Tulio was walking to the entrance of the bird sanctuary, which was the entrance that led to the nursing room. Jewel was riding on his right shoulder. The reason why Tulio was walking to the door was to see if they could find Blu. The rain had stopped, so finding Blu would prove to be a bit easier. Plus, there will be fewer merchants on the streets. The only problem would be water was most likely everywhere, and if Blu went into the jungle, there was a high probability the car would get stuck. Tulio faced Jewel.

"Jewel, you have to stay here."

Tulio extended a hand towards Jewel, only to have it pecked fiercely at. Tulio retracted his hand with an 'ow' expression on his face. He sighed.

"Fine, you can come too."

Jewel smirked. That was right. She better come. She couldn't help but worry about Blu. Staying behind was out of the question. Tulio faced the polished wooden door and opened it. To his surprise, Blu landed on the step leading to the doorway.

"Guess I don't have to ring the doorbell," squawked Blu.

Jewel was so relieved Blu was alright. She wanted to fly down and hug him until a bone or two snapped, but if she did that, she would smack the ground and her wing would probably be out for another month. Instead, she squawked to get Tulio's attention. Tulio faced her and smiled. He carefully grabbed her and set her down on the floor. Blu welcomed her with a smile.

"Hi Jewel."

"Blu, where were you?"

Blu slowly dropped his excited expression.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was soaring through the jungle when it started to rain. I found a den and slept there until the rain stopped."

"A den? With who?"

Blu nervously looked at her. After a moment, he calmed down a bit.

"No one. It was… It was abandoned."

Jewel relaxed a bit too.

"Oh, alright."

"Hopefully it isn't taken once you're better. That could be our new home."

This brought a smile to Jewel's face.

"Oh, that will be lovely, Blu. A den? ... Just wow. I mean how did you know."

Blu had a blank look on his face.

"Know what?"

"That I was thinking the same thing. That we should get a den."

"Oh," said Blu, relaxing his face. "Well, I just knew."

"Blu…just wow."

"Um, Jewel? Should we go inside? I'm kind of hungry, and Tulio's been here listening to us squawk."

Jewel looked up at Tulio and then glanced over at Blu.

"You're probably right."

The two birds walked through the door that Tulio still kept open. Tulio closed the door once the two birds walked through it. Tulio walked pass them to tell Linda Blu had return. This gave Blu and Jewel a chance to talk as they walked through the nursing room.

"So, Blu? What have you been seeing outside?"

"You know... Just Rio and the jungle. Probably my favorite place is the Christ the Redeemer statue. It's high enough to just sit there and think. It's also a good spot to relax. You see all of Rio below."

"That's nice."

"What have you've been up to…besides waiting for me."

"Oh, just hanging out with Linda. I think she's making a batch of cookies."

Blu smacked his beak together.

"Mmmm… Cookies."

"You sure have a sweet beak."

"Yep. Even when we're living in the jungle, we're coming back every two weeks for Linda's treats."

Jewel just looked at Blu. At first, she thought Blu was just saying that when he first said it, but now, she noticed something different. It was like if he showed no fear neither living in the jungle nor objected to the fact of moving into. the jungle. It was like he was braver. Jewel didn't understand exactly where the change came from. Probably Xavier was right. He was hanging out with someone, but she trusted Blu. He would tell her everything what happened outside of the sanctuary, right?

"Um, Blu?"

"What is it, Jewel?" asked Blu with a smiling face.

Jewel wanted to ask if he had a new friend, particularly a lady friend, but she couldn't bring herself to ask him.

"Oh, nothing. Hey, Tulio said in about five days, my wing will heal."

Blu's face beamed.

"That's great. We can celebrate tomorrow."

"How do we do that? We can't really do that stuck in the sanctuary."

"It'll be surprise."

"… Uh, Blu? It wouldn't be a surprise if you're telling me it's a surprise."

Blu thought about it.

"Oh yeah."

Jewel giggled.

"But don't worry, Jewel. You may still be surprised."

Jewel smiled. What would the surprise be? Well, she would've to wait for tomorrow.

Xavier landed on top of one of the many almost flat rooftops Rio had to offer. He heaved heavily.

"Oh, man," he sighed. "I've really gotten out of shape. Blu probably made it to the sanctuary by now. I guess I'll have to tell Jewel later then."

"Xavier?"

Xavier turned around and saw two other birds landing on the weakly, fabricated metal-shielded rooftop. The two birds were friends that he met a while back. One was a skinny, yellow canary with brown eyes and had a green bottle cap for a hat. The other bird was an overweight, red-crested cardinal with brown eyes. The chaco chachalaca smiled.

"Nico. Pedro. How has it been?"

"You know," started Nico. "Living up on top, singing in the club and partying. The usual. How about you?"

"Dang. Don't you guys ever take a break?"

"Sure we do," said Pedro. "It's called Sober Sunday."

Xavier thought about it.

"Then wouldn't it apply to Saturday since it also starts with 's'."

"We call it Sorority Saturday…or Sexy Saturday, depending what we feel like."

Xavier nodded.

"So, what about you Xavier?" brought up Nico."The last time we saw you was when you left with that bird."

Xavier narrowed his eyes. This made Nico uncomfortable.

"Um, sorry. I didn't know something happened."

"It doesn't matter that much anyways. I kind of found a new one."

Nico and Pedro glanced at each other. They looked back at Xavier with a grin. Pedro shrugged.

"Well, you always had a way with the ladies."

"I wish I can say that. This new girl was stubborn, but she finally kissed me."

"Well, who's the lucky lady?" asked Nico.

"Well, she's a light blue bird with blue eyes. She's a very pretty macaw."

"A macaw?" asked a slightly worried Nico. "Isn't that like cross-breeding?"

"We're still birds. It's alright. Well, anyways, I have to go. I need some needed rest after a long flight."

"Alright," said Pedro. "We'll catch you on the flipside."

Xavier nodded and flapped his wings. He took off to find a spot to rest in. Nico and Pedro watched him leave, disappearing from their sight. Nico then turned around towards Pedro.

"Pedro. When Xavier said he found a new girl, it sounded like…Jewel."

"Dude, your mind playing tricks on you. It can't be Jewel. She's with Blu."

Nico smiled slightly.

"Yeah, but there's only one macaw with light blue feathers and blue eyes. That sounds like Jewel."

"Think of it this way. How many blue macaws do you see and know of in Rio?"

"Five, and two of them are Blu and Jewel. There's another male, and there're two more female blue macaws. And he already tried his moves on both, and there's no way he's gay."

"Okay, but we don't know who else he met in Rio."

"True, but we know everyone in Rio. There are only five blue macaws. We know this by fact also. And we also know Xavier is too scared to go deep into the forest. Dude, it just dwindles down to Jewel."

"It can't be. Jewel wouldn't cheat on Blu…would she?"

"I don't know. We only knew her for twelve hours."

"Dude, that's a pretty long time."

Nico half-closed his eyes.

"Pedro, we've been friends for two years now, and only this past Monday I found out you like singing 'My Humps' from the Black Eyed Peas when you're alone."

"Um, wait. You heard that?"

Nico nodded.

"Pretty much. See. You can never know everything about someone."

"But this is Jewel."

The birds remained a few moments in silence in thought. Could Jewel really be cheating on Blu with Xavier? They should probably confront them. The only thing was that they didn't know where the two blue macaws disappeared to. Nico sighed.

"I want to help, but we don't know where they're at."

"Yep," Pedro said. "Oh, well. Wait. What time is it?"

"I think it's four."

"Dude, we're late for our double-date."

Nico's eyes widened.

"Oh right. We better not keep our dates waiting."

The birds took off, still with the thought that Jewel could be a two-timer.