Disclaimer & A/N: Hopefully, you know I don't own it. I wouldn't have screwed season 8 up so badly…

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

Chapter 9 – I Don't Want to Change Your Life

The party really got started when there was food on the table. Although, the way Hyde was feeling right now, he'd ten-to-one rather have had a pan of special brownies than hamburgers. At least after digesting some of… what had he called it to Mrs. Forman that time? Oh, yeah… After eating some of a "big bag of love"… or smoking it as the case may be… he knew he'd feel a lot better about this entire situation.

The group watched Kitty and Red go first before Eric and Donna, then Fez, who was overjoyed to discover the big bowl of M&M's on the table. Hyde rolled his eyes. Fez was older, but he was the same old kid with a candy addiction that they'd all known and loved… most of the time…

After all of them had gone through the line, Eric and Donna toasted Kitty and Red's marriage. Hyde had to smile. He didn't know how a sweetheart like Kitty and a hardass like Red had made it so long, but the fact was, that they were just as much in love now as ever, and Hyde was impressed.

He guessed that not everybody was like his parents. Not everybody was stupid. Not everybody refused to give a little.

Sighing, he settled down onto the couch with his food. Kelso sat down beside him, and Betsy sat on the other side of her daddy, still not quite sure about the man with the wild hair who wore sunglasses inside.

She was really confused about the whole sunglasses thing, too. "Daddy," she whispered, poking Kelso in the shoulder. "Why does Hyde wear glasses inside?"

Kelso shrugged. "I always thought it was 'cuz he could burn holes through ya with his eyes…" he replied honestly, in that voice that had always either made Hyde smile, or made him want to frog Kelso in the arm.

"Michael!" Jackie exclaimed. He wasn't good at the whole NOT scaring his daughter thing. "Honey, Hyde can't burn holes through people with his eyes." She sat down next to the young girl. "He wears those sunglasses… because…" She was silent for a minute, looking at Steven, who stared back at her through his sunglasses. "He wears those sunglasses, because he doesn't like it when people can tell what he's thinking."

"Yeah," Hyde agreed, adding his own part to the story. "Because I like to play poker… I mean… Go Fish. And when you…um… play Go Fish, if people can see your eyes sometimes, they can tell what you're thinking… And… And you can't win."

She looked at him, wide eyed. "Really?"

Hyde nodded. "Yep. They sure can."

She walked over to him. "Hyde," she said, sounding very much like a grown-up, despite her age… and her father… "Do you think if I started wearing sunglasses, I could win more when I play cards?"

Hyde nodded, and smiled. "But, uh… Kid, I'm pretty sure you could beat your dad anyway…"

She nodded. "Oh, I always beat Daddy. I meant when I play with my friends."

Hyde laughed out loud at that, as Jackie grinned at Kelso and said, "Burn, Michael. Burn."

Kelso looked at them indignantly. "W…Well, she's a smart kid, guys!"

Jackie shook her head. This was so much like high school in so many ways. But then again, it was a lot different. She was still the prettiest girl in the room of course, and Kelso was still an idiot. But now there was Betsy, and she wasn't in her appropriate place on Steven's lap.

She shook her head, settling back into the sofa, the look of amusement still on her face. This was going to really be something.

It was just exactly what that something was that she wasn't quite sure of.

-

Hyde was amused. Kelso's daughter could beat him at cards. He found himself wondering about things. Like, weird, girly things that he couldn't believe he even thought about. Such as, if he and Jackie had gotten married all those years ago, would they have had kids by now? Maybe a daughter of their own? And what would she look like?

He physically shook his head, hoping to shake the thoughts into nothingness. Although, there was only one thing that could send his thoughts into nothingness… And partaking of a little of that later on sounded like a wonderful idea to him.

He looked at Jackie, smiling just a little. What was he doing? He didn't want to change things for her. She had the life she'd always wanted… without the husband or kids… Well… OK, not the life she'd always wanted, but something better. Something better than she could have dreamed of. And he'd already decided he wouldn't hurt her again. He'd meant it.

He sighed as he took another drink of his beer. This wasn't going to be easy. Because she looked way too sexy for her own good in that little green dress.

-

As the gang sat there, reminiscing, Kitty suddenly stood up. "Fez, honey, could you help me out in the kitchen?" she asked.

Fez stood up proudly. "Of course, Miss Kitty," he said, smiling at her.

The gang all started looking around the room at each other.

When Kitty asked Fez for help in the kitchen, it could only mean one thing.

She had a plan.

And everybody knew that when Kitty had a plan, everybody had to watch their backs.

Because there was no telling who she might be after.

And when Fez was involved… well, this was going to be interesting.

And somehow, Hyde had a good idea that love was in the air… or at least, in Kitty's and Fez's minds.

This could NOT be good.