Left 4 Chipmunks

3 years after the events of 'Alvin and the chipmunks meet the wolf man'

Alvin walked through the local streets of L.A, savouring the warm afternoon sun. It had been a while since he was able to be alone to gather his many thoughts. He strolled around at the local park before sitting down and watching the many children with their parents as they explored the jungle gym and swings. He sighed and smiled. The children were no older than 8 or 9 and some had even come to the park by themselves. The happy memories were filtering their way back into his mind until he realised that most of these happy times were no where near over.

Alvin was awoken from his daydream when a young boy cried out happily to mother and pointed in Alvin's direction.

'Mommy look! It's Alvin from the chipmunks!'

Alvin smirked and winked at the kid before making his way out of the park. As much as he loved the attention, he was fonder of being left alone today. Alvin made his way back to the Seville residence while simply staring at the pavement he walked on with his hands in his pockets. He, his brothers and the chipettes hadn't done a lot of growing in the past three years so it was no surprise to find the boys in the same oversized sweaters that reached just past their ankles.

Knocking on the door Alvin entered the house to find that Miss Miller and the girls had come round for dinner.

'Hey Alvin!' Theodore cried as he was setting the table

'Hey Theo, what have you got cooking?' Alvin replied smelling the oven

'Me and Eleanor decided on a pasta bake tonight!' Theodore said smacking his lips

'With the grilled cheese right Teddy?' asked Alvin while making his way to the living room to meet the rest of the family

'Just the way you like it Alvin' Theodore replied with a wink

Alvin replied simply with a smile before heading towards the living room.

'Hey guys!' He announced, everybody greeted him as he sat down. He sat next to Brittany who gave him a subtle wink. Despite the arguments and rivalry over the years the two had swallowed their pride the year before and announced their love to each other. It was an awkward day but the two had comforted themselves knowing that they were the only two to admit their feelings. Simon and Jeannette were certainly smart enough to predict and know what would happen and how to handle it but the couple were just to shy and filled up their spare time doing other things instead of having a serious conversation about one and other. Theodore and Eleanor however had a much more simple excuse. They were just too innocent. Deep down they knew each other's feelings but got on perfectly and were comfortable in the relationship they had at the moment.

While everyone chattered amongst themselves, they heard Theodore announce that dinner was served. As everyone else carried their conversation to the table, Brittany grabbed Alvin's hand and pulled him in for a kiss. After a sweet moment they pulled away.

'Where have you been? I haven't seen you since this morning' whispered Brittany

'For once I was thinking about everyone else, It was nice to have some time alone' Alvin smiled back

'But it's even nicer being with me isn't it?' Brittany smirked back, while wrapping her arms around his neck

'O-of course' Alvin laughed back, intimidated by what she might do if he had said otherwise. God knows how annoyed she must have been years ago when Alvin had accidentally said that basketball was more important than her. The couple made their way back into the kitchen without another word said of what had just happened. The two felt it better if the others didn't know about what now went on between them.

Later on in the evening Simon made his way up to bed first after Miss Miller and the girls left. While brushing his teeth he remembered that he had not encountered any prank, or any dislike whatsoever, from Alvin in the past few weeks. Had he finally turned a new leaf? Simon decided not to leave it to chance that Alvin had finally matured, since past experience had told him that Alvin could be building up to something, possibly bringing them all into a false sense of security or getting on their good side, while scheming to himself on what to do. Much like a hunter.

As Simon removed his glasses the beautiful picture, sound and smell of Jeanette sent him off into a dreary sleep. Around 10 minutes later Alvin and Theodore were sent up to bed to find the light off and Simon snoozing away in his bed. As Theodore went to get ready for bed Alvin looked over to smart younger brother. Not once had they argued or show any discontent with each other, and it was not due to any effort on Simon's part either. Part of Alvin had realised that most of Simon's mishaps were due to him and Simon usually being the one getting Alvin out of his own mishaps, yet the other part of him had just simply gotten bored of the pranks and annoyances. Despite being the oldest, Alvin was easily the least mature one out of the boys and had finally begun to start growing up, although he would still get the occasional impulse to do something drastic and almost always still wanted to be in the spotlight.

This led Alvin to wonder why his brothers had ever carried on listening to Alvin after the first few times his 'schemes' went wrong. Deep down in all of the boys and girls they knew it was love that had kept them together all of these years.

Even after the girls had cleaned their teeth they had sat up in their room talking over Miss Miler's loud snoring. They were planning the weekend ahead on the late Friday night when some awkward questions were raised.

'So Jeanette, when were you going to ask out Simon?' smirked Brittany

'Oh Brittany I wish you would stop being so pushy about that subject!' Jeanette had now placed her hands on her hips. Granting that Jeanette was still the gullible, sweet klutz she had grown slightly more strong-willed under her two sister's influences.

'Well it's cringing to watch you two stutter and stumble away at each other! It's worse than a crappy soap opera' Brittany retorted, filing her nails.

'But you love soap operas Brittany' Eleanor interjected

'Well it's different went it's for real and it's my own sister! Anyway stop changing the subject!' Brittany turned back to Jeanette to try and corner her.

'W-well…I…uh…'

'If she said tomorrow will it shut you up Brittany?' Piped up Eleanor again

'W-WHAT?' Jeanette almost screamed before being hushed down by her siblings

'Well yes actually it would' Brittany threw Jeanette an innocent smile 'Then it's settled'

'B-b-but…I-I…' Jeanette stuttered

'Relax Jeanette. I have a feeling Simon's just as fond of you' Eleanor placed a comforting arm around her shoulder

'Well why hasn't he asked me out yet then?'

'Because he's just as bad as you are!' Brittany stated before placing in her earphones and flicking on her mp3 player. Eleanor threw her an evil glare before turning back to Jeanette.

'Although bluntly put, she has got a point. You two are just to in sync to even dare make eye contact! Look, we'll go to the movies tomorrow with the boys, don't worry me and Brittany will invite them; all you have to do is soften him up when we get in there. Piece o' cake!'

'Easier said than done' Jeanette glumly muttered as the lights were switched off.

Eleanor skipped to the Seville's front door after lunch and knocked three times. She found Theodore answering the knocks before grinning widely at her.

'Hi Eleanor!' he said happily

'Hi Theodore! Are you and the others busy tonight?'

'Um not that I know of, why?'

'Well I, uh, we were wondering if you wanted to go see a movie later?'

Theodore's little round face lit up with excitement.

'Yeah, okay! Uh, but you know there will be arguments over what to see'

Eleanor shrugged, as they both knew that he just meant Alvin and Brittany.

'Oh well, they'll just fight it out while we go inside. I'll see you later then!' She turned and waved, hesitated, then blew him kiss before strolling away.

Theodore grew deep scarlet in his chubby little cheeks as he waved goodbye as well. Eleanor greeted Brittany outside the Seville's front gate.

'You know if you two were any sweeter to each other, you would give us all diabetes' Brittany smirked. Eleanor decided to ignore this snide remark and take it as a 'Brittany' way of saying that they were meant for each other.

'So what about you and Alvin?' She threw back at Brittany.

'What about us?' However Brittany did not meet her sister's gaze. The two simply walked back to tell Jeanette that everything was going according to plan.