Come Back Chapter 36: Amazed By You Ending, a rio fanfic

A large group of birds sat around tangent, wooden tables in the club. The club was like how it always had been. There were strobe lights, a small, wooden stage, a bar counter made of Popsicle sticks, a large dance floor, and a section of toy-size tables made for Barbie dolls. Three tables in the table section were touching together so that the group could stay together, like how big families that go to restaurants have the waiters put tables together so they could all be together. Sitting around the tables was a familiar blue family with some friends. All had gone out to celebrate the return for Jalin and Salvia. Well, almost all. The birds raised their plastic fancy Barbie-like cups as Blu gave a toast.

"I like to say on the behalf of all of us, we are glad that you both are back. It is great to see my son and daughter return to Rio."

"Hear here," chanted half of the birds present around the table.

They chugged their alcohol drinks and set their cups down. Jalin looked at the birds around him and smiled.

"Thanks guys," he said. "It's really well to see that I have real friends."

Pepito, the male Lear's Macaw Jewel found ten years ago and Jalin's best friend, smiled as he rested his upper body on his elbow on the table.

"So, it looks like you did get to travel, huh?"

Jalin grinned.

"I guess so."

"Where did you go? What did you see?"

"Yeah," expressed Rafael, a male Toco Toucan and Blu's reliable friend. "What was it like?"

Jalin rubbed the back of his head, thinking the best way to describe it.

"Well, I did see a lot, especially other cultures. I saw the difference between young human adults and older human adults. Basically, if you take Dad to be the young adult and Mom to be the older adult…"

"You mean they think down there," said Luis, a male Lear's Macaw and the stepfather to Pepito.

"Hey," defended Blu. "How many times do I have to say it? I only acted that way to get these two closer to each other."

Salvia, who sat next to Jalin, scratched her head.

"Thanks…Blu, but I want to be with Jalin for more than just his looks," she said and then smirked, "even though he's very handsome."

Jalin blushed at her comment. Pepito, sitting across from the formally new couple, cleared his throat.

"Well, what else did you see?"

"I saw the Golden Gate Bridge in the United states of America."

"The Golden Gate Bridge?" wondered Nico, a male yellow canary, who sat next to his mate Clarissa. "Man, Americans must be loaded."

Jalin shook his head.

"It's not really made of gold. I think it just cost a lot to build it."

"Oh," sighed Pedro, a fat red-crested cardinal, who sat next to his mate Maria. "That would've been cool if it was."

"What else did you see?" asked Maria, a female red-crested cardinal who was thinner than Pedro and had light blue eyes.

"I saw the University of Arizona. I think they are the ones that help NASA with their Mars missions."

"Interesting," commented Blu. "Did they have any museums about it?"

"Well, Tucson has mostly aviary machinery."

"That's true. Probably they were involved in the missile cri-"

Jewel covered his beak.

"Jalin, what else did you see?"

"Mexico City was a hassle to get through. It rained every thirty minutes for an hour in the afternoon. I didn't get to see the Aztec pyramids, but I did see San Carlos's nice beaches."

"Nice beaches?" wondered Fides, a Lear's Macaw and Pepito's biological mother. "They can't be as nice as here."

"Well-"

"Jalin, I wouldn't answer no," said Luis.

"I wasn't going to. I was just going to say that it was different. It's just a different culture."

"Oh, what kind of people did you see?" asked Eva, a Keel-Billed Toucan and Rafael's mate.

"Several kinds. Just don't go to where tribes are. They might try to eat you."

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Really?" wondered Pepito. "Thanks for the heads up."

"Yeah," said Pedro. "Man, humans are weird."

"Humans and birds alike," said Jalin. "I was hit by several birds, including a predator and a gay pigeon. I also got involved in beating up a gang of birds that acted like the Italian Mafia."

"Jalin, are you okay?" Jewel asked in a worried tone.

"Yeah. I'm alright, Mom."

"Wow, Jalin," said Pepito. "It seems you got stronger."

Jalin nodded.

"The whole trip made me stronger inside. It was just a way for me to experience a new like. You know, I think it meant something. Sometimes in life, you might have challenging, weird, or boring paths in our lives, but in the end of it, it is worth it after you realize your goal is what makes you happy for the rest of your life."

Salvia smiled and rested her head on the shoulder of Jalin.

"The road of happiness might be boring, but it will be worth," concluded Jalin.

"Well, I don't know if I completely agree with you there," said Pepito, "but it's great your back."

"You sound like Leoncio."

Pepito half-closed his eyes.

"Hardly. I would've said it more sarcastically and say something inappropriate as a joke."

Jalin thought about it.

"True," Jalin sighed. "I just wish Leoncio and Elena could be here."

"Yeah," agreed Salvia, who had lifted her head from Jalin's shoulder, "but their chicks need them."

"I know. Oh well. They're just missing out on the fun."

"Speaking on fun," started Salvia with a sly, sexy grin, "should we hit the dance floor?"

Jalin smiled.

"Alright. Let me show off my moves to you, my sweet Salvia."

Salvia giggled.

"Oh Jalin."

"If you all excuse us," said Jalin standing up and offering a wing to Salvia, "we're going to dance the night away."

"Not at all," said Blu.

Salvia accepted Jalin's wing with her wing and stood up. They walked to the dance area. Jewel sighed and rested her head on Blu's shoulder.

"Look at them. Young and in love. That brings back memory when we were young."

"… The good ones though," said Blu. "You know, not the time I got hit with frozen peas, or the time Leoncio trick me into touching sap and I fell off the tree."

Jewel just smiled.

"Well, I just thinking of things like when we first dance here or we talked about the past and opened up to each other…or the second time we walked out of here and stayed in one of Nico and Pedro's places."

Jewel had slightly blushed on the last part. Blu smiled, blushing as well.

"Yeah, those times."

Pedro, who was diagonal across from them from the side table they sat on, half-closed his eyes.

"And you had to do it on my bed. Not Nico's, but mine."

Jewel's blush continued. Blu faced Pedro.

"What can I say Pedro; you had a comfy bed."

Jewel's blush deepened.

Jalin and Salvia reached the dance floor and walked towards the center of it. They faced each other and smiled. The fiery song soon faded away as the Scarlet Macaw, who was a young DJ, spoke into the miniature microphone. A voice box amplified his voice.

"Okay. We're going to slow things down a bit with a couple's song."

The lights dimmed as the slow dance began. Jalin nervously looked at Salvia, but she just smiled. As a piano was heard as the intro of the song, she placed her wings around Jalin's neck. He felt more confident and placed a wing on her left shoulder and a wing around her right hip. The slowly moved their feet together with the melody of the song.

Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I've never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams

I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you

The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark
Your hair all around me
Baby you surround me
You touch every place in my heart
Oh it feels like the first time every time
I wanna spend the whole night in your eyes

[Guitar emphasis with background on drums]

During the guitar emphasis, Salvia rested her head on Jalin's chest and smiled. She whispered something only Jalin could hear.

"Jalin, I want to be with you forever."

A joyful Jalin looked down at his sweet Salvia.

"I do too, Salvia. Forever, only with you."

They came together for a passionate kiss as the song entered its final chorus.

Every little thing that you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Oh, every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you