CHAPTER NINE

Avis Cyrus

I sighed and watched Jasper and Jensen fly away. Jasper and Jensen were two Blue Jays, they were also brothers. Usually siblings don't stay together after they leave the nest when they're not hatchlings anymore, but Jasper and Jensen were only part of a small flock; it was only the two of them and neither had found a female yet so they went out looking and travelling together.
I missed flying; I still couldn't fly, I'd lost too many feathers that hadn't grown back - I didn't know that they ever would - and my feathertips were cut and so far hadn't shown any signs of growing back. I couldn't even stretch my wings out a little right now; I didn't like wearing clothes 'cause they restricted me too much. I let out a frustrated sound and moved around in my seat, pawing and clawing at the top Joe had given me, trying to get it off.

"Woah, what are you doing, Smiley?" Joe asked when he noticed and I huffed and crossed my arms.

"Can't get out." I complained and frowned, looking out of the car at the 'snow'. Joe laughed a little and I frowned deeper.

"Let me help you." Joe murmured and I realised the car was stopped. Joe leaned over and grabbed the bottom of the top. "Put your arms up a little." He insturcted and I obeyed, it only took a couple of seconds and the top wasn't on me anymore. I trilled happily and unfurled my wings a little, I couldn't open them much, but anything was better than having them restricted like they were before. I shifted in my seat and tried to snuggle into Joe, but he was too far away so I started to climb over to him. "Woah.' Joe said, his eyes going wide.

"Kiss?" I requested, nuzzling against Joe and he let out a breath and I could feel it tickling me. Joe kissed me and I smiled against Joe's lips. Joe's kisses made me feel better about not being about to fly. When I could fly again I would probably have to leave Joe and go back to the forest. If I had to go back to the forest then I wouldn't be with Joe and Joe made me happy, and I especially liked his kisses. I don't know how long we kissed, but I liked it. When we stopped kissing Joe just held me for a while before he suggested I move back to my seat. I pouted and didn't want to, but Joe said that if I did then we'd be at the country farm sooner. "Joe no clothes?" I asked before Joe could make the car start moving again and he went still for a second. "I like when you not have clothes." I said quietly and looked down, for some reason feeling my face heat up.

"I, um... I-I can't." Joe shook his head and I frowned. "It-it's too cold for me." He said and I noticed he was turning red.

"Make it hard." I said, pointing at the side of the car where he got rid of whatever was there so I could talk to the Blue Jays. Joe furrowed his brow, but made the gap got hard again When the gap was completely hard again I climbed over to him again and cuddled up. "Now you warm?" I asked and I could feel his breathing become uneven as he hesitantly wrapped his arms around me.

"Y-yeah, I'm warmer." Joe confirmed and I smiled. "But-but, I can't exactly drive with you in my lap." Joe said and this time I frowned. "I wish I could, though." Slowly I went back to my seat and Joe reached over and pressed something in the car, then he leaned over and kissed me and I smiled again. "I turned on the heater, so we won't be cold." He told me and I smiled wider when he complied with my earlier request and he took off his top. I liked it when Joe didn't have clothes on, it made my tummy feel all funny and fluttery and I liked it.

Avis Cyrus

"Joe?" I asked when it was starting to get dark outside the car and I was feeling restless after being in here for so long and not being able to move. We had had breaks through-out the day, but they were only short and I'd had to get back into the car.

"Hm?" Joe hummed in response for me to continue.

"We stop soon?" I asked and yawned a little.

"Yeah, only about another half hour, we're almost there." Joe agreed and I smiled a little when he reached over and held my hand. "Why don't you try and sleep, I'll wake you when we get there." Joe suggested, but I shook my head stubbornly, I didn't want to sleep in this car thing. I absently started playing with Joe's fingers; they were both soft and rough at the same time, I liked it when he held me and his fingers would caress my back between my feathers and it felt sooooo good.
I held Joe's hand flat and put one of mine over it, matching them together; his hand was a lot bigger than mine, but I had feathers. Miraculously none of the feathers on my hands had fallen out or been ripped out at the museum. After playing with it for a awhile I brought Joe's hand up and kissed it, making him look over and smile at me, which in turn made me smile too. I liked Joe's smile.
"Here we are, Sweetie." Joe anounced sooner than I thought it was, but then again, I didn't really have a good sense of time. The car was moving down what looked like just another road like most of the others we'd been on today. "This is the farm I grew up on."

"Small you?" I asked, looking around, there was a lot of space. I could probably fly lots and lots when - if - my wings got better. And there was even a forest in the distance that made me trill. A forest. And there were animals, probably lots of other avians nearby, and other speacies I could speak; I didn't know what the animals around the space were, but I knew I didn't speak their language.

"Yeah, small me." Joe confirmed. Joe stopped the car and got out before he let me out and I immediately hugged him, I didn't like being in the car thing, even though it got me away from the museum and the curator, it was still small and constricting. "Miley, I know you don't like it, but you have to put your top back on, okay?" Joe said and I frowned, that would mean I wouldn't be able to open my wings. "It's just, my Mom doesn't exactly know the whole truth about you, and it's a social requirement for humans to wear clothes." He explained and I frowned deeper, why would humans willingly wear those things? But, I didn't want to upset Joe so I agreed and let him put the top clothes back on me, before he put the clothes back on himself too.

"Cold." I shivered once the weather actually hit me and I realized that Joe wasn't wrong about the snow being cold.

"It's okay, you won't be cold much longer." Joe promised and held my hand as he hurried me towards the big building. "Mom?" Joe called loudly when we were inside and I cuddled into him to try and get more warm

"Joseph? Is that you, Honey?" Another voice replied and Imoved closer to Joe when a human woman came into the room we were in. "Oh, Joseph!" The human woman ran over and I only just got out of the way when she threw her arms around Joe and hugged him. I don't know why or what it was, but I got a funny feeling in my stomachwhen Joe hugged her back and I didn't like it, not one little bit. As Joe and the woman started talking I slowly crept back to where to door was. I didn't like what I was seeing, so it made sense that if I left I wouldn't feel the bad feel inside.

"Mom, this is Miley!" Joe said and I looked up with wide eyes. Joe came over to me and put one of his arms around my shoulders and the woman came forward too.

"Oh, hello, Miley, it is so nice to meet you." She said and I hid a little behind Joe when she came closer to me.

"She, uh, gets shy around new people." Joe said and the woman nodded and stopped advancing on me, much to my relief. And I felt a lot better now that Joe was with me again instead of her.

Avis Cyrus

Joe Lucas

It had taken a while of convincing, but I finally got my Mom to let me put Miley to bed before I had to explain everything to her. I didn't know which of the spare rooms my Mom had set up, and I didn't want to drag Miley all over the house checking them all, so I just took her to my old bedroom. I could ask my Mom when I got downstairs which guest room was available and sleep in there myself.

"Okay, Sweetie, you get some sleep, I need to talk to my Mom for a little." I told Miley, tucking her into my old bed.

"You not stay?" Miley questioned softly, her eyes wide and a little scared.

"Not right now, Angel, I have to talk to my Mom, but I'll come back up to check on you when you're sleeping, and I'll see you when you wake up. I promise." I told her and she pouted and held on to my hand when I stood to leave.

"You come back soon?" Miley asked and I nodded and leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"I'll be back real soon." I agreed and kissed her lips this time. "Just try and sleep, Baby, it's been a long day." I murmured and she finally let me go and stood up and walked out, leaving the door open a little so she wouldn't feel trapped.

"There's something you're not telling me, isn't there, Joseph?" Mom guessed when I got back down to the kitchen where she was making hot chocolate with the little marshmallows that I'd liked since I was little.

"You know how there's been all this stuff on the news about the Avis Cyrus creature being stolen from the museum?" I asked and looked down.

"Oh, Joseph, you didn't?" Mom gasped and I kept my eyes down for a second before I finally looked at her.

"They were torturing her, Mom." I said desperately, "they electrocuted her, and ripped out her feathers, and they were starving her and hitting her." I felt sick at the very thought, but I had to keep reminding myself that she was safe now. "Please, Mom, please don't call the cops?" I begged and Mom sighed.

"Just as long as you don't get in trouble. You're my Baby Boy, Joseph." Mom consented and I grinned happily.

"I'm not a baby, Mom, I'm twenty-two." I rolled my eyes.

"You'll always be my baby." Mom countered and smiled. "Now go to bed, you've been driving all day, and I'm sure Frankie is going to wake you at the crack of dawn tomorrow." Slowly I agreed and Mom followed me upstairs and headed to her own room as well. I looked down the hall and realized that I never asked which of the guest rooms was ready, I thought about walking around and checking, but then I passed my old room and I saw Miley. In the light from the hallway that was filtering through the room I could see she was still away and that she was waiting for me so I went in.

"You come back." Miley smiled in the darkness.

"Of course I came back, I promised I would." I reminded her and slipped my shirt and jeans off before getting in the double bed with her, she never seemed to have nightmares when we cuddled, I think it was because I was some sort of security figure to her. But, I didn't mind.
When I got under the covers though, I noticed that Miley had decided she really didn't like wearing clothes and was now naked. I gulped and took a few deep breaths. Jesus Christ! After an entire week of Miley doing everything she possibly could not to wear clothes I still couldn't control myself. I moved a little so I was on my side so it wasn't so obvious and kept that area as far as I could from her.

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