When Hyde came bursting into Jackie's house, he saw Pam on the couch with some greasy looking guy he'd never seen before, feeding him little cannipes as her smooth tanned legs were draped over his greasy hairy ones.

"Where's Jackie?" he demanded.

"I don't know, but her car's still here, so I'd assume upstairs." Pam said dismissively.

Hyde frowned at them, especially the way the man on the couch seemed to fidget a little. Imperceptible to most, but Hyde caught it easily. Brushing it aside, he raced upstairs to Jackie's room, to her private bathroom, where the door was locked. He jiggled it, pounding on the door.

"Jackie?" he yelled.

But, there was no answer, so he reared back and kicked the door open, and Jackie was on the floor, out cold. He raced to her, gathering her up in his arms, and tapped her cheeks lightly. Jackie came back to life, so to speak, with a gasping breath.

"Easy, easy, shhh... slow, in, out... there ya go..." Hyde soothed. "Now... what happened?" he asked softly.

"Ralph." she said distastefully.

Hyde quickly leaned her towards the toilet. "There, aim... that way..."

"No, no, no..." Jackie sighed. "Mom's 'special friend'..."

"The greasball downstairs?" Hyde frowned.

Jackie nodded. "He knocked my door open, tried to touch me... I... I ran in here and locked the door. Mom wasn't home yet, so I was alone..." she said a bit tearfully.

Hyde kissed her forehead, and stood up.

"Steven, where are you-"

"Wait here." he said tightly, and went downstairs.

Jackie's eyes went huge. She sat down for a nanosecond before following Hyde downstairs, and already heard him yelling.

"Get up, you bastard!" he was saying.

"Look, kid-" Ralphie tried, but it wasn't working.

Hyde reached for his collar, but because his shirt was so open, he got a handful of his chest hairs and pulled him to a standing position. Tears sprung to the large man's eyes. Before he could react, Hyde knocked him to the ground with one punch.

Jackie raced to Hyde, and he caught her with one hand around the waist, pulling her to him.

"Get gone," he growled, "you're here when we come back, I will kill you." he swore, leading Jackie out of the house...

Hyde opened the car door for Jackie and walked silently over to his side, starting it up. Jackie got in, pulling the door shut quickly. They rode in relative silence the first minute or so, the only sound in the car the loud strains of The Steve Miller Band.

Momma, you're the cutest thing I ever did see...I really love your peaches want to shake your tree... cause I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker... I get my lovin' on the run...

Jackie reached over and turned the radio off.

"Thank you." she said hoarsely.

Hyde nodded, his jaw clenched tight.

"Son of a bitch... thinks he can lay hands to my girl like that... I should turn around and go castrate him!"

"Steven... did you just refer to me as 'yours'."

Hyde blinked, and then pulled the car roughly over.

"Damnit, Steven!" Jackie shrilled. "You knocked me on the window!"

Hyde winced. "Sorry... look, yes, okay? You're mine. You know it, I know it. We're a mess without each-other... look where I ended up without you!"

Jackie nodded, sighing.

"I just... I have to take care of it, will you still be with me when I do?"

Jackie nodded. "Yes, but we have to go now, Steven." she said firmly. "Because I love you... and you're mine, too."

Hyde pulled her into a kiss, and she melted against him, all the pent-up emotions from the past three months exploding as they pulled against each-other...

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Two hours later, Hyde and Jackie walked into the Foremans, hand in hand, hair all mussy.

"Steven, what the hell?" Sam glared.

Hyde fidgeted. "Look, Sam..."

"He's mine!" Jackie interrupted. "You're a whore, who tricked him when he was drunk and upset over me. Me.He is mine, now get your whore clothes, your whore makeup, and your whore ass and hit the bricks!"

"What she said." Hyde smirked, looking at Jackie proudly.

Sam huffed, her mouth wide open in shock. Fez, Eric and Donna watched with interest in the back, munching on popcorn. Finally, Sam shrugged. "Well, we weren't legally married anyway; I'm already married to some really old dude with lots of money." she admitted, and walked downstairs nonchalantly to get her stuff.

"Wait... what?" Hyde said, shocked. "What the-"

But, Jackie stopped him by grabbing his face, and pulling him into a knee-buckling kiss. His hands went instantly to her hips. Jackie smiled at him. "Oooh, Steven, it's just like a romantic fairy tale..." she whispered.

"Really? I never read those... what happens after Prince Charming saves the Damsel?"

Jackie smiled. "The damsel saves him right back..."

-End-