The day before graduation was finally upon the seniors of Point Place, and, thanks to Bob pulling some strings, Donna and Izzy were able to graduate right alongside the others. Laurie had also just come home to visit her family, which Izzy seemed to be the only one excited about.

But, with every bit of good news came that of equally bad, and this week was no exception.

Red had gone full-out with Eric and Donna's wedding planning, his logic being make them realize they don't actually want what they think they want, and it worked. Eric and Donna admitted they weren't ready to get married, but they decided that they were going to move to Kenosha the day after graduation, sending Kitty into a tizzy.

The bad news continued when Fez was caught painting the water tower by the Point Place police, who notified him that he had to leave the country asap. He was only allowed to stay as long as he was attending high school as a transfer student, which would end the very next day.

So, needless to say, the basement was teeming with an array of emotions that afternoon.

"Ah," Fez whined. "My last American popsicle washed down by my last American grape soda."

Hyde sighed. "Fez, it's sad you're getting deported, but this last America crap is getting annoying."

"Ah, my last American chance to annoy you."

Izzy, who was sitting on top of the freezer, laughed. "Hey, come on, Fez!" she said. "Look on the bright side. We graduate tomorrow!"

"Yeah!" Eric agreed. "You go back to your country with a high school diploma, they'll probably make you, like, head medicine man or something!"

Fez shook his head. "Eric, there is no pride in going back to a place where people are outnumbered by lizards."

There was a pause, then Kelso let out a loud sigh. "I'm gonna miss you, man. Hey, when you get there, can you mail me a lizard?"

The basement door opened, and in walked Donna, clutching a manilla envelope excitedly. "Eric! Guess what came for you?"

Eric's face blanched. "Hey, they just sent those to me, okay?! I don't- I don't even find those girls attractive!"

"No, you perv." She said with an amused look on her face. "It's the key to our apartment in Madison. Now we can leave tomorrow after graduation, like we wanted."

Eric took the key from her, looking at it in his hands as though it were made of pure gold. "Wow. Great! By this time next week, our neighbors will be hearing your cries of love through our paper-thin walls."

Hyde chuckled. "Cries of love? Or cries of disappointment?"

"Steven!" Izzy laughed, going over to sit on his lap. She looked at her brother and her best friend, her smile quickly fading. "Damn, you guys are actually moving away. A- And Fez'll be gone..."

Donna laughed. "You're not allowed to miss us, Iz. We'll be at the same school together next year!"

"Yeah, but Steven will still be here, and Fez will be wherever the hell he's from."

Fez's eyes widened. "'Wherever the hell he's from'?! I will have you know, my pretty little blonde friend, that I am from the great country of-"

"This is the last time we'll all be together!" Izzy whined, throwing her arms around Hyde and burying her face in his neck. He chuckled, rubbing circles onto her back soothingly.

"Ah, I don't want to go." Fez mumbled, sitting on the armrest next to Donna.

"Not fair!" Izzy whined again.

"Okay, you two," Donna said, looking between them. "Look, at least we're going camping tonight. We'll all be together for one last blowout!"

Kelso finally turned away from the records, which he had been flipping through absentmindedly for the past hour. He grinned, looking very proud of himself. "And I'll finally get Jackie back!"

All at once, everyone looked at him and yelled, "What?!"

"Okay, Kelso?" Donna said. "When I said, 'blowout,' I didn't mean 'ruin the friendships we've all worked so hard to keep'!"

"Plus, she's got a boyfriend, man." Hyde said.

Kelso's eyes widened. "Still!" He leaned against the couch. "See, I had a renovation last night-"

"Don't you mean revelation?" Izzy asked.

"Let me speak, Forwoman! Damn!" He flipped his hair. "As I was saying. I had a revolution last night that I've gotta seize every opportunity that's comin' my way!"

Hyde raised his eyebrows, amused. "Oh, yeah? What made you realize this, man?"

"Well, I told Laurie she could have the last of the cookies that Izzy made, and then I realized I missed the opportunity to have another cookie!" He noticed that everyone was snickering. "No, really, you guys! We gotta carpet the dean! Seize the day!"

Eric paused. "Okay, I really don't know what he was trying to say with that."

In unison, everyone responded, "Carpe diem."

"Alright." Fez said, standing up. "I am off to spend the rest of my American money on candy and porno."

Donna looked confused. "But Fez-"

"I said candy and porno!"

-

"Hey Jackie," Kelso said, packing snacks for the trip. "You're gonna love these cookies on the camping trip. They're sweet and tasty, just like me." Jackie rolled her eyes. "Ooh, and this apple is just like me, too! Juicy and delicious."

Izzy laughed. "How about red and bruised?"

"Huh- ow!" Kelso rubbed the spot on his arm where Hyde punched. "What was that for, man?!"

Hyde shrugged, grinning. "Just felt like it."

Kelso gasped dramatically. "Yeah? Well... fine! These... these hot dogs are just like you two!" He said, pulling out a package of hot dogs and gesturing between Izzy and Hyde. "They're- They're..."

Eric didn't even look up from where he was packing food. "Kosher."

"Kosher!" He paused, then looked confused. "Wait, I dunno what kosher-"

"It means that it's blessed by a rabbi." Izzy said, giggling.

Kelso gasped. "Burn!" He gave a loud shriek-laugh and ran out of the kitchen.

Hyde sighed and set an arm across Izzy's shoulders. "There were so many good jokes he could've made with hot dogs... and he went with kosher."

"Jackie, are you sure you wanna go camping?" Donna asked, sitting across from her at the kitchen table. "That idiot's gonna be trying to get you back the whole time."

Jackie shrugged, stifling laughter. "He's jerked me around enough. Now, I get to watch him fight for me for absolutely no reason! Nick thinks it's funny, too." She paused. "Just... no one tell Michael. Okay?!"

Everyone immediately agreed, jumping at any chance to see Kelso make a fool of himself.

"You know," Fez said proudly. "If you really want to mess with him, you should do it with me. Talk about humiliating!"

Laurie, who was leaning against the counter next to Izzy, smirked slightly. "So. You guys are goin' to the lake, huh? It is real fun up there. My senior year, I set the record for most topless rides on the rope swing!" She glanced over at Izzy and Eric. "Wish I was going..."

Izzy started to open her mouth and invite her along, but Eric's eyes widened. "Don't even think about it, Izzy! There's enough scary things in the woods already."

"Eric," Fez said. "I'm being deported, and she is loose with her boobs. She goes."

There was a sound outside, and Hyde went over to the sliding glass door to investigate. "Hey. Izzy Bee, Forman, your mom's back from the looney doctor."

"She got really depressed when she heard you guys were moving, huh?" Jackie asked.

"Yeah, you're tellin' me," Eric said, shuddering. "Last night, she was making sounds that gave my dad war flashbacks."

When the door opened and Kitty entered, everyone braced themselves for tears, yelling, or anything of the sort. Instead, what they got was a dopey smile and Red steering her towards the living room.

"What a beautiful day!" She said slowly. "I feel... I feel like a rainbow! Does anyone else feel like a rainbow?"

"What happened to her?" Eric asked.

Red just smiled and held up a pill bottle.

-

Gathered around the campfire, Kelso was strumming on his guitar and singing an ode to Jackie while the others just watched in amusement. Donna was cuddled up with Eric, and Izzy with Hyde, and the atmosphere was nothing short of serene.

"Ohh, Jackie Burkhart," Kelso hummed, strumming the last few notes. "You are so... fine." He set his guitar down. "Wrote that just for you, Jackie."

Hyde scowled. "No you didn't, you just ripped it off American Pie!"

"Nuh-uh, the American Pie guy ripped me off!"

Izzy laughed. "Okay, Kelso. Whatever you say, big guy." She wrapped the blanket a little tighter around her and Hyde.

"You know," Donna said as Eric headed away from the group. "It really freaks me out, being out here... after what happened to those kids."

Kelso's head snapped up. "What kids?"

"Well, a bunch of kids--just like us--were camping out here," she clicked on her flashlight, "and they disappeared. And all the police could find were these bloody drag marks that led down to the lake. It was like... it was like something killed them and pulled them in!"

Izzy gasped. "Maybe it was the Loch Ness Monster!"

"Nah, Izzy Bee. The Loch Ness Monster's from Africa." Hyde chuckled, pressing a kiss to the top of her head.

"So the police, like, searched the lake with their sonar and stuff," Donna continued. "And when they played back the tapes, all they could hear in the background was, like, a whisper."

"Wh- What did it say?" Asked Kelso in a shaky voice.

"I am the Lady of the Lake... I am the Lady of the Lake... Yeah, and you'll know when she's coming, cause she screams before she kills. Let's see if we can hear her." Donna paused, her head tilted towards the forest behind her. "I said... let's see if we can hear her!"

There was another pause, then a small voice from the forest said, "D- Donna, I'm stuck in a thorn bush."

Kelso's face paled. "I heard her, she's stuck in a thorn bush!"

Jackie sighed and turned to Kelso. "I'm kind of cold. If you get more firewood, I'll let you feed me marshmallows!"

Immediately, Kelso jumped up and sprinted into the woods, leaving the others in a laughing fit. Donna got up to help Eric with the thorn bush, and Laurie turned to Izzy.

"Hey, little sister? You wanna go get some more marshmallows from the van?"

Izzy looked confused, but said, "Yeah, sure," and got up.

The two girls walked over to the van in complete silence (a first for them) and as Izzy was half-bent into the van, getting the marshmallows from the backseat, Laurie leaned against the door.

"So, you and the orphan, huh?"

Izzy looked up at her, her brow furrowed. "What?"

"When did that happen?"

"When did what happen?"

Laurie rolled her eyes. "Oh, you know!"

"No, I don't know!"

"Yes, you do!"

"No, I don't!"

"You and Steven!"

Izzy paused, then smiled. "Oh. Yeah, I do."

Laurie laughed as Izzy handed her a bag of marshmallows. She opened it up and popped one into her mouth. "I mean, of course I've known for years that there was some shit between you two that you were both too stubborn to see. Iz, you may be my sister, but we are definitely not related at all when it comes to boys."

Izzy laughed. "What? What are you talking about?"

"Oh, you know!"

"Yeah, I do." The two girls started heading back towards the campfire. "How come you didn't notice anything since you've been home? I mean, why only now?"

Laurie shrugged. "I haven't seen you two kiss until now. You've always been super handsy with him. Mom, Dad, and I had a bet going for when you two would get together." She paused. "Oh my god, I won. I won the bet!" She turned to Izzy, grinning. "Damn, Mom and Dad never told me! Ugh, they totally owe me twenty bucks!"

When they got back to the campfire, Izzy resumed her spot with Hyde, and Laurie kept walking.

"I think I'm gonna go take a walk down to the lake," she said. "See you two lovebirds later!"

Fez stared at her as she left, and Izzy could practically see the cogs in his mind turning, before he yelled, "I choose boobs!" And got up, rushing after Laurie.

A few minutes later, Donna headed towards the lake in the other direction, and right after, Eric left too.

Hyde chuckled. "Do they really think they're being sneaky?"

"No way." Jackie said immediately. "They're amateurs."

Izzy laughed and looked up at Hyde. "You know Laurie didn't know we're together until literally five minutes ago?"

He scoffed. "Typical."

There was a pause, where no one was saying anything. It was Izzy, Hyde, and Jackie all gathered around the campfire, listening to the crackling embers and watching the flames dance.

"Man, where is Michael?" Jackie asked, watching as the flames got a little smaller.

Izzy glanced back towards the forest. "No clue. He's like a cat, though. Always finds his way home." She paused, looking over at the empty spot where Kelso was sitting. "Hey, Jackie, hand me his guitar."

Hyde's eyes widened. "You play?!"

"Yeah," Izzy laughed, gently strumming a tune.

"Man, you learn somethin' new every day." He mumbled, kissing her softly.

-

"God." Eric said in a shaky voice. "I saw Laurie, and everything just went blank. I just ran, you guys! I just ran away." He was huddled next to Donna, like two sardines under a blanket. "And then I heard these high-pitched screams... and it was me!"

Only minutes prior to this, Eric had mistaken Laurie for Donna down by the lake, and Fez had mistaken Donna for Laurie. Eric and Donna rushed back to find each other, and instead they ended up joining the circle that the others had set up.

"Yeah?" Donna replied, her brow knitted. "Well I've got bigger problems. Fez is a good artist! He's gonna paint me onto a nudie poster and sell it to every gaucho in Argentina. Or wherever the hell he's from!"

Izzy giggled, eating her s'more with both hands ("You're such a child!" Hyde had said, to which Izzy just laughed and handed him one). "I can't believe Fez saw you naked, Donna. That's, like, a catastrophic event." She paused, giggling. "Catastrophic. That's a fun word. Cat-a-strophic!"

Jackie smiled wistfully. "You know, being here, under the stars, sitting on the grass... it makes me really glad I'm not poor."

"Check out that fire, baby." Kelso said, entranced by the flames. "Yep, if there's one thing I'm good at, it's turnin' a small fire into a big fire! I mean, man, that one guitar-shaped log is roaring!" He paused, his smile fading. "Is that my guitar?"

Hyde grinned. "Yep. Nice, warm sound."

The gang started laughing, making Kelso get more and more upset. "Wh- Really, Hyde?" He paused, then his face broke into a grin. "Alright, man, that is a pretty good burn."

Eric raised his eyebrows and pointed at the fire. "Burn!"

Everyone started laughing some more; it was the kind of laughter that happens when the joke wasn't even that funny, but due to the atmosphere (and the weed) and the people... it's like it was the funniest joke to have ever been told.

-

The next morning, Eric and Donna were the first to wake up. They left their tent, smoothing out their clothes and stretching their limbs.

"Wow," Eric said, breathing in the crisp air. "Yeah, I dunno if it's the cool mountain breeze, or the poison from that thorn bush, but I slept great."

Donna looked down at her watch, and instantly all the color drained from her face. "Oh my god, it's almost ten-thirty." She looked back up at Eric, eyes wide. "We're late for graduation!"

In what felt like a quirky montage set to some instrumental rock music, Eric and Donna woke the others up to get ready to leave.

Kelso jumped out of his sleeping bag, still in his underwear, and quickly covered himself with a teddy bear. Izzy had her arms around Hyde, who was sleeping peacefully with his head on her shoulder. When they woke up, he tried to make it seem like it was the other way around.

Jackie was standing off to the side as the others hurried to get all their stuff together, calmly drinking the coffee that Donna had brought along. When Eric took the coffee away from her, he grabbed a tent that was lying in a pile on the ground, pushed it into her arms, and watched with laughter as she fell onto her butt. Hyde handed Kelso back his charred guitar, and with that, they all headed to the car.

Not soon after, though, Hyde and Izzy came rushing back. They looked around for Izzy's stuffed rabbit, which Eric had accidentally thrown into the dirt. Hyde quickly promised he'd wash it as soon as they got home, and then they were off with the others once again.

-

Walking through the clearing in the forest, it was quickly evident that Kelso's van was no longer where it had been parked.

"Wait. Wait, guys? Guys, where's the van?!" Jackie asked, panicked.

Kelso huffed and threw everything he had in his hands onto the ground. "I think it's obvious, Jackie! The Lady of the Lake stole it!"

"Why would a ghost need a van?" Hyde scowled.

"What's she gonna do--hitch a ride? Who's gonna pick up a ghost?!"

The realization hit Donna like an oncoming truck. "Oh my god. Fez and Laurie. They probably took it to mess with us."

Izzy sighed and sat on the ground. "I'm gonna kill them."

"I'll help." Eric mumbled.

"Okay, you guys," Kelso said, laughing nervously. "If I'm right about the Lady of the Lake, and I think I am... they're already dead."

-

The gang finally walked into the Formans' kitchen hours later, caked in dirt and sweat.

"Wow, what a great day." Eric said sarcastically. "Not only do we get to miss our own graduation, but we get to ride home in a pig truck."

Donna sighed and fell into one of the seats. "When it went around a corner, one of those pigs almost went to third base on me."

Izzy rubbed her eyes sleepily. "I'm gonna go take a shower."

"I'll join you." Hyde said. The two of them headed for the living room, but quickly backed up when Red and Kitty came through the door.

"Where the hell have you been?" Red yelled.

Kitty looked livid. "I have waited eighteen years for my graduation picture! I want you all back here at five o'clock sharp, in your caps and gowns, ready to say cheese. Is that clear?!"

Instead of an equally-as-loud response, as Kitty and Red expected, the kids all just mumbled quietly in reluctant agreement, all heading off in different directions to get ready.

-

When five o'clock rolled around, Izzy was the first one in the driveway. She was sitting on the hood of the Cruiser and was making sure her curls were perfectly in place when she heard the door open.

"Hey, Izzy Bee." She looked over to see Hyde, and when she saw him in the cap and gown, she couldn't stop the tears from welling up in her eyes. He laughed. "What're you crying for?" When she didn't respond, he sighed and opened his arms. "Ah, c'mere."