A/N: Thank you to my reviewers, I love you all dearly and I really appreciate the comments/support you've given me, this story has ended up being shorter than I had planned, I suppose I will only have one or two more chapters after this one. I will than throw a party because it is the very first story I have finished on 7:

When Melody awoke the next morning, she sighed and climbed out of Spot's bed. She watched him as he slept on the couch next to his bed. He had insisted that she take his bed and she did. It had been a small comfort, his smell. She kept watching him and eventually he awoke.

"What time is it?" he groaned.

"I don't know," Melody said quietly.

"Shit, I'm probably too late to get papes."

"I'm sorry," Melody whispered.

"It's not your fault," he said quietly.

"I know."

He looked away from her and said, "You can stay as long as you want to."

"Thank you," she said, "But I should probably get back to Manhattan." She turned to walk out, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"I lied."

"What?"

"I lied," he repeated, "I told you that you could stay as long as you want, when truly I want you to stay."

"I-I can't," Melody stuttered, "Kes wants me to come back to Manhattan so we can find another apartment."

"Oh," Spot looked away from her again, embarrassed that he had just put himself out like that.

"I should go," Melody said slowly.

"You're still welcome here any time," Spot blabbed trying to regain his pride.

"Thanks."

"Yea," he let her arm go and she left. When she returned to the Lodging House in Manhattan, Kes approached her.

"Where have you been?" she demanded.

"I was in Brooklyn."

"Why?"

"I went to see the apartment, but when I saw it, it was to hard," Melody paused, "So I went to the only place I could think of."

"Spot," Kes mumbled.

Melody nodded and said, "It was awkwardly comforting."

"What now?" Kes asked.

"I don't know," Melody answered honestly, "I'm so afraid of getting hurt, but I know he's afraid too. I guess we'll just have to wait and see."

"But Mel, you love him!" Kes yelled, "You can't just let that go!"

Melody looked at Kes, tears forming in her eyes, "I don't want to, but I think it's for the best."

Kes glared at her, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."

Melody sighed and said, "I have to go find a new job. Do you want to come or not?" Kes nodded and followed her out of the apartment. "I happened to find a few job interviews in the paper." Melody showed them to Kes, who disapproved of them all.

The two girls spent the whole day looking for jobs, but they had no luck. Late that night they ran into Race and Blink who offered to take them to Meddah's because she was looking for girls to work for her. Mel and Kes greatly accepted the offer and followed Blink and Race to Meddah's.

Two weeks later Melody ran into Blink while she was moving boxes into her and Kes's new apartment.

"Hey Mel," Blink smiled.

"Hey," she smiled sleepily, "What are you doing in these parts of Brooklyn?"

"I actually came to help you guys get your stuff in," he said shrugging.

"Well, we only had two or three boxes, so this is the last one," she gestured towards the last big box sitting on the pavement.

"I'll get it," he grabbed it quickly. She smiled at him and showed him up the stairs to the apartment. He set the box down on the small counter and looked around, "It's smaller than your old one."

"Well, this one only has to hold two people," she shrugged.

"Mel," he said quickly, "What are you doing tonight?"

She thought for a second before saying, "Unpacking, maybe start making that quilt out of some of Ace's old clothes."

"Would you like to come with me to Meddah's?" he asked quietly, "They're having a birthday party, and I think it would be fun if we went together." He blushed and looked down at the carpet.

"I'd love too," she said quietly.

"Great," he smiled, "I'll pick you up at seven."

"Ok," she forced a smile. He started to head for the door and she stopped him quickly before saying, "What should I wear?"

"Normal clothes," he thought quickly, "Nothing to fancy."

"Ok, see you at seven."

He was there at seven on the dot. He arrived with Race who ran into Kes's room. Blink and Melody decided to leave so they yelled for Kes and Race to come, but they only got a moan in response so they left the apartment quickly. Melody shivered when the cold air surrounded her. The coat that Race and Kes had given her for her birthday the previous year was pulled tight around her.

"Blink, whose birthday party is it?" she asked.

"Her names Mandy," Blink paused, "She's Spot's new girl."

"Oh," Melody forced a smile.

"Listen, we don't have to go if you don't want to," Blink said quickly, "We could just go grab dinner or something."

"No, Blink, it's fine," she touched his arm gently, "I came to spend the evening with you, not with Spot. I don't care if he has someone new, I have someone new too." She smiled again, but the guilt ripped at her stomach. She hated having to lie to Blink. She had always enjoyed his company, she hoped that friendship would develop into something more.

They arrived at Meddah's and Blink helped her get her coat off. He hung it on the back of a chair and she sat down. He sat down next to her and they started playing a game of poker with Jack and Crutchy.

"So, Mel," Jack whispered to her, "You and Blink?"

"Maybe," Mel shrugged, "We'll see."

Jack smiled and said, "Blink, I'm going to steal her, they're starting another song." Blink nodded and Mel laughed as Jack grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the dance floor. It was a group dance, so Mel and nine other girls were passed between multiple boys and spun around and around. Mel laughed when she arrived in Blink's arms and he spun her multiple times. They danced for a while before she was passed into new arms. When the song was over, her and Blink walked back to the table and threw themselves into their chairs.

Melody sighed and smiled at Blink, "I'm glad I came, this is really fun."

He smiled back before taking her hand in his, "I'm glad you came too."

Jack ran over and said, "C'mon, they're going to sing Happy Birthday to Mandy." He forced them up and led them over to a table where Spot sat with his arm around a girl. Mel figured she was Mandy. She had long dark hair that was in a long braid down her back. She had a light brown skirt on with a white blouse. She was gorgeous. She laughed and smiled as the boys sang to her out of tune. She blew her candles out and let Spot kiss her gently on her cheek before cutting up the cake and handing out pieces to the boys. Mel stood their frozen. She stared at Spot, until he stared back, and when he saw her he stopped talking to Race mid sentence. She snapped back to reality and smiled at him quickly before grabbing Blink's hand and mumbling, "Lets dance."

Blink, who hadn't noticed the exchange between Spot and Melody, let her pull him onto the dance floor. He took her in his arms and spun her around. She folded back into his arms and glanced over his shoulder. Spot was laughing with Mandy. He had moved on. Mel sighed and looked up at Blink, who surprised her by pressing his lips against hers. Her first thought was to pull away, but she let him kiss her. He pulled away and smiled at her. She smiled uneasily and let him pull her closer to him.

After the party, he walked her home and kissed her again before saying goodnight. She shut the door behind him and leaned against it. Kes walked out of the kitchen and said, "You ok?"

Melody shrugged, "I guess."

"I saw Spot's new girl tonight," Kes frowned, "She seemed nice."

"I wouldn't know," Melody said quietly, "I didn't talk to her."

"Oh," Kes mumbled, "I saw you kiss Blink."

"Yea."

"So, you two are kind of a thing now?"

"I guess," Melody sighed, "It's not official or anything."

"Well," Kes paused, "I'm going to head to bed."

Melody nodded in agreement and went to her room. She changed into her pajamas and climbed into bed. When she finally fell asleep her dreams were filled with Spot. Their first kiss, their first date. She woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and walked to the bathroom. She looked at herself in the small cracked mirror and sighed. She splashed water on her face and rubbed her eyes before heading back to her room. She lay down her bed and stared out the window at the moon before falling back to sleep.

The next morning Blink showed up at her door to sell papes with her. They walked to the Manhattan Distribution Office and bought their papes before heading towards the middle of town.

"I bet you I could sell my papes faster than you," Blink challenged.

"What do I get if I win?" Melody smiled.

"I'll buy you lunch."

"Ok, and what do you get if you win?"

"You go out with me again tonight."

"Deal," she stuck out her hand and he shook it.

Two hours later they walked into Tibby's. Blink groaned, "I should have known you would beat me."

"Well, I'm usually not that fast."

"Yea, I'm usually not that slow."

Melody laughed and ordered a sandwich. They ate in silence before heading out to buy the afternoon edition. They ran into Kes and Race at the Horace Greeley statue. "What are you two doing tonight?" Race asked them.

"Nothing," Blink said.

"Same here," Melody said quietly.

"We were going to go have dinner in the Bronx, you two wanna come?" Kes asked.

"Sure," Blink said, "That is, if Mel wants to go."

Melody shrugged, "I guess." Blink put his arm around her shoulders and kissed her gently. Melody kissed him back, but jumped out of his grasp when someone grabbed her. She wrenched her arm out of the person's grasp before turning and coming face to face with Spot. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she asked, surprised to see him.

"Why are you kissin' him?" Spot yelled back.

"I happen to like him!" she yelled.

"Leave her alone," Blink snapped at Spot, "She aint your girl no more."

"Stay out of this," Spot yelled, "This has nothing to do with you."

"It has everything to do with me," Blink yelled back, "She's my girlfriend!"

Spot shoved Blink away from him. Blink stumbled back. When he caught his balance he ran forward and punched Spot in the eye. Spot punched him back, giving him a bloody lip. The two boys started to fight, unaware of Melody screaming at them. Race grabbed Spot's arm and pulled him off of Blink, "Cut it out."

"Spot, what the hell are you doing here?" Melody snapped. She leaned down to help Blink up, but didn't have a chance to because Spot grabbed her arm, pulled her up and kissed her deeply. She melted into the kiss, letting him wrap his arms around her. When he finally pulled away she stared at him. "What was that for?"

Spot looked down at her and grabbed her hand. "Marry me."

"What?"

"Mel," he sighed and kissed her hand gently, "Marry me."