Chapter 3

At first the genius pair worked in silence as they continued building what Simon has already started. Then after ten minutes the tongs of the glasses-wearing Chipmunk and Chipette seemed to loosen. They talked about everything- from school (of course), to what kind of music they liked (both preferred classical to rock.) They talked about books they were reading and their favorite authors. Simon even reenacted all the times his brother Alvin had gotten them in trouble. Jeanette had tears in her eyes from laughing so hard; she had never realized how funny her best friend could be especially when pretending to be his older brother.

The brunette Chipette had forgotten how easy talking to Simon was, when they were the only two in the room. Jeanette told Simon about her and her sisters' trip to the movies the previous night, how Brittany had gotten so angry at waiting in the long line to the women's bathroom that she decided it would be quicker just to go in the men's room. Luckily for the sisters the other bathroom had been vacant when they walked in but before they could leave a guy did enter. The poor man must have been as scared as he was confused when the eldest Miller started screaming at him to get out of the ladies room. In his hasty retreat the man didn't even notice the bathroom's clearly labeled door. Simon and Jeanette both agreed that without their dear older siblings, their lives would be far less entertaining.

At noon the partners were half way finished and decided to take a break for lunch. They entered the living room to find Alvin still in his pajamas eating a bowl of cereal and watching cartoons.

"Couldn't you at least get dressed? We have company you know," Simon asked his brother.

The red-clad Chipmunk obviously did not know "What's she doing here?" He asked through mouthfuls of sugary cereal.

Simon answered before the Chipette had a chance to respond, "Jeanette's helping me with our science project."

"It's Saturday! Who does homework on a Saturday?"

"Obviously not you." Simon was getting fed up with his brothers behavior, he grabbed Jeanette's hand, "Come on," he said as he headed towards the kitchen. The purple-clad Chipette tried not to look as surprised as she felt when Simon grabbed her hand and lead her out of the room. Jeanette could hear Alvin laughing because he had succeeded in getting on his brother's nerves. The brainy Chipette had assumed that Alvin and Simon's younger would be in the kitchen but they entered to find it empty. It was then the taller Chipmunk must have realized he was still holding her hand and immediately let go. Jeanette could have sworn she saw her friend's cheeks redden as he turned to inspect the fridge for suitable lunch food.
For lunch they decided on making sandwiches, during which Jeanette discovered that they both preferred pepper jack cheese to regular and they agreed that there was a distinct difference between mayonnaise and Miracle Whip (both preferred the later.) The two friends sat at the table discussing a new concept they'd recently learned in geometry while eating their sandwiches.

Alvin entered the kitchen, like usual he ignored Jeanette, and begun questioning his brother on the whereabouts of his favorite cap.

"How should I know where you leave your things? Honestly Alvin it's not like I can read your mind and even if I could I don't know why I'd want too." The Chipette couldn't help but let out a giggle, this enraged the older Chipmunk even more. Seeing her error Jeanette tried to correct her mistake by changing the subject. "So, um how was the concert last night?"

"Oh I'm sure you'd love to know, wouldn't you? So you can run home and tell Brittany all about it? Well fat chance! I'll call her and tell her myself!" With that the hotheaded Chipmunk marched out of the room so he could call his friend. The glasses-wearing Chipette's plan had somewhat worked, Alvin was no longer mad at his brother over the lost hat, on the contrary he had seemed to actually cheer up at the prospect of gloating to Brittany (which would certainly make for one unhappy Chipette.)Recognizing their chance to escape while Alvin was busy, the two geniuses made their way back down into Simon's lab.

Hours later the project was completely finished. They had tested and retested their Rube Goldburge to make sure it worked perfectly every time. The final step of their project flipped a switch that caused a remote control car to go speeding off the table. Jeanette and her partner were very happy with the way it had turned out.

Though they finished early, Simon invited Jeanette to stay till dinner. In the meantime he showed her some of the experiments he was working on and asked for her input on what he should to do differently. The brunette Chipette was always surprised when anyone valued her opinion, especially Simon. Nonetheless Jeanette was thrilled to get to spend more time with her friend. Together they worked on a formula that would cause the drinker to only be able to tell the truth. The Chipmunk scientist hoped to use it on his older brother once it was perfected.

The brainy Chipmunk and Chipette were so absorbed in their own little world that they lost track of the time. Around six o'clock Simon's younger brother came to announce that dinner was ready. Jeanette entered the Seville's kitchen for the third time that day and took the seat she had occupied before. A fifth chair had been added to the table since Alvin was now present. The Chipette had been aware of his presence since coming upstairs, due to the fact that the red-clad Chipmunk was in a heated discussion with his father about his unreasonable allowance. Not that there was much discussion on the matter, Dave's refusal to raise the young rock star's allowance had been final.

For the most part Alvin was well behaved during dinner (which Jeanette suspected had mainly to do with still trying to win a bigger allowance.) However, he quickly made up for his brief good behavior by ruining the souffle Theodore had prepared for dessert.

"Oops!" Said the guilty Chipmunk innocently, "Who knew those things could be so fragile?"

Jeanette decided that it was getting late and about time she headed home. Simon agreed to walk her home (most likely so he could escape from his house and the argument that would be following the ruined dessert.) It was nice walking with Simon, though neither of them spoke. The Chipmunk assured her that he would keep their Rube Goldburge safe and far out of Alvin's reach for the remainder of break. Jeanette thanked him for having her over.

"I had fun!" Added the shy Chipette.

"Me too," Simon said, his eyes fixed on the ground. They had stopped walking and now stood in front of her house. Jeanette was about to turn and leave when her companion asked, "You like art, right?"

Surprised she answered, "Um yes, I like art."

"Well there's that new art gallery that's opening Monday in the mall, I was wondering if you'd like to go to it?" The Chipmunk asked nervously.

"I'd love too!" Came the Chipette's reply without having to think twice.

"Great! I'll meet you there, around 1:00 sound good?"

"Yeah, that's fine." Neither really knew what to say next. Instead they just stood there looking at each other until Simon finally announced he should head back. "See you Monday Jeanette!"

"Bye Simon!" She couldn't help the smile that had consumed her face. Only after he had disappeared from view did the Chipette turn towards her house. Monday, Jeanette knew, would not come soon enough!

So what do you think? This chapter didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped but at least I finally got it posted (yay me!)

I really hope you liked it, even though I know it was one of those boring "lots of details and no action chapters." I promise things will get much more exciting in the next chapter!! (I know I said that last time but this time it's true!)

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