Set-Up: This BTS is about Laurie starting cosmetology school in season 3. Specifically, it's to address the conflicting behavior of Red and Kitty between the episodes "Ice Shack" (3.10) and "Fez Gets the Girl" (3.12). Red and Kitty both go from being unimpressed with Laurie's decision in 3.10 to (skeptically) supportive in 3.12. I think Red and Kitty would've quickly realized that this might be good for Laurie, and so I place this very brief scene right after Laurie tells them about cosmetology school at the end of 3.10. It is narrated by Red.

(I debated over whether or not I wanted to post this, but after sitting in my drafts for weeks, I decided I would post it. It's so much shorter than anything I've written before because I had to sort of 'force' this story out. Normally, my BTS scenes just come to me when I re-watch episodes, but for this one, all I knew was that there was something missing with this plot, and this short piece is like a band-aid attempting to rectify that to a small degree.)

I watch, dumbstruck, as Laurie joyfully skips out of the kitchen. Beauty school?

"So Kitty, what do you think?" I ask my wife; perhaps her opinion would help me come up with one of my own.

"Eh," she says. She waves her hand dismissively without looking up.

"Yeah," I echo her sentiment.

I pull the newspaper I had been holding back up, but quickly find that I can't focus on what I am reading. I was hung up on this beauty school thing. Where had the idea come from? When I had talked to Laurie earlier, she told me she was simply biding her time while waiting for a rich husband to take care of her.

Then it hit me. That's what I had said. Not Laurie.

"Oh no," I say out loud.

Kitty looks up at me. "What's wrong?" She gives me a look of concern.

I fold the newspaper closed and rise from my seat. "I think I need to go talk to Laurie."

Kitty says nothing, but watches me closely with a total look of confusion as I make my way across the kitchen toward the living room. There I find Laurie sitting on the couch, her head buried in some brochure. She looks up when she sees me, and a beaming smile spreads across her face.

"Daddy, come here," she says. She lifts up the brochure she had been holding. "I picked this up today. It's all about the cosmetology school in Kenosha. They even hold some classes here in Point Place!" She hands it to me.

I take the brochure and stare at the cover. "Look, sweetheart." I clear my throat uncomfortably. "About before and the, uh…whole husband thing. Really all I want is for you to be happy."

"Thanks, Daddy," Laurie says. She reaches forward and squeezes my arm. "All I want is to make you and mommy proud."

I reach out and pat Laurie on the knee. "You already have, kitten."