Here's chapter 4. I easily made it over 1,500 words, so hopefully it's good.

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Alvin scratched his head, frowning. He read over the page about 5 times, and still didn't understand what was going on. He glanced over at Simon, who sat next to him. Simon was writing down the answer to each one of the math questions, his hand glided along the paper so neatly it was insane. Simon's writing was just naturally neat, even if he rushed it.

'How the hell does he understand this crap?' Alvin thought, running his fingers through his hair.

"Si?" he whispered, poking his brother in the shoulder.

Simon kept his blue eyes on the paper, and waved Alvin away with his hand. Alvin let out a frustrated sigh, he looked to his left, where Theodore sat.

"Theo, do you get this?"

Theodore shrugged lightly "I think so..." he trailed off, and wrote something else in his work book.

Alvin rolled his eyes. He didn't even understand one bit. He hated math more than anything else in the whole world... He hated math even more than he despised Chase. Just the thought of his perfect smile, that hid his real personality, made him cringe. He rolled his eyes and looked at the clock.

'Thank God, only 5 minutes left' he smiled, and closed his book. He rested his head on his folded arms on the table, and closed his eyes briefly.

The bell rang, and woke a startled Alvin from his quick nap.

"Is the lesson over?" he asked with a slight yawn.

"Yeah, it is" Simon nodded, and packed his books away "How'd you go?"

"Well, I was going to ask you for help before... But you kind of cut me off, so no I didn't understand"

"Oh" Simon chuckled awkwardly "Sorry. I'll help you at home"

"Thanks" Alvin smiled.

The tree brothers gathered their books, and walked out of the classroom. The hall was jam packed, as it always was. It was a blur of footsteps, laughter, conversation, books being put away, and locker doors clothing. Someone must have just sprayed on some deodorant, because the air was thick with the smell of a strong cologne. A few people scrunched up their noses.

Simon let out a cough "Let's put our books away and get the hell out of here"

"Agreed" said Theodore.

They did their best to hold their breath as they put their books in their lockers, locked them, and scampered out the door. Jeanette and Eleanor were waiting by a tree, standing in the shade. They were smiling and talking. The boys walked up to them.

"Hey" Simon smiled at Jeanette "What's happening?"

"Oh" Jeanette blushed lightly, she hadn't seen Simon there "Nothing much. Just hanging"

"Okay. Mind if we join you?"

"No, sure" said Jeanette with a giggle.

Theodore sat down next to Eleanor, and Simon Jeanette and Alvin sat together in a sort of triangle. Jeanette leant half on the tree, and half on Simon's shoulder. He was too shy to move, in risk of disrupting her.

Alvin looked around, "Where's Brit?"

Jeanette looked at him "Oh, Brit... I think she was with Chase. Is that right, Ellie?"

"Yeah, I saw her before" Eleanor replied.

"Yeah, she's with Chase" Jeanette repeated to Alvin.

Alvin looked at the gravel awkwardly "Oh... Okay, that's fine. I'll catch up with her later"

"Are you alright?" Jeanette asked, frowning in thought.

"Yeah" replied Alvin, picking up a handful of gravel and dropping it again "I was just looking forward to talking to her, that's all. Just a little disappointed she didn't want to join us for lunch..."

"Aw" there was sympathy in Jeanette's voice "You can talk to her on the way home"

"Hm" Alvin just let out a slight huff sound, and continued to play with the gravel.

"So, how did your lesson go?" Simon asked, trying his best to leave Alvin to sulk by himself. He didn't want to make him feel more uncomfortable than he already was.

"It was alright... What about you guys?" Jeanette replied.

"It was good. We did algebra in math, it was a new sub-topic but I caught on pretty quickly" Simon said, adjusting his glasses.

"What about you, Alvin?"

"It was okay. I was distracted though, didn't understand it" he finished his sentence quickly, and looked around the school yard.

Jeanette could see he wanted to be left alone, so she talked to Simon, Theodore and Eleanor instead. In the middle of a sentence, Alvin interrupted them;

"Hey, uh, I'm just gonna go for a walk, I'll catch you guys later" he forced a smile, got up, and walked away.

Jeanette had a concerned frown on her face, "What's with him today?" she whispered to Simon.

Simon glanced at Theodore and Eleanor. They were deep in conversation about whatever they were talking about, but they were still well in earshot, and what he was going to tell Jeanette was supposed to be a secret.

"I'll tell you somewhere else" he whispered, gesturing to Theo and Ellie with a nod of his head.

Jeanette nodded "Uh, guys, we'll be back soon too. See you later"

"Bye" Theodore and Eleanor squeaked.

Alvin thrust his hand into his hoodie pockets, stepping quickly but lightly along the path. He didn't know why, but he was looking for Brittany and Chase. He wasn't sure why he was obsessing so much over this. It's not like they were going out, and he was being a possessive boyfriend, he was just a friend looking out for another friend.

'But why do I care?' Alvin asked himself 'It's not like Brittany is your girlfriend... She should be able to see whoever she wants too, I don't own her. She doesn't need my help. She doesn't need me.'

But all the same, Alvin had a bad feeling about this situation. If it was any other guy, he probably wouldn't have cared so much. But thinking about Chase left a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, and he didn't know why, which frustrated him more than anything. He balled his hands into fists. He sped up his pace, eyes darting from person to person. He was getting so worked up.

'Where is she?' he frowned.

Alvin didn't understand why she would rather spend her lunch with some jerk who probably didn't even care about her, than spend her lunch with him, or Simon or Theo, or even her own sisters, who did care about her. He probably didn't even look past her good looks - her blue eyes, and her soft auburn hair, he probably didn't even see her good personality. He wasn't her friend. She was Alvin's friend.

And there she was. His eyes rested on her. She was in the same position as yesterday. Lean't up against the wall, and there was Chase, leaning over her and smiling his perfect smile. He could tell they were flirting, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.

'Why do you even care?' a voice inside his head asked him, in a cruel mocking tone.

'I don't care!' Alvin snapped back 'I'm just curious to see why Brit would rather spend her lunch with this ass, than with me. What's so good about him, anyways?'

The voice didn't reply.

'Exactly'

Something Chase said must have been funny, because Brittany let out a fake laugh. Her eyes rested on Alvin for a brief moment, and he crashed back down to earth.

"Shit!" he muttered under his breath, and ducked behind the nearest bush. He crouched down, his heart was beating fast.

'I hope she didn't see me' he thought, frantically 'I probably just made the situation worse by ducking behind a bush. I should have just kept my cool, and walked away'

But there was nothing Alvin could do other than crouch behind the bush, hoping that she wouldn't come over to him. Worse, he hoped Chase wouldn't come over to him! He waited about two minutes, and plucked up the courage to stand up, take one last look at Brittany, and sprint away.

"So, what's the deal with Alvin?" Jeanette asked, once they were safely out of earshot of Theodore and Eleanor.

All the same, Simon kept his voice low "Okay... I'll tell you, but Alvin didn't want anyone to know, so you cannot say anything to anyone, agreed?"

"Sure. I won't say a word"

Simon took a deep breath "Okay, ever since Chase arrived and started talking to Brittany and such... Alvin's been feeling jealous. He's not sure why, but he thinks one of the reasons for his jealousy is because he's been developing romantic feelings for Brittany..."

Jeanette looked a little shocked "Wow. I didn't see that coming"

Simon nodded.

"It's kind of sad really..." she shrugged.

"In what way?"

"Well, you can clearly see they fit together as a couple perfectly" she looked Simon in the eyes "It's just sad that Alvin only realized his feelings for her after Chase asked her to the prom, it's like he missed his chance..."

"Hold on. He's asked her to prom already?"

"Yeah..."

Simon ran his fingers through his hair in frustration "Oh no. Poor Al, he's gonna be crushed"

Jeanette nodded "That's why it's sad"

"Boy, this is developing into a problem pretty quickly, eh?" Simon asked.

"Yeah" Jeanette faked a smile "And as usual, we're gonna be in the middle of it, trying to sort it out without letting Alvin and Brit know"

Simon chuckled awkwardly "Yeah, that sounds like us"

They smiled at each other for a few seconds.

"Listen" he looked her in the eye "Sorry for dragging you into this..."

"No no, it's fine!" Jeanette insisted "I wanted to know. And plus, now I can keep track of Brittany, and you'll be on Alvin duty"

Simon laughed a little "Yeah. I'm just worried about Alvin"

Jeanette placed a hand on his arm tenderly "It'll be fine, Si. Everything will work out"

And there you go :)

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