Two small female canaries darted through the sky with a female cardinal. "YEAH-HEAH!"
"Whoo!"
"Kiara, c'mon, stop dawdling, man, we're gonna miss it!" The cardinal laughed as the three of them swooped into a nearby samba club.
"Ah, we made it!" Kiara puffed. The other female canary, Nicole, and the cardinal, Patricia (Pedi), stared at the stage and saw a canary and a cardinal just like them but male singing away. Macaws, parrots, cockatoos, heaps of birds were dancing to the rhythm.
"Nicole, you still wanna go up there?"
"This is our time, and I always follow every opportunity!" After the males were finished, Nicole and Pedi flew up to the stage. The male canary and cardinal, Nico and Pedro, stared up in awe.
"Um, hi… everyone, I'm Nicole, and this is, Pedi…We're gonna sing for you today!"
"Everybody clap your wings to the beat, here we go." Nicole began to sing,
"With my words, across your face,
You're making up stories of your own.
Little bits of white paper,
In pockets deeper than you know.
You painted black upon the whitest lies
You've seen them fall, you have seen them rise,
You painted black upon the whitest lies, lies, your lies."
Nicole them began to clap as Pedi took over.
"Push play, stop rewind
You drown your heroes in red wine.
Push play, stop rewind,
You drown your heroes in red wine.
Close enough to see your hands sneaking out of his embrace
Paper thin, whispering, breaking in
You painted black upon the whitest lies
You've seen them fall, you have seen them rise,
You painted black upon the whitest lies, lies, your lies."
They were both stunned by who started singing next. Nico and Pedro rose from the crowd and began to sing.
"Push play, stop rewind
You drown your heroes in red wine.
Push play, stop rewind,
You drown your heroes in red wine."
Then Kiara, the shyest girl in Rio began to sing.
"Waking up but staying down, your hero's left ya, bleedin'
Your breath is playing in the background
Don't waste it, ain't comin'!"
The whole club began to sing.
"Push play, stop rewind
Aaaahhhh
Push play, stop rewind
You drown your heroes in red wine
Push play, stop rewind
You drown your heroes in red wine!"
Pedi screamed the next bit over the crowd (Still chanting the chorus) in a beautiful voice and sang the end.
"Waking up but staying down, your hero's left ya, bleedin'
Your breath is playing in the background
Don't waste it, ain't comin'!"
The crowd went nuts!
…
Later, Nicole sat at the bar, talking to the bartenders, Nico and Pedro's fathers, Carlos and Skeeter. Nico came behind her and put his bottle cap over her eyes.
"Nice singing, girl. Name's Nico."
"Nicole." She shook his wing, and then gave his bottle cap back. Jewel flew over with Jasmine and Savannah. Bobby was too busy dancing with his father.
"Nico, who's this?"
"Jewel, Nicole." Nicole waved shyly. Savannah cleared her throat then began to speak.
"Are you Uncle Nico's Girlfriend, Miss?" Nicole laughed at that. She got down from her chair to look Savannah in the eyes. "No, sweetie, I just met your…" She looked back at Nico, who was looking at her with a flirty smile. "…Uncle Nico. And I am going to pummel him if he does not stop looking at me like that!" He frowned and spun around. "I didn't catch you kids' names."
"I'm Savannah, this is my sister Jasmine."
"It's very nice to meet you, Miss." Jasmine smiled.
…
Pedro sat on a crate, staring at the dancing birds in the enormous crowd. "Hello!" A feminine voice rang in his ear. He screamed and fell off the crate, but was caught by the wing by a female cardinal. "Damn, you're heavy!"
"I try to work out." Pedro smirked as the female pulled him up. "Name's Pedro."
"Pedi." Pedro took this small moment to stare at her. She was beauty itself, but why did she seem so nervous?
"You okay?" Pedi didn't reply. Was she…sleeping? "Pedi!"
"AHHH!" Pedi screamed, staring upwards to look Pedro in the face. Her face was wet with tears. There was something strange about this female. She was nervous. She'd fallen asleep in two seconds flat, and she must've been crying when she looked down.
"Are you okay?" Pedro asked again, this time worried.
"Yeah."She stared forwards, as if the sound of the music was taking her somewhere.
…
Nico had tracked down Nicole after her so called 'break'. He found her standing outside, standing on a branch, looking towards the stars. He decided to watch for a few minutes before going to talk to her.
"Please…Just give me one more chance."
"For what?"
"Ahh!" She fell from the branch, causing Nico to lean forward and catch her, pulling her up onto the branch. "You scared the heck out of me! Sneaking up on me like that!"
"One more chance for what?"
"Nothing you need to worry about, Prince Charming." Nicole snapped.
"I'm just gonna stick around until you tell me."
"Well, you're gonna be here for a while."
"I bet I can get it out of you."
"Really, how?" He reached out a wing to her, but she slapped it away with her own. "Don't you touch me. Don't you-don't-," Nico began to tickle her, making her laugh hysterically. "Nico! Stop! Stop it!" She giggled. "Okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" She yelled. Nico placed his wings by his sides.
"Okay, spill." She opened her beak and yelled,
"SYKE!" And she was gone.
'I like this girl already.' Nico thought, chasing after her. As she began to slow down, thinking she'd lost Nico, She smiled. Before she was tackled to the ground by the male canary. They both panted.
"Gotcha, Nicki."
"Oh, you did not just call me that."
"Well, I just did, so…" They smiled at each other, looking each other in the eye. Their smiles disappeared and they jumped up and dusted themselves off.
"We better go back in there."
"Yeah, Pedro's probably looking for me so I'm just gonna…yeah."
"Yeah." Nico left, but Nicole stayed behind and sat under the tree.
…
Pedro watched Pedi's actions from on the same crate they were on before. She was dancing confidently with another cardinal. Pedro immediately got jealous. That guy was his rival.
All My Life I've been good but now
I'm Thinkin' 'What The Hell'
All I want is to mess around
And I don't really care about
If you love me, if you hate me, you can't save me, baby, baby,
All my life I've been good but now, whoa 'What the hell'
She giggled as she danced with him.
"So, what's your name?" She asked.
"Bruno, Bruno Carmen. You?"
"Pedi. Just Pedi."
"You are a beautiful dancer, darling." Pedi blushed. Pedro danced around and played a beat, beginning to sing with a random macaw. They sang the song 'Timber' And Pedi just got into the dancing more.
"This is so fun." Bruno swung her out and then swung her back into him, and they smiled at each other.
Jewel watched Pedro's expression. She then watched Bruno and Pedi. "I see."
"See what? She's just having fun!" Blu smiled.
"Look at Pedro. He likes her, Bruno knows he likes her, so he's going to get with her, and then dump her off and break her heart like a player. I know what that bird is like. Pure evil."
"He's not evil, Jewel."
"Have you ever met him?"
"Okay, good point."
"As always." Jewel smiled. Rafael hopped over.
"Hey amigos, You seen Nico anywhere?"
"Um, no, actually."
…
Before Nico could head inside, Nicole flew up to him. "Nico!" He spun around.
"Oh hey Nicole. She pulled out an identical Bottle cap to the one he lost in the Amazon.
"I saw you wearing one of these around the club once. It's strange seeing you without it. Here," She placed it on his head. "It's yours."
"Thank you Nicole." She kissed him on the cheek, then walked over.
"See ya tomorrow."
"Yeah," He pulled the bottle cap off and stared at it, "Tomorrow."
A/N: I hope you like the first chapter of my return to Rio writing. Hope you thought it was better than last time!
The songs:
Pushplay- Miriam Bryant
What The Hell- Avril Lavigne
Timber- Pitbull ft. Kesha