I'm so sorry it took me so long to get this updated. I had a bit of writers block when it came to this particular chapter, but I think it might be one of my personal favorites.

I don't own that 70's show, or the Police.

Please review and let me know that you're still reading! I swear the next update won't take so long next time!

Spirits in a Material World.

"Puddin' pop!" Jackie yelled from the kitchen, "I need you!"

The image of Jackie on the floor, clutching her belly in pain made Hyde rush down the stairs of their home without bothering to put on a shirt.

What he found though, was not Jackie in danger, but rather, Jackie standing in the middle of the kitchen. A kitchen that only an hour ago had been clean, now there were pots and pans everywhere, half of the contents in the fridge were on the floor as was the contents of the pantry.

"Jacks, why does it look like the Tasmanian devil came through here?"

She threw up her hands. "I was making a pie because I thought I should do something, and I should face my fears and learn how to cook, but then I couldn't find the mixing bowl or the pumpkin and I thought to myself, 'what if I never learn how to cook? What if Tiffany has to eat cereal for the rest of her life? But then, as I was searching for the eggs, I thought if I can't find eggs, what makes me think I'm going to be a good mother? Because I know we said we're going to follow the Forman's example, but that doesn't negate bad genes, Steven."

Hyde stared at Jackie for a moment. "We are not naming our kid Tiffany."

Jackie frowned at him.

Hyde took a step closer to Jackie. "Hey, I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but we'll just take it one step at a time okay? We'll do it together."

She bridged the gap and threw her arms around him. "Oh thank you!" She gushed, kissing him. She let go and smiled. "I'll get everything set up and you can get all the ingredients!"

Hyde was confused. "What?"

"You just said you'd help me with the pie!" Jackie squealed.

"I meant I'd help with the… oh damn it."

Knowing he was defeated, Hyde and Jackie quickly cleaned up the kitchen so that they could make the pumpkin pie together. Jackie grabbed the recipe card that Kitty had given her.

"Eggs."

"Check."

"Flour."

"Check."

"Sugar?"

"Check."

"Pumpkin?"

"Check." "Jackie, can't we just buy a pie?"

Jackie shook her head. "No Steven, I am not going to be one of those women who feeds her family take out. We are going to have home cooked meals and that's final."

Hyde sighed. "Fine, let's do this thing."

Fez and Laurie walked into All That Glitters. Fenton came up to them with a look of distain.

"What are you doing here?" He asked scornfully.

"I'm here to buy my wife a wedding ring." Fez answered, staring straight back at Fenton.

Laurie stepped in between the two men. "Okay, this is getting weird. Can you just show us the rings?"

Fenton nodded. "Follow me."

The two stood at the cabinet.

"What do you think of this one?" Fenton got out a plain ring with a single diamond.

"It's kind of boring don't you think?" Laurie asked Fez, who nodded in agreement.

Fenton put the ring back. "What are you two looking for?"

"We want something unique." Laurie answered.

"Something with pizzazz." Fez interjected.

Fenton nodded. "I know exactly what you want." He walked away to another cabinet, Fez and Laurie followed him.

"These aren't technically wedding rings, but they might be up your ally." Fenton told them.

The two leaned down to get a closer look at the rings. "These are pretty." Fez said.

"What do you like? Rubies? Sapphires? Topaz?"

Laurie shrugged. "Those are nice I guess."

Fenton got out a sapphire ring. "This one matches your eyes." He put the ring up to her face so that Fez could see. Fez nodded. "It does." "But it's still not right."

Fenton put the ring back and grabbed an amethyst ring. "What about this?"

"No." Laurie said.

Fenton sighed. "You two pick out a damn ring yourselves." He huffed and walked off.

"Finally." Fez muttered.

Kelso stood in front of Brooke in their living room, holding Betsey. "Come on Brooke, Betsy and I want to go to the park."

She laughed. "So go to the park."

He pouted. "But we want to go with you." He used Betsy's arm to point to her. Betsy made nonsensical baby noises.

"See, she wants you to go too." He grinned.

Brooke threw down the invitations. "I suppose these could wait."

Kelso broke out into a huge grin and with his free hand pulled Brooke up from the couch.

"Do you hear that sound?" Red asked Kitty as he walked into the living room where she was watching TV.

Kitty sat still for a moment. "I don't hear anything."

Red pointed. "Exactly!" "Nothing!"

"Hello Neighbors!" Bob's voice called from the kitchen.

Red looked up at the ceiling. "Why?"

"Red, I invited them over."

"Kitty…"

"Coming Bob." She yelled before smiling at Red.

"Red, they're our friends." She said, walking towards the kitchen.

"No they're not!" He exclaimed following behind her.

"Hiya Red." Bob smiled at him.

"Hello Red." Joanne stated in her usual manner.

"So what should we play?" Kitty asked. "Yahtzee, trivial pursuit, monopoly?"

Red grinned. "I got an idea."

The others turned to him.

"What is it Red?" Joanne asked.

"Truth or Dare."

"Aren't we a little old to play truth or dare, Red?" Bob asked.

"Are you afraid Bob?" Red taunted.

"No, I'm not afraid."

Red grinned and Kitty and Joanne shared a look.

"We're in." They both said at the same time.

"Red, make us some drinks." Kitty ordered her husband.

"I'm already on it." He was already walking out of the kitchen towards the bar in the living room.

On the other side of town, in a small apartment, there lived a married couple. The female of said couple was on the couch in their living room reading a book. The male half was on the couch as well, and he was reading a comic book.

"This is nice."

"Mhmm."

"Just the two of us."

"Uh huh."

"No friends."

"Nope."

"No jobs."

"No."

"No responsibilities."

"None."

"No Red riding my ass."

"Nuh."

"Donna?"

"Mmm?"

"I'm bored."

Donna threw down her book. "Thank god! I am too!"

Both of them stood up. "So what do we want to do?" Donna asked.

They were interrupted by the telephone ringing. "I'll get that." Eric said, walking towards the kitchen.

"Pinciotti-Forman residence, this is Eric speaking."

"Yes, we do have a refrigerator."

"Yes, it is running."

He hung up the phone quickly.

"Prank call?" Donna asked.

Eric nodded. "I swear it sounded just like Joanne."

As Joanne hung up the phone the group burst into laughter.

"Oh, oh, it's Bob's turn!" Kitty exclaimed.

Bob smiled. "Red, truth or dare."

"Ah, what the hell, truth." Red smiled slightly.

"What keeps happening to my tools?" Bob asked.

Red's smile wavered. "Pass."

"Okay, now it says to roll the dough into a ball." Jackie read from the recipe. "And then cover it with plastic wrap."

Hyde did what he was told. "And then what?"

"And then we refrigerate it for an hour."

"A whole hour?" Hyde asked, placing the dough into the fridge.

"That's what it says."

"So we have an hour to spare?" He asked, taking the recipe card out of her hands.

"Uh, yeah, I guess."

"Well, I can think of something we can do for an hour." He grinned. "Maybe even several times."

Jackie got off from the stool. "You're right! We need to do laundry!"

Hyde grabbed her arm and spun her back around to him. "That's not what I was thinking of." Instead of letting her guess, he kissed her.

"Oh." She said when they broke apart. "You want to?"

He nodded.

"Here?"

He nodded again, and started placing kisses on her neck.

"But, it's the kitchen."

"and here I was thinking it was the garage." He was untying the string to her apron.

"But this is where we eat."

Hyde pulled away so that he could look down at Jackie. "We need to find you a new job; I don't want to marry Red Forman."

Jackie laughed. "Don't make me put my foot in your ass!"

Hyde couldn't help himself, and laughed with her. "Well, at least your prettier."

Jackie beamed. "Aw, you think I'm pretty!"

Hyde shook his head. "I said you're prettier than Red Forman, that's not saying much."

Jackie crossed her arms but was still smiling. "I've learned to take your compliments where I can get them."

There was a short silence between them as Hyde stared at Jackie.

"You know, it makes me nervous when you do that." She said.

He continued to do it. "Is that so?"

"Yeah, it makes me wonder what you're thinking, and I get all flustered inside."

"You should, because if your dad knew what I was thinking, he'd have me killed."

"Oh." Jackie blushed.

Hyde took a step towards Jackie. "We're wasting time." She sighed and threw her arms around him. They laughed as their mouths met.

"Okay, you two have tried on every ring in this store." Fenton told Laurie and Fez. "Pick something!" He yelled.

Fez and Laurie looked at each other. "We want her ring to be perfect."

Fenton narrowed his eyes at them. "There are over a hundred perfect rings here. Just choose one." He begged. "What were your three favorites?"

"Uh, the blue square looking one." Fez said.

"And the pink one that looked like an x." Laurie said.

Fenton got the two rings out. "And your third choice?"

The two looked at each other. "The onyx."

"An unusual choice for a wedding ring." Fenton said with slight distain.

"Well, we're an unusual couple." Fez smiled at Laurie who smiled back.

Fenton shook his head. "I give up."

Laurie put the onyx ring on.

"It reminds me of licorice." Fez told her.

Laurie nodded. "I like it; it's dark and mysterious, like you."

"Uh, Laurie, I'm not that mysterious."

Laurie smiled. "Sure you are!" "You're from a far away island that no one has ever heard of, hell; none of us even know your real name." She looked down again at her new wedding ring.

"Take it off." Fez told her.

"Oh god, please tell me you haven't changed your mind again." Fenton complained.

Fez shook his head. "No, I just want to do this right." He took off her ring and the one they had chosen for him earlier.

"Put out your hand." He told her. When she complied, he put the ring back on her.

"Laurie, your hot, and wickedly funny and sexy, and I swear to keep you sexually satisfied for the rest of your life."

Laurie gasped. "Oh Fezzy!" She leaned in to kiss him but he pulled back. "Not yet, you got to do it too."

Laurie nodded. She picked Fez's ring off the counter and put it on his finger. "Fez, you don't judge me, or make me feel stupid or like a slut, yet you never wanted to change me. When things got to be difficult, or I started to get too close to someone, I ran, but I realized I can't run anymore. I can't promise I won't run again, but I will promise to be faithful."

Fez grinned. "It's okay Laurie. You can run, I'll just follow."

Laurie beamed and threw her arms around her husband.

Fenton dabbed his eyes with his handkerchief. "That was beautiful."

"Be careful, Michael." Brooke said as Kelso put Betsy into the baby swing.

Kelso kneeled down to Betsy. "Your mommy is a big worrywart."

Brooke frowned. "I am not; I just don't want Betsy getting hurt." There was a pause. "Or you."

Kelso shook his head. "I can't make any promises on the second one."

An attractive blonde walked up to Kelso. "Is this your baby? She's so cute… Just like her dad."

Kelso smiled at her, but Brooke took a step toward her. "Back off." She put her arm through his for good measure.

The girl took a step back. "Sorry…" She walked off.

Kelso looked at Brooke. "I think someone is jealous." He sang.

"I am not." She huffed, pulling away from him.

"Yes you were."

"I don't get jealous, Michael."

Kelso just kept smiling. "You know, you're like a hundred times hotter than that girl anyway."

Brooke titled her head. "I am?"

Kelso nodded. "Totally."

Brooke finally smiled. "Okay, maybe I was a little bit jealous." She admitted.

"I knew it!" He exclaimed.

"Movie?"

"There's nothing out."

"Putt Putt?"

"Mitch still works there."

"Well that's out then."

There was a slight pause.

"Want to go see what Hyde and Jackie are doing?"

Donna nodded. "I thought you'd never say it."

"Alright Bob, truth or dare."

"Dare."

Kitty smiled. "I dare you to go outside and sing 'My Way' at the top of your lungs." She pointed towards the front door.

"In front of everyone?"

Kitty nodded.

"You're on." Bob got up from the from the kitchen table.

"Oh Bob?" Kitty called when the four of them were in the living room. "There's one other thing."

Bob looked resigned. "What?"

Kitty ran up the stairs and brought down one of her old dresses. "You have to wear this." She shoved the dress into Bob's hands.

Bob looked down at the dress. "I don't think I can fit into it."

Red grinned. "You have to do it Bob."

Bob sighed and took the dress into the bathroom.

"Uh, Donna?"

"Yes, Eric?"

"Is that your dad wearing dress?"

Donna looked. "I think he's singing." She drove the car closer and rolled down her window.

"I've planned each charted course, each careful step, on the byway, and more much more than this, I did it my way!" Bob belted out. "Yes there were times I'm sure you knew when I bit off more than I could chew, but threw it all when there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out, I've faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way!"

Eric fell down onto Donna's shoulder's in tears. Donna honked her horn in appreciation.

Bob stopped singing when he heard the horn. "Oh jeeze." Kitty waved to the kids who waved back.

"Bravo, Bob!" Someone yelled.

"Thanks!" Bob yelled back.

"Steven?" Jackie called.

Hyde was staring out the window. "Jackie, you need to come see this. Bob is outside wearing a dress."

"I really don't think that's something I need to see." Jackie muttered. "Now come here and tell me how much sugar to use."

Hyde continued to look out the window. "We've got company."

"Who?" She asked.

Hyde went to the door and opened it, letting Eric and Donna in.

"What are you guys doing?" Eric asked.

"We're making a pie."

The married couple looked at each other. "Why" They both asked.

Hyde shrugged. "It was Jackie's idea, something about not wanting to order take out. I figure it's better not to ask too many questions."

Donna nodded. "Smart choice." She went into the kitchen to join Jackie.

"Steven, Eric, get in here!" The two girls yelled from the kitchen.

The two guys looked at each other and shrugged. "Let's go bake." Eric said, following Hyde.

Forty minutes later, the timer went off.

"Oh, I'm so excited." Jackie squealed. "This is even better than finding out I was pregnant!"

Hyde just shook his head and took the pie out. Eric stepped closer to inspect it. "Well, it looks okay." He was still wary of Jackie cooking.

"It says here that it needs to cool for about an hour." Donna read.

"Man, what's with all this waiting?" Hyde asked.

"I'm beginning to understand why Mrs. Forman drinks so much." Jackie commented.

"Speaking of drinking, what's with Bob wearing a dress and singing?" Hyde pondered.

"That's not all. Earlier Joanne prank called us." Eric told him.

Hyde raised his eyebrow. "Huh."

"We smell pie." Fez and Laurie walked in from the basement holding hands.

"You have to wait for," Jackie looked at the clock. "Thirty more minutes."

Fez pouted and sat down at the table.

"Did someone say pie?" Kelso asked as he and his girls came in behind him.

Donna shook her head. "What is it with you guys and food?"

"It's pie, Donna." Fez told her as though that explained everything. "Speaking of things that are delicious, look at Laurie's new ring." Laurie put her hand out so that the others could see the ring.

"It's an onyx." Jackie said.

"Yeah, isn't it something?" Laurie asked.

"It's something alright." Eric responded.

Thirty five minutes later:

Jackie watched as her friends swallowed their first bites of the pie.

"Well?" She asked. Her being a good mother was riding on this pie being good.

The others stayed still for a minute.

"Is it no good?" She asked, worried.

"Jackie…" Hyde trailed off, not able to find the right words."

"It's awesome." Donna finished for Hyde.

The others nodded as they dug back into their slices.

Fez nodded. "Mmm, pie."

Next up:

You are cordially invited to attend the wedding of Brooke Bell and Michael Kelso! It'll be a wedding you'll never forget!