One thirty in the morning. About now I should be sitting up in my bed waiting for Jackie to crawl back into bed after going to the bathroom the fifth or six time since we went to bed. Instead I was sitting in a crowded bar watching Fez down one more beer. I honestly have to admit that this much better. But, I was still worried about Jackie. "Yeah my bro here is having a kid." Eric said to the bartender as he wrapped his arm around me.
"You look a little young." The bartender said as he looked at me.
"Yeah." I said as I looked at my wedding ring and then up at him.
"Let me guess high school sweetheart?" He asked as he grabbed a beer. I just nodded and he said "Well then this one is on me." He said with a smile. "I knocked up my old lady when she was fifteen." He said as he looked at us.
"And how did that work out for you?" Kelso asked him.
"Well I am married to the devil and have a dumbass son." He said with a laugh.
"Wow, he sounds like Red." Eric whispered. "Do you think there is a Red in every town in the United States?" He asked louder.
"Dude, that would be like a trillion Red's." Kelso said with a laugh.
"Well, Eric looks like you are screwed." I said with a laugh. About a half an hour later I was helping a falling down drunk Fez into his cot. "I swear to god I will kill you if you throw up on me." I muttered as I dropped him. He started to open his mouth, but I stopped him. "Keep the mouth closed till I am out of here." I said as I looked at him. I walked across the room and looked at Forman who looked like he had been run over by a car. "I am going for a walk." I said as I looked at him. He didn't say anything before I left. I walked down to the lobby. There was an older guy probably trying to support his family working this crap feast of a job sitting at the front desk. "Does room 214 have any messages?" I asked him. He looked through a stack of papers before handing me on that read: Call home.
"She made it sound important. Someone was screaming in the background." He said as he looked at me.
"Thanks." I said before I walked away. I found a pay phone and dialed home. I waited for someone to pick up.
"Hello?" A voice asked on the other line. It was a female voice, but not one that I left behind.
"Laurie?" I asked as I looked around the empty hallway.
"Hyde please don't waste my time. What the hell do you want?" She asked hatefully.
"That's Hyde." I heard Donna's voice in the background. "Hyde?" She asked as she took the phone from Laurie.
"Donna what's up? Someone left a message." I said.
"Okay, well don't freak out." She said softly. "But, Jackie is in labor." She said quickly.
"What?" I said as I processed what she said. "Did you get her to the hospital?"
"No, not yet her contractions are still fifteen minutes apart." She said.
"I am on my way home." I said before I hung up. I rushed back to the room and started packing everything back up. "Okay, you asses need to get out to that car now." I said as I looked at them.
"What is going on?" Eric asked as he sat up.
"Jackie is in labor." I said as I looked at him. I looked in the bathroom to see Fez puking his guts out. "Come on." I said as I looked at him. He looked at me and started to get up, but something happened and he fell. "Dude, come on." I said as I looked at him.
"I really would love to, but my head is stuck." He said. I walked into the room. Sure enough he had his big fat head wedged between the bathtub and toilet. Normally I would be laughing my ass off at this, but I wasn't in no mood for this today.
"Damn it Fez." I said as I looked at him. "Okay maybe if I pull really hard I can get you unstuck." I said as I looked at Kelso who was in the doorway. "Help me." I said as I took a hold on Fez's shoulders.
"Dude, you need to put some butter on his head. It will hurt less." Kelso said.
"That sounds good." Fez said.
"Fine, I will go down to the restaurant and get some fucking butter." I said as I looked at them. I walked down to the restaurant to find one dish washer sitting in the kitchen. "I need like a pound of butter." I said to him.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because my wife is in labor and my idiotic friend has his head stuck between the bathtub and the toilet." I snapped. He just grabbed a tub of butter and handed it to me.
"Good luck." He said before I walked away.
"I have butter." I said as I walked back into our room. I just sat back and watched as Eric put the whole tub of butter on Fez's neck. Then Kelso and Eric pulled on him. It took ten minutes before they finally got him lose.
"I have to get this butter off myself." Fez wined as I pushed him out the door.
"You can do that back in Point Place." I said as I picked up my bag. We made it to the lobby before I decided to call home real quick. I had the keys to the cruiser in my hand. "Get in the car I will be there in a minute." I said to Eric before I dialed the pay phone.
"Hello?" Red asked on the other line.
"How is she?" I asked him.
"Here why don't you talk to her?" He said. Next thing I know Jackie's sweet voice is on the other line.
"How are you?" I asked her.
"Steven, I am fine don't worry about me." She said softly she sounded like she had been crying.
"I am going to be home in no time." I said as I looked around the room.
"Steve, wait till the morning. Kitty doesn't think that I am having this baby tonight." She said softly.
"Jacks I am on my way home." I said as I looked around the room. Then I heard the phone drop before a faint scream.
"Steven?" Kitty said on the other line.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Just a contraction." She said. "They are about twelve minutes apart."
"I will be there soon." I said before I hung up. I walked out to the car to find two sleeping people and one playing with a hair tie. I drove as fast as I could trying to ignore the sound of snoring. I pulled into the Forman's driveway sometime around six in the morning. I ran into the house leaving the rest in the car asleep.
"Steven, where is Eric?" Kitty asked as I walked into the living room.
"In the car, where is Jackie?" I asked as I looked at the empty living room.
"Here we are." Donna said as she helped Jackie down the stairs carrying her suitcase.
"She was waiting for you." Kitty said softly.
"Are you ready to go have a baby?" Jackie asked me.
"Of course." I said as I looked at her before I turned to Donna. "The others are asleep in the car can you wake them up and get the butter off Fez's head?" I asked.
"Sure." She said weakly.
"I will explain later." I said as I helped Jackie out of the front door. "I am off to become a dad." I said as I looked at her and then at Jackie.
"It's too late to back out now." She said with a smile.
A/N: Okay, I lied this worked better than my original plan so there won't be a chapter in a different POV. Hope you are loving this story as much as I am loving writing it.