Girl of His Summer

Part 1

I know this is a departure from some of my writing but I figured in honor of the late Patrick Swayze, I'd write a fic involving two of my favorite movies. Thanks to fallinrain aka Kim for the idea and supporting me in my crazy theory that Lucas Grabeel, and Olesya Rulin should be in the Dirty Dancing remake.


It all seemed to happen in a blur, Vance Evans informed his wife and children after the stock market crashed that they were no longer wealthy. They had to sell a good amount of their possessions, and were forced to move out of their home in Albuquerque New Mexico. Ryan and Sharpay were forced to leave behind every luxury they ever knew, and were crammed into a small apartment in the lower district, while their mother worked at a clothing store, and their dad was desperately trying to find a job to keep them afloat.

It was summertime, and instead of going to Lava Springs as they usually did enjoying everything that the good life had to offer them there. They had to give the club up to, they were bought out by the other members of the board. Mr. Fulton in an act of chivalry offered Ryan and Sharpay jobs there as dance instructors

"Come on Shar." Ryan pleaded at least you'll still get to hang out with the Sharpettes." He laughed trying to get Sharpay to agree to take the job with him.

"You think they are going to hang out with me now that we're broke? They will treat me like garbage" Sharpay shot back. It was true, ever since word got out that the Evans were poor, nobody would speak to either of them. All of their rich friends never took any of their calls, or even let them into their homes.

"Well I'm going to take it besides, Troy and the other Wildcats are going to be working there too, Mr. Fulton offered them all their jobs back for the summer too." Sharpay lit up at the idea of being able to work alongside her friends, they had grown closer after their last year their, and even started treating Sharpay as a fellow wildcat especially Zeke

"All right fine" Sharpay huffed. "Just don't expect me to go camping with you all and sing songs around the campfire"

"Great" Ryan smiled and hugged his sister, maybe this summer wasn't going to be as bad as he thought.


A few days later, they packed up a few bags of clothes, and made their way to Lava Springs, Fulton greeted them and showed them where they were going to be staying for the duration of their time there. It wasn't as glamorous as the cabins they stayed in when they owned the place but Ryan was able to make the most of the small room he had to himself. He hung up some posters and some of his hats and made his way to the kitchen where he knew that the other wildcats would be waiting to start their shifts.

"Hey guys" Ryan said as he entered the kitchen, he got hugs from the girls and handshakes from the guys

"Where is Sharpay?" Chad asked

"Oh she's setting up her room, she's trying to convince Fulton to give her a can of pink paint but he refuses," Ryan laughed "Where is Kelsi?" Ryan asked as the others looked away not exactly sure how to answer his question, it was Jason who spoke up over a plate full of food

"Her and her family should be here in a half an hour." He answered with a mouth full of food

"What do you mean by that?" Ryan asked stunned

"Well, after last year Kelsi's parent's wanted to find out what all the hoopla was about this place, and they booked cabins here for the summer" Gabriella answered

"Wow," Ryan said shocked. "Well I have my first few lessons here in twenty minutes, so I'll see you guys around"

"Oh hey Ryan, there is a party later tonight for the staff if you wanna come" Chad said before Ryan walked out

"Sure, I'll see ya'll then" Ryan smiled before walking out


Kelsi and her parent's were just pulling into the familiar drive way of Lava Springs, they were greeted by the valets and had their bags taken

"Wow you were right Kels," her mom said as she got out and looked around. "This place is gorgeous." Kelsi just shrugged, she didn't really like being there under these circumstances. She enjoyed being with her friends, hanging out and now they were going to have to serve her, it just didn't seem right. She was taken out of her thoughts when Mr. Fulton appeared by her parents car

"Ah Mr. and Mrs. Neilson you made it." He smiled shaking their hands "Kelsi" he smiled at the small girl

"Mr. Fulton" Kelsi said in an almost mocking tone that got a small nudge from her mother

"If you follow me, I'll show you to your cabins" Mr. Fulton said taking them inside. Kelsi knew her way around, so she broke away from her parents and snuck into the kitchen where she knew she'd find her friends. She passed her favorite piano making a mental note to use it while she was there, and made her way into the kitchen. She saw them all standing around talking

"Shouldn't you be working?" She asked in a mock stern

"Kelsi!" They all cried running over to her to give her a hug

"I'm so sorry that you guys have to serve me." Kelsi said feeling smaller then she already was

"No worries" Gabriella answered. "Besides, it's nice that you get to be here anyway" Kelsi smiled at her friends,

"Thanks guys" she laughed "Well I've gotta go my parents are going to start wondering where I am" Kelsi sighed waiving goodbye to her friends, and walking out. She made her way through the grounds passing the rehearsal room, she could of swore she saw Ryan in there putting up some dance posters. She walked inside staring at him as he moved around the room

"Kelsi if you're going to stare at my brother, you could at least come inside." Sharpay joked from behind her startling Kelsi. She blushed at least three shades of red as Ryan turned around to see Kelsi and Sharpay standing at the entrance to the dance studio

"Sorry, I had heard that you and Ryan were giving dance lessons, but I had assumed I read wrong" Kelsi said coming inside the room

"Yeah, Mr. Fulton offered us the jobs. He figured it was the least he could do" Ryan said not looking Kelsi in the eyes. He felt ashamed of being in the situation he was in, but Kelsi smiled as sweetly as she could at him

"Well, at least we get to spend more time together." She smiled trying to cheer him up. "Is there anything I can help with?" She asked but was interrupted by Mr. Fulton who came barging in

"Excuse me Mr. and Ms. Evans but your first appointment is here" he said quickly "Ms. Neilson, your parents are looking for you, these two need to get to work"

"Well maybe Kelsi can play us some music" Ryan argued

"That's be nice but Ms. Neilson is a guest here, and guests don't play for the help. Now chop chop back to work, capiche?" He bellowed out before leaving the room. Kelsi hung her head low, this is not how she wanted this to go

"A guest?" Sharpay asked, Kelsi nodded her head

"My parents insisted on coming here, and dragged me along with them." She said staring at her feet

"Well that's great" Ryan squeaked out, Kelsi was about to say something when Sharpay and Ryan's first appointment arrived. It was an elderly couple and Sharpay didn't seem to pleased at this and quickly went to work

"I'll see you guys around." Kelsi said before leaving them to work. She made her way out of the rehearsal hall, and walked over to where her and her parents were staying. She entered her parent's room to find them unpacking

"Look who finally decided to join us." Her dad said as Kelsi sat down on their bed

"Where did you run off to?" Her mother asked

"Well all my friends are working here too this summer, so I went to say hi" Kelsi smiled as she handed her dad a shirt from his suitcase

"Well don't make it a habit besides, we have dinner plans in a half an hour. So why don't you go change?" Her mother smiled before shooing her out of the room. Kelsi went into her room, it was ridiculously huge and she felt it was completely unnecessary for just her. She went into her suitcase, and grabbed out a modest skirt and a nice tank top. She fixed her hair and put a little bit of lip gloss, pleased with how she looked, she sat down and looked at her watch

"This is ridiculous" she mumbled to herself, she took one last look in the mirror and decided she would just go and take a walk while she waited for her parents. "Mom dad, I'm going to go take a walk around, I'll meet you in the dining room" she yelled through their door as she set off. She made her way through the grounds running into Taylor who was ushering a group of kids to one of the children's dinning rooms. "Hey Taylor" she smiled as she passed her

"Hey Kels, let me drop these little ones off then you'll have my attention" Taylor smiled as she dropped them off. "So how you like living like royalty?" Taylor joked as she caught up with Kelsi

"Well, lets just say I enjoy working here a lot more than staying here" Kelsi smiled, "besides I've never been one for attention"

"You'll get used to it, besides I hear they have an excellent day spa" Taylor grinned trying to cheer Kelsi up "Look I've got to go start setting up for the big social tomorrow morning, call me later?" Taylor asked

"Sure bye Tay" Kelsi called out as Taylor ran off. Kelsi made her way around the grounds running into other Wildcats and waiving at them as she passed, she got closer to the dining room when she heard voices coming from inside

"I don't care if you used to own this place, you will follow the rules just like everyone else. That means no fraternizing with the guests unless you are there to teach them dance" Mr. Fulton said in hushed tones to Ryan who was dressed in a nice suit "Now, I want you to go back into that studio and get back to work, if I find you doing anything other than what you're paid for you're fired capiche?" Ryan shook his head and walked out barreling past Kelsi who he didn't even see there. She was about to try and catch up with them when her parents caught up with her and drug her to the dining room.

It was a lovely dinner and Kelsi felt like she couldn't eat another bite, she was about to head out of the dining room and back to her room when Mr. Fulton came up to their table.

"Kelsi," he bellowed getting her attention before she could leave "I want you to meet someone" he said pulling a young man behind him "This is my son Max, he's working here for the summer to get some college credits. I figured you two could get to know each other." Kelsi felt creeped out, he seemed like a wormy little toad that was smiling at her but for impure reasons. She gave him a faint smile and shook his hand

"Hi" she squeaked out

"So I heard that you worked here last summer, what was that like?" He asked sitting himself down next to her

"It was great, I got to work with my friends" Kelsi said "Look I've got to go and lay down" Kelsi said standing up

"I'll walk you to your door" Max butted in

"Thanks, but no thanks" Kelsi blurted out trying to get as far away from him as she could. She walked the grounds knowing that she wasn't supposed to but she didn't really mind, besides half of the staff knew her anyway so she knew they wouldn't rat her out. She started hearing music and thought maybe some of the Wildcats were doing something, she started following the music when she ran into Chad and Taylor

"Kelsi what are you doing here?" Taylor asked

"I was just looking around, where you two going?" she asked seeing that Chad had some drinks in his hands

"To a party" Chad said bluntly

"Oh, I guess its staff only then." Kelsi said ready to walk away

"Come on Kels, you were once staff. I don't think anyone is going to object" Taylor said taking Kelsi's hand, and walking towards the noise of the music. They made their way inside the party to find it in full swing, all the wildcats and Lava Spring staff were dancing and enjoying themselves. Kelsi Taylor and Chad made their way through the crowd while being greeted by those who remembered Kelsi. They found seats in the back of the room and were soon joined by the others.

"Hey Kels, you made it" Troy said coming over to hug Kelsi

"Yeah, just hope Mr. Fulton doesn't find out" Kelsi smiled taking the drink Gabby handed her

"Well according to the other staff Mr. Fulton never visits this part of the grounds, so I wouldn't expect him around here" Martha smiled. Kelsi sat there and watched as the staff was enjoying themselves dancing and living it up. She barley even noticed that Ryan and Sharpay had made their entrances, and were dancing with different people who had pulled them in. After watching Ryan dance with one of the newer female staffers, he made his way over hot sweaty and needing a drink.

"Kelsi, what are you doing here?" Ryan asked shocked to see Kelsi sitting with the others

"We invited her" Chad smiled and pulled Taylor out to the dance floor, the rest of the guys did the same leaving Kelsi and Ryan by themselves

"Maybe I should go" Kelsi blushed trying to get up

"Nope, come on" Ryan said pulling her out on to the dance floor

"Come on Ryan, you know I don't dance" Kelsi protested

"Well then I'll have to teach you" Ryan smiled putting her arms around him and twirling her around the dance floor. Kelsi felt like she was on cloud nine as Ryan twirled her around the dance floor. They were so close that Kelsi could tell what Ryan had for dinner. After a few dances Ryan smiled at her and let her go "Sorry," he blushed. "I have an early day tomorrow, it was fun" he smiled kissing her hand, and walking out of the room. Kelsi watched him walk out, and sighed heavily as she went to say goodbye to her friends and made her way back to her room.


Well that's all for now, hope you enjoyed. Please review and I'll continue to write more chapters.