AN: 50 points for all of you who reviewed…lol, told you it was a point based system, did I not?
BlandBlandman: I know, they don't give them nearly enough thinking scenes…I mean hello, Halloween?
LuvCali76: I wouldn't worry, I'm an 80s child too. And anyone who doesn't have this movie memorized hasn't seen it enough times in my opinion. I'm still working on the whole Fez thing.
And for those of you who inquired about the pairings…you'll just have to wait. I know I changed the jock's sport but can any of you see Kelso as a wrestler? He can't even beat up Eric half the time. I also switched the lines already…mostly Kelso's, Andy Clark's just a little too smart to match up with him. Enjoy.
Chapter 1-Seven O'clock at the Oasis
Jackie Burkhardt took the library by storm, ready to startle anyone in the room with not only her piercing blue-and-green eyes and her perfect body but with her fabulous, model intensity strut. She stopped just short of the check out office and placed her hands on her hips, what fun was it to take an empty room by storm? She rolled her eyes, walking over to the first table in the room and putting down her Prada bag. She quickly applied another coat of red lip gloss and gave a sexy pout and a sultry stare towards the door. Since she wasted her entrance she could at least captivate the interest of the first person to enter the room, at least a little more then everyone else. The door opened slowly and Jackie felt her nerves tense, after hearing a shuffling movement a skinny brunette boy entered and dropped the books he was carrying. She sighed, leaning back in her chair, another wasted technique.
Oh my god…Eric Forman stared at the girl who had just given him 'the look'. She wanted him, someone wanted him. Oh god, oh god, oh god. Shit, he'd just dropped his books hadn't he? He reached down to pick one up only to have someone kick it out of his reach. He looked up fearfully, he saw Michael Kelso standing there glaring at him in all his glory, so much for the girl who wanted him. "What are you staring at, butt face?" Kelso demanded.
"I…I wasn't…I was just-" Eric stuttered.
"Whatever, just get out of the way," Kelso sounded annoyed and Eric stepped aside. Kelso walked over to the table Jackie was sitting at looking her up and down, she gave him an indifferent look. He smiled goofily at her, "Can I sit?"
"I don't care," Jackie spat, crossing her arms and looking away, shaking her foot impatiently. Eric smiled slightly, picking up his books, walking to the seat behind her, beaming as he passed. He heard her scoff, looking up he saw pothead extraordinaire Steven Hyde walk in, his jeans had holes all down them, and his coat ripping at the bottom, he was walking through the room as he owned it and seeing as it was Saturday school, Eric supposed he did. He stopped abruptly in front of the skinny boy, and glared.
"Move," He hissed and Eric obeyed, scrambling out of his seat and to the table next over. He sat there staring down for a minute, then he heard a small crash. A tall redhead trapped in many layers of black watched the door close behind her before sulking over to a seat in the far corner of the library. He heard the brunette and Kelso exchange small laughs. He almost felt sorry for her, almost.
Danny Zuko enters the room and Jackie wrinkles her nose in disgust at his outfit, ew, this is the seventies not the fifties, dude. "Well, well…here we are!" He says sarcastically. "I want to congratulate all of you for being on time!" Just then a short boy with dark skin entered smiling and carrying a backpack, he looked absolutely ecstatic to be there, it made Hyde wonder what he was on and if he was willing to share.
"I am Fez!" The foreign boy stated proudly. "I am very pleased to be welcomed to my new American school!" He held out his hand to Mr. Zuko who looked at him disapprovingly.
"Are you here for Saturday school?" He questioned staring at him.
"Uh…yes," He stated with just as much as enthusiasm. "I-"
"You're late, that's what you are! Take your seat!" Zuko ordered.
Fez nodded happily and walked down the aisle of desks looking from one person to the next looking for a friendly face. He took Eric's small smile of pity as an offer to sit next to him and looked up at Mr. Zuko patiently.
"It is now seven-oh-six. You have exactly eight hours and fifty-four minutes to think about why you're here. To ponder the error of your ways..." He continued, Hyde spit into the air and caught it in his mouth, Jackie, watching on, looks as if she's about to be sick.
"…and you may not talk." Mr. Zuko ignores this, although looks slightly tighter faced. "You will not move from these seats." He looks specifically at Hyde and points, "And you…" He walks over and pulls a chair out from under Hyde's legs, "Will not sleep." Hyde rolls his eyes. "Alright," He claps his hands together, "We're going to try something a little different today. We are going to write an essay-no less then a thousand words-describing to me who you think you are."
"Is this a test?" Hyde asks flippantly.
Mr. Zuko who has started passing out paper and pencils stops at Hyde's desk and puts his pencil down hard. "And by essay, I mean essay…I do not mean a single word repeated a thousand times. Is that clear, Mr. Hyde?"
He looks up and meets Zuko's eyes, "Cry-stal." He smirks.
"Good," He says firmly. "Maybe you'll even learn a little something about yourself. Maybe you'll even decide whether or not you care to return." Looks specifically at Hyde, Eric raises his hand and stands.
"I think I can answer that right now…uh sir, professor, uh sir. The answer would be a no sir, no for me. Because you may not know me but I…" Eric flails his hands about per usual, jumping from one word to another.
"Sit down, Forman," Zuko sighs.
"Yes sir…I…thank you sir." He sits.
"My office," He points out the open door of the library. "Is right across the hall, any monkey-business is ill advised." He looks around the room, letting his gaze linger longer on Hyde then the rest. "Any questions?"
"Yeah," Hyde smirks, waving a hand. "Does Diana Ross know you raid her wardrobe?"
Zuko's face hardens. "I'll give you the answer to that one, Mr. Hyde, next Saturday. Don't mess with the bull son, you'll get the horns." He walks out looking extremely pleased with himself.
"That man, is a brownie hound," Hyde accuses pointing after him. Several minutes lapse as everyone settles in, Eric in the maximum position of observing the side of Jackie's head, Kelso much in the same manner. Fez looks slightly confused but also quite happy still. Jackie settles on glaring at the doorway, while Hyde slings his feet up on the top of his desk.
After a while we hear a clicking noise, all of the students looked startled, especially Hyde. One by one they turn towards Donna, who continues for a moment and then looks up at them hostilely. Hyde gives her a small smile, "Keep eating your hand like that and you won't be hungry for lunch, doll." She spits the nail at Hyde. "I've see you before…You were…"
Mr. Zuko looks in from his office, Hyde stops talking and leans back. More time elapses…Eric is sitting at his desk fidgeting with the pen Zuko gave him. "Who do I think I am? Who are you? Who are you?" He fastens the pen's clip on his lip. "I am…a walrus…" Hyde looks at him vilely, Eric takes the pen off his lip out of embarrassment. They both start to take their jackets off, Eric notices and pulls his back on. He blows on his hands as if they are cold and gives Hyde a nervous smile. Hyde rolls his eyes.
"This blows, huh? I mean, I had plans…" He trails off seeing Hyde glaring at him. He laughs uncomfortably, Hyde once again rolls his eyes and starts to crumple up his essay, throwing it at Jackie. Both Kelso and Jackie flinch but continue to ignore him. Hyde smirks for a second, then he sees Kelso looking at him and glares. Kelso turns back around. Damn it, Brooke's not even here. I mean…Jackie's…but I can't screw her with them here. Or can I? He looked over at her, waiting to catch her gaze, finally she looked at him and he gave her the 'wink-wink, nod-nod' and she kicked him. Nope. Damn, too bad.
"Nah, nah, nah, nah…nah, nah, nah, nah…" Hyde sings loudly.
Jackie looks like she's about to hit him, instead she just looks straight forward. "I can't believe this is happening to me..."
Hyde looks extremely proud of himself. Another moment passes, "Oh shit! What are we supposed to do if we have to take a piss?"
Jackie seems like she might be cry now, "Please," She breathes.
"If you gotta go, you gotta go," He shrugs and unzips his fly.
"Oh my god," Jackie's voice breaks.
"You're not doing it in here," Kelso yells at him. Dude, what if he's bigger then me? That could seriously hurt my chances with Jackie.
"Don't talk! It makes it crawl back up…" Jackie whimpers.
"You whip it out and you're dead before the first drop hits the floor, dude," Kelso threatens.
Hyde fakes gasps then raises his eyebrows and we hear Jackie's breath catch, but when he looks at her she whips her head around, her hair falling just short of his desk. He turns to Kelso again, "You're pretty sexy when you're mad, man." He smirks, Kelso looks scared and sits straight. Hyde looks to Eric, "Hey you." Eric looks up anxiously, "Why don't you go close that door and we'll get the prom queen here impregnated?"
Jackie looks startled but then whips around daggering him with her eyes, "I'm the Homecoming queen too, and you so much as touch me and I'll have daddy's lawyers lock you up until the end of the decade." Hyde doesn't seem to see this as much of a threat but instead raises his eyebrows seductively.
"Is that a threat or a promise?" Jackie squeaks.
Kelso notices and whispers, "Hey!"
No one responds. "HEY!" He repeats.
"What?" Hyde answers nonchalantly.
"If I lose my temper…" He struggles to think up an end to the sentence. "You're totaled, man," He warns.
"Totally?" Hyde mocks.
Kelso doesn't seem to catch this at all, "Totally," He responds confidently and Jackie rolls her eyes, I'm stuck in a room with five incompetent morons. Hyde laughs.
She whirls around again, "Why don't you shut up? No one here is interested."
"Yeah," Kelso agrees for the sake of impressing her, having lost sight of what they're talking about. He turns to her, "Butt face," He refers to Hyde.
"What'd you do to get in here sporto?" Hyde eggs. "Forget to wash your jock strap?" Shit, yes…Kelso looks down.
"Uh, excuse me, fellas, I think we should just write our papers," Eric smiles. "I mean none of us want to flunk out-"
"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Jackie scoffs, shooting Hyde a dirty look. Hyde pretends to look pained then mouths eat me at her.
"It's a free country, right Sporto?" He hisses.
"He's doing it just to get a rise out of you," Jackie tells Kelso, "Just ignore him."
"Doll, you couldn't ignore me if you tried." That better not be true, Kelso thinks. Jackie just rolls her eyes. "So…so…you guys boyfriend/girlfriend?" Hyde smirks. "Steady dates?" Kelso and Jackie look increasingly uncomfortable. "Lov-ers?" He over pronounces it, smiling at Jackie, who looks away. He then tries Kelso, "Level with me, sporto. You slip her the hot-beef injection?"
Jackie turns to face Hyde, "GO TO HELL!" She screams, slamming her fist down on the desk. She's hot when she's angry, Hyde notices with satisfaction.
Kelso notices her screams, and flies around in his seat. "UH! YEAH!" He smiles at Jackie again.
"Hey, what's going on it there?" Zuko calls from his office. Whispering to himself, "Smug little pricks."
Kelso turns away from Hyde, "Scumbag."
Hyde still smiling intently at Jackie, goes and sits on the railing, "What do you say we close that door?" No one moves. "We can't have any type of party in here with Zuko checking up on us every five seconds."
"Well…it's supposed to stay open." Eric states. "It's the rule and we're all here for breaking the-"
"So why not break some more?" He raises an eyebrow. Jackie meets his eyes and they both stare for a moment then she looks down and blushes profusely.
Kelso, noticing this, spits, "So why don't you just shut up? There's five other people here, you know."
"So you can count!" Hyde baits. "I knew you had to be smart to be…a football player…"
"Who are you to judge?" Jackie bits.
"Really…" Kelso agrees, he stares at Hyde, it seems like he's challenging him but really he's trying to think of something to say. "You don't even count, man…you die tomorrow, who's gonna be sorry?" He looks to Jackie for assistance but she doesn't look up from her desk. "You may as well not even exist at this school."
Hyde pauses for a moment, looking at Kelso blankly. "Well…I'll just run right out and join the football team. Then somebody will care, right?" Kelso and Jackie laugh. "Maybe the prep club too…Student council…"
"They wouldn't take you, man," Kelso acknowledges.
"I'm hurt," Hyde frowns, and does the 'tear down the cheek' thing with his finger.
Jackie looks at him, trying to look through the sunglasses at his eyes. "You know why guys like you knock everything?"
Under his breath, "This should be stunning…"
She ignores his comment, "You're afraid."
"You're right!" He exclaims sarcastically. "That's exactly why I'm not on the football team!" He rolls his eyes.
"You're a coward!" Jackie incriminates.
"I'm in the math club…" Eric mutters to no-one in particular.
"You know they'd never take you," Jackie tells Hyde who looks bored. "So you're just gonna be all 'f-this', 'f-that'."
"It wouldn't have anything to do with activities people being assholes, would it?" Hyde retorts.
Jackie shrugs, not breaking eye contact, "You wouldn't know," She declares, "You don't even know any of us."
"I don't know any lepers either, but I'm not running out to join one of their fucking clubs."
Jackie narrows her eyes, "Lepers don't shop at Barneys, do they?"
"I just said I don't know any." Hyde sighs.
"I'm in the physics club too…" Eric murmurs.
Hyde rolls his eyes, "Excuse me a sec," He turns to Eric. "What are you babbling about?"
"He is in the Physics club and the Chess club," Fez offers excitedly.
"And the Latin
club," Eric adds. "And we're thinking of starting chess-"
Hyde
nods and turns back to Jackie, "Hey, babe, you in the physics
club?"
She gasps horrifically, "That's an academic club," She whispers to him.
"So?" He shrugs.
"Academic clubs aren't the same as the cheerleading squad…or other clubs." Jackie returns.
"But to dorks like him," He motions to Eric, "They are." Jackie rolls her eyes, Hyde looks more determined, he looks to Eric, "What do you guys do in your club?"
"We talk about physics…in physics club…and in Latin, we-"
"So it is social…demented and sad…but social. Huh?"
"Well…I guess it's sorta social…I mean…I'm not the only one in it. We talk, me and the other…er, children. And at the end of the year we have a big banquet at the Freshmount-"
"You load up, you party." Hyde looks to Jackie, trying to make a point.
"Yeah…we get dressed up…we don't…smoke…er, mar…we don't get high…" Eric looks nervously from Jackie to Hyde to Kelso.
Jackie glares at high, "Only burners like you get high."
"I agree." Fez nods, clearly more unsure about what they're talking about then Kelso.
"And, uh, I didn't have any shoes. So I had to borrow my dad's. It was kinda weird 'cause my mom doesn't like me to wear other people's shoes. And, uh, my cousin Kent...my cousin Kendall from, uh, Indiana... He got high once and you know, he started eating like really weird foods. And uh, and then he just felt like he didn't belong anywhere. You know, kinda like, you know "Twilight Zone" kinda."
Jackie smiles shyly at Hyde, "Sounds like you." She blushes.
"Look guys…" Say something…Hyde's hitting on your meat…it's a long shot but still…think…think…Brooke…no.
"What sporto?" Hyde asks.
"Uh…uh…I got football practice next Saturday…" They all stared blankly. "And I don't wanna be stuck here…" Still blank stares. "And Zuko's in the next room."
"Wouldn't that suck?" Hyde says sarcastically, Kelso thinks he knows about Jackie, that ass face.
"Well you wouldn't know anything about it, Hyde. You…never in your life…did, uh…" What were we talking about?
"I feel all empty inside…never being one of those guys who rolled around on the ground chasing a piece of pigskin instead of a piece of ass." Damn it, Jackie's smiling at him.
"You wouldn't know…you don't know anything about goals." Not that I do…I just run towards the end of the field.
"Oh, but I do have goals." Hyde smirks, "I wanna be just like you."
"REALLY?" Kelso gasps, why didn't Jackie look impressed?
"Yep," Hyde snickered. "I figure all I need is a helmet and a lobotomy."
"Lobotomy?" Eric chuckles.
"Shut up!" Kelso yells defensively. What's a lobotomy? Then Hyde hears Zuko moving around in the hall, he quickly slips into the seat in between Jackie and Kelso, folding his hands in front of him. Then Zuko goes back to his office. He laughs and gets up, walking towards the door of the library.
"There's not supposed to be any monkey business!" Eric voice squeaks out after him.
Hyde turns around and points at him, walking backwards, "Young man, have you finished your paper yet?" Hyde takes a screw out of the door.
"What are you gonna do?" Jackie asks nervously.
"Drop dead, I hope," Kelso mumbles. How come Jackie wasn't paying attention to him?
We see Zuko in the hallway at a drinking fountain, he straightens up and looks in the mirror, making 'manly' faces. Back in the library Eric looks up and Hyde is still fussing with the door.
"That's school property, you know? As in, doesn't belong to us? Not to be toyed with? Man? Man?" The door slams shut, Hyde runs back to his seat. "Man, that's not funny! Fix it! Fix the door!"
Fez begins to look nervous, "Fix the door…ass hole!" He looks to Eric to ensure it is the correct word, he nods.
"Am I a genius?" Hyde tries to look innocent.
"No, you're an a-hole!" Kelso shouts.
"You're hilarious, really," Hyde snaps.
"Fix the door, Hyde!" He yells.
"Everyone just shut up!" Hyde orders.
We see Zuko again, he's right outside the library. "I've been here before I know what I'm doing."
"Fix the god damn door!" We hear Jackie yell.
"Shut up!" Hyde screams.
Now back in the library we hear Zuko in the hall, "Shit!" He storms in, "Why is that door closed?" No one replies. "Why is that door closed?" He repeats.
"How are we supposed to know?" Hyde asks, staring straight ahead. "We aren't supposed to move, right?"
Mr. Zuko turns to Jackie, "Why?"
"We were just sitting here like we were supposed to," She answers.
He looks at Fez, "Who closed that door?"
"I think a screw fell out," Hyde says in a somewhat cocky manner.
Kelso feeling bad adds, "It just closed…sir." Zuko glares at Kelso and then walks over to Donna, "Why?" She squeaks and slams her head against the desk.
"She doesn't talk, sir," Jackie tells him.
He goes back to Hyde, "Give me that screw."
"I don't have it…" Zuko clearly doesn't believe it. "Screws fall out all the time, the world's an imperfect place."
"Give it to me, Hyde," He says threateningly.
Jackie sighs, "Excuse me, sir, why would anybody want to steal a screw?"
"Watch it young lady," He warns walking over to the door, he grabs a folding chair from nearby and puts it in front of the door.
"It's way too heavy sir," Eric calls out. The door slams shut.
"DAMN IT!" Zuko yells. Everyone laughs. He comes back in, "Michael Kelso…come here." Kelso walks over.
"How come Kelso gets to get up?" Hyde antagonizes, "If he gets up, we'll all get up! It'll be anarchy!" Zuko and Kelso attempt to move the magazine rack in front of the door, except when Kelso is coming back in he spills all of the magazines all over the floor. That's very clever sir, but what if there's a fire? I think violating fire codes and endangering the lives of children would be unwise at this juncture in your career, sir."
Zuko clearly feels stupid after thinking about this, "Alright, what are you doing with this? Get this outta here for God's sake! What's the matter with you? Come on!" Kelso moves the magazine rack in front of the door.
Very quietly Eric says, "You know the library comes equipped with fire exits at either end of the school."
Hyde glares at him, "Show Danny some respect."
Kelso and Zuko come back, "Let's go, let's go, in your seat." He looks unapprovingly at Kelso, "I expected a little more from a varsity letterman." Then at Hyde, "And you're not fooling anyone, the next screw that falls out is you."
He turns to leave, under his breath Hyde mumbles, "Eat my shorts."
Zuko turns around, "What?"
"Eat. My. Shorts." He repeats.
"You just bought yourself another Saturday!" Zuko shouts.
"Oh Christ…" Hyde murmurs sarcastically.
"There's another one, right there!" He thunders.
"Well, I'm free the Saturday after that...beyond that, I'm gonna have to check my calendar!" Hyde retorts viciously.
"Good! 'Cause it's gonna be filled, we'll keep going! You want another one? Say the word, just say the word! Instead of going to prison, you'll come here! Are you through?"
"No!" He responds this time somewhat more hesitantly.
"I'm doing society a favor," Zuko grumbles.
"So?"
"There's another one, right there." Zuko points at him.
"Yes!"
"You got it! You got another one, right there! That's another one pal!"
Jackie looks worried, she looks at Hyde anxiously, "Cut it out!" He looks at her harshly, she just mouths STOP to him.
"You through?" Danny asks.
He stares at Jackie a moment then looks up, "Not even close, bud."
"Good!" Zuko replies, pretty girl didn't stop him? Who'd this kid remind him of? "You got another one, right there."
"Do you really think I give a shit?" He hisses.
"Another," He choruses as Hyde glares, "You through?"
"How many is that?" Hyde challenges.
"That's seven including the one when we first came in and you asked Mr. Zuko here whether Diana Ross knew that he raided her closet." Eric stated helpfully.
"Now it's eight," Danny snaps. He turns to Eric, "You stay out of it."
"You're mine Hyde...for two months I gotcha! I gotcha!"
Hyde doesn't seem fazed. "What can I say? I'm thrilled," He deadpans.
"Oh, I'm sure that's exactly what you want these people to believe. You know something, Hyde? You ought to spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself and a little less time trying to impress people. You might be better off." He looks around at everyone else, "Alright, that's it! I'm going to be right outside those doors. The next time I have to come in here..." Hyde mouths the words as he says them, "I'm cracking skulls."
A musical riff builds to a climax as Hyde screams, "FUCK YOU!" Then, under his breath… "Shit."
AN: I haven't made any big changes yet…but next chapter…I'm cracking skulls. Not really but still. Reviews are love.
