Author's note: This is my first attempt at writing FanFiction so please bear with me. I promise no matter what I will finish this story. Nothing bothers me more than to start reading a story that just leaves you hanging forever so come what may it will have a conclusion lol. Also be forewarned that the story may have a slight twist but don't worry I'm a huge JH fan so it all works out in the end. Also some of the characters may be slightly OOC but I will do my best not to stray too much. All reviews and feedback is greatly appreciated.
Disclaimer: I do not own That 70's Show or any of its characters.
July 25, 1981 – Minneapolis, MN
Even though it was summer in the city, the air had a bit of a chill in it today. It was about seventy-eight degrees, which wasn't by any means cold. Maybe it was the overcast skies or maybe it was just something in the air but whatever it was had felt different than the weather he had been experiencing over the last month since he arrived, Hyde thought. As a slight drizzle began to fall, he began to take in his surroundings. He had been so busy setting up the new store he hadn't been able to really check it out. He began to notice that his new area was quite busy. There were people from all sorts of life coming and going down the street and lots of local businesses and restaurants along the way. It seemed to be the perfect place for a new Grooves location.
When WB had asked him to if he was interested in opening and running a new location in a new city, Hyde jumped at the chance. Of course Mrs. Forman had a breakdown since he was the last one of her "babies" to leave the nest but he needed to get away. Things around Pont Place had been a bit more than dull to say the least. Eric and Donna were away at school, Kelso had his own life with Brooke and Betsy now and Fez well he was still around but that meant basically that he had to be the one to come up with things to do around there and that got to be a bit boring with it being just the two of them. Then of course was the last missing piece of the six-person puzzle, the one who had left long before any of them, Jackie. She left home in February of 1980 and no one had seen or heard from her since. She hadn't even said goodbye to any of them. At the time it happened he pretended not to care but deep down he was angry; angry with her but more at himself mostly because even though he would never admit it, he knew the reason why he didn't get a goodbye. He didn't deserve one.
Hyde finished relaxing against the El Camino and decided to get back into the store since the rain started coming down harder. People were scurrying everywhere trying to escape the afternoon shower. From behind him he heard a woman shouting for the public bus to wait up. Good luck with that he thought as he saw the annoyed face of the bus driver who looked like he wasn't about to delay his day any further. The woman, who had a baby in her arms as well as two bags of groceries, had pushed past him hurriedly. All of a sudden one of the groceries bags broke loose and the contents spilled on the ground. The woman tripped over one of the items and was headed to the ground with the baby still in her arms. Hyde ran over as fast as he could and caught her just before she hit the ground. As he looked up to ask if she was okay, as if seeing a ghost he could not have been more unprepared for what he saw. He promptly forgot what he was about to say. Hyde finally found his voice and spoke. All he could say was "Jackie.".
I know this was short but the next chapter will be a little longer. I promise. I'm going to do my best to update this often as possible. The next chapter should be up within a day. Thanks for reading.