Chapter three
For the next two days, Julie and I practiced our songs, getting better as the days went on. Also, I have been thinking of a poem that I was going to give before I sang my song, but in secret. On the day of the feast, me and Julie woke up early, both of us excited about the feast. "Ready to sing?" Julie asked me, an excited gleam in her eyes. "I am, are you?" I asked in return. "As ready as I will ever be" Julie replied.
Julie and I flew out of our hollow, both of us humming our songs as we flew to the mango tree in search of our breakfast. We both found a mango that we agreed upon, so I clipped the stem with my beak and we flew back to our tree; both of us were ready to eat!
When we entered our tree, I quickly dragged the mango to our center area, which we were calling our "living/dining room". I and Julie quickly devoured the mango, both of us enjoying every bite. After we were done with our succulent breakfast, me and Julie decided to fly around the jungle till the feast started. As we flew out of the hollow, Julie started to ask me a question. "Will you be" Julie said before she started to tear up unexpectedly, then she just bolted ahead, her tears falling like liquid diamond. I quickly followed her, concerned about her.
I could hear her sobbing as I flew towards her, her sobbing making my heart wrench. "Julie, wait up!" I called up to her as I tried to catch up to her. Julie landed on a branch a couple of feet in front of us, tears still flowing as I landed beside her. "What's wrong?" I asked her as I looked into her eyes; I could see fear and sadness in them. "It's- it's nothing" Julie said as she dried her eyes on her wing, her voice shaky. "You can tell me" I said as I put a reassuring wing on her shoulder, letting her know that I was there for her. "Why haven't you left yet?" Julie asked me, her sadness clear in her voice. "Why are you asking me that? I would never leave you" I told her.
"Why did you ask me that?" I asked her, concern clear in my voice. "Because when I told some that" Julie started before she started to cry again, her tears flowing like a river; her fear was clear to me. "It's alright, you can tell me" I repeated, thinking of any way I could reassure her, an idea quickly coming to mind to show her that I care about her. Julie looked like she was about to start crying even harder, so I did my idea; I kissed her.
What I felt first was shock, but then she returned the kiss, both of us closing our eyes as we were lost in the moment, both of us able to taste the mango on the others beak. When we pulled away from the kiss, I opened my eyes to see Julie smiling, all sadness and fear gone. "Do you like me?" Julie asked me; she already knew the answer but I answered any way. "I don't just like you, I love you. I would never leave you" I told her. When Julie pulled me in for a hug, I could feel her happiness radiating off of her like a beacon. Julie pulled away slightly as she told me that she loved me as well.
We did not notice it, but a crowd had gathered around us. As soon as Julie confessed her love for me the crowd cheered, announcing their presence to us. Julie and I immediately started to flush, both of us embarrassed about so many people already knowing about our new found love. Shell, our neighbor, walked over to us and congratulated us. "You two make the perfect couple" She told us, a look of approval on her face. All of the other people walked over to us and started to congratulate us. After a while, the crowd flew away, leaving us alone.
I looked into Julies sapphire blue eyes, seeing and feeling all of her love for me. As we stared into each other's eyes, an idea popped into my mind for a new song that we could do. "Hey Julie, can we sing Remind me? It is a really good duet song" I asked her. "Sure, but you are going to have to teach me the words" Julie told me. "Okay. The words for your part are…." I told her as I started to teach her the song.