Chapter18

Just friends

the light shined through the dirty window of the car. You couldn't really look out of the car window and admire the sun since the car window was stained with mud and dirt and other sorts of dirty substances. Jaime should probably clean his car soon. The light of the morning shined through the trees that surrounded the car and shined onto the dirt path. The car bumped on the dirt path as Jaime drove over it, sending pieces of dirt and tiny rocks flying behind the car as they drove further down the path. Jaime had his seat belt on since he knew how dangerous it could be if you get in a crash. People think it's never going to happen, but there's always a chance. On the other hand, Blu and Jewel didn't have their seat belts on. Were they one of those people who didn't expect the worst, or maybe they just forgot to. Jewel leaned against the car window as the light from the morning shined onto her face. She rested her head on her wing and let out a sigh, Blu and Jewel hadn't had much sleep so they were pretty tired, but Jewel thought to herself.

"I can't be tired now," Jewel thought "Something bad could happen any second." Jewel was right about this. Blu sat close to Jewel, He sat up straight and was eyeing Jewel. Blu noticed that Jewel looked tired, maybe she shouldn't have come on this journey. But Blu noticed that he was a little tired as well. Jewel noticed that Blu was eyeing her. Jewel smiled as she noticed this. She quickly shot her head in the direction of Blu, she was right. Blu was starring at her with a curious look. This surprised Blu, he shot his glance in a different direction, but then Blu noticed that Jewel was smiling. At first, when Jewel shot her head in the direction of Blu, Blu thought that she was angry at him, Blu thought that Jewel didn't want to be stared at. Which makes complete sense. Blu slowly turned his head back to Jewel, Jewel still smiled at him.

"You seem so nervous, what's wrong," Jewel whispered to Blu with a smiled. Blu smiled at Jewel nervously. He wasn't nervous before, but now he was. The way that Jewel smiled at him just made him nervous.

"I'm not," Blu lied to Jewel. Jewel still smiled at Blu, she could hear a little bit of shakiness in his voice. Blu scratched the back of his head with his wing.

"So, do you still have feelings for Jaime," Blu whispered to Jewel nervously. Blu didn't want Jaime to hear what he was asking Jewel.

"Why are you so interested," Jewel asked Blu as her smile deepened. Blu turned his glance away from Jewel. He could feel his heart beating faster.

"Just curious," Blu answered quickly. Jewel noticed that Blu's voice became shakier.

"No, We're just good friends," Jewel answered Blu's question. Even though he already knew that Jewel and Jaime dated whenever they were kids. Blu felt happy to hear this.

"What path do I turn onto," Jaime asked Blu. Jaime hadn't seen a path yet and he thought that there might be several paths. Blu turned his head to the front of the car and looked at Jaime who sat in the driver seat.

"There's only one path, whenever you see one just turn onto it," Blu replied to Jaime. Jaime nodded when he heard Blu say this. His wings tightly gripped the steering wheel.

"Jaime, wake me up if I fall asleep," Jewel told Jaime. Jaime looked in the rearview mirror and saw Jewel. He noticed that she did look pretty tired, he could tell because Jewel squinted her eyes and bags were starting to form under them.

"Sure," Jaime smiled as he responded to Jewel. She smiled back at him. Jaime then focused back on the road. Blu seriously doubted that Jewel would be able to fall asleep leaning on the rough car. But Jewel surprised Blu when she slowly started to lean over. She rested her head on Blu's legs. Blu didn't know what to do, He just stared down at Jewel who now rested on him. His surprised look faded into a sly smile. He ran his wing through Jewel's feathery crown. Blu noticed that Jewel's smile deepened as he did this, but he didn't do it another time after he did it the first time. He didn't want Jewel to fall asleep just in case something bad happened. Jewel wiggled her head a little bit as she tried to get comfy. This made Blu's waist area tingle as he became excited. Jewel cracked open one eye and looked up at Blu, Blu noticed this. She was doing this on purpose.

"Uh, guys," Blu said to both of them confusingly. First, Blu thought that Jaime said this because he saw Jewel resting her head by Blu's waist, but apparently, that wasn't the reason. "There's another car," Jaime pointed out. Jewel's smile faded, and so did Blu's. But Jewel still rested her head on Jewel as she laid down. Blu stopped starring at down at Jewel and looked up. He noticed that Jaime had a worried look on his face. Blu stared out the front of the car, and he noticed what Jaime was talking about. There was another car driving towards them. Now, this wouldn't be a problem, that the car was driving in the opposite direction of them. You see, this dirt path had enough space for 2 cars to drive. Imagine there were 2 lanes to drive in, They drove in one lane and the other bird drove in the other lane, but that's the problem. The car that was driving was driving in the same lane as them, getting closer to them. Blu and Jaime immediately knew that something wasn't right. Jewel didn't see anything because she still laid down.

"Maybe he's just doesn't see us yet," Blu said trying to make himself think that nothing was wrong, and honestly, that's what Jaime wanted to do as well, but he expected the worst.

"I don't think so," Jaime said honestly to Blu. Jewel pushed the top half of her body with her wings. She placed her wings between Blu's legs and pushed herself up. This made Blu feel that feeling again.

"What's going on," Jewel asked both of them, but she didn't really need to ask when she saw the car in the same lane as them. Jewel was about to say something, but Blu beat her to it.

"Uh Jewel," Blu said, trying to get her attention. Blu turned her head away from the front of the car and stared and Blu "Your wings," Blu pointed out. Jewel looked down at where she placed her wings, she realized what Blu was talking about.

"Shouldn't you be enjoying it," Jewel said as she smiled seductively at Blu. Blu rolled his eyes at Jewel.

"Just go in the next lane," Blu told Jaime, that seemed like a good. Jewel's smile faded as she turned back to the front of the car, causing her wings to move again.

"Jesus," Blu thought to himself as he felt the feeling again. Jaime flicked on his turning signal and slowly shifted over to the other lane. But this didn't help. The car just did the exact same thing. Now they all knew something bad was about to happen. Jaime slowly pushed his talon down on the brake, causing the car to come to a stop. Everyone in the car shook a little bit when the car stopped completely. But the other car didn't stop at all, it actually started going faster. The car was getting extremely close to them.

"Put on your seat belts," Jaime told them quickly as he realized what was about to happen. Jewel moved her wings away from where she had them and put them and put them on the seat. She sat herself up. She then reached her wing over her shoulder and searched for the seat belt. She knew she found the seat belt whenever she felt a cold metal. She gripped it tightly and pulled it in front of her. Yep, this was the seat belt. Jewel looked down to her right. She was met with the thing that you put the seat belt for it to actually work. She pulled the seat belt towards the thing with her left-wing. She quickly slid the seat belt into it and it made a click sound. This sound met that the seat belt actually worked now. She looked over at Blu to see if he had his seat belt on. He had put it on faster than Jewel did and now Blu was starring out the front of the car. Jewel stopped looking at Blu and turned her head to the front of the car. Her eyes widened in horror as she realized that the car was a few inches away from smashing into them. Jewel closed her eyes in fear as she saw the car right in front of her. The sound of windows breaking filled her ears.