"Eric," Donna said as soon as he answered the phone. "Code Red."
"What? Red's over?!" Eric exclaimed.
"No! I mean, it finally happened. Hyde found out."
"About Jackie? Oh God. What happened?" Eric groaned.
"I don't know but there was a lot of screaming and slamming doors. I got Jackie crying in one room, Hannah crying in another. Also, Hannah refuses to talk to Jackie right now, so that's another problem. Don't come home. Go straight to Fez's. Hyde stormed off. If he doesn't come to Fez's in an hour, you, Fez, and Kelso need to go looking for him. I'm worried that he'll do something stupid blinded by his hurt and anger. Promise me you won't let him, okay?" Donna instructed.
"Donna, when have me and the guys ever done something stupid?" He joked.
Donna then proceeded to call Brooke. "Hey, Brooke, what are you doing?"
"About to get dinner with Betsy, why?"
"I need to do me a huge favor. Hyde found out he's the father so it led to a big mess and now Jackie and Hannah are upstairs crying but won't talk to each other. I got the guys watching over Hyde but I can't comfort Jackie and Hannah so I need you to take Hannah off my hands...please?"
"Oh my gosh...I'm on it." Brooke said.
"Alright." Hyde said when he entered Fez's house. "I am asking you guys to come out with me so you can restrain me from doing something stupid by myself when I'm completely wasted. So, you guys in?"
"No, Hyde, I think we're going to stay here." Eric said seriously. "All of us. Including you."
"Yes, Hyde," Fez said quietly, "We heard what happened. We are very sorry."
"No need to be sorry." Hyde said gruffly.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Kelso asked kindly.
"Gee, Kelso. You are an idiot. When have I ever wanted to talk about anything?" Hyde snapped.
"Whoa, Hyde, c'mon." Eric said. "Look, we know you're upset, but lay off Kelso. Burning people is your way of burning off your anger because you keep your feelings inside of you. So you know what? We're gonna talk about it until all your feelings pour out. We're gonna try to make you cry. So get ready for a long night." He commanded, forcing Hyde into a chair. "But first...we need something to calm you down."
"I told you not to talk to me!" Hannah wailed.
"It's not Jackie. It's just me, Donna." She said calmly.
"Oh, hi Donna." Hannah said, sniffling.
"You're mother's really upset."
"Yeah? How do you think I feel?"
"You just need some time to think." Donna said. "Brooke and Betsy want to take you out to dinner, does that sound good?"
"I mean...if they really want to. But I don't think anyone wants to deal with me right now." Hannah sighed.
"Hannah, that's not true. Brooke and Betsy are more than willing to listen."
Donna knocked on her own bedroom door, where Jackie was crying her eyes out. "Steven? Hannah?" She said as Donna entered the room, and then turned to face Donna. "Oh...it's you."
"Don't pretend you're not happy to see me. Jackie, this is a crisis. And you're going to need friends to lean on. So you might as well be grateful for a change."
"You're right. I'm sorry Donna. It's just that everything in my life, for the first time in a long time, was perfect. I was back home, I was with my friends, Steven was as sweet as can be, and I had fallen for him again. And yet now, I'm crying in this pretty dress that was meant for him, with my makeup smeared all over due to incessive sobbing because in one moment, the last twelve years of my life have been questioned and scorned."
"Jackie, I-"
"I know I was wrong for not asking him to be in Hannah's life, or at least telling him he has a daughter. But my intentions were good. I just need someone to understand that, or at least pretend to." She said miserably.
"Jackie, I'll be there for you, I promise." Donna said, and without warning, Jackie flung herself into her arms, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Well, I gotta say boys; this did help calm me down." Hyde said, grinning through all the smoke. As angry as he still was, the circle calmed him down a little.
"Ya know, Hyde, I forgive you for calling me stupid earlier," Kelso said happily, "I mean, you were upset, I get it. And it could happen to anyone! I mean, when you think about it rationally, everyone in this circle could have fathered one of Jackie's children! Except Eric."
"Well, see Kelso, the problem with that is...she'd need three kids. But she only has one." Eric said.
"Maybe she only kept Hyde's because he was her favorite! Or because he carried the best genes. Who am I kidding? I would have the best genes! Our kid would be hot!" Kelso
"No, Kelso, you're jeans are nothing compared to mine. They're brand new and cost sixty dollars!" Fez said proudly. "And anyway I couldn't give Jackie's kids my jeans because we never had sex. And they wouldn't fit the child."
"Wait, you and Jackie didn't have sex?!" Hyde exclaimed. Maybe she wasn't completely over him when she started dating Fez...
"Wait, you're jeans cost sixty dollars?!" Eric exclaimed.
"It's very nice of you to take me out to eat, Brooke." Hannah said, picking at her fries.
"It's our pleasure." Brooke said. "Although, you really should eat some of that. I don't want you to be hungry later."
"I'm not hungry at all. And I won't be for a while. This whole situation makes me sick." She said, disgusted.
"Being a bastard isn't the worst thing in the world." Betsy said lightly. "Look at me. I'm one, and I turned out fine!"
"Betsy!" Brooke scolded. "Don't use that word! And you weren't an accident; you just came a little earlier than planned."
"Please, Mom, I was in your wedding. Those things usually don't happen conventionally." Betsy remarked.
Brooke bit her lip. "We're not going to have this discussion now. You know what? There's nothing to even discuss. Yes, you came a little unexpectedly, but I'll admit, if it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have given your father another chance, which would've been the stupidest mistake of my life. I love your father, and although we didn't get together conventionally, we're all one happy family, and isn't that all that counts?" She said wisely.
"I wish my parents were like that." Hannah pouted.
"Oh, sweetie, but they are. Your mother loves you very much, and your father took a great liking to you even before he knew you were his daughter! And you saw how excited your parents were for the date. They really do care for each other." Brooke said encourangingly.
"Yeah, well it sure doesn't seem like it." Hannah said dismally.
"They'll work it out. They always do, right?" Brooke said, biting her lip, saying it more to assure herself than Hannah.