Hello, I'm back again, and with me I have the fourth chapter of the magnificent story of "My precious Jewel"!
Sweet mama with maple syrup this chapter took like FOREVER to make. And it is looong. But I have my reasons to have lived outside of FFN and not have uploaded any new chapters. You wanna hear the reasons? No? Here they are:
1: Autumn break- I had no computer with me and if I had, I would still not have written any new chapters. When you're on vacation, then you're on vacation.
2: Lack of inspiration- Stupid writer's block... You know the feeling?
3: Lack of time- I have spent most of my free time on school, tests, various school projects such as a thriller and a information book, gaming, reading (fanfictions, mostly), watching movies, being with friends, some weird family-activities, being with my dog and updating my profile page.
That's all, I think. I'm still sorry for not updating, the reasons above are just lame excuses, I know. But I hope you don't mind a little waiting. This chapter would have been done yesterday but all of my writing time on Wednesday went on reviewing Corration's story. Unluckily, my 5000 word long review disappeared and I'm totally not doing it again. And the internet connection was fucked up today. Stupid computer... Meh, what you gonna do? But asides from that, the last days writing process went fine. And here it is! My new chapter on MPJ!
...If some of you wonder, this chapter has noting to do with the movie "Midnight in Paris". Or does it?
And for those who have commented on my story, I'm really touched by your works. You don't know how happy I get when I read your wonderful reviews. Keep it up! And as always, I'll answer on all the new reviews I've got. So be prepared...
Drako1997 fan: Heh, Yeah, I also think I'm getting better and better at writing stories. God bless the translator and language check-up (?). And you are always talking about Alice and Cloe. You must be a fan of them, that's still a little weird; they have in the end only like, two lines or something? But people have different tastes. Thank you for reviewing, all the kids around the globe reading this story thanks you!
rioblu1997: Best chapter so far, that's what you think? That's great! You do swim too? I go swimming two times a week, it's really boring but in fact, that's the place where many of my ideas are born! And about the kissing part: I'm a pervert, so are probably all of the romantic fanfict writers, so I try to put some cute fluff in every chapter. This chapter will then contain a little more than usual, that's why I have been waiting to write this part! The next chapters up, here you go, and you too have a nice time! Ps. Oh dear sweet momma, another fabulous review! I'm in heaven!
Drako1997
Mord44: Aahahhahhahhahhaa... Looks like I failed again in writing , whatever... The movie itself was awkward, and it was great that way. I try to make this fic as similar to the movie, with its jokes, atmosphere and characters. 'Cause I feel like to do it. And no, Blu and Jewel are not going to choke each other, I meant like putting the wings around each other in the area NEAR the neck. Fail. I just can't find the real words sometimes. Me and my weird language...
Drako1997 fan again: Your continuous nagging about putting Alice and Cloe in this story is getting a bit annoying. So I'm going to do as you say, in case if you shut up about them. They're going to be mentioned somewhere around chapter 10. Now please, no more asking about them OK? You're a really great person and probably my best fan and I love to get reviews from you. I'm not angry, I just don't get it why you don't do an own story when you have so many great ideas. It would definitively be great! Give it a try. And about your reviews... Keep them coming! See you later!
Zero2o1o: Poor Blu indeed. But as you see, it all went fine in the end! Did you read the other two chapters too? Because they're cool as well. Thanks for this review, hope you enjoyed your stay at MPJ, and its good story telling! :DD
The son of The Scarlet Macaw: Gee, are you really Scarlet Macaw's son? Ahaahahhaa... Anyway, Jewel's eyes are blue. But that freaking cover-art on the DVD-box made me dizzy. Why the hell do they always mix up with the eye colours? Stop messing with my head! Where was I, yeah... thank you for reviewing, I love to get reviews like this. This story is unique, not so many "fans" (if I really even have some) have told that the story is "unique". I thank you for that too. And BTW, you got a wise uncle. Heh
OmarBarria: Aw, thank you! It was nice of you to review, here's some more reading for ya!
Rarelygood: And I did! U happy? ;)
Zero2o1o: You know, laugh and grow fat... Ahahahaa... I'm fat... But anyway, thanks for liking and reviewing, I'll hope this ch will provide as much laughs as the previous one!
Zero2o1o: Thanks for the compliments, again, I really like when people like my stories and then they eventually like them so much that they write reviews because they liked the story which I like because what's not likeable with getting reviews? I came up with chapter 4 and I wrote it, not in a hurry trough. (It took over a month eh...) Here it is, hope u like it ;)
And this is where the story starts to get really cheesy. I hope you got a huge Rio appetite now, because I feel like to start this new sweet chapter! Let's dig in, shall we?
My precious Jewel
Chapter 4: Midnight in Rio part II
"So Blu, could you please give me a hint where we are going?" the eager Jewel asked. Blu shook his head, just as he did all the other three times Jewel asked about this. She just had no patience. But of course he'd probably do the same if he was in Jewel's place, it was thrilling with this mysterious surprise, but her continuing asking about the subject was getting a bit annoying now. The blue birds had after all walked about a half an hour and their legs started to get ache, and the night was at its coldest now. They had already bypassed the downtown Rio, and they were now walking on the narrow alleys in the outskirts of the city. Blu sighted before answering to the female macaw that was walking besides him.
"No Jewel, for the fourth time, I'm not telling you. It would ruin the surprise!"
"But could you at least give me a small hint?"
Blu let out a loud sight, making sure that Jewel heard it too and by that way, made her clear that he was getting annoyed at her constant asking.
"...Sight... Okay... I can say that you have never been in the place where going to."
"There went the bird club." Jewel thought.
"Are you sure?" She then asked with a doubt.
"One hundred percent."
"If we're not going dancing, then what?" Jewel pondered again.
"It can't be the same place as yesterday, nor the trolley. Heck, it can't even be Rafael's! Blu, why can't you just tell me where we're going? You're killing me!"
It was like Blu had just read her mind, because after she thought about different possibilities, Blu stated:
"Don't worry Jewel. You'll find out soon, and I know that you're going to like it."
When Blu finished his sentence, they turned left into the jungle, the Blue bird sanctuary, leaving the city behind. This utterly confused Jewel.
"Blu, I think you turned wrong. We're going to the jungle now."
"Then we are on the right way."
"But didn't you fear the jungle at nighttimes?
"Yes... But now when I'm here with you beside me, it's not that scary anymore."
They continued walking the narrow path that led deeper into the jungle. Blu had lied a little to Jewel. Of course the jungle was scary. He just didn't want to admit it to Jewel, as she would think he's a coward. The big and tall trees provided a spooky atmosphere that gave chills to Blu. One time, he thought he heard something behind him, but when he came closer to Jewel, his fears disappeared.
After walking another ten minutes in the jungle, Jewel got impatient.
"Are we there soon?"
Of course, again, Blu thought.
"Yeah, yeah... We're closer to it than we've ever been." He muttered. At this point Jewel realized that she couldn't crack Blu. He remained silent about the matter now and he would do so if she asked again. So she gave up the requirement, much for Blu's relief. And sooner than Jewel had excepted, they started nearer the destination. As Blu started to recognize the surroundings, he knew that they were soon there. So suddenly, he went behind Jewel and put both of his wings gently on her eyes, so that she could not see where they were going. Blu's abrupt act made Jewel startle.
"Blu, what are you doing"
"I want to tension you as much as possible until the end when we reach the surprise."
Jewel found this unnecessary as she still had no idea where they were going, but she let Blu do this because he clearly needed his moment.
They walked the last bit this way, Blu behind Jewel, telling her where to go. She almost hit a tree, but luckily, due of Blu's fast reaction, she avoided the collision. And when Blu saw the tall tree he was looking for, he stopped, and so did Jewel. Shortly after, there was a moment of silence. Neither of the birds said anything, Blu wanted to tease Jewel, and Jewel was too excited to say anything. This moment lasted until Blu decided to break the silence. He moved his wings that covered Jewel's eyes slowly away, and Jewel looked fascinated around her. She smiled first, but it disappeared when she didn't see anything. There was just the jungle, and a big tree. This was Blu's surprise? An ordinary tree? She looked back at Blu who had a devoted smile on his face.
"Hey, what's so funny? I don't see anything!" Jewel said slightly angry. This didn't affect Blu's mood thought, not at all.
"Look again." Blu said calmly and turned Jewel softly around, so that she faced the tree again. She did as Blu told, but how much she did look, the only thing she saw was a tree.ยจ
"BLU! This is not fun at all! Where's the surprise?"
Blu still smiled, but it dropped down a little as he saw that Jewel was getting mad.
"You haven't found it yet. Here."
He offered his wing to Jewel. She took it.
"I'll show you."
Without warning, Blu dragged her along with him. For Jewel's surprise, they didn't keep on walking; they started to climb the tree. Blu climbed first, he flew up on a nearby branch and gave his wing to Jewel. She took it and then he flew on the next branch. They did this until they saw a branch so far away that Blu needed something longer than just Jewel's wing. It seemed like a dead end.
"What'll we do now?" Jewel asked.
"Hmm... Let me think."
He looked around, but there was no other branched around. The one above them was the only choice they had left. Blu ran out of ideas, and he turned to look at Jewel when he came up with the answer.
"Jewel, I need your scarf."
"For what for? Jewel mumbled.
"Let me show you." he said and unwrapped the scarf. Instantly, when the scarf was removed, Jewel felt the bitter coldness of the night. She had already started to grow attracted to it. When Blu was done removing her piece of clothing he flew up on the branch. It was so easy, he thought. If only Jewel could fly too.
"Can you reach it?" Blu yelled from the branch. He held the scarf in his embrace and dropped the other side of it.
"Just grab it and I'll pull you up."
Jewel nodded.
"Okay." she responded and grabbed the other side of the scarf. When Blu felt that she had grabbed the clothing. He started to pull up. Soon he realized that it wasn't going to be as easy as he had imagined.
"For a little bird, she must weight a ton!" Blu thought. He looked down at the pretty bird who was hanging below him. She seemed to do fine although she held the scarf with only one wing.
"Or then it's juts me who's weak. It must be that."
"...Although I have no idea why we're even going up here." She continued when Blu was almost finished pulling her up. He then almost let go, and for a horrifying moment, Jewel thought she was going to crash yet again. But Blu regained control with no psychical damage. With one final sight, he succeeded to Pull Jewel up. Jewel decided to not complain about him getting her almost wounded, but she would definitively not be doing this again. Blu, who ere totally exhausted fell down on the branch and gasped. After he caught his breath, he stood up. Jewel, who had only studied the surroundings and hadn't even looked behind her, resumed her speech.
"So... This is your grand surprise? A tree?" she asked her voice filled with sarcasm. Blu cleaned the dirt on his wing that he got from the dirty branch and answered to Jewel.
"No Jewel dear. Look behind you."
Still a little frustrated, Jewel did that, and, what she hadn't excepted, saw a hole in the tree. It seemed to lead into a little space, something that could easily have called "home". She slowly walked to the opening and looked in. She was even more amazed when she saw the inside of the tree. It was filled furniture's. Behind her, Blu had a happy smile on his face. She walked behind Jewel and put his wings around her waist.
"A tree? More like a tree den." he resumed from where Jewel had left her previous speech. Jewel faced him astonished.
"Oh my god, this den is sooo amazing! It's so beautiful..."
She was so amazed about the place that she seemed to get paralyzed on the place just by looking at the fabulous den. Blu just smiled to her.
"...But..." Jewel said slightly sadly. Blu's smile dropped.
"But what? Is there something wrong?"
Jewel looked around sorrowful, avoiding his glaze.
"I'm not sure if we can be here. Sure, I'd love to stay, but someone clearly lives here."
She faced Blu.
"And if they find us they'll-"
She was stopped by the hushing Blu. He looked at Jewel straight into her crystal-clear eyes, as they exchanged looks.
"Jewel." he began with a serious tone.
"You can go and look around as much as you want."
Jewel seemed confused about Blu's sentence. She didn't clearly understand what he meant.
"Wha... what do you mean?"
Blu sighted. He then put his wings on Jewel's shoulders as they once again made eye-contact.
"Jewel... We can be here as much as we want. Don't fear, no one is going to interrupt us. No one."
Jewel seemed to realize the truth now. The surprise... Suddenly Jewel had some big thoughts what it was going to be, and if she was right... She seemed to run out of words just by that thought.
"You mean... That... That..." she said with a low voice, filled with eager. Blu nodded as he knew what Jewel was trying to say.
"Yes, you guessed tight. Jewel, this is our den. Welcome home."
Jewel just stood there, without saying a word. She couldn't find anything worth to say. So many emotions displayed in her head. Happiness, chock, surprise, but mostly happiness. She didn't know what to do. Laugh manically, or cry of joy? She didn't choose neither. She suddenly ran towards Blu and hugged him. Blu was surprised by this and almost lost his balance, but he managed to hold it and hugged Jewel back. They embraced each other in a tight, loving, warm hug. Jewel couldn't let go of him. He had done something so wonderful, that she just couldn't do it. Blu felt a couple of tears that ran down his belly. Jewel cried, of happiness hopefully, and it was completely acceptable. He had counted on that. Finally, after some minutes that felt like years, Jewel loosened the tight grip of Blu, and slowly let go of him. She looked at him with her tearing eyes. She was so delighted that she still couldn't say anything. But she saw that Blu understood this. After all, a simple glaze can be more worth than a thousand words. They looked each other in the eyes and exchanged eye contact for a minute, until Blu broke the silence.
"So, did you like the surprise?"
A tear fell down Jewel's cheek as she nuzzled Blu and answered.
"Oh Blu! This is the greatest surprise ever!" she said with enchanted eyes.
"Well, I had this feeling you'd like it." he answered and scratched the feathers on his head. They were close to each other; they shared the warmth provided by the love of two lovebirds. But when Blu looked again at his love, he saw that she still seemed pondering about something. She opened her mouth and spoke with an unsure voice.
"I still can't believe you did all this for us." she began. Blu listened carefully to her words.
"But... I still have no clue how you managed to do all this... When did you start...? And how did you build this all... Too many questions-"
She was interrupted by Blu who hushed her down.
"Ssssh... I'll tell you everything later." He said and gave her a heart-warming smile that Jewel found unresisting. Her eyes told Blu to go on, thus, he did.
"But now I'd like to show you around. What do you think?"
Jewel was eager to know the origins of this whole nest, but a guide by the grand designer didn't feel bad either. After all, this would probably be their place for the next five-to ten years.
"That sounds nice too." Jewel said slightly implausible, and before Blu could draw any hasty decisions, she corrected.
"Erm, I mean... That would be great, fantastic to be honest."
Blu looked at her oddly, but soon forced his ordinary face back. He nodded.
"Then let's go." he said, and led Jewel to the insides of the fabulous nest of theirs.
Soon, the mini tour was over. Blu had shown every single spot in the nest and Jewel had paid attention to every one of his lines and explanations. He had shown him the over-big table in the middle of the nest. The table was actually a tree stub that Blu had found in the woods. It just raised further question. Blu was just shown to be weak, and now he seems to have super-human strength. But Jewel didn't bother to ask, as it was unneeded, and the answer would have probably been just silly. The stub was gigantic, and this time Jewel did ask about it. Blu's comment to the size of the furniture had been "just in case of". Then there were the small pot of flowers near the stub, the flowers were mostly some ordinary ones, found in the jungle. But Jewel found it beautiful and thoughtful. And lastly, there were the bed, made of hay and grass. It was in the corner of the room, protected by small leaves fastened on a thin string. It worked as a curtain. Blu said that "it could be handy at times". The bed felt really comfortable, and Jewel really did wait till she could sleep trough the night on it. Blu said that if she wanted, they could test it right away. She wanted, and so they did. And now, the two blue birds were sitting on the bed. In Jewel's opinion, it was the most pleasant bed she'd ever touched. It was true, sort of. But maybe a part of the magic in it came from the one that would sleep next to her on it. THAT was the real magic.
They both sat there a moment. Jewel was softly bumping the hay, testing its flexibility. Blu thought it was funny to watch; she had never seen Jewel this exited, and it was wonderful. His surprise seemed to have worked, and it made him proud of itself. But there was still the best thing left. He still got one ace up his sleeve. He rose up, but Jewel pulled him back down, and he landed on top of her. After quickly regaining consecution, he saw Jewel's funny face looking at him. He hasty rose up just to see that Jewel's face had now turned more serious than before. Instantly, he thought he had done something wrong, but it showed to be not exactly like that.
"Blu, I still want to know... How you found this place. You haven't told it yet."
Blu quietly sighted in relief. His ace had to wait a little bit longer now. Whatever.
"Okay." he finally said. Jewel expression told him that this was something she really wanted to hear.
"I guess I can tell you now. It's not a long story, but I hope you like it."
And so he told the story of the nest.
The sun had already risen when Blu reached the Blu bird sanctuary. It shined with brightly and warmed the whole jungle with its sunbeam. It sure felt great to just fly around, soar in the skies of Rio on a warm day, Blu thought. He flied a little further before he started to alight. He saw a nice looking branch and decided to land on it. He landed roughly, but didn't get hurt, at least so much. He had still a lot of practise to do. Luckily, when Jewel was able to fly again, she could teach him a little about flying. When the slight pain was over, he stopped weeping and looked around. He was high, about 60 feet from the ground. From here, he could see almost the whole surrounding in all its glory. Also, he could see if there was some fruit bearing trees around. And after a while, he saw some trees with mangos and grapes- a good start. So he flew there, just to find out there were nothing he could put theme into. Without a bag of some sort, he could not transport the fruits. He memorised the spot and flew further into the jungle, in search of a big leaf.
Eventually, after Blu found the leaf and returned to the place with the fruits, he was done in no time. He hadn't just picked up the fruits he just had found, he also found some oranges, nuts and berries he didn't exactly know, but he guessed they were eatable. He had done the breakfast in just half an hour. It had been much easier than he had thought. And now he could return to the facility, to Jewel. He was already hungry, and he knew Jewel was too. After a long time of packing all the food into a neat pile that fit in the leaf, he was ready to go. The leaf weight much, but not too much, because Blu, a weaker bird than the rest of his species, was able to carry it. He took of from the spot on the ground where he had packed his things. His flying looked clumsy and probably very embarrassing so he increased his speed, but failed, resulting that he dropped down. He tried to fly higher again, but the leaf weighted too much. But he couldn't let it go. He had put too much effort on it, plus, he was too hungry to go and get a whole pack of new food. And who knew if he would even find some? He closed his eyes, ready for one hell of a crash. Unluckily, or luckily, he flew trough a hole in a tree in a mistake. He hit the wall and fell on his back, the leaf still in his beak. He let it go and rolled on his belly. He quickly studied the place he had crash landed into, and saw that it was an empty space inside the tree. It was big and looked pretty. And best thing trough; it looked uninhabited. He stood up and gave the nest another look. He walked around the place, studied the room. The hunger and hurry he just had had completely disappeared. It was replaced with curiosity and eager.
He looked around a second time, and after he was done, he walked outside. The hole, that he had flied trough, led into a branch. The tree had many neat branches, and formed an easily climbable terrain. The tree itself was a tall one. The nest must be at least on a high over 25 meters. And it wasn't even at the top of the tree. There were still some branches on top of Blu. The view had to be breathtaking from up there, he thought. He went back inside. There were absolutely no signs that someone lived there. It was a perfect nest, yet deserted. It would make a perfect home, for, let's say, two Spix macaws. And that's how Blu got the magnificent idea...
"...And that's how I got the magnificent idea!" Blu said and finished his tale. Jewel looked stunned in awe.
"You mean that you found this place in a coincidence?"
Blu nodded. Jewel gasped, but stopped. She seemed to still have some unanswered questions.
"Wait, you didn't explain how all this furniture's got here. You said they weren't here from the beginning, that the room had been completely empty when you got here?"
"Yes, that's right." he admitted.
"But how did they get here? You did this all in only a couple of hours."
"That's also true. These furniture's came here when I brought them here. They are all made from material found in the jungle you see?"
Jewel looked at the nest, and found Blu's words true. She had of course seen it, but hadn't thought that Blu had done them all so fast. He sure was a great carpenter and a thoughtful and fast one too.
"So you mean that you got the food, found this place, and found some furniture's in a less than three hours?" She asked, just to be sure.
"Yeah, I did, but it was so little. Peace of cake." Blu answered a little boasting. But Jewel thought that Blu's efforts had been more than loveable. It could have been easy, but how easy as ever, the surprise had been the best she ever got.
"This is not just little Blu. This is the best thing you've ever done, for us, and I will always remember it, no matter what."
Once again, Blu felt happy and fulfilled. So he cracked into an ever so joyous smile. Now when he had told Jewel about his morning renovation, he could reveal the grand finale.
"...I really love this place." Jewel said before Blu could say anything. She rose up from the bed and began walking towards the opening of the nest.
"I wish I could spend more time here but..."
She turned towards Blu who was still sitting on the bed.
"If we're done here, I think we should get going." she said happily, but with a slight touch of sorrow. She didn't want ton leave yet, Blu knew it. He didn't want to do it either.
"But no one have said about leaving yet." he said. With those words heard, Blu rose up and walked nest to Jewel and put his wings around her body. What she didn't know was that Blu had still one surprise planned for her tonight.
"I still have one small surprise for you. Don't you want to see it?" he asked kindly. Instantly, Jewel's mood returned to her normal.
"You do?" she simply asked.
"I do. I can show it to you. But before that, you better take on your scarf."
Jewel nodded and accepted the warm scarf that Blu offered. They were going outside, for sure. When she was done, she saw that Blu had moved outside again. She slowly walked to him. He seemed to be looking at something in the sky. But when Jewel glazed up, she didn't see anything but stars. Of course, Blu could just be looking at the same ones too, but she didn't know. He hadn't looked at Jewel yet, but he had noticed her presence.
"Pretty beautiful huh?" he suddenly asked, causing Jewel to flinch.
"Yeah, they are some beautiful looking stars." she answered. They left the stars alone and shared eye contact. Soon, Blu realized that time was running out. And he wanted to do one more thing before going back to town.
"Jewel, I was wondering... If you still wanted to do one thing tonight... With me." he said with a pause before his last lines.
"Yes... What is it?"
"You'll see soon my love. Now grab one of those wines." he said and showed her one of the wines hanging by one of the branches higher up. Jewel looked at the unstable looking rope and then at Blu again.
"I... Think I'll pass." she then said, shocking Blu.
"No, no, no! Don't fear. I'll use the same mechanic that I used back then when I helped you up here. I put the wine there. In fact, that's where I found out the idea an hour before. Remember? It was all safe and sound?"
"I don't think so. The time before you almost dropped me. That's not safe for me." she pointed out. "That was a mistake. And now..."
"No, I'm not going on that thing. I don't think the surprise is worth the eventual bruises and pain."
Blu sighted a bit annoyed.
"Please...Can we just..." he said and sounded annoyed, but regretted his tone and changed it to a more comfortable one.
"Ah, come now! Just trust me."
Jewel didn't care for Blu's caring tone but she couldn't help but look at him. That was a mistake as his begging eyes was irresistible. She let out a loud moan and gave up. She grabbed the wine.
"OK. But this day is too good to end by falling down a tree. And if I do..."
"You're not going to fall down." Blu said and hushed Jewel down. He then flew up on the branch where the wine was fastened.
"You ready?" he yelled to her down below. She held a tight grip of the wine and looked down, just to see her dangling 15 meters over the ground. In normal occasions, she would not be scared. No bird, with Blu for an exception in the beginning, were afraid of highs, but when a unsure little fellow like him were pulling you to the very top of a tree and had already almost failed the same day, then you could fear. She gulped.
"No."
Then Blu started to pull her up. She was heave for Blu, as heavy as she were a moment earlier, but he had Jewel's trust and didn't want to screw it up. So he managed to pull Jewel up the branch without any further problems, just with the power of willpower. He took a moment to catch the breath, but when he was about to rise, Jewel helped him up.
"Thank you." he said hasty and gasped a little more air before joining Jewel in whatever she was doing. Jewel was watching at the surroundings. They were now at the very top of the tree, and it sure was a long way down. But if you didn't count the frighten you got in high places, the whole setting up there was amazing. From there, you could see the whole jungle, and even a bit of the city with its lights in the horizon. A very romantic place for sure, and that was exactly what had caught Blu's attention when he first saw this place. It had been daytime back then, but with some complicated calculations, he had found out how the sky would somewhat be at night. And his computations had been right. Blu walked over to a spot on one of the branches and whistled to Jewel, who was in caught in her dreams. She stopped trough the star studying when he heard Blu and turned towards him.
"Hey Jewel! Care to join me?" he said and clapped at the spot beside him. Jewel walked over to him, and seemed to be utterly out of words. She seems to have a lack of dialogue today, Blu thought. Jewel was still locked at the environment, and mostly, the clear star-filled sky.
"I-I... I ran out of words again. This place is just so... Beautiful. I didn't know you even had time to search for-"
"I didn't." he interrupted.
"I just happened to see this when I was leaving, and I couldn't just ignore it."
Jewel gave him one of her heart-melting smiles that made Blu's head all twirled and dizzy. It was her trademark, besides her eyes, and he remembered them as being one of the biggest reasons he fell for her back then. How can little details do such a big impression at a little animal like he?
"Thanks Blu. You're so sweet." she said lovingly and lowered down until she finally laid down on his arms. Blu's heart jumped in his throat again, at least that what it felt like. He then relaxed and put his wing around Jewel's side, stroking her soft and suave feathers. Then they remained in that position for almost an hour when they just enjoyed the others presence and the starry sky. It was a magical moment.
"Can you see those stars? They form a constellation named Aries, you see it?"
Blu and Jewel was now laying, wrapped in the others wings. They were watching stars and recently, after an almost perfect silence that lasted for one hour, Blu had stared to talk about constellations in the zodiac, which Jewel didn't quite understand. Heck, in fact, she had almost no idea what Blu was rambling about. But she tried to sound interested and knowing, but it wasn't so easy compared to the 'bird-genius' next to her. At least they were having a great time, but Jewel was getting drowsy of Blu's speeches. If he wouldn't soon stop, she'd fall asleep. Not that she would be sleepy, no, she just didn't catch everything Blu told her. And the thought that she had to listen more of explanations like this in the future wasn't enticing.
But as Jewel didn't want to act rude, she nodded and tried to sound like she understood. She didn't want to hurt Blu's feelings as he seemed to enjoy teaching nor did she want to seem completely stupid compared to him.
"Hmmm... Yes... I think I'll see it." she then answered lazily when she didn't come up with anything better to say.
"That's nice. Seems like you are starting to get some education eh?" Blu answered joyfully, which Jewel answered with an "Hmph".
"Yeah... Sure."
Blu stopped studying the stars and gave a look at his partner. Jewel was starring at the skies with a small smile on her face. She on the other hand didn't see him looking at her and due that, she didn't bother to stop watching the sky. With a smile on his face, he returned to his star-studying and after a short moment, he saw another interesting constellation.
"Hey Jewel? There's another one." he said and pointed at the sky, trying to show Jewel where he saw a shady shape of something that reminded a man as Blu saw it.
"That's Orion, or sometimes called the hunter. It's probably one of the most recognized constellations in the night sky, and pretty hard to miss."
After seeing where Blu was pointing, she narrowed her eyes and looked closely at the stars. But as usual, she didn't see anything but the usual, sparkling stars in the sky.
"Look, Blu, could we please do something-"she tried to ask him, but her begging was stopped by Blu who loudly pointed out his newest found.
"Hey, there's another!" he said full of eager, but in his star filled night-dream, he didn't hear that Jewel was going to say something, and thus, interrupted her. At this point, Jewel knew that the stars would soon pop out of her ears if Blu didn't stop, and decided to go a more straight lined strategy. Blu was just going to resume, but was stopped by Jewel who rolled over him. She embraced him in her wing, as the other one was broken, and lowered her beak so that it was just some centimetres away from Blu's. Blu was caught at surprise due Jewel's sudden act, but realized that it was to no harm.
"Could we just talk about something else but stars?" She said lovingly.
"Who cares about them when we have each other?"
Blu put his wings around her body, and pressed her closer to him, so that their beaks touched.
"What would you like to talk about then?" he asked funnily and was answered by one passion-filled kiss. They both had their eyes closed and enjoyed the felt of each others tongues. They savoured the tastes of the partner; Jewel tasted like sweet passion fruit combined with the morning breeze. Blu liked that and took advantage of every second of the kiss. Blu on the other hand tasted like chocolate mixed with some sweet, sweet, exotic spices. What felt like an eternity lasted in fact only under twenty seconds, but when they parted, they both felt complete; complete and out of air. When they were done catching the air, they looked each other in the eyes with their blushing faces and smiled.
"You are a great kisser." Jewel said and giggled. Blu rolled over so that Jewel was now underneath him and replied:
"That scarf suits you. It makes you even hotter. Literally."
Then they kissed again. They kept on kissing in random occasions, sometimes they stopped and then they kissed. Blu felt Jewel's scarf tickle on his chest, but it didn't matter. This was the first time the birds made out, and it was a moment Blu would always remember. So many great moments happening in such a short time, he thought. They continued until Jewel rolled over again so that she was on top again.
"Blu..." Jewel began, panting, when they had a longer break to get some air.
"What is it Jewel?"
"Why do you exactly love me?" she asked out of the blue. Blu didn't see the question coming and wasn't so prepared for that.
"What do you mean by 'love'?" he then said without thinking further about it.
"I mean the things that caught your eye silly; the ones in my look or personality etcetera that made you fall in love with me. You know those things?"
When Blu didn't answer right away, she became shocked when she realized one possibility. Quickly, she moved her beak away from Blu's.
"Do you... Do you mean that there's nothing to love in me?"
Now Blu also got shocked when Jewel even said things like this.
"No! Of course there are things I especially like in you!"
He took his time to think over before beginning. But this time, finding the words wasn't as easy as he first hoped.
"Hmm... What I like about you... I like your... Singing voice, it was completely adorable. It was totally the only plus part of the samba song when we were at the club back then."
"But with time, I realized that samba isn't that bad. And whatever I do, I'm not going to change the fact that it's the main song style around here." he thought when he thought about other things.
"I like your... Look. You must be the most gorgeous bird ever created. From top to toe, from your beautiful face to the wings and chest and all the way down to the sexy, curvy back of yours. "
As Blu talked, he moved his wings on her side as he spoke. Jewel blushed when she heard this, and even more when Blu's wing reached her back. But it wasn't so visible because she was already blushing.
"Do go on." she commanded and Blu did, and now the words started to come out of his mouth faster as his inspiration flew around.
"I also like your personality. I don't know why but a free-minded, wild Spix macaw just feels right for me. And I really love your kisses. Oh my god, the kisses... And those eyes..."
They shared eye contact and were just about to kiss when Blu interrupted again.
"But hey Jewel, I'd like to hear something good about myself too. So the compliments..."
Jewel put her wing on Blu's beak before he said another word.
"Why bother? There's nothing I don't love in you."
"That's not exactly true..." she thought, but she didn't care now. It didn't matter so much.
"I love everything in you. From your handsome look to your excellent way to talk to your caring nature. And those mesmerizing eyes. I just... Love them."
She lowered her beak and slowly closed her eyes and got ready to another kiss. But the kiss never came as Blu suddenly opened his eyes and pushed her beak gently away. Jewel also opened her eyes and looked at her love. His eyes were dead serious.
"I would love to keep kissing, but the clock is much. We gotta get back home."
Jewel knew that Blu was right. They had to be back at the bird research facility in good time, before Tulio would eventually come to work. She could not stand to be scalded again.
"Shall we?" Blu said when he had stood up and walked next to Jewel. She nodded.
"Let's go."
They then silently walked to the vine and lowered down to the level where the nest was. Jewel looked again inside. She would miss the place. She had no idea how she could live another day in the facility, knowing, that a paradise home was waiting alone in the jungle for them to come. Blu landed and walked up to her. He saw that a single tear dropped from her eye. He felt pity for her. After all, this was their future nest, and Blu could not come up with anyone who could leave a new built house just for itself, knowing that anyone could coma and claim it to be its own. Without hesitating, he put his wing on her shoulder and comforted her.
"Are you sure it'll be all right?" she asked sadly without looking at Blu.
"Of course it will. Cheer up!" he said. Jewel then turned around and looked at him with eyes that clearly said "how can you be sure?"
"When you're healthy again, we can come here straight away. It won't take long."
Jewel sobbed once and became happier.
"Let's hope so."
They walked away from the entrance, leaving the hole for itself. With a final look before following Blu who had already flown down, she sighted.
"Keep well. We'll come back soon."
Then she started climbing down the tree, following the blue bird that left already.
After a long, cold walk in the night, they reached the facility. The clock was something near four in the morning, and the both birds felt both satisfied. But the day had started to take its dept, and both of them were drowsy and sleepy when they came to their destination. Blu really needed to get some sleep. His day had been hard and had taken much of his powers. If he wouldn't get sleep soon, he'd fall asleep; if he wanted it or not. And no one could say that Jewel wouldn't be sleepy too. So many activities in the same day were frustrating. They had managed to get home without getting in trouble, but now they realized how much they wanted to rest and, after all of the great things they had done back in the jungle, they were happy to be back.
"Aww, this day has been wonderful." Blu said when they saw the front door in front of them.
"Yeah." Jewel admitted.
"But I would have liked to stay in our future home instead of coming back. After all that you shown me today, the thought of going back into the fake jungle isn't exactly the best thing to come in my mind."
"I would, just like you, want to stay there, but we had to return. For Linda, and for you. Your wing needs to get healed before we can start living in the jungle you know that?"
Jewel looked down in the ground. Then her eyes wandered to her injured wing. It wasn't the prettiest thing to look at, with its bandanas and everything. She wanted her wing to heal soon. As long as it's in the current condition, she couldn't live normally in the wilds.
"I guess you're right." she then said and yawned loudly. They reached the door.
"I'm sleepy. When we get back inside, I'm going to curl up in the fake nest and rest. So would you now open the door so that we can get inside?"
Blu nodded and flew up on the handle and tried opening it. It didn't budge, and when Blu looked inside trough the glass door and saw what was lying on the reception table, he realized why. And the, he saw a vision what happened some hours ago. He remembered himself clearly placing them there instead of taking them with himself. Did he think that the facility was open at night-time?
He flew back to Jewel who had closed her eyes in a useless try to take a nap. Blu nudged her and she awoke from her snoring.
"What's up?" she asked half-awake.
"Eh... It looks like we have to sleep outside tonight." Blu said, to which Jewel replied with a weird face. Suddenly, she burst into a short laughter, and she stopped as soon as she began.
"What do you mean?" she said more serious. Blu looked away in shame.
"Erm... Heh... The thing is..."
Jewel sighted due Blu's awkwardness.
"Blu, can't you just tell me what happened?"
"Um... Why did you love me now again?"
"Tell me."
Blu turned around and looked at the huge door. What a great way to end an almost perfect day, he thought. They were in deeeeep shit when Tulio returned. And everything due to his own forgetfulness. How could he forget such a ridiculous thing? He sighted and looked back at Jewel.
"Jewel, don't get angry, but... I forgot the keys..."
Cliff-hanger! Yeah! And so, the over-long, a month work-in-progress chapter four is over! Phew, I never imagined I'd finish this one. But I did, and you can't even imagine how good it feels!
As I already told you, the last two chapters and this was originally planned to be chapter 2, but there were many reasons why I didn't go with my original plan. This chapter has been the hardest to write up to date due of one thing. The ending.
Yeah, I liked the way it is, but did you know (of course not) that there were two different endings plus this one that I had to choose from? The first one would have been that Blu and Jewel didn't leave the facility and watched "Titanic" on Tulio's computer. But it was crap, and I haven't seen Titanic (sadly) so I didn't use that ending. The second one was similar; they went to a local cinema and watched "Midnight in Paris". But it went straight to the trash can because I had problems locating cinemas in Rio, and I hadn't seen that movie either. The only reminder of that the ideas existence is the name. So now it's said. The film had to be a romantic movie, so no Ape planets or Johnny English would have worked. And then, when I was driving my bike to my hobby, I came up with the idea of "Blu building a nest". It turned out great when I wrote it (althought it was difficuilt to write) and thus, the idea worked! Hurray! Hope you are happy with the ending, because I totally am!
The next chapter will be uploaded when I'm ready with it. But I'm working with many other projects asides of this, so don't look after it in a week or two. But I promise that I'll make it. Someday...
See you!
Coming soon:
My precious Jewel
Chapter 5: Love is in the air
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