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Author's Note: Hello everyone! How are you all? Doing well I hope. :) Today I have for you a new mini(very mini) oneshot for Hidden Stash Box. Now don't let the summary scare you because this Fez and Jackie little story is completely friendship. I loved the two as friends but anything else was just…No. Also thank you all for all of the wonderful support! It means so very much, your reviews have been so kind, I really appreciate them. Now I have just one little announcement (sorta) to make. I'm thinking about doing some summer mini oneshots but my question to you all is should I make it a separate collection like the Christmas and Halloween ones or just add them in this collection? Thoughts? I am fine with either. Again thank you for everything, I hope you all enjoy this one, sorry it's shorter than usual. I hope you enjoy it, please do review if you've got the chance I'd love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for reading, hope you like, please review if you can, and as always Enjoy!
The word that helped inspire this mini oneshot can be found 13 times in this story. Any guesses?
"Isn't The Mary Tyler Moore Show just the best show ever?" Jackie enthusiastically asked as she sat in the Forman basement watching Mary Richards buzzing about in the WJM-TV News room.
Her friend, who was watching the show beside her on the sofa, grinned and nodded in agreement, "Ah yes. It is a show that shows girls everywhere that they can have big careers, they do not need a man to be successful, they too can make it after all!"
"Yeah…" Jackie said staring at Fez who'd practically sang the show's theme song at the end of his statement, "But I was talking more about the clothes. Wouldn't you kill for Mary's wardrobe?" she ended with a cheerful smile.
"Would I ever." Fez answered without taking a moment to think over her words—he didn't need to! "I would love a beret like Mary's so that I could smile and toss my hat up in air and have the time freeze."
Of course it wasn't enough for Fez to simply share this daydream of his; he also had to act it all out! With a large bright smile on his face, he stood up and grabbed his imaginary hat off his head then threw it up in the air; his arm staying up so that he stood in the iconic Mary Tyler Moore pose. Jackie couldn't help but giggle at his actions but soon his grand smile crumbled into a sad pout.
"Aye. Now I am sad that I do not have a beret." He shared as he dropped back onto the duct taped couch.
"Aw Fez." Jackie said placing a sympathetic hand on his shoulder, "Would a popsicle help you feel better?"
His smile reappeared bigger than ever, "Yes please! A cherry one too!"
Jackie returned the smile and then got up from her seat, heading to the deep freeze for a frozen treat for each of them. While Jackie got the popsicles, Fez turned his attention back to the TV and saw anchorman Ted Baxter enter the scene; the foreigner grew excited knowing his would be laughing at one of Ted's silly lines soon. There was a sudden change of plans though when the sound from the dialogue on the TV was overpowered by a ear piercing yelp coming from the other occupant in the room.
Fez looked over at the little cheerleader, surprised that her tiny body could release such a loud and painful screech.
"Jackie?" he called, while rubbing his ears, at that same moment he noticed she was standing a least three feet away from the freezer and looking at the appliance in horror; Fez began to think the worst, "Aye no. Do not tell me there are no more cherry popsicles."
Still frozen in her spot Jackie shook her head back and forth, "No, it's not that. It's that." she pointed at the freezer.
Following her well manicured finger Fez found that she was pointing at a small little dot on the lid of the freezer. Curious, he slowly stepped closer to the mysterious spot. When he finally got close enough to see what the spot was, he felt silly for being so careful on the way over to it. The little spot was not a spot; it was a little black bug no bigger than a dime.
"A bug?" he asked giving a small laugh.
"No not a bug." Jackie glared at him as she argued, "A weird, gross bug."
"Oh Jackie, Jackie, Jackie." Fez chided lightly with a shake of his head, "Bugs are not weird or gross. They are little creatures who are just like us. They have their own lives with little bug families and little bug friends and little bug feelings too. They do not mean to scare us."
Jackie wasn't convinced and kept her distance, "Well this one scared me, so kill it!"
"Though I am not one who is for violence, it is not nice to scare people. Unless it is very funny." Fez mussed aloud and then grinned at his friend, "So I will slay the little bug for you my princess."
"Just kill the bug, Fez." Jackie ordered, unamused by his previous words.
Fez nodded, "Right."
He walked over to the spool table and grabbed the first magazine he saw, rolled it up and headed back to the freezer to get rid of the little pest who had not only interrupted Mary Tyler Moore but gotten in the way of his cherry popsicle. Fez lifted up the magazine, getting ready to strike.
"Wait!" Jackie suddenly exclaimed.
With his weapon raised in midair, Fez turned to her, "What?"
"That's my new Tiger Beat. I don't want icky bug guts on it. I haven't finished reading it." she explained as she took back her magazine back and replaced it with another piece of reading material that had been left in the basement, "Here, use one of Eric's dumb comic books, it's not like they'll ever be worth anything."
Wordlessly Fez took the Spiderman comic book and rolled it up tightly as he got ready for his big attack.
His voice was in a whisper that was full of concentration, "Ready…steady…go!"
SMACK!
"Aye no." Fez said as soon as the paper hit the deep freeze.
"What?" Jackie asked, moving closer but staying behind him—not wanting to get too close to the bug even if it was dead—she looked at the freezer trying to see if the bug was still there. She didn't see it. Wearing a frown she asked, "Did you get it?"
Fez gulped and then slowly he shook his head 'no.'
"It is worse than that." he explained as his eyes fearfully looked up and around the room, "It flies! Run for your life!"
At that the comic book went flying in the air as Fez made a mad dash for the basement door but made sure to save Jackie by grabbing her wrist and pulling her with him to the safety of outside.
Author's Note: So what did you think? Yay? Nay? Neither? Lemme know in a review!
And the word that inspired this mini oneshot was…bug. Guess correctly anyone? Bravo to you if you did! :)
Once again, if you could give your input on whether I should post summer themed mini oneshots on their own in a separate collection (like with Halloween and Christmas) or just add them into this collection, I would really appreciate it. Hoping to have the first summer story up next week!
Until next time, thanks for reading, hope you liked, please review and lemme know what you think, stay tuned, take care, and have a nice day!