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The Truth Finally Comes Out

It was a week and a half later and Jessie still hadn't gotten up the courage to tell Spot her secret about them having to be married for the rest of there life's, instead of just for a year. She also didn't tell him because, she was a little angry and hurt about there wedding night. She wanted to now why exactly he had acted the way he had. And today, after he got back from selling, she was going to ask him.

They were living in Manhattan now. They were planning on finding a apartment any day now, but for now they were in a single room in the upper floor of the Manhattan Lodging House. Spot had agreed to move there so that Jessie could live closer to her mother.

Jessie's mother had finally told her father about Jessie marry Spot. Let's just say he didn't take it very well. He got so mad, the neighbors almost had to call the cops. William wasn't very happy either, but Jessie just told her mother he'd have to deal with it.

Jessie was in the lobby part of the lodging house when Spot got back from work. Jack had said she was helping Kloppman clean the place up. When Spot went into the lobby he smiled when he saw her standing on her tippee toes to reach the higher part of the window.

He walked up behide her, and laid his hands on her hips, kissing right behide her ear.

Jessie almost jumped a mile. She turned around to look at Spot, he just grinned at her.
She pulled out of his hands without even a hello, and walked out of the room and up stairs.

"Hey! What's da mattah wid ya? Ya can't even say hello?"

"Spot, will you please come up stairs? I need to talk to you alone."

Spot rolled his eyes. "Yeah. Sure." He started to walk after her.

Every since there wedding night, she had had a whole new attitude towards him. Like she was more cold to him.

Once they got to there room, Jessie waited for him to come in and then she closed the door behide them.
"Spot, there are two things I need to talk to you about...."

"Oh?" He asked raising an eye brow as he leaned against their dresser and crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes a cold blue. "About what? Ya can't tell me dat ya pregnant, cause we both would know dat's a lie." He said trying to make a joke.

Jessie didn't even smile. In fact her face hardened and she looked hurt. This made Spot soften a little.

"No. That's not it. First of all....I have bad news. I know when we first agreed to marry, I said that after a year we could get a divorce. Well things have changed. There isn't going to be a divorce."

"What?" Spot asked, his face not showing any emotion at all.

"We just can't! After a year my father would just try and force me into marrying William again."

Spot's eyes got even colder, but he didn't yell. "We's gonna get a divorce da minute I'se say we are. Ya understand dat?"

She shook her head. "Sorry Spot. But I'm not ever going to sign the papers, which means we can't get a divorce."

Spot stood there silently glaring at her a moment longer before he said anything. He jumped up so quickly, Jessie jumped from surprise. "Ya a little witch!" He yelled, pushing her up against the wall suddenly. "YA ALREADY KNEW I'SE DIDN'T WANT TA BE IN DIS MARRIAGE, AND NOW YA GO AND DO DIS TA ME? WHY I'SE OUTTA...." He pulled his hand back, but once he saw the fright in my eyes, he put it down.

"I'm sorry Spot. I was just hoping that after a while, you'd grow to love me...I thought it just might be possible that you'd care at least a little bit about me...but I was wrong. After our wedding night I knew I was wrong."

"What does our wedding night have ta do wid dis?" Spot asked, his eyes and voice softening suddenly.

"That is what else I wanted to talk to you about...I want to know why you pulled away from me. Why you pushed me away..." She paused, "You hurt me so much that night Spot....more then you'll ever know." Spot was shocked to see tears in her eyes.

"Jess, ya t'ink I'se didn't want ta give ya da weddin' night of ya dreams dat night? Cause I'se did...I'se really, really did. But at da time, I'se thought we's was only gonna be married for a year so, I'se wanted ta save ya weddin' night for someone who you'd actually love, not me." He paused, as he laid his hands on the side of her face.

"I'se wanted ta give ya da perfect wedding night ever, dat night Jess. Do ya understand dat? I'se wanted ta so bad! I'se just couldn't. And I'se would have, if I'se had known ya were plannin' on tellin' me our marriage is permanent."

Jessie pushed his hands away from her face, obviously still mad. "Well you should have, because your never going to get the chance again." She said before pushing him away and running to the door.

Spot stood there out raged. He had had enough. She had finally pushed him over the edge.

She opened the door, and ran down stairs. Spot marched right after her.
"JESS! Get back here now!" He yelled.
She just kept walking. At the bottom of the stairs Skittery was standing there, and Jessie grabbed him and kissed him very' passionately.
Just in time for Spot to see.

He jumped down the last few stairs, and pulled Jessie off of Skittery in a angry rage. Then he pushed Skittery onto the floor, and without a word, he picked Jessie up in his arms, and ran up the stairs two at a time.

"LET ME GO!" She scream hitting him in the back with her fist. "PUT ME DOWN!" She said twisting and turning in his arms trying to get out of his grasp.

Once they got to their bedroom door Spot finally whispered something to Jessie.
"Ya said I'se won't have another chance ta give ya a weddin' night, huh? We'll see about that.
Ya me wife, and meanin' how I'se gonna be ya husband till death due us part, den I'se guess ya shouldn't have tempted me!" He said before carrying her into there bedroom, and slamming the door behide them.
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Two Weeks Later
It was a bright early morning, no later then 7:00 o'clock.
Jessie woke up and looked to her side and saw Spot resting beside her, a huge smile came across her lips.

He was laying there, sleeping soundly. She wrapped her arms around him, and used his chest as a pillow. She traced his abs with her fingernails, tickling him gently.

In the past few weeks, Jessie and Spot had grown a lot closer. Not only physically, but emotionally.
They had both figured out just how much they loved each other. They weren't just husband and wife, they were best friends. They almost knew everything about each other. Almost.

They'd stay up until 3 in the morning, just talking.
Jessie had found out, both of Spot's parents got killed in a train wreck, so he had been forced to live with his grandmother. He loved her just as he would a mother. But then 4 years since he had started to live with her, she died. Meaning Spot got sent to a orphanage. But the only lasted for about a half a year, because then Spot ran away, and became a newsie.

That was one of the reasons why Spot never settled down with just one girl. He thought if he got to close to someone, that they'd leave him someday. He just hoped to God, that was never going to be the case with Jessie.

She couldn't remember ever being this happy in her inter life! It was definitely better then what she could have ever dreamt up.

Spot sighed peacefully, and turned his head towards Jessie.

Jessie leaned down and kissed him gently on the cheek. He smiled, and his eyes opened slowly.
"Good mornin' beautiful." His left arm came around her.
"Good morning' handsome." She whispered, looking up into his gorgeous blue eyes as she leaned on his chest once again.

Spot rolled over on his side so that he could hold her in his arms. "Honey, I'se tired. I'se don't wanna sell taday. I'se wanna go back ta sleep wid just ya in me arms."

"Sounds good to me..." She said tired, with her eyes slowly drifting shut.
"Jess...."
"Yeah?"
"I'se love ya."
"I love you to Spot."
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