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Good, then Bad

Jessie was walking down the street towards Manhattan. She had just spent the inter afternoon with her mother, and she had found out great news! She was so jitter just to tell Spot.

Lately, their relationship was exactly like what Jessie wanted it to be. They'd spend the night in each other arms, just talking and kissing, and then during the day Spot showed such love to her. He'd always hold her close, or hold her hand. Some times they'd spend the night walking over the Brooklyn Bridge looking over the city, or they'd take a walk in central park.

Jessie smiled to herself, 'I can't wait to tell spot the news!' She said out loud to herself.
Spot and her were meeting in central park.

As Jessie got closer and closer, she finally saw him sitting on a bench. She smiled brightly running towards him. But her smile quickly faded as she saw someone sitting next to him. She quickly just pushed the thoughts she was having far out of her mind. A marriage was nothing if you didn't have trust.

But just then, Spot leaned over and gently laid a kiss on the girls cheek, and she smiled sweetly at him before leaning over and hugging him tightly.

"Hey Spot." Jessie said walking up to them slowly. He turned to look at her, and grinned, his blue eyes have that sparkle in them that she had grown the love so much.

"Hey Jess. I'se was waitin' fer ya."

"Yeah. So I can see...." She said looking the girl up and down. No wonder he wanted to cheat on her. This girl was far more beautiful then she could ever be.

Jessie stuck her chin high in the air. "Sorry I bothered the two of you. I'll let you be alone." She said before turning on her heels, and walking off into the park.

"Oh Spot! Go after her..." The girl said looking after Jessie sadly, and gently pushing Spot to get up and go after her.

Spot nodded and jumped up, running after her. She was just running by the lake when Spot caught up to her. "Jess! Wait up!"

She just kept running. She could hear Spot, she just wasn't about to stop for him.

"Jess!" He finally got close enough to grab her arm and stop her. "Didn't ya heah me callin' fer ya ta stop?"

"Yeah, I heard you."

"Then why didn't ya stop runnin'?"

"Because, your not worth my time!" Jessie said getting a little snappy.

His eyes had a hurt look in them now. When he looked like that, she couldn't look at him.

"Jess. Why are ya actin' like dis? I'se didn't do anything ta deserve ya bein' mad at me!"

"Yeah right!" She said rolling her eyes. "You and what's her name back there were getting awfully close. If you want, I'll give you a divorce now so you can be happy with her."

"Are you talking about Kelly?"

"Is that her name? Then yes, Kelly. Just leave me alone and go back over there with her." She said half angry, and half hurt.

Spot grabbed Jessie again before she could leave. "Jess, ya don't understand! It ain't nuttin like dat! Let me explain...."

"NO! I don't want to hear anything from you!" Jessie said before running off in the other direction towards the lodging house. Spot grabbed her one more time.

Jessie turned around her eyes with tears in them, right before she pulled back her hand and slapped Spot quickly across the face. His eyes turned a dark gray, and anger quickly flashed threw them. He gridded his teeth together, holding himself from doing anything to hurt her.

Jessie started to run back to the lodging house again, and she didn't stop until she got there. She ran all the way up into Spot's and her room, and fell down onto the bed crying. She cried for about a hour until she eventually wore herself out, and feel asleep.

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Spot didn't get back to lodging house himself until around 8 o'clock that night. He thought he should just give Jessie some time to cool off. During this time, he had stopped at a near by bar to have a few drinks. But not enough to get him drunk.

"Hey Kloppman. Do ya know where Jess is?" Spot asked with no emotion showing on his face, as he walked towards Kloppman who was sitting behide his desk.

"Yeah....she's up stairs in your guys room." He replied in his old voice. "She came back here around 7:30, and she's been in there ever since then. She didn't even come out for dinner."

"Alright, thanks." Spot said before turning and running towards the stairs.

"Hey..Spot." Kloppman called, before he got all the way up the stairs.

"Yeah?"
"Is everything alright between you and Jess?"
Spot nodded. "Nothing I can't fix." He said before running up the rest of the stairs.

Once he got to their door, he didn't even knock, he just went in. There was Jessie, with a suitcase laying out on the bed, and taking her clothes out of the dresser.

"What da heck are ya doin' Jess?"

"What does it look like? I'm leaving, Spot." She said not even looking his way.

"No yer not." Spot said coming up to her and taking the clothes out of her hands. Then he threw them to the other side of the room, and then he picked up the suitcase and threw it next to the wall.

Jessie crossed her arms over her chest and just glared at him.

Spot sat her down on the bed.Spot sat her down on the bed. "Yer not leavin' until ya give me a chance ta explain."

Jessie didn't argue back. She figured the least she owed him was an exsplination.

When Spot saw she wasn't going to argue, he began t talk.

"Dat goil ya saw me wid in da park. Kelly. Well it wasn't what it looked like...."
"Spot, I know what I saw..."
Spot put his finger up againest her lips. "Let me finish..."
"Dat goil wasn't my lover, my girlfriend, or anything that ya might of t'ought she was...." He paused here. "She was me sistah...." He waited to see the way Jessie would react.

"Your sister?"
Spot just nodded.
"But you never told me you had a sister..."
"Well, I'se wasn't ever sure. But I'se found out dat she was still alive, and she lived in New York, so we got together taday ta talk....when ya walked up, all I'se did was kiss her on da cheek, and we's hugged..."
Jessie stood up, and picked up her suitcase on the other side of the room.

"Yer gonna still pack even after what I'se just told ya?" Spot asked in complete shock.

Jessie nodded, as she continued to get clothes out of the dresser and put them in the suitcase.

Spot sighed and stood up beside her. "Jess, I...." He trailed off when he saw her pick up some of his clothes and put them in the suitcase also. "Hey, wait. Those are me clothes..."

Jessie turned to him quickly, and pulled his head down onto of hers, and kissed him very lovingly.

Spot definitely wasn't about to pull away. But he also was in so much shock, he didn't do anything. He just stood there, letting her kiss him.

Jessie pulled away, her eyes still closed, and she whispered words Spot knew he heard before, "Kiss me back Spot..." Then She moved foward and gently laid small kisses on his cheeks, forehead, chin and then his lips again. "Spot, do something, touch me, kiss me back, just do anything so that I know you like this..."
Spot smirked when he recognized where she had gotten those words, and where he had heard them before. Those were the words he had said to her on there wedding night.

He just sighed quietly, put his hands on her waist and kissed her back. He slowly started to put more into the kiss, his hands moving from her waist and going up her back to the back of her neck where he gently ran his fingers there.

Jessie pulled away, and leaned her forehead against Spot's. "I'm sorry I didn't trust you Spot..." She started to apologize but Spot put his finger up to her lips to quite her. Then he gently kissed her again.

"Don't worry about it Jess. It could have happen' ta anyone." He paused and looked back down at the suitcase. "Like I'se was sayin'. Why are ya still packin', and why are ya packin' me clothes? Are ya kickin' me out now?" He asked laughing.

"No. I just thought we should move into a bigger apartment." She paused and turned away from him, to pack more clothes. "I mean, with the baby coming, and everything, were going to need more room."

"Oh. Alright." Spot said walking out of the room.

Jessie just stared at the door in amazement. He didn't even notice her say they were having a baby!

She began counting down on her fingers. "3...2...1..."

The door slammed open. "Baby? Did you just say baby?"

She nodded, biting her bottom lip nervously. She couldn't tell if he was angry or happy.
They had never talked about having a baby, so she didn't even know if he wanted one.

Spot slowly walked up to Jessie. No emotion showing on his face at all. He was standing right in front of her now, just staring down at her.

"Spot? Say something..."
All of a sudden, the sparkle was back in his eyes, and he swung his arms around her smiling brightly, and picked her up in his arms, giving her one of the most passionate, loving kisses they had ever shared in there relationship.

When they broke the kiss, Jessie was glad to see the beautiful smile she had fell in love with, on his face.

"So...your, happy?" She asked a little nervous.

"Happy? How could I'se NOT be happy? I'se gonna be a Daddy!" He said laughing. "Boy, dat sounds weird."

Jessie laughed along with him.

"When did ya find out?"
"Today."
"Are ya sure? I'se mean, are ya absolutely positive?"
Jessie only nodded.

Spot pulled her to him again and hugged her tightly. Their life was perfect now. Their relationship was getting closer and stronger every day, and now with a baby on the way, neither one of them could think of anything that would make them any happier.
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9 months later

Spot was at Tibby's, ordering some dinner.
Jessie had gone into labor that morning, and she was very hungry so Spot went to go get some food.

Her contrations had started at 3 in the morning. She had woken Spot up, and asked him to call her doctor.

All day Spot had been walking around nervously, and on the edge.

He didn't want to go out and get the food because he was worried while he was gone, Jessie would have the baby. But she was really hungry, and he wanted to get her the food.

"Your order's up sir." The waiter said to Spot, as he leaned on the counter waiting for the food.
Just as he was taking out his money to pay for it, Kid Blink came running into the restaurant.

"Spot, Hurry! Jessie is 'bout ta deliver da baby!" He patted, out of breath.

Spot quickly took out some money and handed it to the guy, grabbing the bag of food on the counter. "Keep da change!" He called, already half way out the door.

It took Spot only 5 minutes to get to his and Jessie's new apartment, when it usually took 10.
He ran up the stairs three at a time until he got to the third floor. He went to there door, and ran inside. As soon as he opened the door, the first thing he heard was the sound of a baby crying.

He was suddenly in a dream world. He didn't snap out of it until the doctor came out of the room and saw Spot. "Mr. Conlon?" Spot slowly walked up to him. "Come see your wife and new baby."

When he walked in, the first thing he saw was Jessie laying there in their bed, with her hair matted againest her neck from sweating all day. Her eyes were half closed from being so tired.

When they had first gotten married, Spot had thought she was one of the most pretties woman he had ever seen, and he was proud to call her his wife. But then once she had gotten pregnant, and after a few months when she had started to actually, LOOK pregnant, Spot had thought she had looked completely beautiful. How couldn't see? She was carrying their baby inside of her.
But now, there she laid, tired as can be, and Spot thought she was the most gorgous thing he had ever seen in all the world. She just brought there baby in this world, and he had never loved her more then he did right now.

That's when he's eyes dropped down to her arms, and he saw a little human being in a blanket wrapped up in a blanket, resting against it's mothers body.

Spot slowly walked over to the bed, and kneeled down next to Jessie.

"Spot, say hello to your baby daughter." Jessie said, turning the baby slightly so that Spot could see his daughters face closely for the first time.

"Gosh! She's so tiny!" He whispered reaching for her little hands, and rubbing it gently with his thumb.

Jessie smiled gently.

"What do you want to name her?"

Spot paused, trying to think up a perfect name for the little baby.

"What about, Alexandra Marie Conlon?"

Jessie nodded. "I like it..." She said smiling.

"But fer now, lets just cut it down ta Alex kay? 'Cause Alexandra is ta big a name for such a small person." Spot said grinning.

After about 15 minutes of the two new parents admiring the new baby, Spot stood up and took Alex from her mothers arms. "Ya look really tired Jess. Ya had a hard day," He said looking at her lovingly. "I'se watch Alex while ya rest. Ya need ta get ya strength back." He said before leaning down and kissing her gently on the forehead.

Jessie didn't even bother arguing. She was already a sleep by the time Spot had finished his sentence.

He moved over to the side of the room, and gently laid Alex in the crib they had bought for her. Then he took a sit in the rocking chair, and after a half an hour of admiring his daughter and wife, he feel a sleep also.

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7 Months Later

Spot was walking down the hall towards his apartment. He had just gotten back from work, and he was extremely tired.

Over a year ago, when Jessie had told him she was pregnant, he had quit his job as a newsies, and one of his newspaper friends had helped him get a job as a newspaper writer.

When he opened the door to the apartment, he smelt the spicy smell of chicken soup cooking, and the sound of Jessie rattling pots and pans in the kitchen, as she prepared to get dinner ready.

He came in and silently closed the door behide him, hanging his coat up on the rank.
He was happy Jessie had made soup for dinner. It was the middle of winter, and the long walk home from the newspaper office had been LONG, and he was so cold, he couldn't feel his fingers.

There laid Alex in her cradle in the middle of the living room, holding onto the eye of the new teddy bear Spot had bought for her.

"Hey Jess. I'se home." He called out to his wife in the kitchen. Then he quickly turned his attention to the baby. "And how is one of me favorite goils in da whole wide woild?" He asked in kinda a squeaky voice to the baby.

As soon as Spot had walked into the apartment, Alex started to giggle and make a lot of baby noises as soon as she had seen him.

Spot reached down to pick her up, and then gently laid a small kiss on her little cheek. "Hey Al. Have ya been a good goil fer ya Mommy taday?"

Jessie walked in, with a apron around her waist. "Yes. Of course she was a good girl. She's the best little baby in the whole world. Isn't that right Alex?" Towards the end, she smiled down at the baby, and gently ran her finger down her tummy.

Then she turned to Spot. "Hello Sweetie." She said before kissing him on the lips, and placing her hands on his cheeks. "Wow! Your freezing cold."

"Yeah, no kidding. I'se just glad I'se home now, and I'se get ta spend the rest of da night wid the two most special woman in me life." He said before walking over and sitting down on the couch with Alex.

"Why don't you go take a hot bath, and warm up?"

"Yeah, I'se might do dat in a minute. But first, I'se wanna just sit heah and talk wid Alex before she falls a sleep on me." He said chuckling.

Jessie couldn't help but smile brightly, as she walked towards the kitchen.
She had never seen a father so close to a child! At night sometimes, she'd wake up and he wouldn't be next to her. Then she'd sit up, and see him kneeling next to Alex's cradle, gently rubbing her cheeks, or holding her small perfect hands.
And like right now, he'd sit there and tell her about his day, or ask her questions as if she could actually answer.

Jessie thought it was one of the most adorable things she had ever seen. She couldn't picture there life without Alex.

"Dinner with be ready in about a half an hour, Spot."

"Alright..." He called back, before quickly returning to where he left out talking to Alex.

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About 20 minutes later, Spot walked into the kitchen fresh and clean. He had just gotten out of a steamy hot bath, and was nice and warm now.

After putting on a pair of clean slacks, he pulled a shirt out of his dresser, laid it over his shoulder, and walked into the kitchen.

He walked up behide Jessie, who was at the stove stirring the soup. He let his hands slowly wrap around her waist, and then he leaned his head on her shoulder, lightly giving her kisses on the neck.

Jessie sighed slowly, and then reached up the run her fingers down his soft cheek.
"Did you put Alex down to sleep?"

"Mmmm, hmmm.." He slowly moved to stand beside her. "Do ya need any help makin' dinnah?"
"Well, if you really want to help me, you can set the table..."

"Alright.." He said before kissing her once more on the lips, and then he rent over to the cabinet to get out some plates. After laying the spoons and napkins down on them, he grabbed two glasses, and with those in both of his hands, walked over to the table.

All of a sudden, when Spot was half way done setting the table, Jessie came up behide him and hugged him tightly. "What was dat fer?"

"I just love you so much. I love the way you act towards Alex....I've never seen a father tried a baby with such love."

"How could I'se not love her? She is a part of ya. Whenever I'se look at her little face, I'se can see little things dat remind me of ya. Like da color of her eyes, and da shape of her face, da color of her hair...."

Jessie smiled lightly. "That's funny. Whenever I look at Alex, I always see you. Her eyes, hair, and the shape of her face might all look like me, but her actually face looks exactly like you whenever I look at her. She looks like a Mini you." Jessie couldn't help but grin.

"Is dat a bad t'ing?" He asked jokingly, as he turned around and smirked.

"No..." She said laughing, and wrapping her arms around him so that he was looking down at her. "It is a wonderful thing. That way, while your gone at work all day, and I am home missing you, I can just look at our daughter, and think of her daddy that I love so much."

After a few more minutes of talking, Jessie went to go take the soup of the stove, and Spot had just finished setting the table.

Then they both sat down to eat.
During dinner, they talked about how both of their days went, and just joked around with each other.

While they were clearing the table, Jessie started to cough very harshly.

"Hey Jess, ya alright."

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little cough." She said as she washed one of the dishes off in the sink.

"How long have ya had dis cough?" Spot asked getting a little worried.

"Oh, for the past few days. I'm sure it's nothing though."

"I'se t'ink ya should get dis checked out Jess. I'se don't want anyt'ing ta happen' ta ya..."

"Spot, I am fine. Really...."
Spot sighed. "Fine, but if ya don't feel better in da next few days, I'se sendin' fer da doctor ta come take a look at ya." He said, not even waiting to hear her response because even no matter how much she argued, he was going to anyway.

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