A.N. New chappy up. I wanna thank everyone again for reviewing :) I hope people are liking this story. Anyway it seemed like a few people thought that I was just gonna end it there, but just to let ya'll know I was planning to make this story about ten chapters long, more or less, so there's still a way to go. Hope ya enjoy this chapter, & have a sunny day :D

Ch 3. Him

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Yesterday. Um. Yeah, it uh... it sucked. Well actually it started out pretty normal. It was funny in the morning when Kelso stepped in dog poop. Then it got exciting when I found out Jackie was coming back. Then it got nervewracking when I saw her. Then it got surreal when I was talking to her. It hit the all time high when I kissed her. Then in one second it went... down, down, down to the ground; it hit rock bottom. And then it decided to stay and set up house there. And I've been miserable ever since.

There are no words to describe how I felt at that moment. It was like someone had reached in & pulled out my heart and I couldn't breathe. She was just sitting there looking at me, and I wanted to play it off and act zen, like what had just happen didn't affect me. But of course I couldn't. She could see exactly what I was feeling. Feeling, feelings... I don't think I had this many feelings before her. What is it about her that makes go through this emotional roller coaster... up & down, highs & lows, and bumps at every turn. I'd never been on this ride before.

When I saw him, its like everything came crashing down. That was something I really didn't expect. I thought of her saying no, and maybe even the off chance she'd pick Kelso. But to come back with someone new altogether, seriously it didn't even cross my mind. I'm not sure why... I guess, there was this tiny part of me that actually thought we'd be together when she came back. That I actually had a chance to be forgiven. That for once in my life something as amazing as love could actually work out for me. Now I feel like that part of me is dead.

Oh God, this hurts so much. Why does this have to hurt so much? I guess this is what Foreman was talking about when him and Donna had broken up. That guy was in bed for a long ass time. I don't wanna be the guy who stays in bed crying over his ex girlfriend... but that's what I feel like doing.

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"Hey you guys, watch this..."

Donna & Eric were just hanging in the basement, watching Fez balance a cantaloupe on his finger. They just nodded along, pretending to be impressed. "Cool, huh? Looks easy, but its not." he said.

About that time Hyde walked in from his room in the back, "Hey..."

"Ooh Hyde look at this..." Fez said excitedly, as he showed him the trick. "Jackie brought me it from Acapulco." he grinned, "Like I had hoped for, isn't that funny?"

"Uh yeah, Fez real funny." Hyde said dryly, and sat down. "So she bring ya'll something, too?" he asked Eric and Donna.

"Yeah. She brought Eric a keychain, and I got that huge sombrero." Donna pointed to the big hat on the table.

"I guess she brought back everybody something, including herself..." he said, and the room got awkward. Nobody knew what to say. Finally Eric said something, "So you know about Shane?"

He nodded. "I'm sorry, Hyde." Donna said, but he just shrugged. "So you all met him already?" Hyde asked them.

"Well uh, yeah." Eric said.

"And you all like him?"

"Oh yes." Fez answered quickly, "He taught me the canteloupe trick..."

Eric hit Fez on the shoulder, "No, no of course not! We don't like him..." he laughs warily.

"Why not?" Hyde inquired.

"Well uh..." Eric thought about it for a second, "Well first of all, he like kept on insisting to carry Donna and Jackie's bags and opening doors for them. Like just 'cause they're girls, they can't do it themselves? That's depriving them of there right ... of personal independence?..."

"I think he was just trying to be gentlemanly..." Fez said.

"No!" Eric hit Fez again. "I mean you agree with me, right Donna?" He turned to her.

"Uh... yeah, right. I totally felt deprived of my rights. Violated even." she went along with it.

"Um okay..." Hyde said.

"And like what was up with his hair?" Eric continued, "It was all short... and brown."

"Uh... Foreman, your hair is short and brown."

"Hyde, what's your point?" he snipped. Hyde just shook his head. "Besides, what kind of name is Shane anyway. Shane, puh..." Eric waved his hand away.

"Come on Eric, now you're just being ridiculous." Donna said.

"Yah, Shane is a lovely name." Fez said.

Eric turns towards Fez & looks like he's crazy. "Why do you keep defending him? What are you in love with him or something?"

"Shane's a nice guy, unlike you, you son of bitch..." Fez snapped back. Eric made a face at him.

Just then Kelso walked in, "Hey guys..."

"Look Foreman, Donna's right, you're being ridiculous. Okay I get what your trying to do, but you don't have to hate the guy on account of me." Hyde said.

"Cool hat." Kelso put it on, "So what are ya'll talking about?" he said.

"Yeah, I do. I mean, I know how you felt about her... strange as it was. Its like back when Donna was dating Casey, if you had been friends with him, I probably would've hated your guts."

"This isn't the same..." Hyde said to Eric.

"Hello! What's are ya'll talking about..." Kelso repeated himself.

"I don't care if you get along with the guy, its fine with me." Hyde said.

"Somebody tell me what ya'll are talking about!" Kelso yelled, with the hat still on his head.

"Kelso, chill. They're talking about Jackie's new boyfriend." Donna said.

"Oh." he said, coolly, and sat down. "What?!" he jumped back up. "Jackie's back? Jackie's back with a new boyfriend? How come nobody told me?"

"She told us not to." said Donna.

"Well, why not?"

Donna looked at him, and then up at the sombrero on his head. "Got me..."

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Later that day. Hyde was by himself in the basement, playing with his little tiki man, when somebody came in. It was Shane.

"Oh, sorry to bother you, I didn't know anyone was here. It's Hyde, right?" Shane pointed at him.

"Yeah... that's me." Hyde nodded.

"Hey, I'm Shane..." he shook Hyde's hand, "... Jackie's boyf--"

"I know who you are." Hyde cut him off. "So uh, how'd you know who I was? Did she..."

"Eric told me."

"Right. So uh, ya need anything?"

"Oh yeah. Jackie said she left her bag here the other day, have ya seen it?" Shane said.

"Uh, yeah I think I saw it over there." Hyde pointed behind the couch.

"Thanks." he went over to pick it up, "So... are you and Jackie close?" he asked.

"What?"

"The other day I walked on you two talking, looked kinda intense. And I was just wondering." Shane shrugged.

Hyde hesitated, he wasn't sure how to answer that. "Um... sort of, you could say that. Not so much recently..." he broke away. "So, um how'd you two meet?"

"Well uh, our families were staying at the same resort. It was kind of separated from the center of the city, so there weren't alot of people staying there."

Hyde just nodded along.

"I'm out at the pool one day..." Shane continued, "... and I thought I was the only one there so I did this cannonball with this huge splash. I didn't notice Jackie at the corner in a chair sunbathing and she got all wet. She started yelling at me, talking 'bout how she just gotten her hair done that day, and all I kept thinking was she looked so cute mad. So I asked her if she wanted to go get something to eat and we kind of hit it off from there."

"Aww how... nice."

Shane just looked at him, he didn't really know what to make out from the tone of Hyde's voice. "But uh, I'm really glad to have met her. She's really great, isn't she?"

"Yeah. She is..." Hyde said softly. He looked down, then took a deep breath and looked back up at Shane. "So, uh, what exactly are your intentions with Jackie?"

"What?" Shane reacted slightly confused.

"Are you planning to date her, maybe even get lucky and then when the next cute thing passes by, dump her & break her heart in a million pieces?"

"Uh, no..."

"Or maybe you were planing on skipping the breaking up part and just hook up with other girls behind her back?"

"No, dude. Are you kidding?"

"I'm just messin' with ya." Hyde laughed, "But seriously, you're not gonna play her are you. It's just she's been burnt alot in the past so..."

"Naw man, I'm not like that." he pauses, "But uh its good that you're watching out for your friend. You obviously really care about her."

"I do..."

"But you don't have to worry 'bout it. I'm crazy about Jackie, I won't hurt her."

"That good. Because hypothetically, if you ever did hurt her... I might just have to hunt you down and kill you." Hyde looked right into his face.

"Hehe, hypothetically..." Shane laughed nervously, and took a few steps back. Hyde just gave him a big, wide, fake smile. "Well, uh, I better be going." he said, "I'll see ya around."

"Sure." Hyde said. As Shane was leaving, Kelso walked in. He looked at him up & down, and sat next to Hyde.

"Um, Hyde... wasn't that Shane, Jackie's new boyfriend?" he said.

"Yep." Hyde nodded.

"And you were just talking to him?"

"Yep."

"Man, don'cha just hate him?" Kelso asked.

"Yep..."