“How was school today, kids?” Dave asked, while pulling out of the school’s parking lot.

“Fine,” Simon said. “Just the same old typical day. He looked over at Alvin, who was still wearing that sly smirk on his face. He just hoped this plan of his didn’t blow up in all their faces.

Simon turned on the radio, hoping that the music would distract everyone from wanting to talk so much. “Hey, that’s us?’ Theodore said, he still got tickled every time he heard one of there songs played on the radio.

“Here’s comes your part, Theodore,” Eleanor said. She looked at him starry-eyed. “Doesn’t he have the voice of an angel?”

The comment made Theodore blush. Alvin just made a gagging sound, which prompted Brittany to slap him on the arm at his reaction.

“What was that for?” he snapped at her.

“Do you have to ask?” She gave him a look that said that she was annoyed with him, but she wasn’t really mad.

Soon they were home, and the kids shuffled out of the car. They only had a few hours to get everything ready, and it wasn’t going to be easy keeping it from Dave. Getting him out of the house was the easy part. He had told them he had some errands to run, but he would be back before dinner. He bid them goodbye by jokingly telling them not the burn down the house.

“Well, troops,” Alvin said, rising up and taking charge of the situation, “let’s get cracking.”

“And you think you’re in charge?” Simon spat out.

“Of course, I am. It was my idea and a brilliant one at that.”

“You couldn’t a have brilliant idea…”

“Shut up, you two!” Brittany shouted at the top of her lungs. “We won’t get anything done if you two don’t stop arguing.”

Both Simon and Alvin looked a little scared. Brittany had a fiery temper, and when she got made the fur would fly.

“Okay. This is what we’re going to do,” she called out. “Is everyone paying attention?” she pointed the question directly at Alvin and Simon. They didn’t say anything. They just both nodded in agreement. “Good,” she said. “First, Eleanor and Theodore will do the cooking.”