Chapter 6: Weekend Lovin'
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 3rd, 2003
2:30 p.m.
Forman Driveway
A good game of pick-me-up was always a fun time. They were never sure if they played it right and Holder always wanted to keep score, but they had fun anyway. It was a simple game with simple rules and a simple theme; the game reminded them of a simple time they hadn't been alive to see.
Chase and Jon leaned against Holder's van as Holder and Parker played pick-me-up. Holder tossed the ball up and it gently went into the net. Parker picked it up and tossed it back to his friend.
"I heard a rumor." Holder said as he tossed the ball into the net. He paused and no one said anything. "I said, that I heard a rumor."
Parker sighed. "What did you hear?" He put the ball under his left arm. "And it better not be that rumor about the Dodger twins again."
"But I totally saw them making out!" Everyone just looked at him. "I totally did."
"Were you dreaming?" Jon asked with a raised eyebrow. "Because it wouldn't be the first time, man."
Holder let out a small scream. "No!" He glared a bit. "I wasn't dreaming. I heard a rumor that my brothers are coming home this weekend."
"All of them?" Chase questioned nervously. The older Kelso boys were not her favorite people. Not since she developed a crush on Allan in the fourth grade and he ended up making her cry by dumping her in front of the whole school.
Parker, who was now leaning beside Chase, put a comforting hand on her hand. "Mic, Allan, and Alex are all going to be here?" He groaned inwardly. "That is not good. Callie's coming home this weekend."
"Callie?" Holder perked up at that thought. "Man, she is so hot."
"She's my sister!" Parker gasped. "You just keep your Kelso-self away from my sister. Stick with Fez's daughters like a normal Kelso."
Joan chuckled. "The only thing that would make this weekend even better would be if Pez's sisters were in town this weekend."
"They are." Pez informed the group as she walked up the driveway. "They are coming from Madison tonight." She looked nervously at the others. "They may steal my candy!"
"Come on, Pezzy I'm sure that won't happen. They'll be too busy checking out us Kelso men." Holder smiled proudly. "You know, I've grown an inch since summer ended and I did have that birthday last month."
Pez looked sternly at Holder. "You don't know that! They could eat my candy while checking out you Kelso people! Damn them."
"Pez, they're your sisters."
Pez glared at Chase. "I said damn them!"
Everyone was silent for a moment, slightly shocked at Pez's outburst. Finally, Jon moved away from the van. "Well, all I can see is that I'm sorry I'm going to miss the start of it. But, I'm going to not going to be around tomorrow morning." He stood up slightly. "I'm going to buy my car."
Parker slipped his hand into Chase's. "That's true, you are getting your car tomorrow. Finally, we wouldn't always have to ride around in Holder's van."
Chase made a face at that thought. "Yeah, it smells like cheese."
Holder glanced over at Pez to see if it were true and she nodded her head. The van did, strangely smell like cheese. No one was ever sure why and no one wanted to bring it up.
"Anyway," Jon started. "I'm going to get the car and finally I'll have my own car. I won't have to use my Mom's car and do what she wants." He raised his voice to mock Jackie. "'Jon, go to the store and buy me my products.' 'Jon, take your bothers and sister to school.' 'Jon, why are you glaring at me?' 'Steven, tell Jon he can't use the car.'" Jon cleared his throat and his voice went back to normal. "She can't do that if I have my own car."
"Or, because you have your own car she can make you do more of those things." Pez mused to herself.
Jon thought about it for a moment. "Damn, you're right." He looked around him and groaned. "I hate my life."
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 3rd, 2003
5:40 p.m.
Forman Living Room
The Forman family, Eric, Donna, Parker, and Vista stood in front of their front door and waited. They were waiting for the oldest Forman child, California 'Callie' Forman. Callie was a special girl, in fact she reminded a lot of people of Donna's mother.
"Remember, to smile." Donna told them.
"But, Mom…the last time she was here, she took me to the Hub and she forgot me." Parker reminded his mother. "She's ditzy."
"You smile!" Donna stated firmly.
"Listen to your mother." Eric nervously told his son. "Or she'll call us sons of bitches."
Parker and Vista just exchanged a look as the door bell rang. They all smiled and Eric opened the door. Standing in the door way was a twenty year old girl with long red hair and deep brown eyes. She was tall and beautifully built. The girl was dressed in tight fitting clothing and a huge smile. "Mommy! Daddy!" Callie Forman flung herself into her dumbfounded parents and hugged them. "I've missed you two."
"We've missed you to." Eric said as he moved away from his oldest child. He laughed nervously. "We've missed you tons."
Callie smiled cheerfully and let her parents go. "You guys all look wonderful! And little brother," she reached out and patted Parker on the head. "you've gotten so tall." Callie winked. "The girls must be coming for you now."
"Actually, no. I'm dating Chase now."
Callie winkled her nose up. "The punkish girl who lives in that trailer? Park, she stole our bottle caps."
"Just to make a necklace." Parker stated deviously. "It was a birthday gift for Vist."
Callie looked at Vista for the first time. "Vista! Look at you all…you're still short." She cocked her head to one side. "Are you at least still smart?"
"Yes." Vista told her older sister. "That really doesn't go away." Vista exchanged a look with Parker.
Eric and Donna also exchanged a look. "Callie, come on into the kitchen and I'll make you some lunch." Donna told her daughter.
"Yeah, and you can tell us about your life." Eric added. "And, uh, other things."
Parker and Vista watched their family go into the kitchen and waited a beat before going over to sit on the couch. They flipped on the television and started to watch it.
"Uh, does she seem ditzy to you?" Parker asked.
"She always seems ditzy to me." Vista replied as she stood up. "I'd love to stay and see the fall out, but I've made plans to help Jon find a car."
"Whoa, whoa," Parker took her wrist. "why you?"
Vista rolled her eyes. "To make sure the price is fair." Parker looked at her. "Parker, what is the square root of 23,567?" He blinked. "It's 153.52."
"Okay, but isn't it a little late?"
"He wants me to look at the photos he's taken of the car to make sure the price is fair." Parker tried not to laugh. "Yeah, he's like his mom, only instead of shoes he's got a car problem. It's rather creepy."
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 4th, 2003
1:40 p.m.
Forman Basement
Callie Forman sat on the back of the couch and sucked on a sucker and stared blankly at the television. She took the sucker out of her mouth and looked around at the other people in the basement. Next to her sat Mic Kelso and Candy Katherine. On the lawn chair sat Allan Kelso. And on the other chair sat Alex Kelso, Kit-Kat Sarah firmly in his lap.
The Kelso boys were all between the ages of twenty-four and nineteen, with Mic being the oldest and Allan being the youngest. They were all handsome and well built men that had heavy brown hair and deep brown eyes. As for Candy and Kit-Kat, whose last name no one could pronounced, they were tall and shapely with long and semi-curly blonde hair, their skin was slightly dark, as were their eyes. The two of them had accents that seemed to make everything they said come out a little strange, but no one in the group ever noticed.
Nineteen year old Kit-Kat moved a little in twenty-one year old Alex's lap. "You see, I do not understand why they just don't vote off that idiot with the hat." Alex smiled fondly at his long time on-again, off-again girlfriend and kissed her cheek.
"No, no, they can't." Mic stated firmly. "Cause it's not that kind of island."
"I say they just tie him to a log and toss him in the ocean." Nineteen year old Allan said bitterly. He had never liked the show and had always found it stupid that a man who could make a radio out of coconuts, could not make a boat to get them off an island. That and the fact that everyone had brought so much clothing for just three hours.
"Yes, they should. Plus, it would leave more ladies for the gay professor and the fat man." Twenty-one year old Candy stated cheerfully as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Wait." Candy mused for a moment. "Maybe that is why they keep the idiot!" Everyone took a moment to muse over this new piece of information.
The side door of the basement flung open at that moment and Holder and Pez came walking in, followed by Parker and Chase, who were holding hands.
"So, I guess we now know how much money is truly a butt-load." Holder was saying. He stopped short, causing the others to run into him. "NO!"
"Holder, what the hell?" Parker asked his friend. He moved a bit to see what Holder was staring at. "No! No, no, no….you can't…this is a hostile basement takeover."
Callie glanced over at her little brother. "Hey there, guys." The others in the basement also looked over at their respective brother or sister. "Looks like the Generation X is home."
"Oh no." Alex whispered in a mocking tone. "Whatever shall we do?"
"You'll get out of our basement!" Holder yelled, causing his voice to squeak. "It's ours now."
"Yes," Pez seconded. "You lost all rights to it when you left." She glared down at Allan. "You are in Holder's seat."
Allan reached out and touched Pez's side. "Oh, I'm sorry. You c-could join me if you want." Allan had a crush on all three of the older girls whose last names could not be pronounced. Pez made a face and moved to the other side of Holder.
Parker made his 'tough' face and lead Chase over to the couch. "Look, this is my basement, so me and my girlfriend are going to sit on my couch." He put Chase between Callie's legs and then sat himself between his sister's legs and Mic. It was to tight and very uncomfortable. "Everyone comfortable?" He looked over at Holder and Pez. "You two, grab a seat."
Holder and Pez exchanged a small look. They then went and found themselves seats; Holder on Candy's lap and Pez on Allan's. Allan, Kit-Kat, and Alex were now the only comfortable people in the room.
"This is nice." Parker thought out loud. "We're all comfortable and not touching Pez in a dirty manner!" Allan looked guiltily and Pez hit him in the stomach.
Callie sighed. "Okay, we'll leave." She made a move for Chase to move so she could get up. "But, this isn't over!"
A moment later, the old basement crew was gone.
Parker looked at Chase and helped her up to sit beside him. "You do know, this means war. The next time, we'll be ready."
"Yeah, Allan felt me up." Pez muttered to herself. She then smiled. "I was felt up." She grinned wide. "Totally felt up by an older man. That's just sexy."
Holder glared at his best friend. "Woman, this is war! We've got no time to think about how warm Candy's lap was or how much she wants you…" The freshly seventeen year old made a small noise. "God she's hot."
Parker held his hand up. "Guys, this is war. We need to stop thinking about sexy stuff, and get into a war mind-frame." He paused for a second. "We've got to do a circle." Chase smiled and kissed his cheek. "Yeah, I'm thinking circle."
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 4th, 2003
1:43 p.m.
Lou's Car Lot
Eleven miles and no car. Hyde has offered to drive Jon and Vista to the dealer, but Jon had declined and had talked about not wanting to seem weak when he met the enemy. To Jon, the dealer was the enemy and it was war. Vista had decided that the dealership was selling the car for a thousand dollars more then it was worth. That, to Jon, meant the whole place was evil and had been, somehow, taken over by the government.
Jon stopped a few feet from the car he was looking to buy and let Vista off his back; about ten and a half miles in, she had gotten to tired to go on so he had given her a piggyback ride the rest of the way. "Okay," he paused for just a second to watch her fix her tee-shirt. "we'll go in and do this. Don't make direct eye contact, you're too young, man."
Vista scoffed lightly. "You're never too young for business." She began to walk into the lot. "I think I'll think of it as a hostile takeover. When I am President, I shall not take hostile takeovers lightly."
Jon followed her in amusement. "You're like a mini-Congressperson." He nearly laughed. "You're becoming the devil."
Vista looked back at him. "Jon, it's business. I just hope your Dad gets here soon."
"He'll be here at two. We'll need the fifteen minutes to get Lou to go down on his price." Jon confirmed. Jon gazed around the lot and let his gaze fall on the car he wanted. "There she is."
Vista watched in utter amusement as Jon made his way to the car. It was a black car from the late 1970s and Vista was pretty sure it hadn't run since the mid-1980s. She folded her arms over her hardly there chest and smiled at Jon. He was in love with the stupid car.
"Hey there kiddos." A male voice called out from their right. The two teens turned to see a balding, over weight man in a ugly green blazer. He was Lou Thompson. And he was known for being sleazy. "What are you two doing and where's your daddies?"
Vista made a face and quickly moved behind Jon, who stood taller. "My Dad will be here in a bit. In the meantime, I want to start talking about buying this car. My friend says you're overcharging by a thousand dollars. Normally, I'd be cool with that, but not when I'm the one buying."
Lou chuckled deeply. "I see. Well, is it possible that your little friend is mistaken?"
Vista kept herself behind Jon, but glared at Lou over Jon's shoulder. "No!" Lou chuckled again. "I'm not mistaken. We checked the books and everything." Lou laughed again. She was now getting pissed. The nerve of him, questioning her math skills. "We're not wrong."
"Listen kiddos," Lou began. "my prices are right."
"Listen man, they may be right for you but they aren't right for us." Jon told Lou. "So, I think you need to lower the price."
Vista peeked out behind Jon. "Yeah!" Lou just chuckled. Vista nearly screamed. "Look, dumbass-" Jon glanced back at Vista, shocked. It was a moment before Vista was tearing into Lou.
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 4th, 2003
2:00 p.m.
Forman Basement
The action figure of Wolverine was in Parker's right hand and the action figure of Magneto was in Parker's left hand. They knocked against each other as Parker spoke for them. "Callie, you will not take our basement!" The Wolverine figure shook at the other one. "Ha, ha, we will never leave." Parker put the figures down and picked up a piece of paper from the floor. "I outlined the basement. When they come back, we'll have a plan."
Pez looked over at him and giggled. "Yes, a plan. Allan felt me up and that shouldn't happen again." She shook her head. "No…no plan, man. We've got to be cool and…."
"Aloof." Holder filled in for Pez. "Yeah, Jon taught me that word." He beamed proudly at his new vocabulary word.
Pez frowned at her best friend. "You are a loof!"
Chase sat across from Pez and watched Parker use his action figures to plan the upcoming 'battle'. Parker moved his Rogue figure around the air and then dropped it. "It's so sexy that you plan ahead." She grinned in a sexy manner.
"Thank you, muffin." Parker winked at her. His eyes widened slightly at the look Chase was giving him.
"So-" She didn't finish, instead she jumped on her boyfriend and started kissing him.
Holder and Pez laughed slightly. Pez grabbed the Batman action figure and tossed it to Holder. She picked up the Superman one. "Oh, Parker…" she made the action figure dance. "You are so sexy."
Holder laughed and had his action figure move around. "Yes, but not as sexy as Holder." He had Batman jump onto Superman.
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 4th, 2003
2:07 p.m.
Lou's Car Lot
Jon Hyde leaned against the car he wanted to buy with his father, Steven Hyde. Every now and then, Hyde would laugh as he and Jon heard a crash come from Lou's trailer. It still amazed him that Vista could go from a bright and sweet tempered girl to a mini-Red
In under eight seconds,. She truly was a living Hulk, that had to make Eric proud.
The two Hyde men watched as Vista and Lou came walking out of the trailer. Vista smiled sweetly at Lou before joining the Hyde guys.
"You're friend has convinced me to drop the price of the car." Lou muttered nervously. "I'm knocking 1200.00 dollars off." He looked to Vista who smiled sweetly. "That's okay with you?"
"That is more then okay." Jon gave Vista a small smirk. "Way to go, Hulk." Vista kicked her friend's leg. "Damn it, it was a complement."
Hyde chuckled before following Lou to sign the papers. "Come on, mini-Red and mini-me."
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 4th, 2003
8:20 p.m.
Forman Driveway
They had gotten the basement first, so they figured they had a right to it. They were the New Mutants to their parents X-Men after all. So, it led to reason that they disserved and should have the basement for the weekend. But, no…instead, they had been forced to the driveway.
Candy and Alex sat in the lawn chairs, while Kit-Kat sat on Alex's lap. They were watching the other three play a short game of 'Horse.' For the last couple of hours, they had been trying to find a way to get their basement back, but they couldn't think of any really sure fire ways. Mic thought they should offer to pay them, but he was studying to be a lawyer, so they decided not to listen to him.
Callie tossed Allan the ball before she spoke her thoughts. "We'll just have to threaten them."
"Threaten?" Mic raised an eyebrow. "How? Threaten to take away their action figures, candy, dirty magazines, bottle-cap necklaces, sunglasses, and CDs?" He shook his head. "No, thank you. The last thing I need is for Wesley to attack me in my sleep."
"Oh, we could seduce them till they break!" Allan nearly shrieked. "I'll take Pez!" He started to go back into the basement, but stopped when he noticed bout Candy and Kit-Kat were glaring at him.
"Look, it's Callie's basement." Candy started. "She has every right to hang out down there and so do her friends and beautiful cousins." Candy nodded to herself and stood up. "Well?"
"Candy's right," Alex thought out loud. He tapped Kit-Kat's leg and she got off his lap so he could stand. "let's take back the basement!"
Kit-Kat nodded in agreement. "We'll take it back for all those kids who've lost their basements."
Everyone gave her a strange look, but it was forgotten a moment later. They had to see what Callie thought about it.
Callie stood their and thought about all her childhood heroes and the fact that her brother and sister were probably using the basement to watch PBS. "Let's take back the basement!" She threw her fist up in the air. "Long live the New Mutants!" They others yelled out battle cries as they headed to the basement.
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 4th, 2003
8:23 p.m.
Forman Basement
(The Battle Zone)
Callie and the others stood at the bottom of the basement stairs that led up to the kitchen while Parker and the other stood by the basement stairs that led outside. It seemed both groups had come up with the same idea at the same time. Either group was going to peacefully leave the basement and both groups knew it.
"Callie." Parker glared.
"Parker." Callie bitterly spat.
"We're not leaving." Parker stated. To farther the point he took Chase's hand in his. "We'll form a chain if we have to."
"We're not leaving either." Callie stated firmly. To farther her point, she simply nodded to herself. "We'll sit on the ground if we have to."
Parker looked back at his group. Holder and Pez were right behind him and Vista was to near the shower, while Jon stood by the old record player. He turned back to Callie's group. Callie was at the head, with Mic and Allan to her right and left. Candy was near the deep-freeze and Alex and Kit-Kat were still on the bottom step.
"I think we should each send our smartest person for negations." Parker told his older sister. He looked over at Vista and she stepped away from the group, Mic meet her in the middle of the basement.
The fourteen year old whispered with the twenty-four year old. Every few minutes, a hand shot up or a squeak was made by one of them. Finally, they shook hands and walked back to their respective groups.
"We've," Mic paused. "I'm sorry, Vista. You want to take this?"
"No, no," Vista shook her head lightly. "you go ahead, Michael."
"Alright. Vista and I spoke and we've decided that no solution can be met regarding the use of the basement this weekend. However, we think we've come up with a pact that will make everyone happy." Mic cleared his throat. "No one uses the basement for the rest of the weekend. Next time we're all in town, Vista and I will get together before hand to draw up a schedule, which will then be approved by 75% of us."
Parker and Callie shared a look, each thinking about it and comparing it to every deal ever made in any comic.
"Callie?"
"Parker?"
Behind Parker, Jon sighed loudly. He was bored. Parker noticed that Alex and Kit-Kat had started to make out. "Okay, fine," he waved his hand. "I accept."
"Me to." Callie smiled brightly. "Come on guys, we'll hang in my driveway." Callie smiled again at her brother and sister before leading her friends up stairs.
"Hub?" Parker asked no one in particular. It was agreed and they headed out.
Point Place, Wisconsin
October 5th, 2003
9:03 a.m.
Forman Basement
Parker shushed his friends as they walked down the side-stairs that would led them into the basement. They were bored and since the others had said they wouldn't go to the basement, Parker and Vista figured it was save. After all the two of them were Formans and it was the Forman basement.
Parker slowly opened the door and they all walked in and froze a moment later. Callie and her friends were all standing at the foot of the stairs leading up to the kitchen. They had also broken the deal! But, that wasn't the worst part, oh no, it was the fact that their parents were down there!
Michael and Brooke Kelso were sitting on the deep-freeze. Laurie was sitting in one of the chairs. Fez, and Eric and Donna Forman were all sitting on the couch. And finally, Steven and Jackie Hyde were sitting in the Hyde family chair. The television was on, and they were all making stupid comments about it. It was all too familiar and in some ways all to frightening.
The three groups exchanged looks and for a moment no one was sure what to do.
Finally, someone spoke. "You guys want to go see a movie?" Everyone looked at Holder. " 'Cause Jon has a new car." Jon hit Holder, not wanting to pay for gas.
"Yeah yeah," Kit-Kat said nervously. "we should all go and….do something else." She, Alex, Allan, Mic, Candy, and Callie quickly ran up the stairs.
"You guys want to hang?" Kelso asked. "We're watching Charlie's Angels."
"No, no, we're going to a movie." Chase told him. She leaned in to Parker's ear and whispered. "You know, my mother doesn't hang in our basement."
"That's because you don't have one." Parker told her. He looked at his parents. "You can have it today, but we'll be back!" He turned and followed the others out of the basement. A moment later, he popped his head in. "And don't touch our stuff!" Fez guiltily put down Parker's Batman and Superman action figures.
-the end-
Next time: "Are You There God? It's Me…Vista": Vista enters womanhood, with unusual results. Parker and Pez go in search of a priceless lunch box that they believe is in Kitty and Red's apartment-only the couple is away.