"Come on, Jackie." Hyde rapped his knuckles again on the bathroom door. "We'll be late."

After a few moments of silence he heard her shuffle around the small room, but not towards the door. "Jackie, come on!" he called again.

"I'm not going!"

Hyde's head fell against the closed door. "We've talked about this, you gotta come. Not showin' up is just letting them win."

"I don't care." The door finally flew open, catching Hyde off guard and practically sending him tumbling into Jackie. With her hands flat on his back she said, "Let them win, I'm so not going to school today."

This truly felt like a fight he wasn't gonna win but Hyde still had to try. "Jackie, I promised Red we'd go. If he finds out I stayed here n then we didn't show up at school he'll kill me. You want the baby to have a dad don't you? You don't wanna let it grow up thinkin' I died coz you wouldn't suck it up n go to school."

"Suck it up? And by suck it up do you mean pretend that all the pregnancy jokes and jokes about my criminal father won't bother me? Steven, do you honestly expect me to hold my head up and walk around the school like my whole world isn't falling apart? Is that really something you think I can do?"

Hyde frowned and stared at Jackie. She looked so pale, standing there in her bright pink pajamas, all he really wanted to do was tell her to go back to bed and get some sleep. All night she'd tossed and turned and all night he'd tried to comfort her as best he could. When she'd cried he'd stroked her hair. When she'd whimpered in her sleep he'd pulled her closer. And when she'd clung to him, semi-conscious and frightened, he'd let her. But now it was his job to force her to do something she didn't want to do.

Because if he didn't Red would kill him.

"Look, just put some of that crap on your face n come to school," he said, flinching when she swatted his arm with her hairbrush. "Who gives a shit what they have to say anyway? They're all morons who have their own shit to hide."

"Firstly, are you saying I look like hell? Coz if you are that's really not helping get me to school. And secondly, I give a shit, Steven. I give a shit about what they have to say because I've already lost most of my friends at that school and now I'm about to lose the rest." Jackie sat down at the end of her bed with her arms crossed, looking sad as hell.

Hyde wanted to tell her that she was wrong, that people wouldn't care about what her father had done, but that would've been a lie. Point Place was a small town where everyone knew everyone, and everyone had a vested interest in the towns progress. Embezzling money from the city was not a good look and there were sure to be a few kids at school with a lot to say to Jackie. And there really wasn't much Hyde could do about it.

"You don't look like hell, just a bit tired-" he started.

"Being told you look tired is the same as being told you look like hell," Jackie interrupted.

Hyde ignored her. "- and I know you're gonna get some shit but isn't it better to get it over with now n be done with it? If it gets too heavy just come find me n I'll sort it out but I'm sure you can handle it all anyway. You're Jackie Burkhart...you can take down any one of those assholes with one sentence."

A corner of Jackie's mouth rose. "Yeah, I kinda can..."

"No kinda about it," Hyde smiled. "You got this."

Lunchtime at Point Place High. Once upon a time it was Jackie's favourite part of the school day. Once upon a time it was when she and her friends would gather in the cafeteria and critique the less fashionable's tacky ensembles or chat about the previous night's phone conversations with boys. It used to be a time when Jackie truly felt her priviledged position at school was noted because she sat at the popular table with the popular people, doing the things popular people did. But fast forward four weeks and those memories felt like a lifetime ago. Jackie's reign at Point Place High was over and now she was relegated to the empty table by the trash cans while the popular girls talked about her.

"These seats taken?" a voice asked as Jackie stabbed her Jell-O with a spoon.

She looked up to find Eric, Fez and Kelso standing at the table holding their lunch trays. Never had she ever been so happy to see the losers.

Quickly shifting her bag off the table and putting it on her lap she said, "Of course not, sit down!"

"Even me?" Fez asked, his face full of remorse.

"Even you," Jackie assured him.

The table was quiet for a while, everyone tucking into their food, everyone nervous about bringing up Jackie's dad, and Jackie prayed that times like these wouldn't last for too long. People fearing her she could handle; people pitying her she could not. Especially when those people were the people she once pitied - dorks, foreigners and slutty morons. But as much as she hated the silence she still couldn't bring herself to make conversation. God she wished Steven were there.

She pushed her tray to the side, sick of playing with the food she felt too sick to eat.

Fez's eyes lit up. "Um, Jackie, if you do not want that may I have it please?"

"Go for it," Jackie answered, sliding the full tray across the table to Fez. "I can't eat it."

"Wouldn't be much room in there for food now would there?" Kelso licked the lid of his pudding cup and nodded toward Jackie's stomach. "You're lookin' so big I'm surprised you can still stand up." Jackie glared at him. It annoyed her how little Kelso knew about a woman's body, especially as he'd always claimed to be such an expert on the matter. Once again she congratulated herself for ceasing to believe he could ever be a doctor.

"Of course there's room in there for food," she told him. "How else do you think the baby grows? The baby needs me to eat so that I can pass on the nutrients to it."

"Then why aren't you eating? You haven't touched your food. Perhaps you should eat some more." Eric asked, prompting Fez to awkwardly push Jackie's lunch back over to her.

It wasn't too hard to work out that Eric had been ordered to keep a look out for Jackie by either Donna, Hyde or Kitty. Though the thought was nice - there weren't many other people in her life that gave a damn right now after all - a food monitor wasn't what she needed. Friends, and maybe a steady income was.

Shaking her head she said, "No, Fez, you have it. I'm really not hungry...especially not for this crap."

Eric jingled his keys. "We could go to the Hub if you want? Still got 40 minutes 'til the bell rings."

"Eric I'm fine really. I had a big breakfast and that's keeping me going. You don't need to fuss-"

"Speaking of breakfast-" Kelso threw his pudding cup over Jackie's shoulder toward the bins lined up against the wall. When the little plastic cup landed in the centre bin he did a quick fist pump before looking seriously at Jackie, "- word has it you had a guest for the most important meal of the day...and not just any guest...a male guest."

Jackie's face soured. "Yeah, so? Steven stayed last night. No big deal."

"Well I think it is a big deal," Kelso bellowed. "Girl boy sleepovers are never innocent-"

"Not when you're the boy involved," Jackie said rolling her eyes.

"Not when any guy's involved," asserted Kelso. "So tell me, Jackie, where did Hyde sleep at your little pajama party?"

Eric sighed loudly, folding his arms. "Kelso, that's enough. We all know why Hyde stayed at Jackie's lastnight. She doesn't need the third degree."

While Jackie appreciated the dork's help, she decided she could handle her ex-boyfriend on her own.

"It's fine, Eric," she said, "I don't mind telling Michael where Steven slept." Turning to Kelso she said, "He slept in the guest bedroom if you must know and he was a perfect gentleman."

Jackie wasn't lying, Hyde had slept in the guest bedroom. She had, however, omitted the part about her crawling into bed with him sometime around midnight. Trying to sleep alone in her bed had proved pointless. Her brain had been working in overdrive attempting to sort out her mess of a life so she'd gotten up to get a glass of milk. When she'd finished her drink, she'd quietly tiptoed back to her room but the sound of Hyde softly snoring stopped her. Deciding that sleep may come a bit easier if she wasn't alone, Jackie had crept into the guest room and slid in next to Hyde's warm body. Even the memory of his arm quickly but softly creeping around her waist brought comfort. Who would've thought Hyde could be so caring and gentle?

Lost in her warm memories Jackie didn't notice a dark shadow fall over the table. Well, not until it spoke.

"Surprised you'd show your face here today, Jackie."

Jackie looked up to find Katie Jones, the most annoying tumbler to ever grace the cheer team, standing at the side of the table. "I'm surprised you show your face here any day, Kathy," she spat.

"My name's Katie."

"Whatever." Jackie proceeded to rummage through her handbag, not really in search of anything other than something to occupy her time. She could feel Katie still standing there, still formulating the perfect burn, and Jackie knew it was only a matter of time before it was delivered.

Katie swung a hand onto her hip. "Your father ripped off the city, so technically we own all your fancy clothes and all your fancy handbags. We probably own your house too."

"Oh you wish." Jackie pulled out a tube of lipgloss and dabbed some on her lips. "Just because you shop at Skank Rags R'Us don't start trying to find a way to get your grubby little fingers on my clothes." Despite what was coming out of her mouth, Jackie really did feel terrible knowing that Katie was probably right. Her clothes, her jewellery, her baby gear was probably bought with stolen money and she felt sick about it.

"My daddy said that when he put your dad in the police car you cried like a little baby...guess all your fancy clothes aren't helping you sleep well at night anymore, huh?"

Eric stood up and turned to Katie. "That's enough, Katie," he said, much to Jackie's surprise. "Just leave her alone."

"Yeah," Fez agreed standing up next to Eric, "Jackie does not have to listen to this. She might have cried when her father went to prison but at least she still has good hair...you, I have to say, do not!"

"But I still have a family," Katie scoffed.

"Of fat people," Jackie reminded her. "So don't get too used to tumbling. If your sisters are anything to go by you'll be too big to be doing that by senior year. But I hear there's a spot opening up on the wrestling team if you're interested?"

When Katie stomped her foot and stormed off Jackie smiled. Her happiness however, was short lived when Hyde appeared from nowhere. Fearing the growling she was sure to receive she went back to combing through her purse.

"Nice burn," he said, pulling out the vacant seat next to her.

Her head shot up. "What?"

"I said nice burn."

"Really?" Maybe she was too used to being chastised by Hyde because she really wasn't expecting his reaction. "But it wasn't very zen of me..."

"Who cares," Kelso grinned. "It was the truth. I've seen her sisters n believe me, they're not tumbling anywhere-"

"Nah, man," Hyde grinned, "They're rollin'."

"-yeah, all the way to the cake shop!" Kelso finished, high fiving Hyde.

That caught Fez's attention. "We have a cake shop?" He drummed his fingers together and leaned forward. "Tell me, where is this shop?"

While Eric lined up the plates, utensils, and rubbish as a make shift map, Hyde moved closer to Jackie, his hand lightly rubbing against her thigh under the table.

"How's today been?" he whispered.

Jackie turned her body toward him. "Horrible," she admitted. "That was the eleventh person to ask me what the hell I'm doing here...not that I'm counting or anything. I told you I shouldn't have come. I could be at home now painting my nails or killing myself..."

"Jackie!" Hyde smacked her thigh, hard enough to make her jump but soft enough to not actually hurt her. "Don't even say shit like that, man!"

"I was joking-"

"Not even funny." He reached over and grabbed her bottle of water, taking a swig. "Anyway, there's only a couple hours to go n we're outta here."

"Thank God."

Hyde took another gulp of water before checking his watch. "Look, I gotta go okay? Just came to check you hadn't pummelled anybody. I'll meet you by your locker after school."

"Wait -" Jackie grabbed the front of his sweatshirt before he could stand up. "- where are you going? You only just got here and now your leaving? Can't you stay for a bit?"

The desperation was practically dripping out of her mouth but Jackie was helpless to stop it. She'd waited outside Hyde's Spanish class for nearly ten minutes after the lunch bell had rung and had been bitterly disappointed when he didn't come out. She needed him with her today. He was her allie in a war she really felt she couldn't wage alone.

He wrapped his fingers around her hand and gave it a squeeze before prising it off of his sweater. "Jackie, I gotta go do something with Ms. Garcia-"

"The Spanish teacher?"

"Yeah. But look, you got these guys -" he nodded toward Eric and Kelso who were now watching Fez make women's body parts with the lunch rubbish, " - correction, idiots, to hang with n I promise I'll be waitin' for you after school."

Reluctantly, Jackie nodded. "I'll see you after school then?" Hyde nodded. When he went to walk away Jackie added, "And, Steven, no more detentions okay? Look at all the fun you're missing out on during break time?" She smiled as he rolled his eyes at his friends antics and when he smiled back at her she knew she could get through the next two hours without him.

Not that she had much choice.

8pm That Night

Pulling up outside the Burkhart's house, Hyde couldn't miss the ugly, beat-up van parked right out front. Of course Kelso was here. Of course the tool had jumped on the first opportunity he had to get Jackie alone. Of course he was gonna try to rip apart any progress Hyde had made with her. Not that Hyde was trying to progress a romantic relationship with her at this point...but the little steps they'd made toward a friendship felt more like giant leaps and he didn't want them erased.

Especially not by Kelso.

Hyde parked the Camino next to Kelso's van and hopped out, smiling at the obvious contrasts between the two cars. His Camino was a muscle car, sleek, fast and well taken care of. Kelso's van on the other hand, coughed and spluttered it's way around town and still carried with it the foul aroma of dead fish. There was no competition in Hyde's mind; the Camino would win against the van any day of the week. But would he ever win against it's owner?

Deciding to play it cool and not upset Jackie any more than she already was, he took a deep breath and walked inside. Light from the television flickered through to the hallway and the muffled opening music from Welcome Back, Kotter rang out through the otherwise quiet house. Hyde braced himself, if he walked into the living room and found them snuggled up on the couch he wasn't sure how cool he'd be able to play it.

He relaxed a little when he walked in and saw Jackie cuddled up on one side of the long couch and Kelso slouched over the arm at the other end. The distance between the two pleased him. Distance was good.

"Hey," he said, the sound of his voice rousing Jackie into a sitting position.

"Hi!" she greeted him. "How was work?"

Hyde shrugged and sat down on a chair close to the door. "Work was work. Brought us back some dinner," he said holding up the paper bag of fried chicken and mashed potatoes, "You hungry?"

"Not really," Jackie answered.

"Yeah," Kelso chimed in. "She wouldn't even eat the food I brought over n it was pot roast, her favourite." He looked at Hyde and grinned. "You see I know all her favourite things, being that I was with her for years n all."

Hyde narrowed his eyes but remained silent.

Jackie didn't. "Oh, shut up, Michael. I didn't want your pot roast 'cause it looked like it was cooked two weeks ago. Do you want me to get food poisoning?"

"Jackie it wasn't two weeks old, we had it the other night. I saw my brother eating some after school...it would've been fine."

"I've also seen your brother eat dirt from the garden, Michael. His body's probably immune from toxins by now with all the crap you boys force down each other's throats. My body, on the other hand, is not." Jackie stood up, placing her hands on her lower back and stretching. It was obvious to Hyde that she was beyond exhausted and he silently cursed himself for not calling in sick to work. He should've been here cooking her proper food and making her go to bed.

"You okay, Jackie?" he asked.

She smiled through a yawn and nodded her head. "Yeah, just a little tired. Now that I'm not alone with a perve I might go take a bath n go to bed."

Kelso furrowed his brow. "I hope when you say perve you are not referring to me!"

"I am."

"God, Jackie, I'm here to take care of you, not perve. But...if you did need me to wash your back you know I would've helped you out." He winked just as a cushion thrown by Hyde smacked him in the side of the head.

Jackie sighed as she pushed Kelso's legs out of the way and walked toward the door. "Whatever," she said. "But thanks though, for hanging out. I'll see you tomorrow, Michael."

Once she was gone, Hyde turned to Kelso. "So, Michael, allow me to escort you out," he said, a directive hand waving through the air toward the door.

"But I'm watching Welcome Back, Kotter!" Kelso moaned. "I'll go when it's finished." Another fluffy cushion hit him in the head.

"No, you'll go now. If you hurry you'll catch the end at your place."

Kelso grumbled but stood up all the same. "Fine!"

As they walked to the door Hyde cleared his throat. "What are you up to, Kelso?" he asked as they stepped out onto the porch.

"Um, I'm going home," Kelso said a little confused. "Like you told me to."

"No, I mean what are you up to with Jackie. This is the second time in less than a week that I've found you over here. What's up with that?"

"Nothings up with that, she's my friend n she needs me. I'm just being a good friend, Hyde. Although you wouldn't know much about that, y'know, seeing as how you like to hook up with your friend's girlfriends n all." He winced as Hyde frogged him in the arm.

"Kelso you wouldn't know the first thing about being friends with a chick so why are you really hangin' 'round Jackie, man? She's pregnant - with my kid - why don't you go harass some other poor girl who doesn't have the fruit of my loins growing inside her." Hyde's words surprised even him. What was he doing? He was acting all boyfriend-y, telling Kelso to back off his chick. But the chick wasn't his, and she was freaking Jackie of all people. The situation scared the crap out of him but he couldn't stop. He hated Kelso and Jackie's little get togethers and he wanted them to end, now.

Kelso's face darkened. "Jackie was my girlfriend for years, Hyde, and she's going through a rough time. If she wants to rest her head on these broad babies -" he flexed his biceps. Hyde rolled his eyes. "- then she can go right ahead. I'm not abandoning her in her time of need."

"Oh, but you could abandon her straight after the two of you got engaged just to sleep with random beach trash in California, right?"

Kelso shrugged. "As long as she needs me I'm gonna be here for her. Ain't nothing you can do about it, my man," he said as he started up the van. Hyde quickly moved as a puff of black smoke bellowed from the muffler. "Catch you later."

"Whatever."

Hyde stormed back inside and settled on the couch, absentmindedly watching the television flickering before him. He could see the people and hear their voices but nothing that was happening on screen was registering in his brain. All he could think about was Kelso and Jackie. Jackie and freaking Kelso. What right did Hyde have to tell Kelso to fuck off? He wasn't Jackie's boyfriend. Hell, last week they weren't even talking. It really wasn't his place to dictate who she could and couldn't hang out with, and quite frankly it annoyed him that he even cared. He was Steven Hyde, he wasn't supposed to care about anything.

But he did care and to his horror he cared about her. He cared that her parents were gone and she was on her own. He cared that she was getting crap from everyone at school. He cared that she looked like she hadn't slept in a week. And he cared that she was having his baby.

But right now, most of all, he cared that it looked like Kelso cared more than he did.

Hyde knew that Jackie didn't want to be alone at lunch or after school but he'd put his stupid tutoring and shitty job ahead of her needs. He'd told her to suck it up. Kelso the fucking hero hadn't. Oh no, that creep had made sure to find her at lunch and probably marched straight here after school. Jackie would've been so grateful, despite the expired meal offerings, and was no doubt planning their wedding again in her head. Hyde, in her mind, was the untrustworthy abandoner while Kelso was the knight in shining armour. The whole thing was sickening.

"Steven?"

Her voice shook Hyde back into reality. "Yeah?" he said, turning to see Jackie standing in a purple bathrobe in the doorway.

"I was calling you," she said. "I'm going to bed now."

"Oh, sorry," Hyde sat up, "I didn't hear you, TV too loud probably."

Jackie looked puzzled at the TV which was barely above a whisper. "Um, okay. Anyways, I was wondering if I could sleep with you again tonight." Her cheeks flushed pink as she spoke and Hyde's heart sped up to an embarrassing speed. "I just, well, I don't really wanna be on my own...but I completely understand if you don't wan-"

Her eyes were wide and her voice was breaking as she tried to contain her nerves. It was so adorable Hyde just had to smile. "Jackie, it's cool. You can sleep with me."

Jackie frowned. "It's cool, cool? Or it's cool, cool?" she asked.

"It's cool," Hyde replied with a small laugh. But Jackie remained frowning so Hyde decided to ditch a bit of the zen - the girl had no parents after all, she shouldn't have to lose her dignity in the same week. "Jackie, I'm sayin' I want you to sleep with me. That way I don't have to worry about you gettin' stolen in the night n shit."

"So I can sleep with you because it makes your life easier?"

Hyde ginned. "Precisely."

"Whatever," Jackie mumbled, walking back up the stairs.

"Whatever, whatever? Or whatever, whatever?"

...

After eating, showering and brushing his teeth, Hyde nervously climbed into bed. This was the first time ever he'd gotten into bed with a girl with full intentions of just sleeping. It was weird, awkward. He didn't know where to put his hands, or his feet, or his damn body. How close was he meant to get? Was he supposed to say anything? Was she even awake? Should he turn the lamp off?

How the hell did couples do this every night?

"God, Steven, can you stop moving?" Jackie grumbled. "This is a bed, not a flipping trampoline!"

Hyde froze. That was one question answered; Jackie was indeed awake. "Sorry."

She sighed. "It's okay," she said, turning on her side to face him. "I shouldn't have snapped at you. Sorry."

"Don't worry about it." Hyde grew strangely uncomfortable as Jackie's small breaths warmed his bicep, and he couldn't look at her, his eyes trained on the ceiling panels instead. "So, did you talk to your mom today?" he asked.

"No."

"Your old man?"

"Nope."

What the hell was he meant to say now? This kinda talk was Mrs. Forman's domain, not his. "Hey, maybe we should go see the Formans after school tomorrow," he suggested, figuring it'd do Jackie good to have someone insightful to talk to. "I know they wanna see you."

He heard Jackie swallow and she took a few moments before she spoke. "I dunno, Steven. After the whole crib thing I doubt they'd really want to see me. I was so rude and they were being so kind and I made Mrs. Forman so upset and I just don't think they-"

"Jackie, they wanna see you," Hyde interrupted. "They're worried about you n they wanna see that you're okay."

"You mean they feel sorry for me."

"Yeah, they feel sorry for you, everyone does."

Jackie rolled onto her back and pulled the covers high under her chin. "I don't want everyone to pity me. I'm not that girl."

"Well you are now," Hyde said, turning onto his side to look at her. She was staring at the ceiling panels now, her eyes glassy with tears, her bottom lip trembling. Hyde gently picked up a lock of her hair from the pillow and twirled it with his fingers. "But that doesn't mean it'll stay like that, Jackie. Things 'ill get better, people will get over it."

"How do you know?" she asked.

"Do you even remember my parents? I was you once, only my olds didn't leave me in a mansion with a shitload of food n a car."

Jackie giggled. "Yeah, you just had crackers."

"And ketchup," Hyde reminded her. "Don't forget the ketchup."

"That doesn't count, you stole the ketchup." Jackie rolled back onto her side to face Hyde, her pink lips turned up into a smile.

"Whatever."

Without warning Jackie grabbed Hyde's hand, slipping it under her pajama top and placing it on her stomach. "Baby's awake!" she grinned, her whole face lighting up.

Hyde nuzzled his head into the soft, downy pillow as his baby kicked, rolled and wriggled under his hand. It used to creep him out, all this alien baby business, but now he delighted in it. It was both scary and enthralling, knowing that in a few months time this little being wouldn't be hidden inside Jackie but would instead be in their arms.

And amongst all this craziness.

"I think she'll be a ballerina," Jackie said as the baby tossed and turned in her belly.

"Or he'll be a kung-fu master," Hyde smirked.

"Ugh, can you honestly imagine me with a little boy karate chopping planks of wood?"

"As a matter of fact I can."

"Well-" Jackie tucked her hands under her pillow, "-I just hope she or he has your eyes. It'd be a travesty not to pass those things on."

Jackie's compliment threw Hyde for a six and he all of a sudden didn't know what to do with his damn eyes. She was staring right into them as they tried to look anywhere but at her.

"Awwww, did I make Steven Hyde blush?" Jackie laughed.

"I'm not blushin'," Hyde argued. "I don't blush."

"Oh I think you do!"

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too. Hey, Steven?"

"Yeah?"

"You have really pretty eyes..."

Hyde rolled his eyes before swiftly pulling Jackie's pillow out from under her and tossing it on the floor.

"Shut your piehole, Jackie," he growled, "you're getting annoying."

Jackie shot up and slapped him on the arm. "You pig!" she cried, her eyes dancing in amusement, her lips tight in mock irritation. "Pick that pillow up right now, mister!"

"Can't, too tired," Hyde muttered, tucking his hands under his head. "But you go right ahead." He watched as Jackie crawled off the bed, cursing his name as she did so. When she threw the pillow back on the bed and shot him daggers, he smiled. It was as if she were back for a moment - the summertime Jackie. The Jackie that wasn't weighed down by countless problems and obstacles. For a few minutes she was just her usual feisty, sexy self...not demanding, whinging, crying, or bitching. She was summertime Jackie.

Except she wasn't.

"You okay?" he asked, wrapping an arm around her as she snuggled into his side.

"Yeah, just cold thanks to someone making me get out of the bed."

"Sorry."

"No you're not."

"Yeah, no I'm not." Hyde smirked and pulled her closer.

With his other hand he flicked off the bedside lamp and lay in the semi-darkness with Jackie next to him and their baby still wriggling in her tummy between them. For a fucked up situation he was actually starting to dig it. He could get used to this; sleeping with a hot girl, in a comfy bed, in a proper bedroom. But as he watched the shadows dance across the ceiling he told himself none of it was real. Tomorrow Rosa would be home, tomorrow Jackie wouldn't need him, and tomorrow Kelso would no doubt still be hanging around. All Hyde had to look forward to tomorrow was his cot in the basement.

He sighed, trying hard not to let his chest rise too much and annoy Jackie, and kissed the top of her head. Sure he was going home tomorrow, but he could still savour having her in his arms tonight.

Jackie stirred and looked up at him. "Thank you, Steven," she said sleepily. "I don't know what I'd do without you."

He stroked her silky hair off her forehead. "Well you wouldn't be pregnant that's for sure."

"Meh," she shrugged, "maybe it's not such a bad thing anymore. My family's gone...but at least I have this little one to look forward to."

"Correction," Hyde stated, kissing her head again. "We have this little one to look forward to."

A/N: So that was a bit of a filler chapter, a little insight into Hyde's changing feelings and how Jackie's holding up at school. Wasn't the most interesting but thought I should just let it go n update. Next chapter will have a bit more drama for y'all with a touch of JH lovin'.

Thanks for reviewing xx