"So...?"

"For gods sake Eric, no. No, no, no. It's been however many years, it's almost impossible." Lily moaned, rubbing her temples slightly as she perched on the end of her friends bed, his dishevelled and sad looking body almost completely wrapped in his covers, though a small smile was on his lips.

"Oh, come on." he laughed slightly, sitting up in his burrito style covers. "He was in love with you for years!" Eric spoke again, his eyes widening as he did so, trying to force his point upon the girl across from him.

"We were like ten! You're in love with everyone who's nice to you when you're ten! Hell, I had a crush on Ricky Jones for six months because he lent me his five pack of crayons!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around slightly as she spoke.

She knew Eric was telling the truth, Hyde had a massive crush on her when they were younger, and she did him. But they were young, so young. There was no way any of the feeling were still there. Sure, she had been very happy to see him... She liked the way his hair bounced when he laughed... He still smelt amazing. But no, no feelings. It was silly to even consider it. They hardly knew each other anymore, they'd both probably changed so much.

Pushing the thoughts to the back of her mind for a moment, Lily smiled at her friend. "I am glad to see you laughing though. Even if it is at my expense." she chuckled, causing Eric to roll his eyes playfully and flop back down into his bed. She patted his leg through the cover a few times before getting up and leaving the room. She instantly made her way to Laurie's room to unpack and she knew she'd regret it if she left it until bedtime, though she wasn't met with an empty room when she opened the door.

There was Kelso. With her suitcase open. Holding her underwear. "Oh my god! Kelso! What the hell are you doing?" his eyes widened as he saw his friends shocked face in the doorway. A blush crossed his cheeks as he held up the lace white thong.

"I have a thing for Laurie... Do you know where she is?" he spoke meekly, Lily realising who he actually thought the knickers belonged to. Though, her shock and slight amusement didn't settle once she realised.

"Kelso, Laurie isn't home. She's not coming home." she spoke sharply, a small smirk crossing her lips as she tried to hold it back, pretending to be angry at the boy before her.

"But when who's...?" he trailed off, a confused look on his face before his eyes suddenly widened and his mouth dropped open. He pointed to the underwear in his hand, then to his friend in the doorway, then back to the underwear. Lily nodded sharply, a look of pure 'No shit' on her face. His shocked expression quickly turned into a look of approval and arousal however, causing Lily to become instantly disturbed at her friends change in attitude towards her. "Well hello Lily." he smirked, throwing the underwear back over his shoulder onto her suitcase and strolling towards her in what he probably thought was a provocative way.

"Kelso, get the hell out of here." she laughed, though her tone wasn't too light hearted as she smacked her friend and pushed him out the door, shutting it behind him.

"Seriously, they were the sexiest panties I'd ever seen. I thought England was supposed to be cold! Her butt must be freezing!" Lily could hear Kelso's excited voice as soon as she opened the door to the basement. He was telling everyone about her knickers, wonderful. Her thoughts couldn't help but instantly flash to Hyde as she thought of Kelso's storytelling. Would he be interested? Would it gross him out as her knickers did when they were five?

She decided to not give herself enough time to think it through, walking down the steps into the crowded basement. As soon as her feet hit the door, she scanned the room before her. Kelso, Hyde and some foreign kid. Kelso instantly got up and posed slightly, facing Lily with a grin on his face. "Well hello." he spoke in the same tone as before, causing Lily to roll her eyes. To her surprise however, Hyde pushed the boy back into his seat with some force, an almost angry expression on his face. She pushed her thoughts aside and went to sit down on the sofa between Kelso and whom she assumed was Fez.

"I'm Lily, you must be Fez." she spoke, replaying her thoughts as she smiled at the boy beside her. His eyes glued to her face slightly, widening as she spoke.

"Somebody else with an accent. Oh, how exiting! And boobs! She has boobs." he clapped happy before watching her chest for a moment and looking at Kelso. "They look bigger than Donna's." he noted, causing Hyde to instantly jump up out of his seat, grabbing Kelso and Fez by their ears and dragging them towards the door.

"That's it, out you go!" he mumbled, pushing them both out of the basement and shutting the door behind them. He instantly realised he and Lily were alone again, though he definitely knew it wasn't a bad thing. "Boys and their hormones." he gave a chuckle, catching her gorgeous hazel eyes for a moment before walking back to his chair and sitting down, she gave a small laugh before they both focussed on the TV. Though, their eyes kept drifting to one another every few moments. Their heartbeats quickening as they did so.

"Wanna hear something funny?" Lily spoke almost too quickly, her brain convincing her that she was about to say was a good idea. That her feelings were only due to the fact they'd never been revealed. Hyde's eyes instantly caught hers as he gave her his full attention. "I had the biggest crush on you when we were younger." she gave a nervous chuckle as she spoke, her eyes searching for any change in his facial expression. Though no obvious change came, she did notice the corners of his mouth turn up slightly as he tried to hold back a smile.

"Really? That's weird... I kinda had a big crush on you too." he chuckled back, his voice slightly shaky as he spoke. They two stared at each other for a moment, as if they were both ten years old again, held up in that same crush.

"Kids! Who wants cookies?" Kitty's cheerful voice broke their attention as she tottered down the stairs and placed a piping hot plate of cookies in front of them.

hello everyone. thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed. i'm so sorry it's taken to long to update. everyone, including me, in my family has been very ill for a few weeks. i've been working two jobs for a couple of months, but now i'm down to one. so hopefully i will have more time. thank you for being patient with me!