Hey guys! Thanks for the Reviews once again. This chapter is a little shorter than most but I promise the next one will be longer and better! This is their first day back together as a family and Hyde as a surprise for them. Hope you like it!
Hyde woke up the next morning and smiled down at Jackie who was safely in his arms. He stared at her for a moment, making sure he wasn't dreaming and she really was beside him once again. He kissed the top of her head and slipped out of bed and went down to his office. He picked the phone on his desk and dialed WB's number.
"Hello?" He heard WB say.
"Hey. It's Steven." He said.
WB yawned. "Morning son. How was your night with Jackie?"
Hyde laughed. "It feels good to have her home."
"I bet it does. Now…what's on your mind?" WB asked.
Hyde looked back at the door to make sure he was alone. "Well I was wondering if it would be ok with you if I took a few weeks off to go on vacation."
WB smiled on the other end of the phone. "Need a little time to bring back the family?" He asked.
Hyde chuckled. "Yeah. Something like that."
"Well I think that would be fine. Angie and I can take care of the stores for you." He said. "Where we're you thinking about going?"
Hyde sighed. "That's what I need to figure out."
"Well if you want…you can go to my beach house in L.A." He said.
Hyde smiled. "Really? I think Jackie would love that."
WB laughed. "Of course she would. Big beach house…right on the water. Pretty secluded because it's on private property. You can stay as long as you need too."
Hyde smiled. "Thanks WB. That would be great."
"Have fun son. Come by later for the keys and the directions. You can use my frequent flyer miles too if you want." He said.
Hyde was ecstatic. "Thank you so much. This is just what we need."
"Don't mention it. Have fun!" He said.
"Bye." Hyde said hanging up.
He turned around and saw Jackie coming over to the door. "Hey…" She said yawning.
He smiled and walked over to her, pulling her to him. "Morning."
She rubbed her eyes. "You're up early."
He shrugged. "Yeah I had some things I needed to take care of."
Jackie rubbed his back. "What kind of things?"
"You'll find out later." He said kissing the top of her head. "What time do you think we should go get your stuff?"
She shrugged. "Well…Kyle and Fez we're pretty drunk. We should give them some time to sleep it off before we go barging in there."
He chuckled. "Sounds good."
She smiled. "The kids are still fast asleep."
Hyde smiled and nuzzled her neck. "They had a long night last night."
She giggled and leaned up to kiss him. "I guess they did."
He smiled and pecked her lips again. "Want me to make breakfast?"
She smiled. "Sure. I'm kind of cold though so I think I'm going to go borrow a sweatshirt." She said.
Hyde smiled and patted her but. "Ok. I'll be in the kitchen."
Jackie walked back upstairs and Hyde went to the kitchen to start to make some breakfast for them. Jackie was rummaging through Hyde's closet to get a sweatshirt. She slipped it on and smiled as she inhaled the sweet smell that was Steven Hyde. She walked down the hall and checked on the kids again and they we're still fast asleep. She walked down stairs and went into the kitchen and saw Hyde cooking away. She hopped up on the counter and smiled at him.
"What are you making?" She asked.
"Waffles. Is that ok?" He asked.
She smiled and rubbed the nape of his neck as he cooked. "Sounds great."
He smiled at her. "So how do you think Red is feeling this morning?"
Jackie laughed. "I'm gonna go with hung-over."
Hyde gasped. "You just might be right."
She giggled and wrapped her arms around herself. "Are you mad we didn't have sex last night?"
He looked over at her and saw the small nervous pout and he walked over to her, put his hands on her thighs and leaned up to kiss her. "No. I'm not."
She rubbed his cheeks. "Are you sure?"
He nodded. "Jackie, I'm just glad you agreed to come home last night ok? We can do whatever you want."
She nuzzled his nose. "We need to learn to balance what we both want though. That's important…"
He nodded. "That's true…but I'm not going to push you into anything. When you're ready to have sex again…we will."
She smiled and leaned down to kiss him. "Thank you." She looked at the stove. "I think your waffles are burning."
He spun around and flipped them and she giggled. Hyde just glared at her and she kicked him in the ass. He grabbed her foot and tickled her ankle and she chuckled. She felt good about being home again…she wasn't angry at him anymore. She knew he wanted to be with her and wanted the family to be whole again. He put the waffles on the plates and brought them over to the table and Jackie stayed on the counter.
"You coming?" He asked.
She shook her head. "Come and get me."
He smirked and got up and stood with his back in front of her. She hopped on his back and he dropped her off on the chair.
She laughed. "Thank you."
He smiled. "You're welcome."
Jackie bit into the waffles and smiled. "Mmm…this is good puddin pop."
He smiled. "Thanks."
"So it's strange…Laurie and Kelso married." She said.
"Yeah. We're all married off…well except Kyle and Fez." He said.
"They basically are. They really do love each other. It's cute." She said smiling.
"I should thank them for taking such good care of you guys." She smiled and patted his hand.
"Well I'm home now." She said. "Now you can take care of us."
He smiled and leaned forward to kiss her. "And I will take care of you guys."
Jackie smiled and leaned in to kiss him again when they we're interrupted by a screaming toddler. "MOMMY!"
Jackie giggled. "That would be Mia…"
Hyde smiled and pulled her up out of her chair. "Come on."
They walked upstairs and went into Mia's room and she was standing up in her crib, holding onto the bars. "Morning!" She yelled.
Jackie smiled and picked her up. "Morning Mia."
"Hungry." She said.
Hyde laughed and kissed her curly little head. "I made some waffles. I'll cut some up for you downstairs."
Mia smiled. "Yummy."
Jackie laughed. "Let's go see if your brother is up."
Mia smiled and hugged her Mom as they walked down the hall to Aiden's room. Hyde peered down in the crib and saw Aiden looking up with his big blue and green eyes. He smiled when he saw his father.
"He's up." Hyde said picking him up. "Oh…and he's ripe too." He said making a face of disgust.
Jackie laughed. "You can take care of that darlin."
Hyde smiled. "Gee thanks sweetie. You are just so sweet to me."
She smiled. "I try. We'll be downstairs eating the delicious breakfast you made if you need us." She said walking out of the room.
Hyde laughed. "Come on little man. Let's get you cleaned up."
When he was done, he joined the rest of his family downstairs for breakfast. They ate in comfortable silence until Mia tugged on her mother's arm.
"Mommy?" She asked.
Jackie looked down at her. "Yeah honey?"
"We stay now?" She asked.
Jackie frowned down at her daughter, knowing how hard it had been for her to go back and forth between the apartment and the house. She picked Mia up out of her height chair and hugged her.
"Yes sweetie. We're gonna stay now." She said.
Mia looked back at her father. "Stay?"
He leaned forward and rubbed her little chubby cheek. "Yeah. You guys are gonna stay. If that's ok with you of course." He said with a smirk.
Mia giggled. "Yeah. Me wanna stay."
Hyde leaned forward and kissed her cheek. "Just what I was hoping for."
"Go get toys?" She asked.
Jackie giggled. "Yup. We're gonna go get your toys and things in a little while." She assured her.
Mia smiled. "Ok. Good."
Hyde smiled at his wife and caught her eyes in a heated stared. "Yeah. That's good."
Jackie winked at him and kissed Mia's head as they continued to eat breakfast. An hour later, she called the apartment and Kyle and Fez told them to come over and get their stuff when they wanted too. They packed into the car and drove over to their place and knocked on the door. Kyle opened the door and he looked pretty rough.
"Hey…" He said in a hoarse voice.
Jackie laughed. "Well don't you look smashing?"
He grinned at her. "Thanks. Come on in…"
Hyde and Jackie walked into the apartment and looked around. Fez was no where in site.
"Where's Fez?" Hyde asked.
"In bed. He looks like death…" Kyle said swallowing some Tylenol.
Jackie laughed. "Well we won't bother him. We'll just grab my stuff and be out of your hair."
Kyle nodded. "Right. Well I'm just gonna lie down on the couch. I'll watch the kids if you want. I'd help…but I'm afraid I won't be much help."
Hyde laughed. "No sweat. Relax."
Kyle nodded. "Come on kiddies…come watch cartoons with Uncle Kyle."
Jackie and Hyde walked into the bedroom and started packing stuff up. Jackie was packing her clothes and Hyde was grabbing the kids stuff.
Jackie sighed. "It's going to take me forever to sort everything out again at the house." She said.
Hyde smiled. "Well how would you feel about not unpacking for awhile?"
She looked over at him, confused by his statement. "What do you mean?"
He smiled, now was the perfect time to tell her about the trip. He walked over to her and pulled her down onto the bed. "I was thinking this morning that the four of us need some time alone…"
Jackie smiled. "Ok?"
He leaned forward and kissed her gently. "So if it's ok with you…WB offered to let us use his beach house in LA for a few weeks."
Jackie's face lit up in surprise. "Are you serious?"
He smiled. "Very."
Jackie grabbed him and hugged him. "Oh Steven…that would be wonderful." She kissed his cheek and then pulled back. "Wait…are you sure you can take the time off of work?"
He nodded. "Yeah. I've spent plenty of time on the stores…now its time for me to focus on my family."
She smiled and held his face in her hands, kissing him deeply. "This is just what we need…"
He smiled. "That's what I thought too."
"How long can we stay?" She asked.
He shrugged. "WB said as long as we need too. Angie and he are going to take care of the stores for me."
She smiled and kissed him. "When can we leave?"
"Whenever you are ready. WB's frequent flyer mile tickets are up for grabs so we can get them whenever." He said.
Jackie smiled and jumped on him, knocking him over on the bed. "Steven…just the four of us in LA."
He chuckled and rubbed her back. "So you like the idea then?"
"I love it!" She said kissing him again. "Come on…let's pack and go to California!" She said.
Hyde laughed as she started packing again. "You know what's funny?"
"What?" She asked.
"Kelso ran away to California…and that's how we hooked up in the first place. And now we're going there to bring our family together again." He said.
Jackie walked back over to him and leaned down to kiss him. "Then I officially love California."
He smiled. "That makes two of us."
Jackie kissed him again and continued backing up her stuff dreaming about all the fun they would have in California. A few weeks away from the craziness of the world as sure to help them fix their problems. They packed everything into the car; drove by WB's and picked up the key to the beach house. Called the Foreman's and told them where they would be and gave them the number. Ran by the house and made sure they had everything they needed and then dropped off Zeppelin at Kyle and Fez's again where he would be staying. They got to the airport at around three in the afternoon.
Hyde walked up to the main desk. "Hi. I'm William Barnett's son and he called to ask for his frequent flyer miles."
The woman behind the desk smiled. "Yes sir. Here you go…four first class seats. And lucky for you there is no one else in there tonight. You'll have it all to yourself."
Hyde looked back at Jackie and smiled. "You hear that babe? First class all to ourselves."
Jackie smiled. "Oh you are going to be rewarded for this brilliant idea."
Hyde chuckled. "Duly noted."
They checked their bags and boarded the plane. Hyde made sure they we're all secure and he held Aiden because he was too little to sit by himself. Mia was shaking in the seat next to Jackie.
"Mommy…scared." She whimpered.
Jackie leaned down and kissed her head. "It's ok sweetie. Plane rides are actually quite fun. We'll be there before you know it. You can hold my hand while we take off ok?"
Mia looked at her Daddy. "Daddy safe?"
He nodded. "Yeah baby, we're safe."
She pouted and grabbed her Mother's hand. "Ok…"
Jackie smiled. "There's my girl."
The Captain came on the loud speaker to announce they would be taking off. Mia squeezed her mother's hand as they took off and Aiden was fast asleep in his father's arms so he didn't seem to notice. When they we're safely in the air, Mia started to relax.
"Feeling better sweetie?" Jackie asked rubbing her head.
"Yeah." She said. "Where go?"
Hyde smiled. "We're going to California."
Mia sucked her thumb. "Fun?"
Hyde nodded. "Uh huh. We're going to go to the beach…and swim in the ocean. And maybe we'll go to Disney World."
Mia's face lit up. "Mickey?"
He chuckled. "Yeah. We can go see Mickey and Minney."
She clapped her hands. "Yay!"
Jackie laughed. "Well why don't you try and sleep a little sweetie."
Mia snuggled into her mother and closed her eyes as Jackie scratched at her scalp. Jackie rested her head on Hyde's shoulder and he leaned over to kiss the top of her head.
"You excited?" He asked.
She smiled and kissed his shoulder. "Very."
"I think it will be good for us. There will be no outside distractions…just us." He said.
Jackie smiled against him and snuggled into him. "I think it will be just what we need."
"Plus…I can't wait to see you in a bikini on the beach." He said with a smirk.
Jackie smiled. "Yes that will be a very good sight."
He smiled. "And I'll kick any guy's ass who tries to come near you."
She looked up at him and kissed the side of his mouth. "I wouldn't expect anything less."
Hyde chuckled. "WB told me the beach house was huge."
"Of course it is. Your father is like a millionaire." She said.
He laughed. "He said it's on private property so we won't have to deal with any other tourists except for the people who live near by."
Jackie smiled. "Well that's good."
"He mentioned something about a boat once too. That would be kind of fun to go out on one day." She said.
"Do you know how to steer a boat?" She asked.
Hyde laughed. "We won't go that far out."
Jackie smiled. "Whatever you say baby."
Hyde's heart warmed at the feeling of being with his family again. "Jackie…I don't think you understand how happy I am to be with you all again."
She smiled against his shoulder and holds onto his arm. "I know the feeling…"
"I mean…you guys are my life." He said. "I don't want to disappoint you again."
She looked up at him and kissed his cheek. "I have faith in you that you won't."
He smiled down at her. "That's good to hear."
She smiled. "Steven…you are a wonderful husband. You made a mistake…you're only human. We all make mistakes…and I know that you love this family. I know that you love me. I'm proud of what you've done for us and for the business…I just want you to have time for both of us."
He nodded his head. "I do. I really do…"
She smiled and kissed him again. "That's all I ask."
Hyde smiled and felt her relax against him. And as his family fell asleep next to him he felt at peace. This is where he belonged…this is what life was about. Family, and being with the ones you love and the ones who loved you back.
After they landed in LA, they took a cab to WB's beach house. The kids we're still asleep and Hyde and Jackie carried them up to the main bedroom. Jackie looked around and put her stuff down.
"Well this is a great house." Jackie whispered.
Hyde looked around in agreement. "Yeah. It is."
"But we forgot one thing." She said.
Hyde looked back at her. "What?" He whispered.
"No cribs." She said trying not to laugh.
Hyde chuckled. "Oh…right. Well…"
She smiled. "They can sleep with us…" She said holding his hand.
He smiled at her and then looked at the kids lying on the bed. "I think that is a wonderful idea."
Jackie smiled and kissed his cheek. She went into the bathroom and changed into some pajamas because they we're exhausted from traveling. Hyde changed into his boxers and lay down next to a sleeping Aiden who moved slightly. Jackie came out of the bathroom and smiled.
"The shower and bath tub is huge!" She said.
Hyde smirked. "Nice…"
She giggled and settled in next to Mia who snuggled up to her mother. "God they are so perfect…" She said smoothing back Mia's curls.
Hyde smiled and kissed Aiden's head. "I was just thinking the same thing."
"It's weird you know? They're a little bit of both of us…it's amazing to me." She said kissing Mia's head.
Hyde smiled. "I know. I never thought I'd have kids." He said honestly. "Until I met you." He whispered.
Jackie smiled. "Aww Steven…"
He laughed. "Shut your pie hole."
She smirked. "Maybe tomorrow we can see if there is anywhere to get cribs." She said.
Hyde nodded. "Yeah. I'll use WB's credit card that he lent me for anything."
Jackie raised an eyebrow. "He lent you one of his credit cards?"
He smiled. "Yup. He said that since he got me so wrapped up in the stores…he figured it was the least he could do. I mean…I told him it was my own fault. But…it will nice to spend someone else's money."
Jackie giggled. "Yes it will."
He smiled and reached his hand across and twirled her hair through his fingers. "What do you want to do tomorrow?"
She smiled. "Anything. As long as we're all together."
He smiled. "I was thinking we could go down to the beach for the day."
She smirked. "Hm…I'll get to test out my new black bikini. The top is strapless…"
Hyde gulped. "Strapless?"
She smiled. "Uh huh…and I'll get to work on my tan."
"Tan…" He mumbled.
She smiled. "Yeah…I'll have to get to that perfect shade of cocoa brown."
Hyde's eyes fluttered shut. "Oh yeah…"
She giggled. "Well…goodnight Steven. I love you."
Hyde opened his eyes and watched her fall asleep with his children and he smiled. She was going to torture him. But honestly…he wouldn't want it any other way.
"Goodnight Jackie. Good night kids…I love you." He whispered to them.
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