"Maybe I shouldn't leave." I said as I looked at Jackie sitting on the sofa. It was the last weekend of March, the day of the Zeppelin concert. We were only weeks away from Jackie's due date which didn't really bother me till Mrs. Forman told us that she had Laurie over two weeks early and Eric about a week early.
"Steven, you are going. I will be fine." Jackie said as she looked at me. "You need one last night to be … well a teenage boy." She said with a smile.
"What if you need something?" I asked her.
"I have Donna and the Forman's." She said with a smile.
"Hyde if your ass isn't in the cruiser in five minutes we are leaving without you." Eric said as he came down the stairs carrying a small bag.
"The number for the hotel is on the fridge. Call if you need anything. We should be there most of the time." I said before I kissed her forehead.
"Try not to need anything." Eric said as he walked passed us.
"Steven, everything is going to be fine here." Mrs. Forman said as she came in from the Den.
"Okay, I trust you, but if you go into labor call call call." I said as I looked at Jackie.
"We will Steven." Mrs. Forman said with a smile. "Now go and have fun." She said with a smile.
"I will see you Sunday." Jackie said with a smile. "You need this weekend. You will thank us for pushing you to go." She got up and kissed me goodbye. "Have fun Pudding Pop." She said with a smile. "I love you." She said softly.
"I love you doll." I said as I looked at her. "Now behave, no throwing a crazy party without me." I said with a laugh.
"Steven, you have nothing to worry about." She said as she followed me out to the driveway.
"Hyde let's get going." Kelso said as he put my bag in the trunk.
"Go, have fun." Jackie said as she pushed me to the car. "Make sure he has some fun." She said to Eric.
"I will make sure of that." He said with a laugh as I got in the cruiser. I looked at Jackie standing on the patio waving as Eric pulled out of the driveway why screaming "Goodbye Point Place." However, we barely made it to Kenosha before Eric had to pee. So, we stopped at a diner just off the highway. Kelso and Fez order themselves some food while Eric did his business. Me I found a payphone and called home.
"Steven, it hasn't been thirty minutes." Jackie said with a laugh as she took the phone from Red.
"What can I say I missed you?" I said as looked around the empty diner.
"Eric had to pee didn't he?" She asked. "Did you even make it out of Kenosha?"
"Yes and No." I said as I looked at Kelso and Fez pigging out on some cake.
"Wow, it sounds like you are having a sucky start to this guys weekend." She said with a laugh.
"Maybe we should just come home." I said.
"No, now go have fun." She said. "I love you."
"I love you too." I said. "How is the baby?"
"Still in my belly." She said with a laugh. "Now go." She said before she hung up. I walked back over to our table.
"No, dude don't bring down this great weekend by being this way." Kelso said as he looked at me. "You have to separate yourself from her once and awhile."
"You don't understand this. I am about to be a father. That baby could come any day now." I said as I looked at him.
"Dude, no you called her didn't you?" Eric asked as he sat down.
"Can't I be worried?" I asked him.
"No, we are hours away from seeing Zeppelin." He said. "A year ago you would be on top of the world." He said as he looked at me. "Now we are going to have fun. If not I will stick my foot in your ass." He said as he mimicked his father.
"Dude, never say that again." I said with a laugh. The rest of the trip to the hotel was painless. We made it to the hotel with hours to spare. We all had one room and it was hard not to laugh when it took Kelso and hour and a half to get dressed. I called to check in our Jackie, but Red told me she went shopping with Donna.
"Let's go." Kelso said as he walked out of the bathroom. Before I knew it we were standing in a large crowd of teenage waste like ourselves as the music began. For a moment I just tuned into to my enter Zen and let myself stop worrying about Jackie. But, that was only for a moment. I just they are right a baby does change everything.
A/N: The next chapter will be the ONLY chapter not in Hyde's POV. Any guess on what happens next? Who will come back? Who will get wasted? And what is the baby going to be a boy or a girl? I want to hear from you.
