WARNING: Simon is CRAZY!

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Some scenes may be intense for young readers.

Chapter 3: Close call

Simon walked down the street to the library deep in thought, he wanted to see Jeanette but she was currently at the college taking a literacy course.

Alvin was tagging along 20 or so feet behind him, because he believed that Mateo would try to attack Simon so he was following him everywhere, and that meant everywhere.

"Simon I think you're in trouble." Alvin said jogging up behind his little brother.

"And why do y… never mind, let's get out of here." Simon said turning to run but than at the last minute he turned around and charged at Mateo.

"Come on Simon why aren't you running?" Alvin asked trying to stop his twin brother from running off.

(I know that they're triplets don't tell me.)

"Running is for fools, I say we teach that boy a lesson." Simon said as he scratched the ground with his claw.

"You just said we needed to get out of here!" Alvin yelled then he jumped to the side as Mateo's bat swung down and landed were he had just been standing.

"I'm afraid I don't have a clue what you are talking about, I never run from a fight!" Simon yelled as he charged up the bat and sunk his claw deep into Mateo's wrist.

Mateo cried out in agony, and then he hit Simon in the gut, sending him flying into some bushes.

"Hey! No one treats my brother that way!" Alvin yelled as he cut at Mateo's ankles.

"Stupid rat." Mateo said then he picked Alvin up and threw him in to the bush Simon was in.

Mateo waited five seconds, then seemed to decide that they were at least unconscious then turned around and started to walk away when he felt a sharp pain in the back if his neck.

He turned back around and found both boys on there feet, ready to fight him again.

"Turn away now and we'll let you go peacefully" Alvin said.

"Speak for your self; I'm going to teach this b**** a lesson." Simon said as he launched himself at Mateo.

The rest of the fight went by quickly from that point on.

A bloody nose and a black eye later Mateo was on his way back to his house and Alvin and Simon where in the library looking for books on other countries.

"I need one on France too Alvin." Simon said as he picked through a book on Japan.

"I'll get it for you but then I want you tell me what happened back there with Mateo. And why we're reading all of these books on other countries" Alvin whispered to Simon before going to the reference section.

"O.k. now what is the population in Japan?" Simon asked himself then he smiled as he found the page with the information he wanted. "127,078,679 (July 2009 EST.), well that will work out well if we need to use my plan to get a rid of Mateo." Simon said to himself as Alvin walked back up to him, carrying a large book under his arm.

"Here you go, now spill." Alvin said placing the book on the table in front of Simon.

"Alright I made a potion to make someone more athletic but it doesn't work right and at completely random times it starts working. Like last night I woke up at about three in the morning and started lifting 10-pound bricks because I was bored, then the affects wore off and I went back to bed. And I'll tell you about the books when and if the time comes." Simon said as he pulled out a list and handed it to Alvin.

"I need a book from the reference section on each of these counties" Simon said as he started reading the book on Japan again.

Alvin looked over the list and gasped. "You must have ten countries listed on here." He said.

"Let's just get the books so we can go home." Simon said closing the book he was reading and dragging Alvin to get the books.

"Fine but let's stop at the girls house when we're done here, I've not seen Brittany in a while and I want to see her." Alvin said, walking backwards toward the reference section.

"You mean you want to eat her face off right?" Simon asked eyeing his brother with amusement.

"I want to SEE her, gosh, and they say you're the smart one." Alvin said, shaking his head.

"Oh… I get it you want to SEE her..." Simon started to say playfully to his brother as he elbowed him in the ribs.

"Stop taking me so literally." Alvin said shoving him lightly in the shoulder.

"Fine, we'll go visit the girls after we get the books."

20 minutes later Alvin and Simon walked up to the girl's house and knocked on the door.

Brittany appeared at the door two minutes later with a bat in her hand.

"Oh it's just you two." She said sighing in relief and putting the bat down next to the door.

"Were you expecting someone?" Alvin said as Jeanette walked into the room.

"You could say that." Jeanette said she was holding a piece of paper in her left hand.

"What do you mean… oh no." Simon said reading the letter that Jeanette had just handed him.

DEAR JEANETTE

I recently decided to take matters into my own hands

And I was going to do away with Seville but, lucky him, his brother

Saved him. So I think I'll come over and talk to you later on

Tonight.

Love Mateo

"I swear if the boy comes anywhere near my sister I'll tear him to shreds." Brittany said as she gave Alvin a hug.

"Not if I do first." Simon said turning around and kissing Jeanette in front of their siblings.

"Aw look, the nerds got together." Alvin cooed trying not to laugh at the look on Brittany's face.

"Simon." Brittany said to get the said chipmunks attention.

"Yea." He said turning to look at Brittany.

"Do us all a favor and don't go 'Mateo' on us." Brittany said smiling slightly as Alvin burst out laughing.

"I'll do my best." Simon said as he sat down and started to read one of the books he had rented.

"Anyway would you boy's stay over for the night just in case he tries something." Jeanette asked sitting down next to Simon and reading the book over his shoulder.

"Sure, Dave will be out of town for a couple of weeks on business so I think we'll be fine." Alvin said as he started playing with Brittany's hair.

"Dave would have to drag me out if he was here." Simon said as he scanned an article on the people of Japan.

"Thanks." Jeanette whispered in his ear.

Simon smiled at her and whispered "Want to go outside where our siblings won't be staring at us like vultures do a dead animal."

"Well if you put it that way, of course." Jeanette said and they left the room without another word.

"Isn't it beautiful Simon?" Jeanette asked many hours later as the sunset lower into the sky.

"Not as beautiful as the girl sitting next to me." He said brushing the hair out of her face.

Jeanette blushed and looked at the ground between her and Simon.

"Do you really mean that?" Jeanette asked looking deep into his dark blue eyes, the ones that made the sky look white and the ocean green, then she quickly looked away feeling slightly embarrass.

"Of course I do Jeanette; you're the most beautiful girl on the planet." Simon said gently tilting her chin up so she would look at him.

"That's impossible; I'm just the nerdy girl in class that can't walk without falling over and has no dress code at all." Jeanette said wishing she could look away from his eyes before she spilled out her soul to him.

"That's just it, I love those things about you, they make you who you really are.

A beautiful, smart, caring, clumsy, talented girl." Simon said kissing her gently before letting her start.

"How is being clumsy a good thing?" Jeanette asked trying to hide the blush that had most recently developed.

"For me, it gave me the chance to hold you even for the smallest amount of time." Simon said as he placed his forehead against her's.

Jeanette smiled shyly at him and kissed his cheek softly, she wanted more, to feel his lips on hers again, to feel the safety of his arms around her, but she was to shy to do any more.

Fortunately for her he seemed to understand (he always did) and pulled her into another kiss but this time there was no Brittany there to interrupt them, only the two of them lost in there own world.

After a while they finally pulled away from each other and went inside to find Alvin and Brittany sleeping on the couch next to each other.

"I guess it's time to go to sleep." Jeanette said looking at her sibling like she was a puzzle.

"What is it?" Simon asked her, running his hand through her hair as he asked.

"I'm wondering if I should wake her up." Jeanette said gesturing to Brittany.

"No she's calmer like this." Simon said sitting on the seat opposite them.

Jeanette jumped up next to him and they fell asleep in minutes.

They woke up to the sound of glass braking in the kitchen.

They all jumped down onto the floor and hid under the couch.

"Shhh, find her, I don't care about the others just as long as they stay out of my way." They heard Mateo say to unseen people in the house.

"How are we getting out of here?" Alvin asked quietly as they heard footsteps working there way upstairs.

"We can sneak out the front door; there are still doggy-doors on them so we can escape." Simon said pointing to the door that was 10-feet in-front of them.

"If we were caught they'd probably hurt you all, I'll just give myself to them and they'll leave you guys alone." Jeanette said looking in the direction the kitchen and shuddering.

"Don't even think about it." Brittany and Simon said together, the latter grabbing her arm.

"Jeanette we don't know what he's capable of and wouldn't let you go out there to save the world." Simon said hugging her close to him to insure she was still there.

"I agree with lover boy here, you're staying with us." Brittany said poking Simon in the ribs.

"Come on let's get out of here." Alvin said grabbing Brittany's arm and half dragging her with him to the door.

Simon and Jeanette followed them to the door and they climbed out and ran down the street to the boy's house.

When they got there Simon unlocked the door and they ran inside.

"Alright it's time we lose Mateo once and for all." Simon said grabbing a set of keys and walking down to the basement.

"Come on." He added when they stayed where they were standing.

Simon led them down into the basement and the first thing everyone noticed was the black Jeep sitting in the center of the room.

Simon walked down to the Car and unlocked it and had Jeanette get in then turned to Alvin and Brittany.

"You two can come with us or stay here but it's time something was done to stop this guy so we're leaving tonight." Simon said walking over to a safe in the wall and opening it.

He pulled out many sacks and started trying to move them to the car.

At this point Alvin jumped up and helped his brother get what ever this stuff was into the car.

Brittany had climbed in and was talking to Jeanette when the two boys reappeared in the front seats of the car.

"So I take it you'll both be coming with us?" Simon asked as he started the car.

"Of course we're coming, what I want to know is where are we going?" Alvin asked

"We're going to Japan Alvin." Simon said as he pulled the car onto the road.

"JAPAN! Ever heard of Vegas? Alvin asked.

"Yea but I think we'll be safer in Japan." Simon said looking around him.

"Well then it looks like we're going across the pacific." Jeanette said.

So there it is hope you liked it. It was a lot longer then I had planed and toke a while to write. Thanks for the reviews. Any way review and here are some stories.

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Have a good day, MO4G out.