Hyde & Jackie drove back into Point Place to stop by, what was soon going to be, their new home. W.B. met them at the door, and the three sat down to discuss matters. After discussing what he's taking with him, Jackie and W.B. really started getting into the final details. Hyde just kept listening; this was more of Jackie's department.

"Jackie, I know that this really doesn't matter to Steven, I think he's barely conscious at this point, but there's some paint and carpet samples over on the table. Just make whatever changes you want; make this place yours. And have them send the bill to my office."

"I don't know what to say…"

"Well, that'll be a first. And if I hadn't said it before." W.B. walked over to Jackie and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Welcome to the family."

Jackie's mouth could have dropped, she was so touched. And excited. "Thank you, W.B. It means so much to both of us. Steven, let's go look around some more. I need to see how much closet space I'm going to give you."

"Nice to know my t-shirts will have a home. I was beginning to think they might have to stay in storage with all the disco crap that is NOT going in our bedroom."

"I thought you didn't care what décor we had."

"I'm not living in a disco palace. A cool, hard rockin' pleasure pad. That's what I had in mind."

They both stopped when they entered the bedroom. It was starting to sink in. This was going to be their room. And instead of them spending their nights on a tiny, old cot, they both stared at what they were going to be sleeping on.

Jackie giggled. "That's a bed"

"No, bed's are bed's. THAT's a bed. A really BIG bed."

"It's a king sized bed! Steven, a king sized bed…for us."

"Yeah, you're going to be knocked up within hours of us moving in here, if you're not already."

"We have been pretty busy…." Jackie sexily stroked Hyde's arm, and then started pulling him towards her.

Hyde wrapped his arms around Jackie and pulled her tight against him. So she could feel what just her slight touch would do to him. "Busy….baby, you give new meaning to 'up all night' and I'm not complaining. Not at all."

"You think about me getting pregnant?"

"Yeah. I mean, not tomorrow, but…yeah." Hyde thought he was probably blushing. He was going to have to grow the beard back.

"Me too." Jackie stood up on her toes and gave Hyde a quick kiss.

"Thought you probably did. You had our china patterns picked out by the time I made it to third base with you."

Jackie pretended to be shocked. "That's not true…It was by the time Eric & Donna caught us in the basement."

"Oh yeah, I remember." Hyde leaned in to give Jackie a passionate kiss as his hands started to work their way up towards Jackie's chest.

"Mmm….I hope you can handle doing in a bed instead of a cot."

"Jackie, the way we've been going at it, you're eventually going to be the death of me. But I'm going out with a smile on my face. I've waited too long to have you…We're not stopping. And we're christening every inch of this place the second we can…bed or no bed." He couldn't get enough of her.

"Shower or no shower…." Jackie gave Hyde the smile she saved only for him, grabbed his hand and led Hyde off towards the bathroom.

All the expression left Hyde's face. "I love you…"

Upon entering the bathroom, both Hyde & Jackie were at a loss for words. They had both forgotten that W.B. had a whirlpool tub in his master bath.

Hyde picked up Jackie and started towards the tub. Jackie let out a loud squeal, followed by laughter that was heard through out the condo...and by the current occupant.

"You two kids, no freaky stuff in my tub until I'm out of here. I'm still a father, you know."

They answered W.B. together, "Yes, sir" and then laughed knowingly at each other.

Forman kitchen….later that evening

Hyde and Jackie came in through the side door. They both dreaded having this conversation with Red & Kitty, but now was as good a time as any, to paraphrase Red, to drop the bomb.

"Hi, you two. Did you have a good day?" Damn, Kitty was in a good mood, Hyde thought. Hyde didn't want to spoil her evening. He loved the Formans more than his own family. For that matter, they were the only family he'd ever really known. He didn't want to hurt them.

"Do you guys have a second….to talk" Hyde squeezed Jackie's hand for support. She squeezed his hand back. He'd never get through this without her. He sat on the stool by the counter and wiped his other palm on his pants, trying to get up the courage to continue.

"Um, well…W.B.'s going to be moving to Milwaukee. And he's, uh….giving me the condo. So, when things are ready, me & Jackie are gonna move in there."

Red & Kitty looked at each other. They had been expecting Steven to move out. They really didn't think he'd live in the basement forever. And they were happy that he & Jackie were happy together.

Jackie looked at Hyde, and then at his surrogate parents. "We just want to start building out lives. Together. And we hope that we'll have your support."

Kitty looked at the two kids. She couldn't love Steven any more had she given birth to him. She'd raised him. And Jackie, she was the one for him. But that didn't mean she wasn't worried about them. "Are you sure that this is something you should do right now? We love you both, we just…".

Jackie knew what she was getting at. She had almost the identical conversation earlier with Donna, and she ended up being happy for them.

"I know you have concerns about me…with me trying to…kill myself. So, we're not going to rush into anything that we can't handle. We're talking things through, I'm going to go to school…for fashion…and if things get rough, I know I should ask for help, not just try to get by myself. And that suicide isn't the answer. Before, I thought I was alone. That I didn't have anyone. No family, no love, and that my friends were all gone. I know differently now. It doesn't mean that everything's solved magically. But I know that I have Steven's love & support. And he has mine. And we'd really like you to be happy for us."

Hyde was so touched by what she'd said. He didn't want to let on in front of Red & Kitty, but it meant so much to him. She always did stick up for them. Which he needed to do now too. "I know how you guys feel about "living together" but when we're ready…we're gonna get married." He smiled at Jackie. This was getting easier, every time he said it.

Kitty was so happy that they had come so far, but she tried to play it down. "No, we're not worried about you living in sin. Heck no, we're with it. We're cool."

That was more than Red could handle. "Kitty, stop."

Red stood up and extended his hand to Hyde. "You let us know if you need anything."

Hyde took it, and looked at the man who was more of a father to him than anyone "We will." With that, Red pulled Hyde into a hug. "I'm proud of you two. You've been through a lot together. You've got our support."

Kitty couldn't help crying "My other baby's going to move away." She ran over to Hyde and gave him a hug, while Red went over to Jackie.

Hyde tried to pry Kitty off of him. "Relax, it's just across town…" It didn't help. This was Kitty, after all.

Red grabbed Jackie by the shoulders. "You make sure he takes good care of you."

Jackie smiled. "He will"

"He'd better, or he'll have to deal with my foot so far up his ass he'll wish…."They both started laughing. Leave it to Red to throw in a "foot in the ass" statement at this highly emotional time.

Red looked at Jackie, more seriously than he ever had before. "You take care of each other. You hear me."

"We will. Thank you Mr. Forman…Mrs. Forman….for everything."

Kitty finally let go of Hyde, and came over to Jackie, taking her hands in hers and squeezing them tightly. "Hush, sweetheart, we're family. And we'll always be there to help you two."

The rest of the evening was spent discussing the new condo, showing off Jackie's ring, waiting for Bob to catch Eric with Donna (which he did, again!) and Hyde & Jackie making sure they would always remember what it was like to do it on a cot in the basement.