CHAPTER SIX
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"Jackie," Hyde said as they approached the bar. "Can we go somewhere to talk?"
"Sure," she said just as the host was announcing the start of the wet t- shirt contest.
They walked around to the back of the bar toward the beach. They sat down on the sand, right near the water.
"Jackie, what are you doing here?"
She squirmed a little. She had been so caught up in the night's events that she had almost forgotten about everything else.
"I came down with Donna."
"Donna's here?" he said, surprised.
"Um, yes. She wanted to come down to..surprise Eric," she glanced up at him and wondered if he would buy it.
"No wonder Eric disappeared. So, you came all the way down here just to escort Donna?"
"Well, I might have had an ulterior motive..Steven, why did you break up with me? Was it because you wanted to be single for spring break?" she asked, her eyes filling with tears.
"What? Where would you get that idea?"
"Well, Kelso and Fez.."
"Oh. No, Jackie, that had nothing to do with it."
"Why then? I mean, I thought we were..that we.." she couldn't even finish her sentence. Tears started to roll down her checks.
"Jackie," he said as he pulled her into a hug and gently wiped away her tears away. "At the time, I thought I had a really good reason, but now.."
"Who is she Steven?"
"Jackie, this is not about a girl. Actually, I take that back, it is...or, it was."
"This might sound a little crazy," he continued, "but the day I broke up with you Edna came to visit."
"Your mother?" Jackie asked, more than a little surprised.
"We started talking and I told her about us. I showed her a picture of you and she said that we reminded her a lot of her and my father in high school. At first, I didn't believe her. But, I looked through their old high school yearbook and there was this picture of them. They looked just like us! I couldn't believe it. I mean, the last thing I want is to end up like them."
"Steven! You are NOT going to end up like them. How could you think that? You're going to college. Bud didn't even end up graduating high school did he?"
"No he got kicked out three weeks before graduation."
"And I am NOT going to get pregnant while we are still in high school."
"That's good to know," he said with a smile.
"See! I told you, we are not like them."
"Well...you still have to admit there are similarities."
"Yea, well you know what the biggest difference is?"
"What?" he asked as he hugged her. It felt good to have her in his arms again.
"Edna and Bud were never truly in love. They were just having fun and then she got pregnant."
"So?" he asked, even though he had a pretty good idea where she was going with this.
"Steven, I love you. I really do. And I always will."
He stared into her eyes.
"Jackie, I... ah! What the hell!" he yelled as Jackie leaned over and threw up all over his boots.
Jackie looked up at him as she clutched her stomach. "I'm sorry! It must be all those free martinis I had backsta.." She was cut off as another round of vomit decided to come up.
This time Hyde was able to jump out of the way. He held her hair back and placed his hand gently on her back.
"It'll be ok," he said as he tried to kick the chunks off his boots.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*The next morning*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eric and Donna were already sitting at a rattan table down by the pool when Jackie and Hyde walked up, holding hands.
"Look who's back together!" Donna said as they pulled two pineapple-shaped chairs up to the table.
Jackie glanced over at Steven. With her getting sick and everything last night they had never actually discussed whether or not they were officially getting back together.
"Yea," Hyde replied. Jackie let out a sigh of relief.
"Where did you two disappear to last night?" Hyde asked.
"Us? Well, um," Eric stumbled. "We just wandered off to....talk...and by the time we got back to the table Kelso and Fez said you already left to take Jackie back to her room."
"Speaking of our room," Jackie said, "I noticed you never came back last night Donna."
Donna smiled, but was spared having to answer by Kelso and Fez who had just strolled up carrying a big pink pool raft.
"What is that?" Hyde asked.
"This stupid thing cost me one sexy bachelorette from New York," Fez grumbled. "And I am going to use it no matter what!"
"Just remember Fez, this raft is actually mine. I get to use it first," Kelso said.
"Oh no you don't!" Fez exclaimed as he grabbed the raft out of Kelso's hands.
Kelso moved to grab the raft back and they started a kind of tug-of-war.
"Be careful!" Donna yelled as they inched closer and closer to the pool
"Fez! Give it to me!" Kelso yelled.
"It's mine you son of a..." SPLASH!
They both fell backward into the pool.
The two couples cracked up at the sight of them.
"Hey," Hyde asked, laughing, "I forgot to ask. How was the wet t-shirt contest?"
"It was awesome!" Kelso yelled as he pushed Fez underwater and jumped up onto the raft.
"Who won?" Eric asked.
"Kelley and Heather tied for first place. It was great!" Kelso beamed.
"Yea, it was great," Fez said as he popped out of the water and pushed Kelso off the raft. "And after they won and dumped us for these two huge football players."
Jackie and Donna tried not to laugh.
"Yea, Fez, I was going to skip that part," Kelso said flatly.
"So, what should we do today?" Eric asked as he gazed out at the beach, just behind the pool area.
"I saw a sign for topless bungee jumping!" yelled Kelso.
"How about that booze cruise thing?" Fez suggested.
"I'm going to take Steven to buy some new boots," Jackie said nonchalantly.
"That sounds like a good idea," Hyde replied as he looked down at the flip- flops that Jackie bought for him that morning at the hotel gift shop.
"What's wrong with your old boots?" Eric asked.
"Oh, nothing," Jackie said, embarrassed.
Eric arched his eyebrows skeptically. Even Donna looked suspicious.
"Stevengotdrunkandthrewuponhisboots!" she blurted out as she abruptly stood up from the table to leave.
"Jackie!" Hyde yelled. "That's it," he laughed as he pushed her into the pool.
Unfortunately for him, she was stronger than she looked. She grabbed his arm as she fell backward, and pulled him into the pool too.
Eric and Donna exchanged looks. "What the hell?" they said in unison as they both jumped into the pool. Eric and Hyde immediately began fighting Kelso and Fez for the raft while Donna and Jackie splashed each other and tried to stay out of their way.
"I'm king of the mountain!" Kelso yelled as he clawed his way up onto the raft.
POP! The raft started to deflate.
"Keslo! You popped the raft!" Eric scolded.
"Get him!" Hyde yelled as they all started dunking Kelso.
"I can't believe we're down here for four more days. I love spring break!" Fez exclaimed.
"Hey!" Kelso yelled as he came up for air between dunks.
"That's"
"not"
"funny!"
.
"Stop"
"dunking"
"me!"
THE END
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"Jackie," Hyde said as they approached the bar. "Can we go somewhere to talk?"
"Sure," she said just as the host was announcing the start of the wet t- shirt contest.
They walked around to the back of the bar toward the beach. They sat down on the sand, right near the water.
"Jackie, what are you doing here?"
She squirmed a little. She had been so caught up in the night's events that she had almost forgotten about everything else.
"I came down with Donna."
"Donna's here?" he said, surprised.
"Um, yes. She wanted to come down to..surprise Eric," she glanced up at him and wondered if he would buy it.
"No wonder Eric disappeared. So, you came all the way down here just to escort Donna?"
"Well, I might have had an ulterior motive..Steven, why did you break up with me? Was it because you wanted to be single for spring break?" she asked, her eyes filling with tears.
"What? Where would you get that idea?"
"Well, Kelso and Fez.."
"Oh. No, Jackie, that had nothing to do with it."
"Why then? I mean, I thought we were..that we.." she couldn't even finish her sentence. Tears started to roll down her checks.
"Jackie," he said as he pulled her into a hug and gently wiped away her tears away. "At the time, I thought I had a really good reason, but now.."
"Who is she Steven?"
"Jackie, this is not about a girl. Actually, I take that back, it is...or, it was."
"This might sound a little crazy," he continued, "but the day I broke up with you Edna came to visit."
"Your mother?" Jackie asked, more than a little surprised.
"We started talking and I told her about us. I showed her a picture of you and she said that we reminded her a lot of her and my father in high school. At first, I didn't believe her. But, I looked through their old high school yearbook and there was this picture of them. They looked just like us! I couldn't believe it. I mean, the last thing I want is to end up like them."
"Steven! You are NOT going to end up like them. How could you think that? You're going to college. Bud didn't even end up graduating high school did he?"
"No he got kicked out three weeks before graduation."
"And I am NOT going to get pregnant while we are still in high school."
"That's good to know," he said with a smile.
"See! I told you, we are not like them."
"Well...you still have to admit there are similarities."
"Yea, well you know what the biggest difference is?"
"What?" he asked as he hugged her. It felt good to have her in his arms again.
"Edna and Bud were never truly in love. They were just having fun and then she got pregnant."
"So?" he asked, even though he had a pretty good idea where she was going with this.
"Steven, I love you. I really do. And I always will."
He stared into her eyes.
"Jackie, I... ah! What the hell!" he yelled as Jackie leaned over and threw up all over his boots.
Jackie looked up at him as she clutched her stomach. "I'm sorry! It must be all those free martinis I had backsta.." She was cut off as another round of vomit decided to come up.
This time Hyde was able to jump out of the way. He held her hair back and placed his hand gently on her back.
"It'll be ok," he said as he tried to kick the chunks off his boots.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*The next morning*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eric and Donna were already sitting at a rattan table down by the pool when Jackie and Hyde walked up, holding hands.
"Look who's back together!" Donna said as they pulled two pineapple-shaped chairs up to the table.
Jackie glanced over at Steven. With her getting sick and everything last night they had never actually discussed whether or not they were officially getting back together.
"Yea," Hyde replied. Jackie let out a sigh of relief.
"Where did you two disappear to last night?" Hyde asked.
"Us? Well, um," Eric stumbled. "We just wandered off to....talk...and by the time we got back to the table Kelso and Fez said you already left to take Jackie back to her room."
"Speaking of our room," Jackie said, "I noticed you never came back last night Donna."
Donna smiled, but was spared having to answer by Kelso and Fez who had just strolled up carrying a big pink pool raft.
"What is that?" Hyde asked.
"This stupid thing cost me one sexy bachelorette from New York," Fez grumbled. "And I am going to use it no matter what!"
"Just remember Fez, this raft is actually mine. I get to use it first," Kelso said.
"Oh no you don't!" Fez exclaimed as he grabbed the raft out of Kelso's hands.
Kelso moved to grab the raft back and they started a kind of tug-of-war.
"Be careful!" Donna yelled as they inched closer and closer to the pool
"Fez! Give it to me!" Kelso yelled.
"It's mine you son of a..." SPLASH!
They both fell backward into the pool.
The two couples cracked up at the sight of them.
"Hey," Hyde asked, laughing, "I forgot to ask. How was the wet t-shirt contest?"
"It was awesome!" Kelso yelled as he pushed Fez underwater and jumped up onto the raft.
"Who won?" Eric asked.
"Kelley and Heather tied for first place. It was great!" Kelso beamed.
"Yea, it was great," Fez said as he popped out of the water and pushed Kelso off the raft. "And after they won and dumped us for these two huge football players."
Jackie and Donna tried not to laugh.
"Yea, Fez, I was going to skip that part," Kelso said flatly.
"So, what should we do today?" Eric asked as he gazed out at the beach, just behind the pool area.
"I saw a sign for topless bungee jumping!" yelled Kelso.
"How about that booze cruise thing?" Fez suggested.
"I'm going to take Steven to buy some new boots," Jackie said nonchalantly.
"That sounds like a good idea," Hyde replied as he looked down at the flip- flops that Jackie bought for him that morning at the hotel gift shop.
"What's wrong with your old boots?" Eric asked.
"Oh, nothing," Jackie said, embarrassed.
Eric arched his eyebrows skeptically. Even Donna looked suspicious.
"Stevengotdrunkandthrewuponhisboots!" she blurted out as she abruptly stood up from the table to leave.
"Jackie!" Hyde yelled. "That's it," he laughed as he pushed her into the pool.
Unfortunately for him, she was stronger than she looked. She grabbed his arm as she fell backward, and pulled him into the pool too.
Eric and Donna exchanged looks. "What the hell?" they said in unison as they both jumped into the pool. Eric and Hyde immediately began fighting Kelso and Fez for the raft while Donna and Jackie splashed each other and tried to stay out of their way.
"I'm king of the mountain!" Kelso yelled as he clawed his way up onto the raft.
POP! The raft started to deflate.
"Keslo! You popped the raft!" Eric scolded.
"Get him!" Hyde yelled as they all started dunking Kelso.
"I can't believe we're down here for four more days. I love spring break!" Fez exclaimed.
"Hey!" Kelso yelled as he came up for air between dunks.
"That's"
"not"
"funny!"
.
"Stop"
"dunking"
"me!"
THE END