A little head, full of chocolate colored hair, bobbed up and down as the little girl of seven totted around. She was stuffing her bright red wagon full of treats her mom made, a blanket to sit on, and of course all of her favorite stuffed animals. After five minutes of loading, the little girl, who was finally satisfied with the over-stuffed wagon, grabbed the handle. A smile, in which empty spaces where her front teeth should have been, crawled onto her face as she made her way out of the garage with the wagon in tow.
It was a warm spring day and her parents were busy helping the newest members of the Cul De Sac to move in. It was apparently a small family like hers was, but her parents had informed her that there was a boy her age that would probably be a playmate. With excitement and nervousness the brown haired girl started setting up the picnic. Every couple of minutes as she was setting up, her bright blue eyes would search around for this fabled boy, but to no avail. After around ten minutes the girl had everything out of the wagon, and had started eating one of the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches her mom had packed for her.
Meanwhile, still sitting in the moving truck, a blonde haired boy sat, his brown eyes full of wonder and fear as he watched the girl around his age start playing with her toys and eating food. This was the first time he had ever moved and didn't know if the kids here could be as nice as the ones back in his old home.
"Josh?" His mother called as she finally realized that her son hadn't moved from his seat. The boy started a little before turning to his mother with a sheepish look, "Why are you still in here? Why don't you go and play with the little girl over there? She's been looking over quite a bit."
The look in the grown woman's eyes meant that arguing was futile; so Josh nodded to her and shakily opened his door, hopping out of the car right after. Gingerly he made his way over to his new neighbor's yard, and then stopped just before the brown haired girl could notice, behind a hedge.
What no one had seen, was a young woman with wavy red hair and smiling hazel eyes, watching and following the two children. She giggled when she saw the young boy was too afraid to keep moving. She gave the boy a nudge with her curled silver staff, edging him onward gently.
At the sound of a footfall behind her, the little girl paused her playing to look up and see the scared boy. Both of the children pausing for a moment to look in the other's contrasting eyes, both full of wonder and awe.
Gently using her shepherd's staff to pull Josh closer to the little girl, the woman smiled fondly as she noticed the boy's face getting a little bit redder with each footstep he took. Now, the unseen woman's favorite part had come, she hovered on small white wings above the two children, and softly tapped their heads with her staff.
Almost instantly after she had done so, a smile appeared on both of the kids faces.
"Do you want a sandwich?" The brown haired girl questioned, pulling out a second pb&j sandwich from her wagon.
"Y-yes please." The blond haired boy timidly responded.
After eating their sandwiches they started to play a game of tag and chased each other around.
The adventure for love had just begun for these children. Maybe one day they would be able to see the one that had started them on this quest, like all the ones who find their true love do.
Emery Cupid beamed as the children started playing, leaning on her staff. She loved helping people find the ones that brought them happiness. But she was completely oblivious to the fact that she too, would find her true love.