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On the last day of the trip, both Hyde and Jackie were irritable and tired just wanting to be out of the car. They weren't fighting but the heat was getting to them since June was nearing and they wanted to be home. For the last hour or so, they barley talked while Hyde drove. But once Jackie saw the "Welcome to Point Place" sign with the "Don't date Kelso" message underneath it her face lit up.
"Oh my God!" Jackie said sitting up.
Hyde smiled. "There's my girl." He said patting her knee.
"Oh my God! Were in Point Place again!" She clapped her hands together.
"Yes we are." She smiled at him. "Where do you want to go first?"
"Um…lets go to the water tower!" She said excitedly.
"Alrighty lets go." He stepped on the gas pedal and made his way to the Water Tower.
When they got there, Jackie hoped out of the car and ran over to the ladder and climbed up. Hyde followed her with a smile on his face, happy she was so excited. He followed her up there and saw her leaning against the railing with her eyes shut breathing in the Point Place air.
"God its sooooo good to be home."
She smiled over at him and reached her hand out to him and he smiled taking her hand in his as she pulled him closer to her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and put her head on his chest as he rubbed her back.
"It's still exactly the same…" She said.
"Yeah except for one thing…" He whispered.
"Really? And what's that?"
"Well…I did a little painting of my own after you left."
She stared at him curiously as she pulled away from his embrace. "What do you mean you did a little painting?"
He smiled and pointed to the water tower, Jackie stepped to her right and looked up and saw "Hyde + Jackie" instead of "Michael + Jackie". She put her hand to her mouth covering the slight smile.
"Oh Steven…when did you do this?"
"About two hours after you left for New York…I got really drunk and drove over here. Sat up here for hours singing Tiny Dancer." He said laughing to himself.
"You did not." She said giggling slightly.
"Oh I did…then I got up and took the paint I had brought and scribbled out Kelso's name and wrote mine instead."
"Oh Steven…" She said placing a hand over her heart.
"Yep…then there was some more singing…or well more like screaming, and then the cops showed up and I fell off the water tower."
"Steven! You didn't!" She said stepping towards him.
He laughed. "I did…but it was fine."
"Did you get hurt?" She said looking him up and down trying to look for signs of scars or anything on him.
"Yeah…just a cut on my leg…there's a scar there." He said pointing to his left leg.
"Well I'll have to look at it later." She said smiling sweetly at him leaning up to kiss him sweetly. "Steven thank you for doing that."
"Yeah well…I should have done it a long time ago." He said sincerely brushing some hair out of her face.
"Yeah…but its going to stay like that forever." She said happily.
"Yes it will…I should write that on there." He said with a sly smile.
"What? Forever?" She asked confused.
"Yeah Forever…" He said walking past her.
"Steven where are you going?" She asked as he watched him pick up a can of paint from beside the other side of the water tower.
"We keep this here just incase." He said smirking at her.
She smiled. "Of course you do."
"Alright…let me get to work here."
He reached up and started writing the words "Forever" underneath their names and he smiled at his work. He stepped back slowly and hit the railing as it broke and fell. Jackie reached out to him but ended up falling down with him. They both landed with a thud on the ground on their backs. Hyde took a few deep breathes trying to recover from what had just happened before he realized that Jackie had fallen too. He jumped up and looked over at her and saw that she was laughing hysterically.
"Jackie are you ok?" He asked concerned.
She couldn't stop laughing. "Oh my God!"
"Jackie…this isn't funny…I mean are you hurt?"
"No…but I do have a stick practically molesting me." She said laughing and reaching under her ass to pull the twig out.
He smiled down at her. "Not the stick I was hoping to put there…"
She slapped him playfully. "Perv."
"I'm sorry…it was just too perfect." He said leaning down to kiss her. "Are you sure you're ok?" He said stroking her face.
"Yeah I'm fine. Are you ok?" She said rubbing his arms.
"Yep…I'm used to it by now." He said laughing at himself.
She laughed and kissed him sweetly. "That was my first time falling of the Water Tower."
"Well now you are truly a member of the Point Place community." He said chuckling.
"I suppose I am…"
"What do you want to do now?" He said kissing her cheek.
"I want to go home." She whispered in his ear.
He smiled against her neck and pulled back and smiled down at her. "To the Foreman's it is." He kissed her once and then stood up and stuck out his hand for her to take.
She took his hand and jumped off brushing off her jeans and shirt and took his hand as they walked to the car. She looked back at the water tower and smiled when she saw the "Hyde + Jackie Forever" sign. She kissed him when he opened the door for her and got back in as he drove off to the Foreman's. When the pulled into the driveway, a million memories went through her mind. She saw them as little kids running through the driveway, playing basketball, couples breaking up, getting back together, making out, Red yelling at the, Bob annoying them, Kitty making them laugh, and being together and having fun. Hyde saw the smile on her face and kissed her cheek gently. She snapped out of her daze and looked over at him.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Oh honey I was born ready."
She got out of the car and took his hand as they walked into the slider door of the kitchen. No one was in there but they soon heard laughing coming from the living room, Jackie's face lit up and her heart began to pound harder.
"Steven lets go! I want to see them!" She said jumping up and down.
"Alright, alright." He said laughing and kissing her head. "Let me go in first, and then we'll surprise them with you ok?"
"No! I have a better idea!" She said happily.
"Ok and what would that be?"
"Talk to them, say hello, and I'll go out and stand by my car. And then tell them you have a surprise gift for them outside. Then they'll all come out all excited and see me and they'll jump up and down and hug me and it will be so perfect!" She said jumping up and down in front of him.
"Well wouldn't they be disappointed when they see it's only you?" He said sarcastically.
"Jackass. Just do it!" She said slapping him.
"Ow…damn. Alright, you got it babe." He kissed her one last time before turning to go to the door to get them.
"Steven!" She whispered.
"Yeah babe?" He asked turning to her.
"Don't wait to long to come out ok? I'm going to burst!" She said smiling at him.
"Alright. I'll make it as quick as I can alright? Now get out there!"
She nodded and went out to the car and leaned up against the car and anxiously waited to see her friends again. She just hoped that Hyde wouldn't make her wait to long, she told herself that if it was more than five minutes, she would just run in and surprise them all. When Kitty saw Hyde she jumped up and grabbed him and hugged him tightly to her.
"Oh Steven your home! You never called us!" She said angrily slapping him.
"Ow damn Mrs. Foreman…that hurt, I'm sorry, some things came up." He said.
"What did you meet a girl?" Red said after everyone had hugged him.
"You could say that…" He said with a sly smirk.
"Did you bring us back anything?" Fez asked.
"Yes I did…Its outside."
"Outside? It must be huge!" Donna said.
"Well…good things come in small packages." He said laughing to himself.
"Can we go see it?" Eric asked.
"Yeah go for it." He said pointing to the door.
"Alright! I love presents!" Kelso said.
Hyde smiled as they ran out the swinging door and out the slider door into the driveway. He smiled as he heard them all scream when they saw Jackie. He smiled when he saw Donna swinging Jackie around.
"Best friend!" Donna yelled.
"It's good to see you too lumberjack!" She yelled hugging her back.
Donna put her down and Fez and Kelso attacked her enveloping her in Jackie sandwich. He watched Jackie's face turn into a full grin as her friends showed their excitement in seeing her. Red smiled and pulled her into a hug.
"We missed you kiddo." He said kissing her head.
"I missed you guys too Mr. Foreman."
"Fix any cars lately?"
"Nah…its all cabs in the city." She said laughing at him.
"Well the Vista Cruiser isn't running so hot…wanna take a look at it later with me?"
"I would love to." She said smiling at him. Jackie looked over at Kitty who was jumping up and down excitedly and crying. "Hey Mrs. Foreman."
"Oh you've grown up so much!" She said pulling her in for a bone breaking hug.
Jackie just laughed. "Oh Mrs. Foreman…I've missed you." She said laughing at the enthusiasm of the women she considered to be her mother. She saw Eric out of the corner of her eye and he waved shyly to her. She pulled away from Kitty and walked towards Eric smiling slightly at him.
"Hey stranger."
He smiled at her. "Hey Jackie…how's it going?"
"Oh would you just give me a hug already?" She said pulling him towards her.
He smiled at her and pulled her in for a tight hug. "How are you doing?" He said kissing the side of her head.
"I'm good…thanks for asking. How are you?"
"Can't complain."
"Oh enough of the small talk, what are you doing here!" Fez asked.
"Well…" Jackie said stepping towards Hyde. "I ran into Steven in Ireland…and I realized I missed you guys so much."
"What were you doing in Ireland?" Kelso asked.
"Oh that's a long story…" She said looking to Eric.
"Well lets get you inside, your entirely to skinny, you need some food!" Kitty yelled clapping her hands together and pulling her into the kitchen. Red followed them into the kitchen smiling after them. The rest of the gang stayed behind to talk to Hyde.
"So…is Jackie ok?" Eric asked.
"No…but she's getting there." Hyde said.
"What happened? Why was she in Ireland?" Donna asked concerned.
"I think that's something Jackie needs to tell you for herself." Hyde said turning around to follow them to the kitchen.
Eric just shrugged not wanting to say what he assumed it would be, they walked back to the kitchen and Eric grabbed Hyde's arm.
"Hey man…are you mad at me? For not telling you…"
"No…I get it. It's fine…Jackie's going to be ok."
"I really did want to tell you…" He said.
"I know…But I understand why you didn't let's just move on from here ok?" He asked.
"Alright…you must be happy she's home. "
"Beyond happy." He said smiling and turned to the kitchen to be by Jackie's side when she told her friends her long and complicated story. They were all home where they belonged…
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