Switched
Author's Note: Thanks to Nicole and her story, Six Flags, for inspiring this chapter. It's a very cute story, and I suggest you read it!
Chapter 3: The Wild Child
Jackie tapped her dirty nails impatiently on the hood of her El Camino.
"She should be here any second..." Eric muttered, glancing at his watch.
"See what happens when you invite girls?" Jackie asked bitterly, continuing to tap on the hood as Fez strode out of the kitchen, leaning next to her on the car.
"Jackie, you're a girl." Eric said impatiently, craning his neck to see the Pinciotti house. "And she's only five minutes late."
"Jackie, you look different today..." Fez took a step back, squinting at her squarely. "You're wearing lip gloss!"
"What? No..." Jackie laughed incecessantly, turning her head to look at the Pinciotti house as she wiped her hand along her lips. "It was just some water that I drank before."
"Jackie, I've kissed enough girls to know what lip gloss looks like." Fez laughed. "It's no big deal."
"Wait," Kelso popped his head out of the Vista Cruiser, "Who are you wearing lip gloss for?"
"I'm not wearing lip gloss." Jackie said angrily, a blush rising to her cheeks.
"Not anymore." Fez nodded. "But you were," He sniffed the air gently. "And not just any lip gloss. Cherry lip gloss." He grinned proudly, nodding towards Kelso, who stepped out of the car, giving Jackie a once over.
"You know, Jackie, I've always had a thing for dominant women." Fez winked at her sexily, leaning on his arm.
"Bite me." Jackie rolled her eyes, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
"Where the hell is she?" Jackie asked obnoxiously, staring straight at Eric.
"Sorry I'm late!" Donna came running, her purse bouncing against her knees as she slipped it on her shoulder.
"Sorry?" Jackie muttered. "Because of you we're probably gonna get stuck in traffic. We might as well not go." Jackie pushed past Donna, settling into her car, staring intensely at Eric as he walked over to Donna, pecking her cheek.
"Don't worry, doll." Eric said gently. "Jackie forgot to take her midol this morning."
Jackie stomped her foot down on the gas, only to realize the car wasn't on. She revved up the engine, honked the horn, and stuck her head out the window.
"Are we going to Six Flags or what?" She screamed, staring straight ahead as Eric rolled his eyes at her, opening the side door of the Vista Cruiser for Donna, who smiled sweetly in return.
"Man, I'm going with Eric. Jackie's on the war path right now and I like my life, thank you very much." Kelso sped past Fez and hopped in the back of the Vista Cruiser.
Fez looked between the two cars, trying to decide who'd he rather spend the two hours to Six Flags with. Will it be car number 1: the camino?
It was dirty, with cigarette butts and empty cans all over the floor. It smelled like a giant ash tray and Jackie would probably blast her stupid rock music the whole time.
Or would it be car number 2: the Cruiser?
Sure Eric was a safe driver, but there was a point where he was too safe. Jackie liked to speed, so Fez knew he'd get there before Eric and his passengers even cross the state line.
Jackie honked the horn, staring viciously at Fez as he snapped out of it, making an instant decision.
He liked women, he really did, but Jackie was one crazy chick.
Jackie sighed silently as she looked to her side, brushing away some cigarette ashes on the seat. All by herself, as usual.
Whatever, she kept repeating to herself, whatever.
"Hey you."
Jackie's legs froze as the Vista Cruiser slowly rolled out of the driveway and Eric stuck his hand out, motioning for Jackie to follow him.
Jackie slipped her AC/DC 8 track into the player and took a deep breath.
"Guess it's just us."
Jackie turned to face her only passenger, slipping on her sunglasses in one swift motion.
"Let me set some ground rules for this trip." Jackie began, as she rolled out of the driveway and the music started. "One, you will not touch the radio. Two, you will not talk, at all. Three, you will not even look at me, not even look my way."
"So what am I going to look at?"
"The wonderful farmland of Wisconsin." Jackie smirked, making the volume louder. "Now, no talking, starting now."
Steven opened his mouth to speak, but shut his jaw closed when he saw her eyes glisten with anger. Oh well, maybe he couldn't look at her, or talk to her. But he could smell that cherry lip gloss resting on her dashboard. He could feel the heat radiating off her skin. And sometimes, their elbows brushed up against each other when she hit a pothole.
The road trip went by pretty quick.
In the Cruiser, Eric blasted some good old Lynyrd Skynyrd as they all engaged in a friendly game of 'name that tune'.
In the Camino, Jackie hummed along to her AC/DC 8 track as Steven stared out the window. Before he knew it, he was humming as well. Jackie gave him a strange look, but he knew he wasn't breaking any of her rules, and she sort of half smiled and kept driving, humming all along.
The two hours seemed like one as everyone hopped out of their cars. Jackie grabbed a pack of cigarettes, stashing the lip gloss in her pocket before anyone realized she owned a tube of lip gloss.
She ran to catch up with the rest of the gang, leaving Steven in her dust as she rested her arm lazily on Kelso's shoulder, who grinned down at her.
For some reason, Kelso and Jackie got along pretty well.
You wouldn't think a braniac like Kelso would like a rebellious wild child like Jackie, or vice versa. But since preschool, they clicked. Ever since one faithful day in third grade...
Jackie purposely tore a hole in the ugly beige dress her mother forced her to wear that day as she ripped the matching ribbons out of her hair. Her mother found some baseball umpire to sleep with and he used to have a daughter, who was just Jackie's size. So now Jackie had some ugly ass hand me downs, all dresses. Dresses! Jackie hated dresses and she absolutely despised ribbons.
"You have a hole in your dress."
Jackie looked up, shielding her eyes from the sun as she stood up. She glanced down nervously at her shoes when she realized it was a boy talking to her, and an unfamiliar one. It wasn't Eric Forman, the only boy she really ever talked to, her best friend. And it wasn't that stupid Steven Hyde, who was all the way across the field, playing kickball with some stupid guys in her grade.
She knew who he was, he was friends with Steven and Eric, but they had never really spoken to each other before.
"I know." Jackie mumbled, playing with the large hole at the hem of her ugly dress. She wanted to lay down, desperately, but the pavement beneath her was practically steaming from the heat.
"You want some of my ice cream?" The boy asked, as a large drip of chocolate fell on Jackie's ugly brown shoe.
Jackie kicked her shoe into the ground, wiping the drip away as she dusted her dress off and looked back up at the boy.
"Whatever." Jackie mumbled, and then smirked confidently.
"Is that a yes?" Kelso asked with a goofy grin, holding out the cone for Jackie, who swiped a lick at it.
"Hey Kelso!" One of the kickball kids came over, waving at Kelso manically. "You want to play kickball with us?"
"Um," Kelso looked down at his ice cream cone, then at Jackie's unconcerned face, then back at the boy, who was rolling his eyes impatiently. "No, that's ok."
"Yeah, I figured." The boy kicked the ball towards Kelso's feet. "You're such a pansy." Kelso kicked the ball back gently, shoving his hands in his pockets and mumbling under his breath.
Jackie watched Kelso's face go from sad to sadder. She could still taste the smooth chocolate ice cream in her throat, remnants of the boy's nice gesture.
"Just because Kelso's too cool for kickball, doesn't mean you have be such an ass." Jackie said sternly, kicking the ball hard into the boy's shins. She went back towards Kelso, pulling him towards the school.
"Wow, thanks." Kelso mumbled, offering his cone once again to the girl.
"Yeah, whatever." Jackie mumbled, smiling softly as she took another lick.
Ever since then, Jackie had always been there when Kelso was picked on by the other kids. And since everyone was pretty much scared of Jackie, they eventually stopped picking on Kelso.
"I want to go the water park and find some chicks." Fez laughed.
"I want to go on all the roller coasters." Eric announced.
"Well, why don't we pay to get in first?" Kelso asked the gang, looking down at Jackie who shoved her hand into her pocket, pulling out a ten dollar bill, a little something she pocketed from a kid at school. Hey, he practically shoved it down her throat! After she threatened to kick his ass. He asked for it. He pinched her butt! She wouldn't take that!
"Damn." Eric motioned towards the price list on the front gate. "They raised the price and I only brought enough for the old price."
"Great, we came all this way for nothing." Jackie muttered, putting her crumbled bill back in her pocket.
"Wait, I have an idea!" Donna shouted excitedly.
"You must not get a lot of those!" Jackie shouted sarcastically, dropping her head on Kelso's shoulder, who put his arm around her protectively.
It was kind of funny. When they were kids, Jackie was taller, Jackie was stronger. Who ever thought that Michael Kelso would grow up to be a tall, lean, sort of good looking guy? Too bad he has like zero confidence. Not to mention he only likes girls who are genius virgins, like Laurie.
"Jackie, be nice." Fez said calmly. "Donna, what's your idea?"
"Well, I'll need Jackie's help." The whole gang turned to face Jackie, who rolled her eyes, placing her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, whatever." Jackie muttered, following Donna towards the gate, only glancing back to see the four boys huddled, observing Donna's plan.
Donna abruptly turned to Jackie, grabbing a hair tie from her purse.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Jackie shrieked as Donna grabbed at Jackie's snug Zeppelin tee shirt, tying a knot with the hair tie, so that her midriff poked out.
"You have such a nice body, why hide it?" Donna asked with a giggle.
"Because some girls don't like that feeling of being drooled over." Jackie tugged at the knot, but it wouldn't come loose. She crossed her arms over her bare stomach, embarrassed to be showing so much skin.
Donna ripped Jackie's arms away from her stomach, "Every girl likes that feeling."
Jackie didn't bother to argue as Donna noticed a bulge in Jackie's jeans.
"What's this?" Donna inquired as she grabbed at it, holding back Jackie's arms as she flailed them about. "Lip gloss."
"I stole it." Jackie said briskly. "I was bored."
Donna unscrewed the cap and put some on her own lips then tossed it to Jackie, waiting for her to do the same.
Jackie smothered some on, smacking her lips as she threw it back in her pocket. "So, what's your big plan?"
Donna tied a knot in her own shirt as she pulled Jackie along to the gate, flipping her red hair.
"Just follow my lead." Donna insisted, as she put a glowing smile onto her face, her lips glistening in the early sunlight. "Hey there!"
Jackie stared at the security guard, behind the booth, who Donna was waving at. Was he her friend or something?
"I have a major dilemma and I was wondering if maybe, you could," Donna twirled some of her hair playfully as she leaned in, squeezing her chest together. Jackie couldn't help but laugh at how pathetic it was. "Help me out." Donna pursed her lips, waiting for the guard to take the bait.
The guard, held his belt gingerly as he glanced down at Donna's overflowing cleavage then towards Jackie, who flashed him a nervous smile.
"What kind of dilemma?" The guard asked, in a throaty voice.
"My friends and I, we left our wallets back at home, all the way in Wisconsin." Donna pouted. "We were hoping some handsome, kind gentlemen, like yourself, would help us out."
The guard glanced towards the four boys, who all smiled in return, trying hard not to laugh as Jackie blocked his view, taking a step forward.
"We'd really appreciate it." Jackie nodded her head, leaning up against the booth as Donna did, twirling a stray piece of hair with her index finger.
"Fine," The guard broke down, as Donna and Jackie exchanged relieved glances, "But if you kids get caught, don't you dare give them my name."
"We wouldn't think of it." Jackie said brightly, as Donna motioned for the boys to slip through the gate. They quickly scurried through the gate, as Donna followed, shaking her butt wildly as if to give the guard a free show for helping them out.
"Run along, young lady." The guard whispered to Jackie, winking at her.
Jackie took a step backward, running a hand through her hair nervously as she ran towards the gate, muttering, "Pervert."
As soon as she stepped foot into Six Flags she tore at the knot, finally getting it loose and smeared the lip gloss off of her lips with a napkin from a nearby kiosk.
The gang was laughing by a nearby bench.
Jackie walked over to them calmly.
"That was hot." Fez said huskily, looking Jackie up and down.
"I can't believe it worked." Jackie muttered, sitting down next to Kelso, who hit her knee playfully.
"Are you kidding?" Donna laughed, taking the knot out of her shirt. "How do you think I get into the movies?"
"You mean you don't pay for anything?" Jackie asked with doubt.
"I try not to." Donna nodded. "See, I'm not as goody goody as you thought, am I?"
Jackie smiled briefly, and then turned it into a scowl, "Sneaking into movies? That's kid's stuff."
"Well, I know it's not the same as stealing lip gloss..." Donna muttered, rolling her eyes. She just didn't get why Jackie couldn't be nice to her, but Eric reminded her later that Jackie just wasn't nice to anyone. Except Kelso, sometimes.
"I knew you were wearing lip gloss!" Fez exclaimed.
"So, what ride are we going on first?" Steven broke through, slightly off guard when Jackie threw him an appreciative smile. "I heard The Nightmare was supposed to be awesome!"
"Yeah, the aerodynamics on that ride are out of this world!" Kelso said happily, pulling Jackie along as they headed towards the rides.
"Nightmare it is, then." Eric nodded, throwing an arm around Donna, who giggled happily.
"Whoa." Jackie took a step back, coming loose from Kelso's grip as she glanced up at 'The Nightmare'. It was a green rollercoaster, with drips of black, making it look like an abnormally long snake. It went up and down, backwards and sideways, even upside down.
"That doesn't look so safe..." Donna said worriedly.
"Come on, don't be a wuss." Eric poked at her stomach. "I'll be right next to you the whole time." He flashed her his signature grin and she nodded, not very surely, but happily.
The gang rushed to the line, all except Jackie, who just stared up at the rollercoaster, her mouth hanging loosely.
"Jackie, come on." Steven said softly. "Aren't you coming?"
Jackie took another step backwards, falling back on a wooden bench. Steven pushed through a group of pre pubescent girls who were giggling over him, until they saw him sit next to Jackie, in which they began muttering, "Why would he sit with HER?"
Jackie was too out of it to notice. Or she would have probably beat the snot out of those bitches.
"You're scared of roller coasters?" Steven laughed, quickly ceasing when Jackie threw him a cold look.
"Not roller coasters." Jackie muttered. "Heights."
A loud scream was heard as the roller coaster flipped upside down, sending shivers down Jackie's back, shivers so strong that Hyde could feel them against the wooden bench.
He took Jackie's hand nonchalantly, squeezing it softly.
"You know what my motto is?" Steven asked her as he stood up, forcing her to stand up as well. "Try everything at least once."
He looked down at Jackie, who grinned in surprise at him, but then pulled her hand away.
"Yeah, ok." Jackie said, nodding her head forcefully. "It's just a roller coaster, right? I mean, how bad could it be?"
"I don't think I can do this...." Jackie looked down at the trees and gravel beneath her as she stepped into the car of the roller coaster, the one right behind Eric and Donna's. Steven pushed her further into the car, amused as Jackie's face turned white and she sat down, grimacing as the lever was lowered over their bodies. "Ok, I know I can't do this!" Jackie felt her stomach drop as the roller coaster creaked and jerked forward. Jackie shut her eyes tight, so no one could see the tiny drops of tears forming in the creases of her eyelids.
"Jackie," She heard Steven mutter with concern, then felt his hand fall sloppily over hers on the safety lever. He gripped her hand tight, so tight she could feel her knuckles pop, and she opened her eyes angrily, ready to rip his head off for hurting her precious knuckles, when she caught a view of his eyes, which were staring holes back into hers. He was just as scared as she was. Mr. 'try everything once', confident as ever, homecoming jackass was scared of the roller coaster. Jackie's tears fell freely as she laughed horrendously, squeezing his hand back, hard as the first drop came. Jackie could barely hear Eric, Donna, Fez, and Kelso scream. All she could hear was the sound her own laughs and screams and all she could see was the wide, embarrassed smile on Steven's face.
"Oh my god!" Jackie screamed as they flipped upside down, quickly, her hair falling around her chin. "This is so much fun!"
Steven nodded, letting his hands up bravely, in order to fully enjoy the ride.
Jackie's face softened. She kind of wished he had kept his hand on top of hers. She pushed back that feeling, letting the wind whip around her shoulders as they pulled back into the platform and the lever quickly went up. The kids starting filing out of the roller coaster. Fez and Kelso high- fived each other, screaming about how insane it was. Donna smiled wearily, looking slightly spooked. Eric wrapped his arm back around Donna's shoulder, acting as if he was born immune to extreme speed.
Jackie laughed, wiping tears away from her sleeve as she pulled her now unruly hair back.
"Who's hungry?" Jackie asked aloud, ready to enjoy herself.
"Starved." Steven said, smiling shamlessly at her.
Jackie tried her best to ignore his attention, but felt a slight tug in her heart.
She tried to ignore that too, by pulling Kelso and Fez, each by one arm.
"Let's go grab some cotton candy!" Jackie screamed happily as Donna, Eric, and Steven followed.
"Ew, I hate cotton candy." Fez muttered. "It's too sweet."
"How can you hate cotton candy, Fez?" Jackie asked in shock.
"This is coming from the girl who hates everything." Fez snorted as they reached a refreshment stand.
Kelso bought cotton candy for himself and Jackie, actually for himself, but Jackie ripped it from his hands, pulling pink puffs out of it and letting it melt on her tongue as Kelso paid. Jackie waltzed over to a nearby picnic table, sitting down carelessly and picking at the cotton candy.
Donna slipped away from Eric's grip, as he went to go buy some cotton candy for themselves.
"You can't possibly hate everything." Donna said matter of factly, taking a compact out of her purse as she sat down, checking her teeth for god knows what.
"I hate girls who do that." Jackie said, pointing towards the mirror.
Donna tossed the compact back into her purse, "Is there something wrong with caring about what you look like?"
"Donna, you're at Six Flags. There's a five year old puking in a garbage can behind you. Who are you trying to impress?" Jackie stuck her thumb, which was wrapped in cotton candy goodness, into her mouth.
"Who were you trying to impress when you bought that lip gloss?" Donna counterattacked, taking a piece of cotton candy from Jackie's stick.
Jackie scowled at her, "No one."
"I thought you stole it." Donna stuck the treat into her mouth, smiling knowingly.
"I did." Jackie muttered, holding the stick of cotton candy away from the greedy redhead. "Don't want to eat too much of this stuff." Jackie found her composure. "You're already looking kind of hefty today."
Donna's face went pale as she stood up quickly, glancing down at herself. She looked back at Jackie, smirking softly as Jackie laughed.
"That was funny." Donna said dryly.
"I thought so." Jackie nodded as Kelso took a seat beside her, grabbing at the cotton candy.
"Jackie, I bought this for us to share. You already ate half of it!"
"But Kelso," Jackie batted her lashes sweetly, "I'm really hungry."
"Fine!" Kelso stood up, slamming his palms down on the picnic table, "I'm going to buy my own!"
"Oh my god!" Donna pointed a finger at Jackie, sitting back down with her mouth gaping. "You just flirted with Kelso. You bought the lip gloss for him!"
"I did not." Jackie laughed, thinking on how preposterous this idea was. "I bought it for myself, ok?"
"I thought you stole it?" Donna smirked, leaning back as Jackie angrily stood up, tossing the rest of her cotton candy in the garbage can nearby.
"I did!" Jackie said forcefully, marching off towards the restrooms.
"What's her problem?" Eric laughed as he sat down.
"When does that girl not have a problem?" Fez asked as he sat down.
"You guys are so insensitive!" Donna stood up, practically knocking Fez's soda over. "Jackie has a crush and she's trying to cope, god!" Donna walked off in a huff after Jackie as Kelso and Steven sat back down.
"Jackie has a crush?" Eric smirked, glancing at Fez.
"Don't look at me." Fez laughed. "She hates me."
"She hates everyone." Eric reminded him. "So who could she possibly have a crush on?"
Steven didn't say much as he ate his cotton candy, but his grin was as wide as ever.
"Please, Steven, I doubt she actually likes you back." Eric paused. "I mean...she hates guys like you."
"You know what Eric?" Steven stood up slowly, "Maybe you don't know Jackie as well as you think you do."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Eric snapped.
"Guys, come on, we're at six flags!" Fez stood up, breaking the tension.
"Yeah, we're supposed to be having fun, remember?" Kelso added.
Eric and Steven nodded, each sitting back down, finishing up their snacks as they waited for Jackie and Donna to return from the bathroom. If only they could hear the conversation going on in there....
Author's Note: Thanks to Nicole and her story, Six Flags, for inspiring this chapter. It's a very cute story, and I suggest you read it!
Chapter 3: The Wild Child
Jackie tapped her dirty nails impatiently on the hood of her El Camino.
"She should be here any second..." Eric muttered, glancing at his watch.
"See what happens when you invite girls?" Jackie asked bitterly, continuing to tap on the hood as Fez strode out of the kitchen, leaning next to her on the car.
"Jackie, you're a girl." Eric said impatiently, craning his neck to see the Pinciotti house. "And she's only five minutes late."
"Jackie, you look different today..." Fez took a step back, squinting at her squarely. "You're wearing lip gloss!"
"What? No..." Jackie laughed incecessantly, turning her head to look at the Pinciotti house as she wiped her hand along her lips. "It was just some water that I drank before."
"Jackie, I've kissed enough girls to know what lip gloss looks like." Fez laughed. "It's no big deal."
"Wait," Kelso popped his head out of the Vista Cruiser, "Who are you wearing lip gloss for?"
"I'm not wearing lip gloss." Jackie said angrily, a blush rising to her cheeks.
"Not anymore." Fez nodded. "But you were," He sniffed the air gently. "And not just any lip gloss. Cherry lip gloss." He grinned proudly, nodding towards Kelso, who stepped out of the car, giving Jackie a once over.
"You know, Jackie, I've always had a thing for dominant women." Fez winked at her sexily, leaning on his arm.
"Bite me." Jackie rolled her eyes, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
"Where the hell is she?" Jackie asked obnoxiously, staring straight at Eric.
"Sorry I'm late!" Donna came running, her purse bouncing against her knees as she slipped it on her shoulder.
"Sorry?" Jackie muttered. "Because of you we're probably gonna get stuck in traffic. We might as well not go." Jackie pushed past Donna, settling into her car, staring intensely at Eric as he walked over to Donna, pecking her cheek.
"Don't worry, doll." Eric said gently. "Jackie forgot to take her midol this morning."
Jackie stomped her foot down on the gas, only to realize the car wasn't on. She revved up the engine, honked the horn, and stuck her head out the window.
"Are we going to Six Flags or what?" She screamed, staring straight ahead as Eric rolled his eyes at her, opening the side door of the Vista Cruiser for Donna, who smiled sweetly in return.
"Man, I'm going with Eric. Jackie's on the war path right now and I like my life, thank you very much." Kelso sped past Fez and hopped in the back of the Vista Cruiser.
Fez looked between the two cars, trying to decide who'd he rather spend the two hours to Six Flags with. Will it be car number 1: the camino?
It was dirty, with cigarette butts and empty cans all over the floor. It smelled like a giant ash tray and Jackie would probably blast her stupid rock music the whole time.
Or would it be car number 2: the Cruiser?
Sure Eric was a safe driver, but there was a point where he was too safe. Jackie liked to speed, so Fez knew he'd get there before Eric and his passengers even cross the state line.
Jackie honked the horn, staring viciously at Fez as he snapped out of it, making an instant decision.
He liked women, he really did, but Jackie was one crazy chick.
Jackie sighed silently as she looked to her side, brushing away some cigarette ashes on the seat. All by herself, as usual.
Whatever, she kept repeating to herself, whatever.
"Hey you."
Jackie's legs froze as the Vista Cruiser slowly rolled out of the driveway and Eric stuck his hand out, motioning for Jackie to follow him.
Jackie slipped her AC/DC 8 track into the player and took a deep breath.
"Guess it's just us."
Jackie turned to face her only passenger, slipping on her sunglasses in one swift motion.
"Let me set some ground rules for this trip." Jackie began, as she rolled out of the driveway and the music started. "One, you will not touch the radio. Two, you will not talk, at all. Three, you will not even look at me, not even look my way."
"So what am I going to look at?"
"The wonderful farmland of Wisconsin." Jackie smirked, making the volume louder. "Now, no talking, starting now."
Steven opened his mouth to speak, but shut his jaw closed when he saw her eyes glisten with anger. Oh well, maybe he couldn't look at her, or talk to her. But he could smell that cherry lip gloss resting on her dashboard. He could feel the heat radiating off her skin. And sometimes, their elbows brushed up against each other when she hit a pothole.
The road trip went by pretty quick.
In the Cruiser, Eric blasted some good old Lynyrd Skynyrd as they all engaged in a friendly game of 'name that tune'.
In the Camino, Jackie hummed along to her AC/DC 8 track as Steven stared out the window. Before he knew it, he was humming as well. Jackie gave him a strange look, but he knew he wasn't breaking any of her rules, and she sort of half smiled and kept driving, humming all along.
The two hours seemed like one as everyone hopped out of their cars. Jackie grabbed a pack of cigarettes, stashing the lip gloss in her pocket before anyone realized she owned a tube of lip gloss.
She ran to catch up with the rest of the gang, leaving Steven in her dust as she rested her arm lazily on Kelso's shoulder, who grinned down at her.
For some reason, Kelso and Jackie got along pretty well.
You wouldn't think a braniac like Kelso would like a rebellious wild child like Jackie, or vice versa. But since preschool, they clicked. Ever since one faithful day in third grade...
Jackie purposely tore a hole in the ugly beige dress her mother forced her to wear that day as she ripped the matching ribbons out of her hair. Her mother found some baseball umpire to sleep with and he used to have a daughter, who was just Jackie's size. So now Jackie had some ugly ass hand me downs, all dresses. Dresses! Jackie hated dresses and she absolutely despised ribbons.
"You have a hole in your dress."
Jackie looked up, shielding her eyes from the sun as she stood up. She glanced down nervously at her shoes when she realized it was a boy talking to her, and an unfamiliar one. It wasn't Eric Forman, the only boy she really ever talked to, her best friend. And it wasn't that stupid Steven Hyde, who was all the way across the field, playing kickball with some stupid guys in her grade.
She knew who he was, he was friends with Steven and Eric, but they had never really spoken to each other before.
"I know." Jackie mumbled, playing with the large hole at the hem of her ugly dress. She wanted to lay down, desperately, but the pavement beneath her was practically steaming from the heat.
"You want some of my ice cream?" The boy asked, as a large drip of chocolate fell on Jackie's ugly brown shoe.
Jackie kicked her shoe into the ground, wiping the drip away as she dusted her dress off and looked back up at the boy.
"Whatever." Jackie mumbled, and then smirked confidently.
"Is that a yes?" Kelso asked with a goofy grin, holding out the cone for Jackie, who swiped a lick at it.
"Hey Kelso!" One of the kickball kids came over, waving at Kelso manically. "You want to play kickball with us?"
"Um," Kelso looked down at his ice cream cone, then at Jackie's unconcerned face, then back at the boy, who was rolling his eyes impatiently. "No, that's ok."
"Yeah, I figured." The boy kicked the ball towards Kelso's feet. "You're such a pansy." Kelso kicked the ball back gently, shoving his hands in his pockets and mumbling under his breath.
Jackie watched Kelso's face go from sad to sadder. She could still taste the smooth chocolate ice cream in her throat, remnants of the boy's nice gesture.
"Just because Kelso's too cool for kickball, doesn't mean you have be such an ass." Jackie said sternly, kicking the ball hard into the boy's shins. She went back towards Kelso, pulling him towards the school.
"Wow, thanks." Kelso mumbled, offering his cone once again to the girl.
"Yeah, whatever." Jackie mumbled, smiling softly as she took another lick.
Ever since then, Jackie had always been there when Kelso was picked on by the other kids. And since everyone was pretty much scared of Jackie, they eventually stopped picking on Kelso.
"I want to go the water park and find some chicks." Fez laughed.
"I want to go on all the roller coasters." Eric announced.
"Well, why don't we pay to get in first?" Kelso asked the gang, looking down at Jackie who shoved her hand into her pocket, pulling out a ten dollar bill, a little something she pocketed from a kid at school. Hey, he practically shoved it down her throat! After she threatened to kick his ass. He asked for it. He pinched her butt! She wouldn't take that!
"Damn." Eric motioned towards the price list on the front gate. "They raised the price and I only brought enough for the old price."
"Great, we came all this way for nothing." Jackie muttered, putting her crumbled bill back in her pocket.
"Wait, I have an idea!" Donna shouted excitedly.
"You must not get a lot of those!" Jackie shouted sarcastically, dropping her head on Kelso's shoulder, who put his arm around her protectively.
It was kind of funny. When they were kids, Jackie was taller, Jackie was stronger. Who ever thought that Michael Kelso would grow up to be a tall, lean, sort of good looking guy? Too bad he has like zero confidence. Not to mention he only likes girls who are genius virgins, like Laurie.
"Jackie, be nice." Fez said calmly. "Donna, what's your idea?"
"Well, I'll need Jackie's help." The whole gang turned to face Jackie, who rolled her eyes, placing her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, whatever." Jackie muttered, following Donna towards the gate, only glancing back to see the four boys huddled, observing Donna's plan.
Donna abruptly turned to Jackie, grabbing a hair tie from her purse.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Jackie shrieked as Donna grabbed at Jackie's snug Zeppelin tee shirt, tying a knot with the hair tie, so that her midriff poked out.
"You have such a nice body, why hide it?" Donna asked with a giggle.
"Because some girls don't like that feeling of being drooled over." Jackie tugged at the knot, but it wouldn't come loose. She crossed her arms over her bare stomach, embarrassed to be showing so much skin.
Donna ripped Jackie's arms away from her stomach, "Every girl likes that feeling."
Jackie didn't bother to argue as Donna noticed a bulge in Jackie's jeans.
"What's this?" Donna inquired as she grabbed at it, holding back Jackie's arms as she flailed them about. "Lip gloss."
"I stole it." Jackie said briskly. "I was bored."
Donna unscrewed the cap and put some on her own lips then tossed it to Jackie, waiting for her to do the same.
Jackie smothered some on, smacking her lips as she threw it back in her pocket. "So, what's your big plan?"
Donna tied a knot in her own shirt as she pulled Jackie along to the gate, flipping her red hair.
"Just follow my lead." Donna insisted, as she put a glowing smile onto her face, her lips glistening in the early sunlight. "Hey there!"
Jackie stared at the security guard, behind the booth, who Donna was waving at. Was he her friend or something?
"I have a major dilemma and I was wondering if maybe, you could," Donna twirled some of her hair playfully as she leaned in, squeezing her chest together. Jackie couldn't help but laugh at how pathetic it was. "Help me out." Donna pursed her lips, waiting for the guard to take the bait.
The guard, held his belt gingerly as he glanced down at Donna's overflowing cleavage then towards Jackie, who flashed him a nervous smile.
"What kind of dilemma?" The guard asked, in a throaty voice.
"My friends and I, we left our wallets back at home, all the way in Wisconsin." Donna pouted. "We were hoping some handsome, kind gentlemen, like yourself, would help us out."
The guard glanced towards the four boys, who all smiled in return, trying hard not to laugh as Jackie blocked his view, taking a step forward.
"We'd really appreciate it." Jackie nodded her head, leaning up against the booth as Donna did, twirling a stray piece of hair with her index finger.
"Fine," The guard broke down, as Donna and Jackie exchanged relieved glances, "But if you kids get caught, don't you dare give them my name."
"We wouldn't think of it." Jackie said brightly, as Donna motioned for the boys to slip through the gate. They quickly scurried through the gate, as Donna followed, shaking her butt wildly as if to give the guard a free show for helping them out.
"Run along, young lady." The guard whispered to Jackie, winking at her.
Jackie took a step backward, running a hand through her hair nervously as she ran towards the gate, muttering, "Pervert."
As soon as she stepped foot into Six Flags she tore at the knot, finally getting it loose and smeared the lip gloss off of her lips with a napkin from a nearby kiosk.
The gang was laughing by a nearby bench.
Jackie walked over to them calmly.
"That was hot." Fez said huskily, looking Jackie up and down.
"I can't believe it worked." Jackie muttered, sitting down next to Kelso, who hit her knee playfully.
"Are you kidding?" Donna laughed, taking the knot out of her shirt. "How do you think I get into the movies?"
"You mean you don't pay for anything?" Jackie asked with doubt.
"I try not to." Donna nodded. "See, I'm not as goody goody as you thought, am I?"
Jackie smiled briefly, and then turned it into a scowl, "Sneaking into movies? That's kid's stuff."
"Well, I know it's not the same as stealing lip gloss..." Donna muttered, rolling her eyes. She just didn't get why Jackie couldn't be nice to her, but Eric reminded her later that Jackie just wasn't nice to anyone. Except Kelso, sometimes.
"I knew you were wearing lip gloss!" Fez exclaimed.
"So, what ride are we going on first?" Steven broke through, slightly off guard when Jackie threw him an appreciative smile. "I heard The Nightmare was supposed to be awesome!"
"Yeah, the aerodynamics on that ride are out of this world!" Kelso said happily, pulling Jackie along as they headed towards the rides.
"Nightmare it is, then." Eric nodded, throwing an arm around Donna, who giggled happily.
"Whoa." Jackie took a step back, coming loose from Kelso's grip as she glanced up at 'The Nightmare'. It was a green rollercoaster, with drips of black, making it look like an abnormally long snake. It went up and down, backwards and sideways, even upside down.
"That doesn't look so safe..." Donna said worriedly.
"Come on, don't be a wuss." Eric poked at her stomach. "I'll be right next to you the whole time." He flashed her his signature grin and she nodded, not very surely, but happily.
The gang rushed to the line, all except Jackie, who just stared up at the rollercoaster, her mouth hanging loosely.
"Jackie, come on." Steven said softly. "Aren't you coming?"
Jackie took another step backwards, falling back on a wooden bench. Steven pushed through a group of pre pubescent girls who were giggling over him, until they saw him sit next to Jackie, in which they began muttering, "Why would he sit with HER?"
Jackie was too out of it to notice. Or she would have probably beat the snot out of those bitches.
"You're scared of roller coasters?" Steven laughed, quickly ceasing when Jackie threw him a cold look.
"Not roller coasters." Jackie muttered. "Heights."
A loud scream was heard as the roller coaster flipped upside down, sending shivers down Jackie's back, shivers so strong that Hyde could feel them against the wooden bench.
He took Jackie's hand nonchalantly, squeezing it softly.
"You know what my motto is?" Steven asked her as he stood up, forcing her to stand up as well. "Try everything at least once."
He looked down at Jackie, who grinned in surprise at him, but then pulled her hand away.
"Yeah, ok." Jackie said, nodding her head forcefully. "It's just a roller coaster, right? I mean, how bad could it be?"
"I don't think I can do this...." Jackie looked down at the trees and gravel beneath her as she stepped into the car of the roller coaster, the one right behind Eric and Donna's. Steven pushed her further into the car, amused as Jackie's face turned white and she sat down, grimacing as the lever was lowered over their bodies. "Ok, I know I can't do this!" Jackie felt her stomach drop as the roller coaster creaked and jerked forward. Jackie shut her eyes tight, so no one could see the tiny drops of tears forming in the creases of her eyelids.
"Jackie," She heard Steven mutter with concern, then felt his hand fall sloppily over hers on the safety lever. He gripped her hand tight, so tight she could feel her knuckles pop, and she opened her eyes angrily, ready to rip his head off for hurting her precious knuckles, when she caught a view of his eyes, which were staring holes back into hers. He was just as scared as she was. Mr. 'try everything once', confident as ever, homecoming jackass was scared of the roller coaster. Jackie's tears fell freely as she laughed horrendously, squeezing his hand back, hard as the first drop came. Jackie could barely hear Eric, Donna, Fez, and Kelso scream. All she could hear was the sound her own laughs and screams and all she could see was the wide, embarrassed smile on Steven's face.
"Oh my god!" Jackie screamed as they flipped upside down, quickly, her hair falling around her chin. "This is so much fun!"
Steven nodded, letting his hands up bravely, in order to fully enjoy the ride.
Jackie's face softened. She kind of wished he had kept his hand on top of hers. She pushed back that feeling, letting the wind whip around her shoulders as they pulled back into the platform and the lever quickly went up. The kids starting filing out of the roller coaster. Fez and Kelso high- fived each other, screaming about how insane it was. Donna smiled wearily, looking slightly spooked. Eric wrapped his arm back around Donna's shoulder, acting as if he was born immune to extreme speed.
Jackie laughed, wiping tears away from her sleeve as she pulled her now unruly hair back.
"Who's hungry?" Jackie asked aloud, ready to enjoy herself.
"Starved." Steven said, smiling shamlessly at her.
Jackie tried her best to ignore his attention, but felt a slight tug in her heart.
She tried to ignore that too, by pulling Kelso and Fez, each by one arm.
"Let's go grab some cotton candy!" Jackie screamed happily as Donna, Eric, and Steven followed.
"Ew, I hate cotton candy." Fez muttered. "It's too sweet."
"How can you hate cotton candy, Fez?" Jackie asked in shock.
"This is coming from the girl who hates everything." Fez snorted as they reached a refreshment stand.
Kelso bought cotton candy for himself and Jackie, actually for himself, but Jackie ripped it from his hands, pulling pink puffs out of it and letting it melt on her tongue as Kelso paid. Jackie waltzed over to a nearby picnic table, sitting down carelessly and picking at the cotton candy.
Donna slipped away from Eric's grip, as he went to go buy some cotton candy for themselves.
"You can't possibly hate everything." Donna said matter of factly, taking a compact out of her purse as she sat down, checking her teeth for god knows what.
"I hate girls who do that." Jackie said, pointing towards the mirror.
Donna tossed the compact back into her purse, "Is there something wrong with caring about what you look like?"
"Donna, you're at Six Flags. There's a five year old puking in a garbage can behind you. Who are you trying to impress?" Jackie stuck her thumb, which was wrapped in cotton candy goodness, into her mouth.
"Who were you trying to impress when you bought that lip gloss?" Donna counterattacked, taking a piece of cotton candy from Jackie's stick.
Jackie scowled at her, "No one."
"I thought you stole it." Donna stuck the treat into her mouth, smiling knowingly.
"I did." Jackie muttered, holding the stick of cotton candy away from the greedy redhead. "Don't want to eat too much of this stuff." Jackie found her composure. "You're already looking kind of hefty today."
Donna's face went pale as she stood up quickly, glancing down at herself. She looked back at Jackie, smirking softly as Jackie laughed.
"That was funny." Donna said dryly.
"I thought so." Jackie nodded as Kelso took a seat beside her, grabbing at the cotton candy.
"Jackie, I bought this for us to share. You already ate half of it!"
"But Kelso," Jackie batted her lashes sweetly, "I'm really hungry."
"Fine!" Kelso stood up, slamming his palms down on the picnic table, "I'm going to buy my own!"
"Oh my god!" Donna pointed a finger at Jackie, sitting back down with her mouth gaping. "You just flirted with Kelso. You bought the lip gloss for him!"
"I did not." Jackie laughed, thinking on how preposterous this idea was. "I bought it for myself, ok?"
"I thought you stole it?" Donna smirked, leaning back as Jackie angrily stood up, tossing the rest of her cotton candy in the garbage can nearby.
"I did!" Jackie said forcefully, marching off towards the restrooms.
"What's her problem?" Eric laughed as he sat down.
"When does that girl not have a problem?" Fez asked as he sat down.
"You guys are so insensitive!" Donna stood up, practically knocking Fez's soda over. "Jackie has a crush and she's trying to cope, god!" Donna walked off in a huff after Jackie as Kelso and Steven sat back down.
"Jackie has a crush?" Eric smirked, glancing at Fez.
"Don't look at me." Fez laughed. "She hates me."
"She hates everyone." Eric reminded him. "So who could she possibly have a crush on?"
Steven didn't say much as he ate his cotton candy, but his grin was as wide as ever.
"Please, Steven, I doubt she actually likes you back." Eric paused. "I mean...she hates guys like you."
"You know what Eric?" Steven stood up slowly, "Maybe you don't know Jackie as well as you think you do."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Eric snapped.
"Guys, come on, we're at six flags!" Fez stood up, breaking the tension.
"Yeah, we're supposed to be having fun, remember?" Kelso added.
Eric and Steven nodded, each sitting back down, finishing up their snacks as they waited for Jackie and Donna to return from the bathroom. If only they could hear the conversation going on in there....