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Author's Note: Hello All! I'm glad to see you guys are enjoying the story! Thanks so much to those of you who have taken the time to review. It means a lot! This was actually going to be a very short chapter, but I decided to add the chapter that would have been for tomorrow with today's. But don't worry there's still a chapter coming tomorrow! Unless you guys think I'm going to fast! Let me know! As always Enjoy!

Michael Kelso was happily driving along in his van. His convertible and been awesome. It had been fast, it had been a total babe magnet, and it made him look even hotter. And he didn't think that was possible. But it wasn't exactly a family car. According to Brooke anyways. And he had to listen to his fiancé.

Brooke and Betsy were over at Brooke's mother's house. Kelso wasn't allowed back in there since the time he ate and then threw up some potpourri on some fancy carpet.

If it was so fancy why was it on the floor? Kelso still wondered.

But it didn't matter now anyways. Today was Christmas Eve, the day before Christmas. The day Santa came! Kelso had decided to waste the day away the best way he knew how to. With his friends in the basement.

As he drove to the Forman house Kelso sang along with the Christmas songs on the radio. At the moment they were playing the best Christmas song ever. After all who didn't love Rudolph?

"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

Had a very shinny nose."

The man on the radio sang before Kelso added.

"Like a light bulb!"

"And if you ever saw it

You would even say it glows."

"Like a flashlight!' Kelso sang happily

"All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names."

"Like Pinocchio!" Kelso added, his dopey smile growing bigger and bigger.

"They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games."

"Like...Ahhh!"

Kelso's words were cut off as his girl–like scream took over. A medium sized, furry object had flown in front of Kelso's van, scaring the daylights out of him. As the cheerful music continued to play in the background, Kelso swerved himself to the side of the road. When he was safely there and had finally caught his breath, Kelso looked out the passenger window and his eyes became large with fright.

******

"And that's when I saw it." Kelso said to his friends.

The six of them were sitting down in the basement, enjoying the free time they had. Sure, it wasn't like they never had any free time; but it was rare that all six of them were able to be there.

Donna and Eric were off in college. Kelso, much to everyone's surprise, was off being the family man. Hyde had Grooves, and didn't like being down there unless someone else was there with him. Jackie, who was busy working in a small little fashion boutique, was exactly the same. But they couldn't be down there together, with just the two of them, because that was the reason they needed to have someone else down there with them.

Oh and Fez…well he still went to the basement a lot even if no one else did, but then Red would find him and he'd have to wait a week before going back in.

"A raccoon?" Hyde asked Zenly from his regular seat.

"No!" Kelso shouted, "A Ninja Raccoon!"

Two of Kelso's friends rolled their eyes at his words. Another friend shook his head, realizing he really missed his moron friend. And another chose to ignore the words, they were Kelso's after all. There was one friend however, who found his story fascinating.

"Oo tell me more!" Fez begged

"It had like a mask over its eyes." Kelso began to describe to a wide eyed Fez, as he used hand gestures to make his descriptions even scarier, "And a tail. And it was all…ninja-y!"

"Aye!" Fez cried as he suddenly felt the need to hide under a blanket.

While Fez was deeply entertained by Kelso's story, Jackie, Hyde, Eric and Donna thought it was both pointless and meaningless.

Eric looked over to Hyde, Jackie, and Donna giving his back to Kelso and Fez, "Hey, so where did we land on seeing that new Christmas movie tonight?"

"Oh yeah."

"Sure."

"Yeah, ok."

The others answered before they went on to making their plans for the night. Kelso glared at the four of them, putting a pause on his story. Fez joined Kelso in looking at their friends. He wanted to hear about the Ninja Raccoon, why didn't they?

"Uh excuse me!" Kelso dramatically called out.

The small group put the conversation on hold and turned towards the other two men.

"What? You have to go somewhere?" Hyde asked with sarcasm in his voice.

"No!" Kelso shouted before taking a few seconds to make sure he didn't have to be somewhere, "No! I'm trying to tell a story!"

"Yes." Fez agreed, "It is very rude to not listen to our man-pretty friend. He has just had a near death experience. He is scared and needs his friends," he firmly told them before happily adding "Oh but count me in for the movie too."

"Fez, you're right." Kelso began, as he turned to Fez and forgot about the others in the room, "I did have a near death experience. That Ninja Raccoon tried to kill me! But he didn't!" he gasped as he came to a realization, "Oh my God. What if he was on a mission to kill me? And now he has to come back to finish the job?!"

Fez became frightened for his friend's safety. The others didn't seem to care.

"What ever will you, Kelso?" Donna asked mockingly.

Kelso placed his hand underneath his chin as he began to think. Donna's tone of voice was obviously lost on him.

"I got it!" He exclaimed, "He can't get me if I get him first!" he practically jumped out of his seat, "Guys, this Christmas I'm hunting a Ninja Raccoon! Who's in?"

Kelso looked over at his immobile friends. They just sat in their seats each of them with their arms crossed. They didn't look a bit interested in Kelso's plan. They just stared at him wondering if he was for real.

Well except for Fez.

"I will help you Kelso." Fez said proudly as he stood up, "But only if you promise not to use me as bait."

Kelso looked at his friend with a slight frown, "Fez, you know I can't do that." He paused as Fez's face dropped, "But I'll say I won't."

"Works for me!" Fez agreed with his smile even bigger than before.

Kelso patted his foreign friend's back, before they both grabbed their coats and exited the basement. The four remain friends looked at the door 'Lenny and Squiggy' had just left through.

"Anyone else think he just hit a bird?" Eric finally asked.

Hyde and Donna raised either of their hands in the air. Jackie however, left hers crossed.

"My money's on a plastic bag." Jackie shared out loud.

The other three nodded in agreement. That did sound a little like Kelso. Ok, a lot like Kelso. Donna and Eric couldn't help but laugh a little at the thought of Kelso and Fez chasing an innocent raccoon. Or an innocent plastic bag. Neither Jackie nor Hyde did anything.

Donna smiled, "Man, Jackie you dated a moron."

Jackie looked over at her friend, "I dated two, Donna."

Donna and Eric's mouths fell open before turning into smiles, as they tried not to laugh. Lucky for them, Hyde was too busy glaring at the back of Jackie's head to take notice to them.

"Hyde man," Eric stuttered as he tried to keep his laughter inside of him, "You wanna go stand outside in the snow?"

Quickly Hyde tore his eyes away from Jackie and over to Eric. He didn't want his friends to start assuming anything. Beside whatever they were assuming would be wrong.

"Why?"

"Too cool off that burn." Donna finished for her boyfriend.

Soon after saying that, Donna and Eric finally allowed their laughs to escape their lips. The other couple did not find the joke amusing. Hyde frowned at the two laughing hyenas, while Jackie gave a disgusted expression at the redhead.

"Ugh, you see Donna? This is why I told you not to move in with him!" Jackie told her friend while gesturing towards Eric, as she stood up from the couch.

Donna's laughter died down, but not her smile, "Jackie, where are you going?"

"Shopping." Jackie replied as she buttoned up her coat.

Hyde stared at his ex-girlfriend looking a bit surprised. "Jackie Burkhart hasn't finished her Christmas shopping yet?"

"For your information, I finished my Christmas shopping three weeks ago." She told him before placing her hands on her hips and giving him a knowing look, "None of which were bought at the dollar store."

Hyde pretended not to see the look, and was thankful for Eric jumping into the conversation.

"So then why are you going?"

Jackie shrugged, "'Tis the season to go shopping." She said with a smile, "Bye."

And then she was out the door. Hyde watched her leave as the room became quiet. The room did that a lot lately and it was scary. After a few seconds of staring at the side door, Hyde looked over at Eric and Donna.

"Ok." Hyde said tearing his friends' attention away from each other, "I don't think she's coming back. You guys can leave and go work on your knitting or whatever it is you guys do."

The knitting part of Hyde's comment seemed to have been lost on the couple.

"Wait," Eric began, "did you have us come down here because you were afraid you were gonna be left alone with Jackie?"

"No." Hyde answered with a deep glare, "I didn't even know she was gonna be here."

Donna nodded her head, "Uh huh. So you had us come down here because you were afraid you were gonna be down here by yourself?"

"No…"

"Ok look Hyde." Eric said sitting up straight, "You either A. wanted us to come down here because you were afraid to be alone with Jackie or B. you wanted us to come down here because you were afraid to be down here by yourself because of…some kind of ghost."

Hyde just stared at his brother, not happy that he and Donna found it so amusing.

"Maybe he's afraid of the Ghost of Christmas Past coming to pay him a visit." Donna joked.

"Yeah." Eric agreed, "He might actually show him a time when he wasn't so moody."

Finally Hyde had had enough. As Eric and Donna laughed away, Hyde leaned over in his chair and had his fist collide with Eric arm.

"Ow!" Eric cried out in pain, his large eyes looking slightly glassy.

"Hyde!" Donna exclaimed sounding upset.

"What?" Hyde asked innocently.

Donna turned away from the injured Eric and stood up from her seat, "Why did you hit Eric?"

"He was making fun of me!" Hyde argued.

Donna shook her head and crossed her arms, "That's no reason to hit him." Hyde rolled his eyes and Donna caught him, "Do not roll your eyes at me mister…"

"Donna it's ok." Eric said standing up, "If Hyde wants to act all immature, then fine. I know I'm an adult and I'll act like one." He pointed his index finger at Hyde before going on.

"But don't come crying to me, when all you get from Santa is a big lump of coal." He said before heading up the stairs to the kitchen.

"Mom, Hyde hit me!"

Was the last thing Donna and Hyde heard Eric say. Hyde rolled his eyes as Donna shook her head. Yeah, Eric was very mature.

Author's Note: There you go, your daily dose of "Stuck with You." Hope you liked!

The song was picked as the title not just because Kelso was listening to it, but because I saw it last night. The only one in my family too, I am like Kelso and look forward to those Christmas specials every year. lol

Until next time, thanks for reading, hope you liked, please review and lemme know what you think, take care, have a nice day and remember only 23 more days left until Christmas!