CHAPTER THREE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*One week later*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jackie paced around her room as she stared at her watch. Thirty seconds, twenty, ten.
Finally, Donna emerged from the bathroom.
"It's blue," she said.
"Oh my god! Donna, what am I going to do? I CAN'T be pregnant. I just can't!"
"Jackie, I'm so sorry!" Donna said as she pulled Jackie into a hug.
"How am I going to tell him?"
The door to their room was slightly ajar and Donna noticed a group of girls gathering in the hallway. She reached over and shut the door.
"Don't worry Jackie. Everything is going to be o.k."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*One hour later*~~~~~~~~~
Hyde, Kelso, George, Eric and Fez were sitting at their table in the cafeteria, having lunch.
Kelso had been acting kind of strange lately. Hyde thought he had given up trying to win Jackie back last year, but he lately he was always lurking around Jackie's room and always offering to take her places.
"Kelso, I want to know what's going on with you. Now!" Hyde demanded.
Kelso squirmed in his seat. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Hyde looked around the table at each one of them. His gaze settled on George. He figured if George wasn't directly involved he at least knew what was going on.
Hyde glared at George for a few seconds, and he cracked. "He'susingJackietomakeAmandaPetersjealous!" he blurted out.
"George!" Kelso yelled.
George didn't feel bad. He still owed Hyde a couple of favors for causing him so much trouble with Jackie. Besides, he was scary.
"Kelso, what the hell!" Hyde yelled him.
Just then Amanda Peters walked by.
"Hi Amanda!" Kelso said, flirtatiously. For some reason he still thought he had a chance with her.
"Drop dead you creep! Your girlfriend is pregnant and you're still hitting on me? You're a pig!"
"What?" the entire table yelled in unison.
"Don't bother trying to cover for him. I was just walking by that poor little Jackie girl's dorm room and I heard her telling her big red head friend all about it. Don't talk to me anymore Kelso!" she yelled as she walked away.
All the guys turned to stare at Hyde. All the blood had drained from his face.
"Nice going Hyde! You're knocking Jackie up just ruined my chances with Amanda!"
"Kelso, nooooooo," Eric said.
Hyde just stood up and punched Kelso in the eye. Then he walked out of the cafeteria.
~~~*
Hyde climbed out of the 8th floor hallway window and up onto the roof of his dorm. No one else knew how to get up there except for him and Bill, the building janitor, who reminded him a lot of Leo.
Bill was the one that suggested the spot to Hyde as a good place to grow a couple of his 'special' plants. He threw Bill a little stash every week and Bill made sure no one went up there. It was a pretty sweet deal actually.
He rolled a joint and climbed into chair he had carried up here last week. Most of the buildings around his dorm were only 4 or 5 stories tall, so he could see almost all the way across campus from the roof.
He took a drag and looked up at the sky. He still couldn't believe Jackie was pregnant. How could they have let this happen?
He watched some pigeons fly over his head. They circled around a few times and then swooped down into some trees outside a building across the street.
He stayed up there all afternoon, just thinking. He was going to be a father? What if he wasn't good at it? What if ended up just like his dad? Shit, he wasn't going to let that happen. He knew what he had to do.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*That night*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Hyde approached Jackie's dorm room he started to sweat. He never imagined he would be in this situation.
When he knocked on the door he heard Jackie call from inside, "I'm coming."
When she opened the door she looked really nervous. "Hey there."
"Hey," he replied.
"We need to talk." They said in unison. "You first." It happened again.
"Steven, I'm pregnant!" she blurted.
"Jackie, I know about the baby," he said calmly.
"What!?!"
"Don't worry. Everything is going to be fine."
"How? How is everything going to be fine?"
"Jackie calm down," he said soothingly. He pulled her into a big hug and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.
"How come you're not freaking out about this?" she asked, sinking into his embrace.
"I was, at first. But the more I thought about it, I don't know. I guess I don't think it's such a terrible thing. I mean, the timing sucks, but hey, we'll get through this."
"Really?" she squeaked.
He looked deep into her eyes. "I know that I haven't been the best boyfriend, but I want you to know that I will always be here for you, and for our baby."
"Oh Steven!" She had definitely NOT expected him to react like this.
"Jackie," he said getting down on one knee, "will you marry me?"
He handed her a small, black velvet box.
"Yes! Yes Steven I will!" she exclaimed. He opened the box and slid the diamond ring onto her finger.
She threw her arms around his neck and pulled him into a deep kiss.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*One week later*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jackie paced around her room as she stared at her watch. Thirty seconds, twenty, ten.
Finally, Donna emerged from the bathroom.
"It's blue," she said.
"Oh my god! Donna, what am I going to do? I CAN'T be pregnant. I just can't!"
"Jackie, I'm so sorry!" Donna said as she pulled Jackie into a hug.
"How am I going to tell him?"
The door to their room was slightly ajar and Donna noticed a group of girls gathering in the hallway. She reached over and shut the door.
"Don't worry Jackie. Everything is going to be o.k."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*One hour later*~~~~~~~~~
Hyde, Kelso, George, Eric and Fez were sitting at their table in the cafeteria, having lunch.
Kelso had been acting kind of strange lately. Hyde thought he had given up trying to win Jackie back last year, but he lately he was always lurking around Jackie's room and always offering to take her places.
"Kelso, I want to know what's going on with you. Now!" Hyde demanded.
Kelso squirmed in his seat. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Hyde looked around the table at each one of them. His gaze settled on George. He figured if George wasn't directly involved he at least knew what was going on.
Hyde glared at George for a few seconds, and he cracked. "He'susingJackietomakeAmandaPetersjealous!" he blurted out.
"George!" Kelso yelled.
George didn't feel bad. He still owed Hyde a couple of favors for causing him so much trouble with Jackie. Besides, he was scary.
"Kelso, what the hell!" Hyde yelled him.
Just then Amanda Peters walked by.
"Hi Amanda!" Kelso said, flirtatiously. For some reason he still thought he had a chance with her.
"Drop dead you creep! Your girlfriend is pregnant and you're still hitting on me? You're a pig!"
"What?" the entire table yelled in unison.
"Don't bother trying to cover for him. I was just walking by that poor little Jackie girl's dorm room and I heard her telling her big red head friend all about it. Don't talk to me anymore Kelso!" she yelled as she walked away.
All the guys turned to stare at Hyde. All the blood had drained from his face.
"Nice going Hyde! You're knocking Jackie up just ruined my chances with Amanda!"
"Kelso, nooooooo," Eric said.
Hyde just stood up and punched Kelso in the eye. Then he walked out of the cafeteria.
~~~*
Hyde climbed out of the 8th floor hallway window and up onto the roof of his dorm. No one else knew how to get up there except for him and Bill, the building janitor, who reminded him a lot of Leo.
Bill was the one that suggested the spot to Hyde as a good place to grow a couple of his 'special' plants. He threw Bill a little stash every week and Bill made sure no one went up there. It was a pretty sweet deal actually.
He rolled a joint and climbed into chair he had carried up here last week. Most of the buildings around his dorm were only 4 or 5 stories tall, so he could see almost all the way across campus from the roof.
He took a drag and looked up at the sky. He still couldn't believe Jackie was pregnant. How could they have let this happen?
He watched some pigeons fly over his head. They circled around a few times and then swooped down into some trees outside a building across the street.
He stayed up there all afternoon, just thinking. He was going to be a father? What if he wasn't good at it? What if ended up just like his dad? Shit, he wasn't going to let that happen. He knew what he had to do.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*That night*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Hyde approached Jackie's dorm room he started to sweat. He never imagined he would be in this situation.
When he knocked on the door he heard Jackie call from inside, "I'm coming."
When she opened the door she looked really nervous. "Hey there."
"Hey," he replied.
"We need to talk." They said in unison. "You first." It happened again.
"Steven, I'm pregnant!" she blurted.
"Jackie, I know about the baby," he said calmly.
"What!?!"
"Don't worry. Everything is going to be fine."
"How? How is everything going to be fine?"
"Jackie calm down," he said soothingly. He pulled her into a big hug and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.
"How come you're not freaking out about this?" she asked, sinking into his embrace.
"I was, at first. But the more I thought about it, I don't know. I guess I don't think it's such a terrible thing. I mean, the timing sucks, but hey, we'll get through this."
"Really?" she squeaked.
He looked deep into her eyes. "I know that I haven't been the best boyfriend, but I want you to know that I will always be here for you, and for our baby."
"Oh Steven!" She had definitely NOT expected him to react like this.
"Jackie," he said getting down on one knee, "will you marry me?"
He handed her a small, black velvet box.
"Yes! Yes Steven I will!" she exclaimed. He opened the box and slid the diamond ring onto her finger.
She threw her arms around his neck and pulled him into a deep kiss.