Ashley wanders down the stairs when she hears arguing so she follows the source of yelling. As a landlord, it's her responsibility to check up on her tenants.

She finds Jackie and Donna arguing on the hood of Hyde's car. Jackie is perched on the hood and Donna is standing. She notes how calm Jackie appears to be as opposed to Donna who is gesturing angrily.

She can't help but listen in on their conversation and the conversation makes her blood boil.

Donna rushes down the stairs annoyed, several thoughts in her head.

Why had she volunteered?

How is Jackie so fast on such small feet?

Jackie had a ten-second head start but she had the longer legs, it didn't make sense.

Who was this Ashley girl?

"Jackie!"

"Go away, Donna!"

Donna rolls her eyes at the childish retort.

She finds Jackie standing next to Hyde's car, one hand on the hood. She's hunched over crying.

Donna rolls her eyes again and crosses her arms over her chest.

"Seriously Jackie? This is pathetic. Crying over a guy who cheated on you? How much lower can you sink?"

"Shut up Donna"

"No seriously Jackie, you are pathetic, are you seriously crying over Hyde? He married a stripper."

Jackie's hands curl up into fists and she turns around angrily.

"Shut up."

Donna stalks forward, backing her up against the car. Jackie places her hand on the hood behind her and pushes herself up, trying to give herself some space from Doona but the redhead loomed closer.

"No Jackie. You shut up. You need to grow up. Hyde married someone else, he married Sam and instead of supporting him as his friend you instead you treat Sam like crap. I understand he broke your heart but you acted like an overgrown child. You couldn't even pretend to get along with Sam and make this whole thing easier on anyone. Oh no, that not the Jackie Burkhart way. You wanted us to pity you. That's pathetic. Hyde didn't want to marry you, why would he? He didn't want to marry you all those other times you put pressure and then he caught you and Kelso in that damm room. Why did you expect him to take you back after that? I know you can be a bit of an airhead but I thought that the fact that you were no longer a cheerleader you would be smarter. But then again, we all know boys weren't into you for your brains. Nah, they were all into you because they figured that since you ran with Kelso, you would give them a run too. And you liked that, you liked the attention they gave you. Typical Jackie, all the attention has to be on you. Hyde moved on again and instead of being his friend and supporting him, you had to make a big scene and run out. Come find me when you are ready to grow up."

Donna spun on her heels and stomps off, before Jackie can say anything, not that she can as she was frozen in shock.

Ashley gave Donna's back a glare, blood boiling, she wanted nothing more than to grab Donna's hair and pull, hard, but all that disappeared when she caught sight of Jackie crying on Hyde's car.

The small girl was bent over and she felt a wave of protectiveness for the girl her neighbor and friend was in love with.

"Your friend is a bitch."

Jackie turns around to find the girl from Steven's apartment- Ashley- she reminds herself, leaning on the railing.

"Excuse me?"

"Sweetheart she called you attention-seeking and pretty much implied you are a slut. She also said you were an airhead for being a cheerleader? Which is dumb because last time I check cheerleaders need to keep their grades up to stay on the squad."

Jackie glares at the girl.

"You don't know me, you don't know Donna."

Ashley shrugs and makes her way down the stairs and leans against the car hood and turned her head to look at Jackie.

"I know she's not a real friend. A real friend wouldn't say such horrible things. A real friend would support you. A real friend wouldn't attempt to seduce your boyfriend."

Jackie's eyes widen and her hand form fists, nails digging into her palms.

"I don't believe you."

Her voice was shaking, unsure and Ashley sighed and rested her hands on the hood of the car, not looking at Jackie.

"Ask Hyde. He told me all about it. She tried to do it twice, the first times with Sam the stripper left, the second was a few weeks ago when you got the flowers. Apparently, she wanted to thank him personally for the yellow roses."

"Donna wouldn't do that to me. She's my..."

"She's a lot of things but she's not your friend. As I said, a friend wouldn't say such horrible things nor would they pick a homewrecking stripper over their friend. "

"Donna's been my best friend for two years."

Jackie could hear the question, the uncertainty, in her voice, she needed the reassurance that she and Donna were friends, that Donna wouldn't betray her like that.

Ashley shook her head and turns to face Jackie, one leg curled up underneath her.

"Let me clear something up, Hyde and me? Not a thing. As I said, the boy's too busy trying to get you back to even look at me and I already have a man in my life I don't need another one. Also, Donna is a lot of things but she's not your friend. I'm not denying that Donna was your friend but right now, she's a shitty one and you need someone in your corner, not someone who is going to call you pathetic for still loving the boy who broke your heart."

"I don't love him."

Jackie bit her lip, and Ashley tilts her head and gave her a sad smile.

"If you didn't love him, then why does it bother you to know that Donna tried to sleep with him. Why does it bother you to see him moving on? You can hate it, you can deny it but the heart wants what it wants. And your heart wants Steven Hyde."

"I don't love him, and even if I did, it doesn't matter, I'm leaving soon."

Ashley's eyes widen at the information and she opens her mouth but Jackie slams her hands on the hood, realizing that she may have given too much information.

"What I want is for you to leave me alone."

Ashley pushes herself off the car hood and holds out her hands, not wanting to anger the smaller girl.

"Fair enough, I'll walk away but tell me this, did you ever wonder if Donna and Kelso hooked up while in California? I mean they were both single and from what I heard Kelso flirted with everything and Donna was "heartbroken". "

And with that, she climbs up the stairs and went to her apartment.

Ashley decided to wait until everyone was gone before she spoke to Hyde.

Hearing what Donna had said to Jackie made her blood boil.

From what Hyde had told her Jackie didn't have too many people she could trust in her life and Donna was supposed to be her best friend.

What kind of best friend tries to snake her boyfriend and calls her slut?

How could Jackie not see that Donna wasn't being a good friend?

And was Jackie seriously leaving town?

Jackie watches the older girl leave before she buries her face into her hands again, letting the tears flow down freely.

During Donna's ran she ad so much she wanted to say but she could not move her mouth, she just froze at the malice in the redhead's voice.

She knew that they weren't particularly close anymore but to hear what Doona thought of her, it hurt her a lot.

And then Ashley didn't help matters, she had put all these thoughts in her head.

She didn't want to know about Steven Hyde still loving her because the idea made it harder for her to move on.

She didn't want to still be in love with Steven Hyde but she was.

She didn't want to think about the possibility of Donna and Michael.

She didn't want to think about Donna flirting with Steven and what he had done.

She just wants to curl up in bed and sleep.

A light touch on her arm makes her jump.

She looks over to see Eric.

"Hey, devil."

He wraps an arm around and she curls up closer to him.

He doesn't say anything and she's thankful for that. She already has too many thoughts and voices in her head, she doesn't need anymore.

They don't talk until the others come out.

Kelso and Fez take off in the van and the Formans pile into the Vista Cruiser.

Kitty opens her mouth but Red placed a hand on her shoulder and he shakes his head and she concedes.

The drive home is silent and Jackie ends up between Laurie and Eric.

Eric has his arm around her and Laurie has her hand and as Jackie sits in the car with them she wonders how did she and Steven Hyde get so lucky to have the Formans in their lives.

She might not have Steven Hyde in her life but she does have a family.

Hey, wallflowers! Sorry for the long wait. I have been busy. I had a sorority retreat to plan (on my birthday), a birthday to celebrate (Happy 21 to me) and a whole lot of stuff going on, I also start my senior year (of college) at the end of August, I have recruitment and a wedding. I also have a few other projects that I'm writing, so I will update when I can. Ideally, all before I start classes again, but that's in two week, so we will see.

Anyway, this chapter was hard to write because I don't have any really bad fights with my girl best friends (we just drift away), but I hope you liked it anyway. I'm not too happy with it but I rewrote so many times and it just began to drive me crazy.

Reviews

Rachel (6/28): Thank you, I wanted Ashley to play a big role here (besides making people wonder who she is and the whole jealously thing). Ashley just wants to help Hyde out. I think Jackie and Hyde need to communicate but are at a standstill because Hyde never has been one for talking and Jackie won't talk to him because her heart has been shattered. And loving someone isn't easy!

Guest (7/1): Yes... but we have a few more chapters to go.

Rachel (8/7): I'm sorry my love. I have no plans on abandoning this. I actually have the next chapter mostly written out, I just got very busy and had a hard or writing the Donna and Jackie scene. I'm not too happy with how it turned out (and rewrote it several times)