I was sitting in the kitchen eating breakfast when Kelso came busting in. "Damn, man I have been gone all summer and it is like nothing has changed." He said as he sat down. Great, he didn't know. This was going to be like ripping off a band aid.
"I guess things never change." I said as I got up and walked to the fridge. I pulled out a grape soda and walked back over.
"Dude, what is up? Red's not around and your drinking soda. Come on dude." He said as he looked at me.
"I am cleaning up my act that's all." I said as I looked at him. I couldn't hurt him. I couldn't hurt dumb old Kelso. Apparently no one else could either.
"Steven, I need you to try on Red's old tux." Mrs. Forman said as she came busting into the kitchen holding the tux. "After all we are having a wedding in just a week." She said as she glowed.
"Dude, whose is getting married?" Kelso asked as he looked around like a lost puppy.
"Oh dear, you didn't tell him." Mrs. Forman said as she looked at me like a deer in headlights. "Well, I will just be in the living room." She said as she laughed nervously.
"Dude, what is going on?" Kelso asked.
"I am getting married on Saturday." I said as I got up.
"Wait, what?" Kelso said as he followed me towards the door. "How did this happen, who is the lucky lady?"
"Jackie." I said weakly as I opened the door to the living room.
"What the hell?" He yelled as we walked into the living room. "How can you marry Jackie?" He asked.
"Simple, I just have to say I do." I said as I looked at Mrs. Forman.
"You two hate each other!" He yelled as Eric walked down the stairs.
"That's what I said." Eric said as he walked over to his mother. "Then again he must not, because he got her knocked up."
"I am going to kill you!" Kelso said as he started towards me.
"Yes because that has worked out before in the past for you." I said as I moved closer to him.
"Oh crap he didn't know." Eric said as he stepped over to us.
"No he didn't know." I said as I looked at Eric. At that moment Kelso went in for a punch. He got a small punch in before I knocked him to the ground.
"Okay, boys we just need to make the best of this. So stop fighting and put on the damn tux." Mrs. Forman snapped.
"Okay." I said as I took the tux from her hands. I was lucky, I guess, that when Red was younger he was my size. "Fits great, Mrs. Forman." I said as I walked back down stairs.
"Steven, you are so handsome. Jackie is such a lucky girl." She said as she looked at me.
"I was supposed to knock Jackie up not him." Kelso said as he stormed out of the room.
"Can we stop using that term? A baby is a blessing no matter what." She said as she looked at me. "But Eric if this happens to Donna I will make sure it won't ever again."
"Okay then." Eric said as he stepped back.
"Steven!" I heard Jackie yell from the kitchen. I found myself practically running to her aid. I found her crying as she sat at one of the chairs around the table.
"Jackie what is wrong?" I asked as I looked at her. I leaned down so I was looking in her eyes.
"I am going to get fat." She said as cried.
"No, baby you aren't." I said as I placed my hand on her check. "You are going to have a nice round belly and that is our baby. Then you will be pretty little you again as soon as you have the baby." Then I placed her hair behind her ear. "Plus, you will always be the smallest most beautiful girl, no woman in the world to me." I said as I watched her smile.
"Steven, that is so sweet." She said as she went to hug me.
"Sorry, but you can't get anything on this." I said as I pulled away. "After all this is what I am wearing when I get hitched." I said with a smile.
"You look great." She said with a weak smile.
"But, you're going to look better." I said as I looked at her.
"You are amazing." I said as I looked at her.
"Are you as scared as I am?" She asked as she looked at me.
"More." I said back. "But, this is going to be the greatest adventure for us." I said as I looked at her. "Look at us two, we are nothing alike. But, we both know how it is to be alone. You're parents left you with nannies and mine just left me. I am scared to death of leaving this child and I know you are to."
"We are going to end up like Mrs. Forman." She said with a laugh.
"Maybe, but nothing could be better because we will be working together on this whole parenting thing." I said as I looked at her. "Never tell the guys I talk like this." I said as I hugged her.
"I won't." She said as she looked at me. "I love being the one person who knows you better than anyone." She said as she smiled.
"I love you." I said as I looked at her. She didn't say anything just hugged me. I know we just stood there for a while, but I didn't want to let go. We didn't have to talk and I loved that.
"Oh come on dude, the least you could do is get a room. I don't want to see that." Kelso said as he came walking up from the basement.
"Kelso, we aren't doing anything." I said as I stood there with Jackie in my arms.
"I don't need to see you two being all lovely to each other." He said as he stood by the fridge.
"Michael, stop it." Jackie said as she looked at him. "You blew it with me, get over it. Steven is twice the man you are." She said as she looked at me.
"Fine then maybe I shouldn't come around here no more." Kelso said as he stormed out.
"Great, now I have to deal with that." I said as I looked at the door. "I will get to that later. Come on I am sure Mrs. Forman will love to see you." I said as I led her into the living room. I spent the rest of the day with her and I loved that. I love being around her. However, I had Kelso in the back of my mind. He had been one of my best friends since grade school. How could we throw a friendship away over this? So, I found myself sitting outside of his house with a tin of peanut butter fudge. He answered the door.
"What the hell are you doing here?" He asked as he looked at me.
"I brought you some fudge." I said as I looked at him. "You know Mrs. Forman has been baking like crazy lately." I said as I handed him the tin.
"She is stress baking again. Awesome." He said with a smile. Somehow Kelso always gets happy when Mrs. Forman bakes a shit ton of crap because then he can pig out and not be judged.
"Okay, listen to me dude. I love Jackie. I have never felt this way about a girl this way before. So, you just have to deal with it." I said as I looked at him. "However, you are like a brother to me." I said as I looked at him. "And it would really suck if you can't look past the fact that I am marry your ex." I said as I looked at him.
"You really love her." He said as he looked at me.
"Yeah." I said as I looked at him.
"Fine, but I am so bringing a date to the wedding." He said with a smile.
"I wouldn't want it any other way." I said as I looked at him.
"Great, hey is Laurie going to be there?" He asked.
"I guess." I said as I stood there.
"Awesome, I will be getting some on you wedding night." He said with a smile. I sat there listen to Kelso talk about how he could sleep around now that was Jackie was out of the question. However, the whole time I was thinking about how lucky I was Kelso is a man whore because if he wasn't I wouldn't have Jackie. And now that I have her I am never letting go.
