Chapter 7: Red Opens A Door

Place: The Basement

(Two weeks since the end of the last chapter)

It was evening time and the gang was sitting in the basement watching TV. The only ones who were not in the basement were Jackie and Eric, who were out on a date. It had been boring in the last two weeks for the gang minus that Jackie and Eric had been going out on dates quite a bit. The gang had been bored for the last two hours because watching reruns of the Brady Bunch and I Dream of Jennie only could get them so far.

The long silence was broken by Fez saying, "Why don't they ever do an episode where Greg and Marcia get together… because it's obvious they want each other."

Randy looked at Fez and said, "Fez, you do know they are brother and sister, right?"

Fez said, "No they are not. I mean do they have the same parents? No, and in my country you are only brother and sister if you have the same parents. Greg seriously could not be living next to that body and not be doing it with her."

Kelso said, "I am going to have to agree with Fez here because if I had a step-sister, that hot, living next to me I would probably do her."

Donna, not surprised, said, "Of course you would Kelso."

Hyde said, "I did heard once, that they made an episode were Greg and Marcia had sex with each other, but the government blocked because they knew the entire teenage population would get turned on if those two did it."

Right then the door from the kitchen to the basement opened, and down the stair came an unhappy looking Red Foreman.

Red anxiously said, "Okay you dumbasses, Kitty found my secret stash of beer in the den yesterday and threw it out, and Bob just got a new loud noise machine. So, if you guys give me some beer, I won't kick you all out of my house."

Hyde cautiously said, "We don't have any beer, Red."

Donna, also being cautious, said, "Yeah, what are you talking about Mr. Foreman?"

Red, not buying any of it, said, "Look, you are all twenty year-old rebellious dope heads, and I know that if you guys have dope then you obviously have beer as well."

When nobody still responded, Red decided to bargain with the gang.

"Ok, if you guys give me beer I won't search for any of your dope for a month." Red said.

Then the gang was ready to give Red what he wanted, so they got up and went over to the shower curtain and opened it up showing a lot of beer.

Hyde, in a salesman like manner, said, "Okay Mr. Foreman, today we have four different types of beer; we have Coors, Budweiser, Samuel Adams, and some of the German stuff. We have cans in all, and have bottles in all except the Budweiser."

Randy picked up a bottle of Coors and said, "Might I suggest the bottled Coors because they are the coldest if…"

Red interrupted by grabbing the bottle and opening it up to take a sip.

Hyde smiled and said, "Basement Liquors is proud to do business with you."

Randy said, "Please feel free to tell no one about us, because we would like to be the only ones drink the beer that we bought."

Red started to take another sip when a voice was heard from upstairs.

"Kids, I'm coming down… and I have a treat for you all." Kitty said in her sweet voice.

Red shoved the beer back into Randy's hand, and in a panicking whisper, Red said, "HIDE THE BEER!"

Randy and Hyde quickly put the already opened beer back in the case, and closed the curtain. Both Hyde and Randy the shot right back into their original seats, before Kitty was able to come down the stairs. Kitty, with a big smile, came down the stairs with a large pan.

Once Kitty reached the bottom of the stairs she said, "I made you all a pan of brownies."

Everybody moved from their seats and said, "Thanks Mrs. Foreman!"

Red, in an annoyed voice, said, "Kitty, don't give them food, now they'll never leave."

"Oh Red, I know you love it when they are over." Kitty said.

Kitty, realizing something, turned to Red and said, "Wait a minute, Red, why are you down here?"

Red, feeling the pressure, lied by saying, "Well umm… I thought I umm… I thought I smelt these dumbasses smoking umm… something down here, so I umm… came down to see if they were umm… smoking anything."

Kitty looked at Red for a moment before saying, "Well… were they?"

Red said, "No, but I will find whatever they were smoking the next time."

Kitty gave Red a kiss on the cheek, and said, "I'm sure you will Red."

Kitty then looked back at the rest of the gang, and said, "Are they good kids?"

Everybody replied, "Yes" "The best" "Fantastic" "I love these" "Very good"

Kitty said, "Well I hope so, because Eric said that you all like these certain type of brownies that have some 'special ingredient' in them."

Kitty then noticed something and asked, "Say, where is Eric? And where is the one who always talks a lot?"

Hyde lied by saying, "Well Mrs. Foreman, Eric is out getting us some candy, and Jackie is painting her nails."

Kitty said, "Well, when will Eric be back?"

Fez said, "They'll be back soon Ms. Kitty."

Kitty said, "They? Who's they?"

The gang immediately knew they were in trouble, before Randy saved the day by saying, "Eric is going to get Jackie, so they are coming here together."

Red, now interested, said, "Why is Eric going to get Jackie? She lives right next door."

Donna said, "Well, Jackie is getting her nails painted at this place she goes to, which happens to be near the place where Eric is getting the candy from."

"Okay, why a girl would go to get her nails painted at this time of night is beyond me, but okay." Kitty said before walking up the stairs, with Red trailing behind her.

As soon as Kitty and Red were up the stairs, the gang breathed a sigh of relief.

Donna said, "That was way too close."

Hyde said, "Yeah, way too close."

Randy, curious, looked at everybody and said, "Hey, why are we so worried about Mr. and Mrs. Foreman finding out that Eric and Jackie are dating?"

Hyde said, "It's not Mr. Foreman we need to worry about."

Donna said, "It's Eric's crazy mom."

Randy said, "Well why?"

Donna turned to Randy and said, "Well, not long after Hyde and I started dating…"

(Flashback; eight months ago)

Kitty was sitting in the living room watching I Dream of Jennie.

Kitty commented, "I wonder how they make Barbra Eden smaller than a coffee cup?"

Then Kelso stormed through the front door and walked up to the couch.

Kelso, upset, said, "Mrs. Foreman your son was being very mean to me."

Kitty asked, "Why? What did he do?"

Kelso childishly said, "Well I had gotten this bottle of Coke at the Hub, and Eric spit into my Coke. Now, I wasted thirty cents on a Coke."

Kitty wrapped her arms around in a mother like fashion and said, "There, there, Michael. Would you like me to get a Coke for you from the fridge?"

Michael nodded his head, so Kitty and Michael walked into the kitchen. Unfortunately, Kitty and Michael went through the door and found Hyde and Donna making out in front of the stove.

Kitty immediately shouted, "OH MY GOD!"

(Flashback end)

Everybody was silent.

Randy waited a second, before he said, "What happened next?"

Everybody remained silent, before Randy said, "Well?"

Hyde looked at Randy, and in a serious tone said, "Randy, I am speaking to you as a friend when I say 'crazy shit happened.'"

Randy, confused, said, "What?"

Donna, also in a serious tone, said, "Randy, I've been around her for a long time and I have seen her get crazy… but I have never seen her get as crazy as she got that day."

Randy said, "Why did she get so crazy?"

Fez, serious, said, "Because she always thought that Eric and Donna would end up getting married, since they dated for about three years, she was not that happy to see Donna and Hyde kissing in the kitchen."

Randy said, "But she's okay with it now, right?"

Hyde shook his head, and said, "Not really, but we were able to make an agreement with her that if we don't get too intimate in front of her, she wouldn't say anything mean about us."

Donna said, "So until we figure out a way to tell Mrs. Foreman to about Jackie and Eric, we all decided not to tell her in order to prevent Hurricane Kitty from striking again."

Randy in disbelief said, "Hurricane Kitty? Come on, it couldn't have been that bad."

Fez said, "I've been in my country when it's been hit by actual hurricanes, and I would rather live through ten hurricanes than live through 'it' again."

Randy looked at Fez, and said, "Fez, you weren't even there when it happened."

Hyde said, "Randy, Hurricane Kitty lasted for five hours, and Fez arrived only ten minutes after 'it' started. So, trust me he was there."

Randy turned to Kelso, and said, "What about you Kelso?"

Kelso didn't respond.

A confused Randy said, "What's wrong with Kelso?"

Donna said, "Since Kelso was standing right next to Mrs. Foreman when 'it' happened, he got the worst of it. Let's just say he's probably scarred for life because 'it.'"

Just then Eric and Jackie walked through the outside basement door in each other's arms, and they both were laughing when they entered. They stopped laughing after they realized the room was dead silent and everybody was serious.

Eric, curious, said, "What's going on?"

Randy said, "Oh, these guys were telling me about Hurricane Kitty."

Both Eric's and Jackie's faces tightened up immediately.

Randy in disbelief said, "Wait a minute you both were there too?"

Eric quickly said, "I don't want to talk about it."

Jackie leaned into Eric, and quietly said, "Eric… I'm scared."

Eric wrapped his arms around Jackie, and said, "Shh, Jackie, shh. It's alright I've got you."

Jackie, who was now on the edge of crying, said, "But what if… 'it'… happens again?"

Eric stroked Jackie's hair, and said, "I don't know if it will happen again… but might I know what may make us all feel better."

The Circle

Eric, smiling, said, "Man, this made me feel so much better. What were we talking about again?"

Jackie, laughing, said, "HAHA, I don't know, HAHA, but what I do know, but I do know, HAHA, that the guy right next to me, HAHA, has funny hair."

"Hey man, I do a lot to take care of my hair." Leo said.

Hyde, in a high voice, said, "Leo man, what's going on? When did you get here?"

Leo said, "I was walking home and I saw a house that look familiar, so I entered… Whoa man, I just realized who you all are."

Hyde said, "Yeah, I realized who you are too, and this is creeping me out."

Donna, who was interested in something, said, "Dudes, I just realized… my hair is not blond."

Fez said, "Candy is really good, but only when you eat a lot at one time."

Kelso was just laughing.

Randy said, "Dude, I heard there will be a new type of underpants coming out soon."

Eric said, "What's it called… overpants? HAHA"

Everybody started laughing and ended up falling on the ground.

Circle End

(One hour later)

The gang was now all sitting in their original seats with about twelve empty bags of chips on the floor.

Hyde said, "Okay, we should all make a new rule to never have more than four people in the circle."

Everybody nodded their heads in agreement, except for Fez, who was now curled up on the small table in front of the table.

Randy said, "Aw… our little buddy is so tired."

Eric said, "Yeah, we probably all are. Hey, you all can stay the night if you want."

Everybody nodded their heads in agreement. Donna and Hyde went into Hyde's room. Eric and Jackie went upstairs to Eric's room, and everybody else found comfortable positions in the basement to sleep in.

(One hour later; Red and Kitty's room)

Red and Kitty were fast asleep when there was a loud crashing noise coming from down stairs. Red and Kitty woke up immediately.

Red said, "What the hell?"

Red and Kitty rushed out of their room and down the stairs. They found Fez asleep on the living room floor with the table out of place.

Red said, "What the hell is he doing here?"

Red got Fez to wake up and get on his feet. Then the kitchen door opened with everybody who was in the basement coming through the door.

Red, agitated, said, "Why are you all here?"

Donna said, "Because we all were hanging out downstairs and we were tired, so Eric said we could stay the night here."

Red, now upset, stormed up the stairs with everybody right behind him.

Red was just about to open the door, when Kitty said, "Red, don't wake him up."

Red said, "Kitty, because of our dumbass son I'm awake! And if I'm awake, he better be awake as well!"

Then Red forcefully opened the door, only to find Eric and Jackie participating in activities on the bed that requires no clothing.

AN: I want to say I am sorry to most of my readers for keeping you waiting for the next chapter. Now that things have settled down for me, I hope to have chapters up faster than recent. My goal is to be near finished with this story by the New Year.

I want to say that this is the longest chapter I have ever written, but I had a lot of fun writing it. The whole Hurricane Kitty thing was actually unexpected. I was trying to write a small backstory about Kitty's reaction to Hyde and Donna's relationship, but then the story took a life of his own.