Disclaimer: As I have said before, I don't own That 70's Show. I wish I did. The plot however, is mine.
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Jackie and Donna were shopping at the mall. They had been walking around for half an hour trying to find the "perfect" pair of shoes for Donna because she and Eric were going on an anniversary date that night. Jackie wanted to make sure that her friend looked perfect.
"Oh wouldn't these shoes look perfect on you?" Jackie asked when they had entered the final store.
"Actually, I think they would go very nicely with my outfit." said Donna. They were silver strappy sandals with a heal that wasn't too, too high. For once Donna has actually in agreement with the little midget. After all, Jackie did know a lot about fashion, and Donna wanted to look her best tonight. "So what are your plans for this evening, seeing as Eric and I will be out for most of the night?"
"I don't know," said Jackie. "I'll probably hang out in the basement. Michael has a date with some blonde slut so thankfully he wont be there to hit on me." Jackie was so tired of Michael trying to win back his place in her heart. Why didn't he understand that she had been hurt too much to ever even think of him romantically ever again. There were better people for her than Michael Kelso. Like Steven.
Wait. Did she just think that. She could not believe she just thought that. But then again, maybe
she could. That might explain why she had been thinking about him so much over the last few days.
Maybe, just maybe, she might be starting to fall for Steven Hyde.
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Jackie and Hyde were sitting in the Foreman's basement. Kelso was out on his date with some girl called Rebecca or Rachel or something like that. Hyde didn't care. Foreman and Donna were out on their date at the Grape Vine. Fez was... somewhere. Probably trying to seduce the unlucky girls that go with their friends to the movies just to see the film. Hyde felt sorry for them. Fez could be a nuisance.
So it was just Hyde and Jackie alone in the basement. For some reason Hyde didn't mind the fact that she was sitting on the couch beside him. In fact, he kind of liked it. He couldn't help but notice that she looked VERY hot tonight. She had on a short little skirt and a white blouse. Her hair was back in a classic ponytail. Her lips were a deep red.
Why was he thinking of her lips? Things were starting to get out of his control and he didn't like that. Why did he even like her? He thought she was a spoiled brat, and a wimp, and a suck-up, and, and... yet he still liked her. He couldn't change that. It didn't really matter though because there was no way that she would ever like him. She went out with Kelso for god sakes. Hyde was not a Kelso kind of person. So therefore she would never like him.
How wrong he was.
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Sitting next to Steven in the basement was torture for Jackie. She realized now that she really truly loved him. Maybe she always had. Hadn't she always come running to him with her troubles? She felt like she could trust him. She had also felt like she could trust Michael, and look what he did to her. But she felt a different type of trust for Steven.
He looked so good just sitting there. He had on his favourite Led Zeppelin T-shirt and jeans, but he made them look like they were worth a million dollars.
Glancing over at him, she saw that he was looking at her out of the corner of his eye. They
locked eyes for a moment before he quickly went back to watching Gilligan's Island. Jackie inched
towards him on the couch. He noticed but he didn't do anything. She thought that was strange. Usually
if she did that he would get up and move to a different seat. But he didn't. Not that Jackie was
disappointed. She moved so that they were sitting about half a foot away from each other. He was still
concentrating on the T.V. Tentatively, she put one hand on his knee. Then he looked up.
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When she put her hand on his knee, that was it. He had pretended to not notice when she moved closer to him on the couch. But he could no longer ignore the little pixie sitting next to him on the couch with her hand on his leg. So he looked at her.
She was regarding him with a strange look in her eyes. He stared at her for a moment before making a decision.
He leaned forwards a little bit to softly press his lips to hers. He braced himself for the slap the never came. Instead, he felt her lisp start to kiss him back. After a moments hesitation, Hyde started to kiss Jackie with all of the love for her that had previously remained hidden even from himself.
It was him that broke the kiss.
"Wow." said Jackie.
"Yeah, wow," repeated Hyde.
"Did I know you would do that?" asked Jackie.
"I doubt it." he said. "Why didn't you slap me. I was sure you would."
"You know something Steven?"asked Jackie. "Maybe I didn't want to. Maybe I wanted you to kiss me."
"You what?" asked Hyde, not believing her.
"Yes Steven," she said very patiently, as if speaking to a child. "I wanted you to kiss me. I realized today that there was something missing in my life and that something was you."
"Wow." said Hyde. "I've been starting to think the same thing about you recently."
"Steven," she began.
"Yes Jackie?"
"I... I... I think I love you."
"Well shut up and let me kiss you again."
And she did. The kissed and kissed for a long time. They were in the middle of a huge make out session when Donna and Eric got back from their date. They were just walking in the door when the saw the two on the couch.
"What the hell?" yelled Donna when she realized what was going on between the two "supposed" enemies.
"Donna," said Eric, "I think we should leave."
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A/N: Well what do you think? Its only the second chapter but I think that the story is going along well. Tell me what you think. Your comments make me a better writer. :D
