This is a story following Kelso's thought, and recalling his memories, on his daughters wedding day. I do not own any of that 70's show characters. Enjoy.

I sat outside of the bathroom at Brooke's apartment. I looked nervously around the apartment, this was the second time that this had happened to me and I wished that I had kept my vow to never have sex again. I felt ten times worse then when I thought that Jackie was pregnant, I had grown up a lot since then and now I understood haw this could ruin not only my life, but Brooke's too. I still remembered the night in the bathroom stall, I doubt I'll ever forget it, it was Brooke's first time, I should have made it more special and been more careful then I did.

The bathroom door opened and Brooke walked out, her eyes were red from crying. I rushed to her side, took her in my arms and looked into her eyes. "What's the verdict?" "Michael, I'm pregnant." She broke down into tears. "How could this have happened, I'm smart, I shouldn't been soo stupid. I'm never going to college and I'm never going to get a job. I was soo stu-" "Listen Brooke" I cut her off in mid sentence. "we are going to make this work no matter what, and you not the stupid one. I am."

I still remember that day over 18 years ago; back then I would have given anything to take back that night with Brooke in the bathroom stall. It all changed on that faithful day that my little girl was borne and I lost the one woman which I ever truly love.

Mr. Kelso, your wife (I married Brooke about a month before) and mother-in law were in an accident, they were hit by a drunk driver. Mrs. Heather Irvine (Brooke's mom) was killed instantly; your wife was sent to the hospital with sever injuries." Tears welled up in my eyes, I knew the outcome. "Brooke died on the operating table. We did manage to save the baby; it's an 8 lbs girl. Do you wish to see her?" Asked the doctor, I sat down, Brooke was dead. But my child was alive and healthy. "Yes, I would." I got up from the chair and followed the Doctor down the hall to the maternity ward; he spoke to one of the nurses. She went into a room then came out with my little girl, she handed the baby to me, she was soo small and helpless. "She still needs a name you know." Said the doctor. "Yeah, umm...." I thought for a moment. "How about April Brooke Kelso, borne 3:30am on July 31. How does that sound Doc?" "It sounds perfect. Nurse, get the birth certificate and we'll write this down." April opened her eyes and yawned, and then she smiled at me. I was in love.

I yawned and pulled myself out of bed, and looked at the calendar on my wall. The date on the calendar was circled and I was reminded of what day it was.

It was 2 weeks after the accident and April was screaming at me. I was soo confused; I never looked after a baby before, sure I looked after my sister, but I had help then. Now I was all by myself. I really needed help with this, so I did what needed to be done, I called the one woman who I knew could help me, Kitty Forman.

K-Kitty

M-Michael

K-"Hello"

M-"Hi Mrs. Forman, its Michael Kelso."

K-"Oh, hi Michael, I heard the news about Brooke. I'm soo sorry."

M-"Thanks Mrs. Forman, they did manage to save the baby though. It's a girl; I named her April Brooke Kelso.

K-"Oh, that's just a beautiful name. Are you still going to be living in Chicago?"

M-"Well, I talked to my training officer at the academy, and their willing to transfer me back to Point Place, if I want. That is why I'm calling, I wonder if you and Red would let me stay with you for a while, because this baby raising stuff isn't as easy as it looks.

K-"Of course you can, it'll be soo much fun having a baby around the house again. Don't worry about Red, I'll talk with him."

M-"Thanks Mrs. Forman, thank you a lot."

K-"So when do you think you'll be arriving?"

M-"I'm going to need a couple of weeks to pack things up. So I'll be there in 2 weeks, give or take a couple of days, thanks again Mrs. Forman."

K-"NO problem, Red just walked in so I better go and have that talk with him. Bye Michael."

M-"Bye Mrs. Forman."

Yeah, Kitty and Red were a major help in the first couple of years. Having a kid in the house again made both Red and Kitty very happy. When April was 3 years old and out of the terrible twos, I moved out of the Forman's and into a house down the street.

"Michael, do you really need to move. I mean, you could stay here with me and Red." Kitty pleaded with me, I was just leading the rest of his stuff into the Toyota, which he borrowed from the Forman's to move. "Kitty, I can't keep on relying on you and Red for everything. I'm out of the academy and I'm a certified police officer and I want to start taking care of my kid by myself. I need to start being a father." "He's right Kitty, Michael has grown up a lot in the last few years, we gave him our knowledge and now he needs to go." Red told Kitty, he always acted like he didn't care, but I knew that he loved April like she was his own. I know this because I walked in on him playing with her a couple of times. "Yeah Kitty, plus we'll be living just down the street, and I'll need someone to baby-sit April while I'm at work."

A week later I was settled in my new 3 bedroom house, the house which I lived in up until now. I'm going to hate tomorrow, the house will feel soo empty.

I put on my navy blue bathrobe and looked at the clock; it was 7:30am. I walked out of my bedroom and down the hall to the last room. As quietly as I could, I opened the door. There she was, my little angel, sleeping peacefully in her pink room. God, how she hated the color of that room. I guess growing up without a mother, just a father, had its effect on her. Most of her friends are guys, I'm not too happy on that, and she has always been a tomboy. That is until she met Ben, after that she changed a bit. Started buying make-up and girly clothes that showed off her perfect figure, I hated that part. Thanks to Ben I hated it less; he protected her from other guys.

It was just about midnight, five minutes to be exact, when I heard Ben's car pull up in the driveway. I peeked out of the side of the kitchen window. Ben got out of the car went to that other side and opened the door for April. She would only let Ben do that, any other guy and she would accuse them of being sexist. Ben walked her up to the front porch as usual, but when the front door opened he came into the house with her. "Dad" April called me. "can you get an ice pack out of the freezer and get the firs aid kit, please." I grabbed the requested items and rushed into the living room, fearing that my little girl was in some way hurt. "What's the matter?" I asked. "Ben got into a fight at the party at Luke and Lela's house." (Luke and Lela is Donna and Eric's twins.) "Yeah, I spotted some guy dragging April into a bedroom, I told him to let him go, and then he proceeded to show me his fist." Ben then told me about the whole thing, Ben won the fight. I didn't blame him for doing what he did, if I saw someone trying to pull April into a room, I would have kicked his ass too. Thankfully all Ben got out of the fight was a black eye and some bruises on his body.

April stirred from her sleep; she looked up at her father. "Good morning princess." "Daddy, don't call me that." She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "Umm... what time is it?" She asked me. "Please April; let me call you princess just for today. I won't be able to call you that again after today, and its 7:40am. Only 6 hours and 20 minutes to go, are you nervous?" I asked as I sat down on her bed. "Not at all, I mean it's my wedding day, I'm excited." I could tell she was nervous, her brown eyes said it all. "Well, princess, do you want me to make the bride breakfast in bed?" "If you want to that would be nice." She gave me that million dollar smile. "Could you make me your special French toast with real maple syrup?" "Anything for my baby." I got up and walked down the stairs to the kitchen.

April was sitting on the steps of the school one day when I came to pick her up from school. She walked over to the red convertible and got in the front seat. She looked over at me; I could tell that something was wrong. "What's wrong baby?" "Dad, do I have a mommy?" I knew that question was going to come sooner or later, I was dreading this day for 7 years. "No April you don't have a mommy." I wished I could have told her differently. "But my teacher told me that everyone has a mommy." I had to tell her what happened. "Why don't I take you to the park and we can talk there, ok?" "Ok Daddy." I drove her to the park and we sat on a bench near the lake. "April, a long time ago you did have a mommy." I began the story about the drunk driver, the crash and how April was the reason I kept on going. "Do you have any questions April?" She shook her head and tears began to form in her eyes. I picked her up and put her in my lap; she buried her head in my chest and cried. I cried with her for a while, then to lighten the mood I told her the story of how I got the scar on my chin from an incident involving a canoe and a car, she tossed her head back and laughed. She always liked hearing stories where I did stupid and crazy things. I may have been stupid back then, but I had the most fun out of all of my friends.

Well that's chapter one. Hope you all liked it, please review.