Chapter 16- Rockin Through the Decades!
DJ ran outside the house and saw Alvin sprinting down the block. Moments ago, there was a family feud. When his Uncle Simon demonstrated his plan to help him get back to the year 2020, they accidentally blew the fuse box to the house. Dave was quite annoyed, but Alvin was livid. But what really set the ball rolling was when Dave tried to explain to DJ's father that the band couldn't last forever, which made the red capped chipmunk extremely upset. And as a result, Alvin stormed out of the house, and DJ was currently trying to catch him.
"ALVIN, STOP RUNNING!" DJ cried to his father, who ignored the command. Contrary to Alvin, DJ, in fact, was never into athletics; he was always more interested in technology. But as this moment, the headphone wearing teen regretted not following his father's footsteps, because Alvin was outrunning him by a longshot. Alvin seemed like he could run a thousand miles, while DJ could barely do half a mile. The maroon teen was quickly losing his breath, and he was about to give up until he saw that his dad somehow ran into a dead end. They were currently in a dark alleyway, and Alvin stopped once he was met with a brick wall.
"Alright, Alvin" DJ panted "End of the line"
But when he expected to see Alvin to show fear or disappointment, instead the red chipmunk gave him a teasing smirk before jumping onto a tall crate, grabbing onto a fire escape ladder, and swinging himself over the wall.
"Oh come on!" DJ whined loudly. Despite feeling like he was about to collapse of exhaustion, there was no way he was going to lose sight of his father, his life depended on it. So the 21st century teen sprinted as fast he could handle around the block. Once he reached the other side, he looked around to see where Alvin could've gone, but there were no clues. DJ ran to the middle of the street, frantically looking around for any sign.
But then something caught his ear, an electric guitar riff, similar to the one Alvin played at the mall. The maroon teen followed the sound until he came across a music retailer. The windows were mostly covered with posters of famous rockstars, such as Elvis, Axl Rose, and KISS. DJ peaked through what little openings there were and saw a small crowd of people surrounding someone. After DJ shifted his view a bit, he was able to make out who was in the center of attention, and fair enough it was Alvin, who was strumming away on the electric guitar. DJ didn't even wait a second before entering the store.
The crowd began to cheer Alvin on, which caused the rockstar to move more lively. Meanwhile DJ tried to get closer and closer to him. "Crank that volume to 11, man!" Alvin requested the shop owner, who promptly made the electric guitar amplifiers even louder.
The crowd cheered loudly as well, to the point that the sheer loudness of both the amplifiers and cheering almost made DJ go deaf. "ALVIN!" DJ yelled as he covered his ears. However, the maroon teen was drowned out by the other noises present. "ALVIN!" DJ shouted once more, who was met with the same outcome. The headphone wearing chipmunk was getting quite peeved at this point, so he decided to shove his way to the front of the crowd. By then, DJ's presence was known by everyone, even Alvin, who pretended that he wasn't even there. "ALVIN, YOU NEED TO COME HOME!" DJ shouted directly to his father.
DJ then tried to reach for Alvin shoulder, but the red capped teen dodged quickly. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" ALVIN TEASED "I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY AWESOME GUITAR PLAYING!"
DJ was getting even more frustrated with Alvin, all he wanted was to help him, yet the red chipmunk mocked him for his attempt. "I SAID YOU NEED TO COME HOME!" DJ answered back, which Alvin, yet again, pretended not to hear. "COME ON, ALVIN" DJ tried to reason with his dad "YOU'RE MAKING DAVE AND SIMON WORRIED SICK!"
Suddenly Alvin stopped playing, and gave DJ a cold look "Worried sick? Well you can tell them I'm not coming home, because I'm staying here"
"Alvin, don't be ridiculous" DJ pestered "You can't stay in some dirty music store"
"Or what?" Alvin shot back "Rock is my life, and my family wants to take it away from me. But they won't stop me, and you won't either. I'm gonna keep rock n' rolling to the top, and there's nothing you can do about it!"
And before DJ could get a second word in, Alvin went back to playing loudly with his guitar. The crowd cheered him on once more, and were now chanting "KEEP ROCK N' ROLLING, KEEP ROCK N' ROLLING!"
It was now obvious to DJ that he had to take more drastic measures. He searched the store for anything that could stop Alvin from acting disobediently, and his eyes fell onto something that was absolutely breathtaking, a scratching dj set. The maroon chipmunk grinned as he rubbed his hands together. He walked over to the dj table, gentling stroking it while basking its beauty. When no one was looking, DJ went and snatched some vinyls that were on sale and placed them by the dj table. He then spotted the aux cord and plugged them into the nearby speakers. Conveniently, the set had a microphone built into it, so DJ decided to turn the dj set on. "Hey Alvin" the maroon teen spoke into the microphone. Everyone shut their voices and Alvin even stopped playing, as they all faced DJ. "Rock n' roll isn't so hot" DJ teased.
"Pfft" Alvin shrugged off "Rock n' roll is the hottest music out there!"
"No, it ain't" DJ wagged his finger "Cause my music is better"
That's when everyone went "Ooo"
Alvin simply rolled his eyes at the other chipmunk "As if!"
"Want me to prove it to you?" DJ smirked slyly, which the red teen answered in a nod. "Alright" DJ responded as he replaced his current headphones to the ones that were plugged into the table. And with both of his hands, he grabbed two vinyls and placed them on the table. He then started to play one of them, and to everyone's surprise, it was one of the Chipmunks' records:
Come on, Simon
Do the Alvin Twist
(Delighted)
Come on, Theodore
How can you resist
(Hee hee hee, I can't)
You gotta twist way up
You gotta twist way down
You gotta jump
Turn and twist around
Everybody, do the Alvin Twist
Then DJ started to play the second vinyl, which added a hip hop beat to the music.
You gotta move your back
You gotta move your knee
Come on, relax, do the twist with me
Everybody, do the Alvin Twist
Everyone was loving DJ's little remix to the Alvin Twist that they started to cheer him on instead. Alvin didn't like this one bit, so he decided to jump in as well "That's cool, but how about this". He then started to play his guitar while singing in a rasping rocking voice:
Lean way back, lean way in
Turn and twist til
Your head starts spinning
Alvin then bounced his way over to DJ, and everyone was loving his performance as well.
('50s Alvin) You look good
('90 Alvin) You look fine
Then DJ and Alvin spun out together.
(Both)Just keep a-twisting
Like a honeysuckle vine
Everyone was dancing around, and by then DJ and Alvin decided to stop trying to outdo each other and instead cooperate. Alvin kept singing and rocking while DJ provided the backup instrumental and beat.
Twisting everywhere you go
From old Boston to the Alamo
If you wanna be smart
If you wanna be wise
Take up your fun and your exercise
Everybody, do the Alvin Twist
That's where the music stopped as Alvin finished off with one last guitar riff. Everyone was applauding, which elevated the rockstar's energy even further. And without thinking, Alvin did what any rock n' roller would do and slam his guitar onto the floor and smashing it to pieces. Alvin then threw hand horns into the air as DJ did the hip hop equivalent (which is bending his ring finger down). The two chipmunks were full of pride that they didn't notice the shop owner stomping over with a mad face. Once they did though, they gulped as the shop owner picked up the broken guitar and the stolen vinyls. The owner then shot daggers at DJ and Alvin, who gave the man innocent smiles. And before they could even protest, the shop owner picked both of them up and threw them onto the street, slamming the door behind him.
The two chipmunks remained seated on the ground as they turned to each other silently. "That... was… awesome!" Alvin cheered "DJ, how come you never told me you were, well, a dj?!"
The headphone wearing teen blushed a bit, realizing this was the first time he had revealed his passion in the past. "Well… there was never a suitable time to bring it up" DJ lied as he scratched the back of his head.
"And you're amazing at it!" Alvin exclaimed as he got back on his feet, he then helped DJ onto his feet as well. "Man, I wish we'd have met sooner" the red teen said as he wrapped an arm around DJ "Who knew that I have a totally rad dj for a cousin?"
DJ's heart suddenly skipped a beat, was his father… proud of his dj skills? "You… you really mean it?" the maroon chipmunk asked softly.
"Heck yeah!" Alvin sang. And at that moment an idea popped in his head "Wait, I got an amazing idea! If the Chipmunks are through, they maybe you and I can start a band!"
"What?!" DJ cried, not believing what the red capped chipmunk just said.
"You heard me!" Alvin claimed enthusiastically "With your dj skills and my rock n roll expertise, we could take the nation with our radical genre mixing! I mean look at what we did there!" he then pointed to the music retail they were just thrown out of "We could be like 'Alvin and DJ: The Chipmunk Twins'! We already got the look down! Forget Dave and my brothers, we'll be bigger than they could ever be!"
DJ didn't know what he should be feeling, on the one hand, Alvin's idea was completely insane. He was supposed to bring his father back, not run off and start a new band, especially when he is supposed to return to the future. But on the other hand…. He was beyond happy that Alvin even wanted to do such a thing in the first place. Not that he wanted to sound ungrateful, but in the future, Alvin barely spent any time with him. He understood why now, it was pretty apparent his dad was being forced to do hard labor, less he let him and his entire family lose everything. But even still, DJ wished Alvin could've tried harder to get closer with him. He won't lie about the fact that he grew up resenting his father because of it, plus the fact that he was always in his shadow. But the Alvin in front of him was different, even though it was wrong, the younger version of his father would rather be with him than to return home. Regardless, in the end, DJ knew what the right thing to do. "look Alvin I'm flattered, like really flattered" he then let out a big sigh "But that idea is really outlandish, I mean we're only 15. Plus whether you want to admit it or not, you can't leave your family behind"
Alvin was both disappointed and cross with DJ's response, but he couldn't find a good way to argue back. So he simply sighed in defeat. "Fine" the red teen grumbled "But not yet. I'll only come home if we go to the arcade first!"
"What, now way!" DJ protested.
"Well then I'm not coming home" Alvin proclaimed as he started to walk away.
"Wait wait!" DJ cried to the rockstar, who promptly turned around "Okay, fine, we'll go to the arcade. But only for an hour, I don't want to miss dinner"
"Deal!" Alvin complied with a fierce handshake "Come on, I know where to find the coolest arcade in town." And as such, the red teen dragged DJ along across the brisk summer town. It took roughly 15 minutes to get where they wanted, which was a fairly large sized plaza. "There it is!" Alvin said as he pointed to a place called 'Arcade Planet'.
It didn't take long before Alvin dragged his companion into the arcade, and inside revealed a dark room filled with a hundred arcade cabinets. The ceiling had dark lights on it, and the walls were painted to depict a cartoonish outer space. The arcade was moderately active, with groups of kids and teens here and there. Alvin seemed to be awestruck with the quality of the games. Of course you had your Pac-Man (don't read my previous fanfic unless you can handle crude comedy), Donkey Kong (I'm serious), and Space Invader. But there were also newer ones like Final Fight, Tetris, and Contra. "Oh DJ, over here!" Alvin said as he positioned the maroon teen in front of one particular arcade game: Street Fighter. "Look at those graphics!" Alvin stated.
DJ chuckled a bit, as you guessed it, none of these games were new to him. He wasn't much of an arcade player, preferring the online FPS games in the future. But he wasn't going to complain, just wanting to please his father as much as possible to bring him home. "You want to play this one?" DJ asked nonchalantly.
"Yeah I do!" Alvin answered enthusiastically. And in a heartbeat, he inserted a few quarters into the machine. The game first asked them what country they wanted to fight in, their options were Japan, the US, the UK, and China. "Sorry that Canada isn't an option" Alvin said to his player 2.
DJ rolled his eyes "Yeah whatever, just choose America"
"As you wish" Alvin remarked. Then the game asked to choose a fighter. "Gotta go with Ryu" Alvin said.
DJ honestly didn't know much about street fighter, so he chose the only other character he recognized "I guess I'll go with Ken"
Once they both selected their fighter, the game was about to begin. "I have to warn you DJ" Alvin smirked "I'm real video game wiz"
And against his better judgement, DJ couldn't help but feel competitive. Like his parents, he didn't like it when someone one ups him in anything. "There's no way that I'm gonna lose in a video game against my own dad!" DJ said to himself. He then turned to Alvin and shot a glare at him "Bring it on"
Neither of the chipmunks went easy on each other, but it was pretty apparent that because of just having more experience, that Alvin was going to win. And as expected, he did. Alvin danced around in joy while DJ cursed himself and slamming his fist on the machine. "Don't feel bad, DJ" Alvin said, feeling cocky "I'm the wiz"
"Oh yeah" DJ snapped, getting in the red teen's face "I bet I can kick your butt in some other game!"
Alvin couldn't help but feel pumped up as well "Well I bet I can kick your butt in any game!"
"Oh yeah?" DJ shot back.
"Yeah!" Alvin exclaimed.
DJ looked around for a game he felt that he could totally win. Unfortunately his kind of games wouldn't be made for another couple of years. But then his eyes laid upon a game that was close enough: Duck Hunt. "I bet I can beat you in Duck Hunt!"
Alvin scoffed "Duck Hunt, that's practically a baby's toy"
"Sounds like someone's chicken" DJ teased.
"No" Alvin reflected "I just don't want to kick your butt that hard. But if you want to start off easy, than fine!" The both of them then walked over to Duck Hunt. It was one of those games where you take turns and try to get a higher score. So after they inserted the quarters, they had to decide who should go first.
"You can go first, 'Wiz'" DJ offered with a smirk.
"Alright" Alvin said, his ego being elevated. He took out the gun and started to shoot at the ducks. Despite dismissing the game, he wasn't doing as well, as he only got about 3⁄4 of the ducks. "Try to beat that" Alvin said, trying to mask his doubt. He then passed the gun to DJ.
"You may be a wiz, but I'm the real gamer" DJ remarked. And because of his sharpshooting, he managed to get all the ducks. Alvin stood there is disbelief for a moment, while DJ pretended that he was blowing smoke out of the gun. "Not so hot now, are ya?" DJ teased.
Alvin scoffed some more "You were just lucky"
"Or I'm a real gamer" DJ smirked.
"Well I'm the wiz" Alvin puffed his chest against the maroon teen.
"Gamer" DJ said back.
"Wiz!" Alvin said louder.
"Gamer!" DJ followed.
"That's it" Alvin spat "I bet I can beat you in Joust!"
"Bring it" DJ glared. And for a while, all the chipmunks did was try to outdo each other in every arcade game in sight. They even competed in more traditional, non video type games like skee ball, air hockey, and hoop shooting. And at some point they were playing Around the World in 30 Days. They were both in hot air balloons, and two of them were neck and neck. It seemed that Alvin was about to reach his final destination, the waterfall. But a crocodile jumped out of the water and bit his balloon down, resulting in DJ winning. The headphones wearing teen cheered as Alvin cursed himself.
"That crocodile gets me everytime" Alvin grunted.
DJ wanted to gloat some more "Man that was so easy, I bet I could beat you in a race around the world for real"
"Don't hold your breath" Alvin denied, and he then sighed "Alright DJ, I had my fun"
DJ lit up a bit "That means we can go home now?" Alvin nodded, still seemingly against the notion. "Alright" DJ cheered "Okay, what time is it?" And like any teen in the early 21st century, he instinctively reached into his pocket for his phone to check the time. He then felt foolish, as not only had he forgotten that his uncle was holding onto it, but also the fact that it wouldn't even work anyway if he did have it.
Alvin looked at him confused "What, you carry around a pocket watch or something?"
DJ flinched a bit as he quickly came up with a story "Um yeah, but I must've forgotten it in Canada"
The red teen seemed to have bought it "Don't worry, dude. I got my watch on me." Alvin then rolled up his sleeve a bit and checked his wrist watch, which caused him to wince for some reason.
"What?" DJ questioned his father's reaction.
"Um… nothing" Alvin clearly lied.
"Alvin…" DJ glared. The red capped chipmunk tried to pull his arm away, but DJ managed to grab hold. And after some light wrestling, DJ finally was able to bring the watch to his vision. "9:37!" DJ cried, it was already way past dinner time. "Man, I wish I could use the Tesla to go back 3 hours" DJ cursed himself "Come on, Alvin. We gotta get home now!" DJ dragged his father outside, and fair enough it was completely dark. The maroon chipmunk groaned in annoyance, while ignoring the fact that Alvin was trying to break free. "Man, Dave is going to kill us" DJ whined.
"Over my dead body!" Alvin yelled as he broke free from DJ's hold and ran as fast as he could.
"God damn it, Alvin!" DJ spat as he followed suit. He chased Alvin all throughout the town. This time DJ was able to keep up, mostly because he wanted to catch his dad out of spite. At some point, Alvin made a sharp turn into the woods. And even though it was hard to see, DJ continued his chase. But the chase was soon ended when he tripped over a tree root.
The maroon chipmunk winced in pain as he got up back on his feet. He looked around the pitch black forest and was disappointed when he saw he lost track of Alvin. He sighed in frustration, contemplating if he should even continue to look for the disobedient troublemaker who was supposed to become his father. "If only he knew how much his actions affect me" DJ thought in annoyance "But it's not like he ever going to learn that." He decided to go deeper into the forest, seeing that he really had no other choice. He followed the only light source he could see. And once he reached it he actually found Alvin, who was simply sitting by a cliff, viewing the distant lights of Hollywood.
He was about to give the rockstar a comment, but words failed to escape once he saw that the chipmunk was just sitting there, completely silent. "Alvin?..." DJ called softly. Alvin did look at him for a moment with empty eyes before he stared into the distance some more. DJ was no longer mad at Alvin, seeing that there was more going on then he initially thought. He decided to gently sit himself next to his father and watch the city lights as well.
Alvin didn't seem too pleased with DJ's presence. "I'm not coming home" Alvin stated under his breath.
DJ let out a sigh "Is it okay if I ask why?"
"Why?" Alvin spat "You know why, Dave cares more about my brother's feeling than mine"
"That's not true" DJ denied.
"Yes it is" Alvin argued back "I love being a rockstar, but because Simon and Theodore want to stop, he expects me to stop as well. Like what am I supposed to do, get a boring desk job and work for some jerky rich CEO?"
DJ couldn't help but feel his heart snap in two, that was exactly what his father's future holds. He didn't even know what to say, what could he even say? Simon told him that they should keep everything the same, but he couldn't help but feel that he will have a hand in his own father's misery. After thinking for a long moment, he decided to say the only thing he could think of "Alvin, your dad just wants you and your brothers to be happy. Science makes Simon happy, and cooking makes Theo happy. And I don't think it's impossible for you to be happy as well."
"How?" Alvin mumbled.
"Well maybe you can talk to Dave" DJ answered "I bet if you guys had a heart to heart, that your dad could find some way to let you continue your passion"
"How do you know?" Alvin snapped "Dave is always telling me what I can and can not do. I bet your dad lets you do whatever you want"
DJ bit his tongue, knowing how the sheer amount of irony of Alvin's accusation. "Not quite" DJ shook his head, he wondered if he should say more "My dad… well… let's say we're not as close as you and Dave are"
"What, really?" Alvin questioned.
"Yep" DJ nodded "He works a lot, and he also bosses my around too. In fact, he doesn't want me to be a dj."
"Are you kidding me!" Alvin cried in disbelief "If I had a son who was that good at scratching records, why I would be proud. I would totally be supportive!"
DJ couldn't believe what he was hearing. His dad, who in the future would literally throw his dreams into a trash can, thought he was an amazing dj. And without thinking, he pulled Alvin into a hug. "Thank you" he said gently "You don't know how much it means to hear you say that"
In Alvin's perspective, this sudden embrace was quite strange "Um… you're welcome, DJ." He then patted him on the back.
DJ then realized what he was doing, and quickly pulled away. "S-sorry" he spoke awkwardly.
"Eh, it's fine" Alvin assured "You're right, Dave does care about me. I guess I'm being over dramatic as usual. Let's go home, I need to talk to him."
DJ smiled softly "Great." The two chipmunks were finally heading home. On the way, they talked about the games they played at the arcade and what kinds of music were into. It was strange to DJ, he knew Alvin all his life, yet he feels like he was finally getting to know him.
Back at the house, Dave was sitting in an armchair in the living room. He was motionless, and he was filled with guilt and worry. One of his sons had ran out of the house a few hours ago and hasn't returned. And to make matters worse, he lost track of someone else's kid he was supposed to look after. His other son, Simon, entered the room after he was busy fixing the fuse box and working on his latest experiment. His blue collar shirt was dirty, but he did wear rubber gloves. "How are you doing, Dave?" Simon asked.
Dave let out a big sigh "Where's your brother, you don't think he ran away"
"Don't be silly" Simon assured as he removed his gloves "Alvin is just being a drama queen as usual, where would he even go? He certainly wouldn't stay with the girls, that's for sure."
"I know" Dave remarked, "But you know how he is. I'm just worried he had gotten himself hurt."
"Dave, DJ is with him" Simon assured some more "And he can certainly keep Alvin out of trouble."
And at that moment the grandfather clock in the room struck 10. Once Dave saw what time it was, he gasped. "That's it" the man exclaimed as he got up and walked to the telephone "I'm calling 911. They have been gone for too long." But before he could even dial the number, the two missing chipmunks returned through the front door. "Alvin!" Dave cheered as he ran over to hug his red capped son.
"Hey Dave" Alvin greeted him nervously.
"Thank god you're alright" Dave smiled. He then pulled away and gave Alvin a stern look "Now where have you two been?"
Alvin and DJ looked at each other for a moment, not sure how they were going to answer. But then DJ decided to take on the task "Um… me and Alvin were just hanging out around town, lost track of time"
Dave raised an eyebrow "You lost track of time, despite it being obvious that it's the middle of the night?" The two teens bit their lips nervously. "You went to that arcade place, didn't you?" Dave pestered. Both chipmunks nodded. The man then face palmed "Do you have any idea how worried sick I was?"
"Sorry Dave" Alvin and DJ answered.
Dave sighed some more "Well at least you came back. You get no dinner tonight, seeing how you missed it, and you have to stay in your room until morning, okay?"
They both nodded, and then DJ gave Alvin a nudge. "Oh, um Dave" Alvin began to say "Can we talk?"
Dave gave him a confused look "O-okay. Simon, take DJ upstairs"
"Of course" Simon obeyed. The tall teen then walked over to DJ and the both of them went upstairs. Once they entered their room, Simon gave DJ a cold stare "I swear to god, you're not making this whole 'keeping you from being erased ' easy."
"I know Simon" DJ stated "But it was honestly pretty nice that I got to hang out with my dad"
"Well you can do that in the future," Simon pestered some more "The timeline has already been vastly altered, you're parents aren't together, I know about the future, the fact that you are here in the first place, Ian being out to get me, do I need to say more?"
"Calm down" DJ assured "I know this situation is stressful, but look on the bright side, we could alter the present so we can have an even better future"
Simon wasn't cheered up by DJ's word, quite the contrary, he seemed appalled. "Of course you would want to do something like that" he spat "No, DJ. I agreed to making sure Dave doesn't get into trouble, but that's it." He then sat on his bed, facing away from DJ.
"But Simon, tonight I felt closer to my dad than I ever been my entire life. He was even supportive of my hobby, unlike my dad in the future. I want to keep that Alvin, not the one I have in the future"
"Well DJ, your father is currently one of the most immature and reckless people I know" Simon exclaimed "Maybe you like this Alvin because he's as experienced as you are. Believe it or not but people can vastly change in 30 years."
"You know what he said to me earlier?" DJ rebutted "He said he wants to stay a rockstar, and the last thing he wants is some boring desk job. He's miserable in the future. We changed the future already, why can't we change it some more?" Simon continued to ignore him. DJ saw he wasn't getting through with his uncle, so thought of a better angle to come in. He looked over to Simon's desk, and he saw a framed picture of the bespectacled teen and his best friend Jeanette winning the science fair in middle school. He got an idea and went over to pick up the picture and showed it to the brooding geek. "You know we don't have to only make Alvin's future better, we can make yours better too" DJ tried to entice his uncle, who stared longingly at the picture.
Simon finally looked up at his nephew "Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" DJ responded by nodding. Simon took the photo out of the maroon chipmunk's hand and stared at it more. He would be lying if he said that he didn't want a future with her, a future where she's not simply a librarian, and he wasn't a lonely scientist with no partners to speak of (other than his teenage nephew).
"Think about it" DJ said as he patted his uncle on the back.
Just then Alvin came bursting through the door. "You were right, DJ" Alvin sang "Me and Dave just needed to talk. We agreed upon that after high school, that I could start a solo career!"
DJ gulped, it seemed like he wasn't able to change much at all. Alvin was already going to start a solo career, though it happened much sooner. DJ was aware of the fact that it didn't last long, but he never knew why. "Wow" DJ pretended to be excited "That's great"
"Here that Simon" Alvin teased "Maybe you should reconsider jumping off this ship, cause it ain't sinking! In fact, it's going to start flying soon!"
"Whatever" Simon rolled his eyes as he began to read in bed.
Alvin snickered a bit "Thank you DJ. And for what it's worth, I hope you and your dad can have an understanding as well"
Both DJ and Simon were surprised by what they heard, both knowing the truth. "I appreciate that Alvin" DJ smiled.
"I'm serious" Alvin proclaimed "If your dad can't see how much of a cool dj you are, than he ain't worth your time"
"I get it" DJ chuckled. Simon wasn't reading his book anymore, instead he was taking in everything his brother and nephew had been saying.
Meanwhile in the bathroom, Dave was brushing his teeth while listening to the radio. "News has gone out that Alvin Seville has been banned from the newly opened Bagdasarian Mall" the man on the radio reported. Dave groaned, not again. "People are outraged, but for different reasons. Some people, particularly Chipettes fans, are appalled that Alvin has once again gotten into trouble. While Chipmunks fans believe that the singer has been unfairly punished. People have been arguing back and forth. One things for sure, the fans of the two bands sure don't mix"
Dave then shut off the radio, he couldn't listen anymore. "Why can't people just get along?" He said to himself, "If only our fans can learn that they aren't so different. Or at least that's it's okay to have different tastes." Once Dave finished rinsing, he walked over to the boys' room to wish them good night. He approached the door, and he opened it up a little.
"Thank you again for convincing me to talk to Dave" Alvin thanked DJ once more. Dave stood still for a moment, as he couldn't help but listen in. "I thought we could never agree on anything" Alvin continued to say "But sometimes we just need to listen to one another. No matter how different we are, we can always see things eye to eye"
"That's it!" Dave thought. At that moment he felt like he struck gold, or that he caught lightning in a bottle. He thought of the solution to all his problems, something that could make a real difference. He didn't even bother to tell the boys good night, as he ran downstairs and into his studies. He pulled out some blank music note paper. He sat upon his piano and cracked his knuckles. Even though it was late, he wasn't going to let the fire of creativity die. So he began to do something he hasn't done in a long time: write a new song.
Sorry if this chapter felt like filler, I just really wanted at least one chapter dedicated to just Alvin and his son. There was a lot of references. I even reference the episode of the cartoon that gave me this idea of this fanfic in the first place. Well I hope you all had happy holidays. This will probably be the last chapter before the new year. I did not expect that not only I would be writing fanfic, but one for Alvin and the Chipmunks out of all things. For the most part, this has got to be the worst decade for the chipmunks. I'm sorry but those live action movies were god awful, to the point that it ruined their reputation. The new nick show is alright, but I do hope that the Chipmunks will rock right through the 20s like they have done in the 60s and 80s. Congrats on them reaching their 8th decade, and I thank them for giving me such joy. See you next time in the future, 2020!
Happy New Year! Hey look at that, it's the year the story initially takes place. So to commemorate the new year, how about reading this chapter that takes place in the past.