Okay! Here we are :D
A lot of things can happen at the beach. Especially to these guys :)
Oh! And you all get to meet my first ever OC that I created (before this story), in this chapter! She's only added for my comic-relief, and insanely fun to write about.
Enjoy!
Simon smiled in satisfaction as Cruise waned back to Brittany and walked with her, then set himself at Alvin's pace, walking close by him.
Alvin noticed this smile and raised a brow. 'What are you smiling at?' He mused playfully.
Simon shrugged. 'You see, Alvin: if Brittany kisses Cruise and creates a half-bond with him, then that moves her out of the picture.' He turned the smile to Alvin. 'And that gives you one less thing to worry about. I saw your expression when you saw her. You're worried she'll give you a hard time. Maybe if Cruise gets the courage to talk to her more often, especially today, then you won't have to explain much.'
'You think so?' Alvin bit his lip. 'I kind of want to face her, though. To tell her to back off now, and that I didn't mean what I did.' He looked up at Simon. 'Do you think she'd forgive me?'
Shrugging, Simon noticed the bus stop ahead and turned back to everyone else. 'Come on, guys, the bus will be coming in about three minutes.' He then pondered Alvin's question. 'I think Brittany will need a bit of time. But, yeah, she should eventually.' He told Alvin. Alvin just nodded, hoping Brittany wouldn't give him too much trouble.
On the bus, Alvin was sitting at the window seat, Simon next to him, Brittany, Jeanette and a lone Cruise behind them and Theodore and Eleanor in front.
Alvin was staring out the window, thinking about what he might say to Brittany. She wasn't Simon, so he couldn't say "I regret it" because that would make everything worse, and god forbid anything got worse than her not-so-subtle glares at Alvin since they met up, saying "I will kill you".
Like telepathy, Simon knew Alvin was worried about the sure-to-come argument with Brittany. Thinking it would make it a bit more comforting, he moved his hand to Alvin's and laced their fingers together. Alvin quickly looked around, for a moment panicked, but then smiled gratefully at Simon and relaxed again.
He leaned closer to Simon and whispered to him; 'I love you.' He gave into temptation, planting a small, ever-so-quick kiss on his brother's soft lips, then backed out and blushed as he thought that he may or may not have been seen by Brittany or Jeanette, who were right behind them. Why could he never think straight with Simon around?
Eventually, the bus came to the seven chipmunks' stop and they filed out; the smell of salty sea greeting them.
'Okay, let's go!' Alvin directed, pointing down to the surf. Simon and all the Chipettes rolled their eyes and all of them followed the eldest Seville down a grass-sand path.
'Urgh, I hate sand...' Brittany complained with a huff, pulling off her sandals when they hit deeper sand. 'It gets everywhere!' Eventually, everyone was bare-foot by the time they reached the actual beach.
Simon took the initiative to set up a small picnic-sized area where they joined their towels together to create something of a family-sized mat to just sit on. Brittany and Jeanette set up two umbrellas and they all piled onto the large mat.
As if completely eager, Theodore and Eleanor got out the cooled lunch boxes in their bags and set the food out in the middle of the mat; everything perfectly good to have for lunch on a hot day: salad, fruit, cordial and sandwiches. To Eleanor and Theodore, the best part of going to the beach was the fresh food and the cool water.
To Brittany, the best part was lounging in the sun for a while. She'd already put on her sunglasses and lay herself down, intent and happy to ignore Alvin completely all day. He didn't deserve her attention, as far as she was concerned. Nor did Simon, who she blamed as well just because he was part of all of this, and he was the cause of Jeanette being extra quiet and rather sad. No matter how happy they were, those two boys were killing her little sister's dreams.
'No.' Alvin was squinting ahead of him against the sun. 'No! It can't be...'
'What?' Simon asked, taking a share of some grapes then looking to where Alvin was watching. A pretty chipette with dark brown hair and caramel highlights was walking along the beach looking up at the sky with sunglasses on. Alvin seemed pretty mesmerised. Simon looked at his older brother. 'Have you turned straight?' He asked in a serious tone. Cruise laughed at this.
Alvin ignored Simon's comment and tapped Jeanette on the shoulder. She looked inquisitively at him.
'What is it?' She asked politely. Alvin pointed over to the girl who was nearly directly in front of them, now. They could see the pattern of orange polka-dots on her yellow bikini and the strips of yellow on the orange mini swimming skirt. She looked positively airy with delight at her life. Jeanette's eyes widened in shock.
'That's your creepy-stalker cousin, Susan, right?' Alvin checked.
Simon choked a little on the grape he was trying to eat. 'Susan?' He demanded. 'That's Susan?' He frowned at the girl now directly in front of them. 'You never told me she was pretty, Alvin.' He chided.
'I was too busy running away from her.' Alvin scoffed. 'I hope she doesn't see us.'
Theodore chuckled, biting his sandwich. 'You'll know if she does.' He announced.
Alvin frowned in memory at Susan's usual greeting. 'I haven't seen her in years. Maybe she's more mature, now.' He looked over at her figure walking away. Judging by the bikini, and the fact that she was obviously trying to look at the sun, she seemed to still be stuck in a four-year-old mindset.
He forced himself not to worry over the chance that they might actually meet up with her and focused on the waves in front of them. When he was sure Susan was out of his sight, he stood.
'I might get in.' He announced.
'Yeah, me too.' Simon agreed, standing up as well. Cruise nodded to agree and the three boys took off their t-shirts casually and ran down into the surf, Simon discarding his glasses on his blue shirt before he left.
Brittany chuckled unexpectedly. Her sisters and Theodore looked at her quizzically.
'Cruise has got muscles.' The pink-clad Chipette remarked. Eleanor rolled her eyes and went back to her discussion with Theodore. Brittany watched the boys as they reached the surf; smiling and playfully pushing each other in the water. She watched Alvin and Simon closely and groaned when Alvin fell and pulled Simon on top of him.
'Brittany,' Jeanette chided, 'you're too paranoid about those two.' She pushed up her glasses. 'You should focus on something else, and stop obsessing over their personal lives.'
Brittany took off her sunglasses to give Jeanette an incredulous look. 'Are you serious? I'm not obsessing over them! They're so obvious with it! Can't I express my distaste?' She folded her arms defiantly.
'Brittany.' Eleanor warned. 'I told Jeanette this. They're happy, leave them alone.'
Theodore looked very confused. 'What's happening?' He requested. 'Who's personal lives?' He looked to the surf as well. 'Wait... are Simon and Cruise... like, involved..?' He asked.
Brittany started laughing at the suggestion. 'Cruise?' She asked through fits of giggles.
'Well, it explains why Simon went to his house all last week.' Theodore continued. 'He looked so sad when he left, but when he came back he was in a better mood.'
Brittany shook her head. 'No, no, no, Theodore...' she reassured, 'Cruise isn't interested in Simon. He likes me.'
'Oh...' Theodore said in realisation. 'Well, then maybe Simon likes Cruise. I mean, he suddenly stopped going to his house every day, so maybe Simon knows that Cruise likes you and he didn't want to talk to him anymore.' Theodore shrugged.
'Good hypothesis.' Jeanette remarked.
'Yeah.' Brittany folded her arms, smiling. 'A hypothesis.' She replaced her sunglasses and lost her cheerful mood as soon as she thought that conversation over.
Theodore said Simon was "so sad" last week... She wasn't one to feel guilty often, but she did feel reproachful. Well, she thought, I didn't ever stop to consider him when I basically took Alvin from him... I guess Ellie's right, they are happy... and I knew that Simon loved Alvin... my bond to Alvin made me so blind. I thought it was all a trick to get me jealous? Am I insane? Brittany was also very confused as to why she was no longer obsessed with Alvin. It was like their bond broke; but that wasn't possible... was it?
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'Hey! Don't go out too far!' Cruise yelled at the twins, who were being competitive in how fast they could swim. They did ignore Cruise, but only because they knew that they weren't in danger. Simon got the feeling that Cruise was a little scared of the surf.
Eventually, they stopped. Alvin hovered in the water, facing Simon and smiling at the race and the adrenaline from it all. He brought Simon closer suddenly.
'My pain's due today...' he whispered, and only when he backed out did Simon see that the smile was half fake.
'O-oh –' Simon blushed. 'I forgot about it... is that why you raced me here?'
Alvin nodded. 'And it should hit in, like, five minutes.' The eldest added. Simon frowned.
'Alvin! Why didn't you tell me before!' He demanded. Alvin tried to fold his arms, but gave up and glared at Simon instead.
'I forgot. Just like you.' He stated in a calm but accusing tone. Simon rolled his eyes. A wave rolled up to them and they both swam fast to go through it without it crashing on them.
'Alvin, we have to get back to the beach and find a bathroom,' Simon told Alvin seriously, wiping water out of his eyes.
'I know!' Alvin retorted. 'We'd better hurry, then –'
'Wave!' Cruise warned loudly, positioned at the part of the beach you could still stand.
'Inconvenient.' Alvin muttered loud enough for Simon to hear him. 'Come on,' and they dived through the wave again before being consumed by it.
When Alvin emerged he gripped Simon's shoulder. 'Si, it's coming.' He announced.
Simon took Alvin's hand and tried to lead him back to the beach. 'Well, we have to hurry –'
'Simon, it's too late,' Alvin yelled over a wave crashing just before them, 'we've got ten to thirty seconds!' They both dipped under the wave.
'Alvin, this is too public!' Simon chided.
Alvin groaned. 'I can't help that!' He complained. 'I never know exactly when it's going to hit!' He looked wildly around him. Cruise was being greeted by Jeanette in the small surf, Brittany was lying down and Eleanor and Theodore seemed to be in their own little world. 'You'll have to do it out here, Si.' Alvin announced.
Simon nodded. 'I... I guess so –' he quickly ducked under a new wave. When he emerged, he didn't see Alvin. Panicked, he looked around him until he saw a blur of his brother struggling to get to the surface.
He made his way over the small distance and shielded Alvin from the view of the people behind him, then kissed him slowly, immediately sliding his tongue into the kiss. Alvin moaned and wrapped his arms around Simon's neck, feeling a kind of lower in the agony.
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'You've got to be kidding me.' Brittany muttered, seeing Alvin embrace Simon like that. She knew what they were doing, and she wasn't happy. 'Excuse me,' she said in a sharp polite voice to her sister and Theodore, then stood, took off her sunglasses, hat and sarong, and raced over to the surf.
'Brittany!' Jeanette greeted with a smile, 'I didn't think you'd come in.'
'Well, I do prefer sun-bathing.' Brittany replied. 'But the water just looked so...' she looked up, seeing that Alvin was no longer wrapped around Simon, 'interesting.' She decided, smiling.
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'Alvin, I'm so sorry –' Simon apologized, since they kept being separated by the waves.
'No, no...' Alvin choked out, 'serves me right for forgetting...' he insisted.
Simon looked around, noticing that Brittany had joined Cruise and her sister. He rolled his eyes.
'Let's get this over with, Alvin.' He pulled his brother close and let his hands trail down Alvin's side and immediately reached the swimming trunks.
'S-Simon...' Alvin shivered, not sure if they should try and hide this a bit more, but not sure if they had a choice, either.
'Don't worry, I'll be as quick as possible.' Simon assured. He held Alvin's hand as they dipped into the water, avoiding another wave. When they rose again, Simon pressed himself close to Alvin and slid his hand down his brother's trunks, brushing the desired target, which was already hard.
'Uh – wow –' Alvin moaned, gripping Simon's shoulders and closing his eyes to savour the feel.
Simon did what he had to; and grasped Alvin's member, slowly moving his hand to, moreover, a rhythm of the ocean pushing and pulling them.
Alvin let out a very loud moan in the form of Simon's name and his back arched. With everything included, this was the most suggestive thing Simon had ever done to him or for him. He felt himself close to bursting; his pain leaving quickly, but not yet. Simon went faster, and as a wave approached, they both dived under it again.
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Brittany, Jeanette and Cruise had heard the loud moan of "Simon!" and were in a mental war of telling Cruise what exactly was going on. Of course, Brittany felt Cruise needed to know, but Jeanette was trying to compromise, thinking that Cruise will find out in his own time.
'- Cruise, the truth is that they're –'
'Fighting again,' Jeanette interrupted. 'They seemed like they'd stopped, and, well... I guess that thing that they keep getting, um, caught up in is just a real issue right now.'
'What thing?' Cruise asked, bewildered as to what was happening.
'Alvin and Simon are –'
'It's something that I think they should tell you themselves. It's kinda private, and they told us not to tell anyone.' Jeanette flashed a grin. Brittany scowled at her and Jeanette turned to her sister. 'You should go tell them to stop fighting, Brit.' She encouraged.
Brittany looked over to them, now under the water. 'My pleasure.' She replied. She started to make her way over there when they emerged, Alvin was panting and flushed, while Simon was looking relieved. Brittany almost cringed. 'I think they're done.' She shared a knowing look with Jeanette. 'But I'll go anyway.' She marched over to them, eventually slowing down to swim, and reached them.
'Oh, B-Brittany, hi,' Alvin greeted, still looking tired. Brittany felt like slapping him.
'What the heck do you think you're doing?' She demanded. 'Really, Alvin, I would have thought you could've resisted the urge to moan when Simon kissed you!'
Alvin glared, defensive but blushing. 'Brittany, you have no idea what you're saying.' He smirked. 'Simon kisses better than you, anyway.'
Simon blushed a little too. 'I might go... and... uh...' he quickly made his way back to shore.
Brittany ignored the younger twin. 'Look, Alvin, I don't care that you came over my house and kissed me. Really, but I did expect an explanation to why you just ran out on me without so much as a word!' Alvin pointed to a wave coming and Brittany reluctantly dinked under with him.
'I knew this talk was coming...' Alvin insisted when they surfaced. 'Brit, I'm sorry; I didn't know where else to go,' he pleaded, 'my Pain hit, and Simon and I weren't really on speaking terms, and you were closer...' he looked down, 'and I had every intention of asking you out, too. But I couldn't.'
Brittany scoffed. 'Whatever. I wouldn't have minded so much if you just told me that you were only there for that, because when you left, I was stuck feeling like crap because I didn't understand what happened!' She yelled. Alvin nodded.
'I know. I know, and I'm really sorry. I don't know how I can make it up to you, I just...' he faltered, 'I realised that I couldn't be with you. I didn't want you... I –'
'You wanted Simon.' Brittany rolled her eyes. 'What do you see in him? He's the kind of guy that you'd tease at school, Alvin, not kind of guy you'd turn gay for.'
Alvin glared at Brittany. 'If you're implying that Simon isn't worth it, then you're dead wrong.' He promised. 'Simon is the best thing that could have happened to me, and I don't want to hear you offend him.'
'Whatever, Alvin! I don't care about your sick love life!' Brittany declared. 'You can fool around with him al you like, as long as it doesn't affect me or my sisters! Do you know that Jeanette was in love with Simon?' She shook her head. 'You and your brother crushed her heart. Did you know that?'
It was all in Alvin's eyes. Brittany was taken aback at the amount of guilt and sorrow that Alvin was showing.
'I had no idea, Brittany...' he promised, 'I'm so sorry, I know what that feels like...' he looked down, 'when you feel like love just isn't worth it any more.'
'Oh.' Brittany didn't know what to say. She thought Alvin would argue, not break down and admit his defeat. 'I... didn't expect that reaction...'
Alvin looked up at her, still solemn. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a wave forming. His eyes widened at the height and he quickly called out 'WAVE!' urgently to Brittany, and dived under.
Cruise heard the yell and turned around to see Alvin diving under, while Brittany seemed to miss the call. Out of impulse, he moved over towards the two as he watched Brittany be consumed by the white wall of water as pulled her under.
Oooh, I guess Brittany had a lot on her mind and didn't really think about ducking.
So! I want the next chapter to be up really soon, 'cause this was a slight cliffhanger, and if you leave a cliffhanger for too long, it just gets boring.
I had trouble imagining the beach, 'cause I live in Australia, and our beaches are white, and I'm not kidding, some of them are almost aspen, and I wasn't exactly sure how to rate an American beach... so I didn't describe it.
Until next time, thanks for all the support!