Disclaimer & A/N: Don't own anyone or anything… It belongs to some really ridiculous people who totally ruined the final season. If it belonged to me, Jackie and Hyde would be married and have kids and stuff. Lol. This fic also came to me following talking to Casper1990… We were kind of talking about Jackie and Hyde's relationship and how it probably would really have worked out… So, I'm gonna goof around with it and see what happens. The song I used for the title belongs to England Dan and John Ford Coley. Last of all, all of you guys that wanted to see a multi-chapter piece from me, this is for you… Hope I actually update like a normal person. Lol.
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
Prologue
Steven Hyde parked the El Camino in the parking lot of the new mall in Point Place. He didn't know what he was doing here, but here he was. He'd had to come back to Point Place after a while… He could swear he hated it as much as he wanted, but he could never deny the fact that it was home. He generally tended to stay as far away as he could. Point Place had a lot of things that he didn't want to be part of anymore. But when Kitty had called him for her and Red's 35th wedding anniversary… well, he just couldn't tell her no. Never had been able to, dammit all.
He climbed out of the car, making sure his sunglasses were in place, and off he was into the mall to get some random stuff at the dollar store that Donna had asked him to get. Forman and Donna were throwing the party, but of course, with Kitty's keen eye for surprise parties, she'd known about it far in advance, and had invited her beloved surrogate son to join the family for the celebration.
Hyde went into the mall with a list of things to get. It was an odd list, including fancy paper plates, and vases to put the flowers in… He shook his head. All this stuff, from a dollar store? How classy could they be?
He was walking through the food court, too many memories rushing back into his mind. This wasn't the mall that had been there when they were in high school. But it didn't change the fact that when he walked past a shoe store, he could just see a petite brunette making him try on boots.
Why had he come back? Just to remember Jackie? It was his own damn fault that their relationship was over. He'd never listened. That much he knew. He'd brought the whole thing on himself, and he knew it.
But it didn't change the fact that there were still mornings when he'd roll over in bed expecting find her. Or the fact that sometimes, he'd see a girl and think it was her, only to be sorely disappointed.
Kinda like the little brunette in the crisp black suit, talking to a shoe store manager, clipboard in hand.
Wait… She did look a lot like Jackie… A whole lot like Jackie. Hyde couldn't resist just taking a peek for curiosity's sake. He walked into the shoe store, toward the boot section, where he squatted down as if looking at a pair of boots, then stared up into a pair of mismatched eyes that he couldn't have mistaken anywhere.