~When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
and all that I so want to give you
It's only a heartbeat away~
Jackie sniffled as Leo Sayer came onto the radio and stretched out across her bed. It was *the* song... The one they'd kissed to--- the one that always brought his face to her mind... She started as she heard a knock on her window. "Steven?" she sniffed, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand; something she used to think unladylike but at this point she just didn't care.
"Hey..." Hyde said quietly as she opened the window. "You've been cryin'..." he whispered, wiping her tears with his thumbs.
"I... it's nothing..."
"No... tell me..."
~when I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day~
"I just... I've ruined my life!"
"Say again?"
"Ever hear of the saying 'Pride goeth before a fall'?"
He nodded.
"Well... I had my fall a long time ago, I just never realized it?"
~miles and miles of empty space in between us
the telephone can't take the place of your smile
but you know I won't be travelin' forever
it's cold out, but hold out, and do I like I do~
"Jacks... if this is about Kel---"
"No! It's not him--- never him!" she sobbed.
Hyde looked at her concernedly, putting gentle hands on her shaking shoulders.
"I... I got scared... I screwed things up with you... And, now it's too late..."
~when I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
and all that I so wanna give you babe
it's only a heartbeat away~
"Jacks, that's not true..."
"Yes, it is!" she insisted. "I made my bed, *and* I lay in it?" she flushed. "It was just the wrong one?"
"*Jackie*." Hyde sighed. "Listen to me?" he said, cupping her chin gently. "Look... doll... we didn't handle it well; it was a screwy situation from the start? But... maybe now we can have a new begining?"
~it's not easy when the road is your driver
honey that's a heavy load that we bear
but you know I won't be traveling a lifetime
it's cold out but hold out and do like I do~
Jackie looked up at Hyde, shock painting her tearstained face.
"You mean... you'd... you'd... after everything---"
"Jacks, it was as much my fault?" he admitted, kissing her forehead. "There *were* reasons you were scared, I know..."
Jackie nodded, resting her forehead on his collarbone.
"So... what now?"
~oh, I need you
when I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day~
Hyde smiled softly, rubbing her back gently, his arms securely around her.
"Well..." he smiled, looking around the room.
"Steven Francis Hyde!" she chided, smacking him lightly and begining to laugh.
Hyde laughed too.
"Don't worry; I'm not like him? Some things are worth the wait?"
Jackie's face lit up like a Christmas Tree.
"You really mean that, don't you?"
~when I need you
I just close my eyes
and you're right here by my side
keeping me warm night and day~
"Yes. I mean, I want you--- boy, do I--- but, I'll wait until you're ready... Until you feel it's a respectable time..."
"Oh, Steven, you *respect* me!" she squealed, hopping up and hugging him happily.
"Yep..." he said, hoping she didn't notice the effect the rubbing up against him was having...
"I love you..." she breathed, kissing him hotly.
"Oh, God... I love you too..." he moaned as she pulled back finally.
"Um... Steven?" she smirked mischeviously at him.
"Yeah?"
"I wouldn't be opposed to doing it?"
Hyde almost laughed as she used his words from that night against him and hefted her up into his arms, kissing her, as he carried her towards the bed...
~I just hold out my hands
I just hold out my hand
and I'm with you darlin'
yes, I'm with you darlin'
all I wanna give you
it's only a heartbeat away
oh I need you darling...~
~*Finis*~
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
and all that I so want to give you
It's only a heartbeat away~
Jackie sniffled as Leo Sayer came onto the radio and stretched out across her bed. It was *the* song... The one they'd kissed to--- the one that always brought his face to her mind... She started as she heard a knock on her window. "Steven?" she sniffed, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand; something she used to think unladylike but at this point she just didn't care.
"Hey..." Hyde said quietly as she opened the window. "You've been cryin'..." he whispered, wiping her tears with his thumbs.
"I... it's nothing..."
"No... tell me..."
~when I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day~
"I just... I've ruined my life!"
"Say again?"
"Ever hear of the saying 'Pride goeth before a fall'?"
He nodded.
"Well... I had my fall a long time ago, I just never realized it?"
~miles and miles of empty space in between us
the telephone can't take the place of your smile
but you know I won't be travelin' forever
it's cold out, but hold out, and do I like I do~
"Jacks... if this is about Kel---"
"No! It's not him--- never him!" she sobbed.
Hyde looked at her concernedly, putting gentle hands on her shaking shoulders.
"I... I got scared... I screwed things up with you... And, now it's too late..."
~when I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
and all that I so wanna give you babe
it's only a heartbeat away~
"Jacks, that's not true..."
"Yes, it is!" she insisted. "I made my bed, *and* I lay in it?" she flushed. "It was just the wrong one?"
"*Jackie*." Hyde sighed. "Listen to me?" he said, cupping her chin gently. "Look... doll... we didn't handle it well; it was a screwy situation from the start? But... maybe now we can have a new begining?"
~it's not easy when the road is your driver
honey that's a heavy load that we bear
but you know I won't be traveling a lifetime
it's cold out but hold out and do like I do~
Jackie looked up at Hyde, shock painting her tearstained face.
"You mean... you'd... you'd... after everything---"
"Jacks, it was as much my fault?" he admitted, kissing her forehead. "There *were* reasons you were scared, I know..."
Jackie nodded, resting her forehead on his collarbone.
"So... what now?"
~oh, I need you
when I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day~
Hyde smiled softly, rubbing her back gently, his arms securely around her.
"Well..." he smiled, looking around the room.
"Steven Francis Hyde!" she chided, smacking him lightly and begining to laugh.
Hyde laughed too.
"Don't worry; I'm not like him? Some things are worth the wait?"
Jackie's face lit up like a Christmas Tree.
"You really mean that, don't you?"
~when I need you
I just close my eyes
and you're right here by my side
keeping me warm night and day~
"Yes. I mean, I want you--- boy, do I--- but, I'll wait until you're ready... Until you feel it's a respectable time..."
"Oh, Steven, you *respect* me!" she squealed, hopping up and hugging him happily.
"Yep..." he said, hoping she didn't notice the effect the rubbing up against him was having...
"I love you..." she breathed, kissing him hotly.
"Oh, God... I love you too..." he moaned as she pulled back finally.
"Um... Steven?" she smirked mischeviously at him.
"Yeah?"
"I wouldn't be opposed to doing it?"
Hyde almost laughed as she used his words from that night against him and hefted her up into his arms, kissing her, as he carried her towards the bed...
~I just hold out my hands
I just hold out my hand
and I'm with you darlin'
yes, I'm with you darlin'
all I wanna give you
it's only a heartbeat away
oh I need you darling...~
~*Finis*~