Title: Chapter 14

Disclaimer: I do not own anything. Although I do feel a little possessive of the new Jackie and Steven I have created. But they are merely borrowed and manipulated.

Summary: Okay this can be the first chapter in the continuation or a special bonus "nookie chapter" (for you JackieHyde :) ). Any way you want to look at it. I am probably going to continue though. Finishing this story just for some reason made me happy but unable to start a new one. So I decided to return.

A/N: Hey guys! Thanks so much for reviewing this story. I know you are like -isn't it over? But for those who wanted it to continue (like me) I decided to give it a few more chapters. I hope you like. Please tell me if you do.

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Somewhere between Friendship,Alabama and home Jackie Burkhart and Steven Hyde found heaven. In a small roadside inn in some forgettable town, passions consumed and what was once dreamed became a reality. Flesh and bodies touched, caressed and parted only to come back together. It was more than they had hoped and everything they had wanted.

Jackie could not think clearly as she hovered over the love of her life. She could only feel. Steven eyes, Steven muscle, Steven ass, Steven legs, Steven feet. It was a mantra inside her head as he engulfed her. His voice in her ear was her only link to the real world. He was whispering of love, and devotion and other non-Steven like things that some how between here and there had become very much him. His voice urged, pleaded, begged her to enjoy, to participate, to take. And that is what she did.

Steven on his part was not thinking either. He was for once completely out of control. Completely out of his head for the woman that he loved. His only sensory function was his awareness of every part of her. Jackie hair, Jackie neck, Jackie breast, Jackie hip, Jackie thigh, Jackie calf, Jackie toes. He felt an overwelming devotion her her. An all-consuming need. The things that she made him want, the things she made him want to say and promise -they were new and scary. But he would not fear. This was where he wanted to be. It had taken him the long way to figure out that -but the lesson once learned stuck. This woman was his and she claimed him as well. And in this nowhere town in this generic room they were showing it.

"Steven" she moaned, arching her back and making herself and him feel a new sensation of pleasure.

"Yes baby?" he responded, reaching up to stroke the underside of her breast, deciding it was his favorite part of her. At least until another part caught his attention.

"You're good at this". She laughed, biting her bottom lip and wondering why the hell they didn't do this a long time ago. Steven was so beautiful, so strong and soooo talented.

He laughed as well, noticing her lower stomach and becoming fixated. He placed gentle pressure on that area and Jackie lost it. Good to know - make a mental note - respond to compliment "Thank you. You make it pretty easy." And she did. God Jackie was all perfection. Tan skin, perky everything, each body part seemed to be better than the next. He wanted to touch them all at once.

"Oh god" How did he know just where to touch? He was finding places that even she didn't know were sensitive. He was driving her wild. He had actually driven her there -past tense - ultimate pleasure -once already. And now he was working on the return trip. She was all about that but was ready to turn the tables as well. She flipped herself over -putting him on top and grabbing his ass.

He groaned. His girl wasn't afraid to take control. She was bossy even in bed and he loved it. He loved her. "Oh god Jacks".

The next twenty minutes which felt more like a lifetime but at the same time not long enough -the room was filled with touching, kissing, pleasure and love. And somewhere in there Jackie and Steven ceased to have secrets from one another.

Steven knew that this level of intimacy with someone who actually owned part of your soul was probably something he should worry about. She could really hurt him now. She could leave him like everyone else and he would not be able to block out the hurt. He wouldn't have his defense mechanisms to help because she had torn them all down. She had wanted him unguarded and he had given it to her. Because whatever she wanted was what he was willing to give.

Jackie knew that now she was really in trouble. If Steven hurt her now there would be no recovering. This wasn't what she had with Michael. What they had just experienced was so much more that first time awkward puppy love. It was real -and if she lost it she would lose a piece of herself. Steven had her heart now - the whole thing -not just the part he had before. If he ever doubted her again...but he wouldn't. Because they trusted each other now. And she had so much faith in him and for once she felt he may actually have faith in himself. She rolled over and faced him, putting her head on his chest and looking into his eyes. He looked happy. She loved that she had a part in that. She loved him. "Steven?"

"Yes?" he inquired. Giving her a grin, sex obviously made him goofy. He'd never felt goofy before in his life. But their was no denying he felt goofy now.

She grinned back. She would keep Steven in bed if this was the result. She thought happiness might overwelm her and she was revelling in it. "I love you"

He paused. Because he was still Steven and he would probably always eighty percent of the time pause. But then he responded "I love you".

They kissed. And then she sat up a little so she could look down at him. "So what is next?"

He pretended to think seriously "Well I think more kissing, then some more straight sex and then bring on the whip cream."

She laughed and swatted him and then considered it. "Steven be serious"

He laughed. He was being serious, oh well, he knew what she meant. "Well I guess we are going to have to go home."

She made a face and he rolled her over so he was the one on top "Well you do have school. I mean I love you -but you still have to support me. So that means finishing high school."

"But what about college?"

He pretended not to understand her. "Well yeah you are going to have to go to that too. I have expensive tastes."

"Steven!" he was avoiding the question. Some things would never change.

"Okay Okay fine." He rolled over, sitting up and she did the same. "I'm not going to college next year."

"What? Why? Steven I thought you had decided to go." Jackie could not believe what she was hearing. After all that work her and Mrs. Foreman had done. She really thought he was finally on board.

He looked at her. She was always going to try to run his life. For once it made him happy, it meant that she cared what he did with it. "I'm going to go Jacks. Just not yet."

"Why?"

"Why do you think?"

She looked confused. And then not so much "Because of me?"

"Don't sound so shocked." Did she really not know how important she was to him?

"Steven you can't put your life on hold because of me."

"Why can't I?" he got up, going to the bathroom and getting a glass of water.

Jackie looked at him. Her lover, her love, the guy that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. What exactly was she supposed to say? She didn't want him to leave her anymore than he wanted to leave. He saw that and came over, kissing her.

"I'm going to go to college. One year isn't going to change anything. I need to save money anyway. I don't want to take all of the Foreman's money." she didn't look like she was buying it. "And I don't want to leave you. What exactly is wrong with that? Don't you live for that shit?"

She smiled at that. Yes, she did. The old Jackie would have been enthused. The new Jackie just didn't want it to be a mistake. She didn't want to hold him back. She didn't want this to have anything to do with the fact that they "had" trust issues. "We still trust each other though -right?"

He looked relieved. He wasn't going to leave her, at least she wasn't going to try and make him. "Yes" he gathered her up, kissing her neck and continuing lower.

"What are you doing? I thought you said we were going home" she laughed, enjoying the sensation.

"Did I? No, no I think you are mistaken. I think I said something about whip cream." he said, licking a spot just under her ribcage as if some were already there.

Jackie gasped and arched. And decided to enjoy the moment. They were going home -stronger and ready for whatever decisions needed to be made. So for now she wanted to lose herself in Steven. In the summer, in the feeling.