I still don't own any of the original Dirty Dancing characters or
storyline; I do however own Christian and Tanner they are my very own
creation.
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Chapter 8
"Oh shit!" I exclaimed loudly as I opened my eyes and saw Christian standing in front of me. Quickly stepping back and immediately stopping dancing I started muttering to myself wondering how it was possible that I couldn't tell the difference between Johnny and Christian. As I paced around the room waving my arms and ranting and raving, Christian was beginning to look a little worried standing there watching me.
Finally he raised his hands up out in front of him, as though he were going to stop traffic or something and said, "Baby, calm down, I didn't mean any harm."
I quickly shot him an angry glance and then continued to pace.
"Baby, please," he continued, "I just saw you in here dancing alone and thought it might be fun to join in, you sure didn't seem to mind at first."
"Well of course I didn't mind, I thought you were Johnny. What the hell is wrong with you Christian? You don't just walk up and start dancing with some unsuspecting victim you know!"
By this time I was really yelling, I didn't even know what was wrong with me, why was I so angry? Not wanting to do anymore damage to poor Christian and not wanting to admit that I had over reacted I just turned and left the room, leaving Christian standing there alone and confused.
I ran down the empty hallway past all the dance classes that were still in session, down the stairs and out the door onto the path of white rocks. By the time I was outside I was in tears and I had no idea why. I glanced around quickly to make sure that no one was watching me and then continued on down the path toward my room. I didn't get very far though as I soon felt a strong warm hand on my shoulder.
I turned to look and saw Johnny had come up behind me. I tried to wipe my tears away so that maybe he wouldn't notice that I had been crying, but it was no use I could tell by the look of concern on his face that he already knew. As I went to speak and try to explain myself to him a wave of guilt washed over me and I continued to cry uncontrollably.
"I... I tripped and fell," I tried to lie unconvincingly once I was able to find my voice, "I was running and I tripped." I went on trying to make my lie sound more convincing. Johnny just looked down at me with a smile as he gently grabbed both my hands and turned them over to look at my palms.
"Well," he smiled, "looks like you're going to live, you don't even have a scratch."
Of course I didn't have any scratches; I thought to myself, I was lying through my teeth. I managed a sheepish smile as he reached over and wiped the last tear from my cheek.
"I've got a lesson in 10 minutes so I've gotta run," Johnny gave me a peck on the cheek as he turned and walked away. After he was out of sight I continued on my way down the path towards my room, all the way I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened back there and why I had freaked out so badly. By the time I reached my room I was in tears again, suddenly it was so clear. Did I have feelings for Christian?
That entire afternoon I sat alone in my room thinking, I tried to read my book for a while but it was no use. I just couldn't get this whole situation out of my head, Johnny was the most amazing thing that had ever happened to me, I had changed my entire life and future for him and he had never been anything but wonderful to me (well since we became a couple that is).
I didn't realize how long I had been thinking about this until I looked outside and saw that it had gotten dark and was almost ten o'clock. I had given myself a headache thinking about this ridiculous situation and decided to just go to bed hoping that I'd feel better in the morning.
Lying in bed I looked over to the other side of the room at Lisa's neatly made bed; I supposed she had decided to stay the night with Billy. Probably for the better, if she were here she'd just be asking me what was wrong and I sure didn't want to tell anyone, especially not her. What if she told Billy, would he tell Johnny? Then what would I do?
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when I heard the door creak open. Assuming it was Lisa I didn't move a muscle, I hoped that she would just think I was asleep and go to bed without trying to start up a conversation. But then something strange happened my back was suddenly cold as I felt the warm blanket being lifted off my body. I of course turned over right away to see what was there and was pleasantly surprised to see Johnny sitting on the side of the bed starting to crawl under the covers with me. I smiled and shuffled over in the small bed to make some room for him to lie down. He snuggled in close behind me and put his arms around me, "hey you," he whispered in my ear, "I ran into Billy in the Main house and he told me he had a special evening planned for Lisa, so I figure we should have this place to ourselves tonight."
"I missed you today," I replied as I was finally able to doze off.
The next morning I woke up really early I think it was before 5 AM; Johnny was still asleep beside me but had turned over and was facing the wall. I turned to face him and curled up close to his back putting my arm around his waist. I could feel his belt buckle cold against my skin and realized that he was still fully dressed.
I lay there still for a moment, my arms draped over Johnny's sleeping body until finally I couldn't lie there any longer, my guilt was overwhelming me and I felt like I was betraying him somehow just by lying there. I quietly moved over and slid out of bed careful not to wake him.
Slipping on some comfortable cotton pants and a sweater I tip toed out of the room and onto the veranda. I just started walking; I didn't know where I was going I just knew that I had to get away from there, far away.
I walked for over an hour sobbing uncontrollably the entire time. How could I have feelings for anyone but Johnny? He was my soul mate, wasn't he? I had been so sure of it but I wasn't positive anymore, my feelings and emotions were so jumbled and confused I could barely tell which way was up.
I had walked a little ways up the mountain until I came to a small lake, it was absolutely breathtaking, I had to stop and have a closer look. I pulled myself up onto some jagged rocks that overlooked the clear blue water and sat down. It was actually quite a drop down to the surface; I knew that I'd better be careful not to fall. There I sat all alone, my legs dangling over the edge of the rock, just thinking.
After several moments I heard what sounded like splashing, looking around I tried to see where the sound was coming from, that's when I noticed someone down at the waters edge skipping stones. I squinted to try and get a better look and was shocked to see it was Christian. I quickly scrambled to get up and try to get away before he noticed me, but it was no use, I had kicked some small pebbles down into the water by accident and Christian immediately looked up and saw me. I just stood there frozen, not knowing what to say or do; finally Christian spoke up and interrupted the awkwardness of the moment, "Baby?" I could hear the confusion in his voice, even from that far away.
"Hi," I called back, trying to sound nonchalant.
He immediately began walking toward me and not wanting to be rude I began climbing down the steep rocks toward him. When we got a little closer he asked, "what are you doing out here all alone and so early in the morning?"
"Just taking a walk," the words had escaped my mouth so quickly that I didn't even have time to think about what I was saying, after I had responded I was glad that I hadn't said anything that I would have regretted later. Christian just smiled as his eyes wandered from me over to the beautiful lake behind him.
"It's gorgeous, isn't it?" he whispered, not taking his eyes off the water.
"Amazing."
We stood there for a moment in an uncomfortable silence until finally I couldn't stand it anymore, "Christian, I'm sorry about yesterday; I didn't mean to act like such a fool. I guess you just surprised me; I overreacted and I'm sorry."
Christian turned to look me in the eye, "It's alright," he began slowly his voice was a low mumble and his eyes wandering from my eyes down to the ground and then back up again. Suddenly his expression became very serious and he looked as though he was about to say something life altering. He cleared his throat and lifted his hand scratching the back of his neck uncomfortably, then without any warning at all his head quickly darted over to mine as he laid a quick kiss on my lips.
I just stood there, stunned and when I didn't say anything or argue in anyway Christian took that as a sign of approval and again moved in to steel another kiss. This time his approach was much slower, he placed his hands gently on my arms which hung limply at my sides and pulled me in close to him. Our chests touched and I could feel my body trembling, he looked at me and there was a softness in his eyes as he slowly leaned forward and pressed his lips against mine. For a second I was lost in the moment and didn't protest or push him away.
After a few seconds that felt like hours Christian began to pull away from me holding my lower lip gently between his teeth and then releasing me he looked down at me with a smile. I slowly opened my eyes to look at him, I don't think I had any expression on my face at all, I just stood there. My mind was a complete blank, I didn't know what to say or think but then suddenly I became very aware of what had just happened, "um," was all I could manage to say.
Christian's smile hadn't faded one bit in the moments that passed and then he stepped forward once again pulling me in close to him. Finally I was able to regain some composure and I stepped back pulling away from him, "Christian, no!"
He looked stunned at my sudden objection, "Baby, what's the matter?"
"I can't, I..." I paused for a second, not really knowing what I wanted to say to him, I looked up at him and into his big blue eyes that were nearly covered by his dark hair that hung loosely in his face. There was such an innocence in his face as he stood there staring at me, waiting for me to say something, anything. I couldn't think of anything to say to him, so I did the only thing I could do, I turned and walked away, just leaving him standing there.
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Please review, I LOVE reviews, it makes my day when someone has something to say about what I've written (good or bad). I'm very interested to hear what people think, and if there is anything I should improve on. Suggestions for the storyline are great too. Thanks.
Thank you very much to the people that have reviewed so far, I appreciate the positive feedback. Thanks to Confused Penguin, cel, freddysgonnagetyou, and Chase M. Dakota.
Chapter 8
"Oh shit!" I exclaimed loudly as I opened my eyes and saw Christian standing in front of me. Quickly stepping back and immediately stopping dancing I started muttering to myself wondering how it was possible that I couldn't tell the difference between Johnny and Christian. As I paced around the room waving my arms and ranting and raving, Christian was beginning to look a little worried standing there watching me.
Finally he raised his hands up out in front of him, as though he were going to stop traffic or something and said, "Baby, calm down, I didn't mean any harm."
I quickly shot him an angry glance and then continued to pace.
"Baby, please," he continued, "I just saw you in here dancing alone and thought it might be fun to join in, you sure didn't seem to mind at first."
"Well of course I didn't mind, I thought you were Johnny. What the hell is wrong with you Christian? You don't just walk up and start dancing with some unsuspecting victim you know!"
By this time I was really yelling, I didn't even know what was wrong with me, why was I so angry? Not wanting to do anymore damage to poor Christian and not wanting to admit that I had over reacted I just turned and left the room, leaving Christian standing there alone and confused.
I ran down the empty hallway past all the dance classes that were still in session, down the stairs and out the door onto the path of white rocks. By the time I was outside I was in tears and I had no idea why. I glanced around quickly to make sure that no one was watching me and then continued on down the path toward my room. I didn't get very far though as I soon felt a strong warm hand on my shoulder.
I turned to look and saw Johnny had come up behind me. I tried to wipe my tears away so that maybe he wouldn't notice that I had been crying, but it was no use I could tell by the look of concern on his face that he already knew. As I went to speak and try to explain myself to him a wave of guilt washed over me and I continued to cry uncontrollably.
"I... I tripped and fell," I tried to lie unconvincingly once I was able to find my voice, "I was running and I tripped." I went on trying to make my lie sound more convincing. Johnny just looked down at me with a smile as he gently grabbed both my hands and turned them over to look at my palms.
"Well," he smiled, "looks like you're going to live, you don't even have a scratch."
Of course I didn't have any scratches; I thought to myself, I was lying through my teeth. I managed a sheepish smile as he reached over and wiped the last tear from my cheek.
"I've got a lesson in 10 minutes so I've gotta run," Johnny gave me a peck on the cheek as he turned and walked away. After he was out of sight I continued on my way down the path towards my room, all the way I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened back there and why I had freaked out so badly. By the time I reached my room I was in tears again, suddenly it was so clear. Did I have feelings for Christian?
That entire afternoon I sat alone in my room thinking, I tried to read my book for a while but it was no use. I just couldn't get this whole situation out of my head, Johnny was the most amazing thing that had ever happened to me, I had changed my entire life and future for him and he had never been anything but wonderful to me (well since we became a couple that is).
I didn't realize how long I had been thinking about this until I looked outside and saw that it had gotten dark and was almost ten o'clock. I had given myself a headache thinking about this ridiculous situation and decided to just go to bed hoping that I'd feel better in the morning.
Lying in bed I looked over to the other side of the room at Lisa's neatly made bed; I supposed she had decided to stay the night with Billy. Probably for the better, if she were here she'd just be asking me what was wrong and I sure didn't want to tell anyone, especially not her. What if she told Billy, would he tell Johnny? Then what would I do?
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when I heard the door creak open. Assuming it was Lisa I didn't move a muscle, I hoped that she would just think I was asleep and go to bed without trying to start up a conversation. But then something strange happened my back was suddenly cold as I felt the warm blanket being lifted off my body. I of course turned over right away to see what was there and was pleasantly surprised to see Johnny sitting on the side of the bed starting to crawl under the covers with me. I smiled and shuffled over in the small bed to make some room for him to lie down. He snuggled in close behind me and put his arms around me, "hey you," he whispered in my ear, "I ran into Billy in the Main house and he told me he had a special evening planned for Lisa, so I figure we should have this place to ourselves tonight."
"I missed you today," I replied as I was finally able to doze off.
The next morning I woke up really early I think it was before 5 AM; Johnny was still asleep beside me but had turned over and was facing the wall. I turned to face him and curled up close to his back putting my arm around his waist. I could feel his belt buckle cold against my skin and realized that he was still fully dressed.
I lay there still for a moment, my arms draped over Johnny's sleeping body until finally I couldn't lie there any longer, my guilt was overwhelming me and I felt like I was betraying him somehow just by lying there. I quietly moved over and slid out of bed careful not to wake him.
Slipping on some comfortable cotton pants and a sweater I tip toed out of the room and onto the veranda. I just started walking; I didn't know where I was going I just knew that I had to get away from there, far away.
I walked for over an hour sobbing uncontrollably the entire time. How could I have feelings for anyone but Johnny? He was my soul mate, wasn't he? I had been so sure of it but I wasn't positive anymore, my feelings and emotions were so jumbled and confused I could barely tell which way was up.
I had walked a little ways up the mountain until I came to a small lake, it was absolutely breathtaking, I had to stop and have a closer look. I pulled myself up onto some jagged rocks that overlooked the clear blue water and sat down. It was actually quite a drop down to the surface; I knew that I'd better be careful not to fall. There I sat all alone, my legs dangling over the edge of the rock, just thinking.
After several moments I heard what sounded like splashing, looking around I tried to see where the sound was coming from, that's when I noticed someone down at the waters edge skipping stones. I squinted to try and get a better look and was shocked to see it was Christian. I quickly scrambled to get up and try to get away before he noticed me, but it was no use, I had kicked some small pebbles down into the water by accident and Christian immediately looked up and saw me. I just stood there frozen, not knowing what to say or do; finally Christian spoke up and interrupted the awkwardness of the moment, "Baby?" I could hear the confusion in his voice, even from that far away.
"Hi," I called back, trying to sound nonchalant.
He immediately began walking toward me and not wanting to be rude I began climbing down the steep rocks toward him. When we got a little closer he asked, "what are you doing out here all alone and so early in the morning?"
"Just taking a walk," the words had escaped my mouth so quickly that I didn't even have time to think about what I was saying, after I had responded I was glad that I hadn't said anything that I would have regretted later. Christian just smiled as his eyes wandered from me over to the beautiful lake behind him.
"It's gorgeous, isn't it?" he whispered, not taking his eyes off the water.
"Amazing."
We stood there for a moment in an uncomfortable silence until finally I couldn't stand it anymore, "Christian, I'm sorry about yesterday; I didn't mean to act like such a fool. I guess you just surprised me; I overreacted and I'm sorry."
Christian turned to look me in the eye, "It's alright," he began slowly his voice was a low mumble and his eyes wandering from my eyes down to the ground and then back up again. Suddenly his expression became very serious and he looked as though he was about to say something life altering. He cleared his throat and lifted his hand scratching the back of his neck uncomfortably, then without any warning at all his head quickly darted over to mine as he laid a quick kiss on my lips.
I just stood there, stunned and when I didn't say anything or argue in anyway Christian took that as a sign of approval and again moved in to steel another kiss. This time his approach was much slower, he placed his hands gently on my arms which hung limply at my sides and pulled me in close to him. Our chests touched and I could feel my body trembling, he looked at me and there was a softness in his eyes as he slowly leaned forward and pressed his lips against mine. For a second I was lost in the moment and didn't protest or push him away.
After a few seconds that felt like hours Christian began to pull away from me holding my lower lip gently between his teeth and then releasing me he looked down at me with a smile. I slowly opened my eyes to look at him, I don't think I had any expression on my face at all, I just stood there. My mind was a complete blank, I didn't know what to say or think but then suddenly I became very aware of what had just happened, "um," was all I could manage to say.
Christian's smile hadn't faded one bit in the moments that passed and then he stepped forward once again pulling me in close to him. Finally I was able to regain some composure and I stepped back pulling away from him, "Christian, no!"
He looked stunned at my sudden objection, "Baby, what's the matter?"
"I can't, I..." I paused for a second, not really knowing what I wanted to say to him, I looked up at him and into his big blue eyes that were nearly covered by his dark hair that hung loosely in his face. There was such an innocence in his face as he stood there staring at me, waiting for me to say something, anything. I couldn't think of anything to say to him, so I did the only thing I could do, I turned and walked away, just leaving him standing there.
******************************************************************* OK, well that's one more installment up! Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Sorry to leave you hanging yet again, but aren't cliff hangers fun?! Stay tuned to see what happens next!