"Jackie?" Someone was shaking her.
She woke up in a sweat. Hyde was sitting on the edge of the coach looking at her in concern.
"Steven," she said smiling lovingly at him then realized that she could no longer talk or look at him that way.
"Hi," he said. "You were screaming, something about Kyle."
Jackie blushed. "Oh yeah, bad dream I guess." She said. "I don't really remember it." This was a lie she perfectly remembered this dream. Although she didn't consider it a dream any more she lived it everyday.
"What are you doing here?" Hyde said. "It's like three in the morning." He stroked her hair with out realizing it. Jackie smiled loving the feel of his touch.
"Yeah I just fell asleep I guess." Jackie said. She closed her eyes, she hadn't realized how tiered she was. Just then Kyle barged in the door.
He looked beyond pissed when he saw Jackie lying down on the coach with Hyde stroking her hair.
"Jackie what the hell is this?" He screamed.
She jumped up. "Kyle it's not what you think. I fell asleep here earlier and Steven was just waking me up. I swear." She said.
"Jackie you are such a liar." Kyle said taking a step towards her looking really angry.
"Whoa man chill out she's telling the truth." Hyde said taking a step forward.
"Shut the fuck up man." Kyle screamed harshly and Jackie winced at his words. Hyde noticed how terrified Jackie looked of Kyle. Kitty and Red Forman came down the stairs.
"What is all the commotion about?" Red asked rubbing his eyes.
Kitty looked at Hyde in shock. "Of Steven no. You didn't go after Jackie did you?"
"No. She fell asleep on the coach and she was having a nightmare so I woke her up and then Kyle walked in and thought something was going on."
"Nothing was going on." Jackie said putting her hand in Kyle's. "I swear, you know I wouldn't do that to you." She said shaking. He ripped his hand out of hers violently. She backed away from him.
"Jackie Mr. Forman is going to walk you over to Donna's okay?" Jackie nodded and grabbed her coat. Red led her out the door.
"Alright well Kyle I think you better be going. I think it's sort of late." Kitty said. "How about you come by tomorrow and we sort this mess out then."
Kyle glared at Hyde. "Stay the hell away from my girlfriend." He said before walking out the door and leaving it to slam behind him.
Donna kissed Eric passionately. Eric tried to return it but he felt so guilty about lying to Donna about Jackie. He knew it was just a little thing but he still felt incredibly guilty for some reason.
"Donna stop." Donna laughed and kept kissing him. He gently pushed her off of him. "No Donna seriously you need to stop. I have to tell you something."
She looked annoyed. "Seriously Eric? Right now?" When she saw his look she sighed. "What is it that is so important you need to tell me right this instance?"
"I lied to you earlier. I said Jackie stayed with me the whole time but she didn't she went off with Kyle earlier and she was only out for a few hours so it was really no big deal. She came back and told me we shouldn't mention it to you because you'd be really pissed. So that's it. No big deal right?" Eric asked smiling.
Donna stared at him for a moment before pushing him so hard that he fell off of her bed. "
"Donna what the hell?" Eric said standing up looking irritated.
"YOU JACKASS." She screamed at him. "How could you lie to me about something this huge? Do you know what a big deal this is?"
"Uh no. Jackie and her boyfriend wanted to go out together I don't see why this is a big deal." He said.
Donna was gathering her clothes together. "Eric, I told you to watch Jackie for a reason. I found out that Kyle hits her." Eric gasped.
"Oh my god." He said in shock. Donna nodded.
"Yeah and you let her go out with him. I need to go find her. Oh my god. What if something happened?"
"Relax, I told you that when I was coming over here I saw her, she was sleeping on my coach. I'm sure she's fine. God Donna if I had known I would have never let Kyle take her out. I am so sorry. Why didn't you tell me?" He asked.
"Because Jackie wanted to tell everyone herself. I think she thought it would be better that way. I just didn't think she'd lie to me about going out with him. She told me she was done with his crap, that she was going to stop seeing him, after she had told everybody. I can't believe this. I can't believe she got you to lie to me about this." Donna was freaking out.
"Donna calm down. I'm sure she's fine. She is just passed out on my coach. Lets just go over there and I'm sure we'll find her there." Donna smiled trying to stay calm.
"Yeah okay, I'm sure your right she's probably fine." When they got over to the Forman's however they did not find Jackie.
"Oh my god, oh my god." Donna said starting to cry. Hyde came out of his room looking surprised.
"What's wrong with your girlfriend Forman?" Donna got up when she saw Hyde.
"Have you seen Jackie?"
"Yeah like two hours ago Red walked her home?"
Donna shook her head. "No. He couldn't have walked her home she's not there Hyde."
"What are you talking about Red walked her home after Kyle came in yelling."
Donna froze. "What?"
"Kyle came over all angry. He found me and Jackie and he thought something was going on and it wasn't. So he started yelling at her and then Red and Mrs. Forman came downstairs and Kyle left and Red walked Jackie to your house."
"That didn't happen Hyde Jackie didn't come home. Oh my god, she must have gone to find Kyle. This is all my fault."
"Donna what's the big deal so she went to talk to Kyle what's wrong with that."
Donna and Eric shared a look. "Donna he should know."
Hyde looked at them with confusion. "I should know what?"
"Hyde Kyle beats Jackie." Donna said. "She didn't want you to know. I am so sorry that I didn't tell you earlier but she wanted to tell everyone herself."
Hyde was shocked. They couldn't tell if he was angry or sad. At first he sat down looking horrified. "Kyle beats Jackie?" He asked and without waiting for an answer he jumped up and kicked the lawn chair so it fell over. Donna and Eric backed away.
"I can't believe this." He yelled at them. "Why would you hide this from me? This is a huge deal. Why didn't you tell me?"
"Hyde I just found out last night. Come on she didn't want you to know. I knew she would never speak to me again if I told you."
Hyde gave her a disgusted look. "You should have told us the moment you found out. And as for her not speaking to you again you shouldn't have cared you should help her. She's your best friend; giving her time Donna is not helping her. You needed to tell people so we can make sure he doesn't do that to her again. Jeez Donna what's wrong with you?"
Donna was crying again and Eric was trying to comfort her.
"Give her a break Hyde." Eric said. "We are all Jackie's friends and because of that we should go out and look for her. Come on Donna you and I can go over to Kyle's place and Hyde you just look around town okay?"
Hyde was too angry to speak to either of them but he gave Eric a look that Eric took as a yes.
"We'll call if we find her?" Eric said. The three of them got out to the driveway. Eric and Donna got into the Vista Cruiser and drove off. Hyde, caught up in finding out about Jackie, remembered he had left his keys to the El Comino in his room. He ran back inside but the keys weren't where he had left them on the dresser. He opened the first drawer trying to find them fast so he could go find Jackie. Instead of finding his keys he found an old picture frame that Jackie had given him almost a year ago.
It was a picture of the two of them together. She was smiling one of her beautiful Jackie Burkhart smiles and looking at him tenderly. He was sitting there in his glasses, with an expression that was almost a smile. He remembered the day she had forced him to take the picture. She had insisted that he take his glasses off and he had refused. He thought it was a stupid idea. Although after the picture was taken and they had gotten it back Jackie had told him she liked how he had the glasses on in the picture. He hadn't told her but he sort of liked having a picture of the two of them together, of course it had ended a few months later and he was forced to hide the picture in his drawer, so Sam wouldn't see.
Hyde suddenly heard a door slam in the basement, disturbing his thoughts. He ran out to find Jackie quietly putting down a note on the table.
"Jackie what are you doing?" he asked. She jumped up surprised by him.
"Leaving a note for Donna to read." She said. "And I guess Michael, Fez and Eric." She paused before she looked up and made eye contact with him. "And you."
"Couldn't you just tell us all in person when they get back?" he asked.
She shook her head. "No I don't think so."
"Why not?" Hyde said getting impatient.
"I don't know how much longer I am ganna be in Point Place Steven." Jackie said. "Look I have to go." She turned to the door.
"I know about Kyle." He said.
She turned and looked away from the door facing him. "God Donna has a huge mouth."
"Jackie she was worried about you. This is a huge deal you can't let him do that to you. You can't let him hit you. Jackie why are you putting up with him?"
"You wouldn't understand Steven."
"Try me. Give me a good reason why you should let him hit you." Hyde said angrily.
"I don't have to explain myself to you," Jackie said turning on her heel and about to walk out the door.
He blocked her way. Standing against the door while reading her letter aloud.
"By the time you all are reading this I have left. I am not going to tell you where I am going because I don't want you to come looking for me.I want you all to know how much I love you and how much you all mean to me. Donna you are the best friend a girl could ever have. We have had our hard times but I always knew that I could count and rely on you for advice. You are the one I could talk to when all of the guys were being morons which was most of the time. You are the sister I never had. Eric although I tell you that you are a loser and I act like I hate you I truly do care about you and consider you to be a great and trustworthy friend. Donna and Eric you both should know that I really don't think that your love for each other is creepy and unnatural it is a beautiful thing. It has helped me believe throughout all of the years that true love is actually out there for all of us. Fez you are an amazing guy who has always been there for me when I needed you. You have always been a shoulder to cry on and a best friend, not to mention an amazing person to consult for fashion and hair advice. You too are like the sister I never had. Michael I have watched you grow from an immature boy who only cares about sex and beer into this extraordinary man who has taken responsibility and now loves one thing more then anything else in the world, his daughter. You are an amazing father Michael and have always been a great friend. You will always have a special place in my heart, as all first loves do. Steven, I know that we have had our differences but you will always obtain my heart. No matter what. You are the one person I loved the most in the whole world. I love you with all of my heart and my soul. I hope one day you will forgive me for the mistakes that I have made. I will always love you. I love you all so much and I hope that one day I will be able to get myself out of the mess I am in. Your friend Jackie." Hyde finished reading the letter.
He looked up at Jackie. She was blushing.
"You weren't supposed to read that till I was gone."
"You're leaving with him?" Hyde asked.
"Yes," Hyde closed his eyes in frustration.
"Jackie no. No. NO. You can't go with him. Why do you insist on staying with him?"
"Because he loves me Steven. I know he loves me and it feels amazing to be loved for once. Nobody has ever felt this way about me before Steven. I like having somebody love me." Hyde shook his head.
"Jackie he doesn't love you. Somebody who loves someone doesn't hit the person they love. All he does is take his anger out on you and that's why he's with you, because he needs someone who will let him take his anger out on them. Somehow you've become that person. Dammit Jackie. He does not love you. That's not love."
"What is love then Steven?" Jackie asked through tears that were suddenly streaming down her face.
He paused. "Jackie I don't know but it's not expressed when someone beats you."
"All you ever say is I don't know. If you don't know what love is then why are you so sure that Kyle doesn't love me." She said. "I have to go, I have a flight to catch.
Hyde knew he had to say something. Something to make her stay. The one thing that would make her stay. He wanted to say it because he felt it but it was so hard for him to do.
"Jackie-" he said softly. "I love you."
She had waited for him to say it for so long. Wanted him to say it. She had pretended it was Steven saying it when Kyle told her it. She was dying to say it back but she couldn't.
"No you don't." she spat at him.
"Jackie yes I do," he said.
"Just stop lying to me. You think that you love me? Tell me Steven is love when you cheat on your girlfriend with a nurse? Is love not consulting your girlfriend before you run away from her? Is love refusing to marry your girlfriend because your not ready to get married then marrying some random trashy blonde stripper? Is it hurting her feelings and embarrassing her in front of her friends so she wants to leave town? Because hell if that's what you think is love then yeah Steven you seriously love me."
Jackie was crying hard and all Hyde wanted to do was comfort her but he knew how much she must hate him right now. He didn't know what to think about her letter. He had felt sort of relieved when he had read that she still loved him, although he knew that probably shouldn't make him feel relieved. It had been so hard for him to tell her he loved her and both times he did she had shot him down. This time was worse then the first time he told her. She had basically explained to him how much of an ass he had been over the past six months and how much he had hurt her.
"Jackie I know I am a jerk. I treated you like crap I know but Kyle is so much worse then me."
"He loves me." She said again.
"Stop trying to convince yourself that he loves you Jackie. I loved you. Even Kelso loved you."
"Oh right. Kelso only wanted me for sex and money. I loved him. Not the other way around. You, I can't decide why you wanted me. Because I was technically still with Kelso so it was fun to fool around with me. Kyle, even though he's a jerk I know he loves me. He tells me he loves me. You never told me you loved me except that one time. Kelso only said it so I would sleep with him."
"Jacks come on." Hyde said taking a step towards her. She covered her face and flinched away from him. "Jackie," Hyde said concerned. "Did you think I was going to hit you?" Jackie looked up at him. Hyde was looking horrified at the thought of ever hurting her. "Jackie I would never do that to you." He said.
"I know," she said a tear running down her face.
He walked towards her and finally with out fighting it she let him hug her. It was the first time in months that he had touched her, actually touched her, actually held her. He held her tightly to him. He had missed her so much. He kissed the top of her head, as she cried into him.
They fell asleep together on his bed in the basement. He had his arms wrapped around her lovingly protecting her from the rest of the world.
Kyle walked into the basement looking for Jackie. He had told her to meet him out front about twenty minutes ago. The first thing he saw when he walked into Hyde's room was the picture of Jackie and Hyde together. When he looked up from the picture he saw an even worse thing Jackie and Hyde curled up on the bed together.
Okay what do you think? I am running out of things to write about so please, please review and give me ideas. Please review this time I only got one reviewer for chapter three, which was really sad. If you are adding to a story subscribe list please write a review no matter how small it is it will make me happy. Also I know Hyde seemed sort of out of character but I think he would do this sort of thing for her if she was in the situation. Anyway thanks for all my reviewers I will try to update soon.