Ok so i decided to do something a little different. A EricJackie thing! Not many people do those and i like the pairing. Its just an idea. So if you dont like it you dont have to read it..that way i can avoid flames. Those things scare me hahaha. But please no flames. :) Thanx!
Just to let everyone know..it MIGHT start off a little slow...but i think it's still good. So here we go.
THINGS YOU MUST KNOW IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS STORY:
1. Donna and Randy started going out- I figured it would make the story flow more smoother.
2. Sam is still here.
3. I havent read any spoilers so those of you who have...yea..the facts might be a little off of what the future holds or wutever
4. Jackie and Fez are still living together (not a couple tho)
5. It's still 1979
Not too sure how it will do but i'm taking a go at it
Chapter One:
Location: The Forman's Basement
Donna, Hyde, Jackie, Fez, Randy, and Sam were all sitting in the basement watching Different Strokes.
"I'm telling you the 'What you talkin bout Willis' is what gets everyone to watch this show," stated Randy. "If that wasnt in there..we wouldnt be watching it now."
"That's not true," argued Jackie. "...Well maybe a little..."
Everything had been awkwardly quiet in the Forman house that day. They had received news last week that Eric was coming home sometime this week. No on knew what day because he said he wanted it to be a surprise (Kitty thought that was a stupid idea).
"I dont understand why your friend, Eric couldnt just tell us when he'd be back," said Sam.
"Probably because he didnt want Kitty to throw him a surpise party," stated Donna. "Kitty throws everyone a surprise party when she can and Eric always hated them."
"Yeah," agreed Jackie and then said. "You do know he'll probably be coming pretty soon. It's almost the end of the week."
"I can't beleive he's actually coming back," Fez said excitedly. "It's been so long since I've seen him. I hope I dont cry."
Hyde scoffed. "I hope you dont either..but you probably will."
"Yes, you are right."
"I think we all need to just settle down and ...calm our nerves. And..."
:The Circle:
Hyde- "OK..hahaha...guys..." Hyde looks around. "Sorry, I forgot what i was saying."
Jackie- "HA HA HA HA HA!" Jackie laughed ...hard. "Ohh goshhhh. I love this I love this I love this. I think it's gonna be aweeesome to have eric back."
Donna- "You're just saying that because your stonneed.haha...you're STONED"
Fez- "Yes..now I really will be glad to have Eric back."
Randy- "no..I will."
Hyde- "You dont even know him...hahahahahaa"
Randy- "HAHAHA..that's so funny. Because i really dont know him."
Fez- "We should do something special for him. Like...let Donna, Jackie, and Sam have a strip/cat fight."
Donna- "EWW! Fez!...That's degrading to me and Jackie."
Jackie- "Yeah, i dont think Eric would like that."
Fez- "Yes..he has been to Africa. Maybe he's changed."
Randy- "It's not Africa that makes you different...it's prison...maybe he went to African prison and isnt diggin the chicks anymore."
NEW VOICE- "No man. I didnt go to African prison...And i do dig girls...And I would like to see Donna, Jackie, and the Sam girl strip for me...while fighting. So let's get to it. Chop Chop ladies."
Jackie and Donna- Shut up Eric!
:Normal Scene:
Everyone freezes and looks in his direction.
"Hi..."
"ERIC!" exclaimed Fez happily and jumped on him giving him a giant bear hug. "Oh how I have missed you!"
Eric patted him on the back. "I missed you too buddy."
As soon as Fez let go of him Donna walked over awkwardly and gave him a hug. "Good to see you Eric."
"Good to see you too Donna," he replied as he hugged her back. After the hug they didnt really know what to do.
But to Eric's surprise a little midget came up attached itself to his neck in a short hug...then he heard Satan's voice. "Hmm...Tall, skinny, and dorky...still the same old Eric Forman."
"Short, loud, and Satanic...must be Jackie."
Jackie was about to reply to that when Hyde came over and put his hand out waiting for a handshake. Eric looked at him. "Hyde buddy!" And enveloped Hyde in a bear hug.
"Ah jeez Forman," he grunted. "Don't be such a girl."
"Sorry," he apologized, letting go of Hyde and looking around the room smiling. "It's just so great to be back here! I'm even glad to see devil-midget over here." He pointed to Jackie.
"I am not a midget!" she exclaimed angrily. "I'm just...lacking in height ok? I'm average."
Eric scoffed. "Maybe with your shoes on..I mean come on those things are 4 inches! But without those shoes...somebody's a short midget and its not me or anyone else in this room except for Jackie."
"I didnt miss you at all Eric."
"Jackie," he said seriously. "That is completely ok with me." She was about to burn him right back but then she saw him smile and knew he was just joking and was just happy to be home, so she let it go.
"Have you seen your mom yet?" asked Donna. "She'll be estatic."
"I was about to," he answered. "But I wanted to prepare myself for whats about to happen. She'll probably shriek and laugh and bounce up and down."
"And dance," added Fez.
"And bake a pie," added Donna.
"Well I better get up there," he said walking to the stairs and then got excited. "To see my mommy!" He ran up the stairs.
The gang heard footsteps above them and then heard Mrs Forman shriek, "MY BABY!"
"MOMMY!"
They heard laughing and jumping and then they heard Mrs Forman shriek, "I'm gonna bake a pie! RED RED!"
They heard footsteps walking above them. "DADDDY!"
Then they heard the footsteps walk upstairs.
:Later that day:
Location: The Basement
Donna and Hyde were sitting in the basement alone. Hyde turned to Donna. "So, what's going on with you and Forman?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Are there any feelings left over?" he asked.
"Nope," she answered quickly. "I am completely happy with Randy. Completely."
"But Randy is like an exact replica of Forman!"
"No..they are completely different," she lied. There was silence where Hyde was looking at her like she was retarded. "Ok fine..they are. But i want to be with Randy, not Eric." Hyde shrugged, the answer was good enough for him. "So, Jackie's bringing over the guy she's been dating for a week. What do you think about that?"
"What do you mean what do I think about it?" he asked. "I think nothing of it. Me and Jackie are long over, there's no way we're getting back together."
"So you wouldnt care in the least bit if some guy came and swept Jackie off her feet?"
"Donna, you seem to be forgetting I'm married."
"You married a stripper ...when you were drunk!" exclaimed Donna. "I know you dont love her."
"Yeah well..i dont love people," he argued.
"You loved Jackie."
"No i didnt," he denied.
"So to answer the question earlier?"
"No, I would not mind," Hyde replied rolling his eye behind his sunglasses. "And besides...it's not gonna happen. Who wants a loud, whiney midget?"
Donna shrugged. But little did they know someone was about to sweep Jackie off her feet...and it was someone no one expected. (But we'll get to that later on in the story)
Before they could continue with their conversation Jackie burst through the door with a WAY taller blonde guy holding her hand. "Donna! Steven! This is Kyle! Kyle this is Donna and Hyde."
"Hey," greeted Donna while Hyde grunted not really interested.
"Hello beautiful," Kyle said smiling.
"So Jackie," started Donna. "I thought you were gonna be here like 30 minutes ago. What happend?"
"Well-"
"Oh no Jackie!" interuptted Kyle. "Let me tell the story! Ok, so there was this dog right? Well i decided I wanted to go over and pet the dog. But when i got there..there were like 12 more dogs and I couldnt leave without playing with all of them. So I stayed there and played with them until Jackie got mad. THen on the way home there was this lady with HUGE boobies! And Jackie gets annoyed by me staring...but how do you not stare, seriously? And then we stopped to she could yell at me for a minute. And then we started walking..but NOT before we went into a store and got me some water and i chugged it ALL! Which reminds me...where is the bathroom in this place cause i have to go baddd!"
Hyde pointed upwards and answered, "Upstairs. There will be people up there who will direct you where to go." And Kyle was off.
Donna broke into hysterical laughter as Hyde chuckled.
"What?" asked Jackie, sitting down in a chair.
"Jackie...come on," said Donna inbetween laughter. "You can't tell me you don't see it...That Kyle guy is exactly like Kelso! The only difference is that he has blonde hair."
"Well...I didnt notice," lied Jackie.
"Bullshit," argued Hyde. "You're back to stupid man whores."
"I am not!" she exclaimed angrily. "I'm just with him until someone better comes along."
"Well..after all you are human," said Hyde shrugging. "You need to get some every once in a while too."
"No Steven!" She rolled her eyes. "That's not what i'm doing-" The door opened and Eric, Fez, and Randy walked in.
"OK people," annouces Fez. "We have to decide what we are going to do for Eric's homecoming."
"Hold that thought," said Donna and turning to Jackie. "Kyle is not going. Either you go alone or you don't go at all...Continue Fez." Jackie rolled her eyes.
"Alright then-wait...who is Kyle.."
As if on cue Kyle came bouncing down the stairs. "Mrs Forman is a fine babe."
"Wow Kyle..you sure do whiz fast," Hyde pointed out,
"Oh i didnt go," he replied, "Mr. Forman said he doesnt trusts kettle-heads in his bathrooms...whatever that means. So Jackie, I have to go use the bathroom at my house, but I'll see you tomorrow, yea?"
"Sure." As soon as he left Eric turned to her.
"So ..your back to stupid kettle heads?"
"NO!" she exclaimed angrily. "Fez..werent you saying something?"
"Oh yes..homecoming."
"I vote movie," interuptted Randy rasing his hand.
Eric raised his. "Same here."
"Yeah me too," agreed Donna. Everyone else nodded.
"Well," said Fez smiling. "We will see a mystery movie and it will be glorious."
"Uhh...ok." Eric looked at him and raised one eye brow. "But i dont like mysteries."
"So..this trip isnt all about you!"
"...I thought it was," Eric said confused. "Because you said it was."
"Yes well...I want to see this movie," whined Fez. "Please! It will be glorious with glorious women and glorious woman boobies!" Everyone rolled their eyes. "HEY! Do not judge me."
Location:Drive In:
The movie was horrible. Sure the chicks were hot but it was so boring. Not even Fez, who had wanted to see it, could stay awake. Hyde seemed to be enjoying it though, because it talked about government conspiricys and what not. Sam had not come though. So Hyde and Eric were in the front seat, Hyde watching the movie, Eric wishing he wasnt watching the movie.
Jackie and Fez were in the backseat. Fez was asleep on Jackie's shoulder and Jackie was about as bored as anyone could be. She felt like she was about to kill somebody...namingly Fez because he had suggested this movie.
And Donna and Randy werent actually watching the movie. They were in the back/trunk making out. So they were having a good time.
It was weird for Eric to be watching his ex-girlfriend french some other guy. And this movie was boring. And he was hungry. So he leaned over to Hyde and whispered, "I'm going to go get something from the food stand."
"Okay man," replied Hyde not really listening.
It just so happens Jackie had heard and wasnt about to miss a chance to get out of the car. "I'm coming too Eric," she whispered pushing Fez off her shoulder and sliding over to the door and she got out as Eric got out of the front seat. The two started walking towards the food stand.
"That movie is...so confusing and boring," stated Jacie. "I tried to understand it but I couldnt. Did you understand it?"
"Oh, not at all," he answered. "I was so busy thinking about cramming dull knives into my skull, Lord knows that would be more exciting than this...and also less painful." Jackie let out a laugh.
"Even though you probably would've choosen something extremely lame, I think you should've choosen the movie," she said. "I mean..it is your night. "
"I totally agree with you," he replied nodding.
There was a silence. Then Jackie turned to him. "What's it like?"
"What...Africa?"
"No," she paused for a second. "Watching Donna make out with someone."
"It's just different," he admitted. "It's not breaking my heart or anything." He looked at her from the corner of his eye. "What about you?"
"Oh, I dont mind Donna and Randy."
"No, I mean when you see Hyde and Sam make out. Does it hurt?"
"Not really," she answered truthfully. "It did at first..because you know...our relationship ended because he got married to another woman. There was no time for ...healing. I had to sit there and listen to their "exciting" sex life. But now..i really think I've gotten over him."
"Really now?" he asked not believing her.
"Really," she answered. "I mean ..it's been a long time Eric. The only problem is that we just burn each other back and forth, back and forth..and it gets old."
"That's because you two were never friends," he said. "You dont know how to be civil to each other."
"Well it's his fault for being so damn..like himself." She stopped in the middle of the sentence and looked at the movie screen. "Oh my goodness..is it just me or do these people in the movie have the worst fashion sense ever?"
"I wasnt really looking."
"Do you see how he's wearing his socks?" she asked pointing at the man on the screen. Eric nodded. "Well if your going to wear colorful socks like that you have to get a tie that matches. And do you see his tie?" Eric nodded again. "The tie doesnt match. And not to mention that ugly hat."
"Jackie..as much as this interests me...which it doesnt...I think you should start thinking about what you want now. We don't want a repeat of last time. You know when we got up there and you stood there 10 minutes trying to choose between water or pop."
"Relax I already know what I want," she said rolling her eyes. "I want pop-rocks with water." He looked at her strangely.
"You know Jackie..you've changed," he stated.
"No I havent."
"I think you have," he teased. "Infact...I saw this lady wearing the ugliest thing you may ever see in your life and you didnt say anything about it. And I know you saw it because you were staring at her for like 2 minutes."
"I was too busy watching the movie," she liked. The truth was she had seen the dress but she decided not to say anything. Wow..that is kind of different.
"The old Jackie would have time for both."
"I was making fun of it in my mind."
"I think somebody grew a heart," he taunted. "And i think that somebody is Jackie." He poked her in the arm.
"Eric," Jackie said as if she had just realized something. "We just had a conversation...An actual conversation."
"Without burns?"
"Without burns," she answered shocked. "Maybe we have changed.
They stopped at the food stand. The lady asked rudely, "What do you want?"
"I'll take pop-rocks and a pop..no water...no pop...actually..water..no no-"
"AHA!" exclaimed Eric triumphantly. "I knew it!" He turned to the lady. "She'll take water." He turned back to Jackie. "I knew you were lying."
"Eric!" she said annoyed. "What if I didnt want water?"
"Don't worry," he said. "It's healthier." He flashed a smile. 'When did he get such a nice smile?' thought Jackie.
"FIne," she said aloud. "But if i dont finish drinking it...you're gonna finish drinking it."
"Don't just stand there skinny boy," said the lady rudely from behind the stand. "Pay me and leave."
Eric pulled out money and placed it in front of the lady and Jackie picked up her drink and pop rocks. "I'm so glad I came back to a place where people are just so kind and...warm to me," said Eric sarcatically.
They started walking again when Jackie stopped. Eric stood beside her confused, "Why aren't we going back to the car?"
"Why did you come back early?" she asked. "You had a month left."
"Well..they told me that I could come back," he answered. "And i missed point place."
"Are you sure you didnt come back for Donna?" she asked.
"I'm positive I didnt come back for Donna," he answered.
"Good," she said. "Because she's happy with Randy and she doesnt need you messing it up. You can't just come in and out of her life when you feel like it."
"I'm not trying to," he state firmly. "I went to Africa..finished what I had to do...so I'm back. That was the plan. I'm not in love with her anymore. We're just friends."
"Good..because even though she's a lumberjack..she has feelings too," said Jackie, sticking up for her bestfriend. "If you hurt her ..I'll get Kyle to stick his foot up your ass."
"Speaking of Kyle...are you back to the Kelso type now? Tall, pretty, and stupid."
"Hey!" she exclaimed. "I like him!"
"No you dont," he said knowingly. "He's too much like Kelso and we know how that'll turn out. He'll cheat on you, you'll forgive him, you'll go at it like rabbits...repeat."
"Let's stop talking about Kyle. We need to get back to the car."
"Yeah, I guess your right," agreed Eric. "Even though it seems like the movie will last forever...it wont. ANd we need to be there when it's through so we can leave as soon as possible."
"Now you're talking." They started back for the car.
It was weird. Eric had never enjoyed a converstion with Jackie. She made him want to gag sometimes. Sure she had her moments where she would do something nice, cool, or even friendly, but mostly she said things mean or selfish. But he had actually had a good conversation with her. He smiled.
"What?" she asked when she saw him smile.
"Nothing," he answered. "It's just..weird how things turned out huh?"
"Sure," she said, her lips curving upwards. He had a nice smile.
"Its all so different," he said. "Me and Donna not together, you and Hyde not together, me and you actually having a civil conversation...You know..different."
"Yeah," she agreed. "I think its for the best." She smiled and opened her candy and dumped some in her mouth and they listened to the candy pop. She held some up. "You want some?"
He nodded and held out his hand. "Sure," he answered as he poured some into his hand and he dumped some into his mouth. "I havent had these since a long time before Africa."
She was about to ask him about Africa but they had already gotten to the car. Before he knew what he was doing Eric opened ther door for her. 'DUDE!' he thought to himself. 'What was that! You dont hold the door open for Jackie!'
SHe didnt seem to notice though and stepped into the car. After she had gotten in he shut the door and got in his seat up front. Since when did Jackie become tolerable? She was always Satan or Darth Vader and now he was opening doors for him...And he had just had a conversation with Jackie that he enjoyed. Weird. He glanced quickly back at her. She was so pretty. WOAH. This was Jackie. Well...this was so weird.
Jackie saw him glance back at her. This was so weird. They had just had a nice conversation. And she had actually thought that his smile was nice. She wasnt suppose to be thinking that. This was Eric, the looser who is obsessed with Star Wars. This was so strange.
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