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Chapter 6: Love at Awkward Sight

Today Alex would go outside the Scarlet tribe's border and go with his father to the neighboring Blue macaw tribe for a friendly visit. The two tribes were at peace with each other, happy as they can be and Albert was great friends with Eduardo, the Blue macaw's tribe leader, as well as their mates. However Alex has yet to see what the Blue macaws look like, he did know they had all blue feathers, hence the name, Blue macaws, but he had yet to know what they were really like.

Alex, of course, woke up very early as he always does on days like this and woke up his father, all ready to go. Albert just chuckled seeing his son's excited state, but as always told him to eat some breakfast and be patient. After father and son filled up their bellies with some energy, they took off in the direction of the Blue macaw tribe.

And as father and son crossed the border of the tribes, Alex gazed at wonder, seeing all the Blue macaws, as like the Scarlets, were doing what any macaw would do. Eventually the two Scarlets arrived at their destination and was met by a male about the same age as Albert, along with a female about the two males' ages, in front were three chicks, two females and a male. The adult male Blue macaw smiled and walked up to give Albert a hug.

"It's nice to see you Albert, I been looking froward to this visit for awhile." The Blue macaw male said happily.

"And it's good to see you too Eddie." Albert replied just as happy. "And you too Sapphire." Albert said to the female adult.

"Same here Albert, how's Maria?" Sapphire asked.

"She's fine, right now she's making sure Liz doesn't get into trouble." Albert chuckled.

The three adults chuckled until Sapphire noticed the little Scarlet chick that was hiding a bit behind his father.

"Is that Alex you were talking about Albert?" Sapphire asked.

"Oh yes." Albert said as he turned his head to look at his son. "Alex, come on out, you should meet Jewel, their daughter, you two will make great friends."

Alex came out and nervously said hi to the two adult Blue macaws. And while the adults talked and caught up on things, Sapphire urged on Alex to meet her daughter and her friends, who were all excited to meet Alex. Alex nervously walked past the adults and came in front of the three chicks that were of his age.

"Hey Alex, I'm Jewel." A light blue feathered macaw with a gray beak and turquoise eyes greeted the Scarlet. "And this is Roberto." Jewel motioned to the male chick, who had darker blue feathers with a gray beak and blue eyes.

And when Jewel motioned to the other female, Alex gave one look at her and was stunned by how pretty she looked. She seemed to be a bit shy because she had her head turned away slightly, her wing hiding part of her face. She had the same body shape as Jewel, but had even lighter blue feathers, as well as brown eyes and gray beak and talons.

"And this is Lily." Jewel said her female's friend name.

"Hi." The shy female chick greeted Alex.

"Hi…" Alex said slowly as he then realized he was staring and quickly got out of his daze.

"So what should we do?" Roberto asked.

"How about we play some games with Alex, I'll go ask my mom if it's okay if we go." Jewel said.

While Alex, Lily, and Roberto waited for Jewel to ask her mom, Alex and Lily were a bit shy to each other and looked away from each other. Both were blushing and every once in awhile would take quick glances at the other, only to turn away if the other started looking. They really didn't know what to say to each other, for they had these feelings, which were quite normal for a young chick.

Eventually Jewel did come back, her mother allowing them to go after Jewel promised they would be safe, mother and daughter enjoying a hug before Jewel went back to her friends.

"So, my mom said we can go, what should we play?" Jewel asked.

"How about some hide and seek?" Roberto requested.

"Okay, you two?" Jewel wanted to know Alex and Lily's opinion.

"I guess that's fine." Alex answered.

"Sure." Lily also replied simply.

The four chicks flew off some distance from the adults and Lily was the seeker first. And while Lily counted, in her head, to twenty, Alex, Jewel, and Roberto hid anywhere they can find a hiding space. After twenty seconds, Lily opened her eyes and started searching for her friends. Alex thought he found a perfect hiding spot in some bushes, but little did he know he would have a very awkward moment indeed…

"Come on guys, I'll find you eventually." Lily said loudly as she looked around the area.

Alex heard Lily's voice getting louder and louder as she was coming ever so closer to Alex's hiding spot. Alex breathed in and out slowly and quietly to avoid being heard, he thought he was safe as he heard Lily's talon steps become quieter. Breathing a sigh of relief, he calmed down.

"Well, I'm safe."Alex whispered.

Suddenly Lily came trembling down onto Alex, having tripped over something, the two tumbled about, so confused as to what was having. Eventually they stopped and when the dust cleared from their rolling about, Lily was on top of Alex, both of them a bit disoriented. And when their heads cleared, both of their eyes were locked into each other, lost in each other's gaze as they were speechless.

"Oh, looks like I found you Alex." Lily chuckled nervously.

"I guess so…" Alex replied slowly as he was lost in the brown eyes of Lily.

Lily looked back and well… She did the unthinkable, it's like her brain shut off and her heart spoke. She slowly brought her head down towards Alex, her beak coming closer to Alex's beak. She really didn't know what she was thinking, but her mind told her to press her beak into Alex's.

And for Alex himself, he was at a loss of words, but at the same time he really couldn't believe that Lily would kiss him and yet here she was. He didn't know whether to accept it or not, but just like Lily, his heart spoke for him and well, he didn't do anything to stop Lily.

Lily would have kissed Alex if Jewel didn't come shouting and finding them, she was impatient that Lily did not find her yet.

"Lily, what's taking you so…" Jewel stopped as she came and saw the two in their awkward position. "Oh…"

Immediately Lily got off of Alex and the two stood back up, blushing as they were slightly embarrassed at having been caught almost about to kiss. Jewel, on the inside, smiled, she thinking the two would like each other, turns out she was right.

"Well, I guess lets continue playing, lets find Roberto." Jewel decided to break the awkward silence.

As the day passed, Alex and Lily had these feelings inside, but kept them bottled up, the two thinking about each other a lot and when Alex had to go back home with his father, both of them were sad.

As Albert and Alex said their goodbyes to Eduardo and his family, along with Jewel's friends, Alex and Lily nervously said their goodbyes to each other.

"Well Alex, I guess this is goodbye." Lily said nervously as she stood in front of Alex.

"Well, for now, I hope to see you again soon." Alex gave a nervous smile.

"Me too." Lily smiled back, just as nervously.

As Albert and Alex flew back home, Lily looked at Alex's form that was getting smaller and smaller with each passing second, letting out a sigh as she already missed him. Jewel came up besides her friend and looked at her face, knowing that look in her eyes.

"You like him, don't you?" Jewel said in a teasing way to Lily.

Jewel's voice made Lily alert and she turned to look at Jewel with a shocked face, but also blushing too.

"No!" Lily said a little loud for her. "It's just… He's cute and all, but… I…" Lily was at a loss of words.

"I'm just teasing you Lily. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." Jewel gave a reassuring smile.

And Jewel turned to go rest up from the day she had with Alex and her friends, Lily staying where she was for a little, until Alex was no longer visible to her eyes and she flew off for her own home. She really wanted Alex to visit again, maybe thinking to get to know him more and spend some more time with him, maybe even get to the kiss.

However that would be the only time Alex and Lily would see each other as chicks…

Okay, you guys are probably wondering a couple of things…

How do Alex and Lily not remember each other when they see each other again when they are adults? And why are the Blue and Scarlet tribes so friendly to each other?

Well…

If you think about Alex and Lily, they only see each other as chicks once, they grow up and they look much different when they become adults. Alex also had his own events, in which he was taken from the Amazon and spent all those years growing up in Minnesota with Blu and Linda, as well as those years in Rio and later, the Amazon. It would make sense he would not remember much when he was a little chick.

As for the Blue and Scarlet tribes… Remember I mentioned in a chapter in "The Scarlet Side" that Albert died saving a macaw and was killed by a Panther? Well, Maria blamed the Blue macaws for not helping Albert in his time of need when he was injured because Albert was closer to the Blue macaw tribe, hence the hostility between the Blue and Scarlet macaws started.

I hope that's a clear explanation and I was wondering if I should do a one shot of Albert suffering his fate and how the tribes became unfriendly to each other… Let me know you guys want me to do it!

Lily belongs to Skyler the Elf Owl. (Of course!)

And as always, see you next time!