AN: Looking at song titles from the 60s and 70s, and finding inspiration from these songs, this one is a definite inspiration. True confliction is what Jackie is experiencing and what better way to find perspective than Grease? Of course I own nothing.

Hopelessly Devoted to You

Steven woke the next morning before Jackie, he looked over at her and studied her face. He was scared, but this was a new fear, this one was one where she didn't want to be in his future. He had been pushing away his future and her for possibly too long. He had hope that she had let him stay with him she hadn't said she was going back to Point Place, as far as he knew he could be taking her to Brook's for good. He didn't want to think of going back to Point Place without her. When he came for her just a few nights ago, it was with the intention of bring her back to Point Place, that is probably why he couldn't go home and headed west. He didn't know what he would do without her in his life.

Jackie started to stir awake, Steven leaned over and gave her a peck on the lips, "Morning, you slept most of the night"

"Yea the painkillers they gave me seem to knock me out. I hope I can be done with them."

"Well the doctor said you should be starting to come off them, so hope you get out of here soon"

"Yea, I just want to get to Brooks and take a shower and get in my own clothes. Is everyone coming up here again or do you know?"

"I don't think so, someone will have to come with a vehicle I don't know if it will be Brook or what"

Steven knew it would be a matter of time before he would not be alone with Jackie and they would not be able to talk.

"Jacks will you go back to Point Place with me tomorrow?"

Jackie looked at him, it almost seemed as he was begging her to go with him, but she still didn't know what she wanted to do, "I don't know, I am not sure what I want to do."

And just like Steven knew the time would be short a nurse came in and checked Jackie's vitals, let her know the doctor would be shortly to discharge her. After the nurse left breakfast arrived for Jackie, there would be constant interruptions from here on out, he hated being in the room not able to talk to her.

"I am going to go and call Foreman and see what the plan is since I don't have car to take you to Brook's, I'll be right back." He leaned over and kissed her, how he wished he could really kiss her, but he figured they had to be better than they were at the moment, they had to fix things this time. They couldn't go back to how they fixed it after the last breakup, they had to talk. He hoped that she would agree to go back with him, he might make some calls and stay in Chicago till Jackie was ready to go home. He hoped WB and Angie could help him out.

He talked to Foreman that he would come to the hospital, the girls were at Brooks with Kitty getting ready for their girls' night. Bob and Fez were playing cards. Eric had the Toyota and Jackie's car was at Brook's. Eric was going to swing by there and get a bag that Donna had gotten together for Jackie to change and everything to leave the hospital.

Steven walked back into Jackie's room, she hadn't eaten much, he hoped that when she got to Brook's that she would eat more. "Hey Foreman is going to come and pick us up when you are discharged, your car and everything is at Brook's, he is stopping by there, they have a bag of clothes for you so you can change."

"Everyone heading back tomorrow?"

"I believe so, I don't want to go back without you though"

And before Jackie could say anything to answer that the doctor came in, "Ms. Burkhart everything looks good, we have you some pain pills to take and some antibiotics, if you can follow up in a few weeks with your doctor you should be good to go. The nurse will come in with your discharge papers and recovery instructions." He took and shook Jackie's hand and then turned to Steven, "You take care of this young lady"

"I will sir"

"Well I guess as soon as Eric can get here with my clothes I can change and hopefully get out of here"

Steven could tell she wasn't going to touch the subject that was brought up before the doctor came in. He stared at her trying to figure out what he needed to say to her. It seemed like that sat there like that for hours not saying anything when a knock was at the door. "Hey guys I have this pink suitcase that I was getting strange looks carrying" Eric said as he walked into the room.

Jackie jumped up and went to grab the suitcase from Eric before Steven stopped her, "You don't need to carry that, I'll put it on your bed and you can open it from there."

"It can't be too heavy if Eric carried it all this way"

"Hey my bags I was taking with me to Africa were a lot heavier than that suitcase"

"Ok, we will be down the hall to let you get ready, if you need anything have a nurse come get me." Steven told Jackie as he guided Eric out of the room, "And no lifting that suitcase."

Steven and Eric took seats in the waiting area down the hall, Eric was the first one to break the silence, "How are things with you two?"

"I don't know man, she hasn't answered me about coming back to Point Place with us. Look if she needs to stay in Chicago longer I might see about staying myself. I haven't told anyone, I'll need to talk to WB and Angie and hope they understand and hope it isn't too long. I can't go back there without her."

"I tried talking to her before I left last night, she's not the same and it might take time to find herself who knows. Maybe a little time with the girls maybe what she needs."

"Yea two single girls, one of which has recently ended an extremely long relationship that you was once engaged to, and Brook who had the unfortunate situation of being another notch in Kelso's belt only to end up with a child, honestly I don't know if that will make it worse. I am picturing a night with ripping our names and any pictures they have of the three of us to shreds."

"Hyde it isn't going to be like that, look one, yea I am the one that pulled the plug on Donna and I but we are still friends, we both see that it is for the best. Two, Brook really likes you and Jackie, Fez told me when she tore into Kelso for what he did that night she told him he wasn't just messing with two people's lives, but their daughter's as well as the people he was messing with they relied on as godparents to Betsey. Brook is going to be one of your biggest allies, and well mom is going to be there and well we all know she likes you best anyway."

"So if they are destroying anyone or anything related to a person it is going to be Kelso?"

"Oh most definitely, dad went by the apartment and the landlord hasn't seen him either."

"Red went looking for Kelso, man would not want to be him if Red finds him."

"Actually he was looking to see about an apartment for Jackie"

"Red does like her best doesn't he?"

"Since career day man, coming home from the hospital with mom and seeing Jackie covered in grease eating a sandwich with Red in the kitchen, man I just went down the chain that day."

"Career day…" Steven's eyes closed as he remembered that day. "I probably had the stupidest look on my face that day when I was talking to Red and Jackie rolled out from under that car, has been a favorite memory of her. Might be why the next week I agreed to go with her to prom."

"Do you ever wonder what would have happened if you hadn't gotten her and Kelso back together that night?"

"That night, the night we went to Sizzler and she bought me the boots, when I went to jail for her, that Veteran's day date, the list is endless."

"You guys have a long history, almost as long as Donna and I, but I think that while it didn't work for Donna and I it is going to work for you and Jackie. You know what it is like to be apart, more than when Donna and I were apart. I know at a time I said it was creepy and unnatural but you two fit, she makes you less pissed off, and I don't know if there is anyone else out there that could do that to you and put up with you the way Jackie has."

"No not less pissed off, Jackie makes me happy, I just never thought I would have this happiness or deserve it"

What the two guys didn't see was the small brunette that walked into the room, "You've always deserved it, I have told you that."

Steven stood up to look at her standing in the doorway. "Hey what are you doing out of the room?"

"The nurse is finishing up the papers and needs the signature of who is taking me ho.. Out of here and said I could walk down here and get you guys." She had stopped herself before she said home, she didn't have a home to go to, she didn't know when she would have one.

"Ok Doll, lets go get you signed out and over to Brook's"

After dropping Jackie off at Brook's and having some lunch with the girls, Steven left with Eric feeling a little easier that the girls would be in favor of Jackie and him working out. When they got to the hotel room with Bob and Fez Steven decided that they needed another room, luckily the room adjoining was available so they could be close but not close to the point of sharing a bed, apparently the night before Foreman and Fez shared a bed, and Foreman was more than happy to get a bed to himself and even more so a room without Fez who talks in his dreams.

When Steven got to the room he realized he had no change of clothes, so he got Eric to go with him to a store to get some clothes, new jeans, shirts and socks and underwear. It was the first time in forever he had been clothes shopping without Jackie aside from that trip that Kitty took him to get a new coat, he realized then he would just make sure to go shopping with Jackie so he didn't come back looking like Bob. Though with out either of the ladies, the trip was much faster.

When he got back to the room he picked up the phone, to call WB and hoped that he would be flexible. WB answered the phone at home, "Hello"

"Hey WB, just wanted to let you know they let Jackie out of the hospital, she's at Brook's right now. Everyone is heading back to Point Place tomorrow"

"That is great son, so Jackie is going back to Point Place?"

"Well that is what I wanted to talk to you about, Jackie is talking about seeing about staying in Chicago with Brook, I am trying to talk to her about going back to Point Place with me, I was wondering about staying here a few days in hopes of convincing her to go home with me."

"I guess she still isn't happy with your taking off and you haven't proposed yet?"

"No on both counts, she is trying to build up walls after I crushed her so bad this last time."

"Steven you didn't have the easiest life growing up, and let me tell you after spending an hour the other night with Edna and hearing things she had to say about you, I don't know what happened to her, that was not the same woman I met years ago. You have had to act like an adult for so much of your own childhood, that now that you had a chance to be a kid and be pampered at the Foreman's you are not ready to grow up for real this time, but son it's time."

"I know, look have you heard anymore on that house? I mean the one issue is sure get a house but then being able to afford furniture"

"Well Red told me they had a bunch of Jackie's furniture from her parent's ski cabin in a storage unit, it was cleared to be left to her so Red has been storing it for her."

"I forgot about that, I guess that has been one of our biggest problems, not going to the other when we had a problem. She did come to me when her dad was arrested but kept it from me when her mother was gone and she was alone in that house, and then when she had to clean out that cabin she told Red and Kitty but told me she was going to a doll expo."

"Sounds like you need to prove to her that you are there for her to help her handle the problems she has in life. Take the time in Chicago to get her to trust you, I believe she still loves you even if she keeps telling herself she can't. But she has to learn to trust you, to trust that you are going to be there for her no matter what, that you are not going to run again. Don't rush into a proposal yet, you guys need to work out the trust issues before you can propose. I'll talk to Angie about the store and see about that house."

"Thanks for everything dad" it wasn't something Steven had gotten used to saying, but the more WB acted like his dad the more right it felt.

"No problem, take care of that girl, I've told you before I like her. Do you want me to have your car brought to you in Chicago?"

"No, Jackie has her car here, and it will be a while before she is allowed to drive."

"Ok I'll let Red know it is being dropped off there, the guy should have it there tomorrow"

At Brook's the girls were loaded down with all kinds of sweets and junk food and pizza. They had even put on pajamas even if it was a little early, the night's plans were to veg out in front of the TV till they couldn't stay awake any longer. Donna was staying in Brook's room and Kitty and Jackie would take the spare bedroom.

"Brook this apartment is amazing with three bedrooms!" Jackie said as she looked around.

"Well dad got it for me he wanted to make sure that if Michael ever was here he would have his own room, but don't worry he never has till the other night and then he slept on the couch. And I changed the sheets after Fez stayed in the room."

Kitty was so excited to feel young for a girls night. "So girls what are we watching?"

"I thought for Jackie we would watch Grease" Donna said, it was a lot for her to watch the musical, but she knew Jackie loved it.

As they sat there stuffing their faces watching Grease things were going pretty good, until it got to the slumber party scene, while Olivia Newton John was singing Hopelessly Devoted to You, Jackie couldn't help but see Steven's face with the kiddie pool instead of John Travolta. She had been singing along till then and then she couldn't breathe, she felt just as conflicted as Sandy in the movie, her heart was saying one thing about her relationship with Steven while her head was saying another. She didn't know if she could watch the rest of the movie, she had compared her relationship with Steven with that of Sandy and Danny before, she laughed as she realized she still hadn't gotten those tight pants.

Brook saw Jackie having what looked like a small breakdown, and hit the paused the movie, "Jackie are you OK?"

"Yea I think so, do you guys think Steven and I have what it takes to go the distance or have we just had way too many break ups to work it out?"

Kitty sitting by the young girl, "Sweetie, Red and I had our ups and downs before we got married, you and Steven remind me a lot like Red and I when we were younger."

"Jackie I know at first I was against the two of you, but back the summer after we graduated I told you that you was best with Hyde. I know everyone thought Eric and I was perfect for each other, and in truth we should be, but what we both want in our futures are proof that we are not. I know Hyde won't or hasn't talked about his future, but I truly believe it is the same things you want. If Kelso hadn't pulled that prank, he wouldn't have taken off, and you wouldn't have your doubts, I don't have doubts about the two of you."

"I was so glad that Michael chose you and Hyde for Betsey's godparents, not because you two are going to make it, but that both of you know what it is like to be forgotten, and I truly believe that you are going to make sure to be there for Betsey so she never feels like you two did growing up, you are great godparents, and down the road when the time is right you two are going to be the best parents, and you have a huge support system with all of us"

"Remember I told you that we can get the family we are born into and we can get the family that we create, you and Steven became your own family years ago without realizing it. I knew he loved you back when he took you on that date Veteran's day. After that night I noticed he looked at you completely different than he ever had, I noticed those things. That day I found the two of you kissing in my kitchen, despite finding out that Eric was in California, I was so happy for the two of you."

"Guys, I think I need to talk to Steven. He wanted to talk in the hospital but we kept getting interrupted, and maybe I wasn't ready for the talk, but I need to talk to him now!"