"He Said, She Said…But Does She Mean It?"

"TEDDY!!!," Eleanor screamed in excitement over seeing Theodore walking up behind Alvin and Simon as he ran up to her and hugged her. "Hi Eleanor…how are you," he asked in a very chipper mood. "I'm doing great Theodore…and it seems like your doing great too with this attitude," she replied with a smile on her face. "Yes I sure am…and it's wonderful," he answered back.

"Good morning Jeanette," Simon greeted her with a slight smile with a sense of nervousness. "G-Good morning Simon…feeling better," she answered back. "A little bit, I may have just needed a goodnight sleep…I feel a little energized right now…plus the fact there a mock run of how the science bowl is today…I'm hoping you'll come by," he invited her. "Oh…I might…I have to tutor Doug from the basketball team during study hall," she replied looking down a little.

"Hmm…I see…is there anyway I can be of service to help," Simon wondered as they all began walking across the street to go down to the bus stop. "Oh…I think I can handle it today…he just needs help in American Literature," she replied as they began to make conversation. "Oh…I see, well I'm sure we'll cross paths sometime today besides lunch," he chuckled as Jeanette made a slight grin. "I hope so," she added.

"H-Hi Brittany…I'm really sorry about last night, I really am," he sincerely apologized as Brittany sighed. "Alvin…let's just try to make it to school in peace right now okay…can you at least do that for me…I really don't feel like discussing last night," she requested as they got to the bus stop in time to see the school bus turn the corner and pull up.

As they got on, the counterparts sat together near the front of the bus as they bus pulled off for school. "I understand Britt…well how is your morning going," he said as he smiled a little. "Don't play smart with me Alvin, you're really in hot water right now ok," she made it clear to him as she turned her head to look out the window.

"But Brittany, something happened to me…something really, really good…its so good I can't even explain it," he responded as he tapped her on the shoulder while pouring his heart out to her. After a few minutes, Brittany looked over to him, "Alvin…I just want to enjoy the ride to school okay…I just need a few minutes to myself," she said before turning back to look out the window.

He agreed as he sat beside her while working on a song he had been thinking about while pondering where or when he should sing it to her. "Hmm…there's a pep rally today for the basketball team…not to mention they're going to be talking about the valentine's ball, I just gotta do something and it's gotta be big and memorable," he said to himself while writing down some more lyrics to his song.

Eventually the bus made it to school, the chipmunks and chipettes got off with everyone else to head to their separate lockers. As Alvin and Brittany walked side by side, she finally decided to say something conversation wise to him. "Alvin…do you do this stuff on purpose to mess with my feelings," she asked with a frown on her face. "NEVER…I REALLY LOVE YOU," he answered excitedly and gave her a big hug.

"ALVIN, THIS IS SERIOUS…STOP PLAYING GAMES," she said sternly as she pushed him off. By that time, Simon stepped in and whispered to Brittany. "Something happened to Alvin last night…but it's a good thing so maybe just kinda go with it," he advised as Alvin stood there with a bright smile on his face as the potion kicked in again.

"It doesn't involve him acting like he's on a hyperactive high or something does it," she asked sarcastically. "No…sadly I'm afraid that can't be fixed, but he's just in a good mood and perhaps he's trying to make it up to you," he suggested while trying to help Alvin win his relationship with Brittany back as he hid the real truth from her.

She stood there for a moment and looked at him and decided that maybe he is changing for the good of the relationship and started giving him another chance. "Okay Alvin, we're going to take this in stages, lets just talk…at lunch okay," she requested as she closed the door to her locker as they both left to go to their first class hour of the day. In the mean time, Simon took it upon himself to walk Jeanette to her calculus class while he was on his way to physics.

-Meanwhile at lunch-

At lunch, Theodore and Eleanor were already settling down at the table they share with the others while Jeanette and Simon came over to sit and start eating. "Gosh hot dish again…we had this two days in row last week," Simon complained in disgust. "Well you know how it goes Simon, first it starts off as spaghetti, then they turn it into lasagna, after that when they can't recognize it anymore they call it hot dish," Eleanor explained the typical process of the school's lunch system. "That's why me and Teddy always visit the salad bar…besides Theo promised me that he would watch his weight a little isn't that right Teddy," she said as she looked and smiled at Theodore. "Y-Yeah…right," he sighed as he turned around to look at the dessert bar.

"Don't worry Theodore…it's for your own good, Eleanor wouldn't steer you wrong…besides remember what Dave said," Simon reminded him with a smile. "I know…you are what you eat," he huffed and started back eating his salad as Eleanor kissed his cheek. Jeanette sat there for a little bit as she played with her food and ate a little as well as she watch Simon.

A few minutes would soon pass until Alvin and Brittany walked into the lunchroom together. Brittany still has a confused and frustrated look on her face while Alvin came in with the same bright smile on his face all thanks to Simon's potion. "Alvin would you wipe that ridiculous smile from your face…you're starting to look phony," she asked him while looking around at everyone staring at Alvin. "But I am happy though, this is the real me Britt…trust me you'll love it," he said as he tried to hold her hand but she didn't take hold of his. "Let's just wait until we get seating Alvin before we talk…I wanna fully understand what's going on," she asked him.

After they got their food, they stopped to pick up their drinks then proceeded to go over where the rest were sitting as they were just about finished and already talking. "HI GUYS," Alvin blurted out as he walked up. "Um…Hi Alvin…happy much," Eleanor greeted him with a laugh. "I feel great…so relaxed…so jubilant," he went on to describe his day. "Jubilant…apparently you've been reading as well," Simon asked sarcastically. "Aww Simon, you can be so funny at times," he smiled and ruffled Simon's hair as he pushed his hand away. "You better not mess this up Alvin…I'm sticking through all this just for you," he pulled him aside and mumbled in his ear.

Brittany sighed while taking her lunch off her tray before setting it on another table and then began eating as Alvin followed suit. "Okay Britt…you ready to hear what I have to say," he wondered as he said on the opposite side of her. "Please Alvin I beg of you…please tell me before I lose my mind," she answered back while shaking her head.

"Okay…," he began to say as Simon looked down his way and giving Alvin a look to tell him not to bring up the potion he accidentally drank last night then Alvin nodded. "Well um, something good happened to me last night after I got back from your house…but it helped me realize that maybe I shouldn't have gone to the recording session," he began explaining. "What kind of feelings," she replied as she opened her water bottle to take a sip.

"It's like…a…tingling or itching kinda feeling…but it just kinda caught me by surprise," he added as Brittany looked at him with a weird expression. "Alvin is this leading to some kind of joke," she seriously asked him with a glare in her eye. "No, no…I'm dead serious right now…this feeling was real and it's almost the best feeling I've ever had…second to me and you getting together," he answered back in all seriousness.

"Okay I'm listening…so you had some kind of weird feeling and how is that supposed to make me feel better from you being late to take me out to dinner last night," she flipped it around. "Well…that part was just plain stupid by me…I thought I could be back in time, but it was just a misjudgment of my time in which I should've spent the time here with you," he admitted. "That's true…go on," she told him.

"Well it's like I don't feel so selfish that much anymore…I gotta admit Simon actually burned that into me…I'm so sorry for being late last night…there's no real excuse I can give you about showing up late like that, but I just had to explain this feeling that came over me last night…it feels wonderful Britt," he concluded as he put his hand on hers as this time she didn't pull away.

"Well that's good to know Alvin…I still feel the stinging from you putting your music over me…you're gonna have to do something major extreme to win not only my heart, but my trust back as well," he replied as she looked into his eyes. "Well I realized that and you're absolutely right about that…I gotta make it right," he agreed as he popped open a can of sprite zero. "I just feel pretty bad about how everything went last night," he added.

"Well all that still could've been avoided avoided still," she gave her point of view. He agreed again and started working on his song again as Brittany looked down to see what he was writing.

"So…um…what are you writing," she asked curiously. "OH…UM…NOTHING," he stammered as he quickly hid his lyric book inside his computer science book. "Well that's a way to make me happy again," Brittany sarcastically told him with a frown on her face. "Oh, sorry…it's just that…um…it's been a secret and it's not really finished yet…but it might be soon," he replied as he looked over towards Simon.

"Well that's all nice and everything…look lunch time is almost over…so don't think you've gotten off the hook that easily, you have only just begun to apologize," she added as she put her things back on her tray to put away. As she did so, she walked away from the table, she stopped and wondered if she was being too hard on him, in doing so she just sighed and continued walking and put her tray away and came back to the table.

By the time she got back to the table to sit down, the lunch bell rang for everyone to head to their next class. The rest of them, minus Brittany, headed off to put their trays away and grab their back packs to head their separate ways.

-End of Chapter-