Sorry it took so long to update! I kind of had a short laps or writers block while working on the next two chapters!

Chapter 2

Jeanette woke bright and early the next morning. She reached automatically for her pink-framed glasses that were resting on her nightstand. Once the brunette Chipette's vision was restored she looked around the room that she shared with her sisters. Both Brittany and Eleanor were still sleeping peacefully. The middle sister knew that since today was Saturday, neither girl would wake up anytime before noon. She got dressed as quietly as she could before making her way down stairs. Even Miss. Miller was still in bed (the girls' elderly care taker believed whole hearted in getting enough 'beauty sleep'.) Fortunately for Jeanette, Miss. Miller had agreed the night before that she could go to the Seville's house this morning. The brainy Chipette thought it best to leave a note as well, in the likely event that her "mother" forgot where she was. Jeanette opted for not eating anything since she was anxious to get going. At a quarter till nine the Chipette slipped out of the house and began her walk to the Seville's house.

Upon entering the Seville's home Jeanette was surprised but relived to discover that, unlike her house, it's occupants were all awake. Theodore answered the door, less than a minute after she knocked, and greeted her excitedly, "Good morning Jeanette! Come in!" She obliged and followed the green-clad Chipmunk into the kitchen where the rest of his family was preparing breakfast.

"Jeanette's here!" Theodore announced loudly before returning to finish making scrambled eggs. Simon, who appeared to be making toast, turned and smiled at her arrival. "Right on time," he commented. Jeanette felt herself blush at this remark, was he complementing her on her punctuality or did he think she was a loser who had nothing better to do than show up on time to people's houses? While wondering how she should reply, Dave interjected asking if she would like breakfast. Grateful for the change of subject, the Chipette replied with the usual, "Yes please." The younger of the Chipmunks responded by taking her order and promising he'd whip up what ever she wanted. The purple-clad Chipette requested an omelet and a piece of toast as she took a seat at the kitchen table.

Seeing how everything seemed to be under control, Dave left to finish getting ready for work. Jeanette watched Theodore as he prepared her and everyone else's breakfasts. Cooking, she knew, had always been the chubby Chipmunk's special talent (the same was also true for her younger sister Ellie.) After a few moments had passed, Jeanette noticed that the middle Seville was standing watching her watch his brother. Slightly embarrassed that she had been ignoring him, the shy Chipette asked if he would like to sit down. Immediately she realized that it was a stupid thing to say considering that this was his house. Simon accepted her offer without question and took the seat next to her. Suddenly for the first time that morning Jeanette realized something was missing.

"Where's Alvin?" She asked curiously.

"Still asleep," his brother answered, "he stayed out pretty late last night." Jeanette remembered the concert the oldest Seville had beat Brittany in going to. She wanted to ask how it was but thought better of it since Simon hadn't gone. As if on cue, a plate with her breakfast order was placed before her. Theodore took a seat on the end next to his brother, while the boy's "father" sat in the chair next to Jeanette. The Chipette enjoyed the meal very much. As she ate away at her omelet (which was incredible) Dave made polite conversation with her, inquiring how school was going and if she or her sisters had any plans for spring break. Normally when Jeanette ate over at the Seville's house, meals were usually less enjoyable since Alvin would annoy everyone by playing with his food or monopolizing the conversation. Today however, Dave, Simon, Theodore, and Jeanette all had a chance to talk without being interrupted or having food thrown at them. Once breakfast had been finished Dave left for work and welcomed Jeanette to stay as long as she liked. The Chipette then offered to help clean up the kitchen but Theodore said he could manage on his own. This left her and Simon alone to work on their project. Jeanette followed her friend down into the basement that had resourcefully been converted into a lab.

"I've drawn up a couple of ideas," said Simon as they descended the steps, "but we don't have to use any of them, if you have something better in mind."

"Well I have a few ideas, too, but they aren't that great," she confessed humbly.

"I'm sure that's not true," remarked her friend who had come to the stop at the bottom of the steps. Jeanette stopped too and looked around. Simon had certainly been busy, the table in the center of the room was covered in all the building materials that they would need. It appeared that he had also begun building something. Jeanette moved closer to further inspect the incomplete project.

Simon noticed her interest in it, "I started building one of my ideas last night, really we don't have to use it but I just wanted to get a concept of what might work.

"What does it do?" She asked, amazed that he had put some much thought into their project already.

"Nothing yet. An idea I had was to make one of Alvin's old toy cars move. I haven't really worked out the details of how…"

"I think it's a great idea!" Jeanette interrupted, "In fact, I came up with something similar. Except I thought we could make a remote turn on, you know? And that would cause the car to move."

"Yeah, good thinking! One of these cars should have a remote that goes to it," Simon said gesturing to the pile of his brother's toy cars he'd managed to collect. The blue-clad Chipmunk handed her a sheet of notebook paper that had the plans for the project all drawn out. "This is what I had in mind for building it. I also made sure the six simple machines we needed were used."

Jeanette studied the paper seriously as Simon watched. "Do you mind if I change a few things?" She asked.

"Please change whatever you'd like!" The chipmunk reassured. Simon was glad she was enthusiastic about this plan; he had thought perhaps she might think it was dumb.

"Okay, so I thought we could use two pulleys instead of one, and I moved the leaver over so it wouldn't get in the way when the car turns on. What do you think?" the Chipette asked her partner.

"I think it's perfect," came his earnest reply. "Let's get started."

I apologize for this chapter being so short! Chapter 3 get's better, trust me!

Also I'd like to mention that I was forced to make a Rube Goldburge project too, hence the randomness of why Simon and Jeanette are building one (but I'm sure everyone must make a RG in their life time!)

Anywho you probably don't want to be reading this and would rather move on to the next chapter already, blah blah blah blah...JUST PLEASE REVIEW!