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Donna's POV
I looked out the window as I saw Jackie approaching the house. Thank god, my week has been utterly dull. We came back for a couple weeks to visit Jackie and Hyde and to see our parents, but it's all the same. Bob and Joanne are out working all day, Jackie's walking around in practically nothing and trying to choose between Hyde and Kelso, and Hyde is hungover every morning anyways. I heard someone approaching my room, and smiled as Jackie entered, sitting down on the bed beside me, beaming.
"Donna I have to talk to you." she said smiling happily. I nodded, happy that I would finally be informed on Point Place's most recent gossip, but no. She had other news. "I picked Hyde!"
"Jackie that's great! I knew you'd pick him, he's the only choice really." I said laughing.
"Do you wanna know how I know?" she asked, pulling off the glasses she had been wearing up to this point and revealing the worst shiner I'd ever seen.
"Holy shit Jackie, what happened?" I asked tilting her chin up and looking at her eye.
"All part of the story." She said happily. Why the hell would she be so happy about a black eye? "I came home pretty late last night, and who do I see waiting for me in the kitchen? Hyde! But he was drunk, so we got into a fight about this guy I had a one night stand with and I hit him and he hit me and-"
"What?!" I said angrily, every fiber of my being wanted to go over there and pummel his ass right then, but I didn't, I just listened.
"But, I hit him first, AND he told Erik everything and how it was a big mistake and how it wouldn't happen again. Don't you see Donna he loves me." she finished proudly. "And besides, combination being drunk, hurt, pissed and hit first kinda excuses it anyways right?" I just sat there shocked. If I had been her, he'd have been flat on his ass the moment he swung at me. God, I'd grown up with that guy and he'd never been a violent drunk. I think I was angrier at Jackie though for just taking it and smiling like it was the best thing to happen to her.
" Do you hear yourself when you speak?" I asked turning her towards the mirror at the other side of the room. "See that eye? He did that to you, not only that but you're blaming yourself. Do you see how screwed up that is?"
"But Donna I hit him first." She said pleadingly turning back around. "Please don't make a big deal of this. I'm finally happy, I have the man I want and my mom's coming home for a while to see me. Life couldn't be better and I'm not going to let one little tiff screw that up for me. Now you and Erik are the only ones who know and I'd like to keep it that way and please for the love of god Donna don't yell at Hyde.or hurt him." She said looking at me with big puppy eyes. "And if it ever happens again, I'll leave him and you can do whatever you want." She was right, I guess. Hyde was the kind of guy who made a mistake once and didn't do it again. And she was happy, I hadn't seen her like that in a long time and it was nice.
"Okay, fine. But if he ever touches you again call me okay?" I asked hugging her. She merely nodded.
"So I'm gonna go over there and talk to Hyde and see what he has to say about the whole thing." She pulled away, putting her glasses on again and standing up. " I'll call you later." I sat in disbelief as she exited the room, more bounce in her step than I'd seen in a long time.
Hyde's POV
It was about noon when I finally dragged my sorry ass out of bed and into the basement to see Foreman. He was watching Charlie's Angles, and looking very into it, up until the part where they all go running down the beach in slow motion. It took me a few minutes to notice, but his eyes weren't following them at all. In fact it looked like he was staring more at the wall in behind the t.v. than at the t.v. at all. I groaned inwardly. Just when my head starts to feel smaller, he's gotta pull another I'm- distraught-about- something-totally-irrelevant-and-I need-someone-to-talk- to act.
"Okay Foreman, what's wrong now?" I asked leaning back in my chair. He shrugged.
"I don't know, just something Jackie said today." He said not looking at me. He was definitely out of it. "You know she's coming here to confess her undying love to you?" my heart jumped to my throat, along with anything I'd tried to eat the other night. I swallowed, keeping my composure.
"What?" don't lose your cool man. I sat as loosely as possible, staring at the screen but seeing nothing but Jackie.
"Yeah man." He said finally turning towards me, " But she has this black eye that she was trying to hide and it looks like someone really nailed her. She said she tripped and fell last night but I don't know man. Did you see anybody by her house when you were there last night?" I was at Jackie's last night? Wait she has a black eye?
"Who would-"
"Hyde!" we both looked up as Jackie entered the room, smiling ear to ear. "I'm so glad you're here, there's something I need to talk to you about." I nodded, glancing over her shoulder at Foreman who was pointing at his eye, then at Jackie.
" Wait, Jackie what happened to your eye?" I asked pulling her into the light so I could get a better view of her eye. A look of shock was evident on her face and she just stood there, staring at me stunned as if I'd said something horribly wrong. "Come on Jackie tell me and I'll kick his ass." I didn't realize how hard I was squeezing her hand till she winced and pulled away.
"I uh.I tripped." She said smiling, "You know me, I'm about as graceful as an Ox." Foreman was right, she was lying. I could feel anger towards her building up in me. Here she was about to tell me how much she loves me and she can't tell me something so simple as what happened to her eye
"JACKIE!" I said throwing my hands in the air, "Why are you lying to me? God, don't you trust me?"
Erik's POV
The moment Hyde's hand went up Jackie jumped away, scrunching her face up as if ready to be punched. Hyde continued yelling, though I'm not quite sure what he was saying. All I know is that her eyes were fixed on his hands, balled up into fists, and she flinched everytime he moved them. But Hyde would never.she should know that by now. I mean look how pissed he is about her getting hurt and she's acting as if he'd attack her any second. He was yelling louder now. I guess he caught on to the fact that she wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying.
"Are you even listening to me? I love you, but if you can't trust me enough to tell me this kinda stuff I don't know if we can be together."
" Steven stop it." She said quietly folding her arms and looking at the ground.
" NO!" he yelled walking towards her and grabbing either side of her face. "LOOK AT ME FOR ONE SECOND OKAY? JUST LOOK!" Jackie stood frozen on the spot, eyes wide open. Hyde faltered, letting go and looking at her for a moment. "Jackie why are you shaking?" she stared at the ground for a moment, turning away from him and sitting on the couch behind me.
"I'm cold." She said dryly. Then turned to face Hyde and myself, looking older and more tired than I'd seen her in ages. " Guys, I fell and bumped my eye on the table. You can choose to believe me or not but either way that's what happened to me. Can we just drop it please?"
"Jackie I'm sorry." Hyde said sitting on the arm of the couch, " If I scared you I didn't mean to. It's just.you can't keep doing this to me. You want me, you want Kelso, and you love me you don't. You trust me, you don't. Stop screwin' around and just be straight with me." Jackie nodded.
"Fine, you want me to be straight Hyde?" she asked. "I'll be straight. I got this black eye from a real asshole, and if I ever see him again, I'll let you know. I love you, okay? But the guy who hit me.well let's just say you don't know him, so there's no point in making a big deal about it." Hyde looked very contained for the moment, and he simply nodded.
"Alright. I'll leave it. But if he ever touches you again-"
"Believe me you'll be the first to know." She said smiling and kissing him briefly. "Now, pack your things. You have to come play hubby with me for a couple weeks while my mom is in town."
"Whatever babe." He smiled, getting up and heading for his room, "I'll see you later."
Donna's POV
I looked out the window as I saw Jackie approaching the house. Thank god, my week has been utterly dull. We came back for a couple weeks to visit Jackie and Hyde and to see our parents, but it's all the same. Bob and Joanne are out working all day, Jackie's walking around in practically nothing and trying to choose between Hyde and Kelso, and Hyde is hungover every morning anyways. I heard someone approaching my room, and smiled as Jackie entered, sitting down on the bed beside me, beaming.
"Donna I have to talk to you." she said smiling happily. I nodded, happy that I would finally be informed on Point Place's most recent gossip, but no. She had other news. "I picked Hyde!"
"Jackie that's great! I knew you'd pick him, he's the only choice really." I said laughing.
"Do you wanna know how I know?" she asked, pulling off the glasses she had been wearing up to this point and revealing the worst shiner I'd ever seen.
"Holy shit Jackie, what happened?" I asked tilting her chin up and looking at her eye.
"All part of the story." She said happily. Why the hell would she be so happy about a black eye? "I came home pretty late last night, and who do I see waiting for me in the kitchen? Hyde! But he was drunk, so we got into a fight about this guy I had a one night stand with and I hit him and he hit me and-"
"What?!" I said angrily, every fiber of my being wanted to go over there and pummel his ass right then, but I didn't, I just listened.
"But, I hit him first, AND he told Erik everything and how it was a big mistake and how it wouldn't happen again. Don't you see Donna he loves me." she finished proudly. "And besides, combination being drunk, hurt, pissed and hit first kinda excuses it anyways right?" I just sat there shocked. If I had been her, he'd have been flat on his ass the moment he swung at me. God, I'd grown up with that guy and he'd never been a violent drunk. I think I was angrier at Jackie though for just taking it and smiling like it was the best thing to happen to her.
" Do you hear yourself when you speak?" I asked turning her towards the mirror at the other side of the room. "See that eye? He did that to you, not only that but you're blaming yourself. Do you see how screwed up that is?"
"But Donna I hit him first." She said pleadingly turning back around. "Please don't make a big deal of this. I'm finally happy, I have the man I want and my mom's coming home for a while to see me. Life couldn't be better and I'm not going to let one little tiff screw that up for me. Now you and Erik are the only ones who know and I'd like to keep it that way and please for the love of god Donna don't yell at Hyde.or hurt him." She said looking at me with big puppy eyes. "And if it ever happens again, I'll leave him and you can do whatever you want." She was right, I guess. Hyde was the kind of guy who made a mistake once and didn't do it again. And she was happy, I hadn't seen her like that in a long time and it was nice.
"Okay, fine. But if he ever touches you again call me okay?" I asked hugging her. She merely nodded.
"So I'm gonna go over there and talk to Hyde and see what he has to say about the whole thing." She pulled away, putting her glasses on again and standing up. " I'll call you later." I sat in disbelief as she exited the room, more bounce in her step than I'd seen in a long time.
Hyde's POV
It was about noon when I finally dragged my sorry ass out of bed and into the basement to see Foreman. He was watching Charlie's Angles, and looking very into it, up until the part where they all go running down the beach in slow motion. It took me a few minutes to notice, but his eyes weren't following them at all. In fact it looked like he was staring more at the wall in behind the t.v. than at the t.v. at all. I groaned inwardly. Just when my head starts to feel smaller, he's gotta pull another I'm- distraught-about- something-totally-irrelevant-and-I need-someone-to-talk- to act.
"Okay Foreman, what's wrong now?" I asked leaning back in my chair. He shrugged.
"I don't know, just something Jackie said today." He said not looking at me. He was definitely out of it. "You know she's coming here to confess her undying love to you?" my heart jumped to my throat, along with anything I'd tried to eat the other night. I swallowed, keeping my composure.
"What?" don't lose your cool man. I sat as loosely as possible, staring at the screen but seeing nothing but Jackie.
"Yeah man." He said finally turning towards me, " But she has this black eye that she was trying to hide and it looks like someone really nailed her. She said she tripped and fell last night but I don't know man. Did you see anybody by her house when you were there last night?" I was at Jackie's last night? Wait she has a black eye?
"Who would-"
"Hyde!" we both looked up as Jackie entered the room, smiling ear to ear. "I'm so glad you're here, there's something I need to talk to you about." I nodded, glancing over her shoulder at Foreman who was pointing at his eye, then at Jackie.
" Wait, Jackie what happened to your eye?" I asked pulling her into the light so I could get a better view of her eye. A look of shock was evident on her face and she just stood there, staring at me stunned as if I'd said something horribly wrong. "Come on Jackie tell me and I'll kick his ass." I didn't realize how hard I was squeezing her hand till she winced and pulled away.
"I uh.I tripped." She said smiling, "You know me, I'm about as graceful as an Ox." Foreman was right, she was lying. I could feel anger towards her building up in me. Here she was about to tell me how much she loves me and she can't tell me something so simple as what happened to her eye
"JACKIE!" I said throwing my hands in the air, "Why are you lying to me? God, don't you trust me?"
Erik's POV
The moment Hyde's hand went up Jackie jumped away, scrunching her face up as if ready to be punched. Hyde continued yelling, though I'm not quite sure what he was saying. All I know is that her eyes were fixed on his hands, balled up into fists, and she flinched everytime he moved them. But Hyde would never.she should know that by now. I mean look how pissed he is about her getting hurt and she's acting as if he'd attack her any second. He was yelling louder now. I guess he caught on to the fact that she wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying.
"Are you even listening to me? I love you, but if you can't trust me enough to tell me this kinda stuff I don't know if we can be together."
" Steven stop it." She said quietly folding her arms and looking at the ground.
" NO!" he yelled walking towards her and grabbing either side of her face. "LOOK AT ME FOR ONE SECOND OKAY? JUST LOOK!" Jackie stood frozen on the spot, eyes wide open. Hyde faltered, letting go and looking at her for a moment. "Jackie why are you shaking?" she stared at the ground for a moment, turning away from him and sitting on the couch behind me.
"I'm cold." She said dryly. Then turned to face Hyde and myself, looking older and more tired than I'd seen her in ages. " Guys, I fell and bumped my eye on the table. You can choose to believe me or not but either way that's what happened to me. Can we just drop it please?"
"Jackie I'm sorry." Hyde said sitting on the arm of the couch, " If I scared you I didn't mean to. It's just.you can't keep doing this to me. You want me, you want Kelso, and you love me you don't. You trust me, you don't. Stop screwin' around and just be straight with me." Jackie nodded.
"Fine, you want me to be straight Hyde?" she asked. "I'll be straight. I got this black eye from a real asshole, and if I ever see him again, I'll let you know. I love you, okay? But the guy who hit me.well let's just say you don't know him, so there's no point in making a big deal about it." Hyde looked very contained for the moment, and he simply nodded.
"Alright. I'll leave it. But if he ever touches you again-"
"Believe me you'll be the first to know." She said smiling and kissing him briefly. "Now, pack your things. You have to come play hubby with me for a couple weeks while my mom is in town."
"Whatever babe." He smiled, getting up and heading for his room, "I'll see you later."
