Jackie closed her eyes, screaming with everything in her, clawing and kicking, her back against the cabinet, until finally Donna's voice broke through.
"Jackie! Jackie!" Donna was practically screaming. "Omigod, calm down..."
Jackie's eyes shot open, and she threw her arms around her best friend. "Oh, Donna... he was here!"
"Who was?" Donna frowned, looking around the kitchen, and finally seeing the open door.
"Roy..." Jackie whispered. "He was here... he was here..."
And, she started pulling back, her hand on her chest as her breathing constricted.
"Are you- are you having an asthma attack?" Donna frowned. "Jackie?"
But, the only answer she received were the strangled gasps for air.
"Shit." Donna muttered, racing to the phone. "Eric, thank God! Get your mom here, quick! Jackie's having an asthma attack or something, and I don't know what to do! Don't tell me to calm down- stop talking and bring your mother here, dillhole!" she said, slamming down the phone.
Less than a minute later, Kitty and Eric were racing through the kitchen door- the brillance of having them for neighbors, Donna thought to herself.
"Okay, Jackie... nice, deep breaths for me... in through the nose, out through the mouth... Donna, do you have a vaporizor?"
"Uh, yeah; from the last time I had the flu."
"Go get it, and get some of that liquid Vickks stuff to put in the water. Quickly!"
Donna ran upstairs, and Kitty cupped Jackie's face in her hands. "Okay, Jackie..." she said, her tone bright but firm; the "mom" mode. "Focus on me, okay? Just breathe best you can... slowly... in... out... in... out..."
Eric, who had felt frozen to the spot up till now, ran to get Hyde in the basement. When he got down there, Fez was recounting an "adventure" he'd had with one of the ladies he'd encountered in the lingerie store to Hyde and Kelso.
"And, she let me touch her boobs!" he said proudly. "She said she wanted someone to see how firm the bra was!" he said, tossing his hands up with a silly grin.
Kelso was open-mouthed. "That's... awesome..."
"Hyde." Eric said suddenly, breaking into the moment. "You gotta go next door; Jackie's having some kind of an attack..."
At the word "attack", Hyde was up and running, slamming past all of them to get there. Eric stood, getting up to follow, Fez and Kelso trailing behind.
"So... was the woman at least under 50, Fez?"
"Who cares, it was a free feel, Eric!" Kelso scoffed.
"Yeah, but there's free, and then there's just-"
"Ask Donna!" Fez defended. "She was impressed!"
Eric smirked, but, that was chased away when they walked inside and saw Hyde knelt next to Jackie, rubbing her back, while her head was under the towel over the vaporizor.
"That's a good girl... nice deep breaths, Jackie..." Kitty encouraged.
No one spoke until she finally seemed able to breathe somewhat normally, and took the towel off.
"No, no." Kitty chided. You stay under there... you can talk from there now, I think. Keep breathing it in."
Jackie sighed, but stayed under the heavily mentholled air, her breathing still slightly tight.
"Jackie... do you have asthma normally?" Kitty demanded.
"No, Mrs. Foreman." Jackie croaked, her voice sounding raw. "I've never had anything like that happen in my life!"
Kitty sighed. "Well, then that was a panic attack, and, it's stress related. You may need the doctor to prescribe you an inhaler just incase of emergencies. Sometimes stress related asthma can be very dangerous."
"I'm okay-"
"No, Jacks, that's not okay." Hyde said softly. "Mrs. F can call you one in tomorrow morning, okay? She'll talk to the doctor for ya if you don't want to."
Jackie nodded from under the towel.
Donna, meanwhile, stood next to Eric. "Sorry I called you a dillhole."she whispered. "I was just freaking out."
Eric nodded, putting a hand on her hip. "It's okay, Donna; I understand..." he nodded.
"Do you know what caused it?" Kitty asked Jackie gently,and Jackie stiffened, the gasping starting up again.
"Whoa, whoa... easy, doll; you're okay... I'm here, you're safe... I promise..." Hyde whispered, wrapping his arms around her.
"Hyde... she said Roy was here."
Hyde's head shot up. "What?" he asked in a dangerous tone.
"When I got downstairs, the door was open, and she was freaking... she said Roy was here. But, he was gone before I got back down, I'm sorry..."
Hyde stood, and then just silently walked out the door. Jackie lifted the towel, looking at him go. "Steven! Steven wait!"
But, he was already gone...
