A/N: Must do a random plug here. I highly recommend the Monterey Bay Aquarium to anyone and everyone. It's truly beautiful, I don't do it justice in this story. Oh, and 'Hill Street Blues' is quite possibly the best TV show out of the 80s…. Okay, enough from me!

Disclaimer: I own nothing from THAT 70S SHOW.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium was the most beautiful aquarium she had ever seen. And she had been to a few aquariums in her day. She pressed her hands against the glass, looking up at the fish as they swam about in their large tank. Hyde was staring at the fish, and pondered a little bit. Man, I wish I was young still, cuz watching this while high would be a crazy trip, he thought. Jackie smiled.

"Right now we're in the Monterey Bay Aquarium," she said softly to her stomach. "There are a lot of fish here. If you are anything like me you'll love animals, so you'll love this place. But then again, if you're like me you will only like animals with fur, or those that look pretty…. The animals here look pretty. Although the sea otters are cute, so-."

"What are you doing?" Hyde asked, standing next to her.

"I'm telling the baby about this awesome place," she said, matter of factly. "What do you think?"

"I think I've never been to an aquarium this huge," he said. "The last one I went to that was like this was Shedd in Chicago."

"That's a good one too," she said. "But this one has an ocean out the back."

"This is true," he said. They began walking, and he looked around. "This building looks so familiar to me. Where have I seen this place?" She closed her eyes, embarrassed.

"Now you can't hold this against me, but I know where you have probably seen this," she said. "… They filmed part of 'Star Trek Four: The Voyage Home' here."

"Nerd!" he exclaimed, laughing at her.

"I'm not a nerd!" she cried. "I'm not! Barry is! And I happen to LIKE that movie because it's FUNNY and not NERDY."

"You're a nerd at heart, Jacks," he said. "I know you watch DR. WHO reruns on PBS."

"I…. You…. No!" she exclaimed, caught. "And anyway, if I did watch it, which I don't, DR. WHO is VERRRRY different from STAR TREK."

"Not much," he said. She sulked, and he put an arm around her shoulders. "But yep. This is definitely where Captain Kirk and Spock found the whales."

"Ahhhhh, see, YOU'RE the nerd," she said, poking him in the side.

They walked to the ocean deck, and she put some coins in one of the observation telescopes. She moved it across the water, and saw some seals playing in the surf. She smiled, and took in the salty sea air. The next day she'd be back in Manhattan, taking in the smell of garbage on the sidewalk by their apartment building. She sighed, and decided not to think about it.

"What are you looking at?" he asked, and she let him look through the telescope. "Wow. That's pretty cool." She smiled, and took a picture of him. She decided to go to the other side of the observation deck, and began to become lost in her thoughts. I'm married, she though, and smiled. Married to the love of my life, who until three months ago I had not spoken to for ten years. This is the kind of thing you never hear about, but always dream about.

The ocean splashed below. She looked down, and smiled serenely. If only these random people didn't keep hounding me about my near single motherhood. That morning a business man on the street had given her and Hyde a strange look when they said they were newlyweds. It was the last straw, but she didn't make it apparent to Hyde. She wanted him to think it didn't bother her. The truth was she almost burst into tears.

She turned, and Hyde was gone. She looked around, and squinted through the sun.

"Steven?" she called. She walked down the deck, and began to get annoyed.

"Steven!" she exclaimed, huffing. "Dammit, where did you go?" She scanned the area, and began to walk, looking for him. As she walked, she didn't see the preteen with the soda. They collided, and he spilled grape soda all over her new sundress. She shrieked, and the kid muttered a 'I'm sorry' and kept running to wherever he was going.

"Dammit!" she exclaimed, and ran for the fountain. She began dunking her sundress in the water, and held back her angry tears that were about to emanate. "I loved this dress!"

"Hey, man, it doesn't look THAT bad," the oh so familiar voice said. Jackie looked up slowly, and saw someone else she knew from her past. Leo. Her mouth dropped.

"Oh my God, Leo?" she asked. He turned around, and then looked back at her.

"Are you talking to me?"

"Yeah, it's me, Leo," she said. "Jackie? Jackie Burkhart from Point Place, Wisconsin?" It didn't seem to register with him. She continued scrubbing her dress, and tried to think of ways to remind him. But first to attend the dress.

"I can't believe some brat spilled grape soda all over my dress!" she exclaimed. "God, grape is worse than BLOOD when it comes to staining! If I had the strength I'd throw him into the ocean!"

"… Loud Girl?" Leo asked. She groaned, and laughed a little bit.

"Yeah, I guess, if that's how you insist on remembering me," she said. She stood, and they hugged. "What are you doing here?"

"My old lady lives on a vineyard around here, I'm crashing with her," Leo said. He had barely changed. He looked older, his hair was a snow white now, but he seemed just as confused as he had been ten years earlier.

"Wow, you live on a vineyard?" she asked. Leo thought for a second.

"Yeah," he stated, and then thought a little more. "I think. Or was that my old old lady?" She arched her eyebrows, and then Hyde came out from inside the building.

"Leo?" he exclaimed. Leo turned, and grinned from ear to ear.

"Chester!" Leo exclaimed back, and hugged Hyde. Hyde chuckled a little uneasily.

"Not quite, it's me, Hyde," he said.

"Oh yeah. Hyde man, how are you?" Leo asked. Hyde grinned, and shrugged.

"I'm great," he said. "I'm fantastic, actually. I see you remember Jackie." Leo turned, and looked surprised to see the woman he'd spoken to not a minute beforehand.

"Loud Girl!" he said, hugging her again. She squeaked a little bit as he lifted her up. "Hey Hyde man, did you finally get back together with her?"

"Yeah, I did, Leo," Hyde said. "Actually, we got married three days ago." Leo grinned, and hit Hyde on the shoulder.

"That's great, you guys," Leo said. He looked at Jackie's belly, and her stomach fell at the familiar gaze. "Hey Loud Girl, are you pregnant?"

"Yeah, Leo, I am pregnant," Jackie said, putting a hand on her hip. "Yeah, after ten years of not speaking to each other Steven and I met up again, had a night of wild passion, and I was left knocked up because my birth control pill decided that THAT was night that it should fail. Lucky for our baby we love each other and he wanted to marry me, though. Cuz now it won't have to deal with the stigma of having unmarried parents." Hyde closed his eyes, and Jackie was fuming.

"That's awesome, man!" Leo said, to her surprise.

"It is?" she asked.

"Yeah!" He picked her up again, and she shrieked a little bit that time. "You guys are gonna have the best kid. If it's anything like you guys…wow…." Jackie was surprised by this new perspective on her pregnancy. And she was thrilled. She hugged Leo back as tightly as she possibly could.

"So a dirty hippy brought things back into perspective?" Barry asked as he lounged on the couch. Jackie growled over the phone.

"He's not dirty, Barry!" Jackie exclaimed. "He's an old friend of Steven's and he was really happy about the baby and non judgmental."

"So was I, you know," Barry said. "But I don't recall you gushing over me like you are this Leo guy."

"Ugh, I can't believe I have to go back to New York tomorrow," she said.

"I for one cannot wait," Barry said.

"You didn't have fun?"

"I had fun, but I miss the city," he stated. "Lucky for us your parents are out tonight. I think they're driving to some fancy restaurant that's out near the Apostle Islands."

"We're going out to dinner one last time, going for a starlit stroll, and then going back to the hotel and doing it over and over until I can't walk," Jackie said.

"I did not need to hear that," Barry said. "You're asexual. You've been asexual ever since the good old college days of drinking at the Stonewall Inn and watching 'Hill Street Blues' on Thursdays."

"Best TV show ever," she said.

"Damn right it is," Barry stated. "Oh… When we get back to Manhattan can we go out to dinner?"

"Yes."

"Good. Look, I should go, you get back to the last night of your honeymoon," he said.

"Are you having an okay time, Barry?" she asked. "You seem down."

"I'm not down, but I feel like a fifth wheel," he said. "I'm stuck here among your parents who are flaky, and Eric and Donna who are dealing with each other and their autonomous two year old."

"Huh. Well… You know there's a bar about three miles down the road," she said. "My parents would always go there and leave me at the cabin."

"Of course there's a bar two miles from nowhere, it's Wisconsin," Barry said. "I'd be shocked if there wasn't one."

"So you can go sulk there if you want."

"I don't sulk. You sulk. I brood."

"You totally sulk, Barry."

"Fine. Maybe I'll check this place out. What's it called?"

"The Bear Claw."

"… Are you kidding?"

"Nope."

"Grr…. Okay, I'm going to go do that," he said. "Have a good night. See you tomorrow, loves."

"Bye." He hung up, and grabbed his boots.

Barry pulled into the Bear's Claw parking lot ten minutes later. He looked up at the neon sign, and sighed. Well, may as well go attempt to have some fun, he thought. He walked into the bar, and scanned the room. Almost completely empty, except for a few men in hunting clothes. What season could be in March, Barry wondered, and sat at the bar. The bartender looked at him, and arched his eyebrows.

"What do you want?" he asked.

"Ummm… What kind of wines do you have?" Barry asked. "Anything from Napa Valley?" The bartender kept with the blank stare, and Barry nodded. "Okay, well… What's the beer on tap?"

"Bud, Miller, Michelob, Pabst, Coors," the man listed.

"Any Leinenkugel?" Barry asked.

"Of course," the man said. "Original?"

"Sure, sock it to me," Barry said, and the man went to get a mug. Barry tapped his hands on the bar, and grabbed some pretzels.

"Hey," the voice said. Barry turned around, and Paul Ramsey was there.

"Oh, hi," Barry answered. Paul sat next to him, and leaned on the bar.

"Barry, right?"

"Yeah. And you're Paul?"

"Yep. Hey, could I get a Leinenkugel?" he asked the bartender. The man nodded, and got another mug. "So what brings you here without your friends?"

"Well, I feel like a fifth wheel," Barry said. "Jackie's parents came up by coincidence, and I had to get out of the cabin. I was getting all 'Shining' like or something." Paul laughed.

"I hear ya," he said. They were served their beers, and Paul chuckled. "You're not from around here, are you?"

"No, I am from New York City," Barry said. "That's where I met Jackie, at NYU."

"Impressive. And what do you guys do with those degrees?"

"We're business partners," Barry said, sipping his beer. It was pretty good. "We have an interior decorating business."

"Ah, I gotcha," Paul said. "So I just wanted to apologize again about my dog."

"Eh, it's okay," Barry said. "It freaked Donna out, but I wasn't scared-."

"Donna…. That sounds familiar to me," Paul said. "Wait. Is she a redhead? Kind of tall?"

"That's her," Barry said. "She had some VERY interesting things to say about you, though." Paul laughed, and they both drank some beer.

"What did she say?"

"She said that you tried to pick up both her and Jackie in one weekend when they were teenagers," Barry said, a little more critically than he meant to.

"Well, I was really confused back then," Paul said.

"Confused about how many people generally go on a date?" Barry jibed. Paul laughed, and shrugged.

"Among other things," he said, sipping his beer and looking at the bar. Barry kind of arched an eyebrow. "If you catch my drift." Barry looked behind him, then back at Paul.

"Umm… I'm not sure," Barry said, lowering his voice. "I… I think I do."

"Let's just say I'm not into hitting on girls anymore," Paul said, and Barry grinned.

"I hear that," he said, and smiled slightly. Shyly. Perhaps this trip could still be salvaged after all.