Facing the Facts
Brittany slowly opened her eyes. She felt fully refreshed and rejuvenated. She had slept so peacefully last night. She let out a yawn and climbed happily out of bed. She looked around to find that her sisters were still asleep.
"That's odd, they're usually up before I am" she mumbled to herself. She was about to head for the bathroom when she stopped. Rage started to build up inside her. All her belongings were piled up in a corner.
"What's the big idea!" she shouted angrily. Jeanette and Eleanor jumped out of bed and rolled onto the floor.
"Huh… what's going on?" Jeanette asked groggily as she got to her feet. She turned to see Brittany fuming by the doorway.
"Why is all my stuff in the corner?" Brittany screamed angrily, pointing at the cluster of pink items. Jeanette and Eleanor stared for a moment, before they remembered what happened last night. It seemed as though Brittany had no recollection of the events of the night.
"Um… we… I don't remember" Jeanette said nervously. She backed up so she was standing next to Eleanor. Brittany stared at them for a moment, before starting to calm.
"Fine whatever, just don't touch my stuff again without permission or you are gonna get it" she said annoyed before stomping out of the room towards the bathroom. After she had left, Eleanor and Jeanette let out a sigh of relief.
"Well, it seems like Brittany has no idea what is going on" Jeanette said softly before sitting down on her bed. Eleanor joined her.
"Well, when Alvin's book shows up we'll find a way to fix her and then we forget this whole thing ever happened" Eleanor said.
"You're right we just need to wait. For now, I'm going back to sleep" Jeanette said before letting out a tired yawn.
"Yeah, me too" Eleanor said before returning to her own bed. They had just started to get comfortable when they heard Miss Miller calling downstairs.
"Girl's breakfast!"
Eleanor and Jeanette let out a groan before getting up and heading downstairs. Alvin wasn't having much better luck sleeping either. After he had finally dotted off, Theodore had awoken to help Dave with breakfast. In his excitement, he accidentally slammed the bedroom door, causing both Alvin and Simon to jump and hit the ceiling.
"Ow! Well, it looks like Theodore's awake" Simon muttered rubbing his head. He reached to his bad side table and grabbed his glasses. He turned to see that Alvin was attempting to go back to sleep.
"Jeez you are lazy" he muttered and slid out of bed.
"Hey I had a rough night ok so get off my back" he grumbled. Simon just shook his head.
"More monster dreams ay?" he asked crossing his arms.
"You could say that" Alvin mumbled before drifting off again. Simon just sighed. Even with the monster ban Alvin was still having bad dreams. Perhaps he would stop having them in a few days when he got used to the lack of monster stuff Simon thought to himself. The blue-clad chipmunk slowly left the room and headed downstairs to find Theodore busily cooking some pancakes while Dave sat at the table drinking some coffee.
"Good morning Simon, sleep well?" Dave asked as the chipmunk entered the room and joined him at the table.
"Yeah, real good. Alvin didn't though" Simon said letting out another sigh.
"I know. He actually went jogging this morning to tire himself out" Dave said taking another sip of his coffee. Simon looked surprised. Alvin had never gone jogging that early in his life. Dave seemed to catch the look.
"I was surprised too, but I don't think it's a bad thing. In fact the two of us were going to go jogging tomorrow" Dave said happily. Simon wasn't sure what to say. The two just sat silently for a moment before Theodore brought the pancakes over to them.
"Breakfast is ready guys, dig in" he said cheerfully and served the food onto their plates. The three of them sat happily eating their breakfast for a while until Dave realized that Alvin still had not come down to breakfast.
"Hey Theodore, could you go and get Alvin up. I know he didn't sleep that well, but he needs to come and eat some breakfast" Dave asked the youngest chipmunk.
"Sure thing Dave" he said happily and raced upstairs. Alvin was snoring peacefully until Theodore burst into the room.
"Hey Alvin, Dave says you need to come down and eat some breakfast. I made pancakes" Theodore shouted happily, approaching his older brother. Alvin let out a groan and sat up.
"Alright tell him I'll be down in a minute" he grumbled and hopped out of the bed. Theodore smiled and left the room.
"I swear if I have to go through all that again I am going to kill someone" he mumbled rubbing his eyes. Then he slowly trudged out of the room and joined his family for breakfast.
Back at the Chipettes place, Jeanette and Eleanor had just finished their cereal when Brittany marched into the kitchen.
"Oh, cereal again! Don't we have any bacon or sausages or something?" she grumbled looking at the bowl set up on the table for her.
"Bacon, sausages, Brittany, you're a vegetarian, why would you want to eat those?" Miss Miller asked confused. Brittany ignored her and started to wolf down her cereal. Before Miss Miller could scold her about using manners, the food was already gone.
"Thanks" Brittany mumbled and walked out of the room. Miss Miller watched her shocked. What had gotten into her? Eleanor and Jeanette shook their heads and followed her out of the kitchen back to their room. They all got dressed and sat around on their beds.
"I'm going to go watch some television" Brittany announced and left the room. As soon as she was gone Eleanor turned to Jeanette.
"When do you think Alvin will show up with that book?" she asked, hopping up from her bed and moving to Jeanette's. Jeanette was about to respond when there was a loud knock on the door.
"Girl's, could one of you get that" Miss Miller called out from somewhere in the house. Jeanette and Eleanor got up to see who it was. They had expected that Brittany, being the closest to the door, would have answered it, but as they came downstairs they saw she was still watching television, completely ignoring the door as it knocked again. Jeanette and Eleanor let out a sigh and moved to open the door themselves. As it opened they saw a nervous looking Alvin standing on their doorstep.
"Girl's, we've got a problem"
Alvin trudged into the kitchen and finished his breakfast before getting dressed. He lay on the seat that was connected to the windowsill, watching out for the mailman. Theodore was practicing his lines in the yard, but Alvin had no idea where Simon was.
"I have to make sure that Simon and Theodore don't get that book" he thought to himself. As he was struggling to come up with a plan on how to evade his younger brothers, a postal van pulled up in front of the house and the mailman cheerfully hopped out with a large package in his hands. He spotted Theodore and called out to him.
"Hey there little boy, is this here the Seville residence?"
"Yes, is that package for us?" Theodore said as he moved towards the smiling man.
"It sure is. Could you just sign this for me?" he said handing the package to Theodore and indicating a piece of paper in his hand. Theodore happily signed the paper and waved goodbye as the postman drove off.
"I wonder what this is?" he asked curiously examining the rectangular package in his hands. Alvin looked outside for a moment and caught a glimpse of the package in Theodore's hands.
"Oh no, he has the book!" he cried before and idea came to his mind. He opened the window and called down to Theodore.
"Theodore, that's for me, I'll take" he said, hoping that his plan would work.
"Well, it's not monster stuff, is it?" Theodore asked nervously. He wanted to be nice and give Alvin his package, but Dave and Simon had been very strict on him that he was not under any circumstances to let Alvin get a hold of anything monster related. Alvin had anticipated the question so he proceeded with the next part of his plan. He started to pretend hold back tears as he sniffled his response.
"Theodore, that really hurts, that book, how to find happiness in a monster free world is an important part of my therapy" he said, ensuring that his sniffs looked genuine. He smiled as he realized that Theodore had bought it.
"Well ok" he said happily. Immediately Alvin grabbed his fishing rod and started to lower it towards Theodore.
"Hook it on pal, time's a wasting" he laughed. However as Theodore was hooking the package to the line, Simon burst through the front door.
"Theodore, Dave wants you to…" he started until he spotted Theodore tying the package to Alvin's fishing line.
"Oh hey Simon" Alvin said giving a nervous chuckle. Simon eyed him suspiciously.
"Theodore, had me that package please" he demanded extending his hand to accept the package.
"B-b-but Simon. Alvin said that this is for him. It's a book to help with his monster problem" the little chipmunk said quietly, hugging the package closer to himself.
"Theodore, if that is a self help book I will give it to Alvin, but I seriously doubt that it is" Simon said dryly again extending his hand to take the package.
"Simon, that hurts, that really hurts…" Alvin started pretending to sniff again, but Simon silenced him with a glare. Timidly Theodore handed him the package. He unwrapped it to find Alvin's monster book staring him in the face.
"As I suspected. Alvin was lying to you Theodore. This is not a self help book, it is just a monster book with facts" he said showing the smaller chipmunk the book. Theodore let out a sad sigh.
"Simon please, I desperately need that book, it's not because of…" Alvin started but Simon silenced him.
"I don't want to hear your excuses Alvin, you know you aren't allowed to have anything monster related. There is no weaseling your way around this or coming up with some stupid scheme. You are not having anything more to do with monsters Alvin!" Simon shouted then stormed back into the house with the book. Theodore looked up at Alvin with a sad face.
"I'm sorry Theodore, but I really need that book, and it isn't because of my monster fixation. I need to help someone with that" Alvin cried out hoping he could persuade the smaller chipmunk to help him get the book back off Simon. Theodore just looked at the ground and walked away sadly. Alvin let out a sigh.
"Great not only is one of my friends a monster, but now both my brothers hate me. This just keeps getting better and better" Alvin mumbled to himself, before it fully hit him. He had just lost possibly the only way to help Brittany.
"Oh god, I have to tell Jeanette and Eleanor!" he suddenly cried before racing out of the house towards the Miller's. As he approached their door, he was suddenly overcome by nerves. How was he going to tell them that he had just blown their best hope at helping Brittany? He slowly raised his fist and knocked on the door. After a few minutes Eleanor and Jeanette opened the door.
"Girl's, we have a problem" he said nervously. The both exchanged a worried glance.
"What do you mean?" Eleanor asked. Alvin let out a sigh.
"Well, I uh… lost the book…" he said faintly before looking glumly at the ground. Jeanette and Eleanor both gasped.
"What do you mean you lost it? Alvin we need that book" Eleanor said desperately. This just made Alvin more glum.
"Simon caught Theodore giving it to me and now he has confiscated. He will guard that thing with his life" Alvin said depressingly. Eleanor thought for a moment then she had an idea.
"Hey Alvin, did you say, Simon is the one guarding the book?" she asked.
"Yeah, why?" he asked in return. A sly smile spread over her face. She leant over to his ear and whispered something to him. The same sly smile spread on his face. They both turned to Jeanette. She took a nervous gulp and backed up.
"W-w-why are you guys looking at me like that?" she asked nervously.
Simon sat in the den reading. Next to him was a chest with a large padlock on it. He had placed all of Alvin's monster books, toys and comics inside it, and now he intended to guard the chest and the key, which he had in his pocket, until Alvin finally got over his monster fixation. As he turned the page he heard someone clear their throat. He lowered the book to see a very pretty Jeanette. She had put on makeup and lipstick and changed her clothes. Instead of her regular sweater and skirt, she was now wearing a sparkling royal purple dress that extended to her knees. Simon felt his heart leap to his throat as he saw her.
"H-h-h-hi Jeanette, you're l-l-l-looking l-l-l-lovely" he said nervously. She approached him slowly.
"H-h-hi Simon, I uh wanted to see if you wanted to go to the uh movies with me" she stuttered. She started to blush. Simon continued to admire her. She had allowed her hair to flow loose down her back. He stared at her for a moment then realized what he was doing and snapped out of it. He blushed for a moment.
"I'd love to Jeanette… but Alvin just tried to sneak a monster book into the house. I need to stay and guard this chest so he can't get to it" he said. He actually felt little unhappy that he was so determined to stop his brother from breaking the rules. He really wanted to be with Jeanette. Jeanette looked over her shoulder. Alvin and Eleanor peeked around the corner anxiously waiting.
"Keep going" Eleanor whispered and waved her hand in Simon's direction. Jeanette took a nervous gulp then moved closer to him and pushed his book down. He looked at her curious.
"Are you sure I can't change your mind?" she said trying to sound seductive. Simon seemed perplexed.
"What do you mean?" he asked. Jeanette forced a sly smile and let her hand run down his cheek.
"With this" she said and she started to sing.
Honey you're a sweet thing
and you look so fine
All I ever wanted
is to make you mine
Give me a clue
Tell me what I need to do
to get lucky with you
Boy I really love you
with my heart and soul
Honey won't you take me
Where I want to go
Getting lucky
whoo, getting lucky
It's really what it's all about
Getting lucky, hmm getting lucky
It's something I can't do without
Honey I've been waiting,
waiting patiently
Let me unlock your heart boy
I think I got the key
Give me a clue
Tell me what I need to do
to get lucky with you
Give me a clue
Tell me what I need to do
to get lucky with you
Give me a clue
Tell me what I need to do
to get lucky with you
Give me a clue
Tell me what I need to do
to get lucky with you
Oh honey, honey
Give me a clue
Tell me what I need to do
To get lucky with you
As Jeanette finished the song she looked over at Simon. He was leaning forward in his chair staring at her lovingly, drooling. Jeanette blushed. She hadn't thought she would be able to produce that kind of a response from the dry, witty chipmunk.
"So what do you say?' she asked. He slowly gave a nod, still not taking his eyes off her. Jeanette continued to blush. She walked over and pulled him from the chair. She walked out the door with him following her still absolutely perplexed. As the door closed Alvin and Eleanor rushed out of hiding.
"Wow, she really got to him. I've never seen him so head over heels" Alvin said, letting out a low whistle of approvement.
"She did do a good job didn't she" Eleanor complemented. She had never thought her sister could pull something like that off. She had actually managed to seduce Simon. Eleanor giggled when she thought about it, then suddenly shock came to her face.
"Wait! Alvin, she didn't get the key from him. How will we open the chest?" Eleanor said worried. After all that if their plan failed now it would really upset Jeanette. It had been so difficult to persuade her to do that. Eleanor turned to Alvin but let out an angry grunt when she saw he was smiling.
"What are you smiling about? This is a crisis" she said angrily. He let out a chuckle then pulled something from his pocket. It was the key to the chest. Eleanor's mouth formed a large O.
"How did you get that?" she asked after she got over the shock.
"Believe me, Simon may be smart, but he does not know when he has been pick pocketed" Alvin chuckled before motioning for Eleanor to enter the room. They approached the chest and unlocked it. Inside it was hundred's of monster toys, comics and books. On the top was the Monster book of Monster facts that they needed. Alvin grabbed it from the pile. However before they could close the chest again he managed to swipe a few of the toys and place them in his pocket. Eleanor gave him an annoyed look.
"What, I'm not going to get another chance like this" he shrugged, before closing the chest and re locking it.
"Alright, let's find somewhere to read this thing without being spotted by Dave or…" she started when Theodore walked into the room.
"Theodore!" she cried out. Quickly Alvin hid the book behind his back and gave a nervous grin.
"Hi Ellie. What are you and Alvin doing?" he asked happily, before becoming confused. Alvin and Eleanor were friends, but they didn't usually hang out together.
"Um, Eleanor was just uh… she was just uh… inviting me back to their place to see Brittany, yeah, that's right" Alvin chuckled nervously. He had managed to lie to Theodore once today, but he wasn't sure that he would fall for it again.
"Yeah, uh she um, was hoping to uh, hang out with him today for being so nice to her yesterday" Eleanor lied the same nervous grin appearing on her face as well. Theodore looked at them for a moment.
"Oh ok then. I'll talk to you guys later" he said happily then turned and entered the kitchen. As soon as he was gone, both Alvin and Eleanor let out relieved sighs.
"That was close. Quick let's get out of here" Alvin said. Eleanor nodded her head vigorously then the two of them dashed out of the house. A few hours later Jeanette returned to the Miller house. She found Alvin and Eleanor sitting in the girl's room studying over the book.
"I hate both of you! I am never doing that again!" she growled at them. They exchanged a glance then burst out laughing.
"Well, how was it? Did you have a good time?" Eleanor asked when she had calmed down. Jeanette turned from angry to timid again. She started to blush.
"Well, um… yes. He was so sweet. It was really great" Jeanette giggled.
"Well, the next time that I need to get rid of Simon, you are welcome to (he chuckled) seduce him any time" he said happily.
"Come on, let's get back to it. We have found nothing to help us at all" Eleanor said, ignoring Alvin's comment. Jeanette joined them. For the rest of the day they read. They learned all sorts of things about werewolves, but it still didn't answer the questions about why Brittany had been able to transform last night when it was not a full moon, why she was acting like dog or most importantly, how to cure being a werewolf. It started to get late and the sun began to set.
"What are we going to do? We haven't found anything to help us cure Brittany" Jeanette said worried as she watched the sun through the window.
"Well the book hasn't been too helpful, but…" Alvin started to think he placed his hand on his chin for a moment before speaking next.
"Maybe we could speak with Madam Raya. She hosts a lot of monster movies and she wrote this book. Maybe she could tell us how to help Brittany" he said. Eleanor and Jeanette thought it over for a moment and agreed.
"Ok great. Tomorrow we'll go down to the studio and speak with her" Alvin said happily. He was about to say goodbye to them when a realization hit the three of them at once. With Brittany still a werechipmunk, she may transform again that night.
"Alvin, we can't look after Brittany on our own. She is just too hard to handle" Jeanette said sadly. Alvin looked at her and sighed before smiling and approaching her.
"Do you want me to help you watch her tonight?" he asked kindly.
"Would you?" Jeanette said, suddenly brightening up. With Brittany being so aggressive towards them the previous night, she really wanted Alvin to be there. It seemed he was the only one that Brittany liked in her werewolf form.
"Sure. I'll go home and have dinner, then when everyone goes to bed I'll sneak back over. We'll all take it in shifts watching her, that way we can at least get some sleep" he said.
"Thanks Alvin" Jeanette and Eleanor chimed in unison. He could be a trouble maker sometimes, but the red-clad chipmunk had a good heart and he would always do what he could to help his friends and family.
"No problem. I better get going. I'll see you tonight. One of you wait downstairs so I don't wake Miss Miller up with my knocking" he said.
"Sure thing. Bye" they said.
"Bye" he replied and left the room. On his way down the hall he accidently ran into Brittany.
"Hey watch where you're going!" she growled at him.
"Sorry it was an accident I didn't mean to…" he started but he couldn't finish because Brittany pushed him over.
"Next time, just stay out of my way!" she sneered and walked passed him. Alvin didn't know what to say. He knew she couldn't help it because of her curse, but that really hurt his feelings.
"I hope we cure you soon. I don't like the new Brittany" he mumbled to himself before leaving.
A few hours passed and the sun went down. As everyone at the chipmunk house went to sleep. Alvin secretly got dressed and snuck out of the house. As he approached the Miller house, he heard some commotion from somewhere upstairs. He walked up to the door and knocked lightly so that he wouldn't wake up Miss Miller. At first there was no response. He knocked slightly louder, but still no one came to the door. Suddenly he heard a crash from somewhere upstairs.
"What is going on?" he questioned. He rushed around to the side of the house and started to climb up a large tree next to the girl's window. Once he reached the top he peered into the room. Eleanor and Jeanette were frantically trying to get Brittany into the closet, but the angry werechipmunk was jumping around the room knocking everything over. It was a miracle that Miss Miller hadn't heard any of the commotion. Alvin leant closer to the window and tapped on the glass. Both of the girls stopped and looked out the window at him. Jeanette rushed over and opened it for him.
"Thank goodness you're here. Quick, help us get Brittany into the closet" she cried out desperately. Alvin immediately jumped into the room and approached Brittany. As soon as she saw him, her eyes widened and she started to pant happily. Before he could stop her, she pounced on top of him and started to lick his face.
"Well, I guess this is her new welcome sign" Alvin muttered and rolled her off him. She started to playfully roll about on the floor.
"Okay, come one girl, into the closet" Alvin said and coaxed the werechipmunk towards the room. She was reluctant, so he moved over and picked her up. She started to lick his face as he carried her to the room. He gently put her down on the floor.
"Stay" he said sternly. She sat still on the floor watching him, still panting happily. He backed up and quickly closed the door before she had time to react. The three chipmunks all let out a sigh of relief.
"Ok, I'll take the first shift. You two try and get some sleep. I'll wake you in a few hours" Alvin said. The two girls smiled happily and thanked him before moving to their beds. They were asleep in minutes. Alvin sat on Brittany's bed and started to look for a book or something to read. He spotted the monster book of monster facts that he had left with the girls lying on the floor. He picked it up and started to read. Hours passed by and Alvin started to get tired.
"Alright, I think it's about time for one of the girl's to take a shift" he yawned and moved towards their beds.
"Sorry girls, but it's your turn to take a shift" Alvin said as he approached them. He gave them both a gentle nudge they let out a yawn each and sat up. They were about to decide who would stay up next when Jeanette realized something.
"Hey guys. Brittany is being awful quiet" she said. Alvin and Eleanor seemed to realize as well and they all exchanged a worried glance. Brittany had just been chucking a fit earlier; it didn't make sense that she would be so quiet. Nervously the three of them approached the closet door.
"Ok, I'm going to open the closet door. You two be ready in case she jumps out" Alvin said. The two girls nodded and prepared themselves. Alvin moved to the door he started to count to three. As he reached the final number he quickly swung the door open. The three chipmunks gasped. The closet was empty.
I hope you guys like this one. The next one is going to have a lot more werewolfness going on, and some angry Brittany so be prepared. Next update will be soon.