DIRTY DANCING
A One Tree Hill Fanfiction
Prologue: Time of My Life
It was the summer after I graduated from Tree Hill High School. My dad hadn't been on vacation in years, too caught up with his busy medical practice to even think about taking time off, but he agreed that some rest and relaxation was way past due. It was my new stepmother, Karen, who came up with the idea that we should take one last family vacation before I left for college in the fall. He and Karen quickly became excited about the prospect and chose Seabrook, a beach resort in Florida, as our destination. The resort was owned by Karen's previous business partner, Deb, and her husband, Dan, who apparently gave us a great deal.
I went along with the idea mostly because I didn't want to hurt my dad, who I thought was the greatest guy in the world, or my new stepmother, who had been trying so hard to bond with me since they had gotten married several months earlier. After all, we would only be staying four weeks, a relatively short period of time in the grand scheme of things. What was four weeks compared to the rest of my life, especially if it meant making my dad and Karen happy? They had both already done so much for me.
I thought the summer at Seabrook was going to be just like any other boring family vacation. I even convinced my dad to let my best friend, Brooke Davis, to come along to help combat the boredom. I had no idea that in just those four short weeks, my whole world would be turned upside down.
After four weeks at Seabrook, I realized that I did have my own place, that I could live up to other people's expectations of me, and that my goals weren't unattainable pipe dreams. I wasn't so scared anymore: of life, of me, of people around me. I left with a brand new outlook. I left a changed person.
That was the summer I met Lucas Scott. That was the summer that I had to the time of my life, and I owed it all to him.
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Author's Note: This is a very short prologue, just to test the waters and see if this piques anybody's interest. Dirty Dancing is my favorite movie of all time, so I thought I would see how it would go to combine it with my favorite TV show. Future chapters will be longer.
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