A/N: Well, I'm sitting in my cabin on the ferry on my way down south and it's 11:30… so I have nothing to do… so I'm going to write… thanks to those who reviewed, I really appreciate it.

Chapter 3:

The next morning when Melody, Kes and Ace walked into the Brooklyn Distribution Office, two other female newsies walked up and snapped, "So, you're dating Conlon now, aren't you?" at Melody.

Melody opened her mouth to answer, but she didn't have a chance to because a voice from behind her said, "Of course she is." Melody turned around and came face-to-face with Spot. "Hey Mel."

"Hey," she smiled at him, "Where are you sellin' today?"

"By the bridge," he said, "Wanna sell with me?"

"Sure," he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and walked her up to the window. She quickly bought her papers and stuck them under her arm. She slipped her other arm around Spot and as the two left the Distribution Office she looked back and smirked at the two girls who were glaring at them from behind.

When they got to the bridge he kissed her lightly before saying, "When you finish sellin', we'll go back to the Lodging House."

"Sure," Melody said rolling her eyes. She let him kiss her one last time before walking away from him to sell her papes." When she finished a few hours later, she walked over to him and jumped on his back, "Piggy back ride." He laughed and wrapped his arms around her legs so she wouldn't slip off his back.

When they got to the Lodging House, he carried her up to his room and dropped her on his bed. He turned away from her and proceeded in taking off his shirt.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"I'm changing so we can go to lunch," he said, "I was standing in the sun all morning, it just seemed like a good idea to change my shirt."

"Oh," she thought for a second, "Right." He walked over to a small table by the bed and pulled out a clean dark blue shirt. She let her eyes skim over his body, but she looked away quickly when he turned around. When she looked back up, he was smirking at her. "What?" she snapped.

"I saw that," he chuckled.

"Saw what?" she asked.

"You looking," he answered.

"At what?" she said, smirking when he sighed. He was obviously getting frustrated.

"At me," he paused, "At my body."

"Well, I see you looking at my body all the time and I don't harass you about it so I would appreciate it if you didn't do it when I looked at your body."

He smirked again, "You want me."

She stood up and ran a finger down his still bare chest, "If I remember correctly, it's you who wants me." She than pulled away from him and walked to the door where she turned around to say, "Come on, get dressed, I'm hungry."

He quickly pulled on his shirt and buttoned it up. When he was fully dressed he slid his cane into his belt loop and laced his fingers with hers. "Lets go."

They got to Tibby's and sat next to Kes, Racetrack, Mush, and Ace.

"Hey Mel," Ace muttered, "Hows your day?"

"It's going ok," Mel sighed, "I only sold about forty papes today."

"But she got to see me shirtless," Spot said, "That always makes a day better."

Melody smiled when Ace rolled her eyes, "You wish, Conlon."

Spot put his arms around Melody's shoulders when the waitress brought their food to them, Melody took a bite of her roast beef sandwich before setting it down and wiping her mouth. Spot looked down at her and said, "I thought you were hungry."

"You're a boy, your version of hungry is a lot different than mine."

"Hm… I guess your right, except I'm not a boy," he had almost finished his sentence but Melody cut him off.

"You're a man," she rolled her eyes, but let him kiss her.

"Hey, Mel, can I talk to you for a second?" Ace asked.

"Sure," Melody followed Ace to the other end of the restaurant and Ace glared at her.

"So how is it?" Ace asked.

Melody shrugged, "It's ok, they kind of over cooked the meat and the bread is a little too crisp-."

"No, I mean with Spot," Ace hissed.

"Oh, that," Melody said slowly, "Well, I haven't really tried to 'tease' him or anything like that."

"You need too," Ace said, "Do you remember how he treated you before you started flirting back with him? He was an arrogant, conceited guy. You need to break him! Like a little bug that can't get away from the toad!"

"Calm down!" Melody exclaimed, but she sighed when she realized what her only option was, "When we're finished eating, I'll… well, I don't know, but it will have something to do with 'teasing'." She glanced at Ace before saying, "And nothing to do with toads."

Ace nodded before muttering, "I'm sorry you have to do this." Melody shrugged and the two girls walked back to the table. Melody slid into her seat next to Spot and slipped her hand into his under the table. He winked at her and she smiled before digging into her sandwich. When she was finished she turned to him and whispered, "How long till you have to sell the afternoon edition?"

"I don't sell the afternoon edition," he answered.

"Than lets go," she grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the restaurant towards Brooklyn. When they got back to the Lodging House she pulled him upstairs to his room and asked, "So, Spotty, what are we doing tonight?"

"Well, I thought that we could go to dinner and than head over to poker night at the Manhattan Lodging House," he answered, sitting down on his bed. She sat next to him and ran her finger up his arm. He leaned down to kiss her and she kissed him back. He wrapped his arm around her waist, trying to deepen the kiss, but she pulled away, trying to keep it innocent. When his hand brushed the inside of her thigh, her heart jumped and she wrapped her arms around his neck. He leaned his body into hers so she would lie back causing him to be on top of her, but than he pulled away so he could look at her.

"What?" she asked.

He brushed his fingers over her cheek to her lips and down to her neck, "I have to be somewhere."

"What?" she asked again.

"I have plans, I have to go do something," he said, "Let me walk you home."

"Ok," she said, confused. He stood up off of her and she followed. They walked in silence to her apartment where he kissed her before walking away. Melody shut the door slowly and turned to look at Kes who was trying to hide a batch of chocolate chip cookies that she had just bought.

"I think he's cheating on me," Melody said quietly.

"God, you always know what to say so I'll give you a cookie!" Kes thrust the box into Melody's hands. Melody set it on the table.

"No, I'm serious Kes," she put her head in her hands, "I think he's cheating on me."

"Does it really matter? I mean, you're not really in this relationship for something serious," Kes looked at Melody, who didn't say anything, before continuing, "Or maybe he's cheating on someone else with you."

"Maybe," Melody sighed, "I just need to get this over with quickly."

"What do you mean?" Kes asked.

"I mean that I was kind of getting into this 'relationship' hoping that underneath his arrogant, conceited personality, that he was a good guy," Melody groaned, "I can't believe I was that stupid."

"You're not stupid," Kes said, "This is what Conlon does to girls. He just caught you off guard, that's it."

"Yea, sure," Melody said uncertainly.

That evening Spot picked Melody up from her apartment. She smiled at him softly before letting him take her hand and lead her out into the darkened streets. "So, where are we going to dinner?" she asked.

"Theres this really good Italian place just by the Lodging House," he said.

"Oh, ok," she shivered. He must have noticed because he wrapped his arm around her shoulder, drawing her closer to him. When they got to the small restaurant, he opened the door for her and they were seated at a table by the large front window. "This place is really nice Spot."

"Yea," he smiled, "My mum used to take me here when I was younger." As soon as these words left his mouth he started yelling at himself in his head.

'You're only in this relationship for the sex,' he reminded himself, 'nothing more. Make her fall in love with you, fuck her, than dump her. That's how it always works.'

"I never met my mother," Melody said quietly, "She died giving birth to me. I was raised by my father."

"Oh," Spot was caught of guard, "That must have been different."

"Yea," she muttered.

'Fuck,' she thought, 'why are you doing this! Just do what he does. Be smooth… smooth… his body was smoo- NO! Don't think that,' she sighed, 'just get it over with, as soon as possible."

Once they had ordered, they ate their meal in silence. When they had finished, Melody put her hand in her pocked to pull out her money, but Spot stopped her, "It's on me."

"What?" she asked, "You can't be serious? This will take you at least two weeks selling to pay for."

"I want to," he smirked at her.

'DAMNIT!' she yelled at herself, 'Don't you DARE look into his eyes. You just can't. Just get it over with, he's just a guy, he'll find another girl after it's over.'

When they arrived at the Manhattan Lodging House they walked up to the Bunk Room where the party was already in full swing. Spot wrapped his arm around Melody's waist protectively when Jack walked over and said, "Conlon! Thought you weren't gonna show tonight." He glanced over at Melody, "You haven't fucked her yet? Damn, your taking a long time with this one."

Spot glared at Jack, "Just because you ditched her after one night, doesn't mean I will." 'Liar' he spat at himself. He turned to Melody who gave him a strange look, "What?"

"Nothing," she mumbled absentmindedly. He had stuck up for her. It amazed her that he would do such a thing, especially to Jack, his best friend. She caught him staring at her, a worried expression on his face, "I'm fine."

"Ok," Spot said reluctantly, "Want something to drink?"

"Sure," she said, smiling, "Just a beer."

"Ok, I'll be back," he kissed her cheek lightly before walking off, leaving her alone with Jack.

"I was telling the truth the other night," Jack said, moving closer to her and running his hands over her body, "One of the best nights of my life."

She shoved him away from her, "I was telling the truth too Jack. No wonder you can't keep a steady girlfriend. None of them like what they get in bed."

He glared at her and she glared back. "Fuck you," he muttered.

"You already did that," she muttered.

When Spot returned with her drink she took a swig and smirked at him, "C'mon." She pulled him over to a poker game and set him down in a chair, she straddled him and kissed his neck violently. She bit down gently, causing him to moan. That was when Kes came and pulled her off of him.

"What are you doing?" Kes hissed, "I thought you weren't going to sleep with him."

"I'm not," she hissed back, "I just want him to think I want him." She returned to Spot and sat back in his lap. He kissed her gently and she kissed him back. It was starting to amaze her at how light-headed his kisses made her.

He pulled out of the kiss and said, "I'm going to go play some poker."

"Ok," she slid off his lap before walking over too a table where a few of the girls were playing poker since the guys wouldn't let them join in their games. "Deal me in." Kes slowly dealt out the cards and within minutes four girls were silent as they played. Melody smirked when she threw her cards down on the table, "Four aces."

Kes laughed, "That's what, the second time you've beat me?"

Melody also laughed before saying, "More like the THIRTY second."

"What're you guys laughin' at?" Jack asked walking over to their table with Spot, Race and Mush.

"How stupid you are," Melody snapped at him. He glared at her but didn't say anything.

"Mel, how long have you known how to play poker?" Spot asked.

"Five, six years maybe," she answered, "Why?"

"You've been playing almost as long as I have," he paused, "Why aren't you as good as me?"

"Because it's hard to be as good as someone who thinks he's a god."

"I'm not a god," he thought out loud, "I'm just pretty damn close."

Melody glared up at him and smacked his shoulder, "If you're so 'godly' than why aren't you getting any action?"

He leaned down and whispered, "I plan to get some action tonight," in her ear.

She started throwing curses at herself when she felt herself blush. She hesitantly leaned forward and whispered, "Lets go to Brooklyn."

They hurried there, and ran up to Spot's bedroom where he pinned her against the door feverishly. Melody felt a fluttering in her stomach, but she pushed the feeling away. He latched onto her neck, kissing and biting to leave dark red marks every two or three inches. She ran her hands up his chest, unbuttoning his shirt as she went. When she reached his shoulders she slid his shirt off and let it fall to the floor behind him. She felt him fiddling with the buttons on her shirt and she pushed his hands away so she could undo the buttons quickly. He smirked at her anxiousness and kissed her deeply. His hands drifted down her naked upper half and down to the edge of her pants where he started to unbutton the first button. Her eyes flew open when she felt his hand on the inside of her thigh and she reluctantly pushed him away.

"What?" he asked roughly. He looked sexy to her. Sweat appearing on his forehead. His ragged breathing, and his blonde hair falling unnoticed in his eyes.

"I can't do this," she whispered, "I'm-," she paused to think of the right words, "Saving myself for when I know it's right." She was disappointed because for some reason, she couldn't figure out why, but she wanted to be close to him.

"But you slept with Jacky," he protested.

"And it was obviously a bad choice," she said slowly. She leaned her forehead on his and muttered, "If you truly want me, you'll wait."

She felt ashamed with herself when she heard him sigh. He was obviously frustrated with her. "Fine," he muttered, angry, "When you're ready."

"Thank you," she kissed him lightly, and he pulled away from her. She sighed before buttoning her pants back up and pulling her shirt on. As soon as she left he walked into the bunkroom cursing to himself.

"Not getting any luck with her?" asked one of his Newsies, Tom.

"Well, luckily I'm getting action on the side," he outwardly smirked, but to himself, for some reason, he felt ashamed.

"You're cheating on her?" Tom asked.

Spot nodded, "Yep. I've got two other girls. One in the Bronx, one in Queens. Both pretty good in the sack. Nothing to rave about though."

Tom sighed, "I don't know how you handle all those girls."

At Melody's apartment she slammed the door behind her and slumped down on the couch. Kes looked up from her book and Ace walked out of her bedroom. They both cast questioning glances at each other before chorusing, "What happened?"

"We almost had sex," Melody said sighing.

"You really want this guy, don't you?" Kes asked.

"No," Melody snapped, "I don't."

Ace smirked, "Ten bucks says you do."

Melody smirked at her, "You want to bet on me having sex with Spot?"

Ace smirked back, "Something like that."

Melody slowly nodded, "Ok."

The next day, after she sold her papes, Melody walked into Tibby's and plopped down next to Kes. "Hey."

"Hey," Kes said with her mouth full of food, "Have you seen your lover yet today?"

"I'm not sleeping with him," Melody protested.

"Yet," Ace said from across the table.

"And I don't plan on sleeping with him," Melody continued.

"Where is he?" Kes asked.

"I don't know," Melody snapped, "I'm not his mother."

"Hey, Mel," Ace smirked, "Here he comes now."

"Shit," Melody muttered before turning to look at Spot who had just entered the small restaurant.

He pushed his way through the other Newsies and grabbed Melody's arm. He pulled her out of the restaurant saying, "Come with me."

"I don't really have a choice do I?" she asked.

"No."

He pulled her into Central Park where he let go of her arm and let her walk beside him. She touched his shoulder gently and said, "Spot, what's going on?" He didn't say anything. He just continued leading her through the park in silence. She sighed and followed. When they got to a small lake he stopped at sat down on the grass. He gestured for her to sit next to him and she did. He wrapped his arm around her waist and lay down dragging her with him. She snuggled against his chest and he wrapped his arm tighter around her. They were silent for a while before she asked, "Why did you bring me here?"

"Because it's quiet," Spot said smirking down at her, "And I haven't seen you all day."

"Oh," Melody said, confused, "Aren't you mad at me about last night?"

"Not really," he said, "Just disappointed."

"Oh," she repeated.

They lay in silence again before she leaned up and pressed her lips against his. She felt him smile as he wrapped his arms tighter around her. When she pulled back, she brushed his blonde hair out of his eyes before running her fingers over his lips. She stared at him for a moment before opening her mouth to say something, but when her eyes locked with his, she shut her mouth quickly.

"What?" he asked softly. She shook her head, not wanting to ask her question but he quickly said, "Listen, I don't want you to be afraid of me. Just ask your question, I promise I wont bite you."

"Why me?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Why do you want me?" she asked seriously.

"Because," he paused, "You weren't interested in me when you first saw me. I could have died right than and you wouldn't have even noticed."

"So?" she asked quizzically.

"It was kind of a turn on," he mumbled, "I don't want to sound like an ass, but it's true. You were kind of mysterious to me I guess… like forbidden fruit."

She laughed before kissing him intensely. He pressed his body tighter against hers and he felt her tense up. He was about to pull away from her to reassure her that he wasn't pressuring her into anything, but than he felt her relax into his grasp.

Melody had finally given into her feelings and let herself drift into a state of dizzying happiness. She liked Spot. She liked him a lot. Screw the bet.

A/N: Ha… I have been writing this chapter during my whole trip, and right now I'm in Canada. Canada is so cool. Everybody here is SO nice. I am really getting into this story lately and I have a ton of ideas that keep jamming up my brain and making me tired. So… yes… tell me what you guys think and I'll have another chapter up shortly.