"Hello Eric! C'mon!"
Eric suddenly jumped up from his laying down position.
He was still in the theater room of Grease, not getting popcorn with Jackie.
"Oh you're finally up now, c'mon lets go get some popcorn already", Jackie ordered. She was in the main aisle, ready for Eric to come. He could've sworn she just attacked him with a kiss in the lobby.
He took a deep breath. It must've been some weird dream. He figured he would be bored in the movie, but not bored enough to take a nap. He wondered how long he was out for. He never had a dream so intense like that.
Then he got to thinking.
He dreamed of…kissing Jackie!?
He almost made gag sounds, realizing this.
"I'm waiting!"
Eric nodded, "Right." He then got out of his seat and walked over to Jackie. He looked over to his friends, and Hyde was still kissing Leslie and Fez was still kissing Rhonda, but the latter made him gag for real.
They walked out of the room and into the hub of the theater.
"Looked like you had a scary dream", She said, laughing a little.
"What?"
"You made a lot of facial expressions...and even noises sometimes", She informed him, still with a smirk.
Eric felt embarrassed, "Well yeah I guess you can say it was a scary dream. A nightmare in fact."
"What was it about?"
Eric looked at Jackie wide- eyed, but not meaning too. Eric couldn't lie well if his life was on the line, but he always tried his best. "Oh uh….clowns."
"Clowns?"
"Clowns."
They then walked to the snack bar line and the guy behind the counter wasn't the same guy behind the counter of the movie ticket line, like in his dream. Always such random things in dreams.
""Hey can we get a small popcorn?", Jackie asked.
The guy nodded his head and went in the back.
Just like his dream.
Eric was pulling out of his wallet before Jackie hit his arm softly.
"No I'll pay for it."
Eric's eyes widened again as Jackie reached in her purse to get a dollar. It's coming true, he thought.
Before he panicked, he calmed down a bit. These are just dumb little things. Yeah it was like his dream but it wasn't a big deal.
He calmed himself down.
Jackie then gave the guy a dollar for the small popcorn.
The two were now walking slowly to the theatre.
"So you missing Donna a lot still?"
'Ok that cant be a coincidence. My dream is coming true….No wait. C'mon Eric, keep it cool. These are just a series of strangely coincidental events that's all. Nothing more.'
"Yeah of course, but…it's been easier I guess. I've been trying not to think about it...And you? You've lately seemed more like the Jackie we all know and hate."
She ignored his dig. "Well to be honest, knowing that someone feels as awful as I do right now is a little comforting. Makes me feel like I'm not alone, you know?"
Eric didn't know what to do. This was all so trippy but his dream was coming true. He couldn't even stop himself from going along with it.
"And sometimes I wonder if I should be more mad at Michael, not sad." Jackie continued.
Eric did one of his fake, loud laughs, "C'mon Kelso is a good guy, he's just scared, c'mon you should take him-"
"I mean I know it was a stupid question to ask, but…a simple no or a 'someday' would've been good. Not leaving for California. And here I am, alone and sad, while he is probably tonguing his third chick of the day."
Eric sighed. He felt like a dillhole. He wasn't dreaming any more. These were Jackie's real feelings. "I get it Jackie. I just think we should move on and when they come back…cross that bridge. Whatever bridge we take."
"Yeah maybe. Its time to start fresh and enjoy our summer Eric."
"Yeah you're right Jackie!", Eric said, starting to get excited now, almost forgetting about the moment he "foreseen."
"And you know what a perfect way is to start this summer off with?"
Eric's eyes widened again, "Wait Jackie n-"
"Throwing a big party!", Jackie excitingly shouted.
Then it felt like Eric's whole tight, intense body just let loose. He had so much worry about what he "thought" was about to happen. But it wasn't a kiss. Just a party. He still thought it was amazing that his dream predicted 90% of the conversation though. Being Eric, he thought he might've been gifted with powers of some sort. But he will worry about that later.
"Yes. You know what...a party would be perfect!"
"Yeah I know right! Lets do it Friday night. I'll invite my friends and you invite your...Hyde and Fez. And we'll have a perfect party."
He smirked, "Good burn."
Jackie laughed, "Thank you."
They both shared a comfortable laugh together. It was strange that all it took was their two best friends leaving to get them to actually bond together. And they were both thinking the same thing at the same time….that maybe they weren't so bad after all.
They went back in the theater and continued to watch the movie. The sights of their friends kissing distracted them a bit, but not nearly as much as last time as they were both actually talking this time. They shared some popcorn, talked, laughed. They could both say that they had a genuinely good time.
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It was finally Friday afternoon and Eric, Hyde, Jackie, and Fez were walking into Eric's basement. The party would be at his house starting at 8:00. Red and Kitty would be going out for a night out, which took Kitty several days to convince Red. After she threatened not making dinner for him, he immediately agreed. That always worked.
"So guys we gotta check off the to do list", Eric said, taking out a list before sitting down. "Okay beer?"
"Check", Hyde said.
"Okay, some…uh frankincense?", Eric asked, eyebrows raised.
"Check", Hyde laughed.
"Candy?"
Fez looked around wide eyed. "Uh…"
"Don't worry about it Fez. It wasn't that important."
Fez then relaxed and laid back.
"Uh...I already know we got more chairs….got some CDs from Hyde. Denied some CDs from Jackie."
Jackie scowled at Eric. "This party would be a lot better with some ABBA."
"Yeah Jackie. I actually want people at this party so….no ABBA."
"Yes Jackie, in my country they have a saying…Ewh ABBA."
Eric and Hyde laughed at their foreign friend's comment while Jackie rolled her eyes.
"Okay guys we are ready for one hell of a party!"
