"'Cause it wouldn't have made any difference if he really loved me. How could he love me?" sang Todd Rundgren on the radio. Jackie hated the sarcasm in this song. It was as if the whole song was a sarcastic joke. She laid there on the bed crying her eyes out. Michael had never hurt her this bad. This was the straw that broke the camel's back. He told her only a couple of months ago that he was in love with her, and now, he was admitting his love to another girl? He even had the nerve to say it while she was in the room! She decided she would never forgive him now. Not now. Not ever. Well, maybe. Rundgren continued to sing the sweet melodies of 'It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference' as she cried until the tears couldn't come any more. Then, she cried some more.


" Rundgren, huh? He can sure write a tearjerker, but not as could as Hank."


The voice she thought she recognized, but decided it was Donna.


" Leave me alone, Donna. Not in the mood." she choked with tears still streaming down her face.


" Dully noted, but if I was Donna, I would say to suck it up and move on, but I'm not."


She looked up to see the face of the man who broke her heart into a million pieces.

Great, she thought, he's here to gloat.


" Leave me alone, Hyde." she replied coldly looking at the duvet on her bed.


" You know I came to talk to you."


" Whatever." she replied


Zen, he thought, this is one of those times where I wish she never walked into my life.


" Don't do that, Jacks."


" Don't do what? Don't act like you? Don't give one word responses? Don't look at the floor when I talk?" she asked harshly.


" Don't get all bitchy on me."


" Not too long ago you punched a guy in the eye for calling me a bitch."


" That was when I was in love with you so it doesn't really matter anymore."


" What?"


The harshness in her voice left, and tears started to run freely from her ducts once more.

" I was in love with you." he repeated.


" That was on Veterans' Day. You hated me. We just went so you could get me off your back."


" Maybe I lied. Maybe I wanted to go out with you, but that's beside the point, Jackie."


She smiled. " No, it's not."


She was still smiling and crying at the same time. It was all very bittersweet. In a moment of weakness, he walked over and kissed her.


*~*~*~*~*~*~*


The Foreman kitchen had always been a place of traffic. It was busy all the time especially around mealtime. Red was sitting reading the paper and drinking a beer while waiting for Kitty to finish his BLT sandwich. Eric, Donna, Cat, and Kelso walked into the kitchen and immediately could smell the scent of frying bacon.


" Dinner!" cried Kelso


" Do you always think of food, Kelso?" asked Donna.


" No, just when I can get it handed to me like at the hotel." he explained.


" Mom, think we can get our hands on a few BLT's?" asked Eric.


" Sure, sweetheart." Kitty agreed


" Great, it's dumbass, tall one, stupid one, and the naked girl! Pretty soon, they'll all want to move in instead of just eating us out of house and home! The dumbasses!" Red cursed going back to his article about The Packers having an actual winning season this fall.


Kitty wrapped their sandwiches up in napkins. They gladly took them and walked outside to the driveway to shoot hoops. They all knew Donna and Cat would win, but played anyway.


" Where did Hyde go?" asked Kelso ringing the basket.


" I don't know. He said something about Jackie." Eric informed.


" Yeah, he really upset her earlier, that son of a bitch." Donna exclaimed.


Donna had really gotten a kick out of calling Hyde awful names lately. Anything from dumbass to bastard to SOB to anything that began with an 'F'.


" I'm sorry, you guys, but I'm really confused." Cat admitted.


" Well, you know that they dated for almost a year don't you?" Eric inquired.


" That was true!" she exclaimed.


The three friends laughed at her naivety. Those shallow high school students had spread rumor after rumor about Hyde and Jackie, but had no clue about the real story. Eric tried to explain.


" Unfortunately. In the beginning, it seemed almost sacrilegious, but they really loved each other so we couldn't stop them. Then, Hyde cheated on her because he thought she was sneaking around with Kelso behind his back, Of course, she wasn't. They broke up in May. She didn't know if she would ever forgive him. So, to really piss him off she put Kelso back in the picture. She went off for the summer and told him to wait for her..."


" And he didn't. That's why she got so mad earlier."


" Right."


" I feel like a cheap slut."


" Hyde really likes you though. He even said he loved you and he's never said that to anyone except Jackie." Donna pleaded


" Which is exactly why I think he said it."


" You mean, like out of spite or something?" Kelso asked


*~*~*~*~*~*~*


"Oh how it feels so real lying here with no one near. Only you, and you can hear me when I say softly, slowly. Hold me closer tiny dancer. Count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen. You've had a busy day today." sang Elton John as the two rolled around on Jackie's old bed in orgasmic pleasure. This is so wrong, Jackie kept thinking, I'm mad at him.

He moved from her lips to her neckline to her collar bone. Their tongues entangled and bodies intertwined. The passion and heat were imminent. He moved his hands up her back and attempted to unbutton her shirt. She stopped him.


" What the hell was that?" he shouted.


" Why can't I stay mad at you?" she countered


He smirked. " I don't know. Sexual chemistry? Physical attraction?"


" You have a girlfriend."


" I know. Which really scares me because I want to continue anyway?"

She smiled. " I want you so bad right now."


" Are we having an affair?" he asked almost giggling


" To remember, baby," she leaned into his ear and whispered " make love to me."


" Are you sure?"


" Shut-up," she mocked


He pushed her on the bed and kissed her hard causing her to slightly moan. He had kissed her always like this with passion, urgency, and hard. His hard kisses were like an oxymoron. Hard but soft. They were indescribable. She missed them.


" I missed you."


" Me too." he answered.


*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*


I think that was a little too steamy even for me! Just kidding. This chapter started out different, but I was listening to an old Todd Rundgren album. He, being my muse at the time, changed my mind, and you have what you see. This chapter didn't want to be written as it seems. I wrote it two times, but you know what they say, third times the charm. I was gobsmacked by my reviews. I didn't know I would get so much positive feedback with only two chapters! Speaking of, you guys wanted Jackie! Well, you got Jackie and so much more! You got a sexy reunion and conflict!! I think I gave you what you wanted. I better get major kudos for this chapter! It took a lot out of me to write it. Thanks for all of your reviews! Again, Peace Out!