I stared at my dad in shock. "What are you doing here?"
"Looking for you." He chuckled.
"How did you find me?"
"Well I knew you were coming to Rio."
"Yeah but how did you find me?" I repeated. "Rio is a big city."
"Well I saw a little yellow bird being chased by a giant hawk. Suspicious? I think so." He gave me a look that said 'I'm disappointed in you'.
"What do you want?" I sighed.
"For you to come home." He said. I froze.
"But I don't want to come home. I didn't even get to see Carnival yet." I whined.
"I don't care. You didn't have permission to come here in the first place. You are coming home with me now." He turned around.
"Dad, im not leaving." I scowled. He snapped his head around.
"Yes you are."
"Why are you treating me like such a child?" I yelled.
"Because you're acting like one." He yelled back. "Now come, let's go." He started walking away.
"Why don't you trust me?" I muttered. He stopped. Everything went silent.
"Awkward." I heard Pedro say.
"What did you say?" Dad turned around.
"Why don't you trust me?" I said louder. When he didn't respond I continued. "Im never allowed to do anything. Im old enough to make my own decisions. But you won't let me. How am I ever going to get anywhere if don't let me?" His expression changed.
"But we do trust you." I jumped when my mother, my brother and sister came out from behind a bush.
"If you trusted me then you wouldn't be here." I glanced at them.
"We just want you to come home." My mom said softly.
"Yeah, that's what you want. When's the last time you asked me what I wanted?" I muttered. Everyone stared at me. "Everything has always been about you. You never asked for my opinion. You never asked what I wanted. You never asked me anything. You just assumed." I whispered.
"I didn't know you were so unhappy." My mom walked up to me. "I am so sorry." I stared at her. From the tone in her voice I could tell she meant it.
"Really? So you're saying I can stay."
"If you want to." She smiled. I hugged her.
"I love you mom." I breathed.
"I love you too." She whispered. My dad walked up to me.
"Is this really what you want?" He asked. I nodded.
"You are my daughter. I will respect your decision." He smiled. "But what about the hawk and the other dangers?"
"Don't worry. The hawk thing was an accident. But no matter what I do I'll always make mistakes. The point is im learning. And I have you to thank for that." I smiled at him as a small tear leaked from his eye. I hugged him for the first time in a long time. "I love you dad."
"I love you too, Tori." I turned around and gave my brother and sister both a hug.
"You two be good okay?" I grinned as they nodded. "Ill come visit soon." I said to my mom and dad. They waved and flew away. I sighed. I finally got my parents to understand me. I turned around and noticed everyone was still there. I totally forgot about them.
"Well guys, looks like im staying. How do you feel about that.?" I smiled when they laughed.
"Well that's good 'cause its time to Samba!" Pedro yelled as he flew toward the club. Everyone followed.
"Uh Nico?" I stopped him.
"Yeah?" He turned around.
"Can I talked to you?" I asked a little unsure. He nodded. I glanced at Rafael and he smiled and winked. Even though I knew Nico didn't like me he deserved to know that I liked him.
"He likes me back!" I said to Rafael. He looked a little confused at first.
"What happened to Brittany?"
"I guess they broke up because Brittany called me a pathetic loser, im not actually sure what happened." I said happily. "Nico likes me back!"
"Really? That's great! So are you guys a couple now?" He smiled. I nodded.
"Could this day get any better?" I sighed happily.
"Well we still have Carnival tomorrow night." He chirped. I smiled wider.
"Yay!" I cheered. Nico, Pedro, Blu, Jewel and the kids came over.
"Well im tired and we've got a big day tomorrow, shall we hit the hay?" Pedro yawned.
"Yeah im getting pretty tired too." I said.
"Well we don't want you to be tired tomorrow during Carnival!" Nico fake gasped.
"Well if we get some sleep then I won't be tired." I smiled sweetly. He cocked his head and smiled.
"Well then let's go you love birds." Pedro purred. The 'Mini-Macaws' snickered. I blushed as I flew out of the club followed by Nico and Pedro. I floated into Nico's nest where I drifted into a night full of dreams.
The next morning I woke up only to find out that I wasn't in Nico's nest. I was in the air? I looked down and noticed two bird claws were wrapped around my abdomen. I was being carried? I looked up to see the bird but I couldn't get a good view of their face. All I knew was the bird was a Canary. Suddenly the claws let go of me and I was falling towards the ocean.
"Enjoy your swim, American." I heard a familiar voice say. Brittany? I was about to scream for help but before anything could happen, I came to a realization; I can't swim! When I hit the water I went straight under. I struggled to stay above surface. Panic soon turned into exhaustion. Out of nowhere Brittany's face came up to mine. "Nico's mine, like I said, No American is taking him away from me!" All of a sudden, something hard hit my head and everything went black.
uh-oh looks like Brittany is jealous! i did alot of writing this weekend. i'll update soon! plz review! :)