When I awoke the next morning, my back was very sore and stiff. Not necessarily from sleeping on the ground last night, but just from all the wear and tear lately in general.

I gazed upwards, and saw Cain on high tree branch, wings folded over his head. Sitting up was a little hard, but I managed.

"Damn," I muttered. I had planned to wake up much earlier than this, and get out of here. I sighed, and put my fingers to my lips, whistling loudly.

Cain immediately departed from his resting spot, and as I began to slowly explore the mountain, and find my way off of it, he soared aimlessly overhead.

There were many things to harvest in the mountains this time of year, I discovered to my surprise, and delight. I snagged a few berries as I was walking, and began to munch of them.

"Hey!" a voice called out to me.

I turned around, and saw Jack running towards me. I rolled my eyes. Great, just what I needed.

"What do you want?" I asked, kind of rudely.

His face fell slightly. "I just came to ask if you were ok…"

I nodded slightly. "Fine…" I muttered, irritably. He seemed nervous…just what was he after?

"I should go now…see you later I guess," he muttered as he brushed passed me.

I started to leave myself, but that little conscience of mine caught up to me. "Wait!" I shouted.

It seemed as he didn't hear me, he just kept walking. But after a moment, he turned around.

I ran towards him. I wasn't in the greatest of shape to be running, so when I finally caught up to him, I was puffing, out of breath. "Would you show me around town?" I asked, truly feeling hopeful.

Pulling off his hat, and running his hands through his hair, Jack shrugged. "I suppose,"

I grinned. "Great, where to first?"

"Let's head to Green Ranch," he said, blushing just a tiny bit.

I got curious, and was about to say something, but just kept my mouth shut. "Ok," I said slowly, wondering if that was the place I saw the other day near the beach.

It turned out that Green Ranch was indeed the place. I was looking around with wide eyes, a bumped smack dab into someone.

Rubbing my head, I glared. "Watch where you're going!" a voice snapped at me.

A turned around, and saw…a beautiful goddess, with bright orange hair tied back with a white bow. My mouth dropped open. I felt like drooling practically. I mentally smacked myself, and stuttered, "I…I'm…so sorry…"

I glanced over at Jack, and saw him staring at Ann almost hungrily. I tried to laugh to myself, but found I couldn't. What was my problem, I wondered? I didn't even know Jack, and especially not this girl.

I turned around, and saw that Ann was staring at me. When she found I was looking at her, she blushed, and promptly turned away.

Then, it seemed for the first time, Ann noticed Jack. "Oh hey!" she greeted him cheerfully. "What can I do for you? And who's your friend?" she asked with a wink.

"Oh…Umm…this is Cliff. I'm just showing him around, he's new in town."

Ann giggled. "Welcome! Oh, Jack, can I come?"

"Sure…" Jack said with a grin. "Sound good, Cliff?"

"Yah…" I breathed, still amazed by her beauty.

As we were walking, Jack made a point of being next to Ann. She however, slickly managed to end up next to me. I kind of felt bad for Jack, bur happy for myself, if you know what I mean. No one had ever been interested in me before, so it was kind of a big thing. Still, I didn't know why it had such a huge effect on me.

Ann begged to stop at the beach. Jack of course, immediately gave in. We leaned against a large rock. As usual, Ann used her tactics to get next to me. I didn't mind at all now, and smiled back when she flashed me a grin.

Ann's lusts seemed to get through to Jack by now. "Let's get going," he sighed.

"But…" Ann began to protest.

"Now," Jack growled. "I have to get back to the farm soon…"

"Why don't you go to work then, and I'll finish up the tour?" Ann suggested.

Suddenly, a man with a surly frown on his face approached. "Ann, I need your help…"

She frowned. "Ok, Gray," she sighed, and followed him out.

Before however, I heard him mutter, "Never seen Ann like this…" and he glanced at me.

Jack let out a sigh of relief. "Shall we continue?" he asked, trying to sound friendly and cheerful.

I shrugged. "Whatever," acting indifferent.