Title: Spring Semester at UW
Summary: This is a sequel to my fic 'Freshmen Year.' It takes place at the beginning of the spring semester when Jackie joins the gang at UW.
A/N: Thanks for all of your kind reviews. They inspired me to write a sequel instead working. Hope you like it!
CHAPTER 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*The start of spring semester*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jackie was almost completely moved into her new dorm room. She was sitting on a bench outside of her new home with a box of clothes at her feet.
She had lugged her last monster box from Hyde's car, all the way across the parking lot, but she knew she would never be able to make it up three flights of stairs by herself. So, she decided to take a quick break and wait for Hyde to come back down from his last load.
"Hey there pretty lady!" she heard someone say. She looked to her left and saw a guy with blonde hair walking toward her. She thought he looked kind of familiar.
"I've never seen you around here...do you live in this dorm?" he said as he sat down next to her.
"I just moved in today," she replied flatly as she looked up at the doors.
"Well then, it looks like we'll be seeing a lot of each other," he paused, waiting for her response. None came. "Because I live here too," he added, trying to prolong their conversation. He wasn't used to the cold shoulder. Girls were usually happy to talk to him because, in his words, 'he was just that good looking.'
"Whatever," Jackie said indifferently. She continued to stare at the doors, hoping Hyde would come back down soon.
"So, are those your clothes?" he said looking down at the box at her feet.
Jackie rolled her eyes and slid to the far end of the bench.
"Hey! What did I say?," he pried, scooting closer to her.
Jackie didn't bother to reply. She just got up and started shoving her clothes box toward the front door.
"Can I help you with that? George asked, attempting to be gentlemanly.
"No thanks. I'll be fine."
George watched as she disappeared through the front doors. 'I love it when they play hard to get,' he thought to himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*That evening*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fez tried to calm down as he slowly walked up the brick walkway in front of the Alpha sorority house. He hadn't even been this nervous when he ended things with Nina over Christmas break.
But then again SHE wasn't Nina. She was..special. The one that got away. He hadn't seen her since graduation. She had started her freshmen year at St. Mary's in Racine. He didn't think he would ever see her again.
But then, Jackie ran into her at the spring orientation for new students. She had transferred to UW after fall semester. He couldn't believe it. It was a sign. This was his second chance. Butterflies churned inside his stomach as he rang the doorbell.
Two giggling blond girls answered the door. "Fez?" they asked.
"Yes. I am Fez."
"Come in. She'll be right down."
~~~~~~~~~~~~*Meanwhile, Upstairs in the Alpha Sorority House*~~~~~~~~~
Rhonda paced around her bedroom and took a puff off her asthma inhaler. She hadn't been this nervous since her first real date with Fez, when he took her to the Hub.
She glanced into the mirror. Sometimes she couldn't believe how much she'd changed. After graduating from high school her parents shipped her off to Florida to stay with her cousins for the summer.
That was when it happened, when she 'blossomed.' At first, she was flattered by all the attention her newfound looks were attracting. Guys that had never talked to her before were suddenly bending over backward to get her attention.
But, the more she dated, the more she realized that the ONLY thing these guys were interested in was her looks. They didn't care about who she really WAS, just what she looked like.
After a while she started to think that ALL guys were only interested looks...well, all guys except one. The one who liked her for HER. Before she was 'pretty.' When she was just Rhonda.
And now she was about to come face to face with him for the first time in months.
~~~~~~~~~~~.
Fez heard a commotion at the top of the stairs. He looked up and saw Rhonda standing there. As she descended slowly he felt like they were in a scene from a movie. Time seemed to slow down and he could almost hear music...wait, that was just him humming unconsciously again. He had to stop doing that.
"Rhonda," he said as he kissed her hand, "I can't believe it's you."
"Hi Fez," she said breathlessly. She couldn't believe how sexy he looked. "Are those for me?" she squealed noticing the roses he was holding.
"Yes," he smiled. He handed her the flowers and she cradled them like a baby.
"Their beautiful."
"Shall we go my lady?" Fez asked as he held out his arm for her.
"Let's get outta here!" she exclaimed as she entwined her arm with his.
As they walked down the driveway, the front window of the sorority house nearly cracked from the pressure of thirty girls pressing their noses against it, watching Rhonda and Fez leave.
Rhonda had only met her new sorority sisters two weeks ago, but she had talked about Fez so much during that time, that they all felt like they knew him already.
Fez opened the passenger door of the El Camino for Rhonda and she slid in. He said a silent 'Thank You' to Hyde for letting him borrow the car. As they drove toward The Terrace, the nicest restaurant in Madison, Fez couldn't help thinking that this was going to be the best date of his life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*That same night*~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hyde walked down the hall toward the bathroom trying his hardest not to listen to any conversations as he passed by. It seemed like everywhere he went today, people, guys more specifically, were talking about Jackie.
"Did you see the new girl that moved in with Donna Pinscotti?"
"She is soooo hot!"
"She is more than hot."
"She talked to me in the hallway."
AHHHHHHHH! He had to get away from this. As he opened the door to the bathroom he was relieved to find it empty. He was walking toward the urinals when he heard voices coming from the stalls in the back.
"You know what man?" said the first voice. "I heard you can see right into that new girl Jackie's dorm room from the student lounge across the quad."
"Are you serious man?" said another voice.
"Yea. My friend Chuck told me about it. We're going over there to check it out after dinner."
Hyde walked to the back of the bathroom and stood right in front of the stalls.
"Do you know if she's seeing anyone?" asked the second guy. "I'm thinking of asking her out."
"Yea right! Like you'd have a chance. Anyway, I heard she was dating that Hyde guy that lives on the second floor."
"Really? That guy is scary."
Hyde heard a flush. When the doors opened he came face to face with the two Jackie lovers. He didn't recognize either one of them.
When they saw him standing there, they froze. Their eyes widened.
Hyde took one step toward them and they tore out of the bathroom and ran all the way down the hall.
He laughed, and then decided he was going to buy Jackie and Donna some curtains tomorrow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*The next day*~~~~~~~~~
When George entered the cafeteria, he was more than a little disappointed to find Hyde sitting alone at 'the gang's' usual table in the corner. He was reading a magazine and didn't even bother to look up when George sat down.
George was still a bit shaken up from his last encounter with Hyde, after he found out the fake message. He swore he STILL had bruises. They hadn't really spoken since then.
"So, Hyde, man, are we...cool?" he asked tentatively.
"Yea, whatever," Hyde said flatly.
"Cool," George replied, clearly relieved.
"You know," he continued, he never knew when to shut up. " I really don't know why you were so pissed in the first place. I was just trying to help you."
Hyde set his magazine down. "Oh really?" he said, looking right at George.
"Yea. I mean, I was just trying to open your eyes to the world of the hot college chicks that surrounds you. And you have to admit, that party kicked ass. You would have been pissed if you missed it."
Hyde didn't even know where to begin. He was being to think that George was actually dumb enough to believe what he just said. No wonder he got along so well with Kelso.
"If you and Jackie are still on the rocks, I think I know something that might cheer you up?"
"What's that?" Hyde asked disinterestedly as he picked up his magazine.
"I met this HOT chick today that just moved into our dorm."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Hyde asked. Maybe George was even dumber than he originally thought.
"Well, you can have her when I'm done!"
"That's generous."
"I would let you have her first, because I kind of owe you one over that whole message thing, but this girl is special. And really HOT!"
Hyde smirked. He had never seen George this smitten before.
"Besides, I don't really think you're her type," George informed him.
"Oh really?"
"Yea. Girls like her like handsome guys."
Hyde knew where this was going. Every conversation with George eventually came around to how 'good looking' he was.
"Hey, here she comes now!" George exclaimed as he glanced over Hyde's shoulder. He smoothed the wrinkles out of his shirt and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to make himself presentable.
Hyde looked over his shoulder. The only girl he saw coming toward them was Jackie. She gave him a quick wave.
"Oh my god!" George exclaimed. "She waved at me! I think she is coming over here. O.K. Hyde. Sit back and watch the master in action."
Hyde struggled to hold in his laughter. This should be good.
Jackie walked up to the table and sat down right next to Hyde. He leaned over and kissed her full on the mouth.
George's eyes widened as his jaw dropped open.
"Jackie," Hyde said as he finally broke away from her. "This is George."
Jackie looked across the table. She hadn't even noticed anyone else was sitting there.
"Ewwwwwwwwww! You're George?" Jackie asked with narrowed eyes. "You are such a jerk!" she snapped.
George didn't say anything. He just continued to stare at her as she stood up from the table.
"Let's go back to my room," she said as she tugged on Hyde's arm. "I think I've lost my appetite."
Hyde turned back to George as he followed Jackie out of the cafeteria. "Don't get any ideas," he growled.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Summary: This is a sequel to my fic 'Freshmen Year.' It takes place at the beginning of the spring semester when Jackie joins the gang at UW.
A/N: Thanks for all of your kind reviews. They inspired me to write a sequel instead working. Hope you like it!
CHAPTER 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*The start of spring semester*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jackie was almost completely moved into her new dorm room. She was sitting on a bench outside of her new home with a box of clothes at her feet.
She had lugged her last monster box from Hyde's car, all the way across the parking lot, but she knew she would never be able to make it up three flights of stairs by herself. So, she decided to take a quick break and wait for Hyde to come back down from his last load.
"Hey there pretty lady!" she heard someone say. She looked to her left and saw a guy with blonde hair walking toward her. She thought he looked kind of familiar.
"I've never seen you around here...do you live in this dorm?" he said as he sat down next to her.
"I just moved in today," she replied flatly as she looked up at the doors.
"Well then, it looks like we'll be seeing a lot of each other," he paused, waiting for her response. None came. "Because I live here too," he added, trying to prolong their conversation. He wasn't used to the cold shoulder. Girls were usually happy to talk to him because, in his words, 'he was just that good looking.'
"Whatever," Jackie said indifferently. She continued to stare at the doors, hoping Hyde would come back down soon.
"So, are those your clothes?" he said looking down at the box at her feet.
Jackie rolled her eyes and slid to the far end of the bench.
"Hey! What did I say?," he pried, scooting closer to her.
Jackie didn't bother to reply. She just got up and started shoving her clothes box toward the front door.
"Can I help you with that? George asked, attempting to be gentlemanly.
"No thanks. I'll be fine."
George watched as she disappeared through the front doors. 'I love it when they play hard to get,' he thought to himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*That evening*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fez tried to calm down as he slowly walked up the brick walkway in front of the Alpha sorority house. He hadn't even been this nervous when he ended things with Nina over Christmas break.
But then again SHE wasn't Nina. She was..special. The one that got away. He hadn't seen her since graduation. She had started her freshmen year at St. Mary's in Racine. He didn't think he would ever see her again.
But then, Jackie ran into her at the spring orientation for new students. She had transferred to UW after fall semester. He couldn't believe it. It was a sign. This was his second chance. Butterflies churned inside his stomach as he rang the doorbell.
Two giggling blond girls answered the door. "Fez?" they asked.
"Yes. I am Fez."
"Come in. She'll be right down."
~~~~~~~~~~~~*Meanwhile, Upstairs in the Alpha Sorority House*~~~~~~~~~
Rhonda paced around her bedroom and took a puff off her asthma inhaler. She hadn't been this nervous since her first real date with Fez, when he took her to the Hub.
She glanced into the mirror. Sometimes she couldn't believe how much she'd changed. After graduating from high school her parents shipped her off to Florida to stay with her cousins for the summer.
That was when it happened, when she 'blossomed.' At first, she was flattered by all the attention her newfound looks were attracting. Guys that had never talked to her before were suddenly bending over backward to get her attention.
But, the more she dated, the more she realized that the ONLY thing these guys were interested in was her looks. They didn't care about who she really WAS, just what she looked like.
After a while she started to think that ALL guys were only interested looks...well, all guys except one. The one who liked her for HER. Before she was 'pretty.' When she was just Rhonda.
And now she was about to come face to face with him for the first time in months.
~~~~~~~~~~~.
Fez heard a commotion at the top of the stairs. He looked up and saw Rhonda standing there. As she descended slowly he felt like they were in a scene from a movie. Time seemed to slow down and he could almost hear music...wait, that was just him humming unconsciously again. He had to stop doing that.
"Rhonda," he said as he kissed her hand, "I can't believe it's you."
"Hi Fez," she said breathlessly. She couldn't believe how sexy he looked. "Are those for me?" she squealed noticing the roses he was holding.
"Yes," he smiled. He handed her the flowers and she cradled them like a baby.
"Their beautiful."
"Shall we go my lady?" Fez asked as he held out his arm for her.
"Let's get outta here!" she exclaimed as she entwined her arm with his.
As they walked down the driveway, the front window of the sorority house nearly cracked from the pressure of thirty girls pressing their noses against it, watching Rhonda and Fez leave.
Rhonda had only met her new sorority sisters two weeks ago, but she had talked about Fez so much during that time, that they all felt like they knew him already.
Fez opened the passenger door of the El Camino for Rhonda and she slid in. He said a silent 'Thank You' to Hyde for letting him borrow the car. As they drove toward The Terrace, the nicest restaurant in Madison, Fez couldn't help thinking that this was going to be the best date of his life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*That same night*~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hyde walked down the hall toward the bathroom trying his hardest not to listen to any conversations as he passed by. It seemed like everywhere he went today, people, guys more specifically, were talking about Jackie.
"Did you see the new girl that moved in with Donna Pinscotti?"
"She is soooo hot!"
"She is more than hot."
"She talked to me in the hallway."
AHHHHHHHH! He had to get away from this. As he opened the door to the bathroom he was relieved to find it empty. He was walking toward the urinals when he heard voices coming from the stalls in the back.
"You know what man?" said the first voice. "I heard you can see right into that new girl Jackie's dorm room from the student lounge across the quad."
"Are you serious man?" said another voice.
"Yea. My friend Chuck told me about it. We're going over there to check it out after dinner."
Hyde walked to the back of the bathroom and stood right in front of the stalls.
"Do you know if she's seeing anyone?" asked the second guy. "I'm thinking of asking her out."
"Yea right! Like you'd have a chance. Anyway, I heard she was dating that Hyde guy that lives on the second floor."
"Really? That guy is scary."
Hyde heard a flush. When the doors opened he came face to face with the two Jackie lovers. He didn't recognize either one of them.
When they saw him standing there, they froze. Their eyes widened.
Hyde took one step toward them and they tore out of the bathroom and ran all the way down the hall.
He laughed, and then decided he was going to buy Jackie and Donna some curtains tomorrow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*The next day*~~~~~~~~~
When George entered the cafeteria, he was more than a little disappointed to find Hyde sitting alone at 'the gang's' usual table in the corner. He was reading a magazine and didn't even bother to look up when George sat down.
George was still a bit shaken up from his last encounter with Hyde, after he found out the fake message. He swore he STILL had bruises. They hadn't really spoken since then.
"So, Hyde, man, are we...cool?" he asked tentatively.
"Yea, whatever," Hyde said flatly.
"Cool," George replied, clearly relieved.
"You know," he continued, he never knew when to shut up. " I really don't know why you were so pissed in the first place. I was just trying to help you."
Hyde set his magazine down. "Oh really?" he said, looking right at George.
"Yea. I mean, I was just trying to open your eyes to the world of the hot college chicks that surrounds you. And you have to admit, that party kicked ass. You would have been pissed if you missed it."
Hyde didn't even know where to begin. He was being to think that George was actually dumb enough to believe what he just said. No wonder he got along so well with Kelso.
"If you and Jackie are still on the rocks, I think I know something that might cheer you up?"
"What's that?" Hyde asked disinterestedly as he picked up his magazine.
"I met this HOT chick today that just moved into our dorm."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Hyde asked. Maybe George was even dumber than he originally thought.
"Well, you can have her when I'm done!"
"That's generous."
"I would let you have her first, because I kind of owe you one over that whole message thing, but this girl is special. And really HOT!"
Hyde smirked. He had never seen George this smitten before.
"Besides, I don't really think you're her type," George informed him.
"Oh really?"
"Yea. Girls like her like handsome guys."
Hyde knew where this was going. Every conversation with George eventually came around to how 'good looking' he was.
"Hey, here she comes now!" George exclaimed as he glanced over Hyde's shoulder. He smoothed the wrinkles out of his shirt and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to make himself presentable.
Hyde looked over his shoulder. The only girl he saw coming toward them was Jackie. She gave him a quick wave.
"Oh my god!" George exclaimed. "She waved at me! I think she is coming over here. O.K. Hyde. Sit back and watch the master in action."
Hyde struggled to hold in his laughter. This should be good.
Jackie walked up to the table and sat down right next to Hyde. He leaned over and kissed her full on the mouth.
George's eyes widened as his jaw dropped open.
"Jackie," Hyde said as he finally broke away from her. "This is George."
Jackie looked across the table. She hadn't even noticed anyone else was sitting there.
"Ewwwwwwwwww! You're George?" Jackie asked with narrowed eyes. "You are such a jerk!" she snapped.
George didn't say anything. He just continued to stare at her as she stood up from the table.
"Let's go back to my room," she said as she tugged on Hyde's arm. "I think I've lost my appetite."
Hyde turned back to George as he followed Jackie out of the cafeteria. "Don't get any ideas," he growled.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*