Chapter Fourteen: Am I To Late?
Hyde sat on a bench near gate 12 he had his suitcase near him, as he didn't trust any of the airport's staff. He looked around the airport and saw so many loved up couples, of all ages. Everyone seemed to be in a two. Hyde groaned in disgust being in a relationship is for the weak he thought to himself. God I feel like I'm in Jackie's version of Noah's Ark. Hyde looked down at his watch which read 3:30. He only had 15 minutes in this town and a little part of Hyde wanted to stay. He heard the lady at the reception desk state that the 747 to California will begin boarding at gate 12 in 10 minutes. He got up from the bench he was sitting on and went to the airport coffee shop to get a cup of coffee. He took his coffee and walked over to the magazine rack. He looked at Tiger Beat and remembered how Jackie always looked at the articles that featured either Donny Osmand or David Cassidy. He smirked as flashes of Jackie entered his head.
Jackie sprawled out in his car.
When he and Jackie had their first date at Red's Veterans Day barbeque.
When he taught Jackie the art of Zen.
The several kisses she gave him. On Prom night. After he had taken her out to sizzler. On his birthday.
After she found out that Kelso was cheating on her, Jackie ran to him.
When they all went to fun land.
Hyde shook his head as if to shake the images from his mind. He grabbed a Rolling Stone magazine and started to read it. He tried to focus his attention on an Alice Cooper article but nothing could stop her from invading his thoughts because she was always there. In the beginning there had always been this atmosphere between him and Jackie. Some would call it hatred but it was something else. From the moment he saw Jackie he tried to convince himself and the rest of the world that he hated her when in fact he was falling for her.
All the passengers for the 747 got up as the receptionist announced that they were to begin boarding. Hyde walked towards the huge window on the far side of the airport and took one last look at Point Place.
Jackie, Eric and Donna where in the Vista Cruiser trying to get to the airport. Jackie peered out of the window and looked at all the passing trees. A knot built up in her stomach that she won't get there in time and Steven would leave her life forever. At that notion Jackie started to hyperventilate. Donna turned around and asked her what was wrong.
"Your boyfriend is driving like an eighty five year old granny.....speed up Eric for Gods sake. What if we get there and it's too late and he's on a plane and he hates me. Donna I love him so much. He told me he loved me and I didn't say anything. Donna I said nothing I just froze. What if we get there and he doesn't want me. Ohh Donna I don't know if I could take that." Jackie said quickly. She moved her hands up to her face and began to sob.
"Jackie Hyde loves you and he always will. I don't think even he can run from it." Donna said trying to make her feel better.
Eric turned left into the airport and stopped. "See look we're at the airport with oh three minutes to spare." Eric said while they piled out of the car.
"Three minutes. I have to find him. It's not enough time!" Jackie said in a rush of breath.
Eric and Donna hugged her.
"Run!" They yelled at her in unison and she was off. She raced from the parking lot to the entrance of the airport. The guard tried to stop her but she just ran right past him. She searched all the gates as she ran past and the knot from earlier was returning. She screamed out Steven's name but all she got was crazy looks from the other occupants of the airport. Jackie's heels were slowing her down so she kicked them off as she ran. She called out Steven's name and saw him out of the corner of her eye and looked s though he was ready to board.
Hyde was the next in line. He took out his passport from his back pocket and had it at the ready. He heard a lot of commotion but didn't bother to turn around he just needed to get out. The thought of Jackie saying I do at this very moment made his blood boil. He heard a female voice in the distance it sounded like someone he recognised but brushed it off as his imagination. He was now at the head of the line.
"Have a nice flight." The flight attendant said with a slight wink.
"Yeah well I guess we need to see if I do or not." He gave his passport for the attendant to look at. She gave it back to him and ushered him towards the plane.
"Steven!" He heard his name and quickly turned around and saw Jackie running towards the terminal in her wedding dress. Hyde smirked a bit, as the sight was funny. Jackie proceeded to run towards Hyde with her the trail of her wedding dress dragging along the ground. Hyde ran to Jackie and stopped dead in front of her. She looked deep in to his eyes with tears stained eyes. They looked puffy but he still thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
He looked in to her eyes and brought his hands up to her face and caressed her face. She leaned into his touch and yearned for his arms to encircle her. She looked up at him a look that said how much she loved him, a look that said he meant the world to her and that she couldn't live with out him. He opened his mouth to say something but in fear that this wasn't real he closed it. Jackie pulled back. She couldn't say all that needed to be said while they had an audience of about a thousand people.
"Steven....... I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for letting you think that I didn't love you." She whispered. He took a step towards her and urged her head up so he could look in her eyes. Eyes that never in a million years would he get tired of looking at. She breathed in and continued.
"You mean everything to me. Do you hear me and I couldn't go through with it. I couldn't marry Michael knowing that the only person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with is you. You are my destiny. It has always been you and I'm so stupid for not realising it sooner." She started to break down in tears. He brought her towards him with a calming Shhh!
"Jackie it's okay. I shouldn't have listened to my insecurities that I will never be good enough for you and baby I am so sorry for leaving a total of three times now. Jackie...." He paused and she listened intently. Just because he said it once didn't mean he was going to say it again.
"Jackie I love you, more then I can ever tell you and I hope you believe me when I say that." Hyde looked Jackie straight in the eyes and searched her face for any doubts. She smiled and Hyde took that as a good sign.
"Steven, I've always known that even if my brain didn't. God I love you so much I don't know what I would have done if you got on that plane!" Jackie said.
"You don't have to worry because I'm not leaving." Jackie's face brightened up. She clung on to Hyde tighter and he buried his head in the crook of her neck.
Hyde pulled his face up and swooped Jackie in to an earth-moving kiss. At first the kiss was soft to shoe Jackie just how much she meant to him but then her mouth opened and invited Hyde's tongue in. They danced in each other's mouth. Hyde pulled Jackie down into want can only be described as a classic movie kiss. After a few moments their lips parted and Hyde brought her back.
Hyde whispered into her ear. "I love you Jackie Beulah Burkhart."
Jackie pulled her arms up from his waist and settled on his neck. "And I love you Steven Francis Hyde." And the entire airport erupted in a round of applause. Jackie hid behind Hyde and suddenly felt really embarrassed. Jackie felt her arm slip away from Hyde and looked down to see where Hyde was and she saw him bent down on one knee. "Steven What are you doing?" Jackie asked in a panicked tone. He took her hand in his and kissed it.
"Jackie I love you and I don't want for us to ever be apart and so I was wondering if you wanted to be my wife. So Jackie will you marry me?" Hyde asked.
Jackie jumped up and down and started to scream. She regained her thoughts and replied.
"Steven never had I wanted something so much in my life.....Yes I will marry you."
Hyde got up and Jackie jumped into his arms.
Donna and Eric were among the crowd and smiled at their two best friends as they celebrated their engagement. Donna turned to Eric and kissed him.
"I knew we'd get them together." Donna said and they left with the happy couple and returned home.
Hyde sat on a bench near gate 12 he had his suitcase near him, as he didn't trust any of the airport's staff. He looked around the airport and saw so many loved up couples, of all ages. Everyone seemed to be in a two. Hyde groaned in disgust being in a relationship is for the weak he thought to himself. God I feel like I'm in Jackie's version of Noah's Ark. Hyde looked down at his watch which read 3:30. He only had 15 minutes in this town and a little part of Hyde wanted to stay. He heard the lady at the reception desk state that the 747 to California will begin boarding at gate 12 in 10 minutes. He got up from the bench he was sitting on and went to the airport coffee shop to get a cup of coffee. He took his coffee and walked over to the magazine rack. He looked at Tiger Beat and remembered how Jackie always looked at the articles that featured either Donny Osmand or David Cassidy. He smirked as flashes of Jackie entered his head.
Jackie sprawled out in his car.
When he and Jackie had their first date at Red's Veterans Day barbeque.
When he taught Jackie the art of Zen.
The several kisses she gave him. On Prom night. After he had taken her out to sizzler. On his birthday.
After she found out that Kelso was cheating on her, Jackie ran to him.
When they all went to fun land.
Hyde shook his head as if to shake the images from his mind. He grabbed a Rolling Stone magazine and started to read it. He tried to focus his attention on an Alice Cooper article but nothing could stop her from invading his thoughts because she was always there. In the beginning there had always been this atmosphere between him and Jackie. Some would call it hatred but it was something else. From the moment he saw Jackie he tried to convince himself and the rest of the world that he hated her when in fact he was falling for her.
All the passengers for the 747 got up as the receptionist announced that they were to begin boarding. Hyde walked towards the huge window on the far side of the airport and took one last look at Point Place.
Jackie, Eric and Donna where in the Vista Cruiser trying to get to the airport. Jackie peered out of the window and looked at all the passing trees. A knot built up in her stomach that she won't get there in time and Steven would leave her life forever. At that notion Jackie started to hyperventilate. Donna turned around and asked her what was wrong.
"Your boyfriend is driving like an eighty five year old granny.....speed up Eric for Gods sake. What if we get there and it's too late and he's on a plane and he hates me. Donna I love him so much. He told me he loved me and I didn't say anything. Donna I said nothing I just froze. What if we get there and he doesn't want me. Ohh Donna I don't know if I could take that." Jackie said quickly. She moved her hands up to her face and began to sob.
"Jackie Hyde loves you and he always will. I don't think even he can run from it." Donna said trying to make her feel better.
Eric turned left into the airport and stopped. "See look we're at the airport with oh three minutes to spare." Eric said while they piled out of the car.
"Three minutes. I have to find him. It's not enough time!" Jackie said in a rush of breath.
Eric and Donna hugged her.
"Run!" They yelled at her in unison and she was off. She raced from the parking lot to the entrance of the airport. The guard tried to stop her but she just ran right past him. She searched all the gates as she ran past and the knot from earlier was returning. She screamed out Steven's name but all she got was crazy looks from the other occupants of the airport. Jackie's heels were slowing her down so she kicked them off as she ran. She called out Steven's name and saw him out of the corner of her eye and looked s though he was ready to board.
Hyde was the next in line. He took out his passport from his back pocket and had it at the ready. He heard a lot of commotion but didn't bother to turn around he just needed to get out. The thought of Jackie saying I do at this very moment made his blood boil. He heard a female voice in the distance it sounded like someone he recognised but brushed it off as his imagination. He was now at the head of the line.
"Have a nice flight." The flight attendant said with a slight wink.
"Yeah well I guess we need to see if I do or not." He gave his passport for the attendant to look at. She gave it back to him and ushered him towards the plane.
"Steven!" He heard his name and quickly turned around and saw Jackie running towards the terminal in her wedding dress. Hyde smirked a bit, as the sight was funny. Jackie proceeded to run towards Hyde with her the trail of her wedding dress dragging along the ground. Hyde ran to Jackie and stopped dead in front of her. She looked deep in to his eyes with tears stained eyes. They looked puffy but he still thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
He looked in to her eyes and brought his hands up to her face and caressed her face. She leaned into his touch and yearned for his arms to encircle her. She looked up at him a look that said how much she loved him, a look that said he meant the world to her and that she couldn't live with out him. He opened his mouth to say something but in fear that this wasn't real he closed it. Jackie pulled back. She couldn't say all that needed to be said while they had an audience of about a thousand people.
"Steven....... I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for letting you think that I didn't love you." She whispered. He took a step towards her and urged her head up so he could look in her eyes. Eyes that never in a million years would he get tired of looking at. She breathed in and continued.
"You mean everything to me. Do you hear me and I couldn't go through with it. I couldn't marry Michael knowing that the only person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with is you. You are my destiny. It has always been you and I'm so stupid for not realising it sooner." She started to break down in tears. He brought her towards him with a calming Shhh!
"Jackie it's okay. I shouldn't have listened to my insecurities that I will never be good enough for you and baby I am so sorry for leaving a total of three times now. Jackie...." He paused and she listened intently. Just because he said it once didn't mean he was going to say it again.
"Jackie I love you, more then I can ever tell you and I hope you believe me when I say that." Hyde looked Jackie straight in the eyes and searched her face for any doubts. She smiled and Hyde took that as a good sign.
"Steven, I've always known that even if my brain didn't. God I love you so much I don't know what I would have done if you got on that plane!" Jackie said.
"You don't have to worry because I'm not leaving." Jackie's face brightened up. She clung on to Hyde tighter and he buried his head in the crook of her neck.
Hyde pulled his face up and swooped Jackie in to an earth-moving kiss. At first the kiss was soft to shoe Jackie just how much she meant to him but then her mouth opened and invited Hyde's tongue in. They danced in each other's mouth. Hyde pulled Jackie down into want can only be described as a classic movie kiss. After a few moments their lips parted and Hyde brought her back.
Hyde whispered into her ear. "I love you Jackie Beulah Burkhart."
Jackie pulled her arms up from his waist and settled on his neck. "And I love you Steven Francis Hyde." And the entire airport erupted in a round of applause. Jackie hid behind Hyde and suddenly felt really embarrassed. Jackie felt her arm slip away from Hyde and looked down to see where Hyde was and she saw him bent down on one knee. "Steven What are you doing?" Jackie asked in a panicked tone. He took her hand in his and kissed it.
"Jackie I love you and I don't want for us to ever be apart and so I was wondering if you wanted to be my wife. So Jackie will you marry me?" Hyde asked.
Jackie jumped up and down and started to scream. She regained her thoughts and replied.
"Steven never had I wanted something so much in my life.....Yes I will marry you."
Hyde got up and Jackie jumped into his arms.
Donna and Eric were among the crowd and smiled at their two best friends as they celebrated their engagement. Donna turned to Eric and kissed him.
"I knew we'd get them together." Donna said and they left with the happy couple and returned home.