Note: I'm sorry, this is my first story, so it might not be that great, so I would love any help on how to improve.
Chapter 1
Hyde sat cross-armed in Eric Forman's basement staring at Kelso trying to balance a spoon horizontally on the bridge of his nose failing constantly, but it was always fun for Steven Hyde to watch Michael Kelso fail. Losing interest, Hyde looked about Eric and Donna's basement, and unsurprisingly it resembled Eric's parents' basement; it was where they had all their best memories, like getting high, hanging out, and getting high. He wondered if Eric Donna and Kelso would be up for it now, after all he was going to need to relax before Fez and Jackie show up… together. He didn't say it out loud, but it still left a bitter taste in his mouth.
"Jackie, hurry up, they're probably waiting for us," Fez said to Jackie impatiently as she rushed around her house trying to find her shoes. He loved Jackie, but he couldn't help feel she only cared about what she looked like more than him sometimes. Either way, it was a miracle she was going out with him.
She stood in front of him, hands on her hips with her eyes boring seriously into him, "Now Fez," she said, her tone just as stern as her gaze, "I need you to be honest with me, okay?" He could only nod as his gaze travelled from her eyes over her colourful tight clothing. He gulped, and she continued, "Okay, so here's the question: do I look okay?"
"Of course you do," he replied sincerely leading her out the door to the car.
She smiled and exhaled calmly, but as a thought occurred to her, the smile faded. Why should I care what I look like? It's only Kelso, Eric and Donna…and Hyde.
They parked right in front of the house, and before Jackie opened the door of the car, Fez took her into a passionate embrace kissing her the way she liked, with him doing that rolling the R thing in her mouth. Her worries about seeing the friends (and Hyde) that she hasn't seen in a year now due to a career opportunity faded away. They walked hand in hand to the front door to ring the doorbell. While they waited for someone to open the door, Jackie snuck a sideways glance at Fez. She cared for him; he was safe and so very nice even when she wasn't. He caught her looking, squeezed her hand and smiled wider, his excitement almost contagious, even though Jackie had no idea what to be excited for.
The door of the house swung open, and behind it was someone Jackie recognized instantly; Donna, "Finally, you guys are here, we've been waiting forever." Jackie hugged Donna fiercely; she was her best friend, which wasn't saying much since she didn't have many close friends, but none the less, the best of what she had, besides Fez of course.
"Oh, Donna, I missed you so mu –" Jackie stopped mid-sentence, noticing Donna's plaid shirt, then just had to say what was on her mind, "Donna, you may have been able to get by with the lumber jack clothing in the seventies, but it's the eighties, style does change, you know."
A small chuckle left Donna's mouth despite herself and she retorted, "Thanks, missed you, too."
Jackie attempting to cheer her up murmured, "I like that you died your hair back to its original colour; it's very in now."
Donna led them both downstairs, when they reached the bottom steps, Jackie had stopped breathing and her grip on Fez's hand tightened so much that he was losing feeling in it.
"Oh, hey Jackie, you're back!" Kelso yelled exhaling smoke and waving his arm about crazily.
"Michael," she snapped, "You're a father, what do you think you're doing?"
Exasperated, Kelso huffed about in a half laughing half frustrated way, "Well, I didn't choose to be."
"You're also a police officer," she stated haughtily impressed with herself. She knew she had Kelso with this one, "Are you saying you didn't choose to be one of those either?"
Kelso's mouth shut abruptly, then opened hesitantly only to be closed once again, growing discouraged, he stood up and exclaimed, "Well, Jackie, just because I'm a police officer, that doesn't mean I can't do fun or illegal stuff. Damn."
Hyde finally looking up from the table, acknowledging Jackie for the first time, nodded coolly to her before ignoring her completely to focus on Michael, "Well, Kelso, yeah it does."
"Damn it."
Hyde laughed at Michael, then continued looking down and twiddling with his thumbs, feeling out of place a bit, he was supposed to be Zen, why did she have to come and ruin everything? He wished he could just say some witty joke and be friends again, well as good of friends as they could be considering they weren't really close before they went out, but it was too awkward. It shouldn't be, after all, he divorced the slut he married in Vegas, why couldn't he just face her like nothing was wrong? He wished he could look up, but he didn't dare, he tensed as he noticed from his peripheral vision that she was staring at him. What for?
Just then everyone was snapped out of their trances. Hyde stopped stressing over Jackie, Kelso ceased his anger, and Jackie quit looking bewildered after Hyde and the way he would only nod his head as a hello, when Eric made his announcement.
"Now, I know you all are here because you wanted to hang out, and you thought I had an announcement to make… and I'm guessing for free beer, too, but that's not why you're here."
"What the hell Forman?" demanded Hyde no longer Zen nor faking it, "Are you saying we have to pay for the beer ourselves, or that there is no beer. You said there would be beer."
Holding his open palms out toward Hyde, Eric retreated a few steps back, "Whoa, there is beer, relax, it's just that it isn't me who's making an announcement. That was a distracter; it's actually… Fez."
All eyes fell on Fez; he smiled and waved nervously, "Hello…" He walked toward Jackie, knelt down on one knee, pulled out an expensive (Jackie approved) diamond ring and said, "Jackie, I have known you since you were an annoying rich brat, watched you go through poorness, and evolve into the beautiful successful woman that I love… and I'm still sorry about dying your hair green and calling you ugly in case you still don't believe me. Jackie Burkhart, will you marry me?"
Jackie stood their stunned gawking at Fez and the ring in his hand while Kelso was chuckling at how bad the proposal was as well as how much Fez's accent had come back since he visited some family. Nonetheless, whether this was true or not, Jackie's eyes went wide and she couldn't bring herself to answer, even though the response is obvious. It was Fez; of course, she'd say yes, after all, there was nothing stopping her…
Fits of coughing came from behind Fez. "Sorry…so sorry…I totally just ruined the moment," he said chuckling. "Well, can't take it back, too late now," Hyde continued smiling. She couldn't take her eyes off of Steven as she nodded numbly to Fez.
Fez, she told herself, You're with Fez now, and to prove it (mostly to herself) she kissed him passionately letting him feel what it was like for her to roll her R's in his mouth for a change while she drowned out the cheering that was coming from the others. Unless she was imagining it, the cheering only coming from three people instead of four.
