Chapter 34: Lonely Birds

This takes place a week after Valentine's Day.

Alex awoke in his cage, he sighed as he opened the cage door.

The morning news was placed ying on the television in the living room.

He flew into the kitchen to see his owner Emily prepairing breakfast.

She looked over and saw him.

"Good morning Alex." Emily smiled.

Alex raised his talon and waved to her as he forced a fake smile.

He enjoyed working with Emily at the pet store but today he wanted to spend some time alone to think.

He flew to the living room window, Alex then pushed open the window of her house and was greeted by the bitter cold of winter.

He spread his wings and took flight outside of the home and into the small town.

He looked down and saw the snow piled on top of the businesses and homes of the town.

After a short flight he reached the frozen pond, snow was scattered over the ice and banks of it.

Alex looked down to the ice of the pond and began to feel tears streaming down his face.

"Come on Alex, don't cry." Alex said to himself.

After breathing deeply he raised his wing tip to wipe away the tears.

He had began to feel depressed since Tony had fallen in love with Sydney, he was thrilled for his friend but he also began to feel lonely.

He had many friends but it seemed that they were all falling in love with someone.

He did enjoy his friends company but he wanted to spend time with a special friend, a friend that he could hold, a friend that he could kiss.

He had began to see himself as ugly and useless.

He looked up and began to scan around the banks of the pond, at the other end of the bank sat a goose, it's wings were covering the face.

The goose then looked up to reveal it was Chloe, she then buried her face into her wings once again.

Alex immediately began to become worried.

After a very short flight across the pond he landed behind her.

"Chloe? Are you okay?" Alex asked worriedly.

Chloe looked up and turned around to see Alex.

"Oh, hey Alex." Chloe said as she quickly tried to wipe away the tears.

She knew that Alex was a kind bird and would not think less of her because of crying but she still found it embarrassing to be seen crying.

"What's wrong, why are you crying?" Asked Alex once again.

"Oh, it's nothing." Chloe lied.

"Come on, you can tell me." Alex said with a friendly smile.

"It's just… well it seems like everyone's falling in love except for me." Chloe said as she began to tear up once again.

Alex forgot about Chloe, he wasn't the only one not in love.

"Yeah I feel like I'm in that same boat." Alex sighed as he sat down next to her.

"What if I never find a boyfriend?" Chloe asked more to herself than Alex.

"Chloe! That's crazy, I know you'll find someone." Alex smiled.

Chloe looked to him with a smile.

"Thanks Alex." Chloe smiled, "You're sweet."

Alex began to have a strange emotion, one that he had never felt before.

Chloe then laid her head against his shoulder for comfort from him.

Chloe was beginning to have the same strange feeling towards one another

It was so… bizarre neither of them could put their wing on it.

"Alex."

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you'll ever find a girlfriend?" Chloe asked.

"Yeah, but I doubt it'll be another macaw. What are the odds of another female macaw coming into this town?" Alex chuckled, "I guess your odds are a little better."

"I guess." Chloe shrugged, "But doesn't your owner have a little pet store?"

"Yeah but we barely ever get macaws, the last time we did it was Ruby."

"Oh… bummer."

She actually felt quiet bad for Alex, being a tropical bird in Minnesota must be hard to fit in.

"Chloe, just don't think you're alone in this situation." Alex said to her.

"Thanks Alex, I know now." Chloe smiled.

After a few more hours of conversation they decided to return to their own homes.

The sun was beginning to set over the town, birds were flying to their neats and preparing for the night.

"I'll talk to you later Chloe." Alex smiled.

"Okay, see you around." Chloe smiled, after sharing this conversation she knew that she and Alex had a lot more in common than she thought.

They had never shared a conversation just by themselves so they never had much time to bond.

Alex and Chloe both took flight in different directions.

Alex looked back once more to see that Chloe was doing the same, they both quickly looked away and began to blush.

After another flight through the town he reached Emily's home, she was back home from working at the pet store.

He flew into the house to see Emily sitting on the couch, enjoying a movie playing.

"Hey Alex, you must be hungry, right?" Emily asked.

Alex nodded.

"Okay then." Emily smiled.

She sat up and walked to the kitchen and picked up a plastic bag with a scarlet macaw on it.

The bag was filled with nuts and seeds which she poured into Alex's food dish, she then filled up his water and put them back into the cage.

"Eat up." Emily smiled.

"Thanks Emily." Alex smiled but of course to her it was only a squawk but Emily could guess what it was.

"You're welcome." She smiled.

Alex then climbed inside his cage and began to eat the food.

As he did he also thought about that strange feeling he had around Chloe.

'Why was it just around her? What was that feeling?' Alexthought.

Meanwhile Chloe flew back to her own nest which was very close to pond.

She landed next to her nest and sat down into it as she began thinking about the strange feeling herself.

'That was so weird. Why was it just around Alex?' Chloe thought to herself.

After thinking about it for sometime they realized what it was and realization hit both of them like a train as they exclaimed in unison.

"I think I'm in love!"

I'll leave it here for now.

So Alex and Chloe are in love! How will Alice react? How they react to one another? How will they tell one another?

And just like always I hope you enjoyed.