It's 1985, Eric and the gang had gone their separate ways in 1982 after Eric and Hyde got into a heated argument.
Thinking they were going to have a quality alone time summer in the Mountains in Montana, saw a peaceful, solitude summer turn into anything but. And the gang remaining in Point Place would be none the wiser
Chapter 1:
Denver, Colorado June,1985.
Jackie sat in the backseat of a car looking down at her hands, as her girlfriends were babbling on about something in the front seat. 'Good God' she thought 'I am so glad those two are only driving me up here and not staying with me. I need some quality me time' she thought looking out the window. All she saw was the blurry landscape as her friends continued driving. 'Man, why did I ask them to drive me up there, it's a 14 hour trip' she thought, angry with herself for asking them. Jackie was headed up into the mountains of Montana to spend some quality alone time backpacking, camping, and canoeing. She had quit her job so she planned on staying in those mountains until she got tired of them. Jackie had been working for the Denver Broncos for 3 years as the PR agent. When time came for her promotion, she apologized to the owner, saying that she doesn't think there was much she could do for the team. The owner understood what was going on, and nodded 'You need some alone time to find out more about yourself" he said. "Why don't you take a break, we will mark you as quitting, but if you change your mind, the job is always here" He said shaking her hand. She couldn't be more excited to get away from the hustle and bustle, but knew she had to get out of Colorado. She had settled on Montana after reading articles about Montana wide open spaces and lack of peeps. Jackie then wondered what would happen if she fell in love with Montana, 'I could become a scary lumberjack' Jackie chuckled to herself as she began to fall asleep 'This is going to be the best trip ever' she smiled.
Townsend, MT June,1985.
"All right, class dismissed" Eric began "Have a great summer. All I ask is that you don' t leave dog crap in my yard this year" he said. His high school class all chuckled when he said that, as many of them had heard about the dog crap filled yard from the summer before. Eric just wished they would all get out. He had already gotten all his grades turned in and watched the seniors graduate. Now he just wanted to get away. 'You know Mr. Forman' one of the students began 'The only reason we pick on you so much, is because you are single, and without us, you're life would have no unexpectedness' the student finished. Eric had to smile, strangely enough, the students were right. He was living in a very small town, with very few opportunities to meet single ladies. He would have to drive 30 minutes to Bozeman or Helena to actually be around in an area where more single woman were hanging around. 'Ok then, " Eric began 'I'll let you guys pull some pranks on me or my house, so long as they do not have any sort of risk of injury involved" she finished, smiling. "Ok then" the students all said seemingly excited. As they all exited, Eric just had to shake his head; he was taking off for the summer for some time to himself backpacking and all that in the hills and lakes. He planned to just get away and disappear into the mountains, not having to deal with other people and not even having to talk to anyone or anything. 'Ya' he thought 'just me and good old nature' he thought as he left the school that day.
Eric got home later that day, to a new message on the machine. Sighing he hit the play button. "Hey Eric, this Is Kelso Fez and Brooke man" the message began "WE just thought we would call you to see what's up, since we have seen you in like 3 years man." Kelso's message went on "So give me a call man, I can't wait to see you in the future" the message ended. 'How did those crazy guys get my number?' Eric thought to himself. Eric could not wait to get out of contact with everyone.
Point Place June 1985.
"Any luck guys?" Hyde asked as Kelso, Fez and Brooke came out of the living room. "No we got the machine, again" Kelso said. Hyde was beginning to get worried about Eric. The last conversation he had with Eric, was about a month after Eric returned from Africa. Two days later, Eric had gotten an offer to work at a high school in Montana and left in the middle of the night, leaving the cruiser behind. "Hyde, man" Kelso began , "Eric didn't leave because of the fight, he left because he got a job offer he couldn't refuse. Eric is a teacher now. And being in Montana, there is much more involved in teaching than there is here" Kelso said, trying to reassure Hyde that Eric was fine. 'But we don't know that" Hyde said, taking off his sunglasses and sitting down in a chair at the kitchen table. "The last conversation pretty much ended with me telling him to get lost" Hyde said, guiltily looking down at his hands. " he hasn't returned our calls because of me" he finished. Hyde was disappointed because not only did he lose his closest friend, he also lost half the group because of how negative he had been treating Eric when he got back from Africa. The only people Eric stayed in contact with was Kitty and Kelso. Donna had left to California soon after graduation to attend school at USC and no one had heard from her since. Hyde couldn't help but feel he was the reason the gang was not longer in contact.
Sighing, he walked out into the driveway to do some thinking.
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