When the three girls got back to the apartment, they all said goodnight and went to their separate rooms. Melody entered her room and jumped when she saw Spot asleep on her bed. She smirked evilly and climbed up his body before straddling him and kissing him deeply, waking him.

He groaned sleepily and rubbed his eyes before looking up at her surprised, "Did I fall asleep?"

Melody nodded and said, "What are you doing here?"

"I came over to see if you were here, and you weren't, so I climbed in your window to wait, I must have dozed off," he blushed, "Sorry."

She kissed him again, "It's fine." She rolled off of him and rested her head on his chest before saying, "Just stay the night again."

"Ok," he mumbled as his eyes started weighing themselves down until he finally gave in and let them shut so he could fall asleep.

When Melody awoke the next morning, she was alone. She sat up and looked around before climbing out of bed and grabbing clothes from her dresser. Just as she finished dressing Spot walked into her room fully dressed, but with wet hair. Melody shot him a questioning look and said, "You left this morning."

"Kes said I could wash up, and I didn't want to wake you."

"Ok," she shrugged and bent over to retrieve some coins from under her bed. When she stood up she took his hand in hers and led him out. As they walked to the distribution office she said, "Did you know that Les is afraid of you?"

"What?" Spot asked, surprised.

"He's afraid of you," Melody repeated, "And he thinks it's disgusting that you do things with girls."

Spot laughed and said, "I didn't know he was afraid of me. Why?"

"I guess you're just big and scary."

Spot shrugged, "I never thought of myself as big and scary."

"You should spend more time with the Manhattan newsies," she suggested, "Than they might not be as afraid of you."

"I just don't like spending time in Manhattan," he said quietly. When she didn't say anything he continued, "My dad died in Manhattan."

"How?" Melody asked.

"The Bulls," Spot answered, "He was leading a rally and they killed him."

"Oh, I'm sorry," she whispered.

"Yea, me too," he sighed, "Are we gonna sell together?"

"If you want to," she offered.

"Sure," he smirked.

They got to the distribution office and bought their papes before walking to Spot's selling spot by the bridge. He wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek. They than proceeded to walk down the street using excuses to get passerby to buy papers. When they finished Spot said, "I have to go make reservations for next Friday."

"So the secret consists of reservations," Melody said thoughtfully. She smiled and said, "Are you taking me to dinner?"

"Maybe," he smirked.

She smacked his shoulder lightly and said, "Well, I'm going back to my apartment. I'll see you later." He kissed her lightly and they parted. She slowly meandered to her apartment where she slammed the door behind her and threw herself down on the couch.

"Are you ok?" Kes asked from the kitchen.

"Yea, I'm fine," Melody answered, "But the secret plans for next Friday consist of reservations for something."

"Exciting," Kes said bluntly, "Want half a sandwich?"

"Sure," Melody walked into the kitchen and took the sandwich half from Kes. She bit into it and mumbled, "He just confuses me so much."

"How so?" Kes asked, biting into her half of the sandwich.

"Well, a week ago he was a conceited ass hole," Melody sighed, "But he has been very sweet and kind lately."

"Just don't let him trick you," Kes suggested.

"I know," Melody said confidently.

The week previous to the 'secret' Friday sped by for Melody. Spot slept in her room for another two nights during the week, and once they had fallen asleep on the roof of the Brooklyn Lodging House.

Thursday night had been different, Ace and Kes shooed Spot away so that the next day he could pick Melody up in the proper way. The girls spent most of Friday lounging around the apartment. When five o'clock spun around, Kes asked, "When is he picking you up?"

"Seven," Melody answered.

"Shit, we only have two hours!" Kes exclaimed.

"For what?" Melody asked as Ace dragged her into the bathroom.

"To make you beautiful," Ace answered.

"Oh, thanks, that boosts my confidence a ton," Melody said sarcastically.

"Ok, we're going to make you more beautiful than you already are," Kes corrected Ace.

"Fine," Melody sighed, but she jumped up and started protesting when Kes took her long blonde hair out of the bun it was usually in. "I don't want to take my hair down," she protested.

"You have too!" Kes urged.

Melody sighed and let her hair fall down past her shoulder blades. Kes started putting curlers in her hair while Ace was applying small amounts of makeup. When they had finished they pulled Melody into her room and started riffling through her dresser, "I'm not wearing a skirt." Melody protested.

Kes sighed, "Fine, here." She threw one of the nicer pairs of pants at Melody and said, "Put those on."

Melody did as she was told and than put on the shirt that Ace threw at her, "Do I pass the inspection?"

"For now," Ace said shrugging. She than sat Melody down and said, "Now we need to have a talk."

"What kind of talk?" Melody asked. The two girls started ragging on her about how to tease Spot and how to look more confident. After about an hour Kes started pulling the curlers out of Melody's hair, but all three girls jumped when they heard a nock on the door.

"Shit he's early!" Ace yelled.

"I'll let him in!" Kes said scrambling for the door.

"Kes!" Melody started chasing after her, but by time she got out to the living room, Kes had already wrenched open the door to reveal a nervous looking Spot standing at the door.

He hadn't seen her yet, so he turned to Kes and said, "Is Melody here?"

Kes turned to look at Mel, and Spot followed her gaze. When his eyes rested on Melody, his mouth dropped open a little in amazement. Melody stood there nervously, not knowing what to do until Ace pushed her forward towards Spot.

"Hi," Melody said blushing a dark red and fiddling with her hair.

"You look great," he said quietly. He had never seen her with out her hair up in the bun, but her blonde locks fell in the long loose curls down her back while the small amount of makeup was noticeable, but natural and it made her blue eyes shine.

"Thank you," she said blushing even more fiercely.

"God, you would think they'd never met each other before," Kes muttered to Ace before pushing Melody out of the door and into Spot's arms saying, "We wont wait up, have fun you two." She than slammed the door behind them and said, "We have to do everything for that girl."

Melody straightened up out of Spot's grasp and muttered, "Sorry."

"It's ok," he smiled shyly and took her hand in his to lead her down the stairs. They walked through the streets of Brooklyn, silently glancing at each other. He stopped in front of a small café window and said, "This is it." He led her inside where a small table sat in the center of the restaurant. It was the only table there, the rest had been moved aside. Candles lit the room making Melody's heart flutter with the romantic feelings in the air.

"Spot, this is beautiful," she breathed, "How on earth did you do this?"

"A family friend owns this place," he admitted. He sat her down at the table and than sat across from her, "I used to work here when I was little."

She smiled as she looked around the room, but when her eyes landed on him her smile widened and she said, "Thank you for doing this, it's amazing."

"There's more," he said quietly.

"What?" she asked, baffled.

"After dinner, there's more," he had gone full out on this evening because he knew that once she found out about him cheating on her, that she would hate him.

"Wow, Spot, this is," she paused, "perfect."

He smiled happily, "Well, I'm glad."

At that moment a waiter walked out from the kitchen and set plates of food in front of them before leaving the two alone. They ate in silence, but a whirlwind of feelings sped through Melody's body. The table was small enough that every time either of them moved, their legs would brush against one another. When Melody finished, she wiped her mouth and said, "This was great."

"Good," he said quietly, "Come on, we have to be somewhere." He grabbed her hand and led her out into the street and towards Central Park. In the middle of the park was a large clearing where a small stage like platform had been built. A small string quartet was playing, and hundreds of people sat on the grass, watching and listening.

He sat down on the grass and pulled her with him so she would sit next to him. She leaned against him and he wrapped his arm around her shoulders protectively. "This is," Melody paused, "There aren't even words."

He smiled, "I had hoped you would like it."

"I do," she kissed him lightly and he kissed her in return. When she pulled away, the two sat in silence, listening to the music.

After ten minutes he leaned down to whisper, "You look beautiful tonight."

She blushed and said, "Thank you."

He kissed her neck gently and allowed her to lean back in his arms so he could have better access to her neck and collarbone. One feeling sped through Melody's body, lust. She pulled away from him and stood up, "Lets go."

"Where?" he asked.

"The Lodging House," she said quietly. His eyes widened in surprise, but he followed her, a numb nervous feeling coming over him. When they got there she ran up to his room. When she got there, she turned around to face him, wringing her hands nervously. He stood still, not knowing what she wanted him too do. He was scared, he had never cared for the people he slept with, but he cared about her. He wanted her, he needed her, but he didn't want to scare her or force her to do anything.

She pressed her lips against his causing him to become slightly lightheaded. He reached behind him, groping sightlessly at the air, trying to find the door, and when he did he shut it quickly. She pushed him away a moment later and he fell back onto his bed. She cautiously reached for the first button on her shirt and slowly started unbuttoning it. When she had undone the last button, she slid it off her shoulders slowly and let it fall to the floor.

"A-are you sure," he stuttered as she walked toward him.

She nodded slowly, "Yes."

He pulled her down into his lap and kissed her deeply. She kissed him in return and started stripping him of his shirt. The pile of clothes on the floor slowly grew until the last article of clothing, Melody's undergarments, was thrown into it. Spot took a few moments too let his eyes skim over her naked body. She blushed in embarrassment when he whispered, "You're beautiful." He than pressed his lips against hers and let his body experience the fantasy he had been having for the past week.

When Melody awoke the next morning, she was happy to feel Spot's warm naked body next to hers. She slid her leg up his to wake him and when he awoke he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her lightly. She deepened the kiss and ran her hands over his chest. As he pulled out of the kiss he looked at her and smiled, "Morning."

"Morning," she mumbled back.

He kissed her gently and said, "I'm going to go wash up."

"Ok," she kissed him once more before he climbed out of bed and pulled on enough clothing for him to travel to the bathroom without showing inappropriate parts of his body. Once he left Melody rolled over to where he had been just seconds earlier and she cuddled into the body heat that he had left behind. She buried her head into his pillow and sighed, she loved being surrounded by his scent. A few minutes later she dragged herself out of bed and pulled on her clothes. She decided to go talk to the newsies so she walked into the Bunk Room where only one newsie remained. It was Tom.

"You're still here?" he snapped.

"Why wouldn't I be here?" she snapped back.

"After Spot fucked you and told you the truth I thought you would leave," he bemused, "I know he fucked you, why hasn't he left you yet?"

"What do you mean 'the truth'?" she asked.

"About his other girlfriends," Tom smirked when he saw the confused and hurt look on Melody's face, "You don't really think that he would change just for you? You're just one of the many girls who has fucked with Conlon and than been dumped. He only wants sex, you should know this."

Melody didn't say anything for a moment until she said, "You're lying."

"Why would I lie?" he hissed, "He's been fucking Beth since you two started dating and than there's another girl, I haven't heard much about her, maybe she's not that good in bed."

Melody felt a tear slip down her cheek but she quickly wiped it away. She shot a glare at him and muttered, "Fuck you," before walking to Spot's room to grab her coat and her shoes, but as she turned to leave the room, Spot walked in smiling. She glared at him and muttered, "I hate you."

"What?" Spot asked, confused. The smile vanished from his face and was replaced by a frown.

"I should have known that you would do this," she yelled, "I'm just one of your stupid whores."

"What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked loudly.

"You cheated on me!" she screamed.

"W-who told you?" he stuttered.

"One of your Newsies," Melody snapped, "But don't feel too bad, you were just a bet."

"What?" he asked.

"You, me. It was a bet. It started out as a game and it turned into a bet," she smirked at him, "We bet that I wouldn't sleep with you."

"So I was just a joke to you?" he asked quietly.

"Yep," she lied. She was using all of her strength to not burst into tears.

"Get out," he hissed.

"Gladly," she said quietly. She turned to leave, but before she left she whispered, "I hope you know that I cared."

"I hope you know that I cared too," he whispered back.

"Than why did you cheat on me?" she asked quietly. He didn't respond so she left. As soon as she got out of the building she let the tears start to fall down her cheeks. She started walking back to her apartment and when she got there, she opened the door and slammed it behind her. She took one look at Kes and Ace, who had looked up at her surprised, before slumping against the door and burying her head in her knees.

"Tom how the hell could you do that!" Spot yelled.

"Do what?" Tom asked innocently.

'Tell her!" Spot exclaimed.

"You would've had to tell her eventually," Tom smirked, "I was just doing you a favor and getting rid of her faster."

"I didn't want to get rid of her!" Spot yelled, "I love her!" A startled look passed over Tom's face, which Spot took the liberty of hitting.

"What happened?" Kes asked quietly.

"He was cheating on me," Melody whispered. Saying it aloud made it hurt even more.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Kes wrapped her arms around Melody and hugged her tightly.

"At least you didn't sleep with him," Ace said, smiling softly. Melody paused her tears for a moment to look up at Ace. Ace's eyes opened wider in shock. "You did."

"You won," Melody took a bunch of change out of her pocket and threw it at Ace's feet, "Congratulations."

Ace looked at the money for a moment but walked past it and wrapped her arms around Melody, "I don't care about the bet, I care about you. Can we do anything?"

"I just need some time alone," Melody said quietly. She thanked the two girls than walked into her room where she threw herself onto her bed.

Two hours later Kes walked into Melody's room to see how she was doing, she found Melody asleep on the floor. Kes smiled when Melody moaned and opened her eyes slowly.

"You look awfully uncomfortable down there," Kes commented.

"Well I can't sleep in my bed," Melody said yawning.

"Why?"

"It smells like Spot," she whispered.

"Would you like to sleep in my bed?" Kes asked, "It smells like Race."

Melody smiled, "No thanks."

Kes shrugged, "Your loss, he smells like a man."

Melody laughed quietly before saying, "How have you and Race stayed together for so long?"

"Well for starters, Race isn't quite as much of an ass hole as Spot is."

Melody laughed quietly again and said, "I just hoped that I was wrong about him. I hoped that he was really just hiding his sweet personality."

"I think that's what most girls hope for when they get involved with him," Kes stroked Melody's back comfortingly before saying, "I'll leave you alone for now, try to get some sleep, it helps." Melody nodded and closed her eyes again as Kes left the room.

When Kes entered the Brooklyn Lodging House she found Spot and Tom sitting in the bunkroom both drinking a beer and both bloodied from the fight they had had earlier. She walked over to Spot and looked him in the eye, he stared up at her for a moment before saying, "Hello."

"You arrogant, conceited ass hole!" she yelled, "We all thought to highly of you! You cheated on her, fucked her, than left her, god, I could kill you! If you can't realize what a great person she is, than you don't deserve her. She's all alone right now, crying over you! And don't give a rat's ass. I hope you rot in hell!"

She than punched his already bruised eye, turned away from him and left.

"Fuck," Spot muttered.

"You're eye?" Tom asked.

"No," Spot looked over at him and said, "My heart."

A/N: Well, a fifth chapter… I'm quite proud of myself… and my hands really hurt… but anyway… please read and review… thanks…