Enjoy this short story. Another BxJ tale that will hopefully make you feel good and blush.

Ch.1

Jewel's Dairy: February 14, 2017. Valentine's Day, the very day that was set to be known as a day of romance, probably the most romantic holiday in the world, and to me it still is but it can known as a lonely time for girls like me.

My name is Jewel Millennium, and I'm just about the loneliest frady-bird on the planet. On a day like this, most birds would always get to together, and they look like they don't have a frightful bone in their bodies. I wish I was like that because every since I was born…I've always had a fear of meeting boys. And it's not an ordinary fear, I mean I always shake, never touch, or even say a single word to anyone who isn't a female.

Heck, I've never even once said a real sentence to my oldest friend, who also happens to be my cousin Lyra's boyfriend, Roberto. But he was always my friend because he cared about me and wanted to make sure that my cousin and Eva weren't the only friends in my life.

Speaking of Eva, she's the bird who's been friends with me since I was in middle school. She was always so kind, supportive, and sweet. She always seemed to put me, her family, and all her friends before herself when it came to helping. And that seemed to increase when she eventually found out that I was a romantic. Even though I had a fear for meeting boys I never avoided looking at good stories of romances. Stories all about birds (just) cuddling, kissing, hugging, and saying words to each other that were always so beautiful, and because of reading and watching all of those said good stories, I secretly wanted to meet a boy who would bring them into my life. I wanted the perfect guy for my life, and when Eva found that out, she decided to try something.

A few days before Valentine's day, Jewel was at home and holding her computer just standing in the hallway from the entrance, and waiting for something until she let Eva in. "Hey Jewel." "Hi Eva. I got your text saying you wanted to show me some-" "Uh-huh. Do you have your computer up?" "Yes." "Then come on." Eva said excitedly and took her wing, running to her work room and having her sit down.

Then she said to her, "Okay, just close your eyes and I'll bring you right to it."

"To what exactly?"

"You'll see, just shut your eyes and don't peek."

Jewel thought her friend was acting weird but decided to listen to her. She covered her eyes shut and waited just a few minutes until she felt Eva open her eyes for her and showed her…"A dating website?! Oh I see what you're doing, and my answer to that is officially no!" She was willing to run out of her own house to escape from Eva but she stopped her. "Hey hang on!" "No, huh uh!" "Why?" "Because you know how I feel about boys! If I'm terrified of them then I'm not good enough to date them." "Maybe, but give me another reason." "Another reason? I…I…uh…I can hardly say a single word without slipping my tongue." "And?" "And…I feel like my body falls apart when I feel like I meet someone who I think is cute." "And not only that, you are too afraid to admit that one day you actually will find someone who can make your fairy tale world of romance come true. So tell me, don't you want that?"

Jewel turned away from eye contact and blushed massively. "Maybe. I honestly do want to meet someone but…" "But you think you're phobia will prevent you from it and in a way that's a good thing because it makes you understand who to trust or not, and it can give you the chance to finally face the fear in order to do something great in your life that could make you feel happy forever. Please at least try it." Jewel looked back at her friend and then at the website. "Just try it out."

"Well…okay. But I will only look at it." And she did. She looked all over the website called Two Hearts, a dating site that was no ordinary thing but was the most popular site for being awarded as "The most honest site there is?" Jewel questioned. Eva responded, "Yep, this entire site has strict safety rules, making sure no one lies on their profile or anything like that. Whichever boy you look for, you'll find one who is as honest as he can be. No worries at all." Jewel was intrigued so they looked through it more and was impressed seeing how the site was safe and many of the guys in it looked nice. After another few minutes of browsing, Eva said to her, "So, what do you think?" "Hmm…(sigh)…I think it looks good, and maybe I might consider it." "Maybe? I hope that will eventually change into a yes." "And why do you care so much?" "Because I care about you. You are the girl who's been friends with me since middle school and whenever me or your cousin Lyra ever had issues you would come and support us like any good friend would. And when I found out what your true interest was-" "Which you only found out because you peeked at my Loveo novel while it was in my purse." "Right and I apologized for that by the way, but either way, I thought it was so adorable seeing that my oldest friend was interested in romance like that. And it also made me blush thinking about how happy you would be if you met your very own boyfriend, and possibly husband." "Okay, don't make me feel more scared." Jewel turned away again. "No, no just listen. This is good. Look it doesn't have to be anything big, right now all you can do is start an account and maybe chat with someone. It doesn't have to be anything serious like a dinner date. You make it easy and maybe just make a new friend. Please? I really think this would be fun for you."

Jewel was looking annoyed but did think that Eva was right. Meeting someone new and just starting as penpals or something wouldn't be a big issue. "Well?" "Um…okay, okay. I'll consider it. I will give it a try." "That's my girl!" Eva hugged Jewel and had a good feeling that she would take it. "Now, I'm going to be out of town for a bit so if things go well for you just keep me posted." "Alright. Thank you, Eva." "You're welcome. Just know that this isn't a thing I want to force you into." "I know, I know. Have a good one, Eva." "Bye." They waved and Eva left, feeling a little cocky about her best friend since all she did was just look at more of the website.

"Should I?" She thought "I know it could be fun but…still; meeting a new guy has always been my number one fear. Heck, there were time when I could barely speak to my own dad the right way. No matter what I just never get used to being around them. But…I've always loved romance. Maybe…wanting to just meet the one, and perhaps he can become the Leo Loveo to my Mikka." She looked at the settings of the site and was taking a good look at the signup button. She gulped and was ready to push it, but held back at the last second. "No!" She said to herself aloud. "I'm…I'm obviously not ready. Not yet anyway. I'll-I'll maybe try it out tomorrow." She thought and felt more confident about that than in the present.

That's how it went before she left to go join her meeting, run by her boss's business partner Rafael. As for me, a few days have passed to now and I have not (yet) pushed the signup button. And it was for the best since I needed time to think and settle down before I take a big step like that, even though I could've taken it seven years ago since that was how long I've been living alone since I graduated from college. But still, it's good just to be calm and think. Heck, just yesterday, I bought this diary so I could write my time and feelings, and maybe write down my own love stories when I feel like it. But now only comes this time where I mention what big thing happened before now. Right now (at this present), I am at one of my favorite restaurants, Feathery Buffet, waiting for a waitress to ask for my order while I am already enjoying this moment of writing on the first few pages to my diary.

Those were the last words Jewel actually wrote on her diary. She really was spending Valentine's Day at a buffet restaurant, waiting for someone to take her order. She only put her pen and book away and looked around the place while showing a patient face. Nothing too special happened, and Jewel didn't really have a problem. Until, at the last minute when it was the last thing that she expected: a male blue macaw came to her side and surprised her.

"Ah!" Jewel responded in a silent and squeaky tone.

"Whoa. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, ma'am." Said the male, and Jewel only responded with an anxious yet friendly smile. "Hehe. Hey I'm here to order my own lunch and all the tables here are full. Do you mind if I sit here?" He politely asked, and Jewel turned red.

All she could do to respond was slowly shake her head, and he said "Thanks you." To that and sat down. The table had only two seats, and because of that fact she felt even more nervous so she lifted the menu up to cover her face and tried not to make eye contact with the male. As for him, he didn't feel too different since he was sitting with a stranger but unlike her he tried to show a patient and confident face, and hum very quietly. Though it was good enough for Jewel to hear. He was humming an old song called "Mr. Sand-Bird Bring Me A Dream." Jewel's cousin always hummed that song when they were in middle school together, and no one in the modern world actually sang, let alone, hum or whistle to that in decades. Lyra was the only modern bird that was into it, and the fact that some other bird was doing it made Jewel curious. Though she didn't feel like having the courage to ask a question like that to a new male. That was when he began to notice her nervous expression.

"Hey ma'am, are you okay?" He asked, and she faced him while feeling frozen. "You look anxious." "How do you figure that?" She responded in her head. "Hey, um, it does look like the service will take a while to come so would it be alright if we talked or something? I wouldn't mind a little company." Jewel still didn't respond but turned her away. She was heating up and didn't want the situation to get more awkward so all she said was "I…I'm s-sorry. I'm n-n-not too much of a talker." "Oh, well it's alright I don't bite. And it would be no problem with me at all. My name is Tyler, by the way." He offered his wing to shake, and it took a slow fifteen seconds before she shook it and said "Mine's Jewel." "Jewel? That's a pretty name." "T-T-Thanks. You know, if you're still wanting to talk then I just hope I won't be annoying with having to not respond." "Hehe, like I said it's no problem. Heck, meeting new people can even be a challenge for me too, Jew…Jewel?" "Y-Yes?" "You said your name was Jewel. You wouldn't happen to be related to a girl named Lyra Heartsake, would you?" Hearing that surprised her so much that her fearful side got washed all of the sudden. "Yes. I'm her cousin and how did you know that?" "How could I not know that? We use to be friends together in middle school, and she told me so much about you. And after high school we never exactly kept in touch. But I have been with Roberto, who I very much know is her boyfriend." "Wow. So wait, is that why you were humming 'Mr Sand-Bird'? Because she use to hum that during middle school." "Uh-huh. I liked her doing it a lot so every once in awhile I do it for old time sake." They both chuckled.

Jewel smiled, feeling like she just made a new friend, and though her nervous side came back very quick, she didn't feel like letting it bother her.

"Wow. I don't mean to be rude but I felt like my time suddenly wasn't going to be good because I was sitting with a stranger but seeing how someone associated with my cousin knows you, it…it seems like nothing bad is going on anymore."

"Hmm, no worries. So is there anything else you wanna talk about?"

"Oh, um…" She began to blush again. "Well, I haven't exactly seen my cousin in while but we have been keeping in touch for a bit, and I hear that she and Roberto have been doing great. What have you heard from them though?"

"Oh not too much. Although, and I'm not sure if your cousin told you this yet but…just a few hours ago, Roberto told me that…he just proposed to Lyra."

Jewel showed a face of true shock and gasped, "Really?"

"Oh yeah. Your best cousin and my old friend are getting hitched. Though I imagine she was planning on telling you and I ruined the surprise, didn't I?"

"No, no. As of right now it actually is a surprise. Hehe. And it's great, plus I can do pretty well at acting surprised at least when she'll mention it to me. Also, if we both know Lyra & Roberto and actually spent time with them at middle school then how come we've never seen each other before?"

"I don't know. Maybe we were just never in the same classes together, and even for a middle school; Feather's North was a large campus."

"Good point. But what classes were you in?"

"Oh there was-"

"Excuse me?" The two turned to see a (cave swallow) waitress speaking to them. "Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I'll be your waitress this evening."

"Hello." Both the blue birds said and blushed.

"Do you two know what you would like to order now?"

Tyler said, "Oh yeah. But she and I aren't actually together. We'll each be ordering differently." When he said "together" Jewel became red again,

"Oh okay. So what will it be?" Elizabeth asked.

"I would like a glass of pepsi before I get to the buffet isle."

"Alright. And you, ma'am?"

Jewel faced her, "Huh, what? Oh, I'll have the same thing he's having, please."

"Okay. We will have those ready and you two enjoy your time."

"Thank you." Tyler said. Then he looked at Jewel. "Jewel? You're looking anxious again."

"Huh? I-I-I'm sorry. Y-You're right. But I'm fine, honest." She was shaking and when she didn't know it, she held on to Blu's wing.

"Uh Jewel?" He made her notice and she turned away in shame.

"Hey hey it's alright. I can tell your nervous, heck that was one of the things that Lyra told me about you."

"A-And yet that doesn't bother you?"

"Of course not. In fact, if I have to be even more honest, I use to have the same problem with girls until I met Lyra. Everytime I use to come near a girl, even if it was my own cousin, I could never say a proper word and do any movement that didn't involve shaking."

"(Softly laughing) So how did you get over it then?"

"I entirely never did but from remembering that I friends like Roberto and Lyra, I actually got better. I'm able to speak to girls better and unlike most of the kind of boys who are more full of it, I feel like I'm able to show more confidence and respect."

"Well, so far I don't doubt that. You are…very, very nice." She blushed and froze when she saw herself putting her wing on his again.

"Thanks. Same goes for you too. For someone who claims to have a problem you seem to be a very confident girl."

"Thank you. Hehe." She smiled deeply and looked at his eyes. They both gazed at each other and couldn't stop for even a second, then at the last minute, they beaks got closer to one another, and felt like they were about to kiss.

Then Jewel stepped back, "Oh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. T-T-That wasn't right. I'm sorry." She looked away again until Tyler slowly touched her chin and made her face him.

"Hey it's okay. I got caught up in the moment that was my fault too. You would feel okay with still sticking around, right?"

"Maybe. Though, do you mind I scoot my chair…a little farther."

"Not at all."

"Okay." Jewel scooted her to other side of the table, and Tyler tried to smile, trying to show respect and be more friendly.

After another minute, things between them were still a little awkward but Tyler helped make the best ot it by talking more and letting her speak too.

They talked more and laughed more, and when their drinks finally came they realized they could have gone to the buffet isle a long time ago.

So they got their food together and talked even more. With every passing minute or hour, the two had a great time. All chatting and no shaking, feeling totally at ease from their fears, and when they realized what time it was, they were ready to leave.

"Hey how about I pay for both us?" Tyler suggested.

"Oh no, I couldn't ask you to do that."

"Please, I insist. Consider it as a thanks for this lovely time."

"Hmm. Okay then. Thanks."

"No worries." Tyler left his money for both him and Jewel, and he signed the receipt before they both walked outside to see a stormy weather.

"Whoa!" They yelped, and then laughed trying to run out of the rain and cover each other with their jackets.

"Haha! This is much, isn't it?"

"As if you have to ask that, Jewel!"

They continued laughing until they made it to the shelter of a few large bus stop seats. They both sat down and assumed that they would each wait for a bus to come.

"Hooo! Gosh, I'm cold." Jewel shivered.

"N-N-No kidding. I feel like the tips of my wings are turning into ice cicles."

Jewel chuckled to that. "Well, thanks for helping me out. Are you waiting for a bus?"

"You're welcome. And it looks like it. My house isn't so far but I don't want to run to it in the rain."

"Yeah. I think I'll do the same. And uh, Tyler…?"

"Yes?"

"I…I…I really, really enjoyed hanging out…(gulped and blushed)…with you."

"Ditto. Jewel, you are a really good friend. And now we're mentioning it, do you want to do this again sometime?"

"Do you mean…like a date?"

"A date, or a friends hangout. Whatever you're comfortable with, like a movie or another dinner?"

"Hmm. I…I must admit I'm still very nervous but I do like you and this night was fun, so why not?"

"Great." He took out a flashcard and pen, and wrote down his phone number before giving it to her. "Here you go. You can call me whenever you feel comfortable about it or you'd like, you know."

"Oh. Oh, thank you. I…(sigh with a smile)…I like to. Actually, how do you feel about the day after tomorrow?"

"Really? Sure."

"Thanks. Oh, and uh before we part ways can I do something?"

"Okay, what?"

"This." She slowly brought her wings to his and his shoulder. "Consider it as something to help calm my nerves." She scooted closer to him, and kissed both his cheek and the bottom of his lips. "I hope that wasn't a bother."

"Uh, n-not all. Just remember that I don't really kiss on the first dates."

"Right. Hehe. Well, it's been fun."

"No doubt about that. Thanks."

"Thanks."

Then the next bus stopped by and Tyler let Jewel go. They waved and he gave her an air kiss, to which she caught and nourished in her heart, but remembered that they were separating.

Tyler continued sitting on the chair thinking, "Wow. So that was Lyra's cousin, huh? More brave and beautiful than she told me. Can't wait to see her again." Then walked into the next bus that came in.

Jewel thought the same thing on her way home. "I can't believe Lyra never told me about this guy. He's…he's amazing. And maybe a little goofy, haha. Maybe, he might not be the perfect guy or the Leo Loveo to my Mikka. But he could be the best person for me. I can't wait to see him again."

Their hearts were feeling so calm and carefree, and felt like that their times with each other would be the best. Good enough to become a romantic couple and document in the journal.

Okay now the first thing to mention about this story is that it will only have five chapters since I still have "Life of Love and Pure of Heart" to work on, and this one is done. Hope you liked it. Also, in case you guys liked it so much, you can make up your own story to what Blu and Jewel do together in the reviews (just please don't make anything inappropriate).

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