I DON'T OWN THAT 70S SHOW OR ANYTHING BELONGING TO THAT 70S SHOW… BLAH BLAH BLAH…
SO SORRY FOR THE LONG DELAY OF MY STORY! I HAD SOME SERIOUS WRITER'S BLOCK! (AND A BIG CASE OF LAZINESS!)
Kelso, Eric, and the man stood outside of a broken down shack, drinking beer out of the back of the truck. "Man, I am starting to wonder what Donna is doing right now…" Eric was getting a little drunk, seeming dizzy and woozy. "Probably with Jackie and Hyde having a threesome. Since they all seem to have this sick little love triangle!" Kelso grew irritated with the thought of Jackie and Donna lusting over Hyde. "You boys sure do talk a lot about these people. God, I feel like I know more about them then I should! You either need to shut up and forget about them or go home and stop nagging to me about them! You would think with all this time you spend thinking, you would actually do something about it," the man threw his arms up at the boys, getting annoyed with their constant whining. Not even beer could cure their heart ache. "No! For once I am not going to be the one to go crawling back! For once it's not my fault!" Eric stood up, offended at the man's suggestion. "Yeah!" Kelso agreed with Eric. The man shook his head in shame and began to drink his beer.
Eric was at a pay phone, dialing a number, with Kelso behind him. "I am just calling to give a little piece of my mind. Make sure they don't forget what is what! She screwed up not me!" Eric put the phone to his ear with his nostrils flaring. "Yeah, whatever… you know I don't get you. I mean, you must love Donna a lot to stalk her, I mean she is probably all over Hyde now! I would have just given her up, but no not you. Yeah, if I had your body I would be desperate to…" Kelso casually tried to figure out why Eric was so good to Donna. "I am not doing this because I am desperate! I can easily get over Donna! You, you know what buddy! At least I am not a jerk who drove my girlfriend away into my best friend's arms!" Eric pointed a finger at Kelso and raised his eye brows. "No! Hyde probably forced my Jackie! I mean why would a little hottie like her who had a hottie like me go to a dirty uggo orphan! I mean, Hyde tricked her! Yeah!" Kelso tried to convince him self that Jackie wasn't over him and that everything was just a big mistake. But he knew inside that it was over, he knew that he had pushed to far. What he told himself every night only drove him further into depression. "Um… hey Mr. Pinciotti! I was wondering if I could speak to Donna." Eric spoke urgently into the phone.
Goes to the Pinciotti kitchen…with Bob on the phone talking to Eric…
"Oh so you finally decide to call to let us no you are not lying on the road dead huh? Well that was a terrible thing you did to my poor Donna, walking out on her like that! And you are lucky, she's not here because she is out trying to find you! And she left you this note, I am going to read it to you…" Bob gripped the phone tight in anger.
Back to where Eric is on the phone…
"Uh huh… I am a stubborn bastard… a botard… get bent… got it, bye," Eric quickly hung up the phone. He did not want to hear more of Bob's ramblings, he always scared him. "Hey you actually got in contact with somebody! If I knew that was gonna happen I would have told you that you should get some one to come pick you up." The man came up behind Eric, interrupting his thoughts about the previous conversation. "What? I thought you were giving us a ride?" Eric stuttered in confusion. "Pssh, not any more! You guys are a bunch a wusses! I am tired of hearing about… Jackie this or Donna that! I am outta here!" The man rushed over to his truck, leaving Eric and Kelso to chase after him. He sped off before they could catch up. Eric and Kelso stood there in the middle of the road watching him leave.
"Okay, um, we have been driving for hours now! I am so tired; we are never going to find them!" Donna was losing hope on looking for Eric and Kelso wondering the side of the road. There was no way that they were going to be able to cover all of Wisconsin. They might not even be in Wisconsin! "You know Donna; I thought you wanted Eric back! You sure are being a bitch!" Hyde snapped at Donna, he was tired of her just sitting around and complaining. God, she complained about being at home and Eric disappearing, then she complains about going out and doing something about him! She is so complicated, and she wonders why I won't be with her. Well, maybe that is not the reason, Jackie is a bigger whiner! Way worse than Donna. Why do I like Jackie more then her? Hyde let his thoughts wonder into other things, he hadn't had any personal time with Jackie in the hectic days of Kelso and Eric's disappearance. Everything had been about Donna really. Jackie was spending all her time trying to comfort her and she was making him stay with her to. But why did he care so much about spending time with Jackie? He hated her, all he wanted was sex, and he could get that anywhere! So, how was he supposed to take that feeling? He had been battling with himself over that one thought forever.
"Steven! I told you, I need at least a 10 minute stop every 30 minutes, for a make up check! My new fuchsia pink eye shadow can't stay perfect on its own!" Jackie's head popped up next to his head, breaking his train of thought. Her shrill voice rang loud in his ears. He turned his head and pulled it back in shock, at her big, shining blue and green eyes right in front of his. "Jackie why don't you just go in the back and do it there, I mean, is it really necessary to stop completely!" Hyde protested, not wanting to delay the search any longer. "What if we hit a bump? If I mess up then I am going to scream at the top of my lungs! And I don't think that any of you want to hear that!" Jackie pointed her finger at them all, looking around at them. "Fine," Hyde let out a sigh of defeat and pulled the van over. "But in five minutes, I am going to start up again!" Hyde pointed his finger at Jackie, trying to put her back in her place that she charged out of earlier, demanding her away, and getting it, like always. "Well, Hyde, we wouldn't want your little girlfriend to look like trailer trash with no eye shadow!" Fez mocked Hyde for his give in to Jackie. "Hey! She wanted ten minutes, I said five!" Hyde reminded them. Donna gave a chuckle at Hyde's cover up; trying to act like no one knew what was really going on. "Face it, you've been whipped! You have been following her every demand for the past few days," Donna fell back against the window laughing, for the first time in a long time she wasn't thinking of Eric. She was actually having a good time, and forgetting about her whole other depressing situation. That really felt good. Hyde gave a slight smile, hanging his head down so the others would not see his sign of glee. He didn't mind them saying that, he knew it was true. He didn't mind being ordered around by Jackie that is what he always kind of liked about her. It was sort of sexy. At this point, everyone was joining in together, chuckling and smiling for no reason. Hyde's situation really wasn't that funny to them, it was the fact that they were all forgetting about the depressing atmosphere. They just didn't want it to stop.
Jackie came in the front to find all of them laughing with each other, "What is going on?" She came in with a smile to see laughter upon her friends' faces. "Oh nothing, I guess we all just got caught up in the moment. Ya done?" Donna raised her face to look at Jackie, still smiling. "Yeah, thank you Steven," Jackie turned to Hyde and gave him a kiss on the cheek and a seductive smile. Pulling on his shirt, trying to lead him to the back of the van. "Fez, why don't you take over… Or some one… Please…" He was loosing his voice, staring into Jackie's eyes, and giving in to her tug. It felt good to finally have an intimate moment; he almost forgot what it was like with Jackie. It felt good! A since of relief washed over him, as he was reassured that Jackie had not lost her spontaneous 'urges'. That was the one thing that he loved about her, that made her screeching whining voice and constant back handed compliments almost unbelievable and non-existent to moments like these. Donna and Fez got out of their way, Fez climbed into the driver's seat once they disappeared behind the curtain. Both looked at each other and gave another chuckle. Fez started up the van and went on the road again.
"Great, now we have no ride AND no beer to make everything better… Okay, this is not the kind of get away I had planned on…" Eric plumped on the sandy ground underneath the hot sun. It had only been a few minutes since the man that was their ride and their beer supply left. Kelso and Eric had waited in the middle of the road for a while, hoping that it was a prank and the man would be whizzing back towards them any minute now. After a few minutes they had finally hung their heads down from looking down the long fading road ahead. Kelso sat down next to Eric in exasperation, "Well, you the one that ran him off with all of your stupid moaning and whining about your little wussy tragic love story!" Kelso seemed calm for a moment, but the frustration had built up inside of him, he had to take out his anger on somebody. "What! You do the same thing with Jackie, dumbass!" Eric was surprised at Kelso sudden accusations. "Well…" Kelso found himself speechless to this response. Like always, he had not thought very far ahead and didn't recognize his hypocritical statement at the time. Once again, caught in his own trap. He let out a loud groan, clearly indicating that he had given up and turned his cheek away from Eric. They were both angry, but they both understood each other, so in that Eric did not respond to Kelso's stubbornness and outbursts, he knew that it was not towards him directly. He just happened to be the only person around; it was Kelso's way of telling someone that something was wrong. "At least the guy could of told us where we were!" Eric changed the subject, hoping now that the anger would be projected to the man that had stranded them in the middle of no where. "Yeah, hey, we never even got his name," Kelso realized, also being a spark to Eric's face, he was just now recalling that also. "Do you have another quarter?" Eric held his hand out, as if expecting Kelso to have one. "Sorry man," Kelso shook his head in disappointment. "Well, the only thing we can do is what we were going before, hitch hike." Eric jumped to his feet, with Kelso following. "We'll be lucky if someone comes out here!" Kelso chuckled. Eric just gave a simple nod and lead the way to walk.
Two hours later…
Kelso and Eric lazily walked with their heads hanging down. They had been walking, on and off, for two hours and they had both given up hope. Eric started to kick a rock around, watching it bounce two feet in front of him. "I wonder if people are looking for us?" That thought had just popped into Kelso's mind. Eric lifted his head with a shocked expression, he forgot that Donna was trying to find them, and she probably had the rest of the gang with her. "Oh man! Hyde, Jackie, Donna, and Fez are probably out there circling Wisconsin," Eric thought about them, sounding amazed that they would set out with out with out having any idea where to go or look. It got quiet for a moment when, a loud roaring, like the sound of cars off in the distance. Eric lifted his head up with a suspicious look on his face. "Hey did you hear that! It sounded like a highway! We have finally reached somewhere!" Eric had a wave of eagerness come over him for a second. His hope had been restored. "Yeah, there are tons of cars on a highway! We can get a ride and go home! Oh yeah!" Kelso jumped in the air, the biggest smile came over his face. Both the boys started to walk faster towards the noise.
The van is rocking really hard from side to side; Donna and Fez look extremely annoyed as Fez is driving. "Oh my god! I can't take it! They've been back there for like an hour rockin and rockin! This is not satisfying to my needs!" Fez whined. Donna had her hand on her head, pulling her eye lids and eye brows up. She just sat there staring in front of her; suddenly she turned around and pulled open the curtain to stick her head through. "SHUT UP!" She yelled very loudly, making everyone in the car jump in fear. The van stopped rocking and Jackie came to the front looking irritated. "My god Donna! You don't have to be so jealous!" Jackie sat in between Fez and Donna, when Hyde came up behind he, half of his body in the curtain. "Yeah we were just getting to the good part!" Hyde brought up, just as irritated. "What! If you had gone any further there would be an earth quake!" Fez turned to Hyde. "I'm not jealous of you guys, I'm worried about Eric. I mean, I hope he's okay…" Donna turned her body to the rest of the gang, with a worried look on her face. "Donna he'll be fine! You would be surprised that the creepy, crusty truck drivers find little scrawny boys most appealing! He is sure to get a ride!" Jackie shrugged. "Yeah… hey maybe we should stop for a while…" Donna suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement.
Fez, Jackie, Hyde, and Donna are all sitting in an empty bar. Donna is talking to this old lady who is behind the car, and Jackie, Fez, and Hyde are talking and drinking together. Donna has a worried look on her face while she is talking to the bartender. "I mean, who knows! He could be lying in a ditch somewhere! And the last thing I told him was that I didn't love him! I am such a horrible person! Oh please KILL ME!" Donna plopped her head on the bar, the bartender stared at her blankly. "Honey, have a drink, that'll loosen you up!" The lady got a class from behind the counter and poured a bottle of alcohol into it, passing it to Donna. A man, suddenly, came through the door. He looked kind of big and dirty. With a big, bushy beard and a dusty jacket. "Hey Frankie! I thought you had them two young boys with ya!" The lady looked confused at the man as he sat down between Donna and the rest of the gang that was there. "Oh, I couldn't take them anymore! They were such girls! I am never doing something like that again!" The man took a drink of a bottle of beer that the woman had handed to him. Hyde looked over at the old man, suspicious. "Hey would one of those guys happen to be a scrawny little girl and the other a tall whiny girl?" Hyde asked, staring at the man. The man look over to answer. "Ew, Steven! Why did you have to make him look at us!" Jackie drew back against Hyde with a disgusted look. "Yeah, you're smart! You know 'em?" The man questioned. "Yeah we are their friends, we're lookin' for em," Donna jumped in, with a stern tone. "Yeah? They kept on going on about their little love problems. Something about these two girls named Donna and Jackie. And from what the tall whiny girl as told me, you must be Jackie," the man gave Jackie a fake smile, clearly showing that he heard her shallow comment. Everyone nodded and then turned their attention back to the man. "I'm Donna, that's Hyde, and he's Fez," Donna gave a quick introduction for all of them. "Hey! Heard about you to! Yeah, you fell in love with this dude and dumped the other dude, because you didn't think that you could love him and… I don't really know… it all gets confusing…" The man looked up at Donna, who was standing over him. Everyone looks really awkward and uncomfortable, except for Jackie who is turned the other way, doing her nails and completely oblivious to the situation. "Whatever… Where did they go!" Donna blew off the topic and went back to interrogating the man. "Hey, the last place I dumped them was about 3 miles out from the highway coming over here!" The man threw his hands up in surrender. "Great!" Donna, and the rest of the gang, turned around as soon as he finished and rushed out the door.
"Hey, thanks for the ride! You have no idea what a day it's been!" Eric and Kelso had climbed into a young man's car, who picked them up on the side of the road after they had spent 30 minutes trying to catch a ride. They almost had a ride a few minutes into it, but then the car that was about to stop for them saw a group of girls up ahead, and decided to take them instead. "Yeah, it's tough competition out here on the streets!" Kelso nodded, expectantly.
"Hey! I am always happy to help a couple of travelers trying to find their place in the world… Going where ever the wind takes them… My name is Craig," Craig turned to Eric, and Kelso and gave them one more welcoming smile. He didn't seem creepy to Eric and Kelso, he looked like a normal teenage boy. Nice brown curly hair, deep brown eyes, a smooth, clean face. "Yeah, well, we're just wanna get back to Point Place. I mean, that was our plan, but it is a lot harder to flow with the wind then it sounds!" Eric explained to Craig. "Yeah, the only good thing is all the free, stolen beer," Kelso held up three bottles of beer. "Kelso! You had that all the time! Why didn't you say something!" Eric grabbed the beer, and immediately became irritated with the delay. "Well you didn't ask," Kelso looked at Eric blankly. Eric just shook his head and turn back around. "I don't think I should drink and drive," Craig examined the beer bottle. Eric and Kelso look up at him, "Oh it doesn't matter… Nothing matters… We don't have anything to live for anymore," Eric turned slowly away from Craig, with a dramatic, fading tone. Kelso pouted and nodded. "Huh? What do you mean?" Craig became suspicious. "The whole reason we wanted to go on this trip is so we could try to clear our heads, but I can't, I have to go back and try to get my girlfriend back! Hyde is not getting in my way!" Eric raised his voice, in a new confident tone. He forgot for a moment that Craig was there. "Okay, whatever…" Craig decided to forget about Eric's story.
Eric and Kelso drove up into the Forman drive way with Craig. They both got out of the car, "HOME SWEET HOME!" Kelso yelled out loudly. "Um, Kelso, it's not your home!" Eric corrected him. "Huh! Selfish!" Kelso called out to Eric. "What the hell!" Red came barging out from the sliding door. "Oh daddy! I am never running away again!" Eric threw his arms around Red, who gave a disgusted face. "Get off me! We'll talk inside!" Red led Eric and Kelso into the kitchen.
"You are such dumbasses! To just take off like that! You had everyone worried sick!" Red scolded them, as soon as they got into the door. "Everyone is going out to look for you! They are probably all lying in a dark alley somewhere dead, because they turned Wisconsin upside down looking for you! You killed everyone!" Red pointed a finger at Kelso and Eric. "Look, I'm sorry, we were trying to come back home!" Eric tried to calm things down.
Kitty and Bob came threw the kitchen door. "Eric! Michael! Where the hell have you been! You know how much I was worried about you! I was about to call the police!" Kitty suddenly blew up on them both, as soon as she saw them. Eric looked worried at first but then something crossed his mind. "Wait, it took you guys almost a week to get the idea of calling the police!" Eric looked at them like they were crazy, "What if we were murdered! How long would it take you to call the cops then, a year!" Eric's voice grew louder. "Well Eric, your eighteen years old, if you aren't able to spend a few nights on the streets by yourself, then I don't know what to think of you!" Red shot back at Eric. "You know, I would hate to see what the rest of the kids are gonna do to ya! They took off a little while ago to look for you," Bob jumped in. "Boy I hope Steven kicks your ass!" Red turned to Eric and nodded. "Uh, you guys didn't tell my parents about me running away did you!" Kelso looked at all of them suspiciously. "Kelso, don't you think they would of noticed!" Red asked Kelso, trying to bring a clue to his mind. "Well I have a few tricks up my sleeve, all I did was stick a few pillows under my cover!" Kelso explained to them, they all give him a dumb look.
The telephone started to ring, and Kitty went to answer it. "Hello… Donna! Guess what? We have Eric and Michael right here! You guys can come home… Oh… now…. Don't do that to him! Just be happy that they are home for right now… I am not going to have none of that in my house during happy time! Buh-bye sweetie!" Kitty hung up the phone and turned back to the rest of the people. "Oh you are in trouble misters!" Kitty pointed a finger at them, and gave them a glaring look.
Kelso and Eric sat in the basement alone, both on the couch, very scrunched up and nervous. "So, when do you think they will get here?" Eric asked, frightened. "Forget that! What are they going to do to us?" Kelso looked nervously at the table. "Okay, we still have time to run!" Kelso turned to Eric. "No good, Red probably got every single fence, and every single window boarded up. There is no way out, my friend…" Eric looked around. Suddenly the noise of a door slamming from upstairs boomed through the basement, Kelso jumped up as high off the couch as he could, and gave a wild scream, "OH GOD!" Kelso yelled extremely loud while jumping up. Eric was drawn back at Kelso's paranoid reflex. "Will you chill?" Eric motioned Kelso to sit back down. "Oh no… oh no…" Kelso slowly sat back down, staying alert.
Donna and the rest of the gang came trampling down the basement stairs, looking furious. "Well, well, well, LOOK it's the traveling dillholes! Apparently they needed to take their little show on tour and skip out on life for a few days!" Donna spoke loudly, crossing her arms while standing over Eric and Donna. "You know Donna, you got a lot of nerve, you broke my heart and…" Donna cut Eric off in mid-sentence, Eric started to stand up in front of Donna. "And you broke mine! I wanted you to be here with me so we could work this out! I was confused, and you didn't even give me a chance. You are always jumping to conclusions and you never trust me!" Donna's voice started to soften up, while becoming face to face with Eric. Everyone else in the room was forgotten, and it suddenly became all about Eric and Donna. "Yeah well, you always expect me to just come running to you! I mean, no matter if it is you or me, I am always the one who has to make the first move! Did you ever think that you are not the only one that is unhappy?" Eric protested to Donna. Jackie, suddenly, decided to cut in. "Eric! You can't blame Donna for that! That is how it is for every guy! That is the law!" Jackie corrected, they both ignored her and kept staring at each other. "Eric… I'm not unhappy… I just get so sick of your ignorance!" Donna shot back. "Well, I really don't want to stand here and bicker all day! So why don't we just save time and end this now! We should of never tried to start it back up again!" Eric's rage got the best of him, and the words just started to spill out of his mouth. Donna was taken back by Eric's choice, she couldn't believe that he was just going to end it like that. She had no reason to be surprised though, she wouldn't expect him to look at her the same way after she had told him the truth about her feelings. Donna only managed to get an agreeing nod. Everyone else stood there with their mouths dropped, one moment Eric and Donna were the perfect couple, and then they are fighting like the never had any past at all.
Donna had a suitcase on her bed; she was stuffing clothes back into them. Jackie walked into the room with a suspicious look as soon as she saw Donna packing. "What's going on Donna? Are you going back to California?" Jackie had an even more concerned look as ideas had popped into her head. "Yeah, yeah I am. I was going to tell you guys when I was about to leave," Donna didn't look up from her suitcase. "Why? Donna, please, you and Eric have been broken up before and you survived living with him," Jackie tried to talk Donna out of her departure. "It's not just Eric… It's Hyde… and everything… and you…" Donna sat down on the bed, ready to spill her heart out. "Me?" Jackie questioned. "Yes! I can't stand to see you and Hyde together… before it was just Eric, but now, I can't look at anyone the same… And I am pretty sure that no one can look at me the same… I just need to forget about everything and start over…" Donna gave a lazy look at Jackie. "Donna… come on… we have been through a lot already and we have always managed to work it out. I mean, that is the great thing about all of us, we never let anything get in the way of our friendships!" Jackie raised her eye brows at Donna. "Jackie! I'm leaving! And that is final! I am going to say my good byes and I am outta here!" Donna shot up off the bed and started to pack again. "Whatever… I'll see you later…" Jackie mumbled, storming out of the room.
"What! Donna is leaving! For good!" Hyde questioned, with a worried tone. The whole gang was sitting, leaning forward towards Jackie, as she told her story about her conversation with Donna. Kelso sat in the chair across from Hyde with his mouth dropped, Eric and Fez sat on the couch with a stressed look upon their face, as Hyde sat in his chair leaning into Jackie. "I couldn't do anything to talk her out of it! She wants to get away and start over! It's your entire fault Eric!" Jackie turned sideways over to Eric, and gave him a slap on the arm. "Yeah right! She talks about me running away! Look at her! And if anyone's to blame, it's Hyde for seducing her and stealing her away!" Eric's hand shot up at Hyde. He was taken back at once, "What! Man, you are crazy! Maybe you shouldn't be such a damn girl!" Hyde had an offended tone. Suddenly, the three of them erupted in a big argument. They were all pointing fingers at each other and raising their voices at once. Fez and Kelso looked at each other, confused, they turned back to the fight.
The entire gang, Donna, Kelso, Eric, Fez, Hyde, and Jackie, stood in the drive way. Donna had a big suitcase on her back and she was hugging the rest of the gang. "Bye you guys, maybe I'll come and visit some time… you know… to see how everybody is doing…" Donna tried to make everyone feel better about her leaving. She could see the gloom in all of their faces, even Eric's, she knew that no matter how bad things were they all still cared for each other a lot. "Guys, please, don't be mad. We were all going to get out of this town someday anyway… I am just the first to go…" She tried another time. "Yeah but it is too soon, we are still in high school!" Fez whined. "Okay, okay, if you really don't wanna stay back here, then there in no reason for us to try and keep you, go." Hyde demanded sharply. The rest of them stood behind his statement, and nodded. "Why are you guys being like this!" Donna finally came out in a booming voice. "Why are you being like this! It is ridiculous for you to go anywhere!" Jackie spoke up. "I'm sorry that I screwed everything up! Okay!" Donna yelled sarcastically. "Like we said, go… bye…" Hyde and the others, except for Eric, slowly walked back into the house. Eric just stood there silent. "Just leave… there is nothing for us to say…" Donna gave a big sigh. "Donna, I have plenty to say… and you do to…" Eric lifted his head to look at Donna. "But all I wanted to say was goodbye, I just wanted to say one last goodbye for good, have fun in California," Eric said, firmly. "Okay…" Donna closed her eyes. She didn't want to say goodbye for good, it just made everything sound so permanent. She really just wanted to believe that she would return here after a long, adventurous time in California and her and Eric would fall madly in love with each other again as soon as she returned. Both forgetting about everything that had happened. "Bye Eric…" She looked him up and down one last time, and quickly turned away before the moist, hot tears came pouring from her eyes. Eric stood there in the drive way for a few seconds after Donna had left, and turned around for the sliding door.