A/N: FINALLY. Here is the last chapter, everyone! There's nothing else to say but thank you for the support, because I know this was a weird story, a very unusual AU in the fandom, and that it took long. So really, thank you all for your comments, faves, and more.

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Absolute Beginners

Chapter IV – A Halloween Party

Sunday 31th, 2016. The Kelsos' House. 01:41 am.

The stupor in their room didn't bother her for the first time in almost two years, this was one of those occasions in which she remembered how young she actually was and Brooke kissed her husband back the second his lips returned from her breasts to her mouth.

Whatever the hell had Hyde put on those brownies, it made them stay in cloud nine and they had lost their reservations at that random fancy restaurant Donna had recommended them the night before, but who cares?

Their friend had left their daughter hours ago, Betsy had come home a happy little girl and she had gone to sleep without protestation as she always did. Suddenly in time and still wanting to make up for all these months, here they were at it again.

But they kissed again and his hips found a way to make her moan once more, and suddenly they were 19 and stupid again, laughing on a dirty bathroom as the sound of rock reminded them this was their stolen moment from their normal days.

Michael gave her a small look and she only nodded, screw sleeping. They had been waiting for this, it was like if their love had decided it was time to stop those vacations and inspiration was on, so on right now.

Brooke wondered if Hyde would like to babysit their daughter for more weekends.

"You mean that before?" Michael asked over her belly, Brooke looked down and opened her legs a little more to see his face.

"What, baby?"

"That we should have another one."

Betsy was four years old. If they wanted another kid, maybe this was the moment.

"You know, that means months of trying and then nine months without much action."

"But it also means—we could have a little Michael." he said, Michael was always enthusiast of having a big family and for two years by now, she was also fine with the idea.

"I already have a little Michael." She smiled, her husband reacted at the joke a few seconds later, laughing with her.

"Honey, but that's not little!" he said, they laughed together in the middle of the night and she wondered if they could remain like this for longer. "Brooke," he said and he was suddenly so serious, it reminded her that he had grown up too, "I think we are ready. If you are worried this… whatever it was, this time without sex, will happen again, I promise you, I'm not letting it happen."

"How?"

"We have to get a nanny, Brooke. Or… better. I'll ask for the morning shift, while you work and Betsy goes to school… we'll be fine."

It moved her entire all that he would do so, that he had thought of this too and that he was the one proposing it. This was like him asking her to marry him all over again, and her eyes filled with happy tears that never found release. She nodded.

"Alright! So let's hit it!"

"Mich—MICHAEL!" she closed her legs and he laughed between them, over her core and her head fell back, laughing with him before her giggles became little moans again.

~0~

Somewhere in the city, to The Kelsos' home. 6:20 pm.

"She fell asleep." Fez said from the back sit of the Lincoln and Hyde looked through the car's mirror and nodded. "She also told me she has always known you are a wizard."

"What?" Jackie looked at the cat.

"And that she knows you are a witch, Jackie." he said, Jackie jumped on her sit and he smiled.

"Steven!" she turned to him in surprise, "What are we gonna do?"

"Let it be, doll." he answered. "That little girl knows better than all of us, I'm not surprised she knows. Besides, she's not dangerous or something."

"Oh, you are the worst at keeping this a secret. You know we can get punished for this, right?"

"It's a little girl!" he said, the lights went red and he groaned, trapped in this conversation. "Listen, we can convince her it's all an act or something. Forman and Donna are probably going to get married tomorrow anyway, and Betsy is family, soooo…"

"So, what?" she crossed her arms over her chest, frowning.

"It's not big deal, that."

It truly wasn't, right? A little girl couldn't be dangerous to the magic world or whatever. She has known for a year by now and this was the first time she told someone about it. To a cat. Betsy didn't know the cat talked, so there was no problem. Yet, Jackie seemed more upset with the passing seconds. Something was wrong.

"What about us, Steven?"

"Uh?"

"It didn't mean anything for you? Yesterday? Today?" she said, the light finally went green and he drove thinking about all this. "You talk about Donna and Eric, and—"

"Calm down, Jackie… listen—" he stopped, Fez was still in the back, sitting and moving his tail. "Can we talk about it later?"

Jackie looked at the back of the car and Hyde sighed, at least she understood what he was coming to. And this conversation—crap. He didn't thought this that well, he just acted on his feelings and now—this conversation.

"Oh, me?" Fez said, there was something funny in his voice. "Don't mind me, I'm just going to lay here, roll my tail around my body and sleep like a cute, chubby baby."

"Fuck you, Fez." Hyde suggested almost singing, the cat laughed and the sound of it still freaking him out. He looked at his side, Jackie had crossed her arms and was looking outside the window. "Are you two still having the party tomorrow?"

She didn't answer and the silence make him want to puke. This wasn't supposed to happen, they were supposed to still be in those terms of not liking the other or something, but no. Here he was.

"Yes." she answered at the end. "Are you still going?"

"Yeah…" he looked at her from the corner of his eye, "If you want me to."

"Okay."

Fuck, this chick was such a pain in the ass when she wanted to. But well, to be honest, she wasn't doing this truly from a hateful place or something truly bad, she was feeling hurt. And that wasn't the idea at all.

"I want to be with you, Jackie." he said, hoping that was the right answer. That was what he was feeling anyway. "I mean it."

Yet she didn't said anything.

Could it be possible she wasn't expecting him to want that? Holy shit, this was—. He looked down to where her hand was holding his and blinked a couple of times before looking up at her happy smile and pink cheeks. He looked back at the road, at his friend's house almost in front of them.

"Me, too. I want to be with you."

"Alright," he sighed "It's done then."

She laughed and grasped his hand harder after he kissed hers, this was better than he thought. Just a few hours with her, and he was already sure this was the happiest he has been in years.

~0~

Monday 31th, 2016. Eric and Hyde's Apartment. 10:11 am.

After the spell was broken, nothing felt different.

Sitting at the bottom of his back, 'In Spite Of All The Danger' could still be perfectly read and so did the date they had chosen to mean something when the tattoo was done. Eric looked at it on the mirror, his parents and sister had left half an hour ago and now, they had stayed the night and Laurie had bonded with his –he supposes—now girlfriend's cat.

Boy. Boy-cat. Cat-boy. Whatever.

"Eric, do you want something to eat?" he heard Donna and he put back his shirt with a sigh. "You haven't eaten anything real but a donut…" she said, Eric put on his shoes and walked to the door, the girl kept rambling since he didn't gave her an answer. "And while delicious and good with coffee, I think you should eat something substantial, you know? We made some sandwiches and Hyde will help us with the party, so—"

"I'll take one." he said, after opening the door and finding Donna there with a shy expression. "You okay?"

"Yeah…"

She looked nervous, has been looking like this ever since Saturday night and there was something moving inside him that made him grab her by the shoulders right now, and Donna looked at him. They smiled to the other before kissing, it seemed like if they've been doing this since forever, and the connection between them stayed there even with yesterday's impression.

"I'm not mad at you, Donna." he said, "I'm not mad at Hyde either, I guess… I understand. A little. But, I'm glad I know now."

"Yeah, well—not sure if this is the best way to start a relationship. Like… Oh, I like sushi, and I love cats, and oh I'm a witch, by the way."

He laughed at that before kissing her again, and again. "I like that. Donna, you are the witch of my dreams."

She threw a raspberry at him for that, laughing freely as she walked back to the living room and Eric rolled his eyes. Yeah, this was fine.

"I meant it!" he said, she looked back at him with a big smile.

"I know you did, nerd."

~0~

The girls and boys' building, 1:38 pm.

"Who's Beulah?"

Jackie looked at Eric immediately and Donna smiled to herself, knowing what was next. The boxes with the few things their mother send them for their party were being delivered at the moment, and the boys were helping them with it. One of them had the name in big, black, capital letters.

"Nobody—"

"That's Jackie."

"DONNA!" her sister said, Eric looked at her with curiosity and Donna sent a kiss to Jackie's direction.

"Wait, you are Beulah?" Eric asked Jackie, cracking a smile as Hyde passed him to take the box with said name. "Oh, that's a story I wanna know. Why they call you that?"

Jackie crossed her arms over her chest, Hyde took the box and looked between Eric and Jackie, probably wondering what was going on between them now. "Nobody calls me that! That's not my—"

"It's her middle name." she interrupted, finishing the papers for the deliverer guy. "Jacqueline Beulah Burkhart."

"What?" Hyde smiled after hearing that, looking at her sister with certain spark on his eyes. Donna smiled at that. "You have an ugly second name? Best news ever."

"No! I don't! That's not my name!"

"It is!" she insisted, taking the last box and walking the stairs to their building. "J.B.B.! Jackie Beulah Burkhart!"

"Oh, my god! DONNA! I'M GOING TO DECK YOU, TRAITOR!"

"Your girlfriend's name's Beulah, Hyde. I will never let you live that one."

Hyde laughed at that and Donna walked inside, listening to him and Eric joke about her sister's unusual middle name. Jackie was certainly going to kill her later, but right now, it was funny to hear them being meanly friendly to each other.

Eric's capacity of forgiveness and good heart will be always one of her favorite things about him. Funny how her sister and him had that in common without knowing.

"Fezy!" Jackie called once they entered their apartment. "Are you going to help or what?"

"I'm sorry, I can't." he announced, laying on the couch. "I'm using my human hour for the party."

Donna groaned, this mean only one thing. "You going to try and woo Nina again, isn't it?"

"Fez, you know she doesn't like you." Jackie said, the boys left the boxes were she indicated and Hyde's hand went immediately to the her lower back once he was done, both looking at each other as a new conversation was started between them and Donna smiled.

"She would if you people would help me romance her!" he said, jumping to Eric's shoulder and he didn't even move as he has been getting used to this. "But nooo, all you're doing is being head over heels for these two simple humans—" Jackie looked at him, ready to correct him when Fez extended a paw to her direction, "and wizard!" he said, Jackie smiled and went back to open the boxes with Hyde.

"Are you jealous, kitten?" Eric asked, wining a paw to his face. "Ow!"

"Fezy!" Jackie called him out. "Don't do that, people will think we are bad cat mothers!"

"Okay, if you say that again, I'm going to explode." Hyde said, making her and Eric laugh. "You sound like a total crazy cat lady, Beulah."

"STEVEN!"

~0~

Jackie's room, 6:29 pm

Her dress wasn't ironed. HER DRESS WASN'T IRONED. A scream died in her throat the second she realized this, throwing the thig from its place in her closed to her bed, hands on her waist, thinking about this offence against her nerves her own closet had done to her.

Donna was ready, she was also in the rooftop already, taking care of their guests and she wasn't, she was on her damn underwear, and her dress wasn't ironed, for god's sake.

Jackie tried to calm down, her shoulders felt like rocks and she moved to her bed, knowing she will have to do the job herself, no matter how much she ha—"FUCK!" the scream finally came out when her toe fingers got hit with her closet's door.

Both her hands flied to the door, head resting on it, tears following the pain she was feeling through her entire body. How something as useless as toe fingers could feel so much? Today couldn't be worse, definitely.

"Jackie?" except maybe it could, she realized as her new boyfriend's voice sounded to the other side of her bedroom door. "Hey, are you okay in there?"

"I'm fine…" she answered, but her voice sounded as unsure as her walking was now. "Just—hit my fingers, it's all."

"Uh." he answered, then knocked on the door again. "Is Fez in there? Donna can't find him."

"What…?"

The cat was, in fact, in her room, sleeping over her fluffy pink pillow and her eyes opened wide. If he was here, that means he's been in there ever since she took a bath, which by its own mean he could easily had a pick to her nakedness, and another yell followed her voice.

"Fezy, get out of the room!" she said, scaring the cat awake, who immediately got out the bed and run to the door. "Oh my god!" she followed him, covering herself with her used and slightly wet towel, "I'm sorry!"

"I didn't see anything, I swear!" he said once he run to the room's corner, giving her his back as a way to show he wasn't looking at her body.

"Jackie?" Steven said, and she shivered with the abundance of feelings that were eating her now. "Hey, can I come in?"

"Just… wait." she said. "Fez, I need you to get out of the room, so I can get dressed."

"Okay…" he said, his head was lowered to the ground and he walked blind to the opening door. "Good luck, she's over stressed."

"Fezy!" Jackie said, Steven had stepped aside the second she opened the door wide and yelled to the cat, who was now running to Donna's room. "Oh, no. You must think I'm such a bitch…"

Steven looked at her eyes and only at her eyes while speaking, smiling to her and covering one of her cheeks with his hand. "Absolutely not." he said, "Are you okay?"

"Super." She answered, letting him in even when she was on her underwear. He stayed at the door, looking away from her towel-covered body. "It's okay… it's only underwear."

"You didn't sound happy about Fez being here."

"Fez is not my boyfriend, Steven." she reminded him, "Close the door, please."

"Uh…"

The door was closed after that, and he didn't move even when she left the towel fall to the floor, searching for the iron on her closet and cursing the bunch of things she had to move to find it. When she looked out again, Steven was still standing near the door.

"Are you okay?"

"Super." He said, too. Jackie smiled at walked to him, leaving the iron on her bed before cradling his face on her hands and kissing him softly, eyes closed and almost on her tip-toes. "That's better." he answered grinning.

"Oh, you dressed in black!"

He shrugged, and she got to admire his all black attire as she and Donna had suggested. All wizard dress in white and/or black during this day, and they weren't going to be an exception. The party was supposed to be of costumes, but the boys didn't have any for the night. When they heard how she and Donna were going to dress up, Donna and Eric had the idea of dressing in black, and Hyde had said no.

Yet, here he was.

"You look amazing!" her hands toyed with the three open buttons of his black shirt and the hair on his chest she could see.

The way she wanted him, that was something new for her. Desire was never strange to her, but this kind was. She has never wanted someone as much as she wants him, Jackie thought with her fingers touching his chest; and she was also sure that he wanted her back just as much, if the way his finger were touching her waist said something.

"Hey…" he murmured, her yes followed his tone to his face and he smiled at her. "You need help?"

"Maybe? I'm such a mess!" she said, giving into the stress. Having this party was supposed to be fun, not this stressful. "Not exactly the best thing to see during the first day of a relationship…"

"Maybe…" he answered, his fingers brushed her hair and she didn't realized when she had cuddle to his chest, but she was now too comfy to runaway from his arms. "But you are a damn beautiful mess, Beulah."

"You had to ruin it!" she slapped his chest, laughing with him. "I just have to iron this thing and do something about my hair, and hope no one is asking about me upstairs."

"Everyone is asking about you upstairs."

"Nooo!" she said, giving him the iron's cable. "Connect that thing, please."

"Yes, dear."

~0~

Jackie's room, 6:35 pm.

Jackie's damn panties were gorgeous.

Or maybe it was her ass on them, or the way her legs looked as she moved around with her dress and hair still messy. Her matching bra was also taking his attention while he sat down on her bed and looked at her finishing her attire of the night. When the dress descended on her body, a shiver left goosebumps on him and Hyde swallowed hard.

The way she wanted her, man. He was going to get crazy if he didn't touch her in the next five seconds or so.

"You don't have to stay with me, you can go upstairs and be with your friends if you want."

"Not a problem, doll."

Her smile brightened her entire face and she sat down at his side with her makeup and a little mirror.

This was new for him. In fact, most things around her felt new. From the magic to him sitting down in silence, looking at her do her makeup. He has never been this patient, no matter how beautiful the girl may be. But Jackie—it seemed like he could do anything and everything for and with her. That was actual magic.

Upstairs, Kelso and his family had arrived and seemed happier than months ago, even Betsy seemed to be as calm and sappy as her parents. Forman was already following Donna around and a lot of people were there, waiting for Jackie to stick her nose around with them. But right now, she was here with him, in silence as her fingers brushed her eyebrows and red covered her lips.

"Hey…" he said again, she also had the power of leaving him without words, even when she was doing nothing.

His fingers caressed the skin of her feet and she looked at him with a little smile, then went back to her face and he admired the natural makeup she was now wearing. Once the mirror was left aside and she had closed her little purse, he leaned forward and took her lips to taste the cherry of her lipstick.

The sensation make him smile, if he kept on kissing her every chance he had, they will never make it to the party but right now, that idea sounded marvelous to him, and since she wasn't stopping him either, actually making them lay on her bed as their kissing got heavier and heavier, then it was great news.

"Ow…" she exclaimed, it sounded like a moan and something inside him dropped. "Steven…" she sighed before kissing him again, and again.

He wasn't a teenager anymore, but if he could spend the rest of the night just kissing her, he would be more than happy to do so.

"You two!" they heard a knock on the door, Fez was calling. "Stop doing each other and get up there before Donna has a heart attack!" he said, for the steps, he supposed he was on his human form already.

"Uh…" Jackie moved, making him sit down back on the mattress and she tried to fix her hair a little. "We should get going…"

"Yeah… you are not going anywhere like that." he said, signaling her face. "Red all over."

"So are you!" she said, standing to look at herself on her vanity's mirror, laughing once she saw the clues of their make out session on her face. When he took a peek on himself, Hyde couldn't help but smile, both looking at each other's face covered in red on the mirror. "You are pure magic, Steven."

"Crap, woman. That was damn corny!"

"You take that back or you are leaving like this, my makeup is water proof!" she said, holding her make up remover far from him.

"Oh, so that's how things are?"

"That's how things are!"

"YOU TWO!" Fez repeated. "I'm losing my human hour waiting for you! MOVE THOSE ASSES!"

~0~

The rooftop party, 6:47 pm.

His daughter was jumping around Eric and his new chick, Donna, who was dressed like a classic witch. Not a sexy one, just one of those boring, black and long dress, witches with pointy hats and lose long hair. Eric always had a good eye for girls but they always turned out to be kind of like him: nerdy and boring.

Maybe that's why he ended up marrying the hottest girl in town, who also happened to be a brain and a sexy piece of everything deep down.

"There they are!" Brooke exclaimed, signaling at Hyde and Jackie, who was also dressed like a boring witch. "Oh my god, is Hyde going to a funeral or something?"

"It's the dead of his single days. Accurate clothes for the occasion, Brooke." he replied and his wife slapped his arm without really wanting to hurt him, his arms rounded her in return and she laughed when his lips touched her neck.

Ever since they got high on Hyde's brownies, things had been nice. Not sex-depended nice like when they were teenagers, but calm and corny kind of nice. Even reading to Betsy last night was awesome and they had got to sleep cuddle into each other's arms and wake up to attend to their daughter together like if the task wasn't tiresome some times.

A day off, that's all they needed.

"You think that's gonna last?" she wondered, Kelso looked at his friend and his also new chick and a small smile appeared on his face.

"Maybe." he said. "We know Hyde, he never does relationships. But for what Donna and Eric said, he persuaded for this one. So… maybe?"

"I hope so." Brooke said, turning around to hug his neck and look into his eyes. "It would be nice to see Hyde happy in a relationship for once, and to have Jackie around too."

"Yeah, Betsy really likes her."

"Mh-hmm." she exclaimed, soon kissing his lips and smiling in their kiss before someone clearing their throat distracted them. "Oh! Talking about the king of Rome!"

Hyde arched an eyebrow. "This early and already gossiping about me? This is going to be a long night."

"You are everyone's favorite news right now, buddy!" he said, Jackie smiled at Hyde's side, her arm was around his.

She was a pretty lady, alright. Hot, too. A piece of nothing, but incredibly pretty and just—there was something about her. But looking at her at Hyde's side, it felt almost like a sin to look at her. She was Hyde's chick now, and it was like if the mermaid effect had gone with the news.

"You two look great!" Jackie said, "How was date day?"

"Awesome!" he answered, "We didn't' do anything but do it!"

"Michael!"

Jackie and Hyde laughed together, it was like seeing Death And Destruction, finally together and ready to take over the world. When he found Eric's eyes in the crowed place, he shrugged and Kelso understood he had been right about his friends. This was going to be a blast.

"God-daddy!" Betsy run into Hyde's legs. "Let's fly!"

"Still with that?" Brooke put her hands on her waist, looking down at her daughter. "How about you let your godfather have a free night from magic?" she said, Jackie giggle for some reason and Hyde slapped her thigh to one side playfully.

Someone was happy. It actually made him smile, he has known Eric and Hyde for a very long time, and he knew Hyde's problems with relationships. This was a nice change, and Jackie was truly something. So yeah, this could be good for everyone.

"Hey, guys." Eric greeted with his girlfriend taking his hand, another boy was following them. "You look like when you returned from your honeymoon."

"This was better than our honeymoon." Brooke said, Betsy had moved to greet the new guy.

"Oooooh." Hyde and Eric exclaimed at the same time.

"Even without the beach and the sun? You are giving me some of that…" Eric told Hyde and he slapped his stomach, making Donna and Jackie giggle. "Alright, then no."

"Uh, hello." The guy told Betsy. "Do I know you?"

"Fez!" she said.

"Honey, Fez is Jackie and Donna's kitten…" Kelso tried to correct, Hyde laughed hiding his face on Jackie hair and she shook her head. "What?"

"Hey, guys. This is Fez. We… named the cat after him." Donna said, the guy named Fez smiled and waved his hand between their group.

"For no racist reasons, by the way." he said, Jackie shook her head again. "It's for cute and nice."

"For being pretentious, too." Eric added and Fez looked at him with this strange frown, he seemed like a funny guy.

"That cute kitten is not pretentious, scrawny ass!"

Yeah, this guy was fun.

~0~

Rooftop Party, 7:29 pm

Hyde and Jackie seemed to have their own world. It was such a weird thing to see his friend this calm around a girl just the day before he was claiming to hate, but Eric realized he should had known better. Maybe listen to Donna a little bit closer. His own dislike for Jackie had blinded him from the truth, and after all that had happened, well.

It didn't matter. Hyde seemed calm, damn happy. So yeah, fine.

"Have you talked to him?" Donn asked at his side, he looked at her pretty face and smiled while shaking his head 'no'. "Why not?"

"Well, I don't know if you remember good, but he didn't come to the apartment last night and you didn't leave either." She laughed at that, he followed with a small kiss on her cheek. "Then this morning we were all working on this. That, by the way, rocks."

It was truth, the party turned out to be good. Even knowing that more than half this people were wizards and witches, the ambient was great and fun, and the music on point. If he kept drinking maybe his rhymes will start to appear on his actual sentences to other people, Eric decided to leave his glass on the nearest table.

"You are avoiding him." Donna managed to say, even when he thought they had killed that little conversation.

He turned around to see her. "No! He just… has been all day glued to your sister, it's insane."

"Because he is avoiding you, too."

Yeah, basically. Eric nodded, but decided it wasn't worth to keep talking about it, even when Donna had crossed her arms and was waiting for something else, maybe for him to grow a pair and go talk to his own adoptive brother.

"Look," he started after noticing there was no way out of this, "if he wants to talk, he will reach me. You don't know him that well yet, but he is—God, complicated stays short to what he is."

"Mh-hm." She exclaimed, arms still crossed and small smile on her face. "He is coming right now, Betsy in hand."

"What…?"

"Uncle Eric!" Betsy jumped to him with open arms. "We are going to fly!"

"Shhh…" Hyde exclaimed, Betsy smiled at him and nodded. "Forman, come with us."

"Where…?" he didn't have much time to ask, Donna had took his hand and soon they were walking towards Jackie at the top of the stairs.

When he looked back at Kelso and Brooke, they were still laughing with Fez and that girl, Nina. Their daughter was happily jumping around, saying they were going to fly, and he looked at Hyde's back, the memory of his friend lifting his hand towards him, trying to stop his fall back at Point Place when they were kids, appeared to make him understand what was going on.

"Oh, boy…" he murmured.

"It's going to be quick." Hyde said to everyone, Jackie nodded wrapping her arm around his again. "I've never done this for so many people before."

"Maybe we can help?" Donna looked at Jackie. "Come on, wiki-witch, tell me we can help."

"We can pass energy to him, but we have been drinking. I don't recommend it."

Eric was feeling lost in this conversation, Betsy kept jumping in front of them, not caring about this weird talk the adults were having. They descended the stairs until they were in the streets. Walking around, he realized they were going to enter the building behind theirs. It was still under construction, and the tower was higher than theirs for two floors.

"Just in case, Betsy will be the last one." He said. "I go first, in case I do something stupid."

"That sounds dangerous…" Eric said, but no one seemed to listen.

Once on the rooftop, Jackie carried Betsy and they walked slowly to the edge. It didn't had a balcony yet, their feet rose the limit and he felt vertigo like he always did when highs were involved. Looking up at other place, he missed the show Hyde was putting on by a few seconds when the girls started to laugh.

"Shut up, I'm the only one who can make us fly even having to rub the damn item."

The girls were still laughing, but tried to silence themselves. "Sorry, baby…" Jackie said. They walked slowly to the edge and Hyde started again, rubbing the eyeball ring. "Careful…"

"Don't worry, I do this all the time." He confessed, smiling at them. "Wait, let a new song to start."

Eric looked at their building. They could not only hear the party, but also see it. He wondered if someone would see them, but he was also sure the girls wouldn't suggest Hyde to do this if it was somehow dangerous for their identities.

"I love that song!" Jackie said when a Bowie song started at their backs. Hyde laughed, and Eric looked at him—for God's sake, he put a foot in the air and it stayed there, like if co—the other had stayed, too! Hyde was standing in the air.

"Okay…" he looked at him. "Come on, Forman."

"Nnnnnn—no. No."

"Come on! It's gonna be fun!" Donna tried to cheer him to do it.

"He is afraid of heights." Hyde commented with a smile. "It's fine, come on."

The song kept its echo around them and he swallowed, looking down and oh god, god, god— "I don't think so—"

"Alright, I'll go!" Donna said. She kissed his cheek and walked to the edge. Again, Hyde rubbed his item and after a few seconds, invited her to walk into—she did. Fast, almost jumping, a nervous but joyful laugh filling his ears. "Oh my god!" she jumped to grab Hyde's arm, looking down. "This is crazy! Eric! Come with us!"

"No…"

"Okay, Donna? Don't… grab me, I can lose concentration and if so, we are dead. Like, super dead."

"Oh, sorry!" she walked away, turning to look at the city lights.

"Forman, hold Betsy for Jackie."

"I wanna go, god-daddy!"

"You'll do, but first let me get Jackie with me." He said, his hand was calling for his girlfriend and when Jackie gave him Betsy, Eric saw her walking towards Hyde who repeated the same movements until she was taking both his hands with a big smile.

She put her feet over his when he touched the edge, hands over the other's. Eric swallowed hard, probably squeezing Betsy in his arms too much but the girl only clapped when Hyde pushed Jackie with him and their feet floated together, not standing, but actually floating.

Donna started to clap after seeing it, asking if she could do that too. When Hyde explained he only thought of it and it happened, she seemed to try but nothing happened. Jackie kept her arms around Hyde's waist, looking down with a big smile and then at him, bright as day.

"You are amazing!" she said.

Eric swallowed again.

"My turn!" Betsy said with her arms above her head, expecting Hyde to pick her up.

But he was still drunk on Jackie and didn't react until she laughed on his face, brushing her lips with his before jumping to grab Donna's hand. Hyde looked at them and floated in front. Like—an illusion, a dream. He was truly flying right in front of Eric and, with a hand in front, he did the same with Betsy.

It felt like if air had tenderly taken her away from Eric's arms, and Hyde was directing it with his hand, slowly getting the girl close to his hand until she took it in an embrace of giggles lost in Donna and Jackie's laughs.

Eric watched them move in front of him and noticed Hyde's strong grip on Betsy's hand before Jackie and Donna started to chase each other on tin air. It was chilly around him and his mother was a witch, just like his sister, and just like his own girlfriend. And his best friend, and his best friend's girlfriend. They were floating around with Hyde's magic in front of him.

"Wait!" he yelled when Hyde gave him his back, his friend looked back at him with a raised eyebrow. "Uh—" Eric took a long breathe and never felt as strong as right now. "I'm going—I'm going with you."

Hyde smiled big and bright, his finger rubbing his ring already before he offered his free hand to him. "That's the spirit, Forman."

Swallowing, Eric's step didn't make a sound, covered by Donna's terrible singing voice as she made Jackie laugh while repeating Bowie's Absolute Beginners, dancing at Hyde's back. Eric closed his eyes; he took his friend's hand with his opposite, looking like if they were shaking hands, and when he opened his eyes—they were right in front of the other, Betsy jumping between them, congratulating him because he was flying too.

"Holy-!" he shouted, jumping into Hyde's body to keep from falling, even when it wasn't happening.

He didn't move. Hyde didn't shoved him aside either, he only laughed with Betsy and the girls when they noticed him hugging his friend. Slowly, Eric's heart started to calm down and his hands were less sweaty. He looked up and let go of Hyde, except that his friend was still taking his hand, trying to make him steady so there wouldn't be a tragedy.

"It's okay, I got you." Hyde said. It sounded exactly like what he said after he run down the Water Tower to see him, years ago.

It was a brief moment, but Eric saw certain fear in his friend's eyes and he swallowed before giving up. They couldn't keep avoiding each other like this anymore. "You are still my best friend, you know?"

"Uh?"

"We grow up together, you are more like a brother to me" Eric sighed. "I… understand. What happened, why you did that." He explained and Hyde's grip on his hand felt lazy. Betsy was looking between them, so Eric cleared his throat and smiled at his friend. "It's okay."

"Alright." He nodded, giving a squeeze to his hand and Eric did the same when he saw Hyde smiling at him. "Let's go."

Donna was at his side in a second, she took both his hands and he looked at her and got lost in her lips with Jackie's giggle behind them. It was still the best sensation in the world, and he couldn't wait for the many days and many nights to come.

"Hey," he murmured.

She smiled back, "Hey there. You are flying!"

It felt like walking on the street, as normal as it. They couldn't actually fly, they were walking and feeling the air like on top of a roller coaster. Hyde though, he was the one who could truly fly. And he did with Betsy and Jackie taking his hands. The song was over when they made a circle and Eric sighed.

"Happy Halloween, dear." He said to Donna before kissing her again and having to run back to the rooftop when Hyde announced he was starting to feel tired.

They walked together back to their own rooftop, to the girls' party and the rest of the real world, a world Eric wasn't sure what would bring him but he was happy to be part of now.

Donna's pointy hat suddenly flied away from her head and when they looked back, Hyde was moving it with his finger, away from her hand's reach as he did the same with Jackie's.

Eric stopped to laugh at them running around, trying to get their hats from Hyde's power while Betsy ran with them. Donna's landed on his head, Jackie's on Betsy's and they looked at Hyde, Jackie with arms crossed over her chest and Donna with hers on her waist.

"Not funny, Hyde!" she said. "It's dangerous, someone could see us!"

"It's Halloween!" he announced, walking past them to put an arm over his shoulders and take Betsy by the hand. "We are free tonight!"

They rolled their eyes before looking at the other, Hyde dragged Eric with him when they laughed.

"Run!" he said, carrying Betsy who was laughing too.

And they ran from the witches behind them who were menacing with turning them into a ferret and an armadillo if they didn't return their hats.

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