Authors Note: Oh wow i feel like i havent written in a while. For that i am so sorry. So my thoughts personally on the last chapter...favorite part was the end in my opinion. I dont know how the rest of you felt but it just gave this sense that everything isnt as right as it appears. And you know what that isnt wrong at all. You'll learn the in the next few chapters. For now though we get to focus on the couple we all love. They're having their lives changed for the better only one of them isnt sure this is something they can handle. The next few chapters are VERY rocky. Things are going to get complicated and hectic. I just hope that you all stay with me for it. I dont know if you guys have checked out We're Twins since i updated but i found out a month or so ago that i'm pregnant so all the stuff that Jackie is going through i'm taking that from my own person experience. Especially the bathroom scene in this chapter. Because that's a real conversation that sorta of happened. lol. Ne ways enjoy the two songs in here are Lift me up and Manhattan from the Sky by Kate Voegele. They're on her new cd called A Fine Mess so check it out. Thanks to all of you who reviewed last and i cant wait to see what you think of this chapter.

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Are you Ready for More?

Chapter Eight: Manhattan from the Sky

Hyde walked into his room as he pulled the CD out of its case. He stared down at the cover at the face of the woman he loved more than life itself. He opened his CD player and slipped the disc inside and pushed play before walking over to his bed. The song that immediately started playing was one that hit him very close to the chest as her voice filled his ears.

This road is anything but simple

Twisted like a riddle I've seen high and I've seen low

So loud, the voices of all my doubts

Telling me to give up, to pack up and leave town

Even so, I had to believe

Impossible means nothing to me, yeah

So can you lift me up,

Turn the ashes into flames

'Cause I have overcome

More than words will ever say

And I've been given hope

That there's a light on up the hall

And that a day will come

When the fight is won

And I think that day has just begun

Somewhere, every body starts there

I'm counting on a small prayer,

Lost in a nightmare

But I'm here, and suddenly it's so clear

The struggle through the long years

It taught me to outrun my fears

Everything worth having, oh

Comes with trials worth withstanding

So can you lift me up,

Turn the ashes into flames

'Cause I have overcome

More than words will ever say

And I've been given hope

That there's a light on up the hall

And that a day will come

When the fight is won

And I think that day has just begun

Oh, lift me up

Oh, lift me up

Oh, lift me up

Lift me up

Lift me up

Oh, Lift me up

Down and out is overrated

And I need to be elevated

Looking up is not enough

No, I would rather rise above

So can you lift me up,

Turn the ashes into flames

'Cause I have overcome

More than words will ever say

And I've been given hope

That there's a light on up the hall

And that a day will come

When the fight is won

And I think that day has just begun

Oh, oh, oh, just begun

Lift me up, yeah, oh, oh, oh, yeah, now

Oh, oh, lift me up

Lift me up

Lift me up

He looked over at the picture of her that sat on his bedside table and felt his heart constrict in his chest. He stared at her smiling face and in that moment wondered what she was doing.


Baby.

What are you doing today?

What are you doing later?

I don't know my way through a maze of gray skyscrapers.

But I'm willing to learn.

If you want me to I'll stay just where I am.

But I promise just to follow where I land.

And you can take my word for that.

You are my Manhattan from the sky.

You look so neat and tidy when I'm way up high.

But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside.

And I wanna come down and walk around your mind.

Daisies. Once upon and old daydream that's what you gave me.

Out on the corner of Broadway and 48th Street.

On a rainy afternoon.

I could start discovering your world.

And I would make a damn good city girl.

Things would start to bloom.

I'm sure.

You are my Manhattan from the sky.

You look so neat and tidy when I'm way up high.

But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside.

And I wanna come down and walk around your mind.

I know you want me to see, don't lie to me.

Why ya gotta go be so shy to me?

Cuz I aint buying the false anxiety.

Let your fortress fall.

What is it gonna take to get you there?

If it was money you'd be a millionare.

All alone in your leather swivel chair.

Counting stacks of gold.

You are my Manhattan from the sky.

You look so neat and tidy when I'm way up high.

But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside.

And I wanna come down and walk around...

You are my Manhattan from the sky.

You look so neat and tidy when I'm way up high.

But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside.

And I wanna come down and walk around your mind.

Jackie danced around on the stage as her fans cheered and sang along with her. But her mind was somewhere else. She gave the crowd one final bow then quickly left the stage. She ignored everyone that tired to talk to her as she quickly made her way to her dressing room, then running to her own personal bathroom. She barely made it to the toilet before the contents of her dinner came back up to greet her. Once she was sure that everyone was out that was going to come out for the time being was gone she rested her head against the floor as she waited for the cold/warm feeling to go away.

"So when are you going to tell them?" Melinda asked as Jackie looked up at her from the floor.

"I'm thinking now would be the most appropriate time considering my head is currently glued to the floor." She said as Melinda smiled.

"Jackie the dancing and singing is too much for you right now. If you tell the label about the baby then you can rest. "

"I know…I just…god I hate this feeling." She said as she tried to stand up.

"Jackie come on. You need your rest and you need to go back home."

Jackie looked the other girl in the eye and nodded.

"I know that. I need to go back to tell Steven…I just…how am I supposed to tell the man I love that I left to record an album again and found out I was pregnant almost 2 months later. "

"Well just like that…I'm thinking that sounds pretty straightforward."

Jackie rolled her eyes as she walked towards her couch and collapsed.

"Just give it some thought alright." Melinda said as Jackie nodded before the girl left her room.

Jackie laid down on the couch and laid her arms gently over her stomach.

"I promise kid, we're going to go home soon."


Hyde walked around the store as he listened to Jackie's CD over and over again. He missed her more than anything in the world and right now not being with her was driving him crazy. He knew it was his fault that she was gone. Somehow deep inside of him, he just knew that he was the cause of her pain and the reason she had to leave. At the same time however he knew that when she'd been there things had changed for them. They were no longer the scared children they once were. Jackie had grown up so much in the years that she was gone that when she came back she wasn't the same person he'd once fallen in love with. Instead he spent the time she was here getting got know the new her and falling madly in love with her. She was more confident than ever and stronger than she'd ever been before. Her strength gave him the strength to go on in life and her confident gave him confidence in his life. But without her…without her he felt alone and empty. He hadn't realized before how much she'd affected his life in such a short time until her new tape came out. Once it was out and all the feelings she had towards him were out in the open he just knew. He knew that she was the one and that he had to have her back. However getting her back and being selfish about it wasn't something he was too keen on.

"Go get her." Eric said as he closed the door behind him.

Hyde turned to him and shook his head. "She needed to leave to finish her career. "

"Yeah, but you need her and she needs you."

"She doesn't need me." Hyde said as he walked over to the register.

"Really? Have you listened to any of her songs?"

"Everyday." Hyde said as he glared at Eric.

"Listen to the words…think of what happened when she was here."

Hyde listened as the same song he listened to yesterday played and he words sunk in.

"I feel like something changed with her."

"I do too. But I have no idea what."

"Well it could be that I'm pregnant."

The boys turned around and found Jackie standing in the doorway staring at them.

Hyde quickly walked towards her and pulled her tightly into his arms.

"Steven, I need room…to…breath." She whispered and he quickly let go of her.

"What are you doing here?" He asked as she smiled up at him.

"I came home because I'm pregnant." She said as he looked down at her and she nodded to him.

"Pregnant?"

"You knocked me up." She said as tears came to her eyes.

He pulled her back into his arms and cradled her as she cried into his chest.

Tears started to fall from Hyde's eyes as Eric slowly walked out the door.

Jackie pulled away from Hyde and stared at him.

"Why the tears?" She asked as he tried to wipe them away.

"I just…" He walked over to the listening pit and sat on the couch as Jackie followed him.

"Just what? Steven talk to me."

Hyde turned to her and smiled slightly. "After Sam…I never thought I'd get this chance again."

"Oh, Steven,"

"I want to do this right…I want to be a dad to our child." He looked her in the eye and she nodded.

"I walked away from the tour for our baby."

"You left?"

"All that dancing…I couldn't put this child in danger," She put her hand up against his cheek and he leaned into her touch, "I wasn't going to risk that happening to you again."

He leaned forward and kissed her lightly as she wrapped her arms around his neck.


"Hey honey," Eric said as he kissed his wife's cheek before taking a seat at the table.

Donna handed him his plate before sitting down between him and their daughter.

"So how's Hyde?" She asked as he put down his fork.

"Jackie came back."

"Jackie is home?"

"Yeah we were talking and poof there she was."

"Poof?"

"Poof." Eric said as Donna laughed slightly.

"So how was the doctor's appointment?" He asked as Donna froze.

"It was fine." Donna said as she went back to eating and Eric just watched her.

"Are you sure?"

"I just said it didn't I?" She said as he held up his hands.

"Okay, just making sure." He said before they went back to eating in silence.

"So Aunt Jackie is back?" Stephanie asked as Donna nodded.

"Looks that way sweetie."

"I bet her and Uncle Hyde are going to get married."

"Maybe." Donna said before she got up and put her plate in the sink.

Eric watched her leave the room before he smiled at Stephanie.

"They'll probably get married." Stephanie smiled and went back to eating as Eric continued to stare at the door that his wife had just gone through.


"How far along?" Hyde asked as they sat down on his couch talking.

"Over two months. I just found out two weeks ago."

"Two weeks ago? How did you not know?"

" I thought it was stress from touring because that's happened before, but then I started getting sick."

"That would do it." He said as she nodded.

He took her hands into his and she smiled at him.

"We're really having a baby."

"Steven we really are." She said as he smiled.

"We need to get some things straight then don't we?" He asked as she nodded.

"Where to we stand?" She asked as he leaned over and kissed her.

"I love you, I want you, I plan to marry you and I'm yours." He said as her heart skipped a beat. "What about you?"

"I love you, I want you, I want to marry you and I've always been yours." She said as he crushed his lips against hers in a searing kiss. He maneuvered their bodies so that he was above her and her legs were under his as his hands roamed her body.

His lips moved from hers to her neck as Jackie moaned from the contact. He moved his hands under her shirt as she closed her eyes in anticipation of his next move. Finally his hands found her bra and quickly snuck under it to fondle her breasts. She moaned from the contact and Hyde watched her as she arched up into him.

"I missed you so much." He whispered as she looked at him.

"I missed you too baby." She kissed him lightly before he pulled her shirt up over her head.

"Can we do this?"

"I don't see why not." Jackie said as he gave her a pointed look.

"Jackie that's not what I meant."

"The doctor said it's fine until the third trimester."

"Good, because I don't think I could stop if I wanted to." He said before he picked her up and carried her into his room.


A/N: Okay some of you might be mad that the scene ended there but this story is not about sex. It's just not. So i'm trying to keep as much of it out of the story as i can. This story is mostly angst and drama. Dont worry the angst will be right back in the next chapter so dont get use to all this fluff. lol. Let me know what you thought.