Five friends sat in the Forman's basement. The sounds from the upstairs adults' party could faintly be heard by the group of teenagers below. Everyone was facing Eric, and Hyde tried to convince Eric to sneak a beer for each of the teens from upstairs.
"Eric, it is time." Hyde said.
"Why don't you do it?" Eric asked, afraid of the feat the other kids were putting him up to. A feat that, if he were caught, could get him in some serious trouble with his father.
"It's your house." Hyde reminded Eric.
"Your house!" Kelso emphasized.
"Listen to them up there. The party has reached critical mass, in ten minutes, there will be no more beer opportunities." Hyde explained, getting more intense as his statement progressed.
"Why not Liz?" Eric tried to shift the focus onto his younger sister.
"I wasn't the idiot who brought up beer in the first place." Liz answered, reminding Eric that it was his own fault he was in the situation.
"Burn." Kelso chuckled. Liz lightly shook her head, not thinking it was a good enough insult to warrant a "burn."
"If my dad catches me copping beers, he'll kill me." Eric explained fearfully.
"Uh, yeah, probably." Liz confirmed.
"I'm willing to take that risk." Hyde said as he shook his fist and popped Eric on the leg encouragingly.
"Don't worry about it. Just remain calm and keep moving." Kelso advised.
"And above all, don't get sucked into my dad's hair." Donna warned.
"What's wrong with your dad's hair?" Eric asked confused.
"Just don't look at it." Liz directed. She had seen Bob's hair earlier that day and knew how distracting it was. Donna nodded in agreement.
Hyde intensely grabbed Eric's face. "And, Eric..." Hyde said. "Cold."
"Definitely cold!" Liz agreed emphatically. Eric nodded and ran up the stairs.
"Odds of him having a successful mission?" Hyde turned to Liz.
"I'd say a 2-to-5 chance." Liz answered. The other three teenagers chuckled in agreement.
The four friends listened to music as they waited for Eric. Hyde and Kelso were looking at a nudie magazine that had been poorly hidden under a couch coushion.
"Check this out." Hyde said to Kelso. They practically drooled over the picture of a woman with her full chest exposed. Liz scoffed unimpressed.
"We see that everday." Donna said nonchalantly. Liz nodded in affirmation.
"And I have pictures of my own to look at." Liz said suggestively while patting both of the guys on the shoulder. The boys' eyes went wide as they looked at each other, understanding that the pictures Liz mentioned were naughty ones of herself.
Eric returned to the basement and the other four looked at him expectantly. He triumphantly held up five cans of beer. The teens all cheered.
"He's alive!" Hyde exclaimed, taking a beer.
Eric paused as he held out a beer to Liz.
"Come on, give me one." Liz urged.
"I feel like I'm corrupting my baby sister." Eric said with faux emotion.
"You're barely older than me!" Liz countered.
"15 months!" Eric argued.
"Exactly, barely." Liz shot back and quickly snatched the can from her brother.
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Hyde and Seek (on HOLD)
Fanfiction** Pretend the brunette girl on the cover ISN'T Jackie| Elizabeth Marie Forman was a goody-two-shoes... at least, that's what everyone thought. She didn't like to be the center of attention, so she did whatever she could to fly under the radar- mean...
