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After dinner, Jackie, Hyde, Eric and Donna went off to their rooms, making sure that Pastor Dave wasn't watching them. Hyde was sitting on his bed anxiously watching Jackie as she applied lotion on her legs and body after her shower. Her skin was still glistening from the water and the skin went on easy and smooth. Hyde watched as she combed out her long raven hair wishing he could trap his fingers in it. She applied her lotion on her face, over her cheeks, chin, nose, forehead…everywhere Hyde wished to kiss. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat feeling a little constrained in his boxers and Jackie saw his distant look through the mirror. She did her best to ignore it and continue getting ready for bed. Hyde couldn't take the silence anymore…it was leading him to a dangerous place…one he was sure Jackie didn't want.
"You don't need to do all that you know…" He whispered.
Jackie stopped what she was doing and turned to look at him. "What?" She asked.
He cleared his throat and sat up in bed. "All that prepping…or whatever you would call it." She laughed at him and he rolled his eyes. "I just mean…what's the point of it all?"
She sighed and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know…to stay my beautiful self I suppose." She said smiling at him.
"Jackie…" He whispered huskily. "You're always beautiful."
Her breathe caught in her throat and she had to fight the aching urge to run to him and make love to him until they were both spent. Just as she was about to say something, there was a knock on the door.
"Yeah?" Hyde called out.
"Hyde may I come in a moment?" He heard Pastor Dave say.
"Shit. Hide in the bathroom." Hyde said.
Jackie jumped up and grabbed her things trying to rush off to the bathroom before Pastor Dave caught her. She ran into the door frame as she went. "Shit." She hissed.
"You ok?" Hyde asked.
"Yeah. Yeah. Just answer the door!" She whispered before shutting the bathroom door.
Hyde nodded. "Right." He calmed himself and answered the door. "Hello Pastor Dave. What can I do for you?" He asked trying to remain calm.
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok…I'm going to check on Jackie after this."
"No!" He yelled not meaning to.
Pastor Dave cocked his head in confusion. "Is everything alright?" He asked.
"Sorry…I just…uh…" He had to think fast. "Donna just came in and said Jackie was asleep…I would hate you have you wake her." He said.
Pastor Dave nodded. "Oh…alright. I suppose I can speak to her in the morning." He said nodding his head.
"Yeah. Let her sleep it off." Hyde suggested glancing at the bathroom door to where Jackie was.
"Yes…well how are you?" He asked.
Hyde sighed and glanced at the door again knowing Jackie was listening intently on the other side. "I'm alright…" He whispered.
"Are you sure? I didn't mean to over step my boundaries…" He said.
"No…it's alright. You didn't know…" He said shaking his head.
"Yes well…I am sorry." He said honestly.
"It's fine." He said wishing he would just go away.
Pastor Dave smiled and then looked around the room. "Where's Eric?" He asked.
His heart stopped. "Um…shower." He said nodding his head.
"That's funny…I don't hear the water running. "He said looking to the bathroom.
Jackie ran to the shower and turned it on tripping as she went again and falling in eliciting a shriek from her mouth. Hyde and Pastor Dave both looked to the door.
"What was that?" Pastor Dave asked concerned.
"Oh Eric…he likes to sing in the shower…as you can tell he isn't very good." He said laughing nervously.
Pastor Dave gave him a strange look and then nodded his head. "Ok then…I guess I'll see you in the morning." He said walking towards the door to leave.
"Yep. See you in the morning." Hyde said wanting him to leave so he could check on Jackie.
Before he left, Pastor Dave noticed a lipstick tube on the bureau and picked it up. "Um…Hyde who's is this?"
Hyde's eyes bugged and he grabbed the lipstick. "Mine." He said without thinking.
"Um…yours? Hyde you do know that is for girl's right?" He asked.
Hyde laughed nervously. "Oh Pastor Dave…didn't you know that it helps to keep your lips smooth and un-chapped." He said.
"Wouldn't you just use chap stick for that?" He asked.
Hyde shook his head making a mental note to murder Eric and Donna. "You could…but this just works so much better." He said opening the tube and applying it to his lips.
Jackie was standing wet and cold on the other side of the door and she was trying to suppress her laughter of thinking of Hyde with lipstick on. Pastor Dave stared at Hyde like he had three heads.
"Ok then…" He said nervously backing away from him. "Goodnight."
"Night." Hyde said waving at him.
The second the door shut, Jackie opened the bathroom door and stared at Hyde smirking at him and trying not to laugh.
"Don't." He warned.
"Oh Steven you just look so pretty!" She said laughing and clapping her hands together.
"Yeah! Well…well…you're WET!" He yelled.
She laughed at him. "Is that the best you can do?"
He sighed. "Whatever. Just I need to get this crap off…" He said picking up a tissue and trying to rub the lipstick off of him.
Jackie walked over to him and took the tissue.
"Here. Let me help you…I'm a pro at this." She said gently wiping it from his lips.
Hyde was staring at her, his lips tingling from the sensation of her touching him so intimately again. Jackie looked up at him again.
"There…all done." She said.
"Thanks." He said not taking his eyes off of her.
"What?" She asked.
He cleared his throat. "Are you ok?" He asked.
"She looked down at her arm. "Oh yeah…I just scraped my arm a little but its fine." She said brushing it off.
Hyde took her arm. "Here…let me see." He looked at the scratch and gently traced it with his finger causing a shiver to run down her spine. He brought it to his lips and kissed it gently and then smiled at her. "There…all better." He whispered.
She stared at him about lean down to kiss him but her head got the better of her. And she smiled weakly at him and backed away. "Yeah…um…sorry that I left the lipstick out here." She whispered.
He laughed. "Yeah I'm sure you are."
"I'm actually sorrier that I didn't have a camera…" She said seriously.
He smacked her playfully on the leg and she giggled. "Bitch."
"Steven! Watch what you say! We're in the Lords House." She played along.
He laughed. "Yeah…the Lords House."
She laughed at him and then started to feel her heart pounding in her chest. "Well…we should try and get some sleep. We have to wake up early in the morning." She said backing as far away from him as she could.
Hyde watched her walk away from him like he was some beast that was about to hurt her. And he realized he had been…he had been like a raging beast that broke her heart into a million pieces and married someone else. He had no right to be able to be close to her and to kiss her arm the way he did. He nodded his head as he watched her retreat to her bed laying on her side, her back to him and he slowly got up.
"Yeah…well…goodnight." He whispered.
"Goodnight Steven." She whispered back.
He was lying, staring at her back and he was pretty sure he could see the gentle shake of her shoulders as she was silently crying. He sighed and took a deep breathe.
"Jackie…" He whispered.
She sniffled her tears away and her voice cracked as she replied. "Yes?"
"Do you really feel like we could just only be friends?" He asked.
She sighed and held her eyes shut tightly as they stung with fresh tears. "Steven don't…"
"I just…can't stand the thought of being away from you…I can't." He said not caring if she started yelling. He needed her damn it.
"Yeah well you were ok with it while you were off fucking your precious wife." She said turning to look at him.
"Jackie. She didn't mean anything to me." He said.
"Then why stay with her?" She asked.
"I told you I-" But he couldn't finish his sentence because he heard a loud bang from the room next door.
"What the hell was that?" Jackie asked.
"I don't know…" Hyde said getting up out of bed and peeking his head out the door.
Pastor Dave came down from his room in his robe and looked at Hyde. "What was that?" He asked Hyde.
"I don't know." He said looking at the door.
Jackie was about to come out but noticed Pastor Dace and ducked back in the room trying to avoid a sex lecture. Hyde glanced nervously back at Jackie who shrugged her shoulders. Pastor Dave approached the door and knocked gently.
"Donna? Jackie? Are you alright in there?" He asked.
Inside the room there was a complete and udder mess. Donna and Eric were on the ground…or on the bed that was on the ground since they had broken the bed during their pre-marital sex. Donna was staring down at Eric looking like she was going to die not sure what they were going to do. She jumped off the bed, wrapped her robe around her and pushed Eric off into the bathroom. Although he was limping since he had fallen off the bed as they went down and it fell on top of him.
"Go Eric! Go!" She yelled.
"Damn Donna…I'm limping."
"Donna…is everything ok?" Pastor Dave asked again.
Panicked, Hyde walked to the door. "I'm sure there fine. Why don' you go to bed and I'll check on them."
"Oh no…I wouldn't feel right with that. I need to know that they are ok." He said sternly.
"Really…I can take care of it." Hyde pleaded.
Pastor Dave looked behind Hyde. "Where's Eric? Wouldn't he be worried about his fiancé?" He asked.
Hyde's heart quickened. "He's a sound sleeper." He whispered.
"And you didn't wake him?" He asked.
"He just looked so…so…peaceful." He said.
"Well let's go wake him." He said walking to the door. "If something is wrong with Donna he ought to know."
"No!" He yelled.
Hyde saw Jackie duck into the room again running off to the bathroom and he walked to the door. "Let him be…so much nervousness about the wedding he hasn't slept much."
Donna was standing with her ear to the door listening to the conversation judging whether or not she should come out. Pastor Dave glared at Hyde and then began to talk again.
"You are hiding something…" He whispered.
"What? Me? Hiding someone-something!" He corrected himself quickly…"No. No…I'm not." He lied.
Pastor Dave rolled his eyes. "I get it. Jackie's in your room isn't she!" He yelled accusingly.
Hyde sighed. "Pastor Dave I-"
"You are a married man!" HE yelled. "And just because you are getting divorced it doesn't mean you can fool around with another girl. You shouldn't be doing that ever unless it is your wife!" Hey yelled.
"Pastor Dave nothing was going on." Hyde tried to reason with him.
"Oh of course it didn't." He said rolling his eyes. "Jackie you can come out now."
Jackie sighed and walked out into the hallway. "Pastor Dave this isn't what you think." She said.
"Don't you see what you are doing to yourself!" HE yelled at Jackie. "You're the other woman!"
Jackie's heart ached at his words. "No…I'm not. I…nothing happened. We aren't together." She tried to get him to understand.
"Well then I suppose that noise was Eric and Donna." He said accusingly.
Jackie and Hyde looked at each other not wanting to rat out their friends. Hyde sighed. "I think so…" He whispered.
"And you were trying to cover for them." He said walking to the door.
"Pastor Dave please don't-" Jackie started.
"Donna! Eric! Open up!" He said knocking on the door.
Donna sighed and motioned for Eric to come out of the bathroom, he limped over to her.
"So we're caught?" Eric asked.
"Yep. Afraid so." Donna said.
"I shouldn't have tried that new move…" Eric said.
"I know. I mean seriously Eric…just stick to your three moves. They've worked for us so far." She whispered.
"You're the best Donna." He said leaning into kiss her.
"Open up!" Pastor Dave yelled interrupting their moment.
Donna sighed opened the door. "Pastor Dave…" She whispered.
Hyde and Jackie peeked in the door upon seeing Pastor Dave's surprised and shocked expression. "Dude…you broke the bed?" Hyde asked.
"Oh gross…" Jackie said backing away.
"Shut up devil!" Eric yelled feeling extremely embarrassed by the situation.
Pastor Dave was just standing there unsure of what to say. "I just…what…I don't know what to…oh my god." He said.
Donna walked to him. "I am so sorry."
"This is just disgraceful." HE said backing away from her.
"I know…and we are so, so sorry." Eric said.
"And I suppose you two were doing this too!" He said looking at Jackie and Hyde.
"No!" They both yelled.
Donna sighed. "We asked them to switch rooms…they weren't doing anything. Don't be mad at them please…they were just trying to cover up for us." He said.
He sighed. "I'm sorry. But you all must go." He said shaking his head.
"No. Pastor Dave please don't kick us out." Donna pleaded with him.
"I'm sorry Donna…I did this as a favor to Eric's mother…she was so good for our church. But I just will not allow this sort of behavior in my marriage counseling. It was bad enough I knew you had sex before you were married before…but this…this is just to much. I'm sorry. Please leave…" He sighed.
Donna looked like she wanted to cry and Eric sighed. "We really are sorry…but um…could you do us a favor and not tell our parents?" He asked.
"Not a good time Foreman…" Hyde said.
"Just go…" Pastor Dave said pointing to the door.
Jackie looked at Hyde and whispered to him. "Come on…we should just get our stuff and go." She whispered.
He nodded his head. "Yeah…let's go."
Pastor Dave walked down the hall his head hanging low and Hyde patted his friend on the back. "Hope it was worth it man…"
Eric glared at Hyde. "Shut up man." He said.
Hyde nodded. "Sorry…let's just go."
"I can't believe we got kicked out." Donna whispered.
"Well you did break the bed…" Jackie pointed out."
"Jackie!" She yelled.
Jackie threw her hands up in defeat. "Sorry…but you did…"
"Whatever." Eric said. "Come on Donna…let's just get our stuff."
As they were going back to get their stuff somet lighting struck as the ran fell and the lighting illuminated Pastor Dave's form causing Jackie to jump.
"Serial killer Steven!" She yelled.
"Shh…" He whispered. He took a small step towards Pastor Dave. "Um…did you want something?" He asked him.
Pastor Dave didn't speak he just stuck his hand out towards Donna and Eric as the lighting struck. "I will pray for you…" he whispered eerily.
"Oh my god…" Jackie whispered. "Oh my god…Steven let's go now!" She yelled.
"Jackie's right." Eric said. "I can't believe I just said it but she is…let's get out of here." He yelled.
The four of them grabbed their stuff and ran out to the Vista Cruiser throwing their stuff trying to fend off the rain. Eric jumped in the driver's seta and turned the car on and threw it into reverse attempting to get them out as fast as possible. But the car seemed to be stuck in some mud because of the rain.
"Eric go!" Donna yelled.
"We're stuck!" He yelled.
"Crap!" Hyde yelled. "Jackie get in the front seat. Donna, Eric come with me. We're gonna push it out of here." He said throwing the door open.
"Steven! This isn't going to work!" Jackie yelled looking back at Pastor Dave who was stained on the porch holding a bible.
"Holy shit…" She whispered.
"Find your path to God!" He yelled holding the bible out to them.
"Let's push it out of here damn it!" Donna yelled.
Jackie hoped in the front seat and Hyde bent down next to her. "Ok Jacks…when I tell you to…slam your foot on the gas and when it starts going just slow down a bit so we can hop in ok?" He asked.
She nodded. "Yeah…yeah ok. Just go Steven!"
He nodded his head and ran to the back of the car. "Alright guys! Push!" He yelled. "Go Jackie! Go!"
In panic mode Jackie slammed her foot on the gas so far it went flying away from Donna, Eric and Hyde and covered them in mud. Jackie looked in her rearview mirror and cursed. "Oh Fuck!" She yelled. She stopped the car and waited for them to run to the car as she noticed Pastor Dave following them. "He's right behind you!" She yelled out the window.
The three of them hopped in the car and Pastor Dave came up to Jackie's window and he was illuminated by the lighting and she screamed. "You forgot your lipstick Hyde." He said holding it out to him through the window.
"Go Jackie go!" He yelled.
Jackie threw the car in drive again and sped off the property going sixty down the road the four of them screaming the whole way. Finally Jackie stopped at in intersection so they could calm down. They were silent for a few moments just catching their breathe trying to figure out what just happened. Finally Donna spoke up.
"Lipstick Hyde?" She asked.
"Shut it." He said turning to look at her. "I had to pretend that wore lipstick so you two wouldn't get in trouble. But I guess you breaking the bed ruined that huh?" He asked.
Eric groaned. "We're never going to live that down are we?" He asked.
"Nope." Both Jackie and Hyde said.
"Great…" Eric sighed. "And to top it all off…my parents are going to find out about this and my I'm pretty sure my Dad is REALLY going to stick his foot in my ass." He said positively.
"You can say that again…" Jackie whispered.
"What the hell are we going to do? I mean maybe he won't call…do you think he'll call?" Eric asked.
"I don't know…but I'm not in the mood to go home tonight and talk to them about it." Donna sighed.
"So what are we going to do?" Jackie asked.
"There has to be a hotel around here somewhere." Hyde said.
"Yeah…we need to get out of this car. The mud on my seats is just not good. Thanks Jackie!" Eric yelled.
"I'm sorry! Did you see Pastor Dave coming after you! We had to get out of there! He's like a man of God! Sure he didn't have a knife but I'm pretty damn sure he and the Big Man upstairs could have killed us with the bible!" She screamed at him.
"Alright! Everyone just calm down!" Hyde yelled. He sighed and looked down the street. "We'll find a hotel…stay there for the night and we'll go back tomorrow ok?" He asked.
"Fine. But try not to break another bed." Jackie accused them.
"Hyde…seriously put a muzzle on your chick."
"I'm not his chick!" She yelled at Eric.
"Whatever. Can we just go?" Donna asked seeing the hurt expression on Hyde's face.
"Fine." Jackie glared at him and drove off down the road.
Thirty minutes later, the gang drove up to a small hotel on a side street. Donna, Eric and Hyde were still soaked and muddy so they hopped out of the car as fast as they could, leaving Jackie to carry the bags.
"Idiots!" She yelled.
She dragged all their things into the lobby and found Eric paying for a room and Hyde looking a bit nervous. "Hey. What's wrong?" Jackie asked.
"They only have one room open…" He said.
Jackie's face fell. "What? How is that possible?"
"Well it is almost one in the morning Jackie. I'm sure that most people already booked their rooms." Eric said.
She sighed. "How many beds?" She asked.
"Two. Me and Eric get one and you and Hyde can share the other." She said.
Jackie laughed. "You are kidding me right."
"Look Jackie…its just one night." Donna pleaded.
"Yeah…that's what you said about sharing a room…and I dealt with that. But a bed?" She asked angrily.
"Jackie there's nothing we can do." Eric said. "Come on please…"
"I seriously hate you both." She said grabbing the key to the room and storming off. "You can carry the bags."
"Great…thanks guys." Hyde said shaking his head.
"Oh come on…I thought you would be happy about this." Eric said. "Sharing a bed with her again? Being that close to her? Isn't that what you wanted?" HE asked.
"Yeah sure…but not in this way. Not when she just wants to be friends." She hissed.
"Oh…she said that?" Eric asked.
"Yes!" He yelled.
"Ouch…that sucks. I'm sorry man." Eric said sympathetically.
"Shut up you moron. I get first shower and I hate you both too!" He yelled following Jackie. "And do not leave our bags our here!" He yelled.
Hyde entered the room and saw Jackie stubbornly sitting on the bed and he sighed. He knew it was going to be a long night.
"You better keep your hands to yourself!" She yelled.
"Jackie look I-"
"And you had better take a shower now! There is now way you are getting in this bed stinking the way you do!" She yelled.
"Jackie please don't take this out on me…it isn't my fault. And I didn't plan this alright?" He pleaded with her.
"Oh please…like you aren't looking forward to the prospect of being that close to me again?" She asked.
"Jackie…don't do this to me. Don't hurt me because I bared my feelings out to you."
"Like you've never done that to me?" She asked.
"So what…is this little rant of yours revenge?" He asked.
"No." She whispered. "I just…I can't…" She sighed. "I hate you!" She said getting up and ran to the bathroom slamming the door.
"Damn it." He sighed. "Now none of us will be taking showers…"
Donna and Eric came into the room dragging the bags along with them and they looked around the room. "Where's Jackie?" Eric asked.
"She…I-um…" He stopped and just looked at them.
"Oh no…what did you do?" Donna asked throwing their bags on the ground.
"I didn't do anything." He said lying through his teeth.
"Did you yell at her?" Donna asked.
"So what are you guys like best friends again?" Hyde asked. "She can forgive you but not me? What's up with that?" He asked trying to change the subject.
"Oh don't even go there with me Hyde! And no…she hasn't completely forgiven me yet…but seeing as she won't be talking to you I suppose I will be the one to take care of this." She sighed.
"Oh I hope it's not too much of a problem for you to take care of your best friend." He hissed.
"Oh shut up Hyde. And just so you know…now that I'll be in the bathroom I'll be taking the first shower." She said throwing his bag at her.
"God your fiancé can be a bitch." He rolled his eyes.
"Great going Hyde…now Jackie will be pissy all night." He yelled.
"Whatever man. This was your dumb idea for us to come up here…I mean did you really think it would go perfectly?" He asked.
Eric sighed. "I guess you are right…I'm sorry Hyde."
Hyde sighed. "Yeah me too…"
Meanwhile in the bathroom Jackie was pacing the small room and Donna was sitting on the toilet seat just letting Jackie get her anger out.
"I mean who does he think he is? Yelling at me like he did! I didn't do anything wrong!" She yelled.
"Well neither did he…" She whispered.
"What are you kidding me? He married another woman Donna!" She yelled.
"Ok…well if we're going that far back…you were in a hotel room with his best friend who happened to be in a towel." She pointed out.
Jackie stopped and glared at Donna. "Nothing happened between me and Michael Kelso." She hissed.
Donna saw the anger flashing in her eyes and she backed off. "Whoa…I'm sorry." She whispered.
"Just…take a shower Donna. You are attracting flies." She said walking out of the bathroom and slamming it shut.
"Damn…" Donna whispered before she got into the shower.
Meanwhile…Jackie stormed out of the bathroom and glared at the two boys who were nervously sitting on the window bench as to not get the beds muddy. Jackie picked up an ash tray on the table near by and threw it on the ground making it smash into pieces and she took a few deep breathes. Hyde and Eric exchanged nervous glances and Eric leaned into Hyde and whispered.
"Oh my God man…she is going to murder you." He whispered.
Hyde swallowed hard. "Yeah…I think she really will."
Jackie glared at them and then shook her head and fell onto her bed and wrapped herself up into a little ball on the bed. Hyde sighed and stood up and took a step towards her.
"Jackie…" He whispered.
"Steven just leave me alone…when Donna get outs of the shower…you get in and then go to bed. But please just don't touch me…" She whispered.
He heard the crack in her voice and knew she was on the verge of tears…so be backed off and nodded his head. "Ok…" He whispered. "Jackie?" No answer. He sighed. "I'm sorry I yelled at you…"
She was silent for a moment and then took a deep, shaky breath. "Me too Steven…"
He nodded and then got his stuff to change into when Donna was done with her shower. When everyone was showered and dry, they got into their respectable beds. Donna and Eric were spooning in bed happily and Hyde was lying on his side, his back to Jackie's back clinging to the edge of the bed not wanting to touch her but not wanting to fall of either. He felt Jackie shift in the bed and knew she was now facing his back, he could almost feel her sad, tired eyes burning into his back. He was fighting the urge to face her and touch her, to kiss her and speak to her. He couldn't stand the thought of making this any harder than it was for her. He knew she had agreed to come on this weekend for Eric and Donna…and the fact that he was there was making it very hard for her to stay strong. He wanted to comfort her…be the one to make the pain go away but he knew that he was the root of her problems. He couldn't be the one she ran to anymore when she needed a shoulder to cry on…because the tears were because of him. And he hated himself for that…he hated himself for being the man to finally break Jackie Burkhart. But that only made the need stronger to be the man to fix her too.
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