Jackie hung up the phone and settled on a bench in the lobby to wait for Hyde. It was a 2 hour drive from Point Place, so she laid down to try and catch a nap.
Was it fate that Hyde had to come help her one last time? Shouldn't she be waiting for Michael? She didn't want to ruin his bachelor party, but another part of her wondered if he actually would have left to come get her.
Of course he would.
That was a fear left over from high school, back when Michael never put Jackie first. He'd grown since then. His daughter had forced him to mature. Her and Hyde's God daughter… shouldn't she be thinking of her as her step daughter?
She groaned and threw her arm over her face. The man behind the counter continued to watch her. He gave jackie the creeps. Her mind bounced back to all the places Hyde had taken her with rough crowds.
If any guys come up to you, just say no and pull the fire alarm. Hyde had always been protective when they were together. Before then as well.
Again, she groaned. "Pull yourself together!" she hissed at herself.
"He does one nice thing and suddenly you're a gushing little girl?"
Hyde smacked the steering wheel as he made his way to the motel that was branded into his memory.
"Damn it, Jackie." He growled at himself.
He'd pushed her away. He'd buried Jackie so far down, locked away with beer and girls, and even at one point, a wife. He thought he was rid of her forever.
"She cheated on you, you moron! With the guy she's marrying next week!"
Suddenly the image of Jackie falling into the creek filled his mind again. He'd barely reacted. Even laughed at her before walking away.
He'd been drunk, but it didn't matter. Only a few months earlier that year he would have been panicking if something like that had happen to her. He would have jumped in after her without hesitation.
Like you're doing now? A voice whispered in the back of his mind. He smiled. That voice sounded a lot like Mrs. Forman. He'd argued with her so intently the first time she suggested he was attracted to Jackie.
If I like her, shoot me!
"Pow," he said sadly to no one at all.
