"Do you want to come too?"

Hyde liked being a lone wolf. No one to answer to, no one to drag along behind him….no one to hurt him. But sometimes, it could get a little lonely; all his friends were in relationships and they frequently left him alone in the basement. Like tonight, for example.

"Eric, do we have to see this movie?" Donna was pleading with Eric as they put on their coats.

"Donna, it's the new James Bond; of course we have to see it," Eric laughed and turned to Hyde. "Girls are weird, man."

Before they could leave, the basement door burst open, Kelso and Jackie already arguing as they walked in.

"But Jackie, the movie's called The Cat From Outer Space! We have to see it!" Kelso was whining, but Jackie ignored him and dropped down onto the couch.

"Michael, I'm tired of seeing space movies! And a cat? In space? I'm sorry, Michael, but that's just stupid." she rolled her eyes.

"Okay, uh, as fun as this argument would be to watch, we're gonna go," Eric said quickly, he and Donna making their escape. Normally, Hyde would've been annoyed, but it would be nice to have company for a little while….even if it was these two morons.

"Well damn, Jackie, what do you want to do then?" Kelso flopped into the folding chair, his legs spread out and arms hanging over the sides of the chair.

Hyde looked over to Jackie and saw she was suppressing a smile, her eyes shining because she knew she had won (like she always did).

"Oh, Michael, can we go to the arcade?" she pressed her hands together. "They got a new skee-ball machine and you know I love skee-ball!"

"I guess," Kelso sighed, but Hyde knew Kelso was just glad they weren't going to the mall or some girly shit like that.

Kelso and Jackie got up to leave, Kelso sliding his arm around Jackie's waist.

"See ya, Hyde," he called over his shoulder. Jackie, however, had stopped walking, turning back to face Hyde.

"Hey Steven….do you want to come too?" Jackie asked. Is it just me, or does she sound nervous?

Hyde stared at her, shocked that she would ask him if he wanted to go anywhere with her, much less tag along on her date night with Kelso.

"Uh….yeah, that sounds fun," Hyde was surprised to hear himself say. She had caught him off guard, and he couldn't think of a suitable excuse as to why he couldn't come. Also….well, he did want to go.

"Alright!" Kelso fist-pumped. "We can do that thing where we stick a paperclip in the machine slot and get it to give us all the tickets!"

He was so excited that he ran out of the basement, leaving Jackie and Hyde in the basement, still looking at each other.

"So….why do you want me to crash date night?" he grinned as he stood up and shrugged on his jacket.

"Well," Jackie looked around a little helplessly. "I mean, it was just too depressing! All of us going off and doing things while you sit here in this dirty basement. And, besides," she turned towards the door. "Now you can occupy Michael so I can play skee-ball and win that stuffed unicorn they're giving away."

Hyde smiled at that, following her out the door and towards Kelso's van.

That night, he and Kelso did the thing with the paperclip and got a whole armful of tickets. He took them and went up to the counter to claim his prize.

His real prize, however, was the look on Jackie's face when he presented her with that dumb unicorn.