Note: I do not own any of the Ice Age characters. Whitney and Chelsea are mine though. Please R&R
Chapter 2:
The possums didn't have to go far. The boys' herd was very close by. They all stopped and peeked out of the tree directly above the group. The girls noticed that the twins were right. It was an odd herd composed of 3 mammoths, a saber, a sloth, and then the twins. Chelsea and Whitney watched as the boys went down the trunk of the tree and went over to the herd. They waved for the girls to come over, and soon Whitney and Chelsea were on their way to meet the boys. As they approached, the female mammoth turned around. She looked relieved as she noticed Crash and Eddie, oblivious to the girls.
"Where have you two been?" The mammoth asked. The boys smiled and stepped away from each other, reviling the girls. The mammoth's eyes widened.
"Oooooohh. I see. Aw come on girls come sit by me and we'll introduce everyone." The mammoth said a smile on her face. The two sets of twins walked over and hunkered down beside of the mammoth.
"Guys I think Crash and Eddie have some friends they'd like us to meet." Ellie called to the group. They all turned around to face them. The sloth's and tiger's eyes got really big. Sid fell to his knees and threw his hands in the air.
"WHY?! What did I do wrong?" the sloth said to the sky. Everyone rolled their eyes and waited for Ellie to continue. The mammoth used her trunk as she pointed out and introduced everyone.
"I'm Ellie," she said pointing to herself. "This is Manny, Peaches, Sid, and Diego." She continued, pointing to the group which had created a half-circle. "I'm guessing you already know Crash and Eddie." Whitney smiled.
"Hi, everyone! My name's Whitney and this is my sister, Chelsea." Whitney looked over at her sister, who was apparently very interested in her nails at the moment. Whitney nudged her and Chelsea looked up.
"What? Huh, oh-uh… Hey people!" Chelsea said looking up at the group. Whitney sighed and rolled her eyes. Sid, the floppy green thing, waddled over and shook their hands.
"Very nice to meet you guys!" He said. After he was finished shaking their hands, Chelsea smiled and wiped her hand off on her side.
"Yep, same here." Chelsea said with fake enthusiasm. Chelsea had never been good with large crowds. Her philosophy had always been the same; Fours a party, fives a crowd. Ellie looked at the two girls.
"So what brings you two here?" Ellie said happily. Chelsea looked up again from her nails.
"Well, instinct brought us half the way, Crash and Eddie took us the rest." Chelsea said. Whitney's brows furrowed. She stepped on her sister's foot and gave her a don't-be-a-butt look. Chelsea rolled her eyes and continued studying her nails. Ellie looked at the two and tried another question.
"Why are you two by yourselves?" she asked, curiosity in her eyes.
"Well, we were traveling with our mom and dad, but we got separated. No big deal. It was bound to happen sooner or later." Whitney said.
The group waited. They waited for Sid to say his usual line. 'Oh why don't you come with us?' But he never did. Ellie looked at the two and smiled.
"Well why don't you girls come with us? We were all heading the same way anyways." Ellie said with enthusiasm. The sloth ran up to Ellie and grabbed a hold of her leg.
"Oh please Ellie NO! Two possums are bad enough! But four? I would go insane!" he wailed
"Er, Sid you would be even more insane" Diego said smugly. Diego didn't mind the two girl possums. The blond one looked like a polite, goody-two shoes. The red/orange one looked… bored, honestly. He knew he might reconsider that, but for now, he didn't care.
Manny could care less, but he didn't mind the two possums. They never bothered him. As long as they kept their distance, he was okay with the two girls joining them. Ellie look around for any more disagreements.
"All in favor say 'I'" Ellie said. There were a few mumbled 'I's and then Sid's complaining. Ellie turned toward the girls. "So what'd you say? Wanna come with us?" Whitney and Chelsea looked at each other. Safety in numbers right? And at least this way, they wouldn't be using half the day playing dead. They turned towards the group and smiled
"Totally!" they said together.
The group walked on towards the south forest. Crash and Eddie spotted the girls up front.
"Watch and learn bro" Crash said to Eddie. Crash licked his hands and smoothed down his hair. Eddie held back a giggle as a piece of fur flopped back to the top. Crash strode up to the two possums "So ladies, see anything you like?" Crash said, not making the hit-line the least bit subtle. Chelsea looked up and down Crash and smiled.
"Yep. Sure do." Chelsea said flirtatiously. Whitney saw where this was going and turned around to walk with Ellie.
"I see Crash and Chelsea are getting along… well." Ellie said when she saw Whitney.
"Yea, sure." Whitney said grumpily. Ellie gave her a concerned look.
"You okay sweetie?" Ellie said. "You know you can tell me anything". Whitney smiled at the mammoth. She liked Ellie. Whitney sighed.
"I guess I just feel left out. You have Manny, now Chelsea has Crash… and I have nobody." Whitney said, getting it off her chest. Ellie looked sympathetically at her.
"It'll be alright Whitney. I promise." Ellie said. They walked in silence. Eddie had hidden in Ellies fur and heard the whole conversation. He felt upset that Whitney wasn't enjoying the trip. He sat there and suddenly jumped quietly off Ellie's back and up a tree. Eddie had an Idea to make her feel great!