Chapter Thirteen
Before Eric could say a word, Jackie jumped in, "Eric Forman, what the hell do you think you are doing?"
Eric's eyes flickered nervously, "It isn't what you think-" he began, but he was cut off by Jackie.
"Don't give me that horseshit." Jackie screamed, "You promised that together we would save our marriage. Did that promise mean nothing to you?"
Eric's eyes darkened, "I didn't do anything wrong. Please, just stop this Jackie. Donna's had a really rough night and-"
Jackie didn't seem to want to give Eric the chance to finish what he wanted to say, "I'm sure she has. But I'm also very sure that she really enjoyed her 'rough' night. And so did you! God, can you not resist the opportunity to bang that little tramp?"
"I am not a tramp." Donna spoke up, sounding emotionally drained. Jackie heard it in her voice and inwardly gloated. Maybe after they had had sex, Eric told her he wanted her to get the hell out of his life. That would almost make what he had done the night before forgivable. Almost.
"And why is Hyde here?" Eric demanded suddenly, "What have the two of you been doing the last little bit?"
"We took Tory to the park." Jackie exclaimed, "And we had a picnic. It was completely innocent. Unlike whatever you were doing with Donna."
"You let him spend the day with my daughter without even asking me first?" Eric's hard glare turned from Jackie to Hyde.
"She is not your daughter, she's my daughter." Hyde snapped, "Just shut up, Forman."
Eric got off the couch, "Why don't we just go ask Tory who her daddy is? Because I can guarantee that she won't say it's you. She didn't even know you existed for the first four years of her life."
Hyde was now standing nose-to-nose with his ex-best friend, "Tory might think you're her father right now, but it won't be like that forever. Soon, I'm going to tell her the truth. And then you'll have nothing, Forman. Absolutely nothing."
Without thinking it through, Eric punched Hyde in the face. Hyde was flung backwards a little on impact and tripped over a chair. He sat up from the spot he had fallen to on the floor, blood dripping from his nose.
Donna could only watch in horror as Jackie screeched, "Eric! Don't hurt him!"
Hyde stood up and faced Eric. The two began swinging at each other, regardless of the fact both Donna and Jackie were now screaming at them to stop. Hyde landed a punch that hit Eric square in the jaw. Hyde roughly brushed away the small amount of blood that had trickled down his nose. He then clenched his fists and got ready to resume fighting with Eric.
But before Eric could even get to his feet, Donna sprung into action. She stepped in front of Hyde and looked at him beseechingly.
"We aren't supposed to be picking fights with them." she whispered in his ear. He nodded and backed down. Eric lowered his fists and Jackie noted the relieved look on his face. Then he turned to Jackie and hugged her tightly.
"I'm sorry, Jackie." he said, "I didn't do anything with Donna last night. She was upset and she had something to tell me. I stayed with her last night. We were up at the Water Tower."
"So, you didn't cheat on me with her?" Jackie asked in a small voice.
"Of course not." Eric told her soothingly, "She means nothing to me, Jackie. You're my wife."
Donna's mouth dropped open and tears began running down her cheeks. She had trusted Eric with her secret and now he was abandoning her because he know the truth. It wasn't fair.
"Eric, how can you say that after everything we've been through?" she sobbed, "I love you so much and I thought I meant at least a little bit to you."
Eric turned to look at Donna and reality slapped Jackie in the face. His emotions were written across his face as he looked at Donna. The love, desire and guilt, it was all there. He didn't really give a rat's ass about her, no matter what he said. Anger took over and Jackie flung herself at Donna. Gritting her teeth with burning hatred, she swiped crazily at Donna. Donna raised her arms as if to protect herself, obviously to worked up over everything else to fight back. Jackie's nails made long, red scratches across Donna's raised arms. She felt two strong pairs of arms trying to pull her away but she didn't want to give up. She pulled at Donna long hair and managed to pull out a large clump before Eric and Hyde managed to get her away.
Donna yelped in pain and Jackie burst into tears of anger and frustration. She let the clump of red hair spill to the ground. Donna began sobbing again and Eric looked torn between his wife and the woman he really loved. Hyde sat down on the couch to comfort Donna and Eric wrapped his arms around Jackie. But Jackie stiffened, not wanting him to touch her anymore. He didn't love her and she sure as hell didn't love him. But she had to play the part, if only to keep their marriage from falling apart. They were doing it for Tory, because they loved her.
Finally the crying stopped on both ends and Eric spoke, "You shouldn't have come back. Hyde, you don't deserve a daughter like Tory. You weren't even there for her up until now."
"You know why Eric, don't act like you don't." Donna shot back, looking warily in Jackie's direction. She probably thought Jackie was going to come after her again. Well good, Jackie thought to herself, let her be afraid.
"The reason isn't important." Eric said in a hard voice that reminded Donna, Hyde and Jackie of Red, "What matters is that I have always been there for Tory. And she will always be mine. So will Jackie."
"I love Jackie." Hyde stated in a firm voice, "And love always wins over everything else, eventually. Jackie will realize that she's wrong to stay with you. Then we will take Tory and start a new life."
"Get out of my house." Eric roared, angered at Hyde's prediction. He shot a look at Jackie and decided it wasn't safe for Donna to stay there with Jackie having the frame of mind she did, "And you too, Donna." he added in a softer voice.
"I'm never going to give up." Hyde yelled over his shoulder as Donna did her best to drag him out the door.
"You're never going to have Tory." Eric shouted after him. Jackie stepped up beside Eric.
"And you've stolen enough from me, Donna. You'll never have my husband." Jackie spoke up.
Donna and Hyde left the Forman home and drove back to the hotel in silence. But they both knew when they got back to the hotel, they would need to have another meeting with Kelso and Fez. Together, they would decide what to do about Jackie and Eric.
After Donna and Hyde had rounded up their two friends and filled them in on everything that had gone on at Jackie and Eric's home, they waited for one of them to speak.
Fez was quiet for just a minute, then spoke up excitedly, "You said that their last words to you were that Hyde would never have Tory and Donna would never have Eric?" he inquired.
"Yes," Donna replied, "But what does that have to do with anything?"
"I have the solution." Fez told her, his eyes lighting up, "I know what we've been missing all along. I have the solution to our problem."
Author's Note: I think this story is going to be wrapped up in two chapters or so. I hoped you liked the big blow-up between Jackie, Eric, Hyde and Donna.