Very, very sorry for the long wait. I hope this chapter was worth the wait for you all who like this story.

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Chapter 4: Grateful to Be Your Friend

Dave noticed his sons and the unknown girls just standing there in the yard, staring at each other.

What is going on? How did those girls get here? Dave thought unsurely. But then it hit him. Alvin…

He closed the door to the driver's side of his car and walked up to the six teenagers in his yard. "Alvin, what is going on here?" Dave instantly asked.

Smiling innocently, Alvin replied, "Oh, hi, Dave…"

Dave glared down at his son. "How did those girls get here?"

Alvin opened his mouth to reply, but Eleanor cut him off. "Oh, we just moved here next door to you not too long ago," she explained with a friendly smile.

Then Brittany joined in. "Yeah, and w-we just wanted to stop by and say hi to our new neighbors," she added with a fake smile.

Jeanette shifted her eyes nervously. "Yeah, what they said."

Dave looked at them for a second and the tension seemed to loosen from his shoulders. He sighed and shrugged. "Oh, okay. Well, it's nice to meet you all," he responded to the girls before unlocking the front door with his house key and walking into the house.

A beat of awkward silence later, Eleanor sighed with a pout. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm hungry."

Theodore's face immediately brightened up. "Do you like cooking?" he asked excitedly.

Eleanor gasped, immediately perking up. "Yes, I love cooking!" she replied.

Theodore blushed and asked, "You wanna help me make some omelets?"

Eleanor could clearly see Theodore's blush on his cheeks, which made her blush as well. "I'd love to."

Theodore smiled bashfully at her response and walked inside the house, followed by a vigorous Eleanor.

Alvin and Brittany looked at Simon and Jeanette to see what they were about to do.

Simon was sheepishly rubbing his right arm while asking Jeanette, "Um…I can show you all the different types of seashells I found on the beach from the last time I went."

He felt embarrassed by asking her that, but was surprised at her response when she said, "Sure, I'd love to, Simon."

Simon raised an eyebrow at her. "How did you know my name?"

Jeanette giggled. "'Cause it says it on your shirt."

Simon looked down at his dark blue shirt, which it had in white bold letters SIMON.

"…Oh," was all that Simon responded with. Jeanette giggled again and followed Simon into the house, closing the door behind them.

Now all who was left outside was none other than Alvin and Brittany…

Brittany began playing with the ends of her hair, not knowing what to say.

Alvin looked at her and chuckled. "I'm guessing you wanna go inside, too?"

Brittany laughed and replied, "Honestly, I wanted to stay out here for a while."

"Well, I'm staying out here with you," said Alvin as he sat down on one of the steps of the porch.

Brittany rolled her eyes and shook her head. She reluctantly sat by Alvin and looked at the beautiful green grass and around at the environment of her new neighborhood that she now was living in.

She began to remember all her friends that she had at her school back in Australia. She remembered going to the mall with them and buying tons of cute outfits. Brittany wondered if she would make friends like that here in Los Angeles whenever she started school.

She glanced over at Alvin considerately. He was the first person that she had made friends with since she moved into this neighborhood. Even though I've just met him today, he seems like a pretty nice guy, she thought to herself. Then she blushed when she thought back to when she first stumbled upon him just nearly an hour ago on her front porch.

He's so cute! I bet any girl would want to date him…

Brittany's long eyelashes fluttered as she blinked. She became curious.

"Alvin?" she abruptly asked softly in the silence.

Alvin looked at her with a smirk. "Yeah?"

"Do you have a…" she trailed off, not wanting to say no more.

"Do I have a what?" Alvin pressed on curiously.

Brittany bit her lip and changed her question up a bit. "Have you ever had a…girlfriend before?" she asked, feeling kind of dumb after she had said it.

Alvin smiled at her mischievously. "Yeah."

"Are you dating someone now?" Brittany asked, not meaning to sound too eager.

"Nope," he answered, then he smirked at her slyly. "Not yet anyway…"

That smirk sent unexpected chills down Brittany's spine and she quickly looked away. Alvin laughed at her reaction.

"Why'd you ask me that?" he asked.

"Oh, no reason," she answered quickly, shaking her head.

"Have you ever dated someone before?"

"Yeah."

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

"I used to a few months ago, but we broke up, so now I'm single. Why?"

"Oh, no reason," Alvin said with a teasing smile, mocking Brittany.

Brittany narrowed her eyes at him and playfully punched him in the arm.

"Ouch," Alvin said sarcastically.

After six more seconds of more silence, Alvin poked at Brittany's side to tickle her, which made her jump in surprise while giggling.

Brittany playfully swatted Alvin's fingers away. Alvin chuckled and gently pushed Brittany on the shoulder in the same manner. Then Brittany pushed Alvin back on his chest.

"Wait, why are we pushing each other?" Alvin asked, comically looking off to the side.

Brittany giggled. "I don't know!"

Alvin shook his head and began taking off his hoodie. Brittany couldn't help but stare. When his hoodie was completely off, Brittany wanted to scream like a fangirl. He was wearing a black muscle shirt that hugged his upper body and made his abs look visible underneath the shirt.

"It is so hot outside," Alvin noted randomly. That's not the only thing that's hot… Brittany thought.

Alvin looked at Brittany and raised an eyebrow at her. "Were you checking me out just now?"

Brittany scoffed and shifted her eyes. "I wasn't checking you out." She felt her cheeks heat up as she didn't sound too convincing.

"Sure you weren't."

Brittany glared at him and playfully punched him in the arm once again. Alvin just snickered. "You amaze me, Britt."

Brittany hugged her knees to her chest. "How so?"

"You pretend like you don't want me when I know you do."

Brittany didn't respond right away, as she knew what he had said was kinda true.

She only rolled her eyes as she couldn't hide her smile. "Oh, whatever, Alvin!"

Alvin chuckled. "Just kidding with you, Britt." She's so cute when she's in denial.

Suddenly, the two had heard the front door open from behind them and Theodore's sweet voice asking, "Would you guys like some omelets?"

"Sure," Alvin and Brittany agreed at the same time. They both stood up and walked inside the house, playfully pushing and poking at each other and giddily laughing.

What'cha think? I really think it's cute how Alvin and Brittany are subtly (or blatantly) flirting with each other.

There's probably going to be at least three or four more chapters to this story. Depends on how this story goes along. Review if you want to, please!

~NickiMinajandRihannaFan

This story was edited on November 3, 2018.