Chapter 49: Winter Fun
As the month of December quickly passed on by for everyone in the gang the snow did not. Each and every few days for what seemed like hours snow would fall down from the sky coating the ground and roads of snow. With each snowstorm that took place the snow days started to pile up for the kids. Something that at first made them cheer in joy due to them getting a day off from school before realization of they would have to make up the day in the summer kicked into their minds. But this still didn't stop the kids from having fun. In fact for the whole month everyone got into a rhythm.
When it was snowing hard outside the gang would spend the night downstairs in the basement before being awoken in the morning by Red. From there the boys would help Red shovel out the driveway as the girls stayed inside and had a few conversations on all sorts of topics at the kitchen table. This would go on for most of the month. However there was also times when the gang had fun outside.
First it started in the middle of the month when the girls decided to go outside and help their boyfriends shovel the driveway. After a little while once the driveway was cleared of the snow with a grin on their faces Kelso and Brooke launched a snowball in each of Eric and Jackie's direction before declaring a snowball fight. From there all hell broke loose. Each of the couples quickly hide away behind anything they could find before sending wave after wave of snowballs at the other couples. After a while when they realized that Eric and Jackie along with Fez and Caroline were focusing their fire only on them and the spot they were hiding behind Kelso had quickly lead Brooke into the back of his van as he was pelted with snowballs.
This ended up being a huge mistake on Kelso's part. After a few moments of hearing nothing but snowball after snowball hitting the outside of his van as he held onto the back doors tight Kelso suddenly heard silence outside of the van. But this didn't last as suddenly the sound of even larger amounts of snow hitting the outside of the van echoed inside of the van. Knowing that they were trapped like rats in a cage first Kelso tried to open up the back doors of the van to make a run for it. When he opened the back doors he was met with a snowball directly to his face before he quickly shut the doors back tight. Dispute Brooke's warnings Kelso attempted time after time again to exit through the back doors. Each and every time the results remained the same. When he would try to leave a snowball would be sent his way.
After a good half an hour suddenly the outside of the van went silent except for the sound of voices moving away from the van. Quietly moving over towards the back doors Kelso listened in with Brooke as they heard in the distance the sound of the sliding doors opening and closing. After a small conversation with them agreeing that everyone must have gone inside Brooke attempted to open up the back doors but came back stunned as the doors wouldn't budge. Once Kelso had seen this he too attempted to get the back doors opened but he came up with the same results as his girlfriend.
Once he heard Brooke go by him towards the front of the van with the explanation that they could just go out the driver's side or passenger's side door Kelso looked on as Brooke bent over the driver's seat before he watched her eyes go wide. After hearing her telling him that he will never believe this Kelso made his way towards his girlfriend before following her eyes to the outside world. What he saw outside of the driver's door also made his eyes go wide. Outside of the door was a mountain of snow that was blocking the door from opening. Turning towards the passenger's side Kelso looked out the window to see the same result on the passenger's door.
After hearing Brooke telling him that they have trapped them inside of the van with a grin on his face Kelso sweet talked to Brooke telling her that it isn't so bad. That in fact they just did them a favor. A favor to give them some alone time. From there with a smile on her face Brooke engaged Kelso in a hot makeout session that turned into something more very quickly.
Meanwhile inside of the house the rest of the gang was found sitting at the kitchen table laughing about the prank they had just pulled on Kelso and Brooke. That they not only have Kelso and Brooke at their mercy and could get whatever they wanted from them for them freeing them from the van but the thought of Brooke giving Kelso a tongue lashing as echoed through their minds. However unaware to their knowledge the results they wanted didn't quite happen exactly the way they had wanted.
After a few hours Jackie and Eric declared that it was time to go unbury Brooke and Kelso from their wintery prison. Leading the rest of the gang outside except for Hyde who had left the gang's side a few hours before due to what everyone expected to be to spend some time with Laurie slowly Jackie and Eric shoveled away on side of the back of the van while Fez and Caroline did the other. After a short while once the snow had been all cleared away reaching up Eric and Jackie opened up the back doors before each of their eyes widened along with Fez's and Caroline's once they had seen what had transpired inside of the van. All scattered across the van was articles of clothing with Kelso and Brooke laying across the floor with their winter coats covering their bodies. Their state of shock was broken up when they watched Kelso look up towards them before he sent a wave towards them with a wide grin across his face.
On other days things were more simpler. In the front of the house after Red had made a small path way to the mailbox the gang had each made a snowman in front of the house. But each of the snowmen were different. Two of them were dressed for the winter weather with a simple jacket and scarf. Another had a football helmet placed on top of his head and a football lodged to it's side as if it was a running back. But the last three made the everyone in the gang laugh as the snowmen were turned into snow woman with a few large snowballs placed into their chest. But not to be out done the guys declared they needed to make the others into snowmen before they each made a few snowballs of their own and placed them at the snowmen's lower body. Something that not only caused the whole group to laugh but for Kitty to go red in the face in embarrassment when she tried to ask nicely for the kids to remove the added parts the next day.
But then as the days went by that was when the gang started to take things to another level. Once they had seen that the driveway was coated with ice after removing all of the vehicles from the driveway the gang decided to play a special game of couples snow bowling. After a quick car ride over to a toy store after school the gang gathered a few sets of plastic bowling pins and a few large sleds. Once they had gotten back to the Forman residence and the pins set up that was when the fun began. Sliding across the ice on the sleds each couple would knock into the bowling pins with pure joy across their faces. In fact for the next few hours all that could be heard from the Forman residence was the sound of laughter. After a few times of going across the ice even Red and Kitty got into the fun after being convinced by Eric and Jackie to give it a try. With Red steering and Kitty holding onto his waist tight the older couple went across the ice and knocked down every bowling pin the first time with the sound of Kitty letting a happy laugh echoed through the air.
Once her laugh was heard smiles came to each of the gang's faces from seeing someone that they considered a mother figure to them having so much fun. But that was when everyone got nervous when Kitty turned towards Hyde and Laurie and declared that it was their turn. With each stuttering and trying to come up with a excuse Kitty asked them what was wrong before she surprised everyone by declaring that they were chicken. Chicken to admit that they were a couple and chicken to lose to the rest of the kids. Once she had seen Hyde and Laurie taking the bait and declare they were not chicken with a smile Kitty said out loud to everyone that they are a couple then. Seeing the two teenagers going silent Kitty quickly broke them out of their shocked state by saying that they are a couple. A couple of chickens.
With determined looks across each of their faces Hyde took the sled from Kitty with Laurie following close behind him before setting the sled down. Once he sat down on the sled and felt Laurie wrapping her arms around his waist tight with a nervous look on his face Hyde looked over towards Red seeing an unreadable face before he sent the sled flying down the driveway. Right as they connected sending the bowling pins flying they listened in as the rest of the gang let out a cheer before they both turned to see Red with a smile on his face.
But as the month came to an end the gang had one more idea for the winter season. Well one person did anyways. An idea involving a pair of skies,some rope,and his van. One day as he saw everyone in the basement with a few cups of hot chocolate in each of their hands Kelso declared he had the best idea of what they could do next for the winter season. With everyone listening in Kelso told everyone his plan of using a pair of skis to slide across the icy roads as they held onto a rope. Once he had told his plan Kelso was met by the same answer by everyone in the gang. A simple no way. Dispute his best efforts Kelso was unable to convince anyone to do his idea before he declared he would do it alone then dispute Brooke's protests.
With everyone watching Kelso put his plan into motion outside. Making sure the back doors of his van were locked Kelso tightly tied a rope across the doors. Well he thought he did before Eric and Jackie went over to make the rope tighter so the ropes knots wouldn't break. After that Kelso had put on his skies after he had successfully found the equipment that had been hidden away by Brooke. But now with everyone watching except for Brooke who has a hand covering her eyes fearing the worse for his wellbeing Kelso looks over to the front of the truck at Red before giving him the thumbs up. Within seconds Kelso listened in as his van started before he took off slowly down the driveway. But as he started to relax that was when Kelso let out a small scream as Red picked up the speed on the van. With a shout of abandon ship Kelso quickly let go of the rope before sliding his way over into a pile of snow where he landed face first into the snow as he heard Brooke shouting out his name from a distance. Reaching an arm up Kelso gave a thumbs up before plopping his arm back into the snow pile.
Authors Notes: A short little fun chapter for everyone. Only 4 more reviews until someone gets to decide what a chapter of this story can be about. Remember if you are lucky reviewer 125 then you get to decide a chapter.
Pootamis
