Going to California

Do you know how hard it is to say. "Oh no, we're just friends," when I really just want to scream, "I love you!"?

"I never want to see Michael's stupid face ever again!" Jackie snarled, her manicured fingers curling around the many angry letters that she had wrote to Kelso but never sent.

The only letter that she actually sent to him was one that I helped her write around mid-July. It was now around the end of August and my senior year was approaching. I had spent the entire summer comforting Eric and Jackie (especially Jackie), fighting and then "making up" with Hyde and having Fez hit on me. Fun.

I was secretly worried about my relationship with Hyde, but Donna was in California and Jackie was waaaay too depressed over Kelso to help me with my relationship problems.

Sophomore year had been good for me and Hyde, with lots of fooling around and happiness and being in love. Junior year was really rocky with all the drama and all the fighting. Especially all the fighting. How would senior year turn out for me and Hyde?

"...God, he is such a loser! And dumb, too! A total dufus! How could I have ever wasted so much time on him?" Jackie ranted, angirly.

"I don't know," I replied. "but you're gonna have to see Kelso soon cuz Eric went to California to get Donna, so Kelso's probably coming back, too."

"Eric went all the way to California just to bring Donna back?" Jackie cried. "That is so cute! Stupid Michael never would have done that for me. Boy, am I really gonna let him have it when he gets back!"

"Listen, Jackie...before Kelso does get back, are you sure you're over him? Because I don't want to see you go back to him and then get hurt again," I said.

"Oh, don't worry, Sarah, I am so over that moron! I'm never going to let him or anyon else hurt me like that again." I let out a sigh of relief.

"Good."

Because Jackie had been devestated when Kelso ran away to California. For a long time I had thought that he had finally broken her. But she pulled through and was fine now...as far as I knew.

The phone rang and Jackie picked it up. "Hello?" She paused and then handed it to me. "It's Hyde." I took the phone and held it up to my ear.

"Steven?"

"Sarah! Kelso and Donna are back from California," he explained.

"They are?" I cried, excitedly.

"What's going on?" Jackie whispered repeatedly, poking me in the arm.

"Yeah, they just got back. Eric brought 'em home."

"We'll be right there!" I said and hung up the phone. "Kelso and Donna are back from California."

"No way! Really?"

"Yeah!"

We rushed downstairs and borrowed her dad's Lincoln to speed all the way to the Forman's. We almost got a speeding ticket. And sure enough, Kelso's van was in the driveway. I came barreling out of the car and hugged Donna, tightly.

"You're back! You have to tell me all about California! Is it amazing? How's your mom? Are you and Eric back together?" She grinned at me.

"California was awesome, but it got boring after a while. My mom's fine and yes," Donna shot a smile at Eric. "we are back together."

"You have to tell me everything later!" I murmured and then hugged Kelso while Jackie talked to Donna.

Seasons 5-7 are gonna be hard for me to write, since there's no Hyde/Jackie in this story, so I might have to change some things.

Love, Rachel