Author's Note: For Nick who requested Kelso with the prompt aardvark. Set early-ish in Season 7. Unbeta'd for which I do apologize. Lemme know if you catch any errors! Cheers.
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A Pet for Betsy
by Bether
"Guys! Guys!" Michael Kelso burst into the basement, flailing excitedly. "Guys, guess what?"
From his chair, Hyde exchanged looks with Eric and Donna (who were seated together on the couch). "The Wizard finally came to give you a brain."
Laughing, Eric took his turn: "You found some dogs to play with on your way over?"
Donna guessed last: "There was an extra prize in your crackerjack box."
Kelso glared at them. "No!" he retorted all offended-like. Then he smiled again. "Well, there was this dog over at the Buellers house…" He shook his head. "But, no, guys—listen! I figured out the perfect pet for Betsy!"
"Oh, Michael…" Jackie shot him a pitying look as she moved from the freezer to sit on Hyde's knee. "You do know unicorns aren't real, right?" Hyde hooted and Jackie smiled at him.
Rolling his eyes, Kelso crossed his arms. "Uh, duh, Jackie! Look—just listen! So, I was at the zoo…"
"Uh, Kelso," Eric looked like he was trying not to laugh again, "you do realize that you can't keep zoo animals as pets, right?"
Kelso's face fell. "Well, that's… stupid."
Hyde smirked. "Yeah, that's the man—always trying to crush your dreams."
"Seriously." Kelso pouted. "Now Betsy's never gonna get her aardvark…"
Donna looked at Eric. "Aardvark?" she mouthed, eyebrows high on her forehead.
But Eric could only shrug. Because, well… it was Kelso. (And didn't that just say it all?)