Three months have passed. It was now the beginning of summer. Hyde spends
all day in his room or working. He avoids Jackie and she avoids him. They
have successfully not seen each other in three months. One time he saw a
glimpse of her leaving as he was pulling in the driveway. She was walking,
well limping but walking. A very good sign. Hyde entered the basement.
"Hey. How was work?" Eric asked.
"It was work." Hyde sat down on his usual chair. Donna came in looking happy.
"Okay Hyde. You have to come to me and Eric's official engagement party!" Donna hugged Hyde. Hyde sort of hugged back.
"Yeah. I don't know why but we're having a party to celebrate our engagement. You have to come man. It's tomorrow night." Eric then kissed Donna. "We even rented out a special room and everything!"
"Yay! Now everything's perfect!" Hyde mocked Eric's enthusiasm. Eric frowned but quickly realized why he was so upset.
"Have you seen Jackie lately?"
"No!" Hyde yelled. He then stormed into his room and made sure he slammed the door hard. He lay down on his bed feeling frustrated.
* * *
"So Jackie, what are you wearing tonight?" Donna asked. She had on a beautiful red long skirt and a white blouse. Her hair was down straight and she had on natural make-up. Jackie sat down on the bed looking at her legs.
"I don't feel like going."
"How did I know?" Donna sat down next to her. "Jackie, you need to get out and do stuff."
"Donna... I'm just not ready. I don't think I will ever be ready." Jackie then began to softly cry as she looked down at her legs. "I'm just so ugly!"
"Jackie!" Donna hugged her sobbing friend. "You are not ugly. Is this why you broke up with Hyde?"
"Donna, I don't want to talk about that." Jackie pushed Donna away. "I never want to talk about that day."
"Okay."
"Now go and have a blast. Take tons of pictures for me." Jackie smiled.
"Okay. Jackie if you want to come later on-"
"Thanks. I might go later." Jackie said but she knew she wouldn't want to go. Donna left and Jackie stood up. She looks at herself in the mirror. She had on the Led Zepplin t-shirt that Hyde had given her. She hadn't even seen him to give it back to him and so she just kept it and wore it.
* * *
Donna walked into Eric's house where he was in a tux. "Looking very nice milady." Eric commented when he saw her come in.
"Jackie's not coming." Donna said plainly. Hyde came out of his room and heard this.
"Why wouldn't she go?" Hyde asked sneaking up on Eric and Donna.
"Um... I don't know. She didn't say."
"Is she okay?" Hyde asked worried.
"Yeah. Hyde she's fine." Donna lied. She knew that Jackie was not fine.
"Well let's go then." Eric said. "Hyde, you are so not ready to go!"
"Yeah well I'm not going."
"Hyde!" Donna yelled and slapped his arm.
"Sorry guys, I'm just not in the mood to sit around and watch happy couples dance around and listen to a bunch of gay ass toasts made to you two." Hyde then walked back into his room.
"Okay then." Eric said and the two left arm and arm. Fez and Kelso were supposed to meet them at the party.
* * *
At the party, Kelso and Fez sat down looking unhappy. "I just don't get it Fez. Why are there no chicks at this party?"
"I do not know. We are so unlucky!" Just then three hot blondes came through the doors. One of them smiled at Kelso. She then walked over to Kelso.
"Hey." She said.
"Hi there, I'm Kelso and this is Fez." She smiled at him.
"Well Kelso, would you care to dance?" He got up and gave Fez the thumbs up. Fez sat back down looking depressed.
"Hey there." A familiar voice called. Fez looked up and saw Hyde. Hyde was in a suit with his top three buttons undone of course. He still had on his sunglasses and sat down next to fez.
"You came!" Fez hugged Hyde. Hyde pushed him off.
"What do you think you're doing?" Fez blushed. Hyde was not amused.
"Sorry! I will try harder not to hug you next time."
"That's better." Hyde looked around at the party. They were a lot of guys and girls but he was wrong, a lot of them did not happy and a lot of them were not together.
"Hey." A blonde approached the two boys. "My name's Ashley." She put her hand on Hyde's shoulder.
"Hey. I'm Hyde and he's Fez."
"Wow! Hyde... that's an interesting name."
"Yeah. It's a last name... my name's Steven but everyone calls me Hyde."
"Not everyone." Fez said and then when he saw Hyde's face he wished he took take that back.
"Well I'll call you Steven." She giggled.
"No!" Hyde yelled louder than he intended to. "Just call me Hyde." She giggled.
"So Hyde, do you want to dance?"
"No thank you. I'm going to stay here with my old buddy Fez." Fez smiled at Hyde's nice gesture.
"Oh." The girl said shocked. She then walked over to Fez and put her hand on his shoulder. "Fez.... That's an interesting name."
"Thank you very much."
"So Fez, do you want to dance?"
"I'd love to!" Fez stood up with the girl.
"Fez, what the-"
"Good day Hyde."
"Fez, you just-"
"I said good day!" Fez started to dance with the blonde. The song "You are so Beautiful to Me" started playing and Hyde couldn't help but thinking about Jackie. Just then the crowd parted, like it does on the movies and standing across the dance floor was Jackie Burkhart. She looked so elegant. She had on a light pink flowing dress and was smiling at him. He got up and started walking towards her.
"Steven." Jackie held his hands. "The only reason I broke up with you is because I thought you wouldn't love me like this. I mean look at me. Who could love someone like me?"
"Jackie. I could. I do." Hyde gulped. Jackie's eyes began tearing up. "Jackie, how shallow do you think I am?"
"It's not that Steven. I just couldn't love me and so I figured you couldn't either. I knew you would never break up with me like this and I didn't think it was fair for you to be with me."
"Jackie. You are so beautiful. I could never not love you." Jackie smiled widely. "So...?"
"Steven, would you like to dance?" Hyde just nodded. She led him out on the dance floor and they danced so close together. She could feel his breath on her cheek. He held her so tightly and realized that he would never let her go. The last lines of the song seemed to last forever as he thought about Jackie "You are so beautiful.... To me." He said at the same time as the song. Jackie just smiled because she finally realized that she was beautiful now, inside and out.
"Hey. How was work?" Eric asked.
"It was work." Hyde sat down on his usual chair. Donna came in looking happy.
"Okay Hyde. You have to come to me and Eric's official engagement party!" Donna hugged Hyde. Hyde sort of hugged back.
"Yeah. I don't know why but we're having a party to celebrate our engagement. You have to come man. It's tomorrow night." Eric then kissed Donna. "We even rented out a special room and everything!"
"Yay! Now everything's perfect!" Hyde mocked Eric's enthusiasm. Eric frowned but quickly realized why he was so upset.
"Have you seen Jackie lately?"
"No!" Hyde yelled. He then stormed into his room and made sure he slammed the door hard. He lay down on his bed feeling frustrated.
* * *
"So Jackie, what are you wearing tonight?" Donna asked. She had on a beautiful red long skirt and a white blouse. Her hair was down straight and she had on natural make-up. Jackie sat down on the bed looking at her legs.
"I don't feel like going."
"How did I know?" Donna sat down next to her. "Jackie, you need to get out and do stuff."
"Donna... I'm just not ready. I don't think I will ever be ready." Jackie then began to softly cry as she looked down at her legs. "I'm just so ugly!"
"Jackie!" Donna hugged her sobbing friend. "You are not ugly. Is this why you broke up with Hyde?"
"Donna, I don't want to talk about that." Jackie pushed Donna away. "I never want to talk about that day."
"Okay."
"Now go and have a blast. Take tons of pictures for me." Jackie smiled.
"Okay. Jackie if you want to come later on-"
"Thanks. I might go later." Jackie said but she knew she wouldn't want to go. Donna left and Jackie stood up. She looks at herself in the mirror. She had on the Led Zepplin t-shirt that Hyde had given her. She hadn't even seen him to give it back to him and so she just kept it and wore it.
* * *
Donna walked into Eric's house where he was in a tux. "Looking very nice milady." Eric commented when he saw her come in.
"Jackie's not coming." Donna said plainly. Hyde came out of his room and heard this.
"Why wouldn't she go?" Hyde asked sneaking up on Eric and Donna.
"Um... I don't know. She didn't say."
"Is she okay?" Hyde asked worried.
"Yeah. Hyde she's fine." Donna lied. She knew that Jackie was not fine.
"Well let's go then." Eric said. "Hyde, you are so not ready to go!"
"Yeah well I'm not going."
"Hyde!" Donna yelled and slapped his arm.
"Sorry guys, I'm just not in the mood to sit around and watch happy couples dance around and listen to a bunch of gay ass toasts made to you two." Hyde then walked back into his room.
"Okay then." Eric said and the two left arm and arm. Fez and Kelso were supposed to meet them at the party.
* * *
At the party, Kelso and Fez sat down looking unhappy. "I just don't get it Fez. Why are there no chicks at this party?"
"I do not know. We are so unlucky!" Just then three hot blondes came through the doors. One of them smiled at Kelso. She then walked over to Kelso.
"Hey." She said.
"Hi there, I'm Kelso and this is Fez." She smiled at him.
"Well Kelso, would you care to dance?" He got up and gave Fez the thumbs up. Fez sat back down looking depressed.
"Hey there." A familiar voice called. Fez looked up and saw Hyde. Hyde was in a suit with his top three buttons undone of course. He still had on his sunglasses and sat down next to fez.
"You came!" Fez hugged Hyde. Hyde pushed him off.
"What do you think you're doing?" Fez blushed. Hyde was not amused.
"Sorry! I will try harder not to hug you next time."
"That's better." Hyde looked around at the party. They were a lot of guys and girls but he was wrong, a lot of them did not happy and a lot of them were not together.
"Hey." A blonde approached the two boys. "My name's Ashley." She put her hand on Hyde's shoulder.
"Hey. I'm Hyde and he's Fez."
"Wow! Hyde... that's an interesting name."
"Yeah. It's a last name... my name's Steven but everyone calls me Hyde."
"Not everyone." Fez said and then when he saw Hyde's face he wished he took take that back.
"Well I'll call you Steven." She giggled.
"No!" Hyde yelled louder than he intended to. "Just call me Hyde." She giggled.
"So Hyde, do you want to dance?"
"No thank you. I'm going to stay here with my old buddy Fez." Fez smiled at Hyde's nice gesture.
"Oh." The girl said shocked. She then walked over to Fez and put her hand on his shoulder. "Fez.... That's an interesting name."
"Thank you very much."
"So Fez, do you want to dance?"
"I'd love to!" Fez stood up with the girl.
"Fez, what the-"
"Good day Hyde."
"Fez, you just-"
"I said good day!" Fez started to dance with the blonde. The song "You are so Beautiful to Me" started playing and Hyde couldn't help but thinking about Jackie. Just then the crowd parted, like it does on the movies and standing across the dance floor was Jackie Burkhart. She looked so elegant. She had on a light pink flowing dress and was smiling at him. He got up and started walking towards her.
"Steven." Jackie held his hands. "The only reason I broke up with you is because I thought you wouldn't love me like this. I mean look at me. Who could love someone like me?"
"Jackie. I could. I do." Hyde gulped. Jackie's eyes began tearing up. "Jackie, how shallow do you think I am?"
"It's not that Steven. I just couldn't love me and so I figured you couldn't either. I knew you would never break up with me like this and I didn't think it was fair for you to be with me."
"Jackie. You are so beautiful. I could never not love you." Jackie smiled widely. "So...?"
"Steven, would you like to dance?" Hyde just nodded. She led him out on the dance floor and they danced so close together. She could feel his breath on her cheek. He held her so tightly and realized that he would never let her go. The last lines of the song seemed to last forever as he thought about Jackie "You are so beautiful.... To me." He said at the same time as the song. Jackie just smiled because she finally realized that she was beautiful now, inside and out.