Hey! Due to school, I had taken a very extended absence from fanfiction, but now I'm back! *celebratory music* After I finished ANB, I started toying with the idea of a sequel. I wasn't sure what to write it about. While it would definitely feature Jackie, Hyde, and various T70S characters, they wouldn't be the focus. Then I took a look at my epilogue and decided that I had the perfect opening. I wrote that the Kelsos were going to England for Brooke's study grant and that Jackie said it was okay for Betsy to stay with them. Therefore, why not have Betsy go to Chilton with Rory and stir up some trouble? Thus, Love, Cousins, and Chilton was born. Hope you enjoy!

Hartford Airport- Hartford, Connecticut- September 26, 1996

Betsy Kelso tried to rub the tired out of her eyes as she looked around the relatively large airport for her godparents. Aunt Jackie had said they'd meet her in front of the baggage claim, but Aunt Jackie also had a tendency to be late. Very very late. Uncle Hyde liked to joke that it was a miracle she showed up on time to their wedding, which usually earned him an elbow to the ribs.

"Betsy!" The auburn-haired girl smiled when she heard that familiar squeal. Aunt Jackie was standing there in her cute pink trench coat and silver flats, her dark curls sticking out from under a white beanie hat she suspected Grandma Kitty knitted. Uncle Hyde was standing next to her, no hat but the aviators still present and a heavy brown coat.

"Aunt Jackie!" she shouted back, hugging her favorite aunt/godmother tightly. Betsy loved her weird extended family, but Aunt Jackie had to be her favorite aunt. Though she lived on practically on the other side of the country, Aunt Jackie always made time for her whether it was an hour long phone conversation when her first boyfriend dumped her or a summer spent in Stars Hallow.

Jackie laughed, returning her goddaughter's hug. "I'm so excited!" she squealed. "It'll be so nice to have another girl in the house! Boys get boring." Hyde frowned. "But I still love you anyway," Jackie added with an angelic smile. Betsy snickered at her uncle's face.

"Aw, Uncle Hyde! Do you need a hug?" Looking at her aunt, she smiled evilly in the way one could only learn from Jackie Hyde nee Burkhart. The two then hugged Hyde tightly, making him growl and grumble. Betsy, however, would bet that that his eyes were laughing behind the aviators.

"Let's get your bags," he said once they let him go. It didn't take them long to locate Betsy's bags. Jackie tried to pick up one of Betsy's duffel bags, but Hyde immediately took it away. "That's too heavy for you," he insisted, picking up the bag and throwing it over his shoulder.

Jackie frowned. "Steven, I'm pregnant, not disabled!" Hyde ignored her, handing Betsy her smaller suitcase. The tiny brunette pouted. "Jerk," she mumbled petulantly.

"Part of my charm, Doll," he teased. "I could've never gotten you to fall in love with me if I was a boring nice guy."

Jackie raised an eyebrow. "You made me fall in love with you?" she asked incredulously, hands on her hips.

They started to walk towards Jackie's minivan. Technically, it was the Hyde family car, but Hyde would never admit to owning a minivan. He claimed it would ruin his "rep". This always made Jackie roll her eyes a bit with a smile at the corner of her mouth. Betsy watched her godparents bicker good naturedly as they navigated the parking lot. When her mother had announced she had been awarded a study grant under a very esteemed literature professor in England, Betsy had been happy for her. Her mom had worked really hard to get where she was, and the tall girl would never want to take that away from her. She had not, however, been thrilled with the idea of finishing out high school in England. As much as she wished to travel, Betsy was an American at heart. She didn't want to move an ocean away from home, from the extended family she loved. Her dad had been excited at the prospect of new fireworks in England and had been able to snag a job at Scotland Yard. For all his goofing around, Michael Kelso was a very competent cop and had even been promoted to chief last year. Her parents weren't too keen on leaving her behind, understandable since she was their only child, but Betsy had eventually convinced them it would be better for her to stay and finish high school in America.

The next problem was finding a place for her. Her mom didn't want her staying with her dad's family, and surprisingly he agreed. "Too many horny cousins," he'd said when asked why. Grandma Kitty was more than willing, but Donna and Eric had moved in with their kids after losing their house in a fire so there was no room there. Neither of her parents even considered putting her with Uncle Fez and Aunt Laurie because they would "be bad influences". Brooke suggested her mother, but Betsy would've rather gone to England than live with her uptight grandmother in Chicago.

The only logical choice was staying with Aunt Jackie and Uncle Hyde in Stars Hallow. Their house had plenty of room, and Betsy had spent many enjoyable summers in her godparents' town. She would already have three friend upon arrival: Rory, Lane, and Jess. Betsy was remarkably close with Jackie's other 'niece" and got along with Lane and Jess as well. Aunt Jackie had been excited to hear Betsy was coming, even though her mother had second thoughts when Jackie revealed she was pregnant again, believing a teenager would be too much trouble with a baby already on the way.

"Don't be ridiculous," Jackie had immediately told Brooke. "My goddaughter could never be any trouble. Besides, it give me a free babysitter!"

And so the arrangements were made. Aunt Jackie, through pulling many strings and using her "devil charms" as Uncle Eric called them, had managed to get her a place at Chilton with Rory. When she asked her dad how exactly Aunt Jackie did that, he just shook his head and said, "If there's anything I learned while dating Jackie, it's that you don't question how she does things like that. You just shut up and be grateful she did them." Her larger things had been shipped to Stars Hallow, and her smaller bags checked and taken on the plane. And now, here she was, standing by the car while Uncle Hyde loaded her suitcases into the trunk.

Jackie looked at her goddaughter. "We're so happy to have you here," she said softly, brushing a stray curl out of Betsy's face.

Betsy smiled at her godmother. "Happy to be here, Aunt Jackie." And she was. She got to be around Rory, go to a charter school, and explore a new town. Not to mention all the pranks she, Rory, and Jess could pull. (Especially on Kirk. He was too easy a target.) What could be better?

Jackie smiled. "Good," she said. "Now let's get in the car! It's freezing out here!" She turned to her husband. "Steven, could you please unlock the doors for you lovely goddaughter and devoted wife who has to puke every time she smells anything because of your devil spawn?"

Betsy laughed. This place was starting to feel like home already.