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"Can we change the subject, please," Hyde demanded emotionlessly as he took another swig of his pop.

"I'm just saying, man, it's been two weeks," Kelso said. "I've seen her twice, and both times she was being boring and was completely covered up. I miss being able to stare at her boobs!"

"Hey, Kelso," Hyde piped up. The moment Kelso's head swiveled to face him, Hyde's fist shot out and connected with the moron's shoulder. "Shut up."

"What do you care?" Donna demanded of Hyde. The gang all turned to face her as Hyde's jaw clenched. She ignored everyone but the resident 'fro-boy as she went on to rave, "You pretend like you don't care about her all the freaking time, and it's killing you both! She's been moping in our room nonstop for the past half of a month, and it's all your stupid fault! If you hadn't gone and fucked Jackie, none of this would be happening! So goddammit, Hyde, you are going to go over there and fix this before I kick your ass!"

He stared at her incredulously for a moment, shocked into silence by her outburst. As it turned out he didn't have to say anything, because before he could even open his mouth Kelso cut in, "You did it with Jackie?"

"That's not important right now, Kelso," the vicious redhead seethed, pointing towards the door and glaring at Hyde. "Go. Clean up your mess."

Hyde cast a look over at Donna skeptically, silently asking if she actually expected him to go. When Donna's expression didn't waver, Hyde realized that she was serious about the whole 'kicking his ass' thing. He scowled and got to his feet before storming out the door.

As he trudged across the driveway from the Formans' to the Pinciottis', he felt himself growing less and less angry towards Donna and more towards himself. He scowled when he realized how stupid he was for hurting her the way he did; all he wanted right now was for her to be happy. He decided that he was fine with whatever her reaction would be to him. He would be fine with her hitting him and screaming and yelling at him, so long as he managed to get her out of her room. He didn't care if she was with him or not so long as she was happy.

He shuddered when he realized how much he cared about her. He'd never been like this with a girl before. He'd always either just wanted to get in their pants or, in Donna's case, he didn't care if she was happy so long as they were together. The fact that he didn't have selfish motives this time scared the shit out of him.

He approached the house and went up to her room without knocking on either door. He turned the doorknob and stepped inside the dark room. His gaze immediately fell on the miserable ball of a person that was lying in Chris's bed. Hyde felt a surge of pain drive through him as he stared at her. Eventually, Chris looked up to see who the intruder was. Upon seeing Hyde, she sat upright and wiped her eyes with her hands. She gave him an angry glare and demanded, "What do you want?"

Hyde stared at her, the act not fooling him for a moment. He looked into her eyes for a moment before whispering, "Listen, Chris—"

"I'm going for a walk," she told him, cutting him off briskly. He remained silent as he watched her write out a note for Donna telling her where she'd gone. Hyde recalled a previous conversation they'd had where Chris had explained to him the purpose of the notes— Chris had originally written them out in case Domino got to her so that people would know when and where to start looking, but now she did it more out of habit than anything. He watched her furious scribbles and then followed her out the door. He had taken all of five steps out through the backyard before Chris called over her shoulder, "Hyde… please don't follow me."

Hyde debated internally for a moment before he nodded. She hadn't bothered looking back at him while or after she spoke, so he knew his nod went unseen. He decided to let her have her space and turned back, returning to the gang and the basement. He received angry glances from Donna when he entered, but took no mind of it as he slipped on his shades and returned to his usual seat.

Donna stepped into her house and walked into her room, hoping that Chris was still there. When she saw the girl sitting down and brushing her hair, a smile appeared on Donna's face. She let her hope get the best of her and said, "Hey."

Chris smiled up at her roommate and said a weak, "Hi, Donna."

Donna plopped down on her bed and watched Chris brush out her locks before asking, "You feeling any better?"

"Hyde came by before. He wanted to talk to me." Chris glanced up at Donna and asked, "Why'd you make him come over?"

Donna blushed, kind of embarrassed that her plot was so see-through. "I was mad. I figured that since Hyde made you upset, he'd be the only one to fix it. I guess not, huh?"

"Nope," Chris agreed sadly. She stared at herself in the mirror before biting her lip and saying softly, "I don't think he can fix it. He messed up, Donna. He messed up really badly."

Donna considered that for a moment before letting out a soft sigh and saying, "Alright, well, I have to go back to the Formans'. I promised them I'd go for dinner." She paused before asking with slight hesitation, "Do you want to come?"

Chris shook her head rapidly. She knew that she was not yet ready to face the gang. "No, it's alright. Go without me."

"I might stay the night," Donna told her truthfully. She realized that Chris might not want to be alone and added, "Are you okay with that? You don't mind?"

"No. Go ahead. I'll be fine." Chris forced a brave smile to return to her face, and she waved to her roommate. She waited only a few minutes after Donna had gone to slip outside herself, letting the cool air soothe her as she walked away.

The next morning, Donna awoke in Eric's arm with a smile on her face. He looked down at her and kissed the top of her head. "Good morning," they said at the same time. They laughed at each other and then lazily got out of bed. Donna looked at the clock to make sure it was late enough that she wouldn't be suspected of staying over before walking down the stairs with her boyfriend at her heels. She glanced around at the early-afternoon sun and told Kitty and Red, "Good morning."

Red jerked his thumb at the door and commanded, "Go back to your own house. I don't need a bunch of stupid kids ruining my morning."

Donna laughed and went up to her room, then looked around expectantly. She frowned when she didn't see Chris, and then headed over to the desk where Chris usually left her notes. When Donna didn't see one, she felt worry creep up on her and ran into the Basement. She stared into Hyde's face and announced gravely, "I can't find Chris."

A/N: So I cut it off short because I was eager to write this out, haha. :D I promise next chapter will be up within a few days. Lemme know what you think!

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