Chapter 25

Kids

"Daddy's awake!" 2 child voices screamed at the same time in the distance. Blu broke off the kiss with Jewel and looked over to his left in the direction of the door where he heard the scream. The door that leads to the wooden balcony was wide open. Blu could see a few small trees outside of the house he was in. The leaves on the trees waved in the wind. Blu didn't care about that right now though. What he noticed immediately was 2 small Blue Macaws flying towards him. He was kind of surprised by these 2 birds flying. He thought that they didn't know how to fly yet. Blu moved his wings away from Jewel as he stared at the birds the sped towards him with smiled on his face. Blu slowly stepped backwards, but it didn't help him. Blu screamed right before the birds slammed into him, striking him down on the counter. Carla and Tiago hugged Blu. A wave of pain rushed through Blu's body as he looked up at the ceiling of the house. Blu looked up at his kids who hugged him. Blu let out a sigh of relief.

"I thought they couldn't fly yet," Blu screamed to himself. Blu giggled when she saw the happy faces on her kid's face as they hugged their father. Bia shot up straight with wide-open eyes, showing that they had definitely woken her up. She was confused at first since when she fell asleep she was resting against Blu. Bia looked over to her left to see the morning light shining through the glass window behind the sink. Bia had a smile on her face at first.

"Daddy's finally awake," Carla screamed. Bia looked over to her right. She saw Tiago and Carla laying on top of Blu. Bia sighed and got back up onto her talons. She saw the pained face on her father as Carla Tiago squeezed the air out of him.

"Get off of him, you're hurting him," Bia told Carla and Tiago.

"Bia's right," Jewel said quickly after Bia "Get off of dad," Jewel said with a smile. They both quickly did what their mother told them to do. This allowed Blu to breathe. he took in a lot of air in one inhale.

"I was fine," Blu told them. Tiago quickly turned back around and stared at Blu with a smile.

"So we can hug you again," Tiago said to Blu.

"No," Blu said in a firm voice as he got up onto his talons "no," Blu said in a nicer tone this time since it might have frightened them the first time he said it. When Blu made it up to his talons he looked over at Bia. "So you can fly as well Bia," Blu asked Bia with a smile. Bia nodded her at her father in response and smiled at him.

"Yea," She said to him. Blu looked over to Jewel who had a smile on her face looking at him. Blu looked down at Carla and Tiago who stood in front of him. They both looked up at him.

"So," Blu said, "Who is in the mood for breakfast."

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"You know," Jewel said to Blu from the counter. Blu used his talons to pull open the fridge. "I've never had pancakes before," Jewel told Blu. Blu wasn't sur[rised by what Jewel had just told him.

"Let me tell you something, you are missing out," Blu responded to Jewel. Blu still held onto the fridge handle and peered into the fridge. He looked into the fridge and searched around for the pancake mix. "Bia are you sure that there's pancake mix in here," Blu asked Bia. Bia stood next to Jewel on the counter in the middle of the kitchen as she watched Blu search for the mix.

"Positive," Bia responded to Blu's question. Blu searched for the pancake mix again, but he couldn't find it.

"Maybe I need glasses," Blu thought to himself. Blu squinted his eyes and looked for the pancake mix once again. Blu knew that squinting his eyes wouldn't help, but surprisingly. Blu found the pancake mix. The front of the box pointed towards him. "Pancake mix," Was on the front of the box. "How did I miss that," Blu thought to himself angrily. Blu flew over to the pancake mix and grabbed in with his talons. Blu struggled to fly with the newly added weight from the pancake mix. He turned over to the counter and brought the pancake mix off of the shelve of the fridge. He flew as fast as he could to the counter but it still took him a while to get there. Blu hovered above of Jewel and Bia and the rest of the kids.

"Watch out," Blu muttered to Jewel and the kids. They all moved out of the way as they were told. Blu lowered the pancake mix onto the counter. He released his talons away from the pancake mix. It felt like a weight was just removed from Blu. Blu felt exhausted from just carrying that mix. Blu landed on the counter. He looked at Jewel and the kids who stood to his left. "So," Blu started "How many pancakes to you want Tiago?"

"Hmmm," Tiago hummed as he thought about it "How about 2," Tiago answered. Blu thought that 2 pancakes might have been a little too much

"Okay, what about you Carla. How many do you want?"

"I'll also have 2," Carla responded quickly.

"Bia, how many," Blu asked

"2 as well," She responded with a smile.

"Jewel," Blu said Jewel's name as he waited for her to tell him the number of Pancakes she would like to eat.

"I'll just have one," Jewel responded as she stared into Blu's eyes with a smile.

"Okay then," Blu said to them "I'll make them now."

"Blu," Jewel said to Blu to get his attention "Do you even know how to make Pancakes," She asked.

"Jewel," Blu said to Jewel with a confident smile "I make the best pancakes you'll ever eat

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Jewel used her talons to scoop a chunk out of the pancake. She stuffed it all in her beak. Jewel was really hungry. Jewel thought these pancakes were amazing. They were so sweet. The sweet syrup from the pancake dripped down onto the plate

"Enjoying it," Blu said to Jewel with a smile.

"These are amazing Blu," Jewel said as she still chewed the pancake in her mouth. She slowly swallowed the pancake after a while. "You really do know how to make pancakes," She complimented Blu

"Yea dad," Tiago said to his father "These are delicious." Jewel scooped up another piece of the pancake. The syrup ran all over her talon. She stuffed another piece into her beak. As Jewel was eating the pancake, she noticed something odd. there was another plate there with 2 pancakes on it, but no one was there eating it. Jewel swallowed the piece of Pancake that she was eating. She looked over to Blu and stared at him with a confused look. "Blu," Jewel said to get his attention. Blu was watching the kids eat. When he heard Jewel say his name he looked over to her. He stared at her and waited for what she had to say to him. "Why do you have more pancakes on that plate over there. Blu looked over to the plate that he put pancakes on and then turned his head back at Jewel. He was about to tell Jewel the reason for why he did this, but a noise interrupted him. The kids stopped eating and looked behind them from where the noise came from. Blu was confused, but Jewel and the kids weren't. Blu watched a door behind the kids open. It swung all the way open. Blu eyed the door closely. A few seconds after the door was opened, Linda walked out of the room she was in. She had her eyes closed when she walked out of the door since she was yawning. She stretched her arms out and opened her eyes. She immediately stopped moving when she noticed Blu was awake. At first, Linda thought she was dreaming, but everything was too real.

"Blu," Linda started "Is that you," She managed to spit out "and are you eating, pancakes?" Blu smiled and looked back at Jewel.

"They're for Linda," Blu answered Jewel's question.