The party consisted of the Hydes - Hyde, Jackie, eighteen year-old Holly, thirteen year-old Liam, and Davey-, the Formans - Kitty, Red, Eric, Donna, eighteen year-old Dan along with his girlfriend Kim, and fifteen year-old Craig. Fez, Gemma, and nineteen year-old Alex were also at the party, along with Alex's girlfriend Sydney. Bob Pinciotti, Midge Pinciotti, and Davey's longtime girlfriend Natalie Pullman were also there. The Kelsos, unfortunately, couldn't make it to the affair.
Obviously, the men stayed in the living room to watch TV and drink beer, the women gathered in the kitchen to talk together, and Liam and Craig went into Liam's room to hang out. Natalie and Davey attempted to escape into the basement for some alone time, but found that Dan, Kim, Alex, and Sydney were all down there as well.
"Where's Holly?" Davey asked.
Dan shrugged. "Last I saw her, she was with our moms."
"Huh." Davey looked around. "Weird." He took a seat with Natalie on one of the couches.
Meanwhile, Holly was in her room, crying. She had nobody to be with. Both of her best friends were with their girlfriends, and she definitely didn't want to hang out with the adults. She figured nobody would even notice that she wasn't around.
Holly hadn't had a boyfriend in almost a year. Ever since that terrible night at Cynthia Hackel's party, she couldn't get her best friend out of her head. She knew she couldn't lie to herself by being with somebody else. At least, not until she got over it. Plus, graduation was right around the corner. In almost a month, she would be out of that high school and could go anywhere she wanted... well, maybe.
Unfortunately, Dan had been with his girlfriend Kim for about five months now. It broke Holly's heart when Dan told her the news. And he looked so happy, too.. Kim was blonde, with glasses and a unique sense of humor. Most people tended to love her. Holly couldn't stand her.
Suddenly, Holly heard her grandmother's voice ring out through the house. "Kids, come up here!"
Even though Holly was upstairs, she figured this applied to her. She went downstairs, to the main floor. "What's wrong, Grandma Kitty?"
Kitty smiled at her granddaughter. "Oh, Holly, I should have known you'd be the first one up here. You're so sweet." She kissed her granddaughter's forehead. "I'm just so sick of everybody being seperated at these parties. I think we should all spend time together!"
Holly smiled at the gesture, although she really didn't want to be around everybody right now. However, she loved her grandma and would do whatever she told her to do. So, Holly sat on the floor in front the couch containing her father, Uncle Eric, and Uncle Fez. Her Grandpa Red was in one of the chairs, and Uncle Bob was in the other chair.
"Where've you been, Holl?" Hyde asked his daughter.
"In my room," she responded. "I didn't really have anybody to be with."
Hyde frowned. He felt bad for his daughter, because she was all alone today. However, he was glad that she didn't have a boyfriend.
Then, Davey came in the living room and sat on the loveseat with Natalie, with his arm around her. Dan and Kim sat near Holly on the floor, as did Alex and Sydney. Hyde scooted over on the couch so Jackie could fit, but upon realizing there would be no room, he picked her up and she sat on his lap. Donna, Midge, Kitty, and Gemma brought in fold-up chair to sit on, while Craig and Liam found a place on the floor near their siblings.
"So," Kitty said excitedly, "Little Davey is all grown up." She smiled with tears in her eyes.
Davey smiled, looking down and shaking his head so that his dark brown curls shook. "It's no big milestone. Just twenty-three."
"I can't believe you're so old, baby," Jackie said to her son. "It seems like yesterday that you were just four years old, begging for me to not go to work." She smiled at the memory. She looked at Natalie. "Your boyfriend used to be quite attached to me. He'd cry if I left his sight."
Natalie laughed and looked at her boyfriend. "Dave, that's so cute."
Davey just laughed. "Ya know."
Hyde smiled. "You remember meeting me, Dave?"
He shrugged. "A little. We lived with Grandma and Grandpa."
Kitty nodded. "You used to wake up early and help me make breakfast."
"And I used to take you fishing," Red commented, smiling at his first grandson.
"Yeah, I remember some of that now," Davey said with a smile.
"I just can't believe it," Jackie repeated, looking at her son. "My baby, all grown up, with a girlfriend."
Davey smiled at his mother. "You know you did this last year, Mom."
Jackie shrugged. "It just amazes me how fast time goes by. I mean, Holly and Dan are graduating in a month."
Donna nodded slowly, looking sadly at her eldest son. "Seems like we were just in their place, huh?"
Eric and Hyde laughed. "Let's hope they didn't do half of the things we did."
Dan gave his father a strange look. "What exactly did you do?"
"Smoked a lot of dope in my basement," Red stated matter-of-factly.
Hyde and Eric raised their eyebrows at their father.
"Thankfully," Red continued, "My basement is never filled with morons anymore, just the morons's kids."
"Is that a compliment, Grandpa?" asked Dan.
"Very well could be," Kitty answered for him. "Red doesn't say many nice things."
Everybody laughed at this true statement.
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It was ten, and everybody was leaving the party. Naturally, Natalie stayed later than everybody else, so she and Davey started heading upstairs.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing?" Jackie asked her son.
"Going in my room," Davey stated as though it were obvious.
"Not in this house you don't," she said simply, and pointed to the floor. "Get back down here."
Davey sighed. "Mom, I'm twenty-three."
"I don't care. You live here. I don't want you and your girlfriend to stay in your bedroom alone." Jackie shook her head as she said this.
"Whatever." Davey walked down the stairs and Natalie followed. "Let's go somewhere, Nat."
Jackie looked at him. "Where're you going?"
Davey shrugged. "I don't know."
She raised her eyebrows at him. "Okay. Be back home before-"
"Really, Mom, a curfew?" Davey asked, giving her a look. Then, he put on his shoes and walked out of the door with Natalie behind him. She shot Jackie an apologetic look before following her boyfriend.
Davey headed towards his car. "Come on, Nat."
Natalie opened the car door. "I don't think that was very fair of you."
"What?" Davey asked. "I think I'm old enough to know what's best for me."
"Yeah, but that was disrespectful," Natalie said. "Plus, you live in their home. So you should follow their rules."
"Whatever." Davey sighed again.
"Where are we going?" Natalie asked him as they backed out of the driveway.
Davey shrugged. "Let's go up to some bar or somethin'"
Natalie rolled her eyes. Whenever Dave was stressed, he'd go off to get drunk.
Davey took note of her eye roll. "We're celebrating my birthday."
"Whatever, Dave," Natalie said as they continued driving.
Once they got there, she and Davey walked in and sat down after ordering their drinks.
Within an hour, a few of Davey's friends had appeared, Davey was completely drunk.
"Dave, we should probably go," Natalie said. She had one drink, and was completely fine.
"I'm fine, Nat. Relax," Dave said.
Dave's friend Ryan laughed loudly. "She's so uptight, Dave." He, too, was drunk.
Upon hearing this, Davey laughed. "Yeeeeeah."
"Dave." Natalie's face was serious.
"What, babe?" He put an arm around her, then looked at his friends. "Don't mess with this girl, or I'll... mess you up. I'm gonna marry this girl."
Natalie squirmed in his embrace. "Dave, please. It's late. I can drive home and I'll just stay at your place for the night, okay?"
"Hot," Ryan commented.
"Nat, it's my birthday," Davey complained.
Natalie checked her phone for the time. "Uh, not anymore."
"Let's stay at your place," Davey slurred.
"We can't, Dave. My parents won't allow it, and your mom will be worried," Natalie said.
Davey shrugged. "I don't care. Let's sleep in my truck."
"We can't do that," Natalie said. "We'll just go to your house, okay?"
"No," Davey said sternly.
"Please, Dave. Let's just go," Natalie insisted.
"Don't kill our good time," Ryan said, taking a sip of beer. "Damn, you are really hot, you know that?"
Natalie rolled her eyes at him and turned to her boyfriend. "Dave."
"Fine, but I get to drive," Davey said.
Natalie's mouth dropped open. "There is no way that you are driving right now."
"C-come on, Nat." He took her hand, said bye to his friends, and walked out of the bar. "I love you," he said as they stood in front of the truck.
Natalie sighed. "I know. I love you, too."
Davey got down on one knee in front of her. "Natalie, will you-" He started laughing. "Will you marry me?" He reached in his pocket but could only find a straw wrapper. Then, he took her hand and tried to wrap it around her finger. She pulled it away.
"No, David," she said sternly.
"Wh-why?" Davey looked distraught.
"Because you don't mean it!" She looked extremely angry, then took his keys from his coat pocket and unlocked the car, getting in on the driver's side. Davey stood by her side.
"Why'd you just do that?" he asked.
"There is no way in hell that you are driving," Natalie stated. "Get in on the other side."
"Do you not love me?" Davey asked, looking into his eyes.
Natalie glared at him. "You know, I really don't know right now." She shut her eyes. "Get in."
He walked to the other side and got in the truck, and Natalie drove away, back to the Hyde household.
When they got back, nobody was awake and the door was locked. Natalie played trial and error with the lock and Davey's keys, and finally got into the house, leading her boyfriend in.
"Come on, Dave." She said, shushing him. "Let's stay in the basement, since I know you won't be quiet."
He followed her down the stairs, and laid on the couch, grabbing a blanket. "Where're you gonna sleep, baby?"
"I'll find a place, don't worry," Natalie said.
Davey soon fell asleep, and Natalie sat on the chair, attempting to get comfortable enough to fall asleep.
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At eight o'clock, Natalie heard noises upstairs, so she decided to go up and explain what happened to whoever was awake. She walked up the stairs and saw Jackie in the kitchen.
"Hey," she said softly.
When Jackie looked over and saw that she was there, Natalie saw a flash of anger pass before her eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Jackie asked quickly.
Natalie sighed and looked at her boyfriend's mother. "Dave got really drunk last night. His buddies met us up at the bar, and he just lost control of himself. He even proposed to me."
Jackie gave her a horrified look. "What?"
"Obviously I refused. I told him he didn't mean it. So I drove him home and took him into the basement so he could sleep on the couch," Natalie explained.
Jackie looked down. "Wow. Twenty-three and so immature."
Natalie nodded slowly. "I know." Suddenly, tears were forming in her eyes. She looked at Jackie, and Jackie noticed that she was about to cry.
"Oh, Natalie," Jackie said. "You're not thinking of...?"
Natalie slowly shrugged. "I don't know. We've been together for almost three years, but... this has got to stop." She bit her lip. "You should have seen him last night."
"I can guess what it was like," Jackie said. "Steven was known to do those types of things, too."
"Oh." Natalie looked down, then heard steps on the stairs. It was Davey, looking extremely tired.
"Why was I downstairs, Mom?" Davey asked his mother, then noticed his girlfriend in the kitchen. "Oh."
"Talk to Natalie, David," Jackie said.
"Okay, hold on." Davey walked to the sink and got a glass of water, chugged it, refilled it, then drank some while taking an aspirin.
"Will you take me home?" Natalie asked.
"Fine," Davey said, and went downstairs. He turned to face Natalie, who was standing near the door.
The couple walked to Davey's truck and got in. He started the car, and left the driveway.
"So I got drunk," Davey said. "I'm sorry."
Natalie crossed her arms. "Do you remember what you did?"
"Not really," Davey admitted.
"Dave, you /proposed/ to me." She tapped her foot. "You begged me to let you drive, and you invited your asshole friends, who are pretty creepy by the way."
"I... proposed?" Davey sat back and thought. "Oh yeah. Wow."
"Yeah." Natalie sighed. It was quiet for about five minutes. Once they reached her driveway, Natalie spoke up. "Dave... I don't know if I can do this anymore."
Davey's eyes widened. "No, no. Natalie, no."
"Last night was really bad," Natalie said. "And I warned you."
"I know." Davey looked down, and then back at her. "But please." He leaned closer to her, and went to hug her, but she backed away.
Natalie sighed. "Dave, I think it might be best if we-"
"No!" Davey cried. "No, no, no. We've been together for three years, Natalie. I love you so much. Yeah, I screwed up, but... I promise it'll never happen again."
"I don't know." Natalie shrugged.
"Please," Davey begged. "Please, don't do this."
"I think we need to," Natalie said, closing her eyes even though it allowed the tears to fall freely from her eyes.
"No, Nat," Davey pleaded.
She nodded. "I need to go, Dave." She opened the door, then got out and started walking away. Davey stopped the car and jumped out.
"No, damn it!" He kicked the ground. "Natalie, just please!"
She turned around. "No, Dave."
He walked closer to her, but she walked away and into her house. Davey had no idea what to do besides for getting into his car and leaving. So, that's what he did. As he drove away, tears slid down his face, until he got to his home. Then, he broke down. He walked into his house, and his mother saw him and instantly ran to him.
"Oh, baby," Jackie said, hugging her son. "Oh, Davey."
Davey continued to cry quietly, hugging his mother. Jackie flashed back to when Davey was three feet tall and five years old, and used to cling to her like this, crying because he didn't want her to leave. Now, he was crying because another woman he loved was leaving him. It actually made Jackie shed a few tears.
"Davey, it'll be okay," Jackie said, still hugging him. Her son said nothing, just continued sniffing. After a few minutes, Davey sat on the couch and wiped his eyes.
"No, it won't be okay," Davey said quietly.
Jackie frowned and looked at her son intensely. "Baby, it's just-"
"Mom, I spent three years with her. I love her. I can't just let this happen," Davey said. "I don't even know what to do with myself."
"I know, honey, I know." He rested his head on her shoulder, and she stroked his hair.
Hyde came downstairs just then, and saw Jackie and Davey, and was instantly concerned. "What happened?"
"I'll tell you later, Steven," Jackie said, just as Davey started to speak.
"Natalie broke up with me," Davey said.
Hyde raised his eyebrows. "Oh. Wow." He didn't know how to respond.
Jackie nodded, looking at her husband sadly, then back at her son. "It'll end up being okay."
"No, it won't," Davey said again. "I need to be with her."
Hyde sighed. "Jacks, can Dave and I talk alone for a minute?"
Jackie nodded, patted Davey sympathetically on the shoulder, and left the room.
Hyde sat down on his chair, somewhat across from Davey. "You need to be with her?"
Davey nodded, his eyes bloodshot. "I love her, Dad," he said, his voice cracking.
"Listen, I've been in situations somewhat like this," Hyde said. "In high school, I thought your mom cheated on me, so I cheated on her. She never cheated on me, I guess, but I told her about what I did. And she broke up with me." He nodded slowly, keeping up with his story. "And that was the first time I ever cried about a girl."
"How long were you broken up for?" Davey asked.
Hyde shrugged. "Not long. She eventually got over it. But then I thought I caught her cheating on me when she was in Chicago. She accepted a job there, because I wouldn't marry her. So I went there to propose, and I caught her with Kelso. Turns out he was just being stupid. But it caused me to leave for good... well, kinda. And I missed the first five years of your life because of that."
Davey nodded slowly. "I hope I can get her back like you did with Mom. I mean, we've never broken up before. And I need her in my life."
"Tell her that." Hyde shrugged. "Don't let her leave."
Davey stood up and grabbed his keys.
Hyde shook his head. "Not now. Give her a day or two. She may crack, too."
"Okay." Davey nodded and put his head in his hands as he sat back down on the couch.
A/N: Please review if you want more!