SAME NIGHT...
Hyde had felt nervous and uneasy all day and didn't really know why. He knew that Donna was going to try to call Jackie and ask her when she was coming home. He was hoping that Jackie would listen to Donna if nobody else.
He knocked on Donna's front door and Bob answered.
"Hey Hyde come on in, Donna's in the kitchen" invited Bob cheerfully.
"Thanks Bob"
Hyde walked towards the kitchen and heard raised voices.
"You have to tell Hyde!"
He thought to himself "Tell me what? Was she talking to Jackie?" He opened the kitchen door and walked in. Donna had her back to him and didn't notice his being there.
"Jackie, you have to tell him, it's his baby too!!"
Hyde couldn't believe what he was hearing. Jackie's pregnant?? He stared at Donna disbelievingly, who had finally noticed him standing there. A million feelings and thoughts were flooding through him all at once. "How did this happen? We've always been so careful? She has to come home now! We're going to have a baby?!"
Donna was staring at him and listening to Jackie at the same time.
Hyde grabbed the phone from Donna. "Jackie, you have to come home now!"
"Steven?!" Jackie exclaimed in shock.
Then the line went dead.
"Jackie? Jackie? Damn it! She hung up!" Hyde felt like his legs were going to collapse underneath him. He grabbed a chair from the kitchen table and sat down in a daze. Donna sat down beside him and watched, waiting for his reaction.
"She's really pregnant?" whispered Hyde in amazement.
"Yes, she said Jennifer made her go to the Dr. today. She's six weeks pregnant." confirmed Donna, who was also reeling from shock.
"Six weeks?" he repeated questioningly. "Oh my God, that means." He thought, not finishing his sentence, "that last night! Oh my God, I knocked her up and then I dumped her the next day. When I screw up, I screw up royally!" he chided himself. He felt terrible. He was so angry with himself. How could he have done this to her? But suddenly another thought occurred to him. "Now she'll have to take me back. We're going to have a baby." He couldn't believe it. He had made a huge mess but now it was ten times bigger. He had to get to her right away. They had to get this settled.
Donna watched Hyde as a million different emotions flashed across his face. She was shocked; she couldn't imagine how Hyde felt. She just hoped that he would do the right thing for Jackie. She felt happy and sad for them all at the same time. She knew how much they loved each other and just hoped that it wasn't too late for them to put their problems behind them.
"Donna, I've got to see her right away. I'm going to have to get an earlier flight tomorrow. I can't believe it! She's pregnant!" he repeated disbelievingly, still trying to absorb the information.
Hyde got up from the table to leave.
Donna patted him on the shoulder. "Good luck Hyde, but don't go all "cave man" on her or you'll push her even further away."
Hyde rolled his eyes "I don't know Donna, as stubborn as she is I just might have to "go all caveman" as you so nicely put it to get through to her!"
"Just bring her back Hyde" said Donna solemnly.
"I'm not coming back without her" replied Hyde absolutely.
He left Donna's house and went down to the basement and sat on the couch in a haze. His mind just couldn't take it all in. He was going to be a father? They were going to have a baby? He and Jackie, the couple nobody thought would last longer than a few weeks.
Eric came down the steps from upstairs. He noticed Hyde sitting on the couch staring at nothing. "Hey man, did Donna talk to Jackie yet?"
"Yes" Hyde still just sat there, barely acknowledging Eric's presence.
"Hyde man, are you ok?" said Eric, concerned about what could have put Hyde in such a funk.
"She's pregnant, Forman" Hyde replied, still not able to believe it himself.
Eric stared at Hyde in disbelief. "Jackie's pregnant?" Eric was silent for a moment. "Did she tell you?"
"No"
"She told Donna?"
"I overheard Donna telling her to tell me. I grabbed the phone and she hung up." said Hyde agitatedly.
"What are you going to do?" asked Eric nervously.
"I've got to see her. I can't take this waiting around anymore. It was bad enough before but now with this I've got to make her listen to me. I can't lose her!" said Hyde passionately.
"Hyde man, you're not going to lose her. She'll be back!" reassured Eric.
"Forman, I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone Jackie's pregnant until I get back, especially your mom and dad."
"Sure Hyde"
MEANWHILE....
Jackie was pacing back and forth. "Oh my God, Oh my God! He knows!"
"Jackie, will you calm down. He had a right to know that you're carrying his baby. What did he say?" asked Jennifer exasperatedly.
"He ordered me to come home right now. Like he has a right to tell me what to do!" said Jackie resentfully.
"Jackie, He loves you. He wants you back. You're having his baby. You need to talk to him and start working out your problems instead of hiding out here."
"I'm not hiding. What, you can't wait to get rid of me?!" said Jackie indignantly.
"Jackie, you know that's not true. Honey, a baby changes everything. It's not just about what you and Steven want. It's about what's best for your baby. Your baby deserves two parents. Next time he calls you'd better talk to him." advised Jennifer.
"Oh dammit! I hate it when you're right! Ok, next time he calls I'll talk to him" agreed Jackie reluctantly.
"Good girl, now go to bed. You look exhausted." instructed Jennifer. Jackie walked over and hugged Jennifer. "Thanks for being such a great sister and for putting up with me. I really appreciate your being here for me. I know you have your problems besides mine to deal with." said Jackie appreciatively.
"No problem. Us pregnant broads have to stick together" said Jennifer jokingly.
NEXT MORNING...
Hyde didn't sleep a wink all night. All he could think about was Jackie and the baby she was carrying. It still hadn't sunken in yet. What kind of father would he be? What if he turned out just like his old man? No way in hell would he let that happen! He would die before he would allow this baby to go through any of the crap he had endured in his life.
He had already arranged with the airline to get an earlier flight and was packed and ready to go. The flight to New York City was the longest 3 hours of his life. It was around noon when he finally arrived. He flagged down a taxi and gave the driver Jennifer's address. He was dressed a lot better than usual because his normal attire of jeans and a t-shirt probably wouldn't get him in Jennifer's ritzy apartment building. So instead he was wearing a dress shirt and a pair of corduroys. He just prayed Jennifer would let him talk to Jackie. From the few times he had spoken with her he was under the impression that she was trying to get Jackie to agree to talk to him.
The taxi finally pulled up to Jennifer's apartment after an hour of hellish lunch hour traffic. He couldn't believe his eyes. This place was swanky, no wonder Jackie didn't want to come home. He started to open the front doors but the doorman stopped him.
"Can I help you sir?"
"Yes, I'm here to see Jackie Burkhardt. She's staying with her sister Jennifer Malloy."
"Oh yes, Mrs. Malloy. What's your name sir? I'll ring Mrs. Malloy and ask if its alright to send you up."
"Steven Hyde"
Hyde waited nervously as the doorman buzzed Jennifer's apartment. He couldn't really hear what was being said which made him even more apprehensive.
"Sir, you may go on up. Go straight ahead to the elevator. It's the 15th floor, apartment #12."
"Thanks a lot man" Hyde said, relieved he was being allowed to go up.
Hyde was sweating bullets for the whole ride in the elevator. The doors finally opened on the 15th floor. He looked around for a few minutes and finally found Jennifer's apartment. He hesitated for a few minutes and then finally knocked on the door.
Jennifer answered the door almost immediately, having been waiting for him to come up since the doorman had rang her. "Hi, so you're Steven" said Jennifer appraisingly.
"Yes" he said nervously. "Is she here?"
"Yes, she's lying down in her room. She came home from work early. She's not feeling well. Her room is down the hall, last door on the right."
"Ok"
"Steven?"
"Ya"
"Please try not to upset her too much" requested Jennifer.
Hyde shook his head solemnly. "Thanks for letting me see her"
"Don't thank me yet. She's the one you have to convince." advised Jennifer.
Hyde walked down the hall and slowly twisted Jackie's bedroom door knob. He opened it to find Jackie asleep, laying on her side facing the opposite direction. He slowly walked over to the bed and tentatively put his weight on it. She didn't stir. He lay down beside her and got right up against her and started to stroke her hair and arm and kissed her neck.
She sleepily whispered "Steven?"
"Yes baby" and put his arm tightly around her. She slowly turned around to face him and stared at him in shock. They stared at each other for a few minutes, afraid to take their eyes off each other for fear the other would disappear.
"Steven, what are you doing here?"
"I had to see you, Jackie. I miss you so bad baby. I want you to come home. All that shit I said to you. I must have been suffering from temporary insanity. All our differences, I don't care about it anymore. It doesn't mean anything. All I know for sure is that I love you!" pleaded Hyde.
Jackie listened, afraid she was only hearing what she wanted to hear, hoping to God he really meant it. "Steven, do you really mean that?"
"Jackie! Yes! I want us to put this whole stupid mess behind us and just be together. Just please say you'll forgive me. I love you so much and I want our baby." said Hyde with absolute seriousness.
"You do?" questioned Jackie, who had been very concerned about how he would react about the baby.
"Of course I do. I love you so much. I realized when you were gone that my life doesn't mean anything without you in it. Please say you'll come home!" pleaded Hyde.
"Yes Steven! Yes! Yes!" She kissed him over and over again with tears cascading down her cheeks. If this was a dream she didn't want to ever wake up.
He kissed her back hungrily, like a man who had been without nourishment for far too long. He began to trail kisses down her jaw, neck, and collar bone. She clung to him tightly, already feeling the evidence of his rock hard need for her. He ran his hand down to her bottom and pulled her tightly against him so that she could feel how badly he wanted her. She moaned, this was all she had been dreaming about for weeks. She craved him like an alcoholic craved vodka. She began to push her hands underneath his shirt to feel his warm skin. He sat up and quickly unbuttoned shirt and threw it on the floor. Jackie began to unzip his pants, never taking her eyes off of his. He helped her pull his pants off and it soon joined his shirt on the floor. He pulled her satin nightgown over her head. They again frantically kissed each other, not being able to get enough or get close enough to each other. They took turns caressing each other, driving each other to the brink of insanity before finally fusing their bodies together in the most intimate way possible for a man and woman. They both declared their love for each other as they reached their climaxes. Afterwards they lay spent, neither of them having the energy to move. They lay in each others arms finally content after weeks of agony.
**************************************************************************** ****I don't think this is the last chapter. I'll probably write more if you want me too. I'm starting to run into writer's block bad. Sorry if this ended up too mushy. I just kind of decided they were both so sick of being without each other they just said to hell with it and made up(at least for now). This may seem to mushy for Hyde but remember this is Hyde 2 years later and hopefully by then he would be a little bit better at expressing his feelings plus he can't be his normal closed off self if he's trying to get his woman back.
Please review and let me know what you think!
Hyde had felt nervous and uneasy all day and didn't really know why. He knew that Donna was going to try to call Jackie and ask her when she was coming home. He was hoping that Jackie would listen to Donna if nobody else.
He knocked on Donna's front door and Bob answered.
"Hey Hyde come on in, Donna's in the kitchen" invited Bob cheerfully.
"Thanks Bob"
Hyde walked towards the kitchen and heard raised voices.
"You have to tell Hyde!"
He thought to himself "Tell me what? Was she talking to Jackie?" He opened the kitchen door and walked in. Donna had her back to him and didn't notice his being there.
"Jackie, you have to tell him, it's his baby too!!"
Hyde couldn't believe what he was hearing. Jackie's pregnant?? He stared at Donna disbelievingly, who had finally noticed him standing there. A million feelings and thoughts were flooding through him all at once. "How did this happen? We've always been so careful? She has to come home now! We're going to have a baby?!"
Donna was staring at him and listening to Jackie at the same time.
Hyde grabbed the phone from Donna. "Jackie, you have to come home now!"
"Steven?!" Jackie exclaimed in shock.
Then the line went dead.
"Jackie? Jackie? Damn it! She hung up!" Hyde felt like his legs were going to collapse underneath him. He grabbed a chair from the kitchen table and sat down in a daze. Donna sat down beside him and watched, waiting for his reaction.
"She's really pregnant?" whispered Hyde in amazement.
"Yes, she said Jennifer made her go to the Dr. today. She's six weeks pregnant." confirmed Donna, who was also reeling from shock.
"Six weeks?" he repeated questioningly. "Oh my God, that means." He thought, not finishing his sentence, "that last night! Oh my God, I knocked her up and then I dumped her the next day. When I screw up, I screw up royally!" he chided himself. He felt terrible. He was so angry with himself. How could he have done this to her? But suddenly another thought occurred to him. "Now she'll have to take me back. We're going to have a baby." He couldn't believe it. He had made a huge mess but now it was ten times bigger. He had to get to her right away. They had to get this settled.
Donna watched Hyde as a million different emotions flashed across his face. She was shocked; she couldn't imagine how Hyde felt. She just hoped that he would do the right thing for Jackie. She felt happy and sad for them all at the same time. She knew how much they loved each other and just hoped that it wasn't too late for them to put their problems behind them.
"Donna, I've got to see her right away. I'm going to have to get an earlier flight tomorrow. I can't believe it! She's pregnant!" he repeated disbelievingly, still trying to absorb the information.
Hyde got up from the table to leave.
Donna patted him on the shoulder. "Good luck Hyde, but don't go all "cave man" on her or you'll push her even further away."
Hyde rolled his eyes "I don't know Donna, as stubborn as she is I just might have to "go all caveman" as you so nicely put it to get through to her!"
"Just bring her back Hyde" said Donna solemnly.
"I'm not coming back without her" replied Hyde absolutely.
He left Donna's house and went down to the basement and sat on the couch in a haze. His mind just couldn't take it all in. He was going to be a father? They were going to have a baby? He and Jackie, the couple nobody thought would last longer than a few weeks.
Eric came down the steps from upstairs. He noticed Hyde sitting on the couch staring at nothing. "Hey man, did Donna talk to Jackie yet?"
"Yes" Hyde still just sat there, barely acknowledging Eric's presence.
"Hyde man, are you ok?" said Eric, concerned about what could have put Hyde in such a funk.
"She's pregnant, Forman" Hyde replied, still not able to believe it himself.
Eric stared at Hyde in disbelief. "Jackie's pregnant?" Eric was silent for a moment. "Did she tell you?"
"No"
"She told Donna?"
"I overheard Donna telling her to tell me. I grabbed the phone and she hung up." said Hyde agitatedly.
"What are you going to do?" asked Eric nervously.
"I've got to see her. I can't take this waiting around anymore. It was bad enough before but now with this I've got to make her listen to me. I can't lose her!" said Hyde passionately.
"Hyde man, you're not going to lose her. She'll be back!" reassured Eric.
"Forman, I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone Jackie's pregnant until I get back, especially your mom and dad."
"Sure Hyde"
MEANWHILE....
Jackie was pacing back and forth. "Oh my God, Oh my God! He knows!"
"Jackie, will you calm down. He had a right to know that you're carrying his baby. What did he say?" asked Jennifer exasperatedly.
"He ordered me to come home right now. Like he has a right to tell me what to do!" said Jackie resentfully.
"Jackie, He loves you. He wants you back. You're having his baby. You need to talk to him and start working out your problems instead of hiding out here."
"I'm not hiding. What, you can't wait to get rid of me?!" said Jackie indignantly.
"Jackie, you know that's not true. Honey, a baby changes everything. It's not just about what you and Steven want. It's about what's best for your baby. Your baby deserves two parents. Next time he calls you'd better talk to him." advised Jennifer.
"Oh dammit! I hate it when you're right! Ok, next time he calls I'll talk to him" agreed Jackie reluctantly.
"Good girl, now go to bed. You look exhausted." instructed Jennifer. Jackie walked over and hugged Jennifer. "Thanks for being such a great sister and for putting up with me. I really appreciate your being here for me. I know you have your problems besides mine to deal with." said Jackie appreciatively.
"No problem. Us pregnant broads have to stick together" said Jennifer jokingly.
NEXT MORNING...
Hyde didn't sleep a wink all night. All he could think about was Jackie and the baby she was carrying. It still hadn't sunken in yet. What kind of father would he be? What if he turned out just like his old man? No way in hell would he let that happen! He would die before he would allow this baby to go through any of the crap he had endured in his life.
He had already arranged with the airline to get an earlier flight and was packed and ready to go. The flight to New York City was the longest 3 hours of his life. It was around noon when he finally arrived. He flagged down a taxi and gave the driver Jennifer's address. He was dressed a lot better than usual because his normal attire of jeans and a t-shirt probably wouldn't get him in Jennifer's ritzy apartment building. So instead he was wearing a dress shirt and a pair of corduroys. He just prayed Jennifer would let him talk to Jackie. From the few times he had spoken with her he was under the impression that she was trying to get Jackie to agree to talk to him.
The taxi finally pulled up to Jennifer's apartment after an hour of hellish lunch hour traffic. He couldn't believe his eyes. This place was swanky, no wonder Jackie didn't want to come home. He started to open the front doors but the doorman stopped him.
"Can I help you sir?"
"Yes, I'm here to see Jackie Burkhardt. She's staying with her sister Jennifer Malloy."
"Oh yes, Mrs. Malloy. What's your name sir? I'll ring Mrs. Malloy and ask if its alright to send you up."
"Steven Hyde"
Hyde waited nervously as the doorman buzzed Jennifer's apartment. He couldn't really hear what was being said which made him even more apprehensive.
"Sir, you may go on up. Go straight ahead to the elevator. It's the 15th floor, apartment #12."
"Thanks a lot man" Hyde said, relieved he was being allowed to go up.
Hyde was sweating bullets for the whole ride in the elevator. The doors finally opened on the 15th floor. He looked around for a few minutes and finally found Jennifer's apartment. He hesitated for a few minutes and then finally knocked on the door.
Jennifer answered the door almost immediately, having been waiting for him to come up since the doorman had rang her. "Hi, so you're Steven" said Jennifer appraisingly.
"Yes" he said nervously. "Is she here?"
"Yes, she's lying down in her room. She came home from work early. She's not feeling well. Her room is down the hall, last door on the right."
"Ok"
"Steven?"
"Ya"
"Please try not to upset her too much" requested Jennifer.
Hyde shook his head solemnly. "Thanks for letting me see her"
"Don't thank me yet. She's the one you have to convince." advised Jennifer.
Hyde walked down the hall and slowly twisted Jackie's bedroom door knob. He opened it to find Jackie asleep, laying on her side facing the opposite direction. He slowly walked over to the bed and tentatively put his weight on it. She didn't stir. He lay down beside her and got right up against her and started to stroke her hair and arm and kissed her neck.
She sleepily whispered "Steven?"
"Yes baby" and put his arm tightly around her. She slowly turned around to face him and stared at him in shock. They stared at each other for a few minutes, afraid to take their eyes off each other for fear the other would disappear.
"Steven, what are you doing here?"
"I had to see you, Jackie. I miss you so bad baby. I want you to come home. All that shit I said to you. I must have been suffering from temporary insanity. All our differences, I don't care about it anymore. It doesn't mean anything. All I know for sure is that I love you!" pleaded Hyde.
Jackie listened, afraid she was only hearing what she wanted to hear, hoping to God he really meant it. "Steven, do you really mean that?"
"Jackie! Yes! I want us to put this whole stupid mess behind us and just be together. Just please say you'll forgive me. I love you so much and I want our baby." said Hyde with absolute seriousness.
"You do?" questioned Jackie, who had been very concerned about how he would react about the baby.
"Of course I do. I love you so much. I realized when you were gone that my life doesn't mean anything without you in it. Please say you'll come home!" pleaded Hyde.
"Yes Steven! Yes! Yes!" She kissed him over and over again with tears cascading down her cheeks. If this was a dream she didn't want to ever wake up.
He kissed her back hungrily, like a man who had been without nourishment for far too long. He began to trail kisses down her jaw, neck, and collar bone. She clung to him tightly, already feeling the evidence of his rock hard need for her. He ran his hand down to her bottom and pulled her tightly against him so that she could feel how badly he wanted her. She moaned, this was all she had been dreaming about for weeks. She craved him like an alcoholic craved vodka. She began to push her hands underneath his shirt to feel his warm skin. He sat up and quickly unbuttoned shirt and threw it on the floor. Jackie began to unzip his pants, never taking her eyes off of his. He helped her pull his pants off and it soon joined his shirt on the floor. He pulled her satin nightgown over her head. They again frantically kissed each other, not being able to get enough or get close enough to each other. They took turns caressing each other, driving each other to the brink of insanity before finally fusing their bodies together in the most intimate way possible for a man and woman. They both declared their love for each other as they reached their climaxes. Afterwards they lay spent, neither of them having the energy to move. They lay in each others arms finally content after weeks of agony.
**************************************************************************** ****I don't think this is the last chapter. I'll probably write more if you want me too. I'm starting to run into writer's block bad. Sorry if this ended up too mushy. I just kind of decided they were both so sick of being without each other they just said to hell with it and made up(at least for now). This may seem to mushy for Hyde but remember this is Hyde 2 years later and hopefully by then he would be a little bit better at expressing his feelings plus he can't be his normal closed off self if he's trying to get his woman back.
Please review and let me know what you think!