A reason for life

A/N: I would like to thank the people who reviewed the first chapter and I read the chapter over and found some mistakes but I will fix them. Without any more interruptions here is chapter two. I hope you enjoy!R&R

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Chapter 2: Disappear for a day

'Maybe I should get up.' I thought to myself.

"No. It's still dark out, more sleep." I mumbled to myself as I fought with my thoughts.

'Nico could be awake. And like he said you can come by anytime.'

Without another objection I got up as fast as I could and quickly flew down to the stream to wash up. It was still pretty dark out though and the temperature was a little cold for my liking but I wanted to hang out with my new friend as much as possible.

So without hesitation I jumped into the water making a small splash and washed up. I got out quickly to dry off but I was still wet and couldn't fly very far so I walked slowly and paced myself.

While walking towards Nico's nest I felt myself get nervous and kept thinking of worst case scenarios.

'What if he doesn't like you? What if he was just being nice because he crashed into you yesterday? What if he turns out to be a jerk? Ladies' man? User? A bird smuggler like the bad humans?' as I thought of those horrible things I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and hit a tree.

"Maybe I should've stayed in bed." I grunted as I held my forehead in pain.

Why do I keep getting hurt? With my head in pain I just sat on the ground and held my head on my wings and tried to think of good things.

'The color green, reading, Nico, mom and dad, watching the sunset, Nico… I just thought of Nico twice. Huh, weird.' I thought as the sun started to come up.

My wings were dry by this time and my head had stopped hurting, so I flew up into the air and went to the beach instead.

There were palm trees and golden sand, waves on the water, seashells, and a couple of other birds. And I spotted a couple walking along the shore, holding hands and saying sweet nothings into each other's ears.

I sighed and looked everything over. It looked like a scene from a romance novel I read a couple years back. My mom found it at the high school bleachers after a football game.

When I watched enough I decided to follow the couple and examine what Rio people did with their loved one.

They walked around for a bit and laid down a blanket they had with them and sat down on the sand. I smiled warmly and flew down next to them and started to sing softly, trying to make things more romantic.

"Wasn't really thinking. Wasn't looking, wasn't searching for an answer in the moonlight. When I saw your face." I sang with more feeling than I thought I could do.

They heard me and turned towards my direction and smiled when they saw me.

"Aww… look honey. It's singing for us." The woman spoke softly trying not to scare me away.

"Yes… I see that. It was a good idea to come to the beach this morning." The man replied just as soft.

He put his hand out towards me and I flinched back on reflex.

But as I registered him as no threat, I hopped onto his hand and kept singing.

"I know I'm feeling so much more, than ever before. And so, I'm giving more to you. Than I thought I could do."(skipped a part of the song) My voice sang softly as they petted me gently.

I was very happy to see that they enjoyed my singing and that I probably made their day. But it had to come to an end when they let me go a couple minutes later to go somewhere else.

When they were out of my sight I flew to Nico's nest. He should be awake by now.

Soon, I reached his nest I found him mumbling to himself.

"This can't happen. She's not in her nest. Where could she have gone?" he mumbled quickly.

I heard concern, worry, sadness, and desperation in his voice. It was very sweet that he cared for me, but he was going a little overboard. I mean it has been a day since I met the guy. Even though I sorta, kinda, maybe have a crush on him, after a day.

'Maybe I should show myself, and tell him I'm alright?' the angel me spoke. 'No! We should wait it out and see what he does. Besides he'll find you soon. It's not like you have anywhere else to go, since you just moved here yesterday.' Spoke the devil me.

My mind was in a jumble. I know that I should pick the angel me, but the devil me made a lot of sense. He would find me before the day is out and he'll probably just think you were going to look for food.

'I'll go with your plan devil me, this time. But I still don't think this is a good idea.' I thought back to the two. They disappeared and I flew away from Nico and his nest to the beach again.

When I reached the beach I spotted a sad looking red cardinal on the sand. I flew down next to the cardinal, unsure of what I was going to say. I felt myself get nervous and I spoke quietly and shyly like I always do when I met to new birds.

"Hey." I spoke and he turned to look at me. "Umm… I saw you d-down h-here and saw you looked sad and I was wondering why?" it sounded more like a question than a statement.

He made a small smile and said, "My best friend told me we couldn't hang out today because he has to go find this girl he likes." His smile faded during the sentence and I felt bad.

"I-I could hang out with you if you'd like," I started with a sincere smile. "I don't think have any plans but I know that friends shouldn't leave other friends behind because of s-some girl."

He brightened up immediately and said, "Yeah! So what's your name?"

"Samantha but you can call me whatever you'd like. I don't really care for certain nicknames. What's your name?" I repeated the quote I told to Nico.

"It's Pedro. I don't have a nickname. But hey, we should go to the club. It's not far from here and it would help other birds around here get to know you. Are you new here? I haven't seen you around Rio before?" Pedro asked enthusiastically.

"Yeah, I'm new around here. I came yesterday and yeah I would like to go the club with a new friend." I said happily.

"Well then, let's take it to the next level." He spoke with his wings gesturing 'the next level'.

I giggled quietly and we started flying towards a shed with some birds of different species outside. When we went inside I was speechless.

Everywhere inside the little place was surrounded with birds. There were birds dancing, singing, and talking amongst themselves. Colorful lights, little instruments, and bouncing music playing.

It was like heaven made especially for us birds.

"Hey. Hey. Hey, everybody. I would like to introduce my new friend here Samantha." Pedro spoke in a booming voice getting everyone's attention. All I could do was blush, smile, and give out a small "Hey."

They all said hello back and continued with what they were doing. Pedro told me he had to go check on his friend and that he would be right back.

In the meantime, I walked around the club enjoying the music and people. Once or twice a male would come up to me and ask me to dance, but I said no as nice as I could. They would understand and went looking for another dance partner.

It took a long time until Pedro came back. It looked like he was bummed out still.

I went up to him and asked, "What's wrong Pedro?"

"My friend still hasn't found the girl he was looking for and said that he wasn't going to have time to hang out until he found her. And I find it sort of funny how he didn't even tell me her name." he replied sadly.

"It's okay. I could hang out with you until he finds this girl. And in the time being I have to get going I hope we could do this again. Bye!" I said as I looked outside to see the sun setting.

"Okay. Bye Sam." He replied back.

As I started flying back home I could feel myself going on edge because of Nico. He will probably say that he doesn't want to be my friend anymore or that he was worried sick.

When I finally reached my nest I saw him flying in the air with a worried expression.

I instantly felt bad and I flew up to him with an apologetic look on my face.

Once he spotted me he flew quickly towards me and wrapped me up in a hug and started squeezing the life out of me.

"Where have you been? I've been so worried that the smugglers got a hold of you. I've been looking for you EVERYWHERE. Why weren't you in your nest? Why didn't you come back earlier?" he asked in a frenzy and kept holding onto me.

A blush was present on my face as I felt butterflies in my stomach again.

"I had to cancel plans with my friend today because I was looking for you." He added a few seconds later.

I froze when he said that. He was the one who blew Pedro off? He was the friend that was looking for the girl he liked?

I could feel myself becoming guilty because I was the reason Pedro was sad today.

"Look, you didn't have to cancel plans with your friend just to look for me. I woke up early in the morning and I didn't want to disturb you that early so I went to the beach and hung out with this guy today. That's why I didn't come back until now." I spoke softly.

I felt him tense when I said that I was hanging out with a guy. His breathing went slower and he let me go and asked, "Did you like him? I mean like more than a friend?" his voice was low, sad, and did I hear jealousy?

"No. We're just friends and why?" this time it was his turn to blush. He kept his gaze away from me and stayed silent. Then I added, "Why were you so worried if I was gone or not?"

I was silently waiting for him to answer. He opened his beak and said, "because I..."

My head was hurting again as I heard someone call for Nico. Probably from hitting that tree this morning.

It was Pedro flying toward us and when he spotted me he had a confused and surprised look on his face.

"Hey, Sammi. What are you doing here? I thought you were going home." He said quizzically.

"Oh yeah. I was but I was having a little chat with my friend, Nico." I said while looking at Nico. I could see that realization just hit Nico and his face softened. Then he turned to look at me with a small smile on his face.

"Oh! Okay… but Nico I really need to talk to you." Pedro spoke with emphasis on really.

"Okay. Just let me say goodnight to her first." When he finished, Pedro moved back far enough so he couldn't hear.

"Goodnight, Nico." I said in a quiet tone.

"Goodnight… and next time can you tell me where you're going next time?" he asked while looking into my eyes.

"Y-yeah, I'll do that." I replied as I felt myself close my eyes.

He did the same and we leant forward slowly. My heart thumped quickly and I felt myself get nervous.

Then, he kissed me… on the cheek.

I opened my eyes to find him smirking and he said, "Well, goodnight, beautiful."

Then he flew off towards Pedro. I sighed with frustration… I embarrassed myself AGAIN.


A/N: Well, I made this chapter longer than the last one but I felt like I made Nico ooc. But I still hope you like it though.