Chapter 8: Bia's First Date

This takes place several weeks after the previous chapter, enjoy

Flying through the jungle on a cool refreshing day in the was Bia, the intelligent yet loving daughter of Blu and Jewel she had decided to go and visit the Bosqos dos Anjos to collect a few orchids to take back and decorate her room at home.

She flew through the dense canopy until the arrived in the grove and landed where there were many Spix and Scarlet macaws present as Blu had told Eduardo and Mimi about it which had encouraged more birds to visit it.

She made her way to the wild orchid are where she saw a few friends she'd made since moving to the Jungle.

Two of them with Spix macaws named Holly and Emma and the other two were Scarlet macaws names Charlotte and Lucy who were also Felipe's offspring

Holly was slightly taller than Bia had dark blue eyes and navy tips on the end of her wings while Emma had light green eyes and slightly darker feathers than Bia.

Lucy had light brown eyes while Charlotte had bright green eyes with a light fleck of turquoise in her left eye.

Bia walked over to her friends who all turned and smiled at her.

"Hi Bia, how are you doing," Charlotte said before giving Bia a friendly hug which she returned.

"Great thanks, I'm going to pick some orchids for my room, you guys want to help me?" Bia offered which her friends nodded their head before they took off and headed towards the wild orchid area.

They arrived there and luckily the orchids were all in bloom and ready to be picked, Bia and Lucy chose a pink and white striped orchid, Emma and Charlotte chose a dark blue orchid tinged with violet tips.

Bia placed both the orchids carefully into a small rucksack she'd made herself and then walked towards Holly and Emma who had picked and yellow and red spotted orchid for her which she placed in her rucksack. Bia then bid goodbye to her friends and flew back towards the Spix macaw tribe, she had just made it to the border when all of a sudden…

WHAM!

A macaw collided with her mid-air and sent her tumbling into the ground, luckily a large bush broke her fall as she fell onto her back, she groaned as she rubbed her side which throbbed in pain.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Bia opened her eyes to see a Spix Macaw who'd collided with here a few seconds ago standing in front of her with a concerned look on his face, Bia could tell he was a male by his voice.

"I'm fine, just try and watch where you're going next time as that hurt!" Bia said in an annoyed voice as she managed to use her wings to sit up and brush the dirt off her breast.

"Here let me help you up," he said, offering his wing to her which she grabbed and pulled herself up until she had a better look at the macaw.

He had the same coloured feathers as her dad except for his neck and head which were a turquoise colour while his crest feathers sprouted out and, he had dark green eyes and a grey beak and talons.

"I'm sorry, I was playing tag with my friends, and while out here I couldn't find my way back to the base, I kept looking around not knowing I was heading towards you," he said, a look of guilt on his face.

"That's ok…If you'd decreased your speed a few kilometres slower then the impact wouldn't have been less painful " Bia suggested to him which he smiled at.

"Thanks for the advice, my name is James Carvalho by the way, what's yours?" James said introducing himself. "I'm Bia Gunderson, nice to meet you," she replied politely.

"You too, look I want to make it up to you so, would you like to go and watch the sunset with me later," he said to which Bia cocked her head in curiosity. "Is he asking me out, this has never happened before?" she thought in her head before she looked at him and smiled "I would like that."

James smiled at Bia, "Okay meet me at the brazil nut grove this evening." she smiled at him before she picked up her rucksack of the ground and secured it to her back before flying back to her hollow, an excited look on her face. She landed in the main entrance to find both her parents, chatting to each other before they turned to see her.

Hi Mom, hi Dad" she said she set her rucksack down before hugging both her parents

"Hi sweetie, how was your day?" Blu said before setting his daughter down and tucking his wings away.

"It was great thanks Mom, I brought back some orchids for you, here I'll show you," Bia said as she turned around and opened her bag before gently taking the three orchids she'd collected and revealed them to Blu and Jewel who gasped in amazement at how colourful they were. "Wow they're beautiful, these should be perfect for our home."

"Thanks, mom, by the way, can I stay up a little later tonight?" Bia asked which Blu raised a curious eyebrow.

"Why?" he asked, curious at his daughters' request. "Well, I'm going to watch the sunset with a friend this evening," Bia said which made Blu and Jewel smile happily before hugging her happily.

"That's wonderful sweetie, who is it?" Jewel asked, excitement in her voice.

"His name is James." Bia said, smiling happily to which Blu looked in surprise while Jewel simply smiled, "That's great honey, what do you think Blu?" he looked at Jewel with a bit of concern.

"Hmm I'm not sure, isn't she a bit young to start dating?" Blu asked which Bia rolled her eyes in frustration

"Dad, I'll be fine, nothing bad is going to happen plus I'm old enough to make my own decisions," Bia said, trying to reassure her father.

"See, there's nothing to worry about dear, she can take care of herself," Jewel said before giving Blu a playful push on his side.

Blu sighed before looking at his daughter and smiling at her, "Ok, you can go but don't stay out too late," Bia's eyes lit up with joy before she jumped and hugged his waist lovingly.

"Thank you so much dad," she cooed, Blu smiled and hugged her back before she let go of the hug and flew up to her room. Blu smiled before turning to his wife who had a sad look on her face. "What's wrong dear," Blu walked over to her and wrapped a wing around her.

"I'm just sad that our kids are growing up so fast, they're not acting like hatchings anymore," Jewel said, resting on his shoulder, a tear welling up in her eye, Blu smiled before using his free wing to wipe the tear away from Jewel's eye and turning her head towards his.

"Hey it's okay, they'll always be our kids no matter how fast they're growing." Blu comforted her making her smile a little.

"Thanks, Blu you're always there for me," Jewel said before giving him a quick kiss which he returned.

"Right back at you love," Blu said before they both took off out of the hollow to enjoy the rest of the day

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It was approaching sunset in Jungle and Bia was getting ready for her date with James, she'd spent most of that time washing her feathers in the birdbath until they were sparkling clean.

She then preened her feathers making sure they were all neat and tidy before using a small comb she'd made to curl her head feathers up at the end, she quickly checked her reflection in her mirror which she'd brought from her hut back in Rio before fluttering down to the main hollow where her parents and siblings were chatting.

Carla noticed Bia walking over and tapped Jewel's wing making her and the others turn around and gasped in amazement at Bia's appearance.

"Wow Bia, you look beautiful," Jewel said as she wrapped a wing around Blu while Carla and Tiago walked over to her and hugged her

"Hope it all goes well little sis," Carla said, a touch of jealously in her voice that her sister was dating before her but she put it aside since she was happy for her. "Yeah hope you have a good time," Tiago added which boosted Bia's confidence

"Thanks, everyone, but do you think James will like me even though I'm a bit of a bookworm?" Bia said a little nervous only for Blu to place his wing around her and stroke her back soothingly.

"Of course James will like you, sweetie, it doesn't matter if you're smart, just be yourself and enjoy yourself," he said before kneeling and hugging her gently which she returned happily.

"Thanks, Dad, I'd better get going now, see you later." Bia then hugged her parents before taking off straight for the brazil nut grove to find James, still feeling a bit nervous.

Eventually, she spotted him sitting on a branch and flew over to him, she gently touched down beside him, he turned his head and smiled at the sight of her.

"Hi, Bia, wow you look beautiful," James said, making her blush and gaze happily at him.

"Thanks, James," she returned to James making him smile.

"Thanks, I got you a gift by the way," James then reached under his wing and took out a small indigo coloured flower which Bia gasped at in amazement, indigo was one of her favourite colours since she was a hatchling.

"James it's beautiful, thank you," Bia said before wrapping her wings around him pulling him into a hug, nuzzling his cheek affectionately.

James blushed at this action before he slowly moved his wings around her, returning the hug with a smile on his beak.

They broke the hug before Bia took the flower and placed it in her head feathers before turning back to face James who was gazing at her in awe. "well shall we go then, I know a very good viewing spot" he said, Bia nodded and the two macaws took off and headed for the viewing point.

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Soon they landed on a tree which gave them an amazing view of the sunset, the two lovebirds wrapped their wings around each other and rested their heads on each other as they gazed at the sun slowly dipping below the horizon, creating an orange glow in the sky which made it even more beautiful

"This is lovely," Bia sighed as she nuzzled her head on James's shoulder.

"Yeah, It certainly is." James sighed as he moved his wing around Bia a little more, pulling her closer.

"It's amazing how the sun is responsible for creating all life on this planet," Bia said before she quickly realised what she'd said and turned her head away making James look at her in confusion. "What's wrong?"

"Sorry I didn't mean to say that, I just like like to make interesting facts about things but most of the other youngsters make fun of me for it, do you think I'm too smart?" Bia asked James who smiled before gently turning her head with his wing until she was facing him

"Hey, I don't care if you're too smart," James said making Bia smile look at him in confusion, "Do you mean that?"

"Of course, it's who you are and I don't think you should be ashamed of it, you should be proud of it," James stated.

Bia felt all of that fear inside her melt away and without giving James a chance, she pressed her beak against his in a warm, loving kiss.

James' eyes widened as he'd never been kissed before but soon he slowly closed his eyes and returned the kiss holding Bia closer with his wings as they continued to make out.

Soon they broke the kiss, inhaling loudly as their eyes met before they both smiled at each other.

"I love you James, thank you for giving me the confidence not to be afraid of who I am" Bia while he smiled and stroked her head lovingly in return whispering to her soothingly: "I love you too Bia"

Both macaws continued to gaze at each other until the realised that it was already dark, they decided to stay for a bit longer to gaze at the moon and stars above them and shared one more kiss before deciding to head back to Bia's hollow.

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Bia and James soon arrived back at her hollow where her parents were still awake, they both touched down on the hollow's edge and walked over to them, both had nervous looks on their faces before Bia introduced her new boyfriend to them, "Mum, Dad this is James."

"It's great to finally meet you both" James said offering his talon out to Jewel, who smiled and accepted his talon shake without hesitation.

"It's great to meet you too, thanks for taking care of our daughter tonight," Jewel said, smiling happily at him.

"It was my pleasure, Mrs Gunderson" James said which made Jewel giggle slightly, "Please, call me Jewel." James nodded in understanding before turning towards Blu who had a small smile on his beak.

"So, you're the one who has won Bia's heart?" Blu said in a questioning voice which made James a little nervous.

"Yes sir, I hope you are okay with us dating?" James said before offering his talon out to Blu who happily accepted his talon and shook it politely.

"Of course I am, I want Bia to be happy so I will not be getting in your way and call me Blu," he said as James moved back next to Bia and wrapped a wing around her which made Jewel coo in happiness, "Aww you two make a cute couple," Bia and James blushed at the compliment, "thanks Jewel," he James before he looked out and noticed it was getting quite late.

"Well I had best get home now, see you again soon Bia," James said before he and Bia shared one more hug, "Bye James," she said before he walked over to the hollow exit and took off out into the night.

Bia turned around to her parents and yawned, her eyelids drooping slightly, "Goodnight mom, goodnight dad," she said before hugging her parents. "goodnight sweetie," they said before they laid down in their own nest and drifted off to sleep.

Bia then flew up to her own nest and gently placed the flower James gave her on the edge of it before she slowly closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep, a smile forming on her beak as she dreamed about being together with James.

That brings us to the end of this chapter, I will be doing chapters for Carla and Tiago later on so don't worry, hope everyone is enjoying my story so far and positive reviews are welcome.