AN: This chapter is chalked full of music, so feel free to listen to all the songs as you read. Here's the playlist:
"Rock & Roll" - Led Zeppelin; "She's Got Balls" - AC/DC; "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" - Elton John; "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Alice Cooper; "When the Levee Breaks" - Led Zeppelin; "I Wanna Know Why" – Aerosmith; "Dazed & Confused" - Led Zeppelin; "Right Place, Wrong Time" - Dr. John; XXXXX (MUST listen to) "Stranglehold" - Ted Nugent; "Tuesday's Gone" – Lynyrd Skynyrd. Yes, it's all about Zeppelin, baby. ;) Read, review, and enjoy!

And on a happy sidenote. . .last night during Danny Masterson's radio show (Feel My Heat) our very own luvcali76 called in and asked him THE question all true zennies wanted the answer to. Danny HATED Season 8 and thought Jackie & Hyde should be together!!!! Go to my profile for the link to prove it. Okay, so on that happy note, go read and review:D

Chapter Seven — Rock and Roll All Night (And Party Everyday)

"Hey guys, great news!" Donna shouted as she came down the basement stairs to join her friends just a few days after Jackie's final move. Mumbling the gang greeted Donna, not bothering to look up from what they were doing. Ignoring their lack of enthusiasm, Donna continued, "Anyway, I heard that there's gonna be a party down by the reservoir tonight. Supposedly there will be at least three kegs, some "film", and tons of loud music. Sounds like a rip roarin' good old time," she said as she sat down on the couch next to Eric, swinging her arm like a square dancer in excitement.

As Eric laid his arm across the back of the couch behind Donna, Kelso responded from the lawn chair, "Oh sweet! Three kegs! You know what that means, my friends—topless babes and tons of skinny dipping before the night's done!"

"You mean, I can improve my summer boob seeing record from a boob and a half to more than that?" Fez asked excitedly from his spot next to Eric.

"Oh yeah little man," Kelso answered, "like ten times more."

"Oh happy day!" Fez exclaimed clapping his hands.

"Yep," came Hyde from his chair, "a good time to be had by all." He paused for a beat. "Well, let's go drink some beer," he said as he took his feet off the foot stool to stand.

Standing up with him, Kelso, Fez, and Eric cried simultaneously, "Shotgun!" Staring at one another for a moment, they silently challenged each other to a race to the car; winner takes shotgun. A second later, Kelso and Fez were wrestling their way to the basement door. Eric took quick note of this and raced up the stairs two at a time. Running through the kitchen, Eric easily dodged his mother, who was walking towards the stove and twirled around blinking her eyes, bewildered at her son's actions. Gliding open the screen door, Eric made it outside and less than three feet away from the El Camino. Kelso and Fez were almost up the outside steps. Closing the gap between himself and the black muscle car, Eric opened the driver's door and slid across to the passenger's side. Kelso and Fez ran for the car, but it was too late; Eric had won the race, and now he was pointing, mocking, and sticking his tongue out at the two losers from the safety of the car. Hyde and Donna watched in amusement as their friends made fools of themselves. Excepting their defeat, Fez and Kelso hopped on the back end while Donna opened the passenger door and slid in next to Eric. Hyde, meanwhile, got into his car, turned the ignition, and drove out of the Forman driveway; destination—Point Place Reservoir.

As the five from the basement gang cruised out of town towards the reservoir, crashing cymbals and a rhythmic backbeat that was a signature of John Bonham came thundering through the car speakers. Everyone was jamming along as Jimmy Page's melodic guitar riffs soon joined the Bonham thunder. Banging his head in time with the music, Kelso stopped as a thought occurred to him. Pondering aloud as he craned his neck and head inside the cab he said, "Man, I feel like we should be driving in a Cadillac or something."

Quickly looking over at Kelso, Hyde arched an eyebrow quizzically at his goofy friend. "Nah man, it's better in a muscle machine," he returned as he continued to jam to Led Zeppelin. Under his breath he mumbled, "Psh! Cadillac! Like a Cadillac would be worthy enough to blare Zeppelin."

Fifteen minutes later, the five arrived at the reservoir. Staring at the area before them, Hyde parked the car and turned off the headlights. Getting out of the car, the gang looked around in awe at the sight before them; teenagers galore drinking, laughing, dancing, smoking, making out, and swimming. Smiling at this sight, Hyde remarked, "This is my kind of place." Then he headed off in the direction of the nearest keg. Eric and Donna followed him while Fez and Kelso took in the sight of some pretty girls walking past them heading for the lake.

"Hey there pretty lady," Kelso greeted one of them. The giggling female just smiled as she kept on walking with her friends. "Don't worry," he shouted after them, "if you drown, I can give you mouth to mouth!" Nudging Fez with his elbow, he said, "Yeah, that's a sweet way to make out with a chick when she doesn't know it."

"But what if she does know it?" questioned the foreign one.

"Then you try harder," answered the naive dimwit. "And if she resists and starts to hit, you run cos you know she'll beat you up."

"Perhaps I should just watch you do it," Fez returned, "seeing as I'm a married man now."

Kelso rolled his eyes. "Yeah, only your wife went on a honeymoon without you, her husband," he informed his friend.

"Hey, we didn't have the money for the both of us to go!" Fez shouted his reply. "Besides, she said she'd bring me back a souvenir. So good day," he told Kelso as he held up a hand in front of him.

"But Fez," Kelso started to say.

"I said 'Good day!'" he retorted loudly and walked away to find his other friends.

"Hey ladies! Do you need a swimming partner or referee?" Kelso asked another group of girls heading for the reservoir.

Meanwhile, Hyde, Eric, and Donna stood around by a keg each drinking a cup of the alcohol talking amongst themselves as a few car radios were tuned into the same radio station blaring some AC/DC. Just as Fez joined them with his own drink in hand, something caught Hyde's eye—Jackie's arrival. Not paying attention to what Fez was saying, Hyde watched Jackie and her companion from the safety of his tinted glasses.

She's got style, that woman
Makes me smile, that woman
She's got spunk, that woman
Funk, that woman

Jackie decided the only way she was going to get over Steven was to arrive at the party with someone else. That someone was one of the jock's from her class—Ben; she saw him hanging out at the Hub with a couple of his buddies the day before. He came up to her at the jukebox and asked her to the party. Seeing that she couldn't resist, as it was the perfect foil for Steven, Jackie reluctantly agreed to go.

She's got speed, my baby
Got what I need, my baby
She's got the ability
To make a man outta me

But most important of all
Let me tell ya
The lady's got balls
She's got balls
She's got balls
She's got balls

Walking past a few kegs with several teenagers grouped around each one, Jackie was on the look-out for Steven. Spotting him at the last keg with Donna, Eric, and Fez, Jackie took a deep breath, held her head up, flipped her hair, and smiled. Stopping three kegs away from them to get their own drinks, Jackie was aware of Hyde's eyes on her as she filled her cup. Standing around and talking to some fellow classmates as she sipped her beer, Jackie noticed Fez had left the gang to escape from some jocks. Rolling her eyes and smiling a lop-sided smile, Jackie knew what that outcome would be.

She's got soul, my lady
Likes to crawl, my lady
All around the floor on her hands and knees
Because she likes to please me

But most important of all
Ah, let me tell ya
The lady's got balls
She's got balls
She's got balls
She's got balls

Meanwhile, the leftover trio stood at their keg, chatting with former classmates. Eric was engaged in a conversation about Star Wars, Hyde was quietly yet slowly drinking his beer staring at something over Donna's shoulder, and Donna noticed all this while she talked with a former school newspaper editor on summer plans. Looking behind her, Donna soon discovered what Hyde was staring at—Jackie and Ben, her date for the night. Quickly ending her conversation, Donna left the boys in search of someone else to talk to, namely Jackie. Lucky for her, Donna knew someone standing next to Jackie that she could use as a decoy.

Joining in on their conversation, Donna patiently waited till the decoy left so she could talk to Jackie. As Donna went to refill her cup, Jackie approached her and asked, "So Donna, how long has Steven been staring at me?"

Makes my heart race, my lady
With her pretty face

"I knew it!" Jackie exclaimed as her blue-green eyes lit up. "He's jealous! Maybe that'll give him a glimpse of my pain," she added thoughtfully.

She's got balls, my lady
Likes to crawl, my lady
On her hands and knees all around the floor
No one has to tell her what a fella is for

"Jackie, remember the last time you showed up somewhere with another guy to make Hyde jealous?" Donna asked her best friend as they walked away from the kegs to talk in private. Seeing that Jackie didn't quite remember, Donna refreshed her memory. "He ended up punching him in the face because he called you a bitch!"

She's got balls

"Jackie, this is going to blow up in your face," Donna flatly told her.

She's got balls

"No it isn't, Donna," Jackie defiantly told her lumberjack roommate. "Look, I know what I'm doing, alright? Just trust me on this one."

She's got balls

"Fine; just don't come crying to me when it does," Donna informed her.

She's got balls
(She's got balls)

"Please, the only one who's going to be crying is," Jackie claimed before she saw an unusual yet all too familiar sight take place before her very eyes. "Oh no," she groaned.

My lady's got (She's got balls) balls
She's got balls
Oh!

"What?" questioned Donna who spun around to see what Jackie was referring to.

She's got balls!

"I gotta go," she quickly told the redhead as she hurriedly swallowed the last of her cup and chucked it to the ground. Leaving Donna standing by herself dazed and confused, Jackie made a bee line towards Steven.

While Jackie was busy talking to her friends, Ben made his rounds to the different kegs, talking to the varied crowd. At the last keg where Eric and Hyde stood talking, Ben approached Hyde with a nod. "Hey, I hope you don't mind I brought Jackie," he began as he took a drink.

It's getting late
Have you seen my mates?
Ma, tell me when the boys get here

"Nah man, that's cool," Hyde responded with zen.

It's seven o'clock and I want to rock
Want to get a belly full of beer

"Good, cos I think she's so damn hot," he added as he went to refill his cup. Eric, overhearing this, left in search of Donna; he knew they might be leaving soon or needing a different source of recreation if that conversation continued in its twisted downward spiral.

My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady, she don't care

"Yeah, she is," Hyde agreed curious as to what else this jockstrap had to say about his girlfriend—ex-girlfriend

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots
A handful of grease in her hair

"And she can talk your head off, no doubt," Ben replied with a laugh.

Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline

Hyde merely nodded his head before taking a sip of his cup. Unfortunately the contents were rather hard to swallow; Ben had just crossed the line.

Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in

"And there's only one good way to shut up a girl like that," he hinted at his plans for later with Jackie. "I think I can nail her by the end of the night. Bitchy cheerleader drunk off her ass and all."

Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
Cos Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright

Where zen ends, ass-kicking begins, Hyde reminded himself as he fought to keep his emotions under control. But the words of the jock kept repeating over and over in his mind and as he closed his eyes to help regain his composure, he instantly saw that Chip guy Jackie had brought to the Formans' Veteran's Day barbecue as his words replayed in his mind too. I figure it's worth if I can nail. She's a bitch. Taking a deep sigh soon after opening his eyes, Hyde breathed, "Oh no."

Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonight
I'm looking for a dolly who will set me right

Just as Hyde briefly closed his eyes, Jackie had arrived on-scene hearing the ugly truth her date shared with Steven. Fuming as she did right before taking Laurie down so long ago, Jackie reeled back her right arm; fist balled tightly, and hurled it forward towards Ben's face.

I may use a little muscle to get what I need
I may sink a little drink and shout out, "She's with me!"

All of it happened in a blink of an eye. Jackie's fist made contact with Ben's face, and he turned his head in reaction to the blow dealt to him by the small fiery cheerleader, leaving him unprepared for what was about to come next.

A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike

Pulling back his right hand, which quickly formed into a fist, Hyde reeled it towards the jock's face. SMACK! Ben went flying backwards and landed on the ground three to five feet away from Hyde as he looked on. Out of nowhere, it seemed to Hyde, Jackie had appeared next to him shaking her hand and rubbing her knuckles.

I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats at the bottom of a glass

"Steven, what just happened?" she asked breathlessly.

"Huh?" he questioned as zen tried to make a return. Hyde quickly took a sip of his beer in order to stop staring at her. "Nothing."

"Liar! You hit him!" Jackie exclaimed before pausing for a moment trying to figure out the scenario. "Wait. . .or did I?" she asked after a moment while her brow furrowed in confusion.

"Well, uh I think, um," Hyde sputtered.

Jackie gasped as realization sunk in. "Omigod. I slugged him! I overheard what he said to you, and I hit him!"

"Actually, I think we both did, which was one helluva knock-out," Steven interjected before he drank some more of his beer, impressed that Jackie could hit pretty good for a girl.

"Well, thanks for the help, but I'll be fine," Jackie returned before turning and walking away.

"Yeah right," he scoffed catching up to her. "You would've been in serious trouble twenty minutes to an hour from now."

"Look Steven," she snarled icily as she continued to walk on as they passed another group of cars blaring some Alice Cooper, "I've learned a few things from you over the course of our relationship."

I use to be such a sweet, sweet thing
Till they got a hold of me

"Oh yeah? Like what?" he questioned her, eyebrows arched in curiosity as they both stopped in their tracks.

Arching her eyebrows in response to his challenge, she coolly answered, "Where zen ends, ass-kicking begins."

Hyde chuckled. "Jackie, you learned that months before we ever dated."

"Fine," she breathed coolly. "Perhaps I learned something else."

"Name it," he dared her.

They can't be seen with me
And I'm getting real shot down
And I'm getting mean

Jackie stared at him for a moment before rolling her eyes and walking past him.

Just as she passed him, Hyde breathed, "Just what I thought."

No more Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy
They say he's sick, he's obscene

Snapping around, she quickly grabbed his arm making Steven lose his grip on his cup of beer, pulled it over her shoulder, and with one big hip check, Jackie had Hyde rolling off her back and slamming his on to the ground. Lying in shock on his backside, Hyde picked his head up to look at Jackie as she settled one foot on his chest. "Kicking your ass, Steven; that's what it's called," she calmly told him with a smirk of her own before removing her foot and walking away. A few teens nearby snickered as they saw the scene before them unfold. Hyde merely grinned with admiration. That was badass, he thought to himself as he picked himself off the ground. Dusting off his backside, Hyde soon heard the voice of a friend come up from behind.

"Man, I always knew Jackie had spunk, but I didn't know she could do that!" came Kelso as he rested a hand on Hyde's shoulder.

"Yeah well, she's one tough chick," Hyde responded coolly.

"I told you she's the devil," informed Forman as he walked up to them with three beers in his hands. Offering one to Kelso and then Hyde, he asked, "You alright, man?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," answered Hyde as he took the beer from Forman. Taking a long drink, Hyde relaxed a little. "Ah," he sighed after he swallowed the amber liquid, "That definitely hits the spot."

"You know what else would hit the spot?" questioned Donna as she joined the guys, holding up a small brown paper bag.

Circle:
Donna, Kelso, Hyde, and Eric were sitting on the bed of the El Camino discussing life at the party. The car's radio was turned on and music could be heard drifting from the speakers.

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break.

When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Donna looked around at the boys sitting with her. "Is this party bitchin' or what? Bitchin', bitchin'. Ever notice how your lips pop right before they itch?"

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,

Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,

"Oh hell yeah!" Kelso exclaimed with a goofy grin. He paused as if in deep thought for a moment. "I got to be a lifeguard earlier, and some sophomore let me do CPR to her. It was awesome!"

"Man, I can't believe Jackie," Hyde interjected. "When is she gonna get over this? These mixed signals are insane, man! She's like Gollum. One minute she's all sweet, and the next she's all bitchy."

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,

You don't know which way to go.

Eric shook his head and smirked. "Hyde, I told you she's the devil, man. Cause that's how the devil likes to play. Actually, that's kinda how Red is to me, which is why I fear him."

"Eric, you fear most things," Donna jumped in. "And Jackie's not the devil. She's. . .she's. . .well, you know," she stuttered looking for an answer as she began to stare at her lips.

"Hot!" Kelso frankly stated. "Like many of these fine ladies here tonight," he added as he panned around them.

"Kelso man, dogs would look good to you now too," Hyde returned. "How much have you had?"

"Only about four and a half beers," he answered, "or was it three? No wait," he recalled softly, before answering, "it was six! Yeah, cause some of the girls gave me some with a bong."

Hyde rolled his eyes. "Kelso, you're drunk man. And there's only one thing to do when you get like that," he added with a mischievous smirk before looking to Forman.

Eric laughed. "Oh man, we are so making you look 'man-pretty' tonight!" he cried as he pointed a finger at Kelso who merely laughed in agreement.

Donna rolled her eyes in mock annoyance at them. "For the record, I want no part in this," she proclaimed as she pointed her finger at each of them staring at it for a moment. Then something caught her eye and her face changed from an annoyed look to one of thought. "Although, I think I can find some interesting clothes for our man-pretty friend." Getting up and off the El Camino, Donna left the circle in pursuit of some clothing.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,

Thinkin' about my baby and my happy home.

The boys stared after her for a moment before Kelso replied, "So how much you guys wanna bet that Donna comes back with a dress for Fez to wear?"

Sharing an evil grin, Hyde and Eric nodded their heads mischievously in agreement. "Oh I think twenty bucks should do it," answered Hyde.

"Yeah, I'm in," chimed in Eric.

"Me too," added Kelso. "I'll throw in forty because Fez is gonna look ridiculously awesome come tomorrow morning, man!" he laughed, not realizing that he just placed a bet on himself. "Man, I'm gonna go find me some hot chicks to do," Kelso announced as he got up to leave.

Going, going to Chicago

Going to Chicago

Sorry but I can't take you.

Going down, going down now,

Going down, going down now.

Going down. . .

"Man, this is too easy," Eric laughed once Kelso was out of ear shot.

"I know what you mean, Forman," Hyde nodded. "It's like taking candy from a baby. Only greenbacks are much better."

"Definitely," Eric agreed with a nod. "Man, I'm starving. Let's grab Donna and hit Fatso Burger for some food since they're open late."

"That's cool," Hyde returned with some zen. "Oh, but let's have Donna order the food; you know how those freaks down there throw themselves at her."

"Good plan Hyde," Eric complimented his friend. "I knew her fame as Hot Donna would come in handy in times like these."

Before Hyde could respond, Donna returned with some articles of clothing. "Hey guys, look what I got!" she said as she held up the clothes.

"Sweet," Hyde approved with an evil grin.

"Donna, where did you get these?" asked Eric as he looked at them.

"I stole them from some girls that were skinny dipping," Donna replied with a grin. "We better leave soon, cos I don't want to get caught with these in hand."

"We better find Fez and Kelso then," Hyde announced, "if we want to pull this off."

Just as Hyde and Eric got off the back end and Donna opened the passenger door and began to stuff the clothes under the front seat, Fez came stumbling up to them. "Hello my wonderful American friends!" he said with a slur. Donna, Eric, and Hyde looked around at each other; a small grin graced each of their faces. "It is glorious to be an American citizen!" Fez announced as he teetered around.

"Fez, how much have you had to drink?" asked Eric as he watched Fez teeter.

"I think I lost count after five," Fez answered as if in deep thought. "Yes, I celebrated. I celebrated by drinking lots of American beer. And it was glorious!" he exclaimed just before passing out.

"Well, that's one down," Hyde remarked, "and one to go."

"We should split up and look for Kelso," suggested Eric as they continued to stare at the passed out Fez.

"But let's get Fez in the back end first," Donna jumped in. The other two nodded in agreement before moving over to Fez. Bending down, Hyde took Fez's arms while Donna and Eric took his legs and lifted him off the ground and onto the El Camino's back end. As they caught their breaths, Fez stirred in his sleep only to curl into a fetal position and a pleased smile spread across his face. Watching him for a second with a skeptical eye, Hyde remarked, "That's kinda creepy, y'know?" Donna and Eric slowly nodded their heads.

"Well, let's go find Kelso," Eric suggested as they began to move away from Hyde's ride.

"Alright, let's meet back here in twenty minutes," Donna recommended as she looked at her watch. As the moonlight and car headlights were her light, she announced, "Okay, it's 11:42, so meet back here at midnight. Got it?"

"Yeah."

"Sure."

"Good," Donna said as she nodded her head to confirm things. "And guys, let's hope we don't stumble upon anything we don't want to see."

"Yeah, Kelso's naked ass is something meant for a select few; and I'm not one of them," Hyde said while Eric nodded his head in agreement.

Donna chuckled. "Alright, dillholes let's move it on out."

"Yes ma'am," the boys answered. As they started to walk away, they quietly counted off the cadence, "Hut two three four. Hut two three four."

Shaking her head and trying not to laugh, Donna shoved them both. "Knock it off you morons!"

They laughed just before going their own direction. Eric took the right, Hyde kept straight, and Donna took the left. As they each neared the nucleus of their direction, radios could be heard blaring a variety of music.

As Donna headed in the left direction, she passed many cars with their radios blaring. Some teenagers were standing around talking and drinking or leaning on cars chatting and drinking. Other vehicles had couples making out on the hood or in the back seat. Some had opened their windows and others were fogged up. The only good thing was Aerosmith blocking out any sounds coming from any of those make out cars. Donna shuddered just at the thought of it. Because who really wants to see former classmates go at it?

Ah, kickin' down the road
Feelin' mighty slowed
with the likes of you

Gettin' mighty spaced
Never had a taste
Of what you're goin' through

I can't bitch
Went from rags to riches
Then to ragtime screamin' the blues

I wanna know why
Everybody's good intention
Try to make a fool outta me

I wanna know why
Everybody's good intention
Gotta make a fool
Gotta make a fool
Try to make a fool outta me

Singing along with Steven Tyler, Donna started weaving through a crowd of people searching for Kelso and praying she didn't have to see his naked ass.

Swing low
Sweet cherry oh
When a strange love showed me the way

Ya see more
Can't keep a score
When the whore's comin' on for the play

I wanna know why
Everybody's good intention
Try to make a fool outta me

I wanna know why
Everybody's good intention
Gotta make a fool
Gotta make a fool
Try to make a fool outta me

Donna weaved in and out of another crowd still searching for Kelso. Nodding her head to the beat of Aerosmith as the guitar solo played, she went from group to group searching. Kelso was nowhere to be found. Stopping for a moment to try and reasonably figure out where in the hell Kelso would be, Donna pumped a nearby keg tap and filled a cup. Taking a sip of the cold amber liquid, she darted her eyes around her surroundings for any signs of Kelso.

E. Poe
Eatin' crow
Wonder if he knowed that
Raven was mad

Time passed
And words lost the last
Of the best thing he ever had

I wanna know why
Everybody's good intention
Try to make a fool outta me
I wanna know why
Everybody's good intention
Gotta make a fool
Gotta make a fool
Try to make a fool outta me

Oh play rough
Can't get enough
So they try to make a fool outta me
Lordy

Ain't foolin' me
Ya ain't ghoulin' me
Ain't foolin' me
Ya ain't ghoulin' me

Looking around her, the only other place she hadn't looked was in the woods. Many pairs of teens had slipped into the woods for a little privacy, and there's only one thing that goes on out there—heavy make outs and beyond. Rolling her eyes and hoping that she didn't stumble upon anything she really didn't want to see, Donna let out a heavy sigh before walking towards the woods.

On another car radio farther away from where Donna was searching, Robert Plant's wailing voice could be heard loud and clear above a heavy bass line.

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true.
Wanted a woman never bargained for you.
Lots of people talk and few of them know
soul of a woman was created below...yeah...

You hurt and abuse telling all of your lies.
Run around sweet baby, Lord how they hypnotize.
Sweet little baby, I don't know where you've been.
Gonna love you baby, here I come again.

Every day I work so hard, bringing home my hard earned pay
Try to love you baby, but you push me away.
Don't know where you're going, only know just where you've been,
Sweet little baby, I want you again.

Hyde made his way through a few crowds looking and asking around, but no one seemed to know where Kelso was. Sighing in frustration, Hyde rolled his eyes towards the night sky cursing Kelso for leaving them. Tempted to just leave him there and say screw it, Hyde continued to make his way through a crowd when something caught his ears as Jimmy Page worked his magic on his guitar. Not too far away was a small group of teenagers sitting on top of or leaning against a car getting high.

Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true.
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.
Take it easy baby, let them say what they will.
Will your tongue wag so much when I send you the bill?

"George toked weed, man," some burnout proclaimed.

"Absolutely George toked weed. Are you kidding man? That's what I'm talking about. He grew fields of that stuff, man. Fields," a wise sage kid explained wearing a tan colored T-shirt with a pot leaf on it.

Stopping in his tracks, Hyde nodded his head in thought. He never thought of it before, but it sounded intriguing.

"He grew that shit up in Mt. Vernon, man."

"Mt. Vernon, man? He grew it all over the country, man. He had people growing it all over the country, y'know, the whole country. The whole country back then was getting hot. Let me tell you, man, cos, cos, cos he knew he was onto something man. He knew that it would be a good cash crop for the Southern states, man. And so he grew fields of it man.

"But y'know what? Behind every good man, there's a woman. And that woman was Martha Washington, man. And everyday George would come home; she'd have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he'd come in the door, man. She was a hip, hip, hip lady man.

"And she was real cool too. She would harvest the crop man, that's what I'm talking about. She'd put it in the uh, bushels and stuff and uh sell it, y'know because they had to uh, y'know, make ends meet. I mean, they'd uh. . .did ya ever look at a dollar bill closely, man? There's some spooky stuff going on, on a dollar bill, man. And it's green too."

Hyde walked away slightly chuckling to himself. Man, that's awesome, he thought to himself. George Washington toked weed. And what the hell's on a dollar bill, man?

Scoping out the last area, Eric walked passed groups of teenagers hanging around the kegs like bar flies as a different song blared from the speakers of the nearby parked pick-up trucks.

I must have been in the right place but it must have been the wrong time
I'd have said the right thing but I must have used the wrong line
I been in the right trip but I must have used the wrong car
My head was in a bad place and I'm wondering what it's good for
I been the right place but it must have been the wrong time
My head was in a bad place but I'm having such a good time

Jamming to the music as he walked around looking for Kelso, Eric was surprised when Jackie bumped straight into him, sloshing a bit of her beer onto his shirt.

"Omigod, Eric! Hi Eric!" she shrieked in her drunken excitement as she smiled goofily up at him trying to wipe off the accidental spill.

"Hey, Jackie," Eric said somewhat taken aback.

Hugging him instantly, Jackie said as she gave him a tight squeeze, "I love you, Eric!"

Pulling away as quickly as he could, eyes widened by the shock, Eric held Jackie's arms still. "Um, okay."

"You know why?" she asked him before sighing and then pointed a finger at him, poking him in the chest with it, "Because you are a nice guy, Eric Forman. The nicest guy I know."

"Thanks, I think," he replied as he let go of her arms and placed his own hands in his jean pockets as he quickly figured out that she was pretty wasted.

Taking a swig of her beer, Jackie smiled at Eric again. Eric grimaced back, then quickly darted his eyes around in search of Kelso. "You wanna know something, Eric," she asked him as she crooked her pointer finger at him, telling him to come closer. Arching an eyebrow, Eric leaned in closer to her, able to smell the alcohol on her breath. Whispering loudly, she informed him, "I punched out my date tonight." She laughed. "Isn't that hilarious?!" She cackled as she tipped her head back in drunken amusement.

Not sure what to think or how to take it, Eric exhaled. "Alright, so your date's a knock-out."

Hysterically laughing, Jackie could only nod her head teetering back and forth.

"Okay, no more for the cheerleader," announced Eric as he took her cup out of her grasp and tried to steady her. Man, she's a happy drunk, he thought.

Sobering up somewhat when she realized she wasn't holding her cup anymore, Jackie pouted before whining, "But Eric, I wasn't finished with that."

"Yeah I know," he informed her not phased by her pout. "You've had quite enough already, Jackie."

Pondering it for a moment, she asked as she tilted her head and shifted her weight from one foot to the other as a coy smile graced her lips, "Are you cutting me off?"

"Maybe," Eric returned slowly; he was getting nervous. He knew Jackie could be lethal and was afraid for his poor shins.

Jackie frowned and pouted once more. "Eric, please let me finish it. I promise I won't drink anything after that. Pweety puh-lease?"

"Uh," he paused pretending to think about it, "No."

"Ah," she whined, "why not?"

"Because you are going home," he informed her.

"Home?"

"Yep cos," he paused trying to think fast, "cos you need your beauty sleep. Yeah, so you can be even more beautiful tomorrow."

Jackie seemed to be thinking about this for a moment. "Y'know what? For a guy who still plays with his G.I. Joes and has a lumberjack girlfriend, you really know what to say to a girl."

"Uh, right."

"Unlike Steven," she continued on her train of thought. "See, Steven doesn't know when's the right time to say something or not like when he saw me comforting Michael. See? THAT was the right time to say, 'Get off my girlfriend!' Instead, what did he do? He went off and had angry sex with some random, skanky, whorey nurse!" She guffawed. "Well, guess his plan backfired!"

Closing his eyes and furrowing his brows, Eric took a deep breath trying to figure out how he'd get the now wound up drunken Jackie to head to the El Camino with him. Scrapping the search for Kelso, Eric thought it was best to get Jackie out of the party scene. "Hey Jackie, why don't we take a little walk, huh, get some fresh air and cool down?"

Shrugging her shoulders, Jackie complied. "Whatever."

Sighing in relief, Eric slung one of her arms over his shoulders and they began walking. Halfway to Hyde's car, Jackie stopped. "Jackie, why are we stopping?" Eric asked her.

"Because, I'm tired Eric, and I can't walk anymore," she whined. "My feet hurt."

"Well, maybe if you didn't wear platforms in the woods that would solve your problem right there," he returned.

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, like I'm gonna walk around barefoot here," she scoffed. "Do you even know what's been on the ground tonight?"

"Whatever, look we're almost to the car. C'mon Jackie, let's just start walking again," he tried to coax her. "You can sleep and take your shoes off there."

"No."

Rolling his eyes and trying not to lose his patience with her, Eric rubbed his forehead with his hand trying to alleviate some pressure. But before he could think or say anything to solve his problem, Hyde came walking up to the pair—a curious look upon his face.

"Forman, what's wrong with Jackie?" he asked having an inkling he already knew the answer to his question.

"Steven!" Jackie cried out as she hugged Eric and put one of his arms around her shoulders. "This is my new bestest friend in the world. And he's a guy. So go ahead and get jealous just like you do with every other guy that has their arm around me. Go ahead, Steven! Get jealous!"

Hyde sighed in frustration and squeezed the bridge of his nose as Eric nodded in silent understanding. "Yeah, she started off a really happy drunk, but when she gets on the sore subject of you, it's like the demon within breaks on through to this side of hell."

"Here man, I'll take her from here," Hyde offered as Eric removed his arm from Jackie's shoulders. "Any luck finding Kelso?"

"Nope," he answered Hyde as he gave one of Jackie's arms to him. Jackie tried escaping Hyde's grasp. "She bumped into me, spilling her beer on me and well, that was the end of the Kelso search."

"Crap," muttered Hyde as he fought to hold onto Jackie's arm. "Damn it, Jackie, would you just let me walk you to the car."

Raising her eyebrows at him, almost as if half in defiance and half in surprise, she replied, "No, I'm not walking anywhere with you, Steven Hyde."

Gritting his teeth, Hyde returned, "Fine. Then I guess I'm just gonna have to do this." And in one big swoop, Hyde scooped up Jackie throwing her on top of his shoulder and began carrying her back to his car. Turning around for a quick second, Hyde shouted to Eric, "Hey Forman, see if you can find Donna and then meet back at the car in like five."

Eric merely shook his head. "Sure thing, Hyde; oh and uh, may the force be with you."

"Get bent, Obi wan!" he jeered as he turned around and walked away with a wriggling Jackie on his shoulder.

Jackie began to beat on his back as he carried her towards the El Camino. "Steven! Put me down, now! I mean it! Your shins are gonna be cruising for some bruises as soon as you put me down!"

"All the more reason to be carrying you, babe," he jested.

"Oh," she guffawed, "just you wait!"

"Shut your piehole!"

Eric watched Hyde carry Jackie away, shaking his head at the crazy love-stricken pair, a smirk slowly budding across his face. Shaking his head as he turned to walk away in search of Donna and Kelso, he wondered if they'd be fighting the whole way back to the car AND home.

As Hyde drew closer to the El Camino, Jackie had stopped hitting his back concluding that it was pointless. Sighing in disappointment, she closed her eyes briefly only to open them a second later and stare at the ground. Yet after a while, she realized that looking down at the ground was making her feel nauseous; so she stared at the only other thing she could – Steven's fine behind. A smile slowly drew across her face as she realized in her drunken stupor how much she missed staring at it and most importantly touching it. Licking her lips, as if to gain some courage and to control her nerves, Jackie reached down slowly with one hand and carefully yet softly placed her hand on his tush. Smiling slyly after reuniting her hand and his ass together again, she gave a mischievous grin and squeezed it.

Taken by utter surprise, Steven Hyde almost lost his grip on his precious cargo. Tightening his backside from the shock of the squeeze, he realized that he rather enjoyed it; granted Jackie was drunk, but the action spoke for itself. She still found him hot. Smirking to himself, he did the only thing he could do – spank her bottom in return in one full little swat.

Having the tables turned on her, Jackie yelped in shock as Steven's hand reunited with her ass via the swat, but then she noticed he gave it a little squeeze back. Eyes bugged out for a moment, they quickly returned to their sockets before a devious look over took her face. Smirking to herself, she pinched his butt.

Wincing in slight pain, Hyde adjusted his grip on her as he was now mere feet from his car. "Jackie," he said not wanting anything to happen while she was drunk, "you really need to stop doing that."

"Why? It's fun!" she returned as she squeezed it again.

Drawing a deep breath, Steven had to remind himself not to lose his mind, no matter how much Jackie tempted him to unleash his feelings and take her in his arms and kiss her hard and deep and long while running his fingers through her hair and touch her skin. He felt his muscles throughout his body tighten just thinking of the action. Be cool, man, he told himself, don't lose control. She's drunk and will be pissed as hell tomorrow if and when she remembers.

Stopping in front of the passenger door to his vehicle, he grabbed the handle and swung the door open. "Alright Jackie, I'm gonna set you down, but I want you to sit down in the car, okay? No fighting me about it. Got it?"

Jackie rolled her head around in an attempt to nod it. "Okay, Steven," she answered him just before he removed her body from his shoulder; her feet touching the ground once again. Regaining that feeling again she wobbled a bit before steadying herself – one hand on the car door, the other on Steven's arm.

Slightly chuckling to himself and grimacing, Steven helped Jackie find balance before helping her in the car. "Jackie, just relax and take it easy, alright? We gotta wait for Eric and Donna and hopefully Kelso before we can leave."

Rolling her eyes and sighing, she resigned, "Fine, but I wanna hear some music. No more talking because I don't have anything to say to you right now," she demanded as she folded her arms across her chest and stared ahead.

Shaking his head and rolling his eyes, he walked around to the driver's side of the Camino, opened the door, sat down, and turned the key to idle. Quickly a heavy guitar riff followed by a hypnotic drum beat blared from the car stereo. Hyde nodded his head in time to the music while Jackie rocked hers from left to right.

XXXXX
Here I come again now baby like a dog in heat
tell it's me by the clamor now baby I like to tear up the street,

Now I been smokin' for so long, ya know I'm here to stay
got you in a stranglehold baby you best get outta the way

They continued to nod and rock their heads in time with the beat of Ted Nugent, glancing briefly at each other before returning their eyes to the area in front of them.

The road I cruise is a bitch now baby but no you can't turn me round
and if a house gets in my way baby ya know I'll burn it down

You ran the night that you left me
you put me in my place
I got you in a stranglehold, baby, you gotta crush your face

Yeah

Steven kept his eyes forward; he had to will himself to. He could feel Jackie rocking and dancing in her seat next to him, and by God did he want her. Zen, man, keep zen! he scolded himself. But it was too late; he had to look. Jackie's waist was swaying in time to the rhythmic music, her arms raised and swaying too as she rocked her head back and forth, her eyes closed. She opened them to find Steven staring at her, and she smiled sexily at him as she continued her little dance. Steven licked his lips, feeling he was going to lose his nerve if he kept looking at her, and she looked at him like that back.

Quickly turning his gaze back to the front of the car, Steven tried to think of anything other than Jackie's petite body rocking back and forth and looking incredibly sexy as she did it too. It gave him needs, as his foreign friend, who was passed out on the back end, would say. Trying to steady his breathing, he let out a huge sigh, but it got hitched in his throat when he felt a small feminine hand resting on his inner thigh.

"Steven," he heard her breathe his name, "was I not good enough for you?" she asked.

Taken aback by her question, he shook his head no. "No, I was just mad at you."

Jackie nodded her head in understanding. "So, I still turn you on?" she questioned him as she lightly rubbed her hand up and down his thigh.

Once again, his breath was hitched in his throat. Letting out an uneasy sigh, Steven swallowed hard. He couldn't answer her. She was drunk; she probably won't remember this in the morning. But he couldn't take the risk if she did.

Taking his lack of an answer as a yes, Jackie coyly smiled to herself before placing her other hand on his opposite arm and leaned in. In a breathy whisper, she replied, "Because I think I do."

Steven braced himself as best he could swallowing again and closing his eyes, but he popped them open when Jackie's hand brushed over his harden zipper. Seeing her smile coyly, he saw her, as if in slow motion, close in on him capturing his lips with hers. His eyes lingered open for a few seconds longer before the lustful feelings inside him over took his zen. He quickly closed his eyes and began to kiss her back needily. Greedily, she returned the kisses as they left the soft phase and zoomed into the hard and deep one.

Soon Steven's hands had her face cupped begging her to come closer. Jackie caught onto his signal and moved across the seat closer to him, her arms snaking underneath his and sliding her hands into his curly hair. Steven pulled her in closer to him as they continued to deepen their kisses, slowly removing his hands from her face and letting them slide down to her arms before taking a hold of her B cup. Massaging it, he heard her moan loudly in pleasure as he tightened his grip on her.

Breaking away for some air, Jackie kept her eyes closed soaking in the feeling of her Steven needing her. Feeling him switch hands as he kissed her cheeks and suckled on her earlobe, she felt him massage her other B cup as her eyes briefly fluttered open. This time she softly moaned in his ear. "Steven," she said breathy as he now removed his lips from her earlobe and planted them on her neck, kissing and sucking on it. Eyes rolling back into her head, Jackie's eyelids felt heavy and quickly closed before she unknotted her fingers from his hair and placed them on either side of his face, pulling his lips off her porcelain neck. Fluttering his eyes open for a moment, he saw her stare at him with that coy smile gracing her face before she plunged towards him, taking his lips as her own once more.

Sometimes you wanna get higher and sometimes you gotta start low
some people think they gonna die someday I got news ya never got to go

As he kissed her with all his might and feelings of every which kind, Steven slowly tried to pull away. But Jackie had a good grip on his face, pulling him back to her every time he tried to break away. It was almost as if she didn't want him to stop and leave.

c'mon, c'mon up
c'mon, c'mon up
c'mon, c'mon up
c'mon, c'mon up

Finally finding the strength to move his hands and place one on each of her arms, he slowly pulled away from her scrumptious lips. Looking at him questioningly, Jackie's eyes slowly fluttered open to see Steven's clear blue ones peer into hers. "Jackie," she heard him say, "we really need to stop this."

c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon baby
c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon up
c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon baby
c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

Confused by his words, Jackie furrowed her brow and frowned. "But Steven, you want me. I know you do," she said as she leaned into him again ready to kiss him.

But Steven held her at bay. "Jackie," he growled knowing she was right as he tried to explain, "we can't because this isn't right; not now anyway."

Road I cruise is a bitch now ya know ya can't turn me round
Yeah and if a house gets in my way ya know I'll burn it down

You ran the night that you left me you put me in my place
I got you in a stranglehold baby that night I crushed your face

Jackie pouted and Steven sighed heavily. "Damn it, Jackie, I said we can't. So we can't. I'm not going to do something and then regret it later."

Arching a brow at him and folding her arms, Jackie replied, "Huh, funny that you say that, Steven, cos didn't you already do something that you regret?"

Slumping his shoulders and rubbing his forehead right above his eyes, he let out a ragged breath. "Jackie, I'm sorry, alright? I'm sorry." He said the last one as he looked into her eyes.

Jackie looked away, blinking back tears. "Well, if it's space you want, Steven J. Hyde, then it's space you'll get," she remarked with a sting as she slid back over to the passenger side door.

"Jackie –"

Just out of the corner of the window behind Jackie he saw three figures growing near. Eric and Donna were on either side of Kelso, guiding him towards the black El Camino. Exhaling, Steven opened the door and slid out of the vehicle. "We'll talk later," he informed her as he walked around the car to assist his friends.

"Hey, it's my buddy Hyde!" Kelso exclaimed waving an arm at him as he, Eric and Donna arrived at the car.

Hyde raised an eyebrow at him as he folded his arms across his chest. To Eric and Donna, he asked, "So where did you find him?"

"Oh, soon after I found Donna," Eric answered as he tried to steady Kelso.

"Yeah, Eric had just found me when this drunken dillhole grabbed Eric's ass," Donna snickered.

"Well, soon after doing that, he realized it was me," Eric quickly added as his cheeks redden. "But then, he saw Donna and –"

"And nothing!" she said as she let go of Kelso and crossed her arms over her chest. Her eyes turning that fire green color.

Eric smirked seeing that Hyde was now intrigued. "And Kelso grabbed her boobs when he tried to hug her."

"And I don't see how that's funny coming from my boyfriend?!"

"Well, looking back it's funny," Eric defended himself. "When it actually happened, not so much."

Donna rolled her eyes in disgust. "Whatever."

"Dude, are we going somewhere or what?" asked Kelso.

"Yeah man, as soon as you get in the back end," Hyde answered.

"Sweet! I always wanted to ride with my head sticking out the window like a dog," Kelso announced. "They've got the best life! So, there's food, beer, and girls where we're going, right?"

The three looked at each other briefly before answering. "Yeah."

"Score!" Kelso cried before clamoring onto the back end of the El Camino.

"So, who's sitting up front?" asked Donna.

"Just Jackie," Hyde answered as he made his way around to his side of the car. "Kelso man, you gotta sit down and stay seated, okay man? No standing allowed or you'll be thrown off," he told his friend who was standing over a sleeping Fez.

Kelso laughed silently. "Dude, I told you Fez would be in a dress tonight! I can't wait till we dress him!"

"Hey, how about me and Donna watch over these two and you and Jackie can have the front seat?" Eric suggested as he climbed in the back.

"Wait, why should I sit in the back?" questioned Donna who was concerned for her friend. Sharing a look with Eric, she quickly understood. "Oh, yeah I can ride back here and keep the idiots in line. Good luck keeping her in line, though," she said as she pointed at Jackie.

"Yeah, thanks," Hyde mumbled as he opened his door and slid into his seat while Donna climbed in the back by Eric.

Sighing to himself as he slammed his door shut and turned on the car, Hyde shook his head wondering how in the hell he got here at the end of the night. Jackie sat at the opposite end of the bench seat, staring out the window, arms crossed across her chest. Exhaling quietly as he glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, he wondered how much longer this would endure. With one hand on the steering wheel, he reached up with the other hand and gently smoothed his fingers over his lips relishing in the afterglow of his forbidden Jackie kisses as he drove down the road heading back to town.

And I don't know where I'm going
I just want to be left alone.
Well, when this train ends I'll try again,
But I'm leaving my woman at home.

Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
My woman's gone with the wind.

Rolling over onto her side, Jackie awoke in her bed her eyes fluttering open as they recognized the bright grayness of morning light. Looking around, she wondered how she had gotten to her room; sitting up in lightning speed she quickly looked down to see she was wearing a black Led Zeppelin t-shirt and grey pajama pants. Still puzzled as to how she ended up here, Jackie sunk back into her pillows as her head softly ached trying to recall what happened the night before.

Thinking back, she recalled attending the party with Ben, who she later ended up slugging for his comment about her to Steven. She remembered getting pissed off at Hyde and flipping him before going to get some more drinks. Sometime later on in the evening she vaguely remembered seeing Eric, and soon after Hyde carrying her off before making out with him.

Eyes opened wide in confused horror, Jackie gasped fearing the worst. "Omigod!"

FLASHBACK (of what REALLY happened):

Sitting in silence with nothing but the radio playing, Jackie continued to stare out her window, distancing herself as much as she could from Steven Hyde. He wants space, then space he'll get, she thought to herself, as she rested her chin on her hand, her head leaning on the window. Jackie could feel herself being lulled to sleep as the cool summer night air wafted in from Hyde's open window and the car's slight rocking motion began to make her feel drowsy; that and the alcohol that was still in her system. Yawning Jackie tried to stay awake as they began to enter town. Her eyelids drooping, she tried hard to keep them open, but no such luck. As they drew closer to Fatso Burger, which was the only thing open late at night, besides the diner on the other side of town, Jackie had lost her battle and succumbed to the quiet darkness of sleep.

As he pulled into the drive-thru, Hyde looked over at Jackie, the first since their argument earlier, to ask her if she wanted anything. Softly smiling to himself, and content to just watch her sleep, Hyde let her sleep as he gave Eric and Donna his order. While Donna ordered their food and drinks, Hyde glanced at Jackie again as he pulled up to the window to pay. He felt like crap; the one person he actually let inside his armor is the one person he disappointed the most. Paying then taking the food, he pulled the car forward a bit in order to pass Eric and Donna theirs.

Driving home, Hyde's thoughts consisted of how he could rebuild his relationship with Jackie. Taking a bite out of his burger, Hyde let the wheels in his mind turn over thoughts and ideas.

A few minutes later he pulled up to the Forman's driveway. Parking the car, he quietly got out, trying not to awaken Jackie as he did so. Donna and Eric hopped off the back end.

"Alright, where are we going with these passed out dillholes?" asked Donna as she jerked a thumb in their direction.

Eric and Hyde looked at each other and smirked. "I was thinking someone's front yard," Eric answered while Hyde nodded his head in agreement.

Donna knitted her brows. "Like whose?"

Smirking again, Hyde replied, "Oh someone's."

"Look, if they end up in my front yard in nothing but women's clothing, I'll know whose asses to kick!" Donna warned them.

Eric laughed. "No, not yours," he answered as he shook his head. "Crazy bird lady's yard next door."

Donna slightly laughed. "Okay."

"So, let's get them in their sleeping attire," Hyde suggested with a mischievous smirk and raised eyebrow.

As Donna went to open the passenger side door, she realized a sleeping Jackie was there. "Um, Hyde, you need to c'mere and take care of your ex-girlfriend," she informed him.

"Why?" he questioned her.

"Because if she wakes up in your car tomorrow morning, you better be prepared to run cos she'll kick your ass; especially if she doesn't remember how she got there."

Nodding his head in thoughtfulness, he agreed. Sighing heavily, he went over to her door and carefully opened it. Jackie's eyes fluttered open briefly before closing again. "Steven, let me sleep," she grumbled.

"Sh! I will, but first you need to go to bed," he told her.

"Why can't I sleep here?"

"Because this isn't your bed and you'll freak out."

"Pft! Whatever, let me sleep."

"Jackie, wake up and walk with me would ya?"

"No, let me sleep!" she grumbled again.

Exhaling deeply, exhausted from his useless argument with a sleeping Jackie, Hyde scooped her up from her seat and carried her inside. Donna and Eric merely watched for a moment before grabbing the clothes under the seat.

"He really loves her, doesn't he?" Donna asked touched by Hyde's gentleness with Jackie.

"Yeah, I think he does," Eric responded quietly. Staring at them for another moment, Eric slipped his hand into Donna's before speaking again. Squeezing it, he said, "Just as much as I love you."

Donna smiled and returned the squeeze before realizing something. "Oh crap! The door's locked!" Racing to her house, Donna left Eric standing by the El Camino, who was snickering, as she went to unlock the door for Hyde.

Staring at the two passed out idiots, Eric merely shook his head before saying, "Oh what man-pretty friends I have."

Donna soon returned to the El Camino alone. "Hyde's gonna put Jackie to bed and come down to help us with the sleeping beauties," Donna informed him. "But we need to get them changed first."

"Oh, Kelso gets to wear the girls' clothes," Eric instructed her as they sifted through the garments. "Because he thinks we're making Fez look man-pretty. And I'm not losing a bet to a passed out drunk."

Donna rolled her eyes. "Okay fine, doofus. Let's just get him changed. We'll deal with Fez later."

While Donna and Eric got Kelso in his sleeping attire, Hyde quietly carried Jackie upstairs to her room. Carefully walking up the stairs, Hyde carried her as Jackie snuggled into his chest. Stealthily walking down the hallway towards her room, Hyde made sure to be extra careful not to awaken Bob and JoAnn. Entering her room, Hyde felt his way towards her bed. Tripping over something he couldn't see in the dark, he lunged forward with Jackie in his arms, landing on top of her on the bed.

"Shit," he whispered as quietly as he could, feeling pain throbbing somewhere on his shin.

"Mmm. . .Steven?" Jackie stirred under him.

"Sh, everything's cool," he calmly whispered to her before removing his arms out from under her body. "Jackie, where's your pj's?"

"Oh, in that drawer," she replied as she lackadaisically waved her arm in the direction of her nightstand, pointing at said drawer thinking she was pointing at her dresser drawer.

Walking on his knees over to it, he opened it up looking for pajamas - only he didn't find pajamas; he found his black Led Zeppelin shirt. Slowly exhaling in shock, he picked it up and held it in front of him. Curious to know if she ever really wore it –claiming she wouldn't wear something used and dirty – he brought it up to his nose to take a sniff. Sure enough, it smelled like her and faintly of him. Pulling it away, he threw it on the bed next to her before looking in the drawer for pants.

Thinking the nightstand drawer was an odd place to stash pj's, he soon discovered that he had actually pulled the shirt out of an opened box. Grabbing the box and lifting it out of the drawer, Hyde quietly set it on top of the nightstand to see what else was inside it. As the silvery light from the moon lit her room, Hyde saw that the box was labeled "Steven". Drawing a ragged breath, he rummaged inside it, seeing different things he had given her and even things he didn't know she took. Quietly chuckling to himself at the thought of Jackie being a clepto, he returned the box to its original spot and went in search of pajamas.

Finding some in the second left drawer of her dresser, he pulled out a grey pair and threw them on the bed. After shutting the drawer closed, he turned to look at the passed out / sleeping Jackie on the bed. Carefully, he took her shoes off and set them on the floor next to the foot of the bed. With shaky fingers, he slowly undid her jeans and slid them off her before replacing them with the grey pajama bottoms.

Jackie stirred in her sleep. "Steven, I love you so much," she mumbled as she rolled over onto her side.

Steven Hyde was gob smacked; he didn't know if it was her passed out drunken self or her subconscious self confiding her true feelings or not. Exhaling, he asked her, "Jackie, hey sit up so you can put your pj's shirt on."

"Oomph!" she moaned as she sat up and removed her shirt before laying back down.

Hyde chuckled. "Jackie, babe, you gotta get your other shirt on and then you can go back to sleep."

"Mmmph!" she mumbled as she turned on her other side.

Hyde sighed and rolled his eyes. "Damn it," he mumbled realizing he'd have to put the shirt on her. Grabbing the shirt, he bunched up the hem to the collar and made Jackie lean up before pulling the shirt over her head. Taking an arm, he weaved it through a sleeve before doing the same to the opposite side. Then he made sure to pull the hem down to her waistband before letting her fall back onto her pillows. Smiling in contentment at her sleeping form, he pulled back the covers and carefully slipped her petite form inside. Covering her up with the sheet and a blanket, Hyde made sure she was as "snug as a bug in a rug", as Mrs. Forman would say. Still leaning over her, Hyde bent down and dropped a soft kiss on her forehead. "Night, sweet pea," he whispered as he straightened up to look at her. After a moment, he turned to leave; almost to the door, he heard her return with her usual line.

"Night, sugar bear."

Hyde smiled sadly before exiting while Jackie smiled dreamily in her sleep.

Outside, Donna and Eric had Kelso dressed in his blouse and skirt ready to be led to the neighbor's yard. Fez was still curled into a ball on the back end of the El Camino. Hyde walked up to them. "Hey," he greeted them then laughed at the sight of Kelso. "Awesome, man."

"Thanks," Eric returned. "He was easy to manage and deal with. He thinks he's going to see Queen, but instead he looks like one."

Hyde chuckled quietly. "That's great, man. So what about Fez?"

"Well, Eric told me about the bet Kelso made with you guys," Donna informed Hyde, "so we opted not to dress him up. Instead we thought we could strip him down to his undies, but he's awfully touchy and squirmy."

Hyde nodded in understanding. "Okay, well, let's get Kelso moved first. We'll take care of Fez later."

"Alright, I'll get Kelso to walk with me over there," said Eric. "He's been pretty cooperative with us."

"Yeah, I almost think he's aware of what's going on and likes it," Donna added making a weird face.

"Pft! He would," Hyde agreed as he helped Eric get Kelso up.

"Okay Kelso, let's take a little walk," Eric told him.

"Dude, I'm tired," Kelso grumbled. "Can't I just sleep?"

"Oh yeah, man," Hyde answered him; "we're just helping you to your bed."

"Good! Cos I'm tired!" Kelso informed them.

Taking an arm over their shoulders each, Hyde and Eric helped Kelso walk over to crazy bird lady's backyard. Once there they had Kelso lie down and go to sleep on her porch step. "Okay man, here's your bed," Hyde told his friend as he helped him down. "Sleep tight!"

As they watched Kelso curl up and go to sleep on crazy bird lady's back porch step, they snickered at their almighty burn. "Well, let's go get Fez," Eric announced before they turned around to burn their other unsuspecting friend.

Returning to the muscle machine, the boys found Donna had Fez on the tailgate sitting up and leaning on her.

"Thank God you guys are back!" she exclaimed. "This perv keeps calling me 'Laurie' and is trying to grab my boobs!"

Hyde laughed while Eric made a disgusted face. "Yeah, I don't want to think or know what's going on in his mind right now. So, let's just get him next door and strip him."

Raising an eyebrow at him, Hyde remarked, "Y'know that sounds really wrong coming out of your mouth."

"Ha ha, Hyde," Eric sarcastically replied. "Let's just get this done and over with."

"Hey, why don't we take Kelso's clothes and hang them from her tree in the front yard?" suggested Donna as she held them up.

The guys laughed. "Excellent, Donna man," Hyde praised her for her idea. "Hey, let's put Fez's in her backyard."

Eric and Donna laughed as the boys guided Fez over to bird lady's front yard while Donna threw Kelso's clothes in the tree. "Man, I can't wait for them to wake up tomorrow and find out where they are," Eric commented. "This is like payback for Kelso's burn day."

"Yeah man, I hear ya," Hyde nodded.

Once they deposited Fez on the front lawn, they quickly stripped him down to his skivvies. Walking around to the back to dispose of his clothes, Donna asked Hyde, "So, did Jackie fight you on anything?"

"Na, she was pretty easy to handle," Hyde commented. "Just wish she was when she's conscious."

Eric chortled. "Yeah, if only!"

"Well, thanks for taking her upstairs for me," Donna thanked Hyde. "I know it's been a rough night with her."

"Whatever," he replied as they started throwing Fez's clothes in the trees or around the yard.

Soon they were done and headed back to the Forman's driveway. "Well, I'm heading in. Later," Hyde said before parting from the golden couple.

"Night Hyde," Donna said before returning her attention to her boyfriend. "So, you coming over?"

"Yeah, last time before Red comes home tomorrow," Eric replied as he slung an arm around his girlfriend as they walked towards the Pinciotti's house.

"What, and then fun time's over?" Donna chided him.

Eric smirked. "Oh no, the real fun will start when Laurie returns, at least according to mom."

Donna slightly chuckled at that thought. "Well, let's go have our own fun time," she suggested to him as they entered the house quietly and raced upstairs to her room.

As the gang all found some form of sleep that night, one thing was certain – change was in the air.


AN2: This chapter's title comes from the 1975 KISS song, "Rock and Roll All Night". Playing on the radio to the party is Led Zeppelin's "Rock & Roll" from their 1971 album, Led Zeppelin IV, track # 2. Songs played during the party were: "She's Got Balls" by AC/DC on their 1975 album High Voltage track #2 ;"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Elton John on his 1973 album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road track #14 ; "No More Mr. Nice Guy" by Alice Cooper on his 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies track #6 ; "I Wanna Know Why" by Aerosmith is from their 1977 album, Draw the Line, track #2; "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin is from their 1969 self-titled album, Led Zeppelin, track #4; "Right Place Wrong Time" by Dr. John is from his 1973 album, In the Right Place, track #1. The song playing during the circle is Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" from their 1971 album, Led Zeppelin IV, track #8. Jackie & Hyde made out to "Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent, which is on his 1975 self-titled album, Ted Nugent, track #1; and "Tuesday's Gone" is by Lynyrd Skynyrd on their 1973 album, Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd), track #2.

Also is quoted Slater's rant about George Washington from, you guessed it, the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. I apologize for not updating sooner, but being a teacher caught up with the beginning of the new school year plus moving into a new apartment, it's all been a lot on my plate. Anyway, thank you for being patient with me, and I hope this update fulfilled some Jackie/Hyde interaction "needs". ;) Please don't forget to review! I know it sounds cliché, but they really do make my day. . .especially after dealing with crazy Kindergarteners, 1st graders, and 2nd graders all day long. :sadnod: No really, they do. So please do a tired teacher (no writer ;) ) a favor and review. Thanks so much:D