Disclaimer: You know the drill. I don't own any of the characters blah blah
blah. Oh yea cept for Mackenzie of course.
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Chapter 8~ Bloody Knuckles
Mackenzie woke early the next morning and collected herself enough to be aware of her surroundings. Her record player squeaked as the needle ran over and over on the end of the Frank Sinatra record she had been playing the night before and the morning sun poured through the sheet she had hung over her window. Mackenzie pushed her rumpled covers off her body and walked over to the window, pushing aside the makeshift curtain. It had finally stopped snowing and the glare of the sun off the snow was almost unbearable to her unadjusted eyes. She let the curtain fall back into place behind her as she turned around to go take a shower and get dressed.
When Mackenzie reached the kitchen, Donna was already seated at the table sipping a cup of coffee and reading the local newspaper. "Good morning!" Mackenzie said cheerfully as she poured herself a cup of coffee. Actually it was more like milk and sugar with a little bit of coffee, but it was enough to get her going in the morning.
"Well how was it?" Donna wasted no time with technicalities.
"It was so awesome." Mackenzie sat next to her cousin, fully prepared to tell her all the details of the night before, "And the seats were right there, I could practically catch the sweat dripping from their faces. And I got some amazing pictures" She paused only to take another sip of her coffee but Donna cut her off before she could continue.
"No, you goob, I meant how'd it go with Hyde? I heard him in your room again last night." Donna put her newspaper down onto the table and leaned forward in expectation.
Mackenzie only rolled her eyes at her older cousin. "Nothing happened last night and nothing ever will. Hyde and I are just," She paused again and let out a sigh, almost pondering the question as if it were the first time she had ever thought about it, "we're just friends."
"Sure, sure." Donna leaned back in her chair, "That's why he climbs up to your room every night and doesn't leave till dawn. And it's also why you guys are constantly all over each other. It also explains why Hyde's so upset about you going out with that jackass tonight."
Mackenzie leaned back in her chair and glared at Donna, "He's not a jackass and I don't know why Hyde's so mad." She sighed again, "The weirdest thing happened last night Don." Again Mackenzie stopped to think of how she was going to explain herself, "I think Hyde kissed me last night."
"What do you mean, you 'think' he kissed you. Either he did or he didn't." Donna said.
"I mean I think he did. Well, I fell asleep in the car on the way home, and then I guess he brought me up to my room 'cause when I woke up I think he kissed my forehead." Mackenzie shook her head to dismiss the thoughts, "Anyways it doesn't matter. I probably dreamt it up." She stood and pushed her chair in.
"Yea well either way it means you guys are meant for each other. If you're dreaming about him kissing you it means you want it, and if he actually did it means you both want it." Donna said smiling at Mackenzie. She loved teasing her cousin, but she loved Mackenzie and Hyde's relationship even more. It amused her to see two people so stubborn refuse the other because of pride. What she couldn't understand was if it were pride that was stopping Mackenzie then why would she lower herself to Doug.
"Ugh." Mackenzie gave up the fight. She knew she would never win with Donna. She grabbed Donna by the arm and pulled her up. "Come on, we need to go wake Hyde up anyway. He needs to open up the Foto-Hut for me before my date tonight." And with that, Mackenzie and Donna got their coats and walked over to Eric's basement.
When they got there Eric was already up on the couch, watching cartoons. Donna took off her coat, changed the channel and sat down on the couch without saying a word. Eric turned his head to look at Donna, who did not move, but it was early and he knew he wouldn't win, so like Mackenzie, he gave up without putting up a fight.
Mackenzie laughed at the two and rolled her eyes. "Hey man, Hyde up yet?"
"Nah," Eric answered, "And I wouldn't wake him up either. He almost killed me before when I went in to borrow one of his records."
Mackenzie ignored his warning and went into Hyde's room anyway. When she got in there she saw Hyde sleeping in only his boxers, with all of his covers kicked off except for one thin sheet. Mackenzie swallowed hard but smiled when she saw him toss in his sleep. Mackenzie pulled off her shirt and climbed into bed next to Hyde pulling the sheet around her lower body. She placed her head down on his chest and put her hand on his stomach. She rubbed her hand up and down his body, letting her other hand twirl his hair.
Hyde's eye's fluttered open and he looked down to see Mackenzie's head on his chest. Mackenzie looked up at him, still rubbing his chest with one hand, "Good morning sexy. It's about time you got up." Hyde smiled at her, still half asleep, "You have to get up now, sleepy. You promised to make me breakfast last night." As Hyde began to wake up he realized something wasn't right. Mackenzie moaned a little, "Mmmm, Steven, you were an animal last night. I'm still sore."
Hyde rubbed Mackenzie's arm and smiled. Suddenly Hyde sat up in bed, flinging Mackenzie off of his bed in fits of laughter. "Wh-what's going on?" He had no clue what was going on. He didn't think he had done anything with Mackenzie the night before. He couldn't have. Hyde looked at Mackenzie lying on the ground laughing hysterically. She stood up, still laughing, and put her shirt on. "What happened?" Hyde asked again. "Geeze, some people just can't take a joke." Mackenzie huffed, putting her hands on her hips.
Hyde shook his head at her. He had to admit she had got him, but he was still a little pissed, though not so much at her. He had been dreaming he had been with her and to be pulled out of such a dream with such harshness was just cruel. Hyde was even madder at himself for dreaming it in the first place.
To play it off Hyde reached out and grabbed Mackenzie by the waist and pulled her back onto the bed. "You think I was an animal last night huh? You haven't seen anything yet." He pinned her to the mattress and started tickling her.
Mackenzie, who was extremely ticklish, went into fits of laughter. "Ok, Ok, I give up!" She yelled through giggles, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Hyde let go of Mackenzie and laid down next to her. "I must say though," Mackenzie added as she rolled over and propped herself up on her elbow, "you do look mighty sexy in these Pac Man boxers of yours." She pulled at the waistband of Hyde's boxers before running out of the room.
When she entered the other room, Donna and Eric were staring at her. "What?" she said innocently and sat down in Hyde's chair. A few minutes later Hyde emerged from his room, fully clothed. Mackenzie stood up and walked over to him with his coat in her hand. Hyde gave her questioning look. "You're taking me to the Foto-Hut so I can develop my film." She explained as if he had been forewarned.
"Mac, do you know what time it is?" Mackenzie nodded her head, "You mean, you woke me up, just so you could drag me out in the cold snow, so you could develop some stupid pictures?" Mackenzie nodded her head again. "Fuck that shit." Hyde sat down in his chair and crossed his arms across his chest.
Mackenzie began to pout. "But Steven" She sniffled a little and gave him her best doggy face.
Hyde rolled his eyes, "Fine. Get your damn coat." He walked out the door muttering a slew of curse words, most of which were completely incomprehensible.
Mackenzie squeaked behind him, and turned towards Donna and Eric who were laughing. "God that boy is whipped." Eric said calming himself down.
Mackenzie glared at him, though she was still smiling, "Oh and like you weren't, god damn jackass." She said eerily like Red, as she walked out the door.
Later that night Hyde, Eric, Donna, Jackie and Kelso, sat in the Forman basement watching TV as usual. All of a sudden the basement door flew open and Mackenzie came storming in holding one hand tightly with the other, "Fucking a.piece of.little.god damn." Everyone just stared at her in amazement. "Eric, is your mom around?"
"What happened to your hand?" Donna asked taking Mackenzie's hand in hers. Mackenzie knuckles were red and puffy, two of them were bleeding, and they were all beginning to turn a slight shade of purple. "Oh my God Mac, What did you do?"
"I um, I slammed it in the car door. Eric, where's your mom?" Mackenzie pulled her hand back away from Donna and shook it in an attempt to rid it of the pain.
"What's-a-matter? Your little boyfriend couldn't deal with a little blood?" Hyde teased from across the room.
Mackenzie glared at him, "I'm not in the fucking mood right now Hyde. So shut your fucking mouth!" Hyde shut up immediately as did everyone else. Everyone knew Mackenzie was a bitch and had seen her curse out more then her share of slow drivers and bad waiters but they had never seen Mackenzie yell at any of them, let alone be bitchy towards Hyde.
"Come on Mac, that looks really gross." Donna grabbed Mackenzie by her other hand and led her upstairs to find Kitty.
After they got upstairs, leaving everyone else in complete bewilderment, Fez and Rhonda walked through the basement door. "Did Mackenzie just come through here?" Fez questioned, shaking snow from his jacket.
"Yea, man. Pretty banged up too. Said she slammed her hand in the car door, and that jackass Doug didn't have the decency to walk her in to see if she was ok." Hyde said and Fez and Rhonda just looked at each other.
"Hmm," Fez scratched his head, "That is funny, I did not think she hurt her hand when she got out of my car."
"What do you mean 'your' car?" Eric asked, turning his attention away from the television.
"Well me and my lovely Rhonda here, were getting popcorn before our movie when we saw Mackenzie very upset. She asked us for a ride home, she said Doug tried to kiss her so she hit him. Then Doug came out all mad, and his eye was bleeding." Fez explained.
"Mackenzie punched out Doug!? Like big bad football player Doug?" Jackie asked shocked.
Rhonda pushed past Fez and handed him her coat, "Well she barely gave him a black eye, but that swift kick the nuts she gave him when he grabbed her sure brought him down like a sack of potatoes pretty damn fast." Rhonda laughed and snorted a little, as she recalled the scene.
"What!" Hyde yelled and stood up, "That little fucker! Where is the god damn punk?"
Fez shrugged his shoulders and Hyde ran out the door, grabbing his coat on the way out. Eric and Kelso followed, both wanting to pummel Doug but also scared of what Hyde might do. After all if Mackenzie could take him down with one kick to the crotch there was no telling what Hyde might do to him.
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Chapter 8~ Bloody Knuckles
Mackenzie woke early the next morning and collected herself enough to be aware of her surroundings. Her record player squeaked as the needle ran over and over on the end of the Frank Sinatra record she had been playing the night before and the morning sun poured through the sheet she had hung over her window. Mackenzie pushed her rumpled covers off her body and walked over to the window, pushing aside the makeshift curtain. It had finally stopped snowing and the glare of the sun off the snow was almost unbearable to her unadjusted eyes. She let the curtain fall back into place behind her as she turned around to go take a shower and get dressed.
When Mackenzie reached the kitchen, Donna was already seated at the table sipping a cup of coffee and reading the local newspaper. "Good morning!" Mackenzie said cheerfully as she poured herself a cup of coffee. Actually it was more like milk and sugar with a little bit of coffee, but it was enough to get her going in the morning.
"Well how was it?" Donna wasted no time with technicalities.
"It was so awesome." Mackenzie sat next to her cousin, fully prepared to tell her all the details of the night before, "And the seats were right there, I could practically catch the sweat dripping from their faces. And I got some amazing pictures" She paused only to take another sip of her coffee but Donna cut her off before she could continue.
"No, you goob, I meant how'd it go with Hyde? I heard him in your room again last night." Donna put her newspaper down onto the table and leaned forward in expectation.
Mackenzie only rolled her eyes at her older cousin. "Nothing happened last night and nothing ever will. Hyde and I are just," She paused again and let out a sigh, almost pondering the question as if it were the first time she had ever thought about it, "we're just friends."
"Sure, sure." Donna leaned back in her chair, "That's why he climbs up to your room every night and doesn't leave till dawn. And it's also why you guys are constantly all over each other. It also explains why Hyde's so upset about you going out with that jackass tonight."
Mackenzie leaned back in her chair and glared at Donna, "He's not a jackass and I don't know why Hyde's so mad." She sighed again, "The weirdest thing happened last night Don." Again Mackenzie stopped to think of how she was going to explain herself, "I think Hyde kissed me last night."
"What do you mean, you 'think' he kissed you. Either he did or he didn't." Donna said.
"I mean I think he did. Well, I fell asleep in the car on the way home, and then I guess he brought me up to my room 'cause when I woke up I think he kissed my forehead." Mackenzie shook her head to dismiss the thoughts, "Anyways it doesn't matter. I probably dreamt it up." She stood and pushed her chair in.
"Yea well either way it means you guys are meant for each other. If you're dreaming about him kissing you it means you want it, and if he actually did it means you both want it." Donna said smiling at Mackenzie. She loved teasing her cousin, but she loved Mackenzie and Hyde's relationship even more. It amused her to see two people so stubborn refuse the other because of pride. What she couldn't understand was if it were pride that was stopping Mackenzie then why would she lower herself to Doug.
"Ugh." Mackenzie gave up the fight. She knew she would never win with Donna. She grabbed Donna by the arm and pulled her up. "Come on, we need to go wake Hyde up anyway. He needs to open up the Foto-Hut for me before my date tonight." And with that, Mackenzie and Donna got their coats and walked over to Eric's basement.
When they got there Eric was already up on the couch, watching cartoons. Donna took off her coat, changed the channel and sat down on the couch without saying a word. Eric turned his head to look at Donna, who did not move, but it was early and he knew he wouldn't win, so like Mackenzie, he gave up without putting up a fight.
Mackenzie laughed at the two and rolled her eyes. "Hey man, Hyde up yet?"
"Nah," Eric answered, "And I wouldn't wake him up either. He almost killed me before when I went in to borrow one of his records."
Mackenzie ignored his warning and went into Hyde's room anyway. When she got in there she saw Hyde sleeping in only his boxers, with all of his covers kicked off except for one thin sheet. Mackenzie swallowed hard but smiled when she saw him toss in his sleep. Mackenzie pulled off her shirt and climbed into bed next to Hyde pulling the sheet around her lower body. She placed her head down on his chest and put her hand on his stomach. She rubbed her hand up and down his body, letting her other hand twirl his hair.
Hyde's eye's fluttered open and he looked down to see Mackenzie's head on his chest. Mackenzie looked up at him, still rubbing his chest with one hand, "Good morning sexy. It's about time you got up." Hyde smiled at her, still half asleep, "You have to get up now, sleepy. You promised to make me breakfast last night." As Hyde began to wake up he realized something wasn't right. Mackenzie moaned a little, "Mmmm, Steven, you were an animal last night. I'm still sore."
Hyde rubbed Mackenzie's arm and smiled. Suddenly Hyde sat up in bed, flinging Mackenzie off of his bed in fits of laughter. "Wh-what's going on?" He had no clue what was going on. He didn't think he had done anything with Mackenzie the night before. He couldn't have. Hyde looked at Mackenzie lying on the ground laughing hysterically. She stood up, still laughing, and put her shirt on. "What happened?" Hyde asked again. "Geeze, some people just can't take a joke." Mackenzie huffed, putting her hands on her hips.
Hyde shook his head at her. He had to admit she had got him, but he was still a little pissed, though not so much at her. He had been dreaming he had been with her and to be pulled out of such a dream with such harshness was just cruel. Hyde was even madder at himself for dreaming it in the first place.
To play it off Hyde reached out and grabbed Mackenzie by the waist and pulled her back onto the bed. "You think I was an animal last night huh? You haven't seen anything yet." He pinned her to the mattress and started tickling her.
Mackenzie, who was extremely ticklish, went into fits of laughter. "Ok, Ok, I give up!" She yelled through giggles, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Hyde let go of Mackenzie and laid down next to her. "I must say though," Mackenzie added as she rolled over and propped herself up on her elbow, "you do look mighty sexy in these Pac Man boxers of yours." She pulled at the waistband of Hyde's boxers before running out of the room.
When she entered the other room, Donna and Eric were staring at her. "What?" she said innocently and sat down in Hyde's chair. A few minutes later Hyde emerged from his room, fully clothed. Mackenzie stood up and walked over to him with his coat in her hand. Hyde gave her questioning look. "You're taking me to the Foto-Hut so I can develop my film." She explained as if he had been forewarned.
"Mac, do you know what time it is?" Mackenzie nodded her head, "You mean, you woke me up, just so you could drag me out in the cold snow, so you could develop some stupid pictures?" Mackenzie nodded her head again. "Fuck that shit." Hyde sat down in his chair and crossed his arms across his chest.
Mackenzie began to pout. "But Steven" She sniffled a little and gave him her best doggy face.
Hyde rolled his eyes, "Fine. Get your damn coat." He walked out the door muttering a slew of curse words, most of which were completely incomprehensible.
Mackenzie squeaked behind him, and turned towards Donna and Eric who were laughing. "God that boy is whipped." Eric said calming himself down.
Mackenzie glared at him, though she was still smiling, "Oh and like you weren't, god damn jackass." She said eerily like Red, as she walked out the door.
Later that night Hyde, Eric, Donna, Jackie and Kelso, sat in the Forman basement watching TV as usual. All of a sudden the basement door flew open and Mackenzie came storming in holding one hand tightly with the other, "Fucking a.piece of.little.god damn." Everyone just stared at her in amazement. "Eric, is your mom around?"
"What happened to your hand?" Donna asked taking Mackenzie's hand in hers. Mackenzie knuckles were red and puffy, two of them were bleeding, and they were all beginning to turn a slight shade of purple. "Oh my God Mac, What did you do?"
"I um, I slammed it in the car door. Eric, where's your mom?" Mackenzie pulled her hand back away from Donna and shook it in an attempt to rid it of the pain.
"What's-a-matter? Your little boyfriend couldn't deal with a little blood?" Hyde teased from across the room.
Mackenzie glared at him, "I'm not in the fucking mood right now Hyde. So shut your fucking mouth!" Hyde shut up immediately as did everyone else. Everyone knew Mackenzie was a bitch and had seen her curse out more then her share of slow drivers and bad waiters but they had never seen Mackenzie yell at any of them, let alone be bitchy towards Hyde.
"Come on Mac, that looks really gross." Donna grabbed Mackenzie by her other hand and led her upstairs to find Kitty.
After they got upstairs, leaving everyone else in complete bewilderment, Fez and Rhonda walked through the basement door. "Did Mackenzie just come through here?" Fez questioned, shaking snow from his jacket.
"Yea, man. Pretty banged up too. Said she slammed her hand in the car door, and that jackass Doug didn't have the decency to walk her in to see if she was ok." Hyde said and Fez and Rhonda just looked at each other.
"Hmm," Fez scratched his head, "That is funny, I did not think she hurt her hand when she got out of my car."
"What do you mean 'your' car?" Eric asked, turning his attention away from the television.
"Well me and my lovely Rhonda here, were getting popcorn before our movie when we saw Mackenzie very upset. She asked us for a ride home, she said Doug tried to kiss her so she hit him. Then Doug came out all mad, and his eye was bleeding." Fez explained.
"Mackenzie punched out Doug!? Like big bad football player Doug?" Jackie asked shocked.
Rhonda pushed past Fez and handed him her coat, "Well she barely gave him a black eye, but that swift kick the nuts she gave him when he grabbed her sure brought him down like a sack of potatoes pretty damn fast." Rhonda laughed and snorted a little, as she recalled the scene.
"What!" Hyde yelled and stood up, "That little fucker! Where is the god damn punk?"
Fez shrugged his shoulders and Hyde ran out the door, grabbing his coat on the way out. Eric and Kelso followed, both wanting to pummel Doug but also scared of what Hyde might do. After all if Mackenzie could take him down with one kick to the crotch there was no telling what Hyde might do to him.