Here you go, Chapter 10 :)

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And sorry it's a little late, I had some homework and stuff to do, since it's Monday. Ugh.

Simon and Theodore walked out of the school yard with Jeanette and Eleanor. Brittany wasn't with them, as they'd expected, but Alvin wasn't with them either. He was talking to Amelia instead.

Theodore looked a little sad.

"What's wrong, Theo?" Simon asked, placing a sympathetic hand on his little brothers shoulder.

"You were right" he said, plainly "Alvin left us for Amelia"

"No... He didn't" Simon said "He's just not with us today, that doesn't mean he's going to ditch us again tomorrow"

Theodore looked at Simon, and said a sentence that was a little out of his character "Si, wake up and smell the toffee, Alvin has changed. They both have"

Simon was left a little speechless 'Wow... Theodore has never said anything like that before' He was left a little worried. Sure, Alvin and Brittany were having a problem, what else was new? But this one had stuck around a lot longer... And it had changed both of them. But now was it affecting the rest of them?

"Bye, Amelia" Alvin smiled "I'll see you tomorrow"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow" Amelia smiled a shy smile.

She was beginning to like Alvin, although she was a little nervous about this whole 'Brittany' situation. They could make up, which means they'd only have a short time together, and they seemed to fit so well... Oh well, she'd find someone else. That's if Brittany and Alvin ever do sort out their problems, which seemed a little far out of anyone's reach. It didn't even seem possible anymore.

Alvin smiled at her again, a different smile. He'd been faking smiles for a while now, but this was a real one. He was genuinely happy.

He walked out of the school gates, feeling a little lonely. Yeah, he was late, but they didn't even wait for him. They'd waited for Brittany the other day, why not him. He shrugged it off, and decided he wouldn't stress. He smiled to himself again and tried to enjoy the gentle breeze and the sunlight.

An all too familiar figure caught his eye. It was Chase. He was hanging around the park with some of his friends from his old school. There was two of them that were chipmunks, but the other three or so were teenage boys. He thought it was best to avoid any trouble, so he took a different route, making sure to stay well out of their way.

Alvin and Chase weren't exactly friends, enemies would probably be a better word, so who knew what would happen if they caught him alone?

He went from the crunchy gravel path, to a strip of grass that ran behind a row of trees, outlining the park. This made his footsteps lighter, and provided him some camouflage from Chase and his mates. There was a fairly large gap between two trees, so he crouched low to the trunk of it, and was about to sprint to the next tree when he saw something that caught his interest.

Chase's friends looked like a mean bunch. A lot of them had jet black hair, that was cut in all kinds of spiky fashions. Some of them even had tattoos up and down their arms, and piercings on their face. He felt a little uneasy being unprotected and so close to them. He could tell they were talking, but he couldn't pick up their conversation very well from where he was. There was just some low mumbling, and a chuckle here and there.

But what was that in some of their hands? A bottle, maybe? He squinted, trying to pick up the finer details of the bottle.

'That's a... beer bottle' he discovered with a slight shock. But that wasn't what interested him most. He saw something else in the hands of some of the boys, and Chase.

He crept a tiny bit closer, making sure that he was still out of sight from them. He didn't want any trouble, especially from 3 drunk human boys. They could kill him in a second. He looked, allowing his eyes to focus. The concentrated hard on their hands, and the air around their hands.

Was it... Smoke, maybe? Yes! It was smoke. Alvin couldn't believe his eyes.

'Well well well, Chase smokes, eh?' he said silently to himself, with a slight shake of his head. Sure, he hated Chase, but this really disappointed him. How could he keep something like this from Brittany? After all, she was his "girlfriend".

Chase let out a light chuckle, and popped another cigarette into his mouth. One of his friends tossed him a lighter, and he lit the tip of the cigarette carefully and snapped the lighter shut. He took a long drag, and blew smoke into the air. Alvin was disgusted. Chase passed the smoking cigarette to his friend, and took a swig out of one of the bottles of alcohol.

How could Brittany go out with a guy like this?

He decided he'd seen enough, and continued on his way home.

Simon was one who let him in.

"Alvin" he tried to act cheerful "What took you so long?"

"Oh... Nothing, just found some stuff out" Alvin was acting suspicious. He dumped his bag on the floor, and sat down on the couch.

Simon raised an eyebrow "Alvin, what's up?"

Everyone in the room was looking at him. He did a quick scan. Dave was still at work, so he could spill his secret if he wanted too... He smirked to himself.

"I just ran into Chase" he said, with a devious grin.

"Oh yeah?" Brittany said, her hands folded over her chest "What did he have to say for himself?"

Alvin shrugged "Honestly, Brit, I don't think you'd want to know..."

Brittany scowled at him "Alvin - Tell me"

"Alright, alright" said Alvin in a cool, calm tone "I'll tell you. But trust me, you don't want to know"

"Alvin!" she snapped.

"Well" he was quick to reply. He didn't want to make Brittany angrier than she already was "Chase was with some of his pals... And they were drinking"

Brittany's face was the only one in the room that didn't look surprised. She had a blank expression.

"But that's not all" Alvin continued "They were smoking, too"

"Smoking?" Theodore asked, innocently.

"That's right" said Alvin, slumping down onto the couch once again. He felt pleased with himself.

"I don't believe you" said Brittany, through tight lips.

Alvin felt frustrated "You don't believe me? It's true!"

"I don't believe you, Alvin" Brittany repeated "Chase told me he gave up smoking, and drinking... He said that he ditched his old friends when he moved to our school, because they were a bad influence. You're lying"

Alvin scowled "I am not lying! Chase is lying, the little ass! Can't you see that, Brit? He's all talk"

Brittany simply shook her head "I've told you, I don't believe you"

"You're so stubborn, sometimes, Brit" said Alvin "You don't bother to look past Chase's good looks, and see what's on the inside... Because what's on the inside of Chase, is a mean guy, and a whole lot of smoke and beer"

He excused himself from the room, and walked up the stairs.

Brittany didn't bother to say anything, although she couldn't help but question herself: 'Is Alvin right? Am I really that blind?'

Even though she'd never admit it, a part of her believed Alvin was right about this whole thing. And that scared her.

When was Alvin ever right?

Sorry if that was a little rushed ^^ It kind of was. It's like 11pm right now, and I should be in bed, but I wanted to get this chapter posted for you guys :)

And I know, Chase sucks, haha xD

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