CHAPTER FOUR
It was the morning before Homecoming. Jackie and Hyde were talking on the phone.
"You know you don't have to come tonight Steven. It's really not a big deal."
"I told you Jackie. I don't mind coming. I'll leave right after my biology class this afternoon."
"Ok," she said, "and thanks. I mean I know it's not exactly how you wanted to spend your weekend."
"Don't worry about it. I gotta go, I'm meeting Eric for lunch."
"Ok, bye"
Before he even hung up the phone, George started giving him shit. "I can't believe you are going to miss the Keg house jello shot party for a stupid high school dance! I am sooo disappointed in you."
"Whatever man. I'm late," he replied as he walked out the door.
George turned on the TV. He couldn't go back to his room for an hour because Kelso was in there with a girl. As he flipped through the stations, trying to find anything other than the 'Price is Right,' the phone rang. He picked it up out of reflex.
"Hello?"
"Hi," said a girls voice, 'she sounds hot,' he thought to himself. "Is Steven there?"
"Who?"
"Hyde?"
"No, he just left."
"Oh," she said. She sounded disappointed. "This is Jackie. I forgot to tell him to bring his blue tie home. Can you tell him I called?"
"Sure," George said. He hung up the phone and grabbed a piece of chalk off the floor. Fez had installed a chalkboard next to the phone for taking messages. There was an old message from Nina on the board. It said 'Nina called - DMV Fundraiser Dance Cancelled.' He wiped the chalk off the board with his hand to make some room. 'Jackie called' he scrawled in his messy handwriting. He glanced down at the board and noticed that part of Nina's message was still there. It looked like it now read 'Jackie called - Dance cancelled.' George smiled at his evil genius. Hyde would thank him for this later.....after he met some hot college women at the party tonight.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Meanwhile, at lunch*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By the time Hyde got to the Burger Barn Eric was already sitting at a table with fries and a coke.
"There you are!" he said to Hyde as he pulled up a chair.
"Sorry man. I was talking to Jackie."
"How's that going anyway?"
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Hyde wasn't sure how to answer. He had only been home to visit Jackie once since he started school. Before he left, he wasn't very excited to go. He had only been up at school for three weeks and he wasn't ready to leave yet. But as he drove down the highway, the closer he got to home, the more excited he got to see Jackie. He couldn't believe he hadn't been with her in three weeks. He had never been away from her for so long.
Her mom was out of town, so they were planning to spend the whole weekend just hanging out at her house.
As soon as he stepped onto her front porch the front door swung open. Jackie was standing in the entryway wearing a tiny, see-though black nightie. As he stepped inside and she jumped into his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist. She planted kisses all over his face as he carried her into the living room. They tumbled onto the couch and soon articles of clothing were flying onto the floor. They didn't even leave the house all weekend. Before he knew it, it was Sunday and he had to leave. They hadn't really had a chance to talk about much of anything.....not that he minded.
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"Hyde?" Eric said.
Hyde snapped back to reality. "Oh, everything's fine. Jackie's fine."
"So, are you still going back for homecoming tonight?"
"Yea. Jackie doesn't even really want to go, but she says she has to because she's homecoming queen. She wanted to go to some cheerleading thing in Kenosha."
"Jackie doesn't want to go to a dance? That doesn't sound like her," Eric said. He was about to pry a little deeper, but he had problems of his own.
"How's Donna man? I haven't seen you together much lately."
"Donna's fine. Just fine. Her roommate Annie though....."
"What about her?"
"She's just kind of........weird. And they spend SO much time together. Plus, she's getting Donna into all of this bohemian stuff."
"Like what?"
"Oh, I don't know. You name it. Annie's bi-sexual too, you know. Actually, I think she might have a crush on Donna. Sometimes I catch her staring at Donna when she thinks I'm not looking."
"Annie has a crush on Donna? That's classic Foreman!" Hyde said as his eyes glazed over.
"Hey, why do you have that look on your face Hyde? Stop picturing it!" he yelled.
Hyde couldn't help but smile. Annie was hot. And Annie and Donna together.......well.......
"Hey Foreman. Look on the bright side. Annie's BI-sexual. Maybe you'll get some hot three way action!"
A dreamy look crossed Eric's face.
Eric and Hyde sat at the table staring off into nowhere, lost in their dirty imaginations.
It was the morning before Homecoming. Jackie and Hyde were talking on the phone.
"You know you don't have to come tonight Steven. It's really not a big deal."
"I told you Jackie. I don't mind coming. I'll leave right after my biology class this afternoon."
"Ok," she said, "and thanks. I mean I know it's not exactly how you wanted to spend your weekend."
"Don't worry about it. I gotta go, I'm meeting Eric for lunch."
"Ok, bye"
Before he even hung up the phone, George started giving him shit. "I can't believe you are going to miss the Keg house jello shot party for a stupid high school dance! I am sooo disappointed in you."
"Whatever man. I'm late," he replied as he walked out the door.
George turned on the TV. He couldn't go back to his room for an hour because Kelso was in there with a girl. As he flipped through the stations, trying to find anything other than the 'Price is Right,' the phone rang. He picked it up out of reflex.
"Hello?"
"Hi," said a girls voice, 'she sounds hot,' he thought to himself. "Is Steven there?"
"Who?"
"Hyde?"
"No, he just left."
"Oh," she said. She sounded disappointed. "This is Jackie. I forgot to tell him to bring his blue tie home. Can you tell him I called?"
"Sure," George said. He hung up the phone and grabbed a piece of chalk off the floor. Fez had installed a chalkboard next to the phone for taking messages. There was an old message from Nina on the board. It said 'Nina called - DMV Fundraiser Dance Cancelled.' He wiped the chalk off the board with his hand to make some room. 'Jackie called' he scrawled in his messy handwriting. He glanced down at the board and noticed that part of Nina's message was still there. It looked like it now read 'Jackie called - Dance cancelled.' George smiled at his evil genius. Hyde would thank him for this later.....after he met some hot college women at the party tonight.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Meanwhile, at lunch*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By the time Hyde got to the Burger Barn Eric was already sitting at a table with fries and a coke.
"There you are!" he said to Hyde as he pulled up a chair.
"Sorry man. I was talking to Jackie."
"How's that going anyway?"
..............................
Hyde wasn't sure how to answer. He had only been home to visit Jackie once since he started school. Before he left, he wasn't very excited to go. He had only been up at school for three weeks and he wasn't ready to leave yet. But as he drove down the highway, the closer he got to home, the more excited he got to see Jackie. He couldn't believe he hadn't been with her in three weeks. He had never been away from her for so long.
Her mom was out of town, so they were planning to spend the whole weekend just hanging out at her house.
As soon as he stepped onto her front porch the front door swung open. Jackie was standing in the entryway wearing a tiny, see-though black nightie. As he stepped inside and she jumped into his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist. She planted kisses all over his face as he carried her into the living room. They tumbled onto the couch and soon articles of clothing were flying onto the floor. They didn't even leave the house all weekend. Before he knew it, it was Sunday and he had to leave. They hadn't really had a chance to talk about much of anything.....not that he minded.
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"Hyde?" Eric said.
Hyde snapped back to reality. "Oh, everything's fine. Jackie's fine."
"So, are you still going back for homecoming tonight?"
"Yea. Jackie doesn't even really want to go, but she says she has to because she's homecoming queen. She wanted to go to some cheerleading thing in Kenosha."
"Jackie doesn't want to go to a dance? That doesn't sound like her," Eric said. He was about to pry a little deeper, but he had problems of his own.
"How's Donna man? I haven't seen you together much lately."
"Donna's fine. Just fine. Her roommate Annie though....."
"What about her?"
"She's just kind of........weird. And they spend SO much time together. Plus, she's getting Donna into all of this bohemian stuff."
"Like what?"
"Oh, I don't know. You name it. Annie's bi-sexual too, you know. Actually, I think she might have a crush on Donna. Sometimes I catch her staring at Donna when she thinks I'm not looking."
"Annie has a crush on Donna? That's classic Foreman!" Hyde said as his eyes glazed over.
"Hey, why do you have that look on your face Hyde? Stop picturing it!" he yelled.
Hyde couldn't help but smile. Annie was hot. And Annie and Donna together.......well.......
"Hey Foreman. Look on the bright side. Annie's BI-sexual. Maybe you'll get some hot three way action!"
A dreamy look crossed Eric's face.
Eric and Hyde sat at the table staring off into nowhere, lost in their dirty imaginations.