Saturday August 2, 1986
Donna walked into the apartment. Jackie was in the kitchen next to the coffee pot. "Jackie?"
She spun around and smiled at Donna. "Hey."
"Where's Hyde?"
"A motel six not too far from here." Jackie continued to smile.
"What's wrong with you?" Donna asked. Jackie shook her head, her face fell.
"Nothing, I just… I don't even know how we got into the damn fight." Jackie shrugged. "Where's Eric and Luke?"
Donna looked at and then turned around. She shook her head went into the hall and came back with Luke.
"God Donna!" Eric said, holding all the suitcases and the baby carrier. "Have some god damn pity!"
Jackie smirked and helped unload the baggage off of him. He kissed her on the cheek and then looked around the apartment.
"Give me the address. I'll hunt him out." Eric smile broadly.
"He's been dieing to play hero for the past few hours." Donna rolled her eyes. Jackie nodded. She handed him a piece of paper.
"Look there's directions and everything." Eric smiled.
"Just hail a cab and tell them. You'll be fine." Jackie smiled.
"Ok." Eric kissed her forehead, Luke's head, and then Donna, and headed out.
"Ok," Donna said turning to Jackie. Luke reaching out for her. Jackie took Luke and Donna crossed her arms. "Tell me *exactly* what happened."
*
Hyde laid on the old motel bed, staring at the ceiling. His hands behind his head, his ankles crossed. The walls were faded and he just knew that there was a spring broken in the bed.
Suddenly the door swung opened and Hyde looked at Eric.
"YOU!" Eric pointed to Hyde.
"Oh god. Don't get your panties all twisted Erica." Hyde put his head down again and looked at the ceiling.
"What the hell happened? You're calling off the wedding?" Eric asked shutting the door.
"No hello? No, how have you been?" Hyde asked sarcastically.
"Cut the bull Hyde. What the hell is going on?" Eric said. Hyde looked at his friend and then back at the ceiling.
"I told her that I didn't think I'd be a good parent." Hyde shrugged.
"Who knows if you'll be a good parent?" Eric stated. Hyde looked at Eric.
"How did you know Donna was "the one"? How did you know you want to have kids with her, and that she would never leave you?" Hyde asked.
"I didn't." Eric shrugged. "I knew I care about her, and I love her, and I would have done and do anything for her."
"But…"
"Wait, wait, wait… you are totally paranoid. Oh my god. Steven Hyde is getting cold feet. The wedding is in what? Four months? And you are getting cold feet!" Eric began to laugh.
"This isn't funny!" Hyde said throwing a pillow at his long time friend.
"No, no it's not." Eric cleared his throat. "So wait, because you are getting cold feet you dragged kids into the conversation?"
"What if…" Hyde looked at Eric. "I am like Bud… or Edna. What if Jackie figures out I'm not good enough for her? And what if I'm a terrible father?"
"Hyde…" Eric looked at him. "I have known you for over twenty years. You are not like Bud or Edna. You will be great with kids. Don't worry about it. Besides… if Jackie figures out she should have married a doctor instead of a lame-o producer… she'll divorce you." Another pillow came flying through the air.
*
"Jackie… I'm not being mean. Honestly. I'm not… but… you know, as well as I know… you are going to have kids… and Hyde… Hyde is going to deal with it." Donna said. Luke was being rocked gently by Jackie who was looking at Donna.
"He doesn't want kids!" Jackie said.
"He didn't say he didn't want kids. He said he couldn't see himself with kids. See all you have to do is kiss the top of his head, say he'll be a great dad, and then let him sleep on the couch."
"Donna… Steven… it's just."
"Jackie… what did you do?" Donna smiled. Jackie looked at her and then let her head fall back.
"I over reacted." She said to the ceiling.
"And what do we do when we over react?" Donna coaxed. Jackie brought her head up and rolled her eyes.
"I shall not over react. I am a mature, sophisticated woman. I am not the bratty teenager that annoyed everyone. I shall not over react. I am a mature, sophisticated woman…" Jackie continued her little chant.
"Good girl Jackie. See, you are a new Jackie. A less annoying Jackie!" Donna said proudly.
*
Sunday August 3, 1986
Hyde walked into his apartment. Eric was snuggled on the couch. Hyde shook his head and walked into the bedroom. Jackie and Donna were sound asleep. Luke was moving slightly in the middle.
"Hey little guy." Hyde said quietly. He picked Luke up and gently took him out into the balcony.
Donna opened her eyes a little more and smiled, she then looked over at Jackie. She pushed her. Jackie rolled over and fell off the bed. She knelt and glared at Donna who pointed out into the balcony.
"So… mommy and daddy dragged you out of your nice little house and brought you to New York, huh? It's because mommy and daddy are crazy." Luke gurgled. Hyde smiled.
"See… you're great with kids." Hyde turned around and saw Jackie in a pink, silk night gown, with a matching silk robe.
"He's not mine… I could screw him up if I tired." Hyde said softly.
"Steven…" Jackie took his face in her hands. "You really want to cancel my half a million dollar wedding?"
"No." Hyde smirked, even with the given situation. Jackie laughed a bit.
"Then why are we fighting?"
"Cause I'm an idiot and you don't listen?" Hyde laughed at Jackie's change in expression.
"Shut up!" Jackie said and lightly kissed him. "Honestly… do you want kids?"
"Yes Jackie… I want kids." Hyde nodded. Luke gurgled. "Hey we can just kidnap theirs." Jackie laughed.
"I hate you." And she kissed him.
"Ok… how the *hell* did they make up that quickly?" Eric asked from the door way.
"I don't know." Donna shrugged. She then smiled. "Who cares how they made up? They made up… and we're in New York… with two babysitters."
"Let's change and get out of here before they can deny us." Eric rushed into out of the bedroom. Donna laughed and looked over to Hyde and Jackie who were talking, laughing, and looking over the balcony while Luke reached for a pigeon and gurgled.
"Yeah… she'll get her family."
Donna smiled.
*
Eric and Donna walked out of the movie theater.
"That Ferris Bueller. He reminds me of a teenager." Eric commented.
"Ha!" Donna laughed. "You are not a quarter as smart and tricky as that kid." Donna smirked.
"You know…" Eric started angrily.
"I know." Donna smiled and kissed his cheek. "I wish I could meet Mathew Broderick. There's a man."
"You…"
"I know." Donna stopped him. "Did you feel that?"
"Feel what?" Eric asked.
"Water." Donna said looking at the sky.
"Water…?" And then huge drops of rain came falling from the sky. The couple raced into a café near by. "Isn't this a snazzy little joint?" Eric said looking around.
Donna sat at a table. "It's cute."
"Anything to drink?" A tall man asked the two.
"Coffee." They answered together.
"No problem." The man smiled and left.
"So we'll stay here till the rain lets out?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Ok, Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for all coming. I'm glad you got the flyers and stuff. We have a great show!" A perky, blonde woman said.
"A show! Yay!" Eric said in mock enthusiasm.
"Shut up."
"Ok, first up is Bob!" The blonde smiled.
"Bob?" Eric looked over at Donna.
"Will you shut up?" Donna smirked.
A man in a black barrette, with black pants, and a black sweater got on the stage. "Hello all you cool cats and hipsters. I have a poem for your listening pleasures." Donna looked over at Eric who looked bored. "Blue is the color the sky portrays. But who's to say the blue is the sky's game."
Donna dropped her head to the table and moaned as if and pain. And Eric tried to stifle his giggles.
*
Jackie and Luke sat in front of the TV watching the Muppet Babies. Hyde came out of the bedroom wearing a pair of shorts and a wife beater. His hair was wet and the towel was around his neck.
"I can't believe they just… left like that."
"Oh, hush… you like babysitting as much as I do." Hyde gave her a skeptical look.
Donna and Eric walked into the apartment drench from head to toe. Hyde out right laughed. Jackie turned and looked at him and then at Donna and Eric.
"Oh my…"
"We were at a café… and we laughed at this beatnik's poem… and we got thrown out." Donna said. Water dripping from her to the floor.
"Do you know how hard it is to get a cab in New York?" Eric glared.
"Yes!" Hyde and Jackie said together.
*
Wednesday September 10, 1986
Jackie bobbed her head to the tune of "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire. She began to move along with the music.
Hyde walked in and watched as she danced while making dinner. He smirked and put his hands on her waist and kissed her neck.
"Oh my god! You scared me!" Jackie said turning around with her hand to her chest.
"You are such a baby." Hyde laughed.
"I want a baby." Jackie said turning back to the stove. Hyde glared at her and then looked at the ceiling, mouthing, 'why'. "Exactly three more months." Jackie said excitedly.
"I know." Hyde said.
"Can you believe it… I'll official be, Mrs. Steven Hyde."
"Your office calls you that."
"I know… but it'll be official!" Jackie smiled her bright smile.
"You scare me."; Hyde said kissing her cheek and walking towards the bedroom.
"You always scared me!" Jackie shouted after him.
*
"Eat." Eric pleaded with his son. Luke had his lips pressed shut and was staring at his father as if his father had gone mad. "Please, please, please! Before mommy comes home."
Luke simply stared at his father, his lips curled in, pressed together.
"Luke." Eric begged close to tears.
"Eric?" Donna walked in to see her son in his highchair, his lips pressed together, and saw her husband begging with the seventh month old child. "He didn't eat?" Donna asked, trying to check her temper.
"No." Eric said, letting out a cry. "He… he is… the force is not with him today." Donna looked at her husband and bit her lip. She looked away and closed her eyes. Willing herself not to kill her husband.
Donna opened her eyes took the spoon took a little bit of the baby food and then moved it towards her son's mouth. Her son looked at her, as if she was mad. Donna then pressed the spoon on his lips gently. Luke licked his lips and then let the spoon enter his mouth.
"Dear god…" Eric said as Donna continued to feed their son. "The force has really been with you all these years."
"Eric I…"
"Oh holy one!" Eric began bowing to his wife.
"Eric… you're sleeping in the guest room tonight."
((There we go… a sweet little round about chapter... I was going to write more… but I decided not too… See my angst had no real point to it ::sticks out tongue:: I still say that every relationship has those huge fights that mean squat but someone overreacts, and it becomes a huge thing. So there! Ok… anyway… I have one more chapter. The wedding. Which will be grand, and long, and wonderful… and then I'm done. THANK YOU GOD! ::coughs:: anyway… the last two chapters were out there… but so what I give you people what you ask for… Goodness. And my last chapter will be the ultimate goodness chapter. I have the ending all planned out and everything… though I need a good, romantic, fun, 70's 80's song for the ending… and I'm not sure. I did not grow up in these ages… wish I did though… so if you guys have any idea. Feel free to Email/Review/Im me. Ok, next chapter will be out in a week or so :)… hope you enjoyed))
