Last Chapter: "I guess you co-." I couldn't finish my sentence because Jackie had her arms wrapped around my neck and her face buried in my chest repeating "thank-you Steven."

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Jackie held my hand and walked towards the bed, with me in tow. I had a small cot with one pillow and a blanket that covered more than the whole bed itself. The middle sagged and a few unidentified stains sat on the underside of my mattress. If I were to choose the couch or this bed, I would choose the couch. But the couch was in the middle of the basement and provided no privacy at all. A growing boy needs his privacy. Especially when he had a sad, young girl in bed with him.

Jackie sat on my bed and pulled down the covers for herself. Pulling up her legs, she tucked them under the blanket and sighed. I was frozen. She looked so comfortable lying on my bed. When she patted the small space next to her, I gulped. Wait. This is Steven Hyde the badass boy of Point Place. No girl was going to get to me. I sucked it up and walked over to my side confidently. I was on top of the covers, just to be polite. Since there was only one pillow, it seemed logical that I should give it to her, but she didn't need it. I was her pillow.

My head hit the pillow and Jackie's head hit my chest. Looking at her content smile made me happy. I wrapped an arm around her waist and put another one behind my head. Her hand snaked across my chest and wrapped around my side. A sigh was heard and then steady breathing. I looked at Jackie's gentle sleeping face and smirked. Kelso never had a moment like this. He's been bragging about 'doing it' with Jackie so many times that people groan when he says, "hey guys, guess what I did last night." I know for a fact that Jackie's still a virgin. She told me.

The Hub was where Jackie and I were during "Cheer practice" last week. She had water and half a bagel and I had a coke and a hotdog. We sat across from each other and she was laughing at something I said. It wasn't that funny. Really. I leaned back into my chair and just watched her. She seemed calm sitting there in the plastic red chair sipping from her moist glass. Then someone from the next table gasped. And it wasn't an ordinary gasp as in "Oh my," but the type that said, "Look there." I looked to see who had let out the shocking noise, and it was Stephanie, from my chemistry class.

Jackie glanced over at Stephanie and quickly looked away. I noticed the calm was gone and uneasiness filled her brown eyes. I never liked Stephanie. She was head cheerleader for one, and second, she was a total bitch. Most of the cheerleaders were either shy or just okay with everything. With Stephanie, everything seemed to piss her off and she was also really obnoxious to be around. She also loved, absolutely loved, to gloat and stab people in the back. It was like her sick obsession that got her through the day. Everyone was afraid to tell Stephanie or say stuff around her because they knew it would bite them somehow, unless it was a compliment about her.

"Jackie Burkhart, is that really you?" She screeched. I noticed that Jackie slowly, very slowly, put a pained smile on her face and turned to face the devil. I watched as Stephanie droned on about how cheerleading was getting all these new moves and were nominated for states…blah blah. She switched to talking about, instead whose birthday was coming up and who was dating whom, but then the conversation went down. She brought up Kelso. Everyone knew Stephanie would do anything…ANYTHING, to get with Kelso. He was her pretty man whore and they were meant to be together. Well, that's my opinion. Stephanie talked about how cute Kelso was, how sweet he acted, and how lucky Jackie was to have him. It sickened me. I was hoping for a catfight to break out, but a man can't get everything he wants.

"How's Michael in bed?" That was the question that led to the truth. Jackie quickly whipped her head up to look at Stephanie, astonished. "Excuse me?" She asked. I was taken aback by the question myself, and sat patiently for Jackie's answer.

"I said, how's Mi-,"

"I know what you said. What makes you think I've done it with him?

"He said so."

"He did?"

"Yeah he did. So? How is he?"

Jackie was taken aback. I knew Kelso was a big liar, so no shock to me, but the look on Jackie's face…it made a guy almost care. "He's uh, he's fine." Jackie spit out. Stephanie squealed and I couldn't cover my ears in time so I was hit full blast. It hurt man. Jackie turned her head slightly and turned around again with a smile. "I knew it." Stephanie said happily. I was really getting sick of her. Then she turned on me. She gave me a look up and down in disgust. I gave her one too. "Come on Jackie, we're leaving." I said standing up. She nodded, said goodbye to Stephanie and followed me out the door. "I never had sex with him Steven." She whispered as we left. Her hand rubbed against mine, but it was quickly withdrawn. I looked down at her and smiled.

(Bedroom)

Without realizing it, my hand was stroking Jackie's side slowly. Her breathing was steady and her arm was still across my chest casually. I scratched the back of my neck with my other arm, imaginary itch or not. I had this habit of scratching my neck when I was comfortable. Lying here in my cot with Jackie on my chest, made me really calm. I got a feeling in my heart, one that I hadn't felt in a while. I had felt it earlier today, but not for long and it was here to stay. At least for tonight, the feeling would be with me as I held Jackie in my arms.