Note: I do not own the ice age characters, but I do claim ownership of Whitney and Chelsea.
Chapter 4:
Whitney slowly opened her eyes, She was the first up. Again. She unwrapped her tail, and crawled into the tree's hole. She walked over to her side and grabbed her flowers. She picked out one of the duller ones and began picking off the petals, one-by-one.
He loves me" she whispered to herself. "He loves me not." She continued this until she reached the last petal. She cradled it between her fingers. Whitney sighed. "He loves me" she cooed. Whitney plucked off the last petal, and kissed the center of the flower. "And I love him."
By the time Chelsea was up, the boys had already attacked Sid, and the girls didn't want to take Diego on by herself. The twins wandered around the forest awhile, waiting for everyone else to get up. They found a blueberry bush. Whitney got a stick, and parted the bush in half.
"This is my half, and that's yours." Whitney declared. Chelsea smiled and agreed. While they ate their breakfast, Chelsea continuously giggled. Whitney looked at her. "What's so funny?" she asked annoyed.
"Oh nothing, it's just that my side has twice the berries yours has." Chelsea said. Whitney looked confused, then mad. Whitney jumped and landed on her sister, The two rolled around as they engaged in a slap fight.
"Hey, breakfast comes with a show." They heard from behind them.
"Now all we need is some mud." Crash said. The girls stopped fighting and looked over at Crash and Eddie, who had finished off the berries. The girls looked at each other briefly before turning their attention to the boys. As soon as the girls took off after them, the possums ran back the way they came. They ran among the trees, and the girls were hot on their tails. Chelsea gained an extra bit of speed and tumbled over Crash. They landed on a branched, Chelsea over Crash. They laughed and got up. Whitney, however, was still after Eddie. She stretched her paw out and almost got him by the tail.
"Got 'cha!" she called. But before she could grab a hold of Eddie's tail, she fell through an opening in the trees. Whitney fell and fell. She remembered the sound of her body making contact with the ground, then…. Nothing.
Whitney heard voices.
"Is she alright?" a male voice asked
"What happened?" a feminine voice inquired. Ellie she thought.
"She fell, and, and… it's my fault." Eddie maybe? Whitney's eyes fluttered, and she leaned up into a sitting position, rubbing her head.
"Are you alright sweetie?" Ellie asked, a worried look on her face. 'Ah-no. No I'm not' Whitney thought to herself, but she nodded anyways. Ellie's expression softened slightly, but still held worry lines. Whitney slowly got up. Eddie held her elbow and helped her up. Was he sitting that close? As soon as she was on her feet, her sister engulfed her in a smothering hug.
"Oh I'm so happy you're alright!" she said. Whitney returned her hug.
"I'm totally fine sis. No worries 'k?" Whitney reassured her. She looked over at the two brothers. Crash looked rather bored, but Eddie was drawing circles with is foot in the dirt. He had a guilty expression on his face. Whitney let go of her sister and walked over to Eddie. "You okay?" Whitney asked. Eddie nodded his head, but Whitney knew otherwise. "It's okay. See I'm fine." She said patting his back. He looked up, and frowned.
"But I could've kept you from falling… it's my fault you fell." Eddie said.
"No it's not, Eddie." That was the first time she had ever said his name, and she liked the way it sounded when she said it. He still looked upset. She sighed and gave him a hug. He was surprised at first before returning the hug. "And I thought you were suppose to be the one comforting me." She whispered in his ear before letting go of him.
"Awww! EW!" Sid said lovingly.
"Do what now?" Eddie asked. "How does that even go in the same sentence?" Whitney questioned.
"Oh, well it's cute that you two are together!" Sid said.
"Okay, first we're not together" –no matter how much she wanted it- "and how does that explain the EW part?" Whitney asked.
"Well if you two were together, which I'll make sure of in the end, your initials would spell EW." Sid explained, a smug look on his face.
"Um well why not go with WE, Sid. See 'cause using it in a sentence would sound a lot better." Whitney told him. Sid smiled.
"Can we have an example?" He challenged. Whitney sighed
"Okay. In example, WE would make an awesome cou-"she started before she noticed what she was saying. Her cheeks turned red, easily seen through her blond fur. She smiled. Everyone laughed at her deer-in-the-headlights look. She huffed and walked away back to her tree. Once inside the tree hole, she took out her favorite flower. She sighed and tucked it behind her ear. She crawled out of the hole and walked into the woods.
She walked until she reached a lake. She walked over to bank, and sat down. She threw rocks into the water, watching as they rippled and grew. She knew she liked Eddie. But she wasn't as outgoing and pretty and boy-smart as Chelsea. What guy wanted a goody-two shoes? Eddie probably didn't. She sighed again and pitched another rock.
"Why even bother…" she grumbled.
"Bother with what?" she heard behind her. She turned around and saw Eddie walking towards her. He came out first, then Crash and Chelsea followed shyly behind. Whitney was curious as to why Chelsea looked so embarrassed and thrilled at the same time. She looked around the two and finally noticed. They were holding hands. Oh, that helped her mood a lot. Chelsea and Crash kept walking a bit down the bank, giving them their space. Eddie sat down beside Whitney.
"So you okay?" he asked her. She looked at him and looked away. He got the point. "So you think we'd make a good couple?" Eddie asked jokingly. Whitney swore she turned 7 shades of red.
"Well um, uh… yes." She stuttered. Eddie looked at her ear.
"See your wearing my flowers." He said coolly. Whitney smiled. She knew he had given them to her. She just didn't want to believe it.
"Hey Whitney," Eddie said.
"Yeah" she answered.
"I think we'd make an awesome couple too." Eddie said. Whitney looked up at him and smiled. Eddie noticed for the first time that Whitney's eyes were brown. She sighed.
"You don't know how much I wanted to hear that." Whitney sighed. They watched as the moon went higher and higher in the moon. Crash had thrown a rock into the lake, and the ripples grew. Whitney intertwined her tail with Eddie's and laid her head on his shoulder. Maybe falling out of a tree wasn't always that bad.
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