Chapter Three
About two days later we were on our way back to the ice age to see our families. Marcus wanted to meet the herd, so we stopped there first.
"Hello!" I called into the mouth of the cave, and there they all were looking bored and lazy.
"Suzy!" they all said at once.
"Hey girl! How was the honeymoon?" Ellie asked with a wink.
"Good, good. Hey we've got somebody for y'all to meet." I waved Marcus and Buck inside. "This is Mark, Buck's twin brother." I stated.
Mark waved at the herd, then sniffed around until his nose was facing Sid, who was all the way across the room, he didn't seem to realize he was talking about a live animal because, well… oh boy.
"Ugh! What is that god awful smell?" Marcus asked, making a stink face; tears jerked, nose scrunched up, the whole nine yards, so to speak.
"Sid." we all (except Sid) said at once.
"Hi." Sid quipped, looking not amused.
"Oh my bad." Marcus looked embarrassed. "Well you are a strange little quarry aren't you?"
"Who you callin' strange?" the twins were suddenly two inches from Mark's face, upside-down.
Mark yelled and fell backwards. "Well you two have obviously spent too much time with my brother."
"Maybe." Crash said, coming down from the tree branch, root… whatever, it was growing on the ceiling of the cave .
"Droll." Mark said, standing back up.
"What?" Eddie looked confused.
"Never mind." Mark obviously knew not to bother with trying to explain anything to the boys.
"Where's Peaches?" I asked, realizing she wasn't there.
"Out with some friends." Diego answered. "Probably at the playground."
"Well we just wanted to stop by and see how you were, we're on our way to see the in-laws." I smiled.
"Really? Buck actually has relatives?" Manny asked, Ellie slugged him with her trunk.
"Aye, and I think we best be on our way, it was nice to see you all." Buck answered. With that we said our goodbyes, exited the cave, and followed Marcus towards the family.
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You talk about a hug fest. We had us one hell of a hug fest when we walked into that tree, I tell you what. Buck's guts were nearly squeezed out of him by his mother.
"Buckminster! My darling! Where ever have you been?" the woman was happily crying her eyes out.
"Mum, I can't breathe!" Buck managed to choke out.
She released him, "Oh I'm sorry honey, but where in the heavens have you been?" she asked again.
"Mum, it's a long story and I'd not like to say it a million times, maybe we should get the whole family together for a reunion. In the mean time, I'd like you to meet my wife, Suzan." Buck gestured to me.
I waved hello, said, "Hi, I'm Suzy." and smiled.
I got a better look at Buck's mother, too. She looked a lot like Buck, but her fur was slightly redder, she had long hair, and both eyes with long lashes.
"Hello, I am Erica." Buck's mother told me, "It's very nice to meet you." She smiled, then gave me a big hug. She was nice. She had a warm, soft look in her tired sapphire eyes. She was motherly, and had a smile that reminded me of my aunt Tracy.
"It's nice to meet you too." I said, she was definitely more physical than I'd imagined anybody in relation to Buck to be.
"Oy! What's all this then?" a dark brown male weasel, about Erica's age, stumbled into the tree. "Who's this pretty thing?" he squinted at Buck and me, "And the girl too! Ha ha ha!" the guy burst out laughing.
"Sheldon! I do believe you've been drinking." Erica went over to the dude and tried to get him to sit down in the family room.
"Uncle Sheldon's been drinking more since aunt Scarlet left him." Marcus explained to Buck in a whisper. "We best get him to bed."
"Is that Buckminster? He was just a little 'un when I saw him last." Sheldon said, stumbling.
"Come now uncle Sheldon, let's get you to the guest room." Marcus said, leading Sheldon into another room.
"But I'd like to see Buckminster." Sheldon slurred.
"You're drunk uncle Sheldon, you can see him when you're sobered up." Marcus argued, pushing uncle Sheldon into the other room.
"You know something? I like uncle Sheldon." I grinned.
