Seven Minutes in Heaven

"You do care…You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it." ~J.K Rowling

Alvin Seville

"What's going on Dave?" I mumble as if I had been asleep. I yawn, stretch, and make my way to the front of the van. I glance back to look at my brothers who are trying to go back to sleep. But what scares me is that they look no older than eight years old. So I guess I'm not home yet…

"That's funny," Dave says to himself, looking out the window at a hotel. The place is all lit up and there's a sign outside with "The Chipmunks" written across its front sign. I laugh quietly so neither Dave nor my brothers can hear me. I remember this day… this is the day we met Brittany and her sisters. I wonder what's she's doing now. My heart drops a little bit… I was really mean back to her at the dance. Of course I regret it now, but will she listen to me? I highly doubt it. "I don't remember booking this place. But I must have, after all, we are The Chipmunks. Let's check into our rooms," Dave says, pulling the van into the parking lot. We all climb out with our luggage and head right to our rooms. Dave splits off from us, just like he did before.

"Hey fellas," I say, sounding a little funny as I try to sound like an eight year old again. "I'm going to get a soda from the lobby, I'll check back in a few."

"But Alvin," Simon says in the monotone voice he used to have back then. I never understood why he sounded like that. Maybe once we had made some real friends and he started hanging out with Jeanette more and more he gained enough confidence to carve out his own personality. "We can't have soda now! It's way too late."

"I'm a rule breaker, remember?" I smile, making Simon groan. Theodore just stands there, happy with life as usual. My brothers continue down the hall without me and I make a break for the elevator. I can see Brittany waiting for me down in the lobby with her arms crossed when the elevator doors open. "Hey Britt," I smile. "We've finally come to a chapter in our lives where there was a happy ending!"

"Ha!" she scoffs, mocking me. "As I recall, we stayed up all night practicing and then you came along and ruined it for us! Do you even know why this day was so important?"

"Duh," I roll my eyes. "It was the day you met the biggest rock star ever."

"No!" she screams, looking like she's going to cry again. "We were orphaned too, but instead of meeting a nice guy like Dave we were handed off by our mother to an evil, greedy, orphanage owner named Miss Grudge. She almost killed us on several occasions and then we ended up on the streets of New York with nowhere to go. This," she gestures to the room. "Was our one chance and you tried to take it from us!"

"But obviously that didn't work out," I half laugh. "You made it big Britt, don't worry about the past. Who cares?"

"Why don't you just leave Alvin?" she growls under her breath.

"But then we would have never met!" I suddenly feel panic seeping in. I can't imagine a future without Brittany, no matter how much she annoys me and gets on my last nerve. She was part of the reason why I strived for such high goals… t-to impress her.

"Good," she says flatly. I stand there, unable to move at all. "You know what, fine. I'm taking my sisters out of here so that they don't have to meet your no good brothers."

"But think about it," I try and stop her as she storms off to the elevator. "What about Ellie and Theo? They'll never be together if you do this to them… O-or Simon and Jeanette? Sure, they're not together now but don't you think they will be someday?"

"I don't care!" she screams. "All I know is that I want nothing to do with you!"

With that, the elevator door closes, separating us. I shake my head and head for the stairs. By the time I make it to the chipmunk room, everything is dark and quiet. I turn on a light beside the bed, hoping that I'll find Jeanette and Eleanor sleeping there between the cheap sheets. But instead, I stare in horror at the sleeping bodies of my brothers. The Chipettes were gone.

I run back downstairs, just to see if I can find them, but they're gone. They're really gone… No time for apologies or those halfhearted make-ups that me and Brittany always have… none of that. Only regret and pain. I watch the door in horror, the night is pitch black. Suddenly, I feel dizzy and everything goes black… where can I possibly go now?

~Yay! Well… not really. Poor Alvin :(

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