Dislaimer: I do not own Alvin and the Chimunks, yada yada yada, own this story.
That night, Jeanette had a little bit trouble getting to sleep. How else could she? She was used to sleeping on her side, the side that now had an arm in a cast. She grunted and stared at the 'ceiling' of her bed.
"This is going to give me a stiff neck." She whispered to herself. She sat up and scanned the dark room. She closed her eyes and listened to the sounds of sleep. The first thing she noticed was Alvin snoring. She was used to it now, but in those first weeks she lived with Dave and the Chipmunk, it drove her and her sisters crazy. She ignored the sound and listened to the other sounds. She could hear Theodore's and Eleanor's soft snoring, like a bumblebee humming around a flower.
She giggled as she heard her eldest sister talk in her sleep again. Listening to Brittany's talk in her sleep was sometimes more entertaining than anything else.
But then she noticed that one sound was missing. The calm, resting sound of Simon's respiration as he slept, like an ocean that calms the mind. The one thing that she always focused on if she couldn't sleep.
Her heart stopped. What if he …? She shook her head. No, can't be. You're exaggerating, Jeanette. She grabbed her glasses and placed them on her head. She let her eyes get used to the dark, and then she saw him. A dark, bespectacled silhouette sitting up in his bed, watching her. He must have noticed that she was awake. She waved at him, silently hoping that his eyes were used to the dark and could see her.
Much to her pleasure, he waved back. She saw him jump out the bed and walking over to her. Jeanette quickly fixed her hair a bit. Even after all this time, she got all 'fangirl' if Simon would come to her, even speak to her. It was almost they haven't been boyfriend-girlfriend for a year now. But Simon liked it, he found it cute. A thing that always made Jeanette giggle and blush if he told her.
"Hi Simon." She whispered as he approached her bed.
"Can't sleep?" Simon asked.
"No, I'm sleeping with my eyes open, sitting up and talking." She said. She smiled softly at him and opened her arms. "Come here."
Simon chuckled and jumped on the bed, kneeled down by her, wrapped his arms around her and let his fingers run through her hair. She quietly moaned under the feeling. She grabbed his hand and gave it a kiss, placing it on her cheek afterwards.
"Want to go out?" Simon asked.
"Si, it's too late to go on a date." Jeanette giggled.
Simon rolled his eye and gave his girlfriend a soft pat on the nose. "No, silly, literaly 'out', like outside, watch the skies, see some stars, … being together without noisy siblings around us."
Jeanette bit her lower lip. It sounded very tempting. "But Si, I am forbidden to walk with my sprained ankle for at least a week." She whispered against him.
Simon answered the question by lifting Jeanette in his arms and jumped of the bed with her, falling on his behind in the process. "Kinda …like that." Simon said, trying to shake the pain of his tailbone. "You alright, Jen? I had a smoother landing in mind."
Jeanette giggled and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm alright."
Simon chuckled. He made his way to the door, gently placed Jeanette on a book and opened the door. After picking Jeanette up he walked to the stairs, where Simon and Dave just had installed a chipmunk-sized slide.
Jeanette looked at the slide as they walked to it and then to Simon. "You sure this is a good idea?"
"No" Simon smiled as he sat down the slide and pushed himself off. Jeanette tried not to scream as they flew down.
"Now, wasn't that fun?" Simon asked.
"Let's not to that again sometimes." Jeanette said, shaking her head.
Simon chuckled and made his way outside. Jeanette gasped as she saw the stars in the sky. Together with all the snow, it made a spectacular sight. Then she looked at Simon, who wasn't surprised at all. Then she remembered the times he spent behind the computer this week, checking out star charts and the weather.
"You planned this." Jeanette realized.
"What day is it?" Simon nonchalantly asked.
"What?" Jeanette asked. "December the 3th."
"Not anymore." Simon said, as his miniature watch sounded. It read 00:00. Midnight.
Jeanette smiled. "December the 4th."
"And we have been a couple for a year now." Simon said. "Happy anniversary."
Jeanette gasped as Simon caught her in a surprise kiss, which she instantly deepened. Simon wrapped her arms around her and let his hands glide over her back. Jeanette did the same thing, only with her good arms and clutched her good hand in Simon's shirt. The moment went on for several minutes, with the only sound the occasional moan of Jeanette. As they parted lips, she could swear she saw steam coming out of Simon's ears.
"That …was …wow." Simon said.
"Indeed." Jeanette breathlessly said. She took a seat on his lap and together they watched the stars. Half an hour passed before Jeanette fell asleep. Simon gently took her in his arms again and brought her back to their room. A thing that only could because Simon had to wake up Dave, who knew of Simon's little plan, and let him bring them back to their room.
After Dave had dropped them of in their room and went back to his own bed, Simon gently placed Jeanette back in her bed. He smiled at her, thanking whatever Gods might linger out there, that this Angel of the trees was his and his alone.
He gave Jeanette a kiss on the forehead. "Good night, Jen." Simon whispered. The only reaction that Jeanette gave was a moan, a smile and she turned on her good side.
Simon hopped back into his bed and was soon asleep as well, his dreams filled with Jeanette.
"I'll be back after I have dropped of the boys and the girls off in school." Dave said, standing in the doorway. "Will you be alright?"
Jeanette, resting in the couch, on a pillow, with a table with drinks and some snacks next to her and her favorite movie on the TV, shrugged. "I don't know." She said. "I could be IF I could go to school."
"Sorry Jeanette." Dave said. "The Vet said that you have to stay home for a week, so your ankle can heal."
"It can heal at school?" Jeanette tried.
Dave chuckled. "See you in a while, Jeanette."
Jeanette sighed as she saw Dave leave with her sisters, their boyfriends and her boyfriend. She waved to them and they waved back as the car left. She sighed again and made herself comfortable, deciding to take a little shut-eye. That lasted about 30 minutes, after which she noticed that Dave still hadn't returned.
She grabbed a cheese ball from her table and took a bite. 'What's keeping him?' she thought as she munched down the snack. 'Even with traffic, it should just take about 15 minutes.'
A terrible thought came to her. It had been snowing, so the roads were slippery. What if …?
"NO!" She yelled. "Please, NO!"
Then she noticed Dave's car pulling up the driveway and she gave a sigh of relief. Nothing had happened. Wait, what was Dave holding in his hands.
"I brought someone for you, Jeanette." Dave said as he came back in the house.
"Very funny, Dave." She heard Simon's voice saying.
"Simon?" Jeanette asked. "Why are you not in school."
She gasped as Dave walking in, with Simon sitting on his one hand. He had his foot in a cast and a few bruises.
"What the munk happened?" she asked.
"Language, young lady." Simon chuckled. "Nothing to worry about."
Dave sighed. "We managed to get to school without Alvin and/or Brittany causing to much trouble on the way." Dave told. "We arrive at school, Simon gets out and gets his by a student who slipped with his bike. Both of them broke a foot."
"Ouch." Jeanette said. "Are you okay, Simon?"
"I am, I a-aaah." Simon said, grabbing his foot.
"YOU need to take it easy, Simon." Dave said as he walked over to the couch Jeanette was in and placed him next to her. Jeanette blushed as Simon tried to hop a bit closer to her.
"And you two behave yourself when I'm not in the room." Dave joked.
"Dave, the both of us have a hurt leg and Jeanette has her broken arm." Simon said, reaching over Jeanette to grab a cheese ball. "I don't think that we can do much."
"I'm counting on it." Dave said as he walked out the room. "I'm going to work in my room. If you need anything, just yell."
"Okay, Dave." Both Simon and Jeanette said.
As soon as Dave walked out the room, they both grinned at each other.
"Want to prove him wrong?" Jeanette asked, blinking seductively at Simon.
Simon chuckled as he leaned over.
"I MEAN IT!" Dave yelled from the other room.
They both squeaked, startled. And then they started laughing.
"Work with me." Simon said as he wrapped his arms under her shoulders and pulled her on his lap. Jeanette pushed herself with her good leg, so she could rest her back against Simon's chest. She looked up, gazing in the eyes of her lover.
Simon leaned down and placed a kiss on her lips. She giggled and kissed him back, wrappin her good arm around his neck, or at least as good as it was possible.
"So, …" Simon asked, as they broke up the kiss. "How did you find your first snow?"
Jeanette smiled. "Well, let's sum everything up, shall we." Jeanette smiled. "Since the first time I saw snow, I had snow pushed in my face, fell off a tree, got buried in snow, broke my arm, twisted my ankle, had trouble sleeping and now my boyfriend has broken his leg too."
"…soo" Simon grinned. "You had a good time?"
Jeanette smiled. "The best."
The end