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Chapter Ten: Caught Falling in Love

Eva the toucan spent the new night with her two best friends, Blu and Jewel, inside an aviary (which was something very new to her). Through the night, she had fun with the very birds that have been more family to her than anyone in the world (besides her parents), and the next moment in her life would also be known as the best one.

She, Blu, and Jewel were sleeping together on a pile of leaves, or at least Eva was. Blu and Jewel were glad to see her and her parents again, but when she asked if she could sleep over, they felt bummed because they liked having alone time. But they always liked her and didn't want to hurt her feelings, so they thought they could enjoy their time better when she would fall asleep. And when she did, Blu and Jewel opened their eyes, stood up, and smiled at each other when they saw her sleeping. By knowing that, they could do whatever they wanted together.

They started by leaving their sleeping spot, and moving to the stream. They stopped and sat at the edge, enjoying the remaining lights that were on. It wasn't much but it always looked like moonlights to Blu and Jewel.

"This is sweet, isn't it?" Said Jewel as she laid her head on Blu's good shoulder (since his other wing was still broken).

Blu replied, "Yeah. I just wish that these lights were as beautiful as the way you look."

Jewel blushed and repaid him with a little surprise hug attack. "Oh Blu, everyday when we're alone, I feel like we're all grown up, and that I keep falling in love with you more and more. You're smart, brave, strong, and always fun." So she then stood up to hug him from behind, and when that happened, Blu felt nothing but a gentle push, a complete massage, causing him to blush non-stop, and he felt both embarrassment and more in love. "Aww, Jewel. I love you so muuuch!" He yelled because Jewel pushed him into the stream. Blu got up shocked but laughed, and Jewel jumped in with him.

They both laughed, and continued playing around. Pushing, splashing, diving together, and then while getting out of the water, fallen Blu tripped on the edge, and caught Jewel while falling. Causing him to fall on his back, and have Jewel lay on her belly next to him.

"Whoa. Sorry Jewel. I-I'll get up now-"

"Wait." Jewel begged. "Let me look at you." She smiled, as Blu didn't, but felt totally relaxed. "W-Wow." They both sat up in their position for a while now, away from the pond, as it looked like their beaks were about to touch but then Blu said "Jewel...you have such beautiful eyes."

"Aw Blu, you're not so bad yourself." They both smiled as they nuzzled their beaks together. But as they were having their moment, Eva woke up from the noise. "Ugh! Guys would you please-?!" She stopped because she saw her friends weren't next to her.

She got worried a little until she heard giggling by the pond, and when she quietly walked to it, she was in for a real shock. She saw Blu and Jewel sitting next to each other, nuzzling their beaks, laughing. So Eva grew a smile, even bigger when she heard them both say "I love you" to each other. Then, as they thought things would get better, Eva yelled out, "Well! It looks like I was right. Oh, wait until Nico and Pedro hear about this!" Blu and Jewel separated and let fear control them. They stood up, still feeling cold from the water but hot from their blushing cheeks.

"Oh no." The only words that came out of Blu's beak.

"Eva, what are you doing up so late!?" Said the angry Jewel.

Eva protested while laughing, "Don't you think you're one to ask me that? I woke up from your playing and then I saw you two going at it like beautiful love birds about to kiss each other." Blu and Jewel couldn't help but blush even more, so they decided to talk it out.

Blu started. "Come on, Eva. We may like each other-"

Jewel, "But not that much."

"Right, and even if what you saw was true-"

"Not that we're saying it was."

"Right, could you just please not tell anyone, especially Nico and Pedro?"

"Or your parents? Please?"

Eva smiled and brought her wings open (showing that she wasn't gonna "cross her wings") and said "We'll see. But don't worry, I know how to keep a secret." Blu and Jewel sighed (despite them having doubts with their friend).

"Alright. Let's just go back to sleep then." Blu said as he placed his good wing on Jewel's shoulder and walked away from the stream. Eva then said, "Actually guys. I wanna see more of this 'aviary'. I wanna see if there are any more birds here."

"Huh? Eva, that's not a good idea, we can't-" Blu was trying to help her, but since Eva was very young, she was a bit of a troublemaker. So she flew around and found the small door and got out.

"Oh no." Jewel said, annoyed.

"Jewel stay here, I'll go get her."

"What, no I wanna help."

"I know, but I'm your boyfriend. I feel more comfortable doing more for you than the other way around. I love you." Jewel was frozen and touched by Blu again, but then she was even more shocked when he kissed her cheek. That was the first time Blu did something to her that involved a kiss. Blu then left through the door and went after Eva. As he felt, Jewel felt like she was turning red all over her body. She then dreamily spoke gibberish, and slowly dropped her body to the ground as she felt like she was just kissed by the most handsome bird on earth. Then things were about to get interesting for Eva. She didn't want to explore around, she just did what she did as an excuse to play with her friends more. The entire place was dark but she didn't mind since she knew that Blu would chase after her, and also that she had the advantage since she could fly and Blu couldn't.

Eva kept going into every dark corner, and high spot, trying to make sure that Blu wouldn't spot her, and it worked. She kept laughing as Blu got more annoyed. "Ugh!" Blu just couldn't take it anymore. When it came to Jewel, he kept trying, but Eva was another story. So he just sat down, laying his back on a pillar. Eva was on a high spot, quietly laughing seeing how cute Blu looked giving up.

She said to herself, "Aww Jewel, I am so jealous of you. I wonder when I'm ever gonna meet my one and only." Soon, a few minutes went by, and Blu was asleep while sitting, and Eva also yawned and thought playtime was over, so she flew and was about to wake up Blu until she heard music playing. It was coming from a radio that was turned on by accident by one of the workers (who was asleep).

What Eva heard from the radio was…"The Girl from Ipanema." She began to get into the slow rhythm of it, and enjoyed it a lot. Then as she hummed it, a sleeping toucan nearly heard her and woke up humming along with her. And when he stood up and opened his eyes, he was shocked to see his future wife. Because that other toucan was Rafael. He felt even greater when he saw the moonlight reflecting on her from one of the windows. The area was so bright around her, and Rafi loved seeing her dance and hearing her hum to the song. He felt he could just stand there and drool. Immediately feeling so in love.

Then as the music stopped, he wanted to say something to her, but couldn't find the words, then Eva stopped dancing and woke up Blu. He felt too tired so she placed her wing on him and they walked back to the artificial jungle. Rafael was shocked though, seeing them like that. "Could she be his girlfriend? A blue macaw and a toucan?" A tear began to come out of his eye. "I-I..." He tried calming himself down, and being the nice bird he always was, he had an idea. "Okay. Tomorrow, I'll go and talk to them, like a gentleman. N-Nothing to it." He felt so in love and was worried that she might have already been taken. So then, as the two made it back to the fake jungle, they noticed Jewel laying on the pile of leaves.

"Aww. There's your girlfriend, why don't you sleep next to her?" Eva suggested, and Blu was still so tired that he didn't listen to what Eva said.

"Huh? O-Oh sure. Good-Good night."

"Goodnight." She then gently placed Blu closer to Jewel, and smiled as she saw how cute they looked together, and when she went to her spot, she said again, "Jewel, I'm jealous of you. I still wonder when am I gonna meet my one and only." She then closed her eyes, and felt a small teardrop.

More Notes & Disclaimers:

• "The Girl from Ipanema": If you guessed the song from the radio was that, then you'd be right.

• "hummed": Keep in mind that maybe her humming wasn't like her singing, and she's very young right now.

Shocker, huh? Oh, and don't worry about Rafi and Blu. This misunderstanding won't be settled with a fight.