Teenage Drama Chapter 23, an alvin and the chipmunks fanfic

Chapter 23

Brittany woke up, bleary eyed, and felt a weight round her middle.

She rolled over carefully and saw Alvin, lying on his stomach, next to her.

She smiled and moved in closer to him, kissing him lightly on the forehead.

He opened one eye, smiled a little and closed it again.

Then he shifted his body to allow Brittany to cuddle into him, and they both dozed back into a light sleep again.

Steph too was sleeping on her stomach.

She lifted her head and turned it to the other side.

When she opened her eyes, she was met by a wall of her own hair.

Brushing it out of the way, she smiled a little seeing Alex there.

He was on his back, and had wrapped most of the bedding over Steph, while he just had a sheet draped over him.

He had one arm resting on his stomach and the other above his head, resting on his pillow.

Steph noticed through the sheet he'd stripped down to his underwear.

She smiled to herself, "Gosh he is so hot right now...why do guys always look their hottest when their sleeping?"

She propped herself up on her hands and brought her knees up to a kneeling position.

She looked down, she was still in the clothes she had on yesterday.

She yawned and rubbed her head, thinking, "Geez, did I sleep right through?"

Alex stirred a little, which made Steph jump slightly.

He made a smacking noise with his mouth and then settled back into slumber, his mouth open part way.

"So, so hot right now" Steph thought to herself, smiling and shaking her head slightly.

She slowly got off the bed and walked over to the other side of the bed.

Then slowly, carefully, she sat on top of him, resting her hands on his chest.

He woke a little startled, "Oh sh*t...you scared me"

She smiled at him.

He took a second look at her and relaxed a little, holding her round the waist, "But I like this wake up call. Will I get one every morning?"

Steph giggled, "You wish"

Alex nodded, "Well yeah" he shifted himself up a little as Steph slid down and rested both hands beside his head, then leant down to kiss him.

He moved his hands slowly up and down her back, slowly lifting her top off over her head and throwing it to the ground.

Steph pulled back and looked at Alex with a smouldering look; her hair was falling over her shoulders, she used one hand to prop herself up and the other to scoop her hair and flick it over to fall on her back.

Alex got a bit of a kick from this, and pulled her closer to him.

She slid down a bit and rested on his chest, looking up at him and smiling.

Alex smiled and shifted a little under her, "Man I wish I could just pause time right now"

Steph shrugged, "Or at least kick everyone away for a couple of hours"

"Hours?" Alex looked surprised

Steph sat up slowly, "Oh yeah, hours" she winked at him and laughed a little.

He laughed a little and rolled her onto the bed, so they were facing side by side.

They lay there looking at each other; Alex smiled and brushed her hair back, and stroked down her face, cradling it and leaning in to kiss her.

Steph could feel the fact he was beginning to bulge in areas.

She giggled and slid closer to him, wrapping her legs round his.

He held her closer and they kissed a little more passionately.

Steph moaned a little, which seemed to do the trick for Alex, as he began caressing her bra strap, and trying to work the clasp.

He snapped it open with one hand.

Steph stopped kissing him for a moment, "One handed? I am impressed"

He smiled, "Oh there's more surprises to come", knowing after he said this it had a few meanings, and pulled her head closer to kiss her again.

Steph managed to pull her bra off and flung it across the room, and then she moved to sit on top of him again.

He held her round the waist and couldn't decide whether to look at her breasts or face.

Steph noticed this and smirked, "Pick a focal point Harper"

Alex gave a half smile, and pulled her closer to him, so they were both bare chest to chest.

Alex shuddered a little from excitement.

Slowly, they found a rhythm and began moving in sync.

Alex whispered in her ear, "Sure you wanna do this?"

Steph smiled and kissed him, "100% babe"

Meanwhile, Simon had woken in a start.

He fumbled for his glasses and put them on, then got up to wake Theodore.

It was already 9:30am – they'd hoped to have sent the song sets to Dave by this time, but with the drama of the day before, that hadn't happened.

Simon reached up and patted Theodore awake, "Theodore? Theodore? Get up; we gotta get these songs done"

Theodore lifted his head, he wasn't sure what Simon was on about, "What? What songs Simon?"

Simon groaned and started looking around for his jeans, "Theodore, the songs...for the concert, we need to email Dave...today...and we already slept in"

Theodore sat up a little and arched his head to look at the time on the microwave.

It was true, they had slept in.

The past two days they'd been up and gone by 8:30am.

He sat up slowly and stretched, "Better wake the girls then"

Simon buckled his belt and slipped the shirt he had on the day before, "Great, you do that, I'll go see if Alvin and Brittany are awake...which if they're not is going to be fun to try and get them up and moving"

He slipped a pair of kicks on and stepped out the RV, and walked across to 'Hot Stuff' and knocked on the door, "Alvin? Alvin? Brittany? Get up!" he knocked a little harder.

He could hear some movement from inside the RV.

Alvin came to the door, blocking the morning sunlight with his hand.

He was stripped to his underwear, and hadn't bothered putting anything else on.

He stood, hanging off the door and yawning, "Whassup?"

Simon was taken aback, and looked away to be polite, "Oh for crying out loud, Alvin! What if I'd been one of the girls?"

Alvin smirked, "Then you wouldn't be looking away right now" he scratched his chest, "Whatcha want?"

Simon tried to avert his eyes, he ended up closing them and pointing his finger at Alvin, "Dammit, Alvin, put some pants on!"

Alvin looked down and laughed, "Geez, Si, calm down" he went back into the RV, "Now where are they"

Brittany pointed to a heap on the floor, "Right behind you"

Alvin smiled at her, "Ah, thank you dear"

She giggled as Alvin stepped into his jeans and did the fly up, "All decent Simon, now what's going on?"

Simon, cautiously opened one eye, then noticing Alvin was indeed 'decent', (albeit his underwear was still visible as Alvin's jeans were a little too big round the middle and sat lower on his hips) he sighed and opened both eyes, "We need to get these songs done, ASAP. You and Brittany meet us in our RV in 5"

Alvin yawned again and nodded, "Songs. RV. 5. Got it" he closed the door and started to climb back up to the bed.

Brittany gave him a look, "You heard Simon, get back down, chuck a shirt on and let's get over there"

Alvin groaned, "But I haven't had a shower and I need to pee and -"

Brittany rolled her eyes, "Yeah, yeah, whatever, come on"

Alvin huffed and picked his shirt up from the floor, shook it out and put it on.

Brittany came down from the bed and looked towards the back room, "My bags are in there"

Alvin, who was fixing his hair in the reflection of the microwave, shrugged, "So knock and go in there"

Brittany stepped lightly towards the back room.

She was about to knock when she stopped, and leant closer.

Her eyes widened and she took a step back, "I don't think I'll be going in there"

Alvin looked at her, "Why not? They're probably still asleep"

Brittany shook her head and picked up her dress from the day before, "Oh they're awake alright"

Alvin looked at her then at the door of the back room,

Then it hit him, he grinned and his eyebrows rose, "They're not are they?"

Brittany pulled her dress from the day before over the top of her chemise and gathered her hair into a rough ponytail, "Unless Alex is feeding Steph something like delicious chocolate and she's moaning cause of that, my guess is they're going for it"

Alvin started towards the door.

Brittany grabbed his arm, "What are you doing?"

Alvin looked at her, and motioned at the door, "Wanna hear for myself"

Brittany shook her head, and narrowed her eyes, "Why?"

Alvin shrugged, "I dunno...guy thing"

She rolled her eyes and pulled him out the door, "Hey, Britt, whoa!"

Steph sat up, "You hear something?"

Alex shook his head, "Probably nothing"

Steph giggled and fell back into rhythm.

Brittany came into 'Einstein' and slid in next to Eleanor.

He face was flushed a little.

Alvin looked preoccupied and had a stupid grin on his face.

He stood, leaning against the counter with his arms folded.

The others looked at them, Jeanette asking, "What's going on?"

Alvin laughed, "Steph and Alex are 'going on', that's what"

Simon rolled his eyes, "Alvin-"

"It's true, hey Britt?" he laughed

Brittany nodded, "Yeah, I think so...anyway that's fine, we don't need them here, they can go get it outta their system while we focus on this playlist"

Alvin laughed again, "Getting it outta their system, 'like a, like a sex machine'" he did his best James Brown impersonation, and started laughing again.

Theodore and Eleanor smirked a little, as Brittany and Simon rolled their eyes.

Jeanette, as usual in these situations, became a little flustered.

Simon, in a loud voice said, "So SONGS...what shall we do?"

Alvin hoisted himself onto the bench, and wiped a tear from his eye, "Ok, ok, I'm cool" he sniggered a bit then coughed, "Seriously, I'm cool, I'm cool"

Jeanette spoke up, "Maybe we should do a mix of old and new?"

Eleanor nodded, "Yeah, great idea Jeanette"

Simon nodded, "OK, but we have a fairly extensive repertoire, how do we narrow it down?"

Theodore put his hand up, as Alvin pointed out, "We're not in school Theo"

He looked at his hand and lowered it, smiling bashfully, "Oh yeah, right...what about fan favourites?"

Alvin held his hand up, "Hold it, if you're suggesting Girls and Boys of Rock and Roll, forget it!"

Theodore frowned a little, "But the fans love it"

Alvin pointed out, "Correction, loved it, when we were 9 and it was cute...now we're 18, that'd just look pathetic us doing that routine now"

Simon rolled his eyes as Jeanette nodded in Alvin's direction, "I kinda agree with Alvin...I don't think the routine would work now, what with us being older and all"

Alvin folded his arms, "See, even Jeanette agrees, and she's the logical one"

Theodore frowned a little, "But I really like that one, plus it's one of ours"

Alvin leaned forward, "And while we're at it shall we add in a little 'Christmas Don't Be Late?', or maybe 'Alvin Twist'?" he added a hint of sarcasm to his tone of voice.

Theodore looked a little rejected.

Alvin laughed a little, "Theo, it's not that I'm not keen to sing our own songs, but most of 'em are a little dated"

Theodore nodded, "Ok, but I'd still like to do a few of ours"

Simon tapped the pen on the table, "Well, we'll see what we have and maybe can slide a few of ours into the mix"

Brittany tapped the table, "OK, so now that's done with, any other ideas? I wanna do Single Ladies...but only if Steph can help us with the routine...I mean I do know it, but not entirely."

Jeanette shifted a little, "Do we need to wear the outfits like Beyonce does?"

Brittany looked dumbfounded at her, "Um yes Jeanette"

Jeanette looked at Brittany and then at Eleanor; she too had a slightly uncertainty about her.

Brittany rolled her eyes and reached out for both Jeanette and Eleanor's hands, "Look, you girls will look stunning; black leotards equals slimming equals looking hot; tall heels equals long legs equals looking hot; singing Beyonce equals popular choice equals looking hot"

Theodore scratched his head, "How does that equal-"

Brittany rolled her eyes at him, "Oh...I was just trying to emphasise the point that we'd look hot, ok?"

Theodore blushed a little and smiled.

Jeanette sighed, "Fine...I'm going to need a lot of rehearsing to dance in those heels though"

Brittany smiled and nodded, "Easy done Jeanette"

Eleanor clutched at her middle, "Are you sure I won't look...you know" she glanced down.

Brittany smiled at her, "Ellie, you'll look gorgeous, trust me"

Eleanor smiled a little, as Theodore gave her a kiss and wrapped his arm round her.

Alvin clapped his hands, "And this signals the end of our soapie titled, "Sisters: the real drama" and now back to reality, please" he tapped his legs lightly on the cupboards.

The others looked at him, he smiled, "I say we stick to what we do best"

Simon leant on his hand, "Which is?"

Alvin leant back on the overhead cupboard, "Michael Jackson"

Brittany scoffed, "Oh yeah a whole show of MJ, except us girls can't do his songs"

Alvin shrugged, as Simon shook his head, "I'll put a few we know well and-"

"I know all of 'em!" Alvin shouted out.

Simon gave him a curt smile, "Yeah, so anyway, how about, 'Bad', and 'Billie Jean'?"

The others nodded, as Alvin pointed out, "OK at least you picked two good ones...pfft who am I kidding they're all good, the man was a genius! May he rest in peace"

Brittany held her hand up to his face, "Ok, enough with your obsession, let's get back to this"

Alvin smiled and ran his fingers through his hair, "Dynomite"

The others looked at him, curious.

He returned a look of disbelief, "As in Taio Cruz, geez am I the only one musically inclined here?"

He started singing,

Coz it goes on and on and on

And it goes on and on and on

Yeah

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes

Saying Ay-oh

Gotta let's go

I wanna celebrate and live my life

Saying Ay-oh

Baby let's go

Cause we goin' rock this club

We goin' go all night

We goin' light it up

Like it's dynamite!

Cause I told you one

Now I told you twice

We goin' light it up

Like it's dynamite!

Simon wrote it down, "Doesn't mean we'll do it, but I'll add it to the list"

Alvin rolled his eyes, "What even after my little rendition just now, you're still not convinced?

Simon sighed and added it to the list, "We'll need ample rehearsal time to get that routine down"

Alvin smiled, and tapped his head "Already got it in ma head"

Simon shrugged, "Ok, we'll give it a go, see how we go then, anything else?"

Eleanor leant back in the booth, "How about 'Express yourself'? Old school is always a winner"

Jeanette smiled, "Now that's a better suggestion, I like it"

Simon jotted it down as Alvin laughed, "Kinda has new meaning now we're older hey?"

Satin sheets are very romantic,

What happens when you're not in bed?

He started laughing as Jeanette spoke over the top of him, "I like 'Vacation', it's fun, we can all do the routine and everyone enjoys it"

Simon smiled at her, "Great idea" and scribbled the title down.

Brittany snatched the pen and scribbled another few suggestions.

Simon read them back, "'Whip my Hair', 'Trouble'-"

Alvin cheered, "Yeah I get a cameo"

Simon continued, "'Club Can't Handle Me', 'Bad Day'...acoustic?"

Brittany nodded, "Uh huh, trust me"

Simon shrugged and read the last few, "'Stayin' Alive' and 'Bad Romance'"

Brittany smiled triumphantly.

With her suggestions, their minds were now racing with ideas, so much Simon had to pass the duty of scribe to Jeanette, as his hand was cramping from writing so quickly.

Over the next 40mins they'd finally created a playlist everyone could agree with.

They'd had a few disagreements about which songs to eventually keep and which to ditch but in the end, everyone was pretty happy.

And the songs that didn't make it were kept on a backup list, just to show Dave how much effort they'd put in to actually thinking about all this.

Alvin was perusing through the fridge; Brittany was sitting with her back to Eleanor on the booth seat as Eleanor brushed and styled her hair; Theodore had moved to sitting in the passenger seat, eating an apple; Jeanette was doing a general tidy up of the RV as Simon sat at the booth and typed out the playlist for Dave.

Simon sighed as he hit send on the email.

Jeanette hugged him from behind, around his neck.

He smiled and patted her arm, "Ok Dave will get these today and we will be off the hook"

Alvin grabbed a beer and shut the fridge, and looked at the clock, "So we're done now then?"

Simon looked at him, "Hey!"

Alvin looked at the bottle and shrugged, "Oh I'm sorry, were you gonna have this?"

Simon shook his head as Alvin took another mouthful, "Didn't think so...besides it's a light beer, so stress less, I'm still good to drive...in maybe an hour or so" he grinned.

Simon looked at his watch and stifled a yawn behind his hand, it was 10:30am; he'd hoped to have been well on the road to their next destination.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and then Steph and Alex stepped inside.

"So this is where you're all hiding then, we've been looking for you. Thought you'd all done a runner on us, but then we saw 'Einstein' was still here" Steph said smiling.

Everyone had mixed reactions looking at them.

Alex had one hand in his pocket, and the other he ran through his hair and studied the looks of everyone, although Alvin in particular; who was trying hard to not laugh.

He leant over towards Steph and whispered in her ear, "Pretty sure they know"

Steph looked at him, then at the others and shrugged, "Know what?"

Alex rolled his eyes and went a little red, as Steph laughed, playing dumb, "What do they know?"

Alvin looked away and took a mouthful of beer, then looked back at them but couldn't contain his laughter and excused himself outside, pushing quickly past Alex and Steph and spitting the beer out on the ground laughing hysterically, before stumbling back to 'Hot Stuff'.

Brittany stood up, "Well I'm just glad you're...'done', means I can finally get changed...wait do I want to go in there?"

Steph clapped her hands together, "Oh that's what you're talking about" she laughed again as Alex rubbed the back of his neck, looking upward at the ceiling, "You are such a pain" he joked.

She smiled at him, then at Brittany, "Yeah, yeah all good"

Brittany nodded and left the RV, as Steph turned to the others smiling, "So you guys got your sets done?"

Simon nodded, "Email's been sent, so hopefully Dave and the organisers will be happy with our choices"

Steph looked at Alex, "See told ya they didn't need us...we could've gone another round" she nudged him as Alex noticed the slightly uncomfortable looks he was getting and grabbed her by the shoulders and steered her out the door, "And on that note, we'll head back to our RV"

He nodded to Simon, who simply gave a small salute.

Outside Alex spoke softly to Steph, "You have no shame do you?"

Steph grinned, "Not really, no...that and I love the looks on their faces...oh Simon gives the best reactions...love it" she bounced on her tip toes and kissed him.

He smiled and kissed her back, "Hey, um...ok there's no easy way to say this but...it's probably a good time to tell you, you're my first"

Steph quickly stepped back, a look of horror on her face, "What?"

He looked at her, frowning slightly, "Ok, not quite the reaction I was expecting, is that a problem for you?"

Steph put her hand on her hip and ran her other hand through her hair, "Um, yeah...no...I mean, why didn't you tell me?"

Alex shrugged, "Didn't really think it important to tell you till after"

He stepped in to hold her round her waist, but she wiggled free and took another step back, "You, you didn't think it important?" she put her hand to her head, covering her eyes, "Oh sh*t, I can't believe this"

Steph paced around in a small circle, "But you said you've been with other girls before?"

Alex nodded, "Yeah...and done other things, but, just not...you know"

Steph made a fist and tapped her side, pacing again.

Alex looked confused, "Why is this such an issue? I'm not bothered by it, I thought it was great, lived up to and beyond my expectations"

Steph stomped her foot and grunted, "Yeah that may be great, but you don't get it, if you'd told me I could've, I dunno"

"What shown me what to do and sh*t?" he looked at her, arms folded, "Not that hard to figure out what to do with it. Insert part A into part B. I did Sex Ed at my old school too" he tried smiling at her.

Steph exhaled and flapped her hands a little, "Yeah and you did a great job with that, but...I dunno...back of an RV? Not really an ideal spot"

Alex shook his head, "I was with you, that's what makes it ideal, being with you" he smiled.

Steph relaxed and smiled a little, "You, Alex Harper, are a smooth talker too...I guess the reaction is bigger for chicks than guys then huh?"

He shrugged and stepped closer, "Sooo, you're ok then about this?"

Steph sighed, "I suppose...not much we can do 'bout it now huh? Your virginity is mine now" she imitated an evil laugh, "Mwah ha ha ha"

Alex wrapped his arms round her and kissed her again and walked her back to the RV.

Back on the road, Eleanor and Theodore were in the back room, chatting with the door open while Jeanette, again, took her position as passenger to Simon driving.

They'd been driving for a couple of hours or so down the road when Simon noted the petrol gauge, "We better find a gas station soon"

He picked up the CB, "Hey guys, we gotta get some gas; GPS shows there's a station up ahead"

Steph, who was driving 'Hot Stuff' answered back, "Yeah that's be good, we're getting low too, we'll follow you in"

They drove a little further down the road and pulled into a gas station.

While Simon and Alex filled the tanks the others wandered into the little store.

Theodore, Eleanor, Steph and Brittany were looking at pamphlets for different attractions in neighbouring towns while Jeanette and Alvin cruised around stocking up on snacks and quick meals that could be stored easily in the RV.

Eleanor picked up a few pamphlets and showed Brittany, "Look, an old western town in Tucson, says you get to dress up and re-enact old western scenes in the town; that could be fun"

Brittany nodded, "Yeah and here's one for a County Fair, that could kill some time" she picked up another, "Ooh and check out these night clubs"

Steph snatched the pamphlet, and read through it, "Oh yeah, this place is supposed to be freakin' awesome! Apparently they have these huge aquariums under the dance floor with lights that make the fish in the tank almost look like they're changing colour" she flipped the pamphlet over, "Dammit, you need to be 18...we can't go til Friday"

Theodore picked up a pamphlet, "It's in Tucson, what if we're not there by Friday?"

Steph shrugged, "We'll get there; Simon said it'd probably take us another two days drive to get to Tucson anyway" she smiled and read the pamphlet again, getting excited, "Hey look, it's got $4 shots and $6 cocktails – that's a bargain!"

Eleanor collected the pamphlets, as well as a few others that she thought the others would be interested in and met Jeanette and Alvin at the counter, "We found some places to go to"

Jeanette smiled, "Great, we got some food...well I did, Alvin insisted on getting more food than we're going to need"

Alvin beamed and pulled his wallet out, "You can never have too many snacks, eh Theo?"

Theodore nodded happily, as Simon and Alex came into the store to pay for the gas.

Simon looked at the food on the counter, "So we're travelling for 3 months now?"

Jeanette looked at the food and then at Alvin, "Well, apparently we don't want to go hungry"

Alvin beamed back at her.

Everyone helped cart the groceries back into the RVs , drove a little down the road and pulled off to the side of the road, then Simon, Jeanette, Eleanor and Theodore all went and sat inside 'Hot Stuff' with the others and tried to figure out the best place to stop off at next.

Steph was right in saying how Simon said it would take about another two days to get to Tucson.

He sat with his laptop open, zooming in on the map to locate somewhere to stop.

The choices for location weren't the greatest.

He sighed and looked at Alvin, "Looks like we'll be getting some use from those tents sooner than planned, Alvin"

Alvin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, whipped his head up, "Huh? Oh cool...how come?"

Simon tapped on the mouse pad, "Cause there's not really anywhere to stop over at...there's a few small townships, but they look so tiny, I doubt they'd have anywhere for us to stay powered in...there looks to be like a clearing near a bunch of trees...that should do us for tonight"

Alvin wringed his hands together, and said to himself, "Excellent"

Eleanor, who'd heard Alvin, looked at him, "What do you mean by that?"

Alvin looked at her, a little caught off guard, "What? Oh nothing...just um, that camping is excellent, and it would be good to be able to use the tents" he flashed a grin.

Eleanor gave him a look and spread the pamphlets she and the other's had collected.

Alex quickly picked up a go-kart one, "Oh sweet, we so need to do this"

Steph leant over, "I will kick your ass in that" she swept her finger to everyone, "I'll kick all your asses" she laughed.

Alvin scoffed, "Ha, the only ass you'll be kicking is your own after I take the winner's podium" he grinned as she punched him playfully in the arm.

Simon looked at the pamphlets and picked up the one on the County Fair, "This could easily take up a whole day"

Theodore smiled, "Is that a problem?"

Simon shook his head and read the back of the pamphlet, "No, but it means we won't get to Tucson until Saturday"

Steph clapped her hands, "I will be well and truly 18 by then, sweet. Hot Damn Club here I come, oh so excited, night clubs are so fun" she started shimmying around.

Jeanette questioned Steph, "Steph how do you know night clubs are fun if you've never been before?" she paused, "You haven't been before have you?"

The others looked at her, as she stopped mid-dance and avoided eye contact, "Um...no...uh uh" she shook her head.

The others weren't buying it as Steph blurted out, "Well maybe a few but...Alvin has too!"

The looks transferred quickly to Alvin, "Dammit, don't get me involved!"

Brittany put her hands on her hips, "What? When?"

Alvin stretched his leg out and kicked Steph on her leg, "Thanks ya bitch" he sighed, "I was meeting a DJ there, helping him out; you know singing live while he mixed it up and sh*t. He was supposed to meet me out the back, but he got caught up inside and there was security guarding the door"

Simon frowned at him, "How'd you get in? Wait, how'd you get outta the house?"

Alvin rolled his eyes and swivelled a little on the seat, "Um, duh, climbed out the window and down the side of the house" he scoffed, "Pfft, been doing that for years now, thought you'd caught on to that by now, Simon?"

Simon shook his head, "Well how'd you get into the club?"

Alvin looked at Brittany and hesitated, "Um...my means of getting in isn't important"

Brittany glared at him, "What did you do?"

Alvin sighed and avoided looking at Brittany, "So it kinda involved posing as someone else's boyfriend and using a bit of star power"

Brittany flared up.

Alvin closed his eyes, "Only to get in I swear, and it was with a whole bunch of other people"

Brittany stomped closer to him and slapped him on the chest, "Who was this bitch?"

Alvin rubbed his chest and shrugged, "I dunno, just gave her $20 to get me in that's all, once inside I ditched her"

Eleanor raised her eyebrows, "So you paid her?"

Alvin nodded at Eleanor, "Yeah" and back at Brittany, "Trust me it's a hell of a lot better than what she wanted me to do"

Brittany folded her arms, "What'd she want you to do?"

Steph giggled, "Yeah what'd she want you to do instead?"

Alvin looked at the ceiling then at Steph, "I seriously $%#ing hate you right now"

Steph just smiled and shrugged, "Should've had me come with ya, I'd have gotten you in easy"

Alvin looked at her, "Oh yeah how?"

The others looked at her, "Yeah how?" Alex asked, curious.

Steph shrugged and leant back on the bench, crossing her leg over the other, "Same way I get into anywhere I'm not supposed to, giving the security a bit of sugar"

Alex was taken aback, "You don't mean you...um..."

Steph shook her head, "%$# no...no, I have some dignity...geez, I meant I just ya know, flash some boob action, or if they were young and cute enough, making out a little, you know just get his jollies up and then slip inside"

Theodore shook his head, "That's kinda wrong Steph"

Steph rolled her eyes, "Yeah well, I'm no angel"

Alex coughed, a little uncomfortably, "You don't do this now right? I mean since we've been together?"

Steph thought back, "Um...no, don't think so...can't...really remember, so I'm just gonna lock in no"

Alex nodded, "But you'd let me know if you did right?"

Steph looked to the ground, "Oh yeah, uh huh sure" she looked at him and smiled.

He felt a little uncertain, but smiled back.

Brittany tapped her foot, "Still doesn't explain what this other chick wanted you to do" she glared at Alvin, who rolled his eyes; he thought he'd been let off the hook.

He sighed, "She wanted me make out with her; in full view of everyone and grind with her on the dance floor...see how gentlemanly I was, by just simply posing, and I stress the word posing, as her boyfriend? Just a simple huggin' round the waist, that's all...surprised no paparazzi were around...actually relieved they weren't...that could've been hell bad!"

Brittany frowned at him, "Still not happy with you"

Alvin sighed, "Well it was only that once, I haven't snuck in again and now it don't matter, I'm 18, I can get in the front door" he reached out and pulled Brittany to his lap, "With my real girlfriend"

She smiled a little and slapped the brim of his cap, making it slouch over his eyes.

Alvin smirked and adjusted it again.

Simon closed his laptop, and checked his watch, "Well, shall we head off? We'll find a park or something to stop at for lunch in about an hour or so"

The others nodded as Alex headed over to drive 'Einstein' while Alvin shifted Brittany off his lap and sat in the driver's seat.

Alvin switched the ignition on and cheered at the song pumping on the radio, "Hell yeah" and turned it up, singing along:

Let's drop!
Yeah, come on
Shake, shake

I'll take you home
If you don't leave me at the front door
(Leave me at the front door)
Your body's cold
But girl, we're getting so warm

He gave a smooth look to Brittany, who giggled

And I was thinking of ways that I could get inside
(Get inside)

He winked at her

Tonight you're falling in love
(Let me go now)
This feeling's tearing me up
(Here we go now)

Now, if she does it like this
Will you do it like that?
Now, if she touches like this
Will you touch her right back?
Now, if she moves like this
Will you move it like that?
Come on
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it

Steph stood up and started salsa stepping and shaking her ass around.

Alvin laughed and sung louder, turning the volume up and winding the window down as they passed 'Einstein', beeping the horn to grab their attention.

Theodore was sitting in the passenger seat, and noticing Alvin, wound the window down and smiled as Alvin continued belting it out.

Your lips tremble
But your eye's are in a straight stare
(In a straight stare)
We're on the bed
But your clothes are laying right there
And I was thinking of places that I could hide
(I could hide)

Tonight you're falling in love
(Let me go now)
This feeling's tearing me up
(Here we go now)

At this Brittany, Eleanor, Jeanette and Steph all started krumping and booty shaking.

While the boys went into their automatic lead and response; Alex just happy to cruise along.

I saw you dancing there
I couldn't get you off my mind
(But I could tell, that you could tell
That I was taking my time)

But I was thinking of ways
To get you staying the night
(Your body's shaking
Turn me on, so I can turn off the lights)

Now, if she does it like this
Will you do it like that?
Now, if she touches like this
Will you touch her right back?
Now, if she moves like this
Will you move it like that?
Come on
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it

Alvin cheered and beeped the horn a number of times.

He hung his arm out the window and tapped the side of the door, bopping his head to the next song.

Brittany turned back to Steph, "You still got the moves Stephi"

Steph grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and sat down on the lounge, "Damn straight!"

Brittany laughed and held her hand out, as Steph passed the water bottle to her.

She tipped the bottle up, careful not to touch it to her lips and held it back to Steph, "Hey you gonna shake it up tonight?"

Steph smiled, "Oh yeah, I totes forgot about that, Al where's your iPod?"

Alvin turned quickly to face Steph and then back at the road, "Uhh, back room I think, somewhere on my side...your side? Far wall"

Steph nodded and made her way to the back room, searching around the bed for Alvin's iPod.

She found it on the bedside table, and found Brittany's on the dresser.

She brought them out and started scrolling through the playlists.

Brittany came to sit next to her, "Whatcha looking for?"

Steph shrugged, "Dunno, but I'll know when I hear it...geez I gotta come up with a routine and sh*t"

Brittany smiled, then turned quickly to Steph, "That reminds me, please can you help us with our 'Single Ladies' routine?"

Steph smiled, "Uh, sure, why not...let me watch it on YouTube a bit and we'll work on it ok?"

Brittany nodded, "Thanks Steph, kinda great having our own choreographer with us" she laughed as Steph mulled over this, "Hmm, I like it...but let's not pedestal me just yet, it's been a while since I've done any major routines"

Alvin piped in, "Hey, you'll be fine, a lot of 'em we already got, but your input would be great for some of the new ones"

Steph smiled and went back to switching through the playlists until she scrolled on a few that made her smile.

Brittany looked at her and cocked her head to one side grinning, "What did you choose?"

Steph smiled wickedly, "Well I have this one, which could be a LOT of fun, or this one where I guess I can be a little more technical" she picked up Brittany's pink iPod and scrolled through her selections, "What'dya reckon?"

Brittany giggled, "Oh these are both too good" she kept scrolling through, "But I'd say this one, it has the potential for a killer performance"

She handed the iPod back to Steph who grinned, "Oh good choice" she clutched the iPod as she stood up, "Right, I need to work out my routine" she wandered to the back room and closed the door, opening it again and poking her head out, "Do not disturb, genius at work" she smiled and closed the door.

Brittany wandered to the passenger seat and slid in; grinning at Alvin.

He looked sideways at her and cocked his head, "What?"

She giggled and looked out the window, "Nothing"

He shifted in his seat, "No, what?"

Brittany reached over and patted him on the leg, "You boys are in for a treat"

Alvin's eyes grew wide, his tone of voice a little more unnerving, "What song did Steph pick?"

Brittany mimicked zipping her lips and simply smiled.

Alvin picked up the CB, "Uh guys, we got a show tonight...Steph's got something planned" he looked at Brittany, "Apparently we're in for a treat...but I'm not too sure"

Alex responded, "Hey so long as I get to see her moves, bring it on I say"

Alvin laughed on the other end, "Those may be your famous last words my man, over and out"

After lunch and travelling a little more, they eventually came across the clearing off the main road Simon had mentioned to set up camp for the night.

While Simon, Jeanette and Theodore went off to find firewood, Eleanor sorted through the groceries to try and come up with something for dinner.

This left Alex, Alvin, Steph and Brittany to set tents up...which really meant Alex and Alvin as Steph wasn't much help and Brittany took a self appointed supervisor role (meaning she sat on a deck chair calling out instructions)

"We don't need you reading out the instructions, Britt, we need your help" Alvin grumbled, pulling his shirt off, leaving him in his singlet, from building a sweat from connecting poles together.

Brittany looked up from the instruction booklet, "I AM helping! This is an important job, now if you listen, you would've had that bit done already"

Alvin rolled his eyes, turned his cap backwards and continued struggling on his own.

Steph dragged a fully pumped up air mattress over to Brittany and dropped it next to her, causing dirt to fly upward.

Brittany waved her hand in front of her face and coughed a little, "Steph!"

Steph just smiled, "Whoops"

Brittany frowned at her as Steph grabbed another to pump up.

Alvin yelled, throwing the poles to the ground.

He looked over and saw Alex had half his tent up already, "How'd you get that far on your own?"

Alex looked at him and saluted with three fingers, "Cub scouts" he stood back and pulled the back half upright, "Sh*t like this, you don't forget it" he nodded towards a pile of tent pegs, "Make yourself useful, start whacking them in"

Alvin nodded and wiped his brow with his arm.

He hammered in the pegs and stood back with Alex, admiring his work, "One down, three to go"

Alex took his shirt off and threw it at Steph.

He laughed as it hit her in the face.

"Hey!" she called out, throwing the shirt to the ground, "Just cause you guys can take your shirts off whenever"

Alex shrugged and called back, opening another tent box, "Doesn't bother me if you wanna strut round shirtless"

Steph smiled at him and dropped the pump and walked with purpose into the RV, only to emerge minutes later in a pair or short ripped denim shorts and a fluoro orange bikini top. She walked over and stood over the top of the guys, "Two can play at this game boys"

Alex and Alvin lifted their heads to see Steph towering over them, with a cocky smile on her face.

Alvin realised he was staring a little too long and coughed, averting his eyes back to the tent.

Alex nodded, "Touché"

Steph held her hand out, "Pass me a tent, lemme see if I can get one of these babies erected"

Alvin burst out laughing and rolled onto his side, "Cause you're good at getting things erect, hey?"

Steph doubled over in laughter as Alex and Brittany joined in, "$%# that's not what I meant"

Alex tried to cover his laughing, "You are good at it though"

Steph opened her mouth and shoved him, playfully, but making him rock on his heels and tumble over.

He sat up, brushing dirt from his sweaty chest and back, "Oh great, now I gotta shower...with no water" he smiled at her, raising an eyebrow.

Steph smothered a laugh, "Sorry, forgot we're not at a site tonight"

Alex crouched back down and helped Alvin with the tent again as Steph turned picked up a tent and sat next to Brittany, "I'm just gonna let those boys work, and I'll set mine up over the other side"

Brittany patted her on the head, "Yes you do that Stephi"

Steph took hold of Brittany's hand, "C'mon, you can help me with this one"

Brittany tried to resist, "What? No! No I don't wanna!"

Steph, who was much stronger, pulled Brittany to her feet and dragged her to a spot, along with the tent to pitch it up, "It's not that bad, you've been mulling over those instructions for ages; you should have this nailed by now"

Brittany huffed and put her hands on her hips as Steph emptied the box, "Quit pouting and start reading, girly"

Within 25mins all the tents were up; Alvin and Alex had managed three while Steph had managed one, with Brittany "assisting".

Steph stood back to admire her handiwork, "Not too shabby"

Alvin stood next to her and gave her a friendly slap on the back, "Yep, that one's yours"

Steph frowned at him and looked back at the tent, "It's not that bad is it?"

Alex folded his arms and stood next to Alvin, "I'll help you set it up right"

Simon, Theodore and Jeanette came trudging back through the trees into the clearing.

Simon and Jeanette dropped their armfuls of wood and twigs while Theodore came lugging a canister of water.

He bent down on his knees, and wiped his brow, "Phew" he stood up and caught his breath, "We found a stream not too far away, fresh water too"

Steph smiled, "Anyone for skinny dipping?"

Simon shook his head and poked his head into the RV, "How you doing Eleanor?"

She smiled and wiped her hands on her apron, "Great, considering what I have to work with"

Theodore stepped into the RV and hugged Eleanor round her middle, kissing her on the side of the head, "It smells fantastic Ellie"

She beamed and stirred the pot, "Thanks Theodore. I had to substitute a few things but I think it'll be fine" she lifted a spoon to his mouth as Theodore blew it and tasted it.

He gave Eleanor a big smile, "It's delicious!"

Jeanette came to the window and stood on tip toes to see inside, "What'd you make Ellie? Smells amazing"

Eleanor opened a top cupboard and passed some plates to Theodore, "Its only spaghetti bolognaise, oh and a butterscotch pudding for dessert"

Jeanette inhaled deeply, "Mmm, can't wait"

Theodore came out carrying the plates, "Um, where do I put these?"

Alex clicked his fingers, "Ah, in here" he jogged to the side of the RV and opened a panel, revealing more storage, and outdoor furniture, "I totally forgot about this"

He pulled out a foldable table and Simon gave him a hand to set it up.

Theodore put the plates down and offered to help Eleanor bring the food out.

Alvin came back with drinks and helped Steph and Brittany set the chairs out.

Eleanor proudly presented her dish and offered portions around.