Author's Note: Today marks my 7th anniversary on FF! To celebrate it, I decided to write a story and I have somehow managed to do so in the most unconventional way (for me anyway) and gringiest way yet. Here's a Sam/Hyde story...enjoy (if you can lol). It'll only be 4 chapters so it'll be quick and hopefully not too painful.

Hyde lays on his cot, his head whirling from the day's events. How the hell could he have married someone and not remembered? How fucked up did he get in Vegas exactly? The answer to that question more obvious than not seeing as how he had forgotten about his bride. 'Damn it' he thinks. Out of all the messes he's made for himself, how the hell was he going to fix this one?

"Steven" he hears someone yell out from the top of the staircase. He can hear footsteps coming down the wooden stairs and again, "Steven."

Shit, Red Hyde thinks and jumps out of his cot. He begins to wonder how quickly he can put on his boots and make a dash towards the door to avoid the angry man. Before he can ponder the possibility further, the door to his small room is flung opened and a very angry Red Forman stands in the way of his freedom.

"What the hell did you do?" Red says...yells actually.

"Red, I can explain" Hyde starts.

"Like hell you can. What, you wait for Eric and Kettlehead to leave so you can become the town's biggest dumbass?" Red asks his pseudo-son.

"It's not a big deal Red, I'm going to get it sorted out man, don't worry" Hyde replies.

"You are? What exactly is your plan here?" Red questions, his tone sarcastic.

"I, uh, haven't thought that far ahead yet but I'll figure something out" Hyde stumbles. There are very few things that scare Steven Hyde, mostly because he's practically seen it all, and he wouldn't say that he was afraid of Red Forman per se, but rather the idea of disappointing him and Kitty. He didn't want to let the Formans down after everything they had done for him. Before WB came into the picture, they were the closest thing to a family he ever had. Hell, they still were. Since they took him in, he has tried to repay them by being someone they could be proud of. Whatever progress he had made over the years, however, he surely undid tonight.

"Oh you haven't thought that far ahead yet? Well guess what dumbass, you need to figure it out, and soon because Kitty is not happy about the situation" Red says.

"I know Red. I'll take care of it. I'll come up with something."

Red stands quietly by the door frame, just staring at the younger man before him. In that look, Hyde can see everything he didn't want to see, the disappointment in him. Hyde's stomach turns and the night has somehow become even worse than it was a few minutes ago.

"Sit down Steven" Red says as he steps into the room and motions at Hyde's bed. Hyde nods and takes a seat where instructed. Red walks over to a dresses across from where Hyde is now sitting and leans against it, his arms now crossed across his chest. The deafening silence between them makes Hyde anxious. He knows he messed up and that he's let a lot of people down, himself included, but he wishes Red would just yell at him and get it over with so he can go ahead and start figuring out a way to fix things.

"Do you know why we agreed to let you stay here?" Red asks.

The question takes Hyde by surprise. It's also one he spent a great deal of time thinking about over the years. He'd come up with a few reasons but always just figured that it was because the Formans were just good people. He shrugs his shoulders and smirks, "because I have terrible parents who ditched me?"

Red, clearly not amused by the answer, furrows his forehead and shakes his head. "You were a kid stuck in a bad situation Steven, but despite that you were a good kid-"

"I wasn't a good kid Red" Hyde interrupts.

"You were a good kid. Kitty and I agreed to take you in because you were a good kid and we knew that if you were given the opportunity you would become a good man..and you did."

"You're getting soft on me Red" Hyde joked.

The older man glared at Hyde. "Shut it dumbass and stop interrupting before I stick my foot up your ass."

Hyde laughs at this. Leave it to Red to insert threats into a touching moment. "Sorry Red."

"Listen, we're proud of you and we don't regret taking you in for a second but you need to fix the mess you made because we both know you're better than that."

Hyde stood silent for a moment and thought about what Red has just said. Is he better than the mess he's created though? Wasn't he, after all, a product of Bud and Edna's upbringing?

"I don't know that I am Red" he finally says. "I'm my mother's son."

Red scowls at Hyde and pushes himself off the dresser. "You listen to me, you are not going to use your mother or anyone else as an excuse for what you did."

"Come on Red, it was inevitable. I am grateful that you and Mrs. Forman saw potential in me, but my past was going to catch up with me sooner or later."

"Oh bullshit. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and man up. You own up to your choices and do something about it. What the hell is wrong with you?

"Red-" Hyde starts but Red cuts him off immediately.

"No more excuses. We can't want a better future for you than you want for yourself. You can either fix this or not, but if you don't, you can't stay here anymore Steven. We won't stand around and watch you throw your life away just because you think you're Edna's kid."

Before Hyde can respond, Red walks out of the door visibly more upset than when he first walked in. Hyde can hear him mumble a few things under his breath that he can't quite make out. He curses himself for upsetting Red but what the hell was he supposed to say? Thanks for believing in me and my potential? What potential man, why did everyone always talk about how much potential he has instead of just accepting that maybe he was just meant to turn out exactly like his parents? When did he go from being the town burnout to having potential?

Hyde throws himself back on his cot and closes his eyes. He hates disappointing the Formans and he wanted to prove to himself that maybe he was different from Edna and Bud, but he couldn't do that if he simply tossed Sam to the side. In fact, not giving it a chance would make him exactly like his parents. Hell, Sam didn't seem so bad, maybe he could try and stick this out and show Red that he could be a good man by not ending his marriage right away.

That's it, he was going to let Sam stay and make the best of the situation. If that meant leaving the Forman's house, then it's just a step in the right direction.

There, he'd figured it out.