Hello hello hello! Look, here I is! XD who missed me? Or, rather, who messed all the cute fluffiness of my pairings? Anyone? Anyway, regardless, this was kinda hard to write, cuz I have to make one of my favorite OC's really sad, and I felt bad (lol) but everything's ok for her now.
On with the chapter! Make sure to review!
And to anyone wondering who the fiddlesricks is taking so long with Forced, I'm trying to work out the kinks of where to go next… I know what happens, but not how to make it happen… but I have an idea that I'm working on ;)
I don't own Ice Age *sobs*
Kay enjoy!
Poor Lisa was panicking. How was she to tell him? She almost considered not telling him, but didn't want to deal with him finding out when… "Oh…" wringing her hands, the doe sighed miserably. Squint looked on in concern.
"Hey babe… you ok?"
She bit her lip. "Well… not really." Her blue eyes flitted downwards.
"Why not? Y- Yer not sick… are ya?"
"Hm? Oh no, nothing like that. I just…" she sighed and took a deep breath, stopping to turn and look at the surf. "I have… I mean…" She felt sick to her stomach. "Oh Squint, I… I don't know how to do this…" tears pricked her eyes.
"Hey, woah! N- No, don' cry! C'mon babe, don't cry!" he slid an arm around her shoulder, trying to get her to look at him. "What's wrong with ya?"
She froze up, pulling away from him in a sudden panic, covering her eyes. He stared at her in confusion; she'd never rejected contact like that. She whimpered, starting to tremble, almost like…
Like she was afraid of him.
He swallowed nervously and edged closer, but when he reached to touch her arm, she gave a strangled gasp and backed away from him, holding her arms out, as if to keep him away. Her eyes, her big, beautiful baby blue eyes that he adored so much, were spilling over with tears, lower lip wobbling, shoulders shuddering in time with her silent sobs.
Something inside him wrenched and snapped; he hadn't seen her cry like this before; she wasn't just hurt, or frightened, or sad. She was completely and thoroughly heartbroken, and experiencing pain unlike anything else.
And it made him mad.
Whatever was making her so suddenly depressed, whatever was hurting her so, was going to pay. And dearly.
But he could destroy whatever was making her sad later. First he had to get her to stop crying. He tried a third time to approach her, and was slightly surprised when she gave a depressed, heartbreaking wail and collapsed down onto her knees in the sand. He took this as his cue, crouching down beside her, reaching to lay a hand on her shoulder, but she instead turned and practically pounced on him, arms locking around him and starting to sob into his chest.
"Hey, Lis…" he rubbed her back, a bit hesitantly. "What's wro-"
"Please don't leave me!" she wailed. "Please! I'm begging you Squint! I- I just love you so much and I don't wanna lose you!"
"What?!" he almost laughed at the ridiculous notion. Almost. "Lisa, that's crazy! Why would you ever-"
That's when he felt it. It was barely there, and very faint, but something definitely flicked against him for a moment. He felt Lisa stiffen and gasp in disbelief, gripping him tighter. Lisa was a rather petite doe, barely seven inches tall, tiny in comparison to his near ten, and the way they were positioned, their stomachs were pressed together. And that's where the movement came from. He felt it twice more, in slightly different areas, but distinguishable all the same.
They pulled apart slightly to look at each other for a moment, and the doe dared remove one shaking, trembling paw to lay on her abdomen.
That was the dead give away. All at once, the world did a 360 turn, everything sharply turned black and he collapsed backwards onto the ground.
Lisa gasped, climbing up to her feet and leaning over her mate in worry. "Oh noooooo…!" she moaned. This wasn't good. She hadn't even spoken the words yet and he was already responding negatively. He clearly had felt the kicks too; no wonder he was panicking, if this was to be the way he found out… "Squint? Oh Squint, please don't do this to me!" she snapped her fingers in front of his nose; nothing. "Wake up! Please? Oh Squint, please speak to me!" she sniffed a bit, wiping her teary eyes. This was just she was afraid of…
She winced as he groaned suddenly, eyes fluttering unsurely, before blinking up at her speedily for a moment. For a moment his expression remained calm, serene, and a tad sleepy… before his eyes shot open and practically bulged, and he tripped over himself, he tried to jump up so fast. After landing unceremoniously on his face, he managed to gain his footing, before jabbing a shaking finger at her.
"YOU'RE PREGNANT!"
"Y- Yeah…" she wrung her hands. "Squint, please ca- calm down. I know this is sudden, b-but-"
"How long?"
"Squint-"
"How. Long?"
"As close as I can guess, a- about four weeks."
His eyes widened further and she feared he'd pass out again. "B- But that means year already half way! When- When were you gonna tell me?"
"I wanted to be sure!" she cried out in protest, eyes watering again. "And- And I just didn't know how to tell you! I- I was so scared I'd lose you and-"
"Woah woah woah, wait wait! Hooold up!" he waved his arms around in confusion. "How would that happen?"
She gulped, both paws placed on her stomach. "I… I…"
"Hey, wait…" he, well, squinted at her, realizing something. "Lis, ya don't actually think I'll leave ya just cuz-"
"Yes!" she wailed, starting to cry again. She removed her grip on her stomach, which, now that he actually took note, did look a bit swollen, to cover her eyes. "You- You have no idea how scared I've been! I- I've barely slept, and its been so hard to focus, and I- I…" she was quickly getting worked up, her breath beginning to wheeze a bit. "I love you more than anything and I ever lost you I- I don't think I could live!"
"Lisa-"
"Please don't go!" she begged. "You're all I have, and- and I can't take care of a whole litter by myself! And-"
"Lisa, I-"
"I- I know its kind of early, but please hear me out! I know we didn't plan them, but please, our kits'll need a mommy and a daddy,"
"Lisa, let me-"
"And I don't think I could look down at one of their sweet little faces and- and tell them why Daddy isn't there and-!" she was cut off by a familiar pair of hands yanking her arms away from her face and a very familiar pair of lips connecting with hers. For a moment she stood there rigid, eyes remaining closed, before she melted and went limp.
Once she'd stopped shaking so terribly, her mate pulled back, carefully rubbing tears off her cheeks, and her baby blue eyes hesitantly blinked open. "Lisa. Re-laaax. I'm not goin' anywhere."
She sniffed. "You- You're not?"
"No! This- This is awesome!" she squealed, both in excitement and surprise, as she found herself suddenly off the ground, his hands at her waist and spinning in circles. "We get ta be parents! We get ta have a bunch a' Mini Me's runnin' around and helpin me annoy Gupta! This is the best news EVER!"
She beamed as he set her down finally, jumping up to throw her arms around his neck. "Oh thank goodness…!" she gasped, nuzzling him fondly. "I- I'm so glad you're ok with this!"
"Ok?!" he sounded appalled. "Ok?! I am so much better than just 'ok'! This- This is phenomenal!" he pressed their foreheads together. "This is fantastic! Like, the best thing in the history of forever! And, heeeeey! They can even be part'a the big wedding you're so bent on."
She giggled, rubbing her nose against his. "I don't need my big wedding," she hummed happily, laying her head on his chest, nuzzling up under his chin. "You and my kits are so much more than enough."
"Our kits Lisa" he corrected, laying his head over hers, one stroking her ears fondly, the other snaking down to settle on her abdomen fondly. "Those are our kits."
Ok everyone, hide all your matches, sharp objects, explosives, etcetera, cuz a bunch of hyperactive cute little fluffballs that Squint's genes are responsible for are about to enter the picture! XD please review for me! ;) or, do it for Lisa and the baby bunnies… regardless, you should review: because reviewers get free cookies! XD (::) (::) (::) (::) (::) (::) (::) (::)