Opening Or Closing Old Wounds
You can probably guess what this chapter is going to be about based on the title. Blu is about to go on a date with the girl he's having an affair with. Jewel talks about her situation with Roberto. And the conversations will only become more intense! So instead of talking about it, let's get right back to it!
The Very Next Day…
Blu appeared to be fairly excited to meet up with Katie this morning. So much so that he woke up at 9am sharp. Had a shower, brushed his beak, scrubbed and washed his face. Even used his best cologne for the day.
Today he went for a crimson polo shirt, beige pants, and brown shoes.
He looked particularly flashy for someone who was meeting someone for lunch.
"Okay, now I just need to find my watch." Blu opened up his cabinet drawer and had a look for his watch. And just as he found it, something caught the corner of his eye.
It was in fact a photo. A photo of some fancy modern house in the countryside.
And written at the bottom of it was 'Our Dream Home'. Written in blue ink.
"Hmmmm…I remember when we took this photo." Blu sighed heavily and held up the photo. "This was before I got offered the job at the sales company. Truth be told, I can most definitely afford this now? But…We will cross that bridge when we come in it!"
Then he slid the photo into his pocket and tapped it to indicate he was going to keep it close to him.
He then received a notification on his phone.
Katie: I'm looking forward to our date! I'm wearing something…Extra special for you!
After sending that text she sent him another photo. And when he pressed his finger on the photo to reveal it. It showed her wearing a pink strapless sun dress. With a very short skirt so the bottom of her round butt would be showing if she were to bend over.
Blu: Ooooh, that looks good on you! I can't wait to also rip it off of you…
Katie: Naughty naughty boy! Save that energy for tonight hehe
Blu: I'm out with the guys tonight remember?
Katie: Hmmm, there is another way you could rip it off…
Blu was actually blushing while reading the texts from his Instagram. However, he always had that little Tony feeling of guilt in his head. For the fact that he was seeing another woman behind his wife's back.
Was it due to lust? Revenge? Or did he genuinely want to cheat on his wife?
So many things have happened that it can be incredibly challenging to pin point the real reason why this happened.
Blu: I'm listening…
Katie: We can talk about it over lunch. See you in half an hour blue boy…
Blu sent a couple of winking emoji's and an eggplant with a water emoji. Before sliding the cell phone into his pocket. Grabbing his jacket from the coat tree. Then he walked out the front door to meet the scarlet girl in front of the Caribbean themed restaurant.
Whatever he was doing…He knew in his head that it was completely wrong. But he was still hurting due to what Jewel did to him.
But he was in fact playing an incredibly dangerous game. That may or may not do more damage than fixing things in his marriage.
Now We Check On Jewel…
Fair to say that when she was used to loving with her husband in their apartment in the city. It's not the largest place in the world, but they were happy with what they had.
But her dad however, lived in a beautiful cottage just outside of the statue of Christ The Redeemer.
Ever since Jewel's mother passed away when she was a baby, her dad was the single parent taking care of her. With his sister helping out from time to time whenever she could travel from São Paulo to help out.
But 95% of the time he was the one who was raising her. And he always tried to do right by her.
No matter how many times she would get into trouble at college or even in high school. He always did his best to teach her how to behave in a positive and mature manner.
But again, she was always a very spirited and rebellious person. So he couldn't ever figure out what to do with her most of the time.
Although, when Jewel finally met Blu in one of her college classes, they at first were pretty good friends.
And when some time had passed and they got to know each other a lot better. They eventually realised how much they had in common. They fell in love. Then eventually they decided to get married! Even though her father would have preferred if his daughter married Roberto. He knew that once Jewel made her mind up, there was no changing her mind.
Although she was feeling pretty happy in her marriage with her husband, she always had that doubt in the back of her mind. That maybe they were drifting apart ever since he got this brand new fancy job. As well as getting promotion after promotion to eventually become Office Manager.
So that's why she needed to spend a good week sew in the countryside in her old house. Thinking things over in her mind about where things are going well or not well in their relationship.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Come on honey? You've been in there for half a day now. You have to come downstairs and eat sometime?" Eduardo was concerned about the well-being of his daughter. Even though she refused to leave her room due to the current circumstances.
"I'm not hungry dad…" Jewel sadly replied from inside her room. Clutching hold if a giant teddy bear that Blu once got for her as a Valentine's Day gift.
"Well at least have a good chat with your old man? I'm not getting any younger you know?" He joked a little bit, scratching the beck of his head. "Please honey, open the door."
"Haaaa…" Without verbally replying to him, she got up from her bed and unlocked her door from the inside. Right before opening the door to him. "There. You happy?" She spoke with sarcasm, walking straight past him to get to the stairs.
"My sweet princess. You know that I'm not happy if you aren't happy! I just want you to know that, you can talk to me about anything." He sadly responded, trying so hard to comfort his daughter. "I wish that you and I could be…you know? As close as you and your mother were."
"Dad…I tried to have a good relationship with you in the past. But things went down hill after you refused to give Blu your blessing to marry me! Which by the way, I'm still mad at you for."
"I just thought that he wasn't the right person for you Jewel. And judging by your marital problems, it appears that I was right!"
"You know what? I knew that this was a mistake coming here!" Jewel groaned, giving her dad a look of disappointment. "All I wanted was for you to support me in the decisions that I make with my life. And you are wrong about Blu."
"If I was wrong, then why are you here instead of being with your husband?"
"Right, I'm going to Beto's!" Jewel grabbed her suitcase that she hadn't even unpacked yet and began dragging it down the stairs.
"Jewel you are overreacting! You are going to thank me one day when you are better off without him." Eduardo put a hand on her shoulder, but she slapped it away.
"You know who I am better off without? You! You have never been proud of me or proud of anything I have accomplished in life. All you wanna do is criticise me and make me feel worthless! Well, if you were father of the year like you claim to be, you would let me make my own decisions okay?" The ablution spix's girl stormed out of the house and put her suit case in the back.
Eduardo could only stand by and watch his daughter leave the house. His heart instantly sank into his chest after all the hurtful mean things that he heard her say directly to him. In a way that made him so upset that he couldn't stop himself shedding a few tears.
"Haaaa…Just like her mother. So free spirited and strong." He spoke to nobody in particular, hearing the sound of a car driving away.
And with that heavy heart he closed the door to his house, then proceeded to make his way over to his study. Where he will most likely go there to drink.
Let's Head Back To Blu…
This weekend was rumoured to be one of the hottest they've had in months. So a lot of people will most likely want to be inside with their air con on.
And luckily for Blu and Katie. The restaurant they were planning on going to was supposed to be nice and cool on the inside. To help them deal with the heat wave going on outside.
Katie was waiting outside of the restaurant wearing her strapless pink sun dress, holding a purse to match.
For some reason she appeared to be very fidgety, very jumpy, and was constantly looking in every direction like she was scanning every one of her surroundings all at one time.
"Hey Katie! Wow you look…" Blu was about to compliment her on how she looked, but she immediately turned around and smiled widely like she hasn't seen him in ages.
"Blu! I've missed you!" She hugged him tightly and kissed him on the beak, taking him a little bit by surprise.
"Miss me? You saw me about twelve hours ago?" Blu smirked as she didn't let go of him.
"I know. But it felt like twelve years." She smiled even wider. Staring deeply into the eyes of the blue man.
Her stare was very alluring for him, however some people who were around her staring at her whilst she was looking at him. Would think that she was a complete and utter psychopath.
"The good thing is I am here now! So, I managed to book a tabl…"
"Actually, I was kinda hoping that maybe we do something else?" Katie took hold of his hand and began pulling him around the back of the restaurant.
"Hang on? What are you doing?" He laughed a little bit.
"Ever done it in a park before?" The scarlet girl rose an eyebrow in curiosity.
"No? Why?"
"Well you won't be saying that anymore." Katie grabbed him by the hand and lead him into a bunch of bushes near a park entrance.
"Woah woah woah Katie. Are you sure this is okay? What if someone sees us?" Blu nervously questioned her as she pushed him flat down on his back.
"Well, you better not scream too loud, when you cum inside me!" Katie purred and climbed on top of him. About to unbutton his pants.
"No. Stop." Blu felt really uncomfortable about this, considering that she wanted them to have sex in a public place surrounded by strangers. Sone of them might even be people that he knew.
"Stop being silly and fuck me!" Pushing him on his back again, she slipped her dress off revealing her large bare breasts. And she moved his hands to them, making him squeeze her breasts really hard.
"Katie this isn't…" Blu couldn't deny that the sex was really great. But she was pushing things too far out of his comfort zone that he at this point was mortified. "KATIE STOP IT!"
Blu moved her off or him and he pulled his pants back up, brushing himself off as he stood up from behind the bush. She actually appeared to be very upset that he did this, and she instantly put her dress back on.
"Look, I get that you like to do things wild and crazy from time to time. But that, was not okay!" Blu replied quite upset, removing a few twigs from his hair. "You know what? I think I'm gonna go."
"What? What do you mean go?" These words spoken by him really scared her. And all of a sudden her heart jumped out of her chest.
"Look, I appreciate that you wanted to do something nice for me. But sex in a public place during the day in sight of other people? That's going way too far!"
"You're right! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please don't leave me!" She begged in a very fearful manner, getting down on her knees. "I'm very very sorry! Please, we can do something you like?"
"I, don't think I feel up for it now okay? How about tomorrow instead?" Blu replied in a calm manner, kissing her on the cheek. "I'll call you tomorrow."
As Blu was about to leave and head back to his apartment, Katie was still on her knees shaking violently.
Her breathing intensified double time, her eyes narrowed like she was really hating the fact that he had to leave so soon.
Thinking of a way on how she was going to make it up to him.
Now We Check On Roberto…
"Alright, I've got my clothes all neat and ironed. My cologne is on the night stand. I've also got a couple of fifties in my wallet. I'm ready for my evening!" Roberto had a towel wrapped around him because he had clearly just got out of the shower. And the only thing you could see was his muscular physique and six pack.
He was prepping for a night out with the guys, and he always takes a lot of pride in his appearance. Because he wants to always look good in case if he were to sone day meet the girl of his dreams.
Usually it's easy for him to get girls because of the fact that he was a very hot individual. But when it came to finding genuine love instead of a fling, it was always a challenge for him.
"Right, now all I gotta do is…"
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Beto? Are you home?"
"Jewel?" Roberto wasn't expecting her to knock on his apartment door any time soon.
"Can I come in?" She sounded very on edge whilst she was stood outside his door.
"Hold on. Let me just get changed…"
"I've seen you naked before. It's not like I've not seen it." She was referring to his 'Concealed Weapon'.
"Fair point." He nodded his head and then opened the front door, allowing his best friend to come inside with her suit case. "What can I do for…Why have you got a suit case?"
"Can I stay here for a couple of days? Just so I can think." She politely asked him, throwing herself down onto the bed.
"Ummm, Ju-Ju…I dunno how to tell you this but, Blu is coming over here to pick me up at 7 before we head to RDJ's bar." He scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"I see…Well I'll just sit around the corner when he gets here. You can pretend that I'm not even here!" Jewel nodded and laid back on the bed, playing a game on her cell phone.
"Okay Jewel, this is getting ridiculous now! Just call him!" Roberto dropped the towel and put on some boxer shorts.
"Beto, you know that I can't! I'm not ready to do that just yet…" Jewel replied embarrassed about everything that happened the other day.
"Yeah? You made a mistake. We all make terrible mistakes in life! You just happened to make a really terrible mistake."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence there bestie." The blue girl rolled her eyes and out her cell phone away in her pocket.
"Right! I am calling Blu, and you are going to talk to him and settle your situation now." Roberto went to grab his cell phone. However, she almost tried to grab it before he did.
"Damnit Roberto! Can't you or my father let me make decisions on my own?!" She huffed like an arrogant school teenager. Crossing her arms and sat on the end of her bed.
"Until you learn to realise that you are torturing Blu by saying you want to spend a few days away from him thinking! You made a stupid decision and Blu still thinks about how lucky he is to have you as his wife."
She paused for a second after he said this to her. And soon her eyes had lit up with hope.
"Really? He's not thinking about leaving me?"
"Are you insane? We had a beer the other night, and he thought that you were being selfish for stringing him along with a tiny string of hope to hold onto. To improve your marriage. When in reality, the only way you can improve your marriage, is if you do it together with him." Her best friend's words were very charming and convincing, that it served as a big level of comfort to her.
And this actually made her think about what he just said and take it seriously.
But before she could even come up with a response…
KNOCK KNOCK! KN-KNOCK KNOCK! KNOCK KNOCK!
"Hey? That's Blu's special knock isn't it?" Jewel recognised the pattern in f knocks on the door must have belonged to her husband.
"It is indeed! And you are going to talk to him, right now!" Roberto demanded and put a clean shirt on with his jeans to answer the door.
"No! I'm not showered or I haven't got any makeup on!" Jewel panicked as she wanted to pretty herself up before her husband walked through the door.
"Don't be silly! Just wait there." Roberto smirked and rolled his eyes, right before opening the front door. Only to see that was indeed Blu who was standing there in the doorway.
"Hey Roberto! Are you ready to get your…Jewel?" Blu widened his eyes in surprise when he noticed that his wife was standing In Roberto's apartment.
"H-Hi…" She awkwardly waved at him, shuffling her feet along the floor.
Before Blu said the first thing that came to his mind, the fact that his wife was in a completely different place to the one that she says she was going to be in. That place being his close friend's own apartment. He did jump to conclusions a little bit.
"So…This is what you've been doing instead of going to your parents?" Blu sadly frowned at his beloved.
"No no no! It's not like that Blu! She literally just came here. Ten minutes before you did, with a suitcase claiming she had a falling out with her dad. Which doesn't really surprise me." Roberto remained calm about this, because he knew that he was innocent.
"Oh…You did?" Blu turned back over to his wife, who nodded her head slowly. "What happened?"
"Can you…Leave us for a minute Beto?" Jewel politely asked her best friend.
"I mean. This is my apartment after…" As he was going to finish his sentence, he noticed that Jewel was giving him that death stare that indicated she wasn't messing around. "I'll just be outside…"
Roberto grabbed his apartment keys and let himself out, before closing the door behind him.
Leaving both blue macaws alone in the apartment to talk to each other.
"So, what do you wanna talk about?" Blu asked in an awkward manner, leaning up against the wall with his arms crossed.
"Ummm, how are you doing?" She asked in a quiet way, giving him an awkward smile.
"Not great…Missing you terribly, feel like I'm not myself…" Blu already knew that he wasn't his normal self. But what made it worse was the added guilt building up inside of him about sleeping with his new intern last night.
"I'm not quite myself either…" She shuffled her feet along the floor, sighing heavily.
"What happened between you and your dad?"
"He started saying mean things about you. Trying to convince me to divorce you." She answered him honestly, shedding a couple of tears.
"And, how did you respond?" He was hoping that she wouldn't take what Eduardo said seriously.
"Well, me carrying my suitcase out of his house over to my best friend's place is an indication of how it went down." Both of them chuckled in amusement slightly.
"I've always loved your sense of humour." Blu smiled dreamily at her, feeling so happy that he was in the presence of his wife again.
"And I've always loved how charming you are." She brushed her hair back around her ears.
"Honey…"
"I'm not there yet Blu. But seeing you here…It has made it easier." She smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek. "I just need a little more time okay?"
"Okay…I understand." He sadly replied and lowered his head.
"Hey Blu? We have got a serious problem!" Roberto burst right through the door with his cell phone in his hand.
"Problem? What problem? I'm kind of in the middle of something here." He didn't want to seem rude. But he was enjoying the conversation he was having with his wife.
"It's RDJ…There's been an…Incident, at his bar." The blue macaw man seemed very worried about his friend.
Blu and Jewel both glanced at each other with worried faces, as all three of them clearly all shared the same exact thoughts.
Half An Hour Later…
"Hey! You can't take the juke box! It's a rare antique!" RDJ yelled at a couple of members from the fire department.
"But it's been seriously damaged sir? It could be a potential fire hazard again in the future." The chief of the fire department replied with a sigh. "I'm sorry sir. Things happen that's beyond our control sometimes."
"And you are sure that the fire started from faulty wiring? This looks pretty fucked up to me?!" The blue eyed man was absolutely correct.
Most of the bar appeared to be completely burnt and debris was scattered everywhere. With most of the debris blocking off entrances to the back rooms.
"What am I supposed to do now?!" RDJ yelled in fury. "I can't afford to be without work!"
"You'll find work while the insurance company deals with this. Good luck." He nodded and patted him on the back. "Let'a clear the path! Clear the path ladies and gentlemen!" He continued telling all of the others dubstep beck, whilst they continued with their clean up duties after the fire.
"Haaaa…This is just not happening to me right now!" RDJ groaned again and threw his hands up in the air. "Fucking bullshit!"
"RDJ!"
The blue and gold macaw man did a 360 turn. Only then witnessing all three of his closest friends arrive to check on him with concern in their eyes. "Great you guys are here! Ughh, this has not been my night." The blue and gold macaw man groaned in frustration.
"What the hell happened here?" Blu was shocked to see that his friend's place of work was completely destroyed.
"I usually open my bar at 4pm every evening right?" He started off rhetorically, making them nod their heads, shoeing they understand. "So when I get here, I find out that the fuse box around back had been tempered with."
"What are you saying dude?" Roberto pondered in curiosity.
"I'm saying that someone had to have broken into the fuse box, and cut all of the wires. Then turn the fuse box on for the sparks to fly. Causing the fire to spread." He explained in anger, putting his face in his hands. "Grrrr! I bet it was that Angelo, who owns the Italian bar down the street! He's always been jealous of my successful business!"
"Now now! You can't just go around throwing accusations without any serious proof." Jewel calmed her friend down. Patting him on the back.
"What am I gonna do now?! It's gonna take about a couple of months to rebuild and refurbish my bar. And I've got to speak to the insurance company, got to file a police report, and I've got to call my wife, who is currently at an art gallery in New Jersey with her parents. Telling her that I'm possibly going to be unemployed for a couple months!" He was so upset that he didn't even look at his friends in the eye.
"No! You know what? I am gonna help you out here bud!" Blu stepped towards his good friend and patted him on the back.
"Blu, that's really kind of you to offer. But I can't ask you to do that."
"No I mean it dude! I will personally speak to a friend of mine who works in construction. He owes me a favour after I gave his son $50k to help him start his business in Rio a couple months ago. Now he owns one of the best shirt printing companies in the city. And his father promised me that he owes me a huge favour!" Blu smiled at him warmly. "So he will do all of the work for free! Then you can take the insurance money and invest it in something that you want."
"Blu…I, I don't know what to say? I mean…You'd literally be saving my life here?" RDJ's eyes shed a few tears. As he was getting pretty emotional that his friend would be so kind and generous to him.
"Don't say anything bud! And not only that, if you need a place to work for a couple of months? One of our sales guys is off for three months because he had a stroke. So we were going to bring in someone from a temp agency. But the job is yours if you want it?"
"Oh dude, this is most kind of you but, this is too much! There is no way that I can pay you back for all you are doing here?" RDJ smiled at him and wiped his tears away. "No, you know what? When my bar is finally refurbished and tidied up. You, Roberto, and Jewel will be able to have a free dinner and bottle of champagne for your table every time you come in!"
"Deal!" Blu gave him a man hug and patted him on the back.
Jewel was actually so touched at how selfless her husband was being towards his hood friends. That she actually began dreamily staring at him, like it was the first day she fell in love with him. Because his selfless acts were always the main reason why she fell for him in the first place.
"Right! Well, I'm gonna go home and call the insurance company! I'll see you on Monday in the office, boss!" RDJ smiled widely with joy, as he waltzed down the path with a kick in his step and a smile on his beak.
"Man Blu. You definitely never fail to surprise me." Roberto remarked and put a hand on his shoulder. "But I guess the night is now off?"
"Yeah unfortunately so. But I guess we can always grab a quick drink on Monday night?" Blu replied with a grin.
"Yeah, that sounds like fun! Anyway, I better get back. You coming Ju-Ju?"
"In a minute. I'll catch up!" Jewel reassured her best friend, who nodded his head and turned around. Walking away to get back yo his apartment, that was a thirty minute walk away.
Jewel then returned her gaze to her husband, and smiled at him in that same dreamy way.
"What?" Blu smirked a little bit, recognising the way she was smiling at him.
"You. Just, being who you are. One of the many reasons why I fell in love with you." She cooed in a sweet voice.
"Yeah…It was nothing…"
"Now don't you be humble and modest now! That was a good thing you did for him." She giggled a little in a cute manner.
"Alright, haha." He laughed in a charming manner, noticing that his wife had a light pink blush on her cheeks.
"Well, how about after you have drinks with Beto…We can, talk? You know…like talk hehe." She replied with a slight giggle, feeling all giddy all of a sudden.
"I'd like that." He beamed in response and smiled deeply at his wife.
"Okay…"
"Okay…"
"See you soon…"
"You can count on it…"
Before Jewel walked away, she walked up to him and kissed him on the cheek. Making him blush a bright pink a little.
So Jewel went in the direction her best friend had gone to go back to his apartment. That Roberto had allowed his best friend to stay for a couple nights.
And Blu just couldn't stop smiling and he turned around himself, about to head home to his apartment.
A Few Metres Away…
Behind some bushes that were hidden away in the background, a figure in a white jacket stood there staring at the blue couple who were talking, having a little moment. Then after the girl kissed the guy on the cheek they departed.
They appeared to be shaking violently in rage, and grabbing their legs and scratching them deeply with their fingernails. Leaving quite a nasty scratch mark on either leg.
They must have been absolutely furious by what they just saw.
Whoever they were…They didn't even stick around after the talk ended between the blue couple. They disappeared into the dark, and vanished from sight.
Ooooh, things are getting interesting now aren't they? Blu stopped himself from doing it with Katie in a park bush and she freaked out. Jewel decided to leave her dad's house after he continuously tries to convince his daughter to leave Blu. Even though she was really angry when he kept telling her this. So she decided to move to Roberto's apartment for a couple days. RDJ's bar mysteriously burned down due to faulty wiring! But after the kindness Blu showed towards him, that really touched Jewel's heart. Reminding her why she fell in love with her husband in the first place. And now there is a mysterious figure watching them from the bushes. So much to look forward to! I'll see you all soon for the next chapter.
