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Author's Note: Hello All! I am so so very sorry for the late update. I really don't have any good excuse except that I got a case of the summer time blues. Can you believe it already over? School starts Monday! Ugh, good thing is I have Friday off. With this summer time blues I didn't feel like writing and was trying to make the best of this last week of summer. So far, its been pretty exciting. Another reason behind my tardiness was I have a new story coming up and got really into writing that one. It'll be up soo, so check it out if you get the chance please. Couple of notes. Please remember I am not a doctor or training to be one. I am however watching 'House' as I write this AN but I'm switching back and for the between that and 'I Love Lucy' don't wanna mix those two up lol. Thanks so much for all the kind words you guys! And i'm sorry for the long chapter, it has been awhile since I had a chapter this long, but I just couldn't cut it. Once you read the end I think you may agree too. So with out further rambling, here you go, Enjoy!
"Tell the story of how you and Red met." Hyde said knowing there was no need to ask.
"Alright." Kitty said a smile, "Well we met at a USO dance in 1949. I was there but unlike most of the other people there I wasn't dancing g or drinking. I was reading to the blind."
Hyde frowned slightly, "The blind?"
"Yes, Steven the blind. Blind people were aloud into the dance too." She replied before going on with her story, "Anyway, I was reading to the blind when a tall very strong looking Marine came over and asked me if I wanted to dance. Well I politely told him 'No, thank you,' but he wouldn't take no for an answer and grabbed on to my arm and…"
"Mom?" Hyde called out, starting to worry and wonder why she suddenly stopped talking, "Are you ok?"
Kitty looked up from her lap and up at the camera, "You want to know the true story of how Red and I met?"
"Uh…yeah." He answered, counting and feeling confused. He always thought the story of Red punching out the Marine was the real story.
She took and deep breath and nodded, "ok. Well we did meet at a USO dance and it was in 1949. But I wasn't exactly reading to the blind…"
"What were you doing?"
"I…I was drinking a few Manhattans." Kitty confessed, "A few too many Manhattans."
Hyde smirked from behind the camera, "What about Red?"
"Red was there with one of his Navy buddies…Bull, you might remember him from a few years back." She explained, "Anyways they decided to pull a little prank."
"What kind of prank?" Hyde asked his smirk turning into a smile, he'd seen, helped and been a victim of one of Red Forman's pranks. They were pretty damn good.
Kitty took a few seconds to make sure she remembered the detail correctly, "They decided to moon the dance hall. They had pulled down their pants, but kept their shorts on. On them though, right where their bottoms were, they'd written the words 'Hello' and 'Ladies' on them."
Hyde fought back the urge to laugh, "So you saw Red's butt and then feel in love?"
"No, Mr. Smart mouth." Kitty said frowning abit, "I never even saw Red. That's how it happened."
"What do you mean?"
"Well I hadn't seen Red and I needed to use the Ladies room. So I got up and started walking over, but had had all of those Manhattans and really wasn't looking where I was going. I bumped into Red's behind and fell on the floor laughing." Kitty shared the story with a smile as she recalled the memory.
"Red right away pulled his pants back up and turned around to face me. With one strong pull, he pulled me up to my feet and we introduced ourselves and well the rest is history."
"So you bumped into Red's butt and that's how you guys got this whole thing started?" Hyde asked not sure if he should be shocked or just laugh at the fact that the only relationship he'd ever really admired was started all thanks to alcohol and a butt.
Kitty nodded, "That's right. And you know, now that I think about it, I think it really just goes to show that you can find love in some of the most strange and unexpected ways." She finished with a bright smile.
0o0o0o
Donna and Hyde remained standing between the kitchen and the living room. They were beyond shocked as they looked in on the scene of Jackie and Eric no longer kissing but still having their arms tightly around each other. While Hyde tried to keep his Zen in order, Donna looked just about ready to yell out the same question she'd asked seconds before.
She probably would have too, if Hyde had come in with a question of his own.
"Forman, man what're you doing?" he asked keeping his voice calm, unlike the blonde who had followed him in taking a step into the kitchen letting the door close behind them.
"Uh…"Eric struggled as he looked to Jackie, but the wide nervous multicolored eyes he met with didn't help him to much, "I was uh…giving Jackie the Heimlich remover."
Jackie unwrapped her arms from Eric's neck and placed one hand on her chest while the other covered her mouth and she pretended to cough. "Maneuver." She corrected between coughs to Eric.
Luckily Eric was able to make out Jackie's word and corrected himself.
"Maneuver!" Eric announced hoping they'd fall for it.
Hyde simply stared at his best friend and ex-girlfriend, keeping his emotions hidden behind his glasses, "Heimlich maneuver's the other way." He said Zenly.
"Right." Eric nodded and the released Jackie from his embrace.
"Eric, come on that wouldn't have fooled us anyways." Donna said sounding very upset as she crossed her arms over her chest, "We saw the two of you kissing. What the hell's going on?"
Eric walked forward to his ex-fiancé and the man he'd considered a bother for years. He saw how Jackie looked nervous when he was still holding her, so he wanted to take charge and stand up for both of them.
"Look Donna, Hyde, what you saw isn't really what you think." Eric said, "I mean…"
"Really Forman?" Hyde asked condescendingly, "Cause I saw you kissing Jackie and I think you were kissing Jackie."
Eric looked at Hyde, he wasn't sure which one of these two people standing infront of him were more upset. It was pretty intimidating, after all these two had always been considered the strongest of the group. However having Jackie by and on his side, Eric felt a lot better. And not just because she kicked really hard with her pointy shoes.
"Hyde…"
Before Eric could say another word, the petite woman next to him spoke up.
Jackie had been watching Eric and saw what he was up to, wanting to be the tough one, the one who took a stand for them. It was really adorable and Jackie was very thankful for it—she couldn't remember Steven or Michael ever doing that. Still sometimes you had to do things yourself if you wanted it done right.
"Steven, Eric wasn't just kissing me." Jackie said to the man with the shaded eyes before looking at Eric locking eyes with him for a few seconds and then turning back to Hyde with a small grin on her lips, "I was kissing him."
Donna's eyes widened before her eyebrows knitted even closer. She couldn't believe what she had just heard the woman she had asked to be her amid of honor at her wedding say. She could see that Hyde was pretty upset too, he was just being his Zen self and not doing much about it. But if he wasn't going to show just how upset he was, Donna decided she was going to do it for the both of them.
However before she got the chance to say one word, a new voice and several footsteps could be heard coming up from the basement.
"And then the other muffin said, 'What the hell a talking muffin?'" Fez said the end of his punch line and Kelso laughed loudly as they both came into view of the four.
Donna and Hyde didn't notice Fez or Kelso come into the room and neither did Jackie or Eric. Kelso and Fez did however notice the foursome and the tension in the air. Soon so did Brooke, who had come into the kitchen only seconds after her husband and friend with Betsy at her side.
"Oo!" Fez said excitedly, "Something juicy happened!"
Kelso nodded, "Yeah I think I heard the word 'kissing'…or 'fishing'… I don't know it was something with an 'ing.' Maybe it was 'something!'"
"I wonder who kissed who." The foreign man said deciding to go with Kelso's first guess.
With a smug smile on his face, Kelso decided to show off what happens when you marry a smart chick, "Whom."
"Whom who?" Fez asked confused.
Kelso frowned just slightly, "Whom."
"Whom who?"
"Whom!" Kelso repeated loudly.
It was Fez's turn, "Who's whom?"
"Whom!"
"Hey Bugs, Daffy." Hyde called over to the arguing duo, but never looked their way, "Shut it over there."
Donna nodded in agreement, her arms still crossed and her focus still on her ex-boyfriend and now possible ex-best friend, "We need to hear more about Eric and Jackie, shacking up."
The words Donna said got several different responses. An upset frown quickly appeared on Eric's forehead. Jackie looked at the redhead in disbelief, while Hyde remained in full Zen mode. Brooke was hidden in the back with Betsy, looking around for a quick exit, and both Fez and Kelso gasped dramatically.
"That is not good." Fez stated, his eyes opened largely.
"Yeah." Kelso agreed, "Who says 'shacking up' anymore?"
Fez nodded his head and then he and his partner went back to watching the scene infront of them. Until they felt a small hand touch each of the arms. They both turned to look between them and saw Brooke looking a bit worried.
"Michael, Fez" she began, "Don't you think we should give them some more privacy?"
Together the best friends looked at one another and nodded a second after coming up with a silent conclusion.
"Nah." They replied and then went back to enjoying the show.
"Donna, we're not shacking up." Eric argued, he now knew he wasn't going to do this on his own, since Jackie had jumped in to help, but he wasn't going to let her do this on her own either. As weird as it might have been years ago, they were a team now. "All it was, was a kiss. Just one kiss, right now."
The last two words got the audience's along with Eric's opponents' ears to perk up.
Donna was the first to speak, "Right now? So you guys kissed before?"
He hadn't realized what he'd said until Donna had pointed it out and when she did, he felt like the biggest dumbass. He just stood there his mouth open but no words came out. He didn't know what to say. If they should keep those late nights kisses to themselves or just come out with it, since everything else was now out in the open.
"Yes." Jackie answered, after catching Eric's stare again. "Yes we did. Twice in fact." She finished with a smile, remembering how wonderful those kisses had been.
Hyde's eyes were staring holes into both Jackie and Eric, "When."
"Before." Jackie answered with a shrug. He didn't need to know every detail.
"Last night." Eric answer only a few seconds after Jackie had said her answer. He figured everything else was coming out in the open why not this too.
Jackie could have dropped her head down into her palm, or even hit Eric on the side of the head. She hadn't told Hyde when the kisses had happened for a reason, and not just because he didn't need to know. When he saw Hyde's glare forming behind his glasses, she knew her worries had been right and wished she had some sort of time machine to go back in time and stop Eric from saying the truth.
"Last night?" Hyde repeated, his tone already sounding very angry, "You mean last night when you were supposed to me taking care of Mom?"
Eric's face fell to the floor and he suddenly realized why Jackie had used 'before' as her answer. He wished he had paid more attention. Now he was positive that this was not going to go well.
"No…well yeah it was last night but…"Eric struggled before Hyde cut him off.
"Damn it Forman! You were frenching Jackie when you were supposed to be taking care of Mom weren't you?" he asked loudly, never giving his adopted brother a chance to answer, "I said you could stay with her and you said you were gonna take care of her, not leave her again. I trusted you man…I…I don't wanna talk about this anymore."
Jackie watched Hyde turn around and head for the living room. She knew this was not what the two brothers needed, "Steven, it wasn't like that…"
"Jackie." Hyde said spinning around again this time to face her, "I said I don't wanna talk about it. This isn't the time to talk about this. This is the time we should be spending with Mom, taking care of her. Nothing else."
He then rotated back around to the door and stomped his way out of the room.
"Burn…I think." Kelso called out, starting off loud and sure only to change to an uncertain tone.
Hyde's words were in the 'burn form.' He was trying to make both Jackie and Eric feel bad about what they had done because they should have been taking care of Kitty. The way he'd stated it, he made it sound like they should be looking after Kitty this whole time that they had left with her; because he thought that's what she wanted.
But Jackie knew, that wasn't what Kitty wanted it would drive her crazy having all seven of her kids up there the whole time trying to do things for her. She would much rather see her kids happy and spending time with each other. In fact Jackie was willing to bet that Kitty might even be abit happy if she had been the one to catch her and Eric in their embrace instead of Hyde or Donna.
"Wait up, Hyde." Donna called after her curly haired friend, interrupting Jackie from her thoughts and following Hyde out of the kitchen.
Brooke catiously uncovered her daughter's ears and looked over at Eric and Jackie, "Are you two ok?"
"Yeah, yeah." Eric nodded, "I'm great."
Jackie looked over at him with a frown on her face, "Eric, there's no need to be sarcastic with Brooke. She didn't do anything…"
"No, no. I know. I was serious. I'm great, really." Eric interrupted the rambling brunette, "I don't really care what Hyde or Donna thinks. I don't even care what these guys think." He said gesturing towards Fez and Kelso.
"Hey!" the two voice shouted back, but went unheard.
Eric continued with his thoughts, "I really don't care what anyone has to say about this. All I care about is if you and me are happy. I'm happy."
The corners of Jackie's mouth were twitching and after a few more seconds she could no longer fight back the smile, "And I'm happy."
Eric joined her in the smile and gently pulled her into a small hug, as Jackie went on.
"And you're right." She said, "I don't care what anyone else thinks."
Eric nodded and was silent for a second or two, "You still wanna go out there, don't you."
Jackie pulled away and smirked an evil smile, that use to scare Eric but now he found it quite attractive. "I'm so gonna kick their a…" she stopped herself remembering her goddaughter in the room, "butts. I'm gonna kick their butts. Come on."
The remaining four watched Jackie garb a hold of Eric's wrist before pulling him with her through the swinging door. Fez and Kelso then took a step forward ready to follow the rest of their friends.
"Alright! Chick fight!" Kelso announced happily.
Fez had on a matching grin, "I call Red's chair!"
"Hold on a minute you two.' Brooke called out grabbing them each by the shoulder, "I don't think so many people should be in there right now."
Kelso nodded at his wife's words, "Yeah, you're probably right Brooke." He took a short pause before turning to Fez, "Fez, you stay here with Betsy."
"What?" Fez screeched loudly, "Why me?"
"Cause this is a relationship kina thing." Kelso replied, "And you're not part of any kind relationship. Come on Brooke, I want good seats."
Fez watched his best friend practically drag his wife into the next room, leaving him alone with little Betsy. She was smiling one of her bright smiles, but Fez didn't seem to notice, he wanted to catch the boob fight.
"Aye, it is always poor Fez who is left out." Fez sulked, "Alone."
"It's ok Uncle Fez. You got me!" The little girl announced happily, "We can make hot chocolate!"
Fez had to smile as he looked down at his niece, "Ah a girl who knows the way to my heart."
He then took the little girls hand in his and they headed off to gather the need ingredients to make the cozy hot drink.
0o0o0o
Eric and Jackie came into the living room just in time. Hyde was about to start climbing up the stairs with Donna staying in the living room, talking to him from the bottom of the staircase.
"Hyde, Donna," Eric said as they approached the two, "We should talk about this…"
"Forget it Forman." Hyde roughly cut him off with his hand, "I already said I don't wanna talk about it now."
Donna turned her head to face Eric and Eric, her expression not all kind, "Yeah, why don't you guys go back to sucking face?"
"I don't think he was asking a question." Jackie replied as she stepped closer to Donna, staring her down.
"Alright!" Kelso exclaimed as he and Brooke entered the living room and he rushed over to Red's open chair, "We got here just in time!"
Ignoring her husband's outburst, Brooke looked over at the four young adults. She could tell by the deep glares on two of the four, that this was not going good. And she wished she could help.
She turned to Kelso, "Michael, do you think maybe we should go over and try to help."
"No. They'll be fine! Jackie and Donna are gonna start pulling hair and hitting and…" his mind suddenly drifted off as he thought about two of his closest female friends fighting each other and then adding his wife into the brawl, "Yeah, yeah, you should help. And make sure to stand next to Jackie and Donna the whole time."
Brooke almost lost her balance as he husband shoved her lightly over to where the hostile group was standing. She made a quick recovery and then started speaking, hoping she would be helping and not do any more harm.
"Um I don't now how you guys feel about this," the tall brunette began to say, "but I think that having a separate party may be helpful in this situation. Keep things under control and keep you all from saying things you might regret later."
Neither Hyde or Donna looked too thrilled with the idea. Eric looked a little indifferent himself, but Jackie just smiled and nodded in agreement as she walked over to Brooke.
"I think that's a great idea, Brooke." Jackie said with a nod.
"Yeah, well I don't." Hyde said from his place on the stairs, "look Brooke, I already said I don't wanna talk about this now…so lets just not talk about it alright?"
Eric watched his adoptive brother, he really didn't want his friendship with him to go back to how it had been when he first got here. It was one of the reasons he didn't stop Jackie from coming out here.
"Hyde where're you going?" he asked
"Upstairs. With Mom." Came Hyde's mumbled responses as he started up the remaining steps.
Eric frowned slightly, he'd just been up there, "She's asleep, man."
But Hyde didn't really seem to care about anything Eric said, "I don't care. I'll stay up there and wait till she wakes up, make sure she doesn't need anything." He said continuing with his journey up the steps.
"Hyde," a female voice he hadn't excepted to call out, called for him. He stopped his movements and turned to look down the staircase, where he saw Brooke looking up at him.
"Don't you think that if Mrs. Forman knew what was going on here, that she'd want you to talk about it?" she asked.
Hyde was silent as he replayed the librarian's words in his head. As the others around him held their breath waiting for his answer. Brooke was a smart woman—if you forgot her decision to marry Michael Kelso—and she was probably right about Kitty.
A deep heave of a fight came from Hyde before he started his way down the stairs. Brooke and Jackie exchanged smiles, happy that she'd gotten him to change his mind, even if they had to play the Kitty Card. Eric also felt relieved when Hyde walked past him and took a seat on the yellow sofa. Donna shook her head in disgust at seeing Hyde give in so easily. That was not going to be the case with her.
"You play dirty, Brooke." Hyde stated and the brunette smiled shyly.
"Yeah, she does." Kelso said nodding with a dopey grin, 'you should see her in the bedroom."
Brooke's eyes widened, "Michael!" she exclaimed as she smacked him on the arm.
"Ow!" he yelped in pain but went ignored by the group.
"Um…" Brooke cleared her throat trying to get over her embarrassment and erase the pinkness she could feel in her cheeks, "Hyde, I think you should listen to what both Jackie and Eric have to say, without inter…"
In the middle of the word interrupting, Brooke herself was interrupted by a feisty, tiny brunette making her way to the couch and the once rebelled teenager.
"Thanks, Brooke. I've got it from here." She said sweetly, only to turn back to Hyde and change her tone to the exact opposite, "Steven, you apologize to Eric right now."
"For what?" Hyde asked with a confused frown, "For kissing you when he was supposed to be upstairs taking care of Mom? Jackie I don't think you know how apologies work."
Jackie wanted to yell and pull her hair out, or Even Hyde's hair out. Instead she settled for stating her argument loudly.
"If you would have just let us explain to you in there, we would've told you that those kisses happened after Mom had fallen asleep." She explained to him, "We went down to the kitchen for some coffee, just like you and do. So if you want to accuse Eric of leaving Mom in her time of need, even though she was sound asleep. You do the exact same thing."
Hyde didn't say a word, her knew Jackie's rampage wasn't over.
"And you know, you know that Eric helped Mom out a lot last night." Jackie reminded, referring to the morphine dispenser, "Angela even told you so."
"Oh, yeah…" Hyde mumbled softly now starting to understand and feel a little less angry about the situation.
Jackie wanted to roll her eyes at that fact that Hyde suddenly remembered about Eric helping Kitty out the minute she mentioned Angela. But she didn't because, with the help of Angela, Hyde was now calmer and seemed more okay with the whole thing.
"Hey guys." A new voice welcomed into the room, "What's all the commotion about?"
Donna swiftly turned to her fiancé. It looked like she had lost Hyde, but at least she would have someone on her side.
"Eric and Jackie were kissing in the Forman's kitchen." She said angrily gesturing towards where Jackie was standing, Eric now standing right behind her.
Randy's eyes became wide out of surprise, "Oh. Cool. Cong…"his praise suddenly stopped when he caught the sight of the glower Donna was sending his way, "I mean, that's terrible?"
"Yeah, it's terrible." Donna said as if it were obvious, her faux blonde hair swaying about, "Randy, these two hate each other."
Eric shook his head, it was his turn to argue a with his ex, "No we don't, Donna."
"Yes, you do."
"No, Donna…."
"Yes you do Eric and you know it." Donna argued, "You two have hated each other since Kelso first brought Jackie into the basement. We all did!"
"what?" Kelso asked in surprise, "How come no one told me?"
Donna's words, hit Jackie like a knife, but she tried to conceal how she really felt about them. Jackie had always suspected that, that was the case—even during that time—but to actually hear the words, it really hurt. And to hear them being said by her own best friend made it even worse.
"Alright Donna, maybe we did. But that was before and we didn't hate each other, we just couldn't stand each other.." Eric started to say, trying not to get upset at the last words Donna had said—at least not yet, "Now, now we don't hate each other. Over these last few days we've really gotten closer…"
"And we don't hate each other so much any more." Jackie finished for him with a smile, looking at Eric and not Donna. Eric smiled back.
"Yeah, maybe if you weren't off 'sight seeing' in Point Place and thinking about your precious wedding, you'd have noticed." Jackie said bitterly, wanting to get back at the lumberjack for her statement from before.
Donna continued to frown shook her head, "I don't believe it. I think you guys both still hate each other. Except for that kiss in there, I haven't seen anything different between you two."
"I have."
Six heads turned to the couch and saw the person who had spoken. Hyde stood up from the sofa and looked at Donna and then over to Eric and Jackie.
"I noticed there was something going on between these two. They had been spending way too much time together." He explained, staying Zen not letting anyone know how he was really feeling at the minute. Was he sticking up for them, or still on Donna's side?
Hyde went on, "But I didn't really think anything of it and ignored it. If I would have known this was gonna happen, I would've put a stop to it."
Eric furrowed his brow at the things his brother had said. He really thought he was defending him and Jackie, talk about a curve ball. Jackie rapidly blinked her eyes, making sure she had heard right.
"Excuse me?" she asked with a frown taking a step closer to Hyde, her angry expression back on her face, "You would have put a stop to it? Who are you to put a stop to anything in my life, Steven? Especially after how much you hurt me with that skanky stripper."
Jackie shook her head, not letting Hyde get a word in, "You can't stop me from doing anything, Steven. Especially not this."
The next thing anyone knew, Jackie and grabbed a hold of the back of Eric's head and pulled her closer to her. Their lips crushed against each other roughly, before the kiss became more tender and loving.
"Ugh!" Donna shouted, throwing her hands up, "You guys need to stop doing that!"
The couple pulled out of their kiss, and looked at the irritated blonde. However instead of one of them saying anything to her, it was the young man who was standing beside her who spoke.
"Donna, why do you care so much about Eric and Jackie kissing?" randy asked in an hesitant tone of voice, "I mean I know you and Eric dated before…but the way you're acting it's like you've still got some feelings or him."
The room became silent. No one was quite sure what to say. It was a question that had been running through everyone's head—well except for Kelso's, he had just been wanting the chick fight. They didn't know what Donna was going to say but they were all curious to find out.
"Okay!" a foreign voice called from the kitchen before popping into the living room with Betsy at his side and a try of several mugs in his hands. "Who wants hot chocolate?"
Seeing that no one had answered him he frowned, but then took a few seconds to pay attention to the scene. And he quickly sensed something was wrong and probably shouldn't be seen by such innocent eyes. Both Betsy's and his.
"Uh-o. Um more hot chocolate for us then." he quickly told Betsy as he hurriedly pushed the little girl back into the kitchen.
"Randy, how can you say that?" Donna asked with more surprise than hurt in her tone of voice, "You know that's not true. I'm with you now. I love you and I'm marrying you."
The feather haired man remained serious as he nodded in agreement, "I know. But ever since we started talk about making this trip here, you've been acing different. You were excited and nervous to see Eric and now your jealous of him kissing Jackie."
"I am not jealous…" the blonde began to protest.
"Well whatever you are, it's made me think ok?" Randy said, wanting to get his point across, "And you really can't blame me for thinking this stuff."
Donna didn't know what to say. She felt terrible for making Randy feel this way, but the truth was she really couldn't explain why she was feeling this way about Eric either.
Jackie looked at Eric to see what his reaction would be. She had been fearing that he still wasn't over Donna, but never once through Randy and Donna's scene did he even smirk. He almost looked concerned—which was just like him caring for those around him.
Feeling someone's eyes on him, Eric turned his head to the right and saw it was Jackie. He gave her a slight smile, but then it quickly faded and he just stared into her eyes, silently wondering if she was having second thought about this whole thing now that they'd seen how big of a miss their kisses had made.
"I'm going with Mom." Hyde announced getting ready to head to the staircase.
Brooke quickly rushed to stop him, "No wait…"
"Yeah, I'm with Brooke. I've got something to say and I want an answer form all of you guys." Kelso said standing up and looking serious for once in his life, "Did you guys hate Brooke when I first brought her into the basement too?" he asked in an angry protective tone.
Their were several confused frowns given out as a response as the woman in the question buried her head in her hands. No one was able to say anything because their attention on the question was quickly stolen away by the sound of the front door opening.
The seven heads turned to the entrance and were more than surprised to see who had walked in. It was an older man wearing a winter coat and matching fedora, cover lightly with snow, holding onto two suitcases and frowning at the scene that welcomed him home.
"Red…"Hyde staggered.
Meanwhile Kelso knew just what to do.
"Quick hide!" he shouted before dropping himself down onto the floor
Red Forman lifted his open palms up in the air, ignoring Kelso's acting and stopping his adoptive son from saying more.
"I don't wanna hear it." He ordered and without another word headed up the stair case.
0o0o0o
Quietly and carefully, Red Forman pushed open the door to the bedroom he shared with his wife for over twenty years. He was abit afraid that he would walk in on Kitty in a distressing moment. Her sick and throwing up or her moaning at the feeling of any pain. Luckily the scene that welcomed him was much more calming and almost normal.
He smiled a small and soft smile as he walked into the room.
Kitty was fast asleep on his side of the bed, cuddled up in almost the fetal position. Though she looked thinner and a lot paler and tired than she did when he'd left to the convention, seeing her asleep like this made her look so peaceful and less sick.
Red knew he should have left the room and let her sleep and get the rest she needed, but he didn't want to leave her; he couldn't leave her. It wasn't just because he didn't want to deal with the dumbasses down stairs, it was because he had missed her. He'd been away from her for too long.
He slowly walked over to the bed and removed his hat, placing it on the foot of the bed. He watched his sleeping wife for a few seconds before deciding to climb into bed with her—never bothering to remove his coat.
Kitty slowly woke from her dream at the feeling of cold, sturdy arms going around her. One had snaked its way between herself and the mattress, the other draped across her waist. They both wrapped around her and gently pulled her back just a bit to feel a warm strong body behind her.
She instantly knew who it was, but wanted to make sure it wasn't another cruel dream. She'd already woken up three times before, thinking her husband was in bed with her.
"Red?" she asked in a small weak voice that nearly broke Red's heart.
"Shh. Yeah, Kitty. It's me. It's ok." He kissed the top of her head, "I'm here now. I'm home."
Kitty only smiled in response. She finally had what she wanted, just to be held in her husbands arms. She enjoyed the feeling a little longer before drifting back to sleep.
Author's Note: There you are my friends Chapter 27 of "Two Weeks" Hope you liked!
Wow 27 chapters later and Red's finally home. That took awhile huh? lol But I am happy to report that my plan was to get Red home before school started and I just made the cut! Hehe
Does Donna still have feelings for Eric? Does Hyde still have feeling for Jackie or is he really just upset about Eric not being with Kitty? What will Red's reactions be when he talks to the gang? When he sees Eric? Will him being home help bring his house back in order? And will anyone drink Betsy and Fez's hot chocolate? Confused? You won't be after the next chapter of "Two Weeks"
Until then, thanks for reading, hope you liked, please review and lemme know what you think, stay tuned, take care, and have a nice day!