Chapter 5-Feelings?

Dave's car pulled into the driveway as Alvin was walking back into the house after Jeanette left.

"Hey Alvin," he said as he got out of the car, "did you get all your homework done?"

"Uh-huh," Alvin said with a nod, "I have a new tutor though, Simon and I got into an argument and he quit on me."

"Who's your new tutor?" Dave asked almost afraid to hear the answer.

"Jeanette," he replied. Dave was relieved to hear this.

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Jeanette walked in her front door, smiling slightly.

"How was the tutoring?" Eleanor asked her from the kitchen.

"It actually went pretty well," Jeanette replied. Brittney gasped.

"You mean Alvin didn't give you any trouble?" she asked with surprise.

"No not at all," Jeanette replied, still smile.

"I'm guessing you had a good time?" Eleanor asked, noticing her expression. Jeanette nodded.

"Yeah, we had some time left over so we just hung out a while," she said, "I'm going upstairs, call me down when dinner's ready."

"Okay," Eleanor replied. Jeanette walked upstairs to their room and plopped down on the bed and began thinking about Alvin.

"I wonder how he feels about me," she thought. "Probably not the same way I feel about him." She sighed and got up to look in her mirror. "Should I change my appearance, would that make him like me? Nah, if I want him to like me, I gotta be myself." She nodded at her reflection, then laid down on her bed again.

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Alvin was lying on his bed with nothing to do until dinner was ready. He glanced over to his nightstand and noticed the cordless phone that he'd left there.

"I'm gonna call Jeanette," he thought, "maybe I won't be so bored if I have someone to talk to." He picked up the phone to dial her number.

"Hello?" Jeanette's voice said on the other line.

"Hey Jeanette, what's up?" he said. Jeanette had never been so happy to hear his voice.

"Oh, hey, Alvin," she said, "not much, I'm just lying on my bed with nothing to do." Alvin laughed.

"Same here," he replied. "Hey, why don't you and your sisters come over tomorrow, for a sleepover?"

"Uh," she said, "sure that sounds fun, but I'd have to check with Ms. Miller first."

"Yeah," he said, "I still have to check with Dave."

"Oh," Jeanette said, "I gotta go, it's dinner time. Bye."

"Okay, bye," Alvin said as he hung up the phone.

"Alvin!" Dave called, "Dinner!"

"Coming, Dave!" Alvin called back as he ran downstairs with the phone so he could put it back where it belonged.

"Dave," he asked, "could the chipettes come over for a sleepover tomorrow?"

"Well, sure," Dave replied.

"Sweet," he said happily. Suddenly, the phone rang, and Dave answered it.

"Hello?" he said. "…he did what?!...I'm sorry…well…okay…I'll take care of it. Bye." Dave gave Alvin a stern, somewhat angry look.

"W-what?" Alvin asked.

"That was Lafonzo's mom," Dave said, "apparently, you gave Lafonzo a bloody nose, why did you do it this time?" Alvin gulped.

"He hit Jeanette with a rock," he explained. Dave gasped.

"On purpose?" he asked.

"I don't know," Alvin replied, "but he made her cry and didn't even bother to apologize."

"What?!" Simon screamed angrily. "Alvin, if you hadn't have taken care of him already I would…"

"Am I grounded, Dave?" Alvin asked innocently. Dave sighed.

"No," Dave said softly, "once again, you were only sticking up for someone you care about." Alvin sighed with relief.

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The chipettes were lying in bed.

"Jeanette," Brittney said, "I've been watching you and Alvin together, and I was wondering…well…do you like him?" Jeanette didn't know how to answer that.

"Um, well," she hesitated then sighed, "yeah I…do."

"Okay," Brittney said, "that's all I needed to know. Good night." Brittney couldn't figure out why, but for some reason, Jeanette having feelings for Alvin bothered her a little.

Not much action in this chapter, but it was eh. The next chapter gets better. Please Review!!