Chapter 3 A familiar gift

A loud harmonic sound came from the oven. I maneuver myself towards the warm stove and take out the chocolate chip cookies carefully. The cookies smell sweet and sugary, they always have that wonderful scent. Closing my eyes, I inhale the warm, soothing smell through my little black nose; for me, homemade cookies have the best blissful feeling when you take a bite out of them, an amazing feeling when you take them out of the oven and are ready to chow down the pleasant sweet, and have many different exceptional kinds of cookies.


Finally, I place the tray of chocolate chip cookies gently on the counter. I then stare at the sweets impatiently, wondering when Theodore is going to be back from getting an object from his room. The chocolate chip cookies made me tempted to grab the tasty treat from the tray. Softly, munching the cookie, I hear footsteps coming downstairs. My chocolate brown eyes grow wide in shock; Theodore was coming to the kitchen. My heart pounded hard beneath my chest, and I put my cookie right behind my back, feeling my cheeks burn a bright red.

Next thing I know, Theodore comes in the kitchen with an affectionate smile. He seemed to be holding something behind his back just like I am, except the chipmunk's object must have more value then what I'm hiding from him. Unexpectedly, we both ask each other the question at the same time:

"What are you hiding behind your back?" Both, the sweet chipmunk's and my cheeks flush a deep rose red out of embarrassment. An awkward silence fell upon us; no one came to break the stillness. Dave was out doing work, Alvin was with Brittany at the park, and Simon was out walking around the neighborhood. It seems strange to be with Theodore staring straight into his green eyes, when no one is in his house with us.

Suddenly, Theodore walks towards me and smiled shyly. "The answer to your question is that I have a present for you." I couldn't believe he was giving me a gift to me. It made my head spin in wonder what Theodore was holding in his hands behind his green sweater, soon to be mine. The chipmunk then revealed to me my precious gift: it's a crystal necklace.

My chocolate brown eyes gaze at the gorgeous necklace, it seems as though I have seen the wondrous necklace. Like I said before, the piece of jewelry had a beautiful crystal set under the gold centerpiece of the necklace. Out of the blue, I remembered that Theodore gave me the necklace just before we did that play back when we were nine years old. Plus, Theodore was a werewolf that time also. Realizing my actions, I was in a huff and refused to stare at him showing off his muscles to impress me; it was quite unusual for Theodore to be like that in front of me now; he seems as though forgot all about that night of the play. Next thing you know, Theodore asks the most obvious question:

"Do you remember when I gave this to you, Eleanor?" Nodding my head, I indicate this with as a "Yes, I did." Theodore then notices the cookie I was hiding from him the whole time and notices the batch of chocolate chip cookies and starts to laugh. "That's what you were trying to hide from me! You are such a silly goose, Eleanor!"

My cheeks burn a bright rose red: "Yes, I was." I began to giggle. Next thing I know, Theodore grabbed the scrumptious cookie and took a small bite from it. The pleased chipmunk then gave me a sweet smile of appreciation of my baking. Both of us look each other in our eyes affectionately and then knew what we needed to make this pastry taste better: a cold glass of milk.