"Listen, Jackie. Kelso is…."
Then suddenly Hyde and Donna opened the door to the basement, looking frantic. "Eric what the hell are you doing. We need to hurry man", Hyde told him.
Eric nodded, "Oh yeah….right….I'll meet you guys outside okay." Eric stated, Hyde nodded and went outside but Donna stayed.
"Hey uh, Eric can we talk for a second?" Donna asked, sincerely.
Eric nodded and then turned to Jackie, "I'll talk you later okay", he told her feeling uncomfortable. Jackie nodded and then started walking towards the door, leaving.
Donna walked and sat down next to Eric. Eric looking at her leather jacket, she never started dressing like that before she started dating Hyde. She changed a bit, but her attitude wasn't really different but he did realize that her lifestyle was changed a bit.
"Okay listen Forman, I don't know how to tell you this but…..I was outside with Hyde and I saw…." She gulped. "I saw Kelso and your sister making out."
Eric's expression was the same emotionless expression like it was when she walked in. Donna 's expression was much different like she expected Eric to react differently, much differently. Like being in a panic. Until Eric just realized that Donna, besides Jackie, was the only one who didn't know about it yet. To avoid a scolding from the redhead, Eric widened his eyes and put on his best shocked face. "Oh, no, that's uh…"
"Did you know about this?!" Donna exclaimed, noticing Eric's "sudden" expression change. She wasn't dumb. After she raised her voice, Eric cowered a bit.
"Did I? Uh, no! No! I didn't know about this!" Then suddenly Hyde walked in, forgetting something in his back room but before he went back there Eric quickly stood up, face looking frantic.
"Hey, Hyde! Donna just saw Kelso and Laurie making out!"
Hyde stared at him through his sunglasses, his expression unchanged. "So?"
Eric scoffed loudly, frowning. "Aren't you shocked? I'm shocked! For one to have learned about this!"
Donna shrugged and shook her head, "Should we tell Jackie?"
Eric and Hyde turned to Donna. "Yes" and "No" they said in unison. Eric the one saying yes. Hyde looked at him confused.
"Why tell her already Forman? I'm having fun setting traps for that dillhole", Hyde stated, walking to the back room quickly and then walking back with a brown paper bag.
Eric shrugged, "I don't know. Don't you just kinda feel bad for Jackie?"
Hyde looked up, putting on his thinking face, though it was an expressionless thinking face. He looked back at Eric and with the same emotionless voice, said, "No."
"Well I think we should tell her!" Donna exclaimed again.
Hyde sighed, "Donna man, relax. Kelso will get what's coming to him soon. It's going to blow up in his face eventually. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But it will happen…and when it does….I will laugh." He said smirking before leaving the basement again.
Donna crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Eric again. "Why do you care so much if we tell her or not?"
Eric's eyes widened again as he looked at Donna, "I don't…."
Donna frowned at him.
"Well I don't know Donna. Maybe she deserves to know."
Donna smiled, "Trust me I want to tell her but imagine the magnitude of anger. Who knows what's going to happen. It's going to be bad."
"You think?"
"Duh….I don't know. We have time to think about it though, lets just talk when we're at Vanstock okay?"
Donna playfully slapped his arm and left the basement.
Eric groaned and stressfully rubbed his face, not sure what to do. Not even sure what he was thinking. He didn't understand what his feelings were.
Why did he just have a sexy dream about Jackie? Could it mean something? Or maybe all it was, was a dream. That's what dreams were right? Just fantasies.
He didn't know what to do or think. But one thing he knew was…
Tonight was gonna be strange…
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It was a couple minutes later and Eric walked outside with new clothes, a suitcase and a sleeping bag. He saw nearly the whole gang out, except Kelso. He saw Jackie and Fez together and Fez was holding a bunch of her suitcases.
Donna slowly walked up to Jackie, looking guilty. "Um, Jackie, look, you know, before we surprise Kelso, there's something going on that you should know."
"What?" Jackie asked, Donna looked at Hyde and Eric who gave different facial expressions. She slowly turned around to Jackie again.
"You know, vanstock is gonna be really boring, and it's gonna be muddy, and you know there's a good chance there's gonna be some Canadians there."
Jackie frowned and her face turned into a scowl. "Eeeew!" And Donna nodded, hopeful she would go.
"No, no, Jackie, you should go. You can't let the Canadians win!" Hyde told her walking up to her, holding a soda pop.
Jackie stared at him for a bit before turning to Fez. "Fez, put my stuff in the back." She ordered and he did as he was told.
"So Jackie you know the plan right? We'll pull the curtains, and you hide in the back with us. And at some point, you jump up front and yell surprise!"
Jackie nodded, with a wide grin. "Oh my god, it's perfect."
Hyde smiled back at her, though obviously his intentions were much different than hers. "Now, hop in the van before Kelso sees you. Hurry up!"
Jackie excitedly got in the back of the van. Eric walked up to Hyde, who was smirking. "Oh, this may be the best road trip ever."
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It was later in the day and Kelso and Laurie are in the front of the van, while Kelso is driving, The rest of the gang are in the back.
"So, you wanna shift?" Kelso asked, grinning at Laurie.
"It's an automatic."
" I know…." He told her grinning and she smiled back at him but soon both of their smiles faded as soon as a short brunette jumped out from behind the curtain.
"Surprise!"
Kelso screamed, one for the shock factor, and two because of who it was. Jackie hugged him tightly, then noticed Laurie and looked at her suspiciously.
Meanwhile, in the back of Kelso's van. Fez is looking through Jackie's makeup case, and Eric and Donna are looking on.
"Look at this. Jackie brings four different types of mascara just to please Kelso. And what does Kelso bring? An other woman."
"Fez, you should really stop going through other people's stuff. It's kind of creepy…"Eric state, though Fez ignored him.
"So, how long do you think this whole thing has been going on?" Donna asked Eric.
Eric put on his face of pretend concern again. "Whoo, I, you know, I don't know, that's anyone's guess. Right, Fez?"
"What?" He asked, looking up from Jackie's make up case.
"Kelso and Laurie! See, ha, Fez doesn't even know!"
"So what are we gonna do?"
I don't know, I guess we can just let this all blow over. Then Jackie and Kelso can get married, have kids, and be really unhappy. Or we can tell her and maybe Jackie and Kelso will both meet someone else in life and be happy with them. Or at least Jackie will be, I for some reason can't see Kelso….not cheating on somebody."
"Look at this. Bubble gum LipSmacker. What a waste…." Fez stated holding up a chapstick case as Eric and Donna stared at him strangely though he still didn't seem to care.
Donna grabbed the lipstick out of Fez's hand and threw it back in the case, then she closed the case and took it away from him.
Meanwhile, in the front of the van. Hyde poked his head up between the curtains, and is talking to Jackie, Laurie and Kelso who are all sitting uncomfortably in the front of the van. "So, you kids having fun? Nothing like a road trip to get to know each other."
"Yeah. Right." Kelso said uncomfortably.
"Like, Jackie and Laurie. They don't really know each other, and yet, they have so much in common."
Jackie and Laurie both frowned, "Like what?" The petite cheerleader asked.
"Oh! Well, you both have really neat hair…"
Jackie smiled and turned to Laurie. "He's right! I love your hair. What do you use?"
"Hot rollers…" Laurie emotionlessly answered.
"So do I! I hate styling wands."
Then Laurie sat up, looking more excited, much to Kelso's dismay. "So do I!"
"See? You two keep talking. There may be plenty of other things that you have in common."
"No! No talking. It makes the driver nervous. So just everybody not talk", Kelso shouted to everyone.
" Okay. Let's just sing songs. Who knows the words to "Three's Company?"
"I do!" Laurie and Jackie shouted excitedly in unison.
"No singing!"
"Come and knock on our door…" Hyde started singing.
"Come and knock on our door!" Jackie and Laurie sung along.
"We've been waiting for you…"
" We've been waiting for you!"
Then the three of them started singing together. "Where the kisses are hers and hers and his!" Hyde slapped Kelso on the back of the head, "three's company too!"
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Later on at vanstock, the gang is standing around Kelso's van looking at everything. "Wow, man, Vanstock! It's exactly how I pictured it!" Hyde stated, looking around at the hippies and junkies. But there were a few normal people like them, and a few teens they knew from school. It wasn't all just hippies and addicts.
Just then, two girls walk by covered in mud, one of them covering up her chest. "Has anyone seen my top? I lost my top!" One of the girls yelled before walking off with the other girl.
"Actually, it's even better than I pictured it!" The suddenly a man with a bullhorn staggers out from somewhere.
"Do not take the blue acid! If you have taken the blue acid, please report to the red cross tent!" The man exclaimed, looking panicky. Three or four guys get up and head in the direction of the red cross tent, looking panicked as well as the gang watched them.
"Look at this debauchery." Fez said, looking around disgusted with the environment. "This is the smelly underside of a once great nation." He then looked in the direction of the food stands. Ooh, yum! Candy apples!" He exclaimed with a wide grin and then walked towards them.
Hyde then walked up to Kelso, "Hey, man! What'd you say we go help that chick find her top?"
"Nah man, gotta stay here with the old balls and chains." He remarked, indicating Laurie and Jackie.
"You know, Kelso, did you ever think about being honest with them? Maybe they won't be mad? Maybe, they'll like the idea of sharing you!"
Kelso grinned widely. "Man, that'd be great, huh? You think they'd go for that? Cause that's been, like-…" His grin faded into a frown. "Oh ho no! You're trying to set my up, Hyde!"
"You never know if you don't try, man!"
"Are you serious? Be serious, 'cause this is serious. This has been a dream of mine since I was a kid and saw "The Parent Trap."
Hyde smirked at him. "There you go! Then suddenly, Jackie and Laurie skip by beside the Hyde and Kelso.
"Ok! We're heading off to the restroom!" Jackie remarked as they skipped by arm and arm. Becoming friends all of a sudden.
"Ok."
Hyde then put on a face of concern for Kelso. "Oh, man, they're going to the restroom? You know what girls do in the restroom, right?"
"Oh, I like to pretend like they don't do that."
"Not that, man, they talk!"
"So?"
"To each other!"
Kelso had to think about for a minute but then his face dropped as he frowned. "Oh my god!" He then turned towards the direction that Laurie and Kelso went in. "Girls! Wait up!" He ran off to follow them.
Hyde shook his head, watching Kelso run by. "What a maroon."
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Later on at night, Jackie was in the van getting her make up case and applying it. Kelso and Laurie had ran off somewhere, Jackie didn't really worry about where since she was friends with her now. So she figured they were talking about her, but little did she know that she was wrong.
Way too wrong.
The suddenly she heard a knock at the van door. She opened the van, expecting to see Kelso or Laurie but instead she saw Eric, "Hey Jackie…"
She turned and faced him. "Hey Eric. What's up?"
He looked down not looking her in the eye, "Uh, listen there's something I need to tell you."
Jackie nodded, "Okay come in."
He looked at her, "Uh…really? You sure you don't just wanna talk out here?"
She shook her head, "No it's starting to get cold, come in."
"Uh…okay, yeah sure." Eric said and slowly and awkwardly climbed in the van. Once he got in and got comfortable, Jackie closed the van door.
"You want it closed?" He asked.
She nodded, "Like I just said, its cold. Dumbass."
He smiled, "Oh yeah I forgot."
"Now what is it you wanted to tell me?"
Eric took a deep breath, at least it was sort of dark in the van, so he didn't have to look her in the eyes. It made it easier to tell her what he was about to tell her. "Okay uh, Jackie. This is sort of difficult to tell you but I'm just gonna say it…"
Jackie then all of a sudden put her finger up to his lips, stopping him from continuing. "Eric you don't have to say it, I think I already know."
Eric's eyes widened. "Really? You do…." He deadpanned. He felt like an anchor had been lifted from off his chest. He breathed heavily. "Wow, that is such a relief." He let out a laugh. "You don't know how long I was out there thinking of what to say…it's just, now I can just relax-" Suddenly he was cut off by her lips crashing into his.
His mind raced, he had no idea what was going on. He didn't know what to do. This time, it wasn't a dream. But the thing was, even though he didn't know why she was kissing him…
He didn't want to push her away.
He started kissing back. He forgot what he came there to tell her, he forgot that this girl was one of his best friend's girlfriend, and to be honest he didn't care. He couldn't push her away. All the consequences that was possible to happen because of this kiss, he suddenly didn't care about. All he cared about was kissing her.
Suddenly she pulled away, and her lips weren't even an inch away from his. "I like you too." She told him, then that split second between her telling him that and her kissing him again, Eric just realized what Jackie thought he was about to say.
She didn't know about Kelso and Laurie like he thought. Jackie thought he was gonna say he liked her. Which was something he denied for weeks, it was something he denied since she kissed him back at the ski cabin, but now the time for denial was over.
He liked her, and it felt good to finally admit that, even if he only admitted it himself.
Eric still wanted to tell her about Laurie and Kelso, but he couldn't. He'd be stupid to stop kissing her. She kissed just like how she did in his dream. Instead of him getting on top of her like in his dream, she slowly pushed him down and got on top of him.
Eric felt like this felt like this couldn't of been real. This was a moment he thought of for a while and finally doing it. Months ago he would've thought the idea was bizarre, and he still sort of did, but it felt right.
She started to nibble on his lower lip. And he gently put a hand on her shapely butt.
The fact that Laurie and Kelso or even any other member of the gang could open the door at any moment, didn't even cross their minds.
She stopped biting his lip and kissed him again. Eric decided to try and take control. He gently held the back of her head and pushed her in a little closer, kissing her strongly. Jackie felt hot, and turned on by this guy who she never thought she'd be attracted to before.
A warm feeling of lust filled her body as she moaned again. He knew he had control again, so just like how she did in his dream, he rolled her over and got on top of her, and started kissing her again. The kiss became more heated, even more than in his dream.
He knew whatever he was doing, it was working. And making Point Place High School's most popular and hottest student feel like that made him feel like a man.
He started kissing her neck, taking from tips from his dream, and moved his way back to her lips.
Jackie then pulled away from him. Eric's eyes were still closed, and he started kissing the empty space where Jackie's lips one were. He didn't think he even knew where he was.
"Eric…Eric", she whispered, looking up at him. Suddenly his eyes opened, though dimly. "Eric maybe we should stop this. Kelso and Laurie could come at anytime."
Eric took a deep breath, "Yeah, your right….but um, please tell me this isn't the last time we're gonna do this."
She giggled, leaned and kissed him tenderly. Not a wild, strong kiss, but a soft gentle kiss. She pulled away, wide eyes and cute smile piercing. "What do you think, lover?"
Eric could only smile down at her. He rose up a bit, and then stopped. He had a tight feeling in his pants. "Oh no…"
"What is it?" She asked him
Eric's eyes were widened. "Uh…nothing…I think I gotta go though."
She smiled at him, "Okay but before you go Eric. We can not tell Michael…"
"Oh yeah but Jackie-"
"I think I'm going to break up with him. He's been acting sort of weird since I surprised him in the van. I think he's hiding something else from me I just don't know what it is."
"Uh, Jackie-"
"And I like you way more…." She told him with a smile and kissed him again quickly. "But we gotta keep this relationship a secret." She then grinned madly. "Oh isn't this romantic? This is just like a movie. A forbidden relationship is what we are in now Eric. Isn't it exciting?"
Eric smiled, "Uh yeah I guess it is Jackie. But exactly how long will it be kept a secret, because I think Donna already knows that there's something going on between us."
"Not long. I just have to be sure there's something going on with him."
"Do you still like him?"
She shrugged, "I really thought I did, but since that whole necklace situation….I just don't know. Ever since I keep trying to tell myself that he's the one for me but…..he's not."
Eric looked down, he wanted to tell her, but she was still hurt by the necklace thing, he couldn't imagine how she'd react if he told her he was cheating on her. She'd probably cry. He couldn't handle seeing her cry, he couldn't do that. So he wasn't going to do that. Even though something in his head told him to tell her, something else told him not to.
He couldn't…
"Okay but you need to go before someone comes okay. I'll see you later", she told him, kissing him again quickly and then opening the van door for him and pushing him out.
He couldn't help but laugh once she closed the door, she was a hell of a girl. He then walked away from the van and towards where he put his sleeping bag at. While he walked he saw so many hippies and teenagers laying down on sleeping bags or making out in their cars or sleeping in their cars. This place was packed yet quiet.
Eric then saw a small campfire in a more disclosed area, he figured he'd walk towards it and when he did he saw Donna looking down. "Hey Donna." She turned and smiled at him.
"Hey Eric", she said as he sat down next to her on a piece of wood. She was making a strange face, almost holding in a laugh.
"What?" Eric asked.
She turned to him, grinning. "So how was your make out session with Jackie?"
Eric's eyes widened, "W-wh-how-, how did you even-"
"I saw through the windshield of the van. Did you expect someone not to come, haha. You guys were going at it, hot and heavy", she teased, laughing.
"Oh god Donna, please don't tell-"
She playfully smacked him on the arm, "Shut up, Eric. I'm not going to tell anyone. I think its sweet. I knew you guys liked each other."
"Yeah I kinda figured you knew. But since when did you know exactly?"
She giggled, "For a while. It sort of crossed my mind when you didn't tell her you actually got her the necklace. Then there was prom, but I definitely knew when you guys kissed at the movie theater."
Eric nodded, "Oh yeah. That. I forgot about that."
She smiled again, "I'm glad you guys finally did that. Especially after Kelso stabbed her in the back. She should've broke it off with that loser a while ago."
"Yeah, see Donna, that's what I'm scared of. Kelso is one of my best friends. What do I do?"
"Eric, c'mon. He's cheating on someone you like, someone you know deserves more than Kelso. Plus its with your sister. I think you guys are even now. He obviously doesn't like her as much as he tells her. He's leading the girl on."
Eric nodded, "You know what Donna? You're right."
"I know. You gonna tell her soon about Kelso and Laurie?"
He sighed, "I want to, but I think she might cry. I can't handle that. I hate when people cry because of something I said, or did."
"But you didn't do anything. Kelso did."
"Yeah but I'm still the messenger, that's just as bad to me."
She sighed, "Well if she finds out later on, and she finds out that you knew and you didn't tell her that you did, things are gonna blow up. Big time."
"Yeah…I know…..Life is hard huh?" He snickered a bit.
Donna nodded, "You can say that again."
"Sometimes I wonder how life would be if…we ended up together…"
She turned to him and they both shared a small, friendly laugh. "Yeah…." They both said in unison.
"So, why are you here by yourself?" Eric asked.
"Punishing Hyde. Knew all about Kelso and Laurie. Didn't even tell me."
"What a dillhole."
Donna scoffed, "Oh, like you didn't know."
"Of course I knew. Everybody knew. You're the only one that didn't know."
"Shut up Eric, I'm mad at him."
Eric sighed, "Look, you don't rat on your friends. That's just the way it is. That's why I don't wanna tell Jackie. Kelso might be a dumbass, a liar, a cheater and a bastard, but he's still my friend. I can't tell on him, I'd be rat and a bad friend. That's what Hyde would've been if he told you."
"He still shoulda told me."
"Give him a break, Donna. He's a good guy, he just tries to balance his friendships and his relationships. He tries to do the right thing…at least sometimes he does."
"Yeah I guess that's true. You know what Eric, you're a great person to talk to. You're like a girlfriend." She teased with a smile.
Eric frowned, "A what? No, no I'm not."
She laughed at his twitchiness. "Yeah you're like a little girlfriend. Thanks for the heart to heart Erica." She said getting up and patting him on the head before leaving.
"Get bent." He laughed out, before getting up himself and walking away.
He walked towards his sleeping bag, so many thoughts racing through his mind of what to do and what not to do. But as he walked his eyes widened to see Jackie in his sleeping bag.
"Jackie? What are you doing here?"
She smiled, "Well, Kelso, Laurie and Fez are comfortable in the van so I told them I was just gonna sleep in your bag."
"And they didn't care?"
"Two idiots and a sister who doesn't care about you? I don't think they suspect something going on. We 'hate' each other right?"
Eric smiled back at her and got down and got in his sleeping back next to Jackie. She got close to him and put her head on his chest and her hands on his stomach and he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"You think we'll be out of this position by morning?" Jackie asked him, smiling very comfortable.
Eric smiled looking up at the stars, comfortable as well. "Hopefully not…" He told her. Tthey locked eyes before looking up at the stars, with genuine smiles on their face. They were happy. They weren't thinking about Kelso, Laurie or any of that now. They were just thinking of each other and it was a perfect but unexpected end to the best vanstock ever.