A/N: So, I'm continuing with changing the storyline--but it's still a mirror of the show. I just figure I've set up a different enough universe that it would be pretty OOC for characters to do some of the things they did in the show. Thank you luvcali76; talking through storyline stuff has been SO helpful…and I'm not sure I can separate out which ideas came from whom from here on out, but a lot came from her cuz she's awesome! I'm not entirely happy with the way this ends, but I decided it would be best leave it be and move on to the next episode. Thank you so much to everyone who has read and reviewed.
Jackie's Cheese Squeeze
Hyde was at the mall, aimlessly wandering around and trying to pretend that he had no intention of seeing Jackie. In the food court. On his way to the store where Jackie worked. He paused as he saw Jackie talking to Todd the "Cheese Guy." From what Jackie had told him, the little nerd had been all over her from day one, and it was clear that he was trying to make a move now. Todd pulled Jackie in for a hug, obviously because Kelso wasn't here to pick her up again. That was, in fact, the reason Hyde had come—not that he was going to admit it to anyone. When Kelso had walked into the basement alone fifteen minutes after he should have picked up Jackie, Hyde jumped in his car and came to get her. Coming back to the present, Hyde watched as Todd tried to kiss her and then laughed as Jackie slapped him and sent him running away from the shop. He was still laughing when he walked up behind Jackie and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"You really gave that little guy hell."
"Eh," she responded. "It's not like he didn't deserve it. Besides, he's a black belt in karate…I think he can handle a little slap."
"That little guy has a black belt?" Hyde cocked his head to the side in wonder.
"I know, right?" Jackie giggled. As she looked around the mall food court, she noticed that the place was fairly empty. Giving Hyde a mischievous grin, she grabbed his hand and led him towards the back of the shop, behind a door with a small window in it. Hyde smiled as they walked into privacy and pushed her up against the closed door, attacking her mouth with his own. She responded in kind, sliding her tongue along his and raking her fingers through his hair. Their eyes met hungrily, and Hyde wasted no time in stripping her panties from beneath her cheese maiden skirt, slowly stroking her moist folds as he did it.
"Fuck, Jackie. You're so wet." He slid a finger inside of her to prove his point. "Were you expecting me?" A second finger joined the first, and he grinned as her head lolled back against the door.
"Nah. Just thinking about you," she replied breathily. While his fingers were buried in her, Jackie freed his erection from his jeans, stroking it lovingly as she guided him to her entrance.
"Steven, I want to feel you in me…" Her words were whispered in his ear, and the hushed tones seemed to slide along his spine, urging him into her. With little fanfare, he lifted her small frame up and pinned her against the door before driving into her with one powerful stroke. She hissed at the feeling of him fully inside her, and they bucked against each other passionately, knowing that this would be hard and fast. His lips caressed her neck and chest, exposed by the silly outfit, before moving up to nibble and whisper in her ear.
"Mmm, Jackie. You feel so good." The words were perfectly pitched to cause the tiny hairs on her arms to stand on end, and as his tongue gently traced her ear, he could feel her begin to spasm around him.
As her mouth opened to scream, Hyde quickly covered it with his own, swallowing her cries and pulling her tongue into his mouth as he continued to thrust into her. With every harried thrust, she bucked back harder against him, writhing in his arms as he held her pinned to the door. Suddenly, he dropped her legs and eased her to the floor before turning her around so that her chest was now pushed up against the door and she could barely see out of the low window. He entered her again from behind, moving his mouth hungrily over the back of her neck, freely nipping at the exposed skin as his thrusts increased in pace, nearly slamming into her. She began to moan again, loudly this time, and brought her hand up to her mouth to silence her cries as one of Hyde's hands began to expertly rub her clit in time with his thrusts. They came together, crying each other's names in the empty storage room.
They came down, panting against each other, and Hyde turned Jackie around so that he could find her lips with his own. Suddenly, through the tiny window in the door, Hyde could see Eric. Laughing and pointing.
"Fuck! Eric is watching!" Jackie nearly jumped out of her skin at Hyde's exclamation and pushed him down—out of view of the window—as she straightened her self out. Walking out to Eric, and ignoring her lack of panties, Jackie just smiled at him.
"Eric! Did you get a haircut? 'Cuz, I love it! You look just like Parker Stevenson!"
"Really? Because I told the guy that he should…" He realized her tactic all the sudden. "No, no, no. That's not gonna work, tramp face."
"Ok, Eric. I know you and I don't have the best relationship…"
"You mean, I hate you and you hate me." She nodded at him.
"So, let's turn over a new leaf, by you never telling Michael what you THINK you just saw." She smiled at him.
His eyes widened almost comically as he seemed to have a thought. "KELSO!" Jackie rolled her eyes as he continued. "He's gonna, like, freak out, Jackie!"
"So, uh, what exactly did you see?" Her hands were covering her face, but she peaked out through her fingers and prayed that Hyde would stay in the back and not make this situation any more awkward.
"Hands, lips, tongues…yours…his…I'm practically blind! I'm pretty sure I have to tell him, Jackie."
"But, Eric, you don't understand!" She had to think fast. "Ever since Michael got hit on by that old man, things have just been so different between us!" Sobs shuddered through her small frame—her specialty—and she buried her face in his scrawny chest, using the exact tactics that had gotten Steven to go to Prom with her a few years ago.
"Oh, jeez Jackie." Haha. Worked like a charm. Between the crying and the reminder of Michael's encounter, she had him eating out of her hand. "Don't cry. I didn't realize…uhh uhhh… I won't tell Kelso right now, okay?" Jackie nodded up at him with her best pouty face.
"Thank you Eric. You're a good friend," she whispered. He made a face at that endearment, and Jackie followed Eric out of the mall, seriously worried about Eric spilling the beans about her and Steven's relationship. This could NOT be good, although she had to admit that Eric was taking it rather well…
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Eric sat in the basement with a very guilty Hyde, telling him about his glorious trip to the mall.
"And then, I walked by the Cheese Palace, and there's Jackie making out with the cheese shop guy! He was, like, all over her! It was great." In his joy at the information he held, Eric didn't notice Hyde's guilt, confusion, or relief. "But don't tell anyone, okay? You're the only one I told." Hyde nodded in agreement, realizing that he needed to play this very Zen if he was going to get out of it unburned.
"Your secret's safe with me." He smiled. "Just think, we hold information that could crush our friend's soul! I LIVE for days like these!" There was a long pause, awkward to Hyde's ears. "So, what did you see exactly?" He tried to sound as evil as possible as he asked the question.
"Oh man, they were making out like crazy behind this door. I could just barely see his face through the window, but it was so obvious that they were going at it hot and heavy." Eric frowned a little. "Jackie said that Kelso's been weird ever since the thing with Mr. Halverson. I almost feel bad for her, and I haven't said anything to Kelso. Do you…do you think I'm doing the right thing? Do you think I should say something?"
Hyde just nodded sagely, using every ounce of willpower he had to smother the grin that wanted to rise to the surface. "Nah, Foreman. I think you should keep this under wraps. Better drama for us that way." He finally let the grin out as Eric started walking up the stairs.
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Jackie walked into the basement later that night, really needing to talk to Hyde.
"Steven, he's going to tell Michael about us…" She looked up at him sadly. "I don't want everyone to be angry..." She sighed and sat down with him on the couch. Hyde just smiled at her.
"He thinks I was that little Cheese Guy!" Jackie stared at him in wonder before standing up and jumping up and down.
"Oh, Steven, this is great! He must have only barely caught a glimpse of you!" She paused thoughtfully. "You know, you and Todd do look surprisingly alike."
"Jackie! We do not! He's a tiny little nerd!"
"I'm just saying, Steven…he could be, like, your brother in a different universe or something." They stared at each other strangely before shaking off the thought.
"So, are you just going to tell Kelso that it was Todd?" Jackie nodded thoughtfully, wondering if it would mean the end of her and Michael's relationship. Who the hell would have thought that such a situation would arise?
"I think he'll break up with me, Steven." The words were spoken hopefully and a ghost of a smile passed over Hyde's face at the thought.
"I kind of hope so, Jackie." Hope and happiness seemed to fill her up as she realized that Steven really wanted her all to himself, but she refrained from bouncing again and instead sat back down on the couch next to him and laid her head gently on his shoulder. Butterflies rose in her stomach as she felt his arms close around her and pull her into a sweet, protective embrace. He placed a gentle kiss on the top of her head, a gesture of affection that she had come to love in the weeks since their reunion. They had each had stressful days, wondering what Eric had seen, wondering who he would tell, wondering how everyone would react. The relief that Jackie felt seemed to overwhelm her, and tears that she couldn't hold in started to spill out of her eyes. Hyde noticed the gentle sobs on his shoulder as Jackie clung to him. He heard her whisper lightly into his shoulder:
"I missed you so much when we were apart, Steven. I was so afraid that I would lose you again today…" As the words came out, her sobs came harder and faster, and Hyde wrapped his arms more tightly around her, rubbing her back gently and whispering in her ear.
"I missed you, too, Jackie… I don't want to lose you…please don't cry, baby…" His sweet words brought a smile to her face, and she leaned in to kiss him firmly on the mouth. Reluctantly, he pushed her away after a moment.
"The Foreman's are still awake." He mumbled by way of apology. She just smiled and moved down the couch.
"Come here." Carefully, she maneuvered so that his head lay in her lap. When she dug her fingers into his thick hair, Hyde tried to pull away, but he was stopped by Jackie's broken call of, "Let me." They stayed together for what seemed like hours, eye contact always held as Jackie massaged his scalp.
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"…and then he kissed me. And I was just so distraught from everything that was going on that I didn't push away." She didn't have to work to make herself sad; it came easily enough when she thought of how bad this conversation might have been if she had been caught with Hyde. Some part of her was also deeply sad for hurting Michael; sometimes she wondered if she was just as bad as he had always been, but she knew in her heart that whatever Kelso and Laurie and shared, it was nothing like her relationship with Steven.
Kelso sat across from her at a small table in The Hub, tears stinging his eyes as he listened to her story. His first instinct was to lash out, but he knew how hypocritical that would be, especially since he had had his own slipups since their last reunion. Like Joyce Ferguson. And that brunette chick with the feathered hair at The Piggly Wiggly. And Pam Macy. And Laurie a few times. Well, all of them had been a few times, but she had been the most. Sometimes he really did think he was in love with Laurie Foreman: she was simple and easy, he always understood what was going on in her head. He'd never really had that with Jackie, especially lately.
But nothing could change the fact that she'd cheated on him, and whether he had the right to be upset or not, he was going to be. Without waiting for further explanation, he stormed out of the Hub.
The whole gang was assembled in the basement, watching wide eyed at the Jackie/Kelso drama. Sometimes it really did seem like having your own built-in soap opera, Donna mused.
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"I want to forgive you, Jackie. I do. But I just have all this anger and I don't know what do to with it!" She stared at him, sitting on the deep freeze, waiting for the breakup, trying to look sad, but remaining quiet. When Eric spoke up from the couch, she didn't know whether to hug him for being such a sweetie or smack him for ruining everything. The smack sounded pretty appealing, though.
"I knew all along, Kelso. And I didn't tell you." Jackie sat numbly on the freezer as Kelso proceeded to chase Eric around the greater Kenosha area, wondering why God hated her.
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A/N 2: Next time, "Class Picture." PLEASE review! Thanks )
