A/N- Those who keep reviewing- thank you so much:D I think this is my fave chapter- coz, well, it's just so freakin' stoopid! If you can't guess what's gonna happen, then you're a bad, badT7S fan. LOL
Chapter 5 - The Circle.
After the girls left, the three guys stood in silence for a while. Hyde quietly contemplated the future, and began to dread what Jackie would be like the next time he saw her. Fez, whowas still busytucking into the box of candy, began humming happily to himself. Eric, who'd previously been silenced by the Popsicle jammed in his mouth,suddenlystarted with more of his ramblings. "Oh this is baaad man. This is just so freakin' bad!" Eric said as he stepped onto the couch, flailing his arms expressively.
"Drama queen!" Hyde sat down on his usual chair and kicked his feet up onto the table.
Kelso burst through the door. "Damn Hyde! Jackie just told me you two are getting married!"
"Yep, that's right. I'm getting married, Forman's having a hissy fit and Fez's devouring Jackie's candy."
"Ai… sorry."
"What did you do, get her pregnant or something?" Kelso smiled smugly.
"No you moron, that's what you do!"
"One time, Hyde! One time!"
"Pfft! That we know of..."
Kelso sat down next to Eric on the couch, "Hey Jackie and Donna seemed like they were in a hurry."
"Yeah, they went to get bridal magazines, so I don't think we'll see them for the rest of the day." Eric smiled smugly at Hyde.
"Well I guess its started already."
"What's started?" Eric questioned.
"The sickness." Hyde stated matter-of-factly.
"Eh?" Fez squeaked. He walked over to the lawn chair and unwrapped a Popsicle.
"Wedding fever!"
"Knowing Jackie, she'll probably have the whole thing planned by the end of the week!" Kelso laughed.
"Good one Kelso!" Eric said as he high-fived Kelso.
"Oh, god!" Hyde Muttered.
"Ooh… that's bad!" Fez shook his head.
"Okay, I call an emergency meeting!"
The four friends sat in their usual places. They drifted randomly from topic to topic, rambling incoherently until the subject returned to Hyde's impending nuptials.
"Okay guys! Its at times like this when we must follow the teachings of the Jedi…"
"Oh, Eric. Not again!" Fez moaned.
"Yeah man. This Jedi crap is dying a slow death."
"Yeah- death by Darth Vader!" Kelso laughed.
"Jackie is not the girl you're looking for!" Eric did his best Obi-Wan Kenobi impersonation.
"Then who is he looking for?" Fez asked, a little confused.
"Look man… I'm marrying Jackie. Now get over it!" Hyde shook his head, grabbed a can of whipped cream from the table and squirted it into his mouth.
"Naaaa… you guys almost had me there," Kelso spoke suddenly. "You're so good, you even used the prize out of a Cracker-Jack box! Man that ring looked real!"
"That's because it is… real that is… not a toy!" Eric stared at Kelso and tried his best to focus.
"Yeah, its all pretty and sparkly!" Fez beamed.
Hyde looked at fez, raised an eyebrow and shook his head disapprovingly.
"Then how come the diamond is pink? Diamonds aren't pink! Are they?" Kelso frowned.
"Well actually Kelso, diamonds can be pink…" Eric paused and then quickly turned to face Hyde. "Man, I can't believe you bought a pink diamond!"
"It's so romantic." Fez smiled and turned to Hyde. "I wonder if anyone will ever buy me a diamond!"
"Huh?" Hyde glared at Fez and shifted uncomfortably, "Well if its what the lady wants…"
Kelso still looked confused.
"Lady? What lady?" Eric smirked.
"I think he means Jackie." Fez added with a giggle.
"Get bent!"
Kelso laughed hysterically, rocked back and forth, and looked from Hyde to Eric.
"Jackie, lady?" Eric asked sniggering.
"Burrn!" Fez said through a mouthful of whipped cream, splattering the table in front of him.
"Shut up Forman!" Hyde growled.
"Ooh… Oooh… Did you put the ring in food, coz Jackie likes that. She thinks it's classy."
"Yeah, real classy!" Eric laughed, "He put it inside a box of candy."
"Yes, and the candy was yummy…"
"Yeah, it was! But now its non-existent. FEZ!"
"You ate all of Jackie's candy? Man you'll be sorry!" Kelso laughed.
"She's the devil you know…"
"Ai, but she offered! My tummy hurts!"
"Yeah, serves you right. You didn't have to vacuum the whole box!"
"Okay, Hyde. I just wanna let you know, that as a friend, you can rely on me to help you escape." Kelso said seriously. "Wherever you wanna go: California, Vegas, Canada - all you have to do is ask." He offered.
Eric laughed and squirted whipped cream into his mouth.
"Run, run for your lives!" Fez got up and started running crazily around the basement.
"No, you moron! I want this. " Hyde said as he punched Kelso on the arm.
"Aw, Hyde! I was being nice damn it!" Kelso rubbed his arm and looked perplexed.
"Heh, moron!" Eric laughed, "Don't think I'm coming to get you this time either."
"I feel sick!"
"Well, I'm not surprised with everything you've been eating!"
"What have you been eating?" Kelso screwed up his face as he imagined something really gross.
"Well let's see…" Eric began to count on his fingers. "Candy, Popsicle, whipped cream, oh and those pretzels you had upstairs- anything else?"
"Erm, some cheese puffs, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, some more candy and pancakes with cream and chocolate sauce. Er… ow, yeah, that's it."
"You ate all that and its not even lunch yet? You even ran around the basement like some kind of freakin' weirdo, shakin' it all up…" Hyde shook his head in disgust.
"Come on little buddy, I'll take you home."
"Or California, Vegas…" Eric began to laugh uncontrollably.
"Thank you Kelso… Good day… Oh… Ai, my tummy!"
"Go- go now!" Hyge pointed to the door.
Eric walked over to the stereo to put on some music. Ah, this looks like a good one, he thought as he put the record on and turned up the volume. He walked back over to join Hyde on the couch.
Hyde smiled as he heard the familiar beat. "Good choice Forman!"
Well I'll take whatever I want
And baby, I want you…
"Yeah it was already on the player." Eric began to play air guitar.
You give me something I need
Now tell me I got something for you…
"I know." Hyde's smile got wider. He closed his eyes and began tapping his foot to the music. "Ahh, good times!"
Come on, come on, come on and do it
Come on and uh, do what you do…
Eric suddenly stopped. "Oh, no. You were listening to this earlier weren't you?"
"Yep!" Hyde responded, still smiling.
"With… with her!"
"Well, if when you say 'her', you mean Jackie, my girlfriend, then yes I was."
"And if when you say 'girlfriend', you mean fiancée, future wife, ball and chain, then yes, yes I was…"
"Fine! Fiancée! Whatever!" Hyde Growled.
Well its late and I want love
Love that's gonna break me in two
Gonna hang me up in a doorway
Gonna hang me up like you do…
Eric smiled smugly. It wasn't long before he piped up again. "Hyde man… I just don't get it."
"I thought I'd explained this before… Okay, just two words… coconut… bikini. Do you remember yet?"
Come on, come on, come on and do it
Come on and uh, do what you do…
"Um… yeah… but still…"
"Look Forman, I'm serious about this…about Jackie…I've never felt this way before- I love her man."
"Whoa…did you just..."
"Uh, no..." Hydetried to denywhat he'd just said, but quickly realised it was futile it was and changed tactics. "Forman, you repeat this to anyone and your dead!"
Eric laughed, "But why did you have to go and get engaged?"
"I don't know. Its like she fills up my senses, and makes me stupid- heh! This is good stuff." He paused. "I like the feeling, I just err… can't get enough. Heh…" Hyde got up, walked over to the door and opened it to leave.
"Hyde man. Don't you see… You're. Going.. To. Marry. The. Devil." Eric exaggerated every word as he shouted over to his friend.
"Yeah, well at least its hot in hell."
I got to tell you baby
I love you so much, I can't get enough of your love
I love you so much, I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
You know what I'm saying, baby
I can't get enough of your love…