I do not own Dirty Dancing.
It's lunchtime and the girls quickly went to the canteen. "I could eat a horse." Baby says and Penny chuckles. "Don't do that, then you'll blow up." Johnny says, he stands with Billy behind them and smiles at the girls. Baby looks at him and her cheeks flushes a little, he looks at her face and feels the butterflies. "Come Billy, let's look for a table." Penny says, she grabs Billy's arm and they walk to a table. Johnny steps forward and stands next to Baby now, looking at the food. "I didn't eat breakfast, I'm very hungry now." Baby says as she takes some tuna sandwiches. "Take the mac and cheese, it's really good here" Johnny says as he took some himself "you should eat breakfast, it makes you a lot happier." He smiles at her as he hands her a portion of mac and cheese. She smiles and takes it from him, their fingers touches, they look in each other's eyes. Her knees are getting weak but she tries not to show it, he wants to kiss her. He hasn't stopped thinking about the kiss and somehow it made him want more, not just kisses, he wants everything of her. "Let's eat." He whispers as he also takes some juice packs and two bananas. "Thanks." Baby says and they walk to the table where Billy and Penny are sitting at. Baby sits next to Penny and they smile at each other. Johnny sits next to Billy, across from Baby, he looks at Billy who gives him a wink. "I've got a good prank in mind." Johnny says, Billy chuckles. "Tell me." Billy says, Johnny leans to Billy and whispers in his ear. Billy chuckles and nods at Johnny. The girls look curious at the boys. "What prank?" Penny asks curiously. "You'll see." Johnny says with a wink. Neil walks into the canteen. He looks around and then sees Lisa, he smiles as he walks to her. "Hey Lissy." Neil says, Lisa looks up and smiles. "Hey Neil, what are you doing here?" Lisa asks, her friends give Neil only a glance. "I thought you would be going to the hotel management school." she says. "That was my first plan" Neil says as Lisa stands up now "but Max thought it would be better to do business school first." Neil puts his hands in his pockets. "There's someone here you would like to see again." Lisa says with a cheeky smile. It's all the better that Neil is here, maybe then she can get Baby away from the guys. After her father called her back to say that he's happy for Baby to finally have some friends, she wants to proof that they're no good for her and Neil could maybe be useful in her plan. Lisa grabs his arm and walks to Baby, she has seen how Johnny and Baby are talking and walking together. She has no clue if she needs to feel disgust about it or not. "Baby!" Lisa says, Baby takes a deep breath and looks down for a second. Then she looks up and sees Neil. Baby jumps up and takes a step back, Johnny sees the reaction and stands up as well. "Sit down cuz." Billy says, Johnny listens to him and sits down again. "I didn't know you were coming here too Baby." Neil says and smiles, Penny looks at him and makes a face of disgust. "I thought you went to the hotel management school Neil" Baby says "I better can ask you what you are doing here." She quickly takes her banana and juice pack. Johnny observes Neil now and looks at him up and down, he clearly understands why Baby feels so disgust by him. But this also means that he needs to be careful, yet he also feels that he needs to protect Baby. Baby looks at her sister who has that particular smirk on her face while she folds her arms. Baby made little eyes and became angry again. "Max said it's better to come here." Neil says, not having any clue about the faces that has been made. "When did he do that?" Baby asks as she keeps her distance from him. Neil takes a step forward and holds his hand out to her. "Come, then we can talk." He says, smiling as if they're a couple. "No thanks." Baby takes a step back again. "Come on Baby" Neil says "you must be happy to see me after the nice summer we had." Billy is trying not to laugh so he made a fist and holds it against his mouth. Lisa smirks a little. "Have fun you two." She says and walks away. Baby looks at her and takes a deep breath. Baby looks at Johnny for a second, he tries to smile at her but fails miserably at it. "Let's go Baby." Penny says as she stands up. They walk to the doors and Neil wants to follow them but Johnny jumps up, making Neil stop in his track. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Johnny says, Billy stands up as well, they look both at Neil with little eyes. "And who are you to tell me what I must or mustn't do?" Neil asks as he looks at Johnny up and down, placing his hands on his hips. "You heard the girl" Johnny takes a deep breath while his eyes are locked on Neil "she doesn't want to talk to you." Johnny says. Lisa's watching the situation and starts to get her evil smile on her face. "As I thought" she whispers to herself "you're busted Castle and I will hurt you." Her friends aren't paying attention to Lisa but she didn't mind that, this is her war now. Neil snorts at Johnny. "Like you can do anything about it." Neil says and walks away. Johnny sits down with a frustrated sigh, shaking his head while looking at the tray. Billy lays his hand on Johnny's shoulder as he sits back down as well. Johnny looks at him and Billy tries to smile. "I hate him already cuz." Johnny whispers, looking back at the tray. He stands up and takes the tray from Baby as well, Billy follows his example. They brought the trays away. "Johnny" Billy starts and Johnny looks at him again "tell Baby your feelings." He says "I can't Billy." Johnny lays the trays down. "You heard her yesterday, only people make things complicated." Billy says, Johnny turns to Billy, giving a deep sigh. "And when are you going to stop being so complicated about Pen?" Johnny asks and walks away, leaving Billy behind. Johnny's frustrated, he knows that Penny likes Billy more than just a friend, he knows that Billy has the same feelings for her and yet they act like it's complicated. He wants them to be happy, and now Billy tells him to tell Baby his feelings. He's not even sure he can do this and he doesn't want to hurt her or scare her off.
Penny lays on the grass, having her eyes closed when Johnny walks to the girls. Baby looks up at him and tries to smile. Johnny feels that he needs to do this, so he holds his hand out to her. Baby looks curious at him but takes his hand, she stands up and he pulls her closer to him. Baby looks in his eyes, a bit surprised, but she couldn't say anything because he starts to kiss her. He has the urge to kiss her again, her sweet and soft lips on his, he never had this feeling before with any other girl he had kissed. Baby stiffens a little, but his hands support her head while he opens his mouth. His eyes are closed, Baby looks at him and feels him searching with his tongue. The butterflies are driving her nuts, so she opens her mouth to receive him and she closes her eyes as well. He makes her feel like she's in heaven, she grabs his shirt at his waist and kisses him back the way he's kissing her. Penny opens her eyes and sees them, she smiles as she watches their making out. "That looks very intense." She says, but they didn't stop kissing this time. Neil walks outside and looks around for Baby, he was a bit lost in the building. "Guys, stop eating each other like that." Penny says, Johnny stops now and looks at Penny for a second. She's grinning at him, he chuckles at her, Baby looks at Penny as well and starts to blush. She lets Johnny go and sits down again. Billy walks to them and smiles, he sits down next to Penny but looks at Johnny. "I think that kiss makes it clear cuz" Billy says in a teasing way, Baby looks confused at them "damn that was intense to see, never saw you kissing like this." Billy says, Johnny looks down and starts to blush. He looks at Baby and she pats next to her on the ground, he takes a deep breath and sits down. "What does Billy mean?" Baby whispers as she leans a little to him, he swallows once and thought about what she said yesterday. "I have feelings for you" Johnny whispers and now looks down "feelings I've never felt before, it's strangely pleasant" he pauses a little and looks at her face again, she searches his face "but you probably don't feel anything for me." He exhales deeply and locks his jaws for a bit. She starts to smile and gives him a little kiss on his cheek. He starts to smile as well as he sees her smile. Neil saw Baby on that moment and walks to them, not looking pleased at all. "What is going on here?" Neil asks, Baby jumps up and runs away. She wants to avoid him at all cost, also, she needs to have a little space. The kiss was drowning her and him admitting having feelings for her was scaring her a little. "It's too soon, I need time." She says to herself. Penny stands up and went after Baby. Johnny jumps up and made himself a little taller while he looks at Neil. "What's your problem?" Neil asks as he looks at Johnny as if he's nothing. "You." It's the only thing that Johnny says, the school bell went off. Billy stands up. "Let's go, we have class now." Billy says, Johnny walks away with Billy while he looks around for Baby now. "You will see her later cuz." Billy says as they enter the building. Penny runs after Baby, they have an hour of free time now. "Baby!" Penny shouts, Baby stops running and lays down on the grass, having tears in her eyes. Penny stops and sits on her knees, catching her breath while she looks at Baby. "Damn" Penny says between her breath "you can run really fast." Penny says, Baby looks at her and then back to the sky. "I need to get away from Neil." Baby whispers. "That you need indeed" Penny smiles "say" she says to get Baby's attention again "have you thought of being an athlete?" she asks, Baby thought about it "it gives you permission to join Pi Kappa Omega." Penny says. "I will think about it." Baby says with a little smile. They both lay there for a little longer, in silence, looking at the blue sky. "I guess I've been running away from things my whole life now" Baby says, Penny turns her head to look at her "all the things that dad thinks is good for me" she says as she keeps on staring at the sky "I've been running away from them." She takes a deep breath and then looks at Penny. "But now you are choosing your own path in life Baby." Penny says, Baby smiles a little and nods. "I need to." Baby says. "You're old enough to know what you are doing Baby" Penny says "and you are old enough to know what is good for you" she smiles now, Baby thinks about Johnny now "Johnny is really good for you Baby, I'm sure about that." Penny whispers now, making Baby look at her again. "He told me he has feelings for me" Baby says, giving a little sigh, Penny smiles more now "I need time to think" she looks up at the sky again "I mean, him having already feelings for me, it's so fast" she whispers. "But you do kiss him back Baby." Penny says, Baby gets butterflies again when she thinks about the kiss. "His kisses are amazing" she lays a few fingers on her mouth, Penny smiles at Baby again "I feel butterflies" she giggles a little bit "I've never felt this before." Baby says and looks back at Penny. "That's called being in love Baby" Penny lays her hand on Baby's arm "don't let him hang in it too long, you might lose your chance." Penny says and pushes herself up in a sitting position. Baby does the same, she takes a deep breath. "I just don't want to rush anything, what if he isn't what I'm looking for?" Baby asks. "What if questions will only make you depressed Baby" Penny says and gives a deep sigh "I know all about that." She adds and looks at her dress for a bit. Baby hugs Penny a little bit. "Can I say something?" Baby asks. "Of course you can." Penny says and tries to smile a bit. "Tell Billy your feelings" Penny looks a bit surprised at Baby now "I'm pretty sure they are mutual." Baby says and smiles at Penny. "Are you sure about that?" Penny asks. "The way he looks at you?" Baby asks "yeah, I'm pretty sure" she smiles "I think Johnny knows it too." She says. "What if it doesn't work out? I will lose Johnny as well." Penny says. "Is that what bothers you?" Baby asks, Penny only nods. "I don't think you need to be afraid of that happening" Baby rubs Penny's arm "you two have been dating and you still are best friends." Baby says with a wink. "We were really young back then." Penny says with a sigh. "Might be, but that doesn't mean it has changed now." Baby says, Penny thinks about it. "What if the feelings aren't mutual?" Penny asks. "Then you know where you stand" Baby says "I said yesterday in the car that people make things complicated, not love" Penny nods at that "this is a typical situation of that." Baby says and she stands up. She helps Penny up as well and they walk to the doors. "I will try to tell him, but I need a bit of time." Penny says and tries to smile now, Baby lays her arm around Penny's shoulder and smiles. "Then we both need some time." Baby says. They went to their lockers and take their books for the next class. "Baby look" Penny walks to a wall, Baby follows her "you can sign here for selections." Penny says and points at a paper from the running club, not many people have written their name on it. "Doesn't seem to be very popular." Baby says as she thinks about it. "You're a really good runner, maybe you can do the sprints." Penny says with a smile, encouraging Baby. "What if I don't like it anymore after a while?" Baby asks "Is there a way to switch sports" she says "is that even allowed?" She looks at Penny now. "I think you can do that" Penny says "but I also think you will love this." She adds. Baby takes a pen and writes her name on the paper "Look, the selection is on Friday afternoon." Penny says as she points on the paper. "I need running shoes" Baby says and thinks "and I need some running clothes too." Baby says as she puts her pen back. "We could look for them at the campus store." Penny says, Baby smiles at her. "Good idea" Baby smiles "I got a credit card from dad that I normally don't use but" Baby pauses a little "this time I will. We'll go after school." Baby says and they walk to the classroom.
On Friday afternoon, Baby walks to the sports field and look around. She walks to a group of people and looks curious at someone who's talking to them. "You will get selected on talent and speed" the guy says with a smile, looking at everyone and then he sees Baby "you don't have to have experience already to join the team" he gives Baby a nod as an acknowledgement of her arrival "we will look together at what you can do best." He says and walks to a bench, everyone follows him. "Now, go warm up with three rounds" he says and Baby starts to run. The guy is watching them all, seeing who has experience and who doesn't. He looks at Baby and smiles, he sees talent. After the three rounds, some are already exhausted, Baby wasn't, she gets some water. "I will let you all run a few different distances" he explains "the one-hundred yards sprint will be the first" he says "after that it will be the four-hundred yards run" he looks at them all "then the one point two mile" he sees some getting scared already, he knows those will give up "and finally the two point five mile run" he says "which is technically the longest distance our school is competing in and" he looks at them one by one "it's only for those who are in best condition." He says and now looks at Baby specifically. "Let's start" he says as he takes his papers "I'll call your name and you're going to stand at the start line" he explains and points "the others can sit down here." He says and points at the bench. Baby sits down since her name isn't called yet. Penny walks to the sports field, she already had done her selection, not that she needed to do much for the dancers since Johnny did the selections with one of the senior students. He told her that he would come as soon as he could to watch Baby. "Did Baby finally tell you her feelings?" Penny had asked before the selection. "No, I guess I've scared her off eventually" he had said with a deep sigh "yet it looked like she had the same feelings and she gave me a little kiss and a smile." He had told Penny, she had grabbed him into a tight hug. "It'll be fine, give her time" Penny had said and had let him go "she told me she needs time to think." Penny had said and he only had given her a nod. Now Penny sits down on the tribune and she looks at Baby, Baby sees her and waves. Penny smiles and waves back. The selections are at the one point two mile now, Baby's name got called and she walks to the start line. The guy, who is the actual coach Baby has discovered, is writing things down. He made the start sound and they start to run, Penny encouraging Baby by shouting "Go Baby, go!" and clapping a bit. Baby is smiling while she's running, feeling the air on her face. She finishes first and sees the coach writing things down, Penny cheers for her, Baby looks at her with a smiles as she sits down to drink some water again. "Really good time" he says and looks at Baby "okay" they all look at him "remember, this will be the longest distance, you have ten minutes break now" he says and people wanted to walk away "but wait" he tries catch their attention again "only three of you will be selected, so do your very best in this last distance." He says with a smile, people walk away now. Baby runs to Penny and sits down next to her. "And?" Penny asks curiously. "I don't know yet" Baby drinks from her bottle "we need to run one more distance, the longest." Baby says with a smile. "You don't look tired Baby." Penny says, she's looking at Baby's face. "I'm a bit exhausted but I know I still can do this last distance." Baby says and Penny smiles. After the ten minutes break, the coach blows on his whistle and waits. "I need to go now. See you in a bit." Baby says, Penny smiles encouraging at Baby. "Good luck Baby, you can do this." Penny says as she lays her hands on her lap while she watch how everyone walks back to the coach. Johnny and Billy walk to the sports field as well, they saw people running. Johnny's eyes are scanning the people, then he spots Baby and smiles. "Pen is there." Billy says and nudges his elbow against Johnny while pointing at Penny. Penny sees them and waves with a smile. They walk to her and each of them sit at a side of Penny, squeezing her in a hug. She giggles and smiles. "Stop it." She says and they let her go. Baby watches them and smiles, she wonders how close people really can be. She's also still quite surprised on how quickly they see her as one of them, it's like it always should have been like this. The coach calls out her name, Baby walks to the start line and stretches her legs a bit. "There." Penny says and points. "How much do they still need to run?" Johnny asks. "This is the last distance and the longest" Penny smiles as she cheers for Baby, Billy chuckles about her enthusiasm "I hope she can make it, she's a great runner." Penny says as they look at Baby running now. Johnny's admiring Baby for her stamina, he watches her smile and smiles as well. "She's amazing." Johnny says, Billy chuckles. "She's great" he says "but we know what you are thinking as well." He teases Johnny who pushes Billy away from behind Penny. "Guys please." Penny says and they stop. Baby finishes and is exhausted now, she walks to the bench and sits down.