Hyde and Jackie oneshots

by nike pretzel

very fluffy, very cute, very wholesome sort of AU/ Cannon or whatever you call it. DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW BEFORE YOU GO! UPDATE: The Wedding Part 1 smut, let me know what you guys think don't forget to leave reviews.

6. 40 weeks

40 weeks

Madison, Wisconsin Jackie: 23 Hyde: 25 ½ March 1st 1984

Trigger warning: child abuse, mild language, sexual content.

Steven is a little OOC but I figured that since they have grown up and matured he would act differently.

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Weeks 1-3

"Oh come on it wouldn't be that bad, we already have a puppy and we take care of him pretty well, so I don't see why we wouldn't be great parents." Jackie whined as she followed behind Steven in the freezer section of Costco.

"No, having a puppy and having a tiny human life to take care of are two completely different things. There is all this stuff you have to worry about like university, clothes, food, hospitals, waking up at all times of the night, and a bunch of other shit I don't want to deal with right now." Hyde grumbled as he pushed their ever filling cart around the frozen food. He didn't really want to be here but Jackie's car was in the shop and she said that if he went with her now she wouldn't make him go with her to visit her father Jack Burkhart in prison next week.

"Steven I don't mean right this second we need to have a baby but we have been together for a while and we have a house and a dog and even a goldfish. They're both alive, neither of us have gone to jail for tax evasion, you're not in prison, you don't wear sunglasses indoors anymore, and we both have good stable jobs so i'm just saying we're doing pretty good." Jackie smiled up at him hoping he would see her point of view and go along with it.

Steven turned around to face her threading his arms around her waist so that Jackie was flush against his chest, wrapping his hand around her chin so that she was forced to look in his eyes.

"Look Jacks i'm not completely opposed to being a dad and having a baby and you're right we are doing pretty good so why mess up a good thing when we don't have to? No one is forcing us to have a baby so I don't see why we should when we can do whatever we want when we want to do it. For example after we leave here i'm going to take you to the lake so that we can go skinny dipping and fuck in the back of my truck. If we had a baby or if you were pregnant we couldn't do that whenever we wanted." after finishing his little speech he bent down to kiss her then resumed pushing the cart down to the next section of the huge store.

"Fine I guess you're right" Jackie sighed rushing to catch up with him.

Next week

"Hey Kelso" Hyde greeted Michael as he stepped in with Brooke, Betsy, and their newest edition, a little boy named Aaron. Well he wasn't that little anymore Aaron was almost a year old and while he couldn't walk more than a few steps without help, he was very close to saying his first word and babbled along incessantly when he heard other people talking.

"Uncle Steven!" came a tiny little voice from behind Kelso. "Hey little bit, you've gotten really big since I last saw you" he answered as she came around, her little hand attaching themselves to his pants leg. Ever since Michael had named Steven and Jackie as Betsy's godparents, the child had grown to be in love with Hyde. Every Time she saw them Betsy would follow him around and sometimes to keep him from leaving she would hold onto his pants. And if Steven sat down she was sitting in his lap or she was in his arms hanging off his shoulder while he tried to do some other task. After spending more time with Betsy and even babysitting her and Aaron, He had grown to like babies a little more than he had when he was younger. Steven didn't mind Betsy and thought she was pretty cool, she wasn't much trouble, she liked to take naps and play outside. He could get down with that. Sometimes when he played with her he thought he could handle being a father to a child someday. Hell Kelso, one of the biggest idiots he knew, had 2 children and neither of them were dead or idiotic. And Jackie wasn't the problem either, she was beautiful so any kids they had would be adorable, he knew she would be a great mother, and he knew she loved children so their would be no shortage of love on her end of the stick. The thing that scared him most about having a child was himself. What wasn't stopping him from just up and leaving his child like his father did? What's stopping him from becoming an alcoholic like his father was? What's stopping him from beating the shit out of his girlfriend and child like his father did? Steven Hyde ran. That's what he did and he never wanted any child to go through what he had to growing up. He didn't like to think about it but he knew that one day he wouldn't be able to handle having a baby, he would be so afraid of fucking it up that he would just leave it thinking that it would be better off without him. And no kid deserved to have an absent father, so why bring one into the world to begin with?

"Uncle Steven, where is Aunt Jackie?" Betsy brought him back to reality. He hadn't realized that he had been out of it while Kelso and Brooke had been talking to him. Hyde looked around and saw them sitting on the sectional looking at him. "Yeah, where is Jackie? I haven't seen her in a while." Brooke asked.

"Um, she's taking a nap. She hasn't been feeling well, I think she has the flu or something because she's been really tired and sneezing for a couple days." he said as he trotted down the hallway to wake her up.

Uncle Steven. He could handle that, he could be Betsy's badass uncle that let her drink and smoke before she was supposed to and told her yes when Brooke said no.

"Hey kitten, Brooke and Kelso are here. They brought Betsy and Aaron." he whispered sitting on the bed, hoping that he wouldn't have to shake her awake. She hated it when Steven woke her up.

Thankfully she woke up from just his voice and the door creaking.

"Why didn't you tell me, I would have already been dressed." Jackie groaned as she pulled back the comforter. Steven saw that she wasn't dressed, not really, he liked what she had on but didn't think anyone else would appreciate it. It being his navy blue sweatshirt that had white fairisle print across the top and sleeves.

"Eh, they don't mind, plus I told them how you were sick so they aren't upset or anything. I wouldn't have woke you up or anything but Betsy wants to see you."

"Aww that's so cute. I love Betsy so much."

"I'm pretty sure she thinks the same about you but probably just wants to play with the dog and feed the goldfish."

"Oh shut up" she squealed slapping him on the chest. "Tell them i'll be out in a minute I just need to freshen up."

"Mkay" and with that he was back out the door making sure to close it and went in search of their dog Jangles. He was named after the song Mr. Bojangles but they never called him that unless they were scolding him for trying to eat their food off the table.

"Okay, pint sized" Steven turned to Betsy who had attached herself to him again "Jackie will be out in a second and then we'll get Jangles so you can play around with him."

"Yes!" came an excited scream from the kindergartner

A few minutes later

"Hey Brooke, hi Michael" Jackie exclaimed upon seeing them in her living room. She finally finished changing, a second turned into a few minutes and a few minutes turned into almost 30 as she came out in a green floral print dress, her hair perfectly styled and she dabbed on perfume and makeup.

"It's so good to see you, Jacks, it's been a long time. I think the last time we saw you both was when Aaron was born." Brooke stood up hugging the shorter woman who stood at only 5'2 without her heels.

"How have you guys been?" Jackie asked, sitting down on Steven's lap much to Betsy's dismay.

"We've been great, Aaron has started to talk a bit, he called me ma yesterday and he can take a few steps without me helping him!"

"Aww that's so amazing" jackie cooed from her spot on the couch. She turned in Hyde's lap wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Yeah Betsy started Kindergarten this year and she loves it. everyday she comes home and tells me about what she did, it's the cutest little thing. Also Michael is doing really good down at that station, he got a raise." Brooke continued on excitedly

"All of that is so great, what about you Brooke?"

"I am taking a break from working at the library full time and staying at home more to take better care of the kids." after Michael and Brooke became engaged and had gotten pregnant with Aaron she had become an even better mother, and Kelso finally became the mature, or as mature as Kelso could be, father that Betsy needed.

"Enough about us, what about you guys? You didn't have this apartment or a fish last time we saw you."

"Well", Hyde spoke up, "after Jacks moved in with me, we decided that we are gonna be together for a while so we might as well get a bigger place and as for the fish he was supposed to die about 3 months ago but he still won't. I think he is doing it just to spite me." he finished with a smirk

"What do you mean it was supposed to die 3 months ago? You guys don't want him?" michael asked concerned

"I don't want him to die but Steven is just being cynical like normal. A few months ago there was a fair in town and Steven and I went on a date there. We played a few games and he won a fish for me. It's one of those feeder fish that die off in 7 days but this one is determined to live well past his prime I have a feeling we'll have him for a few years. By the way his name is Marley. Also Steven's record store is expanding, they are taking the building next to them, his business has been doing so well." Jackie finished for him.

Earlier that week when Brooke called to schedule their visit, Jackie had confided in her that she wanted a baby.

"I know that steven isn't all that keen on babies but I know he can be a great father. Everyone thinks that he is just some orphan hardass but he really isn't like that. Okay look whenever we are alone he tells me a lot of things I would have never gotten out of him if we were around our friends, and he voluntarily cuddles on the couch with me. We go on cute dates and he even takes his sunglasses off when we are inside. But here's the best part I don't have to cry and scream and have our relationship in almost complete ruins to hear him tell me he loves me. I mean sure the few times he does say it either during or after sex, but I can tell he means it. You know Steven has the most beautiful eyes, he tells me he loves me everyday with his eyes."

"Jackie that was beautiful. But back to the whole baby thing. Just talk to him, I think he will eventually come around. Just try to bring it up more organically and don't push it on him every chance you get, I know how you are. Just tell him how good he is with Betsy and Aaron, tell him how much he has grown up and changed since you first got together. Tell him you know he would be an amazing father because of the way he is with you, I see the way he looks at you Hyde is so in love with you. Just don't try to back him into a corner or anything, I have never seen him angry or nervous but i'm sure you have and I don't think it would be pretty."

So she took Brook's advice and stopped talking about it just letting him come around on his own. The last week and a half she stopped talking about babies and let him lead their conversations, which were mostly about music, work and whatever other date they wanted to go on next.

XXX

Jackie and Brooke watched the boys and kids from their spot in the kitchen.

"You were right Steven is really good with kids." Brooke commented as she watched him handle both Jangles and Betsy with ease. He held their large Alaskan Malamute by his leash and helped Betsy pet him correctly and made sure Jangles was gentle with her.

A few minutes later Jangles was on the couch next to Steven who had a sleepy Betsy resting in his lap as they watched whatever kids cartoon she wanted.

This could be us someday, Steven could come home from work and play with the kids and the dog, they would go outside in the summer and in the winter, cuddle together in front of the fireplace to keep warm. They would give their kids baths and tuck them into bed. Together they would quietly sneak out of their rooms as not to wake them up then sneak off to their room to engage in some mommy and daddy time.

Jackie knew that Steven would eventually come around.

Weeks 4-5

Jackie did not feel good at all. The last few weeks had been terrible every since she and Steven had went skinny dipping Jackie had been feeling really off. Maybe I caught some sort of bacteria from jumping in a lake naked, she thought. She had been bloated, and her chest felt heavy, none of her bras fit right so she decided to forgo them. Her boss had told her that ratings for the weather report she did had gone up in the past two weeks. She was even more sensitive and moodier than normal. Earlier that week Steven as well noticed that her breast were bigger when he woke up one morning to find her getting dressed. She almost never went to work before him but the weather segment of the tv station she worked at moved it up so she could cover another. "You know I like this whole no bra thing, it's made me realize how amazing you look" he commented as he came up behind her wrapping his arms around her waist his other hand already smoothing it's way to her chest. Jackie started removing his arms from her and pushing him away, "you only like me for my body?" she inquired arching one eyebrow.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"It's made me realize how amazing you look, what the hell Steven, why can't you just tell me i'm pretty and value me for my mind instead of being an asshole and feeling me up first thing in the morning?" Jackie asked getting angrier by the second at his nearly naked body and confused expression,

"Look kitten I don't know what your problem is but I don't want to argue with you so i'm gonna go downstairs and get something to eat."

"I swear men are so fucking stupid sometimes" she huffed and ran out the door on her way to work.

XXX

Steven had no idea what was up with Jackie. She had been even more moody and bitchy than normal. On monday after dinner he asked her if she wanted to go to the movies with him saturday night because he didn't have to be at work. Instead of saying yes and looking in the paper to see what movies were playing she accused him of only wanting to feel her up and insisted that he only wanted to go because he wanted her to sit in his lap. Hyde looked at her like she lost her mind. "Jackie what the hell are you talking about? We go to the movies a lot and most of the time we actually watch it and you only sit in my lap because you want to, excuse me for not objecting." apparently that was the wrong thing to say because she shot off the couch glaring at him and started yelling at him about slacking off at work and how he needs to take things more seriously." after that she pouted the whole way to their room where she spent almost an hour in the shower and stole the comforter from him in the middle of the night.

On wednesday Jackie was running around their house looking for her keys and wallet, which were not in their usual place. Normally she kept all the things she used everyday in her purse which sat on the bench they had in the foyer. But he guessed that they were somewhere in the living room where her clothes were this morning. Last night they went back to the lake to the another swim as they entered the house that night, Steven could not keep his hands off her and the couple made many pit stops along the way to their bedroom. Now on this morning she was yelling at him again. Something about how he distracts her too much, and she is going to be late to work and get fired and whatever nonsense was running out her mouth. He just sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in his hand watching her run around the house all the while yelling at him in passing. He could not take much more of this and hoped it would stop soon.

It was now sunday and she was still driving him crazy. But one thing he could appreciate about her new attitude was that she had gotten even better in bed, he thought maybe it was because she was crazier.

"Oh my god Steven" Jackie moaned loudly into his ear. He groaned when he heard her say his name like that. He pulled his hips back again slamming them back into hers over and over again. Their bed was pushing against the wall as he pounded into her. He also noticed that she wanted him to be rougher with her than he was in the past. He was no stranger to rough sex but now that's all they were doing. He bent her over the couch, pushed her against the shower wall and against their window in broad daylight. She had even pushed him into the bed of his truck after they went swimming on Tuesday. As he continued his relentless rhythm he noticed something else she started doing, scratching his back. And not because Steven wanted her to, but because she dug her nails into his back whenever they had sex. He liked when it was happening but after they were finished his back hurt like hell, he caught a glimpse of his back when he looked at it in the mirror and saw that it looked like someone tried to murder him. There long angry looking pink and red scratches gracing his back. It hurt to move too much, who knew such a tiny chick could inflict this much pain.

Steven brought himself back to the moment he was in. One where she was wrapped around him begging him not to stop, go harder, faster. One where she was whimpering his name in his ear and threading her fingers through his hair.

"Oh my god Steven i'm gonna cum!" she screamed again.

Yeah, he though, now this I could get used to.

Weeks 6-7

This sucked. This absolutely sucked. Here Jackie was in bed again sick for the 3rd day in a row. Now someone else was covering the weather and the afternoon report instead of her. Now Steven was off at work and she was alone in their house again all day for the 3rd time that week. She would be at work right now if it wasn't for Steven. Even though he tried to act like a hard ass, she knew that he wasn't. He was Jackie's Puddin' Pop and he loved her. Hyde made her stay home from work so that she could get better at home. He threatened to make her go to the doctor if she didn't do what he said, knowing she was afraid of needles and hated how cold and empty the hospital felt. Sure she had a fever, felt nauseous, tired, light headed when she tried to stand up too quickly, tired if she was awake more than a few hours, her back and stomach hurt like hell, and felt really dizzy when the lights were on, didn't mean that she had to stay home from work and watch some bimbo do her job on tv.

Jackie tried to fall asleep and move on with her day so she could be back at work the next but couldn't. She kept thinking back to the phone call she had with Brooke and then the one she had with Donna the next day. The first day she was sick. Brooke called because Betsy was itching to talk to her, after they finished the amusing conversation she chatted with Brooke telling her about how sick and tired she had been feeling the last couple of weeks and especially now.

"You know what this means Jackie?" she asked excitedly

"That I have the flu and Steven is going to make me go to the doctor so I can get vaccinated again?" she replied, wondering what the other woman was trying to hint at.

"No silly, she giggled, "You might be pregnant!"

"Woah Brooke I don't think that's possible right now, i'm still taking the pill and besides Steven doesn't want a baby right now. What if he thinks i'm trying to trap him into having one by getting pregnant?" Jackie worried. The more she thought about it the more worried she became. She knew that she and Steven had worked out their problems and didn't have many arguments mostly over little stuff. But now all she could think about was him becoming angry with her and leaving because he didn't want her or a child.

"Look Jackie, you are one of my best friends but if you really think Steven is going to think you're trapping him or that he is going to leave you if you are pregnant, he is not the man I thought he was. And if he is really that immature then you are dumber than I thought wanting to have a family with someone like that."

"I guess you're right but I just… I just don't know sometimes. I know that Steven will make an amazing father and a great husband but I just don't know if that's what he wants right now or ever really. He says that he is happy with me but he knows I want more and he is just not prepared to give that to me right now. I don't know what I would do if I was pregnant and he left me."

"It sounds like you two have a lot of thinking and talking to do so i'm going to let you go. Bye honey."

Brooke and Donna were both right. After her talk with Brooke, Jackie immediately called Donna and she basically told her the same thing. For right now she decided not to tell Steven she may or not be pregnant. She didn't want to get her own hopes up and she didn't want Steven anxious and upset about something that may or may not be happening.

XXX The next week

Jackie was still sick and Steven was starting to get worried. She had started throwing up in the morning and at night before she went to bed, Jackie could barely stomach any food and the smell of certain foods was enough to make her stomach turn. Everyday he came home and had to force her to take medicine to reduce her fever and by the time she was finished running away and fighting him she was exhausted and collapsed on the couch on top of him every night.

The next morning after hearing her throwing up for 10 minutes then not wanting to eat anything for most of the day Steven decided he needed more information than "Just the Common Cold" something was seriously wrong with her and he needed to know what.

"Okay that's it tomorrow you are going to the doctor and we are finding out what's wrong with you."

"Oh no, Steven you know I hate the doctor and i'm fine I promise it's just a cold i'm sure i'll be over it soon."

Steven looked down at Jackie who had now wrapped herself around his waist and looked up at him begging him not to take her to the doctor.

"Jacks you said that earlier this month and you're still sick so i'm not taking that excuse anymore, you're going to the doctor whether you like it or not because I want to know what's wrong with you."

"No Steven please don't make me go" she whined hoping she could make him forget about it if she kissed him enough.

"Well I already called the doctor and you have an appointment for 2:30 tomorrow so you are going."

"Fine, she cried, but you are going with me and when we find out that nothing is wrong with me you are going to get me some ice cream and we are going to see some terrible movie that I want to watch. So I hope you have some money because I am getting the biggest size of everything." she let go of his waist, flipping her hair then turning around pouting the whole way back to the couch.

Welp at least I know it's not a brain disease or anything because that is definitely my chick right there.

Weeks 8-9

Here she sat in the cold doctors office alone, Steven was here a few minutes ago but he had to go to Grooves because of some emergency.

"Hey Jacks I have to go down to Grooves for a while because of some emergency or whatnot, I really hope Leo hasn't set the place on fire."

"Do you really have to go, I don't want you to leave me" Jackie turned to look at him her eyes already shining with unshed tears. She had no idea where those came from, lately she had been crying a lot more than normal and not just to get her way like she usually did.

"Look babe I really don't want to leave you but I have to go see what's wrong down at the store, i'm really sorry, but we can still go to the movies and do that other stuff you wanted to do."

"Okay fine, just don't be gone too long." she finally said after looking at him a few moments.

"Here" Steven said holding out the keys to his El Camino "Take my truck so just incase this takes longer than I think it will you can go home or come to Grooves. It's not that far from here so I think i'm just going to walk."

"Are you sure you're gonna be alright ?"

"Yeah, i'll be fine i'm more worried about you and I don't want you stuck here if I don't come back in time." he replied sticking his hands in his pockets

"Just be safe and go make sure Leo hasn't burned down my business." she reached up to kiss him goodbye.

"Shut up it's not your business for the last time." he said chuckling at her antics, even when she was sick her personality shone through

"Whatever" Jackie called after him as he walked out the door shaking his head at her, slipping his sunglasses back on.

But that was almost 20 minutes ago and this medical magazine couldn't keep her entertained for much longer.

Just before Jackie thought she would lose her mind from boredom the nurse took a clipboard from off the desk and flipped the paper over.

"Jacqueline Burkhart" the nurse called out, " will see you now"

Thank God she thought gathering her purse and walking out of the waiting room.

XXX

"So Jackie, what seems to be the problem?" Dr. Kennedy asked smiling at the young woman in a hospital gown

"Well, for the past month or so I have been feeling really sick, like I have been really tired, throwing up, achy, dizzy, light headed, and moody sometimes. I just haven't been feeling well. I had to call off from work 7 times in the past month."

"That's right you work at the local tv station. And from the symptoms you have described I think I know exactly your problem, but lets run some blood test just to make sure." he replied gently patting her knee before ordering the nurse to prepare the lab and some needles for blood test.

Soon the doctor was back in the room.

"Okay Jackie I know you aren't particularly fond of needles but I promise that this will only hurt for a second and Maria here is here to help if you need, so if you need to squeeze her hand she would be glad to help you." he finished, beckoning maria over to the exam table. Jackie looked over to her right and waved at the nurse as she extended her hand for jackie to hold. She grabbed it knowing that she would need it now that Steven wasn't here.

"Now i'm going to swab the area just to clean it, and now i'm going to draw your blood so don't be afraid i promise it won't hurt and remember Maria is here." said

Jackie felt the pinch of the needle breaking through her skin as she squeezed her eyes shut and held tightly to Maria's hand.

"There all done, see that wasn't so bad." the doctor smiled as he applied a rainbow band aid to the crook of her elbow and handed her a lollipop.

"Now you can get dressed while we wait for the results of your blood test."

"Thank you Dr. Kennedy and thank you Maria for holding my hand."

"No problem" said Maria

"Just doing my job" replied the doctor as they both walked out the room and down to the lab.

XXX

"Your results were just as I suspected Miss. Burkhart" the doctor said as he looked over her charts.

"Well what is it? Am I dying? You know what if I am dying please don't tell me, just send a letter to my boyfriend telling him what I have because I won't be able to tell him myself."

The doctor chuckled at her concerned and worried face. "No, no it's nothing like that, you are perfectly healthy and I have 2 pieces of good news."

"Okay, okay I can work with that."

"Well the first part is you don't have any illness or sickness you don't even have a cold and you don't have to get anymore shots or take any medicine unless you want to."

"Wait what are you talking about?"Jackie inquired looking confused

"Hold on I have to give you the other piece of good news: I believe a congratulations is in order."

"A congratulations?" she said her eyebrows raising further onto her forehead.

turned around and grabbed two things off the table one was a prescription of some sort and the other was a pamphlet. She turned it over in her hands. What to expect when you're expecting: a step by step guide.

"Oh my god" she mumbled still not completely understanding what the doctor was saying to her.

"You're having a baby Miss. Burkhart."

Tears filled Jackie's eyes a mixture of joy and sadness swirling around in her eyes.

"Um thank you" she finally said after staring at the papers in her hands.

"I will be going now but make sure to check back in with me so that I can schedule some appointments for ultrasounds and recommend a obgyn. You take as much time as you need here." he said walking out the door shutting it behind him.

Jackie walked over to the mirror across from the chair the doctor just sat in. she stood in front of it and stared at her reflection for a while studying her face wondering if anything had really changed or if all the changes were happening inside of her. Slowly her eyes trailed down to her stomach where their baby rested. She lifted up her shirt examining it looking for any sort of change. The harder she looked the more she saw. She saw every freckle and scar that found a home on her abdomen. And also saw that her lower belly had started to stick out just a little bit, not enough for someone passing by to see but just enough for her to notice.

XXX At Grooves

"How did it go? What was wrong with you?" Steven asked when he saw Jackie making her way towards the counter looking a bit sick and nervous.

"Um it was fine I just have a cold and some allergies, I was prescribed some stronger medication to help it go away faster, but that's it."

Jackie couldn't help it, she lied straight through her teeth. After leaving the doctors office. She drove to the pharmacy to have the prescription for prenatal vitamins filled and she went home to hide everything as best she could before taking a much needed nap. Jackie had never felt so lost before in her life sure she was happy that she was having a baby and starting a family with Steven but this wasn't the way she envisioned it happening. She wanted to be married and go places before she started having kids. She wanted to live in a house with a white picket fence across the street from a good school so that her children had the best her town had to offer. She wanted Steven to be completely on board with this before it happened. Yeah she had been nagging him about it 2 months ago but she just wanted to know what he was going to say to them having a baby in the future. Now she knew that the whole time she was nagging him around costco she had been carrying Steven Hyde's child without either of them knowing. But now she had bigger things to worry about like how she was going to tell Steven and how he would react, what if he didn't want her to keep it? Or what it he left when he found out? What if he shut down on her and didn't want anything to do with her? Maybe he would think that she trapped him into this so that he would marry her. Jackie really hoped he would understand that she had not planned this that she was just as surprised as he would be. She really did not want things to happen this way.

"Jackie? Hey are you alright I asked you if you still wanted ice cream." Steven asked slightly shaking her when she just stood there not answering him.

"Oh um yeah, yeah sure that sounds great." Jackie stumbled over her words barely able to get them out. She couldn't look in his eyes right now that would leave her too vulnerable, if she looked him directly in the eyes she would spill everything and that was not how she wanted him to find out about their baby, she wanted the environment to be as controlled as possible, so that there would be as little stressing him out as possible.

Great, she thought, now my mind is running wild with all the possible ways I could tell Steven i'm pregnant. Oh shit I also have to tell, everyone else that i'm pregnant. Should I tell my dad? I mean even if I was in prison I would want to know if my only child was having a baby. Damn now i'm overthinking.

"Okay you're acting really weird so how about we get out of here then, you can go home and take a nap" Steven said putting his hand on her lower back guiding her out the store and into his truck.

Weeks 10-11

The house that Steven and Jackie lived in had 2 bedrooms and a basement that could have another room if they wanted but it was never finished. Jackie looked around the 2nd bedroom across from hers and stared at all the clutter and boxes that lay on the floor. When they first moved in they put all the random things that never really found a home, in here saying that it would eventually get cleaned and sorted and put away. Steven also made her put her disco records in here because "He didn't want the disco crap infiltrating his every thought."

Now as she looked at everything, she realized that this was where her baby would sleep and grow up. They needed to clean this room and paint the walls and buy furniture and all that other stuff you had to do when you were having a baby.

Jackie picked up the first box that was in her way. Opening it up she settled on the floor knowing she would be here a while. Steven was at work and on Sundays she left the station early because they only did the morning news and were finished. In the first box lay all her paints, brushes and some other things that she used while painting. Not many people knew this but Jackie was more than a cheerleader. While in high school she took an art class and learned that she had a natural talent for painting and sketching. Once when she and Steven had just started dating she gave him one of the things she had painted. It was a sunset on the lake. The sun had started to dip below the horizon, the trees darkening from the lack of sunlight the sky turning deep shades of pink and lavender the blue giving way for the rest of the rainbow. The lake rippling lazily as a boat and a couple drifted further and further towards the sun. When Jackie handed the canvas the Steven he asked "what's this for doll?" Jackie giggled, she loved when he called her that "my favourite painting for my favourite person" he looked down at it smirking, thinking that she wasn't as shallow as everyone thought she was. Jackie had opened up to him and he had discovered that she was as deep as the ocean, with many sides to her. He knew things that no one else had bothered to find out like she was an all year around athlete. While cheerleading was her favourite and what everyone knew her for, she played rec soccer in the fall along with cheer in the fall/winter and when that ended in the spring she ran track. Jackie ran the 100, 4x1, 4x2, and vaulted. Steven went to the home meets a few times and he had never been more amazed than when he watched her pole vaulting. He loved to watch her set before she started down the runway, it was like watching a tiny dancer get ready for a show and after she finished with all her events, he walked her down to the concession stand and bought her pizza.

Steven kept a lot of her painting and drawings in his room, by the time he was ready to move out it had become a mini Jackie art gallery. One he particularly liked was a black and white sketch of a girl asleep on the couch with a book on her chest, she had even drawn in her listening to a Led Zeppelin record. It reminded him of when he want to see her before he learned her parents left her. He climbed through her bedroom window and called out her name seeing that she wasn't on her bed reading a magazine like she normally did. He walked around looked in her closet and bathroom. He walked out the room and down the hallway towards the steps. As he walked down them he heard some music playing softly from the family room. When he reached the landing he saw the cutest thing. Jackie sleeping on the couch his book in her hands, he wondered when she took it because it was in his room yesterday, and he looked towards the record player and saw some of his albums laying there. He turned back towards the couch and smirked at her. "She's coming along nicely" he thought.

After opening the first box she got through the rest fairly quickly. She set aside the things she wanted to keep in the house and made a mental note to tell Steven to put the rest of it in storage. Jackie grabbed another box, the room almost finished after 3 hours. This box held some of the things from her nursery. Inside were a model of a carousel, it had oil painted horses and turned on so that it would play music, light up and spin around. There were also some baby clothes, a white teddy bear with a yellow ribbon around the neck, there was also a photo the nurse had taken of her and her parents right after she was born. There was a white and yellow knitted blanket that she remembered laying across her crib when she was little. There were a few other things like her first pacifier, an old glass bottle, and some little toys she was too young to play with at the time. Across the room she spotted her old rocking horse. She never really played with it but when it was time to redecorate her room as a teenager, Jackie couldn't part with it. So like many other things, her horse had been packed away until she moved away from home.

Jackie also remembered that her old house had never been sold and many of her family's things were still in them. Priceless antiques that had been in her family for generations. Before the baby was born she wanted to get the old furniture that was still in one of her old rooms. Her parents, Jack and Pam hadn't known the gender until after she was born so all of the items in the room had been gender neutral with colors like yellow, blue, green, gray, and white. Jackie knew that everything was in perfect condition as her parents took care to keep it so. 3 other babies before her had used it, and she normally didn't want to have already used things. This was important to her that her baby used them as well.

With all her sorting and planning, Jackie realized this was the first time she thought about the baby and had not been worried, she also remembered over the past week her throwing up had subsided but had been replaced with very weird carvings for both food and non-food items. Once while she was in her office at work she had the inexplicable urge to eat the chalk that lay on her desk. And on monday Steven made her waffles and eggs for breakfast. Normally she put ketchup on her eggs but this time she dipped her waffles in it. Jackie was glad that Steven hadn't been paying her attention because she would not have had an explanation that didn't involve her telling him she was pregnant.

Jackie had gotten so lost in thought that she didn't hear Steven come home, she also didn't hear him walking through their house and finding her sorting through boxes stopping every now and then to stare at some object. He leaned against the doorway. He liked watching her when she didn't think he was. That's when she was the softest, he could observe her and she would be relaxed and not care what she did. It was his favourite. After watching her for a few more minutes he pushed himself off the door frame and walked into the room. He sat down behind her and put his hand on her shoulder, startling her. "Hey, it's just me."

"Oh, you almost gave me a heart attack. How long have you been home? I didn't hear you come in."

"Not that long, just 10 minutes." he said kissing the side of her head "So what are you doing in here?"

"I figured that I might as well clean up this room since I don't have to work today. And I was looking for my paints and brushes so that I can start painting again. Oh look, I found my old uniforms, my track, soccer, and cheer uniform." Jackie grinned turning around in his arms.

"Maybe you should try those on me for me, I think I have forgotten what you look like in your cheer uniform." He said moving his lips down to her neck.

"Hmm maybe later, but before I forget I need you to put that pile of stuff into storage, I want to keep that stuff but I don't know where to put it." Jackie replied, already forgetting about her uniforms. Pointing to a large stack of boxes. "I think i'm gonna put my easel in here for a while before we need to use this for something." she thought out loud. Thankfully Hyde didn't catch on to what she was saying. Already busying himself with moving the boxes to his truck so he could put them in their storage unit.

When he left the room, Jackie thought about how she was going to tell him, she had already phoned Brooke, Donna and Red. she meant to tell Kitty so that she could help her think of something but Red answered the phone and she needed to tell someone, so that she didn't feel like she was keeping a dirty secret. Jackie was scheduled to go in for a 12 week ultrasound on Thursday. She wanted a picture of the baby because she thought it would help for Steven to see the baby and not just have an arbitrary idea of one. She thought it would help him to see his baby, that they made and not just any baby, maybe it would help to make it more real.

Weeks 12-13

"Here you are Miss. Burkhart, these are some pictures of your little one." The nurse said, smiling handing here 4 pictures of the baby. Jackie stared at them in awe, thinking of the little human she was growing inside of her.

"Miss. Burkhart, you are almost out of your 1st trimester, so in a few weeks or so you should be able to see your baby bump. Your hips might start to get wider and your chest will get bigger. Keep taking your prenatal vitamins and increase your water intake. Start thinking about making more health conscious food decisions. I think now would be a great time to start telling family members if you haven't already. In a few weeks you can come back and we can try to determine the gender of the baby." the nurse finished her speech.

"Okay when do I need to come back?" Jackie inquired.

"Just go out to the front desk, and you can schedule your next appointment and then we can be out of your hair for a while." the nurse smiled again making her way out of the room letting Jackie fix her clothes and gather her things.

XXX

As she walked out the mall and to her car, Jackie hoped that Steven wouldn't be upset when he found out he would be a father. She walked around the mall until she found the baby store looking for the perfect way to tell him. After wandering around she found herself in the upstairs section. Jackie found a dark blue mug that had white speckles on it, in the bottom of the cup read "you're going to be a daddy!" in cursive white hand writing. Tomorrow morning she planned on giving him his coffee in that mug so that he wouldn't find it before he was supposed to. After he found out she was going to show him the pictures and tell him why she had wanted to go back to her old house. She wanted to get the baby furniture that used to decorate her nursery. Jackie knew that Steven had the day off tomorrow so she hoped he wouldn't be moping around for the rest of the day and would understand why she had cleaned out their spare bedroom.

XXX The Next Morning

Jackie was so nervous that she woke up before her alarm went off. Rolling over in bed to turn it off before it woke Steven. She looked over at his sleeping form, he had no shirt on and his hair had been messy from her fingers pulling it and from him moving around when he was asleep. Last night when they fell into bed he had noticed her hips seemed a little fuller as he held them in his hands. Steven hadn't commented on them just lay soft kisses on them and buried his face between them. He thought maybe her body was starting to fill out more. She was by no means ultra thin, she had nice slight curves that he loved to run his hands over but he liked this too and hoped she stayed this way.

Carefully Jackie slid out of bed and padded into the kitchen. She turned on the coffee pot and put on a record. It was her favourite album to play early in the morning before the sun rose completely. Here comes the Sun. Steven didn't care for it either way but once he said that it reminded him of her because she played it so much. She reached up on her tiptoes to retrieve the mug she bought yesterday from the back of the cabinet and set it down on the countertop. Jackie knew just how he liked his coffee one spoonful of sugar and with just a little bit of milk. After preparing his coffee she went to find Jangles in his bed. Jackie bent down to rub his head while waking him. "Hey Jangles, she cooed at him, "Hey baby, good morning, lets go wake up daddy." she said walking him towards their bedroom door. They didn't really let him sleep in their bed but she didn't mind if he hopped up there today. She left the room as she heard Steven waking up and starting to play with the dog.

"Morning doll" Steven whispered in her ear as wrapped his arms around her from behind. Jackie turned around to face him and planted a kiss on his lips holding him there for a bit trying to get him in the best mood possible before she broke the news to him. Pulling away from him she grabbed the mug off the counter and handed it to him. "I made you coffee." she smiled at him. As he took it from her and sat down at the table. He picked the newspaper off the table opening it, reading the sports section while sipping his coffee. She bent down to pour food and water into Jangles bowl as he came running into the kitchen.

Suddenly Jackie heard the mug slam down on the table. "Jackie what the hell are you talking about? Did you get another dog without telling me again? because if you did you are taking it right back to where you got it from." Steven asked standing up, his face getting redder by the second. Jackie stared at him for a moment confused as to what he was talking about. When he stood in front of her he seemed even taller than usual, now that he was fully dressed with his boots on and she was still wearing just the t-shirt she wore to bed. "What are you talking about? Why would I get another dog?" she asked getting frustrated.

"Last time we got a dog you told me I was going to be a daddy and handed me a puppy. If you didn't get another dog why does the bottom of my cup say you're going to be a da-….." he asked realizing what it meant as soon he said.

"Surprise" she said weakly as she opened the drawer behind her and revealed the ultrasound picture she had gotten yesterday. "We're having a baby." Jackie almost whispered as she stared at him to gage his reaction. Steven looked down at the picture, that was a baby, their baby, his baby. And suddenly all those thoughts of his childhood came flooding back to him, all the drugs, and beatings, and alcohol. The absent parents and being an orphan. He didn't want that for his baby but as he stared at the picture the only thing he could think to do was run. Run. Run far away from them, the only thing he could do for a baby was fuck it up and he didn't want that for any child, let alone his. He released a deep breath he hadn't realized he been holding. And he looked at Jackie who had so much worry in her mismatched eyes he had to look away from them, anywhere but there. Finally he open his mouth, he didn't know what he was going to say but after his mouth had been hanging open for a few seconds the only thing that came out was "Oh crap" he grumbled as he grabbed his keys and ran out the door of their home.

XXX A Few Hours Later

Jackie fell asleep after crying for 2 hours then calling Donna and crying to her about it for another 30 minutes. Now she lay in the middle of her bed that felt way too large for just her tiny body. Before she fell asleep she looked at her belly in the mirror and noticed that it had started to stick out just a little bit more, she cradled the little bump in her hand. "It's just you and me now baby." she whispered to it before collapsing in the middle of their, her, bed now. She tried to pull the blanket over her head to block out all sunlight but it just made her feel worse because the blanket smelled just like him after they had sex. A mixture of her but mostly him that had seemed to be permanently embedded into it. It just made her cry even harder but she decided to keep it because even though he had just left her his scent still made her feel safe and loved, even though that was the opposite of what she felt from him right now. But finally she fell asleep.

XXX A Few More Hours Later

Jackie woke to the sounds of a hammer pounding a nail into something she wasn't sure of. Then it stopped. "There we go" she heard Steven say. But that was impossible he had left her after learning that she was carrying his child. Then she heard the sound of a paint can popping open and then the soft stirring of a ruler breaking it up and stirring it back together. Maybe i'm being robbed, she thought, oh this is just fucking great first my boyfriend leaves me, i'm going to be a single mom, and now i'm being broken into this is just the best fucking day ever. Jackie got out of bed still in the t-shirt she wore to bed that actually belonged to Steven. I need to get rid of these she thought making her way towards the spare bedroom.

She looked into the room stopping in the doorway. There was Steven crouched down over something on the floor painting it. Jackie spoke up "If you don't want to stay I won't make you but I want to keep the baby." she said barely above a whisper, if Hyde hadn't been listening for her footsteps he wouldn't have caught what she said. He stood up and turned around at the sound of her voice stabbing through the silence. Steven dropped the paint brush he held in his hand back into the bucket and walked towards her. He pulled apart her hands that were wringing themselves around her wrist, a habit she did when ever she was nervous or scared. She was both right then. He wrapped his hands around her waist pulling her closer to him. "You think i'm going to leave you?" he asked brushing a piece of hair out of her eyes. Jackie looked up at him, her eyes shining with tears ready to spill out. "Well after I told you I was pregnant you said 'oh crap' and stormed out." she cried burying her head in chest staining his shirt with her tears.

He knew that it wasn't a good idea but that was the only thing he could think to do. After he left he hopped in his truck and drove off, he had no idea where he was going but he ended up at that hardware store where we walked around aimlessly letting all his fears of having his own family run through his mind. He couldn't stop thinking about his own father and how he thought Steven was the worst thing to happen to him. He thought about his mother and how she blamed him for ruining her life, neither of them ever wanted him, he turned both of his parents into alcoholics and both of them never loved him. He remembered his 7th birthday. All he wanted was a party like the rest of his friends even the spoiled little burkhart girl who always seemed to follow Kelso around had a birthday party. He begged his mother to bake him a cake like did for Eric but it turned out lopsided and it didn't taste all that amazing but it was still a cake and his mother had baked it for him. But in between letting it cool down and having to frost it Edna had one too many drinks and ruined his cake. When he complained that it was now ruined she took a piece of it and smashed it in his face. It stung, badly. "Clean the rest of this shit up and go to room, I don't want to hear from for the rest of the day." she yelled walking back to her room where his father slept. Bud came rushing down the stairs, "Steven what the hell is this mess, why is your mother yelling?" he screamed at the little curly haired boy. "You know what?" he yelled before Hyde could answer. "I have had enough of your misbehaving." he yelled as he pulled off his belt and beat the child. After he was finished Steven had green bruises blossoming on his pale skin. His dark blue eyes shining with tears as he tried to hold them in. he didn't want his father to see him crying. Even when his father hurt him, Steven still tried to please him.

As Steven walked around the hardware store he spotted a box that had a baby bassinet on it. He picked it up, he remembered babies liked to sleep in this thing. So he bought it. He also remembered that Jackie liked white furniture so he bought a can of white paint and 2 paint brushes, he knew he couldn't use Jackie's she would kill him if he did. Jackie. Oh God, she must be so upset. Hyde knew he shouldn't have walked out on her but he needed space and time to think he didn't not want the baby but at the same time he wasn't ready to be a father. There were still things he wanted to do with Jackie and his friends before there was a baby involved. But he guessed he didn't have time for that anymore. Steven decided that he would not be like his father and leave his baby when things got rough. He would never lay a hand on him or Jackie he vowed and he would always make sure he had a home to come to, parents that loved him, and food on the table to fill his little belly when he got hungry.

When Hyde walked out the store with the things he bought, he loaded them into the car and made his way on home. He needed to apologize to Jackie, she was probably going to kill him for leaving her. He hoped she didn't want to break up with him. Steven didn't think she would but he wouldn't know what to do if she did. He wanted to stay with her and be in his child's life, he really didn't care what he had to do to prove it to her. When he made it to their house he opened the front door expecting her to be there waiting for him so she could yell at him. But she was nowhere to be found. As he walked further into their home, he heard soft snoring coming from their bedroom. He slowly opened the door checking to see if she was in there or if it was just the dog. He peered into the dark room and saw that she was curled under the blanket on his side of the bed, snuggled into his pillow. She looked so tiny on there big bed and utterly exhausted. He decided to leave her be knowing he could put this together without her waking up since she slept like a dead person. He quietly shut the door, backing out of the room waiting for her to wake up and yell at him.

Now here he stood with her wrapped up in his arms, crying into his shirt gripping handfuls of it in her tiny fist like she was keeping him from walking away from her. "Hey, Hey" he said gently pulling her away from him. "Look I know shouldn't have left you but I needed time and space to think. I'm really sorry, but i'm not gonna leave you, okay? I want to be here for you and the baby." he finished looking into her eyes again. They looked more hopeful now that he said that. Steven put his finger under her chin tipping her head back so she could look into his eyes. When he looked down at her again his eyes softened and he placed a gentle kiss on her lips before continuing. "Besides how could I leave my favourite chick now that I know she's going to have my baby?" he whispered and chuckled a bit watching a slow smile spread across her face, some of the redness going away. He took his hands and cradled her face between them, using his thumbs to wipe away the tears.

Jackie took one of her hands and wrapped them around his wrist snuggling her face into his left hand. "Okay" she whispered. She loved it when he called her his chick. It was just so cute and adorable and it made her feel safe. She turned her head a bit looking at the paint behind him. "Steven what's that?" she said pointing to the can behind him. "Oh, um" he said turning around, "I remembered that babies like to sleep in these things so I put it together and then I remembered that you like white furniture over wood furniture so i'm painting it." he said softly. Putting his arm around her waist again.

"Oh Steven" she said reaching up to hug him again. "Come on" she whispered grabbing his hand and pulling him back towards their bedroom. He knew she didn't just want to have sex with him, she just wanted to feel close to him like she always did after the got into an argument and made up. He pulled her down onto the bed and began to pull off her t-shirt. He loved seeing her wear his clothes it was something about the way it cocooned her entire body, something about the way he was kind of claiming her every time she slipped something of his over her head, even if she wouldn't wear it out in public. He loved how everything stopped at the bottom of her thighs so he could see all of her bare smooth legs underneath. He peeled it off her, kissing the newly exposed skin leaving little red marks in his wake. He slowly made his way down her body taking her underwear off as he slid down further. He took one leg in his hand kissing and biting his way from her calf to the apex of her thighs. When he finished the left one he switched to right taking great care to be gentle with her. Soon he made his way back to her sex. Before he buried his head between her legs he looked up at her pushing her legs over his bare shoulders, her foot resting on his back. "I love you babydoll." he whispered as he dove between her thighs.

Weeks 14-15

"Wait you knew for 3 months you were pregnant before you told me?!" he asked sitting up, pushing her away from her spot cuddled into his chest. They just finished having thought-obliterating sex. And he could barely move so they ended up talking and somehow got on the subject of the baby. Her bump had grown a lot and was visible under her shirt. They had announced to everyone over the phone that they were expecting and Jackie had told her boss that she would be going on maternity leave in 5 months. Hyde even cleaned up their spare bedroom and started to think about what color to paint it.

"No, you big dummy." she said sitting up "I found out like 2 weeks before I told you but I didn't know how to tell you so I just waited but when I did tell you, I was three almost four months pregnant, dillhole."

"Oh okay" he said laying back down pulling her back into his side wrapping his arms around her and kissing her forehead. "When do we find out if it's a boy or girl again?"

"In two weeks" she said excitedly "I can't wait to find out then we can paint their room, and buy them clothes, Oh and we can start picking their name." she squealed . "Oh this is gonna be amazing." she squealed again.

Jackie snuggled further into his arms "Do you think that when we go visit Red and Kitty we can go back to my old house and get some of the furniture that was in my nursery?" Steven looked over at her, a little surprised that she was sentimental over these things.

"Are you sure you want that, because if I remember correctly you don't like already used things." he said pulling away a little bit to look at her. Jackie sat up again turning towards him and picking up one of his hands in hers. "I know I said that before, but I don't think that about everything now, like your shirt you gave me for my 17th birthday is my favourite shirt even though it smelled like cigarettes and weed. Besides the last four Burkhart babies used the same furniture and I know that the baby won't have my last name, I still want him or her to have something of mine." she finished looking down at their joined hands.

"Look Jacks i'm not opposed to having your old stuff, now I don't have to buy overpriced furniture from the corporate branch of the government, I just never thought you would want that type of stuff. Steven answered pulling her into a hug.

"Well I do, i'm trying not to be shallow anymore." she smirked, wrapping her arms around his neck. "You're still shallow, now you're just sentimental and hormonal." he laughed pulling her back down onto the bed and pressing his lips to hers.

XXX

Your baby is about 4 to 4 ½ inches and about 1 ¾ of an ounce. If you could see your baby's face, you might be able to see her wince and grimace, because her facial muscles are developing and flexing. All of her tiny organs, nerves, and muscles are starting to function. The intestines have moved farther into the baby's body; her liver begins to secrete bile, which will later aid in the digestion of fats; and her pancreas begins to produce insulin, a hormone which turns sugar into energy. It happens around week 14 or so. The fatigue and morning sickness that may have marred your first trimester begin to subside. Perhaps for the first time in months, you feel healthy, sexy and energetic. Your moods start to smooth out and get even better when you feel your baby's first fluttery kicks. You've left the stormy ocean behind and entered calm waters.

"Huh" Hyde thought "maybe that's why she's horny all the time" he sat on one of the chairs they had outside watching the dog run around. Earlier that day he saw one of the baby books she had picked up from the store sitting on the coffee table in the living room. He picked it up flipping through until he found the fourteen week mark. Steven still had no idea what he was doing but mostly he just did whatever Jackie asked which surprisingly wasn't much. Even though once she woke him up in the middle of the night so he could get her french fried and ice cream from mcdonalds. Although at first he was annoyed that she woke him up to get her food, when he saw her sitting in the living room in the middle of the night listening to The Beatles and stuffing french fried dipped into hot fudge and ice cream, he couldn't help but smile at how adorable she looked dancing around and eating. Yesterday though he found her in the basement a canvas on her new easel and jars of paint open sitting on the small table beside her stool. "Steven?", she asked looking up at him as he walked down the stairs "Do you think it's weird that I really want to eat this paint?"

Steven stared at her like she lost her mind, which he supposed to she did if Jackie had wanted to eat paint. "I feel like Van Gogh, you know he ate yellow paint because he wanted to be happy." she said smiling up at him from her stool. Steven gave her a weird look as he bent down to kiss her hello. He put his hand on her little bump. "Jackie you know Van Gogh was depressed and ate paint because he was suicidal." he deadpanned

"I heard that but I don't want to eat paint because i'm trying to die, I don't really know why I want to eat it, I started painting today and I don't know I just looked down at the jar of blue paint and suddenly I wanted to eat it."

Every since he heard that she not only wanted to eat paint but chalk as well, he started keeping an eye on her making sure she didn't accidentally poison herself and kill the baby.

As Steven sat outside reading the book, he couldn't help but wonder what he was going to do when the kid actually got here. Sure he would take care of it but from what he saw at the Foreman's and his own parents, dads either beat the hell out of you, ran after your first t-ball game, wished they had 2,000 feet so that he could stick 500 of them in 4 different asses, or called you a dumbass every chance they got. Dads sat at the kitchen table reading a newspaper while drinking a beer. While the mother made breakfast, washed clothes, and generally took care of the child. Steven guessed while the kid was still a baby he would hold it and try to make it feel better, but what if he couldn't? What if his own child didn't like him? Was that what is was like for his father? Is that why he could never really be alone with Steven without some terrible shit happening? All of these questions ran through his mind as he watched Jangles chase after birds in their yard. Then his thoughts shifted over to Jackie. Now that he had come around to the idea of having a baby she seemed more relaxed and got excited over the littlest things. She had written a letter to her father that was still in prison, telling him that she was pregnant and that she was still with me, even though her dad hated me. Something about how I was corrupting his little girl and she had no business fooling around with a common criminal. Well now look at our situations.

He reached in his pocket pulling out his pack of cigarettes and a lighter. When he stuck it in his mouth getting ready to light it; he stopped. This couldn't possibly be healthy for a baby especially while it was unborn. Steven figured that he had to quit before he was born, but for now one cigarette couldn't hurt a baby that wasn't within 10 miles of him.

XXX

Hyde sat on the couch trying to pay attention to the television but couldn't. Jackie was distracting him, sure what she was doing wasn't for his benefit but he couldn't help but watch, how could he not? Here she was in the middle of the living room wearing just one of those sports bra things and leggings that perfectly hugged her ass and hips, and she expected him not to watch. Earlier that week she read something about how doing yoga throughout her pregnancy would help with an easier labor because it strengthened the muscles and helped with flexibility so it wouldn't hurt so much when the baby was coming out or something like that. Jackie had explained it to him that evening before she started but he hadn't really been paying attention. He was more interested in looking at her boobs that looked very nice without a shirt over them and the little bump that started to form on her lower belly.

"Okay, i'm all finished ." Jackie said popping up from the floor and rolling up her yoga mat. He hoped she would do this everyday after he got home from work it was the perfect ending to a long day at work other than having her actually naked and under him.

"Next week I have a doctors appointment." she said sitting across from him on the couch. "That's cool" Steven replied still dazed from watching her do yoga. He always thought it was for hippies and stoners out in California but now it was the only thing he wanted to watch Jackie do. God, now he felt like Fez.

"And guess what?" she paused clapping a little bit, "We can find out the gender!" Jackie finished suddenly in his lap and wrapping her arms around his neck hugging him to her. She pulled away from looking him in the eyes, she gasped, "Oh my God, we can start picking their name, and we can stop referring to the baby as just baby or baby Hyde, we can start calling it by its name!" she said practically beside herself with excitement. "Steven do you want to have a boy or a girl?" she asked, curiosity had always been one of her best and worst qualities. "Wait you're coming to the doctor with me right?"

"Yes Jacks I told you I don't even have to go to work on saturday." he said

"Oh that's great because I was thinking that maybe afterwards we can go to BuyBuyBaby and get some things for the baby since we will know if it's a boy or a girl." Jackie said excitedly. But then she looked over at Steven who didn't look too fond of going shopping no matter who it was for. "But if you really don't want to go then I can just ask Brooke or I can go by myself." She added quickly knowing he was still a little wary of having a baby.

"No, no. it's okay, I'll go with you, but this better not turn into an all day event." he conceded. At first he was going to say no, that was until he saw the look in her eyes as she told him he didn't have to go. Sure he didn't have to but he knew it would put an unnecessary strain on their relationship and despite seeming Zen and aloof, he was already so in love with his unborn baby. Steven already felt the intense urge to protect the baby and it wasn't out into the world yet. So he decided he could survive a couple days of shopping for the little human if it meant his mom was happy and they would be ready for the baby when it came.

Weeks 16-17

The nose, lips and taste buds are formed. The head is covered by a fine, soft hair called lanugo. Length: about 5 inches; weight: about 2 ounces. Fetus fact: Starting now, female fetuses show mouth movements much more often than males. Your womb is now starting to grow up and out of your pelvis, so you may have a neat and noticeable bump below your belly button. Now that you're becoming visibly pregnant, you may also find yourself a topic of discussion.

Your milk glands may already be kicking into production. You may sometimes notice what looks like water sitting on the tips of your nipples, or nipple-level wet spots on your sheets when you wake up in the morning. If you need to, put breast pads inside your bra.

Your body is practicing making colostrum, a protein-rich fluid that is great for newborns. You may begin to feel Braxton-Hicks contractions, which get your uterus in shape to give birth. These "practice" contractions feel like a tightening in your uterus or abdominal area. You may get them more frequently after exercise. If you have regular contractions (more than four an hour), uncomfortable pelvic pressure, or discharge lots of fluid or mucus, contact your care bellies don't reveal a pregnancy until the second trimester. Until then, the uterus is usually hidden behind the pubic bone. "When women look like they are showing earlier, it is often due to the bloating that accompanies early pregnancy," Thoppil says. You may also show earlier if you have been pregnant before or your ab muscles are lax. Interesting facts to know as your baby bump grows. When you're pregnant, the payoffs for developing strong abdominal and pelvic-floor muscles are plentiful. Strengthen your abs and pelvic floor now for an easier delivery and a lower risk of incontinence later.

"Steven do you want a boy or a girl?" Jackie asked while she sat in the car, on their way to the doctor. Today they would try to find out the sex of the baby. Sometimes they had heard from , that the baby was shy and you wouldn't be able to see for another week or so. Jackie was too impatient and hoped the baby would cooperate with them. All she wanted was to start picking out the baby's name and buying them clothes and decorate their nursery. She wanted to be able to tell everyone the gender at the baby shower Donna, Brooke, and Kitty were throwing for her. She didn't mean to find out but leave it to Fez to let the cat out of the bag. One night she received a call from Fez asking her what she wanted as a present for the baby shower. Confused she pried for details before he finally let out that their friends were throwing her a shower and that he wasn't supposed to tell as it was a surprise.

"Um, I don't know, I guess a boy but I don't mind either way, a baby is a baby, but I like you so, I wouldn't mind a girl either." he finished looking over at her from the driver's seat. "Steven somehow I don't think being with me and having a baby girl is the same thing." she finished as they pulled into the parking lot of the doctors office.

Jackie jumped out of the car nearly forgetting to close the door as she practically skipped to the front door. Hyde walked behind her watching her joy as he went to the front desk to check them in and grab the papers she needed to fill out before they saw the doctor.

It seemed like Jackie had waited an eternity for the nurse to call her name but in reality it had only been 10 minutes. When she heard her name being called she almost pulled Steven's arm out the socket trying to get him out of the waiting room fast. Jackie quickly changed out her clothes and into the hospital gown they gave her. She didn't even complain about how ugly it was, she just hopped onto the exam table, grinning like a loon and kicking her short little legs back and forth while they waited for the doctor to come back.

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Jackie looked down at the pictures the doctor gave her after the ultrasound. She still couldn't believe that it was their baby growing in there. She looked at her stomach lifting her shirt so that she could get the full view. She wasn't that big, you couldn't see it if she wore one of Steven's shirt and could only feel it if you were pressed against her other than her body starting to fill out a little more, no one could tell that Jackie was pregnant just by looking at her.

"I think we should start putting this stuff away." Hyde spoke up from behind her as he entered the room that would soon house his unborn son. He looked at the stuff that had already been set up. Two weeks before when they went to visit Kitty and Red and tell them their news. The pair stopped by Jackie's old house and brought back most of her old baby furniture. It was all in great condition but some of it she just didn't like. They grabbed her crib, changing table, dresser, toy bin, and a few other things she thought would be nice of him to have.

Jackie looked up at him as he grabbed one of their numerous bags from the baby superstore. Most of it were clothes but there were blankets, bottles, hats. Socks, and some stuffed animals. She had bought some pacifiers and some bedding for the crib as well. Afterwards they stopped by the hardware store to pick up paint. She finally decided on the colours she wanted after finding out the gender. She was going to keep most of the room white but paint one wall pale yellow and the rest of the room would have gray trim running around the room.

Hyde began putting the already neatly folded clothes into the drawers of the dresser. When he ran out of room he grabbed one of the bins that lay in the closet and put the rest of the diapers, blankets and the like in there. Jackie sat in one of the chairs they kept in there and grabbed one of the books that lay on the little table that sat beside it and opened it up. 1,000 baby names for little bundle of joy. The title read. "Steven do you think we should start looking at names for the baby?" she asked hoping her would say yes. Jackie had already thought of a few but wasn't really sold on any she wondered if Steven had thought of any and just hadn't told her.

"Yeah that's cool, we can do that later." he answered looking at her over his shoulder. He didn't really care what they called him as long as it wasn't Steven or Bud. he didn't want the baby to be named after him. He would be the last Steven J. Hyde and would make sure his kid didn't try to name their kid after him. God, he was already thinking about when his kid would be having kids. "What if we just called him Kid?" he said jokingly walking over to Jackie and sitting on the ottoman that sat in front of the chair. Steven scoot back a little situating himself between her legs and lay back on her stomach. Jackie put her hands in his hair and began carding her fingers through it. "Isn't that a baby goat?" she asked laughing "and thanks for putting all the stuff away. I would have never done it."

"I know" he says pretending to be annoyed "you're just so lazy." Steven moved his head back a bit so he could look up at her and smiled at her annoyed expression. He got up from the spot and held his hands out to her. "Let's go look in the book and see what names we like best." Hyde pulled her up and lead her into their room and sat down on the bed patting the spot next to him. Jackie sat down and snuggled into his side, reaching for the remote turning on the tv mostly for background noise.

She cracked open the book "Alright how about Adam?"

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They had been sitting on the bed for 3 hours and still hadn't seen a name they both liked. Hyde sat on the bed growing more and more frustrated by the second, he had no idea picking out a name for a baby would be this hard. Even Jangles had become bored and fell asleep on the end of their bed. He held the book in his hands while Jackie held a pen and notebook in her hands writing down the names they liked. They switched jobs because Steven's handwriting looked like chicken scratch and she complained about how she couldn't read it.

"What about Liam?" he said even though he knew Jackie would not like it, he didn't either really but at this point he didn't care anymore as long as the baby wasn't named asshole or fuck up then he would be fine. "No, I don't really like that one." she said shaking her head. So far they had 3 names written down. Mason, Alexander, and Harper. Jackie liked Harper the best but couldn't find a middle name that fit well with it but Steven liked Mason the best because he said it sounded the most badass out of the three of them.

"Jacks I give up, how about we just call him baby Hyde like everyone else has been doing and call it a day?" he said only half joking. Right now anything sounded better than Liam or Adam. Jackie smiled and looked over at him resting her head against his shoulder cuddling into his side and putting the book down in her lap. "That could work but what are we gonna call him when he is no longer a baby?" she asked wanting to know how far he had thought this out. "Then we will call him Young Hyde and then move through the stages of his life until we get to Middle Aged Hyde." Jackie laughed again. She glanced over at the clock on his night stand. 12:15 it read.

"Maybe we should be getting to bed. We can think about this more tomorrow, besides we have 5 whole months to decide before he gets here." she said softly already turning off the lamp sitting on her nightstand. Jackie pulled the blanket up over them as she turned over on her side and pressed her back into his chest. Steven sighed turning off the other light and getting comfortable behind her. He lay his head down behind hers on the pillow they shared. Sometimes they would start off on separate ends of the bed but every morning he woke up to a pile of raven coloured hair on his pillow and her perky nose rubbing against his or just mere centimeters away from his. As he started to drift off to the sounds of traffic and her slow even breathing, Steven placed his hand on her stomach slightly rubbing up and down before slipping under her shirt. He went to sleep with his hand resting there and it stayed until Jackie stirred awake the next morning.

A father cradling his child.

Weeks 18-19

Fat is being deposited throughout the body. Teeth have started to form. The fetus begins to hear sounds in your body (such as your heart beating) and may even startle at loud noises. Length: about 8 inches; weight: 6 ounces. There's still plenty of room in your uterus, so your fetus can be quite active with her new muscles. She may change positions frequently, cross her legs, recline, suck her thumb, and turn somersaults. Her retinas have become light sensitive, and your baby may be able to detect a glow if you shine bright lights at your belly (even though her eyelids are sealed). During this week, and the next few weeks, you may feel your baby's first movements—a fluttery sensation in your pelvis. Called "quickening", many cultures believe that this is when life begins. You may have aches and pains in your legs, tailbone, and other muscles. If you have certain pregnancy complications or limitations or if you just want to play the pregnancy card! You might need to cross these household tasks off your to-do list and either delegate them to someone else or hire some help.

"Since you guys know that the baby is a boy, have you picked out a name?" Kitty asked as she handed Jackie more food. Everyone was sitting around in the Forman's living room for the baby shower. Steven didn't really want to be there but he figured he should for Jackie plus he told Eric, Kelso, and Fez they had to go if he had to go. Steven sat next to Jackie with his arm around her shoulders as she ate more of cooking.

At first everything was going well for Jackie, she was getting attention, presents, and everyone commented on how beautiful she looked, pretty much everything she liked. But towards the end she wanted to take a nap and cuddle up next to Steven. She knew that she couldn't though because her friends had went through a lot of trouble to get everyone in the same place at the same time.

"We started looking at some last week but, we couldn't decide on any." Jackie answered "Yeah and I hate everything i've heard so far." Steven chimed in. "Hyde hates everything so I don't think you should let him pick the name Jackie." Eric said standing up and heading over to Donna. "Nuh, uh." Michael interrupted, "That's not true you guys could name the little guy Hittin' it or Pizza, or Led Zeppelin." he said as he dove back into his cake with a goofy smile. "Or, or you could name the baby doing it! Since we all know Hyde loves doing that." he piped up again much to Kitty's dismay.

"Kelso, would you just shut up." Steven barked smacking him in the back of the head. "We aren't naming the baby hittin' it or whatever other dumbass names you come up with."

"I like Harper, but Steven said it sounds like a girls name." Jackie said. "It does sound like a girl and that would be fine, but he is not a girl." he said getting up and taking Jackie's empty plate in the kitchen.

"So Steven, do you really hate every name or are you just trying to put all this off until the last minute." Red asked from his place at the kitchen table. Hyde turned to look at the older man. Not sure what he should say as he made his way over to the kitchen table. He thought it over, sure he wasn't necessarily ready to be a father but he was coming around to the idea of a little one hanging around with him until he went to school. It wouldn't be so bad he would get home from work, play around with him a little bit, give 'em a bath, and put him to bed. And do all that other random shit you had to when you become a dad. Maybe he wasn't exactly ready but then again no one ever really is, he just had to suck it up and be there for Jackie and their kid, because he didn't want to be an absent father like his deadbeat dad was. "Well first I really do hate every name, like I hate everything else, and no I am not trying to put everything off until the last minute."

"Son, what exactly have you done to prepare for this baby?" Red asked a little smirk on his face.

"Let's see, we went to Jackie's old house and got all that sentimental crap she wanted like her crib and dresser, then we went to some overpriced baby store and bought a bunch of clothes and some other stuff. Oh and uh I painted his room, it's yellow." he looked down at his hands that were currently messing around with the watch on his left wrist.

"And what about all that smoking son?" Red asked another question this time setting down his newspaper to look Steven in the eyes.

"I uh...well...it's uh…" he stuttered not exactly sure why he couldn't tell Red that he hadn't stopped smoking entirely but he had made some progress by cutting back and not smoking when Jackie was home.

"Don't you know how bad smoking is for pregnant women and babies?" Red asked incredulously "You could literally kill that little kid before he even has a chance at being alive."

"I stopped smoking when Jackie was home because I know it's bad for her but I don't think I can just quit cold turkey." Steven said shaking his head. He knew it wasn't good for the baby but he didn't think he could quit smoking, getting high, and drinking beer all at the same time.

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Jackie looked at Steven as he walked around what would be the baby's room. They still hadn't settled on a name but had started calling him Peanut. At the moment Steven was putting together the rocking chair that would sit in the corner of his room. "Steven is it weird that I find you doing things for the baby hot?" Jackie asked unable to stop herself. Every time she saw him putting something together or getting her food to satisfy whatever craving she had, Jackie wanted to jump his bones, and a few times she had.

Hyde turned around smirking at her, wiping a bit of sweat off his forehead. "Look, babydoll, i've always been a fox, your weird hormones are just now making you realize it." Jackie smiled at him making her way over to him. Steven pulled his shirt over his head, tossing the discarded clothing in the hallway. "The rocking chair's finished." he said leading her over to it. He sat down then pulled her into his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck starting to rock the chair, testing it out. "I've always thought you were foxy," Jackie quipped "But I think you're even sexier now that you're gonna be someone's daddy."

"I've already got a tiny woman calling me that." he laughed kissing her cheek at the scolding look she gave him.

"You know what? I think you would be even more of a fox if you got me some waffle fries from Fatso Burger." she gave him that million dollar smile hoping he would do it even though it was nearing 10:00 p.m.

"Hey Jacks, you know something? You're real cute so no one has ever told you no," he said standing up to grab his discarded t-shirt. Jackie cocked her eyebrow thinking he was going to tell her no. she didn't know what she was going to do but it probably included kicking him in the shins. She put her hands on her hips looking up at him narrowing her eyes. "Oh yeah?" she challenged.

"Yeah? And because you are a scary little midget when you are angry and hungry i'm not going to tell you no either." Steven laughed at her surprised face. Whenever they were together Jackie was always prepared for a fight, it was cute and infuriating all at the same time. He walked into their hall closet and pulled out his shoes, grabbing his keys and wallet from the table. He walked outside locking the door behind him and hopped in his truck. Steven pulled out of the driveway and headed towards the nearest Fatso Burger. He turned the radio on but turned it down to where he could barely hear it. He thought about Jackie, his baby, and what Red had said to him about doing right by her. He had been thinking about it all week. He knew Jackie had always wanted to get married and have kids and do all that other crap and now that they were having a kid he thought that she would want to get married. But to his surprise she had only mentioned it once when they were lazing around in bed together and were talking about whatever popped into their heads.

It surprised him that she hadn't been jumping down his throat to marry her. He wondered what happened to make her change her mind. He wondered why he was even thinking about this. He was supposed to be happy that she wasn't pressuring him into doing something he wasn't ready for. But damn it, after Red grilled him for not "doing right by Jackie" made him think more and more about them being together and being a family or whatever once the baby came.

Steven was so lost in thought that he hadn't realized he had been sitting at a red light for a while until there were three cars honking behind him. He pulled into the drive-thru of Fatso Burger and gave the employee the order. As Steven waited he realized that maybe he should marry Jackie, he still had the ring he was going to give her when she went away to Chicago. She had never seen it before so she wouldn't know that he had it for all this time. Finally his food was handed through the dirty window, he couldn't for the life of him understand why Jackie wanted to eat this. For the longest time she wouldn't eat from fast food places. She just now started to like eating this. That kid really was his baby.

Weeks 20-21

Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long.

Your baby has begun her main project for the rest of your pregnancy: putting on weight. She regularly drinks amniotic fluid for hydration and nutrition, urinates in the fluid and breathes in and out (fortunately, the fluid pool refreshes itself every three hours). Her eyebrows and eyelids are fully developed. Taste buds are forming on her tongue. Her eyelids are still sealed, but her eyes are active.

Some women report feeling better and more energized at this stage of pregnancy than they have at any point in their life. We hope you're one of them!

To safely build up your endurance for labor and for taking care of your baby later, take long walks outside or on a treadmill, ride a stationary bike or use an elliptical trainer.

To keep your uterus and pelvic-floor muscles toned, do Kegel exercises and have orgasms! If your doctor has told you to avoid sex because you're at risk for preterm labor, ask what he means by "sex" and which acts may be off-limits.

If you do want to have sex, embrace the ubiquitous three-word Nike slogan. As long as your pregnancy is progressing normally, you can have sex as often as you like (some exceptions may include a history of miscarriage or preterm labor). Be aware that it's pretty common for some women to experience bleeding during intercourse, especially in the first trimester. This is caused by the normal swelling of capillaries in the cervix, which can burst when irritated during sex. While such spotting or bleeding is generally nothing to worry about, you should still mention it to your doctor or midwife. If fears about 'doing it' are stressing you out, here's what you need to know.

The benefits of moving more during pregnancy begin immediately and last your whole life. Your baby will start reaping the benefits in utero, too.

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It was sunday, Jackie's favourite day because neither she or Steven had to work and they did whatever came to mind. Right now they were sleeping. But not in bed but in their brand new recliner. They had to replace the old one because jangles ripped it up and slobbered all over the old one. So here they were a week later in their new and improved X-Large Lay-Z-Boy. They took up their usual position when they sat together. Steven in his chair and her in his lap, this time they were just a little cozier. He sat in the chair and Jackie sat between his legs curled up into his chest. Her hands wrapped around one of his arms, snuggling into him further. She had brought one of their huge fluffy blankets from the closet and spread it on her lap as she cuddled into him. Steven wrapped one of his arms around her and rested his hand on her bump. Thay had been resting like that for an hour or so, even Jangles and Marley were sleeping. Or as much sleeping as a fish could do.

Jackie started to stir, needing to move around a little, her hair brushing against his nose. The movement caused Steven to sneeze, jerking her awake. Hyde put his hand on her head laying it back down on his chest "come on doll" he whispered kissing the top of her head and stroking her hair out of his face. She settled back into his lap but not quite sleeping yet. Jackie took in the smell of cologne and all the other scents that reminded her of him. 1879 Sweet Tobacco and Whiskey. She thought it described him perfectly it smelled just like the title said it would but it also reminded her of the way the earth smelled after a thunderstorm. It made her feel safe and wanted. Out of all the guys she dated, only Steven made her feel this way. She hoped their baby would feel this way about him too.

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"Steven" Jackie whined following him around Grooves while he was closing up shop. She always got off from work before him and even though the store was open from 9-9 on most days unless there was an event going, he still stayed behind a bit to clean up and make sure everything was in its place. He may not have wanted anyone else to think he cared about anything but he did. Hyde turned around to face her putting down the records he held. "What is now?" he asked exasperated. "Steven, we still haven't decided on a name for pumpkin." she said coming up to him and taking his hand placing it on her belly. "And I think we should have some names we like before he is born so that we can stop referring to him as kid, baby Hyde, or spawn of Satan like Eric likes to call him." Jackie smiled up at him. "Fine but if we don't find one by the end of this week, you are going to figure it out on your own." she clapped her hands, bouncing on the balls of her feet a little. "Oh, good now I can name the baby Sebastian!" she smiled her eyes shining brightly thinking she had finally gotten her way.

"Jackie, for the last time no child of mine will be named Sebastian, c'mon Sebastian Hyde? That is the name of some nerd like Eric getting his ass beat everyday by some girl for the rest of his life. And I don't think you want our baby to end up like Eric." Steven finished. He turned around picking his jacket off the back of his office chair. Hyde hated that name, he didn't really know why but the first time he heard her say it, Hyde hated it. Something about it sounded weird and off putting. But Jackie being Jackie said it sounds perfect. It sounded smart, sophisticated, and rich she had said. "Well if you wanted all those things maybe you and I should not be having kids together let alone be together in general." he grumbled when he heard her say that.

"Okay but if you want any say in picking his name you have to actually help and not just grumble and brood every time I ask you to help." she said putting her hands on her hips.

"Fine but don't be surprised when I pick the dumbest name out there."

"I don't care, I just want you to be there." she said softly taking his hand and leading him out the door.

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"Milan"

"No, too stuck up."

"Avery"

"Nope that one reminds me of a bird and I don't like birds." steven sighed tossing Jangles tennis ball in the air as they lay on their bed.

"Birds? How does that remind you of birds?" Jackie asked looking up from the book and crossing the name off the huge list of names she wrote down.

"Well Avery sounds like aviary and aviary's house birds and planes neither of which I like." he finished "Next" he called out.

"Shut up, okay um let's see Quinn."

"Nah"

"Rebel"

"Yeah I like that one." Hyde smiled up at her

"I knew you would, too bad I think it's tacky." she said crossing that one off the list too.
"Benjamin"

Steven didn't say anything so she said it again thinking maybe he hadn't heard her. "Oh no I heard you, but i'm just thinking what middle name would go with that."

"Oh my gosh! Steven, you like an actually good name." Jackie exclaimed. "And because I loved that name so much I thought of some middle names that would sound good with it."

"Kay, lay 'em on me." he said putting his hand on her stomach. Jackie kept her hand on her belly to gauge the babies reaction as they said the names out loud. At a few of the names he felt him move around a bit, but for most of the other ones he stayed still.

"What if we used your middle name?" she asked knowing that Steven was adamant about them not naming the baby after him. For some reason Steven did not want the baby or anyone else named after him, maybe it was because Bud's name was actually also Steven and he wasn't up for naming babies after a person he hated. "Look honey, I know that you didn't want the baby to be named Steven too but what if we just used Jameson its cute." she smile trying to make him see her way.

"Jacks, the only name this kid will be getting from me is my last name." as he said that he thought of when he was going to propose to her, someday she would have his last name too. He knew that she always wanted to get married and when she first brought it up he would run away from her and dodge all her questions, but know even though he still wasn't 100% sold on the idea of marriage, he knew he wanted her and besides they were having a kid and he didn't want to the kid to be born a bastard. Hell even his parents were married and his family was one of the most fucked up in Wisconsin.

"Steven" Jackie looked down at him with a slight frown on her face. "Would you please stop referring to Benjamin as that kid, he isn't a goat, he is a baby, your baby." Jackie hated when he called their baby "kid". Ben wasn't just some random child they found on the street, he was physical evidence of their love, or whatever nonsense Jackie had said about him.

"So have we decided on Ben?" Steven asked ignoring her little rant because he learned it was better to let her say what she wanted and be upset about it for a little than to argue with her and cause a full blown fight, which had happened a few times before he got smart.

"Yeah I think so and it seems as if he likes it too." she said placing his hand back on her belly so he could feel the soft swish of him moving around inside of her.

Jackie said she could feel him kicking but not anything too intense just little kicks like he was trying to say hello to her, but whenever Steven put his hand up to her he only ever felt the movement of fluid sloshing around in there.

Hyde lifted her shirt a bit peeking at her swollen stomach, running his fingers over the smooth skin there. He noticed her belly button had popped out too. He started at it for a moment trying to imagine what Ben would look like. Steven broke out of trance when he felt Jackie run her fingers through his hair, and with that he bent down and pressed a small kiss to the side of her belly.

Weeks 22-23

The brain has entered a phase of extremely rapid growth. Length: about 11 inches; weight: just under 1 pound.

She is entering her fifth month of existence. Her fingernails are almost fully grown, and her organ systems are becoming more functional and specialized. She has a distinct pair of lips, and her first canines and molars are developing below her gum line. She looks like a miniature newborn. Blood is traveling through the umbilical cord at four miles an hour, fueling her growth with oxygen and nutrients.

Jackie had been up for almost an hour now walking around and using the bathroom because Ben would not give her any rest. every time she walked around enough to lull the baby back into resting and she could finally lay back down, he would start kicking her in the ribs again. "Steven" she angrily whispered, it was his child that was keeping her awake after all. It was just like him to keep her up all night and not care what happened the next morning. "Steven" she said again this time in a normal voice. If she had to be up so did he because it was his fault she was like this anyway. "STEVEN" Jackie yelled this time, hitting him on the chest to wake him up.

"What, what's wrong ?" he asked groggily sitting up and rubbing the spot where she hit him. "Will you please talk to Ben again, I can't sleep because he is awake." Jackie begged him. After reading that the baby can hear them she talked to him all the time and made Steven do it to sometimes. They had quickly learned that Ben would calm down if he heard Steven and would press against the side of her belly he was on almost like he was trying to hear every word Hyde was saying. It was really kinda cute.

Steven sat up further into bed grabbing her hand and guiding her over to his side so she could sit next to him. He rubbed his eyes before grabbing the book she kept on their dresser. Winnie-The-Pooh. He normally wasn't one to read children's books but this book had been Jackie's she was little and she had begged him to read something to the baby last week when he first started kicking her a lot at night. So he kept on the dresser just in case there were times like these.

"I say it's a splendid day in the neighbourhood! said owl" Steven started. He really couldn't believe this kid was already making him so things he never saw himself doing and he wasn't even born yet. Maybe it was that he was sleepy and didn't really care what he had to do to make Jackie go back to sleep so he could sleep too, or maybe it was that he was next to his favourite chick in the world and she was carrying his baby and that made him a little softer towards them. He didn't know but soon enough he was reading page after page to Ben, his head near her belly so Ben could hear every word, one hand holding the book and the other wrapped around Jackie's back so he could feel , when the baby pressed his foot against him.

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"Oh my god!" Jackie exclaimed "I just thought of a great middle name for Ben." she said rubbing her stomach. She thought that maybe the baby already knew his name because whenever someone said it, he would kick her in the ribs.

"Well?" Steven said driving them to the birthing classes he didn't really understand why they had to attend a class on how to give birth, he thought the body just knew what to do. What did people do before classes for this had been invented? They just had a baby, but then again had made them sign up for it because it would "help you two bond over the baby before he even came and would make labor all the more easy!" well at least that's what Kitty seemed to think.

"Oh yeah!, his middle name could be Jackson!" she said excitedly. "Benjamin Jackson, doesn't that sound adorable?" she asked him looking over at him with a brilliant smile. "I mean I guess it sounds okay but it's boring and it makes him sound like a politician and I hate politicians." Steven finished pulling into the hospital parking lot.

"Puddin' pop I know you hate politicians, the government, police, and 'the man', whoever the hell that may be, but I think it sounds cute plus it goes really well with Hyde" "Everything goes really well with Hyde so let's not use that as our measuring stick." Steven deadpanned. Jackie frowned at him sticking out her bottom lip and looking up at him from beneath her lashes. "Fine if you like Jackson go ahead but if we name him that you gotta spell it with an x, it's more badass that way."

Jackie cocked her head to the side confused as to where this x would be. "You mean like at the end, Steven that doesn't make any sense."

"No, kettlehead, I meant in place of the ck, put an x so it would be spelled j-a-x-s-o-n."

"Oh, I understand now. I guess that could work, but if he ever ask why his name is spelled in a dumbass way, i'm gonna tell him it was all your doing."

"On the contrary, he will be thanking me that he now has a badass nickname instead of just Ben." he smirked at her as they got out the car. As they made their way towards the entrance jackie grabbed Steven's hand. "Thanks for coming with me I know you really don't want to go."

"Eh, whatever" he said shrugging his shoulders. As they came to the hospital he began reading the signs to find out where they were supposed to be. "There it is." Steven said pulling her towards the door. When they walked in the saw about 4 other couples and Steven instantly hated it. They were too happy and smiling for his taste. They were all talking which meant they would want to talk to him too, and talking was not his thing. Hell he even avoided talking to Jackie when he didn't have to and she was the reason he was here.

Just his luck the instructor walked in right before another couple approached them and started talking to him and Jackie.

"Hello everyone, i'm Emma and i'm a certified midwife and birthing instructor, so to start how about we go around the room introducing ourselves before class begins. I'll start, as i said before i'm Emma Austen, I have 5 kids, a wonderful husband, and I have been teaching this class for the last 10 years. Now that I have gone how about we start with you" she said pointing next to them at an older looking couple.

Steven didn't really pay attention to what they had to say, he didn't even catch their names. He really didn't want to be there and hoped Jackie would talk for him, besides this was her thing she talked and sat in the background drinking beer. Damn it was their turn. Thankfully Jackie spoke up before he had to. "I'm Jackie, and this is my boyfriend Steven. I'm 25 and I work for the local news station doing the weather and afternoon news report, and Steven owns a record store. Oh! And our baby is a boy and his name is Ben." she finished smiling at everyone.

Boyfriend. He had been thinking about them a lot lately, he couldn't help it, he planned to propose to Jackie but he didn't know when, were, or how. But he knew he had to do it soon because he knew Jackie had always wanted to get married before she had a baby, it was strange to him that she hadn't brought it up much since he found out they were expecting.

Steven was so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't heard any of the other introductions or the instructions that Emma gave out. The only thing that broke him was Jackie stabbing him in the ribs with her long nails. "Steven, pay attention." she hissed at him. He looked around at the other couples and copied them. A minute later he was sitting behind Jackie with her between his legs, while he was trying, and failing, to coach her through breathing.

Why did he have to do this? Would she suddenly forget how to breathe during labor and die? He didn't think so. I can't wait to get out of this class, I didn't even go to most of mine when I was in high school. He thought.

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"Steven it's not that hard, just get on top of me and in a few short seconds, Bam, we're doing it." Jackie said trying to pull him down on top of her but he wouldn't budge. They were both naked as the day they were born, but Steven was pulled away from her, standing at the edge of the bed. The past week had been great, Jackie didn't have any mood swings, and they had sex all the time. Rarely since they moved in together had love making been so consistent and constantly passionate. Sometimes they went at it for hours. But as time went on her stomach had only gotten bigger, and become a bigger problem. At first she wasn't very big at all so it was easy for them to do missionary but now he just couldn't.

"No Jackie, i'm not gonna crush the baby, besides didn't you tell me that hurt yesterday?" he asked. "Yeah but only at the end" she answered still trying to pull him on her. "Look baby, i'm not gonna lay on top of you, i'm pretty sure that Ben will come out with a lopsided head or something and i'm not gonna have you blaming me for that." he said getting off the bed and coming around towards the foot of the bed. He reached forwards a grabbed Jackie by the ankle and sliding her down the bed towards him. When he got her close enough he grabbed her by the waist. Jackie wrapped her legs around him her hands sliding down to clutch his forearms. Steven released one hand from her grip and lined himself up with her entrance and pushed into her in one fluid motion. "Oh Steven" Jackie let out a breathy moan arching her back into him as he bent down over her careful not to rest his weight on her. He leaned over connecting their lips running his tongue over her bottom lip then pulling away a bit. "See this way i can still be on top." he said. He buried his face in her neck biting the skin there and running his hands up and down her sides.

Weeks 24-26

The fetus develops waking/sleeping patterns. Real hair (not lanugo) begins to grow on the head. Length: about 12 inches; weight: 1 ¼ pounds. Fetus fact: If born now, your baby would have about a 50 percent chance of surviving.

Your baby's skin becomes less translucent as pigment is deposited, and it looks wrinkly because her body is making her skin more quickly than it makes the fat to pad underneath it. Your baby's unique hand- and footprints are forming. You may feel jumps as she has bouts of hiccups. In fact, it may seem like the baby is in perpetual motion.

Your uterus is about 1 1/2 to 2 inches above your belly button, and your bump is definitely apparent and hard to disguise!

You may be suffering from heartburn, muscle aches, sore feet, fatigue, and dizziness. Call your care provider if you feel dizzy often or if you faint; it may be a sign of anemia. Dizziness if often caused by low blood sugar or by standing up too fast. Rise slowly, and eat regularly.

Steven looked over at Jackie's sleeping form. She passed out on the couch after coming home from work. She claimed she wasn't tired every time, he would ask her but she wouldn't even open her eyes to answer him. Tomorrow was her birthday and he had gotten her a present but he also planned to propose to her later that day. Donna, Eric, and Fez were coming over to celebrate her birthday with them, but some of her co-workers were going to do something at work for her too. He really didn't know what he was going to do but he knew he was going to propose to her in the backyard after dinner and that it would be just the two of them. Hyde was never one for an audience when he did important things, so he figured this would be no different.

He knew that Jackie was into that sort of thing but, he also thought jackie wouldn't mind it being just them since most of their relationship consisted of just them. And now Ben. Steven looked over at Jangles, who was laying on the floor at Jackie's feet. The dog lifted it's head and trained his eyes on Steven. They were studying each other, despite both of them taking care of Jangles, he likes Jackie more than him. He didn't know what it was but when he was a puppy if she would sit in Steven's lap, Jangles would sit in front of them and bark until Jackie got up and then he would follow her around the house. Once before his 1st birthday Jackie had been taking a bath and forgot to close the door, forgetting how much the puppy loved taking baths and bubbles. And he came running into the bath and dove in with her.

A minute later a very wet and angry, soap covered Jackie came walking into the living room holding an equally wet but very happy puppy in her hands. She dropped him in Steven's lap, who then had to deal with rinsing him off and drying him off.

Hyde didn't really care for the animal either way, but had never been much of a dog person, or animal person to begin with. The only reason they still had the puppy was because Jackie begged him and cried to let them keep it. Also the humane society wouldn't let him take it back.

The more he thought about the dog, the more he thought he could use him when he asked her to marry him. Perhaps he could tie the ring around his collar and have him bring it to her. Steven looked back at Jackie, maybe he could ask her that way.

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"Look, isn't this adorable?!" Jackie asked Steven excitedly. Currently they were sitting in Ben's room putting away all the other things that he would need, or whatever else Jackie wanted. Somethings they didn't need to buy anymore of like blankets, toys, pacifiers, burp cloths, hats because Mrs. Forman gave them a bunch of it during the baby shower. Steven turned a bit looking over his shoulder at a canvas print Jackie was holding up it said "here comes the sun little darling" in big yellow letters over a sun rising above some mountains. He had to admit it was cute. Next she picked up a white letter B and sat it on the dresser. Steven didn't think the baby would care what his room looked like but also didn't want to argue with her if he didn't have to. Especially since tonight was the night he planned to propose to her. After giving it a lot of thought he finally decided on what to do for her.

After they came home from dinner he would bring her home and the fire pit in the backyard would be set up. He bought all the things to make s'mores since that had been her favourite food recently. It was kind of cold outside, but nothing they couldn't handle with a fire. When he would pass Jackie the bag of marshmallows the ring would be sitting on top and when she saw it he would get down on one knee and pop the question. Hyde wasn't really worried about her answer, he was worried about fucking it up and forgetting what to say. He didn't have a huge elaborate speech planned out, but he did have a few things to tell her. He also had no idea how soon they would get married, but he suspected it couldn't have been that bad it was basically permanent dating. It would be just like they had been doing just now it was legal and forever and stuff. Steven never saw himself as the type to get married and settle down, but now was as good a time as any since Ben was on the way. Besides after high school he always sort of knew that him and Jackie would be together even though they suffered some major bumps in the road. Now that he thought of their relationship, he hoped Ben wouldn't ask him about all the times him and Jackie broke up, especially not Sam. He wasn't proud of his first marriage considering, it wasn't real, and that he stayed with her knowing what it would do to Jackie.

He never talked about it. But he stayed with Sam because it was easy, she never expected anything of him so he could never disappoint her. One night after Sam split, he got high off his ass, he had been so high that he actually started making sense for once. Steven realised it wasn't all the expectations Jackie had of him, even though they were annoying, he was afraid of failing her and her not wanting him anymore. Jackie had always told him he was so much more than whatever his parents thought he would turn out to be, he was worthy of love, and that she would always be there. Sure there had been plenty of fights because they were never good with words when it came to each other, but the two could always show it. In the end Steven would find his way back to her even when he thought he lost his way forever.

Steven was only certain of a few things in his life, he was always dressed to jam, beer was his favourite drink next to cherry coke, and Jacqueline Burkhart was his girl.

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Donna and Eric made their way back to their apartment on the other side of town and Fez had gone back to the hotel he rented for the night. When they entered their home Steven was glad to see that Jangles went to sleep. This meant he didn't have to deal with an energetic dog who only wanted Jackie's attention while he was trying to ask her something important. "Okay Puddin' Pop i'm ready for my presents." Jackie laughed as she waltzed across to the couch waiting expectantly. "Okay do you want to one outside first of the one in the box first?" he asked pulling a box down from their fridge. He stuck it up there because he knew she wasn't tall enough to see the top of it.

"I think I want that one." she said pointing to the box he held in his hands. It wasn't wrapped but the box was her favourite shade of blue, the same colour as his eyes. Steven sat next to her pushing the package into her lap watching for her reaction. Jackie took the top off the box and pulled out the gift. She held up a navy blue ski sweater that had red fair isle print running across the top. She lifted it higher feeling the soft worn fabric. She could tell it was new but it also had been worn a few times. Jackie looked over at Steven "Whose sweatshirt is this?, it's already been worn." she asked folding it again in her lap. "It's yours, you always complain about how cold it is and how you don't have any sweatshirts so I bought you one, but I know that you are just going to wear mine, so I wore it a few times so it smells like me and it's stretched out so now it's gonna be really big on you."

She didn't respond at first just grabbing his face in her hands and connecting her mouth to his. She kissed him deeply hoping he could feel just how much Jackie loved him. Jackie pulled away after a moment wanting to thank him. "This is one of the sweetest things you have ever given me I love it." she cooed stroking his beard as she peppered kisses all over his face. "Check the tag" he said around her wandering mouth. Jackie pulled away searching for the tag. She pulled the tag out from the shirt lifting it up to read it. In his jerky boyish handwriting, she read For my Grasshopper.

"Oh Steven" she said again pulling his face towards hers again "I love it, I love you" she said pressing her lips to his. Hyde pulled back grinning at her, "I like you alright I guess." he said standing up from the couch, he held out his hands to help her off the couch. Even though Jackie was six months pregnant she was still tiny. Truthfully it looked like she stuck a beach ball under her shirt. "Come on, let's go outside." he said as he nudged her towards the door.

Once they were settled outside he handed her a bar of chocolate. "Thanks, I have really been craving chocolate a lot." jackie commented as she sat on the couch they had outside. "Well it's not just chocolate. We are making s'mores." Steven said as he dragged the fire pit towards the center of the deck. "That's my favourite food!" she exclaimed "Ugh I love you so much." she said looking over at him as he threw wood into the pit and started lighting it. "I love you too." he said quietly.

Finally the fire got going and Steven sat next to her on the couch with a box of graham crackers and a bowl of marshmallows. Thankfully Jackie didn't notice the glint of the ring in the marshmallows, she was too busy eating the chocolate he gave her even though he said to wait, it was a good thing he had more. "Okay graham crackers" Jackie demanded holding out her hand. Steven reached over and set the box in her hand. She pulled one out and broke it in two, setting it down in her lap. "Stick." he picked one of the ground, peeling off the tree bark so it wouldn't get in her food. "Chocolate." he picked up another bar and opened it handing her three squares. "Marshmallow" this was it he thought. Steven put the bowl in her hands watching for her reaction. Jackie reached her hand in the bowl pulling out a marshmallow, she stuck this one in her mouth, she went in again. He saw her hand skim over the ring brushing past it before registering that her hand touched something that wasn't soft. Her fingers wrapped around the ring and held it up in the air. "What's this?" she asked still examining it. "It's a ring." he said stupidly "yeah but why is it in here?" she said in her duh voice. "It's yours" he said again growing more nervous by the second. Suddenly every word he ever learned left his brain and he found he had almost nothing to say.

"No it's isn't" she said still looking at him. Steven scooted a little closer to her so that their knees were touching and took the ring from her hands. "Uh Jackie" he started but found he didn't know what else to say, so words just started spilling out his mouth. "I uh, I know I don't say it enough, but I uh, really do love you, and um, I care about you a whole lot." he stumbled over himself. "And uh, I just think that we should get married because we have a baby on the way, and um I love you." he finally finished, his face bright red, Jackie could see it even in the dark.

"Steven Hyde, are you proposing to me?" she asked still looking at him in shock. "Yeah" he answered still nervous. He kneeled in front of her and grabbed her hand holding the ring up with the other before looking at her mismatched eyes and asked her, "Jackie, will you marry me?"

Her whole life Jackie wanted to be married, at first it was because of all the things her mother instilled in her, to be married, rich, and pretty were the only things you needed in life. But when she first began dating Steven she knew she wanted to marry for love. But being rich would help. But now as he was kneeled in front of her she couldn't help but think back to when he said you only get married when your back was against a wall like when your girl was pregnant. Jackie thought of their current situation, Was his back against a wall? Maybe, but he had chosen to stay with her because he wanted Ben. Was she pregnant? Well duh. And of course she was in love with him, deeply and whole heartedly. And she knew Steven loved her back, but maybe he was only asking her to marry him because he felt it was the right thing to do, not because he actually wanted to.

"Steven, are you only asking me to marry you because i'm pregnant?" she asked swallowing, not really wanting to know the answer. "What?" he asked incredulously, that was not the answer he had been expecting from her. "I said-" she started again. "No, I heard you, I just, that was not the answer I had been expecting." he said looking down at the ground. His hand pulling away from hers, but she pulled his back gripping it tightly before speaking again. "Steven I love you so much, but I distinctly remember you saying you would only get married if you got someone pregnant, and here we are and i'm pregnant. Look of course I want to get married but I want you to ask me because you genuinely want to, not because you feel, like you have to 'do the right thing by me'. She finished.

"Jacks, I mean yeah, part of the reason I asked you was because you are pregnant, but that's not it, I thought about it and marriage wouldn't be that bad, it's basically forever dating, and you're the only girl I want, so I asked you to marry me." Steven said looking up at her again. He didn't know when this happened to him but he really did want her to say yes, of course he would be happy to date her forever and not be married but being married would be cool too. He didn't care what they were to each other, he just wanted to have her.

"Okay, well in that case, i'm going to say yes. I will marry you Steven. But if I remember correctly you also said dating was prostitution, but you don't always get what you paid for. " she said pulling him to his feet so she could kiss him. Steven pulled away after a moment slipping the ring onto her left hand. He watched as Jackie inspected it again. "What's wrong with it?" he asked after she didn't say anything for a minute, just continued staring at it. "Nothing, I love it, but I think it's a little too big." she laughed kissing him again.

"Hey Puddin' Pop?" she asked after she sat back on the couch with him, snuggled into his side as they roasted marshmallows and listened to the soft rock music he put on in the house. "Where did you get this from? It looks like an antique." She said looking at it some more. The band had a braided design around it instead of a solid band, it had smaller diamonds that sat in the middle of the four gold flowers, leading up to the blue topaz that was in the center.

He was just gonna tell her he had for the last 5 years but never gave it to her. "Well I had it since before you left for Chicago a few years ago." after she gave him the ultimatum he moped around in his room for far longer than he cared to admit. He knew he wasn't ready for marriage but he knew that he wanted Jackie, plus he figured they didn't need to get married right away they could figure somethings out first before they did all that. So the next day he went to Kenosha to an antique jewelry shop that specializes in engagement rings. He walked around the store a bit, looking for one that screamed Jackie, he knew she would want something big and flashy, but he didn't have enough money for that. But he also knew she appreciated the little things and he was proud to have taught her that. So when he happened upon the ring he knew she would love it. Instead of a big diamond it had a sizeable sapphire and had flowers surrounding it. Jackie loved flowers, she always had some in her room and it would stand out, Jackie would love that too. And another thing was it was vintage from the 1940's. For some reason Jackie loved old jewelry, she said it made her feel like she was there with the person who owned it before her, even though she claimed to not have liked used things.

So he bought it. But he had to get it resized, Steven knew she had really tiny hands so when he was searching through his room last night he found one of the rings she left in his room on the bathroom sink, she left a lot of things down there, but he had been lucky to find that one. So when he was on his way to Kenosha, he brought it with him for reference. Steven handed the ring over to the jewler and was told to come back in 3 days.

After 3 days he came back and picked it up, on his way he still had no idea how he was going to ask her, maybe he would do it on the water tower and hope he didn't fall off, or maybe he would do it in his room in the basement where they spent most of their alone time. The whole way home Steven thought of Jackie. When he made it back to the house he went into the basement making sure she wasn't there and walked into his room. It wouldn't be hard to hide as his room was messy, so he stashed in the middle drawer of his dresser under all the random crap he kept in there. Steven reemerged out of his room and went up to the kitchen where he saw . "Hey Steven, have you heard from Jackie?" she asked reaching into the cabinet. "Not since yesterday, why?" Kitty turned to look at him "Oh well um," she started wiping her hands on her apron reaching into her back pocket. "She asked me to give this to you." she finished, her hand extended towards him now with a note in it. It was folded in thirds and on the back it said Steven H. in her girlish cursive handwriting. "Thanks" he mumbled walking into the living room and sitting in Red's recliner as he opened the note. He started reading.

Dear Puddin' Pop,

I have decided that forcing you to marry me was not a good idea. I don't think either of us are ready for that. When you asked me why I couldn't just be happy with what we have instead of talking about the future all the time I realised that I was happy with us but I just wanted to know that I would be happy with you in the future as well. You are still the most important person in my life and I love you to the ends of the earth (even though you believe the world is flat) but you also helped me to realise that talking about the future wasn't going to mean anything if you didn't take the opportunities that are right in front of you. So I decided to take the job in Chicago, I hope you aren't mad at me for leaving but now we don't have to get married.

I love you.

-Jackie.

She left him. Jackie left him, she gave him exactly what he wanted and that was not to be married but now that he had it, Steven did not want it. He just wanted Jackie back. He thought about the ring he had in his room, and how he would never be able to give it to her now. He got up from the chair, shoving the note in his pocket trying to forget he ever read it. Steven went into the kitchen and got a beer before going to the basement and finding his stash. He turned on the TV, the only thing on was the price is right.

"So yeah after you left I just kept it." He finished. "Wait so you just had it all this time? Why didn't you just give it to Sam?" Jackie asked peering up at Steven. He sighed shifting away from her a little bit. "Did you want me to give it to Sam?" he muttered a little frustrated. "Well no, I just asked because I was gone so I just wondered why you didn't just give it to your wife." she said not really wanting to know the answer, Jackie didn't really know why she asked but before she could control it, it just came tumbling out of her mouth. "I didn't give it to her because, I bought it for you, because I was going to marry you before you left for Chicago." Steven finished standing up to walk back in the house. "Look Jacks I don't want to talk about this anymore."

"Steven, are you upset?" Jackie inquired. "I wasn't trying to make you upset," she said following him into the house with the bowl of marshmallows in hand. "I just wanted to know why you kept it for so long, but I knew the answer after I asked but it just sorta fell out my mouth." she responded. "So you're not mad at me right?" she said looking down at her shoes.

"Nah i'm not mad, it's just that I bought it for you so I was gonna give it to, and if I didnt , I was just gonna keep it." steven answered pulling off his boots and making his way to the couch, patting his lap so she would sit there. Jackie made his way over to him, "I'm sorry, okay I love you and I love the ring, let's just, let's just um watch tv and eat chocolate." she laughed kissing him on the cheek. "Or we do it" Steven suggested wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

Jackie looked at him for a second, biting her lip before looking down like his mouth. He started growing out his beard again and even though she would never admit it because she talked about how he looked like a poor lumberjack, Jackie loved the way it felt against her skin. Suddenly she hopped out of his lap and grabbed his hand leading him to their bedroom. "Okay, let's go!"

Weeks 27-29

Your baby weighs about two pounds and is about 14 to 15 inches long, about the size of a small pot your baby were born now, he would have an excellent chance (85 percent) of surviving. He still isn't fully formed and would probably not be able to breath by himself. He would need to stay in an incubator to keep his body temperature regulated, and he would have a weak liver and immune system. (Fact: Babies have more taste buds at birth than they will have later in life. Newborns can sniff out and tell the difference between their mother's milk and someone else's.)

The weight of your baby is putting pressure on your back, which can cause shooting pains (sciatica) in your lower back and legs. Lifting, bending, and walking can make the pain worse. Warm baths, ice packs, and changing positions may volume of your amniotic fluid is reduced by about half. With less cushioning blocking the view, you'll be able to see bony knees and elbows poking out of your stomach when the baby kicks and turns.

As you grow, you may start to see stretch marks on your breasts and abdomen. You may also have a hard time bending over and tying your shoes. Your heart rate may have increased, causing you to feel flush and look winded with less how foreign they can look on your body, stretch marks (or striae) are a normal part of pregnancy: Half of all moms-to-be can expect to find these rippled stripes on their skin.

You may be distressed to see the numbers on the scale creep (OK, jump) up: From here on out, you'll probably be gaining about 1 pound a week. This still only translates to about 300 extra calories a day, though.

"Steven, we have to baby proof the house, what if Ben sticks his finger in a outlet or something? What if he hits his head on a sharp corner? Oh my god my baby is going to be exposed to all sorts of dangers! What will happen if we aren't there to protect him? We have to homeschool him Steven! But what if he ends up like Eric? Then what are we gonna do?" Jackie worried "Oh no having a baby isn't going to be easy." she cried flopping down into Steven's lap while he sat at the kitchen table.

"Look Jackie, he will be fine, we aren't home schooling him and he won't turn out like Eric, I just hope he doesn't turn out to be 5'3 like you. That's the one thing Eric has going for him, he's tall." he said stroking her hair a bit.

"Steven i'm serious, in like 12 more weeks he is going to be here, like out here in the world, and then he is going to grow up and leave me all alone and i'm just gonna have you here being all grumpy and moody. Aw man we're going to be Kitty and Red in a few years!" she cried again. Jackie threw her arms around his neck again but her belly got in the way of her being pressed against him like she normally is.

"If you are going to be mad about me being grumpy then that's just too bad because i'm not changing so you're just going to have to get used to it." Jackie sat up looking at him disdainfully. "Steven I will not be sitting on the Forman's couch, being all fat while you watch TV and demand that I bring you beers!" she yelled stomping away towards the bedroom. "You have fun in there being angry!" he called after her.

"Oh you just shut up! Go write some angry letters to the government!"

"Don't think I won't !"

Jackie stood in front of the door, her hand on the door knob "well, I'm just gonna go take a nap, because i'm tired!" she huffed slamming the door behind her.

"Well, aren't you just a pleasant little daisy." he muttered when she closed the door going back to his newspaper.

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"So Donna what do you think?" Jackie asked as she pulled the cover off her canvas. "I think that i'm going to put it in the kitchen above the dining room table." she exclaimed, clapping her hands. "Don't you love it!" she asked

"Jackie I had no idea that you paint, when did you start and when did you get so good?" Donna asked "well in high school I took an art class and found that I had a natural talent, just like I do for everything else I try." Donna looked over at her, some things never changed, Jackie was still her snobby self, but she had mellowed out in the last few years.

Donna studied the painting, it was a very simple but clean painting, it was 3 potted plants sitting in the window while the sun was setting, and out through the window you could see two small figures laying on a blanket watching the sunset, while an even smaller figure ran after a dog. She figured it was probably her, Steven, Jangles, and Ben. Sometimes she wondered if she would know Jackie better had she not befriended Sam. Before she came they had made real progress, Donna started to see a side of her that she didn't think was there. Jackie actually had feelings and she cared deeply about each of their friends, she wasn't always a stuck up, spoiled brat. The first glimpse she got of this was Jackie paying for her engagement ring. There was still a small rift in their friendship but they were working on it.

"This is great, why didn't you go to school for art?" Donna inquired

"Because it was more of a hobby than a career for me, something I did when I was bored or stressed or whatever, and if I did as a job I think it would take the fun away from it." she answered inspecting the painting further. Then she walked over to one of the numerous boxes in the basement and pulled out an old sketchbook. "When Steven and I broke up the last time I sketched a lot" Jackie started flipping through the pages. Stopping at one in particular it was of Steven he was in the Forman's kitchen looking out the window, his sunglasses hooked on the collar of his faded band t-shirt, a can of beer in his left hand his right hand holding up his head as it lay in his hand cocked to the side. It was like looking into a photograph. They both had seen him sit this way many times the same somber look in his eyes.

"Have you ever shown these to Hyde?" Donna peered over her shoulder, "I gave him some of them when we first started dating but he hasn't seen any of the ones in here, I wasn't going to show him any of them because I didn't think we would get back together."

"Well you should show him now, I mean look you guys are together now, you kinda can't get rid of him, you are carrying his baby." she said

"Yeah, I guess you're right" Jackie muttered quietly to herself still looking down at him.

XXX

She hadn't really gotten much bigger, truthfully she looked like a child really. Jackie hadn't gained much weight and her waist was still defined but now her stomach was sticking out. Steven had never really imagined her pregnant, mostly because he couldn't see himself with a baby, but when he looked at her he just thought "oh yeah that's Jackie." He sat on the bed fiddling around with the buttons on his shirt and watching Jackie as she studied herself in their full length mirror. She just stood there with her shirt lifted up looking at her stomach and then down at her legs. When she woke up this morning he heard her rustling around in the kitchen, when he walked in Jackie informed him that she could no longer see her feet or the floor because Ben was in the way.

Steven, still not fully awake just rubbed his eyes and told her to try not to trip over anything. "God Steven you are so not helpful, how would feel if there was a human growing inside of you constantly moving around and kicking you, and now you can't even see the floor because said human is blocking your view?" she scoffed "what if I step on a nail and die from the rust getting in my foot? Did you ever think about that? No! Of course you didn't! You know why? Because you're a selfish asshole and you only think about yourself! You probably wouldn't even care if i died, God you are so difficult to live with sometimes!" after finishing her little tirade, Jackie stomped past him and slammed the door to their room still cursing about how he was an ass and would never understand what she felt like.

Steven let out a deep sigh before tilting his head back to look at the ceiling. "I just wanted to have breakfast." he said looking down at the dog and shaking his head.

Weeks 30-35

Your baby's length is about 16 inches—about as long as a laptop computer—and she measures almost 11 inches from crown to rump. She weighs approximately 2 1/2 to 3 pounds.

From now until delivery, every baby will gain weight at a more individual rate. Your baby has doubled in height over the past six weeks, and from now until delivery, she'll gain only a few more inches in length. Don't worry if she's in a strange position (what your care provider might call a "transverse lie"). There's still plenty of time for her to get settled into the head-down (cephalic) position for birth.

She's floating in about 1 1/2 pints of amniotic fluid and has some room to move. Your baby's most important organ, her brain, continues to develop at a rapid pace. Her eyes are able to track light, and some researchers have theorized that exposing your belly to light may stimulate development. Try moving the beam of a flashlight slowly over your belly in a dim room, and see if she reacts.

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When Jackie wasn't yelling at him and bossing him around she was sleeping. Of course she blamed it on Ben, saying how she couldn't sleep at night because of his constant kicking but if she slept in the recliner while it was rocking, he would let her sleep for hours. And right now that was exactly what she was doing, while Steven, Eric, Donna, and Fez sat around their basement watching TV, and partaking in one of the hazy benefits of the previous decade, Jackie sat in the recliner dead to the world for a few hours.

Pan to Eric

"See Hyde, having a baby was a bad idea. The kid isn't even here yet and it's already keeping you up all night." Eric said looking next to him to gauge Steven's reaction.

Pan to Hyde

"You know man this may be my last circle and you want to spend it talking about how crappy my life is, Get out." it was true his life was pretty crappy right now. Jackie was angry one minute and jumping all over him the next talking about how much she loved him. Then she was back to crying and yelling at him the next. He even let her play the crappy disco music she loved so much. It had worked for about 3 days before he needed to listen to something. It also didn't help that her boss let her go on maternity leave 2 weeks early, so she was following him around everywhere.

Pan to Donna

"You know I bet Jackie is up there right now thinking about kicking your ass, hey, hey you guys think that maybe Ben will have curly hair and sunglasses when he's born? Because that would be cool."

Pan to Fez

"Oh Donna that's stupid, Ben won't have curly hair I don't think Jackie would allow it. But the sunglasses, he would definitely have those, I think they're genetic or something."

XXX

"Steven are you getting tired of me?" Jackie asked looking up at him from her spot on the couch. Oh no. this was dangerous territory, Red had warned him about this, women would ask very specific questions seeming all innocent and whatnot but they were actually traps. Steven did not need another night of her kicking him in the shins and yelling at him about being an ass. "Um no, why would you think that darling?" he said carefully trying very hard not to piss her off but that was very hard for him to accomplish lately. "Well it's just that we normally don't spend this much time together, and i'm bored at home all by myself so I just follow you everywhere." her bottom lip poked out. He knew this was coming she was going to start crying and he wouldn't know what to do about it inevitably making the situation worse.

"And Steven, Ben's gonna be here soon and then I won't have you all to myself anymore, and i'm gonna miss you and now i'm really sad and I miss you already" she cried Damn he hated it when she cried, not only did he not like to see her hurt, he also didn't know how to deal with it know that she was pregnant. Before she would only cry when she was deeply upset about something, and he would wait for her to come to him, when she was ready. Then all he had to do was hold her in his lap and tell her everything was going to be okay. But now, now he had no idea what to do. Sometimes all she wanted was him and other times, Jackie would scream at him if he tried to touch her and other times, she would scream at him for waiting too long to comfort her and then cry even more.

So here he was trying to debate what to do in the matter of seconds before she A. starts crying more B. screams at him or C. kicks him in the shins, screams, and cries some more.

"Oh that hurts" Jackie says suddenly knocking him out of his thoughts. He looked over to see her slightly bent over with her hands rubbing her stomach.

"Woah, what wrong is it Ben?" he asked growing more worried by the second.

"Um I don't know, it doesn't fell like it normally does when he kicks me this feels more intense."

"Okay um maybe you're having one of those um contractions, yeah, I think that's what they're called" he finished taking her hand and leading her over to the couch. "Oh my God Steven, what if we have to go to the hospital but we can't because we haven't put the carseat in. and I am not driving my newborn baby home in the el camino so don't even think we are."

"Jackie, listen if you want me to go put the carseat in I will, but everything will be fine, just sit here and i'll call Kitty."

"Steven?" she asked as he began heading out the door with the carseat in hand, "I think we're having a baby."

Hyde gave her his signature half grin, "I think so too sprout."

Week 36

One week. One full week. It had been a full week since she first felt the signs that Ben was going to be born soon. But instead of holding her newborn baby in her arms, Jackie Burkhart sat on the couch, with her boyfriend angrily watching tv and a dull ache throbbing in her lower back. After she felt the first contraction she thought to herself "okay Jackie, this is it, you're having a baby, a real live baby. Oh god, a baby, Steven and I are going to be parents." those thoughts alone made her even more tired than she already was. While Jackie got lost in her joys and fears, Steven remembered that he was supposed to call the midwife when Jackie started going into labor.

It had been almost 2 days at home when, Jackie started crying about being pregnant forever and her whole body hurting,made him call the midwife again to make sure she wasn't dying.

"Honey this is all perfectly fine, you are not dying, and you will have a baby in your arms soon, okay?" Callie, their midwife reassured her.

"Isn't Ben supposed to be here already? Why isn't he here yet?" Jackie cried tearfully into the phone

It had taken another 20 minutes on the phone with Callie, 2 phone calls to Kitty, and yelling at the hospital receptionist to get her to calm down. The whole time Steven tried his best to remember the advice Red gave him about dealing with pregnant women in pain. Just reb their back and stay quiet. So that's what he did. The whole 90 minutes Jackie was on the phone he sat behind her lightly massaging her lower back and pressing soft pecks to her head and neck, occasionally agreeing with her when she looked back at him.

"Steven, our child better be the most well behaved child on Earth, for me having to deal with this." Jackie grumped setting her spoon back down into the carton of ice cream she was eating. "Steven" she said again after gaining no response after a minute. "Steven?" finally she turned her head to the side. There he was just sleeping away like she didn't have an overdue baby rumbling around inside her. "Steven!" she yelled this time slapping him on the chest.

He awoke with a start, lifting his head off the couch and rubbing his eye. "Yeah, I hear ya darlin"

"What the hell could you possibly be hearing? Huh? You're too busy sleeping while you know I can't! All day long he just barely moves when i'm awake and want him to, but as soon as i need some sleep, it's suddenly time to party! You know this is all your fault." she screeched pointing an accusing finger into his chest. "Only you like staying up all night doing God knows what! Have a baby. They said, it'll be fun, they said. Well guess what?! It's not fun! And i'm tired!"

"Well to be fair, no one told us having a baby would be fu-" he tried to reason with her,

In a temporary fit of sleep induced insanity. He had forgotten the #1 rule, never try to tell a pregnant woman or women in general that they were wrong.

"Oh you just shut up! Go back to sleep."

Welp this was going to be fun.

Week 37

Finally. No Ben was not here, yet but they had been recently informed that Jackie was 6 cm. dilated, whatever the hell that meant, and she had been shot up with drugs so now she was able to get some decent rest before it came time to give birth. Steven sat in the recliner next to the bed still holding her hand even though she had been asleep and let her grip loosen an hour ago. His shades rested on the table opposite him and the room was dark except for the dim lighting of the tv. As soon as the couple made it to the hospital and got all settled in, Jackie made him call everyone they knew despite it being 3 in the morning. Only their son would want to make his arrival into the world at 3 a.m. after speaking to an angry Red, a surprised Brooke, a confused Eric, and an ecstatic Fez (you would think he was the one having a baby) Steven was finally left alone with just his thoughts. For the past week he hadn't been able to do that. Really think about what it would be like to have a child of his own. While he could admit to both himself and maybe Jackie that he did fell happy and excited to have a son, he also let some of his worst fears about becoming a parent run endlessly through his mind. "What if I don't love him? What if he doesn't like me? What if i'm never able to properly bond with him? What if I hurt him? What if everything about having a family and having to constantly provide and be responsible for another life you created gets to be too much for me and I leave him? Like my father did. Steven was extremely grateful to have parents like Red, Kitty, and W.B. in his life, they couldn't replace the empty feeling he got whenever he thought about Edna and Bud. he knew Bud wasn't his real dad but for the majority of his life he thought he was.

Hyde didn't really want to think about leaving his girlfriend and child but it was still in the back of his mind. He didn't want to think about what Ben would feel or what Jackie would do if he left.

A small tug on his hand brought him out of his dark thoughts. He looked down at the bed to see Jackie blinking her eyes open and looking up at him with the first smile he had seen from her in a week. "How you doin grasshopper?" he questioned smoothing back her hair. "I'm not as tired and my body doesn't hurt anymore so i'm doing okay." she replied softly. "The nurse should be back soon it's been a few hours since she last checked on you." as soon as he finished his sentence a soft knock on the door interrupted them.

"Hey guys, I just came to check on, see if we're ready to have that baby yet." Melissa, the nurse said peeking her head into the room.

"Oh, okay good, I just woke up." Jackie yawned letting Steven help her into a sitting position.

"That great you needed some rest plus you're going to need all your energy here soon." Melissa began her exam, she checked all the machines making notes on her chart and adjusted the fetal monitor strapped to Jackie's stomach.

"It looks like everything is progressing normally, you are now and within the morning you should have a baby resting in your arms."

"Oh Puddin' we're gonna have a baby soon!" she exclaimed, turning to look at him. "I know" he said giving her a small grin and pressing a kiss to her hand.

"Well i'll leave you two to get some more rest and let the doctor know, you'll be ready soon." and with that she left the room leaving Steven and Jackie alone and child free.

XXX

"Okay, Dad, we're going to need you to keep holding her knee back." reminded him. Jackie was currently on her 10th push and Steven's brain felt the need to remind him that he had never really seen Jackie sweat. He looked down at her again, her face was all scrunched up with concentration and pain from all the pushing, and her hair was plastered down to her forehead that was drenched in sweat. "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 that was really good, only 1 more push to go then you'll be able to meet you little boy" the Dr. reassured her.

She looked up at Steven, "I'm so tired" she began to cry letting him wipe some of the sweat off her. "I know baby" he said softly trying not to make her cry even more. "And this is really hurting me" she cried again. "I know baby" he repeated again not knowing what to say but wanting to comfort her anyway he could.

"Jackie, we need you to start pushing one more time and then you will finally be done." her eyes met Hyde's one more time before bearing down again. "10,9,8,7….." she let out a frustrated groan letting some of her tears fall. Jackie felt Steven's hand on hers keeping her grounding and helping to get her through this. Jackie could faintly here counting down but all that was in the room were her and Steven. He was the only thing keeping her from giving up and letting Ben stay inside her forever.

"Stop! Stop!" the voice broke her out her trance. "You can stop pushing!" Jackie let her body fall limp back down on the bed.

Then she felt a small weight cover her chest. Next a piercing cry penetrated her ears. Finally she looked down. She saw wavy blonde hair covered in blood and mucus plastered down to small pink head and a squirming little body rooting down into her chest. "Steven, that's our baby" she whispered to him tears welling up in her eyes once more.

He couldn't find the words to reply back to her, instead he just stared at the little life he and Jackie created that now lay screaming on it's mother. She was right that was his baby. "Hi Ben, i'm your mama" he heard Jackie say to him.

All too soon it felt like to Jackie ben was being taken off her chest to be cleaned up, diapered, and swaddled. While she was being taken care of and the after birth was delivered, Jackie couldn't even pay attention because all she could be bothered to look at was Steven and Ben. she watched from the bed as Steven counted Ben's fingers and toes, put the little beanie on his head, and wrapped him up in a blanket. Jackie also watched as he held his son for the first time.

"It's been a while since I held one of these" Steven mumbled as the nurse held the baby out to him. He hesitantly took him in his arms cuddling him close to his chest. "That's great, just support the head more, and great see you're a pro already" the nurse commented as he began to walk back to the chair next to Jackie. He let his index finger come up to run across his tiny nose. Ben had yet to open up his eyes long enough to see what colour they were but he wondered if they would be green like one of Jackie's or blue like his. He knew his hair would grow into an afro when he got older, Steven could already see his hair curling around his stripped cap.

"Are you crying?" Jackie asked holding a camera in front of her face. "What? No, No" he practically yelled wiping away the few tears that had almost fallen out of his eyes. "Hey would you put that down?!" he asked again as the flash went off for the sixth time in 5 minutes "No Steven you're holding your son for the first time, I need to have pictures of this." "plus Mrs. Forman would kill me if she knew i didn't take any pictures of you two."

He looked back down at the newborn who slept in his arms, thinking how Kitty my just be angry at him for not giving her a play by play update over the phone of Ben being born. Jackie finally put down the camera. "Steven hand over my baby, you're hogging him all up" she grinned holding out her arms to hold him again.

XXX

Benjamin Jaxson Hyde, male, Born 5:34 a.m. Sunday November, 25th 1984, 7 pounds 8 ounces, 18 inches, Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue

Week 38

2:30 am

A loud shrill cry reached the new parents ears, both looked at each other groggily. "Maybe if we just ignore him he'll go back to sleep" hyde said sleepily "Steven" Jackie sighed "that's not how babies work at all"

"Well how should I know i've only had one for a week?" he sat up rubbing his eyes, "i'll go get him"

"I'm coming with you, I want to sit in the rocking chair" both parents climbed out of bed making it to their newborn son's room. And when his cries finally softened it was because one large calloused hand and one small soft hand reached out the same time to comfort him.

A/N: Sooooooo, what do you think?! I had been writing this story for the last 3 months and i've been toying with the idea of Hyde and Jackie becoming parents while unmarried, even though in this story they are technically engaged. I did plan on making this story a series, i don't know how many yet or if i'm even going to just leave it at one story. Let me know what you guys think. I proof read this along the way but there may still be some errors, sorry about that. Don't forget to leave a review letting me know what you think, and drop an idea or two if you have any. Happy reading! -n.p