A couple of weeks later, I was sitting in a chair reading, when there was a knock at the door.

Sarah went to open it. "Hi Spot," she said somewhat surprised since we haven't seen Spot since we returned from Texas.

"Hey, could I talk to Joy for a minute," he asked fidgeting a little.

Sarah glanced my way then back at Spot, "sure, I have some sewing I need to do anyway," she smiled and then went to her room.

"Have a seat," I motioned for him to sit next to me.

He didn't say anything for a few minutes and then finally spoke. "I'm sorry I haven't been by to see you, I've just uh, been busy," he looked at me for a brief second then looked away.

"That's ok, it's not like we're going out are anything," I teased, trying to lighten the mood.

"Yeah, maybe this wasn't such a good idea," he went to leave but I grabbed his arm making him look at me.

"Spot Conlon, I haven't known you that long but I can tell when you ain't telling the truth," I cited, using the same line he did with me.

He smirked a little and then grew serious. "I've been doing a lot of thinking lately," he paused for a moment, collecting his thoughts. "I want you to come to Brooklyn," he said in a rush and anxiously waited for my answer.

Oh is that all, I thought and said aloud, "Ok, when do you want me to visit?"

"I don't mean to visit, I mean to live with me," he said as my eyes grew large at his last statement.

"No, no, I don't mean live with, just in my lodging house with the other newsies."

"Well, I'm not sure, I mean why do you want me to go all the way to Brooklyn?" I asked skeptically.

He suddenly reached for my hand surprising me, "because as corny as this sounds, I can't live another day of my life without you," he looked deeply in my eyes.

I almost melted right there, and just stared off in space.

Suddenly there was a hand waving in front of my face, snapping me back to reality, "thought I lost you there for a second," he laughed.

I smiled and was aware how close we were at the moment.

He moved in closer and just as his lips brushed against mine, "Spot what are you doing here?" David chose to come in at the moment causing us to jump back.

"He was here to see Jack and then came over to see how I was doing," I saved Spot from any more embarrassment, since he was a little flustered at the moment.

"Are you two going out are something?" He asked glancing back and forth at us.

"Do you ever get tired of asking questions?" I used in the same tone he had which caused us to laugh.

"Well, I better be heading back to Brooklyn, don't want my boys getting out of hand," he smirked.

"Why don't you stay for supper, I'm sure Joy would be pleased," David winked at me, which I wanted to punch him in the arm for being such a smart mouth.

After supper was finished Spot told the family goodbye and headed to the door, I walked him out to the hallway.

"Spot, Joy," we both said at the same time. "You first," I told him.

"I'm sorry about earlier, I shouldn't have asked you to come to Brooklyn, that'd be rushing it just a little to fast," not realizing what he just said.

A small smile appeared on my face which turned into a wide grin, "so does this mean, that we're officially going out?"

He quickly pulled me into a passionate kiss. The world around us disappeared as my head started to spin from all the adrenaline pumping through my veins.

After what seemed like forever, which in reality was only a few seconds, he pulled away.

"Does that answer your question?"

Spot walked down the hallway and called over his shoulder, "I'll be back at the end of the week to take you to Brooklyn, be ready."