What Happens Out Of Love Chapter 19

-10:45 AM, Tuesday August 17-

Brittany was trembling. "Alvin, wh-where is she? Where's Melody? Why isn't she in her crib?" She was starting to panic.

Alvin stared at the empty crib for a few more seconds before turning his head towards Brittany. "Brittany, stay calm. We'll find-"

"Stay calm? STAY CALM? DON'T TELL ME TO STAY CALM WHEN OUR DAUGHTER IS SUDDENLY MISSING FROM HER CRIB!" Screeched Brittany.

"Brittany, I'm worried too, but this isn't going anywhere if you keep freaking out about-"

"OH, YOU BET YOUR ASS I'M FREAKING OUT! OUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING FROM HER CRIB! AND YOU'RE ACTING LIKE YOU DON'T CARE!" Brittany fired at him.

Alvin sighed, and pulled her into a hug, hopefully calming her temper down. "Brittany, don't worry. We'll find her."

She sighed as she wrapped her arms around him. "How are you so sure?"

Alvin bit his lip. "Well, she has to be here somewhere."

Brittany glared at him. She unwrapped her arms from him, and crossed them across her chest. "If she was here, WE'D BE ABLE TO NOTICE!"

Alvin slightly rolled his eyes. So much for trying to calm her down. "Well, maybe she got up?"

"Melody would of woken one of us up if she did." Brittany shook her head. "And besides, Melody couldn't possibly climb out of her crib, and out the door by herself!"

"I don't know. Maybe she di-"

"Oh my god." Brittany said. She turned to Alvin. "Wh-what if she was kidnapped?" Brittany was starting to scare herself with that thought.

Alvin raised an eyebrow. "Kidnapped? By who?"

Then he and Brittany both turned to the window.

Brittany felt tears starting to form. "No, oh my god. That can't be possible!"

Alvin hopped off the bed and jumped onto the window sill. He tried lifting the window up then said, "The window is locked. No one could of came in here."

Brittany's heart was ready to jump out of her chest. "You never know, Alvin. What if...Ian came in here and took her?"

Alvin's eyes widened at the name. He shook his head. "No, Britt. T-That could never happen, could it?"

She looked at him. "Alvin, we both know Ian well enough to know that he could of taken Melody. He did put us in a cage!"

Alvin stood right beside her. He didn't want to think of the fact that Ian might of taken Melody, but the thought just stuck to him like glue. "That jerk! Britt, what are we standing around here for? We have to tell Claire."

Alvin and Brittany frantically ran out the bedroom, and scurried to the living room. They found Claire sitting on the couch reading a book. She didn't notice the two chipmunks in the room before they both jumped up onto her lap, almost scaring her to death.

"Whoa, Alvin! Britt! What's wrong?" Asked Claire as she set the book down beside her.

Alvin and Brittany spoke at the same time, saying that Melody was gone, and thinking that Ian had come in and stole her from her bed. To Claire, she couldn't understand a word they said. It sounded like gibberish.

"Whoa, whoa whoa! Slow down you two!" Claire said. She noticed that Brittany looked like she was worried sick about something. "Talk one at a time! What's wrong?"

"When we woke up, Melody wasn't in her crib!" Said Alvin.

Claire tilted her head. "That-"

"We think someone kidnapped her! I mean, who else would do that besides...Ian?" Exclaimed Brittany. She held herself because she was trembling with fear again.

For Brittany and Alvin, this was a new experience, being new teenage parents and all. And being teenage parents has showed them that Melody is the most important thing in the world. And the fact that they have no idea where their daughter went, is just scaring them to death. Brittany, especially, couldn't even describe how she was feeling right now. She realized that Dave must of felt the same way when Ian took the boys away when they still believed 'Uncle Ian' was a good person.

Claire raised an eyebrow. "Ian?" Claire shook her head in disbelief. "You guys-"

"And whoever did this took Melody and her peach rattle! All they left was Melody's pillow and blanket!" Exclaimed Brittany. She could feel her heart begin to race again. "Claire, Melody's missing! You have to help us!"

"Brittany! Calm down!" Claire said, with a smile on her face.

But Brittany didn't calm down. "Please Claire! You don't understand. With all the news about us going around lately, anything might of happened to her!"

Claire laughed and put her finger over the chipette's mouth. "Brittany, calm down." She repeated.

Brittany kept her mouth shut, but inside, she was just exploding with fear. She felt like time was running out! Who could of taken Melody, and what did they possibly want from her?

Alvin, who was standing by Brittany's side, tried to look as calm as possible, but he was feeling the same kind of fear Brittany was feeling.

"Ian didn't kidnap her!" Claire said, laughing lightly again.

"WHAT?" Alvin and Brittany exclaimed at the exact same time. The weight was pulled off their should but one thing was still on their minds. Where is she?

Claire smiled. "Melody is perfectly safe, there's no reason to panic."

"Where is she?" Asked Brittany, feeling a whole lot better.

"She's in the kitchen with everyone else. She-" Claire started to say, but Alvin and Brittany automatically hopped off her lap and sprinted to the kitchen. Claire laughed. "You're welcome?"

Right when they entered the kitchen, they sighed in relief. They found Eleanor, Jeanette, Simon and Theodore on top of one of the kitchen counters. And sitting in Jeanette's lap, was Melody.

Alvin and Brittany hopped onto the counter where everyone else was. Brittany felt her heart rate slow down when she saw her daughter laughing contagiously as she waved her peach rattle in her tiny paws.

Eleanor looked up from her niece to see Alvin and Brittany standing there. "Alvin! Brittany!"

Brittany scooped Melody from Jeanette's arms and held her daughter close. "Thank god you're alright."

Simon, Theodore, Jeanette and Eleanor looked at each other, confused.

"Of course she's alright. Why wouldn't she be?" Asked Jeanette.

"We thought Melody was kidnapped." Said Alvin, earning small laughs from Theodore and Simon.

Jeanette laughed out loud. "KIDNAPPED? Why in the world would she get kidnapped?"

"You know, with all the news happening about us lately." Brittany said matter-of-factly, looking at her sister.

"Oh yeah..." Said Jeanette.

"But why did you think she was kidnapped?" Asked Simon.

"Because when we woke up, Melody wasn't in her crib!" Exclaimed Alvin.

"Oh yeah. Um, funny story actually..." Said Simon.

"Care to explain?" Asked Alvin.

"Sure. Uh, okay so this morning, we woke up because we heard a creak coming from the door. We thought it would either Dave or Claire, but when we saw Melody crawling into the room, it nearly scared us." Said Simon.

"Whoa whoa, what?" Asked Brittany. "So Melody crawled into your guy's room by HERSELF?"

Simon nodded. "Yeah she did."

Brittany looked at her daughter, who was innocently looking back at her. She turned to Alvin. "That means she did climb out of her crib and out of the room by herself."

Jeanette continued where Simon left off. "So anyways, I went to go pick her off the ground. She had her rattle with her. I thought that you two were awake because she couldn't possibly escape the room without you guys. But I guess we know she can."

Brittany frowned.

"So I tried carrying Melody back to you and Alvin, but Melody would start to cry if I tried going near the other room. So I sent Eleanor to check if you guys were awake, but you weren't, so...yeah. We took care of her all morning." Said Jeanette.

Brittany stared wide eyed at her daughter. "Melody, you can NEVER do that again! You could of been hurt trying to climb out of your crib by yourself."

Melody giggled.

Brittany sighed. "Melody, that's not funny."

The baby waved the rattle in her paws.

Brittany sighed again. She looked at the rest of the chipmunks. "Thanks for looking after her all morning, guys."

"I guess we have to get Melody a new crib with higher walls so she won't escape anymore." Said Alvin.

The rest of them laughed. Suddenly, Dave came into the kitchen. He looked...tired and a bit stressed.

Claire walked into the kitchen. "Dave, what's wrong?"

He looked at Brittany and Alvin. "I spent all night denying interviews for you guys. I swear you two were wanted at about 15 different interviews. I kept emailing them back saying that you two don't need to be interviewed for something like this, but they just wouldn't listen." Said Dave.

"Uh oh. How many interviews kept asking for more?" Asked Claire.

"Well, after about 20 attempts of saying 'No', most of them stopped emailing me." Said Dave.

"Most?" Squeaked Alvin.

Dave sighed. "There was one that didn't stop emailing me until I gave up. It's Access Hollywood." (Access Hollywood is a real show. They know, like, EVERYTHING going on around Hollywood.)

"Oh no..." Said Claire.

"I'm sorry you guys, but they said that the interview would only take a few minutes. Every time I kept denying them, they would just email me back. So I had no other choice than to accept it. Is that okay?" Asked Dave.

Brittany was silent, but she nodded.

Alvin sighed. "This is so annoying. All they want is the story coming out from us, and they won't stop until they get it."

"Wait." Brittany said. "All they want is the story coming out from us! If we tell them, then this whole frenzy about us will stop."

"I wouldn't count on it, Brittany. The media won't stop about things like this so easily." Said Dave.

"Yeah, but at least they got what they wanted." Said Brittany. "It's better to let it all out, instead of keeping it all in for a long time."

"But we did try to keep the secret in. But then Ian..." Alvin snarled the name. "...had to ruin it all."

"Exactly my point Alvin. We kept the secret long enough. And now that the whole world knows about it, it's time for them to just get what they want. Because eventually, they'll stop. After a month or so, everyone will know about Melody, and the story will get old. And then we'll just go back to being ourselves without hiding from anything. We're only experiencing this now because the story has just been leaked. Remember when stories like Jamie Lynn Spears getting pregnant? She was only 16. That whole thing was the most talked about thing for a short period of time" Brittany explained. "It's gonna be like that for us - just a short period of time. Then it'll just be an old Hollywood story."

"Wow, I never really thought of that." Dave said.

Alvin groaned out loud after realizing that Brittany had a point. No, not a point. Brittany was right. He hated it when Brittany was right. He hated it when Brittany proved him wrong.

"So, I think we should just get it over with." Brittany said, looking at Alvin.

Alvin sighed. He didn't reply.

Melody traveled from Brittany's arms to Alvin's. Melody moved around in her daddy's arms until she found herself comfortable, and she slowly drifted off to sleep.

Brittany looked at Dave. "Dave, when's the interview?" She asked.

"Next Monday." Dave answered.

Brittany looked at Alvin, who just shrugged. He gave up. There was nothing left to do. Brittany looked at the rest of her family, who were just looking back at them, waiting for an answer. "Okay, we're ready."

-4:00 PM, Monday August 23 -

One week later, on the day of the interview...

"Okay, you two. Are you guys ready?" Dave asked the two chipmunks.

"Oh, ready as we'll ever be." Alvin said, obviously nervous.

Melody, who was in Simon's arms, reached towards Alvin. Alvin smiled meekly, and kissed his daughter on the forehead. "Be a good girl, okay?"

Then Brittany walked up to them, and kissed Melody on the cheek. "We love you."

Claire smiled. "Good luck on the interview you guys, and remember, don't show them that this story bothers you, because that'll just create an even bigger story."

Brittany smiled. "Thanks Claire."

"See you guys tonight." Said Dave. Then he, Alvin and Brittany went to the car. The drive was only a couple minutes long, and during the entire ride there, no one said a word. They were all feeling nervous, even Dave. This was the story everyone wanted to get their hands on.

Brittany's heart began to pound when they pulled up into the Access Hollywood parking lot. "Oh god, I think I'm gonna be sick."

Alvin squeezed her paw. "Don't worry. Remember what Claire said, don't show them that it bothers you. You're a strong girl, Britt. Do it for Melody."

Brittany took a deep breath of air and nodded.

When they walked into the studio, Alvin suddenly began to feel the pressure as well. "Dammit, I'm gonna throw up."

Brittany sighed. "Remember, do it for Melody."

They were greeted by one of Access Hollywood's host's, Billy Bush (Yes, he's a real person.) "Ah, Dave Seville. Thanks for joining us." He put his hand out.

Dave shook hands. "Thanks."

Brittany's eyes narrowed. 'He was forced to come here, by you guys. We didn't want to come here.'

Billy looked to the ground and saw Alvin and Brittany. "Here are our superstars. Welcome you two."

Alvin rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, thanks?"

Brittany said nothing.

Billy raised an eyebrow. "Um, where's the baby? This whole story was about her, right?"

Brittany felt her whole body heat up with fire. She would NEVER let the media get their hands on her. She would NEVER let Melody come to a place like this. NEVER

Alvin saw that Brittany was ready to kill someone, so he just grabbed her paw and said, "Brittany, it's okay."

"Uh, we didn't bring Melody with us." Said Dave.

"Oh, that's too bad." Billy said.

Brittany hissed under her breath. Alvin squeezed her paw again. "Britt, relax." He whispered.

"Okay, if you'll just follow me, and we'll get this interview started." Said Billy, and he started walking down a long hallway.

Dave looked down at them. "Good luck guys. I'll be here when you two are done."

Alvin nodded. He looked at Brittany, who looked just as scared and nervous as he was. They took a big gulp and followed him down the hallway.