I can still recall our last summer
I still see it all
Walks along the seine, laughing in the rain
Our last summer
Memories that remain
Hyde wandered down the hall and back to the room he knew he could find the guys in. He was glad the hall was devoid of anyone he knew because he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. Catching Jackie off guard like that…well it was almost worth her snaky comment. And to be fair, he did bring it up…
His thoughts were interrupted by Fez's voice.
"Hyde! Come on!" Hyde resumed his trademark indifference and swaggered into the room. His friends were all sitting on the ground in a circle. Hyde smirked at them, knowing what they wanted to do.
"Circle time?" he asked, joining them.
"Well," Eric spoke up, "that depends on whether or not you managed to bring a certain item…" Hyde grinned, pulling his "stuff" out of his pocket.
"Alright!" Kelso couldn't contain his enthusiasm.
Ten minutes later, the four of them sat in a haze of smoke.
"Man, I can't believe you're getting married, Forman!" Kelso cracked up, looking at Eric with an incredulous facial expression.
"I know, it seems like yesterday we were all in your basement, sitting in a circle, talking about girls…" Fez looked dreamily at the bag of candy in his hand, popping a chocolate in his mouth.
"We're basically doing that now, man." Hyde laughed at his foreign friend.
"Except without talking about girls." Eric pointed out.
"You can't talk about girls anymore, man, you're getting married!" Kelso pointed at him.
"Hey!" Eric protested, "I can talk about girls whenever I want…at least until tomorrow night." he amended.
"Let's talk about girls!" Fez squealed.
"Let's talk about sex!" Kelso added with a doofy grin.
Hyde just shook his head. "Whatever."
"Alright guys," Kelso started, "If you could do anyone here, who would it be?" it was an old game, tried and true.
"Jackie." Fez didn't hesitate.
"Donna." Eric's answer was obvious.
"Both." Kelso said, "at the same time." he cracked up again.
"How about you Hyde?" Eric asked, ignoring Kelso.
Hyde shrugged. "Jackie was good."
Kelso laughed harder. "Hey, like 90% of the people in here have done Jackie!" he laughed again.
"I didn't" Fez admitted, sucking on a tootsie pop.
"No?" Hyde looked surprised.
"No. We barely kissed. It was too weird."
"Weird, how?" Eric raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know. I think she was still in love with someone else."
"Yeah, me!" Kelso looked pleased with himself.
"No, dummy. Hyde!" Fez exclaimed.
"Holy shit, man. Really?" Eric glanced at Hyde.
"Whatever man. That was a long time ago. I bet she's over it." Hyde played it off, pretending that he hadn't heard Jackie admit to wanting to 'do him' not 15 minutes ago. Eric didn't look so convinced.
"So only, like 70% of us have slept with Jackie then!" Kelso looked confused. Hyde rolled his eyes.
"Whatever man. Eric, what are we doing for your last day as a free man?" Eric smiled.
Jackie was down the hall, putting the final touches on her makeup and hair. She spun in the mirror, checking out her figure from all angles. She was wearing a light sun dress. It was sinfully red. She smiled, pleased that she looked hot.
Donna walked out of the closet, wearing a white dress and a neon pink tulle veil. 'I'm the bride to be!' was written across it in bright sequin letters. Hanging all over the veil were fake flowers and other pieces of paper, each one declaring an assignment or task she had to finish before her party ended.
"I look ridiculous." her voice was flat.
"Don't worry. In an hour you'll be so drunk it won't matter." Jackie comforted her, pinning her hair back.
"I don't see why you get to be all pretty and I have to look like this." she gestured to her head.
"Because, Lumberjack. You get to be the beautiful bride tomorrow. You have your man. Me, I get to have some good, dirty, single girl fun." she teased, grinning broadly at her friend.
"With who?" Donna asked nosily.
"Maybe a hottie native. The world is mine." she gave her friend a seductive look over her shoulder.
"Not Hyde?" Donna asked sneakily.
"What? Donna, I have been there, and done that."
"And liked it a lot, if memory serves." Donna grinned wickedly.
"He's married. To a stripped! God knows what I would get!" she haughtily flipped her hair.
"So, if he wasn't married…"
"Donna! I'm over Hyde!"
"Sure. The lady doth protest too much, me think." Jackie smacked her lightly on the arm.
"You're such a dork. Come on, the guys are going to be leaving soon. I want to see them go."
Donna nodded and followed her friend out of the door, but not before snatching the horrendous veil off of her head.
The guys were all dressed in their swim gear and standing on the beach. It was obvious that they had resumed the ritual of 'circle time.' Jackie rolled her eyes as an already plastered Eric made his way toward Donna.
"Baby! I'm going to my last night as a free man! But don't worry, I won't cheat on you, like these other guys did…"
"They cheated on me, Eric, not Donna." Jackie rolled her eyes.
"My goddess, I would like to point out that I never cheated."
"No you didn't Fezzy," she smiled kindly at him, pointedly avoiding Hyde's gaze.
"I did!" Kelso proclaimed loudly, sloshing his drink over his shirt.
"Jeez, dumbass," Red muttered behind her. Jackie turned around to look at him and was rewarded with a small wink.
"Don't cheat on me ok?" Eric slurred. "Cuz, I love you Donna!" his fiancée was now fully supporting his drunken form.
"Holy hell," Red growled. "Hyde! Get this dumbass out of here before I bury my foot in his--" he was cut off by his wife hitting his arm.
"Don't worry, Mr. Forman. We've got him." Hyde and Kelso stepped forward, relieving Donna of her trashed lover. Hyde's glasses slipped down his face when Eric grabbed for him, revealing his eyes. Jackie was standing right in front of them watching the exchange. Her ex-boyfriend took the time to rake his eyes over every inch of her body. When he made it back up to her face, he winked at her before pushing his glasses up and moving away.
Instead of feeling violated, Jackie allowed herself to smile. When Hyde turned away, of course. Donna noticed and gave her a self-satisfied smirk.
"Shut up," she snapped, not really angrily. "At least my future husband isn't getting carried down the beach." Donna laughed.
"Are you sure?" she said too softly for Jackie to hear, watching the guys support each other.
Wow, I was surprised to get so many positive reviews on something I wrote on a whim. I guess I will keep going. Thanks you guys!
