Hey guys, sorry for the long wait but my internet wasn't working but ohwell am here :)

Also, it's my 16th birthday n Tuesday so hopefully it should be good, because the last few didn't end well :S but it reminds me...AM GROUNDED ON IT! boo hoo, why now, i was grouded on it last year :'(

Anyway, i hope everyones ok and fine because i'm not but oh well :)

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Chapter 40- A problem

In that one moment it was like the earth had frozen, all you could hear was the heartbeats of several chipmunks that sat there. Frozen.

Alvin, Lucy and Daniel stared in shock and suprised as they watched the aurban chipettes eyes flutter open. Not one of them said anything. Watching, the chipette stopped blinking as she began to search her surroundings, not realising where she was or what had happend. Looking, her eyes stopped at the three chipmunks sat beside her, looking back.

Her breathing, like theirs came to a holt soon being hit by realisation of what had happend. On the otherhand, Alvin and the kits was still trying to recover from the suprising shock they had just recieved. It felt like they had gone back intime before things was the way they was. He blinked a couple of times and took a deep breath, looking into her baby blue eyes...

"Britt" he said, gently with a hint of fear.

Brittany just stared at him as if she didn't have a clue of who he was but she knew deep down in her heart knowing egsacly who he was... her friend, her lover, her mate...her soal mate. She stared down at the two kits, seeing the gently faces of her two ki- wait a minute. It soon hit the chipette, realising someone was missing.

"AJ" she mumbled, quietly.

Alvin, Lucy and Daniel looked at each other confused of what she said, as soon as she woke up that was the first thing she said?

"what did you say mommy?" Lucy asked, gaining her attention.

"AJ...wheres AJ" she asked.

Hearing this, Alvin soon realised what he was going to say before Daniel had interupted. He began to worry as he looked around in search of his eldest son. His eyes darted right back at Brittany, not sure of what to say...

"I...I dunno he-" he began but got cut off by Daneil.

"He ranway because he blames himself for your accident" the kit explained.

Brittanys eye's widend in shock, she could believe what she was hearing, her own son had blamed himself for her 'death experiance'. Tears began to rise in her eyes as she turned to Alvin, he seemed to feel the same as he looked back.

"w-what are we going to do, i wake up and find him gone...Alvin, he's just a kid, he could get..." Brittany said, not being able to finnish the sentence, fearing the worse. Alvin understood what she ment as he pulld her close.

"Don't worry Britt, we'll find him before he get's into trouble..." he soothed, holding her close "c'mon we need to tell the others, they still think your d-dead"

"i don't care i just want to find my baby" she cried, holding onto him.

"they can help us Britt, we can't find him on our own" he told her, Brittany sighed as she looked up into his hazle eye's.

She finally let up and nodded, Alvin forced a smile and helped her to her feet since she had only woken up from a sudden knock out. Once she was stable, she and Alvin grabbed the kits and headed for the other's who was still in shock and heartbreak.

Meanwhile, in the old maple tree were everyone was sharing their emotional feelings. Eleanor was still in shock, releasing fresh tears each second whilst Theodore helt her in his arms. Simon, Jeanette, Oliviar and Sam along with the kits was still normel, their reaction hadn't changed. Jeanette was still sniffling as her tears fell, Simon was the same, he felt guilty from the time when he was mean and insulted her after the cliff incident. Oliviar and Sam, even though he didn't know her that well and Oliviar wasn't there the past few years, they both felt like Brittany was a big part of their lives.

Deep down, they all knew they wouldn't be the same with out her and they all knew Alvin would change, Eleanor and Jeanette will probably be the same and Simon and Theodore, it will also effect them. Simon sighed and looked around, staring at the heartbraking moment's going on...

"C'mon guys...W-we need to be strong, Brittany wouldn't want this" he told them, Jeanette and Theodore along with Oliviar and Sam just looked at him, Eleanor remained frozen.

"he's right, if I know Britt...she'd want us to get on with out lives" Jeanette added, looking at her male counterpartner.

"i agree it's just...without Brittany, how can we?..." Theodore added "Eleanors in shock, she needs her sister"

Simon and Jeanette looked at each other then at the small plump chipette who was staring in to space, she had small droplettes of tears falling from her eye's. Jeanette couldn't help but break down, seeing her sister in such state, it broke her heart seeing her like this. She wasn't strong as she thought she was. Simon watched, pulling her back in his arms. The six kit's who was watching the entire time didn't understand why their mother was crying.

"Pa Pa, why dis mommy cwying" Ashley asked in his baby voice.

Simon just stared down at his third oldest, he didn't know what to say. He couldn't just say 'your mommies crying because your antie is dead', Simon shook that out of thought and looked at his son, his sapphire eyes similar to his.

"your mommy is just upset because she got some bad news" he told the kit, patting his head.

"oh, ok" he replied, huddling up with his brothers and sisters.

Whilst all this was happening, Eleanor was sat staring into space. Oliviar began to worry about her, she began to fear that it may of taken her into a trauma. The caramel furred chipette looked at Sam then back at the blonde chipette, she was about to say something when she got cut off...

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Everyones eye's darted at Theodore and Eleanor, woundering why on earth they was screaming. They then looked to where they was looking and soon as they saw who was standing there, their eye's widend in shock...their stood was Brittany.

"GHOST! THEIRS A GHOST!" Theodore shouted,

No one said anything, that was until the saw Alvin walk beside her holding Daneil and Lucy, he put the kits on the floor as they ran to their cousins. Everyone watched and then turned back to Alvin and Brittany who was stood at the door way, with all the shouting coming from Theodore, Alvin cracked a smile trying his best not to laugh.

"Theodore, I'm not a ghost...i wasn't even dead, i was just in a short coma or something, anyway I-" she began but got cut off from a certain chipette.

Eleanor pounced onto her sister, giving her a bonebreaking hug, tears pouring out of her eye's. Brittany smiled and helt her sister close, feeling all the sincier forming and before she knew it, everyone else came and gave her a hug, almost squishing her to the point were she could breath.

"ok guys... .Air!" she managed. Everyone let go, crying with tears of joy.

"oh my god, we thought you was a gonner but your back and alive, oh Britts i was scared you left us" Eleanor cried, still holding her sister.

"sshhh, I'm here forever but we have a problem..." Brittany said looking at everyone "Aj's Missing and we need your help..."

Ok, not a chapter worth waiting for but it needed updating, sorry for the long wait but my laptop has broken :S

Anyway, hoped you liked it so please review :3