5th Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

There was some insanity going on in Fandom this week, and after John and Gavin had been assaulted by their visitor, they'd parted. And gotten a change of wardrobe.

After leaving her in...Gavin's dorm room, Johnny realized had to find Baby, he'd made a mistake leaving Kellerman's like that. He stormed into the...common room to find her sitting in the corner, watching the show.

In reality, there was no show. It was just Gavin in a really frilly dress staring at the television and looking disheartened.

Clad in tight black pants and popped-collar shirt, Johnny stormed over to where Baby sat, announcing to the world that, "Nobody puts Baby in the corner!" Then he offered her his hand.

Tomorrow would be painful.

[This is all [livejournal.com profile] sith_happened's fault. Minimal OCD coming for the dance ready!]

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
He believed in her so much. She wasn't sure what she'd done to deserve such a man but she wasn't going to question it. Baby lifted her head into his, her nose almost touching his and focused on him while his hand brushed her side. She could just stay like this with him, all cocooned up in his love and his arms. It was where she'd always wanted to be even if she hadn't know that.

He was her home.

Two teenage boys, one wearing a dress, were now nearly snuggling on a common room kitchen table. Repression was going to be EXTRAORDINARY here.

Baby knew what was coming next and she subtly positioned her body to get ready. She was going to dance with Johnny Castle. At the beginning of this trip, she'd carried a watermelon and he'd barely been able to look at her. He was unattainable and she was a child.

Now. Now, they were going to dance the last dance of the season. They were going to dance and it was going to be amazing.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It was time.

It was finally time. After all the practicing, all the pain, all the humiliation, it was time to really dance. Baby had almost been sure this moment wouldn't come. She'd had so much let down in her life that she almost didn't want to believe it.

But, no. Johnny wouldn't get her hopes up only to dash them. With that soft kiss on her nose (and Gavin was going to contemplate burning the tip off later), Baby knew it was time.

And as she grasped Johnny's hand, spinning effortlessly (in reality, there was nothing graceful or nice about this turn) out of her turn, Baby knew that she'd have the time of her life with him.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
She was only perfect because he made her perfect. He was her other half and she didn't want to be doing anything else in the world right now except dancing with him.

Well, maybe one more thing but they could do that later. And when Gavin realized he even THOUGHT that about John, he was liable to drink paint.

The pace of the music picked up now and Baby went onto her toes, refusing to put her heel down like Johnny had chastised her for. She'd listened and learned and she was going to dance for him. She was going to be his muse.

Hands up, on his shoulder and grasping one of his, Baby started to move for the first few steps of the song. There was nothing hesitant about her moves at all.

She was going to show everyone that she could do this. That she wasn't some younger sister. She was Baby Houseman.

And she was breaking out of that corner.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Even when they were facing their huge crowed (hint: there was actually no one there), Baby only saw Johnny. He was her anchor, her port in the storm, her touchstone. They were going to get each other through this dance.

Baby could feel herself starting to perspire a little (which wasn't surprising since John and Gavin were flailing on a table in the common room) but she knew it was a good sweat. It was the kind of sweat she and Johnny worked up under the moonlight so many times this summer.

Just thinking about that got her hotter.

They turned back to each other and Baby was feeling her groove now. She was getting into the zone and she was getting into Johnny's zone. He spun her once and she followed suit, spinning him too. She glimpsed his strong back muscles briefly and got hotter.

There were prettier girls, smarter girls, better girls but he'd picked her. Her past, present and future appeared in his eyes and suddenly, she felt like she could fly.

That was later in the dance though.
Edited 2009-04-08 00:00 (UTC)

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Baby most certainly got his groove on. With her pelvis locked against Johnny's, she felt confident enough to throw her arms up in the air and shake her luxurious hair back and forth.

Gavin's hair was longer than John's but there was certainly no way he could really shake it out. It didn't stop him from looking like his neck had been broken and was now flopping uselessly from side to side.

The music was her life, Baby thought. Her life with Johnny. It started slow, started boring but then it got faster and that's when Baby got good. That's when she took hold of Johnny and they thrust one hip forward and then the other. Their hips were like magnets, so attracted to each other even during dancing.

Gavin and John thrusting their hips towards each other probably looked more like a seizure.

Baby stepped closer to Johnny again, sliding one hair into his thick, dark locks and letting her fingers play over the silky strands and they turned, their eyes on each other.

Baby felt so alive.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Baby didn't want this to ever stop. She didn't want to ever stop feeling Johnny's manly parts pressed against hers. It made her feel so alive, so invigorated. Baby knew her parents were watching this, probably glaring but she couldn't help but move with Johnny, giving as good as she got, letting him feel all of her as they started grinding on the common room table.

Maybe the common room table would break and stab Gavin through the brain.

Johnny's eyes were so intense while they danced and he kept those soulful orbs of love on her when they danced away from each other and right back closer. Baby knew what was coming next. It was just the small lift but it was a lift nonetheless.

Baby jumped into Johnny's arms, ready for the spin. Ready for the carousel. Ready to feel her body in Johnny's strong, strong hands.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Her skin burned where he kissed (and oh how Gavin would hope that it was a literal burn later) her hand. His lips were like fire and she was the kindling and together, they lasted an eternity.

Now, it was her turn to just admire him. And watching him walk away was not a hard thing to do. He had such a tight little bum, all covered in that black fabric and Baby couldn't help herself. She just had to stare.

She was on the stage but no one was watching her. Johnny deserved the attention, the spotlight. Johnny deserved everything. She looked on at him adoringly. Her eyes, though, they were anything but adoring.

They were, in fact, hungry eyes and they were devouring Johnny up.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, she was ready. She was ready to fly. She was ready to be a bird in the sky, feeling Johnny's hands holding her strong. He would never let her fall. He would never drop her.

Their friends rushed forward, taking her hands and helping her down. She landed daintily on her feet, not able to control her immense grin. This was their big finish. This was going to be the moment they showed everyone that dreams really could come true.

Metaphorically. Because the lift was a metaphor for life and Johnny was the earth and Baby was a bird and...look, it made sense somewhere.

The audience wasn't going to get any warning about this. Their retinas might be permanently damaged.

And that's when Baby started running towards Johnny, leaping off of her feet and into Johnny's waiting hands, ready to be lifted to the sky.

To fly!

To soar!

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Baby crashed down on top of Johnny, her knee narrowly missing some very important areas. She was panting and sweating but she was grinning. They'd done it, they'd done the lift.

Even if they hadn't.

They'd danced their last danced and, if anyone asked, Baby would tell them that she'd had the time of her life. She clutched Johnny to her bosom, letting their friends dance around them and wondered how her life had gotten so good.

To recap: Gavin was now clutching John to his chest. Yeeeeeeep.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
He was singing to her and only to her. Everyone else in the room ceased to exist but them. It was as if they were alone in a big empty room, surrounded by candles and nothing to keep them warm but their love.

...and the fire from the candles.

Baby ran her hands through the luxurious brown locks of his semi mullet. She loved the feel of its softness over her fingers. She was addicted to him, to all of him and she wanted to physically show him how much she was into him.

She leaned up closer, wanting to kiss him, needing to kiss him. It would be the cherry on top, the icing on the cake, the perfect ending to a perfect dance.

And so Baby kissed Johnny. Right there, on the common table.

Yep.

Re: THE DANCE

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Baby let her body slink against Johnny's, letting him feel every line of muscle and skin. He deserved it. He deserved everything. Baby found herself mesmerized by the love she saw in Johnny's bottomless orbs, found herself falling in love with him again and again.

She was so far gone.

As the party raged on around them, Baby just wanted to rock with Johnny. She could feel his heart beating under hand and feel his muscles tense under his shirt.

It was just them.

On the common room table.