The Things You Give

Part 36

"Have you guys heard from Markus?" Y/n asked Donna over the phone from her hotel room. She had called Donna to check in on her since Eric left. She was on day three of being in New York and couldn't stop thinking of her friends.

"Not since he left Chicago," Donna responded. "He called to let us know that he'd be gone awhile, but didn't say where he was going. Jackie really affected him."

"Well, yeah, wouldn't it affect you?" One of the babies started to fuss in that moment. Y/n turned to Hyde and motioned for him to check on them.

"I mean, yeah," Donna answered truthfully. "When Eric left me at the altar, all I wanted was to pack up and leave for a while."

"Yeah, but instead it was Eric who skipped town," Y/n pointed out.

"And yet, he thought he was the humiliated one," she laughed.

"So, what happened after he ripped the towel off Kelso?"

Hyde whipped his head in her direction, confused and bewildered to hear such a sentence. Y/n gave him a look—a look that said, "I'll tell you later."

"He chased Kelso for, like, twelve blocks and finally faltered back after Kelso circled back to the motel and ran into the room and locked the door," Donna continued. "Apparently, it didn't end there and Markus continued to shout through the door, demanding to be let in and kick Kelso's ass. Jackie was trying to calm him down, but he was just getting more irate. Eventually, the cops were called and Markus was asked to leave otherwise he was going to be arrested."

"Dude, that's crazy," Y/n commented.

"I know! After that, I guess he ran home, packed a bag and just...took off. We haven't heard from him since."

"Man, I hope he's okay."

"Well, I don't know about everyone else, but me and Fez got postcards in the mail. And by the looks of it, it looks like he stopped in Vegas."

"Vegas? Huh," Y/n huffed. "Maybe he'll come back a changed man."

"That's usually not the reason people go to Vegas after a bad breakup," Donna chuckled. "Oh! And did you hear that a new guy moved to town?"

"A new guy? Who?"

"I don't know a lot about him, but his name is Randy and he just started at the record store to help Leo. Apparently, he's been bringing a lot of business"

"Wait, what?" Y/n turned to her husband who was changing a diaper. "Steven, did you hire someone before we left?"

"No? Why?"

"Some guy named Randy is helping Leo. Do you know anything about this?"

"What?!" Hyde replied roughly and gestured for Y/n to give him the phone as he walked over. "Hey, Donna. What do you mean some guy is working at the store? Where's Leo?"

"I'm not sure half the time honestly. When he is there, he's usually locked up in your office. This Randy guy has been running the store on Leo's behalf. Now that I think about it, I've seen this guy more than I've seen Leo."

"What about Mandy? Isn't she there?"

"Oh, yeah about her..."

"What? What about her?" Hyde asked nervously.

"She quit."

"She qu—why?!"

"Mandy quit?!" Y/n asked, barley containing her glee.

He gave her look. "You don't gotta be so happy about it."

"Apparently, she didn't like Randy coming in and pretty much being promoted to manager and changing everything."