Part fourteen: Back at the resort
One week after Penny and Terry were back in the city, Johnny and Babe left for Kellerman's. It was in the middle of June and they would have two weeks for them before the season starts. Max, Neil and some other staffs were already there. Babe went up to Johnny's bungalow to unpack the suitcase. Johnny went to Max.
Max: Johnny, nice that you could come. Sorry about the problems we had last year. Is Penny coming, too?
Johnny: No, Penny isn't coming this year. Someone have to look after my dance school. And Billie isn't coming either.
Max: Well, do you dance alone or have you another partner with you.
Johnny: I have another partner you will met tonight. I think you going to like her. See you later.
Max: Okay, and don't make any trouble with the female guests.
Johnny went to his bungalow and helped Babe unpacking and cleaning up.
Babe: What did Max say?
Johnny: Nothing important. He doesn't know about you, yet. I was going to show you at the dinner.
Babe: Perhaps I should pay him a visit before. We are going to surprise him, aren't we?
Johnny: Yes, we are. He will be shocked after last year. He only knows that Penny isn't here.
Babe: Great. I think I will go to the main house and visit Max.
Babe left the bungalow and went to the main house were Max gave his instruction to his waiters. It were the same like last year. They should take all female guests for a walk but nothing else. Further contact wasn't allowed. Babe entered the restaurant.
Babe: Hello Max. How are you doing?
Max: Hello Babe. I didn't know that your parents were going to stay here again this year.
Babe: Oh, I'm here on my own. I need a break from college. I'm here with a friend. And I had a lot of fun last summer.
Max: I think so. I only hope that there will be no problems again this year. You know the rules. Guests don't get involved with staff. And dancers are staff.
Babe: I think there will be no problems with any dancer this year. I will promise. I don't even know any member of the staff.
Max: I hope so. See you later at the dinner.
Babe: Count on it.
Babe went smiling back to the bungalow. Johnny had finished cleaning and had made a little snack.
Babe: He will die when he sees us together tonight.
Johnny: Why? What have you told him.
Babe: I said that I'm here with a friend and that it won't give any problems with the staff this year.
Johnny: You are staff, too. And there are no rules for staff relationships.
Babe: And when are we going to tell him about us?
Johnny: I think we are going to take dinner at the main house. You know before the season starts the staff can eat there. And I'm sure that Max will be there too. When he sees us together he will know anything about us.
Babe and Johnny dressed for the dinner. They went to the main house and sat on the table where the Houseman's sat last summer. Max wasn't showing up at the dinner. After the dinner the staff danced at the main house. Max hadn't anything against it as long as no guest was there. Max showed up when Babe and Johnny were dancing. They had their back to him.
Max: Hello Johnny. Will you show me you partner now?
Johnny: Hi Max. Sure. Max, this is my new partner, Ms. Frances Houseman.
Babe turned around and faced him.
Babe: Hi Max!
Max starred at them. It seemed that he didn't breath. Finally he said something.
Max: I thought I made clear that you weren't allowed to be together. What have I done wrong? Guests are not involved with staff.
Babe: Max, clam down! Please.
Max: Calm down?!? You just broke my rules. Again. And I told you before. I thought you promised that you won't make any troubles this year. Why again?
Babe: We can explain.
Max: Sure you can. You did it last year.
Johnny: Max, lets sat down and we will tell you anything.
Max, Babe and Johnny went out of the room and sat down on a garden chair.
Max: Explain it to me, or I will fire you Johnny!
Johnny: You can't say anything about our relationship because Babe is no guest here. Like I told you, she is my partner.
Max: Partner? You are a dance instructor, too?
Babe: Not really, but Johnny, Penny and Billie showed me enough to know how to teach. And it's not the first time I will teach.
Max: Billie? Your cousin? The guy who were a porter last year? Is he a dance instructor?
Johnny: Yes, he is now a instructor. He just finished school. He's helping Penny to manage the school.
Max: Which school?
Babe: The school Johnny and I opened last september.
Max: You have a school? But I thought you were here with a friend to take a break from college?
Babe: Johnny is my boyfriend and I'm on college. I told you the truth.
Max: So you are dancing here together? And you are both staff, now?
Johnny: Yes, I know that you would say something against our relationship when Babe would staying here as guest. So I made her to my partner and you know that she's a great dancer. Even better than last summer.
Max: Well, than enjoy your time here. But please don't make any other trouble.
Babe: We promise this. Thank you Max.
Max went back into the room. Babe and Johnny were staying out on the porch.
Babe: He was really shocked.
Johnny: I thought he was going to die when he saw you. But now everything's okay. You can stay with me and I will still have my job at the end of the season.
Babe: Lets hope so. It's going to be our holiday.
On the next day Babe made a walk trough the resort. Just at this time Neil were arriving. He was happy to see Babe there. Since last summer he is in love with her.
Neil: Babe? You are here, again. That's nice. I have hoped it. After the trouble you had with Johnny, that loser last summer.
Babe: I had no trouble with Johnny and he is definitively no loser. He is a great person.
Neil: Great person. He's nothing and he has nothing. He's only a dancer and I'm a rich boy. I have two hotels and I will take over Kellerman's in some years.
Babe: But he has a great character.
Neil. Well. Tell me what are you doing here? How are you and your family? Are they staying here, too?
Babe: I'm very happy. And my family don't stay here this year. Well I take a break from college, were I study for a teaching permission.
Neil: Teaching permission? I thought you would major in economics?
Babe: Well at lot changed since the time we dance together.
Neil: I know. Johnny. I don't think that he is going to stay here this year. So you will be secure for him. And you can enjoy your time with me. I will take care of you.
Babe: You don't need to do this. I'm here with my boyfriend and I don't think that he would like it if I go out with you. And I'm not going to hide for Johnny if he's here again. Like I said before he is a good person. Sorry but I have to go. See you later.
Neil went to the main house to help his grandfather. Babe went to the dance room to help Johnny with his preparations. She told him about her conversation with Neil.
Johnny: Well, I think he is in love with you, Babe.
Babe: But I don't love him. And you know this. He have to accept that we are a couple and that you are working here. But I don't think that he is going to like this.
Johnny: What will he do if he sees me? It will be a shock for him.
Babe: Perhaps we should talk to him privately. Then we can explain it better to him.
Babe went to the main house to look for Neil. But only Max was there. He told her that Neil just left for the dance room. He would like to meet the new instructor.
Johnny was just at the window when Neil entered the room. His back to the entrance.
Neil: Hello. I'm Neil Kellerman. I'm a member of the management.
Johnny: I know who you are. And I think you know who I am.
Neil: Johnny? What are you doing here? I thought grandpa fired you last season?
Johnny: Well, I got back my job. And now I will be the instructor for another season. I hope you don't mind.
Neil: No, of course not. But I promised Babe that you wouldn't be here.
Johnny: Babe is here, too? I won't hurt her, that's a promise. And I don't think that this is one of your business.
Just at this moment Babe entered the room.
Babe: Hi Neil. I was looking for you. Hi Johnny.
Neil: What happened Babe?
Babe: Actually I would like to speak with you at my bungalow but this room is great, too.
Neil: So, what's the matter?
Babe: I told you before that I'm here with my boyfriend. And I would like you to meet him.
Neil: Lets go!
Johnny: Oh, you don't understand. He's already here.
Neil: Where?
Babe: Johnny is my boyfriend. We are together since last summer. We are living together and we are having a dance school together. We only would tell you this in a private atmosphere so we could explain this.
Neil: You and this loser?
Babe: He's no loser. He loves me more then his own life and we are happy.
Neil: But you are going to get problems if grandpa is seeing you both. You know the rules for guests and staff. And you have broken it last year.
Johnny: He knows that we are a couple and there won't be any problems because Babe is no guest. She is my dance partner.
Neil: Your partner? Where is Penny?
Babe: Penny is managing our school with Billie. He's a instructor, too.
Neil: I can't believe it! You took him instead of me. I have money and what is he having?
Babe: Johnny has a heart full of love for me. That's all I want.
Neil left the room.
Johnny: Well, he is definitively in love with you.
Babe: But I only love you. I think he will survive.
On saturday the first guest were coming. Johnny and Babe taught them their dances. The women tried again to buy Johnny but he didn't take any offer. On thursday they danced at the "Sheldrake" again. Everything was perfect. Babe did even the lift. On the other evenings they danced the "dirty dancing" at the staff quarter dance hall.
On Monday Johnny invited Babe to an expensive restaurant.
Babe: Why are we here, Johnny?
Johnny: Do you know what's day today is?
Babe: Sure, twenty-ninth of June? Why do you ask?
Johnny: Well, this is the day we first met at the dance hall. Do you remember?
Babe: Yeah, I remember. Billie took me with him. You were coming with Penny and you both were cheered by the dancers. I thought you were a couple. You asked me what I was doing here.
Johnny: And you said that you carried a watermelon.
Babe: I was so nervous. I have seen you the day before when you arrived with the band. I think it was love on the first sight.
Johnny: I never knew that you were there. I never had seen you at the staff quarters so I asked. I had liked you. Then I asked you for a dance.
Babe: It was one of the best nights I had. I was so proud that you was dancing with me. And I knew that I couldn't dance the way the others danced.
Johnny: But you were great. I think we have something to celebrate today.
Babe: And we have to thank Billie. If he hadn't taken me with him we never had met.
Johnny: But then we have to thank Penny and Robbie, too. If Penny weren't pregnant you certainly wouldn't have returned to the quarters and started dancing with me.
Babe: Perhaps. But hell knows what I would have done to see you again. So we are celebrating that we have met one year ago.
Johnny: Right. But perhaps we are going to celebrate a second thing.
Babe: And this would be?
Johnny: I'll tell you later.
After they had finished the dinner they went back to the resort. Johnny lead her to his bungalow. He opened the door and went inside. Babe had to wait outside. After a few minutes he went back and pulled Babe inside. The room was filled with candles and roses.
Babe: What's that?
Johnny: A little surprise for you. Do you like it?
Babe: It's wonderful. How did you manage this?
Johnny: Well, Max helped me a little bit. Babe please sit down.
Babe sat down on a chair. Johnny knelled in front of her.
Johnny: Frances you know that I love you with all my heart. I will spent my whole life with you. And the whole world should know that you are mine. Frances Houseman, will you marry me?
Babe: Oh, Johnny. I will of course. Absolutely.
Johnny: Babe, you are the best thing that happened to me.
In this night they celebrated their engagement. In the morning Johnny was making breakfast for Babe.
Babe: When are you going to marry me, Johnny?
Johnny: I don't know? When would you like it?
Babe: As soon as possible.
Johnny: Would you like to marry me at the resort? We can get a priest and marry at Kellerman's.
Babe: Johnny, that's a great idea.
TBC...
A/N: Only one chapter left (So I hope)
One week after Penny and Terry were back in the city, Johnny and Babe left for Kellerman's. It was in the middle of June and they would have two weeks for them before the season starts. Max, Neil and some other staffs were already there. Babe went up to Johnny's bungalow to unpack the suitcase. Johnny went to Max.
Max: Johnny, nice that you could come. Sorry about the problems we had last year. Is Penny coming, too?
Johnny: No, Penny isn't coming this year. Someone have to look after my dance school. And Billie isn't coming either.
Max: Well, do you dance alone or have you another partner with you.
Johnny: I have another partner you will met tonight. I think you going to like her. See you later.
Max: Okay, and don't make any trouble with the female guests.
Johnny went to his bungalow and helped Babe unpacking and cleaning up.
Babe: What did Max say?
Johnny: Nothing important. He doesn't know about you, yet. I was going to show you at the dinner.
Babe: Perhaps I should pay him a visit before. We are going to surprise him, aren't we?
Johnny: Yes, we are. He will be shocked after last year. He only knows that Penny isn't here.
Babe: Great. I think I will go to the main house and visit Max.
Babe left the bungalow and went to the main house were Max gave his instruction to his waiters. It were the same like last year. They should take all female guests for a walk but nothing else. Further contact wasn't allowed. Babe entered the restaurant.
Babe: Hello Max. How are you doing?
Max: Hello Babe. I didn't know that your parents were going to stay here again this year.
Babe: Oh, I'm here on my own. I need a break from college. I'm here with a friend. And I had a lot of fun last summer.
Max: I think so. I only hope that there will be no problems again this year. You know the rules. Guests don't get involved with staff. And dancers are staff.
Babe: I think there will be no problems with any dancer this year. I will promise. I don't even know any member of the staff.
Max: I hope so. See you later at the dinner.
Babe: Count on it.
Babe went smiling back to the bungalow. Johnny had finished cleaning and had made a little snack.
Babe: He will die when he sees us together tonight.
Johnny: Why? What have you told him.
Babe: I said that I'm here with a friend and that it won't give any problems with the staff this year.
Johnny: You are staff, too. And there are no rules for staff relationships.
Babe: And when are we going to tell him about us?
Johnny: I think we are going to take dinner at the main house. You know before the season starts the staff can eat there. And I'm sure that Max will be there too. When he sees us together he will know anything about us.
Babe and Johnny dressed for the dinner. They went to the main house and sat on the table where the Houseman's sat last summer. Max wasn't showing up at the dinner. After the dinner the staff danced at the main house. Max hadn't anything against it as long as no guest was there. Max showed up when Babe and Johnny were dancing. They had their back to him.
Max: Hello Johnny. Will you show me you partner now?
Johnny: Hi Max. Sure. Max, this is my new partner, Ms. Frances Houseman.
Babe turned around and faced him.
Babe: Hi Max!
Max starred at them. It seemed that he didn't breath. Finally he said something.
Max: I thought I made clear that you weren't allowed to be together. What have I done wrong? Guests are not involved with staff.
Babe: Max, clam down! Please.
Max: Calm down?!? You just broke my rules. Again. And I told you before. I thought you promised that you won't make any troubles this year. Why again?
Babe: We can explain.
Max: Sure you can. You did it last year.
Johnny: Max, lets sat down and we will tell you anything.
Max, Babe and Johnny went out of the room and sat down on a garden chair.
Max: Explain it to me, or I will fire you Johnny!
Johnny: You can't say anything about our relationship because Babe is no guest here. Like I told you, she is my partner.
Max: Partner? You are a dance instructor, too?
Babe: Not really, but Johnny, Penny and Billie showed me enough to know how to teach. And it's not the first time I will teach.
Max: Billie? Your cousin? The guy who were a porter last year? Is he a dance instructor?
Johnny: Yes, he is now a instructor. He just finished school. He's helping Penny to manage the school.
Max: Which school?
Babe: The school Johnny and I opened last september.
Max: You have a school? But I thought you were here with a friend to take a break from college?
Babe: Johnny is my boyfriend and I'm on college. I told you the truth.
Max: So you are dancing here together? And you are both staff, now?
Johnny: Yes, I know that you would say something against our relationship when Babe would staying here as guest. So I made her to my partner and you know that she's a great dancer. Even better than last summer.
Max: Well, than enjoy your time here. But please don't make any other trouble.
Babe: We promise this. Thank you Max.
Max went back into the room. Babe and Johnny were staying out on the porch.
Babe: He was really shocked.
Johnny: I thought he was going to die when he saw you. But now everything's okay. You can stay with me and I will still have my job at the end of the season.
Babe: Lets hope so. It's going to be our holiday.
On the next day Babe made a walk trough the resort. Just at this time Neil were arriving. He was happy to see Babe there. Since last summer he is in love with her.
Neil: Babe? You are here, again. That's nice. I have hoped it. After the trouble you had with Johnny, that loser last summer.
Babe: I had no trouble with Johnny and he is definitively no loser. He is a great person.
Neil: Great person. He's nothing and he has nothing. He's only a dancer and I'm a rich boy. I have two hotels and I will take over Kellerman's in some years.
Babe: But he has a great character.
Neil. Well. Tell me what are you doing here? How are you and your family? Are they staying here, too?
Babe: I'm very happy. And my family don't stay here this year. Well I take a break from college, were I study for a teaching permission.
Neil: Teaching permission? I thought you would major in economics?
Babe: Well at lot changed since the time we dance together.
Neil: I know. Johnny. I don't think that he is going to stay here this year. So you will be secure for him. And you can enjoy your time with me. I will take care of you.
Babe: You don't need to do this. I'm here with my boyfriend and I don't think that he would like it if I go out with you. And I'm not going to hide for Johnny if he's here again. Like I said before he is a good person. Sorry but I have to go. See you later.
Neil went to the main house to help his grandfather. Babe went to the dance room to help Johnny with his preparations. She told him about her conversation with Neil.
Johnny: Well, I think he is in love with you, Babe.
Babe: But I don't love him. And you know this. He have to accept that we are a couple and that you are working here. But I don't think that he is going to like this.
Johnny: What will he do if he sees me? It will be a shock for him.
Babe: Perhaps we should talk to him privately. Then we can explain it better to him.
Babe went to the main house to look for Neil. But only Max was there. He told her that Neil just left for the dance room. He would like to meet the new instructor.
Johnny was just at the window when Neil entered the room. His back to the entrance.
Neil: Hello. I'm Neil Kellerman. I'm a member of the management.
Johnny: I know who you are. And I think you know who I am.
Neil: Johnny? What are you doing here? I thought grandpa fired you last season?
Johnny: Well, I got back my job. And now I will be the instructor for another season. I hope you don't mind.
Neil: No, of course not. But I promised Babe that you wouldn't be here.
Johnny: Babe is here, too? I won't hurt her, that's a promise. And I don't think that this is one of your business.
Just at this moment Babe entered the room.
Babe: Hi Neil. I was looking for you. Hi Johnny.
Neil: What happened Babe?
Babe: Actually I would like to speak with you at my bungalow but this room is great, too.
Neil: So, what's the matter?
Babe: I told you before that I'm here with my boyfriend. And I would like you to meet him.
Neil: Lets go!
Johnny: Oh, you don't understand. He's already here.
Neil: Where?
Babe: Johnny is my boyfriend. We are together since last summer. We are living together and we are having a dance school together. We only would tell you this in a private atmosphere so we could explain this.
Neil: You and this loser?
Babe: He's no loser. He loves me more then his own life and we are happy.
Neil: But you are going to get problems if grandpa is seeing you both. You know the rules for guests and staff. And you have broken it last year.
Johnny: He knows that we are a couple and there won't be any problems because Babe is no guest. She is my dance partner.
Neil: Your partner? Where is Penny?
Babe: Penny is managing our school with Billie. He's a instructor, too.
Neil: I can't believe it! You took him instead of me. I have money and what is he having?
Babe: Johnny has a heart full of love for me. That's all I want.
Neil left the room.
Johnny: Well, he is definitively in love with you.
Babe: But I only love you. I think he will survive.
On saturday the first guest were coming. Johnny and Babe taught them their dances. The women tried again to buy Johnny but he didn't take any offer. On thursday they danced at the "Sheldrake" again. Everything was perfect. Babe did even the lift. On the other evenings they danced the "dirty dancing" at the staff quarter dance hall.
On Monday Johnny invited Babe to an expensive restaurant.
Babe: Why are we here, Johnny?
Johnny: Do you know what's day today is?
Babe: Sure, twenty-ninth of June? Why do you ask?
Johnny: Well, this is the day we first met at the dance hall. Do you remember?
Babe: Yeah, I remember. Billie took me with him. You were coming with Penny and you both were cheered by the dancers. I thought you were a couple. You asked me what I was doing here.
Johnny: And you said that you carried a watermelon.
Babe: I was so nervous. I have seen you the day before when you arrived with the band. I think it was love on the first sight.
Johnny: I never knew that you were there. I never had seen you at the staff quarters so I asked. I had liked you. Then I asked you for a dance.
Babe: It was one of the best nights I had. I was so proud that you was dancing with me. And I knew that I couldn't dance the way the others danced.
Johnny: But you were great. I think we have something to celebrate today.
Babe: And we have to thank Billie. If he hadn't taken me with him we never had met.
Johnny: But then we have to thank Penny and Robbie, too. If Penny weren't pregnant you certainly wouldn't have returned to the quarters and started dancing with me.
Babe: Perhaps. But hell knows what I would have done to see you again. So we are celebrating that we have met one year ago.
Johnny: Right. But perhaps we are going to celebrate a second thing.
Babe: And this would be?
Johnny: I'll tell you later.
After they had finished the dinner they went back to the resort. Johnny lead her to his bungalow. He opened the door and went inside. Babe had to wait outside. After a few minutes he went back and pulled Babe inside. The room was filled with candles and roses.
Babe: What's that?
Johnny: A little surprise for you. Do you like it?
Babe: It's wonderful. How did you manage this?
Johnny: Well, Max helped me a little bit. Babe please sit down.
Babe sat down on a chair. Johnny knelled in front of her.
Johnny: Frances you know that I love you with all my heart. I will spent my whole life with you. And the whole world should know that you are mine. Frances Houseman, will you marry me?
Babe: Oh, Johnny. I will of course. Absolutely.
Johnny: Babe, you are the best thing that happened to me.
In this night they celebrated their engagement. In the morning Johnny was making breakfast for Babe.
Babe: When are you going to marry me, Johnny?
Johnny: I don't know? When would you like it?
Babe: As soon as possible.
Johnny: Would you like to marry me at the resort? We can get a priest and marry at Kellerman's.
Babe: Johnny, that's a great idea.
TBC...
A/N: Only one chapter left (So I hope)
