Liz walked outside of the bus station to find her parents and brother bickering.
"Gosh, I go to the bathroom for five minutes..." Liz mumbled to herself.
"All right, that's it! Hold it. Now, Kitty, don't get worked up over my mother. And Eric, you're sleeping in the basement! And we're all having a happy damn thanksgiving!" Red ordered. "Hi, sweetie." Red greeted when he noticed Liz. Liz walked over and gave her father a hug.
"Thanksgiving's going to be great, Dad. Don't worry." Liz assured Red with a smile.
"Mommy, Daddy. This is Kate." Laurie announced as she and her friend exited the station. Kitty and Red hugged their eldest daughter.
"Hi, sweetheart. Oh, let's get in the car, you must be freezing." Red directed Laurie towards the car.
Liz laughed at Eric's expression from having been told they couldn't go to the car just because he was cold, and she walked to the car.
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2
The seven friends hung out later that day at The Hub.
"So this Kate, is she hot?" Hyde asked. Liz subtly frogged his leg. He looked over at her in confusion and she nodded her head towards Donna.
"Of course she's hot. All college girls are hot. I mean, we've all seen the brochures, right?" Kelso answered before Eric could. Liz sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Okay, Donna. Help me play some music. Right now." Jackie grabbed Donna's arm and dragged her over to the jukebox, and Donna pulled Liz along with them.
"Are you okay?" Jackie asked Donna pitifully while Liz looked through the songs.
"Um, yeah." Donna answered.
"Donna, how can you be okay? There's a college woman sleeping in his bed." Jackie said confused.
"He's sleeping in the basement." Donna countered.
"Donna, stairs are not gonna stop a high school horndog. Barbed wire will not stop a high school horndog. A wall of fire will not stop a high-" Jackie rambled.
"Jackie, I get it, I get it." Donna cut her off.
"While Jackie's not wrong, I don't think anything will happen between Kate and Eric. I mean, what college girl wants to do anything with a high school boy?" Liz spoke up. Donna nodded in agreement.
"Poor Donna. So naive." Jackie touched Donna's shoulder. Donna shook her head and walked back to the table.
Liz chose a song and walked back to the table as More Than a Feeling by Boston poured from the jukebox.
"Ah, nice choice, Lizzy." Hyde praised as she sat next to him. Liz smiled at him.
"So what do you guys want to do?" Donna asked the group.
"Yeah, well, I guess I'm just gonna..." Eric stretched his arms and let out a fake yawn. "Just gonna... I'm tuckered out, so I might as well go home." Eric announced awkwardly and rushed out the door.
Jackie raised her eyebrows at Donna in an I-told-you-so fashion.
"Well, that was obviously a lie." Liz said matter-of-factly. The boys made sounds of agreement.
"Anyone wanna play air hockey?" Donna asked.
"Yeah!" Kelso took up Donna's offer. The two of them walked over to table.
Liz sang along to the song for a moment, not noticing Hyde staring at her while she zoned out.
"Okay, you guys cannot let Eric screw up with Donna." Jackie ordered. Liz and Hyde's attention snapped to Jackie.
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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...
