set a few minutes before Kelso and Donna run away on the season finale

Jackie made her way quickly to the bus terminal. Pulling her coat tightly together she sighed, there had been so much going on this week it had been hard to keep track of what was happening. Donna and Casey were finally getting close, she had even thought she was doing the right thing setting the two of them up, he had even gotten the two of them a hotel room. She couldn't have ruined things now by telling them that earlier that week she was planning to run away from home, or that she thought that strange little cheese guy Todd was stalking her. She didn't even want to say in her head the reason she was running away from home, the pain was still too deep. Only a few seconds ago Donna had called her, crying about how Casey had broken her heart and she had gone to Erik for comfort and he had rejected her. She had told Jackie that she was going to run away and never come back. Jackie had run out the front door immediately after hanging up and was quickly approaching the bus station where Donna had said she was headed. She looked up to as a large van passed her bye and saw that it was Kelso's. She was about to wave him down when she realized there was another person in his van…Donna.

Her heart felt like it had been broken into a million pieces. Here she was, on her way to help her best friend through of a bad heart brake and talk her out of leaving and all along she had been planning to run away with her own fiancé. Tears threatened to fall but she held them back, walking into the station and finding a pay phone. She dialed her home phone number quickly.

Mr. Burkheart: Hello?

Jackie: Hi dad…it's me, I'm at the bus station.

Mr. Burkheart: What the hell do you think you're doin huh? Do you have any idea what time it is, we've been worried sick! And what are you doing at the bus station of all places? You just wait till I get you home… with that he hung up. Jackie swallowed hard, knowing exactly what would happen when she got home.

* * * *

Hyde, Fez and Erik sat in the basement, drinking beer and watching T.V. " Erik, where is Kelso?" Fez asked looking around, " It is not like him to miss out on beer and t.v."

"He's probably off doin' it with Jackie, you know, now that they're getting married and stuff." Hyde said angrily, "You know I don't get it. How did she choose Kelso, over me? I mean, I finally give her the chance and she says she didn't feel anything! I'm a damn good kisser man."

"You know what? I'm gonna go kick Casey's ass for making Donna cry, then I'm gonna go kick Jackie's for setting them up in the first place." Erik said standing up. Hyde pushed him back down.

"Sit down Opey." He said tiredly. Just then Kitty came downstairs smiling.

"Erik, your father and I are going out for diner. We'll be back at nine, but don't upstairs till ten, okay hunny. Mommy's…baking." She said running back upstairs.

"That means your parents are going to have sex." Fez said knowingly.

"Yeah Fez I think we cracked the code." Erik said leaning back onto the couch.

"Well…I'm gonna call it a night." Hyde said getting up and walking into the back room. Fez nodded getting up a stretching his back.

"Me too, I am tired." He said walking over to the chair and getting his jacket, "See you later." Erik waved getting up an walking back upstairs and to his room.

* * * *

Jackie rolled over and realized she was not in her bed but on the floor. For a brief second she had forgotten about last night's events, but the memories came rushing back. Her head throbbed incessantly. She reached up and touched her slightly swollen eye and sighed, pushing herself into a sitting position. She squinted down at her ankle and realized it was turning a nasty shade of purple. Cursing under her breath she pulled herself painfully up and limped over to the kitchen. She knew her father would be lying drunk and asleep on the couch and began packing a few things to eat. She made her way up the stairs to her room slowly but surely and threw some clothes into a suitcase, throwing it out the window, sliding back down the stairs quietly and making a quick exit.

"Shit, my ankle." It had become increasingly painful and she could now barely walk on it. Limping to where her suitcase had landed, she grasped the handle and began dragging it down the sidewalk towards Erik's house.

"Jackie?" she looked up to see Fez walking towards her, a strange look on his face. "What are you doing?"

"Limping down the street with a heavy suitcase." She said sarcastically.

"Jackie, what has happened to you?" he asked holding her chin up and examining her face. It was much worse than she had thought, there was a large gash over her left eye, which was turning purple and on her right cheek a bruise was starting to form. Her bottom lip was split painfully up the middle and a small trickle of blood was still making it's way down her chin. There was another gash on her left cheek.

"I fell." She said, "Down the stairs." Fez took her suitcase and began walking with her. She took one step and fell over, not being able to walk on her ankle. Fez caught her by the arm but she cried out clasping it and falling to the ground. He put down the suitcase and knelt down beside her, helping her to her feet and letting her lean on him for support.

" Jackie, what really happened, you look like someone beat you up." He said sitting her down on a park bench.

"No really, I fell." She lied, not looking at him. he shook his head.

"What happened to your arm, you cried out when I touched it." He said trying to roll up the sleeve to her shirt but it was too tight. " Here, let me take a look." He cautiously began unbuttoning her shirt and pulling he arm out of it. There was a large bruise going around it that looked eerily like a hand print. Jackie quickly pulled it back on before he could get a good look at it, but not before he got a good look at her ribs, which were a deep purple color.

"Jackie…" he started.

"Fez please. Don't read into it okay, I fell down the stairs." She said trying to get up but falling back down frustratedly. Fez knew she couldn't have fallen down the stairs but simply nodded and decided not to bother her at the moment.

"Jackie, you are in no shape to be walking, the hub is just across the street. I can help you there and we can call Erik or Hyde to give us a ride, okay?" Jackie nodded and leaned on him as the two got up and made their way across the street.

* * * *

Hyde woke up, looking around. It was eight in the morning…he was never up this early. "What the…" he got up walking into the basement the phone was ringing. "Oh." He picked up the phone.

Hyde: What

Fez: Hyde, do you think you could give Jackie and me a ride to Erik's?

Hyde: what for?

Fez: Jackie is hurt

Hyde: What happened?

Fez: She says she fell down some stairs but it doesn't look like it

Hyde: well what does it look like?

Fez: I don't know, it looks like someone was hitting her…

Hyde: Kay, I'll be right there…wait where are you guys?

Fez: we are at The Hub.

Hyde: Kay, be right there…

Kay this one is kinda short but there's more coming soon. How does Hyde react when he sees what Jackie looks like. Find out exactly what happened to Jackie when she got home…all coming in the next chapter, enjoy!