Disclaimer: Don't own anything but the slightly changed plotline.
The Type 2 Error has yet to come back :) Hopefully it'll stay that way...
Warning: This chapter contains drug use other than weed
Note: There's a tiny reference to the prom in here, so look out for it :)
"Hey, Dad," Eric said, "Can I go to Vanstock with the guys this weekend?"
Red glanced up from his breakfast, "What the hell is a van stock?"
Eric gave him a blank stare, "Well, it's like Woodstock, but with a greater emphasis on vans."
"Sounds stupid," Red said casually as he stabbed some scrambled eggs with his fork, "Have a good time."
"Daddy, since Eric is going out of town, can I have his car?" Laurie asked.
"Where're you going?" Kitty asked.
Laurie gave her a look, "Excuse me, I was talking to Daddy."
Kitty gave her an irritant smile, "I know, where're you going?"
"Frat party."
"Frat party? No."
"But Daddy-"
"Look, honey, it's up to Eric."
"Really?" Eric asked excitedly, his eyes slightly wide, "Well, then, I mean, I guess," he snorted a little, "No!"
"Well, that's settled then," Kitty said pleasantly, "Red, what're you gonna do today?"
"Well, read the one-adds, look for a job... and just to break up the day, I thought I'd go down to Rickshaw and look for some gold bonds for my athlete's foot. Anymore questions?"
"Well, Red, we've got the big hospital banquet to look forward to."
"Oh, right," Red muttered, "Well, that... screw the gold bond, I gotta get my hair done."
"Well, honey, I don't think it's gonna be that bad... and if it is, I can just give you a shot of Demerol."
Hyde looked at her, his face blank, but his tone slightly excited, "You have Demerol?"
Kitty stared at him, and he glanced around a little before looking down at his plate for a brief moment. He looked back up at her, trying to look innocent, "I mean what's, what's Demerol?"
Red glared at him.
"Are you sure you wanna go, Jackie?" Hyde asked as the two walked through the Forman kitchen, "Cuz we're gonna be there all weekend, so if you get grossed out, we won't be able to leave."
"It'll be fine, Steven," Jackie smiled as she handed him her suite case and make up box. He glanced at it for a moment before looking at her strangely.
"Jackie, do you really need all this make up?"
"Well, duh, Steven."
"Huh... I wonder what you really look like."
He snickered when she smacked his chest, holding both of her cases with one hand and wrapping an arm around her shoulders, leading her out the sliding door, the sound of Eric's voice reaching their ears.
"No, no! I didn't know about at this!"
Eric glanced at them, "Hey, Hyde!" He wrapped an arm around Donna's back, giving him a wide eyed look, "Donna just saw Kelso and Laurie making out!"
Jackie gasped, looking at Eric with wide eyes, and Hyde finally remembered what he forgot to tell her. But, he simply gave Eric a blank look, curling his lip a little, "So?"
Jackie narrowed her eyes at him before rolling them a little, that one word letting her know that he knew.
"So?" Eric cried, "Aren't you shocked? I'm shocked for one to have learned about this..." Eric kept nodded at him rather violently with wide eyes, but Hyde simply stared at him, pursing his lips.
They glanced over when they saw Annette and Fez walked up behind them, carrying a baby blue suite case, and Hyde thought about how similar Annette was to Jackie. She even bossed Kelso around just as much as Jackie did him. The difference, though, is that Annette wasn't too smart.
"Hey, guys," Annette smiled, "I decided to go. I thought it'd be fun to surprise Michael."
Eric and Donna gaped in horror, while Jackie glanced up at Hyde for help, only to find that he was grinning rather enthusiastically.
"That would be fun," He grinned. Eric and Donna shot him a look, while Jackie simply rolled her eyes. Whatever. Kelso deserved it for being a cheater anyway.
"Um, Annette, look," Donna said, "Before you surprise Kelso, there's something going on that you should know."
"What?" Annette asked, one of her ditsy smiled etched on her face, and Donna hesitated.
"Um... you know, Vanstock is gonna be really boring, and it's gonna be muddy, and there's a good chance that there's gonna be some Canadians there."
"Donna," Hyde hissed, but Annette and Jackie were both gaping at her.
"Eeeww!" They cried together, and Hyde glowered at the redhead.
"You see what happens when you try to help," He muttered.
'Sorry,' She mouthed.
Hyde sighed irritantly, rubbing Jackie back comfortingly before he suddenly grinned again, glancing at Annette. "No, no, you should go, man, you can't let those Canadians win!"
Donna and Eric glared at him while Annette and Jackie looked at him for a moment before Annette glanced at Fez, "Fez, put my stuff in the backseat."
Fez stared at her for a moment before glancing at everyone else and walking off. Donna and Eric rolled their eyes before grabbing their own stuff and walking toward the back, but Hyde stopped Annette.
"Hey, Annette," He grinned, keeping an arm around Jackie's shoulders, "You know what would be the perfect surprise for Kelso? We'll pull the curtains, and you hide in the back with us. And at some point, you jump up front and yell 'Surprise'!"
Annette hopped up and down in excitement. "That's perfect!" She squealed.
"Now, hop in the van before Kelso sees you. Hurry up!" He mocked her enthusiasm, and he and Jackie watched as she practically flew into the backseat. Jackie gave Hyde a stern look, but Hyde simply grinned at her.
"This may be the best road trip ever, babe."
Nothing had ever seemed more amusing to Hyde that day than the girlish shrieks that echoed throughout the van.
"Look at this," Fez said as he dug through Jackie's make up case, "Jackie brings four different kinds of mascara just to please Hyde." He sighed dejectedly, "When will Fez find a woman that will please him in such a way?"
Eric stared at him, "Fez, you should really stop going through other people's stuff. It's kind of creepy."
Fez ignored him, continuing to dig through the box. Donna rolled her eyes before looking at Eric.
"So how long do you think this whole thing has been going on?"
Eric stared at her for a moment before stuttering, "Whew, I think, well, I dunno, that's anyone's guess. Right, Fez?"
"What?"
"Kelso and Laurie! See? Fez doesn't even know! I dunno, I guess, you know, it's just, like, God, this is so wrong, ya know!"
"So what're we gonna do?"
"I guess... just... let this all blow over and Annette and Kelso can get married, have kids, and be... really unhappy." He grinned at her, "So, let's not let this ruin our Vanstock experience, okay?"
Donna stared at him for a moment before Fez caught her attention.
"Look at this," He said, holding up some chap stick, "Bubblegum Lip Smacker." He pouted, "Lucky son of a bitch."
Donna rolled her eyes, snatching it from him and dropping back into the case, taking it into her own lap for protection.
Jackie sat between Hyde's legs, the two leaning against the back of the front seat, Hyde grinning at Kelso. Annette sat between him and Laurie; Laurie looked bored and annoyed, Annette glancing out the window, Kelso looking nervous. Hyde's grin broadened.
"So, you kids havin' fun?" He smirked, "Nothin' like a road trip to get to know each other." Kelso's brown eyes caught Hyde's blue ones through the rear view mirror. He looked like he wanted to frog Hyde; something the stronger boy could easily handle. So, Hyde simply smirked at him.
"Yeah, right," Kelso muttered, tightening his grip on the steering wheel.
"Like... Annette and Laurie," Hyde continued in his false enthusiastic voice, "They don't really know each other at all, and yet, they have so much in common."
Annette gave a confused smile, "Like what?"
"Well," Hyde said casually, tightening his arm around Jackie when she looked up at him, "You both got real neat hair."
"He's right," Annette smiled excitedly at Laurie, "I love your hair. What do you use?"
"Hot rollers," Laurie mumbled unenthusiastically, absentmindedly twirling some of her hair. Hyde was the only one who noticed how Jackie's eyes lit up along with Annette's.
"So do I!" Annette and Jackie exclaimed at once, and they shared an excited smile, and Hyde dropped his jaw in a mocking look of awe. "I hate styling wands," Annette said to Jackie, and Laurie's face lit up as well, turning to look at the two girls.
"So do I!" She and Jackie exclaimed, sharing a smile as well, and Hyde couldn't hold back his amused smirk. These three would be best friends if they didn't hate each other so much.
"See?" Hyde said in fake excitement, "You keep talking. There may be plenty of other things that you have in common."
"Whoa!" Kelso exclaimed, making everyone give him an odd look, though Hyde's was more amused, "No talking. Talking makes the driver nervous, so... everybody just not talk!"
Annette and Jackie gave him a funny look, but Hyde smirked.
"Okay," He said casually, "Then we'll just sing songs. Who here knows the words to "Three's Company"?"
"I do!" Laurie, Annette, and Jackie exclaimed at once, and Hyde gave them all a mock look of excitement. Behind him, he could here Eric's snickering and Fez's giggling. Donna was, most likely, rolling her eyes in annoyance.
"No singing!" Kelso shouted, and Hyde simply grinned at him while the girls ignored him. He started the song, singing the male lines, mockingly bobbing his head to the silent music while the girls echoed the female lines for him, dancing around with each other excitedly.
"Come and knock on our door..."
"Come and knock on our door!"
"We've been waitin' for you..."
"We've been waitin' for you!"
"Where the kisses are hers and hers are his-" At that moment, Hyde gave Kelso a rather hard slap on the back of the head, startling the driver and making him sink into his seat in annoyance- "Three's company, too!"
"Wow, man, Vanstock," Hyde grinned, glancing around the sandy festival, the sent of marijuana strongly filling the air, "It's exactly how I pictured it."
A girl and her friend staggered by, caked from head to toe in mud, and her hands covered her bare chest, making Hyde's eyes widen a bit in surprise.
"Has anyone seen my top? I lost my top!"
"Actually, it's even better than I pictured it." He smirked at Jackie when she slapped his chest. He simply wrapped an arm around her shoulders tightly, pinching her ticklish sides in retaliation, making her squeak and try to squirm out of his grip.
A man with wide, maniacal eyes appeared from somewhere; actually, Hyde thought he just seemed to appear from thin air. He pulled Jackie with him when he backed away from the man as he staggered around, yelling into his bullhorn, falling against a random van behind him.
"Do not take the blue acid! If you have taken the blue acid, please report to the Red Cross tent!"
Hyde watched in amusement, Jackie with a curled lip, as a group of several people immediately flocked toward the direction of the tent.
"Look at this debauchery," Fez said, looking around, "This is the smelly underside of a once great nation," he glanced forward, catching sight of a vendor, grinning excitedly as he speed walked toward, "Ooo, yum, candy apples!"
Hyde rolled his eyes, glancing at Kelso, "So, what're you doin', man?"
"Ah, I'm gonna stay here with the old balls and chains."
Hyde gave him a fake grin, "You know, have you ever thought about being honest with Annette and Laurie? Maybe they won't be mad. Maybe they'll like the idea of sharing you."
"Man, that'd be great, huh," Kelso grinned excitedly, "Think they'd go for that? Cuz that's been-" He suddenly got a look of realization on his face, laughing, "Ohh no. You're tryin' to set me up, Hyde."
"You never know if you don't try, man."
Kelso gave him a serious look, "Are you serious? Be serious cuz this is serious, this has been a dream of mine since I was a kid and I saw 'The Parent Trap'."
"There ya go," Hyde nodded. He raised an eyebrow when the two girls they were talking about skipped by, their arms hooked together.
"Okay, we're going to the restroom!" Annette chirped as they passed the boys.
"Okay," Kelso replied simply.
Hyde gave Kelso a look, "Whoa, man, they're goin' to the restroom? You know what girls do in the restroom, right?"
Kelso glanced around nervously, "Oh, I like to pretend they don't do that..."
Hyde pursed his lips in annoyance, "No, man they talk."
"So?"
"To each other!"
Kelso suddenly went an interesting shade of white, his eyes wide as he sprinted after the girls, "Oh, man, girls wait up!"
Hyde stared after him.
"What a maroon..."
Hyde glanced up at the sky, laying back on the dirty ground. The sky was electric blue with blooms of soft white rolling across it. The colors were much brighter than normal, and it was awesome. He shifted his gaze downward, catching sight of Jackie. She was the last person on Earth he would have guessed to forgo all Cosmo related endeavors and frolic through the mud with no shoes and all smiles.
It was the most beautiful thing ever.
It took him forever to convince her that acid wasn't addictive, and the she'd be just fine and never have to do it again if she didn't want to; told her they could find a secluded spot so no one would have to see her. And he was real fucking glad she listened to him, cause watching her dance around in the mud was just beautiful.
His dilated watched her as she laughed and spun around. Her legs were covered in mud, her shoes were missing, and her blue and green eyes shined behind her thick eyelashes. Some of her makeup was slightly smeared down her blue eye, and her smile was beaming, and Hyde thought the only time she looked even more beautiful was when she was under him.
"Steven, come over here! This is amazing!"
"So I take it you're enjoying that acid?" The right side of his mouth pulled back into a crooked grin, and Jackie burst into a fit of 'I-don't-know-why-I'm-laughing' laughter, making his grin increase a little. She sprinted toward him, diving forward and sliding through the mud on her stomach, stopping inches away from his face. Dirt caked tendrils of hair hung over her forehead, and her dilated eyes were the brightest he's ever seen them.
"Steven, come dance," She giggled.
"Hell no," He deadpanned. Sure, he danced with her, but that was at clubs or in private, not here.
"What's the matter?" She teased, "Scared?" Hyde's gaze flickered from her eyes to her pink lips, and Jackie noticed the subtle movement, accompanied by a brush of lust. His brain told him her blush was because she was flushed with laughter, but his ego told him it was from being so close.
Her eyes were bright, and her grin was still large, and she reached out a hand. He flinched his face backwards a little when she smeared a small spot of dirt onto his nose, bursting into another fit of giggles, and he immediately snaked an arm around her and pushed his forehead against hers, feeling the dried mud on hers scratch against his. His ego won over when her blush brightened.
"What're you doing?" She asked through a smile, but he remained silent, his bright, watery blue eyes boring into her mismatched ones.
"I love you," He murmured through a grin, and her smile brightened even more, "You're so fucking beautiful."
"I'm glad we came here," She murmured back, "I've never been so happy. Not even the Canadians are ruining my day."
"Hmhmm... this has been a pretty damn good weekend. Even with Kelso and Laurie here."
She laughed again, and he pulled her into a deep kiss.
They didn't remember much after that. They didn't remember having sex, but they felt good, so it was alright. They didn't remember where they went afterwards, and they weren't secluded anymore, but they had found a nice log to sit on, so that was fine, too. Hyde didn't remember how much he smoked or drank, but he wasn't drunk off his ass, so that was okay. He didn't remember when he found a lilac colored top, but he was sure it belonged to that one girl who lost her shirt.
He didn't remember why he remembered the color lilac, but he liked it.
They sat in silence, Jackie settled sideways on his lap, his knees lifted up slightly because of how low their seat was, making her slide further into his lap. She curled up against him as he tilted is head back, taking a sip of his beer.
"Hey," They glanced over at Donna's voice, their minds too fuzzy to really pay attention to anything, "How's it goin'?"
They simply gave her a nod of acknowledgement, ignoring the bemused smile she gave them at the sight of their muddy clothes.
"Well," Jackie said, reaching behind the log and pulling up a lilac top, "We found that girl's top."
"Interesting," Donna gave a mock nod, and Jackie did the same, setting the top back in its spot.
"So what're you doin' up?" Hyde asked, glancing at his watch. Three-fifteen in the morning. He glanced around again, catching sight of a bunch of people sprawled out in their sleeping bags. Huh. Guess the music he heard was all in his head.
"Punishing Eric," Donna answered simply, "He knew all about Kelso and Laurie; didn't even tell me."
"What a bastard," He smiled, his voice monotonous, while Jackie just gave her a look.
"Oh, like you didn't know."
"Course I knew," Hyde shrugged, "Everybody knew."
"Hughumm."
"Well, 'cept Jackie. But besides her, you're the only one who didn't know."
"Shut up, Hyde, I'm mad at 'em," Donna muttered in exasperation, "Jackie, Hyde kept something from you; isn't that annoying?"
"Look, Donna," Jackie said, "Guys keep their friends' secrets, secrets. It's just the way they are."
"She's right, Donna. You don't rat on your friends. That's just the way it is. Now, I'm layin' traps left and right tryin' to get Kelso caught. But I'm not gonna tell on 'em, cuz then I'd be a rat. And that's what Forman would've been if he told you."
"He still should've told me," Donna mumbled.
"Give 'em a break, Donna," Hyde mumbled irritantly, "The guy kisses your ass. He does everything for you and you're not even sleeping with 'em."
She furrowed her brows, "Yeah, I guess that's true."
"You're lucky he talks to you." Donna gave him an exasperated smile. "In fact, I woulda dumped you months ago! But, I'm old fashioned, so..." He snickered into his drink when Jackie smacked his chest.
"Besides, Donna," Jackie added, "Annette slept with Kelso on the first date. That means she'd do it with anybody just like Laurie, so what's it matter if he cheats on one with the other?"
"Yeah, that's also true..." Donna mumbled before looking up at them.
"Okay, Hyde," Donna smiled, ending their conversation the way they always do, "Thanks for the heart to heart."
"Get bent."
Donna laughed a little while Jackie cracked a smile. Hyde wasn't even paying attention to them anymore, chugging the rest of his beer.
Donna shook her head with a smile, standing to walk off, wanting to make it up to Eric.
Okay, this one's kind of short and has an odd ending, but I'm hoping to make up for the missed days by posting another chapter today, so look out for it :)