A/N: Please keep reviewing! I love reading your feedback Also, I just saw Friends With Benefits. Not only is it an awesome movie, but I'm somewhat basing this off of it.

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It was Friday night, and Jackie was preparing for her date with Casey. Eric walked by as she was doing her hair.

"You're taking a while," Eric commented, stopping at the bathroom door.

Jackie shrugged. "I'd like to look nice if I'm going on a date with the hottest guy in Point Place," she said with a grin.

"I didn't know we were going on a date," Eric said jokingly.

Jackie laughed. "Okay, second hottest guy in Point Place. And yeah, I said that for your benefit." She winked at him, causing him to hide a little smile.

"I finally have a title besides for dumbass," Eric said proudly, laughing. Jackie smiled and rolled the curler through her hair one last time. Then, she put it down and looked in the mirror.

"Okay, done." She turned to Eric. "How do I look?"

Eric looked at her. She had a black pencil skirt on, with a white blouse tucked into it. Her makeup was perfect, and so was her hair.

He ransacked his mind for the words. "You look… um…" He blushed. "You look stunning," he admitted.

"Aw, Eric." Jackie smiled at him; then grabbed her lipstick to reapply it. "Do you know the time?"

Eric checked his watch, which was no longer Deputy Dawg. "Quarter to seven."

"Oh my God!" Jackie clasped her hand over her mouth. "Casey was supposed to pick me up fifteen minutes ago!"

Eric shook his head. He knew that this was going to happen, but he let it happen anyway. "Listen, Jackie… maybe he just caught in traffic."

"The Kelsos live right down the street, Eric," Jackie pointed out, and then sat on the edge of the bathtub, looking sad. "God, I've never been stood up before." She frowned. Then, a car horn was heard. She jumped up. "That's him!"

Eric gave her a weird look. "How do you know?"

"Uh, Eric," Jackie said in an obvious tone, "Only Trans Ams have that nice pitch in its horn. It sounds nice, unlike most cars." Then, she ran out of the bathroom and went downstairs. Eric followed her, and watched her put on her shoes and grab her purse.

"See you later, Eric," Jackie said with a wave and a smile. Then, she was gone.

Eric sighed and walked past his father, who was on the couch.

"What's with you and the loud one?" Red asked his son. "Seems like you two actually get along nowadays."

Eric shrugged. "We're older now. We don't really have anybody else."

Red raised his eyebrows. "Well, I've been watching you, and I want you to watch it. She's on a date with another guy, you know," Red said, pointing his finger at Eric.

"Dad, what are you talking about?" Eric asked, pretending to look surprised. "I mean… wait… do you think that… oh, no way!" He shook his head with a crazy look on his face. "You," he said, pointing at Red, "are a crazy old man." Then, he turned around and left the room; walking through the kitchen and into the basement.

"Mom, what're you doing down here?" Eric asked, noticing his mother sitting on the couch.

Kitty turned around and shrugged. "I wanted to watch some television, and of course your father's up there with the Packers game on, so I came down here." She nodded toward the back room in the basement. "Steven's coming in a few weeks so I started moving some old boxes out of his room, too."

"His room?" Eric raised his eyebrows as he walked around the couch and looked at his mother.

"Well, it will always be Steven's room to me." She smiled, looking back at the room. Then she frowned. "Eric, I know it's late, but would you be a dear and run up to the drug store for me? I really need a few light bulbs for down here. Steven's room is completely dark, and that one over that is burnt out."

Eric nodded. "Sure."

"Also, could you bring me back a Ladies Home Journal?" She grinned at her son, hoping to persuade him.

"Of course," Eric said.

"Okay, thanks, honey. Do you have money?" she asked, and he nodded. "Okay, I'll pay you back when you come back."

"Alright," Eric said. "Be right back."

He walked out the door and up the stairs leading to the driveway, and then got in his car. It was raining a bit, and sighed. The weather was bringing him down even more.

When he got to the local Rite-Aid, he walked around, trying to find the aisle containing light bulbs. He found it, but heard a familiar voice talking around the corner. He continued walking and turned.

"Eric?" Donna asked, looking at her old boyfriend.

"Hey, Donna," Eric said slowly. "And Richard."

"Hey," Richard said.

"So… what are you doing here?" Donna asked Eric.

"Oh, well… Mom needed light bulbs, so I told her I'd go buy her a few," Eric replied. "What about you?"

"Oh, um," Donna blushed. "Richard and I needed… some things."

Eric knew what these 'things' were instantly and decided to not ask any more questions.

"Yeah, so… where's Jackie?" Donna inquired in order to make the conversation less awkward.

"She's on a date," Eric explained, "with Casey."

Donna's jaw dropped. "What? How did they even meet each other around here?"

"Fatso Burger," Eric said with a sigh. "Yeah, I tried to talk her out of it, because of what happened with you, but she refused to listen. She said she'd be fine."

"Wow." Donna shook her head. "You should have had me talk to her. I know firsthand what it's like to date Casey." She had a disgusted look on her face. "Plus, once you've dated one Kelso, you've dated them all. And she's dated Kelso, like a million times!"

Eric nodded. "I know."

Richard cut in, "Who's Casey?"

"Some guy I dated for a while," Donna explained.

"But I thought you two dated until he left… and didn't he just get back?" Richard looked confused.

"We were broken up then," Donna clarified, and Richard nodded.

"Ah." He looked at Eric. "I can't believe you two dated for so long."'

Eric sighed. "Yeah." He looked towards the door. "Listen, I've gotta get going, so I'll see you two later."

"Okay, Eric. Bye." Donna smirked and Richard waved. Eric walked away and disappeared into the light bulb aisle.

As he selected the necessary light bulbs for the basement, he tuned in on what was playing through the store. Yet again, 'Jessie's Girl' was on. It made him think of Jackie because she said that she liked it a lot.

"And she's watching him with those eyes." Eric instantly thought of Jackie being with Casey at that very moment. "And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it."

Eric rolled his eyes, sighing again, and grabbed the light bulbs, heading up to the counter to pay. Then, almost forgetting, grabbed a Ladies Home Journal for his mother.

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At ten o'clock, Jackie returned to the Forman house. Instantly, Kitty bombarded her with questions.

"How was it?"

"Was he a gentleman?"

"Did you kiss him?"

Jackie answered all of these questions. It was great, he was great, and the kiss didn't exist. Eric breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Then, he mentally scolded himself.

For God's sake, you two are friends. Nothing more. She's got Casey, and you've got… well, nobody yet. But she'll come to you.

"Eric, basement?" Jackie's voice made him snap back into reality.

"Uh, basement?" He nodded. "Yeah, sure."

"I'll see you tomorrow, Mr. and Mrs. Forman," Jackie said politely. "Good night!"

"Night, Jackie," Red muttered, and Kitty smiled graciously.

"Good night, dear."

Eric waved to his parents, and the two went downstairs. After getting situated on the couch, Eric turned to his friend.

"So, the date… it was good?" Eric asked.

Jackie sighed dramatically. "God no." She shook her head. "You're right. He's a huge ass, and has no manners. He just wanted to get into my pants, and I'm sorry, but I didn't know him well enough to do that."

"Well, I'm sorry," Eric lied, and then added jokingly. "And I was hoping that he'd be the one."

Jackie hit him in the shoulder and giggled. "You hate him and I know it." She shrugged. "I mean, I could definitely go for sex, because I haven't had sex with someone other than Steven in like, a year… and those were men I hated. But I just didn't know Casey that well, and the things I did know about him… well, they weren't good."

"I don't blame you," Eric admitted. "I can't believe you went out with him after what happened with Donna. It's a good thing you didn't have sex with him; he's probably done it with tons of girls that he can't remember."

Jackie shrugged. "Sex is nice, but not with man whores." She laughed. "God, Eric, how are you surviving? I mean, you haven't had sex in ages, I'm assuming."

"You don't know the half of it," Eric said. "Cheryl and I hooked up almost a year ago. That wasn't even good sex, either. I don't know if Donna was just really good, or if Cheryl was really bad, but… it was good enough for me at the time."

"A year?" Jackie looked stunned. "How are you alive?"

"I don't know," Eric admitted, blushing.

Jackie laughed. "God. That's crazy." She leaned back on the couch. "Sex is nice. It's like… essential for living."

Eric nodded eagerly. "I agree."

A thought quickly ran through Eric's head, and he tried to erase it, but it wouldn't go away. He looked over at Jackie. "I wish sex wasn't so important. Like, it didn't mean so much. Wouldn't that be nice?"

Jackie shrugged. "It's possible. I mean, you've heard of the term 'friends with benefits', right?"

"Yeah." Eric nodded. "I have. You aren't insinuating that…" He gestured between the two of them.

"Oh, God no!" Jackie laughed. "You're crazy."

Eric nodded. "Yeah, that would be ridiculous. Insane." He thought about it and started pitching a 'little tent'. He tried to cover it up by sitting in a different position.

"Are you…?" Jackie asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No!" Eric exclaimed, blushing.

Jackie slowly smiled. "It's okay." She bit her lip, trying not to laugh. Eric didn't say anything, but had an embarrassed look on his face. "I think it's cute."

"What?" Eric asked.

"You want to have sex with me," Jackie said with a slight laugh.

"What? No!" Eric laughed. "How ridiculous!"

"It's pretty obvious," Jackie said, nodding downward. "It's fine. In fact, I'm actually… well, I don't know."

"What?" Eric asked.

"I actually might…" She bit her lip, embarrassed. "I might be into the idea."

"Of what?" Eric said, pretending to be confused.

"Oh, don't do that," Jackie said. "Don't play dumb." She sat up. "Come on, do you want to do it or what?"

Eric sat up quickly. "Well…" He thought for a second. "Uh, yeah."

Jackie grinned. "Okay, so… how should we start?"

He shrugged. "I don't know… should I kiss you?"

Jackie thought for a moment, biting her lip. "God, I don't know. This is kind of weird…"

Eric nodded. "Yeah… but…" He thought. "Okay, let's go for it." He leaned in and kissed her. She started kissing back, and before they knew it, they were having sex on the little couch.

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"Oh my God," Eric said as he put on his pants. "That was… well, I don't know. Is it weird if we talk about it?"

"Nah," Jackie said, waving her hand in front of her. "And yeah, it was pretty damn good. You're pretty damn good." She walked by Eric, eyeing him. "When did you get muscle on your chest? I never would have imagined that from you," she commented, running her finger down his chest.

Eric shrugged. "I had lots of time for things in Africa." He put his shirt on and stared at her. "I can't believe we just did that." He shook his head, looking down with a cute grin on his face.

"Well, it was just me doing you a favor," Jackie said teasingly. "I know how desperate you were for it." She winked at him. "One time thing only, though, right?"

Eric nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Let's forget it ever happened." He walked up to her and took her hand. She looked confused as he shook it. "Nice doing business with you, Jackie." He let go and grinned at her, then turned around and headed upstairs. "Night."

"Night," Jackie said, puzzled; then walked upstairs.

Later, Eric lay in bed. He couldn't sleep, because he kept thinking about what had just happened. Not only had he just had sex; he just had the best sex of his life… with Jackie. What was tomorrow gonna be like? Would it be awkward? Would his parents be able to tell? Damn it, what did they do? He closed his eyes and decided that he was glad that they did it. He needed it, and so did she. It was just like being lonely… you need somebody there, right? Yeah, Eric thought… I just needed somebody.

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"So Eric and I just had sex… and it was actually good. I never would have thought I'd say that. Either part of it, actually. He's actually physically attractive… dare I say hot?" Jackie flashed back to an image of Eric shirtless. "God, I'm sick. I'm a sick, nasty person. Why would I do that? I've kissed every guy in the group now! I've ruined the group! …well, actually I guess there is no group anymore. But still, Michael, Steven, Fez, and Eric. If I were fifteen again, I would probably hate myself. But I actually… well, I like Eric. I never thought I would, but he is a good person. I've always known that, but… well, he's great on some other levels, too. Forget Casey, Steven, or any of those other guys… maybe Mrs. Forman was right…"

Jackie tried to clear her mind after thinking, and closed her eyes.

"You'll see him in the morning, don't worry…"