Chapter four:

"Jackie, you said you knew how to drive that!" Donna yelled, her face was red and she was desperately trying to put on her seatbelt.

"It's what I'm doing!" Jackie retorted, clutching the steering wheel and accelerating more, she just loved the adrenaline.

"This isn't driving, this is attempted murder!"

"Shush it, Donna! At least you have a seatbelt!" Brooke yelled from the back seat

Jackie tried to repress her laughter. She had a weird feeling, it was a mix of joy, excitement and concern. She was extremely excited for being able to drive a 1967 Austin Healey 3000, that was her dream car, and she deserved an award for not going back to the hotel just to grab her camera and take a bunch of pictures to show Red later. She couldn't wait to tell him that she was able to rent this car for the night, and it wasn't even that expensive!

"Please tell me we're almost there," Brooke pleaded from the back seat, and Jackie smiled when she saw the huge lotus flower sign.

"I think we're here," Donna said, her gaze fixated on the enormous building. Jackie parked the car in front of a random store and observed the place. There were a bunch of people coming in and out of the casino, but they all had something in common.

"We need better clothes" She said, eyeing all the women, they were all wearing shiny and elegant dresses

"We don't have the money to buy these type of clothes now" Brooke affirmed, and Donna nodded in agreement

Jackie looked around until she found what she was looking for. She smiled and dragged Donna and Brooke to a tiny store, hidden between all the giant and exorbitant buildings.

It was a tiny, yet neat thrift shop, Jackie smiled when she noticed that most of the clothes were actually pretty decent, soon she located what she was looking for.

"Don't worry about money, these kind of places are like, really cheap" Jackie said, guiding the two girls with her inside the store

She beamed when she found the perfect dress, it looked like it belonged in one of those big fancy boutiques in NYC, yet, here it was, in a small, cramped thrift shop in Vegas. And it only costs 10 dollars!

The dress was short, short enough to show some leg, not so short to be considered slutty, it was a gold sequin dress, the V-neck would definitely highlight her breasts, Steven would love this. She went to the shoe aisle and grabbed a nice pair of heels. Oh yeah, she will look extremely hot tonight.

Jackie bit her lip and looked through the small shop's window. Her birthday is in just a few hours and she wasn't celebrating like she originally wanted to. Alone with Steven, doing things that would absolutely make Red honor his name.

They had planned a nice romantic trip together and she couldn't help but feel upset by the fact that their friends decided to show up and ruin everything. She loves them all dearly, but this was supposed to be her much needed alone time with her boyfriend.

She looked at herself in the small dressing room's mirror and smiled. Steven will die when he finally sees her outfit.

She felt like a movie star. She knew how to make a great entrance and the huge amount of eyes set on her and her friends were proof of that. She felt like a goddess in her golden dress. Brooke was standing next to her, wearing a nice, elegant off-shoulder red dress. Donna was wearing a simple yet stunning green dress with spaghetti straps, the color of the dress highlighted her red hair.

"Where did your idiot boyfriend tell you he would be?" Jackie asked Donna, trying to avoid the crowd of people surrounding her. Ugh, she really hates crowded places.

Before Donna had the chance to answer, Jackie noticed a strange figure standing next to them. The "woman" in front of them was tall, she wore a long silky red dress with a bright red veil covering her face.

"Oh my God, Eric?!" Donna exclaimed

The "woman" lifted the veil off her face, and it was indeed, Eric Forman. Before Jackie had a chance to laugh, Eric shooshed them and pointed to a semi-private corner in the room, gesturing for the girls to follow him.

"Before you start laughing your devil ass off, this" Eric said, gesturing at his outfit "Is for my protection. They don't know I'm here"

"They who?" Jackie asked

"Eric are you okay?" Brooke asked, concerned

"The last time I saw you this paranoid, Jackie and I were attacked by a bunch of dogs!" Donna said, glaring at her boyfriend

"They took Fez and Hyde! And then they forced Kelso to work on their show! But they won't catch me alive!" He said, sounding like a lunatic. At the mention of Steven's name, Jackie exchanged a worried look with Donna, whose boyfriend was going to end up in a mental hospital by the end of the night if he doesn't control himself.

"No no no, I'm smarter than them!" Eric continued his rambling and Jackie decided he needed an wake up call "FUCK, JACKIE!" He yelled, grabbing his throbbing shin

"Control yourself, dumbass!"Jackie yelled, pulling Eric closer by his dress "Where is my Steven?" She asked frantically

Eric pointed to the ceiling with shaking hands. Jackie huffed and gave the skinny geek back to Donna.

"Now tell me what the hell happened?" Jackie demanded

"We lost Fez," Eric said, and Brooke grabbed Jackie to prevent another kick to Eric's shins. Jackie was growing more concerned by the second, she needed to know where her boyfriend is!

"How did you guys manage to lose Fez? And what does that have to do with anything?" Brooke asked

"I don't know man, all I remember is that we were in a poker table and Kelso started to raise his bets, so the guy pointed at Fez and Kelso nodded like the idiot he is" Eric started to pace "So Hyde had to step in and the mean guys took him too, so Kelso and I ran away, but Kelso got caught so I had to disguise myself"

"That sounds like the world's most stupid movie" Donna observed, crossing her arms in frustration "Let's go"

Eric lowered his veil and entered the crowd of people, along with Jackie, Donna and Brooke. He looked extremely paranoid, just like Steven does when he exaggerates a little on his circle time and starts to talk about his crazy conspiracies. Jackie silently prayed for Eric to be overreacting and that everything is nothing but a huge misunderstanding, but with her luck, the boys are probably being held at gunpoint.

Eric went straight to the elevators, the girls following him. Jackie noticed that a group of men, dressed in all black, were occasionally staring at them, she started to feel sick again. Why is her boyfriend and his friends so freaking stupid? Why can't they have fun like regular people, without getting themselves into trouble?

"Where's Michael?" Brooke asked once they were all inside the elevator. Jackie leaned herself into the elevator's wall, feeling more sick by the second.

"I've heard rumors that they were going to force him to go on stage and perform" Eric whispered, and Jackie rolled her eyes. The boys left the hotel less than three hours ago, and Eric reached a whole new level of paranoia. She can't imagine how much they'd smoked in order to be that way.

"Perform what?" Donna questioned "Kelso doesn't know how to sing, and he's a terrible dancer"

"I'm scared of what they might be doing with him" Eric answered, his bottom lip quivered a little and he looked like he was about to cry "My poor, stupid friend"

Jackie looked at Donna, who seemed to be just as annoyed as she currently was.

The elevator's doors opened and they found themselves in a place that resembled a lot the place they went for Donna's bachelorette party, back in 79. There was a huge stage, a catwalk and small tables scattered through the room, there were also slutty waitresses walking around, with very whorey-looking red dresses and disco music blasting through the speakers. Jackie slowly walked out of the elevator, feeling very uncomfortable. Her eyes darted around the place, trying to find a familiar face - hopefully, Steven's - but the music and the lights were making her dizzy. She placed her hand on her stomach and she knew she needed to find a bathroom as soon as possible.

"Excuse me" She mumbled, parting from the group, desperately trying to find a bathroom.

She breathed relieved when she saw a door of what appeared to be the ladies room. There were a bunch of women inside, some were using the stalls, some were reapplying their makeup. Jackie was able to find an empty stall, she ran to it, closing the door and kneeling on the floor next to the toilet, puking her guts out. The bitter taste made her eyes watery.

She spent a good couple of minutes emptying her stomach on that gross toilet. When she was finally over, she wiped her mouth with a piece of toilet paper, consequently removing her lipstick.

She felt a few tears leaving her eyes. She already knew what that meant, she was just ignoring it for the sake of her mental health. But she can't lie to herself anymore, her period was very late, her breasts were sensitive and she wasn't able to keep anything on her stomach.

She took a deep breath to get herself together and wiped her eyes, rubbing her stomach with her thumb "Okay" She whispered to her belly "You need to help me out baby, I won't be able to find your daddy if I have to stop to puke every 5 minutes"

Jackie closed her eyes and leaned into the stall's wall. She needs to find Steven, and she needs to find him soon.

"Jackie?" She heard Donna's voice. Jackie got up from the floor, flushed the toilet and straightened her dress before leaving "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just really had to pee" She lied, going to the sink to wash her hands "Does anyone have a mint of something?"

"I have gum!" Brooke said, giving Jackie a piece of gum that she gladly accepted.

"Let's go, Eric's probably crying by now" Donna said, leaving the bathroom, Jackie and Brooke following her. The three girls found Eric sitting by the bar, raising his veil so it would cover everything but his eyes. Jackie sat on one of the benches next to him, and suddenly, the music stopped and a guy appeared on the stage, wearing a shiny suit. He held the microphone and smiled.

"Good evening, and welcome to the Lotus Casino's special night! Presenting, Elisabeth Coller singing Tina Turner!" He announced and people clapped. A small and elegant woman appeared on stage, wearing a silver dress, accompanied by two dancers wearing short dresses with feathers glued to their backs. The dancers moved to stay next to "Tina", one on each side of the singer. Jackie couldn't see their faces because they were on their backs.

"Left a good job in the city" The woman started to sing. The two dancers, one was tall and very clumsy, the other was shorter and appeared to be more delicate, started to move their butts from one side to the other.

"Big wheel keep on turning. Proud Mary keep on burning"

The singer screamed and the song started to get more upbeat by the second. The dancers turned to the direction of the audience and Jackie raised her hands to her mouth when she realized the identity of the two "women" dancing near Tina Turner's wannabe.

"Oh my God!" Brooke said, widening her eyes, her face reddening in embarrassment. Jackie started to laugh while Michael and Fez danced to "Proud Mary"

"That's the father of your child, Brooke" Jackie said in between fits of laughter, and Brooke hid her face in her hands.

"Rolling on the river. The river say we rolling"

Okay, I know it took me a really long time to update this fic, and I'm sorry. It's just that not that many people read this story and I was very focused on WTLB and RYLH.

Speaking of which, I know I haven't updated WTLB this week, and again, I am so very sorry, life just got in the way, and I had a very busy week. I'll update again soon, I promise.

Now, about this story. This is not my original story, it's from a brazillian website and I posted the link on ao3. I'm translating this story and I'm adding a few things here and there.

The next (and last!) chapter will be up very soon.