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Chapter Sixteen: Hiding

'So we're watching the movie' Simon explained to the crowd of music students, teachers and other special guest's. He stood on a table packed with food. Jeanette stood with Simon, but Eleanor and Theodore were too busy eating to pay attention to the crowd 'then out of nowhere, Brittany starts screaming and she latches onto Alvin'

The crowd started to chuckle with Simon and Jeanette

'So we took a picture of it' Theodore said with his mouth full

The party was a very high class party. Waiters walked around with dishes of drinks and appetizers, people of high society stood around drinking and talking, even the mayor was there. But however fancy it was, it was still a chipmunk party, so half of the attendees were young music students attending the school. There was a dance floor and the DJ played songs from their older albums while the students danced away.

Brittany hopped off the tray the waiter was carrying just as it came to the table the others were standing on. Simon and Jeanette looked at each other nervously as Brittany approached them.

'Hey have you guys seen Alvin?' she asked. The small crowd giggled under their breath and Brittany looked at them with a weird look

'I thought he was with you' Jeanette replied

'He was' she said 'but then he said something about needing to get something from the bus, and I haven't seen him since then'

'Maybe he's still at the bus' Eleanor said as she approached her sister, offering out one of the sweets she held in her arms

'He left a while ago' Brittany pointed out, looking at the sweet, then to her waist line with concern.

'Relax Brittany' Simon said confidently 'it's a party, he's probably in here somewhere, causing trouble or something'

'Yeah' Brittany said slowly, not confident in what Simon had said. She thought for a while, then moved off the table 'I'll be back in a second' she said as she dropped off the table

'whatever' Jeanette said as she smiled and rolled her eyes.

Brittany moved quickly across the room. She left the foyer, headed through the kitchen doors and crossed the kitchen quickly, leaving out the open back door.

The bus was parked in a small, empty car park out the back. They had come in through the kitchen to avoid the camera's and reporters out he front.

The bus doors were wide open and Brittany quickly scurried up the steps and into the dark bus. The only light source in the room came from the television. It was on a paused screen of a video game.

'Alvin?' she said loudly through the bus 'are you in here?' but there was no answer. She noticed light creeping out of the half shut bathroom door, and she slowly walked towards it.

'Alvin you're missing the party' she said as she walked closer and closer to the bathroom at the back of the bus. She could just hear slight coughing sounds, and this made her worry slightly. 'Alvin' she said slowly as she stood at the door. She heard a kind of gagging sound. She knocked three times on the door, making it swing open slightly

'Alvin, its Brittany' She said softly 'I'm coming in, ok'

She pushed on the door and it creaked open. As she entered the small bathroom she looked for Alvin until her eyes finally spotted him on the countertop. He was leaning over the sink; his head hung low into the bowl. She couldn't see his face.

She quickly hopped up onto the toilet, then onto the countertop, landing next to Alvin. She saw his face just as he let out another gag of vomit into the sink.

Brittany swallowed the air trapped in her lungs. She moved to the tap and turned it with both hands, letting the water flow and wash away what had collected in the sink. She them moved over to him and sat down, not saying a word. But her facial expression said it all. She knew exactly what this was, she had seen it before.

These were the signs of his sickness.

'It was something I ate' Alvin said weakly. Brittany sighed and put a hand on his back as he went back down for another round.

'Shh' she hushed as she rubbed his back.

They stayed in the bathroom until Alvin had it all out of his system. Then they moved out to the lounge area. They just sat in silence for a while, looking out the window at the stars. Brittany wasn't sure how long they sat there, but she knew it was a while. She finally took a deep breath in and spoke.

'We're going to have to cancel the New York show' she said calmly

'What!' Alvin exclaimed 'we can't'. Brittany turned to look at him sternly

'Why not' she said loudly 'look at you'

'I told you, it was something I ate!'

'I was with you the whole time you were in that party Alvin' she said 'you didn't eat anything'. Alvin went to argue, but stopped when he realized she was right.

'And the last thing you ate was that sandwich on the way into town…this morning' Brittany continued 'you can't fool me Alvin'

'Brittany' Alvin said softly 'I'm fine'

'No Alvin, you're not fine' she said in a sigh 'when Dave gets back we have to tell him, and we have to cancel the show and go home'

Alvin went silent for a second. He looked down at his feet, then looked back up to Brittany with glassy eyes.

'Ok' he said softly 'so I'm not at one hundred percent' he admitted. This made Brittany raise an eyebrow. 'but Brittany, canceling this show…it would only make things worse'. She looked at him curiously as he continued

'Have you thought about what the news papers would say if we cancelled the last show on our tour, that's promoting our album, that is set to come out that night' he explained 'they would have a field day making up stories'

This had crossed Brittany's mind. But she had reached a crossroad where she had to make a decision.

'I swear to you Brittany' Alvin said. He gently placed a hand on her shoulder 'I'm not as bad as you think I am. This will pass'

She felt her eyes start to slowly water. She was so confused, what was she going to do? Was he telling her the truth? Was this only a small thing? Or was it going to escalate into what it did before?

'I don't know what to do Alvin' she said as she shrugged his hand off and looked away, trying to hide her watering eyes from him.

'Brittany please' Alvin said softly 'believe me, it will pass. I was just caught by surprise by those stupid reporters tonight. Come tomorrow I'll be back to normal'

Brittany turned to look back at his eyes. They were just as glassy as hers. His face seemed almost scared as he look at her.

'Please Brittany' he said in a croaky voice 'I-I can't handle letting everybody down. I don't want to be responsible for ruining everybody's tour'

'Alvin?' Dave's voice called from outside the bus. Alvin and Brittany quickly looked to the door of the bus as they saw Dave climbing the steps. Alvin quickly rubbed his eyes and face clear and looked back up with a smile

'There you two are' Dave said as he entered the bus

'Hey Dave' Alvin said in his normal confident voice

'What are you two doing in here?' Dave asked

'Oh I just needed a break from the party' Alvin said confidently 'those fancy types just give me the creeps'

Dave stopped and glared at Alvin. He then looked over to Brittany

'Is everything ok here Brittany?' he asked slowly. Brittany looked at Dave with a stunned face. But she quickly shook it off and looked at him with a smile

'Y-yeah' she said slowly 'I just came in looking for him'. Dave stood for a second, then slowly nodded.

'Ok well come on back in, everybody's looking for you two'

'Sure thing Dave' Alvin said confidently. Dave turned and headed back down the steps and towards the party.

Alvin turned to look at Brittany

'Thank you' he said softly. Brittany just stood up and dropped of the couch. She looked back up to him with a stern face

'Don't disappoint me Alvin' she said flatly before turning away and walking towards the steps. She stopped and turned just as Alvin hopped off the couch

'Oh and Alvin' she said

'Yeah?' Alvin asked slowly

'If I see anything that makes me think you are getting worse, I won't hesitate to pull the plug on everything instantly…you got that?' Alvin swallowed some air, then smiled

'You worry too much' he said confidently

'No, you worry too much. That's what I'm concerned about'

And with that she hopped down the steps and walked towards the party, making Alvin run to catch up to her.

And now straight to the next chapter…yay