AN: sorry for the long wait!! It wasn't in the mood for writing lately. I just got in a big fight with my dad so I've locked myself in my room and am writing until I'm going to bed. He has to understand I'm a big girl and teens talk back to their parents, it's a normal thing.

Anyway…enough about me, on with the story!! XDXDXD

Disclaimer: Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Chipettes © Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karmen

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Dear Diary: Is This Love?

Ch.3: Newfound Courage

Sept. 19, 2008

Dear Diary,

Omg!! Today was the best day ever!! Not only did I talk to Theodore all by myself, but something even better happened!! eeeeeee!!

It was pure craziness!! I though my head would fall off or something…ohh but that doesn't happen does it? Yeaaah.

I don't think I've been this happy since my first art award!! Which was a golden one…I got it when I was six. It wasn't real gold, but I thought it was chocolate so I kept biting it…lets just say the chocolate theory didn't work out. I only won the medal because I was the only one in class who drew a picture of a hippo eating corn most accurately. Anyway, after we finished the stupid scratch board crap we were working on (FINALLY!!) I scraped by with an 86. Oh, it may seem high yes….but if you really saw the project you'd realize it sucked. I mean our teacher's mental as it is. Today she wouldn't shut up about things that baby's can do within their first couple weeks of living. Like how the first 6 days the baby is a girl before hormones kick in and change the should-be boys into boys. Or how within 6 weeks in the womb, a girl baby can distinguish a mothers voice between others, a boy can't.

Which doesn't really make sense because how can there be boys and girls in the womb, but once born everyone's a girl? I'm telling you, someone's slipping something into our teacher's coffee everyday.

ANYWAY, time to stop blabbing.

So yeah, today when I walked into the art room, it didn't smell of wood by the way, it smelled strongly of oil paints and plaster. The grade 12 students had moved on into decorating their chairs once reconfiguring their shapes.

So yeah, Theodore was already there getting his stuff from his shelf. We've moved on to water color painting. We have to do three different paintings...ugg I was looking forward to ONE, not THREE. I liked painting, but too many all together got boring, and when I was bored my paintings got worse because I was just too lazy to do a good job. But I have to do great because Amaryn's paintings are good all the time so I have to CRUSH HER. And well you know, win the heart of the fair maiden…or prince in this case.

Theodore walked over to his desk, arms full with paints, brushes, and papers. I couldn't help blushing when I saw him. What!? He looked really good today…..

He was wearing a light yellow shirt with dark, almost black jeans.

Heeeheeee he looks real good….

I shook off the feeling though and made my way over to my shelf to get my supplies. Once I got them, more students were coming in and filling up the room. I set up at my stuff and glanced ahead at Theodore. Awww he's so concentrated…. He was bent over and was already furiously scribbling the outline of his painting with his sketching pencil. Yeah we all got supplies from the teacher to help us work. She gave us each a pack of professional sketching pencils, one big bamboo paint brush, 6 smaller more detailed paint brushes, and eraser, and a pencil smudger…though I lost mine. Well I didn't lose it, I put it on my shelf and the next day it was gone. Which just means someone stole it…damn. So I got a new one, I don't really like it cause its real fatty, my other one was nice and thin and fit in my fingers well.

I set up my paper and started lightly outlining my painting. I was painting a picture of two horses grazing in a field. I glanced up at Theodore in front of me. He still sat scribbling away. I looked back down at my drawing, embarrassed for staring at him. The two girls who sat next to me had started working. I looked back up at Theodore's back. I bit my lip.

Just go for it Ellie!!

"Um Theodore?" I said almost stuttering, but he heard me. He turned around almost instantly at the sound of my voice.

"yeah?" he answered coolly. ………….

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CRAP!! WHAT SHOULD I SAY!!

Why the hell did I start talking to him if I have nothing planned!! I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm DEAD!

No!

Quick!

Say something Ellie!!

Please!!

A couple of little words!!

Just say something!!

ANYTHING!!

"U-um what drawing are you doing??" I asked quickly, blushing madly. Oh believe me; I felt the temperature rise dramatically in my general face area. He smiled crookedly. Mwaaaaaaa!! He's so cuuuuute!!

"I'm doing some mountains…see?" he showed the enlarged photograph he must have taken. We all took pictures supplied from the teacher to paint. I swallowed a big lump in my throat.

"ohh cool! I don't like doing mountains or rocks, there kind of hard don't you think?" I asked, desperately trying to get the conversation going. He cocked his head and looked at his picture.

"Not really, I find them easy" he said shrugging. My eyes widened. Crap. I laughed nervously.

"W-well their not that hard! I mean anyone could do it!" I said quickly. Theodore looked at me oddly, but with a smile still on his face. He laughed and turned back around. Crap. That's the end of that conversation.

I slumped back into my seat.

YES!! I talked to him all by myself!! Finally!!

I think I had a grin on my face the whole rest of the period. This whole grinning for a long time was becoming more frequent recently. But I didn't mind.

Heeeeheeeeeheeeeeeee.

The rest of the period was a breeze; I got my rough done for my horses. We had to draw a rough in our sketch books and paint as much as we could before she took them to mark at the end of the day. I only got my one horse painted but whatever, the horse looked gooood.

So it was 2:30, 5 more minuets before class ended. I so desperately wanted to talk to Theodore again. But he was busy packing up his paints. He took a bus home so he had leave class early. NO, I am not a stalker, when I told my friends about him, like a year ago, my friend Kaleigh said he went on her bus, which is how she recognized him.

I rushed quickly with my stuff to see if I could catch him after he was done. I gained a whole new amount of confidence in myself after talking to him once. I felt good about it now. A bunch of girls were flinging water at each other at the sinks so I quickly pushed through them to dump my water. I slid a little bit, which got the bottom of my shoe all slippery. I cursed the girls under my breath. I managed to put away all of my supplies and wipe the desk all with 1 minuet to spare. Well it's not a lot of time, but what the hey. Theodore stood lazily by his desk waiting for the bell to ring. I walked up nervously behind him. I walked a little too fast though.

"Hey Theodore do you-…" I started but my shoes slipped on the tile floor and I flipped backwards. Theodore had already started to look back when I called his name, when he saw he falling his eyes widened and he quickly lunged and arm out. He rapped it around my waist just in time. He pulled my back to my feet with one swift movement. I gasped slightly as I was rushed back upright. He held my waist for a few moments before quickly letting go.

"Sorry" he mumbled. Some other people who weren't chatting nosily stared for a moment at Theodore's heroic deed. I gazed at him in what I assumed to be wonder. It may have looked like surprised stupidity though. I quickly shook off the awed feeling though.

"Oh! No! I'm sorry; I'm getting as clumsy as my sister! Sorry, it was my fault" I said quickly blushing in embarrassment. He probably was irritated that I caused him trouble. I looked away, ashamed.

He just smiled weakly.

"No one is clumsier than Jeanette" Theodore chuckled. My head shot up.

"You know Jeanette??" I asked, surprised. What is this!! He knew Jeanette!! Why didn't she ever say anything!! Grr. I'll pound her when we get home. He nodded.

"Yeah, we're lab partners. I know all three of your sisters. There's you, Jeanette and Brittany right?" he asked I nodded in amazement. He knew us!! He knew ME!!

"Yeah, Brittany is going out with your brother Alvin right?" I asked. He nodded smiling.

"Yeah that's right, so what did you want to say to me before, well you know" he said, laughing slightly. Grrr. He was laughing at me and my stupid shoe that got wet because the stupid Gucci girls were playing in the sinks. I pouted my lip a little bit.

"Well nothing really just-…" but I got cut off again. The bell screeched throughout the room. Theodore sighed dramatically.

"Just tell me tomorrow okay? I gotta catch a bus" he said quickly gathering his books and dashing out of the art room. I watched him as he left. I sighed to myself and smiled.

Yay!

Theodore touched my WAIST!! Whoooo hooo!! Mr. touchy feely are we!! Hahahaha. I gathered my books and headed out of the room.

Heee I knew today would be great. I woke this morning with really hyper thoughts. I had a feeling today would be good.

…….wait….

………….. oh no!!

Today is Friday!! Crap! I have to wait ALL weekend before I can see Theodore again!! Gahhhh!!

Crap.

Anyway…bye-bye!!

Eleanor Miller (the girl who was just touched on the waist by the guy she's crazy about).

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AN: yay, so there's is the third chapter!! Mwa hahahahaha…now to update 'The Chipmunks Meet Dracula'. Weee I'm on a ROLL.

That's because, I'm a girl of rock and roll!!

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