What You Don't Know is What I Really Need Chapter 3: Round and Round, an alvin and the chipmunks fanfic

Ally looked between the crack of the curtain as everyone started filling up the seats in the Orpheum Theater.

"Gosh, I don't know if I can do this," she admitted.

"Don't worry," Ian replied. "I'll be in the back, and I'll be there to encourage you."

Ally sighed. "Okay." She took another quick peek at the incoming audience. "They're here, just like you wanted."

Ian looked as well. "I guess so," he stated. "I'll go make sure that they have a good time. Remember, I don't like them, and neither do you."

"Right."

"Good luck, Ally."

"Thank you."

"Now, get in position."

"Gotcha."

Ian made his way to the front of the stage.

Simon was sitting in the front row, growling. "I knew it," he said. "It always has to be Ian with the new acts."

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen," Ian greeted (unrealistcally, of course). "Now, for the moment you all have been waiting for. Here with her first hit single, 'Round and Round', introducing... Ally!"

The girls sat there in anger. That was the song they were going to use at their next concert. Brittany was especially peeved.

Ally took a deep breath before she began singing:

Round and round
Round and round
Round and round
Round and round

You see me standin' there
And act like you don't know me
But last night, you were callin' me
Sayin' you want me
Oh, why you always make me feel
Like I'm the one that's crazy
You got my heart racin'
My, my heart racin'

Out of the corner of her eye, Ally spotted the Chipettes.

Just ignore them, Ally, she thought to herself. Ian told you what they were like to work with. They won't respect you.

Ally unfortuntely couldn't help but continue to look at them.

Boy, I need you here with me
We can't go on this way
I'm fallin' hard for you
All I can say

We're goin' round and round
We're never gonna stop goin' round and round
We'll never get where we're goin'
Round and round
Well, you're gonna miss me
'Cause I'm gettin' dizzy
Goin' round and round and round

Theodore caught her eye next. She noticed that he looked eerily innocent... too innocent.

Next, she noticed Alvin. He was blowing kisses at her, and she blew them off.

He just uses that to get girls, she thought as she continued:

You try to pull me close
And whisper in my ear
You always told me lies
I've cried out all my tears
I push my feelings to the side
But then you bring 'em back

In the split second before she had to come back in, she caught a glimpse of Simon, and she couldn't keep her eyes off him.

Br-Bring 'em back
Now, you got me singin'

Boy, I need you here with me
We can't go on this way
I'm fallin' hard for you
All I can say

Ally tried to focus her eyes on something else, but it was useless. She couldn't take her eyes away from Simon, but she didn't understand why. She began the bridge as she kept her eyes on him:

Love me or love me not
I'm starin' at the clock
I pick them flower petals off
And then I watch them drop

Boy, I need you here with me
I can't go on this way
I'm fallin' hard for you
All I can say

She caught Simon smiling at her, and she smiled back, finally getting in the groove of the song.

Round and round
We're never gonna stop goin' round and round
We'll never get where we're goin'
Round and round
Well, you're gonna miss me
'Cause I'm gettin' dizzy
Goin' round and round and

Round and round
We're never gonna stop goin' round and round
We'll never get where we're goin'
Round and round
Well, you're gonna miss me
'Cause I'm gettin' dizzy
Goin' round and round and round

Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh

The audience applauded as Ally finished the song. She walked backstage to meet with Ian.

"Great job, Ally," he congratulated. "The only thing I had a problem with was when you took that pause during the second verse.

She remembered that moment clearly. It was the moment when Simon's eyes met hers. Did it mean something, or was it just her mind playing tricks on her?

Of course, she couldn't let Ian know that.

"I just got distracted," she said blatantly. "No prob. I mean, some of your acts must've done that their first time, right?"

"Right," Ian told her. "Now, I think they want an encore. Why don't you go out there and give them what I... uh, I mean, they want?"

"Yes, sir. I won't fail you."

I sure hope not, Ian thought. Otherwise, she's a dead 'munk.