Baby glanced at her watch and seen that it was almost 11:30 p.m. She didn't realize she had been out here at the lake for over an hour and a half. She had just been sitting there collecting all her thoughts. She just couldn't get her mind off Johnny.
"Dangerous to be out this time of night." Baby turned around to see Johnny standing there.
"Figured you would still be at the party." Baby told him as she tried to hide her big grin.
"Just wasn't really in the partying mood I guess." Johnny reached for a chair and pulled it across the sand and placed it next to Baby's.
"Moonlight is pretty when it reflects off the water." Baby said as she noticed how close Johnny was.
"Yeah, it is." Johnny told her as he turned to Baby. "Almost as pretty as you."
"Thank you." Baby spoke as she watched him closely.
"Billy thinks you look pretty good." Johnny teased her.
"I don't care what Billy thinks." Baby asserted. "He likes Lisa anyway or he used too."
"Trust me he still does. He went off looking for her tonight." Johnny said looking back over the lake.
"What made you come out here?" Baby asked him very questionably.
"Just to think I guess. You?" He asked in return.
"The same." Baby agreed. "What are you thinking about?"
Johnny knew he was thinking about her. Could he be with her again and Max not find out? "You."
Baby's heart felt like it skipped a beat. "What about me?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Johnny sighed sarcastically.
"Tell me." Baby pleaded as she grabbed his arm.
"In time." Johnny teased again. "In time."
Baby watched Johnny closely. She almost couldn't take her eyes off of him. She longed just to touch him in anyway she could. "Guess you will never know what I was thinking about then."
"That's fair I guess." Johnny shot back at her with a smile. "So, helping Neil with the magic show this year?"
"Are you crazy? No way am I doing that again." Baby informed him.
"But, he was your little manager boyfriend." Johnny returned poking her in the side.
"Now you need to stop. It wasn't even like that and you know it." Baby told him giving him a devilish grin.
"Yeah, I know. You had your eyes on someone else didn't you?" Johnny reached for her hand and gently held it.
"I guess I did." Baby said as she relaxed her hand in Johnny's.
Johnny turned to face her again. "Spending time with a poor boy from Philly."
"And loving every minute of it." Baby leaned closer to Johnny.
"Quite tempting as it is to stay here with you, I think you need to get back to your cabin. It's getting pretty late." Johnny said breaking his stare.
"Yeah, I guess I better." Baby agreed. "Will I still see you around tomorrow?"
"Of course you will." Johnny said pulling Baby up from her chair.
As Baby stood up she was inches away from Johnny. She longed for him to kiss her. "Good."
Johnny and Baby quickly said their goodbyes and she headed for her cabin. She had hoped that Johnny would kiss her before she left but he didn't. She got that old feeling being around him again. He just made her feel complete. Even after the two years she still knew she had feelings for him, there was no denying that.
"You're almost late." Penny said as Johnny reached the dance studio the next morning.
"I know. My nine o'clock in there?" Johnny asked kissing Penny on the cheek.
"Luckily they are running late too." Penny told him.
"Good." Johnny responded trying to get everything ready for his lesson.
"So?" Penny said as she walked over to Johnny.
"So, what?" Johnny said trying to act oblivious to what she was referring too.
"Johnny, what did you decide? I worried about you all night." Penny said looking concerned.
Johnny shook his head. "I ran into her again last night."
"Where? What happened?" Penny asked him.
"I saw her at the lake and we talked for a while." Johnny told her trying to make her understand.
"Did anyone see you?" Penny asked Johnny.
"Don't think so."
"Johnny," Penny couldn't understand him. "You are playing with fire again."
"You seen Max this morning?" Johnny asked her.
"No I haven't. I think he is up at the main house though." Penny tried to remember.
"Well, trust me I will handle this." Johnny assured her. "I just have to concentrate on keeping my job for the summer."
"What about after summer?" Penny asked. "Don't you want to come back here next year?"
"Penny, I want to get out of here and do something better ya know." Johnny confided in her. "I like it here but, I don't want to do this forever. I love to dance but I don't want to do it here anymore."
"Are you going to see Baby?" Penny asked him watching his eyes.
"I want to." Johnny shot back at her.
"Don't you lead her on Johnny." Penny said hatefully.
"I'm not. Tell me what the hell to do then!" Johnny's voice was beginning to sound harsh.
"Look don't yell at me. I am just trying to help you." Penny quickly told him.
Johnny knew he shouldn't have yelled at Penny but he just didn't know what to do. He wanted to be with Baby but he couldn't lose his job. "I'm sorry."
Penny looked up to see Johnny's appointment walking in the door. "Look I will talk to you later."
