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Author's Note: Hello all! It's Monday! Hope it's been a great one! If not hope this one makes it a bit better. Thanks for all the reviews on the last chapter, they really made me smile and really got me writing. Now quick little notes. One this chapter may seem like a filler but it does have some important stuff and was really long (6,000 words) before, that I had to cut it in half. The other half will be up next Monday! Oh and please remember I am not a doctor, I am not studying to be a doctor. The last hospital related thing I did was play Operation this last week and I lost. lol Anywoo thanks for reading and please review. Enjoy!
"Do you wish everyone would've stayed here in Point Place, so we could've helped you more?"
"No." Kitty was quick to answer, "I do wish you kids would have stayed here, but not because of me." she paused for a few seconds, "But I'm fine with the fact that my basement babies are all over the country. Except for you and Jackie, who have just been the greatest little guardian angels."
"Of course that doesn't mean I don't miss you all." Kitty continued looking straight at the camera, "With Michael and Fez over in Chicago. Donna off upstate. Eric's the farthest, over in Seattle. And Laurie…"
Kitty frowned for a few seconds before turning to her right, "Red, did we ever hear from Laurie?"
Hyde swung the camera over to where Kitty was talking to, to show Red sitting in his pea soup green chair his newspaper covering his face.
"No."
Hyde moved the camera back to Kitty who was looking just a bit disappointed.
"Oh, well…" Kitty said with a wave of her hand, "I still miss her."
"You do?" Hyde asked.
"She's my daughter, Steven." Kitty said sternly, "I have to."
Hyde chuckled and Kitty couldn't help but smile. After a few seconds, another question pooped into Hyde's head.
"Didn't you once say you wished that when we all grew up, we'd start our families and live next-door to you and Red?"
"Yes, I did." Kitty nodded, "But I also said I wished I would live to be a hundred and five."
***
Hyde was sitting on the living room couch with the remote in his hands, flipping through the channels.
It was Monday morning. Fez, Donna, Kelso and his family would be here later on in the afternoon. That's why the nurse from the hospice was here now. Kitty wanted to spend as much time as she could with her adopted children, without being interrupted for some sort of check up.
Angela, the nurse, was upstairs with Kitty. Jackie was in the room too. Hyde had been in there for awhile, but then made up an excuse about coming downstairs incase the phone rang.
Hearing footsteps, Hyde turned around to see the young dark haired nurse coming down the living room stairs. He turned off the TV and stood up to meet Angela at the end of the stairs.
"Hey." He greeted.
Angela smiled a small smile, "Hi."
"Um, how's she doing?" he asked.
"She's doing very well."
"Yeah." Hyde scoffed, "Except for her dying, right?"
"Right." She looked down and nodded, "I'm sorry…I just hate giving bad news. It's the worst part of my job."
Hyde nodded, understandingly. Kitty had once told him the same thing. Back when she was still working at the hospital. Back before she got sick.
"She is doing okay, though." Angela added, breaking Hyde away from his thoughts.
"She is?" he asked, sounding almost too hopeful.
"Yeah." She nodded, "Of course she is weak and is getting sicker, but very slowly. Mrs. Forman is still active. She's willing and able to do things on her own."
Hyde frowned slightly, "And that's good right?"
"Yes." Angela smiling and nodded, "She not in too much pain, right now either. In fact for dying woman she's doing well."
"Ok. Cool." Hyde nodded in his Zen fashion. He then began to think of how to phrase his next words. After a few seconds he got an idea, "Um listen. She doesn't really want people knowing how sick she is, yet. So I was wondering if…"
"Sure thing." Angela interrupted, "Next time I come I'll try not to look so nursey."
"Thanks." Hyde responded with a nod of appreciation.
Angela nodded back before looking at her watch, "Oh, I better get going."
"Oh yeah, sure." Hyde agreed as he opened the front door for her. "We'll see you Wednesday, right?"
"Right, but if you need anything don't hesitate to call the hospice." She added and he nodded, "You know, Mrs. Forman is very lucky to have a son like you."
Hyde watched the woman exit out the door and couldn't help but feel a tad guilty. He could've corrected her and told her Kitty wasn't his mother, not biologically anyways. But then he thought about what she said about Kitty being lucky to have a son like him. He guessed that was true, especially if her true biological son refused to be here with her.
"You know she's single." A voice called from behind Hyde.
It startled him a bit and he couldn't help but jump. When he turned around he saw, on the third step from the bottom, a smiling Jackie Burkhart.
"What are you talking about?" he asked sounding confused.
Jackie smiled and crossed her arms, "Angela. You were wondering if she was single. She is."
"I was not." he argued.
"Yes you were."
"No I wasn't."
"Yes you were, Steven." Jackie argued, "I know you."
"Whatever." Hyde said with a roll of his eyes. "Why aren't you upstairs?"
"Mom's getting dressed and didn't want me in there if I was gonna try and help her."
Hyde nodded. Jackie had also begun calling Kitty 'Mom,' it was around the same time Hyde had started. It was upon Kitty's request, since she did see them as her own children. And it made things easier when the doctors asked if and how they were related.
"Did you try getting a hold of Red again?" Jackie questioned.
"Yeah. The hotel put me on hold for five minutes before we got disconnected again." he sighed, "I'll try again when I make the other two phone calls in awhile."
"Actually Steven," Jackie began, "I think it'll just be one other phone call you have to make."
Hyde frowned, he knew she was up to something.
"What are you talking about?"
"Just trust me." Jackie said with a smile before skipping out through the swinging door.
***
A few hours passed since Angela had left. Jackie and Hyde were sitting on the living room couch. Hyde held the remote in his hands trying to find something appealing to watch. He probably would have found something a lot quicker if Jackie hadn't been sitting beside him.
"Nope." Jackie said with a shake of her head.
Hyde sighed and changed the channel again, only to have Jackie scrunch up her nose and shake her head.
"Why aren't you upstairs?" Hyde asked turning to face the tiny brunette.
Jackie kept her eyes on the screen and signaled for Hyde to change the channel. Once he finally did she answered him.
"I made a deal with Mom." she explained, "She could stay up later and spend more time with everyone if she rested before they all got here."
Hyde nodded his head, "Nice one."
Jackie only smiled in response as she watched the McDonalds commercial come to an end and the program start up again. Her eyes lit up.
"Oo Steven leave it here!" she pleaded.
"No way Jackie. I'm not watching Days of Our Lives." Hyde argued, "Especially since it's last weeks episode."
Hyde soon realized what he had said and his face fell. He flipped the channel and kept his eyes on the screen, hoping Jackie hadn't heard him. But she did. Jackie smiled as she watched him and got ready to respond but didn't get the chance.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
Hyde and Jackie swung their heads to the kitchen door where they saw Michael Kelso making his way to the yellow couch. Shock covered their faces but at the same time they couldn't help but smile at their old friend.
"Michael." Jackie welcomed with a hug as Hyde stood up.
"Kelso man, don't you knock?" Hyde asked after he pulled out of the man hug.
Kelso shrugged, "Not here. I never knock here."
"I tired to stop him." a new voice called out as the person walked into the room.
The three heads looked over to see Brooke Kelso walk into the room with little six year old Betsy at her side, clutching her hand. She smiled at the couple.
Jackie and Brooke exchanged 'hellos' as they embraced in a quick hug. As Brooke walked over to hug Hyde, Jackie moved over to her goddaughter.
"Hi there, Betsy." Jackie greeted with a smile.
Betsy smiled back, a large child-like smile, "Hi Aunt Jackie."
"Oh you are so cute!" Jackie gushed as she hugged the little girl, and Betsy wrapped her little arms around her.
"You're pretty too, Aunt Jackie." Betsy said once Jackie pulled away.
"Oh of course I am." Jackie said with a smile, "And aren't you so sweet for noticing."
Betsy smiled, "Can I have my present now?"
"Betsy!" Brooke scolded slightly.
Jackie just smiled and shook her head, "It's ok Brooke." she reassured before turning back to Betsy. "Well sweetie, I'm afraid with all that's happened with Grandma Kitty, I was a little too busy to go shopping for you."
"Oh." Betsy said sadly.
"But." Jackie continued, "That just means that while you're here I'm going to take you on a shopping trip and buy you anything you want."
"Yay!" Betsy exclaimed as she clapped her hands,
"Jackie, you really don't have to do that…" Brooke started to say, only to get interrupted.
"Yes I do." Jackie insisted, "It is my job to spoil my goddaughter."
"Yeah, with the godfather's credit card." Hyde added dryly as he turned to Kelso, "Thanks for that, man."
Kelso grinned and patted Hyde on the back, "No problem."
Just then, the kitchen door swung open again and a fuming young foreign man stomped his way into the room.
"You sonofabitch." he said as he glared at Kelso, "Some people gently shake a sleeping person to wake them and tell them they are here, not open the car door and let them fall out!"
"Yeah." Kelso nodded with a grin, "But it's not as funny."
Fez glared daggers at Kelso for several seconds, and then he noticed Hyde and Jackie standing off to the side. Then he let his face fall with sadness, looking close to tears.
"Oh Hyde!" he cried as he wrapped his arms around Hyde. He then looked at Jackie, "Oh Jackie!" he cried as he made his way over to the tiny girl and wrapped his arms around her.
He pulled away a bit only to catch a glimpse of Hyde and walk back over to him.
"Oh Hyde!"
"Oh Jackie!" he cried, switching sides again.
"Oh Hyde!"
"Ok, man. Ok." Hyde said as he patted Fez's back and pulled out of the embrace, "That's enough."
"Yeah Fez, you better get that out of your system." Jackie began, "Mom's not gonna want you acting that way when you see her."
"Yeah guys." Hyde nodded, "When you see her, don't treat her like she's sick. She hates that."
"Where is she?" Kelso asked, sounding serious for once.
"Up in her bedroom." Jackie informed.
"How's she doing?" Brooked asked softly.
Jackie and Hyde looked at each other before turning back to their friends. They nodded their heads.
"Ok."
"Well I know what'll make her feel better." Kelso said out loud as he scooped his daughter into his arms, "A visit from her favorite people!"
Kelso then ran up the stairway, with Betsy in his arms and Fez not far behind.
"Oh and Fez too!" Kelso added causing Fez to stop only for a second, and then continue on his journey.
Hyde shook his head and then headed up the stairs himself, leaving the two smiling women alone.
"How do you do it?" Jackie asked curiously.
Brooke shrugged and smiled, "It's like raising three kids."
Upstairs in the Forman bedroom, Kitty was lying in bed trying to get some sleep. She was having a hard time doing so though. She knew she had made a deal with Jackie but it was hard to sleep when she was so excited about seeing all of her babies again.
The bedroom door burst open and Kitty opened her eyes to see Fez and Kelso, along with Betsy in her father's arms, run into her room. She carefully sat up just in time, before the three flopped onto the queen sized bed and began to bounce around.
Kitty couldn't help but laugh out loud as they continued to jump around. Hyde entered the room and took notice of the scene and had to smile. It was nice to see her so happy. He wanted to tell the guys to stop jumping but decided not to.
"Oh look at this." Kitty smiled at the two boys, "My two little basement babies!"
Kelso and Fez moved closer to the older woman so they could receive a kiss on the cheek from her. After giving them each a quick peck she turned to the little girl.
"And my little grandbasement baby." she said before kissing Betsy's forehead.
"Mommy's here too." Betsy informed as she pointed to her mother who had just entered the room with Jackie.
"Yes she is." Kitty nodded as she looked over at the tall brunette, "Hi Brooke, dear."
Brooke smiled, "Hi, Mrs. Forman." she said as she bent down to hug Kitty, "It's so good to see you."
"It's good to see you too." Kitty smiled.
"Grandma Kitty." Betsy said as she tugged at the older woman's hand, "Aunt Jackie's taking me shopping tomorrow cause she didn't buy me a present."
Kitty smiled at the little girl, "Well isn't that nice."
"Yup." Betsy nodded before pausing for a second or two, "Did you get me a present?"
"Betsy!" Brooke scolded once again, despite the fact that Kitty was laughing. "I'm sorry Mrs. Forman…"
"No, Brooke it's fine." Kitty said as she laughed she then turned to Betsy and kept her smile in place.
"As a matter of fact I did get you a present. It's from me and your Grandpa Red. It's over in the…" Kitty began to move out of bed only to stop when she felt a sharp pain in her right side.
The five adults watched Kitty carefully as she stayed still and frowned slightly, as if waiting for the pain to subside. After a few seconds she gave up and leaned back against the pillows.
She sighed sadly, "Steven, would you be a dear and get Betsy's present for me?" she asked in a tone that matched her expression, "It's in the top drawer there."
"Sure, Mom." Hyde nodded as he followed Kitty's finger to the wooden dresser by the bathroom door.
He slowly opened the drawer and quickly found a beautiful baby doll with blonde hair and blue eyes that opened and closed, wearing a pink one piece pajama. Betsy was gonna love it.
Hyde's smile shrunk as he realized Kitty probably wanted to be the one to hand the doll to the little girl and see her eyes light up. Thinking quickly he grabbed one of Red's undershirts that was there in the drawer and wrapped it around the doll before walking back.
"Here you go, Bets." Hyde said with a smile as he handed the wrapped doll over to her and shared a small smile with his mother.
Betsy quickly tossed the shirt aside and saw the doll. Immediately a big smile appeared and her eyes became big as she hugged the doll to her chest.
"She's so pretty! I love her!" she said tightening her grip on the doll, before moving over to hug Kitty with one arm and she continued to hug her doll with the other. "Thank you Grandma Kitty!"
Kitty smiled as she hugged the little girl back, "You're welcome sweetheart."
The group watched Betsy play with her new toy, each smiling their own smiles. However, after a few seconds, two of the smiles disappeared and turned into small frowns.
"You know Mrs. Forman, I've really missed you." Kelso said as he scooted closer to Kitty, "There aren't any hot mom's like you at Betsy's school. They're all younger. But you could totally kick their ass!"
Kitty smiled an uncertain smile, "Well thank you, Michael."
"Oh Miss. Kitty those beautiful curls of yours!" Fez said happily as he touched Kitty's trademark hair, that was a bit shorter than he remembered, "I have never seen anything like them in the salon.
"Oh aren't you sweet." Kitty giggled, "You know these curls are part of the reason I refused any more treatments. I didn't want to loose them again."
The room was silent in an uncomfortable silence. Betsy was the only one oblivious to the situation, as the other adults looked at each other hoping someone would say something. Trouble was they didn't know what to say. Kitty watched them and shook her head.
"It was a joke." she told them and soon they all started laughing, very fake laughs causing Kitty to roll her eyes.
"Well boys," she began to say as she turned her attention to Fez and Kelso, "I'm afraid that my little watch dogs over there, haven't let me get out of bed so I wasn't able to make any kind treats for you."
"Aw." both men said in a disappointed tone of voice.
Kitty smiled, "But…"
"Mrs. Forman," Kelso interrupted, "please don't say Jackie baked anything."
"Yes, I chipped my front tooth on the coconut cookies she sent us for Christmas." Fez added, before ducking his head when Jackie threw a pillow at him.
"No." Kitty said with a smile, "Before I went to the hospital I made some cookie dough, and had Steven put them in the oven, yesterday. I'm sure…"
"Yeah!"
"Alright!"
Were the last words said before Kelso and Fez dashed out of the room and down to the kitchen for the cookies. Neither of them noticed Betsy and her doll following close behind. The remaining four smiled at the scene.
"Thanks Mrs. Forman." Brooke said, "But the three of them may get a little too hyper with the sugar, so I think we'll head over to our hotel for a little bit and…"
"Hotel?" Kitty asked with a frown.
"Oh Brooke." Jackie said softly as she shook her head, making Brooke frown with confusion.
"You don't have to stay at a hotel." Kitty went on, "You can stay right here."
"Oh, no." Brooke shook her head, "I mean, thank you Mrs. Forman but really, we don't want to impose."
"It's not imposing." Kitty argued, "You're family. And you're staying here."
"But…" Brooked started, only to be interrupted again. By Hyde this time.
"Don't fight it." he said to Brooke with a shake of his head.
Brooke looked at Hyde for a few seconds and then turned back to Kitty when she began speaking again.
"Alright, so it's settled. You're staying here." Kitty began, "Steven, why don't you go help Brooke with their bags. And Brooke you can take any room you like except for Eric's." she smiled, "My baby boy is coming home too."
Brooke smiled and nodded at Kitty as she followed Hyde out the door.
"Yeah, you're taking Eric's room." Hyde said as he led Brooke down the living room stairs.
Author's Note: There you are my friends, Chapter 2 of "Two Weeks" Hope you liked!
Be sure to come back next Monday when more visitors come back to the Forman home.
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