You've probably noticed that I have Marcia related to the Forman's from "That 70s Show", this is not a full crossover, it's the same way how I have Danny and Sandy from "Grease" in "To Love A Greaser", they're supportive, helpful characters. In this story, Marcia is related to Kitty, in "Cherry Flavored Soda", Cherry is related to Midge Pinciotti from "That 70s Show". Same thing there.
"How does your friend feel?" Laurie, Marcia's little cousin, asked her.
Marcia looked at Laurie with a slightly confused expression. "What?"
"Your friend that you told me and Eric about. You said she was really sick. How is she?"
"Oh her! Oh, uh… I don't really know right now. She's back home in Oklahoma and I lost her phone number."
Laurie frowned for a moment then looked back up at Marcia. "When you go back and find out, could you call here to tell me how she's feeling?"
Marcia gave a weak smile. "Well, how 'bout I write you a letter instead? I know your daddy doesn't like to make long distance phone calls and I don't wanna get you in trouble," she chuckled. In response, Laurie smiled at her and nodded.
Laurie got up and went to greet her father- Red, who had just gotten back from work- as he pulled into their driveway. Marcia greeted him with a small smile and he nodded at her in acknowledgment. As Red sat with his daughter in the kitchen, Marcia continued into the living room where Red's wife Kitty- Marcia's mother's cousin- was sitting.
Marcia had always liked Kitty. She was nice, funny, helpful, and even a bit crazy to some extent if you asked Marcia- both a good crazy and a bad crazy once in a while- but usually good crazy. And Kitty could bake nearly anything and everything better than anyone else she knew, not including her own mother, of course. Though realize, they learned the basics and got little tips and tricks from the same person when they were growing up.
When she reached the living room, Marcia saw Kitty sitting on the couch with a book, yet watching her son Eric play with three other children. Of the three on the floor with her little cousin, there were two boys- one with curly hair like an afro, and one with straight hair- and a little girl with straight red hair. She recognized the little girl on the floor as Donna Pinciotti from next door, who she had met on her last family trip to Wisconsin to visit the Forman's. Donna was a tomboy, and Eric's best friend. The other two little boys on the floor though, she didn't recognize at all.
"Oh Marcia," Kitty said and smiled, "I didn't hear you come in. Come and sit down next to me on the couch." Kitty pat the spot on the couch next to her gently.
As she walked over to sit next to Kitty, Marcia heard Eric's friend with straight hair ask him, "Who's that girl with your mom?"
Eric looked up at his cousin then back at the other boy, "That's my cousin Marcia. Her and her parents stay with us in the summer every year."
The boy with straight hair looked back up at Marcia, got up from the floor and leaned against the couch arm next to her. "Hi there," he said with a small smirk, or at least as much as a smirk a seven year old could do, "My name's Kelso."
Kitty and Marcia chuckled and exchanged looks before turning back to Kelso. Marcia decided to at least humor him for a little. "Hi Kelso," she smiled, "My name's Marcia."
"Come 'ere often?" he tried.
He is too young to be flirting, Marcia thought, holding back a chuckle. "I have a boyfriend, Kelso."
Kelso looked down and let out a breath. "It's a shame," he mumbled and went back to his friends on the floor. The boy with curly hair smirked at Kelso and she heard him say, "Burn."
Kitty chuckled and turned to Marcia. "I'm sorry, sweetheart, did you need anything?"
"Actually, can I talk to you for a minute or two?" Marcia asked her.
"Of course." Kitty turned to her son and his friends. "Eric, why don't the four of you go and play in the basement?" The little boy nodded at his mother and got up, the three others following him, Donna saying a quiet hello to Marcia. Kitty turned back to Marcia, "So what'd you want to talk to me about?"
"I need your advice on something."
"Of course."
"If you had a friend who was sick, like, really sick, and you had to leave the state, how would you feel?"
Kitty nodded slowly in understanding. "Is this the friend that Eric and Laurie told me about?"
Marcia nodded and explained the whole situation to her mother's cousin. She started with how Cherry had been staying with her and her family, all the way to when Cherry had to go to the hospital and how she had basically left Sodapop in charge of her or at least to keep an eye on her. She also explained how Cherry had been really depressed and upset for a long time, ever since her parents skipped town and there on after. She even told Kitty about everything that had happened a few months to a year earlier with Sodapop's younger brother and his quiet friend after the movies that night, making sure to tell her no one held a grudge anymore.
"That poor girl," Kitty mumbled sadly and she shook her head.
Marcia nodded. "I feel terrible for what I did," she sighed.
"Before she got amnesia, did your friend ever talk about this boy… oh, what was his name… Sodapop?" Kitty tried to hide her confusion about his name.
"She did. We would see him where he works in town. Sometimes if she was feeling more down than usual, I'd take her just to say hi and to talk to him and she would always perk up a bit."
"And her parents don't know a thing about any of this?"
Marcia shook her head. "Nope… and none of us have any idea where they are."
"I can see why this girl was so depressed," Kitty mumbled and turned back to Marcia, "So what do you need my opinion on?"
"At this stage of the game, what should I do?"
"Alright… when you get back to Tulsa, see if she got her memory back or not. If she doesn't, wait till she does. When she is completely better, explain the situation to her… and apologize to her. That's all I can say."
Marcia gave a weak smile. "Thanks, Kitty."
Kitty smiled back, "You're welcome… now come one, your mother and I had plans to do some baking."
-/-/-
"Put this on," Evie told Cherry.
Evie was helping Cherry get reading for her second date with Sodapop. The two girls were in Evie's shared bedroom, Evie going through her closet and her clothes drawers. The two girls had already established that they wore the same size clothing and lucky for them, they were the same size, which made life easier to some extent.
It was decided that Cherry would wear her hair out, letting her long rede hair fall over her shoulders like a curtain. Evie had pulled out a pair of her jeans where the waist reached a little over Cherry's belly button. The shirt that Evie gave to her was a button up blouse with nearly no sleeve at all and in the front at the bottom had two long edges to be tied into a bow or not. The shirt was red with white polka dots.
"Do you have a sweater or somethin'?" Cherry asked Evie after she looked in the mirror.
Evie nodded, walked over to her closet, oulled out a white cardigan and handed it to Cherry. "Just curious," Evie said, "Why do ya need that sweater?"
Cherry turned to her as she put on the sweater. "For some reason, it feels weird not to wear one."
Evie shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat."
Both girls jumped a few minutes later when they heard a car horn outside. Both Cherry and Evie exchanged looks then ran to the window. Evie slid the window pane open and they poked their heads out. When they did, Cherry smiled at the scene: a pickup truck and someone with light hair coming out from the driver's side, and when they got out, waving their arms frantically and a smile on his face. "Cherry!" he called to the window, then started to- at least attempt- sing a part of "You Are My Lucky Star" from the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain, holding back some laughter the whole time and Cherry held back her own laugh.
Evie chuckled, "There is absolutely nothing that Sodapop Curtis will not try."
Awwwwwwww :3 ain't he a romantic?
Ok so I deleted "Up In Flames" from here, mostly cause nearly nobody reads "St Elmo's Fire" fanfic so I was just like "Why should I leave this up and spend time on it when I can be working on a real story that I wanna publish" (Which I am doing) so yeah, the only active stories I'm currently working on here is this one, "Cherry Flavored Soda" and "The Power of Love"
Also, you probably saw my note at the beginning of the story, so there's that if you are reading both this one and "Cherry Flavored Soda"
Also- at the end of the chapter before this one, I have it that Cherry and Soda are going on a date and at the end of this one as well- but I don't know what they should for their date! I've never been in a relationship! (Yes, I'm going to be sixteen in two weeks and I've never had a boyfriend ok? I don't care, most of my friends are guys anyway and all the guys I've had crushes on were too hard to get to, but enough of Sarah Beth's screwy love life) so please, if anyone has a suggestion for their date, please message me or put it in the reviews, anything! I'm desperate here
Also, for that ending, I was trying to think of some romantic thing but like Shakespeare or something but I don't like shakepseare at all and nearly every book I've read was written after the 1960s (excluding the outsiders and I think one other S.E. Hinton book? I don't know, I may be wrong) so I'm trying to think of romantic movies I love and the first one that popped into my head was the ending scene in Singin' in the Rain when Debbie Reynolds is running out of theater and Gene Kelly is like "Someone stop that girl!" and he starts singing to her that song "You are my lucky star" (not ot be confused with "lucky star" by Madonna) so yeah, if y'all can also think of any romantic book scenes or movie scenes from anything before 1966, please tell me, thanks
So yeah, anyway, hope you liked the chapter! Peace from all the hippies of the world! =^-^=
