Well here it is at long last... Sorry about the wait, no silly excuses this time. Enjoy.
The sound of the waves, the warm sun, and the one he cared for most in his arms. Could this get any better? He asked himself as he held her close.
They watched as the sun set. "I don't think this day could get any better", Jeanette gently caressed his chest as she spoke.
Theodore smiled at her as he lightly ran his thumb along her cheek, "I can think of one way to make it better." He leaned his head towards hers until they were nose to nose.
"Theodore!", Simon was herd but not seen Theodore look around the beach for him but did not see him anywhere but he did notice for the first time that the beach was empty save for him and Jeanette. Aw man... he thought to himself as he felt his body being shaken by unseen hands.
Theodore opened his eyes to see that he had fallen asleep on the couch, he looked up at Simon who was standing over him shaking him, "How long have I been out?", he asked as his brother stopped shaking him.
"About three hours, so you've only got and hour and a half to get ready for the dance", Simon said as he adjusted the collier on his button down shirt.
"Crap!", Theodore proclaimed as he shot up from the couch and headed upstairs quickly making his way for the shower.
As the warm water washed over Theodore's body he found himself very excited and a little anxious.
"I got a felling!", Theodore herd Alvin's voice coming from the hallway as he walked past the bathroom, Theodore let out a chuckle as he herd Alvin's singing trail off as he walked down the stairs."That tonight's gonn...", Alvin continued to sing.
Theodore made his way into his room to start getting dressed, he glanced over at the clock on his wall. Good I've still got about an hour he thought to himself as he started getting dressed.
Theodore was slightly startled at the knock on his door, "Who is it?", he asked as he was finishing buttoning his shirt.
"It's Alvin, can I come in?", Alvin asked through the door.
"Come in", Theodore said while tucking his shirt in.
Alvin opened the door and came into the room."Looking good little bro", Alvin closed the door behind him and sat on Theodore's bed.
"Thank you, whats up?", Theodore asked as he slipped on the vest he picked up at the mall the other day.
"Oh... you know", Alvin said keeping a very innocent look on his face the whole time.
Theodore chuckled, "What do you want?", Theodore smiled, wondering what his brother was up to.
"Want? Do I have to want something to come talk to my baby brother?", Alvin put his hand on his chest to emulate pain.
Theodore raised an eyebrow and buttoned up his vest.
"Okay okay... you know how all six of us were going to ride together to the dance?", Alvin got up from the bed and walked over to Theodore and placed his hand on his shoulder.
Theodore nodded What is he up to Theodore wondered to himself.
"Do you think we could... not do that?", Alvin asked with a sly look on his face like he thought he was being sneaky.
"Um... how come?", Theodore asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Well I figured you and Jeanette would want some time alone time, and that will give it to you", Alvin said with a almost sincere tone.
"That sounds good but why do you really want to ride separately?", Theodore asked as he looked at himself in the mirror giving his outfit a once over to make sure there were no wrinkles.
"You know me to well, I want to ride alone with Ellie. Nothing wrong with that right?", Alvin gave his signature sly smile.
Theodore let out a sigh "Well I don't see a problem with riding separately", Typical Alvin Theodore chuckled to himself.
"Cool I knew you would be cool about it, I owe you one", Alvin said with a smile as he made his way to the door.
"Though Alvin you know you didn't have to "ask" right. We are all big boys", Theodore said with a chuckle.
Alvin shrugged and closed the door behind him.
Theodore took a moment to look over his outfit in the mirror.
He was wearing black slacks with a black shirt and a dark green vest.
Theodore made his way downstairs, taking a glance at the clock on the kitchen wall as he arrived at the bottom of the stairs. Perfect, still got twenty minutes until its time to pick the girls up.
Simon came down the stairs next and took a seat on the couch. "Simon can I talk to you?", Theodore asked as he sat down next to his brother.
"Sure", Simon said while idly straitening his shirt, Brittany would kill him if it wasn't perfectly strait.
"How long was it before you and Brittney kissed?", Theodore kept his gaze on his feet while waiting for an answer.
"Well it was just a few days after we started dating but that was because Brittany insisted that we had to to prove that we cared for each other... But don't worry about it Theo it will happen when the time is right", Simon gave his little brother a reassuring pat on the back.
"Thanks Si", Theodore gave his brother a warm smile and stood up. "Well its almost time to go", he made his way to the door, Simon stood and followed Theodore.
"Look out below!", Alvin called as he slid down the banister and landed just in front of Theodore. "That was close", he rubbed the back of his next nervously while he spoke. "But your okay so no harm no foul right?"
Simon sighed and rolled his eyes. Theodore just shrugged.
The three of them all headed out the door. "Bye Dave", Simon called out. "Have fun and be safe", Dave called back from the study.
The brothers made their ways to their separate cars and pulled out of the driveway one at a time.
As Theodore drove he had meany questions on his mind. He was still unsure about the whole love thing . How do I know? He asked himself. "I need to clear my mind", Theodore turned on the radio only to hear I want to know what love is by Foreigner.
"Okay seriously what is up with these random happenings...", Theodore quickly changed the station to an all death mettle station. "That's better, now if they're singing about love I wont be able to understand it", Theodore lightly rocked his head back and forth to the music as he drove.
As they turned the last corner onto the Chipette's Theodore turned off the radio. He let out a sigh as all three of them pulled to a stop in front on the Chipette's house. He looked in his rear view mirror to make sure that he looked fine and steeped out of his car.
Alvin lead the group up the walkway to the front door, straitening his shirt as he did. Simon noticed that Theodore had a very odd look on his face, he slowed down so that he was walking next to Theodore.
"Whats the matter?", Simon asked his little brother. "It nothing don't worry about it", Theodore gave Simon a warm smile to reassure him. "Okay", Simon nodded in acknowledgment.
Alvin knocked on the door as his brother caught up to him.
Miss Miller opened the door, "Hello dearies, come on in the girls are almost ready. You can wait in the living room if you like", Miss Miller made her way in to the living room as she spoke being followed by the boys.
"Thank you Miss Miller", Alvin took a seat on the couch and patted the space next to him for his brothers to sit with him while they waited.
"Girls, the boys are here", Miss Miller called up to the girls. "Okay five more minutes", Brittany called back.
"They'll be down in ten to fifteen minutes", Alvin chuckled nudged Simon who sighed knowing it was true.
Alvin passed the time by reading a pop culture magazine that was on the coffee table. Simon was checking the weather for tonight on his phone. Theodore sat motionless deep in thought when a smile slowly spreed across his face.
Alvin noticed this, "What are you smiling about?", he asked in a playful tone. "Oh nothing I just figured something out", Theodore said continuing to smile.
They herd foot steps upstairs and stood and turned towards the stairs.
The Chipettes descended the stairs, first was Brittany she was wearing an dark pink strapless evening gown. Next was Eleanor who was wearing an light green spring dress.
Theodore did not take note of them however he gaze was locked on Jeanette, she was clad in a royal blue spaghetti strap evening gown.
"You look lovely", Simon complemented Brittany as she came off the stairs.
Brittany smiled at him, "You don't look to bad yourself."
"Ellie you look gorgeous", Alvin said taking her hand and kissing her lightly on the cheek.
She giggle and blushed lightly," Thank you Alvin."
As Jeanette came off the stairs she was greeted by Theodore taking both her hands gently, "You're beautiful", he said as he hugged her carefully as not to ruffle her dress. Her cheeks turned a bright shade of red as she blushed, "Thank you Teddy", she hugged him back.
"Well we better get going, the dance starts in twenty minutes", Simon informed them all. "Well then lets go", Brittany headed towards the front door, the others following right behind her.
Theodore was smiling as he walked hand in hand with Jeanette towards his car. When they got to the car Theodore held the passenger side door for Jeanette, "Thank you Teddy", Jeanette slid into her seat.
Theodore went around and slid into his seat as well. Theodore started the car and pulled out behind his brothers
"I missed you", Theodore said sweetly as he drove.
"But you saw me yesterday", Jeanette giggled.
"Ya, but I still missed you", Theodore smiled at her, Jeanette reached over and took one of his hands from the steering wheel and held it softly. They drove the rest of the way in silence, enjoying each others company.
As they pulled into the parking lot Theodore let out a sigh,"Well this should be fun", he said with sarcasm.
The parking lot was packed Now I remember why we were going to all ride together.
After about five minutes of driving around Theodore found a spot, but it was about as far from the door as they could get without parking a mile away.
"How do you feel about an evening walk?", Theodore asked with a smile.
"Sounds like fun", Jeanette smiled at him as they both got out of the car.
Theodore gently held Jeanette's hand as they walked, "Its nice out tonight", Theodore commented.
"I don't know about that I think its kinda cold out", she said as she wrapped her arms around his arm and snuggled up close to him.
"Where have you two been?", Alvin asked as the reached the front door.
"We had to park in Timbuktu", Theodore joked.
"Lets head in or we will be late", Brittany pulled on Simon's hand as she spoke. The group made their way into the gym, where the dance was being held.
As they walked into the gym Theodore couldn't help but smile at how the gym had turned out. The main light had all been dimmed to give the appearance of nighttime with strings of lights hanging from the ceiling. The DJ was setting the mood with some quiet music.
"I gotta say bro your idea turned out great", Alvin commented.
Theodore nodded in agreement at him.
It was a few more minutes before everyone was in the gym and the dance could start proper. Once everyone was in the DJ switched the music to something more upbeat and fast-paced. Couples all around the gym started dancing, Alvin and Eleanor were among them, closely followed by Brittany and Simon.
"Would you like to dance?", Theodore asked holding his hand out to Jeanette. She nodded and they took to the dance floor.
They danced for about six songs but then as the seventh started Jeanette pulled Theodore away from the dance floor.
"Whats wrong?", he asked concerned
"Nothing I just wanted to take a brake for some punch", she gave him a reassuring smile.
"Okay then wait right here ill go get you some", Theodore made hie way across the room to the punch bowl.
Jeanette took a deep breath and took a few moments to gather her thoughts I wonder if he feels the same way I do...
"Whats on your mind?", Brittany asked as she walked up to her sister.
"Huh? Oh nothing", Jeanette smiled at her.
"You know you can tell me anything right?", Brittany put a hand on Jeanette shoulder reassuringly.
"I know. Wheres Simon?", Jeanette asked just noticing that he wasn't there with Brittany.
"I made him get us some punch", Brittany giggled knowing she had him warped around her finger.
Simon and Theodore came walking back with the punch at that moment.
"Here you go", Theodore said handing Jeanette her glass of punch.
"So is everyone having fun?", Simon asked making small talk while they drank.
"Ya, this DJ is pretty good", Theodore commented, they all nodded in agreement.
"Okay time for a slow dance!", the DJ's voice range out over the speakers.
Brittany almost ripped Simon's arm off as she tugged him to the dance floor.
"Shall we?", Theodore asked holding out his hand to Jeanette. She nodded and took his hand as they headed out to the dance floor.
They slowly swayed to the music as they held each other close.
The song is almost over its now or never Theodore thought to himself.
Theodore gently ran his hand through Jeanette's hair, she looked into his eyes.
"Jeanette... I", Theodore took a deep breath, "I love you."
Jeanette looked back at him smiling, "I love you too."
Theodore slowly moved his head towards her. He gently pressed his lips to her's in what may be one of the most gentle yet passionate kisses ever.
From across the room Alvin saw this and lifted his hand as if to start clapping but his hands were stooped by a firm grip on his wrists, "Don't even think about it", Eleanor gave him a look that he had come to fear. "Think of what?", Alvin warped his arms around her and feigned innocents.
After about a minute they pulled away from each other needing to catch their breath."That was amazing", Theodore said under his breath.
Jeanette laid her head on his shoulder.
Why did I wait so long? Theodore asked him self.
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An hour and a half later the dance was winding down and some people had already left.
All six of the chipmunks were gathered around the punch bowl talking and laughing.
"So you think we should head home before the rush?", Simon suggested.
"Sounds good to me", Brittany agreed.
They all made their way out side and to their cars.
Theodore pulled out of their parking spot.
"Tonight was a good night", Theodore said as he gently squeezed Jeanette's hand.
"I agree", Jeanette kissed Theodore's hand.
They pulled up to the Chipette's house and got out.
Alvin and Simon pulled right behind them.
They all made their way up to the door.
"I had a great time tonight", Jeanette hugged Theodore.
Theodore leaned into another kiss with her before saying good night.
Jeanette waved one last time as she went in the door.
Theodore slowly made his way back to the car as his brothers said goodbye. He got into his car and waited for his brothers to be ready to go.
"I wonder what Alvin is going to say when we get home", He chuckled as he thought about it.
His brothers got in to their cars and they all made their way home.
Theodore parked in front of the house and got out of his car.
He was greeted by Alvin waiting just outside his door. "So how was it?", Alvin asked as he wrapped his arm around Theodore's shoulders.
"Oh it was... amazing", Theodore giggled as the made their way into the house. Things can only get better from here. Theodore thought to himself as they closed the door behind them.
And so it comes to an end I had fun and I hope you all did too. I wonder what ill do next?
As always proof read by: The Ghost With The Most.