Chapter 6

"Jeanette wake up!" Eleanor said, standing over her sleeping sister. "We're going to be late if you don't hurry up!"

The middle Chipette gasped, looking at her alarm clock that hadn't gone off. As quickly as she could she pulled on her usual baggy blue sweater and purple skirt. Next putting on two miss-matched socks and making herself a hasty ponytail. After finding her glasses, Jeanette looked at herself in the mirror. What she saw made her heart sink.

Turning away from her disheveled appearance in the mirror, she saw Brittany standing in the door way. The eldest Chipette let out an exasperated sigh.

"We aren't in that much of a hurry! Miss. Miller's driving us after all." She walked over to Jeanette. "Sit," she commanded. Jeanette obediently sat on her sister's vanity stool. The glasses-wearing Chipette watched in amazement as her sister undid the messy ponytail, before brushing and redoing it. Next she applied bubblegum pink lip-gloss and for a finishing touch, tiny purple heart shaped earrings. Jeanette was perplexed by Brittany's sudden act of kindness.

"Thank you," she told her while staring at her now made over self in the mirror.

"Well you are the school's celebrity now," the pink-clad Chipette remarked, "I can't have you embarrassing me by looking like something the cat dragged in." Looking up at Brittany, she could tell her sister was only teasing. "Lucky me," the purple-clad Chipette laughed.

Jeanette regretted ever telling Simon Miss. Miller would drive their Rube Goldberg to school. Even with it secured tightly on her lap, the brunette Chipette felt it would only be a matter of time before it flew out of her grip completely due to her guardian's reckless driving. The car flew past a stop sign as while Miss. Miller fiddled with the radio. "We're going to die." Jeanette mumbled, causing Ellie, who was seated between her sisters in the back, to giggle.

"What are you reading Britt?" The pigtailed Chipette inquired about the open magazine on her sister's lap.

"Oh, it's nothing." Brittany replied, hastily putting the magazine away and avoiding eye contact with Jeanette.

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Jeanette's mood took a turn for the worse once they arrived at school. As she walked down the hallway she noticed that everyone still stared and talked about her like she was the most exciting thing they'd ever heard of. Unfortunately, Bethany (who's last name she'd learned the day before was Baker) was waiting like an excited puppy near her locker. "Oh my gosh Jeanette! I heard about what happened with Alvin and…"

That was it! Jeanette couldn't take being the topic of every conversation anymore. "NOTHING HAPPENED BETWEEN ME AND ALVIN! WE AREN'T DATING WE NEVER WERE AND I NEVER PLAN ON DATING THAT SELFISH JERK! WHATEVER YOU HEARD IN YOUR STUPID GOSSIP MAGAZINE ISN'T TRUE!"

Bethany stared at her with a wide-eyed expression before turning and walking away. The entire hallway had gone silent. Everyone had heard Jeanette's confession and were in shock, either from what she had just said or that the quietist girl in the school had just shouted. "Um, so could everyone please just stop talking about me?" She added in her normal tone-of-voice. The bell rang and people began moving and talking again. Jeanette let out a sigh, she couldn't believe she'd made such a fool of herself. Surprisingly though, she didn't care if everyone thought she was insane. Anything was better than people thinking she loved Alvin Seville.

In geometry that morning, Simon remained his recent subdued self. Though he did ask if she got their project here safely, which she answered with a nod. Jeanette wondered if he had heard her recent speech in the hallway.

The brainy Chipette decided to skip lunch all together and use the time to study in the library. Lunch would be awkward anyways, even if she had made-up with Brittany, she still couldn't sit with Simon and Alvin (who was bound to be furious with her for telling people they weren't really dating.)

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When the bell finally rang for 7th period, Jeanette suddenly wished she had eaten. Butterflies unexpectedly filled her stomach. It was only a school science project, she tried to tell herself, nothing to be nervous about. But it would also involve her to interact with Simon considering they were supposed to be partners.

She walked in and took her seat as Mr. Raleigh announced that they would present their Rube Goldbergs in alphabetical order. Jeanette had never been more thankful her last name started with an "M."

As others in the class presented her attention shifted from watching Simon to watching the clock, which counted the minute till she would be free to go home.

"Well class, I think we have time left for one more presentation. Why don't we have Jeanette and Simon show us what they've made?" Mr. Raleigh asked. Jeanette knew it wasn't a suggestion. Hesitantly she got up and went to the front of the class, Rube Goldberg in hand. Simon met her there and began explaining various steps and what their project was designed to do. Jeanette busied herself setting everything up.

"Ready?" He whispered. She nodded as Simon placed a small marble on a ramp to start their machine. A minute latter the toy car flew off the table met with applause from Mr. Raleigh. Jeanette smiled, pleased that it had worked. Mr. Raleigh instructed everyone to leave their Goldberg projects here overnight so he could finish grading them. The brunette Chipette had just enough time to place their project on an empty desk and gather her things before the bell rang. No sooner had she entered the hallway that she heard someone call her name.

It was Simon. Standing a few feet away from her. "Can we talk?" He asked looking rather uncomfortable. Jeanette nodded and followed him into an empty class room. Once in the room, the glasses-wearing Chipmunk turned to face her.

"Jeanette," Simon said softly. She looked up, her green eyes gazing into his gray ones, waiting for him to continue. "I apologize for the way I have been behaving lately."

"It's alright Simon, I understand."

"No. It's not alright, " he sighed, "You probably have every reason to hate me."

The shy Chipette was astonished, "But I don't hate you! I thought you hated me!"

It was Simon's turn to looked surprised. "Why would I be hate at you? You didn't do anything wrong."

She blushed, "I don't know, it was just from the way you kept avoiding me. I guess I thought you were upset about everything that happened with Alvin."

"If there is anyone I'm upset with about that, it's Alvin. He told me that you two really were dating. That's the real reason I haven't been acting like myself around you."

Jeanette smiled, relieved that she had her best friend back and that he had never actually been mad at her. But the Chipette still felt there was something she didn't understand.

"Simon? She asked slightly frowning, "Where were you last night? When I went to pick up our project, your brother said you had something to do."

Simon grinned sheepishly, "I was at an interview," he explained, "Once Alvin finally let slip that he kissed you for a bet and that you were never actually a couple, I forced him into telling the press the truth."

"And he actually did it?"

"Well we sort of made a deal. If he told the truth, I would agree to give an interview too. Would you like to see it?" Jeanette nodded. Simon removed a copy of the same magazine Brittany had been reading earlier and handed it to her. The first few pages of the interview were about Alvin and "why he felt it necessary to lie about having a girlfriend even though he was voted number 1 Teenage Heart Throb two years in a row." Half way down the page she saw Simon's name and began to read. Jeanette gasped in surprise and reread it to make sure she hadn't hallucinated.

'What about you, Simon? Any girlfriends at the moment?'

'Well, there is one girl who I desire to be my girlfriend.'

'And who might that be?'

'My best friend, Jeanette Miller.'

The quiet Chipette's eyes remained glued to the page, even though she'd quit reading after that part. "Oh Simon, I don't know what to say!"

Simon gently placed his hand on her chin and raised it so she was looking directly at him. "Say yes." He leaned in, closing the short distance between them and kissed her. Jeanette shut her eyes to enjoy the kiss, it was a million times better than kissing Alvin had been.

"Yes!" She answered once they had pulled apart.

"Well it's about time!"

Turing, they noticed all four of their siblings standing in the door way. Both Simon and Jeanette blushed, "How long have you been standing there?" Simon demanded.

"Long enough," Alvin replied, turning his phone around to reveal a picture of the two geniuses kissing. "I'm thinking of selling it to the press," Alvin remarked, "I hear they go crazy over pictures of the Chipmunks kissing Jeanette Miller."

"Alvin." Simon sighed, obviously annoyed, "Give me the phone."

The red-clad Chipmunk ignored him. "Hey Jeanette, what do you say to getting your picture taken kissing Theodore? That way you'd have a whole collection."

"ALVIN!" Simon, Jeanette, Brittany, Theodore, and Eleanor all simultaneously yelled.

"Okay, okay. Gosh! No one lets me have any fun in this story!"

THE END

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...Well that's all for now (I'm tired and would like to go to bed, lol!)

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