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Chapter 10~ *Achoo*
Kelso sat on the couch playing with a Pac-Man Game. The point was to catch the little balls that fell down the little shoot. The wheel that released the balls, ticked with the littlest turns. Then the balls would descend and click against the tiny pegs it fell down. The Pac- Man head squeaked as the plastic rubbed against plastic when it was moved back and forth to try and catch the little metal balls. If they were caught they slid down a tiny slide and if he missed then they fell with a little clink into the out box. After all ten balls made their way through the maze of pegs, they were tipped against the plastic casing and rolled to the top where they would start all over again. And so Kelso started again. Tick tick, click click click, squeak, clink, clunk, roll, Tick tick. Tick tick, click click click, squeak, clink, clunk, roll, Tick tick. Over and over again.
"Kelso if you don't shut the fuck up, I'm gonna stick that thing up your ass." Donna yelled annoyed. They had been sitting in the basement for two hours waiting for Hyde and Mackenzie to come home and she was now pacing back a forth.
"But- but I almost beat it!" Kelso protested. Donna rolled her eyes and let out a frustrated sigh. She felt like she was babysitting a five year old.
"Donna, really, chill out. They're fine, knowing them, they probably stopped to fuck on the side of the road or something;" Eric said only glancing at Donna for a moment while he flipped channels on the television.
Hyde parked the car out on the street so Kitty and Red wouldn't hear him pull up in the driveway. He turned off the car and they sat in silence for a little while. Mackenzie broke the silence, "I think I'm gonna go up the bed. Kitty thinks I'm back home sleeping, I think it'll be a little weird if she finds me down in her basement."
"Yea, um, that's probably a good idea. Well, you want me to walk you home?" Hyde asked a little hopeful. He wanted to fix things between him and Mackenzie. She had been silent the entire way home and he could tell she was still uneasy about the whole thing regardless of her bailing him out of jail.
"No," She answered a little too quickly, "I mean, I think I just need to be alone and shit." Hyde nodded his head and Mackenzie got out of the car. Hyde watched her walk home from the car before getting out and sneaking down to the basement.
"Finally!" Donna greeted Hyde as soon as he walked in the door, "What took so long? Where's Mac?"
"She, um, went back home, said Kitty thinks she's up in bed already." Hyde threw his coat onto the washing machine and took his normal seat.
"So what took so long man?" Eric asked, "You guys stop for a little backseat wrestling?"
"You, sir, are sick. And no. Mac made me sit in jail for like an hour before she bailed me out. Man, she wailed on me for beatin' up that jackass." Hyde explained and scratched his head.
Donna sat down on the couch. "Yea, that's Mackenzie alright. Try and do something nice and she gets all pissy."
"I don't get it though. She comes in all upset and yelling and what not. Then she tells me she's going to let me sit in jail all night and let Red come and get me. Then an hour later she was waiting for me outside with my car." Hyde squinted his eyes, "I mean I don't get why she was mad in the first place but what made her change her mind?"
"Mac's just weird. She's like bi-polar or something. You just have to let her be a bitch and her mood will eventually change and then she'll apologize. She does it all the time." Donna defended.
"Yea, I noticed." Hyde sighed, "I'm going to bed. Night."
The next morning Hyde and Eric sat down to have breakfast with Kitty and Red. Kitty was in the middle of making pancakes when Mackenzie came through the door with a heavy quilt wrapped tightly around her coat and a box of tissues in her hand. Her eyes and nose were red and she kept sniffing. "Good *Achoo* mborning. Mbrs. Formban, do you have any herbal *Achoo* tea? Uncle Bob doesn't have any left."
"Oh dear, are you O.K.?" Kitty said dropping her spatula and searching through a cupboard for some tea.
"I just took half a bottle of Diambatap and five aspirin two sleeping pills and three vitamin C. I think I'mb going to die. *Achoo*" Mackenzie sneezed again and everyone said 'Bless you' in unison. "Thank you."
"Sweetie, come sit down," Kitty said walking over to her with half used package of green tea.
Mackenzie accepted the box of tea but took a step back, "No, no, I don't want to get y'all sick." She sniffed
"That's very considerate of you," Red said turning a page of his newspaper, "Now take another step back." Mackenzie did as she was told and Kitty glared at Red.
"No, really, thank you Mbrs. Formban. I think I'mb just going to go hombe and go to bed." Mackenzie thanked Kitty again and turned to go out the door.
"Wait sweetie." Mackenzie stopped with her hand still on the door and turned to look and Kitty. "One of the boys will take you home, you shouldn't be outside in the cold when you're sick. And I'll send over some chicken soup in a little while." Kitty was ecstatic; she loved taking care of other people. She looked to the boys for a volunteer. Hyde, of course, had no problems taking Mackenzie home; he'd wanted to talk to her all night. He went downstairs to get his jacket and another blanket before leading Mackenzie outside.
When they were in the Pinciotti's backyard Hyde stopped Mackenzie. Mackenzie looked at his hand, which was gently holding her arm, "Stevben, it's cold and I really don't feel good, can we do this inside?" Hyde let go of her arm and followed her inside.
Mackenzie walked over to the sink, filled a teakettle with water, and put it on the stove. She turned to Hyde, who was still standing at the door. He was fidgeting with his glasses and biting his lip. "Stevben what's wrong? *Achoo*" Hyde didn't answer, he looked nervously at the door. Mackenzie followed his stare and realized what he was worried about. "Oh, don't worry. Uncle Bob is away with his girlfriend for the weekend and Donna will be asleep for another two hours."
Hyde walked over to the table and sat down. Mackenzie followed and sat next to him. "Listen, about last night," Hyde paused and thought about what he wanted to say. "I-I was just trying to help, I mean, I don't know what I mean."
"I get it, I know you were trying to help. It's just that you have to understand I take care of mbyself. And I don't like to admbit when I need help." The teakettle started whistling and Mackenzie stood up and walked over to turn off the stove. "Sort of like you." Hyde looked at her. He knew she was right.
"Yea, well someone wouldn't bail me out last night, so I had a lot of time to think." Mackenzie walked back over to the table with her cup of tea and a slight smile on her face. "And I decided what I did was right."
Mackenzie cocked an eyebrow at him as she lifted the cup of tea up to her lips. "Oh really, sir?"
Hyde put his glasses back on, "Yup."
"Alright then. Thank you, I guess?" Mackenzie didn't bother disputing him. She wasn't in any mood to fight, and even if she had been she would have wanted to. She would have done the same thing for Hyde, and he would have bailed her out. There was no point in getting upset about it, it's not like either of them could take anything back.
"Damn straight." Hyde stood up. "Now you got to get into bed and sleep. I'm surprised you having gone into a coma yet with all the medicine you're on."
"I was close." Mackenzie finished her cup of tea and walked upstairs, with Hyde right behind her. The medicine she had taken was finally starting to kick in and she was feeling dizzy. She swayed a little but Hyde caught her and pushed her up the rest of the stairs.
Mackenzie collapsed onto her bed, and Hyde went to get her another blanket. She was still wrapped in the two that were dripping wet on the bottom from being dragged in the snow. Hyde took the two wet blankets and dropped them on the floor next to her bed, before he laid another quilt on top of Mackenzie.
Hyde turned to leave when Mackenzie turned on her side, "Thank you sweetie, I really mean it this time."
Hyde smiled at her, "I know you do. Now go to sleep." With that Hyde left and closed the door behind him.
The next morning Hyde and Eric waited outside in the driveway for everyone to show up before they left for school. Fez walked into the driveway first with Kelso and Jackie behind him. "Where the hell are Donna and Mackenzie?" Jackie asked impatiently after five minutes.
"I don't know, but Mackenzie's not coming, she's sick." Eric explained watching Donna's house for any movement.
As if on cue, Donna and Mackenzie came through the gate that divided the two backyards. Mackenzie had a dazed look on her face but her hair and make- up were done perfectly and she held her head up high. "Sorry we're late, Mackenzie took two hours getting ready this morning." Donna said letting out a frustrated sigh and rolling her eyes at her cousin.
"I thought you were supposed to be sick." Fez looked quizzically at Mackenzie.
"I am, but if I don't show up today looking fabulous, then Doug wins, and everyone thinks I'm at home hiding in shame." Mackenzie defended herself. Only Jackie seemed to think she was right.
"Good for you Mac. Now can we go?" Jackie whined and they all piled into Eric and Hyde's cars.
As soon as Mackenzie walked through the double doors in the front of the school she was met with whispers and stares. Word had gotten around fast. Mackenzie walked down the hall like she owned the school. Her head was held high and her shoulders were pushed back, into her 'power' walk. She carried her books in one hand and her coat in the other. She had a small smirk on her face, her eyes were narrowed and she had one raised eyebrow, daring anyone to mess with her.
Donna, Jackie and Hyde followed closely behind her like bodyguards. Hyde watched as Mackenzie's knee length skirt swayed back and forth with every movement of her hips. He was defiantly enjoying the show. People in the hallway parted for her like she was Moses and they all looked terrified of her. Mackenzie obviously loved it. The story Doug had told everyone had gotten around but what had really happened had spread just as fast. Doug's hospitalization and Hyde's arrest had only fueled the fire.
Mackenzie said goodbye to a worried Hyde and Donna at her locker and then went off to homeroom with Jackie. Hyde walked with Donna to her homeroom but when he reached his own homeroom he saw Doug and two of his friends sitting in the back row of the classroom. It had been such a rarity that Hyde actually showed up for class he had completely forgotten Doug was in his class. Hyde debated going into class or not but, taking a cue from Mackenzie, decided he couldn't miss a class with Doug.
Homeroom had been disappointingly uneventful for everyone. Mackenzie and Jackie spent it in the back corner of the room whispering to each other about all the events of the past weekend. Hyde sat by himself in the back row glaring at Doug, who didn't even look in Hyde's direction for the entire class.
After homeroom Hyde waited out in the hallway by Jackie and Mackenzie's lockers, which were right next to each other- Mackenzie had traded with Jasper, the biggest nerd in the school. He leaned against Mackenzie's locker and watched as she and Jackie approached with a swarm of people around them.
Mackenzie smiled when she saw Hyde. She still felt like shit and she had proved her point. She just wanted to get out of there. Mackenzie jumped in front of Hyde, "Hey sexy."
Hyde blushed slightly and moved out of her way to allow her to open her locker. "Hey, so you guys have as much fun as I did?"
Mackenzie smirked, "Can you drive me home? I need to get out of here." Mackenzie took two more pills from her purse and put her head back so she could swallow them.
"Yea sure, I don't wanna be here either." Hyde turned to Jackie, who was talking to one of the cheerleaders. "You comin' Jacks?" Jackie shook her head no so Hyde took Mackenzie's hand in his and led her out of the school.
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Chapter 10~ *Achoo*
Kelso sat on the couch playing with a Pac-Man Game. The point was to catch the little balls that fell down the little shoot. The wheel that released the balls, ticked with the littlest turns. Then the balls would descend and click against the tiny pegs it fell down. The Pac- Man head squeaked as the plastic rubbed against plastic when it was moved back and forth to try and catch the little metal balls. If they were caught they slid down a tiny slide and if he missed then they fell with a little clink into the out box. After all ten balls made their way through the maze of pegs, they were tipped against the plastic casing and rolled to the top where they would start all over again. And so Kelso started again. Tick tick, click click click, squeak, clink, clunk, roll, Tick tick. Tick tick, click click click, squeak, clink, clunk, roll, Tick tick. Over and over again.
"Kelso if you don't shut the fuck up, I'm gonna stick that thing up your ass." Donna yelled annoyed. They had been sitting in the basement for two hours waiting for Hyde and Mackenzie to come home and she was now pacing back a forth.
"But- but I almost beat it!" Kelso protested. Donna rolled her eyes and let out a frustrated sigh. She felt like she was babysitting a five year old.
"Donna, really, chill out. They're fine, knowing them, they probably stopped to fuck on the side of the road or something;" Eric said only glancing at Donna for a moment while he flipped channels on the television.
Hyde parked the car out on the street so Kitty and Red wouldn't hear him pull up in the driveway. He turned off the car and they sat in silence for a little while. Mackenzie broke the silence, "I think I'm gonna go up the bed. Kitty thinks I'm back home sleeping, I think it'll be a little weird if she finds me down in her basement."
"Yea, um, that's probably a good idea. Well, you want me to walk you home?" Hyde asked a little hopeful. He wanted to fix things between him and Mackenzie. She had been silent the entire way home and he could tell she was still uneasy about the whole thing regardless of her bailing him out of jail.
"No," She answered a little too quickly, "I mean, I think I just need to be alone and shit." Hyde nodded his head and Mackenzie got out of the car. Hyde watched her walk home from the car before getting out and sneaking down to the basement.
"Finally!" Donna greeted Hyde as soon as he walked in the door, "What took so long? Where's Mac?"
"She, um, went back home, said Kitty thinks she's up in bed already." Hyde threw his coat onto the washing machine and took his normal seat.
"So what took so long man?" Eric asked, "You guys stop for a little backseat wrestling?"
"You, sir, are sick. And no. Mac made me sit in jail for like an hour before she bailed me out. Man, she wailed on me for beatin' up that jackass." Hyde explained and scratched his head.
Donna sat down on the couch. "Yea, that's Mackenzie alright. Try and do something nice and she gets all pissy."
"I don't get it though. She comes in all upset and yelling and what not. Then she tells me she's going to let me sit in jail all night and let Red come and get me. Then an hour later she was waiting for me outside with my car." Hyde squinted his eyes, "I mean I don't get why she was mad in the first place but what made her change her mind?"
"Mac's just weird. She's like bi-polar or something. You just have to let her be a bitch and her mood will eventually change and then she'll apologize. She does it all the time." Donna defended.
"Yea, I noticed." Hyde sighed, "I'm going to bed. Night."
The next morning Hyde and Eric sat down to have breakfast with Kitty and Red. Kitty was in the middle of making pancakes when Mackenzie came through the door with a heavy quilt wrapped tightly around her coat and a box of tissues in her hand. Her eyes and nose were red and she kept sniffing. "Good *Achoo* mborning. Mbrs. Formban, do you have any herbal *Achoo* tea? Uncle Bob doesn't have any left."
"Oh dear, are you O.K.?" Kitty said dropping her spatula and searching through a cupboard for some tea.
"I just took half a bottle of Diambatap and five aspirin two sleeping pills and three vitamin C. I think I'mb going to die. *Achoo*" Mackenzie sneezed again and everyone said 'Bless you' in unison. "Thank you."
"Sweetie, come sit down," Kitty said walking over to her with half used package of green tea.
Mackenzie accepted the box of tea but took a step back, "No, no, I don't want to get y'all sick." She sniffed
"That's very considerate of you," Red said turning a page of his newspaper, "Now take another step back." Mackenzie did as she was told and Kitty glared at Red.
"No, really, thank you Mbrs. Formban. I think I'mb just going to go hombe and go to bed." Mackenzie thanked Kitty again and turned to go out the door.
"Wait sweetie." Mackenzie stopped with her hand still on the door and turned to look and Kitty. "One of the boys will take you home, you shouldn't be outside in the cold when you're sick. And I'll send over some chicken soup in a little while." Kitty was ecstatic; she loved taking care of other people. She looked to the boys for a volunteer. Hyde, of course, had no problems taking Mackenzie home; he'd wanted to talk to her all night. He went downstairs to get his jacket and another blanket before leading Mackenzie outside.
When they were in the Pinciotti's backyard Hyde stopped Mackenzie. Mackenzie looked at his hand, which was gently holding her arm, "Stevben, it's cold and I really don't feel good, can we do this inside?" Hyde let go of her arm and followed her inside.
Mackenzie walked over to the sink, filled a teakettle with water, and put it on the stove. She turned to Hyde, who was still standing at the door. He was fidgeting with his glasses and biting his lip. "Stevben what's wrong? *Achoo*" Hyde didn't answer, he looked nervously at the door. Mackenzie followed his stare and realized what he was worried about. "Oh, don't worry. Uncle Bob is away with his girlfriend for the weekend and Donna will be asleep for another two hours."
Hyde walked over to the table and sat down. Mackenzie followed and sat next to him. "Listen, about last night," Hyde paused and thought about what he wanted to say. "I-I was just trying to help, I mean, I don't know what I mean."
"I get it, I know you were trying to help. It's just that you have to understand I take care of mbyself. And I don't like to admbit when I need help." The teakettle started whistling and Mackenzie stood up and walked over to turn off the stove. "Sort of like you." Hyde looked at her. He knew she was right.
"Yea, well someone wouldn't bail me out last night, so I had a lot of time to think." Mackenzie walked back over to the table with her cup of tea and a slight smile on her face. "And I decided what I did was right."
Mackenzie cocked an eyebrow at him as she lifted the cup of tea up to her lips. "Oh really, sir?"
Hyde put his glasses back on, "Yup."
"Alright then. Thank you, I guess?" Mackenzie didn't bother disputing him. She wasn't in any mood to fight, and even if she had been she would have wanted to. She would have done the same thing for Hyde, and he would have bailed her out. There was no point in getting upset about it, it's not like either of them could take anything back.
"Damn straight." Hyde stood up. "Now you got to get into bed and sleep. I'm surprised you having gone into a coma yet with all the medicine you're on."
"I was close." Mackenzie finished her cup of tea and walked upstairs, with Hyde right behind her. The medicine she had taken was finally starting to kick in and she was feeling dizzy. She swayed a little but Hyde caught her and pushed her up the rest of the stairs.
Mackenzie collapsed onto her bed, and Hyde went to get her another blanket. She was still wrapped in the two that were dripping wet on the bottom from being dragged in the snow. Hyde took the two wet blankets and dropped them on the floor next to her bed, before he laid another quilt on top of Mackenzie.
Hyde turned to leave when Mackenzie turned on her side, "Thank you sweetie, I really mean it this time."
Hyde smiled at her, "I know you do. Now go to sleep." With that Hyde left and closed the door behind him.
The next morning Hyde and Eric waited outside in the driveway for everyone to show up before they left for school. Fez walked into the driveway first with Kelso and Jackie behind him. "Where the hell are Donna and Mackenzie?" Jackie asked impatiently after five minutes.
"I don't know, but Mackenzie's not coming, she's sick." Eric explained watching Donna's house for any movement.
As if on cue, Donna and Mackenzie came through the gate that divided the two backyards. Mackenzie had a dazed look on her face but her hair and make- up were done perfectly and she held her head up high. "Sorry we're late, Mackenzie took two hours getting ready this morning." Donna said letting out a frustrated sigh and rolling her eyes at her cousin.
"I thought you were supposed to be sick." Fez looked quizzically at Mackenzie.
"I am, but if I don't show up today looking fabulous, then Doug wins, and everyone thinks I'm at home hiding in shame." Mackenzie defended herself. Only Jackie seemed to think she was right.
"Good for you Mac. Now can we go?" Jackie whined and they all piled into Eric and Hyde's cars.
As soon as Mackenzie walked through the double doors in the front of the school she was met with whispers and stares. Word had gotten around fast. Mackenzie walked down the hall like she owned the school. Her head was held high and her shoulders were pushed back, into her 'power' walk. She carried her books in one hand and her coat in the other. She had a small smirk on her face, her eyes were narrowed and she had one raised eyebrow, daring anyone to mess with her.
Donna, Jackie and Hyde followed closely behind her like bodyguards. Hyde watched as Mackenzie's knee length skirt swayed back and forth with every movement of her hips. He was defiantly enjoying the show. People in the hallway parted for her like she was Moses and they all looked terrified of her. Mackenzie obviously loved it. The story Doug had told everyone had gotten around but what had really happened had spread just as fast. Doug's hospitalization and Hyde's arrest had only fueled the fire.
Mackenzie said goodbye to a worried Hyde and Donna at her locker and then went off to homeroom with Jackie. Hyde walked with Donna to her homeroom but when he reached his own homeroom he saw Doug and two of his friends sitting in the back row of the classroom. It had been such a rarity that Hyde actually showed up for class he had completely forgotten Doug was in his class. Hyde debated going into class or not but, taking a cue from Mackenzie, decided he couldn't miss a class with Doug.
Homeroom had been disappointingly uneventful for everyone. Mackenzie and Jackie spent it in the back corner of the room whispering to each other about all the events of the past weekend. Hyde sat by himself in the back row glaring at Doug, who didn't even look in Hyde's direction for the entire class.
After homeroom Hyde waited out in the hallway by Jackie and Mackenzie's lockers, which were right next to each other- Mackenzie had traded with Jasper, the biggest nerd in the school. He leaned against Mackenzie's locker and watched as she and Jackie approached with a swarm of people around them.
Mackenzie smiled when she saw Hyde. She still felt like shit and she had proved her point. She just wanted to get out of there. Mackenzie jumped in front of Hyde, "Hey sexy."
Hyde blushed slightly and moved out of her way to allow her to open her locker. "Hey, so you guys have as much fun as I did?"
Mackenzie smirked, "Can you drive me home? I need to get out of here." Mackenzie took two more pills from her purse and put her head back so she could swallow them.
"Yea sure, I don't wanna be here either." Hyde turned to Jackie, who was talking to one of the cheerleaders. "You comin' Jacks?" Jackie shook her head no so Hyde took Mackenzie's hand in his and led her out of the school.