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Eric stared up at the ceiling of his bedroom. He had waited in her room for hours when her dad told him the bad news. Donna had called Bob from the road; saying that she was going to California to be with her mother. It was four days later and Eric still couldn't believe that she was gone. She hadn't even bothered to write him a note. Ever since that night he couldn't eat or sleep. He just sat in his dark room. This was almost as bad as when they broke up.

As much as he didn't want to face the outside world, he knew he had to. He wasn't going to get Donna, or any girl for that matter, sitting on his ass. He got out of bed, cleaned himself up (even he had to admit he was getting kind of rank), and headed down to the basement hoping that his friends could cheer him up. He was not expecting to see the sight that was before him.

Jackie was sitting on the couch staring expressionless at the television. Her eyes looked so sad. It reminded Eric of a few days ago when he had been the one to have to tell Jackie that Kelso had run off on her. Kelso had been to chicken to do it himself so he had made Eric promise that he would do it. She hadn't cried or screamed; she just accepted it and walked away. Eric guessed it was because she was so used to Kelso disappointing and letting her down. As much as Eric hated to admit it, he didn't hate Jackie and knew that Kelso hadn't deserved her. Especially since she was going through the same exact thing as him.

He greeted her with a hello and she finally noticed that she was there. She gave him a small smile to return the greeting.

"How are you?"

"Well, I'm much better now that I don't have that loser Kelso in my life," she responded angrily. Her voice dropped down to a softer level, "How are you doing?"

He just shrugged in reply and joined her on the couch. They sat there silently for a while and watched Gilligan's Island. They both hated the show but it was a welcome distraction. At first it was weird for Eric, sitting alone with Jackie. They had never been close, far from it actually, and had never hung out together by themselves. But soon they both loosened up and started laughing at each other's comments about the show.

"Have you heard from Donna yet?" Jackie asked him quietly. He was surprised to hear a serious question from her and shook his head no.

"Yeah, I haven't heard from her or Kelso either. I wonder if they're having fun?"

"I'm sure they are," he said, "They're in California. How could they not be?"

"That doesn't seem right does it? They get to leave us and go off and have fun. While we're stuck here and are miserable."

He felt Jackie nudge his shoulder and turned to look at her. She had a small grin on her face.

"Why are you so happy all of a sudden?"

"Because Eric I've decided that we aren't going to wallow in our pity anymore. My summer isn't going to be ruined by a dill hole like Kelso. I love Donna but I'm not going to let her ruin you either. We are going to have a great time without them."

He had to admit that the midget had a point. "Jackie I'm not in the mood to go shopping so forget it."

"No! I have an even better idea. Don't give me that look Eric, I'm not thinking disco dancing either. Let's all go to my father's cabin for a long weekend. It will be so much fun!"

"Now that I can agree to!" he exclaimed.

She squealed with delight and exclaimed, "This doesn't give me much time to pack! I have to get going!" She leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and ran out the door.

He sat there feeling where her lips had been and smiled to himself for the first time in days. Who would have thought Jackie would be the person to make him smile? Maybe this summer wouldn't be so bad after all?