Spot sat with Dora all afternoon, she fell asleep many times, but any time he would set her down she would awake. He carried her around the small room untill the sun began to set.

"Dora, would you like to take a walk?" Spot asked the baby, the only reply she gave was gazeing into his eyes. Her eyes were a pretty shade of blue and the showed him his own reflection.

He softly carried the young babe out into the warm Brooklin air. His boys were far gone from their afternoon play in the river below, so he made his way onto the long peir. The soft breeze blew the currents agains the brown wood, causing it to make a slight laping sound. Like what one would hear if they turned out all their electronics and simply listened to their dog drinking. The baby gurgled and cooed with delight. She reached out into the open air and clasped her fingers around a summer breeze.

"This is my kingdom, and you are my little princess," Spot said, rubbing his nose against hers. She grabbed his hair and laughed jauntly. "What do you think your doing girl! Don't touch the hair. Rule one." The baby continued to hold on, he pulled her hand off his sandy blonde hair and smiled.

The baby laughed some more as he stared at her. He walked slowly down the peir that he called home. At the end sat a small body, he could only see the sillohuet in the setting sun. "Hey sunny, what are you doing down there?" he shouted, startaling Dora. The figure turned around at started to stand. A panic set in Spot, if he had to fight now what would he do wit Dora, she would surely get hurt. The wind blew calmly against the watter, but he noticed none of that now. All that Spot could think about was this tall thin figure comming twards him. The figure moved slowly, when he was half way there spot could see that the he was a she. Though he could not see her face he could see her clothing. A black skirt down to her ankles, with blue spots, and she woar a black long sleeved shirt. There was dust and mud on them from her expiditions by the water. Her shoes were missing and she walked in a sagy limping like way. Spot's panic deminished, now replaced with regret. He regreted ever yelling to the stranger person. When she was no farther than 10 yards away Spot saw how stunning the young girl looked. She was not a season older than 17, her light china-doll like face sparkled in the sunlight. Her blonde hair, that was tied in a bun, glistned, and her deep blue eyes showed saddness that could corrupt even a clown's soul. There were tear stains on her face and her cheeks were blottchy. The girl stopped in front of him, and instantly her face changed from sad to angry.

"What do you want, really, am I invading your 'turf', am I sitting you your peir?" She said putting her hands on her hips.

"NO." Spot said, shifting Dora from one arm to the other, "I just figured you would rather spend time with me than alone." He said smileing at the girl. She looked him up and down.

"Well...you though wrong." The girl said, she moved around Spot and began to walk off the peir, twords the city.

"Hey...girl," He said trotting after her. She stopped and turned around, a big smile on her face.

"My name is Caitlin, and if you ever are serious about anything. Talk toAllison." She said then she dissapeared into the sunset. Spot watched her go, he felt something inside of him...something different. He walked to the end of the peir and stared out at the watter. Dora was fast asleep, but that didn't stop him from rocking her. He waslost in his thoughts so much that he didn't even hear Sarah and Jack come up behind him...

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Sarah: Howdo you guys like it? Sorry it took so long, my net was down, then I got in a car accident. I want 2 more review before I post the next chapter...it is 1/2 way done!