Point Place, Wisconsin

November 3rd, 1978

9:00 am

Location: Jackie Burkhart's Bedroom

Hyde woke up with Jackie in his arms, softly snoring. His dreams were peaceful and his body was fully rested but he didn't want to move because he knew once he did, they would have to face reality. He let her rest just enjoying the few moments of peace before their situation had to be addressed.

He had been awake for a little more than half an hour just thinking when he felt her stir, "Thank you for staying with me Steven, the house is lonely with my parents on vacation." He was wondering where her family was, he was aware they were absent but not so often. They went on vacation over a month ago and he was sure they would've been back by then.

"Yeah, no problem doll." He tried to be nonchalant but then a smirk appeared on his face, "Did you know you snore?"

"Don't be silly Steven, girl's don't snore and besides I'm too pretty for that." She knew he hated when she acted conceited and did it often on purpose.

"Well Jackie, one of us is wrong and I think it's you." He knew what to say to rile her up.

Jackie immediately sat up and turned to him and noisily demanded, "Take that back, Steven!" While pointing a finger accusingly.

"Nope." His zen personality kept his face neutral but then his signature smiled snuck his way onto his face, "Jackie don't fret, I thought it was cute."

"Oh Steven, it doesn't matter if you think it's cute because I don't snore."

"Whatever you say doll…" He said while he took in her bedroom. It was as girly as he thought I'd be but more grown-up than what Kelso had described.

Her grave voice grabbed his attention, "What are we gonna do Steven? I'm scared of telling my parents, I'm scared of what we'll do without any money or a home and most of all I'm scared of where we'll be in a year. We aren't together and I don't expect you to commit to me because I'm pregnant but I have to be sure that when things get hard you won't bail."

He listened intently to her but when she suggested he would even think about leaving his child he felt himself get warm with anger. "Jackie, how can you say that man? How could you think I would leave my kid like Bud or Edna? You know I hate what they did to me, I could never do that to my own kid." He was talking louder than he had to and there was a certain acidic edge to his tone but he was pissed. How could she even say that?

"I'm sorry Steven but I know you don't like that sort of commitment. I mean think about it, you are one of the smartest people I have met and yet you scored a 950 on your SAT because you don't care about your future. You've never thought ahead and been just planning to sail through life the easiest way possible. You don't do commitment, I've never seen you commit to any girl and you can't even commit to seat coverings for the ERl Camino!" Jackie had started calmly but by the end of her improvised speech, she was shouting.

"I didn't commit because there was no point Jackie! Who'd want to stay in this shitty town anyways?! I wanted to leave for New York, Chicago, hell even LA! I didn't want to go to college to then just fall into the monotonous life trap set by the corporate bourgeoisie!" Maybe Jackie had a point, he didn't want to think about his future but for such a long time he could only think about surviving and maybe escaping the small town that seemed more like a prison than a small quaint town.

"Well Steven, now we have to think about what the hell we are gonna do, I don't want an explanation for what you do, I just want you to promise me that when things get tough you won't quit, that you won't leave, you don't have to commit to me just this person we created." Jackie always had a thing for Hyde, she never thought about pursuing it and while getting married was always her dream, she knew there were bigger things to address.

Hyde just looked down at his hands, wishing he hadn't left his shades at the Forman's basement. He wishes he could be anywhere else but he still spoke up, "Jackie, I could never leave you or that baby that I helped create. I'm gonna be the man my stepfather could never be. I don't know my biological father and I don't know if he would've cared for me but I know I will love and take care of my kid." His words gave Jackie some relief.

"I'm gonna hold you to that, Hyde." Was all Jackie could quietly mutter. She fell back onto the mattress next to Hyde. He knew that was the end of the argument and he just hoped she would believe him. He brought her into him and very uncharacteristically kissed her forehead. The emotional drain of the argument lingered in the air, exhausted they almost drifted into sleep when a door downstairs slammed.

Panic in Jackie's face told him she wasn't expecting company but a look at the red corvette parking in the driving told him that her parents were home and he had to dip. He quickly grabbed his sweater and thanked god he had moved the El Camino into the street. They had to find out about the baby eventually but finding out Jackie was pregnant after finding her with a scruffy looking teen was not the greatest idea. He was about to jump out the window when he looked back at Jackie trying to clean her room and hid the pregnancy tests he hadn't noticed on her vanity. Hyde knew she needed reassurance he'd be by her side and he could never form the words to express his feelings but he let his actions spoke for him. Hyde grabbed Jackie and kissed her forehead then her still flat stomach before shimming down the tree branches next to her window. He was aware his gesture was corny but he couldn't bring himself to care.

Same Day and Place

2:40 pm

Maybe if her world hadn't been collapsing around her, Jackie could be happy her parents were home but all she could do was freak out. She knew it was impossible but she was convinced that as soon as they saw her they would know she was pregnant. She was determined to not even step out of her room until they went to bed when there was a knock at her door.

"Princess, daddy is home from his business trip with mom, aren't you gonna say hi?" Her father's commanding voice had always seemed soothing to her but at the moment it sounded more like the soundtrack of a scary movie.

"I'll be right out! I umm…. I am…. Doing homework! Yeah! I have to finish my math I might be an hour or so!" SHe didn't have any homework but she couldn't come up with a proper excuse.

"Oh alright but come to greet us as soon as you can, your mom missed you!" Was his response but Jackie knew he was probably lying. Her mother wasn't particularly interested in what Jackie did. Even if she did have straight A's and was the best cheerleader on the squad. Jackie laid on her bed thinking about how in the world she would tell them their little princess may have a little prince or princess of her own.

She was terrified of what they would say or do but she knew it was better to tell them than Red Forman, Steven's foster father. She made up her mind to take them out to dinner along with Steven so she could break the news. She was sure her father would chase him with his gun if they had dinner in their home so she would take them to Monae's where they made her father's favorite pie. She knew she should consult Hyde but she knew she'd lose the courage to ask her father to dinner if she waited.

She was down the stairs and next to her father in his study in mere minutes. "Father, I have something important to tell you, could we go to dinner at Monae's tomorrow?" Jack Burkhart was always busy so he agreed to dinner to make up for his absence. She retreated to her room thinking about how she would explain her situation to Jack and Pam Burkhart and their different reactions. On the one hand, they could be so shocked they wouldn't speak or on the other, so enraged they would kick her out. She hoped they would let her stay. She already knew Steven would shrink away from the idea of staying at their families' home when they were about to start their own family but she hoped she could live in her childhood house for the endurance of her pregnancy.

Jackie remembered Steven and the rash decision she made to tell her parents about the pregnancy, she had to call him and explain the situation.

Same Day at the Forman's Kitchen

3:14 pm

The phone in the Forman's kitchen rang and Kitty picked up in her usual cheery voice. Steven couldn't hear who was on the other side of the phone but knew immediately it was Jackie when Mrs. Forman turned to him with a confused look on her face. Kitty Forman was always under the impression that Jackie Burkhart and Steven Hyde were mortal enemies. Jackie's call requesting to talk to Steven was a surprise and all she could do was hold out the phone to him and informed him it was Jackie.

She sat at the table subtly listening in on Steven's side of the conversation.

"Jackie, what the hell man? Why didn't you ask me first? Don't you want more time to prepare before our lives fell apart?" Steven was clenching his fist but slowly let the pressure in his hand go, "I understand… fine I'll be ready at 6 o'clock. No, I'll meet you there. We're gonna need a getaway car."

Kitty had never been so curious as to what the conversation was about and was giddy when she thought of a secret romance brewing between Jackie and Steven. He left the kitchen to head into the basement and Kitty quickly fled to the living room where her grumpy husband would be watching the TV and sat on the couch. She knew he wouldn't be interested in the children's gossip but she had to tell someone and since Midge's departure she was forced to confide more and more in Red.

" Red, honey guess what I just heard in the kitchen?"

"What is it kitty?" Was his only response before thinking twice and continuing, "If Eric did a dumbass thing again I don't wanna know. I'll just kick his ass when he gets home."

"No, no no! I think Jackie and Steven might be planning something. Maybe a date or most likely a crime, but can't you see them together? I think they would look marvelous as a couple." Kitty said dreamily.

"The loud one and the screwhead are a thing." While unexpected Red didn't really give thought to teenager's relationships. "They seem like the least moronic couple, the loud one is actually useful and unlike the rest, screw head is actually intelligent." It was well known that he favorited Jackie ever since she helped him fix up his car and Stephen because of his strong will and work ethic that his own son lacked.

"Do you think so? I always thought Jackie would find her way back to Kelso like she always does." Kitty always paid attention to her babies and what happened to them.

"The kettlehead will be lucky if he doesn't get a girl pregnant. I think the loud one finally learned her lesson after the last cheating incident."

"Well I hope so, I just know Steven will grow to be a responsible and mature man. Just like his foster father." Red Forman crossed his arms, relaxed in his green chair and smirked. Eric might've been the opposite of what he wanted his son to be like but Hyde was the young man he always wanted as a son and was proud to know at least one of the dumbass kids that hung out in his basement turned out like him.

November 4th, 1979

7:03 pm

Burkhart Residence

Jackie had NEVER been so nervous to dress up. She loved coming up with the perfect outfit for the occasion but what outfit went well with her impending doom? She was stuck between a girly flowery dress that reminded Jack that she was still his little girl or the black dress that made her seem like the responsible adult that she was not. It was hard to imagine herself telling her parents she was carrying the town's bad boy's, Steven Hyde, baby. She could only imagine what her father would do. She hoped Steven had the good sense to wear some sensible clothes to the dinner she had planned with her parents. What would her parents think if he showed up wearing his Zed Leppelin band t-shirt with his hair in a frizzy mess?

She settled on looking like the mature adult that she definitely was not in hopes to create the sense that she was ready for what was to come… which she honestly was not. Before she knew it she was in the family car on her way to her own demise.

Steven was already waiting outside the restaurant in a pair of black slacks, white tucked in long sleeve shirt and red tie complimenting her own red dress. He hesitantly walked over to her and turned to her parents when he reached her side. They haven't decided what they were to each other but introducing himself as only her friend to her parents when later in the evening they'd find out he had impregnated her seemed like the wrong move. So when he introduced himself to Jack and Pam he confidently said, "Mr. and Mrs. Burkhart, I am Steven Hyde, Jackie's boyfriend."

Jack seemed momentarily shocked before smiling and shaking Steven's outstretched hand. "I'm glad to see my daughter has finally moved away from the moron." Jack's tone was genuinely cheerful and relieved his daughter was no longer dating his idiotic friend.

Steven was sure that would no longer be the case by the end of the day. The party of four started moving into the restaurant when Jackie slipped her hand into his own and he began to think about the conversation they had on the phone. When she told him about the dinner plans he thought Jackie had gone crazy. They couldn't tell her parents she was pregnant so soon after finding out themselves. However she was right, the sooner they told them the sooner they could get over it. Besides telling her parents seemed 100x less terrifying than the conversation he would have to have with Red and Kitty Forman.

Steven and Jackie had agreed to wait until her father had his pie to inform them that she was pregnant and when the time finally came, he nudged her to signal her to bring it up. She looked up at his eyes wide like a deer caught in the headlights slightly shaking her head. He tapped her with his foot under the table. They were in the middle of a silent eye war when her father spoke. "So young man what are your plans for the future?"

Lately, Hyde had been seriously thinking about what his plan for the future was. He never wanted to go to college but after finding out about the fact that he would have a child he knew that the salary of a high school dropout would not be enough for them to live comfortably. So some point between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning he decided he'd give college a shot. He looked up to see Mr. Burkhart looking at him expectantly before he opened his mouth. "I think I will go to state school to get a diploma in business."

His words shocked not only himself but Jackie who could NOT believe what he had said. He was thinking about their future and it made her happy to know she wouldn't be living in a rundown apartment when she was thirty. No, they weren't together but surely he wouldn't let the mother of his child live in ugly conditions.

"I'm glad young man, that way you'll be able to support a family in the future. I want my daughter secure." His words foreshadowed what the teens had to reveal.

"About that… dad… I never meant for this to happen but… I'm pregnant." Her words were quiet but it seemed like the whole restaurant could hear. Her mother looked appalled and her father's face went from jubilant to a bright red from anger.

In a terrifyingly calm voice, her father asked a single word, "What?" Before standing up and reaching up to grab Steven who had the sense to grab Jackie and run to the entrance of the restaurant. He immediately headed for the El Camino and hurried Jackie to her side. In less than two minutes they were in the car driving to the only safe place they knew, the Forman's residence. Once there they rushed out of the car and prayed no one would be in the basement. They knew it was unlikely the Burkhart's would follow them to their safe haven but safety came first and they locked the basement door panting for air. They turned around to see the bewildered looks on their friend's, minus Kelso, faces who waited expectantly for an explanation.

Both Steven and Jackie fidgeted nervously on the spot before slowly walking to their usual seats.

"Woah, Woah, Woah, what the hell was that?" Donna half shouted.

"Forget it, Pinciotti." Steven played off.

"Yeah, lumberjack we just thought we saw an umm a coyote… yeah, a coyote in the bushes." Jackie who wasn't used to bluffing exclaimed.

Steven closed his eyes for a second, reevaluating how a girl so manipulative could be such an obvious liar.

"Hyde?" Was all Forman said who could recognize something was obviously occurring."

"Fuck." Hyde knew they would find out eventually not the day he told Jackie's parents but he knew they wouldn't let it go. "Fine here it goes but you can't say shit, got that?" Hyde's was serious and his friends were able to recognize they would be hurt if they said something. Donna wasn't scarred for herself more for Eric and Fez who had no filter.

"Jackie's pregnant." He waited a moment. "With my baby."

If their three friends weren't shocked by the revelation that Jackie was pregnant, they sure were when Hyde revealed it was his.

"What. The. Fuck." Was heard from the top of the stairs where Michael Kelso stood.