Chapter 9 Summertime Sleepover

Months have passed and Summer has finally arrived meaning schools are being let out, vacation and fun in the sun.

Linda had been released from school two weeks ago, along with her friends Amanda and Emily.

Linda sat on the couch with Blu and Jewel watching a documentary about birds of South America, Linda did watch some cartoons but not as much as her friends she was more interested in educational television.

As they continued to watch television the phone rang.

"I'll get it." Linda's mother called.

After a short conversation her mother hung up the phone.

"That was Amanda's mother, she said that they're going on vacation in about a week, the hotel they're going to stay at dosen't allow pets so they need someone to take care of Lucas, and they asked if we would, so what do you say?" She asked.

"Sure, that'll be awesome, how long are they going to be there?" Linda asked.

"They'll be there for a week." She answered.

"Cool, you guys could have a sleepover." Linda smiled looking to Blu and Jewel.

Blu and Jewel both made faces of confusion.

"Oh right, I guess you guys don't know what a sleepover is." Linda thought out loud. " A sleepover is where you spend the night with friends, you watch movies, play games and all kinds of other things."

"That sounds kind of fun." Jewel said to Blu.


One week passed and Amanda's family began to pack their car, on the way to their destination they stopped by Linda's to drop off Lucas.

"Okay Lucas I'll be back in a week, I'll miss you." Amanda said stroking his head feathers.

Since Linda's home was only a block away the drive was not long, Amanda then dropped off Lucas and his cage at Linda's and after a very short converstaion she returned to her father's car.

"So what do you guys wanna do?" Lucas asked the two Spix macaws.

"I don't know." Blu shrugged.

"I know how about we meet up with Chloe, Alice and the others?" Jewel asked. "We can see if they can spend the night too."

"Yeah, that sounds cool!" Lucas smiled.

After a short flight they landed at the entrence of the large hollow that Alice, Chloe and their mother lived in.

"Oh hi kids." Chloe and Alice's mother smiled.

"Hi, is Chloe and Alice here?" Jewel asked the older goose.

"Yes, they're in their room." Their mother answered. "Chloe, Alice, you have friends here."

After about thirty seconds Chloe and Alice appeared in the entrance.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Alice asked.

"We're gonna have a sleepover at Blu and Jewel's do you want to come?" Lucas asked.

"Sure, mom, can we?" Chloe asked excitedly.

"Sure, that's fine with me." Their mother answered.

"Sweet! Let's see if Tony and Jameson wanna come." Jewel smiled, they would have asked Alex if only he was not already on vacation with Emily and her family.

After asking Jameson and Tony they returned to Blu and Jewel's home.

They flew to a window as Blu tapped on the window Linda's mother entered the room and opened the window.

"My goodness, looks like you guys are gonna have a big party." She smiled.

Blu and Jewel then flew to Linda who was in her room.

Linda's bedroom door was always opened in the day so Blu and Jewel could come and go as they pleased.

"Hey you two." Linda smiled. "Where's Lucas?"

Blu raised his talon and used one of his toes and pointed to the floor.

"He's downstairs?" Linda asked, she and her feathered companions and created a type of sign/body language for them to communicate with her, soon Linda was hoping to teach them to read and write.

Linda then walked downstairs to see Lucas, two Canadian geese, a black owl and a small sparrow.

"Wow, you guys are gonna have a big party, huh?" Linda smiled.

As they began to watch television the sun slowly set setting the mood for horror movies.

Lucas was a big horror movie fan since he and Amanda watched them all the time, Alice had also began to like them since she spent a lot of time with Lucas.

Tony had also seen a few horror movies at Lucas's and began to become a fan.

Linda walked to the kitchen and returned charring a large bowl filled with popcorn.

"Dose anybody want some popcorn?" Linda asked.

"Sure I'll have some." Tony chirped raising his wing.

"Okay, here you go little buddy." Linda smiled scooting the bowl toward Tony.

"Thanks." Tony mumbled, annoyed by the words 'little buddy'.

As time passed Linda began to become tired and so she retreated to her bedroom.

To not disturb Linda or her mother from their sleep they flew to the basement.

Lucas and Jameson were able to carry the bowl of popcorn with their talons as they flew down the stairs.

They turned on a television that sat on an entertainment center and began to watch more movies.

Soon they began to become board so they began to play music.

As time passed they began to fall asleep.


The next morning they all began to awake from their sleep.

Lucas was the first to wake, he awoke with his head in the bowl of popcorn.

After stretching he saw that Alice was beginning to wake up as well.

"Hey babe." Lucas smiled when she stood and began to rub the drowsiness from her eyes.

"Hey." She smiled before sharing a short but loving kiss with him.

"How'd you sl…" Lucas was cut off when he saw Blu and Jewel.

Alice then turned to see, Jewel rested her head on Blu's chest as his wing wrapped around her.

Lucas began to snicker, he then tapped the shoulder of a sleeping Tony.

"Ugh, what is it?" Tony groaned slowly opening his eyes.

Lucas pointed to the pair of spix macaws, as soon as he saw the sight he began to hold back laughter.

Soon Chloe and Jameson awoke and began to snicker as well.

Blu and Jewel began to stir and opened their eyes to see all their friends looking at them with large smiles.

"Morning lovebirds." Lucas smiled.

"Lovebirds?" Blu asked.

Blu looked down as Jewel looked up, as soon as they made eye contact they quickly jumped apart.

Lucas, Alice,Tony, Chloe and Jameson all burst into laughter.

Blu and Jewel both blushed uncontrollably.

They both felt feelings for one another but they were always afraid to tell each other.

After about an hour their friends returned to their home leaving Blu, Jewel and Lucas, for the rest of the week it was very awkward between Blu and Jewel.

Finally the week passed and Amanda returned and picked up Lucas.

Blu knew he would have to tell Jewel about his feeling soon, he may need help… but from who?

Hey guys, first off I'm really really sorry it took this long to post this chapter, I went on vacation and once we came back I got kinda lazy, but anyways I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.