Hyde was in a foul mood at his job. Stupid Kelso... stupid Jackie- no, stupid him for letting someone in the way he had. He'd never done that before, and he couldn't believe his entire being was being shaken down by a 95 pound brunette... He bumped into Eric, however, and grunted inaudibly.

"Dude, what's with you?" Eric asked.

"Nothing, Foreman."

"Don't give me 'nothing', that's not your 'nothing' expression, Hyde."

"Fine, ya big girl. Jackie's cheatin' on me, okay?"

Eric frowned. "No, she's not..." he said. "I mean, I've never seen either of you like you are with each-other. You're all... schmoopy around each-other."

"Shut up."

"I'm serious!" Eric said, stopping Hyde from walking off. "Tell me: What makes you think she's cheating. Did you see her cheat?"

"I..." Hyde paused momentarily.

No, he hadn't. He'd only seen Kelso's head on her shoulder... hands weren't in any inappropriate places, but, it looked cozy...

"See? It's probably a big misunderstanding." Eric comforted.

"I don't know, Foreman... maybe I'd've just been better off if I never started up with her. She might be, too." he spat. "She probably would've made Kelso marry her by now. Be poppin' out his stupid spawn."

"You don't believe Kelso reproducing is better for anyone, and we both know that." Eric said flatly.

Hyde smirked caustically.

"Look, when Donna and I broke up that time, I felt the same way," he said, and held up a hand when Hyde went to protest. "Seriously! I wished I'd never started up with her. And, I got my wish... but I realized I didn't want it."

"Bullshit, Foreman. You and Donna have always been you and Donna."

"No, no, no... I know. Because I couldn't let go of it," Eric insisted. "See, I got visited by this... really crabby angel- I think it might've been a relative from Red's side of the family," he said, "and he let me see what it would've been like if we never dated. Life sucked for everyone, not just me and Donna, dude."

Hyde rolled his eyes. "That's right, Foreman, because our little universes all revolve around your and Big Red's sex life."

Eric bit his tongue.

"Look, you had a weird dream, or maybe you smoked some good shit." Hyde shrugged. "So what?"

"I was stone cold sober!" Eric yelled at him. "It was real!"

Hyde looked around at all the hot nurses and hotel staff and other guests who were starting to stare at them, and dragged Eric into the kitchen.

"Okay, Foreman, calm down; everybody's looking..."

"Whatever, you don't mean it. I wasn't the most supportive before, but... you make each-other better, man. She and Kelso? They bring out the worst in each-other. You and Jackie, you bring out the best in each-other, and that's what true love is all about."

"Does Red know he has two daughters instead of one?"

"Man, get over yourself, I'm telling you the truth. You wouldn't want to take it back, any of it. Your lives would suck without each-other."

"Yeah, whatever, Foreman..." Hyde said, shaking his head.

He looked up as Kelso walked in, and started angrily slapping eggs onto the griddle top, reaching for a heavy metal spatula.

"What's up, dudes?" Kelso asked, looking around.

"Oh, we were just discussing how the world would be a better place if Jackie and I never hooked up." Hyde spat, poking at the eggs violently with his spatula.

"Yeah, I've always thought so..." Kelso said cluelessly.

Unfortunately, Hyde took one more stab in anger, and didn't realize how close his yolk-soaked spatula was to the plug in the wall...