Seasons pickings chapter 4

Seasons pickings

Chapter 4
Her face was a deep red, as she blushed. She wasn’t exactly sure if it was because the giant commented that her name was pretty. But her cheeks felt really warm right about now.
She suddenly felt the need to fall asleep. She rested her head tiredly against Aiden’s thumb.  Not thinking much about it for now.
“Hey what’s wrong?” Aiden’s voice asked above her, seeming to have noticed Jane’s lack of energy.
She felt a finger tip gingerly touch her forehead.
“Your pretty warm” Aiden said softly , “must be from being in that river...”
Jane weakly looked up at him with just her eyes, and said “you saved me?”
Aiden gave a nod. “Yeah...and sorry I couldn’t save you any apples” he said and smiled cheekily trying to brighten up the mood.
Jane gave her own little smile.
“Now maybe it’s about time you got some rest” the giant said. Jane felt herself agreeing as she began to close her eyes. But her mind felt uneasy about sleeping out in the open.
The giant seemed to sense her discomfort, for she felt him start to pet her hair.
“Don’t worry I’ll watch over you.”
She heard him say as she began to close her eyes and drift off to sleep.

Jane felt herself begin to wake up, after her long nap. It was rather dreamless, but she felt much better than before she fell asleep.
Opening her eyes she groggily looked around.
She noticed that she had been laying on an odd surface. It was warm and soft, yet had a rubbery feel to it.
Looking around she realized that it was a hand wrapped around her.
Her eyes widened as her memories returned from before.
Looking up she nearly jumped when she saw Aiden’s sleeping face. She was still not quite used to him yet.
Shaking it off she studied him. He must have drifted off while watching over her.
Jane smiled at the sight; he looked so relaxed while sleeping.
She could feel his breath as he softly snored, blowing some of her hair slightly.
Jane, letting out a soft yawn, moved one of her free hands (good thing they weren’t trapped in Aiden’s grip) and wiped the sleep out of her eyes.
Aiden, who must have felt her movement, let out a yawn himself.
Man yawns were contagious!
Opening his eyes the first thing they locked on to was Jane’s own gaze.
She could see him smile as he looked at her.
“You’re awake” he stated the obvious.
Jane smiled and gave a light nod.
She then felt his finger on her forehead again.
“Hmm looks like your temperature went down, that’s a good sign” he said smiling cheerfully at her.
She blushed at his gentle gesture; he seemed to care a lot about her.
Looking around for a moment, she noticed things looked very different from up here, even in Aiden’s sitting position.
Large rocks looked like stones, and trees looked like a branch.
Her eyes stopped roaming as they gazed at the setting sun. It was beautiful with all its oranges and reds, it was like an artist’s canvas...but wait didn’t sun sets mean it was getting late?
“It’s pretty isn’t it?” the giant said, who seemed to also be focused on the sun.
Jane nodded but didn’t really pay attention, as her thoughts took over her mind.
Shouldn’t she be home by now? Her mother must be really worried right now.
“I gotta go” she suddenly said.
Hearing her Aiden turned to look down at her curiously. “Hmm? Go? Go where?” he sounds excited, like when you took a kid on a Ferris wheel.
“Home.”
“Home? Oh...” his expression turned from happy to sad in an instant. He slowly puts her back down on the ground.
Jane frowned up at him.
She may have just met him in one day, but she already felt a deep friendship start to form between them.
He looked so sad and lonely, she didn’t want to see him that way.
“I...uh m-maybe I could come back tomorrow” she said stuttering.
Aiden looked down at her his expression brightening up with a large smile. “Really?” he said in a hopeful voice.
She grinned and nodded.
He suddenly scooped her up, and held her against his cheek in a hug. “Thank you, thank you!” he said happily.
Jane blushed at his hug and giggled, “yeah we could meet by the river or something” she said.
The giant nodded happily, “that would be great” he said.
After being put down, with a few waves and goodbyes she went off to go back to her house. Where she knew her worried mother would welcome her in with open arms.