Author's Note: this is my all ORIGINAL VERSION of how J/H got together. It's an alternate universe fic, so bare with me. I added my own character, his name is Pacey. He's not romantically inclined with Jackie as of yet but that could change, I'm still rewriting this alright? But he is my own original created character and will show up in in one of the later chapters, not sure which. This story is different from my other stories, in the sense that its starts out set with Jackie in kinder garden and Hyde in second and progresses from there. Once they hit high school though it will all even out, this is an experimental fic. Meaning that i will only continue if a decent amount of you think that i should, now i don't ask for much. To me, if as little as four people review this chapter saying they like it or whatever; thats a sign to continue. Well, i hope you like it and as always please don't forget to R&R. :)

ATTENION READERS: THIS IS A STORY I WROTE 3 YEARS AGO. I reread it recently and noticed a bunch or grammar errors and want to fix them. I also realized there is SO MUCH MORE that I could add to this story. I am going to rewrite every chapter one by one SO BARE WITH ME ON THIS. Some will have a lot of noticeable differences and others will only have a few. This being said, enjoy and PLEASE REVIEW!! =)

Chapter #10

(continued from last chapter; the next morning)

" you ready to tell me what happened last night?", questions Hyde as he emerges from their bed room in just a pair of sweat pants.

" could I at least have something for breakfast before you start in on me Steven?", grumbles Jackie pausing from her search for food to stare at Hyde.

Pouring Jackie and himself a bowl of cereal, Hyde sets one in front of her," there, breakfast is served Jacks."

Poking at her cereal bowl, Jackie shoves it away from her," cereal? I was thinking pan cakes or waffles, so come on Steven. Make it happen."

" yeaaah, thats not going to happen Jackie. You can quit stalling.", orders Hyde with a look of growing irritation.

" boy, someone sure is grouchy this morning.", mumbles Jackie to herself quietly.

Finishing the last of his breakfast, Hyde places his bowl into the sink," Jackie."

Sighing to herself in defeat, Jackie stares down at her lap. Doing her best to avoid eye contact with Hyde, she reluctantly admits," Pacey made a move on me."

" he made a move on you?", repeats Hyde in confusion, not quite getting what Jackie is saying.

" he kissed me last night.", enlightens Jackie slightly irritated that she had to spell it out for Hyde.

Curling up a fist at the mere thought, Hyde pushes out from his seat," I'll wring his neck."

Grabbing a hold of Hyde's arm, Jackie yanks him toward her," don't! ...it wasn't like that Steven."

" it wasn't, so then you wanted him to kiss you?", counters Hyde before folding his arms across his chest.

" what? No! He had been hinting all night about the two of us going steady, thats all. And when I confronted him about it, he couldn't admit to how he felt so instead he just kissed me.", explains Jackie with her eyes darting anywhere to avoid seeing the pained look that was now surely to be plastered all over Hyde's face.

Looking down at Jackie's hand clamped around his bicep, Hyde stares down at her with hurt visible all over his features now," so, what? Are you dating him now? Is that it?"

With a quick shake of her head, Jackie loosens her grip on Hyde," Steven, I'm not even twelve yet. I don't want to be bothered with boys and their horny little needs just yet."

" fair enough, so then what am I supposed to do about this Jacks?", questions Hyde as he stares down at Jackie quietly for an answer.

"....watch a movie with me?", suggests Jackie as she attaches herself to Hyde's side.

Noticing the silent plead in Jackie's eyes, Hyde reluctantly nods his agreement," I could do that."

With relief visible in her eyes, Jackie relaxes as she settles back against Hyde gratefully," thanks Steven."

"...Jackie, would you....would you date Pacey in a few years? You know, if he asked you out again?", asks Hyde quietly after about ten minutes of comfortable silence.

" I don't know Steven, probably not. He's too good of a friend to chance it.", admits Jackie before laying her head back onto Hyde's shoulder.

" what about me?", ponders Hyde a short while later as he looks down at Jackie for any kind of a reaction to his question, quickly becoming disappointed at what he finds.

" Steven...", starts Jackie in a hesitant manner, quickly becoming uncomfortable at what Hyde is hinting at.

" right, that was a stupid question I suppose.", offers Hyde in apology as he nestles his face into Jackie's neck while silently wondering what it would be like just to feel his lips against hers once more, knowing that it will probably never happen again though with a depressed sigh. ... --

Authors Side Note: sorry that i haven't updated this or my other stories lately. i haven't forgotten about them, its just been a busy last couple months. holidays are hectic and my new career as a school bus driver has presented lots of work and earlier than usual bedtimes :) hope everyone had a great new year. i re-read the chapters i updated already and realized i still made a couple grammars errors, sorry about that. its kinda irritating, i know, especially to me because i could of sworn i proof read every updated chapter at least 2 or 3 times. i'm not perfect though, no one is. either way, hope everyone enjoys this update. if you notice grammar or any other errors i may have missed, by all means please point them out from now on and i'll fix them when i get the chance :)