Hyde was now completely bored of staying at home on New Years Eve and so he
decided to take a walk. It was the perfect time for window shopping because
nobody was there. He turned around and saw a couple getting out of a taxi,
there was a tiny little brunette kissing a taller man with sunglasses and
frizzy hair. Hyde decided that he couldn't think about Jackie any longer.
He started to walk down a different street.
* * *
"Donna, I'm leaving."
"Jackie you can't leave. Please just stay until midnight."
"That's another ten minutes! I'm going to try to catch a cab."
"Impossible." Donna mumbled.
"What?"
"It will be impossible to catch a cab at ten to twelve."
"Well I can't stay here any longer." Jackie walked off.
* * *
Hyde just realized that Jackie still believed he was engaged to Sharon. He couldn't believe he had told her that lie and that she had bought it. Did she even know him? Well it didn't matter because he certainly didn't know her. She told him that she didn't make the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading team when in fact he heard from Donna that she was pregnant and couldn't audition. She had lost the baby shortly after and Jackie never talked about it. But this was different.... He was different... couldn't she talk to him?
"Whatever." He mumbled to himself.
* * *
"Jackie... stay!" Eric pleaded.
"I won't have anyone to kiss at midnight."
"I'll kiss you."
"Gee, thanks. No, I'm really going to head out. Happy New Year's guys!" She hugged both Eric and Donna and headed out. Just as she got out through the door it started pouring. Millions of taxi's drove by but none would stop for her.
* * *
Wait a minute, Hyde thought. Why do I care so much if Jackie thinks I'm with someone else? Do I still love her? No! That couldn't be it... I never loved her. Well that was a lie, I loved her at one point but things change... feelings change. I don't love her... I couldn't possibly.
Just then he saw Jackie coming towards him in the pouring rain, she wasn't looking at him, she probably didn't even see him. She was still trying to get a taxi.
"Jackie!"
"Hyde..."
"Hyde?"
"Well that's what everyone calls you so I just thought I would too."
"Hmm..." Hyde was hurt. How could she stop calling him Steven? "Why aren't you at a New Year's party?"
"I just left. It was too crowded in there."
"And so you'd rather freeze in the pouring rain?"
"Yeah." Jackie said.
"Why are you still mad at me?"
"You were going out with someone while we were friends and didn't even tell me!"
"Is that really why you're upset?"
"Yes?"
"Oh. I thought it might be because you don't want me to marry someone... like someone who wasn't you."
"Well... if you knew that I still loved you Steven. I mean I do, I can't stop. You have to know the truth because I believe in my heart that if you really knew how much I loved you still, you couldn't go and marry someone else."
"I'm not marrying someone else."
"Sharon?"
"No. It was a lie. It was all a lie. Eric, Donna and I had a long talk about your feelings and we all decided that it would be best for you if you thought you didn't have a chance. It seems ridiculous now but-" Jackie slapped him across the face.
"How could you? How could you lie like that?"
"Jackie... I didn't know how I felt about you until now."
"And now?"
"Now? I love you. Even though you lied to me too."
"What? I didn't tell you I was marrying somebody else did I?"
"Worse. You didn't tell me something important."
"What?"
"You were pregnant. That's why you didn't get on the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading team. You said you didn't make it but the truth is you couldn't even audition. Why did you lie about that?"
"I don't know." Jackie said very quietly. Hyde couldn't even hear her.
"Well the fact is that we both screwed up. Badly."
"The fact is... we both love each other. Badly."
"Jackie... I love everything about you."
"Well we just can't get together now."
"Why not?"
"Because we just can't. It doesn't work this way."
"What? How does it work then?"
"I have a flight in the morning, I'm not into discussing this."
"Where are you going?"
"When I saw you on that airplane, when I was bumped to coach they offered me a trip anywhere in North America completely free." Jackie stated simply. "I'm off to New York tomorrow. Well today." Jackie glanced at her watch.
"You can't go. We have to settle this!"
"It's a free trip honey, I'm on it." Jackie walked off. Hyde watched her finally get a taxi. It drove off and Hyde still stood there. He just lost what was most important to him, the love of his life, Jackie.
* * *
"Donna, I'm leaving."
"Jackie you can't leave. Please just stay until midnight."
"That's another ten minutes! I'm going to try to catch a cab."
"Impossible." Donna mumbled.
"What?"
"It will be impossible to catch a cab at ten to twelve."
"Well I can't stay here any longer." Jackie walked off.
* * *
Hyde just realized that Jackie still believed he was engaged to Sharon. He couldn't believe he had told her that lie and that she had bought it. Did she even know him? Well it didn't matter because he certainly didn't know her. She told him that she didn't make the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading team when in fact he heard from Donna that she was pregnant and couldn't audition. She had lost the baby shortly after and Jackie never talked about it. But this was different.... He was different... couldn't she talk to him?
"Whatever." He mumbled to himself.
* * *
"Jackie... stay!" Eric pleaded.
"I won't have anyone to kiss at midnight."
"I'll kiss you."
"Gee, thanks. No, I'm really going to head out. Happy New Year's guys!" She hugged both Eric and Donna and headed out. Just as she got out through the door it started pouring. Millions of taxi's drove by but none would stop for her.
* * *
Wait a minute, Hyde thought. Why do I care so much if Jackie thinks I'm with someone else? Do I still love her? No! That couldn't be it... I never loved her. Well that was a lie, I loved her at one point but things change... feelings change. I don't love her... I couldn't possibly.
Just then he saw Jackie coming towards him in the pouring rain, she wasn't looking at him, she probably didn't even see him. She was still trying to get a taxi.
"Jackie!"
"Hyde..."
"Hyde?"
"Well that's what everyone calls you so I just thought I would too."
"Hmm..." Hyde was hurt. How could she stop calling him Steven? "Why aren't you at a New Year's party?"
"I just left. It was too crowded in there."
"And so you'd rather freeze in the pouring rain?"
"Yeah." Jackie said.
"Why are you still mad at me?"
"You were going out with someone while we were friends and didn't even tell me!"
"Is that really why you're upset?"
"Yes?"
"Oh. I thought it might be because you don't want me to marry someone... like someone who wasn't you."
"Well... if you knew that I still loved you Steven. I mean I do, I can't stop. You have to know the truth because I believe in my heart that if you really knew how much I loved you still, you couldn't go and marry someone else."
"I'm not marrying someone else."
"Sharon?"
"No. It was a lie. It was all a lie. Eric, Donna and I had a long talk about your feelings and we all decided that it would be best for you if you thought you didn't have a chance. It seems ridiculous now but-" Jackie slapped him across the face.
"How could you? How could you lie like that?"
"Jackie... I didn't know how I felt about you until now."
"And now?"
"Now? I love you. Even though you lied to me too."
"What? I didn't tell you I was marrying somebody else did I?"
"Worse. You didn't tell me something important."
"What?"
"You were pregnant. That's why you didn't get on the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading team. You said you didn't make it but the truth is you couldn't even audition. Why did you lie about that?"
"I don't know." Jackie said very quietly. Hyde couldn't even hear her.
"Well the fact is that we both screwed up. Badly."
"The fact is... we both love each other. Badly."
"Jackie... I love everything about you."
"Well we just can't get together now."
"Why not?"
"Because we just can't. It doesn't work this way."
"What? How does it work then?"
"I have a flight in the morning, I'm not into discussing this."
"Where are you going?"
"When I saw you on that airplane, when I was bumped to coach they offered me a trip anywhere in North America completely free." Jackie stated simply. "I'm off to New York tomorrow. Well today." Jackie glanced at her watch.
"You can't go. We have to settle this!"
"It's a free trip honey, I'm on it." Jackie walked off. Hyde watched her finally get a taxi. It drove off and Hyde still stood there. He just lost what was most important to him, the love of his life, Jackie.