"Sleep With Me"
TITLE: "Sleep With Me"
PAIRING: JACKIE/HYDE
RATING: PG-13 (due to language)
SUMMARY: This fic covers the missing J/H scenes of "Bring it On Home" in Season 5 when we find out that Jackie's mom is still not back and that she has been sleeping with Hyde in the basement for several weeks. I always wondered how Jackie started sleeping there and found it so cute that they weren't doing it cuz it said a lot about Hyde. So here's the story.
NOTES: I do not own ANYTHING. FOX does. I'm just simply a big fan of That '70s Show!!!
CHAPTER 1: "What an Insensitive Jerk!"
It was a Friday night and outside of the Burkhart home was a car parked right in the front yard. It was a car by the name of El Camino and in it was the owner, Steven Hyde with the daughter of the owner of the home, Jackie Burkhart. The young couple had been parked outside for quite some time right after one of their dates. They were now very cozy in the front seat.
Jackie was on top of Hyde. Her hands were all over him as he kissed her profoundly. They had been going at it for quite some time. Steven decided to take a look at his watch again to make sure that Jackie wasn't about to break curfew. If she did and the Formans, his house family, found out about it, he would never hear the end of it. He would more than likely get grounded and that meant that he wouldn't be able to go out with Jackie. Or worse, she wouldn't be able to hang out at the house for some time.
He then opened his right eye just a bit to get a glance at his watch. The moment he read 12:47AM, he popped the other eye open and sat up immediately. He had sat up so fast that he pushed Jackie off him and she nearly fell to the side.
She frowned at him as she tried to catch her breath. "Steven? What's wrong?"
Hyde tried to catch his own breath. "It's almost one. You better go inside before your mom catches us. Go." He threw her his jacket. It was kind of cold outside and he noticed that the only thing she had brought along with her had been a tiny sweater.
However, Jackie was still not moving. She was hesitating for some reason.
"What's wrong with you? Get your butt moving."
"We can still hang out here. My mom won't say anything." She began to kiss his neck.
"Yeah, but if Mrs. Forman or Red saw that I wasn't there, they're gonna say something."
"Then just tell them you were at the hotel working." She made her way to his ear.
Hyde grunted. In only a few months of dating, Jackie had already come to know some of his weaknesses. She knew exactly where it was that drove him crazy.
Hyde gave in. "Fine." He then grabbed her and began to kiss her in the lips.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Hyde decided it really was time to leave. When he told this to Jackie, she just began to ramble on and on about how her day at school had gone.
"And Angela Walker and the Freddy twins just would not stop talking about Craig Themes. I mean, I know he's hot and has an incredible body, but not so much as to talk about it for half an hour!" Jackie looked a little flustered.
Hyde checked his watch. It was nearly two. "That's nice." He cursed himself that he was unable to tune her out anymore. Before they officially became a couple, Hyde was able to mute her within a second. However, very slowly as their relationship progressed, it was harder to do it. He hated to admit it but what once annoyed him most about Jackie--her voice--had turned into one of his favorite things about her. He sometimes just sat back and listened to her talk nonstop for hours just to hear that voice. He would often find himself smiling at her. Smiling at her foolishness and innocence--innocence he wished he still had at times.
He realized what it was he was thinking about and he saw that he was turning into a softy like his best friend, Eric Forman. The thought grossed him out. "Alright. I gotta go now." He turned the key in the ignition and put the car in drive. "See ya tomorrow."
"Steven, can't we hang out for at least a little bit more?" Jackie pleaded.
Hyde didn't seem to hear it as a plead, though. "Jackie, I gotta work later. I start my shift at 9AM. I don't care about showing up late or even showing up at all, but if Red sees me running late, he's gonna threaten to stick his foot up my ass."
"But, Steven--"
"Jackie, I gotta go."
Jackie just sat there, looking a bit hurt.
Hyde turned to her and he noticed some tears forming in her eyes. He frowned. Jackie wasn't much of a crier. She was a whiner, a screamer, and a yeller--everything but a crier. Something was seriously wrong.
Hyde put El Camino to park. "What's up?"
Jackie tried to act back to normal, he could tell. "Nothing. I just wanted to spend some time with my boyfriend. Is that so wrong of me?" In an instant, annoyance rose in her tone and eyes.
Hyde knew that look all too well. He immediately forgot about her look of sadness and he could only concentrate about her anger one now. This was gonna be a long night.
"I mean, you hardly have time for me anymore. With us being in school and your work and my cheerleading practices, it seems as if there's little time for us. So excuse me for wanting more."
Hyde rolled his eyes. He had no patience for her neediness. "Jackie, what do you want me to do? I have bills and rent. How can I pay for that without a job?!"
"I understand that, Steven. But what I don't get is why you don't make the stretch to spend some time with me."
"We hang out in the basement almost every day and I just took you out for a burger!" He had lost his patience and fast.
"Hanging out in the basement isn't gonna cut it. I want you for myself. I don't wanna share you. And when we went out for a burger you were too busy talking to Victor Preston and Joe Nelson. You weren't even paying attention to me!"
"That's because you were hanging out with your little cheerleading friends!"
"Only because you were taking too long!"
Hyde was already getting a headache. He couldn't deal with this anymore. "You know what, Jackie. I'll see you tomorrow." He turned to the wheel again and waited for her step out.
Jackie's ear blew out stream as her head turned completely red with anger. She threw him his jacket and opened her door. "Fine!" She kicked him, got out of the car quickly, and slammed the door shut.
Hyde grunted and let out a curse. He was so angry with her that he put his car on drive and sped out of there without another word. He knew that he was gonna get an ear full tomorrow. He knew how much Jackie hated it when he wouldn't walk her to her door. She said it was rude for a young man to let a lady walk to her doorstep by herself. Right now, though, he didn't care. All he wanted was to be as far away from her as possible.
The next morning he didn't get a single call from her. He tried not to think or worry about it as he worked at the hotel.
By the time he got to the Formans house, it was already 5PM. He saw Mrs. Forman starting dinner already. "Hey, Mrs. Forman."
Mrs. Forman looked up from her stove and smiled. "Well, hello, Steven. How was work?"
Hyde shrugged. "Work. Hey, have I gotten any calls today?"
Mrs. Forman smiled at him. "Nope. No calls from Jackie…so far."
Hyde knew he shouldn't have tried to play that out with Mrs. Forman. She knew him all too well. "Has she come by at all?" He knew there was no point to beating around the bush.
"No. But I'm sure she'll be by a little later. Why? Did you guys have a fight?"
Hyde shrugged and pretended as if he didn't know nor cared if he and Jackie had had a fight. He began to walk away.
Mrs. Forman, however, didn't let him. "You know, Steven. Talking about it can sometimes help. Avoiding it can only cause more troubles in a relationship."
Hyde seriously liked Mrs. Forman, but not so much as to spill his problems on her. He wasn't her little boy, Eric Forman. He was no pansy. "It was nothing, Mrs. Forman. I'm pretty sure Jackie will be over it by tonight." He turned and left before Mrs. Forman could continue on with her little pep talk.
Once he got downstairs he saw that Forman and Donna were already there, watching T.V. He sat on his usual chair and gave a low 'hey' to his friends. After several minutes, he couldn't help himself anymore. So, with a cool voice, he asked while he crossed his arms across his chest, "Hey, Donna, seen Jackie today?"
Donna didn't move her eyes from the screen. "No."
"Uh." He tried to go back to watching the show and stop thinking about Jackie. However, he still had another question. "Talk to her?"
"Nope." Donna took a bite of her popcorn.
"Did she tell you anything of where she might be today?" Hyde wasn't noticing that the Zen had faded away.
That tone had definitely gotten Donna and Forman's attention.
Donna frowned and gave a small grin. "No. Why?"
Crap, Hyde thought. Shoulda kept my damn mouth shut. Now Forman and Pinciotti are gonna get a kick out of this. Curse that dwarf! "No reason." He tried to Zen back.
"Aw, is there trouble in Paradise?" teased Forman. "Or hell? There is nothing holy about your devil girlfriend."
Hyde tried to keep his cool. "Shut it, Forman."
"What did you do?" asked Donna.
Hyde gave a look at this. "I didn't do anything."
"Well, you must have if Jackie's this upset. I mean, I know she gets frustrated with a lot of things that you do. But never so much that she doesn't speak to you for a whole day."
"What did you do to anger our evilness?" Forman was having way too much fun with this.
Hyde tried to tune both of his friends out.
Some time passed and Hyde checked the clock for the 100th time. It was 9PM and still no sign of Jackie. He didn't notice it, but his leg had already started to shake in impatience. Where the hell was she?
Donna obviously noticed it. She rolled her eyes. "Hyde, why don't you just call her up if you're so worried?"
Hyde faked a frown. "Worried? I'm not worried."
"Yeah, Donna. Don't you know that Master Zen only shakes his leg whenever he's relaxed," said Forman.
Hyde immediately stopped his leg. "Get bent."
Before Forman could tease any more, Mrs. Forman pocked her head into the basement. "Donna, hunny, you're father just called said he wants you in for dinner. And Eric, sweety, could you run over to the store and grab some pop? We're out."
Donna and Forman soon left the basement.
The moment they stepped out of the door, Hyde hurried upstairs. Thankfully, no one was in the kitchen. He suspected that Red was still in the living room, watching TV while Mrs. Forman was getting her Happy Hour ready.
Hyde went directly to the phone and dialed Jackie's number. It must have rung more than 15 times before Hyde decided to hang up. How was it that nobody was home? Somebody was always home.
"Damn." He couldn't take this anymore. He went directly to his car and drove off.