Title: Blonde Over Blue

A Joint fic by Bunny,  Stephanie, Mary, Randa and Autumn

Note: Crossover with "Malcolm in the Middle".

Part One by Bunny: Mercarmaid@aol.com

Hyde suppressed the urge to reach out and grab his youngest cousin Dewey's
hand as he fiddled with the radio on the El Camino. His older brother Francis
had insisted he sit up front since Malcolm and Reece had been kind of out of
sorts and pestering him...

"Knock it off, twerps!" Francis said, turning to the backseat as Reece and
Malcolm were in the middle of a shoving match.

"He started it!" they both yelled automatically.

"Well... cut it out, it's getting old... I hadda put up with it all the way
up..." Francis ordered, rolling his eyes slightly.

Finally, Hyde pulled up to the Foreman driveway and stopped the car.

"Okay, we're here." he said relievedly, stepping out of the car and walking
towards the basement.

"Why, hello, Steven..." Kitty smiled from the washing machine. "And, who are
your little friends?"

"Oh, uh, these are my cousins; Francis, Reece, Malcolm and Dewey." Hyde
explained, going and sitting in his place.

"Very nice to meet you..." Kitty smiled, giving a little wave as she walked
back up the stairs.

"Hel-lo... and, who might you be?" Francis asked, smiling his most charming
smile at Jackie.

"Jackie..." she smiled back, feeling slightly entranced. There was something
about this guy...

Dewey hopped into her lap immediately.

"You're pretty..." he smiled up at her.

"Awww, isn't he a sweetie?" she smiled down at him.

Hyde rolled his eyes; it hadn't been 15 seconds since they'd met her and
already two of his cousins were interested in her... What? Did she have some
kind of chemical that made the men in his family's blood run hot? Well, he
was certainly imune... Yeah, and he also owned some oceanfront property in
Arizona...

~*~

About a half-hour later, introductions had been doled out, and they had all
seemed to find their little niches into the group.

Francis and Jackie were talking about... something or other, and Dewey was
snuggled up in her lap. Hyde had to fight to keep the scowl off his face; but
it didn't do him much use...

Eric was also trying to hide his annoyance, as Malcolm and Donna were having
a conversation about... some kind of smart-people thing he did was unable to
follow...

Fez looked hopeful as Reece and Caroline seemed to be talking animatedly
about melting stuff; maybe he had found a way to distract her at least...

"Can you believe this?" Kelso whispered to Fez, pouting. "Two days we've been
broken up and she's talkin' to other guys..."

Fez rolled his eyes, unable to even come up with a fitting comment for that
one.

"So... movies tonight?" Hyde heard Francis asking her.

"Well---"

"She can't."

"Why not?" Francis frowned slightly.

"Ahhh..." Hyde flushed as Jackie looked at him with a slightly raised brow...