Well, I decided that I'd left this without an update for far too long, lol, so here's the next part; hope ya like :D

BTW, I realised that the first chapter didn't have a disclaimer in it so

Disclaimer; Characters = not mine
Settings = not mine
Occurrences = alright, kind of mine ;)

Here we go;

The following morning Michael awoke with a sickly feeling in his throat and a headache the size of a Buick, he sat for a while holding his head in his hands and straining his mind to remember what happened and how he'd wound up where he was now. He was startled back to reality by a door slamming above his head followed by raced footsteps on the stairs. In response he flopped back down onto the settee wearily and held his head in his hands trying to relieve himself of the throbbing pain.

"Hey your awake" Hyde had just walked into the room sporting a wide smile as if his face was sliced in half and his chin and lip area of his face were on a hinge.

"yeh" he replied with a tone that said 'well duh', ignoring the pain he lifted himself off the sofa and addressed Hyde with clear distaste; "If Mrs Foreman asks... I've gone home and I'd appreciate it if she didn't pass on the message to my parents about what happened last night". He picked up his coat and left without another word.

Hyde paused for a moment wondering if he should go after him...he decided that it would be a good idea so he grabbed his own coat and ran outside into the rain which had begun to pour down once more. He stopped again at the end of the foreman's driveway, noting how cold it was and wondered if he should just leave him be. He shrugged and carried on towards the end of the street where Kelso was just turning the corner.

"Kelso" he yelled making him jump

"What?" he responded without looking at him, "you come to give me a hard time or just to irritate the hell out of me?" he stopped walking and waited for a response from Hyde who'd stopped a few feet away from him. Michael carried on walking again as the volume of his voice went up, "y'know...I don't think you're here to be all sympathetic somehow" he silenced for a moment as he heard hurried footsteps behind him, "so...why are you here?" He sat down on a garden wall and looked at Hyde questioningly. He sat down beside him and looked up at the sky but addressed Michael with an air of regret in his voice

"I'm not here to give you a hard time Kelso...and I'm not here to...bombard you with questions either" he paused for a moment and looked deep in concentration. Kelso decided to leave and got up, as he began to walk away he heard Hyde continue, "I'm here to apologise". He stopped in mid step and turned slowly back to face his friend. There was a silence between the two of them that seemed to last an eternity. Kelso sighed deeply and walked back towards him.

"No need to apologise" he said apologetically "I'm just going through a bad patch. He smiled at Steven before holding out his hand in a kind of truce, Hyde responded by holding out his own hand and shaking kelso's already outstretched palm.

"Friends". They smiled