Skipped a few episodes... whoops

"So, Eric, have you made your Christmas list for Santa yet?" Kitty asked as Hyde and I were looking in he fridge for food.

It was still very awkward between Hyde and I but we pretended to be friends in front of the others.

"Well, um, I was going to, but then I turned 10." Eric joked.

Hyde and I both got a soda and walked over to join the conversation. Kitty was baking cookies and now taking them off the tray, then setting them on a cooling rack.

"Steven made his." Kitty frowned at the scrawny boy.

Hyde shrugged and walked off, "T-shirts."

Hyde walked over to the kitchen table and sat down on a chair. I stood by Kitty, listening in on the conversation.

"Well, I guess I could ask for a cassette player for the Vista Cruiser, like I have for the last 80 years, but I won't get one, so, I might as well ask for a raincoat." Eric sighed in disappointment.

"Ooh, So you want a raincoat." Kitty smiled widely as I chuckled.

"Man," Eric turned to Hyde, "Remember when you used to come downstairs Christmas morning and you'd see your stocking over the fire, you know, all filled with toys?"

"Well, one year, I saw my mom's pantyhose on the radiator, and, uh, uncle 'Strange Man' sleeping on the floor. He had a red nose, though. That was Christmas-y." Hyde nodded his head.

"Yeah, Christmas used to be so cool. Now it's just another day." Eric looked at the cookie in his hand.

"Okay. Okay. It sounds like somebody needs a little holiday cheer." Kitty clapped her hands together and hopped over to Eric.

"And how can we get holiday cheer, Mrs. Forman?" I asked glumly.

"I know!" Kitty laughed, "You could direct the Christmas pageant at the church!"

"Hey, yeah! That's the worst idea I've ever heard." Eric said and took a bite out of his cookie.

I grabbed a fresh cookie and took a bite out of it. It melted in my mouth and it was like heaven.

"Eric, you used to love that pageant as a little boy," Kitty beamed, "And you need some Christmas spirit. And I already signed you up."

Eric looked back at us, "Well, it was fun when we were kids... then again, so was eating crayons. Yeah, okay, I'll do it."

"Good! Okay, now, Steven-" Kitty started.

"No!" Hyde yelled.

That's when Kitty sounded hurt about him not being in it because there was no Inn for Mary and Joseph and then how they brought him in and gave him a room. That's when Hyde finally gave in.

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"I want pickles." I groaned as we were all in the church.

"Why pickles?" Donna asked.

I just shrugged in response.

"Guys, check this out! It looks just like when we were kids." Eric smiled as he walked over to us.

"Penny!" Jackie waved me over to the window and it was snowing outside.

"Huh?" I asked her as I stumbled.

"How are you?" Jackie asked.

"I'm good, why?" I scrunched my eyebrows together.

"I don't know. Just haven't talked to you for a while." Jackie shrugged.

"It's been a day, Jackie." I laughed slightly.

"Yeah, yeah." Jackie said and walked over to the group after Kelso ran in, saying all the stupid kiddy cartoons were gonna be on.

Now we were discussing parts.

"Okay, Eric, I wanna be the Virgin Mary. See, she's pure and holy and rides a unicorn." Jackie smiled.

"No, Jackie, uh, she doesn't ride a unicorn." Eric said before turning around to me.

"What?" I asked him.

"Wanna be the Virgin Mary?" Eric asked me.

"Oh, trust me, Jackie's more pure than I am." I giggled slightly as Eric turned around back to Jackie.

"Fine, you're the Virgin Mary." Eric rolled his eyes as I went over by Fez and sat next to him.

"Hey, Penny." Fez smiled.

"Hey, Fez. What's up." I asked as I kicked my feet up on the table.

"Nothing much." Fez shrugged and dipped on a soda.

"I want pickles." I frowned.

Fez chuckled, "Why? You're so weird."

"I know!" I continued to frown.

"I would give you some, but I don't know where to get any." Fez explained.

We all picked out roles. Hyde was the baby in the manger because all he wanted to do was nothing. Kelso was Joseph but said he wanted to be a spaceman. I don't know, to be honest.... It was so far a mess.

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"Eric, I have a little problem with my part," Donna stood up away from the manger, "Um, it turns out you have Penny and I playing wisemen. Why can't there be wisewomen?"

"Yeah, okay, I'll take that up with the guy who wrote the Bible. Let me get back to you." Eric said sarcastically.

"Eric, I don't need your stupid sarcasm." I shook my head as Jackie and I looked at the script.

"Okay, Kelso, you are now playing a wiseman." Eric pointed is pen at Kelso.

"Or, a space wiseman." Kelso pointed.

"Better. Better." Hyde nodded.

Fez walked out in a shepherd's costume, "How come the foreign guy has to play the shepherd? I have never herded sheep in my life. Well, once, as a favor."

"Fezzie." I chuckled.

"Why can't I be a lifeguard?" Fez smiles widely.

"Or, a space lifeguard." Kelso added.

"Then, I could herd all the ladies into the pool. "Into the pool, ladies!" Now that's a great role." Fez continues to smile.

"Okay, uh, everyone? Everybody?" Eric asked everyone to scoot in, "Um, all of your ideas are all, um... stupid-okay moving on. At the end of the play, when Santa comes in that door-"

Kelso cuts Eric off while he speaks, "-Oh! How about-"

"Kelso, I swear to God," Eric said, deeply annoyed with everyone and everything, "if you say space Santa I will kick you in the head."

"Do it!" I said excitedly.

"Penny, I will kick you too, I'm not afraid." Eric pointed a pencil at me.

"Ooh, I'm so scared of a beanstalk." I rolled my eyes as Eric did as well.

"I'm done."

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It was a few hours later and Leo came to join the party. He decided to go outside to do who knows what and Eric got really pissed at us and left.

"We chased the beanstalk away." I sighed out.

"Thank goodness." Hyde said and sat in a chair.

"Hey, he's been doing his best to-" my sentence got cut off by me needing an urge to puke.

"To what?" Kelso asked worriedly.

I thankfully didn't throw up but nausea ran over my body and I sat down quickly, "Sorry, I almost threw up and now I'm dizzy."

"Oh, my god. Are you okay?" Jackie asked me and sat next to me.

"I think so, it'll pass in a few seconds, I'm fine." I responded and shook my head.

"Are you sure?" Fez and Kelso asked at the same time.

"Yeah." I nodded and sighed out, closing my eyes for a split second.

We were all talking for a few more minutes and I was starting feel a bit more better. Donna and I were having our own conversation about how stupid the play is and why we agreed to it. We were laughing a bit as I then needed to puke again. I ran over to the trash can and the contents in my stomach were now no longer there. I didn't eat much so it was even worse.

"Penny!" Jackie rushed over and held my hair back.

"What the fuck happened?" Hyde asked.

"I'm probably just sick." I said as I spit out the gross tastes in my mouth.

"If you are sick, you're really sick." Kelso pointed out.

"Well no shit, Sherlock!" I glared at the tall teenage boy behind me.

"Are you okay? I think you should rest for a bit or go home." Donna suggested.

"No, no, I'm fine. I threw up once and I won't again." I assured the gang.

"That looks disgusting." Fez said as he looked in the trash.

"Stop it, Fez!" Kelso scolded him.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Hyde put a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm fine." I glared at him and sat down.

The rest of today was gonna be long!

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The gang sent me home because Eric said he couldn't afford everyone else to get sick. I shrugged it off and left to go home. It was cold so Kelso offered me a ride. Well, not before Hyde got seriously pissed that Kelso offered to. Hyde is probably still not over me, and I understand that, but I've certainly been mature about it and such. At least I think.

When I got home, I threw up two more times and I didn't know what was wrong with me. My parents weren't home so I just laid in bed and fell asleep listening to Zeppelin.

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I went back to the church the next night to see if I could help. Except, no one was there. Only Pastor Dave tied up in Christmas lights. I was confused so I asked him what was going on.

"Well, you see, I fired Eric because they were smoking, well, bad stuff. Then the kids did this to me. Mind helping me out a little?" Pastor Dave asked politely as I nodded and unplugged the Christmas lights.

I unwrapped him and Pastor Dave thanked me before running out in case the troubled teens I called my friends returned. I sat down on the chair, wondering where everyone could be. Kelso walked in and saw me, then smiled. He fell asleep on the ground, which I didn't really question.

I was looking over our script and I made some changes here and there. Kelso was spazzing out every once in a while in his sleep, but I ignored it. He later woke up and yelled.

"I'm not too late, I haven't missed them. Oh, Hey, Penny. Wanna go watch some cartoons with me?" Kelso smiled and grabbed my hand.

"Kelso, I would love to!" I smiled as we ran out of the church and to the Forman's basement.

We watched some of the little kiddie cartoons and it was one of the best nights in a while. I went home after to rest some more because I still wasn't feeling 100%.

Donna came over to my house later and we talked. She said how Pastor Dave unfired Eric and they got him a cassette player which was really sweet of them.

"So, are you gonna come to the play?" Donna asked.

"Yeah, hopefully I'll be fine by then." I shrugged.

"I hope so too, you keep them in line." Donna chuckled.

"Yeah, I do, don't I?" I also chuckled with Donna.

"Yeah..."

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Hey guys, I've been gone for a long while, haven't I? I actually really hate how I wrote this hahaha :/ funny. Anyways, hope you guys liked it. Sorry it took so long lol ✌🏼