Sorry for taking so long for this chapter, I haven't had the time, and sadly I get caught up reading other stories. I should be finishing up this soon.

Chapter 24

Jackie woke and noticed she was alone, she wasn't sure where Steven was, today they were going to the courthouse and get married. Surely he didn't get cold feet and take off?

She wondered down the hall to Katie's room to see Katie still asleep and Betsey in playpen also asleep. She could hear voices downstairs so she figured Steven must be up and started on breakfast. But when she got down there she only saw Angie and Brook.

"Hey sleepy head, welcome to the land of the living" Brook said as she started pouring cups of coffee.

"Thanks, have you guys seen Steven?"

Angie looked at her and knew she wasn't going to take the news well, possibly blowing it out of proportion, they would have to act fast. "Steven went over to the Foreman's with dad last night after you fell asleep."

"What! Why did he do that?" Jackie jumped up scared that it was all going to collapse around her.

Brook jumped up first, "Jackie, you know it is bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding" she put her arm around the smaller girl.

"Yea but does that count if you are just going to the courthouse?" Jackie calmed down some.

"Ok, so my brother has something up his sleeve for you, I better give you this before you panic" Angie said slipping a card to Jackie.

Jackie opened the card and saw Steven's familiar handwriting.

Jacks,

Babe I want to make this day as memorable for you as I can. Mrs. Foreman will be over shortly with a dress, the girls have their dresses even dresses for Katie and Betsey. I'll see you at the altar of the church, Red will meet you there to walk you down to me.

Love,

Steven

She couldn't help the tears falling from her eyes, "How? Why?" was all she was able to get out.

"Hyde wanted to make this as close to the wedding of your dreams as possible." Brook told her.

"What dress is Mrs. Foreman bring?" She asked

"Actually they got Fenton to pick it out, and Fez has a friend from the salon that is going to come over and do our hair and make up." Brook told her, "I hope you don't mind but Angie and I are your bridesmaids and we already have dresses and I hope you like the color, Hyde told us the color"

"The flowers will be waiting at the church, he gave me directions on what he wanted, or what he thought you would want." Angie filled in.

"And the girls?"

Brook led Jackie to the table, "The girls have flower girl dresses that are white. The wedding is going to be at the church and Pastor Dave is going to do the ceremony, we will have a small reception at the Foreman's afterwards."

"How is he paying for all this?"

"Daddy is helping but really aside from the dress, flowers and food there was not much costs. Everyone is chipping in, we are to be at the church for the ceremony is going to take place at two."

Jackie looked at the clock on the stove, "that gives us six hours, I think I can work with that."

"Ok first things first you need to eat something, I am going to get the girls and we can get them fed and hope they can entertain each other for a bit. Hilary is going to come by and she is going to help with the girls while we are getting ready. Fez and Michael are going to get ready at the Foreman's" Brook sat a plate down in front of Jackie and went upstairs.

Angie sat down with her own plate, "Just think soon we will be sisters" she gave her a smirk.

"A long way from when I would try to spread rumors about you at the headquarters, I guess" Jackie said laughing at the memory.

"Well aren't sisters supposed to pick on each other and not always get along? So are you ready to marry my brother?" she said looking a little more serious.

"Yea I feel like I have waited forever for this day, but what ever roads and detours we took it came back to us. I actually had a small crush on him years ago, before I dated Michael. I knew he would never like a girl like me, so Michael seemed to be a substitute, but then I guess being around each other it kind of got buried, I had convinced myself I loved Michael and he was perfect for me. Daddy even at one point cut me off financially because I wouldn't break up with him. By the time it was really over, he wasn't even around much for me to let him know…" she got a far off look on her face.

"Jackie are you OK doing this without your parents?"

Jackie looked at Angie, "Trust me if they were around and had any say, they wouldn't let this happen. I wouldn't be able to marry Steven and I definitely wouldn't be able to adopt Katie. I almost wonder if I should send them a family photo in hopes of a stroke. It would serve them right."

"Hasn't your mom met Steven?"

"Yes, she even flashed him and Mr. Foreman her boobs, but once she heard of WB it didn't matter the money he has. Apparently bigotry isn't just a southern thing."

"You don't need to tell me, I have had my share growing up. I just hope Katie won't have to deal with things I did. I know daddy said one of the things that impressed him about you is that you didn't bat an eye about his skin color when you met, but you gave him hell over how he treated Steven."

"Yea I didn't appreciate him thinking Steven was after his money, that is not who he is, I am just glad they were both able to get past that and have the relationship they have. WB was great when he stayed here when I first moved in, and he loves Katie."

Brook came in with the girls, and Jackie took Katie from her, as Brook sat Betsey in a high chair they had. "Now Jackie you get to see the fun you have to look forward to, most of these eggs will wind up everywhere but her mouth" as she set a bowl of scrambled eggs for Betsey.

"So she didn't inherit Michael's allergy to eggs?" Jackie asked, she had been cautious about making sure not to give her anything with eggs when she had watched her.

"Oh no, thank God. It was bad enough we had to take Michael to the hospital the other day because he tried to eat some of her eggs."

As they sat and ate their breakfast and get the girls fed, Jackie told them of the time Michael figured he would train for the police academy like Rocky and drink raw eggs.

Brook was laughing to the point she was in tears, "You tried to stop him and he wouldn't listen?"

"Brook you have been around him long enough, does he ever listen?"

"He's gotten somewhat better, except remembering not to eat eggs." Brook defended him.

Shortly after breakfast the girls cleaned up the mess of breakfast and took turns watching the girls and taking showers before Fez showed up with Hilary and Lisa from his shop.

"I would stay and help you lovely ladies but Hyde made me promise to come help him get ready, maybe I can do something with his hair." Fez said as he was about to leave.

"Don't you dare mess with his fro!" Jackie exclaimed, "that is part of who he is, and I love his hair"

"Aiy my lovely, I will leave the fro alone, I can't wait to see you ladies"

At the Foreman's Hyde was eating breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Foreman, WB and Randy when Fez came in. "Hey peoples, Hilary is over to watch the little ones so the girls can get more beautiful than they already are."

"I'll be right over as soon as breakfast is done and cleaned up." Kitty said taking a sitting a plate in front of Fez. "Steven today is going to go great, the cake will be hear shortly, and WB has the food covered, it is great to plan a wedding where you know everyone will show up." and with that she gave her famous Kitty laugh. "So does everyone one know what they are doing today?"

Red was the first one to speak, "I show up and walk Jackie down the aisle"

"I am taking care of the music, Hyde are you sure Jackie isn't going to kick me or something when I play what you asked?"

"No it will be fine, the first song is the one that played during our first kiss on our first date. The second that she is walking down to, well she once said that would be the best song played when she walks down the aisle to me, since its Led Zeppelin and her favorite, you are only playing as long as it takes for her and Red to walk down the aisle anyway, so may not even get much past the guitar intro."

"Steven you are not having traditional wedding music played?" Kitty asked.

Hyde looked at the woman who was basically his mother, "No, I am still me, and I cleared it with pastor Dave, though he offered to play the songs himself." he shuddered at the thought of pastor Dave playing Zeppelin.

"I'll make sure everything is set up here for the reception, the caterers will be here to set up right before I have to leave for the church." WB added his duties.

"And I will make sure Hyde stays calm and shows up." Fez added.

"Oh I am showing up, I just hope that everything is perfect and I don't get bruises to my shins if something is out of place."

Jackie and the girls along with Mrs. Foreman were in a small room of the church finishing getting ready, a photographer that WB hired was taking pictures as Jackie finally came out in her dress.

"Jackie you look amazing" Mrs. Foreman stated getting misty eyed. "That Fenton picked out an amazing dress."

"This one was my favorite, I tried it on quite a bit. Luckily it wasn't the one I was wearing when Steven caught me with Eric shopping together."

"Fenton said he had put this one back waiting for you when he saw Steven ring shopping, he wanted to make sure this was the dress you wore."

"I guess I am going to have to thank him when I see him next time I am at the mall" Jackie said looking at herself in the mirror.

"Well he is here" Jackie gave Mrs. Foreman a questioningly look. "Well it wasn't like we invited a lot of people and well he sort of invited himself to come, though he said to make sure he wasn't near Fez?" Mrs. Foreman said unsure why the two couldn't be near each other.

Jackie couldn't help but laugh, "There is some rivalry or something between the two, non of us knows for sure what it is about, something that neither one of them will talk about, or at least we can understand what Fez says when he talks about Fenton."

"Isn't that his landlord?" Brook asked.

"Yes, but I think he had a thing for Kelso" Hilary said from her spot on the floor with Brook and Katie.

About that time a knock was at the door, and Fez entered. "Aiye my lovely ladies, I am honored that Hyde sent me to deliver a message to Jackie and be able to take in all this beauty." Fez looked around taking in the girls all dressed up.

"Fez before you have to run out of here to take care of needs, or whatever, what is the message?" Jackie said knowing the young foreign one so well.

"He wanted to know even if it is last minute if you wanted to say your own vows or go with what Pastor Dave has?"

Jackie was stunned, she would never think that this would be left up to her. "I am guessing Steven has something prepared already in case I say write our own?" Fez just smiled, "Well I can't pass this up, I know I can write my own pretty quickly."

"All right, I'll let him and Pastor Dave know." and Fez ran out of the room.

Jackie sat down and found a pen and paper and began to pour out her vows. Her heart raced as she thought of what Steven could possibly say, she couldn't believe it all this as she looked at the dress, the flowers that had been delivered he had planned this all for her. She had her best friends Brook and Angie with her, she was thankful after everything Steven and Michael had mended their friendship. No Michael shouldn't have played that prank on her in Chicago, but he is an idiot, though with Brook's help he had began to put more thought into his actions. She thought of the two that were missing from this day, Eric, she hated that they were doing this without him. Eric should be the one standing by Steven, they were brothers. They had talked to him a few days ago and let him know they were getting married. He was happy and asked for pictures, she wished she could talk to him again, she wanted to tell him how surprised Steven made her. She also thought about Donna, but they had planned this knowing she would be at work, now looking around she understood Bob had peaked in before going to take a seat. Steven didn't want Donna to ruin anything about today especially since this was a surprise. At one time she thought of Donna as her best friend, they had been through a lot she thought together, her parents split, Michael cheating on her, the break up with Eric but then she realized after Donna came back from California with Michael she never seemed the same. She then realized Donna wasn't worth it, not today. Today was for her and Steven and the people that had stood by them and believed in them all along, even Michael with his antics had told her he knew when he saw them together once after he got back he realized Jackie was totally in love with Hyde, he had hated when he saw Hyde cheat on Jackie and why he wanted to help them.

Red's voice broke her from her thoughts, "Jackie are you ready?" She looked up, Red in a black suit with a lavender tie and a small white rose in his lapel. She didn't think she had ever seen him look nicer than he did at that moment. He had been a father to all of them at some point.

"Mr. Foreman, I…thank you for everything over the years. And thank you for doing this for me" She was struggling to hold back tears.

"Jackie it is my pleasure, now let's get you two married"

Jackie turned and grabbed her flowers and the paper with her vows, though she didn't know if she would need them. She didn't even notice Brook or Angie till they reached the foyer and they both started working on her dress.

Michael met Brook and picked up Betsey as the doors opened to the sanctuary, Jackie could hear Leo Slayer through what sounded like a record player as Michael walked down with Betsey in one arm and Brook walking down holding his other arm.

Hilary handed Katie to Fez as he walked Angie down the same way, the doors shut again and Red led Jackie to stand behind them, Hilary did last minute adjustments to Jackie's train and checked her makeup and hair. They could hear the change in the records as the strands of Stairway to Heaven began, the doors opened and Jackie looked down the aisle and saw Steven standing there with Pastor Dave. She knew he cleaned up nice, it was a bet she took when she conned him into taking her to prom, she remembered almost being speechless when she picked him up at his house that night. Why she ever looked at Michael again after that she had no idea.

The handful of people sitting in the church stood as Red led her down the aisle, Steven stood their without his glasses and a genuine smile on his face. Fez and Kelso beside him, Angie and Brook across. As she got to front she noticed on the front row Kitty was holding Betsey and of course WB had Katie. Bob was sitting by WB sniffling. This was their family they were just missing Eric, but she had a feeling he was thinking about them at this moment.

The record was turned down and Pastor Dave spoke, "Who gives this woman to this man?"

"I do" Red answered, as he took Steven's hand he pulled him in to whisper in his ear, "Don't be a dumbass" he shook his hand and put Jackie's hand in Steven's and sat down with Kitty.

Jackie couldn't focus on Pastor Dave's words all she could do is look at Steven, he his eyes seemed brighter than she ever saw them before. She noticed Steven say "I do" and realized that Pastor Dave was talking to her, "Jackie do you take Steven as your lawfully wedded husband in sickness and health for richer or poorer, cling only to him as long as you both shall live?"

"I do" She hoped her smile was a big as Steven's

"Steven and Jackie want to express their love and devotion to each other in their own vows, Steven"

"Jackie we were a couple that wasn't supposed to work out, we were what our friends claimed creepy and unnatural, we came from opposite sides of the tracks, but yet somewhere along the lines of hating each other we found common ground. They say there is a fine line between love and hate, and we have been on both sides of that line. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you, I promise to care for you, to provide for you and to raise Katie and any other children we may have or find along the way together. For the first 16 years of my life I was told I was worthless and a nobody but you one time told me I was worthy of love, and then you showed me that love. I want to spend the rest of my life showing and giving that love back to you." He reached up and swept off a tear with his thumb and returned his hand to hers.

"Jackie" Pastor Dave

"Steven there was always something about you that scared and fascinated me at the same time. You were there for me over the years when I needed someone, I can always find safety, comfort and love in your arms. You took me under your wing and helped me to stand up for myself. We both have wore masks, but we let those masks down around each other and found we were wearing them for the same reasons. I love you, I may have always loved you. I have seen you as my future since that summer in the basement watching Price is Right. I realized that I wasn't looking for a prince charming but a knight in shining armor or in your case a knight in a Led Zeppelin shirt. You are the man I want to raise our children with and spend the rest of my life with, I love you and want to prove that love to you forever." Jackie couldn't help but catch the smirk on his face with her last statement.

They exchanged rings and when Pastor Dave told him he could kiss the bride he stepped closer and pulled her to him so tight and kissed her till they were both breathless. As they turned to look Red and WB both seemed to have proud faces on, Bob was in tears and Kitty had a shocked expression on her face with one hand over Betsey's eyes and the other one over Katie's. Everyone seemed to notice and chuckle at the sight.

Steven motioned to WB and he stood up and handed Katie to him. Once he had Katie in his arm and Jackie was holding the other, Pastor Dave announced. "I know present Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hyde, and soon to be Katie Scarlett Hyde.

Jackie was shocked as music came across again, only this time it was Elton John and Kiki Dee 'Don't go Breaking my Heart' She looked at her husband, Steven noticed she was surprised by the song choice. "Hey I figured I make you happy now, tonight you make me happy" he had a huge grin on his face as they walked down the aisle. As they got to the doors, Jackie stopped him and as he turned to look at him, she dropped her flowers and grabbed his head pulling his face to her "It's my turn to kiss the groom" and kissed him. The sounds of Katie's babbles caused them to pull apart this time and both went and kissed her on her cheeks. "Thank you Steven for this, I will never forget this"

"I wanted to make sure you never regret how we did this, and I'll be honest I wanted to prove that I do listen and care about what you want, I figured this would be a big step in showing that to you."

They posed with their friends and family for several pictures before they all made their way to the Foreman's.

Steven and Jackie were the last one's to pull into the Foreman's driveway, Katie had rode with WB, Angie and Randy. It took everything to stop at just kissing in the church parking lot.

"We better get in there" Steven said as he opened her door for her.

"Steven I just realized I left my clothes at church"

"No you didn't, Hilary made sure to take care of everything and packed it up for you. Come on, Foreman is supposed to be making a call and WB brought one of those contraptions that hooks up and makes it into a speaker so he can still make a best man's speech even though he didn't get to stand by me."

They were walking up the driveway, "Well that probably works out best, God only knows what type of speech Michael would give unless he let Brook write it, but then we would have to trust him to stick with the script, and well we might not understand Fez."

"Exactly"

The couple was stopped in the driveway before they reached to turn to go to the back door by an angry blonde. "What the Hell is going on?" She had just spent her shift at the radio station playing requested love longs for dedications, something that a girl that was alone after being in a long term relationship was not in the mood to do, all it did accomplish was make her pissed at the world. The last thing she wanted to see was a sappy in love bride and groom especially ones that she always thought wasn't right for each other.

For the first time that day the smiles they both had on their faces fell, "Donna, Jackie and I got married today and now we are going to the reception at the Foreman's" Steven stated, he knew Jackie had stiffened just like he did at seeing their once friend.

"Wow anyone taking bets how long it will last?" Donna asked in a condescending tone?

They hadn't heard the door open and two other people to come out until they heard Kelso, "Nope, I don't bet against love. Do you Fez?"

"No my amigo I do not" Fez answered.

"Like these two have had the best examples of true love." Donna said.

What she didn't know is that Bob had also stepped out with Fez and Kelso, he was afraid of Donna getting home around the time they all started walking into the Foreman's.

"Donna those two have had the best example of true love, you might not have in your mother and me, but the real thing has been right next door. Now I think you need to go in your house and let these two get inside and join their daughter and family." The last part was said in a stern voice none of the kids had ever heard from Bob. Luckily Donna turned and stormed into her house.

Kelso ready to break the tension, "I think we have some celebrating to do."

Steven pulled Jackie to his side and kissed her temple, "I think Kelso has the right idea" he couldn't help looking at Jackie and the smile returned to his face, she was more beautiful than that time he saw her in a wedding dress with Foreman at the mall.

Jackie looked up at him and his smile was enough for her, "I love you Mr. Hyde."

Just as they entered the living room the phone rang, knowing it was most likely Eric WB answered it with the speaker phone.

"Hey Eric, got you on speaker phone so you can talk to everyone at once" WB let him know.

Jackie stepped closer to the phone and Steven stood behind her with his arms around her pulling her to his chest.

Eric's voice came through the small speaker on the end table next to the phone, "Hey guys, not sure who all is there, but really this is for Jackie and Hyde anyways. I hate that I missed today, Hyde you are like a brother to me I have looked up to you and today I couldn't be prouder of you than I am right now. I told you a long time ago that you are happy when you are with Jackie, though it might not have made sense the two of you when we first found out about you, you guys really are a perfect match. Jackie, I guess over the years you grown on me almost like a little sister. I guess considering I have referred to both you and Laurie as the devil at some point in time, well I love ya. You are stronger than most ever give you credit for. Those months we spent together in Africa and bringing you home have been some of the best months. I miss you and Katie, its not the same here without you two. Take care of Hyde and that little girl. And Hyde you make sure to take care of Jackie and Katie, I love you all and hope to see you all soon."

Jackie was too overcome to speak, Hyde was taken back, it almost seemed like there was a hidden meaning to his words, "We miss you too, see ya man"

The phone call came to an end and Randy made his way over to the record player, knowing that they needed to lighten the mood. As advised by Hyde he put on Tiny Dancer, as the newly married couple started their first dance in the living room of the first real home either of them had.