Let Her Go

Disclaimer: I don't own That 70s Show.

A/N: Heya! Hope you're all doing well. I finally got a chance to finish this chapter and I think I'm pleased with it. This two-shot is based on the song Let Her Go by Passenger. This is a twist on the end of season 7 and the beginning on season 8. Enjoy!

Love is a complicated thing. It can make you feel like you're on top of the world or your flying without wings and nothing could ever rain on your parade. But the same love can make you feel like your heart had just been ripped out of your chest or there will always be a gap in your heart that only one person could fill but they were gone.

There a lot of sayings about love. Like, "if you love somebody set them free and if they really love you they'll come back". Or "'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." And "only know you love her when you let her go."

In love you gotta think not just about yourself but the one you're in love with. The one you love and want to protect. The one you want to make happy and see their beautiful smile creep across their face and you'll feel that warm feeling in your heart because you know you created that. You have to put their needs and happiness first even if it hurts you deeply. Sometimes to love a person, you have to let them go…

Hyde headed to his old lawn chair in a slow saunter with Jackie following right behind him as Kelso and Fez quickly went up the stairs to listen to their conversation. Hyde just found out that Jackie wasn't in Chicago. She was still here in the small little town of Point Place where everybody knew everybody. Even though she told him that she was gone in a crappy note.

"So Jackie what are you doing here?" Hyde asked, turning around to face her to see her hands were clasped together. "Got something to say to me?"

"Yes," she replied, coming a bit closer as she twisted her hands together awkwardly as if she had something to say or didn't want to believe. "I-I um wanted to say I'm leaving for real this time."

"So…you came back to tell me you're leaving again?" Hyde asked, searching her beautiful face for clarity.

"Yes," Jackie said, her brown eyes set a soft gaze on his face. "But this is goodbye."

Hyde nodded his head slowly, taking everything in. "Alright. I'll see you tomorrow then," he told her before sitting down on his seat. He wasn't sure if she was serious or not. He just wanted to laugh it off. It cushioned the blow.

"Steven," she said, holding her hands out before they hit her legs. "I'm serious." Her voice held gravity and Hyde knew this might be the last time he saw the beautiful Jackie Burkhart for a long time.

Hyde raised his gaze; his blue eyes that were usually hidden by his aviators looked at her face. "Wanna hang out next week?"

Jackie shook her head while she rolled her eyes and held her hands out in a ''Why bother'' sort of way before she turned on her heel. "Gone," she said, heading to the door, her hips swaying as she walked and all that could be heard was her red heels hitting of the basement floor. Jackie stopped when she reached the door, taking a brief moment. She pulled on the hem of her jumper and clasped her hands in front of her. "Unless," she said walking towards Hyde and sat on the edge of the couch, closest to Hyde. "Steven there's something you want to say." Jackie added her hand on her chest as her brown eyes looking deeply into Hyde's blue eyes that weren't hidden with aviators like usual. "In which case I'm listening."

Hyde's head was held high but his blue eyes looked at the floor as he thought about everything carefully. "Yeah," he mused quietly, forming the right words in his head but he paused to rethink everything before sighing mentally. She was better off in Chicago. He studied the curve of her lips, the flutter of her eyelids, and the smoothness of her skin cause who knows when he'll get the chance again. "Have a good trip,"

Jackie's hopeful lit eyes were now overlapped by a cloud of disappointment and sadness. She nodded her head slowly before getting up. "I will," Jackie said slowly, heading towards the door with Hyde watching her, his heart hurting more and more as she got further and further away from him. She picked up her handbag that matched her heels.

As she opened the door they heard Kelso's voice holler from upstairs, "Could you guys stand closer to the vent and talk louder?!"

Jackie rolled her eyes before exiting the door and closing it behind her leaving Hyde behind with a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach and a very, very heavy heart.

Charlie's bar was kind of quiet for a Friday evening. All that could be heard was the sounds of a few women from different ages chatting lightly and sharing gossip and the drunken slurs and the clink sound of a ball hitting another ball. But it was still oddly quiet for Friday night.

Hyde sat at the bar with a half empty glass of beer that was cupped tightly in his hands. He stared at it aimlessly while thinking about life and trying to ignore Eric's, Kelso's and Fez's kind words. He knew they were just trying to cheer him up but just one time in his life he would like to mourn.

Hyde knew that Jackie was better off with a good job in Chicago then staying here with him in the small boring town of Point Place. Chicago would have to be more exciting and busier than Point Place. Jackie was going to love it there and Hyde knew that.

A sad sigh escaped his lips and he let his forehead rest in his hand before taking a long sip of his cold beer. Maybe one day he'll make a dream last. But he had no idea what he wanted out of life. He always wanted to do something with music and Jackie motivated him especially when he got the job at his real Dad's office. But now he wasn't sure what he was doing anything for. He wasn't even sure if working at the music store was his dream anymore.

Hyde slowly closed his eyes. All he could see was an image of Jackie on the beach dressed in a coconut bra and a grass skirt, complaining. She had a flower in her dark brown her that flowed perfectly down onto her shoulders. The warm sun shined down on her beautiful, caramel skin that Hyde loved the touch of. Her brown eyes had a soft gaze but it was somewhat firm as her plump lips made an angry pout, which Hyde just wanted to kiss away.

He opened his eyes again. All his life people came and went except for Eric, Kelso, Fez and Donna. But Eric was leaving for Africa tomorrow so there's another one gone. He thought Jackie would be there forever.

Way to sound like a fucking school girl, Hyde thought to himself and took another drink of his beer. Geez, why was he being such a baby about this? He was a single man now. He could nail any chick he wanted now.

But he wanted Jackie Beulah Burkhart.

Hyde was lying down on his bed in the dark with his hands collapsed over his chest and his shades were on his nightstand feeling like a waste of space. He stared up at the celling until his eyelids grew heavy and sleep took over him.

Hyde's dream took place on a beach. The sun was beaming down and you could hear the waves crashing onto the sand. He looked down to see that he was in his jeans and a Rolling Stones t-shirt on and was bare foot, which made since because he could feel the sand in between his toes.

The young man turned his head to the left to see a jungle but in front of it was his friends sun bathing and with two empty chairs beside them. He looked in front of him to see a figure of a curvy girl emerge from the jungle while looking over at the sea. She was wearing a Led Zeppelin that was two big for her tiny frame and was tied up to the side while she was wearing denim shorts. Hyde could recognise that young woman anywhere. She was Jackie.

Jackie spotted him and started running over to him. His heart started pounding in his chest and started sprinting towards her. He ached to feel the touch of her soft, velvet skin with his finger tips or to have the sensation of her lips against his or to run his fingers through her through her lustrous hair. Or just to hold her in his arms once more.

As he got closer to her he held out his hand so he could catch her hand. She caught on and held out her hand too. Hyde smiled once her figure became more and more visible to him and he saw the radiant smile gracing her lips. But just when he was going to take her hands in his and crash their bodies together she faded and he fell flat on his face.

"Jackie," Hyde called out as he bolted upright in his bed before gasping for air.

Maybe this was a big mistake. He shouldn't have let her go. She was the most beautiful, smart, bitchy but sweet, and chatty girl he had ever met. Jackie was also patient with him and never pushed him…all the time and when she did it was only because she wanted what was best for him.

But she was better off in Chicago.

It was a month since Hyde last saw Jackie and a lot had changed since then. Eric was gone to Africa. Kelso moved to Chicago to be closer to Betsy and Brooke. Hyde hired a new worker named Randy, who they became friends with and he developed a slight crush for Donna. Donna was friendly with him but still loved Eric very much even though they broke up. Fez was still Fez. Also a striper named Samantha or Sam started hanging out with them and had a thing for Hyde but Hyde thought she was too easy.

Hyde and Fez were sitting on the couch in the Forman's living room watching What's Up Wisconsin! while Donna sat on Red's arm chair and Kitty was setting brownies down on the table.

"Mrs Forman why do you want us to watch this crap?" Hyde asked before taking a brownie of the plate. He had much better things to do then watching Christine St. George talk to people or cook something in the morning.

"After the commercial break we'll be back with new TV star Jackie Burkhart," Christine announced while looking straight at the camera. The teens' –except Donna's- mouths dropped and their eyes widened. "Stay tuned,"

"Um, well, Christine answered for me," Kitty replied before letting out her awkward laugh. Hyde stood up to leave but Kitty grabbed his hand and pulled him back down. "You're staying,"

"Jackie called me last night and told me about this," Donna said. She was still in touch with her best friend but not as much as she liked to be though. Jackie had said she was nervous about the interview but excited.

"How is my beautiful goddess?" Fez asked, looking to the blonde for an answer. "I haven't talked to her in about a week,"

"Some friends you are," Hyde commented as he folded his arms and lay back in the couch, crossing his legs.

The commercials ended and What's Up Wisconsin! came back on the television screen. Christine St. George was sitting in her comfortable chair with a big smile in her face and Jackie was sitting on a couch in a very fashionable floral dress that fitted her perfectly and her hair was down and longer since the last time Hyde saw her. It was too painful for him to watch her on TV.

"We're back with TV star Jackie Burkhart," Christine announced and the camera zoomed in on Jackie, who waved with a board grin present. It wasn't till about a good few minutes into the show till things got interesting and Donna, Fez and Kitty looked at Hyde. "So Jackie, are you seeing anyone currently? Because there is probably a lot of young men out there who wants to know?"

"No, not currently," she replied, her cheeks flushing a soft pink colour and a smile graced her lips. Hyde felt a sudden wave of jealousy surge through him. "I want to focus on my TV show till I get settled in and I'm also getting over an ex-boyfriend,"

"Oh that's a shame," the TV hostess replied genuinely. "Was it a serious relationship?"

Jackie nodded her head slowly. Her lips didn't hold a smile anymore but it wasn't a frown either. "Yes, I loved him dearly," she added, looking down at her lap as if she was thinking about something else.

The rest of the interview went well for Jackie and it was happier than the begging. This would get Jackie some good recognition. The four sat around and talked for a bit while watching I Love Lucy when the doorbell went off.

"I'll get it," Kitty offered before getting up of her seat. She walked over to the door and opened to someone they thought they wouldn't see for a long time. "Oh my God,"

Hyde, Fez and Donna turned their heads towards the door. Donna and Fez gasped at the sight while Hyde's blue eyes widened behind his aviators.

A/N: I wonder who's at the door. It's probably obvious but anyways. ;) I hope you enjoyed it and don't forget to follow this story because it's a two-shot. So how was it? Love it? Like it? Hate it? Also if you haven't already please check out my JH story Mean.

Peace ✌ ~ Mystery Girl