Jackie Burkhart pushed her dark brown hair out of her eyes, and sat down on her bed with a sigh. She then put her head in her hands and started to cry. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe this was happening. She couldn't believe that she was packing her bags for some no name place in Wisconsin for the summer. And there was no way out of it. The worst part was, she had just found out 4 days prior, on her last day of school.
FLASBACKJackie played her Abba record as loud as she could. She then started to dance around her room. She was home from school, her last day of her junior year of high school. She had awesome summer plans ahead of her, which included tanning every day, whether it be at her private pool, or her parent's private beach house about an hour away in Gloucester, MA. She smiled as she danced. Yup, it was nice being beautiful and rich.
Her music was so loud she didn't hear the knock on her door. She stopped dancing when she saw her mother standing in the doorway. She reached over and turned her record off. She looked at her mom, who was scowling.
"Jacqueline, what were you doing?"
Jackie pushed her hair out of her face, and turned her green eyes toward her mother. "Celebrating my last day of school."
Her mother smiled thinly and sat on her bed. "Have a seat Jacqueline. I have to tell you something.
Jackie stood stunned for a moment. She knew what was coming. Her mother was going to tell her that she was divorcing her father. They fought constantly for as long as she could remember. They were unfaithful as well. She knew they only stayed together for her sake, and public image. Her dad was the mayor of Boston. But she knew there was only so much two people could take. Plus, her dad's term was almost up, and as far as she knew, he didn't plan on running again. She sat on her bed with her mother and looked at her with wide eyes.
"Jacqueline, you need to pack your bags."
Jackie was speechless, and looked at her mother stunner.
"What? Why?"
"We're going away for the summer."
Jackie looked at her mom wearily.
"Going away for the summer? Where?"
"To Wisconsin. A place called North Bay. It's a quiet vacation town on Lake Michigan. The therapist your father and I have been seeing has a place there, and he offered it to us for the summer. He says it's a lovely place, and he thinks it would do our marriage good to get away from here for a while. We leave in four days."
Jackie was quiet for a moment. Jackie was never speechless, but she was at that moment.
"Ok, so if it's for you and dad, why do I have to go?"
"It's a family trip dear. We're going to bond."
Jackie made a yelp, and then jumped off her bed.
"No! You can't do this to me! This is the summer before my senior year of high school! I have big plans for the summer!"
"What, to party at our beach house? No. You are coming with us, and you have no say. You are only 17." Pam smirked at her daughter, and walked out of her room. Jackie screamed and threw the closest object to her, a hairbrush, at the closed door. She then threw herself on to her bed and cried.
END FLASHBACKJackie still had her head in her hands when she heard a knock on her door. "Come in," she said.
She looked up to see her boyfriend Brad walk in, followed by her best friends Shayla, Tiffany, and Valerie. She smiled when she saw them. She had been dating Brad since her freshman year of high school. They were the school's power couple. She was the head cheerleader, and he was the captain of the football team at Newton Academy. Shay, Tiff, and Val were on the squad with her. They were her followers. Who could blame them? She was the prettiest, richest, most popular girl in the school, dating the best-looking guy. They watched her as she threw a few remaining things into her suitcases.
"I can't believe your parents are taking you away for the whole summer," Tiff said. "Where are we going to party?" she asked.
"Yea, can we still use your beach house?" Val asked. Shay slapped her arm.
"Stop it you two. You know Jackie is not happy about this situation," Shay said.
"Ok, ok, stop. Let's go out and have one more wild and crazy night with Jackie, before she is taken away from us for the summer," Brad said, as he put his arm around Jackie and kissed the top of her head. "There's a huge party at Jake Brewers house. So let's get a move on!"
POINT PLACE, WISCONSIN – SAME DAYEric Forman and Donna Pinciotti stood in the Forman driveway, next to Michael Kelso's van, and kissed.
"I can't believe we're going away for the whole summer. And I get to spend it with you," Donna said as she poked Eric's chest. Eric wrapped his hands in Donna's long, red hair. "Oh, this is going to be the best summer of our lives," Eric said. They continued to kiss, until they heard Kelso screaming.
"Woo-hoo! North Bay, here we come!" Kelso screamed.
Their foreign friend, Fez, followed close behind Kelso, his dark eyes sparkling, and licorice dangling from his lips. "There better be lots of whores there, liked you promised Kelso. I need to come back this summer de-virginized!" Fez said.
"Oh, don't you worry little buddy. I have spent many summers at North Bay, and the girls are freakin hot!"
"Kelso, you haven't been to North Bay since you were like 13," Eric said.
"Yea so. I still knew what was hot back then, Eric," Kelso said.
Donna shook her head, smiling. She loved her friends. "I still can't believe that your parents are letting us use their cabin for the whole summer," Donna said.
"Yea, well, they wanted me to be gone for the summer. They said it will be good practice for when I go to college in the fall. And since Red wouldn't let me stay here, they decided to let me use the cabin. It's gonna be freaking sweet, man!"
"Ok, are we all ready?" Eric asked.
"Wait, where's Hyde?" Donna asked.
"Right behind you. Had to meet with Leo to get a stash that will last all summer long," Hyde said with a grin. He lifted up a big, brown paper bag for the others to see. He threw it in the trunk when he saw Kitty and Red Forman open the sliding door.
"Ok, kids, be safe! Oh, I'm going miss you so much!" Kitty said, kissing Eric, and making her way down the line to Hyde, Kelso, Fez, and Donna.
"Mom, please. We would like to start our journey. We have a 2 hour drive ahead of us," Eric said.
"Ok, be good kids. Call me every day!" Kitty said, followed by her signature laugh.
"You kids be good. If I get any calls from the cops, you all get a foot in your ass," Red said.
"Ok, bye!" Eric said, as he scrambled into the van. "Kelso, go. I need to get away from them, now!"
The gang waved goodbye until Red and Kitty were out of sight. As soon as they couldn't see them anymore, they noticed a familiar smell. Hyde sat all the way in the back, a lit joint in his mouth.
"Let the partying, begin."