I do not own any of the Dirty Dancing characters, this is just a story that
I came up with when I finished watching the movie and wondered what might
have happened to Johnny and Baby after that unforgettable summer together.
Please review, I'm very interested to hear what people think, and if there is anything I should improve on. Thanks.
Chapter 1
That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's, and it was the most memorable summer of my life. That was the summer that I met Johnny Castle, he was like no one I'd ever known before, larger than life he swept me off my feet, and before I knew it I was in love. After a wonderful couple of weeks with Johnny, my family returned home, but unfortunately for daddy our romance didn't end when we left Kellerman's that afternoon. I went home with mom and daddy but my heart remained in the Catskills.
When September came I didn't join the Peace Corps as I had originally intended but instead I went to University. Daddy didn't want me throwing my future away from some summer fling that would be over before I knew it, so I made him happy and went back to school, I studied hard and got good grades, but always in the back of my mind was Johnny. I called him often in New Jersey, Johnny had moved out there for the winter to work with his uncle Paul painting houses. At first he'd lived there alone but not long after his cousin Billy moved in to sleep on Johnny's sofa and paint with his dad as well. I could hear the unhappiness in Johnny's voice whenever I would call, he tried to hide it but I knew he wasn't happy. He couldn't wait for spring to come and Kellerman's to open for the season, then he could quit painting and move back to the mountains.
Our family was returning to Kellerman's again that summer, and I couldn't wait. My bags had been packed for days, and I had made sure to ace all of my exams so that daddy would have no reason not to let me go and see Johnny. I knew that if I gave him any reason at all that he could use to keep us apart, he would. Daddy had accepted Johnny at the end of our last trip to Kellerman's but he still never really liked him or thought that he was good enough for me.
However my sister Lisa was much luckier. She and Johnny's cousin Billy Kostecki had been going together for almost a year and Daddy just loved him. Billy's great, he and I got along famously and it didn't hurt that whenever he came to visit Lisa he usually brought me some little gift that Johnny had sent with him.
Johnny and I hadn't managed to see much of each other in that last year, it was mostly phone calls, but he did come down and visit me at Christmas when Billy came to see Lisa. He didn't even tell me he was coming, he just showed up on the doorstep Christmas Eve. I couldn't believe it, it was the most wonderful surprise ever. The two of them only stayed for a couple of days but I didn't care, I was just so happy to see him.
Please review, I'm very interested to hear what people think, and if there is anything I should improve on. Thanks.
Chapter 1
That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's, and it was the most memorable summer of my life. That was the summer that I met Johnny Castle, he was like no one I'd ever known before, larger than life he swept me off my feet, and before I knew it I was in love. After a wonderful couple of weeks with Johnny, my family returned home, but unfortunately for daddy our romance didn't end when we left Kellerman's that afternoon. I went home with mom and daddy but my heart remained in the Catskills.
When September came I didn't join the Peace Corps as I had originally intended but instead I went to University. Daddy didn't want me throwing my future away from some summer fling that would be over before I knew it, so I made him happy and went back to school, I studied hard and got good grades, but always in the back of my mind was Johnny. I called him often in New Jersey, Johnny had moved out there for the winter to work with his uncle Paul painting houses. At first he'd lived there alone but not long after his cousin Billy moved in to sleep on Johnny's sofa and paint with his dad as well. I could hear the unhappiness in Johnny's voice whenever I would call, he tried to hide it but I knew he wasn't happy. He couldn't wait for spring to come and Kellerman's to open for the season, then he could quit painting and move back to the mountains.
Our family was returning to Kellerman's again that summer, and I couldn't wait. My bags had been packed for days, and I had made sure to ace all of my exams so that daddy would have no reason not to let me go and see Johnny. I knew that if I gave him any reason at all that he could use to keep us apart, he would. Daddy had accepted Johnny at the end of our last trip to Kellerman's but he still never really liked him or thought that he was good enough for me.
However my sister Lisa was much luckier. She and Johnny's cousin Billy Kostecki had been going together for almost a year and Daddy just loved him. Billy's great, he and I got along famously and it didn't hurt that whenever he came to visit Lisa he usually brought me some little gift that Johnny had sent with him.
Johnny and I hadn't managed to see much of each other in that last year, it was mostly phone calls, but he did come down and visit me at Christmas when Billy came to see Lisa. He didn't even tell me he was coming, he just showed up on the doorstep Christmas Eve. I couldn't believe it, it was the most wonderful surprise ever. The two of them only stayed for a couple of days but I didn't care, I was just so happy to see him.