He was just driving around. He didn't really have a destination in mind. Just driving and thinking about the past and the future. He had no idea what his future might hold. Sure he had Grooves so he at least had a job. Madison wasn't that far, he could visit Eric and Donna every once in a while. Kelso came back every so often to visit his folks so that was cool. Fez was… well Fez was with Jackie so Hyde didn't think he would be seeing him too often. It was a shame too; you could always count on Fez for a laugh in an awkward situation.
Hyde glanced to the right and saw the Leaving Point Place sign and he wondered if that was what he should do. Should he just forget all this crap and just take off? It would probably be easier.
He could start a new life for himself. Meet new people, people that didn't know about his past.
He could forget all about Jackie and that dipshit Kelso and leave all of it behind. Man, he still could not believe what he had walked in on in that hotel room over a year ago. He had spent the whole drive to Chicago trying to find the right words. The words he knew Jackie wanted…no needed to hear. He even bought a damn ring! Hyde took his hand off the steering wheel and searched his pocket before he found it. He carried it around everyday. He had no idea why. Maybe as a reminder of what love really was and what he had always thought it had been, some bullshit propaganda made up so that people would buy more crap.
He had really thought Jackie was "the one." She had made him feel like he was finally wanted. He had lost himself in her.
Hyde slammed his fist against the steering wheel realizing that no matter what he was doing his thoughts always returned to Jackie. He needed to get over this and move on. She seemed happy now with Fez. He didn't understand the relationship but whatever.
Maybe Fez could finally give Jackie whatever she was searching for, or maybe Jackie was making the biggest mistake of her life. Either way it was up to Jackie to figure it out.
With that thought Hyde turned on the radio and let the soothing sounds of The Rolling Stones obliterate any thoughts of Jackie or his own future.