Forman Living room-8pm

A very pregnant blond stands in the doorway with a huge smile on her face. "Mommy, Daddy, Eric! Oh I've missed you guys so much." Laurie Forman has not changed. Will never change. Her evil smile is plastered on her fair as she waddles into the house. She is seven months pregnant with her boyfriend Chuck's baby. They had only been together for two weeks when Laurie got pregnant and were often arguing. The most recent argument had to do with the choice of Laurie's clothing. It was no surprise that would cause problems between the two seeing as Laurie was standing with a midriff top, a red mini-skirt, and black leather knee high boots, definitely not an appropriate outfit for the weather, let alone for a seven month pregnant woman. As everyone gathered around to rub Laurie's belly, Hyde sat on the sofa couch, disappointed. Kelso turned over to him. "Hey, Hyde man, wanna go outside to talk?" Though hesitant at first. Hyde got up and followed Kelso to the Forman's front porch. "Hey, man look," Kelso started, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. We all wanted to tell you but Jackie said she would tell you and, well, you know man, Jackie can be scary when she means business. We just thought she would tell you sooner, not five years later." Hyde stared straight ahead. Enough with the apologizing. I'm sick and tired of the I couldn't tell you bullshit. "Well why didn't you tell me when you saw she hadn't told me?" "Well damn Hyde, I just told you, I didn't want to get into it. Hyde was done with accepting people's apologies. He was sick of saying "okay" or "whatever" whenever someone told him how sorry they were. He just wanted to know about his so and how Jackie was doing and whether or not they would come. "Kelso man, I know you met him. What's he like?" "Oh man dude, that kid is AWESOME. He's like Jackie. Well no, wait, he's not bossy or loud. Actually, he kind of reminds me of you." This made Hyde's heart swell with joy. "Really?" "Yeah man, he has the hair and the glasses." "He has glasses?" Maybe she wanted him to be like me. But why would she after how much I hurt her? "Yeah man. He's just...COOL. You'll just have to meet him." "I don't know if I will, Jackie said she might not come down here." "Yeah man, I heard . Look I'm sure she'll do the right thing." Both men stand silently on the porch, looking straight ahead at the passing cars.

Forman living room:

Kitty, Red, Laurie, Donna, Eric and Fez are sitting around talking about Laurie's plans for the baby. "If it's a boy, Chuck wants to name him Gene, like Gene Simmons you know. If it's a girl we decided to name her Farrah." "Oh... well those are very um, creative names Laurie" replies Kitty. "Ai Laurie, if only we were still married and you would have done it with me instead of those other guys you did it with we would have brown, sexy babies with your beautiful silky hair and my sultry foreign accent." "Over my dead body. There would be no way my daughter would have a kid by a dumbass foreign kid." Donna and Eric both laugh as Fez begins to unwrap his new piece of candy, looking very intimidated. The phone begins to ring and Kitty reaches over to answer it. "Oh, Hi Jackie sweetie how are you?...Oh?" At this point, Kelso and Hyde walk into the family room "I see...I understand... Okay..Talk to you later then...bye."Everyone was silent for a while until Donna finally broke the silence. "What did Jackie say Mrs. Forman?" At the mentioning of Jackie's name, Hyde's muscled stiffened. "Well, um.. She said she wasn't coming." She quickly turned to Hyde. "I'm so sorry Steven. She said she isn't ready to face you just yet and to tell you that she is really sorry." "She's sorry? That's all she can say, that she's sorry? Mrs. Forman, No this is not okay. I need to go there and find them." Donna stood up. "Hyde, I know you're upset but going to Chicago and confronting her is not a good idea. Just give her time." "Time Donna, she's had five years! Why can't no one see that I'm not the bad guy here? All I want to do is meet my son God damn it." He pushes everyone out of the way and walks out of the house. Kitty turns to look at Red. "Red, we have to do something, this simply can not go on." "Kitty, I told you not to get involved when you told him about Stevie. You made this mess you clean it up." "Red Forman, you go do something NOW!" Red gets up from his seat, grumbling, walks towards the door and slams it behind him.

Outside

Hyde is walking as fast as his feet allow him to. He clutches his jacket closer to him as a gust of wind picks up. How can she do this? "Steven" He is my son and I have the right to meet him. "Steven!" Dammit Jackie is this your way at getting back at me for Sam? "STEVEN!" "WHAT?" Hyde turns abruptly to face Red who is walking fast trying to catch up to him. When Red is finally close enough to Hyde, he notices tears forming in Hyde's eyes. "Don't you dare start crying. Now you be a man and pull yourself together damn it. Yelling at pushing people isn't going to make anything better so GET YOUR SELF TOGETHER AND STOP BEING A DUMBASS." Taken aback from the unexpected reacting coming from Red, Hyde remains silent. "Now Jackie made a decision to not come. You be a man and deal with that decision." "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY WITH IT RED? THIS IS MY KID WE ARE TALKING ABOUT" "I know who we're talking about but you can't just take off to Chicago and show up there. She is NOT ready to see you. When she is, she'll let you meet him." "Red, you don't know what it's like. You can't stand here and lecture me about being rational because you've never been in my place." "No, I've been fortunate to not have ever been in your position, but if any a time to be rational, this is it. Look, you know Jackie better than any of us in there do so just give her a call if you really want to talk to her, but do NOT go to Chicago." Hyde knows that he can not promise this but does anyways just to stop the lecture from continuing. He was tired of everyone making excuses for Jackie and telling him to wait. He couldn't wait. They had no idea what it is like to wonder everyday about the five year old son you haven't met. "Whatever Red."

Chicago-Jackie's Diary:

December 24th, 1985:

I did the right thing. I know I did and even though it doesn't feel like it, I can't just face him yet, I can't just bring Steven into Stevie's life and confuse him. He'll just have to wait until Stevie is old enough to understand what this. I can't just bring him back into my life after everything we've been through, after how much we hurt each other. I can't afford to be hurt again but most importantly, I can't allow him to hurt my son. Who's to say he won't choose something else over Stevie, just like he chose Sam over me? No, I'll stop thinking about this, I have to stop thinking about this because it's all in my past. It doesn't matter because I don't love him anymore. I don't love you anymore Steven Hyde.

Point Place-Christmas morning- 8:30am

Donna, Kitty and Laurie are sitting in the kitchen when they hear a car pulling into the driveway. They get up to see who it is and are taken aback when they see a black Delorean parking just outside the Forman's garage. "Is that..."Laurie begins to ask. "Yes!!! It's JACKIE! Oh my God it's Jackie!!" Kitty answers while jumping up and down clapping her hands. Donna is standing next to Laurie smiling. I knew you would do the right thing Jackie. When Jackie finally parks the car, Stevie runs out to hug Kitty. "Grandma Forman!" "Oh hi honey, look how big you are!" As Stevie goes on to hug the other two women, Kitty walks over to Jackie who is carrying a huge bag filled with gifts. "Jackie! I'm so glad you showed up! It's finally Christmas." Jackie just smiles and looks towards Donna. "Hey Jackie" Donna says smiling. Jackie smiles back and nods knowing what Donna is thinking. "Hey Donna." "Thanks" Donna says. Jackie's smile becomes more serious as she watches Kitty walk with Stevie into the house. "I figured it was time you know?" Donna simply nodded her head and proceeds to walk towards the house with Laurie following behind her. Jackie stands outside for a few more minutes looking around at the place she had spend so many of her childhood years laughing with her friends, arguing with her boyfriends, making love to Hyde... Crying, getting your heart broken. Yeah so many good memories in this place. Jackie sighs and begins to walk inside. Time to face the music.

Hyde's basement room- 9:17am:

Laying awake looking up at the ceiling, Hyde argues about whether or not he should get up. He was going to when he heard a car pull up into the drive way but just figured it was either Eric or Kelso coming to drop off their gifts so he decided against getting up. He didn't have much energy to do so even if he wanted to. All he had been thinking about was that today was Christmas day and that he wasn't going to be able to meet his son because Jackie was not ready to face him just yet. Though he understood why she would be afraid to see him after five years, he couldn't help but be angry at her because she knew that this was bigger than any problems they had. This isn't about Sam or another one of our stupid arguments, this is about a kid we made together and should have equal opinions as to how he should be raised. However, what Kelso told him the night before made him smile slightly. He's like me man, she raised him to be like me. He could imagine a kid that looked like Jackie but had his curly hair and wore sunglasses just like he did. I guess everyone else is up Hyde thought as he could hear voices coming from above him. They must all be in the family room having breakfast or something. After about ten more minutes of of just laying down, Hyde finally decides to get ready to face the group of people upstairs.

Kitchen-9:34am:

The women are sitting around drinking coffee. "Oh Jackie honey I'm so glad you came. You don't know how happy Steven's going to be." Jackie became tense as soon as she heard Hyde's name. Donna seemed to be the only one to take notice, but that's because this was the reaction she expected from her friend. "What made you change your mind Jackie?" Laurie asked. "Just thought it was the right thing to do you know? Besides, I think Stevie should meet Steven. He's old enough. Right?" Jackie responded apprehensively. She had thought about coming back after she wrote in her diary and decided that her son needed a father and he had the right to have a normal life and that she had to set aside her emotions and realize that whatever was best for her son is more important than her stupid pride. "Oh yes sweetie, I think you made the right decision."

living room:

As Hyde is coming up the stairs from the basement into the living room, he can here Eric, Red, Fez and Kelso yelling at the T.V. Must be watching sports. "Damn Packers better win this game" he can hear Red saying while Eric is cheering "Bears...Bears..Bears." "Eric, if you don't shut up I'm going to stick my foot so far up you ass you'll be cheering from the stands." Fez and Kelso are laughing obnoxiously. The men finally realize that Hyde is in the room. "Steven, stop standing around. You're almost as weird as Eric." "HEY!" Eric protested. Hyde looks around the room and sees that among the four guys is a small boy wearing a Packer's Jersey and sunglasses that very much resemble his own. Hyde stood frozen, Red's words hardly being heard. His heartbeat speeds up, his pulse quickens and his body temperature felt as though it had risen fifty degrees. Could it be? "Hey, Hyde" says Kelso as he's standing up, "why don't you come over here and meet Stevie." Hyde looks at a Kelso who is grinning like an idiot. It is. That's his son. She brought him. She's here. Still unable to move, Hyde stares at the small boy a few feet away from him. His curly hair the same as his and his eyes were covered by sunglasses which prevented Hyde to see his eyes. He does look like me. Hyde, still frozen, stares as Stevie walks over to him, extends his hand and says "hey, I'm Stevie. Cool shirt." Hyde stares down at his Zeppelin shirt and smiles. He reaches out to shake Stevie's hand. Kid's got good taste.