"If I were stranded on a desert island with only one form of cheese, no question, it would have to be the puff." Fez said, sitting on the couch in the basement and admiring the snack bag in his hands.

Kelso sat next to Fez, Jackie in his lap, the two of them canoodling. "You know who's my little cheese puff? Jackie!"

Jackie squealed. "Ohh, Michael, you're so cute!"

"You're cute!"

"Cuter!"

"Cutest!"

"Alright, alright," Hyde said, sitting in his usual chair with Izzy at his feet. "You guys gotta shut up before I blow cheese puff chunks."

"Alright Michael, I'll see you tonight at eight."

"Okay." Jackie gave Kelso a kiss and the two of them got up.

"I'll be counting the minutes." She said sweetly.

Kelso looked confused. "Can't you just use a clock?" Jackie shook off his comment and left, and Kelso turned to the group. "Man, we're so back in love!"

"I remember when it was all," Hyde made his voice higher to imitate Jackie, "'You're an idiot, Michael!' and," he deepened his voice to sound like Kelso, "'Whoa, what'd I do?' Good times."

Izzy laughed. "You don't sound like Kelso, you sound like my dad."

Hyde leaned down so that his face was closer to Izzy's, and said in his Red / Kelso voice, "Eric, you're a dumbass!" Which made Izzy burst into a fit of giggles.

"Sorry man, but I love her." Kelso said.

"Yes, but you don't deserve her, you son of a bitch." Fez muttered.

"What?"

"I said... uh, good cheese puffs, you son of a bitch!"

Laurie entered the basement, sauntering up to Kelso with a smirk. "Hey Kelso. I thought we'd get together tonight, so... take a shower, okay?"

"Laurie, I'm seeing Jackie tonight."

"Ohh, that's so sweet!" Laurie said sarcastically. "And no. I'll see you at eight."

"What?"

"You heard me!" She headed up the stairs, and Kelso fell back onto the couch.

"Damn! My second girlfriend is such a drag. This is bad, man."

Fez nodded. "Yes, but only for you." He handed Kelso the snack bag. "Cheese puff?"

-

"So, you gonna tell her?" Hyde asked Eric at the table that evening.

"Tell who what?" Izzy asked.

"I felt so guilty, I just... I couldn't." Eric said.

Laurie leaned in. "Is it cause you're kinda glad it's dead?"

Izzy's eyes widened. "What's dead?!"

"Hm, maybe I don't have to tell her," Eric sighed. "Maybe she'll just think Mr. Bonkers ran away."

Izzy nearly choked on her food. "Eric did you kill Mr. Bonkers?!"

"Yeah, I'll tell her he ran away."

Red nodded. "That works. That's what we told you when-"

"Ssh!" Kitty waved her arms, effectively cutting Red's sentence off. "Eric honey, eat your pizza rolls."

"Come on, how hard can this be? You go over there and say, 'Hey. I'm a cat killer. I mur-'" He cut himself off this time, with his own hysterical laughter. Everyone else watched in horror. "'I murdered your cat!' But you, ah..." He kept laughing, until he composed himself. "But you try and say it with a straight face." Red looked around at the expressions on everyone's faces. "What? Am I the only one who sees the humor in this?"

Izzy nodded slowly. "Yes, Daddy, you are."

"Oh come on! That thing was always messing in our yard, going through our garbage-"

"Now we have Hyde for that." Laurie said. Izzy glared at her, but she just snickered.

Hyde turned to Laurie. "Oh yeah, Laurie, and what exactly do you do? Oh! That's right! The Packers!"

"Excuse me!" Eric said. "Dilemma here!"

Kitty shook her head. "Eric, this is not a dilemma. You have to tell Donna. Just be gentle-"

"Get her a gift. It'll distract her." Izzy said. "I know I take bad news easier when I get things for it."

Hyde chuckled. "No, Izzy Bee, you're just easily distracted by shiny objects."

"That is so not true!"

Hyde pulled his lighter from his pocket, waving it around slightly. He watched with amusement as Izzy's eyes followed the brushed brass.

-

Back in the basement, Fez was continuing to eat cheese puffs. He was in there with Kelso, Hyde, and Izzy, the latter of whom was sitting on the arm of the couch, brushing out her hair. "Fez, if you eat too many of those, you'll get a stomachache." She scolded, reaching for the bag.

He pulled it to his chest, glaring. "Do not take my cheesy puffs, you son of a bitch." He turned back to the television, continuing to eat the snack. "Hyde? Which one's your favorite Charlie's Angel?"

"I kinda like the blonde with the huge rack."

Izzy giggled. "She's my favorite cause she looks like me."

Hyde smiled. "Yeah."

"And she distracts the criminals with her huge rack!" Fez said.

"Plus, she's got that huge rack." Kelso added. Izzy threw her hairbrush at Kelso, who let out a little scream and ducked.

"Yeah." Fez clutched his stomach. "Ay, my stomach. My cheesy puffy friends have become my enemy."

"I told you so, Fez."

"Man, you guys, I gotta break up with Laurie." Kelso mumbled, his chin resting in his hand.

"Kelso, remember how you said you were gonna juggle 'em both 'til it blew up in your face?" Hyde asked.

"Yeah."

"Well... kablooie!"

"Okay, I know I tried before, right? But this time, Laurie'll see how much I love Jackie, and that my motives are good and pure. And then she'll just let me go!"

Hyde made his voice high-pitched again. "Then you and all the leprechauns can ride unicorns to a wonderful celebration in fairyland!" Izzy giggled at this, and Hyde winked at her.

-

"Eric! Izzy!" Jackie yelled, running into the basement. "I just saw Michael kissing your sister. Okay, he's a rat! He's been cheating on me!"

Eric feigned surprise as he said, "What? Well, surely there must be some kind of mistake! Right, guys? Come on!"

"Well it sure is a mind blower." Hyde said sarcastically. Izzy reached over and hit the back of Hyde's and Eric's heads.

"So that's it! Michael and I are over!"

Fez stood up quickly. "Really? And by over you mean..."

"I mean over and done! Forever!"

"Uh huh. Now by forever you mean..."

"And after everything I put up with, I mean, god. Him taking Pam Macy to the prom, setting my house on fire, lying about Laurie-"

"To be fair, that's only the stuff you know about." Hyde said, resulting in another slap on the back of the head from both Izzy and Eric.

-

"So, really, breaking up with Michael could be the start of something great. I am a whole new Jackie."

Hyde rolled his eyes. "Really? 'Cause you're babbling like the old Jackie."

It was true. Jackie had been in the basement, talking nonstop about "Michael, Michael, Michael!" and the rest of the group had just been watching, exchanging awkward looks with each other, and making side comments the whole time.

"Jackie. I've been looking for you," Kelso said, walking into the basement.

"Here I am."

"Okay, so you two probably wanna be alone." Izzy said, trying to head to the stairs, but Hyde grabbed her wrist and pulled her back towards him.

"No, Izzy Bee! How can this not be good? Come on." He guided her to sit on his lap.

"Alright. Jackie, I've done some terrible and stupid things. Too many to even list-"

Hyde grinned. "Oh, hey, give it a shot, man. I'll fill in the blanks."

"Hyde!" Izzy scolded quietly.

"But I'm done making excuses." Kelso continued. His eyes were red from tears, and Izzy actually felt sorry for him. "And all I can say is... is that I'm sorry. And I love you. And I will do whatever I can, every day from now on so that you know that's true. So will you please, please, please take me back?"

"Oh, Michael." Jackie took in a shaky breath. "No. No, you know what? We're through. Forever."

"Whoa, didn't see that coming." Hyde whispered to Izzy.

Kelso nodded slowly. "Fine." He rushed out of the room, leaving Jackie standing there, crying silently.

"So, um... that was the smartest thing I've ever done." She said quietly. "And, um... and the best." She let out a cry and ran over to everyone. Izzy immediately stood up and was quick to pull Jackie into a hug. Jackie cried into her shoulder and Izzy rested the side of her head against Jackie's.

Over Jackie's shoulder, Izzy locked eyes with Hyde. She nodded, mouthing, "I got this." He nodded and got up, getting Eric and Donna to their feet as well, and the three of them headed upstairs.

-

The next day, Izzy bounced down the stairs into the basement. "Hey, Hyde!" She called out, sitting on the couch. He walked out of his room, rubbing his eyes, his curls a mess.

She giggled. "Good morning, sleepyhead."

"Mornin'. What's got you so peppy? And... so early?"

"Hyde, it's noon."

"My question stands."

"I had some coffee, and-"

Hyde sat in his chair and groaned. "No, Izzy Bee! You know coffee makes you jumpy."

"I need the energy, I'm going out with Nick for lunch."

He paused. "Oh. Where're you meeting him?"

"He should be picking me up any second-" Just then, the basement door opened, and in walked Nick.

"Hey, Iz. You ready to go?" He looked up at Hyde and gave him a small half smile as a greeting, to which Hyde just nodded in return.

"Yeah, let me just get my sweater."

She jumped up, and Hyde chuckled and mumbled, "Jumpy." She gave him a swift hit on the back of the head and went back upstairs, leaving Hyde with Nick. Again.

"You two, uh, hang out a lot?" Nick asked, standing in the middle of the room awkwardly.

"Yeah man, we do."

"Okay. Cool."

"Cool."

-

At Fatso Burger, Izzy was halfheartedly telling the story of the time Kelso fell off the water tower.

"And so he's on the ground, and Jackie's like, freaking out, and then Hyde just goes, 'Kelso, how's the leaf look?' And Kelso-"

"I love you."

Izzy froze, eyebrows raised. She was gesturing with a fry during her story, and when she froze it was pointing at Nick. She dropped it, the fry landing in her pop, but she didn't notice. "You what?"

"I love you. You don't have to say it back, I just..."

-

"Donna!" Izzy yelled, knocking on the Pinciottis' front door. "Donna!" Donna opened the door and Izzy spotted Eric on her couch. Izzy ran past Donna and sat next to Eric, her head in her hands.

"Okay, yeah, come in." Donna said sarcastically. "What's up?"

"Nick told me he loves me."

Eric smiled. "He did? On your little Fatso Burger date? How romantic!"

"Shut up, Eric."

Donna sat on Eric's other side. "Did you say it back? You seem stressed out."

"Yeah... I did. I said it back."

"Then why the long face?" Eric asked.

"I don't know!"

"Well, you said it, but did you feel it? Eric made that dumb move when I said it for the first time."

"I did- do. I think I do. Does love feel like you have to throw up? And, like, my heart is beating really fast, but time is moving really slow, and-"

"Izzy, I think you're panicking a little bit."

"Ya think?!"

Donna reached over Eric and took Izzy's hands in hers. "Do you love Nick?"

"I think I do. Ugh, I don't know!"

Donna chuckled. "You'll be fine, Izzy. You're smart. You're terrible with handling your emotions, but you're smart."

Eric nodded. "Yeah, at least you didn't do what I did. I popped her one on the shoulder and called her man afterwards."

Izzy laughed breathlessly. "You're an idiot."

"I agree." Donna said with a smile.

Eric's eyes widened. "Hey!"

-

"Man, Hyde's not gonna like this." Donna said, closing the door behind Izzy as she left.

"Do we tell him?" Eric asked.

Donna sat back down next to him. "I don't know. Has he even accepted the fact that he's totally, totally in love with her?"

"I'm not sure. It's Hyde, so y'know... he can either never acknowledge his feelings or-"

"Or never acknowledge his feelings." Donna laughed.

"I dunno. I saw the way he looked at her during your parents' wedding vows. It's like the way Red looks at my mom when he thinks no one's looking."

"Really? That's actually kinda sweet."

"Yeah it is. Until he calls me a dumbass and threatens to shove his foot up my ass."

Donna laughed and kissed Eric. "Truly terrifying."