Chapter Five: Stake Out.

For the rest of the day Hyde remained in total Zen as he tried to think back on what happened. Just the whole thing baffled him, Dawn was way to over protective of Jackie considering that it seemed like she didn't even care when she was in a coma.

Hyde was now in the basement and was perched on his seat starring at the T.V which wasn't even on. What the fuck happened back there and what the hell did she mean by not wanting to go up against her. Hyde tried to rack his brain coming up with reasons for why Dawn was so aggressive towards him. Hyde was so preoccupied that he needn't even notice Eric walking down the steps.

Eric walked right up to Hyde and slapped him on the back, the thud that it created echoed around the room.

" Hey Hyde what are you doing here? I thought you were gonna get us some more……film." He said while gesturing with his hands in his Eric way.

Hyde was snapped out of his trance and responded gruffly.

" Nah man I figure I can get it from Leo tomorrow. But I do need to talk with you?"

Eric looked at him amused. " Hyde are you ready to tell me you love me?" Eric said while trying to hide his laughter.

" Shut up man. It's serious. It's just that when I was at the hospital with Jackie I saw her father with one of the cheerleaders." He said while getting up and walking over to the freezer to get a Popsicle. Suddenly his mouth went dry and he needed something to wet it again so he was able to continue.

When Hyde told Eric this he looked genuinely shocked and concerned about Jackie.

" Does Jackie know?" Eric asked.

" No." Hyde said while he ate his Popsicle.

" And man that isn't the worst. Dawn actually threatened me."

" What?" Eric shouted. However the image of Dawn threatening Hyde was funny. And Eric let a slight chuckle escape his lips.

" Come on man this is really serious. I think she meant it." Hyde said while collapsing on the couch.

" O.K just tell me what she said?" Eric asked.

Hyde swallowed he really wasn't ready to tell Eric or the others about him and Jackie. He just wanted to enjoy the alone time they had it made it much hotter in secret. Not to mention he didn't want to see the others reactions if they found out. Hyde remained silent as he tried to come up with a reason for why Dawn would want to threaten him.

" Basically she doesn't want me hanging around Jackie anymore."

" Yeah that's crazy…….You don't hang out with Jackie." Eric said.

Hyde made a face and continued. " She also said that if I didn't leave her alone she would destroy me. What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Eric was now bouncing a ball on the floor and each time the ball passed Hyde's eyes he wanted to hit Eric with it. His head was already dizzy from everything that happened he didn't need an addition from Eric's bouncy ball. Eric continued and he couldn't take it any more and he leaned forward and swiped Forman's ball and threw it across the room. Eric just glared at.

" Well Hyde it sounds like you have found yourself a little psycho." Eric said while laughing again. Hyde got up and punched him.

" So what am I gonna do? Should I tell Jackie that her dad is cheating on her mom or do I let her find out her self?" Hyde really didn't know what to do. He cared about Jackie so much he didn't want to be the one that caused her pain.

" Look Hyde Jackie is gonna find out. How do you think she is gonna feel if she finds out that we knew all along." Eric commented.

" Yeah your right Foremen we should tell her."

Eric jumped up. " No we should torture her father with the information and then could use it to burn Jackie."

" Forman we are not doing that but I guess we could follow Dawn and see what she is up to cos there is something about her that I don't like." Hyde said.

" Yeah well good luck with that if you need me I'll be avoiding a foot up the ass!" Eric said as he was about to walk out the basement back door.

Suddenly Eric felt a firm grip on his shoulder. " I don't think so man. You are gonna help me!" He smiled. And both the boys walked out of the basement.

Eric looked helplessly at his watch as Hyde stood near a bush outside the Burkhart estate. It was now 10:35 and they had followed Dawn to Jackie's house. They followed her from the hub to the mall and then to the store on High street. Everything she did seemed normal and Eric wanted to go back to the basement and make out with his girlfriend.

" Hyde lets go nothing is happening." Eric whined as he peered over the bush at Dawn who was talking to the maid.

" Would you just up Erica I can't hear what they are saying?" Hyde quietly groaned as he tried to take a closer look. Hyde really wanted to know what was being said as the way Dawn acted concerning Jackie gave him the creeps and he wanted to protect her.

" Hyde we have been following Dawn for like an hour and we haven't seen her do anything that makes her look like a psycho and it's starting to get cold." Eric moaned as he tried to keep himself warm. He so didn't want to be there and he didn't understand why Hyde was so concerned about Jackie in the first place.

" Look I just want to stay here for a few more minutes and if we don't see anything that you were right but until then just shut the hell up. God I knew I should have gone with Fez."

Dawn stood outside the Burkhart estate arguing with who she thought was an incompetent foreigner they called the help. Dawn just flipped her and talked to the woman as if she was lower than her. But the Spanish maid put up a fight against until Dawn lost her patience and pushed the maid up against the wall. Dawn held the maid in place with her hand to her throat and felt her heart race within her body. The maid tried to free herself and so Dawn pushed harder against her throat causing the maid to whimper. Dawn could see the maid was in pain and relented to pull her hand away, she was gonna make her listen so she would never make the same mistake of arguing back with her. All she wanted was to see her boyfriend and this bitch was topping her.

" Listen you stupid old hag I'm only tell you this once if you ever and I do mean ever refuse to let me see Jack whenever I want I will be forced to take more lethal actions and if you tell anyone about this you want be saying anything again. You got that! Or do I need to hirer a translator so you can understand me." She said harshly as she applied more pressure to the woman throat. She felt the maid nod and released her.

The maid was shaking but opened the door and allowed Dawn to go. She then closed the door again and ran off to her living quarters.

Dawn glided through the house as if it belonged to her. She stroked the fur that lined the sofa and sang as she walked towards Mr Burkhart's office. She strolled up to Mr Burkhart and encircled her arms around his neck from behind. She nuzzled his neck with her own. She loved Jack so much she would do anything for him and she truly meant anything. She knew he came with baggage but she figured she'd find away to sort that out. She inhaled his scent a mixture of Bourbon and fine Cuban cigars and inhaled deeply.

Jack reached up and pulled her down towards him. He began placing kisses along her neck and she giggled at his touch. She pulled herself up and allowed him to view her. Jack got up from his desk and in two large paces was in front of her. They started to kiss and Dawn could taste him. A knock was heard on his door and Jack flung Dawn to the other side of the room. She stumbled backwards onto the velvet curtains. Jack rushed to his desk afraid that it was his daughter and pretended to be working. He motioned for Dawn to hide behind the curtains and Dawn reluctantly complied. She heard Jackie come in.

"Daddy!" Jackie called as she walked into the office.

" Oh pumpkin I had know idea you were even here." He said as he hugged his daughter. Sweat was dripping from his forehead as he prayed that Dawn will stay behind the curtain.

" Yeah I only came back to pick up something and then I'm off to Donna's. Oh daddy there was this really nice pair of Jordashe jeans I saw at the mall and I was just wondering if.." Jackie asked as she was cut off by her father.

" Sure pumpkin I'll give you the money. What time will you be back from Donna's?" He asked.

" Errmmm, I don't know I might stay over!" Jackie smiled as did her father but for completely different reasons.

" That's great pumpkin now daddy has a lot of work to do." He said hinting for Jackie to leave.

" Sorry daddy. Daddy are you okay you seem a little weird?"

" No I'm fine pumpkin I'm just tired working all week." He answered. Jackie smiled and hugged her father and then left.

Dawn remained behind the curtain until she was sure Jackie had gone. I should be in this house not his slut of a wife and bitchy daughter. This should be mine. Dawn thought as she remained hidden. Dawn envied Jackie so much as she didn't value how good she has it. It made her sick to know that she just asked for a pair of jeans as if he has to give it to her.

Dawn's thoughts were interrupted by Jack's deep voice as he pulled the curtain open. He walked up towards her and grabbed her waist he began an attack on her neck but she pushed him back.

" Look I don't want to have to hide what we have from the rest of the world. I can't keep hiding. All I've done since the start of this is hide." She yelled.

" I can't do it……I told you if things were different. If I didn't have Jackie then there would be no reason for me to stay with Pamela." He agued back.

She paced up and down his office. " Don't even say her name to me. You keep telling me if things were different then we could be together but it isn't different and it never will be!" She yelled back as she grabbed a lamp from his desk and threw it against the wall. Jack jumped back as the lamp shattered into a thousand pieces on the floor.

Dawn slid down the wall and onto the floor and sobbed. Jack went to Dawn and held his head in her hands.

" Look babe….you know I love you and I will not leave you. It doesn't matter…nothing matters but you and me. O.k." He said trying to soothe her. Dawn nodded in his embrace and reached up to kiss him. The kiss tasted of the tears that rolled down her face. She broke away.

" I love you too." She then kissed him and he picked her up and carried her to the table.

Meanwhile Eric and Hyde were still in shock over what they just saw. Hyde tried to run over what happened in his mind but it didn't help. Eric just stood in the same place he had been standing open mouth and eyes wide. When Hyde had first told him he thought he was just over reacting but now he didn't know what to say. Hyde shook Eric and Eric immediately came out of his daze.

" Did you just see that?" He said in shock. He wanted to help the maid but his body locked into position and he was unable to move and when he realized what was happening Dawn had let her go.

" Yeah we should get back and tell Jackie that her new friend is a father robbing psycho." Hyde said angrily. He knew that his instincts were correct about Dawn.

Hyde wanted to help but he didn't want to alert Dawn that he had followed her, but when he knew that the maid was alright his conscious felt a little better.

" Yeah….lets go now!" Eric ordered.

" I'm with you man!" Luckily Jackie never saw them as she left through the back of the house.

Jackie walked into the basement and saw Hyde pacing up and down.

" Hey babe!" Jackie sweetly called making Hyde jump.

" Hey I thought you were gonna be at Donna's?"

Jackie walked over to Hyde and encircled his waist with her tiny arms. He smiled down at her and kissed the top of her head. He loved so much and he knew he had to tell her about Dawn and her father.

" Yeah I was but I went to my dad and told him that I'm gonna spend the night at Donna's. So you have me for an entire night." She said suggestively.

More than anything Hyde wanted to spend the night with her but not before he told her the truth. Suddenly Hyde felt a know in his stomach as what Jackie had just sunk in his head.

" Jack's what time did you go over there?" He wanted he to say before Dawn got there but he knew the answer.

" About tenish or so why?" Jackie asked quizzically.

" No reason I just missed you!"

A smile broadened on Jackie's face and Hyde smiled back but inside he felt really bad. Oh my god Jackie was there when she was. What am I gonna tell her?

Jackie starred up at Hyde and felt a little weird she knew something was wrong and moved back. Hyde felt the loss of contact and immediately stepped forward to seek it out.

" Steven why are you acting weird? Do you not what to be with me cos if that's it just tell me now. Michael messed me around so much I couldn't handle it from you too." Jackie explained. She searched Hyde's face for any sign of what he was feeling but instead she saw his Zen face.

" No it's just I need to tell you something…..It's about Dawn." Hyde starred down at the sofa.

Jackie chuckled. " What about Dawn? Did she give you a hard time about me cos she thinks there is something going on between us." Hyde made a face and Jackie continued. " I mean there is but I didn't tell her that."

Hyde's face softened. " No it's just that I think you shouldn't be so trusting of her cos she seems a bit wild. I'm just saying stay away from her. Eric and I followed her…."

Jackie was now sitting on the freezer kicking her feet in the air.

" Wait you and Eric followed her. Where to?"

" We followed her and we heard her talking about you and she then started a fight with me. She threatened me to stay away from you." He was now in between her legs and he leaned forward and tucked a stray hair behind her ear.

" And I can't do that." He whispered.

Jackie leaned into his touch and placed her hands at the back of his neck.

" I can take care of myself but if you are worried about me I wont see her anymore O.K. But I think you're over reacting. But I love the fact that you look out for me." She leaned in and kissed him. She caressed the back of his neck and he deepened the kiss. He moved his hands down her back and began tracing little circles. Jackie moaned into his mouth and she hopped off the freezer while still kissing.

Hyde guided her to the couch and leaned her back. Jackie fell back and brought Hyde with her. He let his weight settle on the top of her and began to kiss her neck. He nipped and sucked her neck while she explored his back. Jackie loved his back and whenever they kissed she found something new on his body. Hyde found his way back to her mouth again and sucked on her tongue. She bit his lip slightly and then did it again. He pulled back and she ran her fingers around the collar of his Aerosmith

t-shirt and pulled him down to her again. Hyde's fingers found themselves gravitating towards her shirt. He peeled back the thin layer of cotton and began laying butterfly kisses on her stomach. Jackie leaned forward in excitement and wrapped her fingers in his hair. The backdrop of the Forman basement seemed to disappear as Hyde brought her to the point of ecstasy. Jackie's hands itched with the desire to touch Hyde's skin and she decided to take over.

With her hands she guided Hyde back up to her mouth and pushed herself up. As she did this she pushed Hyde back with a forceful shove and climbed on top of him. She raked her nails across his stomach and looked up to see Hyde's face a mixture of pleasure and pure lust.

" Steven I want you!" Jackie said hoarsely. Hyde had never heard her sound like that and he was a bit taken back by the statement.

Jackie lifted up Hyde's t-shirt and bit his stomach ever so slightly.

" You really like to bite don't you?" Hyde moaned as she kissed and licked a patch of skin just below his belly button.

" Tell me you don't like it." She dared as she brought her entire body on top of his. Hyde placed both his hands on the sides of her face and kissed her. He smiled into her mouth.

" I thought so!"

Hyde felt Jackie's breasts pressed up against him and felt her breath in and out and saw her smile in defiance that Hyde couldn't help but think that he was the luckiest man in the world. Hyde slid his hands underneath Jackie's top and caressed her breasts. With each touch and stroke he felt her buck her hips in pleasure and suck in much needed air. Hyde loved the way her soft skin felt on his calloused hands the sensation drove him nuts. He wondered way he didn't realise his feelings sooner if this was the reward.

Hyde trailed circles around Jackie's nipples and kissed her neck. Hyde had wanted to take this further but was in a way saved when they heard Eric coming down from the kitchen. Hyde wanted more than anything to sleep with Jackie but he felt that before that could happen he had to come clean about her father's affair. God when did I turn into Forman he thought. Hyde and Jackie bolted upright and straightened themselves up. Hyde jumped up and sat in his normal chair whereas Jackie remained on the couch.

" Hey guys what are two doing down here?" Eric asked as he was followed by Donna, Kelso and Fez.

" Oh nothing man we was just sittin here waiting for you to get here." Hyde responded nonchalantly. He looked over at Jackie and saw a not so great expression on her face.

Eric and Donna sat on the couch while Kelso sat on the lawn chair and Fez on the freezer.

" So Eric did you enjoy your role as detective?" Jackie casually asked.

" What?" Kelso shouted.

Jackie turned to him. " Yeah Eric and Hyde played detective for a few hours. They followed Dawn around and stuff. Even had a little stake out."

Donna turned to her boyfriend. " Really. Well in future can you tell when you want to follow other girls that way I'll know not to make future plans to…..oh I don't know do it."

" Burn!" Kelso yelled at top of his voice.

" Shut up Kelso. Look we only did it cos Hyde saw her….."

" Eric I think I'll tell them. You see Dawn didn't want any of us hanging around with Jackie and so I told Eric and we followed her to see if she knew people." Hyde explained. He shot a glare t Eric urging him to not tell Jackie about the affair.

" Wow she totally sounds like a space case. Do you think she will like Fez?" Fez asked. They all looked at him.

" I need love." He said sadly.

" Yeah well buddy I wouldn't go to get it with Dawn Dewater as she has been known to beat up her boyfriends. Once we were making out and I went to grab her boob and she totally slapped my hand away." Kelso said as he rubbed his hand.

" Kelso that's not craziness that's called having common sense!"

" Whatever Donna it still hurt. Jackie I think you should stop hanging out with her and hang out more with me."

" Shut up Michael but you guys are right!"