The Shattered Doll

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Steven Hyde was miserable.

It had been three and a half long weeks since Jackie had been pushed into there lives, thanks to Kelso. She had been coming around every day. Every day she would waltz into their once quiet, cozy, relaxing basement. It would always start off the same with Hyde kicking back watching T.V. Maybe Forman and Donna sucking each other's faces off later on that day. Fez would sit and quietly watch them (like they didn't know). Suddenly it was like a giant hurricane would come bursting threw the door. Jackie, the hurricane that is. She would start talking about the dumbest things too. Like what new moves she had been teaching her squad earlier that day. And what new outfit she had picked up after practice and of course she'd be flaunting around in it spinning in a circle for a dramatic effect.

Hyde took a deep breath. He had to stop thinking about her so much.

'It's only because you hate her so much! Yeah, that's it. That has to be it!' He kept thinking to himself.

By the time Jackie came bustling in later that day, her usual perky cheerleader self, Hyde had worked himself into quite the frenzy. He was waiting for her to piss him off. No, he wanted her to piss him off!

"Hey!" Jackie greeted the whole gang that was already seated around the basement.

"Jackie, stop jumping around like a five year old." Hyde commented, still watching "The Price is Right" on the T.V.

"At least I still had parents when I was five years old." Jackie shot back, insulting him with her usual orphan burns.

Hyde just scowled.

"Anyways, guess who asked to take me out this Friday night to the 'Roller Disco'." Jackie continued.

Kelso looked up from the T.V. at this.

"Are you telling me that somebody asked you out on a date? When everyone knows that I'm so obviously sleeping with you!" He burst out.

Hyde looked over at him and noticed for the first time ever anger in his best friend Kelso's eyes.

Jackie looked back at him.

"W...wh...while I told him no. I just wanted to comment on how irresistible I still am."

She stated the first part quietly but returned back to her high ego self again by the last of it Hyde noticed. 'That seemed a little odd.' He thought quietly to himself.

The other's must have sensed something was wrong too because suddenly they all stood up once.

"Eric want to go to the Hub?" Donna asked and she quickly left the basement Eric close behind her.

Fez even got the hint and mumbled something about his needs before rushing out of the basement as well.

Hyde knew he should have gotten up and gone to his room at that point but something made him stay and watch the scene unfold.

Jackie and Kelso didn't even seem to notice that everyone had just left and continued with what was sure to be the beginning of a very heated argument.

"Jackie, explain to me what makes you think that you should have even let this guy talk to you!" Kelso demanded.

Hyde didn't like his tone.

"Michael, I just wanted to go to the roller disco and you don't like that place. I thought it would be o.k. to go with somebody that was just a friend. I'm sorry." She quietly replied back to him.

'What the fuck? Since when does Jackie apologize to anyone? And why is she suddenly speaking to him like she's afraid of what might happen if she "disobeys" him?' Hyde didn't like where this was going at all.

"Jackie just because I don't like the place doesn't mean you can go. I don't like it? Then you can suck it up and we'll go somewhere else." Kelso shot back. You could tell there was a lot more anger then needed in his voice.

Jackie just stared at Michael and with defiance in her eyes replied.

"I'm going Michael. I'm sick of the Hub. I want to do something fun! Not to mention the fact that I haven't slept with you and even if I had it doesn't make me your property!" She was yelling now.

And before Hyde could even have blinked Kelso had grabbed her shoulders and threw her up against the cement wall as hard as he could. Jackie winced from the pain.

"If you even so much as look at another guy again Jackie so help me…." He trailed off.

Hyde couldn't believe what he was seeing. How could Kelso act like this towards a girl? A girl he was supposedly in love with. He felt so much anger course threw his body suddenly he shot up out of his chair.

Hyde jumped over the couch and pulled Kelso by the back of his shirt. Slightly choking him as he did this. He threw Kelso in to the back of the couch then and stepped protectively in front of Jackie.

"Kelso if you don't leave and let me cool off from what ever the hell you thought you were trying to pull, so help ME I will shove my foot so far up your ass you'll be chewing on my toes till Christmas!"

Kelso looked at Hyde and shrunk back slightly looking over Hyde's shoulder at Jackie for a quick second. He hesitated another second then threw open the basement door slamming it behind him.

Hyde stood where he was for a couple more seconds until he knew he was gone. Then he slowly turned around and looked at Jackie.

She was looking up at him with a curious look on her face probably wondering why he had defended her after clearly stating he hated her for these past three weeks.

"Are you o.k. Jacks?" His voice was soft.

Jackie continued to stare at him unable to form a word. And to both their utmost horror tears welled up in her eyes.

"Jackie don't, please….oh god..." Hyde stared at her and felt a rush of emotion so strong that he almost wanted to cry himself, almost.

Jackie burst into tears at the sound of his voice again though. So soothing, so comforting. She collapsed but Hyde quickly shot his arms out and caught her, pulling her up he moved her into his room in case somebody decided to come back down. He lifted her onto his bed with her still crying her eyes out. He carefully laid her down and went to lock the bedroom door quickly.

He was back by her side a second later pulling her into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck and clung to him as if for dear life. And she continued to sob into his already wet t-shirt.

Hyde looked down at the tiny girl in his arms and frowned. Why was she so scared? Why did Kelso act like that? He felt the furry building up again and quickly pushed it back down. That was the last thing Jackie needed. Why was he so worried about Jackie all of a sudden? Didn't he hate her? And Hyde realized for the first time in three and a half weeks that he didn't seem to hate her as much as he acted. In fact she had kind of grown on him.

Jackie finally stopped crying and looked up at him the last of her tears spilling over her face.

"I'm so sorry, Steven. I didn't…"

"Shhh…Jackie don't talk just lie down and go to sleep." He voice barely above a whisper.

She continued looking at him a fear in her eyes. He cursed Kelso and promised her in his head that he would have a serious talk with him before he whispered to her once more.

"Its o.k. Jack's I'll be right here." And for whatever reason that prompted him too he pulled back the covers slipping her under and climbed in beside her. Keeping his arms wrapped around her as she snuggled her back into his stomach and chest area.

'This isn't even weird it just feels right. What does that mean?'

He heard her steady breathing and realized she had already fallen asleep in his arms. Remembering how hard Kelso had pushed her into the wall he gently lifted his arm and grabbed the top corner of her sweater pulling it down slightly over her shoulder. He almost collapsed himself when he saw the already deep purple and clack bruise just below her shoulder blade.

'I'm going to kill that bastard!' Hyde promised himself.

He leaned over ever so slightly and brushed the bruise with his lips pulling back when he felt her shudder slightly. He didn't think it was because he had hurt her. It was almost if they had a secret bond forming or maybe it had always been there.

Hyde shook his head. Nothing could ever happen between him and Jackie in the first place. They were complete opposites. Plus she was Kelso's girl.

'Look what he did to her!' A voice in the back of his head screamed. He sighed and closed his eyes snuggling up subconsciously into her back more and mumbled.

"Tomorrow I want some answers, babe. About what the hell just happened her tonight. About how in the hell you ended up falling asleep in my arms."