Rated: R (for some light sexual content.)

Disclaimer: I don't own the character, but I like to play with them.

Summary: Takes place after "Babe I'm gonna leave you." What happens between Jackie and Hyde after the dance.

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"Come on Jackie let's dance."

Jackie smiled happily and let herself be led to the dance floor. Hyde wasn't a good dancer by any means, fact was, he hated dancing, but he did it whenever he thought it was important or worth it and tonight was definitely both. Jackie pressed close against him had become top priority. His heart refused to settle down, and the hollow in his stomach wouldn't go away, not fully anyway. It was getting better though, at least he didn't feel like someone was squeezing his heart anymore. But he needed her close to know that they were still together, that she was with him.

He turned his head a little to look at her face, she was still smiling, it seemed like she couldn't keep the smile off her face, and it made Hyde feel funny, good funny though. Crap, he was in serious trouble, wasn't he? Who would've thunk it, Jackie of all people had him in the palm of her hand, of course, she didn't know that, and far as he was concerned she would never find out, but it didn't mean it wasn't true.

"Steven," she said softly, snapping him out of his thoughts. "It's getting kind of crowded in here, don't you think?" She asked sweetly, managing to put that glint in her eyes he couldn't resist.

He looked around for show, he knew what she wanted, hell he wanted it too. He just thought she'd like to dance a little longer.

"You wanna' go someplace."

She nodded and kissed his cheek. He stopped dancing and took her hand to lead her out of the gym. He heard her giggle behind him, and rolled his eyes. She was so annoying, but dammit, he couldn't find one reason to care anymore. In fact, he could hardly remember why she used to annoy him so much. All he could think about lately was how cute she was when she was being annoying or whiny. How the hell did this happen to him? He used to be such a cool, collected guy. But then summer came, and long marathons of "The Price is Right" make a person desperate. And what hell was he suppose to do anyway? Jackie came over every day, smelling all sweet, and wearing those tight jeans and shirts. He didn't stand a chance in hell, and now, she had him all tied up in knots inside.

They went past Kelso on their way out, and he immediately jumped up and got in their path.

"Hey, where are you guys going?" He asked with a cheeky smile. Apparently he still thought Jackie wanted him.

"To get some air," Hyde answered.

"Hmm, it is getting stinky in here...I'll go with you."

"No," Jackie was quick to say. "We'd rather be alone."

"But...I'm all by myself," Kelso said giving Jackie his best puppy dog look. Hyde had to keep himself from punching him. He was hitting on his girlfriend right in front of him, dammit!

"Where's Annette?" He asked in an effort to remind Kelso of the blonde bimbo he came with.

"She's gone," he said. "Yeah, I cut her loose," he said smugly. "She's just not my type...I prefer brunettes," he grinned to Jackie.

Hyde couldn't take it anymore. "Man, get this through you thick skull, Jackie is mine! She's--"

"Steven!" Jackie stopped him from saying anything more. He turned to look her, she was giving him a pleading look, one he wasn't sure he understood, or liked.

"Could you give us a minute?" She asked.

Hyde frowned, why the hell would she want a minute with Kelso?

"Please, Steven. Look, I'll meet you out there okay?" She squeezed his hand in an effort to reassure him. As if that would work, his chest constricted in that familiar pain again, and he let go of her hand quickly.

"Do whatever you want," he bit out and started out of the gym, he didn't get too far. She got in front of him and stopped him.

"Stop it." She reached out to frame his face between her soft, tiny hands, and he let her--for now. "Steven, don't get upset. I only need a minute with Michael because I'm going to make it clear to him that we're never gonna' happen again, that we're really done, this time for good. It's going to be hard enough without you there. I don't want to embarrass him."

Hyde regarded his girlfriend for a moment before speaking. "He didn't think twice about embarrassing me," he said bitterly. "Why should I have any consideration with him?"

"Because," Jackie said, invading his personal space and pressing their bodies together. "I plan to make that up to you later on."

He actually gulped when she said that.

"You do?"

"Mmhmm," she nodded, and then brushed her lips against his. "So wait for me okay. I'll only be a minute."

And with that said, she stepped away from him and went inside to find Kelso again. Hyde shook his head and took his glasses off to rub his eyes. What was this girl doing to him?

He wandered around the school, there were some students around the halls here and there, most ignored him as usual, but some gave him pity looks. He glared at them, and they'd immediately look away. Hell, at least he still scared them, even if they did think he was a loser.

He looked at his watch--one minute, she'd said one minute, it'd been more than a minute. He found his locker and leaned against it, forcing himself to be rational. She was breaking it off for good with Kelso, of course it wouldn't just take a minute. She would be back. She'd said so, and she wouldn't just leave him. He took his jacket off and balled it up in his hands, he didn't even notice how tightly he was holding it, all he knew was that it was getting way too stuffy in there, and he felt like he could hardly breathe.

He heard a girl laughter's and immediately looked up, dissapointed to find Donna and Eric coming his way.

"Hey Hyde."

"Forman," he said, trying to sound cool and nonchalant.

"Where's Jackie?" Donna asked.

"She's still inside, I'm just waiting for her," he said quickly, hoping they wouldn't ask him anything else.

"Well, we where going to be pizzeria, you guys want to come with?" Donna asked with a smile.

"Ah...Well...I don't know...I mean--"

"He means no," he heard Jackie's voice behind him and spun around quickly, his heart taking off a mile a minute. She had a sweet smile on her face, and entwined her arm with his as soon as he was within her reach. He felt like taking a deep breath and let it out slowly, but he refrained, it really wouldn't do to show such weakness around Forman.

"We have other plans," he heard Jackie telling Donna.

"Well, don't let us stop you then," Eric smirked.

"You won't Forman," Hyde said quickly and walked around him, with Jackie by his side. He heard their silly laughs and shook his head with disgust. Forman was going to pay for that tomorrow.

"So..." He began, forgetting all about Eric.

"I did it," Jackie said before he even asked. "I'm not sure if he completely believed me, you know how Michael is, but at least I got that off my chest."

"Good." It was all Hyde said as he led her outside.

"So, um, where should we go?"

He stopped at that, he wasn't sure where they should go. They could go back to the basement, but right now, he didn't want to be there, people where always walking in and out of that place and at this moment, he wanted and needed to be alone with Jackie. God help him, he actually wanted to talk with her, to hear her voice. It was strange, but Jackie going on and on about things he couldn't care less about was exactly what he needed. It was familiar, it was Jackie--It was them.

"I don't know," he finally answered. "Can you think of any place?"

"Yes, I can," she smiled brightly.

"Where?" He asked with a bit of impatience.

"My house. To be more specific, my room." She gave him a meaningful look. One he caught right away, he was no dumb ass.

"But your mom?" He asked.

"She'll never know you're there. She hardly notices I'm there," she said softly, rolling her eyes to cover for the obvious hurt that brought her.

"Are you sure?" He had to ask again. It was amazing the overwhelming need he felt to be in that room at the moment. Alone. With Jackie. But he had to make sure she wanted it as much as he did.

"I'm positive," she smiled and kissed his lips softly.

He caressed her cheek in a moment of tenderness, marveling at the softness of her skin. He'd explored some areas of her body, but there were parts of her that were still unknown to him, and he often wondered if she was as soft all over.

"Let's go," he said in a low husk, and Jackie giggled yet again when he started to drag her to the car. Chicks!

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When they got to her house, Jackie stopped him and told him to wait outside while she went to check inside. It didn't take long before she came back out smiling.

"She's already sleeping, she'll be out the rest of the night, come on."

She dragged him inside, careful not to make too much noise. She opened the door to her girly room and Hyde smirked. Just like he thought, stuffed animals, flowery designs everywhere, and rainbows aplenty.

"I'll be right back," she said, kissing his cheek and leaving him alone.

He took his jacket off and looked around. It actually looked pretty comfy, and he wasn't sure why, nor did he want to think about it too much, but he felt really at ease there.

He sat on the bed and tested it for comfort. It was more of a natural reaction than anything else. He sighed and took his glasses off. He placed them on her bed side table, and saw something there that made his breath stop. There was a picture of him on her table. A picture of them to be more specific. The prom picture. She had it framed. He took it and started at it. Amazed, surprised, shocked. He had no idea she'd kept that. Dammit! Did his heart just flutter?! That'd be a first for him. Typical! This was just like her, she always had to find a way to sneak pass his defenses and disarm him completely.

"I got us a couple of sodas," he heard her cheery voice, and turned to look at her. She noticed the picture in his hand and smiled, closing the door behind her and walking to sit next to him on the bed.

"You kept this?" He asked, not managing to hide the surprise in his voice.

"Of course," she said as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"Why? I mean, we weren't even together then?"

"So?" She asked. "You were my prom date. There was no way I was getting rid of that. Besides, I always thought one day it might come in handy. And it did," she smiled and leaned over to kiss his lips.

He let himself be kissed, blindly reaching to replace the picture on her table.

"Do you want something to eat?" She asked between kisses.

"That's a loaded question," he answered her.

Jackie blushed prettily, and let him continue to kiss her but when he started to tilt her back on the bed, she slipped around him and stood up. She placed the sodas on her dresser and then walked around the room. She turned the light down low, and lit candles. Hyde watched her with fascination, yes, fascination, he could admit that much to himself. She walked to her record player and a soft melodic music came on. Then she walked back to where he was, and stood in front of him, looking down at him as he sat on her bed, dumbly looking up at her.

Then she said the last thing he expected to hear from her. "I almost lost you today," she whispered. "And it felt like I couldn't breathe."

Hyde swallowed through the sudden lump in his throat, and kept staring at her. She'd just said exactly what he'd been thinking and feeling all day. A more romantic man, hell, a better man period, would've told her he felt the same. But not him, he couldn't, at least not yet. But Jackie knew that, and she was getting better at accepting it, at giving him time to come to terms with his feelings about her.

"Kiss me."

That was all he managed to chock out. Jackie framed his face and nibbled on his lips before deepening the kiss. He let his tongue play with hers while his hands trailed down her back, exploring, massaging, and enjoying.

The last twenty four hours had been the worse of his life and he'd been through a lot of crap. But dammit, when her words sunk in, it felt like a hot poker pressing on his chest, and the feeling wouldn't let up. He'd spent all day loathing himself for letting her in, for allowing her to own such a big part of him. It'd been a mistake, he hadn't meant for that to happen. He was pretty good at keeping people at a distance, even those close to him. He'd been hurt too much, and too deeply by those who were supposed to love him, there was no way he was going to let that happen again. But then Jackie happened, she caught him completely off guard, and unprepared as she'd snuck in without him noticing. And now it was too late, he was in too deep. He realized just deep when he had her in his arms again. The relief that came over him was so overwhelming, he had to close his eyes and lean into her to keep standing.

"Jackie," he heard himself moan deeply.

He wasn't sure whether he brought Jackie down on top of him as he laid down, or if she pushed him down and fell on top of him. Either way, they ended up laying on the bed making out, seriously making out.

He hiked up her dress to caress her legs while she worked at undoing his shirt. She broke away from his mouth to take a much needed breath, they were both panting from lack of oxygen, and from excitement. She fastened her mouth on his neck and he buried his hands on her silky black hair, pressing her closer. It seemed like he couldn't get her close enough to him.

"Steven," she moaned, bringing her mouth around for another kiss. He stopped her before she got too far. He studied her face, taking in her swollen lips, her heavy lidded eyes and the straps of her dress falling down her shoulders. God damn, she looked perfect.

"Jackie, are you sure you want this?"

He had know, he didn't want this to be because of what happened before. He wasn't sure why he and Jackie hadn't done it yet. At first, he imagined it was because he always thought their fling was only a temporary thing and sex would only complicate it. But then, as time went by, it seemed like they were both just simply waiting for the best moment. They'd waited so long, it seemed worth it to wait longer and make it special.

"Steven, of course I'm sure," she breathed out. "Don't you want me?"

Oh she was evil, she knew exactly what she was asking and what his answer would be. He decided not to fall for it just yet.

"I just don't want you to feel like you have to do this. We can still wait."

"Why would we wait? Steven, I'm not doing this because I have to. I'm doing it because I want to. Because I want you."

"I want you too," he finally admitted.

"Good," she smiled. "Now, you know how much I love a good chat. But honey, can we talk later. I'm trying to get you aroused here."

Hyde studied her for a minute, should he do it? Oh hell yeah, he should. He picked up her left hand in his, and placed it above his groin, letting her feel him, all of him. She gasped at the action, obviously she hadn't been expecting that at all.

"I'm already aroused," he smirked.

"Oh Steven," she said it the way that always turned him on. He grabbed her and turned them around, settling on top of her, and between her legs. This was going to be perfect, he just knew it.

He stared at her, panting under him, her lips begging to be kissed by him and only him. And God, he just couldn't deny it anymore, he loved her. He loved her!