Chapter Two

(Getting Too Personal)

As Alvin and Brittany walk into class hand in hand, they head straight to their seats as Brittany sits down in her desk next to the window. As Alvin sits down in the seat behind her, a familiar voice calls him from the desk next to Brittany. "Alvin…what a small world…kind of like we're all on a little island huh," Alyssa says with a laugh. "Ugh…you've gotta be kiddin' me," mumbles Brittany as she puts on a fake smile and waves at Alyssa. "Brittany come on baby," he says to her trying to keep her calm as he nudged her. "Hey Brittany…you're so lucky to have someone like Alvin," she says with a big smile. "Thanks... you just don't know" she says a little sarcastically. "You touch him and I'll kill you," she says mumbling through her teeth.

"Anyway, I think you'll like this class Alyssa…Mr. Jones is not that bad of a teacher," he says as he explains the syllabus to her. "Okay class…let's get to work. We're going to review for the unit test on Friday," says Mr. Jones addressing the classroom. "It looks like we have a new student in our mists…Alyssa from Boston I see…home of the Boston tea party," he says while throwing out a tidbit that everyone knew. "Yes Mr. Jones, Boston is indeed a fantastic city…I recommend that you all visit there one day and I love my transition to Los Angeles thank you," she says politely. "Suck up," Brittany mumbles. "Is there something you would like to add Brittany," says Mr. Jones. "Hmmmm…no," she thought about pointing her out as she glanced over at Alyssa without her noticing.

(Later as they were going over noted about the War of 1812, Alyssa has been running the show as she manages to catch on in the class)

"God I can't stand Miss. Do It All," she mumbles to herself while looking at her answering almost all the questions in the class. Alyssa is already starting to be well liked in the class as she has made plenty of friends along the way. Alvin is even asking her for help on taking notes in the class.

For the rest of the class, Brittany has her eyes fixed on Alyssa as an hour into meeting her; she can't stand the sight of her. By then Alvin notices Brittany's anger towards her as she keeps looking at Alyssa through the corner of her eye. Alvin then starts giving Brittany a shoulder massage to calm her down a little. "Alvin…you know that's not fair," she whispers to him while giving in to his massage as it's one of her weaknesses. "Well I'm trying to get you relaxed Britt," whispers Alvin as he works a little hot on her shoulders.

Later on as the bell rings marking the end of their first class, Brittany gets her stuff and leaves as Alvin is still talking to Alyssa about meeting up to study for the unit test before Friday. Brittany decided not to embarrass her right now, but she kept an eye on them the whole time as her friend JoAnna walks up. "Hey girl," says JoAnna while popping so chewing gum. "Hey," Brittany replies as she keeps looking in the door. "What ARE you looking at," JoAnna says to her trying to see what's going on. "It's this tramp…Alyssa…she thinks she can just walk in here and start hanging around my Alvin like nothings wrong," she says while watching her. "Well she is pretty cool," JoAnna says jokingly while smiling. "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that," says Brittany trying not to get stressed out.

Finally Alvin came out of class as he has to go to Computer Tech next as Brittany and JoAnna are going to walk down to the Chemistry lab for their next class. As Alvin and Alyssa walk out of the classroom, Brittany decides to send Alyssa a message about Alvin and Brittany. "Hey baby," she says as she meets him with a long deep kiss as she looks at Alyssa. "Okay Alvin…I guess I'll see you around," she says leaving the two lovers alone together.

"Come on girl, Alvin knows better than to cheat on you…or in this case, he should know what's good for him... lets get to chemistry class," says JoAnna whispering to Brittany. Alvin breaks off from Brittany and JoAnna and heads for his class while the two girls are near the other side of the school. "You shoulda seen the way she was looking at him while they were at her locker," Brittany vents in frustration.

"That girl is not gonna do anything Britt…she just wants some attention that's all," JoAnna tells her. "Well she doesn't need it from Alvin…there are plenty of other guys she can suck up to…and she probably can do more than that," she rants on as they get to Chemistry.

(Later at lunch)

As lunchtime rolled around, Alvin is already there as Brittany notices that someone's belongings are sitting across from him. As Alvin sees Brittany approaching, he's a little worried about who is going to come back to the table and sit across from them. "Uh Brittany…how about we sit outside and eat," he asks her. "What…with this hair…and its windy today, no thanks," she declines as she starts eating. "Whose stuff is that anyway, I've never seen that stuff at the table before," Brittany adds as they always sit at the same table everyday for lunch.

"Uh…," he starts to say as Alyssa walks up behind Brittany as he braces himself for the next confrontation. "Brittany, Brittany, Brittany," she says with a laugh. "We just can't hide from each other huh," says Alyssa putting her lunch tray down. By then Brittany turns and looks at Alvin with the meanest look in her eye. "She didn't have anyone to talk to," he says to her. "Since when did you become Mr. Charity," Brittany confronts him. "Oh did I interrupt something," Alyssa says a little concerned. "Oh no…we just like to have lunch TOGETHER everyday," Brittany makes it clear to her.

As she starts to eat her lunch, she notices that she forgot her drink. "Ugh…I'll be right back," she says as she leaves the cafeteria table to get her drink. Brittany waits until she's out of sight to confront Alvin as Simon comes by. "Okay let's get something straight here…that little blonde bimbo is working you Alvin and I'm not gonna stand for it," she whispers to him while staring him down. "What's wrong with having another female friend," Alvin questions her. "She's unnatural, she's playing with your mind, and I DON'T LIKE IT," Brittany explains to him.

"Do you think I'm that stupid to mess around on you…I love you and ONLY you geez," Alvin says getting frustrated. "She's a snake Alvin…I can sense it," Brittany says to him watching her coming back. "She's the new girl…do you think you know everything about her after three hours of meeting her," he asks her. "How long have YOU known her," she returns the question. "So you wouldn't get mad if I talked to JoAnna," he asks her. "Hey don't bring me into this…I'm just the innocent girl who has to witness all of this," JoAnna stops him as they get a little quiet as Alyssa returns to the table.

"Okay…first days are always hard for me," Alyssa says with a little laugh. By then, Brittany turns and looks Alvin square in the eyes. "So Alvin what do you like to do," she starts up a conversation with him. Alvin then gets a surprised look on his face as he looks up from eating and turns to look at Brittany. Brittany turns away from him leaving him to fight this one himself. "Uh…I like to see movies (tries to get Brittany's attention), going on the road (turns to Simon as he's eating his lunch), and…uh…why do you wanna know…figuratively speaking" he says changing the subject.

"No reason…I guess I'm just a curious girl," she says with a little smile as Alvin chokes on his drink a little. "Really," he says while regaining his composure. "Oh he likes to do a lot of things Alyssa…don't you ALVIN," Brittany says putting him on the spot. "STOP," Alvin mouths to her as he cleans up some of the spilled drink of the table. "Oh what did you say Alvin," Brittany says pointing him out again as Alyssa turns to Alvin as she's a little confused. "Uh…I didn't say ANYTHING BRITTANY," he makes it sound obvious. "But she's your new friend Alvin…and what are friends for," Brittany adds.

"You two are funny," Alyssa says giggling a little. "Well I'm glad you're amused," she answers back without smiling. "Uh…okay, moving on," she says changing the subject as she looks around to see everyone looking at her. "Uh…okay (giggles) I'm gonna put away my tray," she says as she gets up while looking at them weird as she walks off.

"You're gonna keep playing around until you get bit huh Alvin," she says to him. Alvin looks a little concerned at first and then says, "I just don't see a connection like you see Brittany," he says looking at her. "I don't know what you are flipping out about though…she wouldn't even be my type," he responds. "You shouldn't even have a type now that you're with me," she adds. "You know what I mean Britt…you're the one that's obsessed with her right now…I haven't even said anything about her," he reminds her. "Oh whatever Alvin…I gotta get back to class," says Brittany says as the bell rings to get to the next class.

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