Author's note: Hello there humans! here I am again.. Killing you people with my boring fanfics... but i don't care... wait, no I do. Hehe. so, anyways, enjoy this one Humans!
Disclaimer: 'I do own That 70s show' huh... whatcha' know? it does sounds much better in my head
Christmas time, the time to sit around with family and friends having fun and talking about happy moments and creating happy moments with them. The Forman's household is never the exception, people walking in and out of the house to decorate every little part of the house, people exchanging burn with one another and have a little laugh that was caused by the two idiots from the basement, a little of Kitty Forman's famous Christmas treats and a few threats of foot in ass by the infamous Red Forman. But that was four years ago, the time Jackie Burkhart was still a part of the little basement misfit before the stripper came and rip off her soul and all.
After Jackie left to save her sanity and a little part of her soul, she cut ties with all of the basement misfits and as well with the Forman's and now Jackie Burkhart's Christmas is not even full of warmness like it used to like four years ago. Just like any other holiday, she would just sit in her room at her parent's old house, eating either yogurt or bags full of chips in front of the TV, watching the holiday special and since she's a horrible cook, she would just bogart every yogurt and chips in literally every shop in Point Place. It has been the same routine since she had left the basement a few weeks after Hyde's stripper wife arrived. After finally pulling herself out of the big and empty mansion, she had decided to be a makeup artist for the local news anchor. Even though she know she had to touch people's sweat and let alone hers, it was the only way she could get money and pay the bill, so the empty mansion could have a little heat only for her. Knowing it herself, she is a great at giving makeup to people, but after her little makeup session with a pretty famous news anchor, her name is recommended to every artist that have 'been coming into this dingy little town. And just like that Jackie Burkhart's name is known by everyone in Point Place and Kenosha area.
After two years of being a makeup artist, she had to open her own beauty shop, Burkhart Beauty. She had gone to a rough patch on this little shop as not many people would come to her shop. But after months of efforts and hard work, her now little shop is having too many clients and customers, she even thought of opening another shop. And the best part is she gotten herself two workers that afraid of her but at least they're loyal and she actually could afford herself to buy her father's old Lincoln back.
Finally her dream of being rich and successful had finally accomplished, but what's the use of being rich when you've got no one to share the success with, since she cuts the ties with her friends and the Forman's, she mostly spent her free time reading, thinking and sometime she would go and exercise to lose some extra weight and she even did a bit redecorating in her room. Well if this is the price to cutting ties with those people then she would willing to do that then.
She knows that if kitty or even Red knows that she had been living her life alone in the Burkhart mansion, eating yogurt and chips to live, they would either come to her home every day to make sure she eats more healthy food or much worse; they would drag her to the Forman's fortress, where everyone is, Especially where Steven Hyde and his stripper wife are.
That's why she had been avoiding them all, until today.
As usual, after closing her shop on a Tuesday night, Jackie will drive her blue Lincoln to the nearest grocery shop and buy some chips and yogurt. After picking five different kinds of potato chips, she went to the frozen aisle. As she was trying to decide to pick either plain yogurt or strawberry yogurt, she hears a warm familiar voice, "Jackie?"
Jackie quickly turns her body and sees a little blonde older lady with a bit straighter hair, smiling at her as she claps her hand giddily. Jackie smile at the old lady that she had considered as her second mother as her mother is still somewhere in Mexico, whoring herself.
"Hello Mrs. Forman" she greeted
Kitty quickly pull her into a tight but warm hugs as she ramble next to her ear about how everyone misses her and how quiet the basement was without her. Jackie silently rolls her eyes, but didn't say anything. She actually didn't believe that everyone misses her, Fez, she would believe, but not Steven Hyde and Donna Pinciotti.
Jackie hugs kitty back, snuggling into Kitty's neck, missing everything about the little woman. "Oh I miss you too, Mrs. Forman" she mumbles and earn Kitty's famous laughs.
As they finally pull away from the hug, Kitty pull Jackie's little hand towards the frozen peas section. From afar, she could see a man frowning as he looks at the two different bags of peas in his hand, "Red!" Kitty calls out as she pulls her even closer to the balding man
"Ok Kitty, I've enough. I'm going to take both-" Red stop midway as she sees the little brunette next to his wife. The two bags of peas are long forgotten as he practically throws it back into the deepfreeze in front of him
Red quickly pulls her into a warm hug and mumble into her ear, "there you are my favorite loud one" Jackie is taken aback at first but she quickly recover and hug the older man back. "I miss you too, Mr. Forman" she says from his shoulders
As they pull away from the hug, Kitty pulls Jackie to face her and look at the little brunette from head to toe, "oh honey" the older woman calls out, "haven't you eaten anything at all? You're all bones" she says worriedly.
"I do Mrs. Forman. Don't worry, it's just that I don't eat that much" she says, earning frowns, "so, have been bogarting the stores chips huh?" Red asks as he points at her shopping cart a few feet away from them.
Jackie panic a bit, not wanting the Forman's to worry she added, "No, I eat yogurts too"
The moments those words flew out of her mouth, she regretted it. There's a scowl dented on the two parents figure face, "honey" Kitty calls out, "when is the last time you had a hearty food?"
Jackie ponder at the question, she scrunch her nose a bit, trying to remember the last time she had taken anything that would even consider as a meal, "uh, I had that burger that one time" she says lamely
Red crosses his arms across his chest as he points out his chin, "and when is that?" Jackie stutters a bit before answering, "Uh, like a month ago. I guess"
The married couple scowl at her as the raven beauty just fiddled with her fingers and look on the tiled floor in the grocery store. Then the older woman speak up, "that's it, you're coming to our Christmas Eve party next week, honey"
Jackie quickly looks at Kitty with nervous plaster on her face, "what?" she squeaked and quickly shakes her head "no, Mrs. Forman. I don't think that's a good idea, you know? As matter of fact, I just remember that I have a big sale on my shop that day, so I might be tired and I think I would just stay at home, you know" she tried but Kitty just shakes her head.
"Nonsense" she says, "it's Christmas. No shop is crazy enough to open on Christmas nights"
Jackie bit her bottom lips, silently cursing at the older lady for being right. She tried to come up with another excuse but then kitty added, "And a young girl like you shouldn't spend the Christmas Eve and Christmas time alone"
"but I did, since 1979" she says without missing a beat, but quickly regretted it as she saw the older women tearful eyes, Jackie sighed, this is not going to end well, "Mrs. Forman, I'm sorry but I can't go to your house anymore"
"Why not?" she squeaks, making Jackie to feel more guilt
"He is there, with his wife" she shortly replied
Kitty and Red turn to face each other with guilty looks plaster on their face, "kid" Red calls out, "they aren't married actually, it was all a scam. After you left, months later, Sam's real husband came back to retrieve his wife back and now Steven's not married anymore"
Red's explanation didn't earn any reaction from the little girl in front of them "oh" is only her reply is.
"Please, Jackie" Kitty reaches for the little raven's beauty's hand and gently rubs it, "I could save a seat for you" she says with a sparkly eyes, making Jackie to hesitate a bit.
"But, Mrs. Forman, I-"
"No" she cuts sternly, "I have spent almost four years without you and I am not going to celebrate Christmas Eve without you again" she says with a very stern voice that made Jackie shut her mouth, afraid to cut the older lady off.
"Over the years, I have given you food to munch on and I even made you those couple parties crap and what did I get?" she ask as her hands are flailing around, "Four years of missing of each of our lives"
And there you go, guilt trips made by Kitty Forman that always made every of her little basement misfits to cave in out of guilt. Jackie let out a long sigh and turns to the smirking balding man, "I've got no choice, do I?" she ask, "nope" he says not missing a beat, the smirk still plaster on his lips.
Well it's much better than eating yogurt and watching, 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas', alone, maybe.
Author's note: so... how's that for the first chapter? I won't update unless I get a review, humans. so I was hoping to get one, Yup. anyways, see you guys in the next chapter, Bye!