Hey, guys!
I got some reviews last chapter that I think need answering, so I'll answer them here in the author's note. Only two responses, but look for your name. If I get your name wrong, I apologize.
bobi4500: Thanks, I appreciate it.
DarkkoTheSackboy: No, not really, but he didn't care if Carlos killed him.
Other than that, I realized that since this takes place in Brazil, people will be talking Portuguese, so one character will. But to clear things up, Carlos was speaking English because when him and Jewel met, she was talking English.
I don't know how long I spent hiding. It seemed like a long time, but I didn't dare look outside. For all I knew, he was right outside ready to take me apart. Upon reaching my hollow, I pressed myself against the inside of the tree and panted heavily from flying crazily through trees. I then regained a little more control over my breathing, but I kept myself to the wall.
Moments later, I heard wings flapping. I tensed and held my breath. Whoever was outside seemed to take a moment before whispering.
"Blu?" Great. It was Jewel. I didn't move. I heard her walk along the branch to a neighbouring hollow, then she walked back. Her footsteps got closer and closer. I released my breath and breathed slowly and silently. Closer, closer, until her head poked in and she looked around, almost immediately finding me.
"Oh, Blu!" She exclaimed, before entering and hugging me tightly. I didn't hug back. How could I show her any affection after what she did to me?
"I'm so, so sorry! I wasn't dating Carlos, really!"
I pushed away from her, "Oh, yeah? Then why were you kissing him?"
"I didn't! I didn't want to, he was the one who wanted to kiss me!"
"Then why didn't you pull away, and why'd you sleep with him?" My anger was rising.
Jewel didn't have an answer. She dropped her head.
"Blu I..." A tear rolled down her face. I had a sudden urge to comfort her, but I immediately pushed it down.
"I know you're sorry, but you can't redo what you did. Anyways, you deserve a bird who is free. Not a pet." I walked past her and was about to take flight...
"Blu, wait!" I didn't look back. I flew, as fast as I could. Jewel may have been following me, but I didn't look back, I just kept on flying. Finally, after a few minutes, I slowed down and landed on a river, exhausted. I actually had not gone too far from my hollow, but I had zigzagged a lot, making my path very difficult to follow. I felt guilty for leaving Jewel like that, but I had to. I felt like a heavy weight, a weight I was barely able to lift, was on my back. I dove my head underwater for a second and resurfaced, trying to clear my head. Does she really want me back? I thought, No, no she doesn't, she wouldn't have done that in the first place. But what if she was sincere, what if she realized her mistake and was only trying to fix it?... Thoughts like that kept running through my head, going one way, then going the other. What if, Ahhhhh! Why is this so confusing! I sat on the river's edge, my thoughts consuming my mind, desperately trying to sort out the whole situation into a simpler one. I didn't realize that I had been near that river for as long as I was, but I was abruptly cut off from my thinking when a weight, a physical one not emotional, hit me from the side. It didn't hurt too much, but it knocked me to my side. I looked up to see... You guessed it, Carlos. His eyes were full of hate.
"You stole her from me!" He yelled. That was an odd statement, since he stole her from me originally, but I didn't say anything because if I opened my beak, I would have broke down crying, and also he had me by the throat, so I couldn't speak.
"I'll finally finish this. No distractions!" I knew that this was it, I was going to die right then and there. I felt his talons grip my throat tighter, knowing that I will soon feel his claws puncture my neck.
"CARLOS!" An unfamiliar voice screamed. I felt his grip immediately loosen as he saw who it was. I looked past him, to see another Lear macaw flying towards us. She landed.
"O que você está fazendo!(What are you doing!)"
"Shit!" He muttered under his breath. He got off of me and faced her. He was about to say something, but she cut him off. They had an intense argument in Portuguese that I only got bits of thanks to being in Brazil.
"Mate... can't believe... cheated... Finally, with one more hated look at me, Carlos flew off with her. I presumed that that was Carlos's mate, and he cheated on her by being with Jewel, if they were officially dating... Man, that's confusing. I slowly got up, disbelieving that I dodged death once again. I thought of going back to my hollow, but decided that Jewel would probably look there. I set off to find a new hollow.