So I was watching a recording we had of the show and i realized that I have the dates wrong. I've been saying it's six months later, well it's not, because I think that the whole thing with Hyde going to Vegas happened in September maybe. So I got to say that this setting is now about nine months after Jackie leaves. Sorry about the mix up, my fault.


Jackie and her new toy hadn't shown their faces around me for a week. They'd been over to see Mrs. Foreman and Red, I was in the basement with Donna when the rest of them raved about Libbey. Red seemed to like her more than any of the other kids that have went through the Foreman home. But Red always had a soft spot for the girls. I heard Jackie ask where Donna and I were but that was it. Once Libbey had wandered downstairs and played around with the junk on the table for a while, but she scrammed when Sam came into the basement. She had given me a quick grin before she made the junk toys, but she chose to ignore me otherwise. I wondered what Jackie had told her about me, if she told her that I was the bad guy, the American Timo.

So you can imagine my surprise when Jackie cam prancing into the basement on July first just to make herself comfortable and watch t.v. I glanced at her from my book, immensly curious but not ready to let her know that. I flipped the page, hoping she wouldn't regonize the cover. Jackie slouched down in the couch and frowned at the Ingles as their theme song played on the audio. She was too prima dona, she wouldn't understand what it meant to be in times like that. Hell, Jackie couldn't even stand being around dirt for longer than an hour, she would've died in those days. But that wasn't important. I looked around the room first, just to make sure Kelso was burning me or something. It was strange, I mean, I didn't think this was Jackie's domain anymore.

"Where's Libbey?"

"With Mrs. Foreman. Frozen Yogurt."

"I haven't told Sam that I loved her." I said after reading one of Jackie's side margin notes.

"So?"

"So." I raised my eyebrows.

Jackie looked away from the screen and frowned, "I met what I said that night." She looked earnest. "I'm over you, I've moved on."

"That's cool." I muttered.

Jackie tilted her head. I knew it was a mistake, teaching her Zen, she could see right through me because of it.

"So what's the deal with Timo?" I crossed my arms over my chest and leaned back in the seat more. Jackie pursed her lips and stared at me. "No, really, I'm interested. What was his deal? One night stand gone wrong? Love of your life?"

"I don't think that's any of your business, Hyde." Jackie whispered.

"Did he beat you?" I started growing on the defensive.

"No." Jackie gasped. "God no. It was a mistake, okay? That's it."

"It?"

"What? No, I meant he was a mistake. Him." Jackie was up and pacing around the basement, touching things she passed, and fidgeting around with other things. Finally she sat on the arm of the couch, farthest away from me. "I lived with these fat people who worshipped Zeppelin, when I was in Austria." She said.

"No way." That wasn't like Jackie.

Her features lit up as she nodded and a smile crossed her face, "Yeah. They ate like seven meals a day, it was insane. And they were so poor that the food they brought home was all stale and gross. And I ate it!"

"Did you eat it?" I had to admit, I was pretty grossed out, especially when Jackie nodded. "That's not right, man. What about Libbey?"

"Well, no." Jackie gave me a disgusted look. "I would never feed my kid bad food. I bought her something every time we went out."

Jackie and I didn't say anything for a while. We sat where we were casting occasional glances to one another, but other than that we watched the screen. Libbey came skipping down the basement steps and stopped when she reached the lawn chair, her trademark bashful grin played on her face. I grinned back at her as Jackie continued to watch the screen. Libbey crawled onto the couch and sat between Jackie's legs. Jackie kissed the girls head and went back to the program. I felt Libbey's green eyes on me as I tried to focus on the show, but when you had an angel staring straight into your soul, it was sort of impossible to focus on anything else.

"How do you like your new home, Libbey?" I asked, speaking slowly that normal.

Jackie looked over at me and then down at Libbey. Libbey shared Jackie's gaze before Jackie translated it for her.

"Sehr gut." Libbey flashed her baby teeth. "Es ist groß." She added and then muttered something to Jackie.

"She likes it, it's big." Jackie ran her fingers through Libbey's hair. "And she wants to know if you're coming to the Foreman's fourth of July party tomorrow."

"Are you?" I asked Libbey. She nodded wildly. "If you want me to." I grinned at the little girl. Libbey sat quietly for a minute, I figured she was trying to piece the words together like Fez used to do.

"Kommst du?" She said in her frail little voice.

"I'll come." I agreed.

I asked Libbey if she had her own room, of course Jackie had to translate it. Libbey shook her head and Jackie further explained it. Jackie's mom didn't know that Libbey was staying with Jackie, actually Pam didn't know Jackie had brought Libbey with her at all. I asked how she planned on hiding it further.

"I bought an apartment." Jackie smiled. "Fez got me a good deal with his land lord. We move in in a few days."

"Oh." I twitched my nose. "Well, maybe me and Randy could help you move in."

"How uncharacteristic of you." Jackie grinned teasingly.

Foreman came by a little while after with Sam, not together, but Sam was just coming home from a long day at work and Foreman was coming to pick up Jackie and Libbey. Sam eyed us suspiciously as she watched Libbey leave a kiss good bye on my cheek and Jackie thank me for the offer. Jackie said good bye to Sam and Sam returned it with one of her bitchy grins, grins that I had become quite acquainted with over the past few months. Even Foreman raised his eyebrows at the scene when he walked in, but his hormones didn't kick into overdrive when he saw that Jackie and I were alone.

Sam and I watched as Jackie and Foreman lead Libbey out of the basement. Just as Sam opened her mouth to say something to the departing trio, Libbey broke away from them and hurried over to me. She stood at the side of my chair and whispered something that I would only understand if I had lived in Germany my entire life.

She cupped her hands and whispered into my ear, "Wenn Sie youd Liebe damit vollständig versprochen haben, Und Sie haben gesagt, dass Sie immer wahr wären, Sie haben
geschworen, dass Sie nie mich, Baby verlassen würden: Was ist je zu Ihnen geschehen?" Libbey smiled when she pulled away and rushed to Jackie as she called out for her. Sam stared at the two of them in the most disgusted way, I had a feeling work didn't go so good.

"What did she say to you?" Sam barked when the door shut.

"The only English Libbey knows is the stuff Jackie teaches her. So that's probably all make-up and unicorn crap." Sam cocked her head. "I don't know what she said, Sam." I snapped.

"Fine, whatever you say." The blond rolled her eyes and took a piece of paper out of her jeans. Sam sat down on the couch and read over the paper before handing it to me. "I found it in my box at work today. Maggie says someone came in last night and dropped it off when I left." Sam pouted at the thought. I unfolded the think paper than smelt almost flowery in some way.

-The mind of the Sun smiles from the centre
The mind of the Moon beams from the corner: they seek
Body to put on the Beam Bang to ensure a universality…
Moon says to Sun "you are hot" And Sun says
To Moon "you are cool".-

"You're pissed off because someone leaves a poem in your box? Get a grip Sam." I snorted. Jackie had yet again left her mark.

"That is a love poem, Hyde! I know that poem!" Sam threw her purse. "Is it Jackie? Are you fooling around with her again?"

"No! And if that was a love poem for me, wouldn't I have gotten it?"

Sam thought it through for a moment, "It's a threat." She decided. "They're trying to theaten me."

"Stop being stupid, Sam." I sneered.

"Oh? Is that what I'm being? Stupid?" I shrugged. "I hope you enjoy the couch!" She shrieked and disappeared into the bedroom.

"Maybe I'll just go sleep at Jackie's place. Because apparently I'm fooling around with her, right Samantha!?" I called over my shoulder.

A few things in the bedroom were thrown but finally Sam marched out of the room, holding her pillow and a change of clothes. "I'm going over to Donna's."

Kelso, Foreman, Fez, and I sat on the park bench, sipping on beers while Mrs. Foreman, Donna, and Sam set up the food. Red and Bob were walking around the meadow draining their own beers and talking about God knows what. Midge was over in the middle of the meadow with Jackie and Libbey. The two of them were playing in the flowers.

I kept the shades on as I watched the two girls dressed in white dresses twirl about in the flowers. Jackie would spin herself round and round in a circle and then Libbey would do the same thing until Libbey was a giggling mess on the ground with Jackie. Libbey had come over to us earlier and put a flower in each of our hair, Sam watched jealously of course. But that was the only time Libbey left Jackie. At the moment Jackie was playing possum and Libbey was on top of her, tapping her face, shaking her shoulders, all in attempt to bring Jackie out of her false slumber. Then Jackie would pop and grab the giggling girl. Foreman chuckled which caused the rest of the moron at the table to look over and watch the spectacular duo.

"Isn't it a little too cold to be wearing a dress?" Sam muttered as she brought me another beer.

"Isn't it a little to cold to be wearing almost nothing?" I retorted.

"BURN!" Kelso gasped. Sam glared at Kelso.

Sam went back over with the girls and I went back to watching Libbey and Jackie. Libbey was now entwining flowers into Jackie's hair to the best of her ability. The flowers would hold for a moment then fall out of the long locks. When Libbey finally gave up on the flowering she went back to spinning with her arms wide open. She cried for Jackie to do it too. Jackie laughed at Libbey as the little girl tried to stand straight and reach for Jackie after a series of continuous turns. The two started up again, together, as Red and Bob passed them, I could have sworn I saw Red smile as he passed the dancing divas.

Once Sam had left last night I went up and asked Red if he had any German dictionaries, he didn't. And I had been meaning to get to the library to find out something that could help me decode Libbey's message, but Mrs. Foreman had everyone get ready early. The good news was that I had gotten ahold of Brooke and she said that she was going to see what she could bring from the Library. But she wasn't coming for another hour and I wasn't sure how long I could keep replaying what she said in my head. Maybe if I as lucky she would repeat it later.

Red and Bob took a seat at the table, "That girl's got a thing for the orphans." Red smirked.

"Haha, good one, Red." I grunted.

"At least this one is cute." Bob added and him and Red cackled.

The girls joined us when had finished mixing up the salad. Jackie, Midge, and Libbey were still out in the meadow. Sam glared at Jackie and Libbey with vendetta, I patted her leg to distract her. She grinned at me and took a bite of her salad. Midge was the first one to join us, Jackie and Libbey were trailing along. Libbey had ahold of Jackie's hand and would point to different things, which Jackie would probably explain to her. It took them five minutes to join us. Libbey was smiling,her baby teeth sparkling just as Jackie's were known to do.

"Are you hungry,Libbey Lou?" Mrs. Foreman asked the little girl who squeezed in between me and Sam.

"Ja." Libbey nodded.

"So, Samantha." Jackie said as she put a few pieces lettuce on her plate. I noticed that Libbey watched Jackie and asked Mrs. Foreman for the same thing. "I was going through my closet at home and I noticed that there were some shoes and purses and coats that I don't wear anymore, and I was thinking maybe you could have them. I've only worn them once or twice so they'd be like brand new."

Sam looked at me and then to Jackie, "That's very nice of you, Jackie. It's nice to get new things," She glanced at me. "Once in a while."

"And you were worried things would be awkward between them," Donna said to me teasingly.

I took a swig of beer.

Libbey nibbled on anything that Jackie nibbled on. If Jackie ate a piece of cheese, Libbey at a piece of cheese. If Jackie drained a glass of water, Libbey drained a glass of water. She was like the doll that Jackie always wanted, I'm sure if Jackie jumped off a cliff, Libbey wouldn't be far behind her. And I wasn't entirely sure Jackie knew how much she meant to the little girl. It wasn't like a mother-daughter relationship, Libbey looked up to Jackie far beyond that, it was like Libbey wanted to be Jackie, or more like aspired to walk in her foot steps.

"Have you guys seen my stash?" Foreman asked the next day as he bound down the basement steps.

Libbey was sitting between Jackie's legs as Jackie brushed her hair. Sam was at work with Donna, I guess they were going out to lunch today. So it was just me, Fez, Libbey, and Jackie hanging out in the basement. Foreman had hidden his stash in the spiderman lunchbox this time. But I didn't steal it, I didn't need the money with Grooves being so prosperous at the time. Jackie shrugged her shoulders and said she just got her. Fez hadn't moved from the lawn chair with his candy bars in hand.

"I just put fifty bucks in there and now it's gone." Foremn whined.

"How are Sam's tips going?" Jackie asked.

"I don't know." I grunted.

"I want to go to park." Libbey said softly up at Jackie.

"I don't have a car, baby." Jackie turned Libbey's head back to the way it had been.

"Well, I can take you guys." I twitched my nose when Foreman looked over.

"Really?" Libbey gasped.

"Yeah, I'm not doing anything."

"What about Sam?" Foreman squeaked.

"Sam doesn't control me."

Libbey was on her feet, bouncing around. She grabbed Jackie's hand and started attempting to drag her. Jackie was giggling and Fez smiled widely at the sight. It was probably because of the tight little outfit Jackie was wearing becuase if Fez and Foreman weren't in the room, I would have been doing more than smiling. I avoided eye contact with Foreman as I went into my room to get my wallet. Jackie and Libbey were already at the door when I came back out. Foreman nudged my arm and gave me a warning like glare as I opened the door for the two ladies.

"How did you find out where Sam worked?" I asked Jackie as we watched Libbey slide down the slide.

Jackie's cheeks flushed and she looked down at the ground, "She got my note?"

"She doesn't know its you, she thinks it's you though."

"You didn't tell her it was me?"

"Why would I?"

"Well, I thought married people tell each other everything." Jackie shrugged and looked at Libbey.

"Sam's different." I muttered. "She's no ray of Sunshine."


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