Blue and Scarlet

**Warning may be slight limes in later chapters**

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A.N. For those of you who wish to know, I should be updating every Sunday, make sure to nag me if I don't. As always I'm open to all kinds of criticism.

Chapter Two: Anticipation

It was nearing midday and the humans were out in force. Young boys and girls were splashing in the shallows whilst a group of fit looking teenagers were playing a classic game of beach volley ball. As usual around this time of year the sun's rays can seamlessly fall through a crisp clear blue sky only to reflect off a sapphire ocean which dazzled almost all who passed by.

Jewel landed in a nice shaded spot, next to a beach umbrella that someone had left which had conveniently blown over and now offered ample cover from the sun. Not long after, Blu touched down and sighed, he loved the soft feeling of the white sand between his talons.

Jewel turned to look at him, "So Blu, what do you want to do together?" she asked him, hoping that it would be something a bit more intimate than getting a drink at the nearby club, or having a race up and down the coast of Rio for the zillionth time; Blu just could not get enough of being able to fly now that he had learnt how.

"Hmm, how about we," 'Hear it comes' thought Jewel disdainfully, "how's about we just stay here and rest a while?"

"What," Jewel looked up at him a bit taken aback by what he had just said "don't you want to go for a race or something?"

"Nah, it's getting a bit old, that, and I'm getting tired of always being beaten by you." Blu replied with a playful smile on his face.

Jewel smiled warmly at him, "Really, that's great!" Blu sat down on the sand and Jewel proceeded to lie down next to him.

She snuggled closer to Blu as he, oblivious to how she really felt, placed his left wing around her.

'Finally.' Jewel thought as she closed her eyes contentedly.

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Nico and Pedro, two of our most famous samba birds, had decided to take the day off from the club to visit their friends. They flew straight to Blu and Jewel's hollow.

"Hey macaws, let's party!"Pedro said a little too loud at the same time as he glided into his friend's home.

"Huh," said Scarlett sleepily getting up and turning to face the intruders "who are you?"

Nico took the opportunity to land besides his best friend. "Whoa, sorry, we're just looking for our friends," turning to leave he looked up at Pedro "Pedro, you flew into the wrong hollow again!"

"But I could have sworn that this is Blu and Jewels tree, it has two nests and everything..."

As they were about to take off Scarlett stepped closer, "Wait, this is their tree, I'm just staying here for a while, at least I think I am."

"Told you I was right." Pedro said to Nico with his wings on his hips.

Nico smiled and playfully hit him in the stomach. "Well any friend of our favourite blue macaws is a friend of ours."

"Yeah. I'm Pedro by the way, and this little yellow canary here is Nico. What's your name?"

"Oh right, my name's Scarlett I just moved here today from the western jungle. I had nowhere to stay so Blu offered to let me stay here until I get my nest built."

"That reminds me, you wouldn't happen to know where they are would you?" Nico asked her.

"No sorry, Jewel said she wanted a word with Blu in private so they left, I must have fallen asleep."

"Well when did you get here?" asked Pedro.

"About 11:00 this morning, I think they left at 11:30; do you have an idea of where Blu could be?" Scarlett appeared to be a worried; it had been over two and a half hours since they'd left.

Pedro stood next to her "Don't worry chica; we have a pretty good idea about where they are." He said smiling.

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Both Blu and Jewel were still awake, Jewel was lying happily still cuddling next to Blu while he was looking out over the beach. The almost imaginary heat waves coming off the reflective white sand contrasted brilliantly with the placid ocean behind them. The crashing of the waves in the distance was barely audible joyous yelling of vacationers.

Very few birds were down at the beach at this time of day because of the number of humans about; most birds were either in the clubs or having something to eat. Luckily the spot Jewel had chosen was nice and secluded; the only real noise that could be heard was from a human bar several metres away.

Looking up momentarily from her cosy spot on Blu's neck, Jewel closed her eyes and moved in a bit closer, if that were possible. She started to daydream, 'It's quiet, nobody's around to interrupt, he doesn't seem to be thinking of anything inparticular so hopefully listen to what I have to say. Would now be the best time to tell him? I think so, yes.'

Taking her head off Blu's shoulder, while keeping her body pressed up against his, she looked into his eyes. "Blu, can I tell you something? Something important."

"Oh course Jewel; I'll listen to anything you have to say." He said with an encouraging smile which made her heart feel as light as a feather.

"Ok, well, well I've been trying to tell you this for quite a long time..."

"Go on Jewel you can tell me anything." More words of encouragement from the bird she loved.

'Come on you can do this' she thought one last time; staring deeply into his eyes, she was finally had the words she needed to tell him.

"I-I just wanted to say that, that, Blu I-"

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"Explain to me again why we're at the beach." The three of them had been flying for twenty minutes and Scarlett had been offered no real reason for coming all this way.

"Well chica, you see Blu wasn't always able to fly-" began Nico.

"Really, but he seems so capable of it," interjected Scarlett.

"-well he was raised in Minnesota, we'll let him tell you more about that later. You see he looks for any opportunity that comes along to go flying."

Pedro stepped in, "Yeah one of his favourite things to do is race up and down the beach, although he loses quite a lot; I think his win to lose ratio is 1:21."

Pedro was getting a little sidetracked so Nico picked up the conversation again. "Anyway, when we get there make sure you keep your eyes peeled for them."

They arrived at the beach not long after, it was around half two and was getting cooler however there were still plenty of people about. After asking around and flying down the coast, twice, Pedro finally spotted the two of them under a blue and white umbrella. "Hey you two, I've found them, they're down there." Nico and Scarlett had come over and saw where he was pointing; all three birds swooped down to greet their friends.

A.N. Right, the second chapter of my second fan fiction is completed. Remember YOUR opinion matters so please review and tell me what you think and if this story should be continued, abandoned, or changed; there is still a poll and I will be taking both those results and the reviews in to account. If you have any suggestions please feel free to tell me!

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P.S. I was not looking forward to writing Nico and Pedro's characters, so please tell me how I did.