Opening Statement: Chapter 5 and the story continues! Did you honestly think it was going anywhere but up? Anyway this is going to start differently, as we left off from Sandra being soothed during a nightmare by Luke, we're starting off with what Sandra was actually seeing in her nightmare... and trust me, this may get a wee bit creepy. Anyway that aside, I hope you enjoy, so let's get to the story already.
Disclaimer: Do I even have to say where to go now? If so visit Chapter 1 for the actual thing.
Sandra didn't like this feeling, she knew something was wrong when she heard Luke get up and go to leave, "Hon, where are you going?" Sandra asked, then covered her mouth, at first in fear, then in simple surprise... her Nightmare hadn't arrived yet. Instead, what greeted her was a tiny chipmunk pup at the foot of the bed, Sandra's newly acquired maternal instincts causing her to get up and walk over to the thing, reaching out to cradle it, when it looked up at her with green eyes like Luke's, "M-Mama?" it asked, Sandra going to respond with her voice only to find she was unable to do it, "Where's my Mama?" the pup asked, slowly starting to tear up, Sandra's heart nearly shattering upon trying to respond and being unable to do it.
Then there was another cry, a pup to correspond to it, then rather quickly more pups were appearing, all crying out for their "Mama" and even asking why she couldn't speak. Sandra knew she was dreaming already, but even so the quickness the Nightmare's tactics this time around caught the voiceless chipette off guard, Sandra quickly starting to feel fear rise up in her chest like a red hot spear, until she felt a soothing pressure on her back, looking behind herself to see Luke standing there, a smile on his face before he glared at the Nightmare before them, "Hey, to the Nightmares that are bothering my mate, BACK OFF! Or you'll deal with me... that's a promise." Luke said, the Nightmare growling before it vanished, Sandra smiling and hugging Luke close to herself.
A little while later, Sandra snapped awake and launched herself off the bed, startling her mate awake in the process while making her way to the bathroom, hopping up to the counter and going through the throws of her morning sickness. Luke arrived and being the good mate he was hopped up and in much the same Sandra's father had done with her mother, rubbed her back soothingly while offering words of encouragement, "It's okay sweetheart, let it out... I'll make you breakfast later if you like," Luke said, Sandra raising a hand to sign her response, once again being voiceless meant she could talk while her mouth was in use.
"Thanks, but you don't have to cook for me," Sandra replied, even while a torrent of bile escaped her throat once more, Sandra spitting out the left over residue and sputtering her tongue a bit, "I meant I'd put some toaster waffles into the toaster, unless you want something different," Luke explained, Sandra gargling some mouth wash and spitting that out, then signing some more, "Actually, I'm craving toaster waffles... though for some reason I want raw egg on them," Sandra replied, Luke chuckling a bit before helping Sandra down and into the kitchen, "Funny you should say that, I actually love raw eggs on my waffles... it makes my fur oh so shiny," Luke said, Sandra silently giggling at that while she hopped up onto the table, Luke hopping onto the counter and popping a couple waffles into the toaster while attempting to get at the eggs.
"Hmm... can't be any harder than what I used to do at home." Luke said to himself, opening the fridge door and grabbing the eggs... only for the door to start shutting and make Luke leap out of the cold box, luckily making it to the table, setting the eggs down and going to retrieve the waffles. Once Luke got the waffles and returned to the table, he was shocked to find only empty shells, then glanced to Sandra, an innocent look on her face along with a bit of egg yolk, "You're despicable," Luke said, Sandra glancing over and smiling quickly, her hands gesturing a response, "Eh... ain't I a stinker?" Sandra said, Luke rolling his eyes and chuckling before handing his mate a waffle, "Just eat, I want our pups to grow up good and strong... by the way, does it feel any different in there?" Luke asked, Sandra glancing to her belly and placing a hand on her midsection, shaking her head while munching on her waffle.
(Home School)
Luke found it odd to not be in West Eastman, and he did have friends there he liked to be with, but he was Sandra's newest addiction, when he was away from her for more than half a minute, she'd go into withdrawal as if in need of a fix, and he'd be a horrible father if he caused his Sandra to feel too much stress than was necessary. "Okay class, I'm sure Sandra remembers my rules, but to catch Luke up to speed, this will only be four classes long, but you will get a half hour "home room" period where you can socialize, then you will begin the assignment for your first class, in today's case being math, then a ten minute recess to eat a snack... though in regards to Sandra's pregnancy I've had Dave bring the mini fridge down and stock it with a but of everything, so that you can get a snack whenever you crave it," Simon explained, Sandra rolling her eyes and silently chuckling, "Thanks Uncle Simon, but it wasn't really necessary-"
"Nonsense, I want my grand nieces and nephews to grow healthy, so if you are craving anything go ahead and get it," Simon said, Luke chuckling a bit before he got up and went to the mini fridge, grabbing a piece of cheese from it, "Want anything dear?" Luke asked, Jeanette giggling a bit upon hearing that, all while Sandra blushed and silently giggled a bit, "No... though if you were to bring me some of that cheese, I wouldn't object to it," Sandra replied, Luke chuckling and grabbing a couple more pieces, carrying them over to his mate and giving her a piece, the brown furred chipette nibbling on the cheese a bit before setting it aside, waiting for her and Luke's classes to begin.
Luke grinned when Music class finally rolled on by, whispering into Sandra's ear before she grinned and took out her phone, texting Alvin quickly for something, "Uh, excuse me Sandra, but why are you texting during class?" Jeanette asked, Sandra holding a finger up as if to tell her aunt to wait a moment, before Alvin came down the stairs with his prized guitar... Black Beauty.
"Dr. Seville, my mate and I wish to perform a song for you two, as our music project... Alvin would you play drums?" Luke asked, Alvin looking as if he just got slapped in the face, but agreeing to do his part. After tapping on the drums a bit Luke rolled his eyes, "Okay, maybe Theodore would be a better choice-" no sooner had the words left his mouth than Alvin set into a fast paced drum solo, his hands practically a blur with how fast he was going before he simply slammed the sticks into the drums, glancing to Luke with a grin on his face, "You challenge me, and I'll always accept." Alvin said, Luke and Sandra chuckling together before Sandra took up the guitar and started to strum on the strings, Alvin providing a beat on the drums while Luke started to sing.
"Living after midnight,
Rockin' to the dawn!
Lovin' to the morning, then I'm gone,
I'm gone!" Luke sang, Simon and Jeanette both seeming impressed with the performance, both on Sandra and Luke's parts, as well as Alvin since he had never actually played the drums before in his life. Luke noticed this and continued with the song.
"I took the city, 'bout one A.M.
Loaded, loaded.
I'm all geared up, to score again,
Loaded, loaded.
I come alive in the neon light,
That's when I make my moves right!" Luke sang, Sandra going crazy with the guitar... crazy in a good way though, going so far as to press her back against Luke's her hips swaying a bit even while luke danced a bit during the performance.
"Living after midnight,
Rockin' to the dawn!
Lovin' to the morning, then I'm gone,
I'm gone!
Got gleaming chrome, reflecting steel,
Loaded, loaded.
Ready to take on every deal,
Loaded, loaded.
My pulse is racing, I'm hot to take,
This motor's revved up, fit to break!
Living after midnight,
Rockin' to the dawn!
Lovin' to the morning, then I'm gone,
I'm gone!" Luke sang, then Sandra took up a mini solo between each of the next lines of this song, still Simon and Jeanette watching in amazement at this ability with the guitar Sandra was showing.
"I'm aiming for ya,
I'm gonna floor ya,
Her body's coming,
All night long!" Luke sang, Sandra taking into a lengthy guitar solo for this part, lasting approximately an entire minute before Luke resumed singing.
"The air's electric, sparking power,
Loaded, loaded.
She's getting hotter, by the hour,
Loaded, loaded.
I set my sights and then home in,
The joint starts flying when I begin!
Living after midnight,
Rockin' to the dawn!
Lovin' to the morning, then I'm gone,
I'm gone!
Living after midnight,
Rockin' to the dawn!
Lovin' to the morning, then I'm gone,
I'm gone!
Then I'm gone!
Then I'm gone!" Luke finished up the song, Sandra ending with a final flourish of her guitar skills, this time the solo going on for five minutes straight before she ended the song herself, kn her knees and panting from the exertion of such an intense performance. Simon simply glanced to his mate and then back to the three chipmunks before them, before both he and Jeanette started to clap their hands, "Bravo! If not for the stress that must have put on Sandra, I'd even ask for an encore, but right now after something like that my niece needs to rest... if not for her sake then for her pups," Simon said, Sandra silently sighing and handing Black Beauty back to her father, only for Alvin to chuckle and shake his head, "She's yours Sandy... consider it a gift for the family... your family." Alvin said, Sandra silently gasping before gesturing a bit, "Are you serious Dad? This is your favorite guitar... I don't think I'd like to keep it from you," Sandra said, Alvin shaking his head again and chuckling, "Sandra, I've got so many guitars, one less isn't going to bother me... keep it, who knows maybe you and Luke can go on tour together as a family act." Alvin said, Sandra grinning before she started to strum out the chords to Carlos Santana's "Europa", only for a few minutes though as she was feeling tired.
(on the couch)
Sandra was resting against Luke, his arm around her waist and her head on his shoulder, and the two were simply chilling together... while watching Netflix, "Sandra, have I ever told you how much I love you?" Luke asked, Sandra smiling and nuzzling herself against his side, before she started to gesture a bit, "Have I told you how much I love you?" Sandra asked, reaching into her pocket and grabbing a small box and pulling it out, Luke giving her an amused glance upon seeing it, "Aren't the guys supposed to propose?" Luke asked, Sandra silently laughing a bit before she shook her head, "It's not that ring, it's something I meant to give you a while ago... it's one of those rings that comes in pairs, and I had it custom made for us," Sandra explained, handing a silver band to Luke with a topaz gemstone set into it to match Sandra's eyes, Luke noticing on her other hand a similar band, only hers had an emerald set into it, not to mention it was on her left ring finger which usually held wedding bands, causing Luke to chuckle lightly before slipping the ring onto his left ring finger, "It's nice... though I think that this makes us engaged or something-"
"On the contrary, if anything it means you two are already married... well, common law that is," Amani said from above, the two chipmunks on the couch yelping together when the glasses wearing bat dropped down onto the coffee table, Sandra silently growling a bit before her hands flew into a tiny rant, "AMANI! You have to stop doing that! Wear a bell around your neck or something!" Sandra screamed, though she had no voice she was able to get her tone across through her facial expression, but rather than be intimidated Amani giggled and nodded, "You're right, I'm really bad for doing that, and besides I'd prefer my second cousins to like me rather than fear me." Amani said, Luke raising an eyebrow before he simply hugged Sandra close, his hand resting on her tummy and causing a shudder to go through Sandra's body.
"Sandy? You alright sweetheart?" Luke asked, Sandra nodding her head and signing her response, "I just felt a huge tingle when you had your hand on my belly... I think Mom mentioned something like this when she was pregnant with me and my siblings, and that while we were inside her we always moved around the most when Dad was holding her." Sandra replied, Luke smiling before laying back, gently pulling Sandra to lay on top of his body while gently rubbing her still flat tummy, "Must be that maternal bond growing, or maybe I just have that kind of effect on you." Luke said, Sandra smiling before kissing her mate on the lips, Amani rolling her eyes and turning away from the small scene.
(later that evening)
Sandra was in the washroom taking a bath, silently purring as the warm water caressed her body... and also because Luke was also bathing with her, rubbing massaging her back gently and easing the kinks out, "You know, you lucked out, an experienced masseuse being your mate and all," Luke said, Sandra silently sighing and nodding her head, too relaxed to respond proper at the moment. Luke then said something that snapped Sandra's relaxation, "So... what were you dreaming about last night?" Luke asked, Sandra going stiff for a moment before silently sighing, raising her hands up and gesturing her response, "I was surrounded by our pups, and they kept on asking for "Mama"... and I couldn't speak to tell them I was their mother... how will our pups even know I'm their mother Luke?" Sandra asked, Luke pressing his thumbs against a tight knot of muscle near his mate's shoulders, "Well... I honestly don't know... but I'm certain that since you're the one carrying them, will be the one nursing them and such, it'll be pretty difficult for them to not see you as their mother... speaking of, I think we should get an ultrasound done, it won't show much but by now they must have hearts of their own working to keep them alive, so maybe we'll at least know how many we're having... if you want to that is." Luke said, Sandra thinking it over and holding her belly a bit, then nodding her head, "Sure think hon, I'd love to know how many I'm having." Sandra replied, before she got out of the sink and dried herself off, Luke being smart and shielding himself with a towel when the brown furred chipette shook her body off, then chuckled when Sandra's fur puffed out.
After they had gotten dressed, Dave packed them up and took them to the vets office, where they were promptly taken in for a scan. "Okay, I can count their hearts... this can't be right... one, two... four... eight," The doctor said, Sandra and Luke's eyes going wide even as the doctor kept on counting, "Hey, Is there a possibility that you're counting wrong there doc?" Luke asked, the doctor glancing over and shaking her head, "Nope, you are going to be a father of fourteen... I can't tell their genders yet but hey, they are growing at the normal rate, so come back in a couple weeks or so and I'll be able to tell you their genders then... and you may want to duck," the doctor said, Luke ducking under a thrown bedpan, Sandra's eyes blazing with fury, her hands a blur with her gestures, "FOURTEEN! YOU PUMPED ME FULL OF FOURTEEN PUPS! I'LL KILL YOU!" Sandra screamed, Luke holding his hands up defensively, "Hey! It's not like I planned on it... not like I thought "gee, I should really put fourteen buns in my girlfriend's oven" or anything like that!" Luke said, the doctor chuckling and nodding her head, "It's normal Sandra... a bit large if you ask me, but I've heard cases of chipmunks giving birth to more than that... though never more than twenty..." the doctor said, Luke pulling the "cut it out" gesture with her, "Not helping my case here!" Luke said, then glanced to Sandra and saw her rubbing her belly, a soft smile on her face.
(The next day)
Once again Sandra awoke to having to vomit, though this time noticed her belly was considerably rounder than it was the previous day... well chipmunks develop fast, and with fourteen of them growing within her womb it made not showing near impossible. As usual, Luke soon found himself next to Sandra as she puked up her guts, then after cleaning the two went to the living room, it being a weekend they didn't need to go to class. So instead the two settled into an episode of "Fuller House", Sandra thinking that within several weeks she'll be getting a huge family to take care of... along with Luke, whom Sandra believed would be a great father, friend and generally great guy. "You know, I like what they did with this show... the theme song anyway." Luke said, Sandra smiling and stealing a kiss from her mate, then absently placing her hand onto her now round tummy, a silent purr escaping her lips when Luke's hand joined hers.
Soon though, Sandra's stomach rumbled with her morning cravings, loud enough for Luke to hear and causing him to chuckle lightly, "Shall I get you something from the fridge?" Luke asked, Sandra nodding her head and gesturing her response, "Raw eggs again, though bring four please, that way you might be able to get one yourself," Sandra replied, Luke giggling a bit and then dashing off, returning with a bowl with six eggs in it, "I brought six, figured I'd save trouble with having to get more later." Luke explained, struggling to lift the bowl up and onto the couch, then join Sandra quickly before she had eaten them all, Sandra already nibbling into one of the eggs until she broke through, tipping it back and drinking the contents down.
And there's chapter 5... yeah I know it's a strange place to stop, but I need to sleep and I didn't want to make this chapter any longer than necessary. So... PEACE!
And now, a random moment in the Seville home:
*Alvin and Brittany at the table eating breakfast when they hear water hitting the floor*
Luke: OH MY GOD! THE PUPS ARE COMING!
*Alvin and Brittany rush to the living room, only to find Luke and Sandra laughing on the couch, the water being just that, water from a bottle*
Brittany: You idiot! You two had us worried!
Alvin:... nice prank.