It had been two weeks since Jackie had come by the basement. She hadn't spoken to any of them and when they knocked on her door she didn't answer. Valerie of course was quite please with Jackie's behavior. The only problem was that she noticed that Hyde had become extremely worried and distance from her.
"So I went down to the school today." Donna said.
"Yeah and?" Hyde asked.
"Jackie dropped out of school." Donna said.
"She did what?" Hyde asked.
Valerie let out a small smirk while she finished filing her nails.
"She dropped out." Donna said.
"Why would she do that?" Hyde asked.
"I don't know but ever since she and Valerie talked that day, she hasn't been coming around." Eric said.
"Valerie did you notice anything strange about Jackie?" Hyde asked.
"No I didn't." Valerie said.
"Well I'm real worried about her. Hyde she's now three and half months pregnant and a drop out." Donna said.
"Yeah I am too. Usually I don't care about Jackie but Hyde this pretty serious." Eric chimed in.
"She's probably just needs time. After all she was pretty pissed about us being engaged." Valerie said.
"She said that?" Hyde asked.
"Yes she did. In fact, she threatened to kill me." Valerie said.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Hyde asked.
"I was afraid; she sounded serious." Valerie said.
"I'll go talk to her." Hyde said.
"Maybe you should just give her some time." Valerie said.
"No I need to talk to her right now." Hyde said.
"Hyde I don't think that's a good idea." Valerie said.
"Valerie, Jackie is more than three months pregnant. I have to make sure that she is okay." Hyde said.
"Well maybe Donna should go with you." Valerie said.
"Yeah I can go with you Hyde." Donna said.
"Hey I'll come too." Eric said.
Valerie was becoming madder by the second. Jackie being pregnant was making it harder for her to get Hyde's full attention. The only way to get Jackie out of his life for good was to either kill her or the baby. Jackie seemed easy to manipulate however. Maybe she could get her to abort the baby. If she did that then Hyde wouldn't have to worry about her every damn second. Then they would finally be able to get on with their wedding plans. Maybe Jackie would be able to finally disappear again. Valerie finished filing her nails and headed off to the store.
I haven't been in the basement in two weeks. I'm too afraid to go down there. What am I suppose to do? Tell Steven that his psycho fiance is coming after me. He would never believe me. He would say that I'm trying to ruin his engagement to psycho Valerie. She would in return would come after my baby and me. I shouldn't have just gone back to NY. My aunt is rich she would have been able to take care of me unlike Steven. Steven can't take care of Valerie and me at the same time. I don't want my son or daughter to have her as a stepmother. I know that she has come by here to check on me. I saw her looking into my windows. I'm so glad that I hid from her. I'm getting so hungry and there's no food here. Lately I've been real hungry for yogurt and not just any kind of yogurt; I've been hungry for strawberry yogurt. It's all that I can really afford right now. The only reason that I can afford this house is because the mortgage on this house has been paid off. The rooms are basically empty but that's alright. I'm going to sell more of the furniture off to pay for food. I can't afford electricity but I bought some candles. The nights are pretty lonely and dark. I haven't been able to really sleep though. I'm really uncomfortable and I'm so sore. I shouldn't have come back and I shouldn't have Steven that he's the father of my child. I guess I should go to the store and get some yogurt for dinner.
They saw her car pull out of the driveway and they followed her to the grocery store. She got out of the car and they saw what a mess she was. Her hair was in a messy ponytail and she looked pail and weak. They heard her begin to cough and could tell that she was shivering. Her eyes looked lifeless. This was definitely not the Jackie that they had always known.
"Hyde look at her. She looks horrible." Donna said.
"I know that Donna. I wonder if she has been going to the doctor." Hyde said.
"I don't know but you better go talk to her." Donna said.
"Yeah you're right. Are you two coming?" Hyde said.
"We'll be in there in a minute." Donna said.
"Okay then; I hope that she doesn't push me away though." Hyde said.
"Who cares if she does. She needs help badly." Donna said.
"Yeah I know that she does." Hyde said.
He walked into the store and was immediately stopped by Valerie.
"Hey what are you doing here?" Valerie said.
"Well, I saw Jackie come in here and I wanted to talk to her." Hyde said.
"Where's Donna and Eric?" Valerie asked.
"They're parking the car. Listen Val, it's real important that I find her right now." Hyde said.
"Well I'll come with you then." Valerie said.
"No that's okay. I need to do this on my own." Hyde said.
Valerie watched as he walked away and began to feel her blood boil. Here he was ditching her again for Jackie. It was time to put her plan into action; it was time to make sure that Jackie got an abortion before it was to late.
"Jackie." Hyde said to a startled Jackie.
Jackie turned around to face him.
"Jackie what are you doing?" Hyde said.
"I'm buying yogurt." She said.
"When's the last time that you've had something to eat?" Hyde asked.
"Today Steven; you should really go now. I'm not really in the mood to talk right now." Jackie said.
"Jackie you look like you haven't slept or eaten in days. Not to mention you look real sick." Hyde said.
"Hyde I'm fine. I just wanted some yogurt. Now could you please leave me alone. I think Valerie is waiting for you." Jackie said.
Jackie looked over at her to see that her face was full of hate and anger. Jackie didn't want Valerie to kill her or the baby. She decided that the best course of action was just to dismiss Hyde as soon as possible. The problem was that he wasn't going away.
"Since when do you call me Hyde." He asked.
"Since we became just friends. I need to go and get online now." Jackie said.
"Well let me pay for those for you." Hyde said.
"No I can do it myself." Jackie said.
"So when is your next doctor's appointment?" He asked.
"It's coming up soon." Jackie said.
"Can I come with you? I would like to make sure that everything is okay." Hyde said.
"Why do you care? You don't need to worry about me. I'll be alright." Jackie said.
"Um...miss that'll be $3.96." The cashier said.
"Okay hold on a minute." Jackie said.
Jackie searched through her purse but she came up to being a 1.56 short. Hyde heard her tell the cashier that she wanted to only buy ten instead of twelve. He reached into his pocket and handed the cashier a five-dollar bill.
"What are you doing?" Jackie asked him.
"I was just helping you. You can keep the change for next time." Hyde said.
"Hyde thanks but you didn't have to." Jackie said.
"Yes I did. Jackie what are you eating for dinner tonight." Hyde asked.
"I was going to have some...um...yogurt. I'm really not that hungry. I have to get going." Jackie said and then hurried past him.
Valerie came over to him. She was glad that Jackie had pushed him away. Maybe she wouldn't have to force an abortion on her after all.
"Hey are you ready to go now?" She asked.
"No I can't go anywhere yet." He said.
"Why not?" Valerie said.
"I can't go until I buy food for Jackie. I can tell that she hasn't been eating properly." Hyde said.
Then again abortion does sound like a good idea. She thought to herself.