Authors Note: So i'm back! Inspiration just struck me. I was like i have to keep going with this. So as a birthday treat to all of you...my birthday is monday...i'm posting this for all of you. So as a gift to me i am asking for reviews. That will make my birthday amazing. This chapter is one of the best i've written. It's like i'm getting it back. I'm getting close the point where i want to end this. But i have to take care of this Randy nonsense first. So here it is. I also have another little birthday present in the works for everyone. Another story i have been meaning to update but havent gotten around to doing. So look for that some point this weekend. Please let me know what you thought of this. I'm nervous about it.

Songs of Inspiration: I'm Yours- Jason Mraz, Forever- Chris Brown, and Makedamnsure- Taking Back Sunday.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.


Jumping off the Water tower

Chapter Eleven: I'm Yours

Hyde smiled as the ribbon on the ground was tossed in the trash and the banner was taken down. Today had been the opening of the store…an opening that should have happened ten years ago if he hadn't been an idiot. He cringed as he thought, once again, about the pain he'd put his family through and sighed. Eric walked out of the store with a huge smile on his face and Hyde gave him a smile in return.

"Can you believe this?" He said as Hyde looked around.

"It only took us 3 months to do this." Hyde said. Eric stood next to him and smiled.

"Yeah only 3 months. I still can't believe it's over. I thought this day would never come."

"Yeah that was some opening." Hyde laughed as Eric cringed.

"That old lady groped me." Hyde started laughing again as Eric punched his shoulder.

"That's not funny Hyde."

"Dude it's freaking hilarious." Eric glared at Hyde before he walked away.

"What'd you do to my husband?" Donna said as Hyde spun around and smiled at her and Jackie.

"Oh some old lady groped him earlier and I was giving him a hard time about it."

Jackie and Donna both laughed loudly.

"I can hear you laughing. Don't think I cant!" Eric yelled from the store and only managed to make them laugh harder.

"I'll go talk to him." Donna said between giggles.

Once she was in the store Hyde pulled Jackie into his arms and she wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Hmm I missed you." He said into her hair and she smiled.

"I missed you too Steven. You have no idea how much."

"That was a long four days." He whispered and she nodded.

"I can't believe how much I've grown use to you. I couldn't sleep without you."

"Are you serious?" He asked and she nodded.

"Yeah I think I drove Donna crazy." She laughed and Hyde leaned down to kiss her.

He pulled back and hugged her.

"Steven?"

"I couldn't sleep without you either. Why do you think Eric and I managed to get this open sooner than we planned? We didn't really sleep. We missed you two too much."

"Awe Steven," Jackie whispered and leaned up to kiss him passionately.


"Eric what happened?" Donna asked as she walked in the store.

"Some lady just groped me before we closed. I was getting an action figure down for her and she grabbed my butt." He said as Donna started laughing again. "Donna it's not funny."

"I'm sorry honey I don't mean to laugh, but Eric…what butt?" She asked as Jackie and Hyde walked in laughing again.

"Yeah Forman what butt?" Hyde was still laughing as they walked into his office and Donna laughed when Eric threw a comic at Hyde's back.

"You missed Forman." Hyde yelled before he shut the office door.

"Stupid Hyde." He grumbled before getting off the ladder and picking up the comic.

"Awe honey come here." Donna said as Eric walked over to her.

"It's not funny. It was humiliating."

"You don't find anything flattering about it at all?"

"No some lady touched my butt." He said.

"Well I'd think it was flattering considering you don't have an ass to begin with."

"I do too Donna."

"Whatever you say honey." Donna laughed and Eric glared at her.

"Let's just go home." Eric said. Donna nodded and walked over to the office door and knocked.

"Guys we're leaving."

"Yeah okay Donna. Steven cut it out."

"Eww you too better clean that desk when you're done." Eric called before he dragged Donna quickly out of the store.


Jackie laughed from her spot on the desk. Hyde was standing in front of her between her legs with his head on her shoulder. He was laughing loudly.

"Do you think we scared them?" Jackie asked.

"Ha probably not. But they deserve it. All the crap they've been putting us through."

"It's those damn hormones of hers." Jackie leaned over and kissed Hyde gently.

"What's that for?"

"I'm so proud of you puddin pop."

Hyde cringed at her little nickname. "Jackie, I'm not a puddin pop."

"You're my puddin pop so deal with it." She playfully smacked his shoulder.

"Oh that's how you're gonna be huh?" He started tickling her and Jackie was smacking his shoulders, trying to get free off him.

"What do you say?"

"No Steven, oh god…please I give I give." She said and Hyde didn't stop.

"You have to say it Jackie."

"Steven….oh god fine…Steven you're not a puddin pop."

"That's good..how about the rest."

"Do I have to?" Jackie asked when she caught her breath.

"Yep or these start attacking again." He held up his hands and she sighed.

"You're a sex god not a puddin pop."

"Exactly. Thank you doll." He leaned forward and kissed her gently.

"I am proud of you Steven." Jackie said as she looked at him, her face was the mask of perfect seriousness.

"Thank you Jackie. You don't know what that means to me."

"Yes I do." She kissed him before she pushed him back.

"Now take me home you sex god."

Hyde laughed and grabbed her hand.

"So what'd the lady look like?"

"Oh man she was totally Fez's type." Jackie's laughter echoed through the store as they walked through it.


The next few days were very hectic. The store continued to gain popularity due to the fact that it sold music and comic books. The place was constantly full of teenagers and Hyde was beginning to feel like he never left. He hadn't really seen Jackie that much, but her frequent calls reminded him that she was safe and that nothing was wrong. He looked up when he heard the bell, not wanting to deal with any more kids, but was surprised to find Jackie. He walked around the counter to pull her into his arms.

"Hey doll," He whispered and he heard her sigh.

"God I've missed you so much Steven. I feel like I haven't seen you in weeks."

"I know doll, believe me I know. " He kissed her passionately as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He would have continued to kiss her if the audience surrounded them hadn't start whopping and hollering.

"Okay enough, get out of here." He yelled as Jackie giggled beside him.

"Opps. I forgot where we were." Jackie whispered.

"Yeah same here. Your lips are evil they do very bad things to me." He said and she giggled again.

"But you like what my lips do." She leaned forward and planted another kiss on his all too willing mouth to demonstrate.

"Hmmm," He pulled back and glared down at her, "Do you see what you do to me?"

"Yeah sorry. I just can't resist."

"Well neither can I. So what brings you here? Not that I'm complaining."

"Well I have to go pick up a few things for the shop and there's no one to go with me."

"What about Donna?"

"Her and Eric have the doctors appointment today."

"What about Kelso?"

"In Chicago with Brooke visiting her mother."

"Fez?"

"Laurie and Fez are still on vacation. She took Red's death really hard remember."

"Yeah," Hyde said as his thoughts went to his adoptive sister and the pain she was going through, "No one can go with you?"

"No one. Trust me Steven I'd rather go with someone, but I think I'll be fine."

"But what if-"

"No I think I'll be alright. He hasn't tried anything these past few months so I should be fine."

"But Jackie-"

"Steven please just please trust me. I'll be gone 15 minutes max."

Hyde stared down at her, half temped to close the store and go with her, but he knew that wouldn't be a good idea. Definitely not a good idea.

"Alright."

"Alright?"

"Yeah, but you call me when you get there and you call me on your way back. I want you to be safe."

"Steven I'll be fine."

"Please…just be safe." He whispered as he pulled her into his arms and held her tight against his chest.

Jackie held onto him tightly and in that moment felt more loved then she ever had in her entire life.

"You really do love me don't you?"

He nodded and she sighed. "I love you too Steven." She whispered and he smiled.

"I know. Just please be safe. I don't want to lose you…I can't lose you."

Jackie pulled out of his arms and smiled.

"I'll be fine baby. Just keep yourself busy. You'll hear from me in no time."

Hyde watched her leave and suddenly felt like he was letting her go for longer than fifteen minutes. He tried to dull that feeling by throwing himself into his work and before he knew it an hour had passed. He quickly made his way to the office and pulled his phone out of his pocket. He looked down and noticed there were no missed calls. He quickly dialed her number and it went straight to voicemail.

"Jackie baby, it's me. Call me when you get this. It's urgent." He hung up and called her again.

After the third time he was really starting to freak out.

"Hey man," Eric said as he opened the door and took in Hyde's frazzled appearance, "Hey man what's wrong?"

"Jackie went to the store an hour ago and I haven't heard from her. She was going to call me when she got there and when she was leaving. But I haven't heard anything."

"Maybe she got distracted."

"Forman she knew how worried I'd get. Plus her phone is off."

"Okay calm down man she's fine. We'll find her. I'll call Donna and have her start looking. It'll be fine man. Just go out there and close the store early." Hyde nodded and walked out.

"Donna, hey can you do me a favor? Hyde said Jackie went out to the store an hour ago and he hasn't heard from her. Yeah I figure he only let her go alone because we were all busy. Yeah sure call me if you find anything." He hung up and walked out of the store. "I called Donna and she's going to look around."

"I can't sit here and wait man. I just cant."

"It's fine. I'll close everything down. Just go drive around for a while."

Hyde walked out of the store and got into the Camino. He drove around aimlessly until he saw Donna standing outside the hardware store a few minutes away from his store. He pulled into the parking lot, shut the car off and quickly ran to Donna.

"Donna!" He called.

She turned around with tears in her eyes as Hyde walked over to her. "Hyde," She whispered as she held out something. He looked in her hands and saw Jackie's purse there. He took it from her and fell to the ground. He felt Donna wrap her arms around him but he wasn't there anymore. He was somewhere else…he was with Jackie…wherever she was.


A/N: I know i ended it at a cliffy. But i will be updating more frequently now that i have inspiration once again. I missed this story. It literally is my baby. I adore writing it and to have any inspiration for it...that killed me. It's part of why i stopped writing for a few months there. Then i finished giving life and i just wanted to come back to this. But i just couldnt. It was too soon. Now i'm back and i am falling for this story again. It's sucking me in and it wont let me go. Ne ways please let me know what you thought. I'm quite nervous about it. Ne betaing that needs to be done for it will be done in the next day or so. I wanted to get this out asap. Thanks to those who have stuck with me and have been waiting patiently for updates. This goes out to you guys.