***This is just a light, fun story, but I'd like to add more dramatic
chapters at some point. As always, I really want to know what you think,
so please review!
Red was sitting on his chair in the living room when Kitty walked in from the kitchen.
"Where is Shotzie, Red? I can't find him anywhere." Kitty said worriedly.
"Eric and Donna took the little bastard, I mean the little..oh hell, they took it for a walk." Red replied, looking up from his paper.
Kitty frowned. "Oh, I hope he doesn't get too cold. It just started to snow. It's freezing out!"
"Kitty, the boy is 18 years old. Don't worry. He may be a dumbass, but he was wearing a jacket" Red said, looking back at his paper.
"Eric? Who the hell cares about him? I was talking about Shotzie." Kitty laughed nervously. "Poor, little, baby puppy!" she said in a cutesy voice and walked back into the kitchen.
"Little, baby puppy, my ass." Red mumbled under his breath.
"I heard that!" Kitty screamed from the kitchen as Red rolled his eyes and continued reading the paper.
"I'm glad menopause hasn't affected your hearing." Red yelled back, just as Donna and Eric walked in the front door.
"Where the hell have you been?" Red asked angrily. "That dog is the only thing keeping your mother from teetering over the edge." Red grabbed the dog and headed to the kitchen. "Kitty", he called, "look who's home."
"So," Eric said, turning to Donna, "who's excited to be marrying into this family?" Donna laughed. Eric continued, "This is going to be the looooongest engagement ever, isn't it?" He sighed and plopped down on the couch.
"Eric, I really want to tell everybody!" Donna replied as she sat next to him, and he put his arm around her shoulders.
"Well, Donna," Eric paused, "I really want to live. If you tell everybody, Bob will kill me..and I'm pretty sure Red will too. And the more I think about it, my mom is probably a safe bet as well."
"I know. I'm just so happy!" Donna snuggled closer to Eric.
"Yeah. Being Mr. Donna Pinciotti has always been a dream of mine." Eric responded as he leaned over and kissed her.
Down in the basement, things were not quite so full of love. Hyde and Jackie were fighting, as usual, back in Hyde's room. On the couch, Fez was holding Kelso in a headlock as he scrambled to get free.
"Let me go, Fez!" Kelso yelled.
"No." Fez quickly answered.
"Fez, let me go!" Kelso yelled again
"No." Fez laughed.
"Fez!" screamed Kelso.
"No." Fez continued to laugh. He then added, "I will let you go if you promise two things. One, don't hit me.."
Kelso remained silent as Fez continued to hold on. "Fine," he agreed reluctantly.
Fez smiled. "Two, you give me back my change."
"It's not my fault that chicks on the go was a dumb idea. You should have known that from the beginning." Kelso said indignantly.
"This is true." Fez agreed. "But, you said you were going to use the money to buy a guitar to get more chicks. I do not see a guitar..so I want to see my money, fool."
"Fez, we used your money to buy the stuff to make the signs to get more money. Again, it's not my fault we didn't get more money." Kelso pleaded.
"Ay!" Fez said letting go of Kelso. "All I wanted was some sweet, sweet candy. But I let the thought of getting some sweet, sweet loving from chicks on the go get in the way. Now I have no candy..and no loving."
"It's ok, Fez." Kelso said patting him on the back. "You know, I might have a lifesaver in the van." Kelso hardly had the words out of his mouth before Fez was out the door.
"Kelso," Fez called from outside, "it is locked..and it is snowing."
"The keys are in the van." Kelso shouted. Suddenly, the problem dawned on him. "Damn!" he cried as he ran out the door.
Meanwhile, Hyde and Jackie were having troubles of their own.
"Jackie, I do not understand your problem." Hyde said. "And, I really don't care what it is, as long as you stop making my life miserable." Hyde stared at the angry little brunette sitting on his bed.
"Steven, I don't make your life miserable, I make it wonderful! All I want is for you to admit that I make your life wonderful..and that you can't live without me..because you love me."
"Okay, Jackie. How about this - why don't you stop making me mad, and we start making out." Hyde smiled at her.
"Sure, Steven. Just as soon as you admit it." Jackie demanded.
"Jackie," Hyde said, agitated. "First I accidentally call you my girlfriend. Then I turn down a hot girl because of you, even though I wouldn't promise to be faithful. Then, you told me I had to buy you something, and I bought you a cheeseburger...wrapped in tin foil. What more can I do?"
"Hello, I just told you." Jackie answered, annoyed. "That's another thing..you never listen to me. Steven, you should listen to me all the time, not just when you have nothing better to do."
"What did you say?" Hyde asked, ducking out of the way as Jackie tried to hit him. "I'm kidding. I heard you. I just think you're crazy."
"Maybe I am crazy for wanting to put up with you as a boyfriend," she paused, "but I do, which means that you had better start talking."
"About?" Hyde looked at her, faking confusion.
"about how much I mean to you. Steven, we are just going around is circles here. I'm going to go home. Maybe you should use this time to think." Jackie grabbed her coat and purse.
"About?" Hyde laughed as Jackie walked off in a huff.
Donna and Eric were walking down the basement steps as Jackie was leaving. "Hey, Jackie." Donna called as Jackie opened the door to go outside. "It's snowing pretty badly. You should probably wait until things clear up before you go."
"I can't, Donna. Steven needs to think about us....and since they say absence makes the heart grow fonder....I need to be absent!" That said, Jackie turned and left, closing the door behind her.
"Don't they also say out of sight, out of mind?" Eric asked smugly, just as the door blew open.
"You know what?" Donna said, "I better go stop Jackie. With wind like that, it's definitely a bad idea to drive."
"Donna, I'll go out into that harsh, bitter wind, so the future Mrs. Forman doesn't have to." Eric said smiling as Hyde walked in.
"No, Forman," Hyde chimed in, "if the wind is that strong, better let someone else go. You'll blow away, man." Hyde started to laugh.
"Yeah, well, maybe you should go. She is your, and I use this term with disgust, girlfriend."
"What are you talking about, man?" Hyde stopped laughing and stared at Eric and Donna.
"Well, jerk," Donna responded, "Jackie left during this snowstorm so that you could be alone to think."
"I keep saying she's crazy," Hyde said as he headed for the door, "but now I'm starting to believe it." Hyde struggled to pull the door closed behind him.
"Those crazy kids!" Eric said shaking his head. "Get it, crazy?" he laughed.
"Eric, it was nice of you to offer to go out there for me." Donna said, putting her arms around him.
"Oh, Donna," Eric said, hugging her, "I wasn't serious." Donna stepped out of his embrace. "Hyde's right. I'd blow away like a twig in a hurricane." Eric said, as Donna smiled and stepped back into his arms.
Outside, Hyde walked past Kelso and Fez, who were totally covered in snow. Fez stood at the back of the van trying to pull the doors open. Kelso was at the passenger side, trying to pry the window down.
"Um, idiots, it's snowing out." Hyde said, stopping briefly.
"Stupid over there locked his keys in the van." Fez said, letting go of the doors and brushing the snow off himself. "I would laugh at how dumb he is if candy wasn't at stake." Fez said frowning.
"You think I'm stupid?" Kelso said turning to Hyde. "He's out here helping me so he can have a lifesaver that I spit out of my mouth earlier."
"You didn't tell me you already sucked on it, stupid." Fez cried, marching back into the house.
"Oh well, gotta go, man." Hyde said turning and moving quickly down the driveway, leaving Kelso alone, banging on the van's windows.
Jackie's car was still parked in front of Eric's house when Hyde arrived at the end of the driveway. He heard the motor running, so he quickly opened the passenger side door and got in.
"Steven, what are you doing here?" Jackie asked, surprised to see him.
"Listen, you shouldn't drive home now." Hyde said looking over at her.
"I wasn't going to." Jackie answered. "I'm not crazy. I just couldn't go back in the house after my grand exit, so I figured I'd sit out here until it stopped snowing." Jackie thought for a minute and then started to smile. "Were you worried about me?"
Hyde stared at her. "Actually, Donna was. She was going to come out here and get you, but Eric said I had to do it." Hyde watched as Jackie's smile started to fade. "I needed to talk to you anyway. I had to admit something."
"Oh really?" Jackie's face brightened. "And what might that be?" she asked eagerly.
"I wanted to admit that I.." Hyde had to stop and think. "You..." He stopped again to figure out what to say. "Jackie, you're ok." He finally got the words out.
"I'm ok?" Jackie questioned. "That's what you're going to admit?" she asked skeptically. "I'm ok?"
"Take it or leave it." Hyde said, then added, "we'll work our way up from there." He looked hopefully at Jackie.
"I'll take it!" she said sliding across the seat and climbing onto his lap. "Now we can make out." She kissed him deeply, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"See, Jackie, like I said. You are ok." Hyde kissed her again, reaching one arm down to pull the lever that makes the seat recline.
"Steven, what if we get snowed in?" Jackie asked between kisses.
"In a car? Jackie, you can't.." Hyde started to correct her, but decided to drop it. "Fine by me," he said instead, sliding his hands around her waist and kissing her neck.
"You know," Jackie said as she placed her hands on his belt, "I could think of a few things we could do while we wait for the snow to stop." Jackie gently tugged at Hyde's shirt as she began nibbling his ear. "I think we'll have to move to the backseat though," she whispered breathily in his ear.
"Ok, Jackie," Hyde said swallowing hard, "you win. You are wonderful." And with that, Hyde quickly maneuvered Jackie, then himself into the backseat, as the snow continued to fall in the Wisconsin sky.
Red was sitting on his chair in the living room when Kitty walked in from the kitchen.
"Where is Shotzie, Red? I can't find him anywhere." Kitty said worriedly.
"Eric and Donna took the little bastard, I mean the little..oh hell, they took it for a walk." Red replied, looking up from his paper.
Kitty frowned. "Oh, I hope he doesn't get too cold. It just started to snow. It's freezing out!"
"Kitty, the boy is 18 years old. Don't worry. He may be a dumbass, but he was wearing a jacket" Red said, looking back at his paper.
"Eric? Who the hell cares about him? I was talking about Shotzie." Kitty laughed nervously. "Poor, little, baby puppy!" she said in a cutesy voice and walked back into the kitchen.
"Little, baby puppy, my ass." Red mumbled under his breath.
"I heard that!" Kitty screamed from the kitchen as Red rolled his eyes and continued reading the paper.
"I'm glad menopause hasn't affected your hearing." Red yelled back, just as Donna and Eric walked in the front door.
"Where the hell have you been?" Red asked angrily. "That dog is the only thing keeping your mother from teetering over the edge." Red grabbed the dog and headed to the kitchen. "Kitty", he called, "look who's home."
"So," Eric said, turning to Donna, "who's excited to be marrying into this family?" Donna laughed. Eric continued, "This is going to be the looooongest engagement ever, isn't it?" He sighed and plopped down on the couch.
"Eric, I really want to tell everybody!" Donna replied as she sat next to him, and he put his arm around her shoulders.
"Well, Donna," Eric paused, "I really want to live. If you tell everybody, Bob will kill me..and I'm pretty sure Red will too. And the more I think about it, my mom is probably a safe bet as well."
"I know. I'm just so happy!" Donna snuggled closer to Eric.
"Yeah. Being Mr. Donna Pinciotti has always been a dream of mine." Eric responded as he leaned over and kissed her.
Down in the basement, things were not quite so full of love. Hyde and Jackie were fighting, as usual, back in Hyde's room. On the couch, Fez was holding Kelso in a headlock as he scrambled to get free.
"Let me go, Fez!" Kelso yelled.
"No." Fez quickly answered.
"Fez, let me go!" Kelso yelled again
"No." Fez laughed.
"Fez!" screamed Kelso.
"No." Fez continued to laugh. He then added, "I will let you go if you promise two things. One, don't hit me.."
Kelso remained silent as Fez continued to hold on. "Fine," he agreed reluctantly.
Fez smiled. "Two, you give me back my change."
"It's not my fault that chicks on the go was a dumb idea. You should have known that from the beginning." Kelso said indignantly.
"This is true." Fez agreed. "But, you said you were going to use the money to buy a guitar to get more chicks. I do not see a guitar..so I want to see my money, fool."
"Fez, we used your money to buy the stuff to make the signs to get more money. Again, it's not my fault we didn't get more money." Kelso pleaded.
"Ay!" Fez said letting go of Kelso. "All I wanted was some sweet, sweet candy. But I let the thought of getting some sweet, sweet loving from chicks on the go get in the way. Now I have no candy..and no loving."
"It's ok, Fez." Kelso said patting him on the back. "You know, I might have a lifesaver in the van." Kelso hardly had the words out of his mouth before Fez was out the door.
"Kelso," Fez called from outside, "it is locked..and it is snowing."
"The keys are in the van." Kelso shouted. Suddenly, the problem dawned on him. "Damn!" he cried as he ran out the door.
Meanwhile, Hyde and Jackie were having troubles of their own.
"Jackie, I do not understand your problem." Hyde said. "And, I really don't care what it is, as long as you stop making my life miserable." Hyde stared at the angry little brunette sitting on his bed.
"Steven, I don't make your life miserable, I make it wonderful! All I want is for you to admit that I make your life wonderful..and that you can't live without me..because you love me."
"Okay, Jackie. How about this - why don't you stop making me mad, and we start making out." Hyde smiled at her.
"Sure, Steven. Just as soon as you admit it." Jackie demanded.
"Jackie," Hyde said, agitated. "First I accidentally call you my girlfriend. Then I turn down a hot girl because of you, even though I wouldn't promise to be faithful. Then, you told me I had to buy you something, and I bought you a cheeseburger...wrapped in tin foil. What more can I do?"
"Hello, I just told you." Jackie answered, annoyed. "That's another thing..you never listen to me. Steven, you should listen to me all the time, not just when you have nothing better to do."
"What did you say?" Hyde asked, ducking out of the way as Jackie tried to hit him. "I'm kidding. I heard you. I just think you're crazy."
"Maybe I am crazy for wanting to put up with you as a boyfriend," she paused, "but I do, which means that you had better start talking."
"About?" Hyde looked at her, faking confusion.
"about how much I mean to you. Steven, we are just going around is circles here. I'm going to go home. Maybe you should use this time to think." Jackie grabbed her coat and purse.
"About?" Hyde laughed as Jackie walked off in a huff.
Donna and Eric were walking down the basement steps as Jackie was leaving. "Hey, Jackie." Donna called as Jackie opened the door to go outside. "It's snowing pretty badly. You should probably wait until things clear up before you go."
"I can't, Donna. Steven needs to think about us....and since they say absence makes the heart grow fonder....I need to be absent!" That said, Jackie turned and left, closing the door behind her.
"Don't they also say out of sight, out of mind?" Eric asked smugly, just as the door blew open.
"You know what?" Donna said, "I better go stop Jackie. With wind like that, it's definitely a bad idea to drive."
"Donna, I'll go out into that harsh, bitter wind, so the future Mrs. Forman doesn't have to." Eric said smiling as Hyde walked in.
"No, Forman," Hyde chimed in, "if the wind is that strong, better let someone else go. You'll blow away, man." Hyde started to laugh.
"Yeah, well, maybe you should go. She is your, and I use this term with disgust, girlfriend."
"What are you talking about, man?" Hyde stopped laughing and stared at Eric and Donna.
"Well, jerk," Donna responded, "Jackie left during this snowstorm so that you could be alone to think."
"I keep saying she's crazy," Hyde said as he headed for the door, "but now I'm starting to believe it." Hyde struggled to pull the door closed behind him.
"Those crazy kids!" Eric said shaking his head. "Get it, crazy?" he laughed.
"Eric, it was nice of you to offer to go out there for me." Donna said, putting her arms around him.
"Oh, Donna," Eric said, hugging her, "I wasn't serious." Donna stepped out of his embrace. "Hyde's right. I'd blow away like a twig in a hurricane." Eric said, as Donna smiled and stepped back into his arms.
Outside, Hyde walked past Kelso and Fez, who were totally covered in snow. Fez stood at the back of the van trying to pull the doors open. Kelso was at the passenger side, trying to pry the window down.
"Um, idiots, it's snowing out." Hyde said, stopping briefly.
"Stupid over there locked his keys in the van." Fez said, letting go of the doors and brushing the snow off himself. "I would laugh at how dumb he is if candy wasn't at stake." Fez said frowning.
"You think I'm stupid?" Kelso said turning to Hyde. "He's out here helping me so he can have a lifesaver that I spit out of my mouth earlier."
"You didn't tell me you already sucked on it, stupid." Fez cried, marching back into the house.
"Oh well, gotta go, man." Hyde said turning and moving quickly down the driveway, leaving Kelso alone, banging on the van's windows.
Jackie's car was still parked in front of Eric's house when Hyde arrived at the end of the driveway. He heard the motor running, so he quickly opened the passenger side door and got in.
"Steven, what are you doing here?" Jackie asked, surprised to see him.
"Listen, you shouldn't drive home now." Hyde said looking over at her.
"I wasn't going to." Jackie answered. "I'm not crazy. I just couldn't go back in the house after my grand exit, so I figured I'd sit out here until it stopped snowing." Jackie thought for a minute and then started to smile. "Were you worried about me?"
Hyde stared at her. "Actually, Donna was. She was going to come out here and get you, but Eric said I had to do it." Hyde watched as Jackie's smile started to fade. "I needed to talk to you anyway. I had to admit something."
"Oh really?" Jackie's face brightened. "And what might that be?" she asked eagerly.
"I wanted to admit that I.." Hyde had to stop and think. "You..." He stopped again to figure out what to say. "Jackie, you're ok." He finally got the words out.
"I'm ok?" Jackie questioned. "That's what you're going to admit?" she asked skeptically. "I'm ok?"
"Take it or leave it." Hyde said, then added, "we'll work our way up from there." He looked hopefully at Jackie.
"I'll take it!" she said sliding across the seat and climbing onto his lap. "Now we can make out." She kissed him deeply, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"See, Jackie, like I said. You are ok." Hyde kissed her again, reaching one arm down to pull the lever that makes the seat recline.
"Steven, what if we get snowed in?" Jackie asked between kisses.
"In a car? Jackie, you can't.." Hyde started to correct her, but decided to drop it. "Fine by me," he said instead, sliding his hands around her waist and kissing her neck.
"You know," Jackie said as she placed her hands on his belt, "I could think of a few things we could do while we wait for the snow to stop." Jackie gently tugged at Hyde's shirt as she began nibbling his ear. "I think we'll have to move to the backseat though," she whispered breathily in his ear.
"Ok, Jackie," Hyde said swallowing hard, "you win. You are wonderful." And with that, Hyde quickly maneuvered Jackie, then himself into the backseat, as the snow continued to fall in the Wisconsin sky.