Hey guys! This is goin to be just a short story of how I think that the end of Season 7 could have been different. It's just goin to be 2 or 3 chapters long. Not to big. This is just the beginning so read it and tell me what you think. Review Review Review! And then don't forget to check out the new chapter of Crazy Love! And then Review that too!
Hyde was sitting in the basement watching TV with Kelso and Fez. Jackie came into the room and smiled nervously at Hyde, kissed him gently and then sat down on the couch rather than his lap. He looked over at her quickly and noticed she had something on her mind and was going to say something but then decided not too. Since they had gotten back together, things had been good. Things had been very good and they hadn't fought at all. He wanted to keep it that way as long as possible so he decided to ignore it. A few minutes later, Donna came downstairs and Jackie perked up.
"Hey Donna…what are you doing today?" Jackie asked.
Donna shrugged. "I don't know. Just hanging out I guess. Until I need to go down to the station for my show. Why?"
"You wanna like go hang out or something?" She asked.
"We are hanging out." Donna said.
Jackie looked at the guys. "Well yeah…I just meant alone."
"Oh they are going to do it!" Fez said.
Kelso threw his hands up in the air. "Kick ass! They are finally giving into their lesbian urges!" He yelled.
Hyde rolled his eyes. "Sit down Kelso."
Jackie glared at him. "That's not what I meant you idiot. I just wanted to go talk or go to the mall or something."
Donna sighed. "We can talk. But we're not going to the mall. Last time we went there, you stood in the mirror for three hours deciding whether or not the dress was better in green or blue. And then in the end you didn't buy it, just another pair of jeans."
Jackie sighed. "Fine. Whatever. Hang out here. I'm leaving."
Jackie got up and brushed past her friends, knocking Kelso's feet off the coffee table. She grabbed her coat and ran out of the basement and up the stairs, slamming the door behind her. The four of them sat there for a moment and then Kelso, Donna and Fez looked at Hyde.
"What did you do?" Donna asked.
Hyde put his hand on his chest. "Me? Why is this my fault? You're the one that upset her." He said.
Donna groaned. "Great. Well now I get to go listen to her cry. Thanks Hyde. Whatever you did must have really sucked."
Hyde rolled his eyes. "Whatever Donna."
Donna got up and followed her friend back to her house. She went up the stairs and found Jackie sitting on her cot, staring off into space as Elton John rang through the speakers. She sighed and walked over to the end of Jackie's cot and sat down.
"Hey there friend. What's your damage?" She asked. "I thought things we're going good between you and Hyde?"
Jackie sighed. "It is. And that's the problem."
Donna stared at Jackie like she had three heads. "What?"
Jackie looked at Donna. "Look I-"
"I mean come on Jackie…give the guy some slack here. When things aren't going well you used to bitch at him to make a better effort. And now that thing are going well you want it to be bad again? What do you want?" She asked.
Jackie looked at Donna. "No you don't get it. I'm happy that things are going well with Steven. He's been great since we got back together. We haven't fought at all. But we also are ignoring the idea of future."
"Because it scares Hyde." Donna said.
"Yes. I know that. But the thing is, I got a job offer Donna. So the future is happening now." She said.
Donna's eyes widened. "Oh wow. Where is the job?" She asked.
"Chicago." She whispered.
Donna's mouth opened wider. "Chicago? You're moving to Chicago?"
Jackie shrugged. "I don't know yet. I mean Donna…it's a great opportunity, I'd be on TV, real TV in Chicago."
"It's your dream come true." Donna smiled.
"Yeah. But so is Steven…" She said.
"And you're afraid that if you tell Hyde…he'll get mad and leave you?" She asked.
Jackie nodded and started to tear up. "Yeah. I don't want to loose him Donna. But if he can't see a future with me, then I don't know if I should give up this opportunity for him."
Donna wrapped an arm around her. "Oh Jackie…I'm sorry."
She laughed sadly. "Yeah. Me too."
Donna thought about it for a moment. "Jackie…are you sure Hyde is worth giving up this opportunity for?"
Jackie looked at Donna. "What?"
"I'm just saying…you're young. You don't know what the future holds for you. And if it we're me…I think I would take the job." She said.
"You would?" Jackie asked.
Donna nodded. "I would at least give it some serious thought."
Jackie sighed. "Yeah…I know."
Donna nudged her. "Hey…but think about it this way, either way you get something good out of it."
Jackie nodded. "But I loose something that's important to me."
"So then ask yourself what is more important?" She asked.
Jackie looked at Donna. "Donna…Steven is more important to me than a job. But I don't think I'm as important to him."
"Did you ask him that?" Donna asked.
"What good will that do? It will just make him mad." She said.
Donna nodded. "Right."
She sighed. "I think that I need some time to figure this out…"
"Did they give you a deadline?" She asked.
"Thursday." Jackie whispered.
"Three days." She said. "Wow. That's not a lot of time to decide your whole future."
"No. It's really not…" She sighed and lay back down on her bed. "I just don't know what to do."
Donna looked at her friend and saw how much pain she was going through. "You wanna go to the mall now?"
Jackie shook her head. "No thanks. I think that I just need to sit here and think for awhile."
Donna nodded. "I'll leave you alone then. Come get me if you need too. I'll be over at the basement again."
Jackie smiled. "I will. Thanks."
Back at the Foreman's, the boys we're playing poker when Donna walked back in. She didn't say anything, just sat down next to Hyde and watched them play cards. Kelso and Fez we're to busy goofing off, but Hyde saw the look on her face.
He cleared his throat and looked at Donna. "So what's wrong with Jackie?"
Donna looked at her friend and wanted so badly to tell him to get his head out of his ass and tell Jackie she loved him. But she figured that wasn't the best thing to do in this situation. She just looked at him and smiled.
"Maybe you should go ask her yourself." She said.
Hyde nodded. "That bad?"
Donna shrugged. "Not my business to tell."
"Man I used to hate it when there was something wrong with Jackie. She would never tell me what was wrong and I had to pleasure her to get the info out of her." He teased.
Hyde leaned across the table and smacked her. "Shut up man."
Donna rolled her eyes. "Hyde…just go talk to her. She could really use her boyfriend right now."
Hyde nodded. "Alright. I'll see you guys later."
Donna smiled at her friend and hoped that Jackie got the courage to tell him the truth. Otherwise, she felt as though this situation would go horribly, horribly wrong.
Hyde made his way up into Donna and Jackie's room. When he opened the door, he saw Jackie lying in her bed, clutching her flower shaped pillow and he thought she had been crying. He knelt down in front of her and Jackie's eyes opened quickly and was surprised to see him.
"Steven…" She whispered.
Hyde smiled. "Hey. Why are you crying?"
She looked at him and then leaned forward and kissed him; to afraid to tell him the truth so she lied. "I just had a bad day."
Hyde nodded and rubbed her arm. "You wanna talk about it?"
She laughed. "You never want to talk."
Hyde shrugged. "So, you need me. I'm here. That's what good boyfriends are supposed to do right?" He asked.
She smiled. "I suppose so."
"Ok then…I'm all ears. And I promise I'll actually listen." He said sitting up on the bed with her.
Jackie smiled and sat up. She opened her mouth to tell him everything, but the look on her face made her realize what she was in danger of loosing. She shut her mouth and bowed her head and sighed.
"I don't want to talk about it actually…" She whispered.
Hyde stared at her for a moment, surprised by her reaction. Jackie always wanted to talk, but he didn't really mind. He just shrugged.
"Alright. So what can I do to cheer you up?"
She smiled. "Can we just…can we go for a drive?" She asked.
Hyde nodded his head. "Sure. Come on."
Hyde took her hand and led her down the stairs and into the Foreman's driveway. He opened the door of the El Camino for her. She smiled and kissed the side of his mouth and got in the car. Hyde started driving down the road aimlessly and Jackie pulled her legs up on the seat, resting her head on her knees. She was watching her town pass her by and began to think about Chicago. Would she miss this town? What would Chicago be like? If she was thinking about it, does that mean she had made up her mind? Was she going to leave Point Place and most importantly Steven behind? She sighed and rubbed her temples. Hyde looked over at her and reached out for her hand.
"You sure everything is ok?" He asked.
Jackie looked over at Hyde and memorized every part of him. "Steven…you know I love you right?"
Hyde looked at Jackie as they stopped at a red light. "Yeah. Course I do Jackie."
"And I would do anything for you?" She asked.
Hyde looked at Jackie intently as the light turned to green again, he turned his eyes back to the road again. "Jackie…what's going on?"
She sighed and just stared at him. "Nothing. I just want you to know how much you mean to me Steven."
Hyde looked back at her. "I know."
She smiled. "Just remember that ok?"
Hyde looked back at her. "Jackie…I'm afraid to ask this question but I feel I have to." He took a deep breathe. "Did something happen when we we're apart?"
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"We're you with someone else when we we're apart? Is that what this is about?" He asked nervously.
Jackie shook her head adamantly. "No. Of course not. I missed you to much; I was to hurt to even think about being with someone that wasn't you."
Hyde sighed a breathe of relief. "Ok."
"Just…just know that I love you. Ok?" She asked.
Hyde nodded. "Ok."
Jackie smiled and then looked back out at the open road. She knew she had a lot of decisions to make, she just wished she had more time to make them. Three days would come and go very fast. And on Thursday, she could be walking onto a new life or staying in her old one. Either way she would be missing out on something great. Her gut just told her Steven was the better half…and she prayed he felt the same. On the other side of the car, Hyde was deep in his own thought. Jackie's behavior was troubling him but he didn't want to confront her. Things we're good. At least he thought. He looked back at Jackie and watched her watch the world around her. He knew he should have said something like, I love you too…but he wasn't that guy. And he wasn't sure if he ever would be. He just hoped that she knew him well enough to know how much he did care.
The next day, Donna came out of the bathroom and saw Jackie putting on her make up in her mirror. She looked for any signs that Jackie was in a better mood and she wondered if she had told Hyde the night before. They had been gone very late, but she felt that if she had told him, Hyde would have been bitching and moaning and Eric would have called her. She sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at her.
"So…how was your night with Hyde?" She asked. "You got home to late for me to ask."
Jackie looked back at Donna. "It was great. We just hung out, went down to the woods where we had our first date…and ya know…" She smiled.
Donna laughed. "Of course you did."
Jackie giggled. "What can I say? We have great chemistry."
Donna just rolled her eyes. "Whatever. But I mean, did you tell him about Chicago?"
Jackie paused and turned a little red. "No. It didn't come up."
"Does that mean you made up your mind? Are you going to Chicago?" She asked.
Jackie sighed. "I don't know yet. I still have two days to make up my mind."
Donna nodded. "I know. But I don't think you should wait until the last minute to tell him Jackie. That's not really fair."
Jackie sighed. "I just don't want to get my heart broken again. And I'm afraid if I tell him about the job, he'll just tell me to leave."
"Is that what you want?" She asked.
"I want to be with him. But I know that the job is a great opportunity." She said.
"If Hyde said he was ready to really commit to you, would you stay?" She asked.
Jackie nodded. "Yes. I would. I could find another job here. Steven means more to me than a job. All the money in the world can't buy what Steven gives me."
"And what would that be?" She asked.
"Happiness. Love. A home for the first time…" She whispered sadly. "I don't want to loose that."
"I think you will make the right choice Jackie. Just have faith in Hyde, that he'll make the right choice. He's done some stupid things, but I think this time he'll know not to let you get away." She whispered.
"How do you know that?" Jackie asked sadly.
"I just have a gut feeling. But I need to go, I promised Fez I would help him do some stuff around the apartment today. I'll see you later?" She asked.
Jackie nodded. "Yeah. I'll see you."
Donna walked out of her house and got in her car with the full intention of driving to Fez's. But on her way, she passed Groove's and her gut told her to give her friends a push in the right direction. She got out of the car, and walked into Groove's and spotted Hyde behind the counter. She walked right up to him and he looked up at her and saw the determined look on her face.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked.
Donna took a deep breathe. "Jackie got a job offer in Chicago and she needs to make a decision about whether or not to stay by Thursday. She wants to stay with you, but she's afraid that in the long run you'll leave her. But she's afraid to leave because she will be missing out on the love of her life. And she's afraid to tell you because she is afraid you will leave her again. So I think that you need to go talk to her and decide whether you love her enough to spend the rest of your life with her. I know you are afraid of the future or whatever…but the future is now. So buck up buddy and decide whether you love her or not."
Hyde stood there in complete shock. "Jackie might be leaving Point Place?"
Donna sighed. "Yes. So what are you going to do about it?"
Hyde stood there and stared at Donna. "I…I don't know."
Donna sighed and shook her head sadly. "Well you better figure it out. Because you might end up loosing Jackie, Hyde. And deep down, I don't think you want that."
Hyde stood there; he understood why Jackie had been acting so weird. At first he was angry at her for keeping this from him. But then he understood. They had agreed not to talk about the future. And yet, here it was staring him in the face and he had to make a big decision. This was a great opportunity for Jackie, and he wasn't sure he was worth her giving it up. But the thought of letting her go…made him sick to his stomach. So once again, he was stuck. Now he remembered why he avoided relationships so much in the past. Someone always got hurt.
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