Request from fvbgyt

Ellie was taking a walk outside, breathing in the smell of spring. The birds were chirping, and the sun was shining. She smiled, pleased at the weather. She paused when she felt a small kick to her stomach, and she glanced down at her belly, smiling fondly at it.

"Are you liking this weather, baby?" She cooed at it, rubbing with her trunk and she felt another kick like it was the baby's response. The soon to be mama looked forward to having her baby and having walks with it too.

"Ellie!"

She groaned in dissapointment, turning around to find her husband zooming torwards her. "If only your dad would take to admire the weather instead of freaking out about me" she said annoyed as he approached her. "Ellie! What are...what are you...phew" he tried to talk but was out of breath as she shook her head at him.

"If you're gonna fret about me, at least catch your breath first" she told him dryly, watching him struggle to catch his breath. Once he caught his breath, he glanced up at her with annoyance. "What are you doing out of the cave?! You should be inside! You should be resting!" He told her frantically as he got up, and held her trunk, taking her back to the cave.

"The weather is nice. I just wanted some fresh air. That's all" she told him calmly. Being in the cave was boring, and she knew that as her pregnancy grew, it would be harder to move or leave the den, so she wanted to take the chance now.

"Well, you could've asked me or Diego, your, brothers or Sid. Actually, scratch that. You could've asked Diego only" he said, changing the last sentence. Honestly, he didn't feel comfortable leaving a pregnant mammoth with a careless sloth or two troublemaking possums.

"Manny, when your first wife was pregnant, did you act this way with her?" Ellie asked him, raising one eyebrow at him. Manny got quiet, glancing his eyes away at her so he would avoid her suscpious glare.

"Mmm hm. I thought so" she said, having his silence as the answer. While this wasn't a first for Manny on being a father, he wasn't this protective with his first wife. He was nervous, yes, but not overprotective.

"I'm gonna finish my walk. I'll see you later" she told no nonsense before she sashay the opposite way of him. Manny looked at her dumbfounded as he chased after her. "My first wife wasn't this difficult" he mumbled under his breath as he caught up to her. To his sursprise, she moves fast for a pregnant mammoth.

"Come on, Ellie! What about the baby? Maybe this isn't good for it. And what if something jumps on ya? What if a predator comes out of nowhere and eats you and the baby?! What if-" he started ranting about all the possible stuff that could happen to her and their baby. Little did he know, being pregnant had thinned out Ellie's patience at this point and she was ready to blow.

"Brrrrrrr!"

Next thing Manny knew, he felt a huge gust of wind blow against his face strongly from Ellie blowing her trunk strongly at him to voice her irritation at him. Once he felt no more wins hit him, he opened his eyes to find an agitated mammoth glaring at him.

"Manfred. I'm just pregnant. That's it. I'm not due any day now, and even though this is my first time, I know what I'm doing so I would very much like it if you would tone the overprotective dad level and just calm down please" she told him firmly to his face, trying to keep her cool as she knew this was probably not good for the baby.

Manny remained silent, now terrified to enraged the soon to be mama mammoth. He wasn't sure if it was her mood swings or not but he now knew he pushed her buttons too far.

"Ok" he said as she smiled satisfied, lifting her head proudly before walking away to continue her walk as her mate watched her. "This is gonna be a long couple of months" Manny groaned, rubbing his head in uncertainty.