Saturday Evening, Eric's Birthday Party
Steven, Jackie, and Kaitlyn Hyde arrived at the Forman's around 5:00. They had arrived a little early to help Red & Kitty get ready and to visit with Eric & Donna.
Donna let them in. "Hi guys, Hi Katie! Jackie, Do you want me to take her for awhile?"
"Sure, thanks Donna." said Jackie appreciatively.
"Eric's down in the basement with Kelso." informed Donna.
"Kelso's here?!" complained Hyde unhappily.
"Yes Hyde, of course he's here. Are you guys ever going to get over this petty crap?!" said Donna, somewhat irritated that the feud was apparently still alive and well.
"You know Donna, I'd like to, but he makes it a little difficult." said Hyde defensively.
"Oh enough Steven! It was years ago. He's not after me anymore. I'm sure he couldn't care less. I mean look at me! I'm huge with your baby. I'm sure he has better things to do than romance pregnant, married ex- girlfriends." said Jackie exasperatedly.
"Jackie, you don't see the way he stares at you when he thinks no one is looking." said Hyde angrily.
"Whatever Steven! You forget, none of this matters because I don't want him. I married you, remember?" said Jackie.
Kitty enters the room and is acting extremely nervous. "Hi kids! How are you feeling Jackie?"
"Pretty good for a whale" Jackie said, referring to her growing waistline.
Kitty scolded "Jackie, you look wonderful. You're having a baby, you're supposed to look like you swallowed a beach ball."
Hyde just shook his head in exasperation, tired of his wife's vanity.
"Steven, why don't you go help Red in the backyard with the burgers and hotdogs." suggested Kitty.
"Sure Mrs. Forman." agreed Hyde.
"Jackie, Can I talk to you for a minute in the other room?" whispered Kitty.
"Sure" They walked into the room just off the living room that they hardly ever used.
"Jackie, has Steven mentioned anything about his mother lately?" asked Kitty nervously.
"No, why?"
"She said she would be here at 6:00."
"Oh my God, you're kidding!" shrieked Jackie.
"No, Well we talked about inviting her to something Steven would be at, but since I ran into her at the grocery store a couple of days ago I thought no time like the present." explained Kitty.
"How mad do you think he'll get?" asked Kitty, who was getting more nervous as the minutes passed.
"Pretty mad, but who knows? He's basically just refused to make a move one way or the other. I got tired of arguing with him about it so I just decided to drop the subject entirely. Plus he's in kind of a bad mood because Michael's here."
"Seriously?!" exclaimed Kitty.
"No. I can barely get a tent big enough to cover me and he's worried about my ex-boyfriend making goo goo eyes at me. I thought I was the one who was supposed to be hormonal." said Jackie, frustrated with the situation.
"Jackie, he's just never forgiven Michael for all the trouble he tried to cause for you two up until the time you two got married. Michael did some pretty underhanded things and I don't think Steven and his friendship will ever be the same. Jackie, He just loves you so much. He doesn't always thing rationally when it comes to you." explained Kitty.
Jackie though over what Kitty had just said but added "I just wish they'd get over it and grow up. Whatever I once felt for Michael feels like 1% of what I feel for Steven."
"Well, let's go finish getting everything ready. Jackie, sweetie, will you go downstairs in the freezer and get me some more ice cream to put in the freezer up here." asked Kitty.
"Sure Mrs. Forman."
Jackie walked down the basement stairs and started digging in the freezer for the ice cream but realized that her stomach was in the way of what she was trying to pick up.
"Jackie, do you need some help?" said Kelso, somewhat amused at Jackie's predicament.
"Sure, thanks Michael. Mrs. Forman needs 3 of the ½ gallon containers of ice cream brought upstairs and put in the freezer up there."
"Here you go Jackie" said Kelso cheerfully.
"Thanks Michael"
"Jackie, What's Hyde's problem?! He wouldn't say 3 words to me earlier." complained Kelso.
"Michael, you guys need to sort that out yourselves. I'm staying out of it."
Just then Hyde came walking down the stairs carrying Kaitlyn.
"Jackie, I'll take this upstairs for you" volunteered Kelso.
"Thanks Michael"
"Hey Hyde, How's it going?" said Kelso, who was visibly uncomfortable.
"Pretty good, How's are things with you?" asked Hyde, somewhat patronizingly.
"Great, great, dating this totally hot chick in Kenosha named Samantha." bragged Kelso.
"Why didn't you bring her?" asked Hyde, suspicious that Samantha was a figment of Kelso's imagination.
"She had to work." whined Kelso.
"That's too bad, man."
Kaitlyn started reaching over for her mother and Jackie promptly took her daughter from her husband's arms. "Yes baby, do you want Mama to hold you? She's getting spoiled again with me home all day with her, but you're still daddy's girl, aren't you pumpkin?"
Kaitlyn just smiled and giggled.
"Man Hyde, she's getting big!" said Kelso, who hadn't seen her since she was only a few months old. "Well, I'd better get these up to Mrs. Forman. See you guys later."
"Ya, see you later Man." said Hyde
As soon as Kelso what out of ear shot. Hyde whispered to Jackie "Well, isn't he helpful."
"Steven, he just saw that I couldn't reach the ice cream and volunteered to help. No ulterior motive there."
Just then Eric came in the basement side door. "Hey Hyde, Mom wants us to get the folding tables and chairs out of your old room."
"Sure Man, no problem." said Hyde.
"I'll see you guys upstairs. I'll go see if Mrs. Forman needs anymore help." said Jackie as she headed back upstairs.
Just as Jackie was coming out of the kitchen into the living room the doorbell rang. Jackie glanced at her watch, and it was a little after 6:00.
Kitty rushed in the room and said "I'll get that. Ha ha ha, laughing nervously. Kitty opened the door and sure enough it was Edna. "Hi Edna, Glad you could make it. We're going to start eating in just a few minutes. Everbody, this is Edna, Steven's mother."
Several people turned around curiously and politely said hello, not really understanding the significance of her arrival.
A few minutes later Eric and Hyde came through the kitchen door into the living room carrying the folding tables and chairs. Hyde noticed his mother immediately and shot a questioning glance to his wife who just shrugged her shoulders. He took one look at Kitty's guilty expression and knew exactly who had invited his mother. He knew of course that she thought it was for his benefit. He walked over to where his mother was nervously awaiting his response to her presence. "Hello Edna. Funny running into you here." said Hyde sarcastically.
"Hi Steven, Mrs. Forman invited me when she saw me at the grocery store so I thought I would come by for awhile and see how you're doing. I've called you several times but I guess you didn't have time to call back." said Edna nervously.
Hyde led her into the other room so that their conversation wouldn't be overheard.
"Well Edna, I've been real busy with work and my real family. Jackie and my daughter." said Hyde somewhat snidely.
"Steven, lets not fight honey. I don't expect to fix things between us overnight but I want a place in your life, even if it's just as a friend."
"You don't pick up a phone to call me for almost 5 years and now you want to be my friend?" exclaimed Hyde incredulously.
"Steven, you have to understand I was completely messed up. I felt like a complete failure, like I'd never accomplished anything or done any of the things I'd set out to do. I felt like I was drowning, with no anchor to hold on to. Steven, please do not take that to mean that I didn't love you! I did love you, I do love you, I'll always love you!" said Edna tearfully.
"I've finally got my act together and I'd like us to try to wipe the slate clean and start over. Steven, you're a father now. You must understand how hard it is to be a parent and how hard it is to always put your child first." pleaded Edna.
"Yes, I do know how hard it is. But I can tell you one thing for sure, now that I am a father, I'd never leave my kids. I don't care how old they are. I would never leave them, not for any reason other than death." shouted Hyde.
"Steven, please try to understand. I didn't want to leave you. I just didn't know what else to do. I was miserable and depressed. Honey, I'm not blaming you, I know it was my own fault. I went looking for happiness in all the wrong places. It wasn't until I crawled out of the bottle that I realized where it was all along, with you, but I'd been too stupid too know it." explained Edna emotionally. "Steven, I'd give anything if you'd just give me a chance to make it right, to try to make it up to you. Maybe I can never make up for the rotten mother that I was to you but I can make it up to you through your children. I can be the kind of grandmother that they deserve, the kind of mother that I should have been to you."
Hyde just stared at his mother in total disbelief of what she had just said. Part of him wanted to tell her to go, but the other part wouldn't let him. "Ok Edna, but if you let my kids down once, there will be no second chances, that'll be it." explained Hyde brusquely.
"Ok Steven, I understand" said Edna. "Steven, I just want to let you know how proud I am of you, of the man you've become. Mrs. Forman has told me what a wonderful father and husband you are and I can see that when I see you with your wife and little girl. I see how much you love them and how much they love you. You're very lucky to have that kind of love in your life. I never had that. Steven, I'm sure you're old enough to realize that your father and I should never have married. He didn't love me, and I never really loved him. Not the way a woman is supposed to love her husband. We married for your sake but in the end all we did was hurt each other and worst of all, hurt you.
"I realize that Edna." said Hyde sadly.
Kitty came in the room where Hyde and Edna were having their discussion. "Its time to eat." said Kitty apprehensively.
"Ok, thanks Mrs. Forman" said Hyde
Hyde turned to his mother and said "Come on Edna, you heard the lady, its time to eat." Hyde motioned Edna to sit at the table with himself, Jackie, and Kaitlyn who was in her highchair. They had a pleasant mean and talked politely with Eric and Donna who were also sitting with them. They were slightly curious as to how Edna came to be there but were glad Hyde might be trying to patch things up with his mother.
After everyone was done eating their cake and ice cream Edna got up form the table "Well Steven, I should be heading home. Please think about what I said." She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, and whispered "Don't be a stranger."
She walked over to where Kitty was sitting and thanked her for inviting her and then waved goodbye to Hyde on the way out the door.
Jackie gave Hyde a questioning glance. He just smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll tell you later."
Jackie smiled back, hoping that was a good sign that Hyde and his mother were finally going to try and put the past behind them.
Steven, Jackie, and Kaitlyn Hyde arrived at the Forman's around 5:00. They had arrived a little early to help Red & Kitty get ready and to visit with Eric & Donna.
Donna let them in. "Hi guys, Hi Katie! Jackie, Do you want me to take her for awhile?"
"Sure, thanks Donna." said Jackie appreciatively.
"Eric's down in the basement with Kelso." informed Donna.
"Kelso's here?!" complained Hyde unhappily.
"Yes Hyde, of course he's here. Are you guys ever going to get over this petty crap?!" said Donna, somewhat irritated that the feud was apparently still alive and well.
"You know Donna, I'd like to, but he makes it a little difficult." said Hyde defensively.
"Oh enough Steven! It was years ago. He's not after me anymore. I'm sure he couldn't care less. I mean look at me! I'm huge with your baby. I'm sure he has better things to do than romance pregnant, married ex- girlfriends." said Jackie exasperatedly.
"Jackie, you don't see the way he stares at you when he thinks no one is looking." said Hyde angrily.
"Whatever Steven! You forget, none of this matters because I don't want him. I married you, remember?" said Jackie.
Kitty enters the room and is acting extremely nervous. "Hi kids! How are you feeling Jackie?"
"Pretty good for a whale" Jackie said, referring to her growing waistline.
Kitty scolded "Jackie, you look wonderful. You're having a baby, you're supposed to look like you swallowed a beach ball."
Hyde just shook his head in exasperation, tired of his wife's vanity.
"Steven, why don't you go help Red in the backyard with the burgers and hotdogs." suggested Kitty.
"Sure Mrs. Forman." agreed Hyde.
"Jackie, Can I talk to you for a minute in the other room?" whispered Kitty.
"Sure" They walked into the room just off the living room that they hardly ever used.
"Jackie, has Steven mentioned anything about his mother lately?" asked Kitty nervously.
"No, why?"
"She said she would be here at 6:00."
"Oh my God, you're kidding!" shrieked Jackie.
"No, Well we talked about inviting her to something Steven would be at, but since I ran into her at the grocery store a couple of days ago I thought no time like the present." explained Kitty.
"How mad do you think he'll get?" asked Kitty, who was getting more nervous as the minutes passed.
"Pretty mad, but who knows? He's basically just refused to make a move one way or the other. I got tired of arguing with him about it so I just decided to drop the subject entirely. Plus he's in kind of a bad mood because Michael's here."
"Seriously?!" exclaimed Kitty.
"No. I can barely get a tent big enough to cover me and he's worried about my ex-boyfriend making goo goo eyes at me. I thought I was the one who was supposed to be hormonal." said Jackie, frustrated with the situation.
"Jackie, he's just never forgiven Michael for all the trouble he tried to cause for you two up until the time you two got married. Michael did some pretty underhanded things and I don't think Steven and his friendship will ever be the same. Jackie, He just loves you so much. He doesn't always thing rationally when it comes to you." explained Kitty.
Jackie though over what Kitty had just said but added "I just wish they'd get over it and grow up. Whatever I once felt for Michael feels like 1% of what I feel for Steven."
"Well, let's go finish getting everything ready. Jackie, sweetie, will you go downstairs in the freezer and get me some more ice cream to put in the freezer up here." asked Kitty.
"Sure Mrs. Forman."
Jackie walked down the basement stairs and started digging in the freezer for the ice cream but realized that her stomach was in the way of what she was trying to pick up.
"Jackie, do you need some help?" said Kelso, somewhat amused at Jackie's predicament.
"Sure, thanks Michael. Mrs. Forman needs 3 of the ½ gallon containers of ice cream brought upstairs and put in the freezer up there."
"Here you go Jackie" said Kelso cheerfully.
"Thanks Michael"
"Jackie, What's Hyde's problem?! He wouldn't say 3 words to me earlier." complained Kelso.
"Michael, you guys need to sort that out yourselves. I'm staying out of it."
Just then Hyde came walking down the stairs carrying Kaitlyn.
"Jackie, I'll take this upstairs for you" volunteered Kelso.
"Thanks Michael"
"Hey Hyde, How's it going?" said Kelso, who was visibly uncomfortable.
"Pretty good, How's are things with you?" asked Hyde, somewhat patronizingly.
"Great, great, dating this totally hot chick in Kenosha named Samantha." bragged Kelso.
"Why didn't you bring her?" asked Hyde, suspicious that Samantha was a figment of Kelso's imagination.
"She had to work." whined Kelso.
"That's too bad, man."
Kaitlyn started reaching over for her mother and Jackie promptly took her daughter from her husband's arms. "Yes baby, do you want Mama to hold you? She's getting spoiled again with me home all day with her, but you're still daddy's girl, aren't you pumpkin?"
Kaitlyn just smiled and giggled.
"Man Hyde, she's getting big!" said Kelso, who hadn't seen her since she was only a few months old. "Well, I'd better get these up to Mrs. Forman. See you guys later."
"Ya, see you later Man." said Hyde
As soon as Kelso what out of ear shot. Hyde whispered to Jackie "Well, isn't he helpful."
"Steven, he just saw that I couldn't reach the ice cream and volunteered to help. No ulterior motive there."
Just then Eric came in the basement side door. "Hey Hyde, Mom wants us to get the folding tables and chairs out of your old room."
"Sure Man, no problem." said Hyde.
"I'll see you guys upstairs. I'll go see if Mrs. Forman needs anymore help." said Jackie as she headed back upstairs.
Just as Jackie was coming out of the kitchen into the living room the doorbell rang. Jackie glanced at her watch, and it was a little after 6:00.
Kitty rushed in the room and said "I'll get that. Ha ha ha, laughing nervously. Kitty opened the door and sure enough it was Edna. "Hi Edna, Glad you could make it. We're going to start eating in just a few minutes. Everbody, this is Edna, Steven's mother."
Several people turned around curiously and politely said hello, not really understanding the significance of her arrival.
A few minutes later Eric and Hyde came through the kitchen door into the living room carrying the folding tables and chairs. Hyde noticed his mother immediately and shot a questioning glance to his wife who just shrugged her shoulders. He took one look at Kitty's guilty expression and knew exactly who had invited his mother. He knew of course that she thought it was for his benefit. He walked over to where his mother was nervously awaiting his response to her presence. "Hello Edna. Funny running into you here." said Hyde sarcastically.
"Hi Steven, Mrs. Forman invited me when she saw me at the grocery store so I thought I would come by for awhile and see how you're doing. I've called you several times but I guess you didn't have time to call back." said Edna nervously.
Hyde led her into the other room so that their conversation wouldn't be overheard.
"Well Edna, I've been real busy with work and my real family. Jackie and my daughter." said Hyde somewhat snidely.
"Steven, lets not fight honey. I don't expect to fix things between us overnight but I want a place in your life, even if it's just as a friend."
"You don't pick up a phone to call me for almost 5 years and now you want to be my friend?" exclaimed Hyde incredulously.
"Steven, you have to understand I was completely messed up. I felt like a complete failure, like I'd never accomplished anything or done any of the things I'd set out to do. I felt like I was drowning, with no anchor to hold on to. Steven, please do not take that to mean that I didn't love you! I did love you, I do love you, I'll always love you!" said Edna tearfully.
"I've finally got my act together and I'd like us to try to wipe the slate clean and start over. Steven, you're a father now. You must understand how hard it is to be a parent and how hard it is to always put your child first." pleaded Edna.
"Yes, I do know how hard it is. But I can tell you one thing for sure, now that I am a father, I'd never leave my kids. I don't care how old they are. I would never leave them, not for any reason other than death." shouted Hyde.
"Steven, please try to understand. I didn't want to leave you. I just didn't know what else to do. I was miserable and depressed. Honey, I'm not blaming you, I know it was my own fault. I went looking for happiness in all the wrong places. It wasn't until I crawled out of the bottle that I realized where it was all along, with you, but I'd been too stupid too know it." explained Edna emotionally. "Steven, I'd give anything if you'd just give me a chance to make it right, to try to make it up to you. Maybe I can never make up for the rotten mother that I was to you but I can make it up to you through your children. I can be the kind of grandmother that they deserve, the kind of mother that I should have been to you."
Hyde just stared at his mother in total disbelief of what she had just said. Part of him wanted to tell her to go, but the other part wouldn't let him. "Ok Edna, but if you let my kids down once, there will be no second chances, that'll be it." explained Hyde brusquely.
"Ok Steven, I understand" said Edna. "Steven, I just want to let you know how proud I am of you, of the man you've become. Mrs. Forman has told me what a wonderful father and husband you are and I can see that when I see you with your wife and little girl. I see how much you love them and how much they love you. You're very lucky to have that kind of love in your life. I never had that. Steven, I'm sure you're old enough to realize that your father and I should never have married. He didn't love me, and I never really loved him. Not the way a woman is supposed to love her husband. We married for your sake but in the end all we did was hurt each other and worst of all, hurt you.
"I realize that Edna." said Hyde sadly.
Kitty came in the room where Hyde and Edna were having their discussion. "Its time to eat." said Kitty apprehensively.
"Ok, thanks Mrs. Forman" said Hyde
Hyde turned to his mother and said "Come on Edna, you heard the lady, its time to eat." Hyde motioned Edna to sit at the table with himself, Jackie, and Kaitlyn who was in her highchair. They had a pleasant mean and talked politely with Eric and Donna who were also sitting with them. They were slightly curious as to how Edna came to be there but were glad Hyde might be trying to patch things up with his mother.
After everyone was done eating their cake and ice cream Edna got up form the table "Well Steven, I should be heading home. Please think about what I said." She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, and whispered "Don't be a stranger."
She walked over to where Kitty was sitting and thanked her for inviting her and then waved goodbye to Hyde on the way out the door.
Jackie gave Hyde a questioning glance. He just smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll tell you later."
Jackie smiled back, hoping that was a good sign that Hyde and his mother were finally going to try and put the past behind them.