This is a story based on Dirty Dancing mixed with a little from Road House and a bit from Gilmore Girls with a cowboy theme and some of my own mind, though some bits (especially most horses) come from my real life (past and present). So I do not own anything that is related to the movies/series except for that from my own mind and life.
I do hope you enjoy the story and leave a review if you feel like writing one.
P.S.: My English is still not the best since I'm not native in English so please bare with me on some mistakes I made.
Thanks and enjoy.
Chapter 11
After work hours, Baby and Penny walked to the stables together, it became a routine. Penny loved it at the stables and sometimes she rides as well, Johnny gave her a horse to ride that fitted perfectly with her. It also became a routine that after the training, Johnny and Penny practicing the dance routines for the Mambo. Baby always helped, Penny was getting frustrated with the dancing, some things just didn't work, and it didn't feel good either. Not that she doesn't love to dance anymore, she still loves it very much, but it felt wrong to dance with Johnny while Baby is watching and helping. Penny feels like Baby should be in her place instead, but the little boss wanted it to be Penny, she had an idea why, she knows all too well that Neil tries to keep Baby away from Johnny. When the girls arrived, they saw that Johnny already had prepared Nibbit for Baby.
"Hey." Baby said.
Johnny walked to her and gave her a soft kiss. Baby grabbed him, and they hugged, Penny smiled and walked to Nibbit.
"I missed you." Johnny whispered in Baby's ear. She giggled.
"Let's train." She whispered and gave him a kiss again.
"You want to ride Pen?" Johnny asked.
"Sure, why not?" She asked with a smile.
"I'll go get Jamaica for you." He said.
She smiled at him as he walked to Jamaica's stable. Penny looked at Baby, who stepped up and started off with a nice trot.
"Here you go." Johnny said when he came back after some time with a fully prepared Jamaica.
"You are sweet, but I could have done it myself you know." Penny said.
"My pleasure, go and enjoy." Johnny said.
He gave her the reins, Penny rubbed Jamaica's head and smiled. She stepped up and walked into the arena.
"Alright, let's warm up a bit. Baby, you do a nice and easy gallop and Penny, do a trot." Johnny said.
"You don't have to train me Johnny, I ride for fun. Go focus on Baby." Penny said with a smile.
"Alright, if you need something just tell me okay?" Johnny said.
"Okay." Penny said.
After an hour, Baby trained hard.
"It's enough for today." Johnny said as he walked to Baby and Nibbit.
"I heard today from my boss, not Max but from the ranch, that there will be a barrel run in five weeks close to Kellerman's." Johnny said.
"Yeah?" Baby asked.
"He said to me that he wants me to go and represent the ranch, but I was thinking." Johnny took a short break as he watched Baby's face.
"Would you like to participate? On Nibbit, but in name of Ranch Bizarro." Johnny said.
"So, basically instead of you?" Baby asked as she stepped off.
"Yes, I would love it if you would participate. You have such great talent, I'm sure you will do great, you might even win." Johnny said with a smile.
She smiled as she walked to him. He grabbed a hand and gave Baby a kiss.
"I would love to." Baby said, Johnny gave her a kiss again.
"I will brush him." Baby whispered.
She walked Nibbit to his stable. Johnny looked after her with a smile, then he turned to look at Penny who was walking Jamaica dry.
"I will after care for him in a bit, go to your girl." Penny said with a wink.
Johnny smiled at her and walked to Nibbit's stable. Penny gave a sigh, she was on purpose walking slow, she just didn't feel like dancing and doing routines today. After some minutes, Penny stopped and wanted to step off, on the same moment Neil came to the stable, it was the first time Neil came there.
"Penny!" Neil shouted very loud.
It was so loud that it startled Jamaica who then made a buck and jump into gallop which made Penny fall off him, only to have her foot stuck on the saddled. She screamed, it all went in a flash. Baby and Johnny heard her, they ran outside and saw Jamaica galloping and bucking. Johnny quickly ran to him.
"Ho! Ho, boy." Johnny said.
Jamaica slowly stopped, Baby quickly went to check on Penny.
"You okay?" Baby asked.
"My foot, it hurts so much." Penny said, having tears in her eyes.
"What happened?" Baby asked as she carefully frees Penny's foot, Penny cried harder.
"Someone came and shouted my name and Jamaica got startled, I was just stepping off." Penny explained. Johnny looked up and saw Neil.
"The little wimp." Johnny said in an angry tone.
"Let me bring him back to his stable." Baby said and took the reins from Johnny.
Johnny walked to Neil, being very angry.
"What the hell are you doing Neil?" Johnny asked in an angry tone.
"Is she okay?" Neil asked.
"No, she's not okay. You don't come here to just start shouting at people." Johnny said.
"I didn't know that this would happen, Johnny." Neil said, being agitated to get a lesson from a staff member.
"Horses can be startled too. What are you doing here anyway?" Johnny asked.
"I was told to get Penny, Max has asked after her. It's about the computer corner or something." Neil said. Baby walked quickly to Penny again.
"Can you get up?" Baby asked, she shook her head.
"It might be broken, we need to get you to the hospital." Baby said.
"Stupid Neil." Penny whispered as she looked angry at Neil, but wincing is pain at the same time.
"Johnny is truly pissed off now, he is teaching Neil a lesson." Baby whispered.
"Serves him right, what an idiot." Penny said.
"Stay, I will get the wheelchair that is standing in the back." Baby said, Penny nodded.
"Thanks Baby." She whispered.
"I will always be there for you Pen, you know that." Baby said.
"Even if you are with Johnny now and want to spent time with him?" She whispered.
"Even then, if you need me I will always be there for you. You know that, you're like the sister I never had before, and you will always be my sister." Baby whispered.
Penny hugged her. Baby walked to Johnny and Neil.
"I'm going to get the wheelchair; her ankle may be broken. She needs a checkup in the hospital, she can't walk." Baby said and looked at Johnny.
"I will call an ambulance. It's my fault. I will tell Max what happened, he wanted me to come and get her, he wanted to talk to her about the computer corner but that can wait." Neil said and walked away.
Baby looked astonished after him.
"Did he just apologize?" Baby asked, Johnny was as surprised as well.
"It seems like it. I hope he pooped his pants." Johnny whispered, Baby chuckled a little bit.
"I'm going to get the wheelchair now." Baby said.
"I will check on Pen." He said.
She smiled and gave him a little kiss. After a few minutes, both Johnny and Baby brought Penny to the main building, on the moment the ambulance arrived. The ambulance nurse checked on her.
"Yeah, it looks like it's broken. We need to take you with us miss. Someone here who is related to her?" The guy asked.
"I am." Baby said.
"You can come with us." The guy said.
Baby turned to Johnny, she grabbed her keys and gave them to Johnny.
"Come and pick us up there." Baby said, Johnny gave her a nod and took the keys.
"But be careful." She said with a teasing warning.
"No worries Baby." Johnny said.
Baby stepped into the ambulance. The guy closed the door and stepped inside at the front. Johnny looked how the ambulance drove away, on that moment Billy quickly walked to Johnny.
"What happened?" Billy asked.
"Penny broke her ankle, it's Neil's fault." Johnny said.
"What? How?" Billy asked being concerned.
Johnny told Billy what happened, and Billy became angry.
"I'm going to pick them up at the hospital, Baby asked me if I wanted to do that." Johnny said.
"I will cover for you cuz." Billy said.
"Thanks, cuz." Johnny said, they hugged shortly. Neil came outside on that moment.
"Is Penny to the hospital?" He asked.
"Yeah, the ambulance just left." Johnny answered.
"Is someone with her?" Neil asked.
"Yeah, Baby went with her. Penny's ankle is broken." Johnny said.
"I'm sorry." Neil softly said.
"Don't say that to me, say that to Penny. You know she's out, right? She can't dance with me at the Sheldrake." Johnny said.
"I can find you another partner." Neil said.
"There's no time to learn Rita the routines, the others work a lot as well. I only have one option, but I don't think you agree with that." Johnny said as he putted his hands in his pockets.
"And that option is?" Neil asked.
"Baby." Johnny said.
"What? No, not Baby." Neil said.
"She can move." Billy said, Neil looked at Billy.
"Are you sure?" Neil asked.
"Yeah, she danced for years and I'm sure she gladly fills in for Penny. They're best friends, like sisters." Johnny said.
Neil gave a grunt. He had no choice then to admit to this option, even if he didn't like the idea of Baby dancing with Johnny. But who knows what they already did, Neil thought.
"Alright, but I will keep an eye on you." Neil said, pointing at Johnny. Neil walked away again.
"How in the world can he go from apologetic to a little wimp in a second?" Billy asked, Johnny was furious but tried to calm down.
"He does everything to keep Baby away from me, I hate the way he looks at her." Johnny said, looking at the ground.
"Calm down Johnny, he has lost anyway. Look at it like this, you have Baby, she's your girl and now you get to dance with her." Billy said with a wink and a smile.
Johnny looked at him and gave a little sigh.
"I'm going to bring this back, go to the hospital. I have your back." Billy said and walked away.
"Thanks, cuz." Johnny said.
"You're welcome." Billy said, standing still.
"Oh, do me a favor cuz." Billy said.
"Yeah?" Johnny asked.
"Take the girls out for dinner after, I think they will be hungry and it will be good for them not to eat here. Have fun with them, it will do you all good to be gone from the hawk eyes." Billy said, Johnny went to him and gave him a short hug.
"Thank you cuz, you're the best." Johnny said.
Billy gave him a smile. Johnny quickly walked to Baby's car. He stepped in and drove quickly to the hospital. Baby sat in the waiting room, waiting until she was called. They said it was a light fracture, but Penny needed to take it easy and couldn't do anything anymore but work at the office and relax. They were now setting the bone and Baby went to the waiting room to wait until the doctor was done. Johnny walked inside and looked around, he saw Baby sitting and walked to her. Baby looked up and saw Johnny, she smiled happily and he went to sit next to her. She grabbed his hands, Johnny gave her a kiss.
"How's Penny?" Johnny asked.
"They're fixing her ankle now." Baby said with a smile.
"I can't believe that Neil did something like this. You would think he would be having some brains in that big head of his, but no." Baby said, with a deep sigh.
"Yeah, he's an idiot. Typical the rich people." Johnny said.
Baby looked at him a bit more sternly than she wanted.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think." Johnny said.
"It's okay, best part is that you are right. This is typical rich people and I hate that I'm a part of this." Baby said.
"I don't see you as such, that is probably why I was so blunt." Johnny whispered.
"That's the biggest compliment ever." Baby said with a teasing smile. She kissed him slowly.
"You have no idea how happy I am not to be in that world right now." Baby whispered and smiled.
Johnny only smiled at her, but he thought about the fact that both their backgrounds are miles apart and Johnny was afraid this was going to drive them apart eventually.
"What are you thinking about?" Baby asked curiously as she saw his face.
"Just that." But Johnny couldn't finish his sentence because the nurse brought Penny to them.
"You okay?" Baby asked and hugged Penny tightly.
"Less pain now. I need to keep this on for about seven weeks, and I have a checkup in about five. I have the date here." Penny said and gave Baby the note.
"Alright, I'll make sure you get here." Baby said with a smile. Penny looked at Johnny and smiled. "Thanks for helping Johnny." Penny said and grabbed his hand.
"Everything for friends you know." Johnny said and smiled.
"You girls are hungry?" Johnny asked.
"I am." Penny said.
"Let's go. I promised Billy I would go out for dinner with you two, be away from all the hassle at Kellerman's." Johnny said, Baby smiled.
"Let's go then." Baby said.
She pushed the wheelchair with Penny outside. Johnny followed them to the car, but he was a bit quiet the whole time while Baby and Penny talked. Baby looked at him and noticed the difference, she wondered what is going on in his head.
"What is it Johnny?" Baby asked as they stepped out, Penny still sat in the car. Johnny looked down and gave a sigh.
"It's just the rich people thing is bothering me a bit." Johnny whispered.
"Don't bother it please Johnny, please keep seeing me like you always do." Baby whispered and laid her hand on his chest. He smiled and kissed her.
"I will." He whispered.
Johnny got Penny out of the car, they walked her into the diner. After the dinner, they went back to Kellerman's. Baby helped Penny on her bed, and helped her putting her pajama on. Baby helped her feeling comfortable.
"You want your laptop?" Baby asked.
"Sure. You're going to Johnny?" Penny asked.
"If you don't mind. If you mind, then I will stay with you." Baby said and sat herself on the bed after laying the laptop on Penny's lap.
"I don't mind. If I need you I will message you." Penny said.
"You can always message me Pen." Baby said.
"You love to be with him, right?" Penny asked.
"Yeah." Baby said with a smile.
"I'm so happy for you both, you are perfect together." Penny said with a smile.
"You are sweet Pen." Baby said and smiled.
"He is the one Pen." Baby added.
"You're sure about that?" Penny asked.
"I've never been so sure about someone before Pen. He is so sweet, caring, loving and he really is trying to make me feel happy and comfortable. He doesn't sees me as some spoiled rich kid, he sees me as me." Baby said very passionate.
Penny smiled as she looked at Baby's face.
"We have so much in common." Baby added and she stood up.
There was a knock on the door. Baby opened the door and Billy stepped inside.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey." Baby and Penny said. Baby walked to her closet and grabbed some underwear.
"How are you?" Billy asked as he sat down on the bed and looked at Penny.
"Still painful, but I'm alright." Penny said with a smile.
Billy smiled back at her. Baby watched them and smiled secretly, maybe she should nudge them in the right direction.
"If you want Billy, you can stay here with Pen. You can watch a movie and you may use my bed if you want." Baby said as she walked to Penny to give her a tight hug.
"You're going to Johnny again?" Billy asked, Baby gave him a kiss on his cheek and smiled.
"Yeah, you can stay with Pen. There are drinks in the fridge and some snacks on top of it if you both want." Baby said.
"Thanks. That's very sweet." Billy said.
"No sweat. Mi casa su casa." Baby said and opened the door again.
"Have fun you two." Baby said.
"You too Baby." Penny said and Billy wave.
Baby walked to Johnny's cabin, she heard music when she came near. She knocked on the door and Johnny opened the door. He smiled and let Baby in.
"Will Penny be alright?" Johnny asked.
"I thought you wanted to stay with her." Johnny said, but took Baby in his arms.
"She will be, told her she always can message me and Billy is with her now." Baby said, laying her arms around his waist.
"I'm happy to have you here with me again." Johnny whispered.
Baby kissed him slow. Johnny moved with her and Baby giggled a bit.
"Oh. By the way, now Neil did this to Penny. I have no dance partner anymore, I spoke with Neil about this." Johnny said.
"Yeah?" Baby asked as she moved a bit more against him, he smiled in a cheeky way.
"Neil said first he would look for someone else, but I told him that I had an option already." Johnny said.
"Who?" Baby asked curiously.
"You." He said, Baby stood still and looked serious at him.
"What did Neil say?" Baby asked curiously.
"He first didn't want this, I convinced him that there was no other option. Billy backed up for me." Johnny said, Baby chuckled and shook her head.
"It's been so long I have done that. I might suck at it." Baby said.
"I'm sure you will be doing great." Johnny whispered.
He grabbed her a bit tighter again and started to move again. She giggled as she moved with him. He moved his hips against her and sagged a bit through his knees. Baby laid her arms around his neck and she smiled while she looks in his eyes.
"Sexy tiger." She whispered and Johnny chuckled.
He kissed her neck and Baby laid her head back. Johnny leaned forward and he looked at Baby's chest, they stood straight again. The music changed. Baby opened the buttons on his shirt and pushed it off his shoulders. Johnny let his shirt fall on the ground, Baby laid her hands on his chest and Johnny let her bow backwards. He pulled her shirt off and looked in her eyes. They kissed slowly again. They ended up on the bed.
"You're amazing." Baby whispered.
"It's because of you." He whispered.
