Last Chapter: She tripped over my legs that were on the table, and fell onto me.
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I'm not one for sappy romantic stuff, but with Jackie sitting on my lap the way she was, I was fixed. We were looking directly at each other's eyes. Her eyes seemed brown from behind my sunglasses, but they were big and wide. She must have been feeling the same things I were, because I saw confusion, excitement, a hint of anger, and something I wasn't feeling, but I noticed 50 percent fear. Am I scary?
She shifted slightly out of discomfort. Blinking, I lost our connection and out slipped a cough. "Get off," I said dropping my legs from the coffee table. As she dropped, her legs came out from under her and she stood up, slightly flustered. Nice reflexes. "Sorry" I heard her whisper. I didn't respond, because before I could, Kelso yelled out. "I saw her first man, back off. Leave that fancy "zen" for your girls." I wasn't sure how to respond to that. And neither did Jackie.
"Come sit over here by Kelso and let him protect you from mean Hyde." That was totally gross and stupid and it was said with a baby voice. "You dill hole" I shouted back in return. He glared at me. Kelso actually had the nerve to give me a look. I reacted on that. Sitting down satisfied with the punch I threw at his arm, I noticed Jackie didn't move. She was standing there with a lost look on her face. She was one freaky chick.
"Jackie, are you okay?" Donna asked. Eric was on the edge of the couch, ready to catch her if she fell. I was behind her, more ready than he was. Her eyes were blinking rapidly. Unexpected, she burst out of the basement, leaving the door wide open and Donna hot on her trail. "She's hot but seriously a nut case." Kelso said aloud. Eric and I spun around and strangely at the same time yelled out, "She's being abused you doof-idiot." While I had gone with "doof," Eric went with the easy word like Idiot. I thought it was a nice touch.
"How do you know she's being abused?" Eric asked me. I looked around quickly, hoping something will give me answers. "I saw bruises on her legs, and the way she was acting...seen it before man." I felt proud of my answer. Something was still confusing though…how did he know? "How do you know?" Apparently he read a book, and she had all the symptoms of an abused child. "Why did you read a book?" Kelso seemed astonished. "I wanted to know if the way Red treated me was illegal." Eric explained. I wasn't listening completely as they went off onto other subjects.
Donna came back an hour after she left. By then no one was talking. It was only Eric and I, since Kelso had to go cruise girls and suck face. She started talking at once about how big Jackie's house was, how no one was home, and that she had a pool. Then she got sad and said that her parents weren't around and barely ever were, and Jackie's seemed really skittish of the men in the household. If Donna said Jackie was alone, then why were their men in the house? After hearing that all the butlers had the day off; I got ever more suspicious of the men. Why am I feeling this way? I'm Hyde, the emotionless monster that didn't listen to anyone except the Foremans and, at rare times, Donna.
When I knew what was going on, I was with Eric and Donna in front of Jackie's "house." I wouldn't call it a house but instead I'd say a mansion. The door, Donna informed us, was open and we just walked in. "Wow, I've never been to Alaska." Eric said. I knew it was a joke, but Donna didn't grasp it right away and commented on it. "That's rude Eric." That truth was that the house was cold. Dead. Like walking in to a horror film and having the mist roll around at your feet. It was chilling.
Jackie's room was upstairs down the hall, through another door and to the left. Eric kept taking the wrong turns and getting angry when we wouldn't wait for him. I can't believe I was dragged here. I also couldn't believe I was stupid and didn't bring a jacket. You can't blame it all on me though. Donna said her house was awesome and felt like a giant field. That last part confused me, but I knew she was wrong the second I stepped inside. Like I said before, the house is dead. We opened the door and walked in to Jackie's room. It was shocking. "NO WAY," Eric shouted.