Chapter 3: The Morning After

In the morning Jewel woke up to see Blu had passed out asleep in the entrance, still twisting and turning like last night, only he was probably so tired he could not wake up. Jewel walked over to Blu to wake him.

"Blu, wake up."

"What, what's going on? How did I get here?" Blu said, confused.

"Blu, are you alright? You look like you have something on your mind."

"I'm alright, I guess I was just sleep walking." Blu said, nervous to tell Jewel what really kept him up.

Jewel could see right through Blu and knew he was not just sleepwalking, but she spoke in a kind manner.

"Blu, you can tell me the truth, what's the matter?"

Blu sighed and took a deep breath and told Jewel about last night.

"Well, I had memories of when I was very little, before Linda found me, I had memories of my parents."

Jewel felt sorry for Blu, this was the first time he ever spoke about his parents, Blu had grown up not even knowing them.

"No wonder why he had so much trouble sleeping." Jewel said in her head.

Jewel, seeing that Blu looked a little sad, hugged Blu to comfort him and led him back inside where their three little angels were just waking up.

"Morning, mom, dad." the three chicks said as they saw Blu and Jewel.

But they soon looked a little nervous when they saw their father looking sleepy and sad on top of that.

"Blu, why don't you go and try to get some sleep, I'm take care of the kids today."

"Okay, Jewel, see you later my lovebird." Blu said as he tiredly walked to his bed.

After Jewel watched Blu go to sleep, she turned to see three little concerned faces staring at her. Bia, who was the most concerned about Blu, was the first to speak.

"Mom, what's wrong with dad? He looks sad and tired."

Jewel, after taking the kids out of the hollow so as not to wake Blu explained their father's dream.

"Kids, your father's a little depressed at the moment, he was dreaming about his times with his parents."

"You mean Linda? Why would dad be depressed about that?" Tiago asked.

"No, Tiago, his real parents, the ones who first took care of him."

Jewel than spoke to all three of her children.

"Look when your dad wakes up, why don't we all go and try to cheer him up."

Bia, Carla and Tiago were very worried about their dad, but were also very happy, as they would try to cheer up their dad. Jewel could only hope this would help Blu.