A/N: So I finally put chapter 7 up. School is starting in 2 days for me, so my updates will be a little more spaced out. I promise though I won't keep any of you waiting to long. Just be patient with me.
Chapter 7: A Change of Heart
Hyde sat on the stool behind the counter of the Fotohut. It was his first day on the job and he could already tell that it would be a piece of cake. He had a really cool burnout boss, named Leo, who wasn't all there to begin with. He pretty much got the job because no one else showed up. And his only responsibility was to make sure the hut didn't burn down. How much cooler could it get?
But Hyde knew that it could be much cooler. Instead of sitting behind the counter, being completely bored out of his mind, he could be having his way with Jackie right then, if it wasn't for him turning her down. On the car ride home, he was mentally kicking himself over and over again while Jackie wouldn't look or speak to him. The past few days he kept questioning his reasons. Would Kelso really be that pissed off? When he wasn't making out with Laurie, he and Fez were trying to hook up with other random whores.
But he knew the answer already. It's just how guys were. They are territorial of what once was theirs, especially if it's a friend involved.
But Hyde couldn't help but think how unfair the whole situation was. He hated every second of it. Jackie hadn't been by the basement in days, just a constant reminder to him of what happened. And every night, when he was trying to fall asleep, he couldn't stop himself of thinking about that incredible kiss. Just that kiss alone made him want to take back everything he ever said. Just the way she rubbed her hands on his shoulders and slightly moaned in his mouth each time their tongues touched made him want to forget his friendship with Kelso.
But he couldn't take back anything that happened and the things that were said. He wasn't even sure if he could go back in time if he would do things differently. He kept telling himself that this was for the better; losing a friend over a girl who probably would just dump him anyways was not worth it.
But was it really?
Just then Kelso and Fez walked into the hut.
"Hey Hyde! Man, you'll never guess what just happened to us? You see there were these two chicks…" And Kelso went on with his story about him getting some and Fez getting burned, with Fez cursing Kelso's pretty face and his own virginity. Hyde couldn't help but get mad about what Kelso was telling him. It was the same things he told him all the time, but never before was he questioning his own loyalty to hook up with Kelso's ex girlfriend.
Hyde interrupted right after Kelso said he did it with the girl. "Kelso man, did you ever consider, I don't know, how Jackie might feel about you sleeping with all these girls, only a few weeks after you guys broke up?"
"Hyde, me and Jackie are so over. Besides, she doesn't seem like she cares."
"Yeah I know, but I mean you guys did date for over a year. You said you loved her, she said she loved you. I'm just saying man, how would you feel if it happened the other way around?"
"Look Hyde, I'm not sure what you're getting at, but who cares? Me and Jackie just weren't going to work out. I mean, the girl seriously believed I would only be with her. Me! I mean I can't even resist this body, who am I to tell other girls they have to."
Hyde just stared in amazement. The guy really didn't care at all.
Once Kelso and Fez left, Hyde decided that maybe hooking up with Jackie wasn't such a bad idea.
Jackie sat in her overly pink room with Donna talking about her and Eric's sleep over.
"So you guys just slept?"
"Yeah!" Donna said excitedly, not being able to contain her smile. "He just held me all night long. It was pretty awesome."
"So he didn't whine and moan about not doing it for 2 hours until you just gave in?"
Donna looked at Jackie slightly confused. "No."
Jackie huffed. "You know Michael's a complete moron right!"
"Oh god, what did he do now?" Donna groaned as she rolled her eyes.
"That's the thing. He didn't do anything. He doesn't have to. His stupidity is just rubbing off on everybody!" Jackie collapsed on her bed.
"Um… okay." Donna wasn't sure how to respond to this. "Well as far as I know, Kelso is stupid as always, and we all know it. As far as everybody else being stupid, I'm not to sure what you mean."
"It's nothing Donna!" Jackie rolled over with her back to her best friend. She had said too much already.
"No Jackie. Don't do this. You have been acting so weird since we went to the fair and you won't tell me why. What the hell happened?" She paused a moment and remembered the events that took place at the fair. "Did Hyde do something to piss you off?"
Jackie knew she had to tell Donna sometime. She really wanted to tell Donna right after it happened, but the moment just wasn't right and she didn't want to cry her eyes out all over her.
"Well, sorta." Jackie sat up again, looking pitifully down at the bedspread. "Ugh, I have no idea how I'm going to explain this."
Donna's interest perked up. "Well just tell me."
Jackie bit her bottom lip. "Well, you see Donna. I, uh, well. Basically I kind of developed feelings for Steven."
"What!"
"Now just calm down lumberjack, let me tell you what happened before we get into that."
Donna suppressed a smile and listened with an impatient glee.
"Well, we were at the fair and Steven told me he was afraid of rollercoasters." Donna began giggling and was about to say something when Jackie stopped her. "Just listen! Well, after begging him he finally went on one with me and well, he got scared I guess you could say and was holding my hand the whole ride."
"Aww." Donna just couldn't help herself.
"Anyways! So we got off the ride and we were still holding hands, and I just sort of got caught up in the moment, and I kissed him." Jackie waited for Donna's reaction.
Donna sat stunned. "You kissed Hyde?"
"Yes."
"Well what did he do?"
"He kissed me back." Donna began freaking out again. "Don't get so giddy Donna. After about a minute of us kissing he pushed me away and told me he couldn't do this to Kelso."
"What does Kelso have anything to do with it?"
Jackie gasped. "That's exactly what I said! He said it was wrong for him to do that to his friend."
"Oh… yeah I'm pretty sure I know what this is about."
"What?"
"Well," Donna began. "You remember how before me and Eric got together, Hyde was sort of after me."
"Yeah." Jackie slowly began realizing where this was headed.
"Well, that really, really made them rival against each other. They almost stopped being friends. I bet Hyde just doesn't want it to happen again."
Jackie sat with her arms crossed, not wanting to see it from Hyde's perspective. "But this is totally different Donna. Michael cheated on me, and it's pretty obvious that he doesn't care about my feelings what so ever anymore. He's always prancing around with Laurie like it's not going to hurt my feelings or something."
"Well, you told me you were okay with it."
"I am! But that's not the point. The point is that even if Michael does get mad, he has no right to. I could just throw all of that crap in his face."
"Well, I guess I see what you mean."
The girls sat quiet for a second. Then Donna smiled a devilish grin. "So how was it?"
Jackie groaned. "The best kiss of my life!"
"You said that when Fez kissed you."
"Well this was better than that. Like ten times better than that." Jackie flopped down on her bed again.
"So you like Hyde… wow, I never thought that would happen."
"Yeah, well it did. Donna what am I going to do? What if he doesn't even like me as much as I think he does? What if he thought the kiss was horrible and that's really why he pushed me away!" Jackie covered her face with her hands.
"I really doubt that's it Jackie. I mean, you said you guys kissed for a minute, right?" Donna scooted closer to her friend.
"Yeah."
"Well, I doubt that if Hyde hated you as much as he used to he would have kissed you back for sixty whole seconds."
Jackie thought about it and smiled. "I guess you're right."
"Jackie, I'm always right." Donna gestured and grinned to herself.
"Well, what am I going to do now?" Jackie sat up again, waiting for Donna's advice.
"I have no idea. I guess talk to him."
Hyde was sorting through newly developed photos when he heard the Fotohut door open. He saw a very pissed off Jackie standing in the doorway.
"Uh, hey Jackie."
"Look Steven, we have to talk." She marched over to the counter and slammed her purse on it. "And I mean now."
"Okay." Hyde moved to the other side to stand in front of her. "What do you want to talk about?"
Jackie scoffed. "Don't play dumb Steven. You know exactly what I want to talk about… the night of the fair… the kiss we had! How you just completely blew me off!"
"I know Jackie that was…"
"No! I'm not listening to your excuses. Look, Michael won't care if we do this, and even if he does, so what? He can't pin that on you or me. I mean, look what he's doing with Eric's sister. He doesn't care about my feelings, so why should we care about his. I'm apart of this gang too you know!"
"I know Jackie, I think the…"
"You can't just kiss me like you did Steven and completely blow me off! I really, really, really like you and when you just blew me off because of that asshole, you have no idea how much that hurt."
"I know Jackie, I felt the …"
"And don't you dare pretend like you don't like me back Steven Hyde! I was there, I know you couldn't just kiss me like you did, and not feel something. So you can blow me off all you want but… " But Jackie couldn't finish the rest of her thought. She was stopped by Hyde's lips on hers and his hands cupping her face. Her whole body felt lighter than air and the sensation of his lips on hers electrified her senses. She felt him pull away, and once she opened her eyes again, he was looking straight into them.
"Now you listen, Jackie." His voice was soft and sounded somewhat amused. "I know and I understand. I realize now that what I did the other day was well… stupid. I have just been telling myself this whole time that things couldn't happen between us because of Kelso, and I really wasn't looking at the facts too much."
Jackie wasn't expecting this. She was expecting a fight or an argument at least. She wasn't expecting for Steven Hyde to not only completely agree with her, but kiss her. She was utterly speechless.
Hyde just smiled at Jackie. She really was cute when she got all worked up about things. "Jackie, I want to do this."
That was the only thing she needed to hear. Jackie catapulted herself into Hyde's arms again, and gave him a searing kiss. Hyde leaned her up against the counter and let his hands familiarize himself with her body. He moved his way down her neck biting and sucking until he found her sweet spot and stayed there until she began to moan and lean into his touch.
"Oh, Steven." Hyde never thought he could hear a sexier voice. He moved his lips further down her neck, never breaking complete contact until he got to the base near her collar bone. But, unfortunately she stopped him.
"Steven. Let's just hold on a sec." She was out of breath and a little bit of color was in her cheeks. "I was thinking, before I came over here, that to make the situation easier on us, we don't have to tell anybody for awhile… about this."
"Fine with me." Hyde went back for Jackie's neck. She giggled and stopped him again.
"Well, you see, Donna already knows. Well, she doesn't quite know this, but I told her about what happened at the fair."
"Which means Foreman is going to find out."
"Not necessarily."
"Oh, necessarily."
"Not necessarily!" Jackie stomped her foot, demanding him to agree.
"I think necessarily." Hyde by now was resting his hands on either side of Jackie, against the counter she was leaning on.
Jackie rolled her eyes, "Whatever. I was just thinking, I know I don't care if Michael throws a hissy fit about this, but I think it would be better if we delay that as long as possible."
"Fine. Now, you know, this works a lot better if you don't talk." And Hyde captured Jackie's lips in his and this time, she didn't stop him.
