Eric looked at her in shock; while Hyde looked at her sadly. Donna looked at her in disgust and Valerie had a smile planted nicely on her face. This was going to be way too easy for her. She wouldn't have to do anything now to get Jackie out of their lives for good. Jackie already cemented her own fate.
Jackie hadn't even noticed Donna when she spoke. She was to happy to even notice anyone else; that is until Robert pointed out Donna and the rest of the gang to her. Jackie looked up from Robert to see them all standing there with shocked expressions on their faces; all of them but one that is. Valerie stared at her like she was just given the most satisfying award of her life.
Jackie stood up from her booth to face her friends. She still hadn't been able to come up with the right words to say to her astonished friends. She was glad that she didn't have to because Valerie knew exactly what to say.
"Well, I guess congratulations are in order then." Valerie said.
"Yeah congratulations Jackie, I hope you two are very happy together." Hyde said.
"Thank you Valerie and Hyde; now if you'll excuse us, we would like to continue our meal in silence." Jackie said.
"Well what meal? Your dinner hasn't even been served yet." Valerie said.
"Valerie she's right; they probably would like some privacy right now." Hyde said.
"Okay then see you later." Valerie said.
"Well that was a bit of a shocker wasn't it Hyde?" Eric asked.
"No actually it wasn't." Hyde replied.
"So you're okay with her marrying another guy?" Eric asked.
"Yes I am; I'm sure she'll be pretty happy." Hyde said.
"But Hyde..."
"Eric why can't you just let things go; he said that he's alright by it." Donna said.
"Donna can I talk to you for a second?" Eric asked.
"Yeah sure talk." Donna said.
"No in the outside." He asked.
"Eric...you know what never mind fine." Donna said and got up to go follow Eric outside.
"Donna I can't believe I'm going to do this but..."
"Do what?" She asked.
"This." He replied.
Eric raised his hand and gave Donna a little slap on her cheek. Donna looked at him in shock.
"What the hell was that for?" She asked him.
"That's for acting stupid." Eric replied.
"How am I acting stupid?" Donna asked.
"Oh Valerie we have to plan your baby shower and oh Valerie this and Valerie that; you better knock it off Donna. Jackie has no one right now. I don't care what everyone says, Valerie is not the innocent in this whole situation. In fact I think that she's perpetrator in this whole mess." Eric said.
"Valerie's done nothing wrong; she deserves to marry Hyde. Just like it was planned all along." Donna said.
"Yeah well, I don't think Valerie is carrying Hyde's child." Eric said.
"What? Oh you can't be serious. Eric are you serious?" Donna asked.
"Donna I'm extremely serious. Valerie is lying about something and I bet you it's about the baby." Eric said.
Donna slapped him across the face this time.
"What's that for?" He asked.
"That's for being stupid." Donna said.
"Donna you're going to be so sorry if you trust her. She's lying about something; I'm sure of it." Eric said.
"Eric I don't know what's gotten into you but you just need to stop it." Donna said.
"You should be planning Jackie's baby shower not Valerie's." Eric said to her.
"Eric get a life; I'm going back inside." Donna said.
Well you can be Valerie's friend all you want but when I find out what she's up to, you're going to be wishing you that you were much nicer to Jackie. Eric thought to himself as he watched Donna walk back into the restaurant. He couldn't place his finger on it but he knew that she was up to no good. He didn't buy Valerie's nice act. If he didn't hurry soon, Hyde and Jackie could be over forever. Just as it seemed impossible for him to come up with anything he heard a woman on the payphone outside; it was Valerie.
"Mom you won't believe what happened tonight." Valerie said.
"What happened dear?" She asked.
"Jackie got engaged to Robert Dawson." She said.
"This is great news. Now we won't have to worry about Jackie getting in the way." She said.
"This perfect I know. I'll have Hyde's child, or the child he thinks is his and I'll get rid of Jackie all at the same time." She said to her mother.
"I'm so happy for you dear. Now as soon as you're married to Steven Hyde we can go ahead with the second part of the plan." She said.
"I better get going before everyone wonders where I went to." She said.
"Okay bye dear." Her mother said.
Valerie was walking up to the front door when Eric confronted her.
"So it's not Hyde's baby. I can't wait to tell him; games over Valerie you loose." Eric said.
"Eric I should have known you were spying on me. So tell me what are you going to tell Hyde?" She asked.
"I'm going to tell him everything, how you plan to pass off your bastard child as Hyde so that you can get rid of the competition, Jackie." Eric said.
"Eric you really don't want to do that." Valerie said.
"Why not?" She asked.
"Because no one will believe you." She said.
"Yes they will. Hyde is hoping and praying that the child you're carrying is not his. He doesn't want to be with you. He wants to be with Jackie. So he was pissed at Jackie for not telling him the truth about being pregnant; that's changed now. He's forgiven her because he loves her. Unlike you, he won't forgive you. He'll hate you more for trying to keep him and Jackie apart." Eric said.
"He won't believe a thing you say." Valerie said.
"He may not at first but as soon as that baby is born he will ask for a DNA test and then you'll be screwed." Eric said.
"Well, then you should know that if you tell Hyde that the baby is not his I'll destroy your relationship with Donna." Valerie said.
"Valerie don't make threats you can't keep." Eric said.
"Oh but Eric I can keep this one." Valerie said.
"How?" He asked.
"You'll find out if you tell Hyde that the baby I'm carrying is not his." Valerie said.
Valerie walked back inside, leaving Eric to ponder her last words to him. What did she mean that she would destroy his relationship to Donna if he told on her? How could she do that? She didn't have anything on her that could possibly break him and Donna up; or did she? She could have done something to him without him knowing. She had been real sneaky this whole summer. She had pulled the wool over all their eyes. Valerie was like a drug tempting, yet deadly as well. Hyde and Jackie were being pulled apart by her and he didn't know if he could stop her without hurting Donna. It was time to consort the people who were the only ones able to help him out; Kelso and Fez. He got behind the wheel of Hyde's car, pulled out the keys he had stolen from him, and drove off.
"I wonder where Eric is." Donna said.
"Oh he's outside thinking." Valerie said.
"How did you know that he was outside?" Hyde asked.
"I saw him out there when I was getting some fresh air." Valerie said.
"I'm going to go get him." Donna said.
"I'm not really hungry anymore; do you want to go home and get something there?" Valerie asked Hyde.
"Yeah sure whatever." Hyde said.
He took one last look at Jackie and left.
Jackie and Robert were talking rapidly. She noticed Hyde looking at her but she paid no notice to him. That part of her life was over now; it had been once Hyde decided that he loved Valerie more than her. He must have never really loved her to begin with. If he did he wouldn't have cheated and he wouldn't have gotten engaged but he did and Valerie wouldn't be pregnant with his child; but she was and that made all the difference.
"So Jackie would you like to get leaving so we don't have to be around your friends anymore?" Robert asked.
"That's fine by me; and they're my ex-friends." Jackie said.
"Jackie shouldn't say stuff like that." Robert said.
"Well it's true." She said.
"That could all change." Robert said.
"Come on lets go." She said.
When they got outside they saw Hyde, Valerie, and Donna looking around frantically for Eric and the El Camino.
"Why would he leave like that?" Donna asked.
"I don't know; I'll go call a cab." Hyde said.
"No wait, hey Jackie and Robert could you give us a ride?" Valerie asked.
"Um...well...Jackie is that alright with you?" Robert asked.
"That's fine by me." Jackie said.
Valerie was happy that Jackie agreed to let them accompany them. She wanted to watch Jackie and Hyde suffer from being apart from each other. They got into the car with Valerie, Donna, and Jackie, and Hyde sitting in the back. Jackie pretended to not notice Hyde at all; she turned to Robert and began to carry a conversation with him. Valerie decided to use this to her advantage.
"So when are you getting married?" She asked.
"Well in a couple of..."
"In a month, I'll be done with school by then. We're moving to Madison." Jackie rudely said.
"Why so soon?" Valerie asked.
"Didn't you just hear me?" She said.
"Well...I...um..."
"It's okay Valerie Jackie's just been a little cranky that's all." Robert said.
"That's quite alright." Valerie said.
"Well we're here. I guess you guys can get out now." Jackie said.
"Good night, Jackie I hope you feel better." Hyde said.
"Thanks Hyde." Jackie said kindly.
Valerie was expecting hostility towards her; especially after she got him put in jail. What was it going to take to get them to hate each other? She got them separated by pretending the child she was having was his but how was she going to get them to forget about one another.
"Well there's my car. I can't wait for Foreman's explanation." Hyde said.
"Yeah me either." Valerie said.
"So you're telling us that Valerie is really some secret hot psychotic chick?" Kelso asked.
"Yes." Eric replied.
"That's pretty hot." Kelso said.
"So will you help me then?" Eric asked.
"Help with what?" Hyde asked.
"Oh you'll see; you'll see." Eric said.
Jackie hadn't even noticed Donna when she spoke. She was to happy to even notice anyone else; that is until Robert pointed out Donna and the rest of the gang to her. Jackie looked up from Robert to see them all standing there with shocked expressions on their faces; all of them but one that is. Valerie stared at her like she was just given the most satisfying award of her life.
Jackie stood up from her booth to face her friends. She still hadn't been able to come up with the right words to say to her astonished friends. She was glad that she didn't have to because Valerie knew exactly what to say.
"Well, I guess congratulations are in order then." Valerie said.
"Yeah congratulations Jackie, I hope you two are very happy together." Hyde said.
"Thank you Valerie and Hyde; now if you'll excuse us, we would like to continue our meal in silence." Jackie said.
"Well what meal? Your dinner hasn't even been served yet." Valerie said.
"Valerie she's right; they probably would like some privacy right now." Hyde said.
"Okay then see you later." Valerie said.
"Well that was a bit of a shocker wasn't it Hyde?" Eric asked.
"No actually it wasn't." Hyde replied.
"So you're okay with her marrying another guy?" Eric asked.
"Yes I am; I'm sure she'll be pretty happy." Hyde said.
"But Hyde..."
"Eric why can't you just let things go; he said that he's alright by it." Donna said.
"Donna can I talk to you for a second?" Eric asked.
"Yeah sure talk." Donna said.
"No in the outside." He asked.
"Eric...you know what never mind fine." Donna said and got up to go follow Eric outside.
"Donna I can't believe I'm going to do this but..."
"Do what?" She asked.
"This." He replied.
Eric raised his hand and gave Donna a little slap on her cheek. Donna looked at him in shock.
"What the hell was that for?" She asked him.
"That's for acting stupid." Eric replied.
"How am I acting stupid?" Donna asked.
"Oh Valerie we have to plan your baby shower and oh Valerie this and Valerie that; you better knock it off Donna. Jackie has no one right now. I don't care what everyone says, Valerie is not the innocent in this whole situation. In fact I think that she's perpetrator in this whole mess." Eric said.
"Valerie's done nothing wrong; she deserves to marry Hyde. Just like it was planned all along." Donna said.
"Yeah well, I don't think Valerie is carrying Hyde's child." Eric said.
"What? Oh you can't be serious. Eric are you serious?" Donna asked.
"Donna I'm extremely serious. Valerie is lying about something and I bet you it's about the baby." Eric said.
Donna slapped him across the face this time.
"What's that for?" He asked.
"That's for being stupid." Donna said.
"Donna you're going to be so sorry if you trust her. She's lying about something; I'm sure of it." Eric said.
"Eric I don't know what's gotten into you but you just need to stop it." Donna said.
"You should be planning Jackie's baby shower not Valerie's." Eric said to her.
"Eric get a life; I'm going back inside." Donna said.
Well you can be Valerie's friend all you want but when I find out what she's up to, you're going to be wishing you that you were much nicer to Jackie. Eric thought to himself as he watched Donna walk back into the restaurant. He couldn't place his finger on it but he knew that she was up to no good. He didn't buy Valerie's nice act. If he didn't hurry soon, Hyde and Jackie could be over forever. Just as it seemed impossible for him to come up with anything he heard a woman on the payphone outside; it was Valerie.
"Mom you won't believe what happened tonight." Valerie said.
"What happened dear?" She asked.
"Jackie got engaged to Robert Dawson." She said.
"This is great news. Now we won't have to worry about Jackie getting in the way." She said.
"This perfect I know. I'll have Hyde's child, or the child he thinks is his and I'll get rid of Jackie all at the same time." She said to her mother.
"I'm so happy for you dear. Now as soon as you're married to Steven Hyde we can go ahead with the second part of the plan." She said.
"I better get going before everyone wonders where I went to." She said.
"Okay bye dear." Her mother said.
Valerie was walking up to the front door when Eric confronted her.
"So it's not Hyde's baby. I can't wait to tell him; games over Valerie you loose." Eric said.
"Eric I should have known you were spying on me. So tell me what are you going to tell Hyde?" She asked.
"I'm going to tell him everything, how you plan to pass off your bastard child as Hyde so that you can get rid of the competition, Jackie." Eric said.
"Eric you really don't want to do that." Valerie said.
"Why not?" She asked.
"Because no one will believe you." She said.
"Yes they will. Hyde is hoping and praying that the child you're carrying is not his. He doesn't want to be with you. He wants to be with Jackie. So he was pissed at Jackie for not telling him the truth about being pregnant; that's changed now. He's forgiven her because he loves her. Unlike you, he won't forgive you. He'll hate you more for trying to keep him and Jackie apart." Eric said.
"He won't believe a thing you say." Valerie said.
"He may not at first but as soon as that baby is born he will ask for a DNA test and then you'll be screwed." Eric said.
"Well, then you should know that if you tell Hyde that the baby is not his I'll destroy your relationship with Donna." Valerie said.
"Valerie don't make threats you can't keep." Eric said.
"Oh but Eric I can keep this one." Valerie said.
"How?" He asked.
"You'll find out if you tell Hyde that the baby I'm carrying is not his." Valerie said.
Valerie walked back inside, leaving Eric to ponder her last words to him. What did she mean that she would destroy his relationship to Donna if he told on her? How could she do that? She didn't have anything on her that could possibly break him and Donna up; or did she? She could have done something to him without him knowing. She had been real sneaky this whole summer. She had pulled the wool over all their eyes. Valerie was like a drug tempting, yet deadly as well. Hyde and Jackie were being pulled apart by her and he didn't know if he could stop her without hurting Donna. It was time to consort the people who were the only ones able to help him out; Kelso and Fez. He got behind the wheel of Hyde's car, pulled out the keys he had stolen from him, and drove off.
"I wonder where Eric is." Donna said.
"Oh he's outside thinking." Valerie said.
"How did you know that he was outside?" Hyde asked.
"I saw him out there when I was getting some fresh air." Valerie said.
"I'm going to go get him." Donna said.
"I'm not really hungry anymore; do you want to go home and get something there?" Valerie asked Hyde.
"Yeah sure whatever." Hyde said.
He took one last look at Jackie and left.
Jackie and Robert were talking rapidly. She noticed Hyde looking at her but she paid no notice to him. That part of her life was over now; it had been once Hyde decided that he loved Valerie more than her. He must have never really loved her to begin with. If he did he wouldn't have cheated and he wouldn't have gotten engaged but he did and Valerie wouldn't be pregnant with his child; but she was and that made all the difference.
"So Jackie would you like to get leaving so we don't have to be around your friends anymore?" Robert asked.
"That's fine by me; and they're my ex-friends." Jackie said.
"Jackie shouldn't say stuff like that." Robert said.
"Well it's true." She said.
"That could all change." Robert said.
"Come on lets go." She said.
When they got outside they saw Hyde, Valerie, and Donna looking around frantically for Eric and the El Camino.
"Why would he leave like that?" Donna asked.
"I don't know; I'll go call a cab." Hyde said.
"No wait, hey Jackie and Robert could you give us a ride?" Valerie asked.
"Um...well...Jackie is that alright with you?" Robert asked.
"That's fine by me." Jackie said.
Valerie was happy that Jackie agreed to let them accompany them. She wanted to watch Jackie and Hyde suffer from being apart from each other. They got into the car with Valerie, Donna, and Jackie, and Hyde sitting in the back. Jackie pretended to not notice Hyde at all; she turned to Robert and began to carry a conversation with him. Valerie decided to use this to her advantage.
"So when are you getting married?" She asked.
"Well in a couple of..."
"In a month, I'll be done with school by then. We're moving to Madison." Jackie rudely said.
"Why so soon?" Valerie asked.
"Didn't you just hear me?" She said.
"Well...I...um..."
"It's okay Valerie Jackie's just been a little cranky that's all." Robert said.
"That's quite alright." Valerie said.
"Well we're here. I guess you guys can get out now." Jackie said.
"Good night, Jackie I hope you feel better." Hyde said.
"Thanks Hyde." Jackie said kindly.
Valerie was expecting hostility towards her; especially after she got him put in jail. What was it going to take to get them to hate each other? She got them separated by pretending the child she was having was his but how was she going to get them to forget about one another.
"Well there's my car. I can't wait for Foreman's explanation." Hyde said.
"Yeah me either." Valerie said.
"So you're telling us that Valerie is really some secret hot psychotic chick?" Kelso asked.
"Yes." Eric replied.
"That's pretty hot." Kelso said.
"So will you help me then?" Eric asked.
"Help with what?" Hyde asked.
"Oh you'll see; you'll see." Eric said.