A/N: I know people really wanted me to do the follow up to its cool we can still be friends and I didn't feel like that need to be continued. Then I started another story but I couldn't finish it… I just got writers block. Today after reading a lot of stories this came out. I don't know where it is going or if Jackie and Hyde will get back together but I want to keep writing and see what happens. I hope you enjoy.

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Love wasn't built on Conditions

Chapter one: 1983

He awoke feeling disoriented; he hated to get up in the morning. Morning meant he had to go through another day of his crappy life. He felt the blanket next to him get pulled up and then he felt tiny ice cold feet on his leg. The body cuddled up next to him. He wasn't ready to get up yet and he knew she would let him sleep for probably another twenty minutes before she would shake him until he woke up. He lay there staring next to the figure sleeping with him. Dark curly hair framed her face. She was an angel while she slept but when she was awake that was another story. Her eyes were closed but he knew she was just laying there with them closed. He knew if he moved at all she would sense it and open her eyes, ready for the day. But he got that feeling; he was laying there for too long in that position and had to move. He put his arms behind his head and her eyes flew open. She looked up at him and smiled.

"What are you doing in here?" He asked amused.

"I had a nightmare," she said sadly.

"What was this one about?" He asked as hugged him.

"That I was lost and I couldn't find you," she said her eyes welling up with tears.

He looked at her and pulled her into a hug "Baby it was just a dream, see I'm here,"

"I know daddy, but I don't want you to leave like mommy did,"

He hated that she understood what her mother did to her. And even more he hated her mother for it. He didn't want her to go through what he did as a child. Feel like she was unloved. First his father left, and then his mother and they came back and abandoned him again. He was not going to leave her and he told her that whenever she worried. Her mother was a little different though. She would come into town around her birthday spend time with her and then leave again. She always looked forward to seeing her mother though that wasn't really the term he called her. But he couldn't repeat that around a three year old.

"I'm not going anywhere," He said and got up from bed. Then he picked up his little girl and carried her out into the kitchen. He sat her down on top of the counter.

"What do you want for breakfast?" he asked.

"Chocolate chip pancakes!" she answered excitedly. They did this every morning. He made her what ever she wanted and he let her sit on the counter. She would watch him and sometimes she would help him stir. He walked over to the refrigerator and turned on the radio sitting on top of it. Kashmir filled the kitchen and the little girls feet began to kick into the cabinets with the beat, or at least tried to. He smiled to himself. And went into the cupboard to get the pancake mix and the chocolate chips.
"Can you hand me the mixing bowl?" He asked her and she turned around and opened the cabinet retrieving the bowl. She was always very obedient with him but with other people like Eric she would drive him crazy. She knew if she was in control or if someone else was. She could boss Eric around just like Jackie used to. She was always good but if she wanted his attention she would scream daddy and if he didn't react right then her voice would get louder and louder until she has his full and undivided attention.

"Do you want me to make any designs with the chips?" He asked her as he mixed the batter.

"Spell my name!"

"I'll do it but you have to spell it out for me," He told her and put a pancake onto the skillet on the stove. He picked up the bag of chips and looked at her.

"N - I – C – O – L - E" She said and she watched him from the counter put the chips onto the liquid. He always called her Nikki though.

"What are you going to put on yours daddy?" she asked.

"Pokadots," He responded like smart ass.

She looked at him confused. "That'll just be a regular pancake then,"

He picked up the stack of pancakes he made and put them onto a plate. Then he walked over to the counter and picked up his daughter and sat her down at the table. He put her Nicole pancake and another one on a plate and served it to her.

Her face brightened up. "I like the heart one Daddy," She said he stood behind her and began to cut up her pancakes for her and smiled.

"Don't cut the heart pancake up!" She cried as he began to.

"How are you gonna eat it then?" He asked looking down at her.

She made a face. "I can,"

"How?"

She was still pouting "I can do it!"

"Okay," He replied laughing and walked over to the counter to get his food. He sat down next to her at the table and watched her as she tried to figure out a way to eat her heart pancake. She picked it up with her hands and brought it to her mouth. Eating it like a piece of bread, in doing so she was getting melted chocolate all over her hands and face.

When she was finished she smiled at him with chocolate on her teeth.
"See I told you I could do it!" she boasted.

"Yeah and you got it all over yourself," he laughed. He took a paper towel and began to wipe the chocolate off. She made a face while he was doing it. She hated getting cleaned up and she hated baths. And he knew after this he was going to have to give her one. He sighed because this was the only real problem he had with her and he usually had to yell at her to get her to take a bath. Normally he wouldn't mind her being stinky and dirty but Eric liked to give him a hard time about not being able to control his daughter. He picked her up and held her tight.

"Time for a bath," he told her.
Her eyes got big and she started to wiggle and kick. He had gotten bruises from her before trying to give her a bath.

"Daddy no!" she cried.

"Nikki, you don't want to be the smelly kid. I was the smelly kid and then I had to take a bath with Uncle Eric. You don't want to have to take a bath with Betsy do you?" he asked.

"hmf!" she snorted and crossed her arms. She stared at him like he was the biggest jerk in the world. It was hard for him not to take offense to this but he kept telling himself it was for her own good. He took her into the bathroom and with one arm turned on the bath and with the other tried to keep hold of her. If he let her go at all she would run away and lock herself in her bedroom.
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After an hour of screaming and fighting he was able to get her washed and dressed. He then went to clean the kitchen and get dressed himself. He had to do it fast or else she would get into something else, like harassing the neighbor's cat. She was a handful. He took her over to the Forman's house where he would be able to relax a little there and let Kitty take care of her awhile.

"Why look who's here?" Kitty said as she opened the front door to greet them.

"Hi Mrs. Forman," He said.

"Gram-gram!" Nikki said and ran to give her a hug. Kitty laughed and Hyde walked into the living room. Red, Eric and Kelso were already there. He sat on the couch with his two old friends.

"You know, Nikki looks like she could be Jackie's," Kelso said.

"But she isn't," He said angrily.

He watched as Nikki followed Kitty into the kitchen. She did look like she could be Jackie's and it creped him out how much they look alike. Sometimes when he was alone he would sit there and pretend she was. She had the same brown curly hair and dark eyes. And the same high pitched scream.

"And thank god for that!" Eric responded. "The devil reproducing, not a good idea,"

Hyde just rolled his eyes. It had been a while since he had seen Jackie. She and Fez had dated for about two weeks in 1980 before she broke up with him. She stuck around for awhile to try to fix things with Hyde but the girl he was sleeping with announced she was pregnant and Jackie left. She moved to Madison where Eric and Donna where and went to college. She rarely came back to Point Place and when she did she never visited Hyde. Hyde's girlfriend gave birth to their daughter nine months later and then she left. Hyde got an apartment and raised Nikki himself. He still worked at grooves and was in the process of making it a chain. Randy still worked with him. Eric and Donna got married in 1982 and Donna was pregnant now with their first kid. Kelso and Brooke got married in September of 1980 and bought Bob's house from him. Fez moved to Chicago to live with Laurie. She decided after dating all her many boyfriends who were already married she wanted to actually experience married life.

The kitchen door flew open and Nikki came running in with something in her hand. A few seconds later Betsy came running after her.

"Give me my Barbie back Nikki!" Betsy cried.

Hyde couldn't help but laugh.

"Even still today Hyde's out think Kelso's," He responded.

"That's not true! Brooke gave Betsy some smarts," He said and then his daughter tripped running up the stairs after Nikki.

"You might want to rethink that one," Hyde responded.

"So Hyde, when are you going to sign Nikki up for pre-k?" Brooke asked walking in from the kitchen with Donna.

It hadn't crossed his mind. Normally during the week he would take Nikki over to Brookes while he went to work and then he'd pick her up. It was great because Betsy was only about a year older then her and they could play together.

"Yeah we just signed Betsy up," Kelso smiled happily.

"Weren't you supposed to do that last year?" Donna asked.

"Well we decided to wait a year, cause well… she is a little slow," Brooke said whispering to Donna and Hyde so Kelso couldn't hear.

"Oh," Donna replied.

"I guess I could do that Monday," Hyde answered.

"Then they could be in the same class!" Brooke told him.

Brooke had been really helpful to him over the last couple of years. She watched Nikki during the day, and helped him when she was first born. She took both the girls clothes shopping and was basically the mom Nikki never had.

"Just like Kelso was a year behind and in class with us," Eric responded.

Donna shot him a nasty look.

"That's so not true! Betsy isn't a year behind. Four is when I went to pre-k!" Kelso told them.

Brooke stood their looking embarrassed.

"Kelso, pre-k is for three year olds," Red pointed out.

"Nu uh! There were other four year olds in my class with me."

"Was this a special school?" Eric asked.

"Burn!" Nikki said running down the stairs and then hopped onto her fathers lap.

Everyone laughed except Kelso.

"That is not funny!" Kelso whined.

"Yeah it is, you just got burned by a three year old," Hyde pointed out.

"Dumbass," Red answered.

"Grandpa Red, what is a dumbass?" Nikki asked.

Everyone looked at him and Red looked unsure.

"It's Kelso,"

"Ohh," Nikki said still holding Betsy's Barbie, she was playing with it.

"Well if I'm such a dumbass how did I get to become the chief of police?"

"My daddy says it's a conspiracy that the goberment made," Nikki responded combing the Barbie's hair. Hyde smiled down at his daughter.

"Wow, kids really do listen,"

Betsy walked down stairs with a GI Joe doll.

"Nikki, this isn't a ken doll,"

"Hey give that back!" Eric whined and grabbed it.

"Now I don't have anything to play with!" Betsy cried.

"Your kid is really mean Hyde," Kelso said picking up is daughter and sitting back down next to him.

"Or your's is just really dumb," Hyde answered.

"Give it back!" Betsy said pulling on the hair of the doll.

"No!" Nikki was pulling on the other end of the doll. Then the head popped off from the body and Betsy began to cry again.

"Awesome!" Nikki said and ran off with the body.

"Aww… she is like Hyde if he was a little girl," Donna responded.

"watch it there you might end up with a little Erica. Karma is a bitch," Hyde said.

"Hyde, no b word in front of the kids," Brooke reminded him.

"Hey Brooke, I just finished unpacking and I'm a little hungry so…" Jackie said walking into the living room.

Hyde looked up at her surprised and they locked eyes. He hadn't seen her in three years. It was amazing how fast you can be having a regular afternoon with your friends to feeling completely useless.

The kitchen door swung open and Nikki joined them again.

"Jackie! You didn't let me show you my dance!" She bellowed when she walked in.

Jackie turned around and looked at the little girl.

"When I'm done eating you can show me all the dances you know," She said smiling at her. She turned back to the group. "Whose kid is that?"

"That would be mine," Hyde said talking to her for the first time.