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Author's Note: Hello everyone! I am really sorry for being so tardy with this story. though it could be worse, I could be updating only once a year. lol no I would never do that. I really am sorry though, this past few days I just lost my Christmas spirit. Things here got so filled with drama I kept thinking 'No this isn't supposed to happen now, it's Christmas!' Well anywoo yesterday I was out shopping and I found 'It's a Wonderful Life' on sale so I bought it and popped int into my DVD player. It did just what I thought it would do. Made me cry of course and then made me smile and helped me get back my Christmas spirit! So hopfully NOW things will go by better, with the updates. Thanks for all the reviews you guys! I love them all! But Enough with my gabbing, Enjoy!
Donna helped her almost frozen boyfriend into the avocado colored kitchen.
After seeing that he had gone back to sitting in the lawn chair by the mailbox, after everything she had already told him, she had finally had enough. Donna had marched outside and pulled Eric up to his feet. It was then that she found out he had plans of going inside but had been too cold to move.
The couple entered the warm cozy kitchen as Donna kept her arms around Eric.
"This is a house Eric." Donna said to him slowly, "This is where people live. They also come in here when it gets too cold outside. It's warm in here isn't it?"
"Donna, come on." Eric said shrugging her hands off of him and sat down at the table "I'm not that dumb. We don't know that I failed yet….Oh my God!" his eyes widened and he turned to face Donna, who now sat beside him,
"That's why they haven't sent me my grades!" he shouted but Donna just frowned, still confused, "I failed! I failed my classes…all of my classes! I probably failed so bad that they can't believe it! That's why they kept them!"
"Eric," Donna interjected, hoping to calm him, "I was only teasing."
Eric shook his head, "We don't know that. I mean yeah, you say you're teasing but how do we know you don't have like this secret physic power?"
His comment caused Donna to roll her eyes, "Eric…"
Eric was already too far gone in his panicking. His hands were flying about, his eyes were big, and his voice was at that squeaky high point.
"I am gonna get a foot in my ass this Christmas." He looked over at Donna with almost sad puppy dog eyes, "Donna, I don't want a foot in my ass. I'll take the raincoat instead."
"Eric…"
"Red is so gonna kick my ass and Mom's gonna cry. Oh God. I can't believe I flunked out of college before one full year!" he rambled on, "Even Laurie stayed longer than I did! I mean sure she was sleeping with her professors but still!"
"Eric!" Donna finally shouted loud enough to get his attention.
"What?"
Donna sighed, "You have to stop worrying like this. There has to be a reasonable explanation for why you haven't gotten your grades."
"Donna, this is me. Eric Forman." He reminded, "For anyone else there would be a reasonable explanation, not for me."
Donna nodded after taking a few seconds to think, "That's true." Seeing Eric's face show even more sorrow, she quickly thought of something else to add, "But it is Christmas. A time for Miracles."
"That's right!" Eric agreed as his face got happier. "Maybe I will have a reasonable explanation!"
Donna smiled, glad that she could make him feel better. Eric's smile disappeared after a few seconds, but it was because he had gone on to thinking about what reasonable explanation could be the reason for him.
"Oh my God, Donna." Eric called out as he sat up straight, "I know what happened."
"Really?" Donna asked with a frown. He had only been thinking for a few seconds.
Eric nodded, "What if they don't even know I'm there?" he looked over to Donna, "I mean it was like that in high school and half the time Red likes to pretend I'm not here." He gasped "Donna what if it's finally happened? I am invisible. That's like the worst power ever!"
Donna frowned again, "Really?"
"I guess not." Eric shrugged, "I guess that title pretty much goes to being able to talk to fish. I mean Aquaman? Why not just Mermaidman?"
Donna shrugged, "You mean Merman."
When he heard Donna's words, Eric's sprit fell as did his self-esteem.
"Yeah. I flunked out of college!" he cried before banging his head on the round table over and over again.
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Up in the attic, the group was still sitting in the fort.
They had stopped snooping around in the attic for awhile. They had found a few stuff that would be fun to look at later, but their minds were concentrated on the essentials. They needed to find a few things before they could bring out the other stuff.
Blanket or coats. It was getting a lot colder up in the attic, probably because it was getting later.
They needed to find presents. According to Fez and Kelso.
They also needed to find some weapons, preferably some of Red's old guns. Jackie and Hyde wanted to find those for themselves.
And if they were luckily enough, food.
So far they had been able to find a few things they needed. A box of Red and Kitty's old coats and blankets, Hyde found had come in handy.
Jackie was quick to put on an old fur coat, which she knew was fake, but it was still warm. Hyde had put on the only man's coat that had been in the box. That left everything else to Fez and Kelso.
Their first thought was to go with the blankets. However, when Jackie had pointed out that maybe the Forman's had done it on those blankets, the blankets had been thrown off to the back of the attic.
And so the only thing that would be able to keep Kelso and Fez warm were the remaining contents of the box. Kitty's winter attire.
Kelso had gone with a beige long coat that had some faux fur on the collar. Fez had put on a coat that was red and very feminine. But the coats weren't enough to keep Fez and Kelso warm, so they dug deeper in the box.
There they found some hats and gloves. All ladies of course.
And still they put them on.
Fez wore a black feathered hat and some fancy red gloves, he was lucky enough to find. Kelso put on a green hat that looked more like a hair wrap, and some dark blue gloves. He didn't care how many times Jackie or Fez told him he didn't match.
Now they sat on the floor, in their new coats, staring at the item they had just discovered.
"I think I saw it move." Jackie said as she backed off a little bit.
Hyde looked at her for a few seconds before looking over Kelso, "You do it, Kelso."
"No way." Kelso shook his head, "That's even too gross for me."
Fez grimaced at the object in front of him "Aye. This is just not right."
"Come on, man." Hyde said nudging Kelso closer to the item.
"No!" Kelso exclaimed "I wouldn't do it even if you gave me ten dollars."
"I'll give you nine." Hyde responded with a smirk.
Kelso frowned at the curly haired man for a few seconds before breaking into a big grin and nodding his head.
"Okay!"
Fez watched Kelso crawl closer to the object; his face was full of worry for his friend's safety. Hyde watched with a Zen expression on his face, he wasn't exactly convinced that Kelso was gonna do it for a meager nine bucks. Although this was Kelso. Jackie just continued to looked on with a disgusted expression on her face.
Kelso didn't pay any attention to any of them, he got closer and closer to the item. Then finally he was close enough. He broke a piece of the edge and gave his friends a nervous look before he lifted the piece to his lips. Ever so slowly, Kelso dropped the piece into his mouth.
The three other's held their breath as they watched him chew over and over again.
Suddenly the uneasy expression Kelso was wearing before, faded away and a smile took it's place.
"It's pretty good!"
Fez, Hyde, and Jackie didn't seem very convinced. They kept their distance and their revolted faces. Kelso broke off three other pieces and took them to his friends.
"Come on you guys. Try it." He pleaded, "Don't you guys trust me?"
"No!"
"Ah!" Kelso exclaimed with his mouth wide open "Fine. More for me!"
Fez watched as he once ex but now new best friend walked away. He heard his stomach growl. He was hungry.
"Wait!" Fez called out causing Kelso to turn around and his coat whip behind him
"Kelso, I do not trust you because of all those pranks you pulled…" Fez began and Kelso grinned largely at the memories, "but I am hungry. So."
Fez stuck out his open right hand, ready for Kelso to drop a piece into his hands. Kelso was quick to do just that. Cautiously, Fez closed his eyes and dropped the piece into his mouth, Jackie and Hyde watched with frowns as Kelso continued to smile. Then after a few seconds, Fez's eyes opened and a smile sprung to his face.
"Mm! This is good!" he exclaimed "It's even better than it normally is!
"I know!" Kelso shouted and then turned to Hyde, "Come on Hyde, you gotta try it!"
"No way, man." Hyde shook his head, "There's no way I'm…."
Before Hyde could finish his sentence Kelso shoved the piece into his mouth. Instead of spitting it out immediately, Hyde started to chew on it and his upset frown slowly faded away.
"Huh what do you know?" He said once he'd swallowed the piece, "Looks like it's cockroaches and fruitcake that can survive nuclear bombs."
"Ew! You guys are SO gross!" Jackie exclaimed as she watched the three men gather around the old fruitcake.
"Oh but Jackie, it's not that bad. If you pinch your nose like this," Fez said as he pinched his nose shut, "it does not taste like old fruit cake. Just fruitcake."
Jackie shook her head, still clearly disgust, "I'd rather eat something I cooked."
"Come on, Jackie. It's not that bad." Hyde said with a smirk.
"Burn!" Kelso exclaimed with a mouth full of old fruitcake as he pointed to Jackie.
Jackie glared at the back of Hyde head. She knew she was a bad cook, but she didn't need people telling her. And there was no way she was eating that old cake. Who knew how long it had been up there.
Just then she heard her stomach grumble. She was hungry, really hungry. She looked over to the boys, they were happily munching on the cake. Maybe it was ok. Jackie continued to watch them for a few more seconds, they never stopped eating. They would finish the whole thing if she didn't get there soon.
She stood up and strode over to the group. She then sat herself next to Hyde and reach over to the fruitcake and tore off a piece.
Jackie glared at Hyde, Fez, and Kelso as they watched her chew on the piece, after a few seconds her glare disappeared. The cake was actually good. Not great but, it was up in an attic.
"If any of you speaks of this again," Jackie threatened them with a mouthful as she reached over for another piece, "I'll make your lives living hells."
Each of the men knew that Jackie Burkhart was very much capable of doing that.
Fez nodded his head quickly with a very frightened expression on his face. Kelso pretended to lock his lips and then threw away the imaginary key. Hyde just smirked and nodded his head.
Author's Note: There you go Chapter 14 of "Stuck with You" Hope you liked!
Thanks to Marla about the suggestion for the old fruitcake!
Today's song was picked because, it's got the word 'wonderful' in it. As in 'It's a Wonderful Life', the movie who helped me get back into the Christmas mode to write this chapter!
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 4 more days till Christmas. Holy Cow hope you guys finished with your shopping!
