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Author's Note: Hello everyone! Happy Monday! And Happy Spring Break to those of you who are on it…if you're not…sorry. Quick little notes: This chapter's a little shorter than usual, sorry about that but things are really gonna start moving along soon. Thanks so much for all the reviews you guys, I really appreciate them! And as I always say, please remember I am not a doctor or a nurse, I don't not work at a hospital…I did go to one this last week and will probably go again during this one… Anywoo thanks for reading and reviewing, sorry for it being a little too short and Enjoy!

Hyde filmed the scene of the kitchen. Kitty was mixing a large green bowl while standing infront of the counter space next to the oven. The oven that had two trays of cookies cooling on it.

"I thought you said you were just gonna make some cookies." Hyde said from behind the camera.

Kitty looked up from the mixture and shook her head, "No, I said I was going to make some snicker doodles not just 'some cookies.'"

"Ok, fine. Then what's with the cake you're making now?"

"Steven, you can never have too many homemade sweets in the house." Kitty slightly scolded and then looked straight at the camera, "Remember that kids. Oh I need the eggs."

Kitty then left to the refrigerator door and in search of eggs. Only a few seconds passed before Kitty came back to the counter with three eggs in her right hand.

Hyde watched as she cracked open the eggs like a pro, over the mixing bowl.

"How do you do that?" he asked, "I mean you don't even have a recipe out or anything."

Kitty looked at her surrogate son and smiled "Steven, I've made this cake so many times I could recite it like it was the alphabet." She finished with one of her Kitty laughs.

"So you don't have any of your recipes written down?"

"Well of course I do." Kitty answered as she moved away from the cake mixture and over to the cooling racks to start removing the cookies sand putting them on a glass plate. "They're all written down on recipe cards in that little box over there."

Kitty pointed at something that was in the direction of where Hyde was standing, but Hyde didn't get the chance to get a shot of it because Kitty had continued to talk.

"I wrote them down for you kids. And for your future kids. And their future kids. And...well you get the point." She explained as she handed Hyde a cookie.

Hyde accepted the treat and was quiet for a few second as he ate the cookie while still filming Kitty doing one of her favorite things.

"You know Mom," Hyde called out cause Kitty to look up from the cookies, "I don't think any of us or our future…whatevers are gonna be able to make any of these things as good as you make them."

~*~

It was very early in the morning when Eric woke up. Right away he got up and out of Jackie's bed and then began getting dressed, he didn't however, pack up any of his things. He figured he'd have time to do that later.

After putting on his shoes, Eric stuck his head out into the hallway to make sure no one was there.

He moved his head to the left and to the right but saw no one. Figuring he was safe, Eric stepped out into the hall and tried to make his way through it quickly but quietly.

Eric managed to creep past the closed doors of his parents' room and his old room without hearing a stir from any of the occupants in either room. Feeling proud of himself for sneaking past the rooms going unseen or unheard—it was so something Luke Skywalker would do—he smiled and headed down the living room staircase.

However, when he reached the middle step, his happy mood faded away and he felt his stomach fall when he saw the scene in the living room.

He'd forgotten that Donna and Randy were staying out on the sofa bed and so what he saw was not something he had been ready for.

The couple was still soundly asleep and snug under the covers. Donna was asleep on the left side of the bed, the side she and Eric use to fight over, while Randy slept beside her. And though they were fully clothed and weren't even cuddling close to each other, seeing Randy's arm draped across Donna's waist hurt Eric more than he thought it would.

Eric didn't want to wake the sleeping couple and so he went to the kitchen using the longer route. Through his father's den and the dinning room.

When he entered the kitchen he was happy to see it wasn't as full as it was yesterday; but still it saddened him because it was empty.

As Eric looked around the empty room his eyes stopped at the sliding door. He had stopped them to look at the new morning light out there, but then he noticed the garage door was wide open. And there was the Vista Cruiser parked inside with someone under the hood.

Eric had left the Vista Cruiser here with his parents when he moved Seattle. It was getting older and now he had a brand new car. Well a car that look brand new, but that was only because he only used it to drive to and from school and run the occasional errand.

He took a few more steps closer to the door, trying to get a better look but Eric had a good feeling of who it was. There was only one person he knew that worked on the Vista Cruiser like that.

"Might as well get this over with." He said to himself before opening the sliding door.

Eric cautiously walked through the chilly morning air and over to the figure whose lower body half was the only thing visible. Eric wondered if he should've brought something to protect him, so sort of shield maybe, or at least have called 911 in advance.

He decided not to be too close to the person when they would first see him, so he stood a few feet away as he called out their name in an uncertain, nervous tone of voice.

"Dad?"

Without any delay, the figure turned around and Eric saw that it wasn't his father at all. It was Jackie Burkhart with her hair back in a ponytail, wearing old faded baggy overalls, and smudges of grease on her face where a very angry frown indented.

"Oh my God, do I look like Red Forman?!" she asked as she turned herself to get a look at her back side.

Seeing Jackie and not his father, brought some relief to Eric but also startled him to say the least. He took a quick, small jump back before he walked towards her.

"No Jackie…I didn't mean it…I thought you were…"he frowned and stopped trying to defend himself as he noticed something, "Are you working on a car?"

Jackie sent him a sarcastic glance, "No, it's a boat."

"Have I told you how much I love our morning conversations?" Eric asked with a sarcastic tone and matching grin.

"Well excuse me," she said with a roll of her eyes, "I'm not use to people telling me I look like an old bald man."

Eric looked at the irate brunette with a surprised expression. He thought the two were pretty close, he never would have thought she'd call Red that.

"What?" Jackie asked seeing his look. Before Eric answered, she got the idea, "Look Eric you know I love your dad, but that doesn't change the fact that he's old and bald."

Eric nodded and watched as Jackie turned her attention to whatever was under the hood. He took a quick look inside, trying to see if he recognized anything. But he didn't know a thing that was in there…he did find something in there that looked like a heart though.

"So why are you working on the Vista Cruiser?" he asked. Jackie looked up and sent him a look that frightened Eric just a bit. "Oh right, yeah something's wrong with it." He quickly answered.

"Not something." she told him looking back at the engine, "Everything. This car is on its last legs."

Eric frowned, "Why doesn't Red just get rid of it?"

"Don't know." Jackie answered with a shrug, never looking up at him, "Maybe he thinks of it as a piece of you. Since it used to be your old car. Maybe he thinks If he can fix it you would come back home."

"You think?" Eric asked clearly surprised, he didn't think his father cared that much.

Jackie slowly looked back up at Eric and slowly allowed a smirk to appear on her lips, "No."

Eric's face fell as he heard Jackie's answer and saw her smirk. He frowned and pointed his finger at the now giggling brunette.

"You're…you're evil."

"Yeah, what else is new?" she asked casually before going back to working on the car.

"Look I don't know why your dad keeps this thing but he does and whenever your mom gets sick if he's not with her he's out her trying to fix this piece of junk." Jackie explained, "It's almost like he knows he can't fix what's going on with Mom and he feels helpless because of it. So he comes out here and tries to fix this disaster."

Eric nodded his head, he believed this one a lot more than the first. It sounded more like Red.

"Anyway, I'm working on it right now to try and make things a little easier to fix. That way when he does get home, he'll be able to fix it himself and well it'll at least bring him some happiness." Jackie finished and then saw Eric nod his head again, "What about you? What are you doing up so early?"

"Um I was gonna take a walk." He said.

"Were you gonna come back?"

"Yes I was gonna come back." He said as he stared at the back of her head, "My bags are still in your room and my flights not for awhile."

Jackie rolled here eyes, even though Eric wouldn't be able to tell, "Right."

"I had an early fight for this morning." Eric went on.

"Uh huh." Jackie said, sounding very uninterested.

"But I decided to get a later one." He explained, "One that leaves later on tonight."

Slowly Jackie moved her eyes to his direction, "Really?"

"Yeah."

Jackie straightened herself up and smiled. Sure he was still going through with his whole 'two days' deal; but at least he was planning on staying longer so he could spend some more time with Kitty.

"Do you want some coffee?" she asked with a smile.

Eric smiled back and nodded, "Yeah."

After Jackie slammed the hood close, the loud noise starling Eric, the two walked in silence back into the house.

When they entered the kitchen, Eric took a seat at the table while Jackie went over to the counter top next to the sink and began pouring the dark liquid into two yellow coffee mugs. She brought them over to the table and handed one to Eric before taking the seat next to him.

Jackie waited for Eric to take the first sip of his coffee, and she was glad she did. The facial expression he made after tasting the coffee showed that this wasn't the best cup of coffee he'd had…or anything close to it.

"It's instant." Jackie informed him.

"Yeah I can tell. It's got kinda of an aftertaste." Eric said as he made a few more faces, because he hadn't gotten the taste out of his moth, "And a beforetaste too."

"Fine. If you don't like it" she began as she took the cup out of his hands, "You can pick up coffee for everyone when you go buy breakfast for us."

"Yeah, I guess I could…wait what?"

"You can get everyone coffee when you go buy breakfast." Jackie repeated.

Eric frowned, "Wait, when did we decide I was getting breakfast?"

"You're not just getting, you're buying." She told him, "And last night at dinner."

"I wasn't even at dinner!" Eric protested as he waved his hands in the air.

Jackie just shrugged, "Sorry Eric, it's already been decided. See yesterday I bought breakfast, and Kelso, Brooke, and Fez got dinner last night. Steven stayed with Mom last night and Donna and Randy had volunteered to get dinner tonight. That left you with breakfast."

"But…"

"You better get going." Jackie said as she looked down at her watch, "You'd be surprised at how big the breakfast crowds can be. The keys to the Toyota are on the counter there."

"Jackie…"

"Oh and don't go getting anything cheap from the gas station or something like that, because we are not eating that."

"But Jackie…"

"And don't you dare go get McDonalds either, we had that yesterday and you can easily get sick of fast food if you've had too much of it day after day."

"Jackie…"

"And don't forget the coffee."

This time Eric didn't say anything, he just stared at Jackie and it caused her to frown.

"What are you still doing here?" she asked.

Eric blinked his eyes a few times, "I…I don't know."

Gradually, Eric got up and out of his seat. Still with a slightly dazed expression he grabbed the keys off the counter and exited the kitchen.

Jackie grinned and turned her chair to watch Eric's exit. Her eyes fell a bit lower and he smile grew a bit larger. He did have a cute bottom. Suddenly her face dropped, when did she start checking out Eric Forman's—nerd boy's—butt?

"Hey Jackie."

Jackie leaped up in her chair as she heard the voice. She turned around to find it was only Hyde. He was standing infront of the swinging door, wearing the same clothes from yesterday.

"Oh Steven, hi." She said a bit nervously.

Hyde frowned at her as he watched her get up with the two mugs in her hands and walk over the sink. She never met his eyes and when she reached the sink, she kept her back towards him while she dumped the instant coffee down the drain.

"How's Mom doing?"

"She's asleep." He said, deciding to ignore her weirdness, he had something more important to tell her, "She got sick twice last night, but I handled it."

Still not having turned around, Jackie rolled her eyes. He'd been like this since the beginning. Whenever he was taking care of Kitty he put himself in full responsibility mode. He didn't want anyone else help, except Red's and that was only because Red had threatened him with a foot in the ass when he first started acting like that.

"Guess what happened last night." Hyde told Jackie and she sighed.

"I don't know." She said before changing her tone to a sarcastic one, "Mom got sick and you take of her all by yourself, and Steven if that's what you were gonna say…"

"I got Red's room number."

At last, Jackie turned around to face him. She didn't know if he was kidding or not, but she was praying that he wasn't.

"Really?" she asked softly.

"Yup." Hyde smirked, "Room 236."

Jackie's face broke out into a grin, "Steven that's so great!" and then she remembered something that caused her to become concerned, "Does Mom know?"

Hyde shook his head, "She was sound asleep when I called."

"Steven, this is the best news I've heard since this whole thing started." Jackie shared with her grin back on her face.

"I know."

"So?" Jackie asked, wanting the details, "What did Red say?"

"Oh…um…"Hyde struggled, "I haven't called him yet."

Jackie frowned at him "What?"

"Well I was gonna call him when they gave me his room number but it was already late and I didn't wanna tell him what was going on at like three in the morning." Hyde explained and Jackie nodded, "I was gonna see if you could call him, since I've gotta get dressed but apparently you've gotta do the same."

Jackie sent him a glare and crossed her arms over her chest, "Ha ha ha."

"Look we'll call Red the minute we get the chance to." Hyde said, "Now that we've got his room number it shouldn't take more than a minute or two to get to talk to him."

Jackie looked up at the kitchen clock. She was going to tell Hyde that she would make the phone call but he was right they needed to start getting themselves and everyone else ready.

"Ok." She agreed.

"Alright, I'm gonna go change. You might wanna start waking everyone up." Hyde suggested as he headed for the basement door.

"Ok." Jackie nodded, "Oh and she likes the color yellow."

Hyde stopped in his tracks and turned around to face a smiling Jackie.

"Who?" he asked with a scowl

"Angela."

Hyde continued to frown at Jackie, "Why would I care about what color Angie likes?"

"Oh?" Jackie asked in a easing voice and with her eyes opened wide, "So now she's Angie."

"Shut up, Jackie." he ordered before marching into the basement.

Jackie continued to smile and she ran to the basement door, "She also like The Rolling Stones. Hey that's something you guys have in common!" she hollered into the room.

"Shut up, Jackie!"

Jackie walked away from the basement door with her smile still on her face. It felt good to smile, a real smile, a real happy smile. Eric was going to stay just a little bit longer to be with his mother. And it was always nice to tease Steven. And they now had Red's room number. Maybe things would finally start looking up.

Author's Note: And that would be Chapter 9 of "Two Weeks" Hope you liked!

What will Eric get the gang for breakfast? When will they finally contact Red? Is there something going on between Hyde and Angela? Why was Jackie staring at Eric's bottom? Will the Vista Cruiser ever work again? Confused? You won't be after the next chapter of "Two Weeks"

Special thanks to Marla's lost for lending me, Mechanical Jackie! And to those of you on Spring Break have a great and safe one!

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