Chaaaaapter three. Fiianly we get to find out what happened to Alvin! Yay. Read…that is all

Chapter 3: In "Lies" The Problem

2:00 am

Simon never liked being in a hospital. They had an unwelcoming vibe that sent chills down his spine. But this concern was not at the top of his mind right now. Right now all his thoughts were on his brother Alvin.

He had been taken into a room by a doctor and Dave about an hour ago, and they were left outside to sit in anticipation in the waiting room.

Simon found himself constantly looking up at the door, hoping he would see the doctor or Dave walking out. But the door stayed closed. He sighed deeply and looked across the couch that they all sat on.

Everyone was quiet. They had talked for a little while at first, wondering what could have possibly been wrong with Alvin. But now there was nothing left to talk about.

Jeanette and Eleanor sat reading one of the magazines while Brittany sat on the edge of the seat, anxiously looking at the door. Theodore however just sat; twiddling his thumbs, a sad and worried look spread across his face.

Simon could tell Theodore was worried, they all were. But Theodore had a tendency to over worry things.

Simon stood up and walked over to him

'Don't worry Theo' Simon said as he wrapped his arm around his brother 'this is Alvin here. Something like this wouldn't stop him at all'

'Well yeah' Theodore said in an unsure way 'but why did it happen?'

'He did seem perfectly fine at the show last night' Jeanette threw in, looking up from the magazine

'And at the football game he was his normal, cocky self' Brittany added

Simon sighed. But before he could say anything, he heard the door creak open.

They all shot their attention to the door to see the doctor stepping out into the waiting room.

'Doctor' Eleanor shouted

'Where's Alvin?' Simon asked

'Is he alright?' Brittany also asked

'What's wrong with him?' Theodore added

'Everybody calm down' the doctor said flatly 'Alvin is alright now'.

Everybody sighed deeply as relief flooded over them

'Well' Brittany quickly asked 'what was wrong with him?'

The Doctor took a breath 'Well to put it in a simple way. He had a stressed induced attack'

'Oh my gosh' Jeanette said, shocked

'Stress' Simon said curiously 'Alvin wasn't stressed'

'Well apparently Alvin wasn't telling you the whole story' he began 'he was under enough mental and physical stress that his body began to believe something was wrong with him. This explained why he had this attack'

'But it just started tonight' Brittany argued 'this was the first time it happened'

'well there probably were other symptoms, vomiting, tiredness and inability to sleep, aches and pains, shortness of breath and stuff like that' the doctor answered as he reached back for the door 'this attack was admittedly a more serious one then the others, but it was bound to happen eventually'

He turned back to the door, but before he could walk back into the room, Brittany spoke

'Well can we see him yet?' she asked

'Oh' the doctor said in a surprised tone 'David is just talking to Alvin now, I'll see if it's alright for you to come in' and with that the doctor disappeared back into the room.

There was a second of silence between the Chipmunks. They were all a little startled. But finally Theodore broke the silence.

'Stress' he said in a stunned voice

'Well' Brittany said 'now that I think about it, at the game at half time, Alvin seemed way more tired than usual. And he was complaining that his back was aching a lot, but I just thought he had hurt it during the game or something'

'And and, there was that time when I went to the bathroom, and I could hear him making sicky sounds' Theodore said 'but he told me it was something he ate at the cafeteria'

'But he seems so fine all the time' Eleanor said

Simon sighed. He had seen all these symptoms, but he had just pushed them to the back of his mind at the time.

'Alvin "is" a good actor' Simon pointed out 'and he is a very prideful chipmunk. If he was sick like this, he would definitely have tried to hide it from us'

Brittany sighed 'it's true' she moved to wipe some of the sleep from her eyes, she had forgotten it was so early in the morning 'I just thought that he trusted us enough to tell us'

She saw Simon stand up and walk to her; he could see she was hurt

'It's not about trust with Alvin' he said 'he trust's all of us with his life. But this is a matter of his...how do I say...his masculinity'

'I guess so' Brittany said, not fully confident in what Simon had said.

The door opened once more, but this time it was Dave who emerged.

'You can come in now everyone' he said in a soft tone. They all jumped quickly off the couch and flooded through the door.

Brittany quickly ran across the small room and jumped up onto the only bed. She saw Alvin lying against a pillow, a blanket covering his lower body. He had a goofy smile on and she could see the tiredness in his eyes. The others jumped up soon after her and they all walked across the bed towards Alvin.

'Hey guys' he said in an upbeat voice. He was obviously trying to sound normal, but his voice was tired and croaky.

'Alvin!' Theodore cried happily

'Theo' Simon calmed

'Don't worry Simon' Alvin reassured 'he's just excited'

'A-Alvin?' Brittany said in a soft, curious tone 'how are you feeling?' Alvin looked at her in a confused way.

'I'm fine Britt' he said 'It was just some random one time thing'

'That's not what the doctor said' Eleanor put in 'he said you were stressed'

'That you were really sick' Theodore added

Alvin looked angrily across at the doctor and Dave

'Sorry Alvin' the doctor apologized 'I had already told them what the situation was before you could tell me to keep it secret'

'Yeah' he sighed 'what ever happened to doctor chipmunk confidentiality' the doctor just shrugged as he disappeared out the door again.

Alvin felt weird having everyone standing above him whilst he lay down. But as soon as he went to stand he was stopped by Simon and Brittany

'Alvin just Lie down' Brittany said, pushing him back down with Simon

'I don't wanna' he struggled, but he soon realized that in his weakened state, he couldn't struggle against the two of them. 'Fine!' he exclaimed, lying back down with his arms crossed.

'Alvin, just take it easy' Jeanette added

'Why?' he exclaimed 'I feel fine'

'You don't look fine' Brittany said bluntly, placing one hand on her hips. Alvin went to argue, but he stopped as he saw the stare she was giving him

'Whatever' he sighed 'the sooner I can get out of here, the sooner I can get back to my own bed and get some sleep'.

The room fell silent as they all looked at him. He gave everyone a weird look as they looked down at him with concerned eyes. Brittany pulled her hand down from her hip, sighed and moved to sit next to him. She sat down and Alvin looked at her from the corner of his eye

'Alvin' she said in a soft tone that almost sent chills down Alvin's spine 'you know you can talk to us, you know, and about what's been stressing you out'

'Britt' he replied reassuringly 'I'm fine, trust me'

She sighed and looked down. She had thought maybe he wanted to talk. But he had put his walls back up and wasn't letting anyone else in.

'Well' The doctor said as he opened the door and re-entered the room 'we can get you out of here in a couple of hours Alvin. But we need to keep here for a little while longer, just for observation'

'A few more hours' Alvin moaned

'I suggest you take the others home Mr. Seville and get a few hours of rest. If you want I can give you a call when its time for you to come pick him up'

'That sounds Great doctor' Dave said 'C'mon guys, say goodbye to Alvin and let's get back to the car'

They all nodded to Dave, then looked back to Alvin.

'See you Alvin' Jeanette said

'Yeah' Eleanor said with a sigh. They both hugged him in turn

'Alvin!' Theodore yelled as he flew into Alvin's arms 'please don't die while I'm gone' Alvin chuckled

'Don't worry Theo; I'll be home real soon'

'You better come home real soon' Simon said as he ruffled Alvin's hair

'Gaaah, Simon' Alvin grumbled as he swatted Simons hand away.

The two boys moved away from Alvin and he smiled back at them. As they stepped away Brittany moved in. she knelt down and wrapped her arms round his shoulders. Alvin felt himself blush as she held him tight. He let out an awkward chuckle.

'You can always talk to me' she whispered into his ear. But before he could reply she moved away.

He just lay there, watching the other chipmunks walking away and off the bed. Brittany stopped just before she dropped off the bed and looked back at Alvin.

He forced a smile at her, but all she did was sigh deeply, and then disappear of the end of the bed.

'I'll see you when I come to pick you up Alvin' Dave said, holding the door open for the Chipmunks

'No problem's Dave old buddy' Alvin said, giving Dave the thumbs up. Dave just rolled his eyes and shook his head. He closed the door behind him, and as soon as Alvin was sure they were gone, he collapsed back into his pillow and sighed. He was exhausted, and the last thing he wanted was his brothers and friends meddling in his problems. It was something he could handle himself. Why should his stresses burden them?

He let his thoughts disappear into the background as he slowly fell off to sleep.

Well now we know what's up. And where could this possibly go from here…well I guess you'll have to wait till next fridaaaaaaayyy! yay