And now we shall continue on our great leaping adventure, enjoy
Chapter eleven: A gloomy school day
The rain fell down in torrents. The wind blew by in strong bursts and pushed the rain sideways. It was a gloomy morning.
However despite the grey weather, excitement and energy had never been higher. Because today was the day they started their tour.
And it wasn't just the Chipmunks who were excited. News of the tour was on the morning news show…and the internet bogs…and the radio on the car trip to school. Even a few dedicated fans had camped out in the rain to catch a glimpse of the superstars as they rushed out of the car and into the school, trying to not get wet.
Brittany burst through the doors of the school with the others following close behind. They were all soaking wet.
'Where did all this rain come from?' Brittany complained as she tried to brush her fur dry. Alvin dropped down onto all fours next to her and shook his body, throwing water over everyone
'Alvin!' Simon and Brittany said in unison as they all covered themselves. Alvin stood up and looked at the two of them
'What?' he asked simply. Brittany stared at him with wide eyes, her hands gesturing to her half angry half disgusted face. Alvin just smiled slyly back at her.
'Ok everyone' he said loudly 'all we have to do is get through today, and then we can hit the sweet, sweet oh so sweet freedom that is the open road'
'Well' Brittany said slowly 'remember to take it slow today Alvin, don't forget you're still si-' But before she could finish her sentence Alvin rushed over to her and covered her mouth with his hand. He leant his face in closely to her's
'Shh' he hushed softly 'remember what we talked about on the way here'. Brittany pushed his hand off her face
'Oh relax Alvin' she sighed
'I'm serious; while we're in this school you don't say a word about my…' he flexed his fingers in the place of the word Sickness.
'Alvin' Theodore said 'no one but us is listening'
'Oh but the school has ears and eyes everywhere Theo' Alvin replied in a creepy tone of voice. He leaned in closely to Theodore '…Everywhere'. Theodore gulped.
'Alvin!' A familiar voice called from across the hall. Alvin turned to see Ryan and Xander standing at the other end of the corridor.
'Ry!' Alvin yelled in reply. He started quickly heading down the corridor to Ryan.
'That's alright Alvin' Brittany said sarcastically 'just ditch us' He turned around and kept walking backwards.
'Relax guys, I'll see you in homeroom' he said with a smile 'and remember' he said flatly. He pointed to his ears, then gestured all around the corridor before turning back to Ryan.
Brittany giggled slightly
'He really wants to keep it secret doesn't he?'
'I don't see why' Jeanette said
'Oh just let him have his macho thing' Simon waved off 'we should head to the lockers and grab our schoolbags'
'Yeah' Jeanette sighed
They all started walking down the corridor.
'S-Simon' Theodore stuttered 'the school doesn't actually have ears everywhere…does it?' Simon smiled and wrapped his arm around his brother
'How many times have I told you, never listen to Alvin'
They day dragged slower then Alvin had ever felt it before. He found himself staring out the window for most of his classes, just watching the rain. With every class he felt time ticking slower. He basically just ghosted from one class to the other, picking up the assignments he needed to complete whilst on the road, and there were a lot of them.
He ate his lunch quickly as he sat with the other Chipmunks. And almost as soon as he was finished he was off again. He still had to sort out everything with all of his extra curricular activities such as the football team and the music group. He had to make some deals and agree to complete some things when he got back, but eventually he managed to convince all his clubs to let him go on the tour without consequence. And as soon as lunch was over he was back to Class.
The Chipmunks were called out of class to the principle's office, and what Dr. Rubin had called a meeting about their absence, quickly turned into a fanatic rant about the tour that sent chills down Alvin's spine. Dr. Rubin was one of those fans that acted like, given the chance; she would stuff them and put them on her bedside table so she could look at them before she went to bed and as soon as she woke up.
By the time they had left the Principles office, class had changed over. Alvin was more excited then ever…it was now the last class.
Alvin found himself staring intently at the clock, counting every time it ticked over another minute.
'Alvin' Brittany's voice whispered angrily. Alvin looked away from the clock and to Brittany who sat next to him on the desk. They were the only two Chipmunks in the class. She angrily pointed at the unanswered math questions on his book. The whole class was dead silent because the teacher had a strict "no talking" policy.
Alvin rolled his eyes and focused back onto the book sitting on his lap. But he slowly began to drift off once more, thinking about the tour.
'Alvin!' Brittany demanded in a whisper again
'I'm doing my work' Alvin whispered back
'No you're not, you're daydreaming'
'I am not'
'You are!'
'Is there a problem?' The teacher asked loudly across the room
'n-no' Brittany stuttered
'Then keep quite' he demanded as he turned back to the board and continued to write.
Brittany Glared over to Alvin who held his mouth to stop from laughing out loud. She angrily pointed at him, then pointed at his paper with the same intensity. Alvin rolled his eyes and mimed her nagging with his hand. She gritted her teeth.
She pointed at him again, then mimed out chocking him. Alvin pointed at her and laughed without making any noise. Brittany was fuming now. She held up her pointer finger and mouthed the words "one more time Alvin".
Alvin stopped for a second. He looked left then right, then back to Brittany. He waited a few seconds while she continued to stare at him.
Suddenly he poked his tongue out at her
'Alright That's it!' she yelled loudly, leaping up and at him
'Okay I'm sorry!' Alvin yelled as he tried to escape. But he was too slow. Brittany tackled him clean off the table and onto the floor.
'Excuse me!' the teacher yelled 'what do two think you are doing?'
The two chipmunks continued to wrestle on the floor as if he had said nothing
'Alvin! Brittany!' he yelled louder. This time it got their attention as they stopped in mid wrestle to look at him.
Suddenly the bell rang out through the room. Alvin smiled
'Oh sorry Mr. Stevens' he said quickly as he pushed Brittany off of him 'but that's the bell, I've got to go but don't worry' he swooped over and grabbed his and Brittany's Chipmunk sized schoolbags, and started to run quickly out of the room, with Brittany chasing him 'I'll send you a postcard or something'
He scampered out of the door and Brittany followed closely behind him
'I'm gonna kill you Alvin!' Brittany yelled as she chased him out of the room with all the other students just looking on in disbelief
'AAALLLLVVVIIIINNNN!' the teacher yelled.
Theodore, Simon, Jeanette and Eleanor waited inside at the entrance to the school. Dave had made his way inside wielding an umbrella.
'Where are those two?' Dave asked impatiently
'Who knows' Simon shrugged
'Probably fighting somewhere' Eleanor added with a smirk
'Yeah' Theodore threw in
Brittany and Alvin suddenly rounded the corner, coming into full view. Alvin had his hands in his jumper pocket and a big smile plastered on his face. Brittany however walked with her arms crossed angrily, looking away from Alvin as they walked.
'There you two are' Jeanette said impatiently as the two of them got closer 'where have you been'
'I don't wanna talk about it' Brittany muttered angrily. Alvin just chuckled.
'Well I hope you all picked up all your assignments' Dave said clearly
'Yes' they all said in unison as they all glanced at the bags on their backs
'Well good' he said slowly 'because we have to get going, the tour bus is waiting just outside'. Brittany's eyes lit up
'Tour bus?' she excitedly. She darted over to the glass door that led out of the school. And sure enough, on the side curb of the road sat a monstrous tour bus. It was decorated with pictures of Alvin Simon and Theodore. And in big writing across the side it wrote "Alvin And The Chipmunks".
There were no pictures of the Chipettes on the bus because it was bought well before they were around.
'Oh wow' she said slowly, forgetting all about her childish anger towards Alvin. Dave popped his umbrella open and held it above his head.
'Stay close to me everybody and I'll keep you nice and dry'.
They all huddled up closely to Dave as he opened the door and walked into the rain. They started to slowly walk down the wet steps of the school and towards the tour bus.
'Alvin!' one of the fanatic fans yelled out from the side. Suddenly they were bombarded with flashing cameras from the small camp of fanatics.
'Don't worry fans' Alvin said as he stopped to pose for the photo's 'I'll be back before you can even miss me'.
But Dave and the others kept on walking and before Alvin knew it he was out from under the umbrella and standing in the rain. He grunted and quickly caught up to the others just as the bus doors were opening.
They ascended the steps and looked down the bus.
'Wow' the three Chipettes said slowly as they looked on. The inside of the tour bus was amazing. It had a lounge room like area at the front with a small kitchen. Then after that were the two sets of three bunk beds on each side of the pathway. Then right at the end was a door that Brittany assumed was the bathroom.
It was beautifully furnished and looked modern and sheik.
'Ah, my home away from home' Alvin said as he rushed passed everyone and jumped up onto the couch on the left.
'Britt' Jeanette excitedly whispered
'I know girls' Brittany replied as she grabbed her two sister's hands 'this is it'
The bus jolted back and forth, then started to move away. Brittany jumped up onto the couch and then onto the windowsill above it where Alvin stood, waving goodbye to his dedicated fans. He stopped waving and looked at her with a smile
'You ready to make some dreams come true Brittany?' he asked in an upbeat tone. She giggled slightly
'You bet Alvin'
And so it begiiiiinnnnssss. Le tour de America….i dunno its late at night i'm a little loopy