"Baby…..phone call!"

Baby popped her head out of her dorm room door as she heard the shouting from one of the other students down the hall. "Thanks!" she shouted back, "Be there in a minute!"

Baby ran over to her desk and marked the spot in her textbook by drawing a line with her pencil under the last sentence she read. She then turned and ran down the hallway to the pay phone that the entire floor shared. She cleared her throat a little before she answered, "Hello?"

"Baby! How's my little college sophomore doing?"

Baby smiled as she heard her father's voice on the other end of the phone, "Hi Daddy. I'm not a sophomore yet, I still have one final exam to take today in Foreign Relations and then I am officially a sophomore."

"Well, close enough. I just wanted to call and let you know that your mother and I will be coming by tomorrow to pick you up, probably around noon."

"Ok," Baby said, twirling the phone cord in her fingers. "So, what are the plans for this summer?"

"Well, I was able to take a long leave of absence at work so we can take a longer vacation this year," Dr. Houseman explained, "I have off now through labor day…"

Baby could hear the hesitation in her father's voice, "Yeah, go on Daddy."

"We enjoyed ourselves so much last summer that…..well……we reserved our cabin at Kellermans for the whole summer."

Baby bit her bottom lip after receiving this information. Kellermans. She hadn't really heard the name since she left there last summer. It brought back so many memories, memories that she tried to bury deep within her mind. She must have been quiet in her thoughts for some time, because her father called into the phone, "Hello? Baby, you still there?"

"Oh, yeah Daddy. I'm still here," she answered.

"I'm sorry honey. I know we didn't ask you before planning, but your mother and sister just had such a good time there last year…"

"No, Daddy, it's fine."

"Ok. Well, we are going to leave the day after tomorrow, which is Saturday. That will give you time to drop off any extra belongings and repack your clothes for the trip."

"Sounds good," Baby replied, an uneasy feeling developing in the pit of her stomach.

"See you then, Baby. Love you!"

"Love you too, Daddy," she returned to her father and then slowly hung up the phone.

Baby returned to her room and went over to the calendar hanging on her wall. It was Thursday, June 25th, and the last day for her classes. As she mentioned to her father, she had an exam later that day, which she was studying for before her father called. She only had an hour left before she took the test, but she was having a hard time motivating herself to finish studying after she received the news of where she was going to be spending her summer. How could she concentrate on a test now?

The thought of returning to Kellermans would have excited Baby back in September. But since then, things have changed. Johnny Castle, the dance instructor who changed her life the previous summer at the resort, didn't stay in contact with her as she hoped he would. She called his father's house a few times in late September, and left the phone number to the phone on her floor with his father, but only heard from him once. She remembered that phone call very well:

"Hello?"

"Hey, Baby, it's Johnny."

"Johnny! Hi. How are you?!"

"Doing good. I'm working part time as a dance instructor with some regular clients and doing some painting jobs with my uncle…"

"That's great! Things are going great with me as well. The classes are challenging, but it's good. And guess what?"

"What?"

"I've decided to minor in ballroom dancing."

She heard Johnny laugh a little before he spoke, "That's great Baby."

A long silence fell between them.

"Well, Baby, I guess I will let you go. I have a class to teach in 30 minutes. It was nice talking to you again."

"Yeah…Johnny?"

"Mmmhmm?"

"…I miss you…"

"Yeah, me too…Bye," the phone on the other end clicked, and he was gone.

Since that phone call, she has not heard from Johnny. She tried to call around Christmas time, but he wasn't there, and she didn't bother leaving a message with his father. What did she expect? It was just a summer romance that only lasted about a week. How could she expect that he would fall madly in love with her, enough to change all his plans in life?

She sighed deeply and plopped herself down on the chair at her desk. She decided it was time to try and push Kellermans and Johnny from her mind at the moment and continue to study for her upcoming final exam.

Baby returned to her dorm later that evening. The test took her 2 hours to complete and she decided to stop for a late lunch before returning to her dorm to start packing. Her dorm mate, Kelly, was lying on her bed, reading a magazine. When Kelly saw Baby walk through the door, she put the magazine down on the nightstand and sat up.

"Hey, how was the exam?" Kelly asked, folding her legs in to sit Indian style on her bed.

"It was hard, but I think I did alright," Baby answered, setting her books down on her desk and taking a seat in her chair.

"Good, glad the year is finally over. Summer is here!" Kelly exclaimed, waving her arms in the air with excitement.

Baby just laughed at her dorm mate and shook her head.

Kelly blushed a little and then asked, "Got any big plans this summer?"

Baby sighed as the question reminded her of the phone call from her father earlier that day, "Yeah, my dad told me that we are going to Kellermans hotel and resort again this year. It's in upstate New York."

Kelly nodded and then had a puzzling look on her face, "Isn't that where you went last year?"

"Yeah," Baby replied, thinking her dorm mate must have had a good memory, because she only briefly told Kelly about last summer at the beginning of the school year.

"And that is where you met that guy….the dance instructor,: Kelly looked at Baby with excitement, "Ohhh do you think he will be there?!"

Baby shrugged, "I really don't know. He was offered the job to come back, so I am sure he will be there." She then turned around and opened a book. She pretended to read so Kelly would drop the subject, she really didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"Hey, Johnny!"

Johnny Castle looked toward the door to the dance studio as he heard a familiar voice calling his name. He was right in the middle of teaching an older woman the quick step. It was Billy Castle, his cousin.

Johnny didn't answer him, just continued with the lesson. There was only another 10 minutes left on the clock and his cousin could wait.

Billy winced as he noticed Johnny was in the middle of a lesson. He was told by his older cousin many times not to barge in when he was at work. He took a seat and waited patiently for Johnny to finish.

After a few minutes had passed, Johnny smiled at the older woman and praised her, "Good Job, Mrs. Wellman. You will be the star of the show at your daughter's wedding."

"Oh, thank you Johnny. Too bad my husband wouldn't take the lessons with me," Mrs. Wellman replied, secretly thankful that her husband didn't take the lessons. She paid the young dance instructor the rest of the money she owed him before gathering her belongings and walking out of the studio.

Johnny walked over to the record player and stopped the music that was playing for the lesson. He then grabbed a towel that was hanging on a nearby hook and wiped the sweat off his face and neck. He then walked over to his cousin who was sitting and waiting on him.

"Hey, Johnny," Billy said as he saw his cousin approaching him finally, "You ready to go?"

"Yeah," Johnny replied, wiping his arms off with the towel, "I guess I can take a shower once we get there. We have to pick up Penny first."

Billy nodded as he exited the studio and waited for Johnny to finish picking up his things in the studio before turning off the lights and locking everything up. Johnny then hid the key to the studio under the doormat for the owner.

The two men got into Johnny's car, and drove off towards their friend, Penny's, apartment. The three of them always drove to Kellermans hotel and resort together since Johnny was the only one of them that had a car.

"You ready for another summer at Kellermans?" Billy asked Johnny.

"Sure, ready for the money," Johnny replied with a chuckle.

Billy laughed slightly, "Right, right. No kidding."

A short silence fell between them before Billy continued, "You know….I think the Housemans will be there again this year."

Johnny's mind stopped for a minute, hearing the name. "Oh? How do you know?" he asked Billy, trying to sound nonchalant.

"Well, you know Lisa? I kind of kept in touch with her this year and she told me. They should be there tomorrow."

Johnny nodded slowly and tried to act as if he didn't care. Frances "Baby" Houseman. She was the woman that changed his life the previous summer. They only really were intimate for about a week, but in that week, he had developed feelings stronger than any he had ever felt before.

He remembered the last time he spoke with her. It was over the phone in late September. He was very short with her that day, and it was painful for him to be that way. There were so many things he wanted to tell her, but all he could do was remember what her goals in life were, and he didn't want to be in the way. So, he made that his last phone conversation with her.

Johnny was there when she attempted to call him around Christmas time. He shook his head 'No' to his father when he realized who was on the other line. The rest of that day, Johnny spent in his room. He knew he was doing what was best for her.

"Whatever happened between you and Baby?" Billy asked, snapping Johnny out of his thoughts.

Johnny sighed as he pulled into a parking spot in front of the small apartment building where Penny lived, "Nothing Billy. I don't wanna talk about it."

Johnny got out of the car to help Penny with her luggage. His thoughts returned to Baby. She was going to be there. What would he say to her? Would she even talk to him after the way he treated her? Only time would tell, and the thought made Johnny nervous to return to Kellermans once again.

Author's Note: I am very sorry for the delay in posting. Real life will always take it's toll before my "fantasy" life. I am a married mother and am currently pregnant with baby #2, so there isn't a lot of time for writing, unfortunately. But as I said before, I have a lot of chapters already written for this story, but I must go through them thoroughly before posting. Most of them are very rough and missing details.

Thank you for all the reviews. I have been getting some here and there which always remind me that I have a story to finish. I will try to get another chapter before the end of the month, we will see! Please keep the comments and reviews coming in the meantime.

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