New Story. Just got the idea for it now and have sketched out the first chapter! Might fix it up a bit later but for now, here it is.
It is named after an 80's song by a band called Martha and the Muffins... just FYI.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Ice Age characters; they belong to Blue Sky Studios.
Chapter 1: Sunset
Perched on a high cliff and overlooking a valley, Diego and Shira sat together and enjoyed the summer breeze - a rare dose of warmth in an otherwise cold and icy world. After their adventures out at sea, the two settled down together and had began talking about their lives over the past few weeks in order to get to know each other a little better. Everything had happened so fast it was hard to comprehend, and although they had warmed quite strongly to one another, they didn't really have much of an idea of where they wanted their relationship to go from here, both still knowing very little about who their new found partner was and what they were really all about.
Diego smiled at the dimming sun as it came closer to the horizon. Night was to be falling soon and they would have to rejoin the herd at base camp. Shira however, concentrated her energies inward. There was something she needed to ask and was still building up the courage to do so. Suddenly, it was ready to come out of her.
"Uh, Diego..." She said rather awkwardly, forcing Diego to turn around and face her with his gentle, hazel green eyes.
"Yes Kitty?" Diego said quietly with a smirk that made Shira screw her face up in annoyance, in turn making Diego chuckle.
"I was just wondering... have you had any, other... like, you know?" Shira expressed herself with difficulty as Diego's playful appearance became increasingly puzzled and serious.
"You know what?" Diego replied in confusion.
"Like other girlfriends, lovers... ex-wives, that kinda thing?" Shira laughed awkwardly after speaking in order to keep the mood light and to prevent herself from coming across as overly jealous or protective.
Diego just thought for a moment before replying quite adamantly. "Nope, haven't had any other girlfriends. Just you. Certainly no ex-wives."
He spoke quickly as he stood up and walked away from the cliff in equal haste. Shira looked back upon him with an eyebrow raised in suspicion, but quickly exchanged it with a smile as Diego looked back to her once more.
"C'mon, we better go, the others will be waiting." He spoke, looking slightly more at ease again.
"I'll be there in a moment... Softie." Shira replied, so cheekishly she may as well have blown a raspberry with her tongue as she said it.
"Whatever..." Diego rolled his eyes and said sarcastically before running off back to the herd, leaving Shira on her lonesome.
She let out a slight chuckle under her breath as she watched him run off, then turned to face the sun once more as it journeyed ever closer to the horizon.
"I wonder if he would hide something like that from me..." She thought to herself curiously for a few moments before getting up off the cliff and walking graciously back to base camp with Diego and the rest of her new found friends.
R&R and make suggestions as you wish! As of now this is only a draft but I like where I'm headed. Will hopefully update soon enough but I'll go faster with interest from others (always motivating).
Happy reading!