Chapter Thirteen: Happy
Author's Note: Hey! Sorry for the short chapter, but I have some big plans for this story. I have been brainstorming it and I know of a few other adventures to this story (sequels). I am also writing two other stories from this one and Blu's Secret Admirer. I hope you guys enjoy my stories. I promise the next chapter will be longer. :)
Blu flew back into the aviary. He was trying to get back into the artificial jungle. When he arrived into the control room, he looked to the monitor. It was focused on Jewel in the hollow. It looked like she had cried herself to sleep again. I hope what I do next makes up for it. Blu thought. He left his gift by the monitor, and flew out to get an assistant to open the door. When he saw Linda, he squawked to get her attention. What is she doing here? He thought. Maybe as an official goodbye. That last thought broke his heart. His friend was about to be back in Minnesota, without him.
"Blu! Hey buddy!" Linda said. "I have some news for you." Blu was curious now.
"I'm staying here, Blu. With you and Jewel and Tulio and everyone else!" She said, excitedly. Blu's beak dropped. He started dancing. He was very happy that his friend was staying here, in Rio. Now I can visit here whenever I want. He thought. He then remembered the task at hand. He flew out of Linda's grasp, much to her disappointment, and flew into the control room. She understood he wanted to get back inside. She walked in and unlocked the hatch.
"Now, go get her, Blu." Linda said. "I'll see you later."
Blu grabbed the gift by the monitor, and walked into the aviary. He kept walking so he could keep his surprise behind his back in case Jewel came down to talk. She didn't, to Blu's slight relief and disappointment. Blu climbed the pegs, and stood at the hollow entrance. Jewel was standing there, tears rolling down her cheeks. She looked at Blu, and ran up to him. She hugged him very tight, causing his gift to fall out of the hollow. "Jewel, breath." was all Blu could say. Jewel let up on her hug, and kissed Blu. Blu wrapped his wings around her, giving her that same comforting feeling she always needed.
"I thought you left for good." Jewel said, digging her head into his chest.
"Jewel, why do you think the worst is going to happen?"
"Because that's been my life before I ever met you." She quickly replied. Blu felt guilty now.
"Well, you never have to feel that way again. I will never leave, no matter what." Blu said, pulling her into a tighter hug. Wait, I dropped my gift! He let go of Jewel, and flew down to the bottom of the hollow. Luckily, the gift was fine. Jewel was very sad that he left again. "Jewel, come down here!" Jewel didn't question. She wanted to be in Blu's embrace again. She flew down, not knowing what Blu had planned. When she touched down, Blu was hiding something behind his back.
"Blu, what are you doing?" Jewel asked Blu revealed the flower that he has hidden from her sight.
"Jewel?"
Jewel didn't know what to say. He had left to get her this beautiful flower, just for her. She thought he was leaving her. "Blu, it's beautiful." Jewel said.
"I'm glad you like it." Blu said. Jewel looked him in the eye.
"Okay, what do you want, Blu?" she asked because Blu looked eager to ask her something.
"Will-Will you," Here goes nothing. He thought, "be my wife, until death and forever after?"
Jewel had shock and huge amounts of joy flowing through her veins. He wants to be with me! Her head exclaimed. "Yes, Blu! I would want nothing more." She shouted, pulling Blu into a deep hug. She was so happy that you couldn't describe it. She released from her hug a little bit, and kissed Blu. She didn't know what to say anymore. Blu retreated from her hug and kiss, grabbed the flower, and put it in her crest feathers.
"Now, my gem of the world, I will be yours until the end and forever after." He said. Jewel was pulled back into a hug. A disco ball fell from the ceiling.
"Say you, say me say it for always
That's the way it should be
Say you, say me say it together
Naturally"
"Well, this seems familiar." Blu said. Jewel giggled.
"Yeah, but this time, I'm with you, and you're with me." Jewel said. Blu took her by the wing and waist, and started a slow dance. Jewel leaned her head on her husband's shoulder. To a happily ever after. She thought.
Linda was watching the whole thing. She didn't understand that Blu proposed to Jewel, but she understood that Blu was trying to make up for something bad, seeing the flower he grabbed for Jewel. Tulio walked in behind her. "Oh, Lionel Richie, works every time." Tulio said. Linda giggled at this.
"Not every time."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean the first time Blu and Jewel met." Linda said, laughing. Earlier that day, she had seen the footage and felt worried for Blu. Of course, Blu and Jewel's adventure was still a mystery to the two. Blu would tell them one day, though.
The song ended and they still continued to slow dance. "How did my fiance like the dance?" Blu asked.
"What's a fiance?" Jewel asked, pulling her head back.
"It's a word describing a bride-to-be. Why?"
"Oh, well we birds are married together as soon as the other one accepts the proposal." Jewel said. Blu's beak dropped.
"Well, I guess we don't need a wedding." he giggled.
"A what-thing?" Jewel asked.
"A ceremony that marries humans. I guess I didn't know better."
"Now you do." Jewel said, giving him a kiss. "Would you like to reask your question?" Jewel said.
"Oh, sure. How did my wife like her dance?" Blu asked.
"It was the best one so far." Jewel said, giving him another kiss.
