Okay, I finally got this chapter together. Simon is having a rough day at school, especially with everyone talking about the new munk in school. Read and enjoy.

Chapter Four: There's A New Munk in Town

As Simon sat on the table in the nurse's office, he was feeling like dirt. How could he have let those jocks get the best of him again, and right in front of Jeanette. He never felt more of wimp than at that moment.

"Hey, little guy," Celia said. "How are you feeling?"

"My name is Simon," he said. "And I feel fine." Then suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his head and slumped over.

"Simon, are you okay?" Jeanette asked with a worried look on her face.

"I think so," he said trying to put on a brave front. "My head is just pounding a little."

Soon the nurse came in. She was a pleasant looking woman with a friendly smile, blonde shoulder length curls and faint blue eyes. "Well, the first day of school, and already I have a customer," she said as she looked down at the injured chipmunk. "So what seems to be the problem?"

"A possible concussion," Celia said,

"I hit my head," Simon said as the nurse examined him. "Looks like you have a slight bump on the head.

"I feel fine, really," Simon said. "Just a little headache is all."

"Are you sure?" the nurse asked. Simon nodded. "Alright, but if you feel dizzy or faint come on back."

"Don't worry," Celia said. "I'll look after him."

"Alright," the nurse said. "Here's a hall pass. Now you three get to class." She handed one each of them, and they made it just in time to make it to first period.

"Our first class is geometry," Jeanette said as Celia walked down the hall with them."

"With Mister Ward," Celia said as Jeanette nodded. "Great. Me,too."

The two chipmunks and the one human girl walked to class together. They made there just before the bell. The classroom was loud with the students chattering away and throwing wadded up papers at each other with not so secret messages written on them. The noise had made Simon's headache worse, especially when he spotted Jeremy Smith, the guy who played a hand at humiliating him in front of a whole cafeteria full of students last year. He smirked at Simon. He figured that Jeremy and practically the whole school knew about Ryan pommelling him.

"Simon, are you okay?" Jeanette whispered to him. She was holding his hand as they took a seat at the only empty table. Celia had carried in their books for them and set them on the table. There were kids whispering, and Simon had a feeling it was about him.

"Did you see that guy?" one of the cheerleaders said out loud to one of her friends.

"Yeah, he's is sooo adorable," another one said while giggling.

"His brother is so gorgeous too," the first one said. "Maybe we could double date."

"Then who gets the furball?" the second girl asked.

"Excuse me," Celia said, turning in her seat and giving the girls a slightly nasty look. "But my brothers would never date girls like you. You're not their type. Jesse and Tony have more taste than that."

The two girls looked shocked, but not as stunned as Jeanette. "How did you know who they were talking about?"

"Girls are always going after Jesse and Tony," Celia said, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "Call it animal attraction." Jeanette tried not to laugh at the analogy, but it was too funny that any human girl would want to date a chipmunk.

Soon Mister Ward came forward to bring the class to order. Simon sat in silence just listening to their teacher's speech about the goals for the class that semester. He seemed to be in a daze for the rest of the class until suddenly the bell rang jolting him back to reality.

Their next class was ancient history which Celia didn't have. She was nice enough to help them to their lockers and get out the books they needed before heading off to her English class. Both Alvin and Theodore were in the classroom and met Simon and Jeanette by the door.

"Hey, bro," Alvin said as they entered the classroom. "Is it true?"

"What?" Simon asked, but he already knew what Alvin was referring to.

"You know, the rumor is you got pummeled by Ryan. Man, that guy never stops, and then some new chipmunk clocked him."

"Alvin, it didn't happen quite that way," Simon said as they sat down.

"Well, what I heard is that you were unconscious most of the time so how would you know?"

Simon just turned away looking over at Jeanette who had a concerned look on her face. Great, he thought to himself. Even she felt sorry for him. Simon really couldn't concentrate on the class and went more inside himself and didn't even hear when the teacher called on him.

Alvin nudged him which brought him back to reality. "What?" he almost shouted. Then he saw the teacher standing over him. "Would you know the answer to the question," the teacher asked him.

"What question?" Simon asked dumbfounded.

"In the desert regions what is mainly used as a water substitute?"

"Salt," Simon said quickly feeling embarrassed for letting his mind wander.

He was relieved when the bell rang signifying the end of class. He was about to walk out of the room when the teacher called him back. "Mister Seville, may I see you for a moment. Alvin, who was standing next to him, thought for a moment the teacher was speaking to him. "Simon Seville," the teacher clarified.

Simon looked over at Alvin and said, "I'll catch up."

"Whatever," Alvin said and walked down the hall.

Simon walked over and hopped on the teacher's desk. "You wanted to speak with me."

"Yes, Simon," he said. "I was told by Doctor Ruben that you were one of the best students in the school, so I was very excited to have you in my class, but…" he hesitated for a moment. "I expect all my students, the ones with the highest marks to the lowest, to pay attention, so if this class bores you…"

"No, no," Simon said, feeling like he had offended him. "I'm sorry if I seemed distracted, but I just had something else on my mind."

"Does it have to do with that bump on your head?" the teacher asked pointing to the small red spot on his forehead.

"Yeah, sort of, but that doesn't matter anymore. I promise I won't be that distracted anymore."

"Alright," the teacher said, "and since it's the first day of school I'll let it go. Don't let it happen again."

"Yes, sir," he said and jumped off the desk and hurried to his next class, the dreaded gym period. If this day hadn't already been humiliating enough his ineptness in sports would be on display for all to see. At least he would be in class with Theodore and Alvin and perhaps they could run inference.

He entered the locker room and changed into his gym uniform. When he came out he saw his two brothers, and also the new kids in school, Tony and Jesse Slate. He wondered what the story was there. How did a chipmunk end up with a human brother and sister? His logic told him much like he and his brothers got Dave as a human father.

"Hey, Si," Alvin called to him. "You've met the new kid, right?"

"Sort of," he said, still feeling embarrassed by the incident that took place earlier that day.

"Jesse's pretty cool," Theodore said as Jesse and Tony came towards them.

"Hey, little guy, you alright?" Tony asked while dribbling the ball. "Celia told me you took quite a knock to the head."

"I'm fine," was all Simon would say.

"Good, then I don't have to beat the crap out of that jerk," Tony said as he aimed the basketball at the hoop and threw it. It easily went in and from the distance he was throwing it was quite an accomplishment.

Simon was impressed but still didn't know what to make off the odd pair of brothers. Suddenly class came to order as Coach Wilkins blew his whistle. Now, Simon became really nervous. At least the football jocks were in a different class then they were.

"Alright boys," the coach said in a gruff tone. "This term we're playing basketball, and I wanna see what you all are really made of."

Simon sighed deeply. How he hated sports, especially basketball. The memory of being flattened by one of the jocks on his second day of school was still fresh in his mind. With four chipmunks in the class, the couch divided them to two on each team to make it fair. Alvin and Theodore were on one team, while Simon and Jesse were in the other. Tony was also on Simon's team. He felt a little lost without his brothers to back him up.

He looked at the clock and there was still twenty minutes to go until class was over, the longest twenty minutes of his life he could safely say. Simon avoided actual play as much as possible, seeing that the ball was just as tall as he was, but the game soon heated up and Alvin gained a shot as he leapt through the air holding onto the ball and diving right through the basket.

"Show off," he said just under his breath.

"Hey, that brother of yours is good," Jesse said as Tony was dribbling the ball across the court.

One of the other boys on Alvin's team took command of it, but Tony put up two fingers. Jesse just grinned and ran up Tony's arm until he reached his shoulder and leapt off it and slammed dunked the ball into the basket. Simon just looked on with his mouth open. Even Alvin never made that dramatic of a shot. The coach blew his whistle signifying the end of the game.

"Alright, boys, that was a good game. Next class we work on strategy." He looked directly at Simon. He realized basketball wasn't just a game of skill and strength, but one of careful planning and teamwork. Maybe he wouldn't be as inept at sports as he thought.

He had one more class before lunch, one he rather enjoyed. Biology. He wondered if they would be dissecting anything this semester. He didn't much care for pulling apart poor defenseless little creatures, but given that they were already dead, and there was possibility of discovering something new was just too appealing.

He had this class with Alvin, Jeanette and Brittany. They all sat at a table together with Celia and two of the girls on the cheerleading squad who were good friends with Brittany. She was on the squad and the only chipmunk at the school to actually become a cheerleader. With Brittany's natural ability for singing and dancing it only made sense that not only was she a cheerleader, but she served as the top of the pyramid.

"Brittany, who's your friend?" Kasey McAllister asked her as she sat down.

"This is Celia Slate," Brittany said. "It's her first day."

"Hi," Celia said and gave Kasey a little wave.

"Well, if you're a friend of Brittany's, then I guess you're cool," Kasey said as her friend next to her nudged her. "Oh, this is Kerri Thomas."

"Hi, Celia," she said. "Since you're new here we can show you around later, and I just remembered. We have cheerleading tryouts on Friday if you're interested."

"I wouldn't know the first thing about cheerleading," Celia said. "I mean I love to dance and all but…"

"Don't worry Celia," Brittany said. "I can't teach you the routine. We can practice after school."

"Well…okay," Celia said as the bell rang.

"Hey, I heard you have a really cute brother going here," Kerri said. "Tony, right?"

"Yeah, I have two brothers," Celia said. "Can't forget about Jesse. He would never allow it."

"Jesse…huh," Kerri said starry-eyed. "He sounds cute."

"He's a chipmunk," Simon spoke out.

"Well, that's even better," Kerri said. "I love the cute and cuddly type."

"Oh, brother," Simon said under his breath. It was enough for Jeanette to hear. She was trying hard not to laugh.

She turned her head to hide her face as their teacher stepped forward to bring the class to order. He amerced himself in their instructor's words trying to forget Jesse Slate even existed.

Simon didn't even notice when the bell rang. He was staring into his text book when Jeanette nudged him. "Simon, class is over."

"What?" he asked startled back to reality.

"It's lunch time, and I've starving," Jeanette said as she placed her books in her bag.

"Oh, sorry, I wasn't thinking," Simon said gathering his things.

When they entered the lunch room the noise from the chattering students was deafening. Simon and Jeanette walked over to the lunch line and were so joined by their siblings.

"It's lasagna day," Theodore said rubbing his belly. "I think I'll get an extra helping."

"Save some room for dessert," Eleanor said. "Those chocolate fudge brownies with the cherries on top looks yummy. We could share."

"Sure, Eleanor," Theodore said. Those two had a way of bonding over food.

They were all in line a good ten minutes before they were approached by Celia and Tony. "Hey, guys," Celia said. Brittany just joined them and approached Celia.

"Who's the hot guy?" Brittany asked looking from Celia to Tony.

"Oh, this is my brother Tony," Celia said. "I just wonder where Jesse could be."

"Probably getting into trouble," Tony said as they moved up in the line.

"Are you being judgmental?" Celia asked teasingly.

"No, I just don't want him getting in to any trouble… not without me."

"Too late, Tony," Celia said. "Look over there."

She pointed to the table where the jocks were sitting and their little brother was heading right for them. After they had all gotten their lunches the Chipmunks and Chipettes invited Celia and Tony to sit with them at their regular table. It was right across from where the jocks were sitting. Tony decided to play wing man to Jesse just to see what he was really up to.

"Hey, bro," Tony said standing right behind Jesse.

"Shhh….," Jesse said. "Get a load of this."

They listened closely to the story Ryan was telling the three girls that were sitting at his table. Tony shook his head in disbelief when he heard the tale of a jock playing football with a broken leg. Jesse stepped up on an empty chair and then hopped on the table.

"Hey, furball, who said you could sit at our table?" Ryan asked looking furiously at Jesse.

"Hey, no rodents allowed," Xander said and laughed.

"Last I checked it was a free country," Jesse said. Tony stood back out of sight just to see what his little brother was going to do.

"Look, rat-face, you don't get out of here, there's going to be trouble," Ryan said pointing a finger at him.

"You got that right," Jesse said, picking up a grape out of his fruit bowl tossing it in the air and catching it in his mouth. "I got one question, jockstrap," Jesse said after swallowing the grape. Ryan looked like he was about to attack, but then saw Tony in the distance. "How many times have you told that bullshit story?"

"What?" Ryan asked dumbfounded.

"You know, the one where you score the winning touchdown with a broken leg. I heard that one before at my old school in Brooklyn, but there the girls were smart enough not to believe it."

"That story is true," Ryan said defensively.

"Oh, please, no coach is gonna let a player out on the field with that kind of injury, so why don't you just admit it's all fiction."

The three girls that sat at the table looked peeved. A blonde girl who's hair was in a ponytail gave Ryan a nasty look. "I think Jesse's right. That story does sound fishy."

Xander rose from the table as Ryan looked up at him. "You're on your own with this one." He then walked away leaving Ryan alone with the chipmunk and the three angry girls.

"Yeah," said a girl with strawberry blonde hair. "I wonder what else he's been lying about. Remember a few months ago, you said you couldn't do your term paper, because you couldn't concentrate because of the pain from your sprained ankle."

"I bet he wasn't even injured," said a girl with short dark brown hair. "I even baked him a plate of brownies to make him feel better."

"Come on, girls," the blonde said. "We're not going to be used by this loser again."

The girl with the strawberry blonde hair picked up an open milk carton and poured the remaining contents over his head. "Hey," Ryan yelled out at the cold milk dripped down his head. The three girls took off as Jesse chuckled.

"My work here is done," Jesse said and was about to hop off the table, but Ryan slammed his hand down on the table and grabbed Jesse's tail.

"Not so fast," Ryan said, but Tony approached the table.

"Hey, Ryan," he said, putting more emphasis on Ryan's name. "What'd I tell you about messin' with the chipmunks in this school?"

"He started it," Ryan said as he let go of Jesse's tail and faced off with Tony.

"Naw, he didn't start nothin', just showed everybody what a fake you are."

Jesse gave Ryan a smirk. "Fine," Ryan said. "But remember, furball, one of these days your bodyguard here ain't going to be around, and when that day comes…"

"You threatenin' me?" Jesse asked but gave him a little laugh. "I ain't afraid of you."

Ryan left the table and raced out of the lunch room. There were laughs and whispers coming from the students he passed. Tony just looked on until he was out of sight.

"Hey, Jesse, can't you stay out of trouble for more than a minute?" Tony asked as they walked over to the table and sat down by Celia.

"Okay, guys, enough drama," Celia said scoldingly. "It's time to eat lunch. If you start now, you might have enough time to finish."

"Yes, Mother," Tony said and she threw a balled up napkin at him.

"Hey, are you guys always like this?" Brittany asked, aiming the question mostly at Celia.

"No, sometimes we actually fight," Celia said and laughed.

Simon ate in silence after the spectacle Jesse had made of Ryan. He was almost starting to like him. Time would tell if it would actually happen.

Next chapter. The school day continues as the Chipmunk and Chipettes learn Jesse's story. Is there anything this new munk can't do? More school hijinks on the way as the Slate kids swiftly become the most popular kids in school. How will Ryan take this? Be here next time to find out.