Little Forman//That '70s Show• Steven Hyde•

Red

Point Place, Wisconsin
August 1st, 1976
10:00 pm
Location: The Formans

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I had gotten back from the water tower awhile ago. We were all in the kitchen. Eric was sat in a chair and Kitty and Red were standing in front of him. Leaving Laurie and I on the side. I feel Eric is about to get a lecture. "What the hell happened?" I asked Laurie.

"Eric had his pants down in the driveway, mooning Donna, and Bob saw." She laughed. "Oh that's funny." I whispered. I needed something funny after the day I had. "Eric, what you did, you shouldn't have done." Kitty said.

"Especially when you don't have an ass." Laurie said. I laughed. "Oh, burn!" I said. Red also laughed at that. Kitty told us to stop so we did. Red was about to speak again but the phone rang. "Hey, Steven, how's it going?" He said over the phone when he answered it.

I wonder what Steven wanted. "You, WHAT!" Red said. Uh oh, this wasn't good. "No, absolutely not, you got yourself into this, get your self out!" He said, and then he hung up. "What did Steven want?" Mom asked. "Steven was arrested for possession." He said. 'Oh Steven, what did you do.' I thought to myself.

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"Red's not bailing me out." Steven told Jackie. "Oh, I will." She told him. "Jackie, I appreciate that, but just because you're bailing me out, doesn't mean I have feelings for you, man. I love Janie." He explained. ".....I know.....but, there's always a chance." She said as she walked away.

Steven was free. Now all he had to do was fix things with Janie and explain what happened to Red. Easier said than done. He broke up with Janie over something stupid, and Bud ended up leaving anyway. 'I gotta fix this' he thought to himself after he got bailed out.

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It was later on in the night, and we were all in the basement. "Who knew, Hyde would get arrested for possession." Eric said as Steven walked down the stairs and sat in the empty seat between Eric and I in the circle. I rolled my eyes and got up and walked to my room.

"What's up with you and Janie?" Donna asked him. "They broke up." Kelso said. "Hyde, what happened?" Eric asked. "I walked out on her, I left her when she needed me and I did on purpose, alright? I just wish I hadn't." He explained.

"Fix it." Donna said. "I know, it's just Red kind of kicked me out." He said. Eric then got up and went to the kitchen. "Dad, don't kick Hyde out." He said. "Give me one, one reason why I should kick that delinquent out!" He said. "I do it too!" Eric said. "What?" What Hyde does I do too." He said again.

"That's what that smell is in the basement, from now on, we're all gunna be in this house under my rules, got it?" Eric nodded. "Yes sir." Red then made everyone leave, and agreed to not kick Hyde out as long as everyone followed his rules.

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Point Place, Wisconsin
August 2, 1976
2:00 pm
Location: The Formans

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We were all in the basement, red had installed smoked detectors. Great, just great. There was no escaping from reality anymore. He then left. "This sucks." Kelso said. "Tell me about it." I told him. "Guys, what are we going to do?" Eric asked us. I shrugged. "We find a way around Red." Steven suggested.

"Yeah, because that's a great idea, how are we going to do that?" I asked him sarcastically, getting up and going to my room. I stayed there for the rest of the day, if there was no circle time, the closest thing to escaping reality was going to my room and putting a Led Zeppelin record on.

Donna invited me over, so I accepted. Little did I know, it was a plot to try and bring Steven and I back together. We were all in the drive way. Everyone was pissed about Red's new rules. "Are you dope-heads really that sad without your drugs?" Red said as he came outside.

"Dad, it's not like we're being unsafe. Would you rather we drink and drive? Or run away? Or even get pregnant and drop out? Or, better yet, decide to date one of our best friends, The Burnout' only for him to break up with you over something completely stupid!" I yelled pissed as I shook my head and walked to my room.

"You know what, you know what I want? I want everything to go back the way it was. Red, they're just being teenagers." Kitty said. "You want me to just forget about the drugs?" He asked her. She nodded. "Yes, and that's what's you're going to do." She said seriously.

"Fine." Red said as he went back inside. "Now, Steven, go apologize to Janie." She said. "I will, I tried Mrs. Forman, but she doesn't stick around when I'm around, I will just not right now." He said. She nodded and went back inside.

"So...circle?" Eric said. Then everyone ran to the basement. Now, the only thing that needed to be fixed, was what was going on with Hyde and Janie. "You gotta talk to her." Donna told him. "I know that, Donna, but she clearly doesn't want to see me, man." He said.

"She doesn't want to see you because your the guy she loves, and you stomped on her heart for no reason." Fez said. Donna looked at Fez, fascinated. "You are one strange foreign man." She said.

"Yeah, okay, but what do I say her? I've never dated before Janie. I've only ever laid and left." He said. "Tell her you're sorry and that you love her." Donna said. Steven rolled his eyes. He had a hard time saying I love you to Janie.

Only because the only other people he's said that to, have left him. "Screw it." Steven said as he got up and walked up the stairs to Jamie's room.