I do not own Dirty Dancing.
Johnny drives on the highway and smiles, the car even has cruise control, he looks around and sees how people who he's passing, look at his car. He knows it will give a lot of attention, but he tries not to think about that. He gets off the highway and turns left, he slowly drives through his neighborhood. His car doesn't fit at all in the street picture, he needs to park the car in the garage, otherwise it's not safe. The house is at the end of the street, the only house with a driveway and a gate, something Luke has built himself for safety. The gate is open and Johnny drives carefully onto it, he has seen his old car, so that means that Billy and Penny are with his father now, Billy probably being excited and curious about the car. Luke and Billy are watching some football, some rewinds, on tv, Penny is making something to drink. They hear a deep car engine. "That must be Johnny." Penny says with a smile. Billy stands up and looks out of the window. "Oh my lord" he walks to the front door, Luke follows him "that car is a monster." Billy says as soon as he opens the front door when Johnny steps out. Johnny smiles at Billy and Luke looks at the car as well. Johnny walks to his father and they hug, Johnny hugs Billy as well. "Where's Pen?" Johnny asks. "I'm here." Penny walks outside and hugs him. "Woooow." Penny says when she sees the car, Billy is already walking around it. "That was my first reaction too." Johnny says and Penny giggles. Luke stands next to his son and smiles. "I see you have customized plates." He winks at his son and Johnny grins, Penny giggles when she sees the plate too. "That will be hurting Lisa." She says. "Yeah, I'm sure it will. She was really angry this morning when she discovered I got the car." Johnny says and Billy looks at him. "Can I?" Billy asks. "Yeah, but don't drive." Johnny says in a warning tone with a wink, Billy chuckles as he holds his hand up for the key. Johnny watch them checking the car out. "It looks smaller on the outside than it is on the inside." Penny says. "How does it drives?" She stands next to him again. "It's very comfortable, I can't thank Marge enough." He says, Penny looks at him with a smile. "She likes you Johnny, at least you have Baby's mom on your side." Penny says, Luke came back to his son. "Yeah, but I wish her father would accept me." Johnny gives a deep sigh, Luke looks at him and lays his hand on Johnny's shoulder. "Jake's not as hard as it seems" Luke turns to the door, Johnny looks at him "what do you mean dad?" Johnny asks, Luke turns his head "Jake is a very, very proud man, and wealth and status are his number one concern" Luke explains, Johnny takes a deep breath "I don't have that" Johnny puts his hands in his pockets, Billy went to close the gate and locks the car before walking to Johnny to hand him the key back "don't worry about it, I'm sure he just wants to see Baby being really happy" Luke smiles a little "unless he makes up his mind and is going to arrange a marriage for her." He gives a deep sigh now and walks inside, Johnny looks at Penny who feels upset for Luke. Johnny gives a sigh and they went inside. "Pizza for dinner kids? My treat." Luke says. "Shall we watch a movie or something?" Penny asks. "Football, what else?" Billy says, Penny rolls her eyes and went back to the kitchen for her drink that she hasn't finished making. "Where's aunt?" Johnny asks, Billy smiles. "She has a lunch date now." Billy answers and Luke smiles. "It's her fifth date with Patrick now." Luke says. "I didn't know that." Billy says. "It must have slipped her mind I think, the dates are over a course of about four months now so I don't really think it's anything really serious." Luke says and sips his coffee. "Maybe not, but I hope mom has fun, she deserves to have fun." Billy says and Luke agrees with him. "What about you dad?" Johnny says, Luke snorts and shakes his head. "After what your mother has done to us? No thank you, I don't think I will ever date again anyway." He thinks about Marge again. "You're thinking of her, right?" Johnny asks. "I shouldn't, it will only bring misery." Luke stands up. "You always told me never to give up on something you really love, why did you?" Johnny asks, Luke has turned to walk to the kitchen, but turns back to look at his son. "I don't want you to make the same mistake as I did" he looks down "you look so happy with Baby, that girl is really special" he gives a deep sigh and looks at his son again with a bit teary eyes, Johnny stands up and walks to his father "never let her go, okay? You'll never find someone like her anymore." Luke sniffs a little as he hugs his son, Penny looks at them with a tear in her eyes. "I wish you could get back what you use to love so much" Johnny whispers "I will never and I've come to accept that" Luke whispers "Marge still loves you, I could see it in her eyes." Luke let him go and looks at Johnny's face who tries to give him a smile. "I know you still love her dad." Johnny whispers. "Please let it rest son, it's too late now, she will never leave Jake" Luke turns "they're married for twenty-two years, she has built up a life with Jake, I'll only ruin that and I don't want to do that." Luke walks to the kitchen, Johnny gives a deep sigh and walks back to the couch. Luke came back with some beers for the boys and himself. "You've didn't told me the exact reason why you didn't stop the wedding" Johnny says, Luke looks at him as he sits down in his chair "I know Marge has been arranged with Jake but I'm not so sure if that's the real reason why you didn't stop it" Johnny is trying to figure it out "plus you said on Christmas Day that you wish you had stopped it." He's fishing now. "You really wanna know son?" Luke asks, Johnny nods. Penny sits next to Billy, who's watching the tv, and she's listening to them. "Alright" Luke starts "Marge's father was a brute" he says "not in the way that he would hurt his family but he hated me so much that he could kill me" Johnny's eyebrows went up, not expecting that "the week before the wedding, he took me aside, he knew about the relationship" Luke says in a dramatic tone "and he told me that I should end the relationship" he says "what did you say?" Penny asks, Luke looks at her "I said no" Luke answers "but he threatened me, if I didn't end the relationship, he would hunt me down and he had his people for it" he takes a deep breath when he remembers that moment, he got the shivers "he also made me promise not to even try to come close to the wedding so I couldn't ruin that" Luke sips his beer now "why did you listen to him dad?" Johnny asks, Luke looks at him for a moment "I was scared shitless of that man, from the first moment I've met him I was scared shitless of him" he says "even Marge didn't dare to tell him that I was her boyfriend, afraid of what he would do to me" he says "I'm not family, so he didn't care about hurting me but I think he knew about the relationship for a long time already before Marge eventually told him, he was just being patience to see if it would end and it didn't until that day." Luke has some tears in his eyes. "It's my biggest regret son, that the fear has gotten in the way" Luke rubs his eyes a bit "Marge doesn't even know about this and I don't want her to know, so don't tell her, she deserve to stay happy with Jake." Luke drinks on his bottle again, closing his eyes. "I'm sorry dad, it must have been a real terrible time for you." Johnny looks down. "Don't worry about it son" Luke says and pauses while thinking "I never got over Marge and it took me a year to accept that I would never get her back, that's when I've met your mother" Luke tells his son, Johnny sips his beer and thinks about his mother being in New Mexico with her new lover "I thought your mother understood me, at least she comforted me a lot and eventually I asked her to marry me" Luke says "she said yes, three months after the wedding she got pregnant from you" Luke takes a deep breath "when you were born, it all became clear that she just wanted to try to change me" Luke explains "troubles between us were building up, eventually she started to cheat on me, at first I thought to try to forgive her but she didn't stop" it makes Johnny angry, he's very angry with his mother "and then when you were about seven" Luke takes a very deep breath and pauses a little "she told things that still hurt me to my very core" Luke says "what did she say?" Penny asks curious, Luke looks at her "that she only cheated on me because I couldn't even try to stop loving Marge and get over it" he answers "I really thought she understood me, I had pushed my feelings aside for her but she couldn't accept that after all, it wasn't enough" he empties his bottle, standing up to get another "she never really loved you dad, I've heard her talking to her lovers so many times and always she told them that she's a single mom" Johnny says and Luke only looks at Johnny, he knows about that "what kind of mother does that in the presence of her child?" Penny asks "mom" Johnny answers "she was no good for dad and I'm glad she left with that douchebag" Luke looks at his son "anyway" Luke says and they look at him "after your mother, I only had a few dates but no woman wants a damaged man so I decided to stay single" he says "I have you son and that is what matters most to me." Luke walks away now. Johnny gives a deep sigh and rubs his eyes, he want his father to be happy like he is with Baby and now he knows that the only thing that can make his father truly happy is Marge and he knows there's no way for them. It's very upsetting.
The day of New Year's Eve arrived, Baby needed a lot of convincing with her father. "Please dad." Baby said two days ago. "No Baby, this gala is especially for girls of your age" Jake had said "you and Lisa will be presented and maybe someone will have interest." He had said, she became very angry about that. "Interest in what?" She had asked, she shouldn't have done that. "You and Lisa." He had said, Baby had burst out in tears when he said that. It meant that he really didn't accept the relationship she has with Johnny. It broke her heart and she had walked away from him. They hadn't talked for those two days and Jake was miserable about it, Marge told him to let her go and eventually he went to her bedroom yesterday evening to tell her that she could go but she needs to come back home the day after, before lunch. Baby told Johnny the news that she's coming but also told him what had happened and Johnny became afraid, he didn't want to show Baby but he's scared that he will lose her the way his father lost Marge. It took a lot of strength to push that feeling aside, and it also means he'll never get accepted by Jake, he had no clue what to do about it. Baby drives on the highway, Johnny had given her his address and made sure she could park the car on the driveway. He has parked his in the garage after his father parked his own car on the side of the street. It took her about an hour to arrive, she looks around in the neighborhood, a totally different picture from her neighborhood. She looks at the numbers of the houses and eventually stops and looks at the house on the corner. Johnny has been watching out of the window, then he sees her car and smiles, he went outside and she smiles. He waves at her to tell her to drive onto the driveway and she carefully turns onto it. He went to close the gate and quickly walks to her side of the car, she opens the door and he smiles, she jumps on his neck and kisses him. "I love you" she whispers "so, so, so much" she adds, he gives her a kiss again and looks in her eyes "please never leave my side." She looks at his chest, he takes a deep breath and holds her tightly in his arms. "I will never leave you Baby" he's thinking about his father "I will never let you go, no matter what happens" she looks up at him and sees his eyes "you are my heart Baby, I can't love anyone else." He whispers, they kiss again. Penny came outside and she looks at them. "When do I get my hug?" She asks after some moments, they look at her and Baby smiles. Johnny let her go and Baby walks to Penny, they hug tightly. Baby's a part of the family, at least it's how they see it. They went inside and Billy grabs Baby in a tight hug as well. "I've missed you all so much" Baby says "it's crazy, it's only been like four days or so" she adds and Billy chuckles. "That's because you're family now Baby." Luke says, Baby looks at him and he smiles at her. She walks to him and hugs him tightly, he hugs her back. "I'm glad to see you again, I hope you had some nice days." He let her go "It was okay." Baby says and Lory came to her to hug her as well. "There's not much on tv because of New Year's Eve, so I rented some movies" Luke says "decide what you want to watch" he looks at Baby again "when does your father wants you to go back?" He asks, Baby looks down. "Preferable before lunch tomorrow." Baby answers, Johnny looks a bit upset about it, Luke lays his hand on her shoulder. "Alright, I'll make sure you won't go back home too late." He says, trying to smile. "When does school start again?" He asks. "The seventh." Johnny answers. "Be strong kids, you'll be together every day soon again." He says, trying to lift their mood a little, he knows how it feels, he had the same with Marge. It was like history is repeating itself. The evening went by and they had fun, Baby never felt more at home as she did that evening and now she understands her mother even better, but because she does it made her a little more upset as well. She loves her parents, and she would love to keep them together but she also wants her mother to be fully and truly happy and she's not even though Marge tells her differently.
As the school had started again, the last week of the holiday was truly miserable for both Johnny and Baby. Johnny was aching for Baby, wanting to be with her and so was Baby, but Baby also had a miserable time because of her dad. He's changing and not in a good way, they had a lot of fights, he even suggested to bring her to school, Marge had stopped him again. Baby had heard them fighting a lot as well in that week and Lisa started to blame Baby constantly for that, she even told Baby that if they would divorce it was Baby's fault and this one time Baby actually agreed with Lisa. Though she didn't said that out loud but she feels it's all her fault. She's happy to be back at college and is waiting for Johnny. She has brought her stuff to Johnny's room and when she came back outside for the last thing, she sees him arriving. He parks his car next to hers and steps out, he smiles at her as he close the door. She walks to him and he grabs her in his arms, holding her tightly, she feels that something has changed but she couldn't pinpoint what it was. He let her go and gives her a little kiss. "Hey." He whispers and smiles. "Hey." She whispers and smiles as she looks in his eyes, she sees his love for her in them, it went deep and she swallows. "I've missed you so much." He whispers and he kisses her, she receives him and lays her arms around his neck. "From now on I'll make sure that you are always happy Baby, no matter what happens." He whispers, her heart explodes and she knows what the change is. With all that has happened in the last 2 weeks he became afraid of losing her and she understood why, she has tears in her eyes and he kisses her again. "You'll never lose me Johnny, I never want to lose you" she whispers and he strokes her tears away with his thumbs while he keeps looking in her eyes "you are the love of my life" he smiles and lays his forehead against hers "I love you and I always will love you." Baby says. "I love you so much Baby." He whispers and they kiss again. Some people start to whistle at them, they chuckle and let each other go. "I'll help you with your stuff, my stuff is already in your room." Baby says and he smiles at her. She takes her purse out of the car and her diary, the only things that was left. She locks her car and walks to his, he opens the trunk and she looks inside. "It's bigger than it would look like in first place." Baby says and Johnny chuckles. "The car is really amazing Baby, I want to thank your mother again for it." He says as he looks at her. "She's happy that you love it Johnny." She gives him a kiss. "Nice ride Johnny." One of the housemates says when he walks by with a few friends. "Thanks." Johnny smiles. "Where did you got the money from? It looks super expensive." He says, one of the friends walks around it and admires the car. "Wow man, totally customized, those rims are awesome." He says and Johnny chuckles a bit. "It was a Christmas present." Johnny says and they look surprised at him. "You lucky bastard." He says as he walks back to his friends, they wave and walk away, Johnny only wave back as Baby giggles a bit. "You're going to hear that a lot the coming weeks." Baby says and he looks at her again with a smile. "I've figured it as much already." He says and she giggles. On that moment Billy and Penny arrive as well. He parks the car on the parking of Pi Kappa Omega, since he's going to live there with Penny. Penny steps out of the car and runs across the street, she jumps on top of Baby and giggles. "I've missed you so much Baby." Penny says as they hug. "I've missed you too Pen, I'm so happy to be back here." Penny let her go. "You're family now, we're all family and I want to keep you in the family." Penny looks at Johnny, he smiles and gives Penny a kiss on her cheek. Billy crosses the street as well and he hugs Baby and Johnny. "Good to be back, never thought I would ever say that but it's the truth." Billy says and Johnny chuckles. "We should definitely live in a house together." Penny says. "Make it a big one, if we want to have kids as well." Baby says teasingly and they giggle, Johnny looks at Baby and smiles, he would love to have kids with Baby, at least two. "Let's make one." He says, Billy laughs as he looks at Johnny, shaking his head. Baby looks at him and sees the desire. "Why not?" She asks, Billy looks at her now. "Come on you two, you can't be serious right now. We have to graduate first and put up the dance school that we're planning to have." Billy says in a serious tone, Penny giggles. "I'm very serious." Johnny says, Baby bites on her lip and gives him a kiss. "Let's go Billy, we need to unpack before dinner time." Penny says. "See you later for dinner." Penny gives both Baby and Johnny a kiss on their cheeks. "We need to talk cuz, this is serious." Billy says, Johnny chuckles and shakes his head while waving. They cross the street again and Johnny looks at Baby. "You're really serious?" She asks. "Yeah, I want to have kids with you. I don't see why we should wait." He gives her a kiss. "Papa Johnny, it would be so amazing to have a baby from you." She says and he smiles again.
The end of the schoolyear is coming, and Baby's father has turned into, one would almost say, a brute. Marge was away from home more often than before, they avoided each other because every time they talk it ended up in a fight and this is because of Jake changing. He drinks a lot more as well and was planning something Marge had no clue about. He wants Johnny gone, Baby needs to stay in the world of wealth, he has decided to arrange both his daughters. If he wants to have Johnny gone, this was the only way, or so he thinks but that also meant that he needs to arrange Lisa otherwise it would look like he did it because of Johnny. So when spring break came, he had a private talk with Lisa, who first refused to be arranged of course. Her father had showed her pictures of the guy he has arranged for her, some very wealthy, from royalty descendant, and also good looking guy. So when she saw the pictures and he told her about his background, she agreed to it. He would make sure they would marry at the end of the schoolyear, so Lisa doesn't have to study further anymore, she would be completely settled and she has nothing to worry about. Of course her father had let her promise him that she wouldn't say a word to Baby. He would wait with telling Baby to whom he has arranged her, he wanted her wedding right after her last day of school and he has already started with organizing it. It was the point of choosing the moment to tell her and he thought about that for some time. He smiled about it as he thinks this is the best way, he never had thought that he would ever fully agree with his father-in-law's ways of handling things but with this and on that moment he was fully agreeing with it. He empties his glass and looks outside again. In the last months, Johnny got to convince Baby to dance, so he had started to teach her and she's loving it. She still runs and she has won a couple of competitions but dancing with Johnny was like being in heaven, it was nearly as good as when they make love. And like Johnny said in the beginning of the year, he's dead serious about having a baby with her. It took Baby some time, a couple of months, to do it with him without condoms and the first time they did, they had the best sex ever. They feel even more connected now. Johnny was so eager to start a family and be a family with Baby, it was like he's holding onto it, as if this will make her never to go away from him. It's irrational, he knows, but he couldn't think of much else. He was so afraid to lose her that he even would die for her if she would be gone, he hasn't thought much of the conversations he had with his father. Who has seen the change and wanted to try to keep his son in reality.
The exam period has arrived now, Baby is focusing on her Math's exam, studying together with Penny, while sitting on the grass outside the school building. She looks at Penny, who's looking in her book for the solution. "Pen" Baby starts, Penny looks at her and sees her serious face "what's the matter Baby?" she asks "I don't know how to say this" Baby takes a deep breath "I'm two weeks late." Penny got her serious face now. "You mean that you're pregnant?" Penny asks. "I don't know" Baby looks down "but I've never been late" she says "does Johnny knows?" Penny asks, she has closed her book and turned herself a little more to Baby "no, I haven't told him yet" Baby looks at her hands "I don't want to put his hopes up too much, he's so eager the last months, it's a bit overwhelming" she looks at her book now "he has changed Baby" Baby only nods "he's very afraid of losing you, he's not thinking rationally" Penny knows Johnny through and through and so does Baby "I know, it's a bit scary you know, he's clamping himself onto me" she exhales deeply "he knows that he'll never lose me, I don't want to lose him either but I know this behavior has started to grow because of my father." Baby lays down on the grass and looks at the bright blue sky, Penny lays herself next to her and takes her hand. They look at each other, Penny smiles a little. "If you're pregnant, what would you want it to be? A boy or a girl?" Penny asks. "A boy, I've always wanted to have at least two sons." Baby answers and Penny giggles now. "You need to tell him Baby, let him buy you a test." Penny says and Baby thinks about it. "I will, thanks Pen." Baby smiles a little, Penny smiles as well and they kept laying like that for a bit longer. In the evening, Johnny and Baby are having their date night, they walk through the park of the campus. Dinner was really lovely and Johnny made all special kinds of food for her, he wants to spoil her but he's doing that already every day. "I can't believe how fast time goes, it's almost summer holiday" he looks at her, she's holding his hand and smiles at him "did your parents have made plans for the summer?" he asks "not that I know of, but I'm going to try to be with you this summer" she says and he smiles "my bed is waiting for you" he whispers and she giggles "what about you?" she asks "besides working? Nothing much probably, just hoping to spent every free minute with you" he says "Johnny" Baby starts and they stop walking, he looks at her face "why are you so afraid?" she asks, he looks down and swallows "your father hates me Baby" he whispers "I can't believe that" she says "it's true, he told me at spring break, he also told me not to say that to you" he explains "it's been bothering me a lot that I needed to promise him not to tell you" he says "I'm glad you did, dad has changed, mom says he has turned into her father, I'm scared Johnny" she says and he looks up in her eyes now, he sees tears falling down and strokes them away "I will never let anything happen to you Baby" he says, they kiss for a bit "I know that" she sighs "it's just that" she pauses for a bit "what?" he asks "what if he's going to hurt you?" she asks and he takes a deep breath "I won't let that happen Baby" he says, trying to assure her "but he will when he knows I'm two weeks late" he looks in her eyes and she waits for him to say anything "I think I'm pregnant Johnny, what if I am? What will dad do?" she asks, he grabs her in a tight hug and she starts to cry "it would be so amazing if you're pregnant Baby" he let her go, he sees her tears and dries them while having a little smile on his face "can you buy me a test please?" she asks "of course, tomorrow I will buy one" he gives her a kiss "don't you think we're going too fast with this?" she asks "I mean, it would be really wonderful if I'm pregnant, but we're still young Johnny and I need to finish school and you as well" she wants to say more but he starts to kiss her again "we will figure it out Baby, let's enjoy it please." He says, she swallows as she looks in his eyes. Then she gives him a little nod and he lays his arm around her neck, they walk slowly to the car to go back to the fraternity house. Baby did the test as soon as Johnny came back with one, he's waiting in his room for Baby to come back from the toilets. She did and went to sit down on the bed, they've put the two beds together so they have one big bed. He sits next to her and looks at the test. "Need to wait a minute" she says "you want a boy or a girl?" he asks, she smiles at him "a boy, I've always wanted two boys at least" he smiles and gives her a kiss, she looks back at the test and sees two lines "it's positive" she slowly and silently says, he looks at the test and needed a moment to let it sink in "we're going to be parents Baby" he whispers and starts to smile now, she looks at him and sees his smile, a very happy smile, it made her smile as well "we are indeed." She says, he leans in and starts to kiss her eagerly. They lay down on the bed when there's a knock on the door. "You two, you want to have dinner or not?" It's Penny who opens the door and sees them cuddling on the bed, with clothes on this time, she smiles. "We're coming down in a bit." Johnny says. Penny looks at Baby and sees her smile. "Did you talk to him about it?" Penny asks, Johnny looks at Penny again. "You knew?" He asks. "Only since yesterday morning, and?" Penny asks curiously. "Johnny got me a test" Baby takes the test, she gives it to Penny who looks on it "it's positive." Johnny fills up Baby's sentence and smiles happily, she looks up at him and then at Baby who gives her a nod. "This is amazing but" she let her hands sag a bit "it this really what you both want?" She asks. "Yeah." They both say and then start to chuckle, Penny giggle and let herself fall on top of them. They laugh about it, Billy went to check on them since Penny didn't came back, he stands at the door and watches them. "What's going on here?" He asks, they look at him. "Billy, come here cuz." Johnny says and Billy walks closer to them, Penny grabs his arm and pulls him on top of them. "What's happening? I'm so confused." Billy says and they giggle. "I'm going to be a father." Johnny gives the test to Billy, who looks at it and then at Baby, then back at Johnny. "Are you two really sure you want this?" Billy asks serious now. "Yes, we want this Billy." Baby gives him a kiss on his cheek, he looks at her again and then back at Johnny who's smiling happily. "Pen and I will be there for you when you need us." He says and Penny gives him a kiss, they have a group hug. "It's enough now, dinner is getting cold, if not eaten by someone else already." Billy says, they all stand up. "Let's go." He says and they walk downstairs.