Sam walked into the house to see a little wet damsel, shivering in front of a stove, sneezing. He frowned.

"Hey, what happened to you?" he asked, kneeling in front of her.

"St-stupid Micheal... he yelled at me an' said... it w-was m-my f-fault about his stupid van! And then he bumped me into the ice hole!"

Sam stood up, looking around for this Micheal character.

"Hey!" Kelso shrieked indignantly. "It was an accident I told you!"

"Kelso! You were pissed because she didn't want to get back together with you!" Donna snapped.

"That doesn't mean it was on purpose!" he pouted.

Sam took his denim jacket off and put it around the still shivering brunette, despite the fact that he now was in short sleeves.

"Everyone just shut up and get in the car!" he snapped, aggravated.

Al shook his head. "Nozzle." he muttered, glowering at Kelso. "Self-absorbed Nozzle..."

Sam put an arm around Jackie, leading her to the car, the others following in tow. Kelso started to get in the front seat, but Sam glared at him. "Guys who push girls into the ice do not get to ride shotgun." he said flatly.

Kelso pouted like a little kid, his shoe scuffing the snow as Fez walked past him and pleasedly sat on Jackie's other side, so that she was in the middle between them. Kelso went to get into the back with Eric and Donna, but Sam cleared his throat, clearly starting to enjoy this.

"I didn't say you could get in the backseat, either." he smirked.

Al raised an eyebrow, clearly enjoying this. "You tell 'im, Sammy."

"But... where am I supposed to sit?" he asked in a small voice.

"The flatbed is empty." Donna smirked at him.

"It's 30 degrees!"

"Should've thought of that before you tried to murder me, Micheal!" Jackie huffed. "Get back there!"

"Man!" Kelso huffed, kicking at the snow as he stompingly made his way to the flatbed.

Later that night, Sam came downstairs from taking a shower to see Eric on the couch, watching something on TV.

"Hey, 'Get Smart'." he smiled. "Love this show..."

Eric shrugged. "Well, yeah, it's only brilliant," he nodded. "Anyway, what's with you and Jackie man?"

"Me and Jackie?"

"Dude. You were all... boyfriendy."

"Was I?"

Eric looked at him in an almost accusatory way. "Yes! But," he said, calming down, "you kind of have been for about six months. You keep doing this... weird stuff, like protecting her."

Sam quirked his mouth, amused. "That's not weird. She's my friend, I like her."

Eric's jaw dropped open. "Since when?"

"Dude, am I that broken? For a while, okay?"

Eric scratched the back of his head. "Huh... weird. Well, okay, I guess..."

"Thanks for your permission." Sam smirked sarcastically.

He had by now figured out that Eric was somewhat like Hyde's little brother.

"Look, dude, I just... be careful. She dated Kelso a while, and I don't want the group to split. Plus... I don't get it."

"Are you kidding? She's way prettier than Donna."

"You take that back!"

Sam held up his hands, chuckling. "Look... I'm gonna ask her out."

"Why?"

"Because, maybe she's special. Maybe she's who I'm supposed to be with."

Eric looked at him like he had lobsters growing out of his ears.

"Okay, you have got to quit hitting the circle without me..."