Chapter 4
Love Hurts, Love Scars, Love Wounds, and Mars
A part of Jackie didn't want to leave, but she was apart too long from her daughter, and although she did have ultra perks at her job she did have clients to see and samples to hawk. Which was easier to do with perfume then it was with a Christmas cheese log. She was quiet and didn't even look for Hyde when she packed her bag. She was knew she hurt him, but he hurt her, much like a vigilante you can't undo time, you cannot change what's been done. What's the point? Forgiveness without the Biblical guilt could be a wonderful thing. She could feel a presence in the room and of course it had to be Hyde.
"Don't worry far be it from me to bother you Hyde, I'm just packing my suitcase. I have to go back home," Funny this place used to be home, "So I'll be out of your hair in a few hours."
"Jackie, I was."
"Was what?" She never would let him back down verbally. That's what made him fall in love with her a long time ago.
"This ought to be good," He decided to change the subject to the heart of the matter, "You know everytime you think you are helping me I wind up in jail.."
"I'm so sorry about that.."
He sat on her bed, "Okay, this explanation ought to be good-why did You tell Forman?"
Kitty looked at the paper and folded in half and put in her skirt pocket and smiled at her son.
"Eric, you need not to worry so much and get better." Eric sank down as far as he could go and Kitty moved the tray and put the bed down so Eric could get some sleep.
"You sleep, son. Your Father and I will be back later tonight." Kitty was going to make sure Red dropped the charges against Steven. That wouldn't benefit anybody. He was like a son to them. Eric closed his eyes but pretended to fall asleep until his parents left. Ignoring their goodbyes.
Eric tried to be interested in the television that Red left on, but he just wanted all of this madness to stop and his wife back.
"What?!" If this were happening to someone else Hyde would have found it 'oh-so-amusing' "Jackie you can't play God! Do you have any idea on the mess you caused?" Hyde didn't mean to sermonize. But he was right.
"Are you laughing at me, Steven?"
"You know I wish I had your balls!" He quipped, Jackie's face twisted.
"How could you take my best intentions and twist them like that?"
"Because, I don't love Donna! I mean as a friend, I care for her, but not in that way, Jackie."
"Then what was your little liaison about?"
"Again something that was not your business nor Forman's. Now look what you did, Mrs. Forman hates Donna, Red pressed charges against ME, and I don't know what's going to happen to Forman and I. Yes, Jackie you had only the best intentions. Let me help you to finish your packing you've done enough."
"I see.You are emotionally hiding Steven. That's OK. Maybe, I shouldn't have told Eric.but it's only because."
"Save the theory for Forman."
"You are impossible!" Jackie snapped, "I'm going back to New York. You won't see me anymore."
"That's okay by me." Hyde quipped.
Jackie didn't know if he meant any of this or not. She only knew her plan backfired. And she didn't have any ulterior motives either. God forbid Steven Hyde see that! God forbid anyone see that.
"Since you don't appreciate anything that I've ever done for you, you can leave my property and please don't steal anything when you leave."
"Fine." He replied coldly. This exchange didn't go like he thought it would.
"Do you mind? You're still in my room!"
Hyde left without saying a word.
Eric watched as the raindrops hit his hospital window. The doctors said he could go home in a day or two.
"Eric are you sleeping?" Donna came in the room breathing a sigh of relief that Kitty wasn't here.
"N,no."
"Here's your PDA," Donna handed it to him, "You know you shouldn't have tried making a phone call." She kissed him on the lips.
"If you are trying to reach your office, I think your Mother took care of all that. Because after all, I wouldn't even think of doing it." Donna vented. She wanted to tread careful water there. Eric and his Mother were very close.
"W-h..at?"
"Eric, please don't worry about this stuff now. Believe me you and I are going to have a huge discussion about this when you are able. For now, just get better."
Donna turned the television on hating this whole state-of-limbo thing that all of their lives had suddenly become.
"Mrs. Forman," Hyde said for third time but couldn't seem to stop the whirlwind that was Kitty Forman taking over the Burkhart kitchen. She came prepared with groceries and she brought his bags over also.
"What is it, Steven?"
"I'm leaving. Jackie kicked me out."
"You still need to eat, so sit down."
He couldn't argue with her logic and Jackie had left a half-hour ago.
"Thanks."
"It's no problem, honey. And don't you worry about Red he should be dropping the charges if he knows what's good for him." She slightly smiled.
"I'm sorry that he put you through that."
"Well, we know whose to really blame."
Forman? Hyde thought as Kitty continued on,
"I already know, dear. I heard you and Donna talking years ago, and I knew this would crush Eric, but when they were going to get married and I saw how happy he was.what could I do?"
Mrs. Forman knew? Holy S***!
"But I want it clear I did not MAKE Donna get an abortion as that's the version that's going around. I would never.we discussed it and it was mutual."
Kitty had stopped stirring for a second and thought 'abortion'? Donna had an abortion! Was Eric aware of this?
"Mrs. Forman, what's wrong?" Hyde asked
"Nothing, dear. You can't have pancakes without bacon!" She quickly changed the subject. Donna Pinciotti was never the woman for her son and this proved it.
"You know what I miss, Eric?" Donna asked but would only allow him to nod his head. She turned off the TV and stood up. "When we used to lay on top of the Vista Cruiser and talk about life. I miss those times."
"No-t al-l."
"Don't talk. Yeah, I know we had some bad times, but they weren't all bad and some of them inside the car were downright naughty."
Eric tried to smile, but it hurt a little.
"There were times when I thought life was complicated but it wasn't really. Like when would we kiss? When would we 'do it'? Now, it's all messed up and I don't know what to do."
Eric wrote a note to Donna on the notepad.
"You do?" She asked as Eric wrote her another note it told her to 'come closer'.
They kissed on the lips as a flash of lightening indicating that a storm front was moving in.
"How come you didn't answer the phone while I was at the Burkhart's?"
Kitty asked Red who sitting in the living room trying to read the newspaper in peace.
"Because I was busy at the police station dropping the charges against Steven. Happy now, Kitty?"
"Yes." Well about Red dropping the charges she was happy.
"Now where are you going?"
"To call Steven. I know I have the Burkhart's number in our old phone directory. I told him to not go out in this rain, I don't care if Jackie declined her offer to let him stay there. You know who you can trace this all to?
Donna. Yessirree Bobby."
"Don't you think you are being unfair to Donna?" asked Red
"No, I'm not." Red went back to his paper making that snapping sound as Kitty went to call Steven from the kitchen phone. An abortion! Kitty wondered what other secrets Donna was keeping that affected the Forman family especially her son, who loved her much too long as far as Kitty was concerned.
"What are you still doing here?" Jackie shook her umbrella in the entry way as she saw Hyde sitting on the stairs holding the cordless phone.
"I could ask you the same question."
"No you can't this is MY property-and the airport is having all sorts of delays and I can't even access the private jet and I miss my daughter."
Jackie heard a loud crash of thunder that seemed as if it would split the house in two.
"You can stay here until the storm passes. Just stay out of my sight. Phone, please." She took the phone out of his hand and ran upstairs.
Hyde took a deep breath as he went upstairs.
"The weather's getting worse." Donna closed the curtain and was thankful Eric and Hyde didn't have their bust up in this weather, granted they fought World War III in the garage but the weather would have provided an eerie backdrop to the whole thing.
"I wonder if there's room for two in this bed?" Donna thought out loud and being careful not to bother the leg that was broken. "How's this?"
Eric drew a happy face on his notepad. After using all the paper he realized He just could've used the PDA.
"Hey, Eric, you could've just used your gadget!" Donna laughed
Eric wrote electronically, 'I know, I just remembered'.
Donna couldn't wait to see the looks on the staff when they opened the door! It brought back some of her misplaced youth.
Eric tapped her on the shoulder and wrote a bunch of 'X''s and 'O''s on his PDA.
"This brings back memories of when we knew how to occupy ourselves on rainy days" (and not so rainy days, either!) She leaned in to kiss him gently on the lips.
"Steven! This house is huge do you have to be in the same room I am?" Jackie said from one of the living rooms, the more formal one where they had all their swarays.
"Yes, its become my mission to torment your little soul."
She couldn't believe him. When she told him her reasons for doing what she did she thought he'd be happy, but he was even worse! Like when she first met him years ago only ten times worse than that.
"You know there is no TV in this room."
"Then how come you are in here?"
"Because a) I don't have to explain my feelings to you and b) I'm looking for my Grandmother's crystal heart candy dish."
"It's on the mantle."
"Oh, were you eyeing it?"
"Yes, Jackie. I have a thousand and one uses for a heart shaped candy dish!"
"Well," Jackie grabbed the dish from the mantle and noticed a small picture of her and Hyde from the family Christmas party. Her Father barely tolerated Michael, he absolutely couldn't stand Hyde!
"Just shut up, Steven. When the storm ends you are history."
"You keep acting like I care." He got up and went to the less formal living room where he had set up his bedroom much to Mrs. Forman's dismay.
Always One Step Back
Eric was able to go home earlier than expected and in his mind it was due to the almost complete turnaround of Donna's feelings. He still had to hobble around on crutches, but his voice was better, the concussion was minor and posed no concern for his future health, and the cuts would heal on their own. It was two days later when Jackie came by for a visit after his own Mother kept dodging the 'Donna' subject and whenever he wanted to see her he had to go over to her old house, she wouldn't come over here. She would wait on his porch and she'd help him across the street.
"I hope it's okay to be here Eric." Jackie wasn't supposed to be in Wisconsin, but her cell rang when she was this close to going to the airport again when one of her business associates called her to stop what she was doing because Point Place wasn't that far from Chicago right by where Donna worked there was a new department store opening who wanted her services. She didn't want to be the kind of parent that was away from her kid. She also didn't know why that she was letting Hyde stay it was the FEELINGS they were coming back and they were coming back big-time.
"It's okay.I'm glad you told me no one else was going to."
"Eric, WHY are you still here? You have a job or did you forget?" Red came in to sneak a beer since Kitty went out.
"I'm on sick leave."
"When I was in Korea there was no sick leave!" Eric rolled his eyes. When he left the room he told Jackie of an idea he had.
"Oh, Eric I absolutely love it! Come on, I'll help you pick it out!"
"Broken leg remember?"
"Oops, I'll help you to the car-This is one of the best ideas you ever had
Eric. I know Donna will love it."
Eric hoped so.
At eight o'clock Eric and Donna were sitting under the Point Place water tower, they sat on lawn chairs as the ground was still wet from the recent storm.
"Eric, this is nice." He kissed her hand.
"I have a surprise for you."
"Oh no," she rubbed her temples, as soon as she saw the Tiffany's box, "I told you no jewelry, I have enough. And I only wear what's important to me." She held up her wedding band set, she had just started wearing it again. It meant the world to him.
"Open it, Donna." His eyes lit up like a five year old on Christmas morning.
"All right. Car keys in a Tiffany's box?"
"Jackie helped me with it." Donna rolled her eyes at the mention of his name.
"She really had the best intentions." She told him why she told him Donna's secret and he understood her own point of view but he didn't want to think about Donna leaving him for Hyde! Hyde. That was another issue that was going to have to be settled. Eric was surprised that Donna didn't have that talk with him yet about the whole situation. But if she didn't mention it, he didn't want to rock the boat.
"I don't want to hear it, Eric."
"Okay, Donna, I don't want to ruin the surprise." Jackie helped set it up but left when she saw Donna and Eric arrive. Donna helped Eric down the hill and almost let him go when she saw what was waiting for her.
"You bought a Vista Cruiser?!"
"Yeah..you always say I'm not spontaneous enough."
"Eric, this is so cool!"
"Open the door there's more."
There were flowers along with a card.
"They're beautiful, Eric." It was a wildflower bouquet.
"Read the card."
"Look up." That's all that was written on the card.
Eric tried to get down one knee but it didn't work, "Ow. Donna will you NOT divorce me?"
Jackie finished her packing (again) and was ready to go back to New York.
"Here let me help you," Hyde didn't leave and Jackie didn't kick him out. "Damn, what have you got in these suitcases?!"
"Is that a smile Steven? Because I think I see one."
"I think you are blind." He set down her suitcases by the front door.
"Thanks."
Hyde nodded. "By the way, I have something for you."
Jackie closed her eyes! He was going to kiss her! She could feel it!
They would be back together and she was older and wiser and would not make the same mistakes. She couldn't wait to be Mrs. Hyde.
What a weird turnaround from the recent events when she thought he might have wanted Donna, but he didn't! He wanted her! Jackie stood there crestfallen when Hyde opened up her purse that was at her feet and put in the check. A ****ing check.
"No, Hyde thank you." She figured why not call him Hyde just like all his other friends? And she wasn't even sure she was that. She hoped he could feel the sarcasm and hurt that was in her voice.
A taxi pulled up which Jackie thought was strange she didn't call for a taxi, she used a professional car service.
"That's for me. See you around." He grabbed his bags and jacket.
See you around?
"Sure, See you around." Jackie bit her lip and wanted to die.
"Eric, I don't think this is best." Donna said as Eric was trying to stay up on his crutches but at the same time get Donna to come in the house.
"I know my Mom..She's probably just upset about everything that happened. She'll come around once we tell her the good news." Eric kissed her for reassurance and then it happened. Red could not stop Kitty in time.
"Get away from my son! Haven't you done enough damage Donna?"
"What the f***?" Donna asked
"Oh, you've hurt Eric enough and I'm not going to let YOU hurt him anymore. Do you know she got an abortion after she used Steven?!"
"Mom. Don't. Please."
"You know, Eric, I don't need this, I really don't," Eric would have sank to the ground if he didn't have a broken leg when Donna took her wedding ring set off and gave him the keys to the new Vista Cruiser. "I'm going back to Chicago. We'll talk more later." Donna ran back to her house.
"Mom, how could you?! I HATE YOU!" Red stood up knowing this was going to happen. His eyes started to water and he didn't care if the whole world saw that he was about to cry. It was at that moment that Eric Forman wanted to die.
A part of Jackie didn't want to leave, but she was apart too long from her daughter, and although she did have ultra perks at her job she did have clients to see and samples to hawk. Which was easier to do with perfume then it was with a Christmas cheese log. She was quiet and didn't even look for Hyde when she packed her bag. She was knew she hurt him, but he hurt her, much like a vigilante you can't undo time, you cannot change what's been done. What's the point? Forgiveness without the Biblical guilt could be a wonderful thing. She could feel a presence in the room and of course it had to be Hyde.
"Don't worry far be it from me to bother you Hyde, I'm just packing my suitcase. I have to go back home," Funny this place used to be home, "So I'll be out of your hair in a few hours."
"Jackie, I was."
"Was what?" She never would let him back down verbally. That's what made him fall in love with her a long time ago.
"This ought to be good," He decided to change the subject to the heart of the matter, "You know everytime you think you are helping me I wind up in jail.."
"I'm so sorry about that.."
He sat on her bed, "Okay, this explanation ought to be good-why did You tell Forman?"
Kitty looked at the paper and folded in half and put in her skirt pocket and smiled at her son.
"Eric, you need not to worry so much and get better." Eric sank down as far as he could go and Kitty moved the tray and put the bed down so Eric could get some sleep.
"You sleep, son. Your Father and I will be back later tonight." Kitty was going to make sure Red dropped the charges against Steven. That wouldn't benefit anybody. He was like a son to them. Eric closed his eyes but pretended to fall asleep until his parents left. Ignoring their goodbyes.
Eric tried to be interested in the television that Red left on, but he just wanted all of this madness to stop and his wife back.
"What?!" If this were happening to someone else Hyde would have found it 'oh-so-amusing' "Jackie you can't play God! Do you have any idea on the mess you caused?" Hyde didn't mean to sermonize. But he was right.
"Are you laughing at me, Steven?"
"You know I wish I had your balls!" He quipped, Jackie's face twisted.
"How could you take my best intentions and twist them like that?"
"Because, I don't love Donna! I mean as a friend, I care for her, but not in that way, Jackie."
"Then what was your little liaison about?"
"Again something that was not your business nor Forman's. Now look what you did, Mrs. Forman hates Donna, Red pressed charges against ME, and I don't know what's going to happen to Forman and I. Yes, Jackie you had only the best intentions. Let me help you to finish your packing you've done enough."
"I see.You are emotionally hiding Steven. That's OK. Maybe, I shouldn't have told Eric.but it's only because."
"Save the theory for Forman."
"You are impossible!" Jackie snapped, "I'm going back to New York. You won't see me anymore."
"That's okay by me." Hyde quipped.
Jackie didn't know if he meant any of this or not. She only knew her plan backfired. And she didn't have any ulterior motives either. God forbid Steven Hyde see that! God forbid anyone see that.
"Since you don't appreciate anything that I've ever done for you, you can leave my property and please don't steal anything when you leave."
"Fine." He replied coldly. This exchange didn't go like he thought it would.
"Do you mind? You're still in my room!"
Hyde left without saying a word.
Eric watched as the raindrops hit his hospital window. The doctors said he could go home in a day or two.
"Eric are you sleeping?" Donna came in the room breathing a sigh of relief that Kitty wasn't here.
"N,no."
"Here's your PDA," Donna handed it to him, "You know you shouldn't have tried making a phone call." She kissed him on the lips.
"If you are trying to reach your office, I think your Mother took care of all that. Because after all, I wouldn't even think of doing it." Donna vented. She wanted to tread careful water there. Eric and his Mother were very close.
"W-h..at?"
"Eric, please don't worry about this stuff now. Believe me you and I are going to have a huge discussion about this when you are able. For now, just get better."
Donna turned the television on hating this whole state-of-limbo thing that all of their lives had suddenly become.
"Mrs. Forman," Hyde said for third time but couldn't seem to stop the whirlwind that was Kitty Forman taking over the Burkhart kitchen. She came prepared with groceries and she brought his bags over also.
"What is it, Steven?"
"I'm leaving. Jackie kicked me out."
"You still need to eat, so sit down."
He couldn't argue with her logic and Jackie had left a half-hour ago.
"Thanks."
"It's no problem, honey. And don't you worry about Red he should be dropping the charges if he knows what's good for him." She slightly smiled.
"I'm sorry that he put you through that."
"Well, we know whose to really blame."
Forman? Hyde thought as Kitty continued on,
"I already know, dear. I heard you and Donna talking years ago, and I knew this would crush Eric, but when they were going to get married and I saw how happy he was.what could I do?"
Mrs. Forman knew? Holy S***!
"But I want it clear I did not MAKE Donna get an abortion as that's the version that's going around. I would never.we discussed it and it was mutual."
Kitty had stopped stirring for a second and thought 'abortion'? Donna had an abortion! Was Eric aware of this?
"Mrs. Forman, what's wrong?" Hyde asked
"Nothing, dear. You can't have pancakes without bacon!" She quickly changed the subject. Donna Pinciotti was never the woman for her son and this proved it.
"You know what I miss, Eric?" Donna asked but would only allow him to nod his head. She turned off the TV and stood up. "When we used to lay on top of the Vista Cruiser and talk about life. I miss those times."
"No-t al-l."
"Don't talk. Yeah, I know we had some bad times, but they weren't all bad and some of them inside the car were downright naughty."
Eric tried to smile, but it hurt a little.
"There were times when I thought life was complicated but it wasn't really. Like when would we kiss? When would we 'do it'? Now, it's all messed up and I don't know what to do."
Eric wrote a note to Donna on the notepad.
"You do?" She asked as Eric wrote her another note it told her to 'come closer'.
They kissed on the lips as a flash of lightening indicating that a storm front was moving in.
"How come you didn't answer the phone while I was at the Burkhart's?"
Kitty asked Red who sitting in the living room trying to read the newspaper in peace.
"Because I was busy at the police station dropping the charges against Steven. Happy now, Kitty?"
"Yes." Well about Red dropping the charges she was happy.
"Now where are you going?"
"To call Steven. I know I have the Burkhart's number in our old phone directory. I told him to not go out in this rain, I don't care if Jackie declined her offer to let him stay there. You know who you can trace this all to?
Donna. Yessirree Bobby."
"Don't you think you are being unfair to Donna?" asked Red
"No, I'm not." Red went back to his paper making that snapping sound as Kitty went to call Steven from the kitchen phone. An abortion! Kitty wondered what other secrets Donna was keeping that affected the Forman family especially her son, who loved her much too long as far as Kitty was concerned.
"What are you still doing here?" Jackie shook her umbrella in the entry way as she saw Hyde sitting on the stairs holding the cordless phone.
"I could ask you the same question."
"No you can't this is MY property-and the airport is having all sorts of delays and I can't even access the private jet and I miss my daughter."
Jackie heard a loud crash of thunder that seemed as if it would split the house in two.
"You can stay here until the storm passes. Just stay out of my sight. Phone, please." She took the phone out of his hand and ran upstairs.
Hyde took a deep breath as he went upstairs.
"The weather's getting worse." Donna closed the curtain and was thankful Eric and Hyde didn't have their bust up in this weather, granted they fought World War III in the garage but the weather would have provided an eerie backdrop to the whole thing.
"I wonder if there's room for two in this bed?" Donna thought out loud and being careful not to bother the leg that was broken. "How's this?"
Eric drew a happy face on his notepad. After using all the paper he realized He just could've used the PDA.
"Hey, Eric, you could've just used your gadget!" Donna laughed
Eric wrote electronically, 'I know, I just remembered'.
Donna couldn't wait to see the looks on the staff when they opened the door! It brought back some of her misplaced youth.
Eric tapped her on the shoulder and wrote a bunch of 'X''s and 'O''s on his PDA.
"This brings back memories of when we knew how to occupy ourselves on rainy days" (and not so rainy days, either!) She leaned in to kiss him gently on the lips.
"Steven! This house is huge do you have to be in the same room I am?" Jackie said from one of the living rooms, the more formal one where they had all their swarays.
"Yes, its become my mission to torment your little soul."
She couldn't believe him. When she told him her reasons for doing what she did she thought he'd be happy, but he was even worse! Like when she first met him years ago only ten times worse than that.
"You know there is no TV in this room."
"Then how come you are in here?"
"Because a) I don't have to explain my feelings to you and b) I'm looking for my Grandmother's crystal heart candy dish."
"It's on the mantle."
"Oh, were you eyeing it?"
"Yes, Jackie. I have a thousand and one uses for a heart shaped candy dish!"
"Well," Jackie grabbed the dish from the mantle and noticed a small picture of her and Hyde from the family Christmas party. Her Father barely tolerated Michael, he absolutely couldn't stand Hyde!
"Just shut up, Steven. When the storm ends you are history."
"You keep acting like I care." He got up and went to the less formal living room where he had set up his bedroom much to Mrs. Forman's dismay.
Always One Step Back
Eric was able to go home earlier than expected and in his mind it was due to the almost complete turnaround of Donna's feelings. He still had to hobble around on crutches, but his voice was better, the concussion was minor and posed no concern for his future health, and the cuts would heal on their own. It was two days later when Jackie came by for a visit after his own Mother kept dodging the 'Donna' subject and whenever he wanted to see her he had to go over to her old house, she wouldn't come over here. She would wait on his porch and she'd help him across the street.
"I hope it's okay to be here Eric." Jackie wasn't supposed to be in Wisconsin, but her cell rang when she was this close to going to the airport again when one of her business associates called her to stop what she was doing because Point Place wasn't that far from Chicago right by where Donna worked there was a new department store opening who wanted her services. She didn't want to be the kind of parent that was away from her kid. She also didn't know why that she was letting Hyde stay it was the FEELINGS they were coming back and they were coming back big-time.
"It's okay.I'm glad you told me no one else was going to."
"Eric, WHY are you still here? You have a job or did you forget?" Red came in to sneak a beer since Kitty went out.
"I'm on sick leave."
"When I was in Korea there was no sick leave!" Eric rolled his eyes. When he left the room he told Jackie of an idea he had.
"Oh, Eric I absolutely love it! Come on, I'll help you pick it out!"
"Broken leg remember?"
"Oops, I'll help you to the car-This is one of the best ideas you ever had
Eric. I know Donna will love it."
Eric hoped so.
At eight o'clock Eric and Donna were sitting under the Point Place water tower, they sat on lawn chairs as the ground was still wet from the recent storm.
"Eric, this is nice." He kissed her hand.
"I have a surprise for you."
"Oh no," she rubbed her temples, as soon as she saw the Tiffany's box, "I told you no jewelry, I have enough. And I only wear what's important to me." She held up her wedding band set, she had just started wearing it again. It meant the world to him.
"Open it, Donna." His eyes lit up like a five year old on Christmas morning.
"All right. Car keys in a Tiffany's box?"
"Jackie helped me with it." Donna rolled her eyes at the mention of his name.
"She really had the best intentions." She told him why she told him Donna's secret and he understood her own point of view but he didn't want to think about Donna leaving him for Hyde! Hyde. That was another issue that was going to have to be settled. Eric was surprised that Donna didn't have that talk with him yet about the whole situation. But if she didn't mention it, he didn't want to rock the boat.
"I don't want to hear it, Eric."
"Okay, Donna, I don't want to ruin the surprise." Jackie helped set it up but left when she saw Donna and Eric arrive. Donna helped Eric down the hill and almost let him go when she saw what was waiting for her.
"You bought a Vista Cruiser?!"
"Yeah..you always say I'm not spontaneous enough."
"Eric, this is so cool!"
"Open the door there's more."
There were flowers along with a card.
"They're beautiful, Eric." It was a wildflower bouquet.
"Read the card."
"Look up." That's all that was written on the card.
Eric tried to get down one knee but it didn't work, "Ow. Donna will you NOT divorce me?"
Jackie finished her packing (again) and was ready to go back to New York.
"Here let me help you," Hyde didn't leave and Jackie didn't kick him out. "Damn, what have you got in these suitcases?!"
"Is that a smile Steven? Because I think I see one."
"I think you are blind." He set down her suitcases by the front door.
"Thanks."
Hyde nodded. "By the way, I have something for you."
Jackie closed her eyes! He was going to kiss her! She could feel it!
They would be back together and she was older and wiser and would not make the same mistakes. She couldn't wait to be Mrs. Hyde.
What a weird turnaround from the recent events when she thought he might have wanted Donna, but he didn't! He wanted her! Jackie stood there crestfallen when Hyde opened up her purse that was at her feet and put in the check. A ****ing check.
"No, Hyde thank you." She figured why not call him Hyde just like all his other friends? And she wasn't even sure she was that. She hoped he could feel the sarcasm and hurt that was in her voice.
A taxi pulled up which Jackie thought was strange she didn't call for a taxi, she used a professional car service.
"That's for me. See you around." He grabbed his bags and jacket.
See you around?
"Sure, See you around." Jackie bit her lip and wanted to die.
"Eric, I don't think this is best." Donna said as Eric was trying to stay up on his crutches but at the same time get Donna to come in the house.
"I know my Mom..She's probably just upset about everything that happened. She'll come around once we tell her the good news." Eric kissed her for reassurance and then it happened. Red could not stop Kitty in time.
"Get away from my son! Haven't you done enough damage Donna?"
"What the f***?" Donna asked
"Oh, you've hurt Eric enough and I'm not going to let YOU hurt him anymore. Do you know she got an abortion after she used Steven?!"
"Mom. Don't. Please."
"You know, Eric, I don't need this, I really don't," Eric would have sank to the ground if he didn't have a broken leg when Donna took her wedding ring set off and gave him the keys to the new Vista Cruiser. "I'm going back to Chicago. We'll talk more later." Donna ran back to her house.
"Mom, how could you?! I HATE YOU!" Red stood up knowing this was going to happen. His eyes started to water and he didn't care if the whole world saw that he was about to cry. It was at that moment that Eric Forman wanted to die.