Three hours had passed since Blu fell asleep. He was dreaming. It was pleasant. A dream like this hadn't come to him for a while. He smiled blissfully as he soaked in happiness.

He was soaring through the sky. The skies were clear, and the wind was up. It pushed Blu slowly as if it was a parent teaching a child how to ride a bike. He smiled, taking in the joy of flight and casting fear aside. He wasn't alone. Jewel was next to him. He looked to his right and saw her, awed in her beauty. Though they were technically forced to mate, there was a high chance that he and Jewel would have been together anyway. In order to initiate that chance, they needed to meet each other, which was a different story. Everyone friendship and love always started with a confrontation. If there was no confrontation, there was no happily ever after. He had Tulio to thank for that. Blu then saw Jewel glide down and followed. As they descended, something happened. Clouds appeared from nowhere and surrounded Blu. He looked around and saw Jewel nowhere. He decided not to panic and convinced himself Jewel probably landed. He continued to fly down, gaining speed. The only problem that he didn't have any judgment on where the ground would be. The clouds cleared soon enough for him to just take a glimpse of the tan, harden ground before slamming into it.

His eyes flung open. He panted heavily, realizing he was dreaming. He felt his face, not really checking if it was in one piece. There was a sting of pain on his cheek. As he felt where he thought the sting was, he noticed a pair of black, bird feet in front of him. He slowly and stupidly looked up to see Jewel. She wore a cold expression. He stumbled to his feet.

"Hi, Jewel," he said with a smile.

Jewel's cold stare made him slowly drop the smile. He gulped.

"Um, is everything's okay?"

There was no response for Jewel. Of course, Blu felt very uncomfortable.

"Jewel?" he breathed, extending a wing and placing it on Jewel's right, small shoulder.

"Don't touch me," she snapped.

Blu retracted his wing as if he had touched fire. He looked worried at Jewel.

"Jewel, what's with your mood? I mean if you're human, I would just conclude you were on your period, but we're birds. Good thing we aren't humans, huh?

Blu chuckled and noticed Jewel didn't even crack a smile. He slowly stopped chuckling and nervously fidgeted with his wingtips.

"Jewel, you can tell me what's up. My ears are opened. Well, earholes, but you know what I mean."

"You lied to me, Blu," she said coldly.

Blu dropped his wings.

"Lied? Jewel, I wouldn't…"

Blu grew quiet. He looked down in shame and sighed. Jewel looked at him curiously and angrily.

"Wouldn't what?"

Blu was silent.

"Blu," called out an impatient Jewel.

Blu still remained quiet.

"Blu!"

Still, a few moments of silence passed.

"Answer me dammit!"

Blu lifted his head up. He knew that when Jewel lightly cussed, it was like if her anger was evolving to the next level. Blu reached out to grab Jewel's wing. Driven by fear, she did not let him and moved her wing from his grasp, shaking her head in realization. Blu slightly looked down in disappointment and dropped his wing to his side,

"So, it is true," stated Jewel.

"Jewel, I should tell you-"

He was cut off as Jewel dashed at him and pinned him down. Her knees were on Blu's stomach. She looked at Blu with just ferocity. Her blue eyes sparkled as Blu saw his face in them. Water shielded them.

"How dare you."

Jewel slapped Blu's face hard.

"How dare you. How dare you. How dare you!"

With each sentence, Jewel slapped Blu's face, alternating her wings. Blu finally managed to see the enraged face of Jewel.

"Jewel, what are you doing?"

Water soon poured out of her eyes.

"Am I a joke to you?"

"What?"

"Am I just someone to keep you company in here while you have your secret life outside?"

"Huh?"

"What do you see in your little girlfriend in the jungle? Just because she doesn't have any broken wings doesn't mean she's better than me. We can still screw around, you know."

Blu briefly shook his head.

"Jewel, calm down. I don't clearly understand what you're talking about."

"Don't play dumb," cried Jewel. "Your girlfriend in the jungle."

"You mean Flor?" questioned Blu.

Jewel pressed down on Blu's stomach harder.

"Flor? Flor! That's the wench's stupid name. Why flower? You know that jewels are much more valuable than some stupid flowers."

Blu thought about as he stared into Jewel's eyes. Pass the angry eyes, he saw fear. All that Jewel had was a broken heart. However, he was curious on how she knew that it was a female bird. He tried to talk as his stomach was still being pressed by Jewel's knees.

"Jewel…uggh…how do you know that…the bird I was with…my friend…was a female bird?"

Jewel's eyes lightened.

"Uh… That's-besides the point."

"N-no, it's not. How d-do you know?"

Jewel was quiet for a bit, slowly unloading some pressure off of Blu's stomach. Blu thought about it.

"You didn't trust me."

"Of course I did!"

"You did? What do you mean not anymore?"

"Exactly what it means. You lied to me Blu. Just go back with your stupid screw buddy."

Blu shook his head, slowly turning angry.

"Okay, that's it!"

Using his physical strength, he managed to knock Jewel off of him. Jewel lied on the floor as Blu stood up. He towered over Jewel. Surprised, she looked up at Blu.

"B-Blu?"

"What the heck Jewel!"

"But-"

"You know I wouldn't cheat on you! That's ridiculous! Wherever you got you information, it's wrong that I had a relationship with another bird!"

Jewel fringed in fear. A tear rolled down her cheek.

"Xavier said-"

"WHAT! Why did you bring up Xavier?"

Jewel remained quiet and looked down. Blu put one and one together. He narrowed his eyes at Jewel. Out of fear, Jewel started to slowly crawl back, still facing Blu. Blu started to approach the terrified Jewel.

"Did you… You did, didn't you!"

"Well, I-"

"You sent Xavier to spy on me!"

"Blu-"

Jewel was finally backed up against a wall in the den. She glanced back once she noticed it and quickly faced back to Blu.

"No! Jewel, what the hell? You sent the most annoying, stupidest bird to spy on me? Why?"

Jewel finally couldn't take it anymore. She wasn't going to tolerate Blu's yelling.

"At least he's trustworthy!"

Blu was about to yell back, but she was right. He had stooped so low in become more untrustworthy than Xavier. He calmed down. Jewel slowly rose to her feet and looked at Blu with concerning eyes.

"I…uggh… You're right, Jewel. I've been hiding something from you, and her name is Flor."

Jewel's eyes were glossy.

"Blu, was it true?"

Blu shook his head.

"As I said before, you're the only bird for me."

"But why so secretive? Why didn't you tell me, and who is she?"

"Well, let me see. I met Flor during my first flight out of the sanctuary. It was a weird meeting, and I told her about us. After that, we became friends."

"You told her about us, but you didn't tell me about her?"

"Jewel, remember a while back that you offered to help me…with my instincts?"

Jewel nodded.

"Yeah, I was going to help you out."

"Well, that's why I didn't tell you about Flor."

Blu sighed before continuing.

"I…that is… Flor's been teaching me."

Jewel blinked in astonishment.

"What? Why? You don't trust me and my skills?"

"It-it wasn't trust that made me ask for outside help. I guess it was fear. Jewel, I wanted to be ready before we were released. Learning these new skills take time. It's like a ten-hour college class every day. You could've taught me, Jewel, but I was afraid that you wouldn't have time after you were healed."

"Have time?"

Blu blushed.

"You know…"

Blu rubbed the back of his head and slightly looked up, blushing.

"Taking care of the eggs and stuff."

"Oh," said a blushful Jewel. "Well, um, I see your point…but you shouldn't have lied."

"I know."

Jewel sadly let out a heave of breath.

"And I shouldn't have suspected you cheating on me."

"But Jewel, it was mostly my fault. If I would've told you about Flor, probably none of this would have happened."

Jewel shook her head.

"It would've probably ended the same, or worst."

Blu looked her curiously.

"Or worst? What do you mean?"

Jewel looked at Blu with glittering eyes.

"Well…"