CHAPTER EIGHT
Hyde listened intently as Fez and Nina argued in the hall.
'What the hell happened last night?' he wondered. He could barely remember the party and he certainly didn't remember Sara coming home with him. He tried to concentrate, but his brain felt all cloudy. He had a puke taste in his mouth. 'How drunk did he get last night?' All he seemed to remember someone handing him a jello shot...
'Ok, settle down,' he told himself. At least Fez and Nina weren't going to tell Jackie. That gave him some time to figure out what happened before he talked to her...
With all of the commotion he had almost forgotten what Fez had come over to tell him. 'Why did Jackie lie to him about the dance? What was going on between her and this Jason guy?'
The more he thought about it, he couldn't believe he had been so stupid. First, she didn't tell him she was named homecoming queen. Then she tried to talk him out of coming by saying it was no big deal. And when has a school dance ever been postponed? Why didn't he think of any of this last night?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Meanwhile, back in Point Place*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jackie woke up to the ringing of the phone.
"Hello?" she answered groggily.
"Jackie?" said a girl's voice.
"Yes...."
"It's Amy. Amy Hansen."
"Amy?" Jackie said. Amy was on the Jackie's cheerleading squad, but she had graduated last year. She was the last person Jackie expected to be calling her this early on a Saturday.
"Jackie, I have to know something. Are you still dating that Steven Hyde guy?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Well, I hate to be the one to have to tell you this...but my boyfriend's dorm room is right across the hall from his, and some girl came out of his room EARLY this morning dressed in a string bikini top!"
"What?" Jackie asked, confused.
"I probably wouldn't have even noticed, but there was all of this yelling and then I heard two people in the hall talking about whether or not they should tell you about it."
"What!" Jackie screamed. She was wide awake now.
"I'm really sorry Jackie, but I thought you should know. Hey, look on the bright side. I heard you went to homecoming with Jason Stevens. I think the two of you would make a great couple."
Jackie opened her mouth to defend Hyde, but no words came out.
"Well, I have to get going. Bye Jackie," Amy said as she hung up.
Jackie just sat there with the phone in her hand, unable to move. He's cheating on me?!? This just didn't sound like Steven.
'He did stand me up last night,' she thought. How could she have forgotten about that?
'A girl in a bikini' The words kept drifting through her mind. 'That frat party! He ditched me for a stupid frat party and then he brought home some slut!'
The more she thought about it, the more it started to make sense. His comments about long distance relationships, the way he carefully avoided any discussion of their relationship last time he came to visit her, the fact that he sometimes didn't call her for days...
She decided to call Donna. She had to find out if it was true. Donna was at the party with him. She would know if he left with anyone.
She waited as the phone rang and rang. Ten rings. Fifteen. Finally, someone picked up.
"Hello?" It was Donna, but she sounded really hung over.
"Donna! It's me. Did you go to a frat party last night with Steven?"
"Yes...oh! My head feels awful!"
"Listen to me Donna. This is VERY important. Did you see him with any girls last night? Did he leave with anyone?"
"What? Uhhh...let me think...I don't really remember Jackie. I was REALLY drunk. I don't even really remember seeing him at all once we got there. What is this all about anyway?" she said as she wiped her face on the sheet. Pink lipstick? She didn't wear lipstick...
"Donna, I think Steven is cheating on me!"
"What?"
"I got a call from Amy Hansen this morning."
"That girl from your cheerleading squad?"
"Yes. She said that she saw some slut coming out of his room this morning and then she heard some people yelling about whether or not they should tell me."
"Jackie, are you sure? I mean that just doesn't seem like something he would do."
"I don't know..." she trailed off. Visions of all the times she caught Michael cheating on her were flashing through her mind.
"Listen Jackie, let me call you back in a few hours. We should talk about this when I am thinking straight. I promise I will call you as soon as I get some Tylenol and some coffee."
Donna rubbed her head as she hung up the phone. She couldn't remember ever being this hung over. She looked to her left and saw Eric AND Annie in the bed with her. They didn't look like they were wearing any...she winced as memories of last night started coming back to her. 'What was in those jello shots?'
Hyde listened intently as Fez and Nina argued in the hall.
'What the hell happened last night?' he wondered. He could barely remember the party and he certainly didn't remember Sara coming home with him. He tried to concentrate, but his brain felt all cloudy. He had a puke taste in his mouth. 'How drunk did he get last night?' All he seemed to remember someone handing him a jello shot...
'Ok, settle down,' he told himself. At least Fez and Nina weren't going to tell Jackie. That gave him some time to figure out what happened before he talked to her...
With all of the commotion he had almost forgotten what Fez had come over to tell him. 'Why did Jackie lie to him about the dance? What was going on between her and this Jason guy?'
The more he thought about it, he couldn't believe he had been so stupid. First, she didn't tell him she was named homecoming queen. Then she tried to talk him out of coming by saying it was no big deal. And when has a school dance ever been postponed? Why didn't he think of any of this last night?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Meanwhile, back in Point Place*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jackie woke up to the ringing of the phone.
"Hello?" she answered groggily.
"Jackie?" said a girl's voice.
"Yes...."
"It's Amy. Amy Hansen."
"Amy?" Jackie said. Amy was on the Jackie's cheerleading squad, but she had graduated last year. She was the last person Jackie expected to be calling her this early on a Saturday.
"Jackie, I have to know something. Are you still dating that Steven Hyde guy?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Well, I hate to be the one to have to tell you this...but my boyfriend's dorm room is right across the hall from his, and some girl came out of his room EARLY this morning dressed in a string bikini top!"
"What?" Jackie asked, confused.
"I probably wouldn't have even noticed, but there was all of this yelling and then I heard two people in the hall talking about whether or not they should tell you about it."
"What!" Jackie screamed. She was wide awake now.
"I'm really sorry Jackie, but I thought you should know. Hey, look on the bright side. I heard you went to homecoming with Jason Stevens. I think the two of you would make a great couple."
Jackie opened her mouth to defend Hyde, but no words came out.
"Well, I have to get going. Bye Jackie," Amy said as she hung up.
Jackie just sat there with the phone in her hand, unable to move. He's cheating on me?!? This just didn't sound like Steven.
'He did stand me up last night,' she thought. How could she have forgotten about that?
'A girl in a bikini' The words kept drifting through her mind. 'That frat party! He ditched me for a stupid frat party and then he brought home some slut!'
The more she thought about it, the more it started to make sense. His comments about long distance relationships, the way he carefully avoided any discussion of their relationship last time he came to visit her, the fact that he sometimes didn't call her for days...
She decided to call Donna. She had to find out if it was true. Donna was at the party with him. She would know if he left with anyone.
She waited as the phone rang and rang. Ten rings. Fifteen. Finally, someone picked up.
"Hello?" It was Donna, but she sounded really hung over.
"Donna! It's me. Did you go to a frat party last night with Steven?"
"Yes...oh! My head feels awful!"
"Listen to me Donna. This is VERY important. Did you see him with any girls last night? Did he leave with anyone?"
"What? Uhhh...let me think...I don't really remember Jackie. I was REALLY drunk. I don't even really remember seeing him at all once we got there. What is this all about anyway?" she said as she wiped her face on the sheet. Pink lipstick? She didn't wear lipstick...
"Donna, I think Steven is cheating on me!"
"What?"
"I got a call from Amy Hansen this morning."
"That girl from your cheerleading squad?"
"Yes. She said that she saw some slut coming out of his room this morning and then she heard some people yelling about whether or not they should tell me."
"Jackie, are you sure? I mean that just doesn't seem like something he would do."
"I don't know..." she trailed off. Visions of all the times she caught Michael cheating on her were flashing through her mind.
"Listen Jackie, let me call you back in a few hours. We should talk about this when I am thinking straight. I promise I will call you as soon as I get some Tylenol and some coffee."
Donna rubbed her head as she hung up the phone. She couldn't remember ever being this hung over. She looked to her left and saw Eric AND Annie in the bed with her. They didn't look like they were wearing any...she winced as memories of last night started coming back to her. 'What was in those jello shots?'