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Chapter 9August 7, 1983 – 1 day before The Wedding – Hyde's POV
"To Jackie and Fez!" the crowd cheered. Hyde raised his wine glass as well, to toast the bride and groom, though his heart was not in it. They were at the Forman's, celebrating after going through the rehearsal dinner. He hadn't heard from Jackie since that night at the point. She had, again, been doing a good job of avoiding him. He didn't know what was going on. Since that night, he had a yearning for her that he hadn't felt since their first kiss years ago. And she wouldn't even look at him.
Hyde walked over to Kelso, Brooke and Betsy. "Uncle Hyde, pick me up!" Betsy yelled from the floor. Hyde lifted her up and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Are you excited to be a flower girl tomorrow?" he asked the bright eyed four year old.
"Auntie Jackie said I can throw flowers on the red carpet!" Betsy told Hyde excitedly.
"Yes you can! And you're going to be so pretty in your dress," Hyde told her.
"Of course I am, Uncle Hyde. I have the Kelso good looks," she said with a smile.
Brooke gave a thin smile. "Michael is teaching her early. Come on pumpkin, it's late. You have a big day tomorrow, you need to go to bed." Hyde handed Betsy over to Brooke and gave her one last kiss.
"Goodnight angel," he said, calling her by her favorite nickname. He turned around to see Jackie staring at him. When she caught him looking at her, she quickly turned away. He couldn't take it anymore. He had to talk to her. He needed closure. When she was away from Fez for a few moments, he walked up to her discreetly.
"Jackie, we need to talk. Find a way to get away from Fez somehow, and meet me in the driveway." And he walked away as quickly as he came. He then went out to the driveway, knowing she would soon follow. He waited only a few moments.
He looked up when he heard the door open. The seemed to illuminate her, and he thought for probably the millionth time that week, how beautiful she was. She was wearing a black cocktail dress, and she held her wine glass in her hand still. She walked over to him, and looked up at him/
"What do you want, Steven?"
"What do I want? What do I want? Jackie, what the hell? Two days ago you have me meet you in the spot where we had our first date, you bring up old memories, and then you seduce me. Then you got up all of a sudden, made up some crazy excuse to leave, and I haven't heard from you since. What is going on?
Jackie was quiet for a moment before speaking. "It was a mistake Steven," she finally answered, quietly.
Hyde glared at her. "A mistake? You think it was a mistake? Did you not feel what I did? Because I sure thought you did!"
"Steven, I'm engaged. I'm marrying Fez. I love Fez."
"You love Fez? Tell me, does he make you feel the way I do? Has he ever satisfied you the way I do? Has he ever loved you the way I do? Have you ever loved him the way you love me? Jackie, you're not the same. Your spunk, your fire, it's gone."
Jackie's face clouded over at his last comment. "Steven, you're mistaken. I don't love you anymore. I did, at a point, when I was an immature teenager. Puppy love. What Fez and I have is much more mature."
Hyde snorted. "Yea I bet. So much more mature. Since I have come back, I have noticed how spoiled, bratty, and bitchy you have become again. You had started to grow out of that with me, considering I wouldn't give in to your every demand."
"Exactly Steven. You couldn't give me what I wanted. Fez can."
"You never changed at all," Hyde snarled. "I thought I had broken you of your spoiled rotten ways. I guess I was wrong very wrong. You are still a self centered, spoiled bitch."
Jackie gasped, and took a few steps away. "Steven, I can't believe you just said that to me."
"Well, believe it, cuz I did."
"Fez asking you to be in the wedding was a huge mistake. I told him that from the start. But he insisted on having you in it. You better not ruin the most important day of my life tomorrow Steven. Because if you do, so help me God, you will wish you had never met me. How is that for spunk and fire?"
With that, Jackie turned on her heel and walked back into the house. Hyde stood alone in the driveway, staring at her retreating form. He then turned around and punched the garage wall. He moaned in pain for a moment, wallowed in his self pity, then decided to suck it up and be a man.
He would always love her. Now, it would have to be from afar.
