Ch. 35: The Proposal
written 2/3/13 modified 5/15/20
The sun began to rise in Rio de Janeiro, and in its beautiful, tropical forest it was the usual wake up routine for its inhabitants such as the early morning tune of Real
in Rio ringing throughout the entire jungle. For a certain female blue macaw, she woke up still a little shaken up over the ordeal that she had been through recently,
and she wanted to see her boyfriend who she felt was the only one with whom she could find true salvation from the incident. She felt it would be nice of her to tell
her parents where she was headed. "Mom, Dad, is it cool if I go over to see Dimas?" asked Pearl giving her parents a pleading look. "Of course." replied Jewel. "Yeah,
you two lovebirds go on out and have fun." added Blu. Pearl gave her Mom and Dad a kiss. "Thank you." said Pearl and she turned around to the entrance/exit of the
hollow and took off for her boyfriend's family's hollow. Her parents gazed after her as she disappeared from sight. Jewel turned to Blu. "Well Blu, she's finally grown
up." she said. "Yeah, she and her boyfriend went on their own adventure." replied Blu looking back at Jewel and remembering their adventure involving the
smugglers, Nigel, and their first kiss. "Not to mention being as beautiful as her Mother." Jewel looked at Blu who was still looking at her. She leaned in and gave her
mate a passionate beak to beak kiss that seemed to last for an eternity. When they finally broke the kiss, she looked Blu and smiled. "Thank you for that compliment,
meu amore." she said. "Anytime, I love speaking the truth." Blu replied. He pulled his mate into an embrace. "Come on, let's go back to the nest." he said. "Alright."
she replied and they both went back to the nest.
Dimas was in his family's hollow preening himself since he always wanted to look good for Pearl. Unknown to him his girlfriend was on her way over to see him. "Mom,
Dad, do I look ready for Pearl cause I'm gonna go see her?" he asked his parents. They both nodded. "Like your Father, you look very handsome." Eduarda stated
giving her son a compliment. "Yes, you look very presentable." added Abilio. "Okay, well I'm off." said Dimas and with that he took off. The minute he left the hollow
he saw his girlfriend, who ran into him with open wings. "Oh, Dimas!" she cried kissing him all over. "I missed you so much!" "I missed you too!" he cried back at her.
They both stayed in a solid embrace like they would never let each other go. Once they broke the embrace they looked deep into each other's eyes and smiled. "I love
you Dimas." exclaimed Pearl. "I love you too Pearl." replied Dimas. "Can I ask you something?" Pearl looked at him curiously. "Of course sweetie." she answered.
"What is it?" "Well I..I..I.., oh it's not the right time." explained Dimas. "Meet me at the Christ the Redeemer Statue tonight when the moon is full." Pearl was
intrigued by the thought. "Alright, I'm sure my parents will let me meet you there around then, but I think we should both just chill for today." she said. "I agree."
replied Dimas. They flew off to their family's hollows to kick back for the rest of the day. On his way back to his family's hollow Dimas was telling himself. "Tonight's
the night, I've gotta ask her, but first I must get the engagement flower." So instead of going straight back to the hollow he went out to get the engagement flower
for Pearl, the Blue Amaryllis aka the Empress of Brazil which is a breathtaking lilac-blue fading to white in the center. As they were very rare it took him almost an
hour to find one. On his way back to his family's hollow he said to himself. "It took a while to find this but my precious Pearl is well worth it."
Back at her family's hollow Pearl was trying to get her Parent's permission to go out and meet Dimas at that late hour during the night. "Mom, Dad, I know it's a late
time, but Dimas said that he had something very important to ask me." Pearl pleaded. "He said that he wanted to wait for the right time at the right place." Jewel
went wide-eyed, looked at her mate, and then back at her daughter. "Just let me speak to your Father for minute." said Jewel. "Alright, I'll wait right here." replied
Pearl standing right next to the hollow's entrance/exit. "Blu, it's probably just me, but I think that this meeting involves our daughter's boyfriend and a proposal of
being mates." she whispered to him. Blu was shocked to hear this. "Alright, that's fine with me." replied Blu. "I trust him to keep our daughter safe not to mention
that Nigel's dead." Jewel was surprised at how calm her mate was about this. "You sure you're okay with this?" she asked him one last time. "Absolutely." he replied
reassuringly. They both turned back to face their daughter. "Of course you may go and meet him." declared Blu. "Yes, you two have fun." added Jewel. Pearl was so
happy that she started to cry. "Oh Mom, Dad, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she replied crying into her Father's chest. He lifted her head up and looked her in the
eyes. "Please, don't cry Pearl." said Blu. "Your Mother and I just want you to be happy no matter what your decision." He helped his daughter wipe the last of her
tears from her eyes. "Go on." said both of her Parent's together. Then she took off in the direction of the Christ the Redeemer Statue with a full moon upon her.
Meanwhile, Dimas was waiting on the right arm of the Christ the Redeemer Statue for his girlfriend to arrive. He was getting more and more nervous as the wait kept
getting longer, then he heard fast flapping of wings. He looked over to see Pearl coming towards him at full speed. "Dimas, Dimas, I'm here!" announced Pearl. "So
what is it that you wanted to ask me?" "Well...I..I..." stuttered Dimas. "Come on Dimas, I'm your girlfriend you can tell me anything." stated Pearl giving him a
comforting pat on the back. "Okay." said Dimas who regained his confidence. "Here, this is the Blue Amaryllis aka the Empress of Brazil." he said kneeling down on
one talon and presenting his engagement flower to his girlfriend. He took up her right wing. "Pearl." he asked hoping he wouldn't be rejected. "Will you be my mate?"
Pearl felt a little faint, but she resisted the urge to succumb to that. "Yes." she said looking deep into her boyfriend's eyes. "Yes, I will." Dimas looked up at her with a
smile, stood up, and put the flower in her crown. They looked at each other for a brief moment, and then started making out. After a while of making out they looked
at each other again, and said to one another. "I love you, meu amore." They both stayed embracing one another under the moonlight, having never been happier.
Then about an hour later Pearl said, "I have to go home now, meu amore, or my parents will start to worry." "I understand let me escort you home, meu amore."
replied Dimas. With that they both flew off towards Blu and Jewel's hollow.
Jewel and Blu held each other in an embrace then broke it when they heard the sound of wings flapping in the distance. "Blu, I think that's our daughter." guessed
Jewel. "I think so too." Blu replied looking at his mate. Then they both turned around and sure enough they saw both their daughter and her boyfriend on approach.
The two of them entered the hollow. "Hello, Blu, Jewel." said Dimas acknowledging his girlfriend's parents. "I've come home to return your daughter to you safe and
sound." "Thank you, Dimas." said Jewel and Blu together. Then Jewel noticed the flower in her daughter's crown. "What's this?" she asked. "That is the rare, Blue
Amaryllis flower that Dimas gave me Mom." replied Pearl. "It's nickname also represents how I think of your daughter." added Dimas. "Oh, and what nickname is
that?" inquired Blu. Dimas took a deep breath. "The Empress of Brazil." began Dimas. "Oh, I also forgot to mention that it's her engagement flower." Blu went wide
eyed and Jewel almost fainted. They both shook their heads. "I'm sorry, it's what?" they cried not believing what they had just heard. "Mom, Dad, you heard correctly
Dimas proposed to me and I said yes." declared Pearl. "Well I'm very happy for you two." replied Jewel. "So am I." said Blu in agreement. "However, Dimas if this is
gonna happen I would like to talk to you tomorrow." "Yes sir." replied Dimas. "Well I better go home, my folks will worry about me." "Alright, I love you meu amore."
said Pearl. "I love you too, meu amore." replied Dimas. The two lovebirds shared a passionate kiss before breaking it. Then Dimas nodded at Blu and Jewel, said
goodnight, and took off into the night.
Alright this is the last chapter for real till May 21st so stay tuned.