Chapter 6
Jackie is alone in her bed watching T.V. when the phone rings.
Jackie: Hello.
Hyde: You sleeping?
Jackie: No, I was watching Casablanca.
Hyde: Channel please.
Jackie: Eleven.
Hyde: Thank you, got it. Now you're telling me you will be happier with Victor Laszlo than Humphrey Bogart?
Jackie: When did I say that?
Hyde: When we were.... Um I don't remember exactly.
Jackie: I never said that, I would never have said that.
Hyde: Whatever.
Jackie: So um... are we becoming friends?
Hyde: I think so... do you want to be?
Jackie: Well I want to be your friend but we've never been friends.
Harry: True. We would either be getting down each others throats or having our tongue down each others throats.
Jackie: well that's nice.
Harry: Why did you and Carl break up?
Jackie: Well it started out that we both wanted the same thing. To live together but not be married and not to have any kids but one day I realized that I wanted a family and I told him and he said he didn't and then he left.
Hyde: Hmmm....
Jackie: I don't miss him, I really don't. Why did Sharon and you-"
Hyde: Shhh... the ending scene.
Jackie: Oh, last scene.
They are both watching the T.V. carefully. Jackie is completely silent and Hyde gets worried.
Hyde: Ooo, Ingrid Bergman, now she's low maintenance.
Jackie: Low maintenance?
Hyde: There are two kinds of women. High maintenance and low maintenance.
Jackie: And Ingrid Bergman is low maintenance?
Hyde: In LM, definitely.
Jackie: Which one am I?
Hyde: You're the worst kind. You're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance.
Jackie: I don't see that.
Hyde: You don't see that? Waiter, I'll begin with a house salad, but I don't want the regular dressing. I'll have the Balsamic vinegar and oil, but on the side. And then the Salmon with the mustard sauce, but I want the mustard sauce, on the side. On the side is a very big thing for you.
Jackie: Well I just want it the way I want it.
Hyde: I know. High maintenance. That has got to be the best last line of a movie ever.
Jackie: Hmm.... you know Hyde I really do think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Hyde: Well I better get to bed because I start work early tomorrow.
Jackie: Same. Oh the joy of working early. Well I'll see you later.
Hyde: Bye.
Jackie: Goodnight Steven.
Hyde: Goodnight.
* * *
Jackie is in her apartment with Donna when the phone rings. Donna can't hear what is going on but Jackie sounds really upset. Jackie comes back into the room crying.
"That was Carl."
"What did he want?"
"He wanted to tell me that he found somebody. He's getting married." She cried on Donna's shoulder. After a while she sits back up. "Thanks. I would like to be alone now though."
"Sure. If you need anything just call."
"Thanks again Donna."
"So Friday is the dinner. Don't be late."
"Am I ever late?"
"Good point. Bye." Donna hugs Jackie and leaves. Jackie starts crying more she reaches for the phone. Hyde is all alone in his apartment watching cartoons when the phone rings.
"Hello."
"Steven. Can you come over?"
"Sure. I'll be there in five minutes."
Four minutes later, Jackie hears someone knocking at her door. She opens it up and Hyde is standing there, staring at her. Jackie is in her pajamas and is still crying.
"He's getting married!"
"Who? Earl?"
"Carl!" Jackie starts crying harder. She blows her nose and throws the Kleenex on the floor to join the rest of the tissues. "I knew this day would come. I just never thought it would come so soon. I mean, we broke up because he didn't want to get married and now... well he's getting married! So this truth wasn't that he wasn't ready to get married, it was that he didn't want to marry me!" Jackie starts sobbing in Hyde's arms.
"He doesn't deserve you."
"Why didn't he want to marry me? What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing."
"I mean I'm nice..."
"You're very nice."
"I'm decent looking...."
"You know you're beautiful."
"I'm the type to settle down..."
"You're very dependant."
"That's it! I'm too needy!"
"No. I didn't mean it like that...."
"Oh come on! I bet his fiancée is nice, smart, pretty AND independent."
"Jackie, to me you're perfect. If he can't-" Jackie cut him off by kissing him. The little kiss turned into a deeper kiss and soon that deep kiss turned into them making out and soon the making out turned into making love. They lay down in each others arms. It had been so long since he had held her like this. Hyde got up trying not to wake Jackie up.
"You're leaving?" Jackie asked.
"Well I have work, and so do you.... But I'd like to take you out to dinner tonight if you're free. Are you free?"
"Yes." Jackie said flatly.
"Great." Hyde kissed her on the forehead and headed out. Jackie couldn't believe what had just happened. What had they done?
Jackie is alone in her bed watching T.V. when the phone rings.
Jackie: Hello.
Hyde: You sleeping?
Jackie: No, I was watching Casablanca.
Hyde: Channel please.
Jackie: Eleven.
Hyde: Thank you, got it. Now you're telling me you will be happier with Victor Laszlo than Humphrey Bogart?
Jackie: When did I say that?
Hyde: When we were.... Um I don't remember exactly.
Jackie: I never said that, I would never have said that.
Hyde: Whatever.
Jackie: So um... are we becoming friends?
Hyde: I think so... do you want to be?
Jackie: Well I want to be your friend but we've never been friends.
Harry: True. We would either be getting down each others throats or having our tongue down each others throats.
Jackie: well that's nice.
Harry: Why did you and Carl break up?
Jackie: Well it started out that we both wanted the same thing. To live together but not be married and not to have any kids but one day I realized that I wanted a family and I told him and he said he didn't and then he left.
Hyde: Hmmm....
Jackie: I don't miss him, I really don't. Why did Sharon and you-"
Hyde: Shhh... the ending scene.
Jackie: Oh, last scene.
They are both watching the T.V. carefully. Jackie is completely silent and Hyde gets worried.
Hyde: Ooo, Ingrid Bergman, now she's low maintenance.
Jackie: Low maintenance?
Hyde: There are two kinds of women. High maintenance and low maintenance.
Jackie: And Ingrid Bergman is low maintenance?
Hyde: In LM, definitely.
Jackie: Which one am I?
Hyde: You're the worst kind. You're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance.
Jackie: I don't see that.
Hyde: You don't see that? Waiter, I'll begin with a house salad, but I don't want the regular dressing. I'll have the Balsamic vinegar and oil, but on the side. And then the Salmon with the mustard sauce, but I want the mustard sauce, on the side. On the side is a very big thing for you.
Jackie: Well I just want it the way I want it.
Hyde: I know. High maintenance. That has got to be the best last line of a movie ever.
Jackie: Hmm.... you know Hyde I really do think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Hyde: Well I better get to bed because I start work early tomorrow.
Jackie: Same. Oh the joy of working early. Well I'll see you later.
Hyde: Bye.
Jackie: Goodnight Steven.
Hyde: Goodnight.
* * *
Jackie is in her apartment with Donna when the phone rings. Donna can't hear what is going on but Jackie sounds really upset. Jackie comes back into the room crying.
"That was Carl."
"What did he want?"
"He wanted to tell me that he found somebody. He's getting married." She cried on Donna's shoulder. After a while she sits back up. "Thanks. I would like to be alone now though."
"Sure. If you need anything just call."
"Thanks again Donna."
"So Friday is the dinner. Don't be late."
"Am I ever late?"
"Good point. Bye." Donna hugs Jackie and leaves. Jackie starts crying more she reaches for the phone. Hyde is all alone in his apartment watching cartoons when the phone rings.
"Hello."
"Steven. Can you come over?"
"Sure. I'll be there in five minutes."
Four minutes later, Jackie hears someone knocking at her door. She opens it up and Hyde is standing there, staring at her. Jackie is in her pajamas and is still crying.
"He's getting married!"
"Who? Earl?"
"Carl!" Jackie starts crying harder. She blows her nose and throws the Kleenex on the floor to join the rest of the tissues. "I knew this day would come. I just never thought it would come so soon. I mean, we broke up because he didn't want to get married and now... well he's getting married! So this truth wasn't that he wasn't ready to get married, it was that he didn't want to marry me!" Jackie starts sobbing in Hyde's arms.
"He doesn't deserve you."
"Why didn't he want to marry me? What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing."
"I mean I'm nice..."
"You're very nice."
"I'm decent looking...."
"You know you're beautiful."
"I'm the type to settle down..."
"You're very dependant."
"That's it! I'm too needy!"
"No. I didn't mean it like that...."
"Oh come on! I bet his fiancée is nice, smart, pretty AND independent."
"Jackie, to me you're perfect. If he can't-" Jackie cut him off by kissing him. The little kiss turned into a deeper kiss and soon that deep kiss turned into them making out and soon the making out turned into making love. They lay down in each others arms. It had been so long since he had held her like this. Hyde got up trying not to wake Jackie up.
"You're leaving?" Jackie asked.
"Well I have work, and so do you.... But I'd like to take you out to dinner tonight if you're free. Are you free?"
"Yes." Jackie said flatly.
"Great." Hyde kissed her on the forehead and headed out. Jackie couldn't believe what had just happened. What had they done?