It was another beautiful morning in Rio. The sun was rising over the horizon, and the inhabitants were just starting their day. All except for one blue macaw who still was "on Minnesota time".

"Hey Blu." Jewel, the beautiful female blue spix macaw, softly said to her lovehawk in an attempt to wake him from his sleep. After waiting a few seconds and finding that Blu did not move even in the slightest, she tried again.

"Hey Blu, wake up." She repeated, nudging him with her right talon. Unfortunately her efforts were in vain.

Blu chuckled in his head.

"Hehe, Jewel's not gonna get me up early today. She'll give up and then I can go back to sleep."

While Blu was smugly waiting for Jewel to concede, the female macaw decided to think of another idea. She tapped a wingtip on her beak and thought how to get Blu up. A devious smile formed on her beak when she thought of a foolproof way to wake up her sleeping Bluey.

"Ok Blu, you win." She sighed out loud, pretending to give up.

Blu happily savored this moment, knowing that soon he would drift back into the land of dreams without being poked.

"It looks like you're sleeping in ag- Oh good morning Linda. Are those vitamins for Blu?"

Blu poked an eye open.

"What!?" He said in disbelief.

"I thought…" Blu trailed off when he noticed that Linda wasn't there and Jewel was standing over him with her wings on her hips.

"Oh, Jewel, uh, is it morning already?" He chuckled nervously.

"Gotcha." Jewel gloated playfully as she smiled.

"Now get up Blu, its late." She added sweetly.

"Aw come on Jewel. It's so much nicer on…the…cozy…floor…Zzzzzzz" Blu jokingly replied, pretending to fall asleep.

"No,no,no. Blu, this is your last warning." Jewel said seriously.

Blu opened his eyes and looked at Jewel.

"Please Jewel, can't I just sleep a little more without you kicking me?" Blu whined.

"Oh, does little bluey want to sleep without me bugging him?" Jewel giggled in a baby voice.

"Hmp." Blu grumbled as he turned onto his side with his back facing Jewel.

"Ok Blu, I warned you." Jewel said while walking towards her lovehawk.

Blu peered behind him to see Jewel approaching with an unsettling smirk on her beak.

"Uh Jewel, hehe, um are you coming to give me a hug?" Blu anxiously inquired.

Jewel cracked her neck.

"I'm just gonna have a little fun." She replied with serious tone.

"Uh oh." Blu whispered aloud as he pushed himself up with his wings and darted away into the artificial jungle.

"Inside outside, inside outside - Come back Blu! - Inside outside, inside outside." She yelled, but soon slowed down and evntually collpased on the floor laughing.

After a few moments of flying through the artificial jungle, Blu thought he had finally lost Jewel. He glanced behind to find that she was nowhere to be seen.

"Whew. I *pant* I think I lost her *pant*." He said out loud while breathing deeply.

An unexpected rustling in some of the plastic bushes soon caught his attention.

Blu lashed around, but found that there was nothing in the nearby greenery. Feeling a little scared, Blu was about to take off when a familiar voice made him freeze with fear.

"You thought you lost me?"

Before he could turn around to see the source of the voice, even though he already had a VERY good idea of who it was, someone had collided with him and they both rolled around until they came to an abrupt stop. Just like when they first met, Jewel had Blu pinned down on the ground with her talon as she was standing over him. However, this time she purposely had a looser grip.

"O-o-ok Jewel, y-y-you win. I'm awake, I'm awake." Blu nervously stuttered while clenching his eyes shut, recollecting the last time he upset his feisty angel.

"Blu? You don't need to be scared. I'm not going to hurt you." She softly inquired, seeing that Blu appeared petrified.

"S-s-sorry. It's just hard not to get scared when someone has you pinned down by the throat." The male macaw replied, still shaking a little.

They remained in their current position for a few seconds before Blu broke the silence.

"So, um, are you going to let me go?"

Jewel smiled.

"Sure, once you calm down and learn that I'm not going to hurt you." She answered.

"It's kind of hard not to be scared when you're seconds away from having you're vocal chords ripped out. Jewel, even with a bad wing you-"

Blu was cut off when Jewel leaned down and pressed her beak into his. At first Blu was shocked. His eyes opened wide and he stared at Jewel. But after a second or two he adjusted, rolled his eyes back into his head. After a moment of bliss, the two broke the kiss. Jewel hovered her head a few centimeters away from Blu.

"You feel calm now?" She sweetly questioned.

Blu felt his pulse return to a slow and relaxed pace. He smiled while looking at Jewel and slowly nodded his head up and down.

"Um, I hope I'm not interrupting anything." A familiar voice interrupted.

Blu and Jewel looked to their right and left, respectively, to see the kind hearted ornithologist standing near them with some paperwork in his hands.

"I have some exciting new for you two." He said while walking closer to the two macaws, still in their awkward position.

Tulio kneeled down as Jewel stepped off of and released her grip on the now tranquil Blu. The male macaw picked himself up and followed Jewel as they met Tulio near the edge of the artificial jungle.

Blu was confused as to why his human friend had come to see them. Usually Tulio didn't take Jewel out for her checkup until later in the day.

A large smile slowly crept over the ornithologist's face.

"You Jewel, are one remarkable bird." He chuckled while putting down his paperwork and picking up the female macaw in his hands.

Tulio then proceeded to do something that shocked both macaws. Blu's eyes grew in horror as he witnesses Tulio remove Jewel bandages.

"Hey! What are you doing!?" Blu cried out to the Brazilian while running up to him.

Tulio looked down at the panicking bird and smiled warmly.

"Don't worry Blu. Her wing is fine, see?" He comforted while putting Jewel back down next to Blu.

The two bird examined Jewel's wing as she flexed it.

"You see Jewel, we stopped giving you pain killer a while ago. Your recovery was expedited by some, by some miracle." Tulio explained while rolling Jewel's old bandages into a ball and clutching it in his fist.

"Your wing will be as good as new in 24 hours. You can go back into the jungle tomorrow." He added while picking up the his paperwork.

Jewel stood still, taking in what was just imparted to her. Soon an immense feeling of ecstasy flowed through her body.

"YES! Woohoooo!" The female macaw happily yelled as she grabbed onto Blu with her wings and spun both of them around.

"I'll leave you two alone for now." Tulio said as he returned to his upright position and turned to exit the room

After a few seconds of spinning, the two macaws started decelerating and slowly came to a stop.

Jewel giggled in delight and then held Blu a wing's length away from her while still holding onto him.

"Do you believe this Blu!? We're finally going to be free! HAHA!"

Blu, not wanting to ruin Jewel's moment, played along.

"Oh, oh yeah. It's going to be really…fun." Blu replied with a weak smile and mustering as much enthusiasm as he could, but Jewel wasn't fooled. She knew something was bothering Blu. Jewel returned to her normal disposition when she thought that maybe they should have a talk. She was about to say something but never had the chance as Blu started talking.

"Hey, I know how to celebrate. We should watch a movie. You know, to make the time go by faster." Blu suggested.

"Or get my mind off the jungle…"

Jewel arched the feathers around her right eyes and looked at Blu with a confused expression.

"A what?" She queried.

"You never heard of a movie? Well, it's like…like a story with pictures and sound." Blu tried to explain concisely. But his explanation was a little too vague and further confused Jewel.

She held her expression and just stared at the male macaw.

"Here, I'll just show you." Blu offered.

After a bit of searching for an entertainment center, the two lovebird eventually stumbled across a small room with a large flat screen TV. Blu helped Jewel up onto a couch situated in front of the television and proceeded to an adjacent coffee table. On the table were three dvds: Titanic, Alien, and the LEGO Movie. Blu studied the three movies and turned them around to read the backs.

"Hmmmm" He hummed while thinking about which movie would be least scary/saddening. Blu watched plenty of dramas with Linda, all of which ended up with him ruining his feathers with salty tears. Unfortunately the tears weren't his. As far as the horror genre is concerned, well, Blu tried that once with Jaws but it didn't work out. Suffice to say, he didn't step talon in the birdbath for months. Blu's eyes lit up when he saw the LEGO Movie.

"A family movie, perfect. No fear, no crying, just happiness. Just what I n-"

"Blu?" Jewel voice interrupted Blu's thoughts.

The male macaw turned around to see Jewel on the coffee table with him.

"Are these the Movie things?" She inquired, pointing a wingtip to the unnaturally shaped foreign object.

Blu glanced at the rectangular boxes and then looked back at Jewel.

"Yeah. I was thinking we should watch a nice family movie." Blu explained before moving out of the way to let Jewel examine the dvd cases.

Her eyes bounced back and forth as she looked at the covers.

"Those two are creepy." Jewel said flatly while pointing a wingtip at the LEGO Movie, and then at Alien.

Blu stood in disbelief.

"What? I-I understand Alien, but those little plastic guys wouldn't hurt anyone. They're not creepy." He said defending the little LEGO men on the cover.

Jewel narrowed her eyes at Blu.

"Sorry Blu, but they ARE creepy. Besides, the one with the beautiful ocean on it looks pretty."

Not wanting to upset his precious angel again, Blu reluctantly agreed.

"Ok, I guess the Titanic it is."

"Maybe it won't be that bad. After all, it's just a movie."

A few minutes passed, and Blu had inserted the dvd into the player. He was making some popcorn in a nearby microwave while the trailers played. Jewel sat on the couch waiting for Blu to finish cooking whatever this popcorn stuff was, and stared at her talons. She stretched them and exhaled deeply. Becoming bored by the uninteresting coming attractions (which were very outdated), Jewel stood up and looked over at her Blu on a nearby counter. After seeing what Blu was doing, Jewel couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

"Blu what are you doing?" She giggled while covering her beak with her right wing.

Blu had fashioned a miniature pair of pants and a shirt, in addition to a small shield, out of some aluminum foil. He glanced over at Jewel as he cowered behind his shield.

"Well, microwaves emit radioactive energy which can cause anomalies in cellular reproduction. And I can't risk getting cancer!"

Jewel slid back down into a more comfortable position on the couch as she shook her head and smirked.

"That's my Blu"

Finally, all of the promos had finished playing and the popcorn was finished popping. To Jewel's surprise, it actually tasted pretty good. Maybe there was something to this human food.

"Ok Jewel, we're all set" Blu happily said as he flew next to Jewel with the dvd remote in his talons.

Placing the controller down to his left, he scooted over to Jewel on his right before hitting the play button. The film had finally started. If only the two lovebird knew that this would be a very memorable night, for more reasons than one.

After a bit of watching, the scene where Jack, the male protagonist, was playing cards started. The two macaws were starting to get into the movie. Despite having no real connection or knowledge of human ways, Jewel was actually begining to enjoy the story. But before she could get further engrossed into the movie, she heard a faint coughing sound. At first she just disregarded it, but it grew louder to the point where it was no longer ignorable. Jewel turned her head to her left to see Blu pounding his chest with his right talon curled like a fist.

"Blu? Are you ok?" Jewel asked concerned for her lovehawk, but also slightly irritated that he ruined her immersion in the movie.

Blu nodded side to side while coughing, and then started making choking noises.

"Blu! You're-you're choking!" Jewel yelled in fear and realization as she shoved the bag of popcorn off the couch and grabbed Blu from behind with both her wings. Since her wings were almost fully healed, she could do whatever she normally could with them with the exception of using them for flight. She started performing the Heimlich on Blu as she continually made quick, upward and inward thrusts with her wings. Suddenly a popcorn crenel shot out of Blu's beak and ricocheted off of a nearby lampshade until finding its final resting place a few feet diagonally from the couch. After releasing her grip, Jewel looked at Blu with a saucy expression.

"Blu, watch what you put in your beak from now on. Ok?"

The two birds continued watching the movie, obviously no longer eating popcorn, until they reached the scene where Jack was teaching Rose how to fly on the bow of the Titanic. Blu turned his head to the right to see a watery eyed Jewel.

"You know, that reminds me of when we fell of the cliff together and ended up on a hang glider. I'll never forget that feeling when I was standing next to you. That...feeling of happiness." Blu said genuinely, while smiling slightly out the side of his beak.

"Yeah, that was a beautiful moment huh? Well, until you fell off and dragged me down with you." Jewel nudged Blu while softly chuckling and sniffling.

Blu happily smiled in response.

Time had passed once again, and Blu and Jewel were still watching the three-and-a-half-hour-long-tear-fest. They had reached one of the few low moments of the film. Blu was contently sitting, watching the screen flicker its 24 frames until he noticed a vibrating light blue blur in his peripheral vision. He quickly turned his head to the right to see Jewel shivering while desperately trying to keep herself warm by wrapping her wings around herself.

"Is everything ok Jewel?" Blu inquired while slightly cocking his head.

Jewel slowly turned her attention to Blu and looked at him with her turquoise eyes.

"I-I'm ju-ust a l-little c-cold." She explained, practically freezing the death.

Blu examined the room. He could hear the faint sound of air flowing from a vent, which definitley wasn't present when they came into the room, but did not see the vent nor a thermostat. Knowing that Jewel did not possess the same resistance to cold temperatures as he did, Blu was forced into making a quick decision.

"Ok Jewel. I know how to fix this." Blu said as he scooted closer to Jewel so that their bodies were touching.

Before Jewel could ask what he was doing, Blu wrapped his large blue wings around her and enveloped her in his warmth.

Jewel cooed in satisfaction as she nuzzled her head into Blu's feathers, feeling his warmth transfer to her.

Blu looked down at her.

"Y-you don't mind, right?" He nervously asked.

"I'm with you, and I'm warm. Why would I mind?" Jewel replied calmly, with a hint of aggravation in her voice. She was starting to get tired of Blu always being nervous.

Blu opened his beak to answer, but found no words. Instead he dropped the topic and continued watching the movie with his beloved.

Finally the movie was nearing its conclusion.

Rose: I love you, Jack.

Jack: Don't you do that, don't say your good-byes. Not yet, do you understand me?

Rose: I'm so cold.

Blu rolled his eyes.

"Of course you're cold. The temperature is like -5 Celsius." Blu thought to himself, thinking the dialouge was corny. He glanced over to Jewel. A tear ran down her face as she was mesmerized by the movie.

"Man this is sad. It reminds me too much of what Jewel and I went through. I hope I don't crack…I can't let Jewel see me like that."

Rose: I promise.

Jack: Never let go.

Rose: I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go.

Jewel slowly turned her head to Blu. Tears littered her feathers.

"That's…like what…you said to me…Blu…when we were falling." She choked out.

A tear started to form in the male macaw's eye.

"Yeah, I'm never gonna let you go." Blu whispered.

Suddenly, Blu felt weird. Then, he had a strange flashback.

Flashback

Blu was sitting in his nest. He was a young chick. All of his plumage was fully grown, but just barely. The world was still a blurry mess to the macaw. It was a combination of him just waking up from a nap, and his eyes still developing. Then two fuzzy blue figures came into his vision. One of them extended their wings out to Blu and picked him up. His voice was deep, so it probably was a male.

"Hello there little fella. You probably don't know much about this world. I'm sure you don't even know who you are, or I am really. But you know, none of that matters. And you know why?"

There was a moment of silence as the blurry figure just held Blu in his wings. Blu could just make out a smile, as his vision started to clear. Then the second blue blur, which was slightly lighter in color, walked next to the male. The two looked at each other and then back at Blu. The dark macaw leaned closer to Blu and whispered something to him which made the other figure giggle.

"Because this is your home, Blu. You're never alone. And we love you. If there is one thing you need to know to be happy in life, it's that."

"Feel the rhythm in your heat. And never be afraid to tell the ones you love how you feel." A female voice emanating from the light blue blur chuckled.

"That's what I did. And if you do too, one day I'm sure you will find a bird just as beautiful as the one I found. Your one and only." The male concluded while turning towards the female.

Reality

JACK!

A saddened screaming broke Blu from his thoughts. He shook his head to clear his mind. In the movie, Rose was desperately shaking Jack's hand. She was trying to tell him there was a lifeboat, but to her dismay no sign on consciousness came from her love.

"Oh, no" Jewel whispered to herself, clinging on tighter to Blu.

Fernando just happened to be walking by the entertainment center at this time. As he passed the door, a sudden cacophony of whining and whimpering hit his eardrums.

"I told him not to watch that movie. Silly Sylvio." The young boy chuckled to himself as he slowly shook his head.

Finally, the ending credits began to play. This emotional rollercoaster of a movie was, after 3 ½ hours, over.

On the couch sat the two Blu macaws. At this point, they both had tired themselves out from crying and now were sleepily snuggled with each other. Since the two lovebirds had such a big day ahead of them, it was probably for the best that they rested.

Blu looked in his wings and saw Jewel happily smiling in her sleep. Blu was just about ready to let the sandman do his job when a frighteningly familiar voice shot through his head, soon followed by another one.

"Never be afraid to tell the ones you love how you feel"

"Your one and only"

The stress of withholding his emotions was starting to become too stressful. Despite the sudden rush of thoughts, Blu's eyelids slowly started closing. The weight was immense. His body pleaded for sleep, but his mind tried to resist. It was a losing battle as melatonin, ironically controlled by the brain, forced Blu into submission.

"Goodnight Blu. We love you."

Thank you guys soo much for voting. The Titanic came in first with 3 votes, and Alien and LEGO were tied for second with 2 votes each. Now that I am done with school for the year, I have decided to do something special! The plan is, for the next week, to post a new chapter every day! As usual let me know what you think in the review section and I'll see you all tomorrow (hopefully) with the grand conclusion to my first story! I would love to hit the 100 review mark, but whatever happens…happens. So for now, this is Egil the White Macaw / EgilMaster signing off!

Update: I fixed the issue where you couldn't post a review on this chapter. Sorry about that. Its all good now. Just chapter 17 is the 18th chapter posted (because of Jewel's poll), just so you know.