"The most important thing about relationships with others, is about conversation." Jeanette opened.
"WRONG!" Alvin and Brittany blurted out. Jeanette's eyes widened as she stepped down from her bed. Brittany scoffed at her sisters' words just thinking about it. I mean, conversation? Ugh, right. Britt thought. Alvin on the other hand was laughing out loud and chuckling to himself. Alvin(in his mind) had a definite right to laugh about conversation, mainly because he'd never had a deep conversation before. Well, not with any of his lady friends or his brothers.
"The key thing about relationships with others is-" Alvin started.
"Let me hit the pause button right there." Brittany said before staring her quite egotistical and immature counterpart dead in the eyes with an already insulted glare.
"Alvin, you don't know the first thing about relationships! You've never actually had an actual relationship with someone." she clarified. Alvin turned to his "lady friend," and a snickering, "oh ho ho," before patting Brittany on the head like a puppy. Paige and Eleanor(who were really just watching the whole time) were already almost predicting what was gonna happen, who would get hurt, the dialogue, (the egotistical monologue from Alvin) and so on.
"Au contraire, mon ami," Alvin started before poking his face even closer to Brittany's, already a sly wordplay up his sleeve. (Not wordplay but formed out speech.) "Didn't you say something on the munkcast about a little-" Alvin cleared his throat before speaking. "-'Alvittany Chemistry'?" Everyone gasped dramatically, Paige and Jeanette adding some comedic soap opera faints, their mouths wide open, their heads positioned to be diagonal from the sky, one hand on their head, and the other on their chest, and finally adjusted stance to be leaning back about a couple inches. (A/N: Oh btw the munkcast is a real thing on YouTube, just look it up)
"'Alvittany Chemistry'? Alvin, what are you implying?" Simon asked chuckling nervously before scratching behind his head.
"We didn't date, Alvin. And why do you care so much even though we didn't, and we're NOT?!" Brittany clarified. Alvin chuckled.
"I don't. Don't worry Britt, I was just wondering.." Alvin put on a cheesy smile before backing away. Brittany obtained a stance of confusion and annoyance with her hand on her hip as Alvin kept backing away. After addressing that piece of strange behavior, especially the dating part, Brittany avoided eye contact with him, and tried to avoid that certain mindset.
"Anyway, why don't we get back to the original topic of conversation?" Paige asked before adjusting her spaghetti strap crop top and brown ripped jean shorts and pulling her teal and brown jewel bracelet.
"Actually, I have an idea. Why not test Jeanette's theory? This way, we can prove one statement if more effective than the other." Sheldon spoke up. Everyone seemed to understand this, and began to nod. Brittany smiled, but then brought herself into thought.
"Wait, we need another 'key-relationship' statement." she brought up. Jeanette giggled.
"Well, what was yours then?" she asked kindly.
"I thought it was fashion." Brittany grinned.
"Oh ho, god." Alvin said with a face palm. Brittany resisted the comment, turning her head from his present direction. Simon proceeded to sigh at Brittany's comment, but then turning to his ill-minded brother, who in this situation, could either say the key essence to relationships is Alvin being in that relationship, or something possibly relevant and could be tested thoroughly and relevantly.
"Alvin? What did you think?" Simon asked. Alvin chuckled.
"Music." he said. Simon's brain went into dance-mode. Alvin said something relevant, because it's true. Many people, whether in movies or real life do connect over music. Simon gave his brother a simple nod.
"Okay, so we have three groups, eight chipmunks. Does anyone want to sit out of this one?" Jeanette asked. Paige raised her hand.
"I like to collect the data." she said. Everyone nodded and went off to pair into groups. Paige rolled her eyes and called out to everyone.
"Hey hey hey! I pick the groups, to make it more..relevant to my notes." she said.
Paige picked for the Fashion Group: Brittany and Theodore. Theodore was up for anything, so to be paired with Brittany made the trial more complex, and would challenge her to see if she could get her point across to Paige, and deliver her statement more effectively. For Music Group: Alvin, Eleanor, and Simon. Though Alvin and Simon are brothers, Paige felt it would be easier for Jeanette to make her statement with her "love interest," since the two already have great chemistry. Plus Alvin needed a "girl partner," and the only other one was Eleanor. But Eleanor and Alvin do talk, just not..deep conversation. Finally, for the Conversation Group, Jeanette and Sheldon. Sheldon wanted a complex group, and Jeanette needed someone who was smart like Simon. So, it works.
"Alright everyone, I will be tallying up the points like this," Paige began. "Your team will need to present three things: number one, descriptive and analytic reasoning to why your statement is more effective, and you must add evidence to back it up, and a rebuttal. Number two, a demonstration to act as a secondary evidence foundation to your reasoning, and finally, a summarizing skit to wrap up everything you have learned. I will be grading each presentation on a scale of one to ten, and will be providing evident analysis to why you got the score that you did. The team with the most promising scores will have the honor of being crowned, 'Most Effective Statement,'. Capiche?"
Everyone nodded.
"Alright, you have three hours to complete, starting now." Paige said starting her watch clock. Everyone raced out to scattered locations, to complete their presentations.
Hi guys! I'm making a shorter A/N to let you know that this will be a three-part story. I'm putting the LONGER ONE in the next update, then writing the second part. You will find it soon after this chapter is posted. Thanks! Love you guys!