Blue and Scarlet

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A.N. For those of you who wish to know, I should be updating every Sunday, HOWEVER! This is a SPECIAL BONUS CHAPTER UPDATE! For: No-Remorse81 an awesome reviewer who won't be able to read this story for a while; so here you go, the early update I promised! I tried hard not to sacrifice quality for time so you will have to tell me how I did.

Chapter Three: Affection

"I just wanted to say that, that, Blu I" Jewel was cut off as three pairs of talons simultaneously landed right in front of them.

"How are my favourite two blue macaws doing?" Pedro asked them.

Jewel reluctantly got up off Blu and thought with a scowl, 'How did I know this was going to happen?'

"Hey Pedro, Nico. Scarlett. Jewel and I were-" said Blu with a smile.

"Are we having some 'alone time' on the beach hm?" Nico chuckled and winked at Pedro.

Blu on the other hand did not take too kindly about that joke aimed at his love life. Neither did Scarlett, but she immediately took the annoyed look off her face as Blu started to talk to her.

Nico, in the meantime, fluttered up to Jewel "So girl, how's things with you and Blu?"

Jewel looked directly at him with a deadpan look, "I'm invisible as always."

"What, really? But I thought you sealed it with that kiss. At least it sounded that way when you described it to us." Pedro said joining in with the conversation.

"Yeah what happened? I thought you two were making progress."

"Well Nico" Jewel began, leaning in and with one fore-feather pointed towards the other female bird, "she happened."

Pedro leaned round Jewel's other shoulder causing her to stand up fully "Are you kidding Jewel? There is NO WAY that Blu would like Scarlett more than YOU!"

"Yeah you two are chained together birds, remember?" As Nico said this he brought his wingtips together to emphasise the point he was making.

"I remember, I'm just not sure if he remembers..." Said Jewel wistfully.

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"Hi Scarlett!" Blu said happily as he walked over, she smiled back at him sweetly.

"Hey Blu, so, do you know if I'll be able to stay yet? What did Jewel say?"

"Of course you can stay Scarlett, but we had a little argument over sleeping arrangements."

"Well; where am I sleeping?" She asked; hope nagging in the back of her mind.

"Jewel said that she didn't want to sleep with me in my nest, and that she didn't want you sleeping in hers, so, I was wondering, if you wanted, you could, perhaps, maybe, sleep with me?"

Her eyes grew a bit and the next thing Blu saw was Scarlett hovering an inch off of the ground, "YES! *cough* I-I mean, ok, that would be great." She landed closer to him "If you're ok with it."

"Of course I'm ok with it; I came up with the idea. Come on, let's go tell Jewel." They walked away from where they were standing with less than half a centimetre between them.

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Jewel looked up to see 'her' Blu approaching with Scarlett, "Jewel, Scarlett and talked about her staying and she said she was all for my idea."

'I bet she was...' "That's great. It really is. Perfect."

"Well, Nico and I should really be going to the club to prepare for tonight. We said we would go on at 22:00 to make up for the day we had off. Any of you wanna come?" Enquired Pedro

"Scarlett, do you want to go?" Blu asked her.

"Actually, if it's ok with you I'd rather go back to our nest and get some more rest. Nico and Pedro woke me up, and I was having a really pleasant dream." 'I really hope he got that signal!' Thought Scarlett.

"That's ok, you two go back, Jewel what about you? Do you want to come with us?" Said Nico.

"Actually, yes I do, and I want to finish that little conversation we were having as well."

"Come on Blu, I'll race you home!" Scarlett raced off towards the hollow.

"You're on Scarlett!" Blu took off a second after her. "See you at home Jewel." He called back over his shoulder as he flew away.

"Come on guys, you need to get to the club, it's getting late." Jewel led them away in a huff.

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"Come on Jewel what's bothering you now?" Nico and Pedro had just come off stage after singing their second song of the evening and they were still worried about their friend.

"You heard her Pedro, she said 'our nest' while talking to Blu. OUR! Who does she think she is, coming into my home and stealing my boyfriend."

"Well technically, he wasn't your boyfriend..." Nico said before being grabbed by the shoulder and pulled toward Jewel so their faces were only inches apart.

"What did you say? Do you know how long I've spent with him? How much I care about him?"

"Jewel. Love goes two ways girl."

Jewel collapsed onto him and started to get teary eyed. Pedro came over and joined the two together in a hug. "Its ok girl, I'm sure everything will turn out ok."

"What did I do wrong? I know he liked me or he wouldn't have jumped out the plane to rescue me. So what happened? Why d-doesn't he-e like me any m-more?" Jewel hugged her friends tighter.

"Jewel, girl, if you need our help; we could try to get the two of you alone tomorrow. It's not too late for you to tell him how you feel."

"B-but he's back at-t the hollow with h-her right now-w." Wailed Jewel uncontrollably.

"If you need our help, you know we'll come running."Nico smiled.

"Yeah, your one of our best friends!" Pedro exclaimed. "Go home and rest and we'll try to figure this out tomorrow, ok Jewel?"

"Y-yeah, I-I-I guess s-so."

"Come on then, dry those tears and we'll take you back."

"Actually Nico you go," Said Pedro "the crowd's getting pretty restless out there they're going to need someone to stay here and keep the show going."

"Ok Pedro; let's get you home Jewel."

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"Right, Jewel here's what you do. As soon as I drop you off you nudge Blu awake and tell him how you feel. Then we'll act on that tomorrow, ok?"

"You sure about that Nico?"

"Girl, you're talking to the MASTER."

"If you say so."

They approached their destination and shared one last look of confidence. They came in to land at the hollow entrance but instead of entering Jewel just stood there with a shocked expression plastered on her face; Nico was right next to her with his beak half open. In all it looked as if Jewel was frozen and Nico had just recovered from a mild seizure.

Right in front of them Blu and Scarlett were in their nest, wing tips intertwined, trains raised, sharing what looked to be a very intimate kiss.

'No.'

A.N. Ok, well the momentum kind of dropped in the middle then rose at the end. The next chapter will develop the storyline, I promise. Remember as always 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 so remember to answer the poll, also flames are welcome; I listen to all criticisms. If you have any suggestions please feel free to tell me!

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