Sunday January 31st 1980

Kelso, Hyde, Eric and Fez headed over to the vacant house on Sherman. The relator was waiting on them out front.

"Hey Hyde!" The relator said.

"Hey Sandy," Hyde said shaking her hand. "Sandy this is Eric, Fez, and Michael Kelso who I told you may be interested in the property."

"Hello, nice to meet all of you." Sandy said waving at everyone. "Shall we?" She said motioning towards the house.

The guys walked up the sidewalk to the front door and entered the house. When they opened the door they opened to a long entry way. Down the hall to the right was the kitchen decorated in greens and browns. An island sat in the middle with a breakfast/dining room table sat towards the front of the house. Past the kitchen was a walkway with a door to the right that opened up to the garage. A door sat at the end of the hallway. It had stairs that lead down to the basement. On the other side of the kitchen wall past the long entry way was the living room. Nothing huge but a decent size. A hallway was on the other side of the living room with four doors. Two lead to empty guest rooms. A door that lead to the bathroom sat in between the two. The fourth door at the end of the hallway lead to the master bedroom. It was large with a door that lead to a decent sized master bath with 2 sinks and a closet at the end of the bathroom.

They all shuffled back into the living room.

"So what do you think Mr. Kelso?" Sandy asked.

"Hahaha!" Fez started to laugh and then his laugh turned into a silent one. "She called you Mr. Kelso!"

"How much?" Eric asked before anyone could say anything.

"75,000." Sandy said.

They all looked a bit skeptical of the price.

"Don't forget there's a pool in the back." Sandy added.

"Yea but this house has been sitting empty for the last 5 years. Why is that?" Hyde asked

Sandy looked like she didn't want to say anything but she took a deep breath. "Okay well the foundation isn't exactly the best."

"What does that mean? Could the house like fall to shambles any minute?" Eric asked.

"No but there definitely needs to be some repairs." Sandy replied.

"Huh, well how much in repairs would the place need in the next 5 years?" Eric asked.

"Probably about $10,000." Sandy said.

"Huh, well $75,000 doesn't seem reasonable then now does it?" Hyde said with his arms cross across his chest. Hyde continued. "$55,000."

"65." Sandy pushed.

$60,000," Hyde said, "and that's Kelso's final offer."

"Hyde man!" Kelso said.

"Kelso. Shut it!" Hyde said to him. "Final offer." He said to Sandy.

Sandy paused thinking the offer over.

"Fine deal." Sandy said. "Pleasure doing business with you Mr. Kelso," she said shaking Kelso's hand. "Have the down payment by next Monday, we will sign all the papers and you'll have this home."

Sandy grabbed her brief case and walked off. Kelso turned to Hyde.

"Hyde, man I still need to get my police job back man! And I need to talk to Brooke about it first!" Kelso said.

"Man I was trying to get this house for a good price for ya. You can always not turn the down payment in. It's not official until you pay and sign the papers." Hyde said.

"Yea alright. Okay let's go get my job back then!" Kelso said prancing off to the car the guys dragging behind.

Hyde dropped the guys off at his place. Eric grabbed his car and Kelso jumped in. The two of them speed off to the police station. Fez and Hyde went up to his place. Donna was hanging out on the couch.

"Hey guys how did the house hunting go?" Donna asked looking up from her magazine.

"Got Kelso the vacant house on Sherman for a steal." Hyde said.

"That's awesome." Donna said. "How did you do that?"

"I just negotiated." Hyde said with a shrug. "Gotten used to it with the Grooves vendors."

"Yes it was magnificent. Watching Hyde work his magic!" Fez said.

"Really." Donna said staring at Fez. "Well let's just hope Kelso gets his job back and doesn't fuck it up."

"Pft. Not sure how that will go." Hyde said going to the kitchen and grabbing some juice out of his fridge.

"So things seem to be going well with you and Jackie." Donna said.

"Yep." Hyde said then chugging some juice from the carton.

"This will be just around the time you mess it up." Fez said.

"What?" Hyde asked.

"When things are going good with Jackie you mess them up because you feel like she gets too close to you. You know emotionally." Fez said.

"Shut it Fez! You're making me sound like Foreman." Hyde yelled out.

"Ayi!" said Fez cowering away.

"You know he's right." Donna said looking over her shoulder at Hyde.

"What? No he's not man."

"Whatever you say Hyde," said Donna and she went back to reading her magazine.

Hyde mulled over the idea. "Okay what are you saying?"

"We are saying that when someone gets too close to you, you have a habit of pushing them away." Donna said.

"You're a man afraid of getting emotionally hurt. It terrifies you. So you mess it up before anyone can hurt you." Fez continued.

"Okay… so how do you think I'm going to mess it up?" Hyde asked completely confused. "Man, I do sound like Foreman."

"That my friend is unclear." Fez said. "The how we aren't sure of what we do know is you are going to start pushing Jackie away."

"So uhhh what do you guys think I should do?" Hyde asked.

"Well not push her away for one." Donna said. "I dunno Hyde, maybe actually doing something nice for her for once." She suggested.

"Like what?"

Fez finally fed up and frustrated," Do we have to figure everything out for you?"

"Fine man! Don't help me!" Hyde threw his hands up in frustration.

"Hyde, why don't you think of something romantic or maybe relive like a really great night the two of you had before." Donna suggested.

Hyde sat there thinking.

"I got it." Hyde said.

Hyde walked over to the phone and dialed Jackie's number.

"Hey Jackie?"

"Hey, so next Saturday I'm taking you out."

"Where? It's a surprise."

"Yea I know you don't like surprises."

"Just trust me, you're gonna like it."

"What should you wear? I dunno Jackie."

"Look I'll tell Donna what we are doing and she can give you some ideas on what to wear."

"Well I can't help you, you're just gonna have to trust the lumberjack. I mean Donna on her clothes suggestions."

"Bye Jackie"

Hyde hung up the phone shaking his head already regretting this idea. He walked over to the living room and sat down in his recliner.

"So where are you taking her?" Donna asked curious.

"Remember the barbeque the Foreman's had years ago and I punched out that guy Chip?"

"Yea…"

"That was when I realized I was in love with Jackie. Remember I took her out on our first date."

"The one where the two of you didn't talk the whole time?" Donna asked.

Hyde shook his head yes.

"I remember."

"Well I'm going to take her back there. Pack a picnic. You know do the whole girly thing." Hyde said shrugging.

"That is so beautiful," Fez said eyes starting to water and fanning himself.

"So Fez, that John guy from the bar seemed really into you." Donna said eyeing him.

"So… I'm into girls…. Girls, girls, girls!" Fez practically spat at her.

"Okay." Donna said putting her hands up defeated.

"You know Fez if you happen to be into guys, that would be pretty cool." Hyde said nonchalant.

"Really, it would be cool?" Fez asked.

"Yea man, it's cool to just ya know, be you." Hyde said with a shrug.

"Yea Fez we really wouldn't care if you are into boys or girls." Donna said assuring him.

"I have to go." Fez said and stormed out of Hyde's apartment.

"But Fez," Donna said.

"I said I have to go." Fez said closing the door behind him.

Donna and Hyde just looked at each other.

10 minutes later Kelso came busting through the door, Eric in tow.

"I got my job back!"

"Alright Kelso, man that's great!" Hyde said.

"So how did you get it back?" Donna asked.

"It was actually pretty easy the old chief retired and the new one liked me so much he didn't even bother looking at my record. He said to come by next week to sign the papers!" Kelso yelled out.

"That's great Kelso! Now all you have to do is convince Brooke!" Donna said.

"Ohhh Brooke! I totally forgot about that part!" Kelso said.

"Yea but now you have a plan." Eric said patting Kelso on the back.

"True!"

"Alright man grab your bag and I'll drop you off at the bus station." Hyde said.

Kelso went and grabbed his bag and the two of them headed out.