Chapter eight: A cloud of smoke
A cloud of smoke hovered in the basement. Sat in their usual circle spots were Kelso, Hyde, Fez and the host of such gatherings Eric Forman. Hyde hadn't had such a good toke session since he spoke about Jackie. Hyde just stared into thin air with a goofy look on his face. Fez was speaking but Hyde wasn't listening to him.
"Look guys a rumour has been going around and I want to ask you guys so here it goes."
"Oh hey Fez if it's that I have VD don't tell Jackie." Kelso said while laughing. All three of the guys scooted away from Kelso.
Kelso was offended. "Hey I said it was a rumour. Damn!"
"Yeah well that's not all I heard man." Hyde added.
"Yeah I've heard a lot of stuff about Kelso. Hey maybe I should give Jackie a bell and tell her. I'm sure she'll want to know what her future husband has been up to." Eric said.
"Guys I'm allowed to have fun before I'm married it's like the rules."
"Yeah the rules for Dumbass's!" Hyde grunted while squirting a mouthful of whipped cream.
"Shut up you Bitches! I had something to ask."
"Sorry Fez please continue we'll don't want to here anymore sordid details of Kelso Love life." Eric said while staring at Hyde.
"That's o.k. Eric. Anyway I heard that candy can. Ai it can limit a man of his loins."
"Aww Fez we didn't need to hear that." Eric said.
"Yeah man and I've heard that happened to guy in the next town."
"What guy Kelso?" Hyde asked.
"You don't know him."
"That's cos he doesn't exist!" Eric yelled
"Ya huh!" Kelso replied.
"Kelso just shut up. Look Fez you don't need to worry." Hyde said.
"Really! Oh good cos if I had to choose between sex and candy I think there will be a lot of lonely women if you know what I mean."
"Yeah Fez I think we get it."
"And Fez you could always follow Luke Skywalker...." Groans from around the room where heard.
"God everyday with the Star Wars crap can't you shut up for one second." Hyde Groaned.
"Well I was gonna say he always has his lightsaber up if you catch my drift!!!" Eric chuckled.
"Alright that was a good one. And in my case my lightsaber is always up." Kelso said.
"Man! I was just about to eat." Eric said while dropping the Oreo cookie he had in his hand.
"Hey Kelso best man gets to do it with the bride right!" Fez said excitedly.
"No! It's the bridesmaid not the bride little buddy." Kelso corrected Fez; his face fell from a smile to frown.
"Eh Fez why would you want to do it with Jackie anyway?" Eric asked as the weed they were smoking was starting to take its effect.
"God can all you guys shut up about doing it with Jackie." Hyde growled.
"Yeah man I'm starting to feel a little...woozy!" Eric chuckled out.
"Fine! Anyone seen Pam Macy recently." Kelso said and the others laughed.
All the gang was hanging out in the basement. Casual looks were thrown between Jackie and Hyde but Kelso didn't seem to notice. Kelso and Jackie were sitting on the couch; Kelso had his arm draped over Jackie and she just snuggle into him. Donna sat on the far end of the couch; Fez was next to her on the lawn chair. Hyde was in his usual chair and tried to focus he's attention on the T.V. Eric sat on the deep freeze. Not much was going on, as it was too cold to go out. Kelso kept trying to kiss Jackie but she had insisted they remain pure until their wedding night. That meant no kissing no groping and definitely no sex. Even though Hyde hated the fact that Jackie was with Kelso he did secretly smile at the fact that she wasn't giving it up to him, but that smile soon faded away when he realised that she will have sex with him on their wedding night.
"What are we doing sitting in my parents basement waiting to die. We should be having fun we're teenagers and we're stuck at home." Eric moaned. He hoped off the deep freeze and sat next to Donna.
"Well Forman we would have place to go if you hadn't got us grounded." Hyde spat out.
"Hey it wasn't my fault that you caused me to crash the Vista Cruiser." Eric yelled back.
"Really and why is that!" Hyde questioned. Hyde knew Eric couldn't say anything cause Jackie and Kelso were in the room. Hyde had gotten so angry about Jackie that he crashed the car. And Eric took the blame but managed to rope Hyde in as well.
Eric didn't say anything. Donna just pulled Eric to her and gave him a hug.
"Don't worry sweetie, I think I can make it better!" She said with a glint in her eye.
"Eww Donna we don't need the thought of you and Eric doing it in the house!" Jackie moaned. Donna just threw her a look.
Kelso hugged Jackie tighter.
"Oh Jackie we could do it!" Kelso enthusiastically said.
"No Michael I said we can't prove our love to each other until our wedding night." Jackie said.
Kelso swooped her towards him and caused looks of annoyance from the rest of the gang. Jackie lay on top of Kelso and was squirming.
"Michael... Get let me go...your tickling me" She said in between laughs.
"But baby I can't wait that long." He finally let her go. She got up and straightened herself out, she sat back down.
"Sexy!" Fez said and received a glare from Hyde.
"Can't you two shut up?" Hyde said. He was really starting to angry. All Kelso could talk about was how he couldn't wait to do it with Jackie. But Hyde only had himself to blame, as he still hadn't told Jackie how he felt. But to Hyde it looked like she was happy despite what Donna and Eric said.
Jackie just looked at Hyde at a glint of hope shone through her eyes but it then turned to anger. She hardly ever said anything to Hyde. She was too busy fussing over Kelso and talking about her wedding.
"God Hyde you're always ragging on me and Jackie what's your problem?" Kelso asked. He didn't understand why Hyde always had a problem with them.
Hyde shifted in his seat and both Donna and looked at him with expectant looks.
"Well I don't want to listen to your stupid arguments on whether you are going to do it or not. You do it every day it's starting to get boring." Hyde explained.
"Whatever man!" Kelso said and turned to Jackie.
"Baby you wanna get out of here."
"Yeah Michael that sounds great." Jackie said. She got up and grabbed her bag and coat. And she and Kelso walked out of the basement.
When the coast was clear and Eric was sure that they had gone he spoke.
"Hyde man you keep having outbursts like that. You need to tell Jackie how you feel." Donna was rubbing his back.
"Yeah Hyde because she told me she still loves you. She wants you to come in and save her. You know like the damsel in distress." Donna said.
"Well that's bull if she didn't want Kelso she wouldn't have accepted his proposal." Hyde said back. He was really irritated by Donna and Eric's constant yammering about Jackie.
Fez walked around and got a soda and patted Hyde on the back.
"My poor, poor American friend you don't understand. You cheated on Jackie no wonder she wants to be with Kelso."
Donna interrupted "Er Fez I think you leading off of the point you are trying to make!"
"Yes anyway she's only marrying Kelso so you can save her!"
"Well screw that!" And he walked towards his room and slammed the door.
"Donna I thinks it's a lost cause. So why don't we get back to what we were originally gonna do!" Eric pulled Donna into a searing kiss. Meanwhile Fez was staring at them. They noticed and stopped kissing.
Eric drew in a deep breath. "Fez get out."
"Its o.k. I wont make a sound."
"Fez!" Eric shouted.
"Fine. Good day!" And Fez stormed out of the basement.
Donna pulled Eric towards her and they starting kissing again.
Jackie and Kelso sat around a table at the Hub. Jackie was discussing her ideas for decorations at their wedding but Kelso was looking at a blonde that had just walked in. The funny thing was that Jackie didn't even care. But she decided she had to act so he didn't get the wrong idea. So she slapped him across the head, the thud that was made echoed in the Hub. Kelso brought his hand up to his head in pain while a kid on a next table laughed.
"Damn Jackie what the hell was that for!"
"Michael you are with me now and once we're married it'll be forever so you can't look at other girls cos I'm all you want, right!"
"Yeah baby."
Jackie was picking at her plate of fries she suddenly felt not so hungry. Her mind kept flashing back to when she walked in on Steven saying those awful things about her. She refused to believe that's all he thought of her as. A piece of ass but he said it and they way he did made Jackie want to break down and cry again. Pull it together. It's been a whole week and you're still upset. Focus on anything but not Steven
"Michael we've been engaged for nearly three months why don't I have a ring?" She asked.
Kelso was now stealing fries off of her plate so she just gave him the whole plate.
"Baby you know I have no money at the moment." He held up a fry and said " But will you accept this fry as a token of my love for you until I can afford to buy you one."
Jackie was touched by this gesture. Usually she would have yelled at Michael for suggesting such a thing as nothing can beat diamonds, but the time she spent with Steven made a little less shallow and so she was touched. Kelso grabbed her hand and brought it to his lips and kissed it softly. Even though she said no kissing Jackie was gonna let that one slide.
"Jackie I promise that when we are married I'll make all your dreams come true, and I'll do what ever it takes to make you happy! So will you accept this fry as a token?"
"Yes I will Michael." She took a bite out of the fry as he held it.
Occasionally Kelso did things like this that made her feel special.
Hyde was walking past the Hub. He had thought about what Fez, Donna and Eric had said I decided to tell Jackie the truth about how he felt. He reached the door and pulled it open. What he saw shocked him to the core. He saw Kelso feeding her a French fry and she looked happy. In that moment he felt his heart break again. He realised he couldn't stop the wedding because Jackie really did want it to happen and it was true what Kelso had said. He and Jackie were meant to be together. He turned around a walked out of the Hub.
Jackie and Kelso were completely oblivious to the fact that Hyde had even come in.
A cloud of smoke hovered in the basement. Sat in their usual circle spots were Kelso, Hyde, Fez and the host of such gatherings Eric Forman. Hyde hadn't had such a good toke session since he spoke about Jackie. Hyde just stared into thin air with a goofy look on his face. Fez was speaking but Hyde wasn't listening to him.
"Look guys a rumour has been going around and I want to ask you guys so here it goes."
"Oh hey Fez if it's that I have VD don't tell Jackie." Kelso said while laughing. All three of the guys scooted away from Kelso.
Kelso was offended. "Hey I said it was a rumour. Damn!"
"Yeah well that's not all I heard man." Hyde added.
"Yeah I've heard a lot of stuff about Kelso. Hey maybe I should give Jackie a bell and tell her. I'm sure she'll want to know what her future husband has been up to." Eric said.
"Guys I'm allowed to have fun before I'm married it's like the rules."
"Yeah the rules for Dumbass's!" Hyde grunted while squirting a mouthful of whipped cream.
"Shut up you Bitches! I had something to ask."
"Sorry Fez please continue we'll don't want to here anymore sordid details of Kelso Love life." Eric said while staring at Hyde.
"That's o.k. Eric. Anyway I heard that candy can. Ai it can limit a man of his loins."
"Aww Fez we didn't need to hear that." Eric said.
"Yeah man and I've heard that happened to guy in the next town."
"What guy Kelso?" Hyde asked.
"You don't know him."
"That's cos he doesn't exist!" Eric yelled
"Ya huh!" Kelso replied.
"Kelso just shut up. Look Fez you don't need to worry." Hyde said.
"Really! Oh good cos if I had to choose between sex and candy I think there will be a lot of lonely women if you know what I mean."
"Yeah Fez I think we get it."
"And Fez you could always follow Luke Skywalker...." Groans from around the room where heard.
"God everyday with the Star Wars crap can't you shut up for one second." Hyde Groaned.
"Well I was gonna say he always has his lightsaber up if you catch my drift!!!" Eric chuckled.
"Alright that was a good one. And in my case my lightsaber is always up." Kelso said.
"Man! I was just about to eat." Eric said while dropping the Oreo cookie he had in his hand.
"Hey Kelso best man gets to do it with the bride right!" Fez said excitedly.
"No! It's the bridesmaid not the bride little buddy." Kelso corrected Fez; his face fell from a smile to frown.
"Eh Fez why would you want to do it with Jackie anyway?" Eric asked as the weed they were smoking was starting to take its effect.
"God can all you guys shut up about doing it with Jackie." Hyde growled.
"Yeah man I'm starting to feel a little...woozy!" Eric chuckled out.
"Fine! Anyone seen Pam Macy recently." Kelso said and the others laughed.
All the gang was hanging out in the basement. Casual looks were thrown between Jackie and Hyde but Kelso didn't seem to notice. Kelso and Jackie were sitting on the couch; Kelso had his arm draped over Jackie and she just snuggle into him. Donna sat on the far end of the couch; Fez was next to her on the lawn chair. Hyde was in his usual chair and tried to focus he's attention on the T.V. Eric sat on the deep freeze. Not much was going on, as it was too cold to go out. Kelso kept trying to kiss Jackie but she had insisted they remain pure until their wedding night. That meant no kissing no groping and definitely no sex. Even though Hyde hated the fact that Jackie was with Kelso he did secretly smile at the fact that she wasn't giving it up to him, but that smile soon faded away when he realised that she will have sex with him on their wedding night.
"What are we doing sitting in my parents basement waiting to die. We should be having fun we're teenagers and we're stuck at home." Eric moaned. He hoped off the deep freeze and sat next to Donna.
"Well Forman we would have place to go if you hadn't got us grounded." Hyde spat out.
"Hey it wasn't my fault that you caused me to crash the Vista Cruiser." Eric yelled back.
"Really and why is that!" Hyde questioned. Hyde knew Eric couldn't say anything cause Jackie and Kelso were in the room. Hyde had gotten so angry about Jackie that he crashed the car. And Eric took the blame but managed to rope Hyde in as well.
Eric didn't say anything. Donna just pulled Eric to her and gave him a hug.
"Don't worry sweetie, I think I can make it better!" She said with a glint in her eye.
"Eww Donna we don't need the thought of you and Eric doing it in the house!" Jackie moaned. Donna just threw her a look.
Kelso hugged Jackie tighter.
"Oh Jackie we could do it!" Kelso enthusiastically said.
"No Michael I said we can't prove our love to each other until our wedding night." Jackie said.
Kelso swooped her towards him and caused looks of annoyance from the rest of the gang. Jackie lay on top of Kelso and was squirming.
"Michael... Get let me go...your tickling me" She said in between laughs.
"But baby I can't wait that long." He finally let her go. She got up and straightened herself out, she sat back down.
"Sexy!" Fez said and received a glare from Hyde.
"Can't you two shut up?" Hyde said. He was really starting to angry. All Kelso could talk about was how he couldn't wait to do it with Jackie. But Hyde only had himself to blame, as he still hadn't told Jackie how he felt. But to Hyde it looked like she was happy despite what Donna and Eric said.
Jackie just looked at Hyde at a glint of hope shone through her eyes but it then turned to anger. She hardly ever said anything to Hyde. She was too busy fussing over Kelso and talking about her wedding.
"God Hyde you're always ragging on me and Jackie what's your problem?" Kelso asked. He didn't understand why Hyde always had a problem with them.
Hyde shifted in his seat and both Donna and looked at him with expectant looks.
"Well I don't want to listen to your stupid arguments on whether you are going to do it or not. You do it every day it's starting to get boring." Hyde explained.
"Whatever man!" Kelso said and turned to Jackie.
"Baby you wanna get out of here."
"Yeah Michael that sounds great." Jackie said. She got up and grabbed her bag and coat. And she and Kelso walked out of the basement.
When the coast was clear and Eric was sure that they had gone he spoke.
"Hyde man you keep having outbursts like that. You need to tell Jackie how you feel." Donna was rubbing his back.
"Yeah Hyde because she told me she still loves you. She wants you to come in and save her. You know like the damsel in distress." Donna said.
"Well that's bull if she didn't want Kelso she wouldn't have accepted his proposal." Hyde said back. He was really irritated by Donna and Eric's constant yammering about Jackie.
Fez walked around and got a soda and patted Hyde on the back.
"My poor, poor American friend you don't understand. You cheated on Jackie no wonder she wants to be with Kelso."
Donna interrupted "Er Fez I think you leading off of the point you are trying to make!"
"Yes anyway she's only marrying Kelso so you can save her!"
"Well screw that!" And he walked towards his room and slammed the door.
"Donna I thinks it's a lost cause. So why don't we get back to what we were originally gonna do!" Eric pulled Donna into a searing kiss. Meanwhile Fez was staring at them. They noticed and stopped kissing.
Eric drew in a deep breath. "Fez get out."
"Its o.k. I wont make a sound."
"Fez!" Eric shouted.
"Fine. Good day!" And Fez stormed out of the basement.
Donna pulled Eric towards her and they starting kissing again.
Jackie and Kelso sat around a table at the Hub. Jackie was discussing her ideas for decorations at their wedding but Kelso was looking at a blonde that had just walked in. The funny thing was that Jackie didn't even care. But she decided she had to act so he didn't get the wrong idea. So she slapped him across the head, the thud that was made echoed in the Hub. Kelso brought his hand up to his head in pain while a kid on a next table laughed.
"Damn Jackie what the hell was that for!"
"Michael you are with me now and once we're married it'll be forever so you can't look at other girls cos I'm all you want, right!"
"Yeah baby."
Jackie was picking at her plate of fries she suddenly felt not so hungry. Her mind kept flashing back to when she walked in on Steven saying those awful things about her. She refused to believe that's all he thought of her as. A piece of ass but he said it and they way he did made Jackie want to break down and cry again. Pull it together. It's been a whole week and you're still upset. Focus on anything but not Steven
"Michael we've been engaged for nearly three months why don't I have a ring?" She asked.
Kelso was now stealing fries off of her plate so she just gave him the whole plate.
"Baby you know I have no money at the moment." He held up a fry and said " But will you accept this fry as a token of my love for you until I can afford to buy you one."
Jackie was touched by this gesture. Usually she would have yelled at Michael for suggesting such a thing as nothing can beat diamonds, but the time she spent with Steven made a little less shallow and so she was touched. Kelso grabbed her hand and brought it to his lips and kissed it softly. Even though she said no kissing Jackie was gonna let that one slide.
"Jackie I promise that when we are married I'll make all your dreams come true, and I'll do what ever it takes to make you happy! So will you accept this fry as a token?"
"Yes I will Michael." She took a bite out of the fry as he held it.
Occasionally Kelso did things like this that made her feel special.
Hyde was walking past the Hub. He had thought about what Fez, Donna and Eric had said I decided to tell Jackie the truth about how he felt. He reached the door and pulled it open. What he saw shocked him to the core. He saw Kelso feeding her a French fry and she looked happy. In that moment he felt his heart break again. He realised he couldn't stop the wedding because Jackie really did want it to happen and it was true what Kelso had said. He and Jackie were meant to be together. He turned around a walked out of the Hub.
Jackie and Kelso were completely oblivious to the fact that Hyde had even come in.