Authors Note: Okay so this chapter goes out to all of you who reviewed my last one. You all kick ass. This chapter is only Red and Jackie because i need to get their conversation over with. I was going to include a little something between Tommy and Tiff any but i decided against it. My inspiration for this chapter came from the song the freshmen which played during last weeks premiere of One Tree Hill. Ne ways please let me know what you think. Because i put a lot in to this chapter and i'm kind of proud of it. Oh and there is a sad part in here but i wont give it away. I just...it was a hard decision but i had to do it. Enjoy. Oh and by the way...the place where Jackie is living right now. it's my home town. Just throwin that out there.

Chapter Two: The Freshmen

Point Place 1979

"How's it going dumbass." Red said as he walked out of his house and found Donna sitting on the vista cruiser.

"What?" Donna said as she quickly looked at Red, "How am I a dumbass?"

"Oh you're a dumbass for many reasons; in fact you're rivaling Steven for the title of all time biggest dumbasses and competing with Eric and Steven over who gets my foot in their ass first."

"Whatever, so how am I a dumbass?" Donna asked as she rolled her eyes.

"First of all knock off the attitude, because that isn't you."

"You don't know who I am Red."

"Of course I do. I've been in your life since you were a little girl. Hell you're practically my daughter in law," Red said as Donna stared at him, "I know you well enough to know that the way you're acting isn't how you normally act at all."

"How's that?"

"Well for starters you welcomed that stripper with open arms."

"God will everyone please get off of that, I mean so what if I'm friends with her, it's not like it's the end of the world."

"But to some people it is."

"What is that supposed to me?"

"Did you ever think that maybe the way you've been acting has hurt someone who needed you more than anything. Especially when this person felt like they'd lost everything that ever mattered to them."

"Are you talking about Jackie?"

"Of course I'm talking about her."

"Whatever she's the one who ditched me."

"No she didn't have to ditch you because you ditched her a long time ago for a stripper." Red said as Donna looked at him.

"I didn't ditch her."

"Yes you did. I just don't think even you realized it."

"Wait you mean the night of the slumber party?"

"And everything single night after that. Every time that you'd leave with Samantha or just hang out with her it hurt your best friend until she finally felt like she had absolutely nothing left."

"But if she felt that way why didn't she just talk to me."

"She tried many times. In fact I was here a couple of the times that she tried. But all you did was wave her off or just plain ignore her."

"I didn't ignore her."

"Yes you did. You ignored her for someone that a year ago you would have hated just because of her profession."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Donna you've always been the biggest feminist I've ever met. But after my son left you at the alter it got worse. In fact I remember a time when you took him a feminist rally and he came home with no clothes and permanent marker on his face."

Donna laughed at the memory. "Yeah, so what's that got to do with anything?"

"It has to do with the fact that as soon as my son left you changed. No longer were you a feminist…you became the very thing that you were fighting against. You gave into what men wanted and hell even accepted someone into your life who enjoyed dancing around on a stage for guys. That isn't the Donna I remember. The Donna I remember would have thrown her out and beat the hell out of Steven for hurting her best friend."

"I did get angry when I found out that Hyde had married someone else. I did but then Jackie acted like it was nothing so I didn't see the point in fighting with him or even Samantha about it anymore."

"But if you had really been her friend you would have seen that she wasn't as over it as she pretended to be."

"I guess."

"Donna," Red said as he walked over to her and put his hands on her arms, "You've always been the smartest one of your stupid little group. I've always known that no matter what you'd make the right decisions. But lately you haven't and now it's time for you to wake up and see the mess that you're surrounded by."

"The mess that…the mess that Hyde made…the mess that Eric created just by leaving." Donna said as she slid off vista cruiser and walked over to Red, "What happened to us?" Donna asked as she stared off into the distance.

"I don't know…but I think it's about time you fixed it." Red said as Donna nodded.

"Where's Jackie?"

"She's gone." Red said as Donna looked up at him.

"What? Where'd she go?"

"She left town…I don't know where to but she said she couldn't take this anymore."

"Oh god…she just left and I didn't even get to say I was sorry."

"Neither of you did." Red said before he walked back into the house leaving Donna standing in the driveway crying her eyes out for the friendship she'd thrown away for nothing.

"She left a few weeks after that. She realized that she couldn't put her dreams on hold for Eric any longer and moved to Madison." Red said as Jackie looked out the window.

"At least someone got through to her," Jackie said as she turned back to Red, "You know I forgave her a long time ago. I mean it must have been hard for her. She thought she was going to marry Eric and they'd have this great life together. But he left her to go to Africa and she became lost."

"Yeah I suppose that's what happened."

"I know what she did to me was bad but I forgive her for it because in a way I was the same as her when it came to a lot of things. I treated her pretty badly a lot of the times and I have no idea why she put up with me. I wish I could go back in time and change some of the things I said and did to her…but then again I don't because then everything might have changed."

"You've grown up a lot Jackie." Red said as Jackie smiled.

"It's because of Tiffany. After I had her I realized that I had to grow up and start handling things better."

"It seems like you have. You've got a great life her Jackie."

"I do, don't I?" Jackie said as she smiled, "Oh Red I meant to ask, what happened to Michael and Fez?"

"Kelso married that girl he got pregnant. I don't know what she sees in him but apparently they have quite the life for themselves. They've got a couple more kids and are still living in Chicago. They come to visit now and then so Kitty has kind of adopted the kids are her grandchildren."

"That's good. What about Fez?" Jackie asked as Red's face fell and he looked away from her, "Red what happened to Fez?"

"Well a few months after you left Fez finally came out. He told us all that he was gay and that he was leaving. Kitty asked him if it was because he was ashamed of who he really was and he said no. He said he couldn't live in Point Place because of all the memories, good and bad. So he moved to San Francisco."

"Wow, so he finally came out? You know I always knew he was gay. I was just waiting for him to tell everyone."

"Yeah we were too. About a year ago we got a letter from Fez; he told us that he'd recently learned that he had aids and that it didn't look good."

"Oh my god, is he alright?" Jackie asked as Red shook his head.

"He passed away a few weeks later. We found out from his attorney, who was under strict instructions to notify us when he'd passed on."

Tears began to pour from Jackie eyes as her head fell into her hands and she cried out tears over her best friend. "Oh Fez," Jackie cried as Red lightly touched her shoulder.

After a few moments Jackie stopped crying and looked up at Red. "He wouldn't want me to cry like this."

"I suppose not." Red said as Jackie nodded.

"So how's Eric? I get letters from him all the time but I haven't gotten one recently." Jackie said as Red reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a letter.

"He asked me to pass this along." Red said as he handed her the letter.

"He wont tell me but how come he never married Donna?"

"He wanted to, I know that much. But something about Donna changed so much that Eric didn't believe that she was still the woman he loved. Part of me thinks it had to do with you and Eric thinks so too."

"That's why he's always asking me to come home. Not just because he wants to see but because he thinks it'll help Donna." Jackie said as Red nodded.

"Yeah, he thinks that if you come back Donna will get back a piece of herself that she'd lost a long time ago."

Jackie nodded as she stared down at the envelope in her hands. "So how's Steven?"

Red smiled at her as he thought about how to answer her question. "To tell you the truth Steven hasn't been around much." Red said as Jackie looked up.

"What? Where has been? I mean Eric told me that he still lives in Point Place."

"Oh he does…it's just that he's been kind of busy."

"Doing what? I mean he should take time out of his schedule to spend time with the people who raised him."

"He does as much as he can. But what he's doing…we feel it's more important than spending time with us."
"What's he doing?" Jackie asked as the confusion she was feeling came out in her voice.

"He's looking everywhere for you."

"What? Why is he looking for me?"

"Probably for the same reason we all are. He wants to make sure you're alright."

"But he didn't give a damn about me before I left."

"That's not true he was just…he was just stupid that's all." Red said as Jackie looked away from him.

"He'll never find me." Jackie said as she looked back at Red.

"That's true, even I couldn't believe where you were when I found out," Jackie laughed as Red looked at her, "So why'd you choose this place? I mean South Bend, Indiana isn't really a luxurious place."

"Oh I know it isn't. But luxury wasn't something I was looking for."

"Why'd you choose this place?"

"It was the first town where I actually felt safe." Jackie said as Red stared at her.

A/N: Alright so i have something to say and if i dont say it now then it'll never get off my chest and i'll end up as bitter and mean as season 8 Hyde was. Okay so first of all I want to say thanks to those of you who sent me messages saying that i should stop writing on fanfic because i suck and my stories dont make sense. Thank you so much for cutting my self esteem down to nothing. i so appreciated that. You have no idea. Second of all I appreciate the comments on how my writing needs to be edited. I know that. I recently lost my second beta...well more like asked her to stop helping. She was nice but she lost all my stories. The roswell one was done and all sent to her but she lost it...along with 3 chapters of jumping, the new giving life and 2 chapters of We're Twins!?. Then in hopes that i could just edit them myself my computer crashed and i lost them. So i am always happy to receive comments on my writing i'm not bashing you guys on that. I'm just saying give me a little time. Right now i'm posting my stories as they are, then going back and rereading them. If i find mistakes i go and i correct them. Sometimes i dont catch some of them right away but eventually with a little help i do. So that's why i havent been around lately. I got those messages and i almost pulled all my stories...almost. But then i remembered that there are nice people on here who like what i write and it wasnt right to punish them for what a few mean souls said to me. So the rest of my chapters and stories go out to those of you who are kind enough to leave me comments and reviews that not only make my day but help me become a much better writer. I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. You're all amazing.

Oh and to answer a few questions yes i do have an account at the fanforum...it's sometimestheycallmejackie. Yeah original huh? lol just thought i'd let everyone know. Thanks again guys.