Chapter 7

      That night, Spot held Vivien's hand as they walked with Coil and Tracker to Irving Hall.  He made sure that Vivien had her teddy bear incase they ended up staying the night in Manhattan.

      "Daddy, where are we going?" Vivien asked trying to keep up with Spot's pace.

      "Manhattan, where we were dis mornin'." Spot told her.

      "Oh da place I use ta live in dat Mommy told me neveh ta go back to…" Vivien murmured.

      "Wait you used ta live in Manhattan?" Spot said slowing down a bit.

      "Yep!  Just me and my Mommy and my Grandpa!" Vivien told him excitedly.  "Does dat mean I can go see Mommy?"

      "Probably not…" Spot said speeding up again, hoping that she wouldn't ask anymore questions like that.  He hated to see her disappointed. 

      "Why not?" Vivien demanded.

      "So Spot, who all is gonna be at da meetin'?" Coil asked interrupting her.

      "Well dere's Slim from da Bronx, Beam from Queens, almost all of da Manhattan newsies, and I'm not really sure who else'll be dere." Spot told him.

      "I hope dey bring some goils!  I could use a new fling in me life!" Coil told them with a smirk.

      "DADDY!  You never answered my question!" Vivien exclaimed.

      "So Vivien, what's your bears name?" Tracker asked Vivien.

      "He doesn't have a name.  Just Bear I guess." Vivien answered him.  She turned back towards Spot. "Why can't I see Mommy?"

      "Oh would ya look at dat we're here!" Spot exclaimed.  Spot went in first and the others followed close behind him.

      "Hey look it's Brooklyn!" Mush yelled practically falling out of his seat.

      "Heya Jackie-Boy." Spot said walking over to Jack.  They did their usual spit shake.

      "You'se brought da kid?" Jack said almost laughing. 

      "She's me good luck charm.  Dat way I'se shore ta win at pokeh tanight!" Spot smirked.

      "You'se wish." Racetrack laughed.

      "Heya Spot, is dis you'se kid?" Slim asked approaching him.

      "Yeah, dis here is Vivien." Spot pointed to her with his cane.  Vivien walked closer to Spot and attached herself to his leg.  "Ok Vivi, let go and we'll go get some seats."  When Vivien didn't let go, Spot proceeded to walk with her attached to his leg.  All of the newsies burst into hysterical laughter.  Spot hadn't realized that they had all been watching him.  Spot sat down with a satisfied smile upon his lips.  He'd missed that kind of attention, even if they were laughing.

      "So what's da Kids newsie name?" Beam from Queens asked.

      "She don't have one yet." Spot told them. 

      "What about Baby Bear?  Cuz it seems like you'se her daddy bear and she's da baby bear." Boots suggested.

      "It's kinda long though…" Kid Blink pointed out.

      "Well den, what about BB for Baby Bear…" Swifty thought aloud.

      "I'se like it!" Spot exclaimed.  He turned to Vivien who had detached herself from his leg and was now standing beside him.  "Do you'se wanna be called BB from now on?" He asked her.  She nodded her head 'yes.'  "Ok BB it is!"

      "You'se can tell she's your kid, Spot.  She looks a lot like ya 'cept her hair's coily." Slim announced.  Spot looked up and saw many newsies nodding 'yes' to his comment.  The only newsies that didn't were Coil and Tracker, because they knew that she wasn't Spot's daughter.

      "Yeah Spot, she does look a lot like ya…" Coil said giving Spot an odd look.  Spot looked at Vivien and for the first time he noticed how much she did look like him.  She had the same striking blue eyes and the same face shape.  Her hair was the same color. The only thing that didn't match was that her hair was extremely curly.  He'd only seen hair that curly on one other girl in his whole life.

      "Hello Newsies!  What's new?" Medda said running out on stage.  All of the newsies went nuts, shouting and jumping over one another to get a better view of Medda… or of Medda's new more revealing outfit.  This interrupted Spots train of thought, so he stopped thinking about BB and stared along with the rest of the newsies at Medda.