Chapter Six



Donna knocked on the door to the Forman home for the second time since she had returned to Point Place. Eric almost immediately opened the door and gave her a little smile.

"I was wrong to greet you the way I did before." Eric told her somewhat shyly.

"What do you mean?" Donna asked curiously.

"I mean, I should have greeted you like this," Eric elaborated, wrapping his arms around Donna's waist and kissing her firmly on the mouth. Donna melted into his arms and they kissed passionately for a few minutes. Finally Donna came back to reality and pulled away.

"We can't do this here." she said, gesturing to the modest home surrounded by neighboring houses. He looked around at them and realized what she was talking about.

"You're right." he agreed and he pulled Donna inside his home. Eric pulled Donna by the hand up the stairs to his home and Donna couldn't resist him. As they walked up the stairs, they were still nipping at each other's lips with desire, making it quite hard to get up the stairs. As Donna's tongue explored the inside of Eric's mouth, she pulled apart the buttons that were keeping her away from her lover's chest. She finally tore the shirt off and ran her hands down Eric's bare chest.

They finally made it into Eric and Jackie's bedroom and Eric pulled Donna on top of him, his hands tangled in her hair. Donna continued touching every inch of his firm chest with her hands, finally moving lower. Eric groaned with pleasure as she patted the bulge just underneath his belt. He sat up and together, he and Donna pulled off her shirt. As they continued to exchange fiery kisses Eric reached around behind her and undid the clasp to her bra.

Donna slipped underneath him and the two continued undressing each other. Eric looked at her with unconcealed admiration, seeing her enticing naked body for the first time in five very long years. Donna let out a low moan when she felt Eric slide inside her.

"Eric." she moaned as she bucked her hips slightly, "God, I love you so much."

"I'm so happy you're back." came his breathless reply, "You have no idea how much I've missed you."

After the two were finished making love, they settled back into Jackie and Eric's bed. Eric placed one arm protectively around Donna's shoulder and Donna rested her head on his still naked chest.

"I can't believe you're not mad at me anymore." Donna said as she snuggled deeper into the warm, soft feeling of Eric's chest. It felt so different and yet so very familiar at the same time.

"I'm still mad." Eric countered, "I'm just weak. You've always been my biggest weakness. You know that."

Donna raised her head off Eric's shoulder and looked into his eyes, "Look, Eric. You know how sorry I am. And I need you to forgive me."

Before Eric could reply, the door to Jackie and Eric's bedroom opened and Jackie walked in. She was so stunned to see Donna laying very close to Eric in HER bed. Finally she got over her shock and reacted.

"How could you let that tramp get anywhere near you?" Jackie screeched angrily.

"Jackie, calm the hell down-" Eric started but Jackie cut him off immediately.

"And even worse, you did it, in the bed I have to sleep in. Do you realize that I will have to go out and buy new sheets? And worst of all, it's Donna. She betrayed you."

"Jackie......" Eric's voice trailed off and he seemed at a loss for words.

"Don't talk." she shouted at him angrily, "I just came home to change before I go look after Tory at your parent's house. I can't believe you'd do this to your own wife!"

Eric was almost as angry as Jackie now, "Shut up! Just shut up right now! Don't throw our marriage in my face. Our marriage is a sham and you know it."

Jackie's fist were clenched so tightly they were an alarming shade of purple, "How can you say that?" she demanded.

"We never loved each other." Eric shouted back at her, "We said we did and we built this marriage on a lie. Nothing about it is real. Not even our daughter is a real part of our marriage."

Jackie's face grew ashen, "What are you talking about?" she managed to stutter.

"Don't play games with me, Jackie. Tory isn't even mine. I always knew."

"Th-that's a lie." Jackie said, avoiding her husband's gaze, "She was premature."

"Don't give me that horseshit." he shot back, "Look Jackie, I might not be the smartest guy in the world, but I CAN count to nine! Donna and Hyde left in June. We did it for the first time in August. The baby was born in March the next year."

Donna tried to make a breakaway for the bathroom but Jackie noticed and shot her a disgusted look.

"Here, cover your shame." Jackie glowered at Donna as she tossed her one of Eric's t-shirts, then turned back to Eric, "Eric, the baby is yours. I promise."

"Jackie, you can't keep pretending." Eric told her, "Tory was perfectly healthy when she was born. Two month premature babies aren't. I know, Jackie."

Jackie burst into tears, "Why didn't you say something sooner if you knew?" she said through tears.

Eric shook his head sadly, "I told myself I wasn't going to let my defenses down and get to really caring for your baby once I realized the truth. But Tory is the sweetest, most adorable little girl I've ever known and I really wish I was her father. But I'm not." he finished.

Donna finally spoke, "If you aren't going to tell Hyde about this, I sure as hell am."

"You can't." Jackie beseeched her ex-friend.

Donna backed down slightly, seeing the desperate look in Jackie's eyes, "Fine. I won't tell him as long as you tell him the next time you see him."

Jackie threw Donna a haughty smile before turning on her heel and leaving the room, "I don't intend on seeing him anytime soon anyways." she said as breezily as possible. As she was leaving she called back over her shoulder, "I'll deal with you later, Eric."

Eric cringed and Donna turned back to him, "You're going to divorce her, right?" she asked.

Eric averted his gaze, "I can't. I'm sorry."

"Why not?" Donna cried angrily, "I love you, Eric. And I know you love me too."

"I already told you." Eric shot back, "I'm weak. I don't have the strength to go through with a divorce. Jackie and I were there for each other when you and Hyde felt you couldn't be. How can I give her up after that?"

"Don't you want to be with me, Eric?" Donna inquired, her eyes growing moist from unshed tears of frustration.

"I do." Eric conceded, "But I don't know if you can say the same."

Donna let out a strangled cry, "You already know the answer to that."

"Actually I don't." Eric regarded her gravely, "I think you should leave now."

"Fine!" Donna shouted and stormed out of the room. She had to come back about five seconds later to throw on her jeans and pick up the rest of her clothes. But she did all this without a word to Eric.

As she drove back to the hotel, she dialed the number to Hyde's cell phone. He picked up after the third ring.

"Hyde, it's Donna." she said after he picked up.

"Oh, hey. How did it go with Eric?" he asked.

"I don't want to talk about it." she said curtly, but then forged ahead with the reason she had called him, "Look, you have to get over to Red and Kitty's house right now. Jackie's over there all alone, except for Tory. And there's something she needs to tell you."

"Seriously?" Hyde doubled checked.

"I wouldn't lie to you about something like this." Donna replied, "But you should hurry. I don't know when Red and Kitty will be back."

"Thanks Donna." he said before hanging up.

Donna got into her hotel room and promptly flung herself onto the bed. She reached underneath the bed and pulled out the silk covered pink jewellery box. It was pretty girly, more like something Jackie would own than herself. But her mother had gotten it for her for her sixteenth birthday and she always kept it to remember her mother by. Donna snapped the lid open. She ran her fingers along the blue, velvety surface of it's inside. Finally she picked up the ring Eric had given her so long ago. Clutching the ring tightly in her palm, she fell back against the pillow and began to cry. The situation seemed more hopeless than ever.



Jackie was sitting stiffly on the couch, still in shock from the events that had just taken place. It was like a dream to her. Donna was back, Eric knew about Tory......... She felt like her world was falling apart. She felt like her life was spinning out of control- it was so familiar to the time Hyde and Donna had run away together. A tear slid down her cheek and she realized she had begun to feel that way once more when she had first seen Hyde and Fez's club. Why did he have to make everything so hard? She loved him so much, why couldn't they have ended up together happily ever after? She didn't know what she had done to deserve this. She was so consumed by these thoughts she almost had a heart attack when she heard his voice.

"Hey, Jacks."

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Thanks for all the reviews of chapter five, you guys are the best. I would have posted this sooner but I had company. But that company came in handy when I started writing the scene with Donna and Eric though, lol. I guess I got a little bit worse than PG or PG-13 (whatever I rated this thing) but I had warned you that there would be some VERY intimate Eric/Donna moments so I hope you didn't mind. The revealed secret was about Tory's real father. Good job, Andi M., who already guessed that was going to happen. I guess I'm just a very predictable writer. But I have an idea for another That 70's Show fanfic idea in my head and I bet that one will be WAY more unpredictable. Some intense Jackie/Hyde moments will be in the next chapter, so please read and review.