Later that same day...

Soon school was done for the day and everyone was on heading out.

Alvin caught up with Simon as he walked toward his car. "Hey Si, what's going on? You alright?"

Simon glanced at him. "Oh yeah I'm fine. Why do you ask?" he said casually.

Alvin shrugged slightly. "Well I saw what went down between you and Brittany…"

Simon nodded. "Oh I see…Well anyway, I'm ok," he said as if it wasn't a big deal.

Alvin eyed him. "You sure?" he asked, a bit skeptical.

"Yeah," was Simon's simply answer,

Just then Theodore walked between them from behind. "Hey can I get a ride from either one of you? I kind of let Jeanette borrow my car," he said to them.

Alvin looked at him. "Why?"

Theodore rolled his eyes. "Because, like I said, I let Jeanette borrow my car…duh." He then looked at Simon with a arched brow "..I know his grades suck but I didn't think he was an idiot," he said.

Simon looked at him. "I do believe he was asking why you let Jeanette borrow your car," he explained to him.

Alvin rolled his eyes and nodded. "Thank you."

Theodore scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Oh, well she said she was going to some lecture on some campus. I don't really know what she was talking about, wasn't listening, and she said Brittany wasn't taking her because she didn't feel well or something…again I wasn't really listening. Anyway I told her she could take my car."

Simon shook his head. "I think you should pay more attention to details before you loan your car out," he pointed out.

Theodore laughed. "Come on, it's Jeanette. What trouble could she get into? Anyway I need a ride and since we're all going to the same place, I thought I could bum a ride with one of you…Hm, why do we all drive different cars to school anyway?"

Alvin smirked. "Because we enjoy killing the environment."

Simon shook his head. "Whatever. I guess you could ride with me," he told Theodore.

Alvin raised a brow. "Uh he was going to anyway. Because if he had to depend on me his ass would've been walking. Calling me an idiot…"

Simon smiled slightly.

Theodore looked at him. "Well you always ask stupid questions, and that's what you get for eavesdropping on a private conversation," he said.

Alvin stared at him. "How the hell was it private?"

"Dude, because I wasn't facing you, therefore I wasn't talking to you…God what does Eleanor see in your dumb ass?" he laughed as if it was obvious.

Alvin narrowed his eyes at him.

Simon raised a brow. "You know Theo, even though you weren't facing him, you were addressing both of us so…it wasn't really private," he corrected.

"Yeah, so fuck you," Alvin added.

Theodore laughed as he looked at Alvin. "Don't you have to be man whore somewhere?" he asked, clearly just in a taunt-Alvin mood.

Alvin just stared ahead. "Theodore, if you want so badly to get punched in the face, all you have to do is ask. Because I'll do it for you," he said calmly.

Theodore stared at Alvin for a moment, taking notice that he had clearly had enough of his jokes. "I see." He then cleared his throat and looked at Simon. "So how was your day?" he asked, trying to change the subject.

Simon stared straight ahead. "Fine," was all he said.

Theodore nodded. "You know what else was fine? The way Brittany looked today. I usually don't look at her like that, but damn she looked good. I mean am I right or what?"

Alvin laughed, while Simon simply shrugged. "I suppose," he said.

Theodore arched a brow at his brothers. "I can't help but to feel like I'm missing something," he said.

"Well this is where we part ways," Alvin said, not wanting to get into that as it wasn't his business, and then he walked in another direction.

Simon huffed. "Trust me, you didn't miss anything special."

Theodore watched him closely. He could tell there was something different about him. "Well, what did I miss?"

Simon remained silent for a moment. "Me and Brittany…we kind of had a little problem today," he said.

"A problem? What do you mean?"

"You know Kasey right?"

"Yeah, your chemistry partner right?"

Simon nodded. "Right. Well today Brittany just comes out of nowhere and starts throwing insults at her left and right and makes her run off. And then she and I got into an argument. And well now I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this new dilemma between me and her," he explained.

Theodore was silent in thought as they both got into the car. He buckled up with his brows furrowed, truly thinking about what Simon told him. "So…she just came over there and started insulting Kasey? For no reason?"

Simon started the car. "None that I know of."

"Well can you recall anything that Brittany said? I mean there has to be a reason. I know Brittany can be temperamental, but she's no bully. I can't even see why she would even speak to Kasey, it's not like they run with the same crowd you know."

Simon pulled out of the parking lot. "Yeah well I think the thing that made her mad the most was that she felt like I was blowing her off to hang out with Kasey," he explained.

Theodore smiled. "OH, now we're getting somewhere. So Brittany's being all territorial with you," he laughed.

He arched an eye brow. "I guess you can say that." He sighed. "When I walked away from her and didn't turn back around when she called, she just screamed out that I was selfish."

Theodore arched a brow. "Selfish?"

"Yes, selfish. And she sounded really…hurt along with being angry."

Theodore just stared at him for a moment in awe. "Wow, well I'm at a loss, you know I don't understand women…especially that one. But that's irrelevant. This has obviously upset you, but what are you upset with more? The fact that Brittany was acting like…well a brat, or the fact that you probably hurt her without even realizing it?"

He sighed. "I've been helping Brittany control her anger and things like that, so after this incident, I feel like everything I've done has been a waste of time. And that hurts. I mean, I'm kind of disappointed. And I guess it stings so badly because…well, I like her. I really do. And I guess it does hurt to know that I hurt her. So now I'm at a loss myself. I don't know how I'm supposed to handle this."

"So you have feelings for her? Like feelings that go beyond friendship or am I jumping the gun here?"

"Definitely beyond friendship."

Theodore's eyes widened, as he wasn't really expecting to hear that. "Whoa…" he then took a deep breath as the thought of that kind of made his head spin. "Okay look, I know you're disappointed in her, but I think maybe you're expecting too much change in too little time. If Brittany is trying to change and is making a effort then that on its own is commendable. I mean remember who you're dealing with," he laughed slightly. "And also, I think you need to get to the bottom of why she blew up, because it obviously has something to do more so with you…rather than Kasey," he said.

"Oh I know it has something to do with me. Kasey was just in the line of fire." Simon shook his head. "The things she said to her…anyway, I guess you're right about this whole changing thing…"

Theodore continued to watch him. "Damn, was what she said to her really that bad?"

Simon laughed bitterly. "Yes."

"Well yeah of course it was. Look who we're talking about. But anyway, yeah I think you may be being a little too hard on Brittany. So she slipped up once today. That's not bad considering every time I saw her she was acting all polite to people and stuff."

Simon didn't say anything at first as he just listened. Then finally he said, "Yeah I guess you're right…" He sighed. "Leave it up to you to make me feel worse for what I said," he said.

Theodore just smirked. "Whatever. Just talk to her…Oh and by the way, sorry about what I said earlier about her looking fine…I had no idea that was yours." He cleared his throat uncomfortably

Simon shrugged slightly. "Well I don't have any real claim on her just yet. As of right now, I'm just her…special friend," he smiled slightly.

Theodore looked at him like he was crazy, and then sucked his teeth. "Man, that ain't nothing but 'boyfriend' in the foreign language known as Chippettese."

Simon arched an eye brow. "Oh is that so? Well nothing wrong with that either," he said.

Theodore just laughed.

xxxxx

Later on that night, Brittany was just moping around the house. She had been crying all day since she had gotten home, but now she was just all cried out. She finally came out of her room where she had locked herself in for hours and headed downstairs. Everyone else had already eaten dinner but she had never come down.

She just sat on the couch staring at blank TV screen thinking about Simon, and how she disappointed him. 'He'll never talk to me again,' she thought.

Soon Jeanette walked in the house, just getting home from the lecture. She saw Brittany sitting alone on the couch doing nothing. She didn't really anything of it as she began to walk toward the staircase but she froze once she noticed Brittany's expression. She then walked over to her. "Brittany…what's wrong?"

"I feel sick," she said faintly.

"Oh really?" She sat next to her. "Did you eat too much dinner tonight?" she smiled slightly.

Brittany shook her head and still stared at the blank screen.

"That's because she hasn't eaten anything at all," came Eleanor's voice as she walked in the room.

Jeanette furrowed her eye brows. "Oh…well then what's the problem?"

Eleanor took a seat on the other side of Brittany and watched her closely. She was truly worried. She saw what happen earlier and she had a pretty good idea what was wrong, but she wanted to hear it from Brittany.

Brittany looked down at her hands. "I did something really bad." Her voice came out more like a child then she wanted.

"What do you mean?"

Brittany sighed. "Simon's upset and disappointed with me, because I went off on his chemistry partner today," she explained.

Jeanette shifted her eyes. "Why'd you do that?"

Brittany balled up her fist as she could feel her anger rising once she remembered why in fact she did that. "Because a certain idiotic chipmunk that wears red and a stupid big yellow 'A' led me to believe that they had chemistry together but in relationship way not an academic way!"

Eleanor smiled sheepishly. "Uh yeah, that's, um, Alvin for you. Always the kidder." She laughed uncomfortably.

Jeanette shook her head. "I'm not sure I understand. Why should it matter if it was the academic way or not?"

Brittany pouted. "Because…because…well because he's MY special friend!" She folded her arms childishly.

Eleanor smiled slightly as she watched her, thinking the special friend label for Simon was cute.

Jeanette smiled as well. "Your special friend?"

Brittany sighed. "Yes…Look, I've grown to…to.." she looked down. "I'm in love with Simon…" she said softly not being able to look at either of them.

Eleanor giggled. "I knew it."

Jeanette giggled as well. "Oh…how sweet. So that's why you were so mean to Kasey," she said as it was making sense to her now.

Brittany looked up at her. "Wait, you know the girl?"

She nodded. "Yes. I'm in their class," she said.

Brittany then looked back down feeling a bit ashamed. "Well did she tell you anything?"

"No…but then again, she didn't talk to anyone in class today…"

Brittany sighed, knowing why.

Eleanor shook her head. "Brittany, don't beat yourself up too much. It's perfectly normal to feel protective over the man you love. You didn't know she was just Simon's partner."

"I know, but now Simon will never speak to me again. He thinks he's wasting his time with me, seeing that I can't change my evil fucking ways…"

Jeanette shook her head. "Don't say that. You are changing. You were perfectly fine this morning. And I think the only reason you did snap is because you felt like Simon was getting taken from you. And I think when someone feels threatened in some form or another they'll do anything to protect their own. And that's what happened with you."

Brittany leaned back as she looked up at the ceiling. "But he doesn't know that. In fact he was so angry with me he didn't even really know what to say. He just walked away from me. I can't help but to think that he's walking out of my life as well…"

"If you feel that way, then you should tell him how you feel," Eleanor told her.

Brittany shook her head. "I…can't, and besides I don't think he even feels the same way."

Jeanette raised a brow. "You two are friends. If you've developed feelings for him, you need to tell him. Because if you keep your feelings hidden and you keep having these outbursts every time he's close to another girl, he will walk away. And I know you don't want that. So it'll be better for both of you if he knew."

Eleanor nodded. "She's right, Brittany. You need to let him know. That's why he's so upset because he doesn't understand why you were so rude to the girl," she said.

Brittany sighed. "But he doesn't feel the same way. So I'm just setting myself up for a broken heart."

Jeanette arched an eye brow. "How do you know he doesn't feel the same way? Did you ask him?"

Brittany looked at her. "Well of course I asked him…well, in the way that I ask men if they're interested."

Eleanor arched a brow not really understanding.

"Well what did he say when you asked?" Jeanette asked.

Brittany shook her head. "Well I didn't just outright ask him," she said.

Eleanor's expression never changed. "Then what did you do?"

"I hinted, and was sexually suggestive…and wore a really nice outfit today for him specifically which he didn't even notice, I might add," Brittany told them.

Jeanette nodded. "So…when you hinted, I guess he turned you down right?"

"Well, I'm not really sure. But it wasn't the reaction I was looking for. Like for example when I look him up and down and clearly flirt with him, he doesn't even notice. And today when I was talking to him by my locker I was rocking my shoulders side to side and batting my eyes at him…and nothing. He just said he had to meet up with someone before class and to have a nice day," she explained.

"Well before I comment on that, tell me what his reaction was when you hinted," Jeanette said, really interested in what he had to say.

"Well if you're talking about the sexual suggestions, it went down like this: I told him that I wanted to go home with him so I could really thank him for being so nice to me. I was inching my hand up his thigh about to grab on to something…" she bit her lower lip just imagining it. Then she sighed, "…but he stopped me, and then I was all like, 'come on you know you want to,' and he was like, 'I don't actually,' and then he went on to say that we're friends and that he's not nice to me just to get something in return and that he wasn't interested in my body." She sighed. "Not interested in my body…" she repeated in disappointment.

Jeanette watched her for a moment. "Well…why is that a bad thing? Because it seems to me that he doesn't want just sex from you. And that he's interested in much more than that from you. And I know that's not what you're used to, but maybe you should be grateful for that fact. Because if he would've agreed, you would've had another problem on your hands."

Brittany nodded slightly. "Well I guess I see your point. Though how do I know if he likes me if he won't have sex with me?" she asked.

Eleanor shook her head, truly saddened by her words. "Oh Brittany…"

Jeanette sighed. "Brittany that's not the way to go about finding out if someone likes you. Anyone could have sex with someone, but that doesn't mean they like them. The thing you need to do is have a talk with him," she told her.

Brittany sighed. "Yeah I know, but I'm scared. I can't face him now. And I just feel awful for what I said to Kasey…"

Jeanette smiled slightly. "Then make it up to her…and in doing so, you'd probably make it up to him too."

Brittany smiled as she thought about it. "And I know just the thing too." She then looked between her sisters. "Hey you girls think you can get a ride with one of the Chipmunks tomorrow? I'm going to go pick up something for Kasey so I'll be to school a little late," she said.

Eleanor nodded. "Yeah sure. I'm sure I can get a ride with Alvin."

Jeanette smiled. "And I'd probably get a ride with Theodore. He never listens to details anyway," she laughed a bit.

Brittany laughed. "Good…well not that he doesn't listen…well you know what I mean."

Jeanette laughed and nodded. "So you're ok now?"

Brittany smiled. "I am. I don't feel like it's the end of the world anymore," she said.

Eleanor smirked. "Good, because it doesn't become you."

Brittany smiled. "I know, it doesn't, does it?" She then thought of something and started laughing. "You girls want to see something funny?"

Eleanor smiled and eyed her for a second. "Um…ok."

Jeanette simply shrugged and nodded.

"Ok, wait right there." Brittany then ran off and went upstairs, and a few moments later she came back down with a pink spiral notebook in her hands. She sat back down on the couch between them with a smile on her face. She then opened it up and showed them her doodle of Simon giving it to her doggy style. "This is what I want him to do to me," she laughed.

Jeanette blinked a couple of times. "Wow…very specific…" was all she could say.

Eleanor couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughter. "And you got him looking so serious!"

Brittany laughed. "Girl, because it is serious! OH God I WANT IT!"

Jeanette laughed and shook her head.


Well would you look-a-there? Brittany and Simon have confessed their feelings...Well let's see if they'll confess them to each other...Review please!