Was It All A Big Mistake?

Before we begin the chapter, I just want to point out that we have already passed the halfway mark in this story. And the drama is only going to intensify! Fred's psychotic tendencies will increase, RDJ will be thinking about some things and a certain someone arrives at the Rio airport. So much to look forward to! Let's dive right back in!

"RDJ STOP IT! STOP IT!" Jose and over seven other men including three security guards were holding him back. Whilst another two or three held Thomas back to stop the fight.

The fight on the dance floor disrupted the night and everyone around them watched on in horror. As the scarlet macaw had bruises and cuts all over his face, nose, beak and hands.

Whereas RDJ had a bit of glass in his face from where he was struck by Thomas. As well as having bruises on his knuckles from where he repeatedly attacked him.

"Now this is enough! RDJ, you have had too much to drink and you need to get your personal life sorted out! Thomas? You antagonised him first and caused this fight!" Pedro spoke with a stern voice. To which both males nodded their heads in agreement. "I think both of you need to head home and calm the heck down. Then tomorrow you can start fresh."

Thomas acknowledged that he was the one who egged RDJ on to punch him first. So he extended his hand out to shake hands with the blue and gold man. "I'm sorry for starting all this. I should have been more respectful of your feelings and circumstances." He did mumble a bit as blood poured from his beak.

"I'm sorry too! I-I don't normally d-drink this much…" He slurred his words and shuffled a little bit. "And I'll give you the number of my private doctor. He will personally take care of all of your injuries. You don't need to pay for the treatment. It's on me."

"Thank you! Here, I'm sober. I didn't even get to drink my bourbon in the end. I'll drive you to your place." Thomas offered as security begin escorting the two of them out.

"That's not a good idea. You are in a lot of pain. I'll just walk home…"

"Are you sure?"

"Positive! And…thank you…" RDJ thanked him and patted him on the back.

"For what?" He cocked his head to the side in confusion.

"For the offer!"

As the duo were being escorted out of the club for what had happened, Nico decided that they were going to cancel their performance due to the incident that occurred.

However, they did extend happy hour to two hours for the inconvenience. To which many many birds all flooded to the bar to purchase their cheaper drinks.

And soon they had all forgotten about the performance and just reacted to the news of an extended happy hour.

Nico, Pedro, Sofia and Lillian were all on top of the balcony that was a few feet from where RDJ rugby tackled Thomas onto the dance floor. Cleaning up the mess that he had created.

Sofia was sweeping up the broken glass with Lillian, whilst Nico and Pedro were carrying the table out. To then replace it with a non broken one.

Every now and then, you can see Nico stealing a little glance at his ex girlfriend every now and then. Then as she glanced at him, she would slightly catch him staring at her. Which made her feel slightly awkward.

However, after what Carlos had just reminded her of how manipulative and selfish he was, when being in Nico's presence again. It wasn't as bad as last time.

"Dude, if you are going to keep stealing little glances at her. Why boy just go over there and talk to her." Pedro remarked after they had begun bringing in the new table. "You can't keep torturing yourself like this."

"Dude, I can't talk to her. She hates me!"

"So? You have to go over there and fix it!" Pedro helper by giving him a little nudge.

"Maybe tomorrow dude. I just wanna finish the cleaning up then head to RDJ's beach house like we planned."

"Oooh yeah! Our weekly poker night. You still think he would be up for it?" Jose joined in on their conversation. As he was helping to sort out the mess.

"I'm sure. Don't worry. Kipo is the club manager while we are the head managers as well as occasional performers. Kipo will manage the club when we are not here. Plus, Samantha does the waitressing tonight, before the new staff start tomorrow." Pedro explained and clapped his hands together. "So, how about the three of us just get out of here and head on over to the beach house?"

Everyone who was attending nodded their heads in agreement.

So that once they were done tidying up what was damaged, they could finish off the night playing poker at their good friend's house.

Who by the way he was acting tonight, needed his friends with him by his side.

Let's Check On Lila And Jacqueline…

"And, I think once the baby is born. We were going to purchase the beach house next door to…" Jacqueline and Lila were eating ice cream and talking about things that are going on in their lives right now. With the baby coming along, and what Lila planned to do when leaving the hospital.

"It's okay Jacqui. You can say RDJ's name. You don't have to give him a code name just because we broke up recently." Lila gave a sad smile, licking the spoon to lick off the chocolate ice cream.

"You're right, I'm sorry. The house next door isn't as nice and fancy as his. But, with a woman's touch and some extra money coming in from the investment I made last month in that sneaker shop. I could even get a fancy chandelier if I wanted." She smiled and licked her beak.

"Sounds like you and Jose have got a lot figured out so far." She replied, finishing off the rest of her tub of ice cream.

"Yeah. Jose wants to also have a guest room built for when the others wanna come over and visit. And have an extra room for when his sister moves here."

"His sister is moving here?"

"Not sure really? He did ask her to, but she gets a little nervous about moving to a new country. Plus, I'm sure it wasn't easy for Jose to move here after he won in the last surfing contest." Jacqueline finished her tub also and threw hers in the trash can besides her. As well as throwing Lila's in there after she was given it.

"Well, at least his heart is in the right place." Lila grinned and relaxed on her hospital bed. "Mmmm, ooooo…"

"What's the matter?"

"My…area hurts." She pointed to where her vagina is, trying to make a few manoeuvres to make herself more comfortable.

"Do you want me to get the nurse?" Jacqueline was about to get up and leave her, to find the right member of staff that her good friend had required. But, she swiftly was stopped by her blue hand holding onto her skirt. Stopping her from moving.

"No, it's okay. I'll just…I'll rub some cream on it." She answered very embarrassed. Scratching the back of her head.

"God, I am so sorry that you had to endure such emotional and physical trauma like this!"

"It's really not that surprising. He has raped me a couple of times in the past. In the month leading to me packing my bags and leaving." Lila remarked, shifting onto her side. "I just wish I had said something, instead of just standing there, as if I were a deer caught in headlights."

"Lila, you were terrified! If Jose saw me standing opposite some guy who used to beat me up, and I stood there and let him touch me and everything. I would have been equally as terrified as you." The blue spix's girl made a lot of great points, but only some of them got through to her. The others…not so much.

"But I don't like confrontational stuff! You would have probably at least slapped the guy. I couldn't even talk to him…"

"So? He's definitely out of your life now! And now that he's gone…maybe? You could…talk to RDJ?" Jacqueline nudged her slightly in a playful tone. To which she could only look at her feet, sighing heavily.

"I don't think he wants to talk to me anymore. I really hurt him Jacqui! I really broke his heart. How will he even begin to forgive me after what I did?" The blue girl sighed again. Trust me…He deserves the absolute best. He's a truly amazing guy, and I really have let him down."

Being honest with her was just half of the attempts to get Lila to talk to RDJ again. The other half would he actually physically trying to convince her.

"Lila…you gotta talk to him! Sure, he's a little bit upset right now because of what happened. But if you actually explain to him about what really happened, I'm sure he would understand."

"Really? You really think so?" Her eyes lit up with that spark of hope. Clearly showing that she still wanted to be with RDJ.

"I know so! Sure, he's a little bit upset right now. But after a good explanation and a talk. I'm sure the two of you can work things out." Jacqueline reassured her and patted her on the back. "Anyway, Tilly said that you can move all of your things out of that motel room and move into the luxurious motel room that they had refurbished two months ago. In fact…RDJ says that you can live there rent free."

"He…He did? But…I thought he was mad at me?" Lila widened her eyes in shock when she heard this.

"He is concerned about your well being still. See? He still cares about you deeply. The two of you just need to sit down and discuss some things."

"You're right! For now, I think I am ready to be discharged from this hospital." Lila remarked confidently and pressed on the buzzer to call her doctor.

BZZZZZZZZZ!

"Miss Lila? How may I help you?" Doctor Malcom came in with his clip board and his cell phone. "By the way, sorry I left abruptly when doing the psychological evaluation test. I just found out my brother Thomas got into a bar fight at the new club that opened up today." He rolled his eyes.

"Is he okay?" Jacqueline asked in concern.

"Thomas? No. The guy he was fighting kicked the crap out of him. He's on his way here now for treatment."

"Do they know who the guy is?"

"Unfortunately I am not at liberty to say because it's patient confidentiality." Malcom respected the wishes of his brother to not tell them it was RDJ who kicked his butt in the club. Especially since he offered to pay all of the medical expenses for him, with the promise that Thomas doesn't press charges against him for assault.

"It was RDJ, wasn't it?" Jacqueline rolled her eyes and put a hand on her hip.

"Was it really that obvious?" Malcom smirked and shook his head.

"Knowing how drunk he was last night, and Jose telling me how drunk he was at the club. And the fact that your brother is a sick minded pig! I'm not surprised that it ended in a bar fight. No offence…"

"Meh, none taken! He told me the truth about everything. My stupid brother was saying sexual horrible things about Lila to him. He told him nicely three times to stop, he wouldn't. So he started to fight him." The scarlet man nodded his head and checked his charts.

"He…Did that because, he was defending my honour?" Lila was shocked when hearing this straight from the doctor's beak. "Why would he do that after all the trouble and pain I caused him?"

"I have no idea. But, you are all good to go! You can finish the rest of your evaluation online later this evening. And you just need to sign this release form." Malcom gave her the clip board to sign. Which she signed and passed back to him. "Okay, you are free to go! If anything else happens, please call me or Diante directly. We will be there."

"Thanks Malcom. Say hello to the wife for me." Lila thanked him as Jacqueline helped her to stand up. "How long until the anaesthetic wares off?"

"A few hours to be precise. If I were you, maybe head back home and rest up." The doctor suggested and gave both of them a nod. Before receiving a beep on his pager. "Oh dear, I have to go! I have a young girl who got bitten by a snake downstairs. Luckily she's alive, but she is very dizzy and nauseous. But she will make a full recovery." He departed the room in an instant, leaving both of the girls alone.

"Alright, let's head back to the luxurious motel room you'll be staying in now. I'll help you move your stuff over to the room." Jacqueline offered, when the duo began exiting the hospital together.

"Thanks Jacqui. Just nothing too heavy for you as you are pregnant. Maybe I'll get Jose to help." She replied with a grin. Knowing that both of them would be heading back to her new home. To relax after all this traumatic experience she had over the last couple of days.

Now Let's Head Back To The Guys…

"I see your twenty…and I raise you…thirty!" Jose slid over the betting chips in the centre of the table.

RDJ, Jose, Nico and Pedro were having their weekly poker night.

And it was the blue and gold macaw's turn to host the evening. As he was slaps providing the drinks, cigars and all three of them bring their money and have a good night of gambling and laughs.

RDJ was already on his fourth dry martini, and you could tell that he wasn't sober by any means necessary. Although, this didn't alter his judgment when it come to poker. As it was a game he enjoyed playing a lot with his mother as a kid.

"I see your thirty, and I raise you fifty!" Pedro slid his chips to the centre. "Nico?"

"Check." He answered without much facial expressions. Showing that he was in a very bad mood this evening. "RDJ?"

"I see your fif-fty…Raise you a hundred!" He slid over the chips into the middle. "What you got?"

"Ahhhh, three of a kind…" Pedro sent first and put down his hand. That consisted of three tens, a Queen and a Jack.

"Full house baby!" Jose put his hand down that contained three aces and two sevens.

"Two pair…Fuck sake!" Nico threw his weak hand down on the table.

However, RDJ smirked in amusement and cockily laid his hand down. "Someone call King Charles from the UK. Because I believe he just did a Royal Flush!" He put down the strongest hand you could get in poker.

"Every damn fucking time! I swear to god you are cheating!" Nico frustrated by him losing another hand of poker drank some of his martini.

"I don't cheat Nico. You of all people should know that." RDJ rolled his eyes and collected his winnings.

"What's that supposed to mean?" The canary man argued with him. Even though his friend wasn't insulting him, he for some reason felt like he was being insulted.

"Come on guys? Let's not do that tonight." The green armed man interrupted them and waves his hand in front of Nico's face. "He was just saying that you know him so well. That you know that he wouldn't cheat."

"Hmmmm…I doubt that's what he meant…" He spoke in a grumpy tone of voice, as RDJ began dealing the cards again. "Are you going to shuffle them fairly?" He sarcastically asked him.

"What is-is your prob-lem Nic-HICCUP…Nico? Why are you being like that?" His response showed his confusion, dealing only half of the cards out. Stopping what he was doing to listen to him.

"Ooooh, I don't cheat Nico!" He mimicked him in a deep voice as a way to mock him.

Which truth be told…due to his drunken state…did tick him off a little bit.

"Just drop it Nico. We are only playing a game here." Pedro was finishing off dealing the cards because he felt like RDJ was too engaged in the conversation to finish off what he was meant to do.

"Yeah man? I'm only trying to play fair. I don't appreciate your accusations of cheating." RDJ responded with irritation in his voice.

"There you go again! Listen, just because Lila cheated on you, doesn't mean you have to start accusing others of the same thing."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Jose wasn't entirely sure where Nico was going with this.

"RDJ here is making it known that I cheated on Lillian! And he is bummed out that his girlfriend cheated on him, so he's taking it out on me!" Nico argued back and crossed his arms.

The muscular blue eyed man sat there for a moment to just process what Nico was accusing him of. And it it hasn't been for the fact that he was already very drunk. He probably would have wanted to have a nice polite conversation with him about the miss communication.

But instead…he did a rather…different approach to the situation.

"You really wanna bring up Lila cheating on me? Even after I literally did nothing wrong to you? Are you really gonna do this?" RDJ narrowed his eyes and necked his martini. "You really wanna go there?"

"Guys…" Jose tried interrupting again. But RDJ wasn't having any of it.

"No no Jose. Our little friend here first accuses me of being a cheat at poker. Then I tell him that I'm sure he knows of all people that I don't cheat. Which I am sure he knew that I was referring to cheating at poker. And because he's so guilty that he fondled another girl in front of his supposed girlfriend. He now wants to try and make me feel as bad as him. Because Lila was getting close and personal with her ex." He explained without slurring or mispronunciation.

"Oh you knew exactly what you were talking about! You are sly like that. No wonder Lila cheated on you…"

This little comment from the canary sparked a big fire within RDJ.

"You know…it's kinda funny you saying that. Especially with the way Lillian slapped you after your breakup." RDJ was about to tell his friend some very sensitive information.

Was he about to say this because he was being spiteful? To be truthful? Or was it because he genuinely wanted to hurt his feelings?

You never really know the true intent when alcohol consumption is involved.

"Who the fuck told you that?" Nico darted his eyes over to his best friend, who rose both his hands up in defence.

"Not me bro!" The cardinal put both his hands up.

"Then who?!"

"Well, this was a great idea…" Jose muttered to nobody in particular.

"You wanna know who?" RDJ smirked and crossed his arms, leaning forward against the table. "Your ex girlfriend Lillian told me last night!"

"What? Why would she be talking to you? You're not worth her time."

"That's not what she was saying last night. In fact, there wasn't a lot of saying last night. If you know what I mean?" He laughed and gave Jose a slight nudge, to which everyone at the table all slowly turned their heads towards RDJ. Widening their eyes in shock from what he just said. "Judging by the looks on your faces, you probably get that I was tryna say that Lillian and I fucked last night."

"Y-You…fucked…my…ex?" Nico now suddenly felt a fire burning within himself, as he clenched his hands into fists.

"Hey, she kissed me first. I kissed back. We then did missionary and doggy. What's so hard for you not to understand?"

"What the fuck is wrong with you?!"

"Me? I'm not the one who fingered a girl's vagina in front of the girl they love, making them feel so heartbroken that they decided to find comfort in a better man! Even though both of us were drunk, she still had the time of her life with the better man!"

"Who is the better man huh? I don't see him anywhere! All I see is a drunk alcoholic who only turned to booze after his girlfriend cheated on him with her ex! Were you just her sloppy seconds?" Nico rose his voice and didn't even care that he was hurting his good friend's feelings. "Unlike you, I don't need to turn to alcohol to cope with being a loser."

"A loser huh? Well, at least this loser was able to make your ex girlfriend cum so much, that my legs were soaked more than the time I got soaked on the water rapids! And I made her have a multiple orgasm that was so loud, all of the whales in the ocean could hear her screams of pleasure!" RDJ tightened his hands into fists and felt like he was on the verge of losing his temper.

And if that wasn't enough to push him over the edge…what Nico was about to say now…would completely change that.

"Impressive! Maybe your mom heard it from beyond her rotting mouldy corpse after you murdered her!"

"WHAT DID YOU FUCKING SAY?!"

"YOU FUCKING HEARD ME!"

RDJ at this point completely lost it and flipped the table over in front of him. Much to the shear surprise and shock of Pedro and Jose.

He then tried to lunge straight for Nico, but Jose grabbed hold of him and tried very hard to prevent him from attacking the canary man.

"GET OFF OF ME!" RDJ pulled the green armed man off of him and swung a punch towards Nico. To which Pedro had pulled his best friend out of the firing zone.

"STOP IT! BOTH OF YOU!" Pedro yelled and picked Nico up off of the ground, dragging him away from the irritated drunk RDJ.

"He fucked my ex!"

"You caused all of this Nico!" Jose yelled at him, whilst restraining RDJ by pushing him up against the window.

"It's not my fault that mommy's boy has been miserable before Lila cane into his life! Now that he's lost her, he's back to being a pussy!" Nico continued to spitefully comment towards him.

"Pussy?! I'll show you who's a pussy!" RDJ pushed Jose aside and went to punch Nico. But Pedro swiftly blocked his path and gave him a slap across the face.

"SNAP OUT OF IT! This…isn't…who you are…" The red crested cardinal took hold of his shoulders and tried to reason with him.

"But he…"

"This…Isn't…You! Okay? This…Ian't you!"

A hush filled the room, as both men in the room were taking deep and slow breaths. Calming both of them down as they realised that things have clearly gone out of control.

"RDJ…I think you had a little too much to drink. It's clouding your judgment, and you are behaving in a way that you wouldn't normally behave." Jose was adjusting his prosthetic foot. "And you Nico, you made assumptions that were wrong and jumped to unnecessary conclusions."

"That may be…but he slept with my ex!" He argued, and still felt upset by this.

"Were the two of you together when they did sleep together?"

"No, but…"

"So there is no problem! They were both heartbroken single individuals who were drunk and had sex. If RDJ was still with Lila and you were with Lillian and they did it, then it would be wrong! But because they were both single, then there is no reason why they couldn't do anything." Pedro explained in a clear voice.

"Haaaaaaa…" Nico put both hands on his face and sighed heavily in tiredness. "I suppose…you were too drunk to make a clear judgement." Nico now aimed his words back towards RDJ.

"I never intended for it to happen Nico. We got a little drunk, and things just happened." The blue eyed man finally calmed down, and he approached him very calmly.

"I just need to know. Did she say something afterwards?"

"We both agreed that it was just a one night stand. She still has certain feelings for you. And I still deeply care about Lila. Things happened last night that both of us enjoyed in the moment. But…I only see her as a friend." RDJ reassured him. "I'm sorry buddy…I should have told you."

"It's okay. I'm sorry I made awful comments about your mother. I took it too far." Nico apologised and the two of them ended up shaking hands and giving each other a man hug.

"There we are. Now, I think it's best that all of us head back and have a good night sleep." Jose suggested and helped RDJ pick up the table.

"I agree. And don't worry. I will collect all of the chips in the morning and I'll just wire all three of you $2000 each. As that's how much you brought with you." RDJ sounded like he got most of his frustration out of his system now. And all he wanted to do was tidy up before heading to bed.

"Thanks dude. Night!" Pedro escorted Nico out the back entrance and down towards the beach. Leaving Jose alone in the room with RDJ.

"Need me to stick around and help tidy up?" Jose politely offered him.

"No necessary bud. I'm just gonna pick up most of this stuff in the morning. I just want to make sure the cigars and the liquor are all good." RDJ nodded and gave him a handshake. "I'm sorry about my behaviour tonight. I've not really been myself the last couple of days."

"If I were you, stop drinking! It's only going to make matters worse." Jose nodded and proceeded tone it the house through the front door.

"Yeah, I promise I'll stop the excessive drinking." RDJ nodded and grabbed a mug. "I'm going to put on a pot of coffee."

"Good idea. Goodnight RDJ." Jose nodded and smiled at him, exiting the house and closing the door behind him.

As RDJ just stood there in the middle of his living room and sighed heavily in defeat. Before picking up a broom, and sweeping up his floor as the coffee machine made his coffee.

Now We Head To The Airport…

The airport this late in the evening was fairly quiet as the majority of passengers were either boarding their flights during the day, earlier on in the evening. Or some even early hours of the morning.

But as this was the final flight arriving for the evening, the plane only carried thirty seven passengers on board the flight.

One by one you could see groups of the public exiting the airport after they arrived on time.

Various groups were mostly locals who were returning from vacation or business trips etc.

But as for one particular individual…they arrived for an entirely different reason.

A particular individual exited the airport carrying one suitcase. And that individual revealed to be a woman.

You couldn't tell what species of bird she was due to her wearing some green jumpsuit. But you could see that she had light brown eyes and a greyish beak and nose.

Plus she has a very slender body, with fairly big breasts and a curvy round butt. She also had a beautiful tail that had some blue feathers on it.

"Hmmmm, what's the point of having a cab line if there are no cabs?" The female macaw groaned and looked around for a free cab to take.

"Well well well…What do we have here?"

All of a sudden, she turned her head around to see Douglas standing there with a coffee in his hand. And his work partner was arresting some drunk woman who was harassing a donut stand employee.

"I thought cops eating donuts was a cheap stereotype?" The female smirked and put a hand on her hip. "I can't believe you recognised me after all these years?"

"Are you kidding me? I could never forget your face! Now bring it in and give me a long awaited hug!" The military macaw man opened up his arms and she hugged him in a tight warm embrace. Before jetting go of her to have to decent conversation with her. "I just, I can't believe you're here?"

"How so?"

"It's just…I haven't seen you here since the…well…since the funeral." Douglas took his hat off in respect.

"Yeah…I have been meaning to drop by again. I really have! It's just, things at work have been so crazy lately. I've barely had any time off! Good I wish I could quit my job!"

"So why don't you?"

"Need to earn a living somewhere." The female sighed and grabbed her suitcase. "Anyway, I'll see you soon Douglas! I'm gonna flag down a cab…"

"Oh nonsense! I'm going to drive you!" Douglas offered kindly, as he assisted putting her suitcase in the trunk of the police car.

"Well, that's so kind of you! You still remember the way right?"

"I should hope so. Your brother is living there still." Douglas remarked and had her sit in the back seat. Closing the door behind her.

"Yo Doug? Who's the tart?" His work partner asked in a rude tone, earning him a slap across the back of his head. "Hey?! What was that for?!"

"That woman is a good friend of mine! So you will show Iris some respect…"

"I-Iris? As in…"

"Yes…RDJ's sister…"

Yes ladies and gentlemen! Iris is back in one of my stories! After her final appearance in 'The Revelation Of Jair' I have only mentioned her name in previous stories. But this is the first time I've used Iris in a story outside of The Samba Club series!

Looks like RDJ has finally realised that alcohol is clouding his judgment and you could see that from the fight in the club, and the fact that he nearly beat up his good friend in his house. So now he's agreed to stop the excessive drinking. RDJ and Lila have shown signs that they still care about each other deeply. But they don't know how to handle the situation. Jacqueline plans to move next door to her best friend. And now you're probably wondering…how will things get any more complicated? Stay tuned for the next chapter, see you all soon!