Yeah, I know, last chapter's got u pissed at Hyde. Hopefully Hyde will redeem himself somehow. I really appreciate all the great reviews coming in! It made me continue on with this charade! So read on!
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Chapter 5 - Warning
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Jackie ran through the street as the rain crashed down on her tear stained face. She finally reached Donna's house and closed the door. Leaning against it she slowly fell to the ground.
Sobbing uncontrollably, thoughts raced through her head.
Just when he starts to open up to me, he has to go on the defense...why can't he just be honest about how he feels!
She hated that about him...but it was also, in a sense, what attracted her to him. Everything about him, no matter how annoying those qualities sometimes were, made Hyde Hyde.
Deep in her heart she knew that he hadn't meant the things he'd said. But she couldn't help but feel like she'd lost him already.
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Fez opened the basement door and crept inside. He took off his wet jacket, revealing a small bag that he clutched close to his heart. Looking around the room, he made his way to the couch and sat the paper bag on his lap. Rubbing his hands together, he carefully pulled it open and shoved his hand inside.
"Fez?"
"Aii!" Startled, he hugged his bag protectively as he caught sight of Kelso.
"Whatcha got there, buddy?" Kelso asked as he sat down next to Fez. He pulled the bag from Fez's grip and peaked inside. "Candy, Fez? Man you have a problem..."
Fez looked back ashamed. "I know....candy: it is my weakness....how I hate you....and yet..." he stared at the blowpop Kelso held in his hand. "......You can't have it, it's mine!"
He lunged forward at Kelso. As they wrestled over the precious piece of candy, they failed to notice Hyde as he emerged from his room, grabbed the bag of candy, and walk back into his safe haven.
Just then, Eric entered the basement and noticed Kelso and Fez in a brawl on the ground.
"What the hell are you doing?"
The guys looked up, Kelso holding the sucker up out of Fez's reach, dazed looks on both their faces.
Eric walked past and snatched the sucker out of Kelso's hand.
"You two are wierd." He unwrapped the blowpop and stuck it in his mouth.
As Kelso and Fez grudgingly got up, Eric asked, "Have you guys seen Hyde?"
"No," Fez said opening the freezer. "I didn't see anybody when I came in."
"Maybe he's in his room." Kelso added.
"Yeah probably," Eric said, "I'm gonna go talk to him."
Eric walked over to Hyde's room and knocked on the door.
"It's open," he heard from behind the door. He made his way in and shut the door behind him.
Fez sat down on the couch and looked around the room.
"Where is my candy!?"
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"What do you want Forman?"
Eric sat down on the edge of Hyde's bed and stared at the frizzy mass of hair looking up at him.
"Quit suffocating yourself, man. What happened earlier?"
Hyde pulled his face out of the pillow and sat up. "What do you wanna know."
"Well, how did it go? What did you talk about?"
"Well," Hyde ran a hand through his hair, "it started out pretty good...but then some things just happened....and....I blew it man."
Eric pulled the sucker out of his mouth and looked down. "Hyde....I know you're gonna say I sound like a chick.....or....I duno.....call me Erica. But you gotta go after her. I mean you love her right?"
Hyde shifted his glance to his hands. "Get outta here, man. Leave me alone." He laid his head back on the pillow and looked up at the ceiling.
Eric turned back to Hyde. "Do you love her?"
Hyde continued to stare at the ceiling. After a long silence, he replied, "Yes--No! I don't know...."
"Well....can you stop thinking about her?"
".......no."
"....When you think about her, does it make you happy?"
"Nothing makes me happy Forman."
Eric smiled slightly. "Funny you say that now....especially since you used to always say that....at least before you and Jackie were together..."
Hyde shook his head....and smiled.
"Alright, yeah, I like thinking about her, so what."
"So it makes you happy to think about her?"
"Yeah, Yeah, it makes me happy!" Hyde sat up next to Eric and managed another smile.
Eric, realizing what Jackie meant to Hyde, looked at him with amazement. The guy's crazy about her, he thought.
Smiling to himself, Eric continued on. "So right now, you can't stop thinking about her. And when you do think about her, you're happy."
"I guess that sums it up."
"......so if that's the case.....why are you so miserable?"
Hyde looked at Eric and Eric looked back. Looking back down, a realization came over Hyde and he stood up.
".....I love Jackie," he realized. "....Eric, I love her."
Smiling, Eric nodded in agreement. "I know, man."
"I gotta go find Jackie." he lunged toward the door, then paused and look back at Eric, smile still planted on his face. "Erica, you're some chick."
Eric smiled back as he watched Hyde run from the room to find the woman he loved.
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On his way out the door, Hyde ran into Donna.
"Oh, sorry Donna, I gotta go see Jackie."
"You can't do that."
Confused, Hyde looked at her. "...why not?"
"Because I don't know where she is. I haven't seen her since Eric and I left you guys alone." Donna stepped inside and closed the door.
Hyde stepped back and sat down. "Well.....I mean, where could she--I mean, why would--are you sure she's not at your house?"
"Positive," Donna replied as Eric came into the room. "I came down here because the Tornado warning is in effect. We don't have a basement, and you know this is pretty serious. It's supposed to go through Point Place..."
Hyde looked up. "Oh, my God, Jackie."
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A little R&R is always appreciated :)
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Chapter 5 - Warning
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Jackie ran through the street as the rain crashed down on her tear stained face. She finally reached Donna's house and closed the door. Leaning against it she slowly fell to the ground.
Sobbing uncontrollably, thoughts raced through her head.
Just when he starts to open up to me, he has to go on the defense...why can't he just be honest about how he feels!
She hated that about him...but it was also, in a sense, what attracted her to him. Everything about him, no matter how annoying those qualities sometimes were, made Hyde Hyde.
Deep in her heart she knew that he hadn't meant the things he'd said. But she couldn't help but feel like she'd lost him already.
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Fez opened the basement door and crept inside. He took off his wet jacket, revealing a small bag that he clutched close to his heart. Looking around the room, he made his way to the couch and sat the paper bag on his lap. Rubbing his hands together, he carefully pulled it open and shoved his hand inside.
"Fez?"
"Aii!" Startled, he hugged his bag protectively as he caught sight of Kelso.
"Whatcha got there, buddy?" Kelso asked as he sat down next to Fez. He pulled the bag from Fez's grip and peaked inside. "Candy, Fez? Man you have a problem..."
Fez looked back ashamed. "I know....candy: it is my weakness....how I hate you....and yet..." he stared at the blowpop Kelso held in his hand. "......You can't have it, it's mine!"
He lunged forward at Kelso. As they wrestled over the precious piece of candy, they failed to notice Hyde as he emerged from his room, grabbed the bag of candy, and walk back into his safe haven.
Just then, Eric entered the basement and noticed Kelso and Fez in a brawl on the ground.
"What the hell are you doing?"
The guys looked up, Kelso holding the sucker up out of Fez's reach, dazed looks on both their faces.
Eric walked past and snatched the sucker out of Kelso's hand.
"You two are wierd." He unwrapped the blowpop and stuck it in his mouth.
As Kelso and Fez grudgingly got up, Eric asked, "Have you guys seen Hyde?"
"No," Fez said opening the freezer. "I didn't see anybody when I came in."
"Maybe he's in his room." Kelso added.
"Yeah probably," Eric said, "I'm gonna go talk to him."
Eric walked over to Hyde's room and knocked on the door.
"It's open," he heard from behind the door. He made his way in and shut the door behind him.
Fez sat down on the couch and looked around the room.
"Where is my candy!?"
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"What do you want Forman?"
Eric sat down on the edge of Hyde's bed and stared at the frizzy mass of hair looking up at him.
"Quit suffocating yourself, man. What happened earlier?"
Hyde pulled his face out of the pillow and sat up. "What do you wanna know."
"Well, how did it go? What did you talk about?"
"Well," Hyde ran a hand through his hair, "it started out pretty good...but then some things just happened....and....I blew it man."
Eric pulled the sucker out of his mouth and looked down. "Hyde....I know you're gonna say I sound like a chick.....or....I duno.....call me Erica. But you gotta go after her. I mean you love her right?"
Hyde shifted his glance to his hands. "Get outta here, man. Leave me alone." He laid his head back on the pillow and looked up at the ceiling.
Eric turned back to Hyde. "Do you love her?"
Hyde continued to stare at the ceiling. After a long silence, he replied, "Yes--No! I don't know...."
"Well....can you stop thinking about her?"
".......no."
"....When you think about her, does it make you happy?"
"Nothing makes me happy Forman."
Eric smiled slightly. "Funny you say that now....especially since you used to always say that....at least before you and Jackie were together..."
Hyde shook his head....and smiled.
"Alright, yeah, I like thinking about her, so what."
"So it makes you happy to think about her?"
"Yeah, Yeah, it makes me happy!" Hyde sat up next to Eric and managed another smile.
Eric, realizing what Jackie meant to Hyde, looked at him with amazement. The guy's crazy about her, he thought.
Smiling to himself, Eric continued on. "So right now, you can't stop thinking about her. And when you do think about her, you're happy."
"I guess that sums it up."
"......so if that's the case.....why are you so miserable?"
Hyde looked at Eric and Eric looked back. Looking back down, a realization came over Hyde and he stood up.
".....I love Jackie," he realized. "....Eric, I love her."
Smiling, Eric nodded in agreement. "I know, man."
"I gotta go find Jackie." he lunged toward the door, then paused and look back at Eric, smile still planted on his face. "Erica, you're some chick."
Eric smiled back as he watched Hyde run from the room to find the woman he loved.
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On his way out the door, Hyde ran into Donna.
"Oh, sorry Donna, I gotta go see Jackie."
"You can't do that."
Confused, Hyde looked at her. "...why not?"
"Because I don't know where she is. I haven't seen her since Eric and I left you guys alone." Donna stepped inside and closed the door.
Hyde stepped back and sat down. "Well.....I mean, where could she--I mean, why would--are you sure she's not at your house?"
"Positive," Donna replied as Eric came into the room. "I came down here because the Tornado warning is in effect. We don't have a basement, and you know this is pretty serious. It's supposed to go through Point Place..."
Hyde looked up. "Oh, my God, Jackie."
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A little R&R is always appreciated :)