Still don't own Dirty Dancing or anything to do with it.

Thanks again everyone who's been following along, I'm really glad you've enjoyed my story. I hope you love the last chapter and I do have some ideas for another DD fic that I plan to write now that I'm done this one. So I hope you'll all stick around for more.

To answer your question simonluke26, it seemed to me that Lisa was the older sister in the movie, mainly from the way she treated Baby, i.e. at the beginning of the movie when they first pull up to Kellerman's and get out of the car and Baby says, "Monks burning themselves in protest." And Lisa responds with, "Butt out Baby!" Just her tone and attitude toward Baby made me thing she was older. But that's just my take on it, but I could be wrong.

Chapter 18 (The Final Hoorah!)

Just then an older gentleman appearing to be in his late fifties stepped up next to Christian and smiled over at Johnny and I, "wow," he exclaimed, "you two were incredible, you certainly don't lack for imagination and creativity that's for sure."

"Thank you," Johnny replied squeezing my hand as we both wondered who this stranger was.

"I'm sure glad that Christian convinced me to come here and check you out."

"Uh yeah," Johnny hesitated not really sure what he meant by his comment.

I was equally as confused so I finally chimed in and asked, "so Christian, who's your friend?"

"Oh right," he smiled seeming a little embarrassed that he'd forgotten to introduce us all, "Johnny, Baby, this is my Uncle Edward."

"Oh wow, it's so nice to meet you," I smiled over at Edward reaching out to shake his hand but he stopped me by grabbing mine and lifting it to his lips to place a gentle kiss on the back.

"No miss, the pleasure is all mine."

Christian quickly continued, "Edward is the Dean at Julliard in New York and is currently filling is as Head of the Dance Department."

I instantly felt Johnnys' hand tighten around mine when he heard the word, 'Julliard'. "Sir," Johnny began, using his most responsible tone, "it is a great honor to meet you."

"Believe me Johnny, the honor is all mine," Edward paused for a moment reaching out to shake Johnnys' hand, "that was some of the most incredible dancing I've seen in a long time, you've got real talent. How long have you been dancing here?"

"Five years since I started dancing here, but I've been head dance instructor for four years."

I could hear the excitement growing in Johnnys' voice as he spoke to Edward about his past experience in dancing. I knew Johnny wanted nothing more than to be able to dance full time, all of the time but Kellermans' couldn't give him that being they were a seasonal resort. But the thought that a renowned school like Julliard might have interest in him was just to thrilling to hide.

"Well son," Edward began again, "I'm very impressed and it takes a lot to impress me, ask anyone." He looked over at Christian who stood silently beside him nodding in agreement. "Johnny, I'd like to invite you up to New York to meet with me at the school if you're interested."

"Sir?" Johnny asked in complete amazement.

"Johnny you've got a real passion for this, I can see it and that is so rare in this world." Edward stopped to clear his throat softly and then finished, "I've been covering as head of the dance department at the school for the past three months since Juliet passed on. The board has been hounding me to just find someone, anyone, to replace her and allow me to concentrate fully on my own responsibilities, but I've refused. I don't want just "anyone" filling this position and I've been determined to find someone with a heart and passion for dance. Someone who will be able to bring their own unique perspective to the school, someone who's not afraid of a challenge and someone who's willing to work hard and go the extra mile to help our students grow and excel in the dance world."

Johnny and I looked over at each other in complete and utter amazement, could this really be happening? Was it possible that a dream like this could simply fall into your lap one day when you least expected it?

Edward went on, "Johnny I think you just may be the person I've been searching for, and I'd like for you to come up to New York next month to meet with myself and the board, if you can show them what you've shown me, I know they'll be sold."

The look of shock of Johnnys' face faded and turned up into a glorious smile, his eyes lit up and I think his excitement could probably be felt around the entire room. Finally he reached out his hand shaking Edwards firmly and replied, "thank you sir, I look forward to it."

"Excellent, here's my card," he handed Johnny the tiny white slip of paper with a smile, "I look forward to meeting with you again, I'll be back in New York on Tuesday, I'll expect to hear from you and we can finalize the arrangements."

"Thank you sir, we'll talk on Tuesday then."

"Perfect," Edward replied looking over at Christian who'd been standing there the entire time in silence, "come on Christian, let's go enjoy this party!" And with that they were gone, leaving Johnny and I standing there in complete shock and amazement.

"Oh my god!" I exclaimed, "Johnny this is so incredible." I jumped up giving him a kiss on the cheek as he still just stood there stunned.

"I know," he finally responded, "I don't believe it."

"Well I do," I grinned up at him, "I've known you've deserved something like this for a long time and I never had any doubt that someday you would get it."

He only smiled down at me sweetly, running his fingers through my hair, "I should've known I could count on you to be the positive one." Then he leaned over kissing me gently and asked, "so how about that dance?"

"I can't think of anything I'd rather do."

Johnny grasped my hand leading me down the stairs off the front of the stage and out into the crowded room. People were dancing everywhere, there was barely an open space to be found, but we managed to find ourselves a little nook over near Penny and Tannernear theback of the room where we could move freely in each others arms.

Johnny grabbed my hand lowering me down into a dip and as he raised me back up to meet him I saw Daddy standing behind me, "Daddy!" I gasped, a little surprised to see him there.

"Honey you looked wonderful out there," he smiled back at me as he reached out pulling me into his embrace, "I'm so proud of you Baby, you really did a wonderful thing for Max here."

"Thank you Daddy," I replied, relieved to hear him finally say those words after such a tension filled year.

He smiled over at me with pride and then looked up at Johnny who stood beside me holding my hand tightly. Daddy took a deep breath and began to speak some of the most amazing words I'd ever heard him say, "Johnny," he began, "you've done incredible things with my Baby, I'm so proud of you both. You're a fine man Johnny, my Baby's lucky to have you in her life."

Johnny smiled back at my father and replied, "thank you sir."

Then the most amazing thing happened, Daddy took a step closer to Johnny and said softly, "great job… son," then reached out pulling him into a hug.

I could tell Johnny was surprised, he didn't even seem to know what to do, but after a second I saw him smile and give my father a few little thumps on the back in return. They separated and Daddy smiled, "I'll see you two later ok?" And he turned and walked away.

After daddy was gone Johnny grabbed me wrapping his arms around my waist as he began swinging me from side to side then pulled me in close grinding his hips up against mine. I could tell he was happy just in the way we felt dancing together, his mood was radiated through his every move. This is what he'd always wanted, ever since we'd first gotten together the only thing he'd ever hoped for was that someday my father would treat him like a son and now he had.

Later that night after the festivities were over and most everyone had either gone home or back to their cabins in the case of the resort guests, Johnny and I headed back up to his room.

"What a night hey?" He sighed as we stepped inside and he flicked the light on.

"Yeah, no kidding."

"Can you even believe that I'm going to have an interview with the Dean from Julliard?"

"Yeah that's pretty amazing."

It's too bad that Mt. Holyoke is all the way in Massachusetts when I'll be back in New York if I get this job."

I'd been thinking about that fact all night long, ever since we'd met with Edward and in my thoughts I'd made a decision about it, "yeah I was thinking about that too," I smiled slyly up at Johnny who was putting a couple of records on the player. "And I've come to a decision."

"What's that?" He asked still facing away from me.

"I'm not going back to Mt. Holyoke in the fall," I hesitated waiting for a response from him. But he didn't say anything, he only turned to look at me in surprise, so I went on, "I was thinking of transferring to NYU."

Johnny smiled at the thought but still said nothing.

"I've been thinking about it for a while and it'd be nice to be closer to home and my family," I stopped for a second taking a deep breath in trying to gather my courage to finish, "plus…" my words trailed off to a bare whisper.

His smile dropped to a look of concern wondering what I wasn't telling him, so he stepped quietly over to me wrapping me in his warm embrace and asked, "plus what?"

"Plus," I began hesitantly, "I figured you'd want to be close," I paused again letting the suspense build and giving him a cute smile before finishing, "to little Jennifer."

Johnny only looked at me in confusion at first. His eyes flickered back and forth between mine until finally I saw something spark in them, something that told me he knew what I was trying to tell him.

"A girl?" He said in a bare whisper as the smile on his face grew and his hands squeezed my back lovingly.

"Maybe," I giggled, throwing my arms around his neck and hugging him tightly, "I guess we'll have to wait and see."

"That was the summer of 1964, when everybody called me Baby and it still hadn't occurred to me to mind. That was after the Beatles came, after President Kennedy had been shot, when I'd decided not to join the peace corps and I knew that I'd finally found a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we saved Kellerman's."