Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THAT 70'S SHOW.

A/N: I know this is another short chapter but I've been really busy with work, and I just wanted to get something out to you guys. And a short chapter is better than no chapter I figured. So I hope you like it. Thanks!

Chapter 10: One Drunken Night

Rating: Mature

Smut: a little I guess, but not really.

About two months later, on the morning of Thursday, August 28, Jackie sat on her sofa watching the weather forecast. It was Kelso's birthday and he made Jackie promise that she would take a day off from working to spend it with him. She had no idea what they were going to be doing, but since it was Kelso she was sure that it was going to be something wild.

'At least it's going to be nice today.' She thought.

Jackie hadn't seen Chris since the night they spoke at the hotel. Although he had told Jackie he had a feeling that they would run into each other, she wasn't so sure. It's been almost two months and she hadn't heard from him, no phone calls, and no letters. Not that she given him her phone number or address, he hadn't asked for either. Maybe he wasn't prince charming after all.

'Such a shame, I bet our children would've been beautiful.'

She gets up and walks to her door so she can check for her mail. When Jackie opens the door she yelps startled to see that someone was standing at her door.

"Steven! You scared me, what are you doing here?"

Hyde smirks at her, "I came here to pick you up."

"Pick me up and take me where?'

Hyde shrugged, "I dunno, its Kelso's birthday so we're probably going to have a few beers and see what happens from there."

Jackie laughs, "Ok, one more question. Why are you here to get me by yourself? Where is everyone else at?"

"Everyone else had things to do and will be here later, but I am my own boss and answer to no one so I'm here now. Plus I heard you got yourself a place and I wanted to see it."

"Well here it is." Jackie says as she steps aside and gestures for him to come in.

Hyde nods as he looks around, "It's nice."

"Yeah I like it a lot. Um, what's that?" Jackie asked pointing to the object in his hand.

Hyde holds out a record, "ABBA."

Jackie smiles at him, "You brought me an ABBA album?"

"Yeah I know you like this crap and you left your old ones in Wisconsin."

"It's not crap! But thank you Steven. Although it's kind of predictable, you bringing me a record and you own a record store. " Jackie said.

"Oh, well then I guess this is kind of predictable too huh?" Hyde said holding up a joint.

Jackie laughs, "Very."

Following Kelso's raving birthday festivity Hyde escorted a very liquored up Jackie back to her apartment. Hyde wasn't too sure what he thought about the "new" Jackie. Because she certainly wasn't the old one anymore, she seemed more happy and easygoing in that one day than she had ever been in Point Place and it wasn't just because of the pot, she had changed a lot in the short three months of moving to Chicago but in a good way …maybe she really wasn't happy in Point Place anymore.

After spending 6 minutes fumbling in her purse for her misplaced keys, Jackie finally finds them and opens the door to her apartment, stumbling inside. Hyde wondered how many beers she drank, he had lost count after the first 7 or so, but he wasn't exactly sober himself either.

Once inside Jackie headed straight for her sofa falling onto it face first breathing deeply. She didn't move but since he could tell that she was breathing he presumed that she had just passed out.

Standing awkwardly in Jackie doorway, Hyde decides to quietly turn around and leave.

"Steven?" He hears Jackie mumble from under the cushions.

"Yeah?"

"Where are you going?"

"Um, home."

Jackie slowly raises herself up, "No, don't. You need to s—"

She got up and tried to move but only ended up stumbling. Jackie felt as though the room was spinning, she chose to stay put where she was, maybe if she didn't move the feeling would pass.

"You need to stay her— here with me. I don't… Don't leave me here alone Steven. I'm so tired of being alone. I need you."

Jackie attempted to walk over to him again but with the room still whirling slightly, she fell back to the wall deciding to lean against it for support.

Hyde closed Jackie's door and walked towards her, and as he did so something alerted him. He could feel his cock bulging in his jeans; he was turned on, but from what? Could it possibly be because he was standing in front of a beautiful woman who was telling him that she wanted him to spend the night with her and that she needed him? Probably, and was what she was saying have sexual meanings? Hyde had no idea, he wanted it to, but nevertheless he ignored it, she was drunk and not in her right state of mind. He would be taking advantage of her insobriety, and if it was any other girl Hyde wouldn't have cared, but this was Jackie. And they were in too good of a place in their "friendship" right now to compromise it with more meaningless sex, well, meaningless to Jackie anyway.

Hyde took her arm and carefully led her to her room.

"Are you going to stay with me Steven?" Jackie asked.

Hyde sighed and nodded, figuring that he could just stay for an hour until she fell asleep. "Yeah doll I'm stayin'." He said as he helped Jackie lay down in her bed. He turned to leave and go back into the living room when she stopped him.

"Steven…where are you going? You said you would stay."

"I am staying Jackie. I'll be in there." Hyde said pointing to the living room.

Jackie shook her head. "No, you have to stay here." She said, pointing to her bed.

Hyde sighed heavily, "Jackie, I can't sleep in your bed with you ok?"

"Why not?" Jackie whined.

"Because it's weird."

"No it's not; we used to sleep in the bed together all the time."

"Yeah used to, because we used to go out. But we're not anymore so, no." Hyde said. He knew he couldn't get into bed with her. He already had an overly painful erection just from being near her and talking to her. If he got in bed next to her he was afraid he wouldn't be able to control himself.

"Please Steven." Jackie begged.

Hyde looked at Jackie, he wanted desperately to tell her no and walk out of her apartment. But looking at her sad face, flushed cheeks and disheveled hair, he couldn't get over how incredibly sexy she looked at that exact moment.

Ignoring the still slightly sober part of him that said not to, Hyde crawled into Jackie's bed next to her.

"Thank you." Jackie whispered soon after drifting off to sleep.

Later in the morning, Hyde lay in Jackie's bed watching her sleep. He stroked her face tenderly, running his fingers over her slightly parted lips listening to her panting softly. Thoughts ran through his head as he watched her.

Hyde didn't understand her; he didn't understand why she didn't want to be with him but asked him to do things like spend the night with her. He knew she didn't want him to stay so they could have sex, but it was still misleading.

His cock throbbed eagerly thinking of all the things he wished he could be doing in bed with her. It was the first time that Hyde had ever slept with a girl and all they actually did was sleep. He didn't like it; he couldn't remember the last time he had to have so much self-control, and it wasn't easy at all. Especially with her hand resting on his stomach, dangerously close to his to the head of his cock as it shoved itself up his boxers.

Jackie shifted slightly causing Hyde to start panicking, what if she didn't remember asking him to stay? Or even worse, what if moved and felt what was beneath her hand?

She opened her eyes.

"Hi Steven, you stayed." She said smiling up at him.

"Yeah, I told you I would. But I'm surprised you even remember asking me to. "

Jackie grins. "It's one of the few things I do remember; just about everything else is fuzzy. I think maybe I had a little too much to drink."

Hyde snorts, "A little?"

Jackie laughs, "Thanks for staying Steven. This isn't too uncomfortable is it? It's not like it's the first time we've woken up in bed together before. Although I don't ever remember you being this enthusiastic." She said while grinning at Hyde.

"Well it's your own fault Jackie. You can't tell me to get into bed with you and expect this not to happen. I mean come on look at you."

Jackie doesn't say anything for a moment; she just looked at him, then suddenly she moved over to straddle him.

"You're right Steven it is my fault so let me make it up to you." She whispered into his ear.

"Jackie, what are you doi—"

Hyde was interrupted by Jackie's hand sliding down and gripping him. She kisses him softly.

"Steven just don't say anything ok? I know that I've been difficult to deal with, but I was confused and needed time to think. And I've been here for almost three months now, and I've done a lot of thinking, trying to figure out what it is that I want and I've finally decided that… I want you. I've always wanted you, but I was just afraid that you didn't feel the same way anymore. And I love you Steven and I don't care if we don't ever get married. I just want to be with you, but I'm still afraid you don't feel the same way, so I need you to tell me. Do you want me?"

As Hyde looked up at the beautiful woman above him, he couldn't believe how perfect this all was. He thought when….ifJackie decided she wanted to be with him, it would've taken her longer than this, that they would've had to go through so much more than a little bit of arguing. But here she was not only telling him that she loved him and wanted him, but that she didn't care if they ever got married. It was almost too good to be true, almost like…

The loud beeping of Jackie's alarm startles Hyde as he jumps, in a daze and confused. Looking over at Jackie he sees that she's not on top of him pouring her heart out as he thought she was a few minutes ago, but still asleep, unfazed by the noise. Hyde groans realizing that none of that "morning" actually happened. He took Jackie to her room, got into bed with her, and slept, that's all that happened. The rest was just a dream.

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