the original" - Simon was explainng excitedly.

-"Simon, that's amazing! Just what does it mean 'it should?' "- Dave asked, making sure he heard correctly. Simon scratched the back of his head and looked away from his father.

- "Yeah, I haven't tested it yet, so I'm not sure it will work. There may be problems, such as excessive pressure in the transducer or faulty inflow..."- Simon started to count possible issues with his construction on his fingers.

Alvin started listening to Dave and Simon talking when he heard something about copying an object. He had to rethink exactly what they were talking about, but when all the answers finally came up in his mind, he couldn't sit still in his seat out of excitement.

- "Wait!, wait!, YOU have a machine that can copy whatever YOU want?!"- Alvin asked unbelievably.

- "Yes? theoretically yes"- Simon doubtingly confirmed looking at his brother, who was nearly jumping on his chair

- "Simon! what are we still doing here? I have to test this baby. When can I do it?"- Alvin asked excitedly. Simon gave him a look and then sighed.

-"Alvin, first of all, it's not you who's going to test it, it's me"- Simon said sternly.

- "Yeah, yeah, whatever..."

- "Secondly, I won't even let you touch my 'por duplicação' "

- "Wait! What! Why not?"- Alvin cried out desperately.

-" I won't give it to you because I don't trust you. Every time I gave you my inventions, you just made a mess all around or damaged them! " - Simon replied annoyed.

- "What? I.i..I don't do that at all! - Alvin answered with a hesitant voice.

- "You do"

- "You do"- Dave and Theodore said in unison. Simon just looked at Alvin with a look that said 'this is what I was talking about'. Before Alvin could deny the words of his family, Theodore asked Simon his question first.

-"So, Simon, when are you going to test your invention?"- Simon thought for a moment, 'I still have to do my homework for Monday and make up for lost lessons today, so I'm not likely to be able to do it today. Maybe tomorrow morning?, but I have to go to Kevin for the notes the teacher was giving out in class while I was absent... So I'll probably do it in the afternoon'

- "I think I'll do it tomorrow when I get back from Kevin" - Simon finally said.

-"Argh... why tomorrow! is too looooooong!" - Alvin complained loudly. Dave gave him a stern look that made Alvin curl up slightly.

-"Alvin, this is Simon's thing, so it's up to him when he wants to test it."- Dave said taking his empty plate off the table. Then he took an empty plates of Theodore and Simon too and carried them to the kitchen. Seeing their father cleaning up Theodore and Simon walked away from the table and started helping Dave clean up after dinner. While Alvin continued eating his portion of food with a grimace on his face.


Author's note:

Annnnd that's it! Today's chapter was a little calmer than the ones before. I hope I didn't bore you too much. In chapter 7 the action will improve, I promise.

In the Next chapter we will see some "Nightmare"... uuuuuuu

Thank you all for reading this fanfic so far! It means a lot... Ohhhh I love you guys soooo much 3

Oh and I'm sorry for my irergular updates... I am really sorry that I am doing this. I will try to regulate it somehow, but you can be sure that I will be releasing 2 chapters a week. One at the beginning and one closer to the end ! I hope you like it ;)

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Have a nice day, everyone!