Leaving Home Ain't Easy-74

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(HI GUYSSSS! I'm just posting the last of the book right now :) at 1am, yes. It wouldn't be me if I wasn't posting after 12am. Enjoy these last few chapters. Cuddle up with a blanket, get some snacks, and read!!)

Hyde, Randy, and I all walk into Fez and Jackie's apartment. Fez is standing outside of the bathroom door.

"Fez. I didn't say anything when you started spying on Donna. I kept my mouth shut when you hid in the dirt towel bin to peep on the cheerleaders, but if you're getting your jollies listening to people go potty, I'm calling a doctor." Hyde said.

Hyde had a mustache now and to be honest, it fit him well. Brett was weirded out by it at first, but now he likes to pull on it and he thinks it's funny. Hyde doesn't.

"Shh! I'm trying to hear if Jackie's okay. She's been in the bathroom for hours, crying." Fez explained.

"Oh, my god. You had sex with her." Randy laughed.

"No, she told me she wanted to be my girlfriend and I turned her down." Fez answered.

"Fez, why did you? Don't you like her? You've always been trying to get at her." I questioned him.

"Because she didn't mean it. She never wanted me before. And now that she's desperate, suddenly I'm the guy for her. But as soon as she's happy, she'll dump me. So I told her to get lost and now she's in tears." Fez explained to us.

"Fez..." I shook my head.

"What kind of crying is it? Is it like "my life is over" kind of crying or hysterical sobbing like the time Kelso sat on his nads?" Hyde questioned.

"No, it's bad. I tried everything to get her out. I yelled "Fire!" I made monkey noises and said "Wow, that's a gigantic monkey." But no luck. She must be a complete wreck." Fez sighed.

"Oh, hey guys!" Jackie beamed as she walked out.

"Oh, she's perfectly fine. So you definitely didn't have sex with her." Randy joked and Hyde and I shared a laugh.

"Jackie, you're okay?" Fez asked her.

"Oh, no. No, I'm not okay. I just decided being sad is a waste of time. Yeah, see a more productive use of my time is revenge. So get ready. Because I am going to rain doom on your stupid foreign head!" Jackie exclaimed and walked into her room.

"Hell yeah!" I exclaimed.

Everyone looked at me oddly.

"What? I like a woman with power." I shrugged.

~~~

"My dad is selling the house and wants me to move with him to Florida!" Donna said as she barged in my room.

"What?" I asked her.

"Yeah! I mean, I'm not going to Florida. I can't. I have a job, I have you guys. I-I can't." Donna shook her head a laid down on my bed.

"So you're not going but your dad is?" I asked her as I sat at my desk, writing in my journal.

"I don't know." Donna sighs out frustratedly.

"I mean, it couldn't be that bad." I shrugged, setting down my pencil.

"What couldn't be that bad?" Donna asked.

"Moving to Florida. I mean, I moved to California and it was great." I said to Donna.

"Yeah, but didn't you move back because you hated it?" Donna pointed out.

"Damn, you're right." I frowned.

"I don't know what to do, Penny." Donna sighed out.

"Stay here if it makes you happy. I'm sure Kitty and Red would give you Laurie's old room. If not, we have a guest room here." I offered to her.

"Thanks, Penny. But I don't want to be without my dad." Donna said.

"I get it, but like I said, it won't be that bad. You'll see him at holidays, probably. It's just like if you moved away and your parents lived hours away. On the bright side, Florida has really nice weather." I smiled at her and she just chuckled.

"You're right. It's not that bad."

~~

"Hyde, your pants are ripped." I pointed out as he just put Brett down.

"I know." Hyde responded.

"Do you need new pants?" I asked him.

"Oh, no. These are fine." Hyde shrugged.

"Well, pants don't typically have rips in them." I told him.

"These pants still have use. It's not like they're ripped in the ass." Hyde justified.

"Fair enough." I shrugged and picked up my magazine.

"You still write in this dinky little journal?" Hyde asked, inspecting the blue covered journal.

"Yeah, and don't touch it." I glared at him.

"Yeah, after last time, I won't be opening it again." Hyde said.

"What do you mean last time?" I asked him and sat up straighter.

"Nothing." Hyde said quickly and sat in my desk chair.

I shook my head at him.

"If you ever need me to keep Brett for a night, I'd be more than happy to." Hyde said out of nowhere.

"Well, I-I don't know. I barely let my mom watch him." I said and crossed my arms.

"How about this, I sleep in the guest room here tonight, right across your room, and have Brett in there with me. How does that sound? Just for a trial." Hyde asked.

"I-I guess. Yeah, we could try that." I said slowly.

"Sweet." Hyde smiled.

I got Brett out as Hyde moved the crib over across the hall. I breathed in deeply and let it out.

"Penny, you don't need to be nervous. It's okay. We're just across the hall. If I need something, I'll let you know, okay?" Hyde said and kissed my forehead before taking Brett and setting him down.

"Okay. I'm fine." I breathed out.

"You're fine. Now go to bed and get some rest." Hyde smiled at me.

I nodded, "Goodnight."

~~~

I woke up the next morning and I checked my clock. 9:45. Holy hell! I haven't slept in this late in forever!

I walked downstairs and went into the kitchen to see Hyde making breakfast, which was just toast and eggs, but the effort was nice. Brett was in a high chair, babbling.

"Oh, hi. Where's my mom?" I asked him.

"She went to the grocery store, sleeping beauty." Hyde chuckled.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to oversleep. You could've woken me up." I said to him and sat down at the table.

"No, you looked too comfy. And you probably haven't slept in in a while." Hyde smiled as me and handed me my plate.

"I haven't. It was kind of nice." I nodded and picked up my fork, taking a bite.

"See, if I had Brett some nights, you could sleep in a lot more often." Hyde chuckled and sat across from me.

"Yeah. That could be nice." I smiled.

~~~

"Well, I broke up with Randy." Donna confessed as we were both just laying on her bed.

"Why?" I asked her, setting down the magazine I was scanning through.

"I just realized everything. It hit me. I want to go on with my life. I'm gonna go to college at Madison. I think it's really worth it. And I also realized I shouldn't be with Randy. He's not the one." Donna confided in me.

"You go, Donna. I think that's a good option. You're smart, so you can do anything." I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Thanks. But what are you gonna do?" Donna asked me.

"Oh, I don't know. I've been trying to figure it out. I have money for college, but it'll just be so hard going to college with a baby. Who will watch him? And I don't want to leave him here with my mom. I just- I don't know. I guess I'll have to wait until I'm older. Find some jobs around here?" I shrugged.

"That's understandable. But I'm sure something great will come your way. You're smart, too, Penny. Don't doubt yourself." Donna said to me and I nodded.

"Thank you, Donna. I needed to hear that." I smiled at her.

"No problem. Everything will work out for us." Donna smiles back.

"It will."

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