Jackie was unfocused. Not that she really had to be focused to be a "Cheese Maiden". She couldn't keep her mind off of that... kiss...
"What have I done?" she thought silently. "Steven's gonna think... he'll think I'm... *slutty*... he'll be mad, think I was using him..." She ran both hands through her hair. "Oh, God... What have I done?" she muttered under her breath.
"Jackie, is everything okay?" Todd asked her, frowning. "You've been acting odd all afternoon..."
"Fine, it's fine... I just... I think Michael was a bad influence on me?"
"What do you mean?" he asked in a concerned tone.
"Well... I got mad at him, and kissed some other guys right in front of him--- friends of ours--- just for spite?" she admitted.
"Well... if that's the trouble, then... why didn't you call me?"
Jackie rolled her eyes at him. "Because I don't want to use you; we're friends, right?"
"Um, friends, sure..." he said softly.
About that time, Hyde was walking into the store--- not quite sure *why* he was going, he just... wanted to see... well... he was getting confused, which usually just made him grumpy...
"You know, Jackie..." he heard Todd telling her as he leant over her, "We could be friends with... benefits..."
"No, Todd." she said flatly.
"You're right; it was... a joke..." he tried to laugh.
"Hiya, Jacks." Hyde said suddenly, loudly.
"Steven!" she burst out. "Ahem... I mean... hi?"
Hyde gave Todd a "look", but didn't say anything. Hey, the guy was shrimpy, but he could probably kick his ass with that kung-fu stuff...
"Did you want to talk to me about something, Steven?" Jackie asked, biting down on her lower-lip.
"No... I just... cheese. Yeah, Mrs. F. wanted me to get some... cheese... and... you sell that here..."
Hyde cursed himself silently inside his head. "Great, moron--- you sound like Kelso."
Jackie eyed him but shrugged. "Ummm... sure..."
"What kind of cheese would you like?" Todd asked in his "professional" voice.
"The kind you *eat*?"
"Todd, maybe *I'd* better help Steven, okay?"
Todd nodded, walking to the other side of the room to pretend to fill out the inventory sheets, all the while glancing over at them.
"So, is Mrs. Foreman having a party?" Jackie asked.
"Uh... I dunno? I think... she just wanted it... to surprise Red?"
"Aw, that's... sweet?"
"Yeah, guess so..."
"Well, here, she should like this." Jackie said, stuffing some in a bag and weighing it. "Steven... look..."
"Jackie, I wanna ask ya... were you serious when you broke up with Kelso, or were you just pissy and you'll get back with him?"
"Dead serious?"
"Okay, I'll see ya later..."
"Steven, wait?"
Hyde turned around, looking a bit confused yet half hopeful. "Yeah?"
"You forgot... your bag?" Hyde nodded and walked out, slightly flushed...
"What have I done?" she thought silently. "Steven's gonna think... he'll think I'm... *slutty*... he'll be mad, think I was using him..." She ran both hands through her hair. "Oh, God... What have I done?" she muttered under her breath.
"Jackie, is everything okay?" Todd asked her, frowning. "You've been acting odd all afternoon..."
"Fine, it's fine... I just... I think Michael was a bad influence on me?"
"What do you mean?" he asked in a concerned tone.
"Well... I got mad at him, and kissed some other guys right in front of him--- friends of ours--- just for spite?" she admitted.
"Well... if that's the trouble, then... why didn't you call me?"
Jackie rolled her eyes at him. "Because I don't want to use you; we're friends, right?"
"Um, friends, sure..." he said softly.
About that time, Hyde was walking into the store--- not quite sure *why* he was going, he just... wanted to see... well... he was getting confused, which usually just made him grumpy...
"You know, Jackie..." he heard Todd telling her as he leant over her, "We could be friends with... benefits..."
"No, Todd." she said flatly.
"You're right; it was... a joke..." he tried to laugh.
"Hiya, Jacks." Hyde said suddenly, loudly.
"Steven!" she burst out. "Ahem... I mean... hi?"
Hyde gave Todd a "look", but didn't say anything. Hey, the guy was shrimpy, but he could probably kick his ass with that kung-fu stuff...
"Did you want to talk to me about something, Steven?" Jackie asked, biting down on her lower-lip.
"No... I just... cheese. Yeah, Mrs. F. wanted me to get some... cheese... and... you sell that here..."
Hyde cursed himself silently inside his head. "Great, moron--- you sound like Kelso."
Jackie eyed him but shrugged. "Ummm... sure..."
"What kind of cheese would you like?" Todd asked in his "professional" voice.
"The kind you *eat*?"
"Todd, maybe *I'd* better help Steven, okay?"
Todd nodded, walking to the other side of the room to pretend to fill out the inventory sheets, all the while glancing over at them.
"So, is Mrs. Foreman having a party?" Jackie asked.
"Uh... I dunno? I think... she just wanted it... to surprise Red?"
"Aw, that's... sweet?"
"Yeah, guess so..."
"Well, here, she should like this." Jackie said, stuffing some in a bag and weighing it. "Steven... look..."
"Jackie, I wanna ask ya... were you serious when you broke up with Kelso, or were you just pissy and you'll get back with him?"
"Dead serious?"
"Okay, I'll see ya later..."
"Steven, wait?"
Hyde turned around, looking a bit confused yet half hopeful. "Yeah?"
"You forgot... your bag?" Hyde nodded and walked out, slightly flushed...