A/N: I want to start off by thanking steven foeng for inspiring me with this story, and holospartoi258-zyphyr01 for proofreading (and adding basically ALL the description). This is my first fanfic, so if you have a problem with my story, just send it in a review, and ill work on fixing that problem.

Ever since Blu had so heroically saved Jewel from imminent death, he had been
by her side aiding her while she healed from her broken wing, and when it did,
they decided to reside in nice, comfortable knothole in a jungle tree that Blu
had discovered during Jewel's recovery when he was aimlessly wondering. And
when he laid his eyes on the prize, his mind was fixed on settling there. They
have been, anyways, for a couple of weeks now.

Spring had begun in Rio, and an azure Spix's Macaw opened her sapphire eyes to
meet the world, and the very first emotion to fill her mind was lust. This had
not been the first time- Jewel had been desiring to –let's put this
delicately- start a family with Blu, but in respect of her lovebird she
repressed these desires and did her best not to cave in. But on such a morning
where the scent of flowers and fresh fruit was in the atmosphere, the lovely,
lingering scent of spring in the air, she decided that she had held up the barrier for far too long.

As if right on cue, Jewel espied her lovebird land in the knothole with some
fruit in his talons. "Good morning sleepyhead!" he greeted gleefully. "I
brought you some mango, since it's your favourite."

Jewel rose to her talons and examined the pile of fruit he brought. True
enough there was one elliptical, smooth and freshly orange mango that stood
out from the rest. What Blu said was true- she absolutely loved the mango,
since it was juicy, sweet, a delicacy that heaven designed to be savoured.

It resembled Blu, in a lot of ways.

Jewel looked into his chocolate eyes, the corners of her mouth twisted up into
a smile. "Thank you, Blu."

Blu reciprocated her smile, until he caught the seductive smirk that replaced
his lovebird's smile almost instantaneously, and the mischievous twinkle that
flashed in her eyes. "But…" she whispered huskily, taking a step closer to
Blu."I want something a little… sweeter."

"Wh… what do y-you mean?" He nervously queried. He definitely did not
understand the innuendo laced in her words.

Jewel chuckled at her lovebird's innocent thoughts, one small laugh that sent
a shiver down Blu's spine. "Blu… I want to have children," she replied,
rather matter-of-fact.

Blu's eyes widened when the realisation struck him. "R… R-right n-now?" he
stuttered, visibly uneasy.

"Yes, right now," she answered without missing a beat, and her face
millimetres away from Blu's. That damned smirk wouldn't go away, and it was
making Blu sweat profusely. He cringed- he feared that a moment like this
would come, the point of time where Jewel wanted… copulation. The idea of
becoming a father so soon was so frightening that he wanted to delay this for
as long as possible- it was all so sudden, to him, and to say he was afraid
was an understatement. But right now, where the pressure was so much and
Jewel's desires conflicted with his… he was at a loss. He had to make a run
for it, and luckily he had excellent spontaneous thinking.

He donned a pretentiously bewildered expression and brandishing his right wing
on the opposite side of the knothole, where there was virtually nothing worth
of attention. "JEWEL LOOK, A DISTRACTION!" he shouted.

"What? Where?" Jewel said, whirling around to discover there was nothing. Her
mind wrapped around what her lovebird had just said, as she unravelled the
meaning behind it, but by the time she spun back around, she realised that he
was out of sight. Her expression twisted into a scowl- she had been tricked.

"BLUUUU!" she yelled in the direction of the knothole's entrance, while Blu
was far away, flapping his wings as hard as he could away from the resounding
screech of his lovebird.

"Sorry, Jewel," Blu said to himself, knowing that such words would not travel
like a message in the bottle to her. He was regretful of fleeing from his
lovebird, and images of his mate's flushed, furious face flashed across his
mind, and he sighed.

"I wonder what's gotten into Jewel…" Blu thought to himself. Any author
wouldn't blame him- out of the blue, and for no rhyme or reason, his lovebird
wanted a family. The fact is, such a point of time was inevitable and bound to
come, but to Blu at least, it came so suddenly and quickly, with no proper
preparation or any warning. The cerulean Macaw was definitely not ready for
such a huge responsibility- so why was Jewel so eager to… [Let's drop the
façade now, shall we] copulate with Blu? Either Jewel had no sense of
practicality [which is highly unlikely] or the idea of being a family
absolutely appealed to her [but considering that she is a freedom-bird…]
Suddenly, as some frustrated part of his clumsy mind nudged him, the
enlightenment struck him, and once it did, everything made sense to him. "Wait a minute. It's spring! So that's why…" He would've face-palmed, if he wasn't flapping his wings frantically to reach his destination. He remembered reading about this in a book called 'Endangered Birds' when he was still living with Linda in Minnesota. Spring… spring was the end of Spix Macaw breeding season, which lasted from November to march, where the bird's hormones reached its peak and where all lust would burst forth from the floodgates of one's mind… so that's why Jewel had been acting strangely. Jewel must have been holding back so long, that she finally snapped!" Funny though, that he himself did not feel anything himself… "Maybe Tulio was right, I am too domesticated", he said to himself.

But that wasn't his main priority. Now he had to find a place where he could
reside in temporarily to await Jewel to cool off from her fury, and hopefully
her sudden lust peak, and the destination that he had his mental sights on was
Rafael's knothole.

"Rafael!" Blu half-shrieked as he landed onto the ground –the same spot
where he had first met the Rafael, in front of the latter's knothole- and on
hearing his name being called, a familiar Toucan face popped out of the hollow
of the knothole, his pupils concentrated downwards at his friend. On
recognising Blu, Rafael flew downwards to greet Blu, but his expression was
marked with concern on seeing the franticness in Blu's face.

"Blu? What's going on?" Rafael asked worriedly, and was answered with Blu's
explanation of the situation, of Jewel's sudden act of lust, adding that he
was lost and unable to make out what would be a good situation… The Toucan
merely nodded and 'ah'ed and 'oh'ed in the right places. He knew what the best
solution for such a situation was – after all, he had been through the same
thing– and he knew that hiding for a while was always good; especially if
one wished not to be dragged in such a situation.

Blu concluded his recollection with a rather desperate: "So I can please stay
here for just a while?"

"Well… … okay…" Rafael answered rather hesitantly. Even though he
advocated Blu's idea and wanted to help his friend as far as he could, he
wasn't sure about Eva's reaction… he would have to consult her. And as he
was deep in thought in figuring the right words to put to his mate, he and Blu
were oblivious that, someone was lurking somewhere in the shadows, and bushes
were rustling. In the most ironic fashion, Blu said, "Thanks, Rafael. But um… I must ask.
Where… where are your kids…" Now Blu said this because he was aware of the
Toucan hatchlings being extremely rowdy and rambunctious, and had the
suspicion that something was amiss…

But before he could decipher this mystery, a loud soprano-tone voice abruptly
called from nowhere, "ATTACK!" and before Blu could respond, all 17 of
Rafael's hatchlings jumped from their hiding spots and ambushed, in the most
literal sense, the cerulean Macaw, tackling him to the floor and jumping on
his body, as if attacking an almost-complete stranger was some sort of fun,
while he was still lying on the ground.

"Hey!" Rafael rebuked. "Stop that, all of you! Can't you see he is not a
trampoline? Don't make me call out your mother!" And at the magic words, the
kids scattered off helter-skelter with one unified and frightful 'NOO!'
afraid of the ensuing consequences [having experienced that wrath before].

"See that? I told you, my boy, it works every time!" Rafael announced proudly
to Blu, who was choking and attempting to catch his breath from the sudden
attack. It seemed like déjà vu to him that such words had to be called
again.

At the same time, a Keel-billed Toucan flew out of the knothole and landed
next to her mate. "Call me for what, Rah-fah-ell?" she asked.

"Eva, meu amor! You remember Blu!" Rafael exclaimed, gesturing to Blu, who had
recovered from his choking fit, but nevertheless the troubled look refused to
escape from his eyes. A family with Jewel… what if their hatchlings turned
out to be as rowdy as Rafael's? Such a thought was disconcerting to him…

"Yes, I do. Where's the other one, Ju-ell?" Eva replied.

"Ah, that's the thing." Rafael started, before relaying his friend's situation
to her and his trouble with Jewel. Her face gradually started to show some
enlightenment. "So he needs to stay here for a while," Rafael concluded.

"I see…" his mate muttered. "Well, Jewel will calm down eventually. I know I
did." She said these last few words while staring into Rafael's eyes
lovingly.

"So, can he sleep in the extra room?" Rafael tried to confirm with his mate.

"Ok… but only for a couple of days," she said, leaving Blu to profusely
thank her for the immense courtesy she had shown.

It was now night time, and Blu was getting ready to go to sleep. He begun to
reminisce over the past events… and that brief scene with him and her. He
sighed in exasperation; he had no clue as to how to proceed… what if Jewel
didn't calm down at all? "I really miss Jewel," Blu thought to himself. "I
sort of wish she was here with me now…" A guilty look flashed across his
face as he tried to drift off into slumber, when little did he know, Jewel
wasn't very far away.

A/N: Any problems? If you don't like my story, direct the flames to me, because holospartoi258-zyphyr01 just did the description, I made the plot. Remember to REVIEW!