Let me start by saying Happy Valentine's Day! I hope everyone is enjoying this time of year with your loved ones. As for me, I don't have any JEWEL to my BLU yet, nor am I ready for that yet, but I still hope everyone's having a good time.

Now, earlier I saw Alexriolover95's note on me continuing "Life of Love". Now I say thanks to him for being kind enough to let me continue the story, but I don't want everyone getting their hopes up just for me.

The story is still about Blu and Jewel enjoying their lives together before the accident from "Roses." And I'll try to continue it from where we left off.

I'm not sure how well I can do it or how far I'll go but that doesn't mean I won't try. In fact, I once asked Alex if I could make a sequel to "Roses" about my OC, Garrett, visiting Jewel and…you know what, I said too much so on with this new loving continuum.

And I hope you enjoy it.


CHAPTER ONE: A SICKENING TIME

Two weeks…it has been two weeks since the two beautiful macaws, Blu and Jewel, have gone on their first date and have fallen in love with each other. Since then, they've been calling each other, texting, having more dates and dinners. Blu even got to meet all of Jewel's friends and they liked him, and even their parents, Eddie (Jewel's father) and Mary (Blu's mother), got to know each other more and got use to one another. From there to their present, the two have been falling more in love with each other than any of their friends gave them credit for.

Now, it was Valentine's Day, and Blu wanted to make this one really special for his one and only. But life can sometimes have other plans.

Blu and his mom took a break from working in the Bookstore for the occasion, and he already gave her a good Valentine's Day card, and she gave him her gift, enough money to help Blu buy something great. "Thanks, mom. I'm heading off to Jewel's soon with her gift, love you." Blu said as he made it out to his car, and Mary waved to him. "Bye sweetie, enjoy your time with Jewel today." Blu drove away heading to a tech store, and Mary had a tear coming out of her as she saw the view of the car getting smaller. "I can't believe my little Blu's all grown up. Take good care of him, Jewel." Mary told herself.

Blu wasn't far from the tech store now. He was feeling energetic with getting his girlfriend the perfect gift, but that wasn't his only feeling. On his way, he was feeling pretty drowsy but knew he had to focus on his driving, or else. He continued and made it to the tech store, ready to buy Jewel's gift. He parked his car, and then from getting out of it, he felt light-headed and too weak to walk, in fact he has been feeling like that since he woke up.

Earlier when he woke up, he would just do his usual: hear the alarm clock and almost break it, checks the calendar, gets dressed, and sets up breakfast for him and his mother. Mary soon came out of her room to see Blu. "Morning dear." She said to him. "Oh, morning mom." He looked at his mother and took a red card out from his pocket. "Happy Valentine's Day. From your loving son to my loving mother." "(gasped)…Oh Blu, thank you so much." She was obviously touched by her son's gift, and it was quite a pretty card.

It was all red, with glitter, beautiful decorations and handwriting. It kinda reminded her on how Blu used to do so much of that stuff at home when he was young. And after reading the amazing words that were inside, tears just kept flowing out her eyes.

"Mom? You don't like it?"

"No i-it's not that. These words are just so touching, a-and the way you made this card…it reminds me on how much you've grown up."

Blu smiled at her mother and hugged her. Giving her a minute, she finally replied "It's just so upsetting to see that you're growing up so fast. I just wish I had more time for your youth. I don't know what I'd do if I was gone, or if you-"

"Hey mom, calm down. I'm not going anywhere, and I know you won't either. You know why?"

"Why?"

"Because it's like dad always says. 'You are ageless' and I promise you'll be around for a long time."

"Really, son? Even when I become a grandmother?"

"Even when you-MOM!"

Blu released the hug in annoyance, and Mary laughed over his reaction to that joke. "Hey come on." She said. "You and Jewel have been dating for two weeks now, and never stopped staring at each other for even a second." Blu kept blushing as she continued. "Do you honestly think that you and Jewel won't talk about marriage, and moving in together, and even starting a family of your own?"

"Ugh, Mom! It's a bit early to be thinking about, isn't it?" Blu was still blushing and Mary shook her head until Blu started feeling something.

"Aw-aw-aw-ACHOO!" Blu made a massive sneeze after turning his head and then felt his throat hurting from that. "Bless you." Mary said and moved her wing to Blu's forehead. "Are you feeling okay, sweetie?" "Ouch. Yeah mom, I'm fi-fi-fi-ACHOO!" He sneezed again, and that one flash made him remember something.

"Wait. Sorry mom, but I have to go. I need to buy Jewel's Valentine's Day gift, and I'm planning a dinner date for us later."

"Really? But are you sure you're feeling-?"

"Yes mom, I'll be fine don't worry. Now I'll be heading off."

"Okay, but wait." She reached into her pocket and gave her son his cut for working hard in the bookstore lately (and considered it as her Valentine's Day gift to Blu). So he kindly took it so he could use it and the rest of his own money to buy Jewel's gift.

Blu and Mary said goodbye and were both off.

BACK TO THE PRESENT…

Blu was still feeling tired on his talons but continued approaching the tech store. Even with his own will power, the heat was still going on, not to mention that all the cars were going a little fast, and everything outside was getting too loud for Blu's ears. Nonetheless, he was more than determined because he had the best plan for Jewel and wanted to make sure it was more than perfect. So he wasn't gonna get a little drowsiness get in the way. Until he sneezed very hard again, and felt worse. He seemed to have felt delirious then, and close by the entrance of the store, was an older blue-macaw reading the newspaper by the store's outside bench and heard Blu's sneeze. That bird was Eddie.

"Gesundheit. Wait, what?" He dropped his paper down and was happy to see Blu on the other side. He waved to him but even though Blu was very close to the entrance, he didn't notice Eddie. He started to think Blu was being odd as he saw him continuing to walk forward, almost looking like a sick zombie. Then a speeding car caught Ed's attention. It was heading straight toward where Blu was walking, and even he didn't even notice that.

"What the!? Blu, move out of the way!" Ed yelled, worried that his daughter's boyfriend might get hit. "Blu! Move! Blu!" But Blu still didn't respond, just kept walking to the store and looked terrible. So as soon as the speed demon came closer and Blu wouldn't respond, Ed had no choice but to run towards him and push him and himself away. Which was exactly what he did. He jumped, tackled Blu away, and the speeding car didn't hit either of them or anything but a brick wall.

Eddie was on top of Blu, relieved that they were both safe, and turned his now angry face at Blu. "Blu, what is wrong with-?" But he cut himself off when he saw that Blu didn't look right up close. He seemed to be unconscious. "Oh no." Ed stood up and brought out his phone to call 911. Afterwards, the ambulance came and brought Eddie and Blu to the Moose-Lake Hospital, and everyone, especially Jewel, heard about what happened.

Blu was then being strolled to the emergency room, having his eyes nearly open and felt like he could hardly breathe now. All he could see was a couple of doctors near his head and handling the stroller, and he could see Jewel very close to him, holding his right wing. To his eyes, it looked like she was crying, and even though his hearing felt off. It sounded like she said to Blu, "Hang on, just hang on. Whatever's going on, I know you can get through it." Nearly hearing that made Blu almost smile, then he shut his eyes again.

Two hours later, Blu woke up back at his house, in his room, and turned to see his mom sleeping on a chair. Plus, he even noticed Jewel smiling at him.

"Hey sweetie." Jewel said as she walked up to him.

"Oh hi, Jewel." Blu responded. "Happy Valentine's Day."

"Happy Valentine's Day to you too. Are you feeling okay?"

"Well, I am now. What exactly happened?"

"Right. Two hours ago, my dad saved you from a speeding car, and called an ambulance since you were looking severely sick. Which, by the way, I'm glad you aren't anymore."

She hugged him and he hugged back, while still sitting on the bed before asking, "Thanks, and wait your dad, is he-?"

"He's fine. Also, while you were sleeping, your mom told me that you were gonna buy me a present but refused to stay home when she spotted a fever on you."

She began to glare at him, showing that she wasn't pleased from how he didn't listen to his own mother.

"Right, I'm sorry, Jewel. It's just that…I had this amazing plan for us today and I didn't want a stupid illness getting in the way of it."

"Hey Blu, I'm okay with that. I care more about your well-being more than any gift you have for me. Also, what you had wasn't a fever, the doctors said you had a very bad flu. And my dad didn't hit you hard in the head when he saved you. But thankfully, they cured you in no time. Now, I just wanna stay here and watch over you."

"Well…okay. However, I still just wanted our time today to be perfect. With just us."

"More perfect than this? Here we are; the two of us here together, staring at each other, and feeling happy that we're all safe. Not only that, I kinda did wonder how you would look without a shirt on."

"My shir-? Woah!" Blu was shirtless and tried covering himself with his wings, feeling embarrassed as his girlfriend was chuckling.

"Oh come on. Don't be nervous." She moved his wings away. "I think you look really strong and handsome like this." She smiled seeing her boyfriend blush. Blu was burning up more than earlier. He felt like this was the first time Jewel was actually flirting with him. She then raised her talons, still standing, and cuddled her head into his.

"Oh Blu?"

"Y-Y-Yeah?"

"Don't be nervous. If we're a couple now then we might as well get used to complimenting each other."

"I-I guess you're right. And Jewel?"

"Yes, my big blue hunk?"

Blu swallowed a lump before continuing. "If that's how you feel, then would it be okay if I asked you to-to-?"

"To what?"

"If I asked you to kiss me?"

Jewel was then taken back. She really loved Blu, and even had that thought in mind, but she was too nervous to act on it since they've never kissed before. "Well…I always thought I would do that, but I guess I'm too-" Then she was cut off by Blu, as he kissed her by surprise. She was turning red like a volcano, feeling more embarrassed than Blu was. Until she lowered her eyes shut and kissed him back.

The two of them just savored their moment, and Blu mostly didn't want to stop. The two felt their heads heat up more then cool down. Though all they did was have their first kiss for less than a minute, they still felt like it was paradise.

But then they stopped after hearing a knock on the door.

"Oh it must be my Dad." Jewel said.

"Your dad? Oh no." Blu knew Eddie would freak out if he saw him and Jewel kiss. She knew it too, so she grabbed a towel and threw a clean shirt for Blu to put on, and were also lucky to see that Mary didn't wake up through that kiss. Then, as Blu was putting the shirt on, Jewel headed to the door and opened it to see that it was her dad.

"Hi Jewel, is Blu awake and okay?" Eddie asked.

"Hi Dad. Yeah, he's fine. Very safe...and very well." She said that last part dreamily, and looked down on the ground smiling.

"Excuse me?" Ed asked confused.

"Huh? Oh uh, Blu's okay, and also, in case he gets worse or anything, I would like to say this. I would feel comfortable if I'd stay with him...for a while or something. Maybe the night. Are…are you okay with that?"

Eddie thought that sounded a little extreme. But after getting to know Blu, and seeing how he always respected Jewel, he began to like him. So, he trusted him.

"Okay. Jewel, you are a big girl now, and if this is something you wanna do for him, then go ahead. I trust both of you. Just be safe and listen to Mrs. Gunderson, understand?"

"I will. Thanks, Dad. Love you."

"Love you too. Also, give him this." Eddie handed her a small package. She was confused, but accepted it by giving her father a hug. They enjoyed it, and after they separated, Ed made one last call. "One more thing, if Mrs. Gunderson tells you to sleep in the living room alone or something, please do that."

"Wha-? Ugh, Daddy!" Jewel glared at him, getting the crude joke, and he just waved goodbye, smiling at her.

She was still stubborn about it, but did smile at the idea. She looked back up to Blu's upstair room, and saw him looking down at her. Then they talked again.

"So that was your dad?" Blu asked Jewel.

"Yeah. I asked him if it was alright for me to stay here and help you and your mom out for a while."

"Really?" Blu blushed.

"Yeah. That is if you don't mind."

"No. I don't see anything wrong with that. Heck, we have a few nice guest rooms here." He kept blushing. "S-So anyway, what's that?"

"Oh, Dad said it was for you."

Jewel handed the box to Blu, and after he slowly opened it, he was beyond surprised. "Aw. Ed, you shouldn't have."

"What is it?" Jewel asked, amd Blu showed her what was inside. It was stunning to her as well. They saw an iPod with perfectly good earbuds, a note and two tickets for a couple's cruise-ship vacation. "Jewel. Everything you see in this box are the things I was planning on giving you for Valentine's Day." Jewel heard his words, and was touched seeing what he was really planning in a high level of appreciation. He explained to her that…

1. The iPod and headphones were in total mint-condition, and had a playlist of Jewel's favorite songs (which could be listened to in Blu & Jewel's Romantic Soundtrack on Youtube).

2. For a while now, he noticed that Jewel was going through so much stress about her job. So, he wanted to give her and himself a vacation together on a couple's cruise ship. Which is what the tickets were for.

"Oh Blu, thank you so much." Jewel charged at him and kissed his cheeks repeatedly.

"You're welcome, sweetheart."

"But what's that note for?"

"Huh?" Blu took the note out and saw that it was written in Eddie's handwriting.

Dear Blu,

I would like to apologize if the way I saved you became a little hard there. But I thought I should inform you about this. As you've been taken into the hospital, I found this list of things you were planning on buying for my daughter today. So I took my time on buying them myself for you. It is no problem for me at all, as long as it's for my little girl. So enjoy your time together.

Happy Valentine's Day, from Eddie.

PS, please make sure she's safe while she's on the cruise.

Jewel was touched by her father too, and as she and Blu looked into each other's eyes, they smiled as they knew that it was the first and best Valentine's Day that they have ever had together. It was also the beginning of their love growing stronger.


There we go! First chapter, and man, this one was a doozy to work on. I hope everyone, especially Alex, likes it. So just to let you know now, since I'm still working with Rio Restart, New Kind of Story, and Ask C Anything…and have future stories to work on…I'll only publish a new chapter every once in a while. And about that part with Jewel cuddling with Blu without his shirt, don't worry. There won't be any lemons in this story.

(4/20/2019): In fact, I've still been re-appropriating this and the other chapters more.

(2017): But I think you all should know that I, myself, am the kind of religious fellow who personally thinks it's more appropriate for couples to cuddle or sleep together when they're married. But since this is still a fictional story about birds (and as long as I don't go too far with my freedom to write) I won't have much of a problem with writing down more romance.

One more thing, Mary, the name to Blu's mom was thought of by Alexriolover95. Remember that.

So see ya, and Happy Valentine's Day to all the lovebirds in the world.