Chapter 3 I don't own Dirty Dancing or its characters..

Today has flown by so fast and I am as nervous as any one person can get. It had been eight years since I had seen Johnny and we had a daughter together, things were in my opinion about to hit the roof. It was not fair that he was not able to be in Sarah's life, but the fact remaining is he wasn't. The greatest, longest, hardest 7 years of my life, was about to come to an end. Thing's are going to look better for our baby girl the one that he never even knew about.Sarah is going to get the life that I have always dreamed of for her. Johnny will finally be able to be her Daddy.

I got in the shower and was out in a flash, with everything that has been going on, today was gone and it was now tonight. I ran around the house like a chicken with its head cut off getting everything that I had needed to get ready. I ran and got the dress that Penny had given me to wear , it was a beautiful dress, it was black, with a v shaped chest that tied around the neck. The dress was a little short coming above the knee and flowed when I twirled around. The dress was perfect, perfect for tonight. My mother came in the with most perfect black onxy necklace and earrings to match. She wanted to talk with me about Johnny, I already knew what this was about. "Baby, I want you to listen to me, I know that you love him and you have always, but watch your self."

"I will mother, you and Daddy should have given him the benefit of the doubt."

"Baby, listen there is no turning back now, so let's not go there anymore."

"I know Mother, but I can't help but think that if I had been able to be with him, my life would not have been in the mess that it was in now."

"True, I must add that I do agree, but you can't always go back to the past and solve all problem's now."

"I know Mother, believe me, I just want what is best for Sarah and you and I both know that it's Johnny."

"Do as you please Baby , you are a grown woman, all I say is be careful."

"Ok now Mom, get out of here I have to finish getting ready." Mother left the room and I looked at myself in the mirror and I have to say that I did look beautiful. I hoped that Johnny would be pleased about seeing me tonight. It sure has been a long time. It is hard to believe, looking at me and thinking of how he looked that we have a child together. We are two total opposite people.

I glanced up at the clock, oh my god i am going to be late. That would be really nice to be late to be late the first time that we see each other after all these year's. I yelled at Sarah" Sarah come here, Mom wants to talk to you." I head the patter of little footsteps running in the direction of my room, on the opposite end of the hallway. The door slammed open and there she stood the reason I am still living and breathing each day, the same cloudy eyes that I feel in love with. The eyes of her father.

"Mommy did you want to talk to me?"

"Yes Sarahdear Mommy wants to talk to you about something."

"What is it Mommy? Something wrong?"

"No baby nothings wrong, actually everything is great."

"Well what is it then?"

"Mom is going out darling, to meet someone and if everything works out, I will let you meet him."

"Is he nice Mommy?"

"Yes he is very nice , he reminds me a lot of you."

"Is he? I never met someone like me before, is it my real Daddy and not Shawn?"

"Honey , yes he is your Daddy, I might tell him about you tonight."

"You think that he will like me Mommy?"

"I know that he will but we will have to finish this conversation later, Mommy is late."

"Ok Mommy, I love you good night."

"I love you to now run along to bed, I will see you tomorrow." Sarah ran out the room and down the hall to her room and I heard the door slam , now I could leave. I ran down stairs and there stood Daddy. "Baby I know where you are going and I am not here to tell you what to do , but you know where I stand on this."

"I do and I think that it is in the best interest for Sarah that I go to him."

"If that's what you think, but don't go and get yourself hurt again."

" I won't Daddy , I'm a grown woman, I can make decisions for myself."

"I know you can darling, just trying to give some fatherly advice."

"Bye Daddy, I have to go I am late."

"Bye Baby , be careful." I turned and walked out the door before Daddy said anything else. I didn't want to have any confrontations with him tonight. I know how he feels and he knows how i feel, so he need's to leave it be.. I finally made it outside to my car and got in. I lay my head on the steering wheel, I didn't know what I was going to do , there was so many things that would stand in our way.

I started my car and pulled out the drive and off I went. As I was going alone , I turned on the radio and low and behold, our song Cry to Me came on the radio. I take this as a sign that everything is going to be ok. Johnny and I are going to be fine. The song rang through my ear's . I thought back to the night in his cabin that I gave myself to him for the first time. It was the first time for me altogether and the first time that he was with me. He was so gentle, but passionate. Johnny made sure that he didn't hurt me, he knew it was my first. It was the best night of my life, I had never had someone to treat my body as if it were a shrine. Johnny made it his shrine, one he could touch, love, caress, without it wanting nothing in return. I was that something that he had been looking for, though noting was actually said out loud I knew that he loved me, there was not one doubt in my mind. You know people say that love at first sight is not possible, but in my heart I know that it is true. I speak on my own part, but I know that Johnny didn't want me in the beginning, he thought of me as a pesky, young teenage girl, that had a crush. Now this crush had his child, when no other woman has been able to touch that part of Johnny's heart. Only me!

I kept on speeding down the two lane road in route to the next little small town and that will be where Johnny's dance studio is..I came to a red light and looked up and it was right there in big bold letters on a sign. (Summer of 63 Dance Studio) my heart did a flip flop, he named it after our summer together. I can't believe this, it can't be the one, he never told me that was what he named it. Johnny told me that I would know it when I seen it. This had to be it, it just has to be.
I pulled in to the parking lot and looked at myself in the mirror one last time. This was it, it was time to see Johnny again...