I wanted to hurry and get started on this chapter, because my friend MiseriaCantare graced me with a very sexy picture of Alvin and Simon .w. It inspired me~ I did see the new movie, and now I have the DVD c: I liked it, except that they made Brittany into this sweet little thing xD; It was a little out of character to me. But yeah, it was a cute movie c:
Thanks for all the reviews you guys c:
"I-I'm sorry...what?" Simon asked, his mouth open slightly.
Janette stared back at him, her smile faltering a little at his confused expression.
"I said, your new glasses look great on you.." She repeated, less excitedly then before. Simon just continued to stare before nodding.
"Right...s-sorry...Thank you." He said. He lifted a hand to his new glasses and adjusted them nervously.
"What's wrong? Did I say something?" Janette asked. Simon quickly shook his head, wiping the nervous look off his face and replacing it with a smile.
"No no...I was just thinking about something...Alvin said yesterday..." Simon replied. Janette stared back and Simon and sighed.
"He didn't make fun of them did he? They really do look great Simon! Honestly..." Janette moved closer, placing a hand on Simon's shoulder.
Simon shook his head and smiled at the gesture.
"Thank you Janette." In the distance, the bell rang announcing the beginning of first period. Simon bid Janie goodbye and grabbed his messenger bag-style bookbag, throwing it over his head and shoulder.
"I wonder...why I didn't get flustered when Janette said I looked great in my glasses..." Simon mused. A small blush crept over his cheeks as he remembered how he had felt when Alvin said the same thing. Simon sighed, remembering the honest smile Alvin had given him, and their warm hug afterwards. Since they had their 'talk' yesterday about the whole shower incident, it seemed like Alvin was avoiding him even more now...What could be the problem?
Simon sighed, checking his watch. He turned and quickly hurried off to his first period class. He'd have to worry about Alvin later.
--Later--
Finally. Simon gazed up at the clock, waiting for the bell to ring for last period. He and Alvin had taken Sex Ed as an elective course together, since all the other ones were taken. When the bell to change classes finally did ring, Simon leapt from his seat with his bookbag and ran out of the classroom. He reached the door to the Sex Ed class quickly and waited for Alvin. When he saw the familiar red hoodie begin to approach, Simon felt his stomach begin to flutter.
"A-Alvin..?" Simon called him. Alvin looked up with a start and a deep blush quickly crossed his cheeks. He had obviously forgotten he and Simon shared this period.
"Oh..hey..." Alvin muttered. Simon stared at his brother and opened his mouth trying to think of something to say.
"Alvin...I.." Simon started, but he was cut off by the teacher.
"Boys! Get in here please, we need to get started immediately. We've got a film to watch today." She said. Alvin rushed past Simon, taking a seat in the back of the classroom. Simon frowned, following his older brother and sitting down next to him. He heard Alvin shift uncomfortably, but ignored it.
"Now, today we're going to be watching a video about safe sex." The teacher began. She was interrupted with giggling and a few groans of embarrassment, but the room fell silent again shortly.
"I have printed out worksheets based on the video. I want everyone to break off into groups and answer the worksheets while you're watching the video. This will be your study guide for our next test, so make sure you're paying attention." She added, glaring around at the people who had continued to whisper while she was talking. She turned to fiddle with the television while the class broke themselves up into groups. Simon reached over grabbing Alvin's chair and scooting him closer. Alvin gasped.
"Wh-What're you-" He started.
"I'm moving you closer so we can do the worksheet together." Simon replied. He saw Alvin's eyes dart to the floor as he quickly nodded. Simon gave his brother a hurt and confused look and opened his mouth to ask Alvin what was wrong, but the lights went off and the sound of the movie cut him off.
It was a common safe sex video. It looked like it was made back in the early 1950's and had two kids going parking to "make-out". Simon grimaced as he glanced over the worksheet. He already knew all the answers without even watching the movie, so he quickly breezed through it. His eyes wandered over to Alvin, who was sitting nervously straight in his seat, his face red and his eyes staring fixed at the floor. Simon gave his brother a questioning look before turning his attention back to the television. On the screen was a model of a male and female naked, and a woman explaining the various parts. Simon gazed at Alvin out of the corner of his eye and noticed him cringe at some of the words. Simon bit back a laugh at how nervous his brother was acting.
"Alvin.." Simon whispered. Alvin whipped his head around and stared wide-eyed at Simon.
"Wh-What?" He choked out. Simon slid his paper towards Alvin.
"I finished the worksheet if you want to just copy it." Simon whispered back. Alvin gave Simon a confused look.
"What?" He hissed back. Alvin's eyes gazed over to the teacher, making sure she wasn't watching them whisper. Simon rolled his eyes and scooted closer, putting his mouth right next to Alvin's ear.
"I said, you can copy my worksheet if you want." Simon repeated. He felt Alvin's shoulders stiffen and pulled away.
Alvin's face was crimson and his eyes had fell back onto the floor, but he quickly nodded, snatching the paper and huddling over to copy Simon's answers. Simon watched Alvin's pencil shake nervously in his hand as he wrote out Simon's words, verbatim. The video caught Simon's ears again when the woman started explaining all the ways you could enjoy someone else's company without actually engaging in "sex". Simon watched the movie, his eyes half-lidded in boredom. He didn't really have any interest in this. To him, sex was just a way to preserve the species. Mammals did it naturally, there was no point in tying feelings up into things. The only girl he had remotely thought about this with, feeling-wise, well...
"She's dating my best friend." Simon muttered. Alvin stared over at his brother and caught his depressed stare.
"Wh-What?" Alvin muttered. He nervously looked at Simon's face when the taller boy turned toward him.
"Oh nothing...I was just thinking out loud..." Simon whispered back. Alvin continued to stare, feeling his cheeks grow hot.
"You said she was dating your best friend..? Who? Janie?" Alvin asked nervously. He saw Simon's jaw get rigid as he glared at the screen in front of him.
"Yeah..." Simon muttered. Alvin's eyes widened.
"What? Why!" He blurted out. The class and the teacher turned to stare back at him and Alvin quietly lowered his head. The teacher yelled at the two boys to settle down before rewinding the tape back to where Alvin interrupted. Simon smiled a little, staring at Alvin.
"That day you put your little plan in motion, I could tell she didn't really want to ask me out, so I set her up with Markus. Both of them have liked each other for a while now, but they wouldn't make a move." Simon finished. He leaned over, looking at Alvin's paper to see if he was done copying.
"Si...I...I'm really so-" Simon cut him off by taking his paper back.
"It's fine, don't sweat it. You already apologized for this, remember?" Simon replied, laying his head down in his arms and letting his body relax. Alvin traced his eyes over his brothers frame and felt his stomach tighten. The one girl Simon liked was gone now...The only other person the taller Seville boy had shown any interest in besides his brothers was dating someone else and just left Simon all alone. Alvin felt the knot in his stomach tighten. It was his fault. If Alvin hadn't pushed Janette that day, Simon wouldn't have been forced to be the bridge between her and Markus. Not only did Alvin rub Janie in Simon's face, but he had forced Simon to push her further away from him. As Alvin watched Simon's frame breathe slowly, he felt his throat burn. He stood up quickly, running out the door with the teacher yelling after him. Simon's head shot up at the teacher's screams just in time to see Alvin's bright red hoodie disappear behind the closing door. The taller boy lied to the teacher about Alvin being sick that morning and offered to go check on him. Simon's pristine record made him believable to all teachers, so she allowed him to chase after his older brother. Simon raced out the door, guessing where Alvin had gone. He raced to the nearby boys restroom and threw the door open, his blue eyes meeting Alvin's bloodshot ones.
Alvin was standing over the sink, the water running and his face wet. His eyes were red and looked swollen.
"A-Alvin..? Have you been cry-" Simon started, but Alvin interrupted him by latching onto his shoulders and burying his face in Simon's chest.
"-orry! So sorry!" Alvin was yelling into Simon's baby blue polo. Simon stared down at his brother with a confused expression as Alvin trembled.
"A-Alvin...?" Simon questioned. He didn't really know what to say.
"I didn't mean to...I just wanted to help you...I know you like Janette..." Alvin muttered. Simon's face relaxed and he smiled a little.
"Alvin, it's not that big a de-" Again Alvin interrupted him.
"That's not true though! I didn't do it because you liked Janette....I was mad! Jealous!" Alvin added, burying his head deeper into Simon and wrapping his arms around Simon's waist, squeezing him and causing the taller boys air to be slightly cut off. Simon coughed, putting his hands on Alvin's shoulders and pushing him off a little so he could breathe.
"Wh-What? Jealous of what?" Simon asked, looking down at the top of Alvin's head. The older boy's face was still stuck firmly into Simon's chest. He mumbled something that Simon couldn't quite catch. Simon rolled his eyes and pushed Alvin's shoulders more, releasing the boys face from Simon's chest.
"What? I can't understand you." Simon said. He saw Alvin's eyes still closed and could almost see the internal conflict going on between the poor boys ears. Finally, Alvin opened his eyes a little and looked up, meeting Simon's deep blue ones.
"You've been skipping practice to hang out with some guy...you even did his chemistry homework...You won't tell me his name or...anything about him. You want me out of your personal life..." Alvin bit his bottom lip and his eyes dropped to the floor. He felt so stupid and childish.
"I ruined your life...You lost the only person you've ever liked all because I tried to push the two of you together so you would stop hanging out with other people...I didn't want people to start spreading rumors about you..." Alvin muttered. He closed his eyes and bit his bottom lip, preparing for Simon to tell him he was acting ridiculous. But Simon didn't move. He just stared down at his brother in amazement.
"Alvin...I..." Simon just continued to stare. He couldn't think of anything to say. For once, his brain came up completely blank. He couldn't rationalize Alvin's feelings, or his actions. He couldn't site examples when this had happened before or even try to empathize with his older brother on why his actions made any sense in conjunction with his feelings. Everything was just so...unusual that Simon was finding it harder and harder to understand any of it. Alvin wasn't helping, staring at the floor and refusing to meet Simon's eyes. Simon's body relaxed and he pulled Alvin into and embrace, burying the older boy into his chest again.
"Alvin...don't be stupid..." Simon muttered, running his hand through the shorter boys hair. Alvin instinctively wrapped his arms back around Simon's waist, squeezing his younger brother tightly.
The two boys stood, frozen in their embrace until the last bell rang to go home. Alvin sheepishly looked up at Simon. He felt embarrassed at the way he acted and he felt even worse now that Simon knew the reasons behind his actions. Simon merely smiled back at his brother and shook his head. He opened his mouth to say something, but merely smiled again. Alvin smiled back, a sad smile that made Simon feel uneasy. Alvin was hiding something, Simon could tell that much. With everything that Alvin had told him, he had skipped something. Simon gave his brother a sympathetic look, trying to ask what was wrong without using words. Alvin merely straightened his hoodie and looked away. Simon's face fell a little. His brother was usually very honest about things, especially his thoughts and opinions. The boy that was standing in front of him now, seemed alien to Simon. He looked embarrassed and ashamed, like the whole world was resting on his shoulders. It was so unlike Alvin to put this much pressure on himself. When Simon had snapped out of his musings, he found Alvin staring at him with a trance-like gaze. Simon opened his mouth to ask what was wrong, but was cut off by Alvin reaching up and pulling the taller boys glasses off. Simon's brows furrowed.
"Alvin, what are yo-" Simon's words were cut short again by something soft pressing against his lips. He felt hands reach up to hold onto his shoulders, pulling Alvin up onto his tip-toes. The softness pressed harder against his lips, and Simon's eyes remained opened wide. He finally felt the soft feeling retreat and heard Alvin sigh, lowering himself back to the ground. Simon stayed perfectly still, dumbfounded. He felt his glasses being placed back into his hands and heard Alvin mutter an apology. He heard his brother run out of the bathroom, but found he couldn't move. His legs had become rocks and his heart was beating so fast it threatened a heart attack. Simon felt his glasses slip from his hand and heard them shatter on the hard-tiled floor. His brain hadn't registered that though; his only concern was getting his hand up to his mouth to feel the warmth that was left there. Simon's throat tightened and for a moment he was griped in fear. This was not good. His heart racing and the fluttering in his stomach as he realized what had just occurred was not good at all. It wasn't logical that these were the feelings that came to him. He should be feeling disgust, remorse, shame...things of that nature. But when Simon finally did close his eyes, all he could feel was the rapid beating of his heart and the warmth left over from Alvin's lips.
Alvin felt his chest practically explode as he ran from the bathroom. His breathing was ragged as he ran past his classmates to try and reach the door. Theodore, who was walking with Ellie and her sisters, saw Alvin race past him.
"Alvin!" Theo called. He looked behind him, expecting to see Simon chasing after the older boy. The two had last period together and usually came outside together. When Simon wasn't found, an unexplained pit formed in Theo's stomach.
"Theo? What's wrong?" Elenore asked, a worried expression on her face.
"I...I dunno..." Theo replied, still gazing behind him. He turned around and looked at Ellie, his expression was troubled. "I've just got this...feeling..." Theo said. Ellie put her hand to her mouth, her expression becoming more anxious. Theodore shook his head, his eyes following the red dot, that was Alvin, racing off in front of him.
"I can't come over today Elle..I gotta get home. I'm really sorry." Theodore replied, kissing Ellie on the cheek quickly before trotting off after his older brother. Ellie nodded, watching Theodore do his best to run after Alvin.
Later, Simon exited the building. His face was confused and he looked preoccupied by something. Janette ran up to him, looking worried.
"Alvin just raced past us. Theodore thought something might be wrong, so he chased after him. Is everything ok Simon? Where's your glasses?" she asked. Simon looked up at her and rubbed his eyes, moving his hands up to his head and through his hair.
"Just..a headache Janie. I'm sure Alvin-" Simon stopped his sentence at his brother's name and Janie saw him cringe. "I'm sure..he's fine. Tell Ellie Theodore will call her later." Simon replied, pushing past Janette and slowly working his way home. The three girls stared after him, Janette and Elenore wore worried expressions. Brittany hmphed and folded her arms.
"If you ask me, they're all acting weird. It'd be better if we just stayed out of it. I don't want to catch anything from them." She replied, tugging on her sisters arms and pulling them toward home.
There c: Chapter 5 is done! This story is going longer than I thought it would =n=" Not that I'm complaining, I just thought we'd be to the "good stuff" by Chapter 5 xD; I guess I'm incapable of skipping story development and going straight to the smut -.-" It's a curse xD;
Thanks for reading! Review if you will c: