Jewel perched on the open window seal of the bookstore. Seeing that Blu was gone again, Linda decided to take Jewel to the bookstore. Once there, Jewel did help Linda out as much as she could, but she was still just a bird. After thirty minutes of helping, Jewel ran out of things to do. She ended up reading a book, but she picked one with mostly pictures and at a fifth-grade reading level. Sure, she could talk like an educated gal, but her reading skills were still far below. Plus, English was already hard enough. Books just made it harder by putting more English words rather than signs saying 'specials here and cheap'.

Eventually, she ended her reading. The book she read was a ten-chapter book with an average of twenty pages a chapter, but she had grown bored after reading the first chapter. She had put the book back and had come to the window seal to feel the cool breeze brush against her feathers. She was alone for the time being. Linda had gone to make some food. It was one anyways. Time for lunch.

She saw a few birds flying in the clear sky above her. She formed a small smile and looked down at her mended wing. The date was closing in. Soon, it would be time to test out her fixed wing. In fact, she could probably fly now, but she didn't want to prolong any injury to the wing. All she needed was to fly, feel a tiny ounce of pain, and have Tulio tell her she was grounded for another week. Only three days remained.

Jewel sighed out of boredom and got up. She was about to climb down the bird ladder that Linda had put up for her. Linda had put one up, because she knew Jewel liked the outside, so she had placed a bird ladder resting against the wall to reach the window seal. Anyways, Jewel was about to climb down it when she heard her name.

"Jewel!"

Jewel looked outside and saw Xavier. Xavier landed in front of her on the window seal and smiled. Jewel smiled back to be polite.

"Hi Xavier."

"Hey Jewel. I finally found you. I was at the bird sanctuary, trying to find you, but you weren't there. One of the nursing birds told me you were taken by a girl named Linda to a bookstore."

"A bird in the sanctuary told you? How did you get in?"

"Tulio left one of the windows opened. …He probably shouldn't do that because a cat could get in and eat them."

Jewel unexpectedly raised her left, good wing and slapped Xavier across his face.

"Ow!" he replied, rubbing his cheek. "What was that for?"

"Idiot. Now I'm going to have nightmares of cats trying to get me."

"Well, sorry, but it's kind of true. Besides, they can't reach you. You sleep in the aviary."

"It still doesn't matter. I…"

Jewel paused and looked down with a sadden expression. Xavier relaxed his face into a more caring expression.

"Jewel, are you alright?"

Jewel shook her head, trying her best to hide her expression. She changed the subject.

"So, what did you find out?"

"About Blu? Well, um, I don't really want to say."

"Tell me."

"But it might-"

"Just freaking tell me!"

Xavier's eyes widened. He had never seen this crazy side of Jewel. He gulped before continuing.

"I'm sorry to bring you the news, but I have a suspicion Blu is cheating on you."

Jewel had somewhat knew of this deep inside of her, but she was still confused on the matter from hearing it through another bird.

"W-what? ...Look, Xavier, there is no way Blu would be with another bird. He…he loves me. He wouldn't cheat. I know him. Besides, we are the last two Spix's Macaws."

"And? I don't know why I'm going to say this, but I'll say it anyway. Take me as an example. You and I are extremely different species."

He blushed before continuing.

"And I try to hit on you."

Jewel was about to say something, but she stayed quiet. She sighed and looked down, realizing Xavier was right. He was a completely different species. An ugly one as a matter of fact. Yet, he always tried to sway her into liking him. She raised her head slightly to look at Xavier.

"So," she said in a dull and frightened voice, "do you know who?"

"Whose he's hitting on? I can't place a name now, but she is a blue macaw. I managed to see a hint of yellow around her eyes, so she's either a Hyacinth or Lear's Macaw. I couldn't tell, but she has taken a liking to Blu, I suppose."

So there was another bird Blu was seeing during his supposed solo fights across Rio and the jungle.

"W-where do-did you f-find them?"

"In the jungle. They had just walked out of the den. They were talking about having another lesson. To me, it sounds suspicious on why they use the word lesson to cover up the word s-"

"Stop," ordered Jewel in a distraught voice and then her voice quieted. "I know what you're going to say."

She stood strong and faced Xavier. She slightly shook her head.

"I know Blu. He wouldn't-s-sleep with...another bird."

"I'm just reporting what I saw, Jewel. I got there after the rain storm we had the other day. That's all I got. Mm... Do you want me to-"

"No," answered Jewel, giving him another head shake. "You've-done enough. Thank you."

Xavier nodded and turned around. He opened his wings. Before he took off, he glanced back at Jewel by only turned his head towards the left.

"I'm sorry about what happened."

Without a response from Jewel, Xavier took off. Jewel was in deep thought, thinking of what Xavier had said. She slowly climbed down the ladder as her mind battled itself as to if Xavier was stating everything as the truth. She reached the floor, and her mind made the decision Xavier wouldn't lie about this. Jewel plotted herself on the polished wooden floor and burst into a river of tears.

Blu rang the bell of the bird sanctuary at the front entrance. One of Tulio's interns, Rosa, opened the wooden-crafted door and let Blu in. Blu perched on her right shoulder as she closed the door. She petted his head with a finger, leading him to the breeding aviary room.

"Hello, Blu. How was your flight today?"

Blu squawked happily. Rosa smiled.

"Well, for the time being, Jewel isn't here. Tulio mentioned to us she went to the bookstore with Linda, but they will be back in a couple of hours."

Rosa opened the door to the aviary, and Blu flew off her shoulder. She closed the door and returned to her work. Blu flew through the fake jungle. He quickly made it to the den and entered it. He sighed in happiness.

Might as well go to sleep as I wait for Jewel to return.

Blu walked to about the center of the den and sat down in his sleeping position. He drifted off to sleep in bliss. However, if he wanted to live, it would've been probably best to sleep in the bushes, hiding from the enraged and heartbroken Jewel.