After school the chipmunks and Chipettes were picked up by Dave.

On the ride home, the chipmunks road in the back while the Chipettes road in the front. Alvin couldn't quit thinking about Brittany and his encounter earlier and how he was unable to confess to her what had been depressing him.

He tried to shake it and just go on as normal, but the more he ignored it the more it ate away at him until he couldn't take it anymore.

It was dinner time. Tonight Dave had a big homemade meal set out, not cooked by him but, by claire, who used to be Dave's ex, but they started dating again, although they aren't living together at the moment. When Dave and Claire said in unison "Dinners ready," everyone scurried to the table

"Is this all for us?" Theo asked, his mouth-watering.

"Sure is," Dave replied.

"What's the ?" Alvin asked

"well i we just booked a full house for one of our biggest concerts yet" Dave told them

"are you serious" the chipmunks and chipettes all shouted and jumped up Brittany looked at Alvin who was even overjoyed to hear this she smiled and stared at him without realizing he had noticed her he chuckled and said

"Why don't you take a picture it will last longer Britt?" she nervously blushed and said

"said you wish" and quickly looked away blushing even more realizing that was a terrible comeback but she soon brushed it off as the excitement came back when dave told them they booked a show at the Staples center right in LA this sunday so they wouldn't have to go far to perform which was good after how their last trip went after dinner everyone got ready and went to bed tonight Brittany didn't worry about Alvin because he seemed happier than he's been in a while and she figured as long as they had there to do this weekend the he would stay happy but she couldn't have been more wrong Alvin laid in bed thinking about the concert and whether or not it was a good thing or not he was legitimately happy when dave had first told them but it wasn't long after his doubts began so many questions ran through his mind like

"Do i even deserve to be a performer anymore?" one of his big concerns was his fans though even though he acted like an attention hog, and at times he actually was, he truly cared about his fans. He loved them with all his heart and hated to disappoint them but he wondered if they saw him as a nuisance at times, too, did he seem childish to them?

His image was one thing but his ego was another aside from caring for his fans. They were what gave him the power to do what he loved but he was doubting if singing was really what he was meant to do.

"Ugh" he moaned as he tossed and turned in bed trying to shake these thoughts that were holding him back. As he slowly drifted off he had one last thought that seemed particularly strange to him and that was "how does Brittany see me?"

the next morning, Dave came into the chipmunks and chipettes room and woke them up. Everyone moaned. Alvin rolled over and looked at the clock on the wall he got from a souvenir booth at one of their concerts. It had his picture on it and it said eight o'clock.

"Why are you waking us up so early on a saturday," Alvin moaned frustratedly.

"because," dave said sternly. "we need to start preparing for your concert."

"Come on dave let us sleep for a few more hours." Alvin protested

"No. Now get out of bed and get dressed we have a lot of work to do before the concert tomorrow," Dave stated

"Um not to side with Alvin and add fuel to the fire, but couldn't we sleep for a little longer? i mean there can't possibly be that much work to do?" Simon said.

"fire!" Theodore said worriedly.

"It's just a figure of speech" Eleanor calmed.

"We need to get you guys outfits, work out your song list and decided who's going on first, so everyone out of bed. Claire will be over in half an hour to take the girls to get clothes or well fabric for clothes." Dave said Claire had become the chipmunks and chipettes clothes designer she still worked for the paper but she made outfits for the chipmunks on her days off she took the weekend off to help them get ready for their big show.

"Fine," Alvin exclaimed as he leaped out of bed to the floor and walked past Dave out of the room.

Brittany sat watching all this go on and could see the happy Alvin she hoped would last didn't he seemed more distant again. normally he would have tried to carry that argument with dave out until Dave agreed or forced him out of bed.

In the kitchen, Alvin jumped up onto the counter to find some breakfast while Dave stayed to make sure everyone else got out of bed Alvin found some cheese balls he grabbed them and jumped to the table where he opened the bag as a cheese dust cloud came out normally Alvin would try to inhale the cheese cloud but he just let it pass by he was deep in thought about whether he was ready or not for the concert or if he ever would be he was still a child and for the first time in his life he was aware of it

"i wish you would talk to me, Alvin but since you won't, all I can say is I'm here for you," a gentle voice said from behind, startling Alvin and making him jump. He turned around to see Brittany.

"Oh, it's just you. Don't sneak up on me like that, Britt," Alvin said while holding his hand over his chest to calm his fastly beating heart. Brittany Giggled to see Alvin so scared.

"i just hope your alright," she said in a more serious tone of voice. Alvin sighed.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he knew he was lying but for some strange reason, he couldn't tell her the truth.

At this point, Dave and the others were coming down the hall. He stopped in front of the table that Alvin and Brittany were on and folded his arms.

"Really?" Dave questioned. "Cheese balls for breakfast, Alvin?"

"what? We are out of toaster waffles," Alvin said while stuffing his cheeks with cheese balls.