Takes Place after an AU version of Misfire where Kelso leaves but doesn't propose to Jackie.

A/N- The last chapter was written while listening to Patsy Cline, this one was done while listening to Willie Nelson. I suggest strongly that you go seek the song "I Just Destroyed the World" Because if I didn't know any better, I'd say it was about Hyde. It's a beautiful song. Lyrics for it are at the end, but I suggest you go listen to it.

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There were times when Fez wished he was stronger, braver, more masculine, because then he would actually be able to beat up the guy sitting across from him. He would be able to stand up and tell him exactly what he thought of Hyde, and then he'd punch him right in the face.

But the fact remained that Fez was not strong, he wasn't brave, and he certainly wasn't very masculine. In many ways he was more of a girl than Donna. He wished he could be cool like Hyde and not care what everyone else thought or did, and just let things roll off of him.

Hyde didn't seem to care that his actions had torn apart the group. It was as though all the time they had spent together, all the moments they had shared didn't mean shit to Hyde. Forman had it all wrong. It wasn't Jackie that was the devil, it was Hyde.

When he had first heard of Jackie's promise to Hyde to stay from the basement he dismissed it, because he knew that Jackie lied and she would be back the next day. He purposely sat in his chair so that Jackie would have a place to sit on the couch when she came in. He waited for nearly three hours before he realized she wouldn't show. But, Fez was an optimist so he did the same thing the next, and then the same the day after.

And still she didn't show. By the time the week was over, he concluded that Jackie was actually keeping her word. Fez couldn't help but think to himself, of all the times to start, why now?

But then a tube top wearing blonde walked in from Hyde's room and Fez realized that Jackie staying from the basement had nothing to do with keeping promises, and everything to do with self preservation.

This is why Fez decided if Jackie wasn't going to come to the basement, then he would have to go to Jackie.

The first time he came over she had been happy to see him and she had given him a big hug. He had taken a glance around her house, it's large and spacious rooms and he realized that it was much too quiet. Sure, she had The Bee Gee's playing on the stereo but the place was entirely way too quiet. Fez didn't know how Jackie kept sane in a place so quiet.

He had asked her about it, and she had said that she was used to being alone. It was a lie of course, and he knew it. Jackie hated to be alone, and she despised silence. It was her main reason for talking so much. He wondered if anyone else got that about Jackie or if it was just him.

"Why don't you come to the basement?" He begged her one afternoon.

She stopped making peanut butter sandwiches long enough of to look at him. "You know I can't do that Fez."

"But why not?" He whined.

He waited as she tried to figure out a way to answer. "Because, Fezzy, I made a promise."

"But you never keep your promises! You lie! It's one of the many things I adore about you."

She smiled. "I know." "Fez, I don't want to hate him and I know that if I go down there, and I see them together, I'll hate him."

He told Donna about it the next day and she told him Jackie had said the same thing to her. That was when he and Donna settled into a routine. After work, Donna would go over to Jackie's and Fez would go to the basement, and then they would switch. This way, they weren't playing favorites.

Although if it came down to it, Fez would have chosen Jackie, and he believed that Donna would have as well.


Hyde sat in his chair listening to Fez as he told a story about some girl he had met at the salon, and laughed when Donna burned Forman, but he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. Maybe it was that his oldest friend, Kelso, was gone. Maybe it was that he was married to someone he didn't know, maybe it was that everything was changing so fast.

Or maybe it had something to do with a 95 pound brunette with pink toenails. When Sam had moved in, she had asked what he liked. The next thing he knew, she was painting her toenails like Jackie.

It was ridiculous. He didn't mean in general, he was thinking of a specific set of toes, thanks very much.

But those toes hadn't been in the basement since he had followed her home and she had rejected him. Since she had torn all of his defenses down with just a few words and he had broken down in front of her, practically begging for her forgiveness.

Except without the begging for forgiveness part.

He really wasn't expecting to keep her word about not coming to the basement; after all, it was as much her basement as it was any of theirs. It was Sam who was the new comer.

"Hey, I have a question to ask you two." He figured Fez and Donna were the two best people to talk to, given that they were still friends with Jackie.

"Shoot." Fez made a pointing gun gesture.

"What do you guys think of Sam?"

The two of them looked at each other, both clearly thinking "How do we answer this?"

"What do you want us to say Hyde?" Donna asked. "Do you want Fez to go 'Oh, she's a stripper and maybe she'll show me her boobs!' and for me to go 'Yeah, she's cool, she's go a Trans Am and that's pretty freaking awesome!' is that what you want?"

"It seemed like you guys liked her though?" He had to admit he was a little confused.

Fez moved closer to Hyde. "Hyde, you know me. I love whores."

Hyde nodded in understanding, not really mad that Fez was implying his new wife was a whore.

"But do you know what I love more than whores?"

"Candy?"

Fez rolled his eyes. "Do you know what I love more than whores and candy?"

"What Fez?"

"Jackie, you moron!"

Donna leaned over to punch Hyde in the arm. "That's what you get for hurting my best friend!"

"Hey, you're the one who invited Sam to your slumber party."

"For which I can never apologize to Jackie enough for!" "God, you're such a dink."

"I'm the prick?" Hyde was getting mad. "She's the one who nailed Kelso!"

Fez had enough. "Oh please, she didn't nail Kelso and you know it."

Donna put her hand on Fez to calm him down. "Fez, it doesn't matter. He made his choice; it's not for us to say what Hyde should do with his life."

"Thank you, Donna."

"I mean, vows are sacred you know? They're not something to take lightly. When you get drunk and marry a stripper in Vegas instead of the girl who you grew up with, who supported you, who counted on you, who loved you, and you're given a choice between the two, you really should choose the one of least resistance."

"Donna is right, you really are a coward." Fez folded his arms and glared at Hyde.

"Hey, Jackie's the one who told me to stay married." Hyde tried to defend himself. "She said, go home to your wife, and so I did. It's not my fault she's not mature enough to handle it." The words spilled out of his mouth without any control. The other two looked at each other again and shook their heads.

"You're pathetic, Hyde."

"I know." He sat down in his chair, defeated.

"I'm going." Fez said, not waiting for the usual "But Fez…"

Donna sat back down on the couch. "Hyde, you can fix this."

He shook his head at Donna. "No, I can't."

"Just tell me one thing." Donna continued when she saw Hyde nod. "Why not?"

He thought about it, about the look on her face when she Sam had come in, and how that no matter what he did, he would never make it up to her. It was now his turn to have a broken heart.

"Do you believe in hell Donna?"

"I guess."

"Well, for the longest time I didn't. I thought it was just something someone made up to scare people into doing what they wanted you know? Well, not only do I now believe in it, I'm there."

He saw the confused look on her face.

"I messed up okay? And now I'm paying for it."

"That's ridiculous! She'll forgive you if ask her, it's not too late!"

"I had my second chance with the nurse, Donna, this is it." He stood up and went into his bedroom.


Donna sat alone in the basement contemplating whether to leave and go to Jackie's with Fez, or stay and kick Hyde's ass. She knew which one would make her feel better. She got up and followed him into his room. He sat on his bed with his head down.

"If you want to hit me you can." He told her, not even bothering to look up.

She sat down next to him. "I want to, but I have a feeling you're punishing yourself enough for the both of us. But stop punishing Jackie for your mistake. Eric is gone, Kelso is gone, and we don't need another person leaving the group."

Hyde at Donna, his blue eye's piercing. "You think I don't get that?" "You think I want her to be gone?"

"I don't know what to think of you anymore."

She left him alone, as she came out of his room she ran into Sam.

"Hi!" Sam said cheerfully.

Donna nodded and smiled. "Hi." Donna had resolved to get along with Sam for Hyde's sake, but she didn't think they could ever be friends.

"So it must be nice huh?"

Donna was taken out of her thoughts. "What?" She asked.

"Well I noticed that Jackie is no longer around, and I know how much she annoyed you, so it must be nice not having her around anymore."

Donna stared at the dumb blonde. "Yeah, it's really nice. It's nice and quiet, much like your brain."

The burn didn't seem to faze Sam, but then again, she probably didn't understand it. Instead, she smiled and asked Donna if she wanted to go shopping. She then saw Sam wave, and she knew that Hyde was watching behind her.

"Sam, I'd love to go shopping, but I'm busy tonight."

"Oh! What are you doing?"

"I'm going to the movies."

Sam grinned conspiratorially. "Is it a date?"

"No, I'm going to the movies with Fez and Jackie, you know, my best friend." Even though she couldn't see him, she knew Hyde was probably scowling.

Sam looked confused. "I thought you just said that to be nice. I mean, you couldn't think of why you were friends, and well, she doesn't seem like a very good person."

Donna could hear Hyde's breath hitch. Sam's expression gave nothing away, but Donna figured that was because Sam couldn't tell what Hyde was thinking. Hyde never gave anything away.

"Jackie is a good person; you just have to get to know her."

Sam shrugged. "Whatever you say." She moved out of Donna's way. She took one last opportunity to look at Hyde.

"Fix this." She mouthed to him.

He didn't react, but she could tell that she had gotten to him.

And that's when Donna realized Hyde wasn't going to do anything.

She drove to Jackie's house where Fez was already there. She let herself in and nearly ran into Fez, who was standing still in the middle of the living room. Donna looked at what Fez was staring at.

"Jackie, what are you doing?" She asked her best friend.

Jackie was standing on a chair with a broom, dusting the cobwebs out of the corner.

"What do you think I'm doing?" She asked, not looking at them.

"Well, it looks like you're cleaning, but you never clean. Don't you have someone to do that?"

Jackie stepped off the chair. "I know, I just figured that since I'm here I should do something productive with my time. You should see the kitchen, it's spotless!"

Fez looked at Donna. "It really is. I could see my face in the counter."

Donna stepped forward and took the broom away from Jackie, who folded her arms and glared at Donna.

"Now why did you go and do that?"

"You don't want to clean, what you really want to do is:"


Jackie fell to the floor laughing. "You're right, Donna, this was what I wanted to do." Jackie turned to Leo. "Thanks for coming over, Leo."

Leo laughed. "Hey Loud Girl!"

"You know, I bet they're doing it right now." She muttered angrily. "I bet that's why he chose her. She'll do things I won't do." Jackie stood up and started pacing, the cloud of smoke still around her. The others watched as she talked to herself.

"I did everything he ever asked me too, well, okay, not everything. But I made changes. Did he make any changes? Of course not. It was his way or no way. I'm not going to let him boss me around anymore. I'm Jackie Burkhart! I don't let anyone boss me around!" She looked around the room. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go clean the bathrooms."

Donna and Fez shared a look. Jackie was losing it and it had nothing to do with being high.

Leo turned to them. "Loud girl is acting weird man."

The other two sighed.


It was after an argument with Samantha over something stupid that Hyde had stormed out of the basement and driven to Jackie's house. He banged on her door until she opened it, wearing her pajamas and looking pissed for being woken up.

"Steven, it's nearly two in the morning. What are you doing here?"

He pointed to her, not speaking for a minute. "I have something to say to you."

She yawned. "And it couldn't wait until tomorrow?"

He nodded. "That's right."

They could hear thunder clap in the distance.

"Come on." She said, pulling him inside.

"What were you going to say to me?" She asked.

He couldn't remember. "Wow, this place looks really, uh, clean."

She smiled. "Thank you. I was bored." She shrugged as though it was no big deal.

"I can go if you want." It was a lie; he couldn't go even if he tried. He needed to be here, be with her. They could hear rain hit the roof.

"No, you can stay. You shouldn't be driving in the rain anyway." He asked if he could use her phone and he called Fez.

"I don't care; just say that I'm over there. Tell her I'm passed out drunk or something."

He hung up the phone and saw Jackie was watching him. He could tell she was nervous being in the same room with him.

"So how are you doing?" He asked her.

She shrugged. "I've been better. This place gets kind of lonely at night."

This was also a lie. This place was lonely all the time. He had felt that whenever he had been over before. It was a house shrouded in secrets and lies, of two screwed up people who were too involved in themselves to care what their actions did to their little girl.

The girl he had once promised to take care of. The girl he had hurt time and time again, because he didn't know how to be a good boyfriend.

They stood in the hallway for a minute before she took his hand and led him upstairs.

"We had a fight." He told her as soon as they reached the bed room.

She didn't respond, but instead threw him a pair of sweat pants he had left in her room for the nights he would stay with her. He quickly changed into them. She wasn't offering her body, but she was offering him something else, something much more important. He wasn't sure if it was her heart, but it was something, and that meant more to him than anything his wife could ever think of. They settled into the bed facing each other, too close for him to be able to think clearly.

He found her mouth with his and kissed her the way he had wanted to do since she had come back from Chicago. It was soft and slow and he put every word he wanted to say but couldn't into it. He needed to touch her, to feel her. She was kissing him back just as eagerly. Her hands were gripping his shirt, and the next thing he knew he was shirtless, lying on top of her. One hand unbuttoned her shirt while the other roamed her body. Soon, they were both naked, pressed up against each other. He looked into her eyes.

"Do you want to stop?" He prayed she would say no, because while he would if she asked, he wasn't sure if he really could. He didn't think he could ever stop when it came to Jackie.

"No." The answer came out in a husky whisper. Part of him thought she was making the wrong choice by letting him, the guy who had betrayed her, who was currently married to a blonde sleeping on the other side of town. But then she did that thing with her tongue and he forgot all about it.

It was slow and almost painful, but he didn't want to just a quick fuck, he wanted, needed to go slow, take his time. He needed her to feel, to understand. She seemed to get it, because her caresses were slow and deliberate as well.

"This doesn't change anything." She whispered after.

She was wrong. "This changes everything." He whispered back

"Look, I don't care if you love me." Seeing the look on her face, he shook his head. "That's not what I meant. I mean, I do care if you love me. I care a lot. What I mean is that I don't care it that's the reason you're avoiding me, or you don't want to hate me or whatever. I don't care; I just need you to come back."

"Steven, I can't."

"Is it Sam? Because you can say whatever you want to her, you can call her a whore to her face. But the basement isn't the same without you." He didn't say what he really meant, which was "I can't do this without you, I need you." He was surrounded by darkness, and she was his only light. She could hate him all she wanted, just as long as she was there.

"Why haven't you asked me to leave her?" He asked.

Instead of answer him, she kissed him again. "Just go to sleep, Steven." She turned back around.

He kissed the back of her head and closed his eyes.


I've Just Destroyed The World

(Willie Nelson/Ray Price)

The sun just went behind the cloud:

There's darkness all around me now.

I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in.

I broke her heart so many times:

Now at last I've broken mine,

An' I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in.

What made me think that I could go on hurtin' her?

I should have known there had to be an end.

(Had to be an end.)

The schools of love are taught by Faith,

We never learn till it's too late.

I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in.

(Destroyed the world I'm livin' in.)

(I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in.)

What made me think that I could go on hurtin' her?

I should have known there had to be an end.

(Had to be an end.)

The schools of love are taught by Faith,

We never learn till it's too late.

An' I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in.

(Destroyed the world I'm livin' in.)

(Destroyed the world that I'm livin' in.)

(Destroyed the world I'm livin' in.)

(Destroyed the world I'm livin' in.)

The next chapter will be based on Son and Daughter, and it will involve smut. I've decided not to do every episode in season eight, just on the grounds that I haven't seen them all, and well, I want to speed things up.

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