Stay by your side

I turned my body so that I was facing her instead of the sky and noticed that she was pointing towards the playground in front of us.

I squinted my eyes and saw that a kid wearing a red shirt and black shorts was running around in the playground. I smiled faintly upon seeing him.

"Oh yeah! I haven't played a lot of games in a long time." She explained.

"Do you want to play with him?" I questioned as I gestured towards the child.

She shook her head and replied. "No, I don't."

"What do you usually do then?"

"Watch."

"What?" I furrowed my brows in confusion.

"I watch others play. That way I can learn more about them." She replied as she pouted cutely. "My mom also watches other people play when they aren't playing with me."

"I see. Well then, why don't we join him?"

"Really?" She asked excitedly.

"Of course." I said grinning widely.

I jumped off of the bench and picked up the picnic basket. Alessia stood up and walked with me to the swing set. I set the basket down and opened it, reveal