3 weeks later

April 5th, 1979

Phoenix, Arizona

Bea's ostrich farm

" Grandma, I didn't know you had all this stuff," exclaimed Eric. He picked up a box and grunted.

" Move it, Erica." said Jackie, who took the box and placed it in the back of the El Camino. Hyde took it and put it into a proper place.

" Nice burn." he said

" Thanks," she replied.

The couples of the gang were in Arizona, helping Bea move to Point Place. She found a home quickly, and the ostrich farm sold even quicker. It turned out that Burt had done something right and bought a piece of land worth a lot of money.

So, three weeks after Bea had decided to move to Wisconsin, Kitty had sent the kids on a road trip to help her move. Jackie had decided to come with, and so had Donna.

" Okay, we have to load the rest of the boxes in the back of Hyde's car, tie them down, and we're good to go." declared Donna.

" I call riding with my Puddin Pop!" shouted Jackie.

" She calls you Puddin Pop?" exclaimed Bea.

Hyde tried to laugh it off, but failed.

While back in Point Place, Eric had called and cancelled his trip to Africa. Both him and Donna were set to start at the University of Wisconsin in the fall.

" Donna, do you have everything loaded in the car?" asked Bea.

" Almost, we just have to get ready for our road trip back," she said. " You're riding with me and Eric, and Jackie's riding with Puddin Pop."

Eric picked up a tarp, handed it to Hyde, and the two began to cover the boxes and strap them down. As they did that, Bea went to say goodbye to the blind Indian. She came back as Eric was starting the car.

Donna opened her car door and got in. Eric hopped in the drivers seat, and Bea got in the back with her bag. Jackie and Hyde went over to the El Camino, and they got ready to go.

" So, we're stopping in Texas for the night? Same place as last time?" Eric yelled out his window.

" Whatever, sure," said Hyde.

As they pulled off the farm and drove down the rural road, time passed for the couples. Both Jackie and Hyde's thoughts wandered to the events that had led them here.

1 Week Earlier

The Forman Kitchen

Eric, Hyde, Donna, and Jackie were sitting at the kitchen table waiting for the breakfast Kitty had prepared for them. She had been talking about it for a few days.

Bea had gone home to Arizona to pack up and get ready to move as soon as the airport opened up.

" So," said Kitty, setting down the platter of pancakes in the middle of the table. Everyone started to dig in. Hyde realized a few bites too late that they were Swedish pancakes.

" Who's up for a road trip?" asked Kitty.A chorus of groans came from the table.

" Who wants to drive to Arizona to help my mother move?" she asked, drawing out the ve, in the word move.

Before anyone could respond, she replied, " I made you pancakes, so eat them and get packing to go."

" Well, my grandma is paying for my college," said Eric.

" I'm coming with you," said Donna.

" Steven, you're going too. You have the best car for moving."

" But Mrs. Forman, she's not my grandma." he replied.

" Steven, we took you into our home and made you part of our family, which means she's part of your family too. Would you not help your own grandmother move?" asked Kitty.

" I guess I'll help," he said.

" I'm coming too. I don't want you alone in the southwest, ever." Jackie said.

" No." said Hyde.

" Pwease?" she said, and stuck out her bottom lip and pouted.

Hyde remembered her awful dream from a few weeks before, with the Vegas and all, and sighed. " Fine, you can come," he said.

She clapped her hands together. " Oh, thank you Steven! I gotta go pack." she kissed him on the cheek. " Love you," she said, and then walked out of the kitchen, bouncing on her heels.

" Awwww," said Donna, Eric, and Kitty together.

" Hey," said Hyde, leaving the threat unfinished.

" I'm going to call my mother. You guys be ready to leave this afternoon." Kitty said to them.

" I'll be back later." said Donna, who then followed Jackie out to her house.

Eric went upstairs to pack, while Hyde went downstairs to do the same.

Speaking to himself, Eric recited the things he would need out loud.

" Tee shirts, yes. Pants, yes, toothbrush, yes. Star Wars action figures? Yes." He pulled a second bag out of his closet and swept his hand across the shelf, knocking them all into the bag.

Meanwhile Hyde had been downstairs, doing his own type of packing. After putting a few pairs of jeans and a stack of band shirts in a bag, he took a week's worth of "film" and it in the pile. Zipping the bag, he took it upstairs at put it in his car. Eric was doing the same.

Tossing her bag under the seat, Jackie skipped over to Hyde, who was taking a bag from Kitty. She handed a map to both Jackie and Donna, and for the next 20 minutes or so the four of them coordinated when and where to stop.

As they got up to get going, Fez and Kelso came by. " All right! Road trip!" he shouted.

" You three," said Kitty, " Are not going."

" Aw, man!" said Kelso.

" Come on, lets go find Charlie and Suzy.

" Wait, Suzy Simpson? The Charlie's Angels hater?" asked Jackie.

" Yeah, he met her at the police station and the two have been inseparable. Its weird." said Fez.

" Yeah yeah, that's great. Come on Jackie, you can gossip later, we have to get going." said Hyde.

She let out an overdramatic sigh and followed Hyde to the car. Hopping in, she hit the radio dial and changed the station from WFPP to some crap disco music.

" No." he said.

" Pwease?" she asked

" No."

" 1 song?" now she was compromising.

" Fine."

" Yay!" she clapped her hands together.

As he pulled out of the Forman's driveway and onto the main street, he wondered why he agreed. Jackie was next to him, bopping her head to the music and singing.

After her lame song was over, Hyde, changed the station back to something 'decent'. Jackie took a bottle of nail polish out of her bag and started doing her nails.

A few hours had passed when they saw Eric and Donna pull over to a rest stop at the Illinois/Missouri border. Pulling over, Eric got four bags of chips from the vending machine inside of the building. He got a window table for the four of them, and they ate the sandwiches Kitty had packed them while watching the setting sun.

Jackie picked carefully at her sandwich, while Donna was absorbed in a book she had for the car ride. Hyde just focused on his food, while Eric's mind kept wandering to his figurines in the back seat.

" So, I think we should stop in St. Louis for the night," said Eric, who laid the map out in front of them. " There's a phone book at the front desk, we could look for hotels to stay in."

" Yeah, I would way rather stay in a nice hotel than sleep in Steven's car. I'm sorry, but anything laying in that car just is not comfortable." said Jackie.

Hyde was waiting for someone to shout out 'BURN!", but it didn't come. He than realized that Fez and Kelso were the reason this trip was so boring.

Finishing up their makeshift dinner, the partial gang went back to their cars. As they got into the city, they passed a rather nice looking hotel, just like the one back in Point Place that Hyde used to work at.

As they pulled the car over, Jackie gathered up her stuff and got ready to go inside. Donna did the same in her car with Eric.

Hyde got a room for him and Jackie, and Eric did the same with Donna.

The two groups went to their respective rooms, and both took that time to relax.

" I can't believe it was just this morning that I was planning on going shopping all day. And look where I am now!" exclaimed Jackie as she brushed her hair. She had already changed into her pj's and was sitting cross-legged on the bed.

" Yeah, that's great," mumbled Hyde, not listening at all to what she had to say.

" Steven, did you hear me?" she asked, her voice high pitched.

" Mhm" he said.

" What was I talking about?" she demanded.

He figured he should just take a guess and see what happened. " Um, clothing?" he said.

" Close enough. Aw, you do listen to me! That is so sweet. I love that you do that, which means that you love to listen to me. I finally have someone to talk to!"

He groaned.

T7S

Meanwhile, the not so happy couple in the other room was having a boring night. Donna was curled up on the chair in their room, while Eric was on the floor, sorting his Star Wars figurines.

" Come on, Donna, don't be mad. Please? They're just figurines. Under his breath, he whispered to the figurines "I'm sorry."

" I'm not mad," she said, which by now Eric knew meant she was mad.

" Donna, I know that means that you are. The only reason I brought them with was so my dad didn't throw them out."

" I know that's a lie, but it's a pretty good one, so I'm going to pretend to believe it." she said. " Well, whatever. I'm off to go see what Jackie's doing." she said.

Donna got up and went to Jackie's room, only to be greeted by the blabbering of Jackie. " And then she.." Donna tuned it out and looked at Hyde. He was off in his own little world, nodding occasionally, sunglasses on. Her night was probably better than this. Before Jackie could spot her, she left.

T7S

The next day greeted them with a long drive from Missouri to Texas, where they would stop again for the they left, they loaded up on vending machine snacks.

Jackie slept for a good portion of this drive, while Donna read magazines she had bought at the hotel gift shop.

When Jackie was up, it was around lunchtime. Eric had decided to stop at a diner in Oklahoma, the state they had just entered.

As they were waiting for their food, Eric sang softly to himself " Oklahoma, where the winds come sweeping down the plains." Hyde frogged him in the arm.

After eating, Donna ran to the Vista Cruiser and gave Jackie her book. She decided to take it, especially considering the time left until Texas. Although it was all about a bunch of feminist garbage, Jackie read it. By the time they were getting ready to find a place to stay for the night, Jackie had kept herself entertained.

That night was pretty much a repeat of the night before for Jackie and Hyde, and Eric had enough sense to leave his Star Wars stuff in the car. Donna was pleased by this, and she made sure they had a better night.

When the gang left for Arizona the next morning, they were happy and rested, and prepared for the challenges that lay ahead of them.