Yay! Another Chapter, thank you to the few that reviewed I really appreciate it, and I dedicate this chapter to you! Please R&R for more chapters! I'm as anxious as Steven Hyde headed to marry Jackie Burkhart to find out what's going to happen next! As per usual disclaimer: I don't own That 70's Show or any of the characters.

When Red arrived at the small house it was just as he suspected, Steven's El Camino was parked out front. The house had been abandoned for years, but Red had a feeling that his missing groom could be found inside. He cautiously opened the front door, and found Steven sitting on the moth eaten couch in the middle of the dirty trash riddled living room.

"Not getting cold feet are we Steven." asked Red announcing his presence. Steven looked up at him from his place on the couch he was holding something that looked like a picture frame in his hands but from where Red was standing he couldn't see who was in the photo.

"No I just needed to get away for a bit so I could hear myself think." Hyde replied. He knew it was a matter of time before someone would come looking for him. Mrs. Foreman would be pissed if he didn't show up to the church, and Kelso was going to be in deep shit for losing track of his whereabouts.

Red nodded at the younger man that he considered his second son. He knew all too well these last moments of a former life being left behind. Steven's past was a murky place, but he was proud to have played a part in the man he had grown up to be.

Kitty had been beyond ecstatic when Jackie had announced that her and Steven were getting married. Red was happy to see that Steven had finally gotten his head out of his ass long enough to realize a good thing before it got away from him. Red had to admit there was time where he thought that Steven had screwed it up for sure. After that whole misunderstanding in Chicago, and mistake with that stripping whore he didn't think that Steven and Jackie would ever reconcile. Kitty had been worried as well, knowing how good they had been together, and how much better they became as a unit.

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"HOW COULD YOU STEVEN?" Jackie came down on him rage in full force, the hurt in her eyes was more than evident to everyone in the room.

"After everything we just discussed, how could you give me hope that there was a possibility that we could get back together if you were just going to ask that whore to stay!?" She cried.

Red felt bad for the girl, but he knew that he couldn't take sides as they were both in the wrong for what had taken place between them.

No one had ever seen Jackie as angry as she was right now. Kelso and Fez cowered in each other's arms, while Eric hid behind Donna, as Jackie embodied the hellfire that she was famous for.

Hyde shrugged, not even bothering to take responsibility for his actions. Somehow he had gotten himself hitched to a stripper on his latest venture to Vegas and somehow he couldn't see how this was the worse thing that could have happened to him. He stared at the angry girl in front of him disregarding her feelings or the tears that were streaming down her face.

He failed to see how any of this was his fault especially when she had basically cheated on him with Kelso yet again.

"I'm not going to apologize for living my life Jackie, if you don't like it then maybe you should just leave." Hyde finally answered his voice filled with contempt.

Jackie glared at him wondering how they had come to this. She thought that after all they had been through together they would be stronger than this moment. That they would be able to overcome it, but the look on Hyde's face told her differently. Jackie could feel everyone's eyes on her, and she realized that she was coming apart at the seams. Jackie Burkhart had lost her cool, and it was on full display for everyone to see, even that stripper whore that had walked through the door claiming to be Steven's wife.

Jackie took a few deep breaths, her gaze still locked on Steven. They were both mentally trying to challenge each other, but she could see that this was a battle she was going to lose.

"Fine." Jackie said finally, trying to keep her voice steady. "I can see you've made your decision Steven we're through." She turned and headed through the kitchen door before he could respond or anyone could try to stop her.

As soon as she left the tension in the room diffused. Everyone awkwardly stood around unsure of how to react now that Jackie was gone, or how they should interact with Hyde.

"Well, that was enough excitement for today," Kitty stated breaking the silence. "Eric, Donna, please come help me with something in the kitchen, and Michael, Fez I think it's about time you boys headed home." she laughed nervously ordering everyone to clear the room glancing at Red with silent instruction before ushering Eric and Donna into the kitchen where they would without a doubt be listening at the door.

Red was left alone in the room with Steven and his stripper whore of a wife. "Uh, could I have a moment alone with Steven?" Red directed the question to Steven's supposed wife, unsure of how to address her. She looked at Steven and shrugged leaving through the front door. "I'll be right outside baby." she said closing the door behind her.

Hyde didn't respond, knowing there was a chance that he was about to get a lecture from Red about what had just taken place in his living room. Once they were alone he turned to face the older man he regarded as a father.

"Red man, I-" Hyde started, but Red held up a hand that caused him falter mid sentence.

"Now listen here Steven, I'm not going to ask you anything about what happened here this evening in my living room," started Red.

Hyde felt it was within his best interest to stay silent.

"I just want you to know, that you are a dumbass if you think that hurting that girl is going to make you feel better about yourself at the end of the day." Red watched Hyde's face to make sure that he received the message before continuing.

"Women like that don't ask for things that seem unrealistic because they want to drive us crazy," explained Red. "They offer to show us a part of ourselves that we didn't know existed." Red Forman didn't always offer advice to his kids, but when he did, he made damn well sure they would spend some time sitting on their ass thinking about it.

Red exited into the den leaving Steven alone with his thoughts.

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Red knew that Steven had matured a lot since that day. Watching him now absorbed in his own thoughts he was reminded of the time it took for him to really think about what had happened between him and Jackie. The thought hadn't come to him immediately, but after that day, Hyde swore that he would never speak to Jackie that way ever again. He hated himself for the way he had treated her, and the way he used his words to hurt her.

There had been more than a few times when Kitty feared they would never reconcile, but the day they finally did was a happy day in all of their lives.

"You know that Kitty's going to be really mad if we are late to the ceremony." said Red bringing Steven out of his thoughts.

Steven looked up at Red and smiled. "Yeah I know, I just had to come back to get this." He raised the photo so Red could see the photo of him and Jackie at the prom. Red arched an eyebrow surprised that the photo had survived in this house of disarray.

"Feeling sentimental aren't we Steven?" Red said looking at the photo of the kids at their prom. It seemed like ages ago, the kids were young and stupid, but they were always carefree something that Red had appreciated about them. That and the fact that even though his house was always filled with noisy kids, it had always made Kitty happy.

"She taught me how to love man." Hyde stated simply looking completely lost for ways to describe all of the ways he was indebted to Jackie. Jackie had showed him that even after all of the abandonment that he faced in his past, he still deserved the love she showed him now and in the future.

Red nodded understanding how much that would mean to someone who had never felt loved for the majority of their life.

"Steven, I know that you've had it rough," said Red. "With your father leaving, and your mother abandoning you I know it wasn't easy, and I'm sorry that we couldn't give you more."

Hyde stood up from the couch, a little astonished at the words coming out of Red's mouth. It was a rare moment anytime Red Foreman decided to share his feelings with anyone.

"Red, you don't have to apologize to me, you and Mrs. Foreman have given me much more than I deserve especially since I've probably caused you nothing but grief," Hyde replied.

Red laughed, "I always knew you were smart Steven, and I am proud of the man you've become, and I'm happy to call you my son."

Hyde was lost for words, Red Forman considered him a son.

Red didn't expect an answer. He always had a soft spot for Steven, and the truth of the matter was that he was a good kid, and he deserved a chance at a better life regardless of the cards he had been dealt. He was a good friend to Eric, not to shabby of a boyfriend for Jackie, and a son to both him and Kitty.

"I guess we should go…" Hyde took one last look around the broken down house with its paint chipped walls and garbage dump of a living room realizing he would never have to come back to this godforsaken place again. It felt as though a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders knowing as soon as he walked out the front door he was headed to a future where he could be a different man, undefined by his less than humble roots.

Edna would never come back to this place, she would never know what became of the son that she left behind, and he was just fine with that. She didn't deserve to know the family that took him in, or the woman that had captured his heart she would fade away like everything else in this hell hole. He made a mental note that he would level the house as soon as he got the chance.

"Jackie's going to murder me if I'm late for her wedding," Steven made toward the door, and for the first time since asking her to marry him his stomach was doing somersaults. Jackie was small, but she had a temper to be reckoned with and he was sure that he wouldn't hear the end of it if he was late for the wedding.

"Chin up Steven, the yelling only gets worse after marriage." Red said matter of fact. Hyde smiled as he followed Red out the door, leaving his old life behind forever.