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Chapter Thirteen: Almost Free

It was a new day. Blu and Jewel slept in the jungle room of the aviary after a long drive from the airport last night. For Jewel, all she could think about was to enjoy another fun and romantic day with her boyfriend, Blu. But for him, it would be more like the opposite.

After a while, the two finally woke up, and smiled seeing each other's faces.

"Morning sweetie." Said Jewel

"Good morning, Jewel." He kissed her cheek, to which she always enjoyed.

"And wow, where did you learn to be such a good kisser?" She smiled asking.

"Oh I don't know. I try, I guess."

"Oh come on, for once in your life could you stop being so modest?" She said playfully. They both smiled at each other and couldn't stop.

"Isn't being humble the reason why you love me?"

"Well yeah, but not the only reason. You're strong, heroic, caring, selfless, brave, and very very handsome." Blu always went red when she was this nice to him, but after she said "heroic", Blu turned to see his right wing, and noticed the damped cast.

Seeing it reminded him so much of the painful things that Jewel could've dwelt with. What with almost having a tree fall on her and almost falling hard to the solid ground at the airport. Jewel could have been seriously hurt if Blu didn't save her or if she didn't start flying for the first time. So he blamed himself, and had the horrible thought that she would be more safe if they broke up and left each other alone...for the rest of their lives.

So Blu thought it was now time to start. After looking away from his cast, he brought his head down, and Jewel noticed. "Blu? What's wrong?"

"Jewel. I have to know. Do you really love me?"

"Yeah. Why? Do we have to tell each other that everyday?"

"It's not that. It's just that...you keep calling me a hero, and yet...whenever..." He stopped as he looked upon Jewel's eyes. "Yes?" She asked, but Blu couldn't speak as he was too mesmerized by the way she looked.

"Jewel..."

"Yeah?"

"I love you...with my heart. I feel like I'm never lonely when I'm with you."

"Me too." They were frozen to their eye contact, and slowly moved closer until they kissed each other. They were at the favorite part of their relationship again. So by then, that was how it had been for the next three weeks.

Day after day, Blu and Jewel were spending time together, playing, hugging, and enjoying all the other times with their friends, Eva and Rafael, Tulio and his dad, and sometimes Carlos and Sophia (Eva's parents). The two lovebirds had the best time with each other while they were still in the aviary. Both of them really did have great times, despite Blu always struggling to tell Jewel that they needed to break up, and Jewel never noticed.

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