Chapter 8: A Playful Morning
The next morning, Theodore woke up slowly, and turned around in the bed. Simon was asleep facing him, breathing like normal. Theodore was very glad that Simon let him sleep with him after the nightmare he had. Theodore wasn't sure if he'd be able to fall asleep after having such a scary nightmare.
A few minutes passed, until Simon slowly sat up, yawned, stretched his arms out, and opened his eyes. Simon put a paw over his mouth when he yawned and said: "Excuse me," before turning his body and looked at Theodore.
"Good morning Theodore. How did you sleep?" Simon asked, knowing that Theodore had a hard time getting to sleep because of his nightmare.
"I slept well and I didn't have any more nightmares," Theodore answered. Theodore then hugged Simon and said: "Thank you for comforting me last night Simon. I really appreciate it."
"You're welcome, Theodore. If you ever have any more nightmares, just come to me and I'll comfort you!" Simon replied hugging back. After they separated from the hug, Simon and Theodore jumped off of Simon's bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. However, there was no smell of toaster waffles in the air, and the kitchen was completely empty. On the table however, there was a note from Dave. The note said that he, Alvin, and the Chipettes went to go get some more toaster waffles, and that they would be back by eleven o' clock am. Simon looked at the clock in the kitchen and it read nine-thirty am.
Simon and Theodore looked at each other before running back upstairs, and onto Simon's bed.
"Well, we have an hour and thirty minutes until Dave and everybody else gets back home. What would you like to do, Theodore?" Simon asked curiously. Theodore looked around wondering what he and Simon could do that was fun. Then he saw Simon's pillows and ran over to them.
"Let's have a pillow fight!" Theodore exclaimed cheerfully throwing Simon one of his pillows, while Theodore grabbed a second pillow. The two brothers spent the next several minutes playing with the pillows until they got tired, and wanted to do something else.
"Okay Theodore, we've had our pillow fight. Now what do you want to do?" Simon asked a second time. Theodore looked at Simon's bed sheets, then back at Simon and replied playfully: "Try to catch me, Simon!" before he threw the bed sheets into the air, ran under them, and disappeared under the sheets!
Simon giggled, knowing Theodore wanted to be chased under Simon's bed sheets. Simon lifted his sheets and replying: "Hey! Come back here, little buddy!" before running under the bed sheets himself to try and find his little brother.
Soon, it became a game of 'Cat and Mouse' under the bed sheets as Simon and Theodore tried to find each other. However, during the chase, Theodore accidentally tripped, did a summer-salt forward, and got stuck in Simon's bed sheets!
"Whoa! What happened? Simon? Simon, where'd you go?" Theodore exclaimed, getting tangled up in Simon's bed sheets, wondering around looking like a ghost under the sheets.
Simon had heard Theodore and followed the direction of his brother's voice. Soon, Simon found his tangled up brother under the bed sheets, and exclaimed: "Theodore! There you are little buddy!" before running over to him.
"Simon? Is that you?" Theodore asked unable to see. However, Simon was running so fast towards the bed sheet covered chipmunk that Simon tripped, and went fly before crashing into his bed sheet covered brother. The two brothers were then sent rolling lengthwise down the bed towards Simon's pillows while they held onto each other in a hug. Simon and Theodore screamed as they continued to roll.
Soon they came to a stop, with Simon lying on his back, and Theodore lying on top of Simon's belly. Simon blinked and lifted his head, now coming face to face with his bed sheet covered brother. Theodore tried to get out of Simon's bed sheet, but while he was doing this, Simon freaked out!
"Ahhh! It's a ghost! Theodore help me!" Simon screamed afraid the ghost was going to do something to him. Fortunately, Theodore was able to get the bed sheet loose, threw the bed sheet off of his face, looked at Simon, and playfully cried out: "Boo!" while the rest of his body and head was still covered by Simon's bed sheet. Simon and Theodore just stared at each other before bursting into laughter, realizing how much fun they were having being silly.
"Whoa!" Simon exclaimed as the bed sheet on Theodore fell forward cover up not only Theodore's entire head again, but also Simon's head and arms. Simon and Theodore giggled as they got off of each other, and attempted to try and get Simon's bed sheet off of themselves. Once they got out of Simon's bed sheet, Simon and Theodore looked at each other and giggled.
"So, you decided to pretend to be a ghost while we were under my bed sheets?" Simon asked Theodore, putting a paw on his shoulder.
"Actually, no. I tripped by accident, did a summer-salt, and got stuck under your sheets!" Theodore explained. Simon nodded and then said: "I'm sorry I thought you were a ghost. Can you forgive me, Theodore?"
"Of course I forgive you, Simon. It was a mistake after all," Theodore replied before giving Simon a hug. Simon hugged back, and after separating, they went to go get ready for the day.
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