Jackie sat down with a sigh.

"Oh, what?" Hyde asked her.

"Nothing... I mean, I just don't get where he's so mad at me."

"Okay, you kissed another guy! You're... whore!" Eric burst out.

"Shut up, Foreman." Hyde said, throwing a newspaper at him. "Alls she did was throw the little twerp a bone. One little kiss. Not like she let him touch her good parts."

Eric frowned. "Why are you defending her? She threw me under the bus, man!"

Hyde laughed. "Yeah... that was pretty damn funny."

Eric glared.

"Oh, man up; any of us would have done the same thing to burn each-other. It's just how it works around here man. Grow a pair."

"Well..." Eric started to protest, "Eh, yeah, that's actually true..."

"Besides," Hyde continued, "while she allowed one guy a harmless, chaste kiss; Kelso has laid more pipe in this town than a construction worker."

"Well... yeah, but... Okay, you're right, there's not really a defense for that, is there?"

"No, Eric; and if you try to find one for Kelso being a cheating bastard dillhole, while double-standarding that Jackie should stand by him purely, I'm cutting you off."

"But... I... aw, crap." Eric said, running a hand through his hair. "What Kelso did to you... seriously uncool." Eric said sincerely. "But.. as my Mom always says, 'two wrongs don't make a right'..."

"Eric, I warned you." Donna said, standing up.

"But, baby, I..."

"No." Donna said, stomping out of the basement.

Eric looked at Hyde and Jackie. "Well, I hope you two are happy."

"That there's that little less chance Donna's pill could fail and she could have to bear your skinny, twitchy, bastard spawn? Ecstatic..." Jackie smirked at him.

"Well... I don't have a comeback, but when I think of one... oh, you will be the one feeling the burn." Eric said, stomping upstairs.

Hyde smirked at her. "Nice work, Grasshopper."

Jackie gave him a half smile. "Thank you."

Hyde shrugged.

"No... I mean for being there for me. For some reason you are when no one else is. Why is that?"

"I'm not... you just stalk me and won't go away."

Jackie rolled her eyes. "Whatever..." she said in her Zen tone he had taught her.

"No, no 'whatever'; I taught you that!" Hyde said, frustrated.

"That's cool..." she said boredly, though inside she was bouncing up and down, really enjoying it.

Hyde graced her with a small smirk. "Wanna beer?"

"That's cool..."

Hyde broke into a wide grin now, giving her hand up, and she smiled back up at him.