I just LOVE this couple! Watched Rio today once more.. well with a friend who hadn't seen it. I'm trying to spread the movie all around, get it more familiar. But anyway..

There was a high pitched beeping once the alarm clock went off. Linda heard the alarm and groaned rolling over and reaching for it.

"Darn thing."

Slowly adjusted her eyes to the surrounding area, Linda found she wasn't in her guest room, but instead in an unknown area. The walls were a coffee-brown with a mass array of photos of a small boy with large glasses holding different birds.

"Mmm,..morning."

She flipped around so fast their heads collided, hard.

Linda's head was throbbing as she checked to see if her nose was bleeding from the collision. She could barely comprehend what she was doing in bed with him. She cautiously lifted back the blankets seeing they were both still fully clothed. Sighing with relief before turning to Tulio who was nursing a slightly bleeding nose.

"Lind-ah.. let me explain.." he winced holding his nose.

"Do you have any ice?"

After he nodded, she ran off to the kitchen leaving him sitting there, then she returned with a rag filled with ice. "Here, this should ease and stop the bleeding. Put it on the back of your head."

After a bit, his nose had stopped and the ornithologist placed his glasses back on. "Linda, I..we didn't do anything.."

Slowly she was recalling the night before..

Tulio had taken her to an exclusive samba club to try and ease Blu's departure. Sure she'd still see him from time to time, but he knew how close the bird and her were. Linda had never been a fan of alcohol, since it mainly led to unwanted problems, but tonight she could stomach a shot or two.

"Linda, you mustn't be sad, Blu is right where he belongs and with you living here, you will probably see him once in a while." He mused.

"I know.. but well he's been a huge part of my life but now that Jewel is healed, and they've taken off off.." She sighed.

After that Tulio went from being her date to a chaperon, Linda had obviously taken more than a few shots of liquor. He finally pulled the drink out of her hand as she had climbed upon a table. Linda was crazy with the drink in her system, shouting, singing horribly loud (he supposed that's where singing like a drunkard came from) and laughing almost maniacally.

Upon reaching his door she grabbed him by the shirt collar and kissed him hard. He just about swallowed his tongue from the shock. He could taste the alcohol in her breath and tried to push her back. He knew this was wrong and that other men wouldn't be so quick as not to take advantage of her as he placed her on his bed since she collapsed her legs half way down the hall. He sighed and flopped down beside her, he was too tired to change into his pj's for now.

He learned one thing more about her that night; she snored like a bear in winter.

"Tulio, I.. I know you wouldn't do such a thing.. it was just well a bit of shock.."she akwardly scratched the back of her head. "Did I.. do anything embarrassing..while..."

"Well, it was nothing except for you belting out the song playing in the bar." Tulio chuckled. "Even if it was in Portuguese. You mostly just said "Tico Taco.. ya ya ya.."

Linda turned brick red. She didn't want to remember that night now and mentally swatted herself for even taking one drink. She felt him touch her arm and she smiled over to him.

"Well, I really don't have things here to make breakfast, would you mind if we went out?" he offered and Linda nodded heading off to the guest restroom for a shower and scouring her teeth with her brush before using just about all her mouthwash to cleanse her of the scent.

Well, seems Linda doesn't hold her alcohol well now does she.. lol.. R and R.. but Tulio is a sweet guy :)