Ok, I had fun making this chapter. Well, fun and difficulty. Seriously, it was harder making Eric's part. Hope ya'll enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own That 70s Show, or Star Wars. I wonder how Eric's gonna take the entire Luke and Leia are brother and sister thing. Would he like Mara Jade?
Chapter 8: Oh the Lies!
"That's it!" Donna pointed at the two. "One of you is going tell me how the hell this all started or I'm gonna kick your asses!"
Jackie and Eric looked at each other. Jackie took a deep breath. "Fine, I'll tell you."
(Enter the flashback: Jackie's POV)
It was a few weeks after Donna and Michael had left. And Eric invited me over to listen to a record. I figured, why not?
When I got to the basement, I saw Eric standing by the record player wearing his crushed velvet jacket. He said, "I'm glad you're here."
He picked up a record. "Check this out," he said. He put the record on the record player. When the music started, it was ABBA's "Dancing Queen."
Eric then said, "Isn't this coolest? Don't you just want to groove to the tune?"
We started dancing...
(Break flashback: Regular POV)
"Wait, what?" Eric looked at Jackie with widen eyes.
"Eric, you listen to ABBA, man?" Hyde chuckled.
"No questions until the end!" Jackie yelled. "So anyway..."
(Flashback: Jackie's POV)
Me and Eric were dancing. I could totally tell he was trying to make a move on me. And held me real close and said, "Oh Jackie, Kelso twas a fool to leave you. And I twas be fool for choosing that lumberjack of a woman. She never even took thine promise ring, one that you deserved most assuredly."
He looked at me with the cutest smile. "Would thy accept my humblest kiss, milady?"
I nodded. He leaned in close and we kissed.
(Regular POV)
Hyde roared in laughter. Fez couldn't stop giggling. Donna was trying to hold in her laughter so she could keep up her rage.
"Damn, Forman! I didn't know you had it in you," Hyde broke out laughing.
"Like hell Eric could be that formal," Donna added, her frown slightly raised up.
"Oh c'mon! You guys can't be buying that!" Eric groaned.
Fez smiled at his friend. "Oh really?" Fez then raised his press his hands together in a praying motion. "Then would thine tell the truth, good sir?"
Hyde couldn't stop laughing! This was way better than anything he had planned for.
Eric glanced over at a smirking Jackie. "So she decided to burn me instead. Two can play at that game," Eric thought.
Eric then raised his voice. "Ok, guys here's what really happened. I like to call it The Truth!"
(Flashback: Eric's POV)
So I was hanging out in my basement like I usually do when Jackie came over.
"Hey Eric, guess I got?" Jackie smiled at me as soon as she got in.
I shrugged and said, "Do I have to guess?"
She slapped me on my arm and held THE TAPE in front of me. "I got Star Wars on Betamax!"
My jaw dropped. "You have it? But wait, does that mean you're..."
Jackie nodded, "Yup! I love Star Wars! In fact, I'm a huge Star Wars geek!"
(Break flashback: Regular POV)
"What?" Jackie glared at Eric.
Hyde couldn't believe this. "Best. Day. Ever."
(Flashback: Eric's POV)
So we went upstairs to the living room. No one else was home at the time. We sat on the couch and turned on the best movie of all time. The crawl slowly came on as Jackie nestled closer to me on the couch. I could totally tell Star Wars was turning her on.
We watched as on as Luke Skywalker found his family killed at the hands of the evil Empire. Jackie held me closer as she held back a sob.
The movie was near the end when Luke believed in the force and shot the photon blast straight into the Death Star. And it was at the moment I looked down at Jackie at my shoulder.
"Hey," I said to her.
"Hey," Jackie looked at me. "Eric?"
"Yeah?"
"After Kelso left me, I need a strong man. I need you. Can you my Luke Skywalker? My Jedi Knight?" Jackie leaned in close and lightly kissed me.
I kissed her back...
(End Flashback: Regular POV)
"...And said yes, Jackie, I will be your Jedi Knight," Eric smirked.
The rest of the gang was silent. Jackie didn't know whether to be mortified for her, for Eric, or both of them. Eric knew it was cheesy but the look on Jackie's face of complete shock and awe was worth it! Everyone else didn't know how to respond until Fez teared up.
"That was beautiful," Fez sniffed. He turned around, sniffed, and held his hand to wipe his eye.
Hyde looked at his foreign friend. "Are you crying man?"
Fez held back his sob. "No..."
Donna, on the other hand, was still pissed.
"What the hell? Those were two different stories!" Donna yelled out. She looked at both of them again. "So which one is it?"
"I'm going for Eric's story," Fez sniffed out again. "It was beautiful."
"No way man. Jackie calling Eric a "strong man"? Not happening," Hyde reasoned.
"So which one is it huh? ABBA or Star Wars?" Donna leaned in closer.
"You know what," Eric stood up. "we don't have to take this! C'mon Jackie."
"Sure," Jackie stood up next to Eric as they walked out the door.
When they left, the rest of the group stood in silence for a moment. "So, what just happened?" Hyde asked no one in particular.
"Well, Jackie and Eric just left after telling us how they came together in two different ways," Fez sighed. "Hyde, you really need to start paying more attention."
Hyde hit Fez in the arm.
"Damn it!" Donna rushed to follow Eric and Jackie but the Vista Cruiser was already gone.
Hyde walked out from the basement behind Donna.
"Never saw that coming," Hyde admitted.
"I didn't come back here to fight against Jackie for Eric..." Donna looked down. "How the hell did this happen?"
Hyde wrapped his arm around Donna. "Listen, we'll get Forman to tell us the truth eventually but for now, I know one thing that will cheer you up."
…
Hyde lit up the incense.
Hyde smirked. "That helped take the edge off."
Fez was eating Cheetos. "So between ABBA and Star Wars, I'm still going for Star Wars. I mean, how else could Eric win Jackie?"
Donna laughed. "Yeah. That dillhole! I mean, how could choose Jackie over me huh? I mean, she's a midget and look, my boobs are larger!"
Hyde looked down at Donna's chest. "Well, you didn't get the nickname "Big D" for nothing."
Fez then looked sad. "You know, the better question is how Jackie choose Eric. First she was with Kelso, then she liked Hyde for a moment and now Eric? I've been after her for longer but the moment she gets free from Kelso she goes to Eric! When will it be my turn? You are an unjust god!"
Kelso wandered in the basement, slipping on a blueberry Slurpee, at that moment.
"Whoa, you guys are doing a circle without me?" Kelso gaped. He turned and took notice of Donna. "What's with the costume Donna?" he gawked at her. "Is it my birthday?"
"Dillhole!" Donna hit Kelso in the arm as he took a seat.
He rubbed his arm. "Damn, Donna it was joke!"
"Oh hello there Kelso," Fez fidgeted around in his seat.
"Uh yo, Kelso," Hyde eyes widen.
Donna wasn't as silent as her friends. "Dammit Kelso! What is it about Jackie huh? Look at me! What does she have that I don't have?"
"Huh? What do you mean? Guys what's up with Donna?" Kelso asked the others.
"She means-" Hyde slapped his hand over Fez's mouth.
"Nothing man," Hyde said while Fez muttered under his hands.
Kelso shrugged. "Ok." He took a seat in the circle and stole a few Cheetos from Fez. "So anyway, I went to the store to check up on that Slurpee Chick."
Hyde moved his hand from Fez. "So how'd that go?"
"I don't think her and Eric are doing it," Kelso then pointed two thumbs at himself. "But this guy was!"
"What?" Fez shrieked.
Kelso grinned. "Yeah. I asked her about Forman and she said that he broke it off. Then we did it! And I got a free Slurpee out of it!"
Hyde looked closer at his friend. "Did she say why?"
"Why what?"
"Why Eric broke it off with her dumbass!" Donna punched Kelso in the arm again.
"Ow! Damn Donna! Again?" Kelso rubbed his arm. "All she told me was that Eric was going out with another chick but she didn't know who!"
"Wait, so she knew about Eric and Ja-" Fez found Hyde's hand once again slapped to his mouth.
...
After what happened, Eric and Jackie went to the park. They went just walking around, enjoying each others company when they saw their bench under the tree. They went to it and sat next to each, hand in hand.
"Well that went horribly," Eric moaned.
"We really should've thought the entire "lying" thing better," Jackie slumped. "How was that suppose to work anyway?"
"I don't know. I mean, it sounded like a good idea but," Eric scratched his head, "yeah we should know how my ideas turn out by now."
"So does that mean we'll tell them the truth now?" Jackie held his right hand while his left was on the steering wheel.
"Sure," Eric smiled. "Can't be any worse than saying I listen to ABBA."
"Or that saying that I love Star Wars," Jackie giggled.
…
A couple of hours passed before the pair decided to go back the Forman's. The Vista Cruiser pulled into the driveway when Kelso walked of the Forman's house with the rest of the gang behind him. Jackie was the first one out.
"Michael?" Jackie's eyes opened wide in surprise.
"Kelso?" Eric's voice squeaked out.
Kelso smiled. "Hey guys!" He then paused and stared at the two and laughed. "What are you two doing together?"
The two fidgeted, looking nervously at each other. Fez looked back and forth between the three. Hyde smirked, still thinking this was the best day ever. Donna, despite calming down a bit after the circle, was still pissed.
"Kelso, they're-," Donna started to yell.
"Michael, Eric and I are together now!" Jackie squealed out.
So much stuff just happened in this chapter. Just so much. More than I even planned. Yet light on the Eric/Jackie fluff. The "lies" didn't go as long as I wanted but I laughed while making them. I was originally going to make Eric tell about him and Jackie getting together while in Star Wars. I had most of written out but it just didn't fit within the chapter. The circle part was also pretty fun. Probably gonna work on that more in the future. Anywho, thanks for reading!
