Hello, fellows. I'm back again and ready for a new chapter. Of course, I would like to thank all who've read and reviewed the previous chapters. If I'm not wrong, this should be the 3rd scene of act 1. I don't really know how this scene is going to work out, but don't worry, I will find out while writing. Fine then, let's go.

Scene 3

(Still in that kitchen in that house. Some 30 minutes after Eduardo, Nico, Pedro, Roberto and Blu have left. Jewel is standing on the edge of the window, alongside with the kids sadly staring, especially Carla, at an empty plate on which previously were pancakes. Jewel is wondering what do to with the kids for the rest of the day, while Carla is looking around the kitchen in hope to find something else to eat, but unsuccessfully. Bia and Tiago are looking at Carla with some kind of near-empathy.)

TIAGO (to Bia): Isn't this just sad?

JEWEL (finally thinks of something): I know! Hey kids, do you want to play Monopoly? (Oh, look, a product placement!)

BIA and TIAGO (look at each other, and then say): OK.

JEWEL: And eat some ice-cream too!

CARLA (relieved by what Jewel said): Thank you!

(A voice from somewhere around the house): Who said ice-cream?

(Upon hearing that voice, Carla turns her head to the window with a smile, Tiago sighs unhappily, and Bia tries to stay neutral. Then, the owner of the voice stands on the window. It is a scarlet macaw from Rio, some three or four years older than Jewel's kids. His name is Martin.)

CARLA (excitedly): Martin!

BIA: Nice to see you again.

TIAGO (sarcastically): Yeah... so very nice...

MARTIN (greets them as well): Yeah, nice to see you too. (Pause. Gets back to the subject.) So who was talking about ice-cream?

JEWEL: Um, that would be me; I was thinking of getting some of it and...

MARTIN: Well, that's very excellent. Can I have some?

JEWEL (looks at the kids, who nod at this, then she says): OK.

MARTIN: Oh, and by the way, I was just passing by Nico and Pedro's place, and I saw some old blue dude going there. He didn't see me, but whatever. But isn't it a little... hm... wrong... for old men to go partying?

(Pause. Jewel and the kids stand still. They have understood that Martin was referring to Eduardo, and the two haven't met yet, and, um... well, spoilers.)

TIAGO (flatly, pretending not to know what Martin is talking about): I would have no idea! (Bia and Carla look at each other for a second.)

JEWEL (insecurely): Okay, then... I'm gonna go get some of that... ice-cream... and then we'll play that Monopoly... and have so much fun... Okay, see you... (Leaves. No one watches her leaving. Pause.)

MARTIN (looks at the kids for a few seconds, then says with a smile): Well, it's not for no reason that you finally came here in Rio right before the Games now, is it?

CARLA: No... (approaches him and calmly takes his ha- I mean, wing.) Not only for that. (Smiles at him and kisses him in the cheek.)

MARTIN: I reckon that it's not the only reason, but... (Shakes his head for 'no'.)

CARLA: Oh, yeah... (sighs.) That's too bad. That you're... you know...

MARTIN (says it instead of her): Gay?

CARLA (sadly): Yes.

MARTIN (smiles): Hey, don't be sad about it. Sometimes (turns at Tiago, still smiling, but creepily) it's a very good thing.

TIAGO (points his wing at him and says angrily): Hey, no, I told you to stay away from me!

(Another voice from near this area, referring to what Tiago said): But I don't want to.

TIAGO (makes a big facepalm): Oh, not again! (Bia and Carla do not react. This voice's owner also approaches the kitchen. It's a toucan named Alexandra (nicknamed Alexa), around Carla, Bia and Tiago's age, and the youngest of the 18 children of the most famous bird in all of Rio, that is a toucan named Rafael. She has somehow sneaked out from her home and decided to come here, after hearing our gang was coming to Rio.)

CARLA and BIA: Oh, hi, Alexa.

ALEXA: Hey.

TIAGO (referring to Alexa's previous line, angrily): Hi. I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to this stupidity here! (Points at Martin. Then back to Alexa.) But that applies to you too!

ALEXA: Oh, come on! (Comes right in front of him. Carla and Bia look at each other, smile, and look back at the situation.) Just one day with you, one dance, anything!

TIAGO (Pause. Tries to relax, looks at her carefully, says calmly): Look, I know, I guess, you like me... I mean, in a love way... but I just... I don't feel the same for you. Sorry. (Pause.) So please, if you could just leave me be, that would be enough for me.

ALEXA (with a very sad face expression. Almost about to drop a tear): But please...

TIAGO: No. (Pause.) I'm really sorry, but no.

MARTIN (was listening this whole time. Suggests): Well then, do you want to go somewhere with me-

TIAGO (yells at Martin): NO! (Angrily): Can we please change the subject?!

Yep, that is pretty much scene 3. I know, again with the unlucky ending, right? I'll have to work on it. Well, okay. What else can I say; comment on anything you want to. OK, bye.