It's tough to answer this question with any kind of specificity, because the question doesn't mention as to which part of the book it is specifically referring to. Jesse Tuck is happy to see Winnie just about every single time that he sees her. He is glad to see her after his swim with his brother. He is happy to see her the next morning after she spent the night at the Tuck house. Jesse is even happy to see her on the night that she helps rescue Mae.
I'm going to go with a simple answer. Jesse is glad to see Winnie throughout the story, because he is in love with her. I make that argument because Jesse makes an informal proposal to her during the night that she spent at the Tuck household.
We could get married, even. That'd be pretty good, wouldn't it! We could have a grand old time, go all around the world, see everything.
If Winnie were older, I wouldn't have a problem with Jesse and Winnie being in love with each other. But the fact of the matter is that Jesse is 17 and Winnie is 10. That's like an 11th grader proposing to a 5th grader. But that doesn't change the fact that I think the text portrays Jesse and Winnie as falling in love with each other, and that is why he is happy to see her.
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