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Title: Spring Break
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CHAPTER ONE
It started out like any ordinary Saturday. Steven Hyde walked into the Foreman's kitchen and opened the fridge. Eric and Red were both working at Pricemart and Kitty was at the hospital. She always left something for him for lunch when she worked Saturdays.
He took his peanut butter sandwich and sat down at the kitchen table. He didn't have to be at the Foto Hut for another two hours so he was taking his time eating and reading a magazine. Just as he finished his apple juice he heard the doorbell ring.
He got up and walked into the living room toward the front door. He opened it and came face to face with the last person he was expecting to see that day.
"Edna. What are you doing here?"
"Steven, I am your mother. Don't call me Edna."
She sighed. She wasn't expecting this to be easy. It never was with him.
"What are you doing here?" he asked not bothering to hide his annoyance.
"Well, I am just passing through really. Jake had some business in town this afternoon, so I thought I would drive down from Canada with him and see how you were doing."
"Oh. Well I'm just great," he said, not even bothering to ask who Jake was. "So, I guess were all caught up now. Shouldn't you be leaving?"
"Steven," she said sternly. "I'm only in town for a few hours. I think you can spend a few hours in the same room with your mother. I haven't seen you in two years."
"Three years and two months actually. But, you wouldn't remember that," he said staring straight at her.
"Well, like I said we have some catching up to do. So, how's school?"
"Fine."
"Oh. Well, that's good."
"Thanks," he said flatly.
"So, are you still working at that Foto Hut?"
"How do you know about that?" he asked suspiciously.
"Your father. Jake and I ran into him on the road a few months ago."
"Oh. So how is dear old dad?"
"Oh, you know. Same old Bud."
Hyde looked down at his watch.
"Come on Steven. It's not that bad. What else is going on in your life? Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Yes," he replied.
"Well.." she said waiting to see if he would elaborate. "Who is she? What's she like?"
Hyde wasn't sure how to answer.
"Her name is Jackie."
"Oh. That's a nice name. Do you have a picture or something?"
Not anxious to continue the conversation Hyde welcomed this chance to leave the room. He walked into the den and grabbed Eric's high school yearbook off the shelf. He stood around for a minute trying to kill time before he went back into the living room.
He plopped back down on the sofa next to his mother and opened the book. He flipped through the class pictures.
"This is her," he said, pointing to Jackie's class picture.
"She's very pretty," Edna said as she glanced down at the page. Then she read the captions under Jackie's picture.
BURKHART, JACKIE, Cheerleading, Most Popular Junior, Snow Queen, Runner-Up
Edna sighed.
"What?" Hyde asked in a disinterested way.
"Nothing. Its just...looking at this picture...you two remind me so much of your father and me. We were high school sweethearts you know."
"Jackie and I are nothing like you and Bud," he replied flatly.
"Oh no? Well, I was a cheerleader too you know. It's true," she said responding to Hyde's skeptical look.
"I was cute and popular. Nobody thought Bud and I would get together. He was kind of rough around the edges...a lot like you. Anyway, we had a great time together for a while. But, you know how that turned out."
Hyde didn't know what to say. He just stared at his mother. He had never heard Edna talk about Bud that way. It was always 'your father's so worthless, your father's such an ass.'
"I guess I should have seen it coming. Opposites attract, ha! I was so naïve," she seemed to be talking to herself at this point. "Oh well. That's all in the past anyway."
She looked down at her watch. "I should probably get going. Jake should be finished by now. Look Steven," she said as she took his hand, "It was good seeing you again." She got up and walked out the door.
He sat on the couch for a few minutes staring at the wall. Then he got up and jogged up the stairs. He climbed into the attic and started poking through the boxes by the door. He remembered seeing some of Kitty and Red's old yearbooks up here before.
"Here it is." He said as he wiped the dust off the cover of a big green book. 'Point Place High 1956' was written on the across it in big white letters.
He flipped through the pages, not sure what he was looking for. Then he saw it. Right in the center of a page titled 'Senior Prom,' a big photo of his mom and dad. They were smiling. They actually looked happy. A feeling of dread swept over him.
He continued flipping through the pages until he found his Edna's class picture. In tiny writing, right underneath the picture he read, 'Cheerleader, Homecoming Court." He stared at her picture for a few minutes and then he closed the book and put it back in the box.
He knew what he had to do. He had to go talk to Jackie.
Title: Spring Break
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CHAPTER ONE
It started out like any ordinary Saturday. Steven Hyde walked into the Foreman's kitchen and opened the fridge. Eric and Red were both working at Pricemart and Kitty was at the hospital. She always left something for him for lunch when she worked Saturdays.
He took his peanut butter sandwich and sat down at the kitchen table. He didn't have to be at the Foto Hut for another two hours so he was taking his time eating and reading a magazine. Just as he finished his apple juice he heard the doorbell ring.
He got up and walked into the living room toward the front door. He opened it and came face to face with the last person he was expecting to see that day.
"Edna. What are you doing here?"
"Steven, I am your mother. Don't call me Edna."
She sighed. She wasn't expecting this to be easy. It never was with him.
"What are you doing here?" he asked not bothering to hide his annoyance.
"Well, I am just passing through really. Jake had some business in town this afternoon, so I thought I would drive down from Canada with him and see how you were doing."
"Oh. Well I'm just great," he said, not even bothering to ask who Jake was. "So, I guess were all caught up now. Shouldn't you be leaving?"
"Steven," she said sternly. "I'm only in town for a few hours. I think you can spend a few hours in the same room with your mother. I haven't seen you in two years."
"Three years and two months actually. But, you wouldn't remember that," he said staring straight at her.
"Well, like I said we have some catching up to do. So, how's school?"
"Fine."
"Oh. Well, that's good."
"Thanks," he said flatly.
"So, are you still working at that Foto Hut?"
"How do you know about that?" he asked suspiciously.
"Your father. Jake and I ran into him on the road a few months ago."
"Oh. So how is dear old dad?"
"Oh, you know. Same old Bud."
Hyde looked down at his watch.
"Come on Steven. It's not that bad. What else is going on in your life? Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Yes," he replied.
"Well.." she said waiting to see if he would elaborate. "Who is she? What's she like?"
Hyde wasn't sure how to answer.
"Her name is Jackie."
"Oh. That's a nice name. Do you have a picture or something?"
Not anxious to continue the conversation Hyde welcomed this chance to leave the room. He walked into the den and grabbed Eric's high school yearbook off the shelf. He stood around for a minute trying to kill time before he went back into the living room.
He plopped back down on the sofa next to his mother and opened the book. He flipped through the class pictures.
"This is her," he said, pointing to Jackie's class picture.
"She's very pretty," Edna said as she glanced down at the page. Then she read the captions under Jackie's picture.
BURKHART, JACKIE, Cheerleading, Most Popular Junior, Snow Queen, Runner-Up
Edna sighed.
"What?" Hyde asked in a disinterested way.
"Nothing. Its just...looking at this picture...you two remind me so much of your father and me. We were high school sweethearts you know."
"Jackie and I are nothing like you and Bud," he replied flatly.
"Oh no? Well, I was a cheerleader too you know. It's true," she said responding to Hyde's skeptical look.
"I was cute and popular. Nobody thought Bud and I would get together. He was kind of rough around the edges...a lot like you. Anyway, we had a great time together for a while. But, you know how that turned out."
Hyde didn't know what to say. He just stared at his mother. He had never heard Edna talk about Bud that way. It was always 'your father's so worthless, your father's such an ass.'
"I guess I should have seen it coming. Opposites attract, ha! I was so naïve," she seemed to be talking to herself at this point. "Oh well. That's all in the past anyway."
She looked down at her watch. "I should probably get going. Jake should be finished by now. Look Steven," she said as she took his hand, "It was good seeing you again." She got up and walked out the door.
He sat on the couch for a few minutes staring at the wall. Then he got up and jogged up the stairs. He climbed into the attic and started poking through the boxes by the door. He remembered seeing some of Kitty and Red's old yearbooks up here before.
"Here it is." He said as he wiped the dust off the cover of a big green book. 'Point Place High 1956' was written on the across it in big white letters.
He flipped through the pages, not sure what he was looking for. Then he saw it. Right in the center of a page titled 'Senior Prom,' a big photo of his mom and dad. They were smiling. They actually looked happy. A feeling of dread swept over him.
He continued flipping through the pages until he found his Edna's class picture. In tiny writing, right underneath the picture he read, 'Cheerleader, Homecoming Court." He stared at her picture for a few minutes and then he closed the book and put it back in the box.
He knew what he had to do. He had to go talk to Jackie.