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They said that they were bored and had nothing better to do, but the summer that Jackie and Hyde got together was more than just a hookup. And the attraction didn't just start that summer. It had been going on for awhile.

Beyond Words

Chapter 2: The Beginning Days

The few days since Jackie and Hyde started kissing started to make the dirty hippy rather paranoid. If they were ever caught it would mean having to give up the ability to touch the popular princess again. For as much as the gang was close friends, they never realized how Steven Hyde felt for Jackie Burkhart and it had started years ago…

Hyde sighed at the perky little girl in front of him. He was supposed to show her around as a punishment for being caught smoking behind the bleachers.

"Hi, I'm Jackie! I just came from private school and…"

He shook his head at the brunette. "Listen, if you want to fit in here don't act like a snobby brat."

Shock emanated from Jackie's features before her eyes watered up. "I'm not a snobby brat you jerk!" She kicked him in the shin before turning back to the office secretary, "I want a new guide!"

"You'll get what you'll get honey. No one gets royal treatment around here."

Hyde smirked at Jackie before he mockingly opened the door and bowed to her, "After you, princess."

The rich girl glared at him before stomping out of the office. Hyde closed the door on her before she could leave the room and she ended up stomping right into the door.

"Ow, you'll pay for that!"

He gave her another smirk, "What are you going to do? Call your daddy?"

Jackie made a sound that was a half scream and half growl before she opened the office door and stomped out into the hallway. "Are you going to show me around this dingy school or what?"

"Coming princess," Hyde mocked before he followed her out of the room.

Hyde laughed at the memory as he crossed his arms under his head and laid down on his bed. The first time they met was a bust. Jackie just didn't know how to survive in real life, which annoyed the dirty hippy to no end. After years of her hanging around the gang she had finally gotten a little better than that pampered princess phase she was in when she just moved to Point Place. In fact, there were quite a lot of memories that were of just Jackie and him.

Sleep claimed the boy, but the memories didn't stop.

Jackie smiled up at him as he closed the door to his home. She looked away awkwardly when his mother yelled at him and he yelled back. The words they exchanged held no real meaning until Jackie asked him if he wanted to drive her father's car.

Hyde revved the engine and sped out the driveway. "You want to go straight to the prom or drive around town?"

"Let's go get dinner at the Hub." Jackie answered.

Hyde gave her a quick glance as he drove through Point Place. "Don't you usually like to go to a fancy dinner for prom rather than the Hub?"

"Yeah, usually," Jackie replied as she gazed at him. "I don't know why, I just want to go there instead."

"Alright," Hyde ended the conversation though he was a little confused as to why Jackie would avoid going to a fancy restaurant. He shrugged it off and parked before taking her into the Hub.

It was crowded, but Hyde didn't care. Jackie ordered a hot dog and fries and Hyde ordered a burger. They took their orders to go.

"Will you drive around town for a little bit? I want to make sure that Michael's already there and that he gets a good view of us when we come into the dance."

"Jackie, there's really no place to go in Point Place to drive around." Hyde answered.

"You can race a cop." Jackie proposed with a smile. "We can run for the dance to get away from him."

Hyde gave her a glance as he finished his burger and most of her fries. "Race a cop, huh? You're okay with that?"

"Yeah, as long as you can help me make Michael jealous."

"Will do." Hyde peeled out into the streets. "I know just who to go for."

The two laughed as they entered the gym. Everyone who knew them was staring. Jackie made Hyde stop so she could fix her hair before she pulled him onto the dance floor.

"So…" Hyde started. "I never thought you would be one to get a kick out of pissing off a cop."

"Yeah… I don't know either, but that was so much fun!" Hyde noticed Jackie staring at Kelso. An unidentified emotion passed through him before he forced himself to smirk at her. "I'll take Pam, you can have Kelso."

"But we're on a date together, Steven!" Jackie protested as the dirty hippy walked away to talk to Kelso at the punch bowl.

He didn't regret the smile that she gave him afterwards. It was over her shoulder when Kelso was looking the other way as Hyde was taking Pam outside to be 'alone.' It was a smile that said it was their little secret and it was the best secret he could hope to keep.

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Jackie twirled a lock of hair around her index finger. She sighed at the thought of Michael Kelso, who promised to marry her, but decided that high-tailing it for California with Donna would be better. Her mismatched eyes didn't water up like they had since she found out. This was the first night that Jackie could think about Michael not really loving her and not cry about it.

She pulled her brown hair out of her face and into a perfect ponytail. An empty shoe box lay beside her. Jackie gave another sigh before she took the lid off of the box and wandered around her room to put everything that she had shared with her first love, Michael Kelso, into it.

What seemed like millions of photographs were taken out of photo albums and picture frames and placed into the box first. Some were of the whole group or three or four of them together, others were of just Michael and Jackie. She saw flashes of the pictures as she dropped them into the box. There was one of the two of them at the carnival, at the Hub, the basement…too many memories that depressed the preppy girl. She was done with being cheated on and lied to.

"I am done with you, Michael Kelso!"

Jackie felt renewed as she stated what she had thought about millions of times. With new energy she pulled presents that she had always hated and thought were stupid from the pretty boy. She found articles of his clothing that had somehow ended up a part of her wardrobe and some pieces of her own clothes and jewelry that just reminded her too much of him. Jackie put it all in the box.

"Miss? Is there anything you need?" One of her maids asked. They were always sympathetic when they thought they'd get more money, but the spoiled girl didn't want that false kindness now. She was too done with people who use her to consider being nice to her servants anymore.

"No, get out of my room or I'll fire you and have you deported!"

The maid squeaked in fear as she slammed the door and noisily ran down the stairs. Jackie frowned at her closed door. She moved back to her bed where she picked up the lid to the now filled box and covered everything that ever made her think of being in love with Michael. The pretty boy was now no more to the spoiled rich girl. He was nothing.

Jackie rummaged through her desk to find a marker. She scribbled on the lid with her perfect handwriting:

"Break up box."

Finally happy with the full shoe box, she pushed it under the bed and hoped that she could forget about ever being in love with the idiot of their group. So instead Jackie focused on something that made her happier.

Who knew that would be memories of being around Steven Hyde?

Jackie lifted her lips into a coy smile that most boys would swoon over, but it didn't seem to affect Steven Hyde. That was why the spoiled girl started to like him. No games worked, or at least that was what it looked like.

It was veterans day, the day that he said he would go on a date with Jackie after he hit some sleaze she picked up to make him jealous. The jealous part backfired horribly. Thankfully, the sleaze didn't know how to keep his mouth shut.

Now they weren't talking. Actually, now Jackie wasn't talking. She knew it was time to go for a kiss to see if there were any real sparks or if it was just all in her head.

Steven lowered his head to meet her mouth…

A fire that Jackie never knew of burst into her. It was passion, lust, and a million other things that she couldn't name into one. It was like she had always kissed him, though in reality that was a lie. However, as the spoiled rich girl pulled away she didn't see anything on the dirty hippy's face.

"I felt…" I love you, Steven Hyde! Jackie screamed in her head, though she felt something complelely opposite slip out of her mouth, "Nothing."

He gave her a confused look, "Nothing?"

Jackie squished the small hope that threatened to surface. He doesn't like me, even though I have everything and he should be in love with me just for that he doesn't want me. The spoiled girl complemented him on his kissing and the two got back in his car to go back to the basement. Jackie was good at lying. She could talk her way out of this one and then soon everyone would forget it happened. No one would know how much she liked Steven.

He wouldn't want me anyway, it's not like I'm ever going to be smart like Donna. I'm not going to waste my time on acting like I'm smart when looks and money is all that is going to matter. Plus, I was just doing this to make Michael jealous. That's all…

She chattered on and on about cheerleaders and everything else she could think of while putting herself down and picking herself back up again in her mind. By the time Steven and Jackie got to the basement she almost forgot about the insecurities she had about Steven. Once again money was all that mattered to her.

Jackie let go of the memory as soon as she heard angry yelling downstairs in her house. Now more than ever she wished that she was in the basement making out with Steven rather than listen to her parents fight. He, out of all their friends, would understand without words. That dirty hippy knew what she needed and gave that to her without a word. Steven wouldn't give her what she wanted, he wouldn't support her being a spoiled rich girl, but he would give her something else she craved for and didn't even realize it:

True love.

The beautiful girl smiled happily as her Abba soundtrack filled up the room with its upbeat music. She couldn't wait to go to the basement tomorrow to see her Steven. He didn't even know he would be hers until it was too late!

Wow. I thought I was going to be able to put more flashbacks in there, but that is okay. There are about twelve chapters in all and I will be trying to post them Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I hope you all enjoy!

Next up! Perhaps more flashbacks and some different places Jackie and Hyde make out in that isn't the Forman household!