True Love-----Benjamin Wadsworth

1: The Park

**Author's Note: In this story, a few things are going to be changed. Ben and Stella are going to be divorced and Jo is going to be 5 years old.**

Hailey's Pov:

As I walked around the trails in the park, the cool breeze blew through my hair. I loved walking in the woods because it gave me nostalgia of my childhood memories with my dad, us playing hide and seek in the woods together and building treehouses out of fallen branches that we found. That was back before we had our huge fight and stopped talking, of course. Oh, how I miss my amazing childhood. Once I made it out of the trails me and my golden retriever, Tucker, found a bench to take a break and savor the beautiful scenery. I was relaxing before I saw a little girl running towards me and Tucker. She looked about 4 or 5, way to young to be alone in a park. I assume that she had wondered off when her parents weren't looking. "Hi sweetheart. Where are your parents?" I asked. She ignored my question and asked if she could pet Tucker. "Yes of course you can pet him. But can you please answer my question? Where are your parents? Do they know your over here?" I asked trying to get her to answer my question so I can get her back to her parents. "I'm here with my daddy, but he is on the phone with my mommy. They were arguing so I wanted to come pet your doggy." The little girl said. "What's your name?" "My name is Jo and I'm this many." Jo held up 5 fingers. "Wow that's a beautiful name." "Thank you. Your very pretty. You look like a princess. My favorite princess is Rapunzel and you look a little like her." Jo said. "Thank you very much, Jo. Your very pretty, aswell. You look like Snow White. And just like Snow White, animals love you. I think Tucker loves you more than me." I told her and she started giggling. We continued talking about Disney movies and our favorite things, until the man who she said was her dad walked over.

Benjamin's Pov:

I had just gotten off the phone with Stella when I realized that I didn't see Jo on the playground. My heart started pounding until I saw her with a girl over by the bench. I ran over there and apologized for Jo bothering her. "Jo! There you are! You had me worried! I'm so sorry about that. She tends to wonder off when we aren't looking." The girl laughed and said "It's no problem, she is very kind and polite. I don't mind her and she wasn't bothering me so there's no need to apologize." She was very beautiful. One of the most extravagant women I've ever seen. I reached out to shake her hand and introduce myself. "I'm Benjamin, but you can call me Ben. And I guess you've met Jo already." She shook my hand and said "Nice to meet you. I'm Hailey. You have a beautiful daughter by the way." She was so sweet and beautiful. I needed to know her more. "Hey, do you want to go get some lunch? There is a new little cafe about 5 minutes away from here that I've been wanting to try out." "Yeah sure! Are you talking about the Sunflower Cafe on the corner of Main Street?" She asked. "Yeah! That's what it's called! I couldn't think of the name." I said. "My friend Sophia works there. She is going to love Jo. She absolutely loves kids." "Great! Let's head there now." We head to the cafe and get a table.