In The Beginning
Chapter Fourteen: From Breaking Up to Hooking Up
Jackie tried not to look Michael Kelso in the eye as he gaped at her, readjusting his legs, as his mouth displayed utter shock.
"But," He started, leaning in towards Jackie, "I didn't do anything wrong this time. I didn't cheat. I didn't lie...did I?"
"No, you didn't." Jackie started slowly. "Surprisingly." She rolled her eyes playfully, but quickly ceased, because of pain emitting from her eye and from Kelso's, "But, that's not why I'm doing this, Michael." She leaned it towards him as well, placing her hand on his shoulder, tenderly. "I just need some time for myself."
"Jackie, only ugly girls need 'time for themselves'." He mocked her slightly, shrugging her arm off.
"Michael," She took a deep breath, feeling slightly dizzy and sleepy, "The truth is..."
"I don't even want to know, Jackie." Kelso said angrily, clumsily standing up and forcing himself past her, "We're broken up, ok? It's done. Everything we've had for the last...well, it was a long time, it's done."
Jackie stood up quickly, following him as he sped to the door in a huff. "Michael, I was hoping you would be mature and understanding about this."
"Well, obviously, you expect way too much of me!" Kelso screamed as he opened the front door, startled by Hyde's face appearing in the door. Donna, Eric, and Fez pushed past Hyde, who looked slightly flustered.
"God, Jackie, you are my hero!" Eric shouted, stumbling past the locked eyes between Kelso, Hyde, and Jackie and jabbing Jackie gently in the stomach.
"You totally kicked Pam's ass!" Fez grinned. "I only wish I was there to see it."
"It was awesome!" Donna shouted as well, as the three moved towards the living room, "I mean, there was chunks of blond, stringy hair everywhere!"
The laughter of the three died down as they settled into the living room, away from the remaining three.
"Michael," Jackie said quietly, placing her arm on his shoulder.
Kelso shook away his glare from Hyde and looked back towards Jackie, and for a moment the two looked guilt stricken as Kelso seemed to have a knowing thought in his head, but he shook that away as well.
"Steven, will you excuse us for a minute?" Jackie asked suggestively, motioning for him to join the others.
"Um," Hyde stepped into the house, uncomfortably. "Whatever."
He stormed past Jackie, nearly knocking her over as he slipped into the living room.
Jackie pushed Kelso outside, shutting the door behind her as she collected herself, breathing moderately as she tenderly touched her eye, noticing that the swelling had gone down slightly.
"Look," Jackie stared at the stars, pushing herself onto the banister of her porch, so she could rest her feet, which were dirty from walking down the street barefoot, but she was too preoccupied to care. "I think we both know that this relationship isn't exactly perfect."
"Jackie, all I know is that I love you," Kelso said softly, taking her hand, "I thought that meant something to you."
"It does, Michael." Jackie insisted, rolling the ball of her thumb against his palm, "But I'm unhappy. And well,"
"You're not happy?" He interjected, pulling back his hand and leaning against the space of brick next to the closed door.
"Don't you see, Michael? This is exactly why I think we should break up."
She took Kelso's confused glare as a sign to go on.
"I've been miserable. Did you know that my mom left? Did you even ask why my parents are always missing? Did you notice?" Jackie ranted, crossing her arms angrily. "You've been too busy planning ways on getting me into bed, that you lost track of what's important." Jackie sighed, "Me."
"I'm so sorry, Jackie."
"I know." She slipped off the banister, standing face to face with him.
She was so scared she had begun to quiver inside at the thought of being alone.
Steven wasn't a sure thing, but Michael sure was, which made it that much harder to just throw everything she had with him out the door. What if Steven woke up and decided he didn't want to be with her? Had he even made his intentions clear?
"How about this?" Jackie asked slowly, "We can go on a break."
"A break?"
Jackie nodded simply. "Just until I figure some stuff out."
"So," Kelso said softly, "Can I see other people?"
"Yes." Jackie said sharply. She opened her mouth to add that if Kelso really loved her, he wouldn't even see any other whores, but shut it quickly. If she was going to contemplate dating his best friend, then he should be allowed to see any sluts he wants. Not to mention she had cheated on Kelso twice now with Hyde, and as guilty as she felt, she couldn't help that fluttery feeling she got deep down in her heart from remembering it. Jackie batted her eyelashes mockingly at Kelso, "And so can I."
"I don't know, Jackie..." Kelso started, but grinned, "But I'll try it, for you."
"Thanks." Jackie said awkwardly, giving Kelso an uncomfortable hug as the door opened and Donna stepped out.
"Hey, um, Jackie....I need to talk to you." Donna said sheepishly, giving them a confused look.
"I should go." Kelso said with a laugh. "I'm still feeling kind of queasy."
He gave Jackie one more look as he walked off the porch and Donna fully exited the house, motioning for Jackie to sit on the banister with her, which she did.
"So, are you guys...?"
"We're on a break." Jackie said sorely.
"Oh." Donna scrunched up her nose. "And that means what, exactly?"
Jackie grinned, "We can see other people."
"And does Kelso know about...?"
"No!" Jackie screamed, silencing herself quickly. "And you can't tell him."
"Ok..." Donna began softly. "But you better tell him soon, or I will."
"What, why?"
"He deserves to know that his ex-girlfriend and his best friend are..." Donna hesitated. "What are you guys anyway?"
"I don't know." She muttered. "And I'm not his ex. We're on a break."
"Right." Donna nodded. "Anyway," Donna clearly could see that Jackie didn't feel like talking about her and Hyde, so she changed the subject to herself and Eric, of course, "Eric is amazing."
"I guess." Jackie yawned, shifting slightly so she could face the stars.
"He is." Donna squealed. "I mean, he was so sweet tonight. And, well, he wanted me to thank you, since you know; he'd be way too embarrassed to do it himself."
Jackie yawned again, feigning interest as she grinned lazily. "As long as I don't have to help with his first kiss, I'm good."
Donna's face grew red and Jackie suddelnly bolted upright, slapping Donna's arm softly.
"You kissed him?!"
"Sort of."
"Sort of?" Jackie squinted. "Donna you can't sort of kiss someone. You either kissed or you didn't."
"Ok, then we kissed."
"Well?"
"It was so much better then Hyde's kiss."
Jackie raised her eyebrows skeptically.
"I mean, if you like Hyde," Donna laughed hoarsely, "I could totally see him being a good kisser, but seeing as how I've known him for way too long..."
"But you've known Eric just as long."
"That's different."
"Oh."
"Anyway, Eric's a really good kisser. He kind of surprised me while we were dancing." Donna smiled to herself, "And Jackie?"
"Yeah?"
"He used his tongue!"
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Meanwhile, a different conversation of sorts was being held in the Burkhart living room, where Hyde started up a circle, passing his stash to Eric, who grinned happily at the sight of it.
"Man, I kissed Donna!" Eric laughed. "And she tastes pretty good."
"She's ok." Hyde said absentmindely, then quickly composed himself, ready for Eric's arm to hit his face.
"You kissed Donna?" Eric laughed joyfully, then quickly grew a face of anger. "What? When?"
"A few weeks ago."
"How was it?" Fez asked. "Give us details."
"It was..." Hyde chuckled. "Mild compared to Jackie, man."
"You kissed Jackie too?" Fez asked unknowingly.
"Yeah and he pretends like he hates her, still." Eric said bitterly. "I still don't get why you kissed Donna."
"I was confused, Forman. It was nothing." Hyde promised. "Besides, she was so in love with you, she came running to me the next day and told me off."
"Well, good." Eric nodded. "And Donna is a way better kisser then Jackie."
"How would you know?" Hyde asked slyly.
"Er..." Eric stammered, "Well, she barely keeps her mouth shut long enough to even try, so I don't know."
"You have kissed Donna and Jackie," Fez sighed, pointing towards Hyde. "And you have kissed Donna," Fez said once more, pointing to Eric. "And who has Fez kissed? No one!"
"What about Kelso?" Eric asked, waving his hands about. "He's so going to kick your ass when he finds out."
"Not if I kick his first." Hyde said smugly, crossing his arms.
"What are you guys doing?" Jackie shrieked as the three boys looked up at the bruised and battered princess, standing on her white carpet with dirty bare toes, leaving a track of dirt behind her. Donna stood by her, sheepishly as always, as Jackie placed her hands on her hips. "Are you doing that circle thing in my house?!"
"No." Eric said quickly, shuffling some things into his pocket.
"No, of course not!" Fez shouted as well, standing up as fast as he could without getting too dizzy.
Hyde didn't say anything as he leaned back on the couch, happy and contempt.
Jackie stared at Hyde, sighing to herself, "Well, I'm really tired and sore from..." Jackie grinned. "Kicking Pam Macy's ass."
Eric and Fez clapped merrily as Jackie took a lazy bow.
"So, you guys can crash here if you want...but, I'm going to bed."
"What about your parents?" Eric asked quietly, thinking that they were upstairs.
"They're gone." Jackie said submissively, slightly self aware when Eric's eyes bulged in concern. "Vacaitioning in Cancun. You know how it is..." Jackie giggled incessantly and started to march up the stairs, stopping her fit of giggles as she reached the final step.
"Jackie?" Donna called up towards her. "We're going home."
"Okay!" Jackie screamed back, peering over the banister of the staircase as she watched the four leave, sighing heavily as she went off to take a shower and get cleaned up.
She finally settled into bed, her back aching, along with her eye and feet. She curled her toes up, smoothing out her blanket as she heard a noise at her window. Jackie's head popped up in fear as she heard another tiny 'pang' coming from her bedside window. She reached under her bed, grabbing the first thing she could find, which was an old slipper, and held it high above her head as she stumbled out of her bed, rubbing her good eye as she walked over to the window.
At once, the window started to slide open and Jackie started to scream, beating the intruder with her slipper.
The person fell to the floor with a groan, as Jackie beat him harder, shrieking so hard that she couldn't hear her pleas. He stood up, grabbing Jackie's wrist so she couldn't move and she shriked harder and began to cry.
He reached over, pulling the string of her lamp, letting light pour over them and dropped her wrist.
"Steven?" She gasped, dropping the slipper to the floor.
"What is wrong with you?" He asked hoarsely as he slipped his suede jacket off, throwing it on her vanity chair as he sat down on her bed, checking out his bicep, which was red from Jackie smacking him.
"Me?" Jackie asked with wide eyes. "Why were you breaking into my house?"
"I wasn't breaking in, you moron." Hyde muttered. "I was just going to check on you."
Jackie caught her breath, letting these simple words sink in.
She sat down on the bed next to him, her heart racing. She became suddenly aware of how all she was wearing was a pair of way too short shorts and a white camisole, which probably revealed more then she had planned.
She crossed her arms over her chest, staring straight ahead, not sure of what to say or what to do.
"So, you and Kelso?" He asked tentively.
"Done."
"Good." He grinned. "Because before it was wrong."
"What was wrong?" Jackie asked steadily, turning towards him.
He took off his sunglasses, letting them drop next to his jacket.
He leaned in, letting his lips brush against hers and whispered heavily into her ear, sending chills throughout her spine, "This."
He placed his hand on her shoulder, pushing her back onto the bed gently as he laid on top of her, moving from her lips to her neck in one swift motion.
Jackie squirmed happily underneath him, slighlyly aroused when she felt him pushing up against her, and then groaned when his belt buckle clipped her stomach accidentally.
She reached towards the bottom of his shirt, pulling it up gently and began to unbuckle his belt, to get it out of the way, as he kissed her lips again, spreading them apart with his tongue. Jackie finally figured the clasp out, hearing a click come from his belt, she moaned with satisfaction as he pulled away from her quickly.
"Jackie," He panted, staring at his unbuckled belt. "Don't you think that's a little too fast?"
Jackie scrunched up her face in confusion, before letting out a fit of giggles.
He frowned, sitting up and away from her.
"Steven," She laughed, placing her arm on his shoulder. "The buckle of your belt was digging into my skin." She tapped on the buckle softly. "That's all."
"Oh." She could have sworn he blushed, but he quickly avoided it by bringing his hand towards hers, pushing her back down again. They went at it for awhile, everything seemed happy and blissful as they explored each other's mouths. Once in a while, his hands would roam southward and Jackie would bite down on his tongue in response, as a warning. Overall, she was surprised at how polite he was, though she recognized his experience. It was the little things he did, like the way he rolled his tongue or the way he pressed his hand against her stomach while he kissed her, making all the pressure build up inside of her.
He was an amazing kisser.
And Jackie never wanted it to end.
"I should go home." Hyde said as he came up for air, pulling down his riding shirt.
"Yeah." Jackie nodded. "You should."
She stood up slowly, fixing the strap of her tank top, pushing her curls off her shoulder, exposing just enough bare skin to make him lunge at her again, his hands resting her her shoulders, pulling down on the flimsy strap of her tank top.
It was too intense, too heated for her to say anything as he slid his hand over her shoulderblade and down her shirt. Upon feeling his cold, hand against her chest, she pulled back quickly, wiping at her lips as she fixed her shirt.
Hyde watched her intensely as she stammered about for a bit, making up excuses.
She didn't know what he was thinking, but by the look of disappointment on his face, she knew it couldn't be good.
He watched her carefully, taking a step back to really see her.
She looked so young, so fragile and Hyde suddenly remembered that she had only been with Kelso, how she was only 14, how she's never had anyone touch her the way he just did. He felt instantly guilty of sneaking up on her like that, like he had taken advantage of her, and just wanted to get away from her, before he made any other stupid mistakes. He couldn't stand the look she was giving him, like a deer in headlights. She crossed her arms over her chest, looking quite lost, as she said something about how late it was and he grabbed his sunglasses off the table, so he could shield his feelings for her once again.
"Jackie, we can't do this." He said sternly, crossing his arms as well.
"Steven, look, I know I'm not that experienced...but when I'm ready..."
"No, it's not that." He shook his head slowly, afraid of what he might have to say to protect her from himself. "We're just too different, ok?"
Jackie stared at him in awe, "Nice try."
He cleared his throat, frustrated that she had seen him through him, and licked his lips as he prepared more excuses.
"The truth is," He spat out, frowning, "I'm just not really the commitment type of guy and..." He sighed, slumping his shoulders as he realized that all his attempts will probably fail. He had let her in tonight, by showing her his bruises, telling her his problems and she would see through any shit he tried to pull past her. "I don't want to hurt you."
Jackie smiled in understanding, and kissed him softly, leaning her forehead against his as she whispered in response, "You're the sweetest, coolest guy I have ever met."
"Shut up." He muttered, kissing her fiercely. "I really should go, though."
"You should." Jackie walked him downstairs, shivering slightly as he opened the front door. "Steven?"
He turned to her, stepping outside as she continued.
"I'm not asking for commitment. I just..." She smiled. "I like making out with you."
"Of course you do." He said smugly, cracking his knuckles in front of him as she rolled her eyes, relieved when she felt no pain afterwards. "And don't worry about your eye. It should be back to normal for school on Monday."
Jackie sighed in relief, rolling her eyes once again, for the heck of it.
He kissed her briefly, watching her again strongly, before turning towards the street.
Jackie felt a final tingle in her stomach as she watched him leave, and ran upstairs back to bed, to finally get some sleep, though she wasn't sure how she was supposed to sleep when all she could think of was his hands on her, his lips on her lips, and that one, slip of a touch, that scared her completely.
It's not like she didn't want to...she did.
She was just scared to fall to much for someone like him.
And when he admitted that he was afraid to hurt her, it was like he read her mind, because she was so sure he would one day... if she were to grow emotionally attached in any way. So they'd keep this simple. They'd hook up, but they wouldn't be anything exclusive. No one would need to know and everything would be fine.
Jackie glanced at her vanity, noticing his jacket against it, and smiled unsurely.
She tried to force herself asleep, keeping an eye on the jacket as she drifted to sleep, inhaling one last sharp breath of that crisp, clean smell she was slowly becoming addicted to.
Chapter Fourteen: From Breaking Up to Hooking Up
Jackie tried not to look Michael Kelso in the eye as he gaped at her, readjusting his legs, as his mouth displayed utter shock.
"But," He started, leaning in towards Jackie, "I didn't do anything wrong this time. I didn't cheat. I didn't lie...did I?"
"No, you didn't." Jackie started slowly. "Surprisingly." She rolled her eyes playfully, but quickly ceased, because of pain emitting from her eye and from Kelso's, "But, that's not why I'm doing this, Michael." She leaned it towards him as well, placing her hand on his shoulder, tenderly. "I just need some time for myself."
"Jackie, only ugly girls need 'time for themselves'." He mocked her slightly, shrugging her arm off.
"Michael," She took a deep breath, feeling slightly dizzy and sleepy, "The truth is..."
"I don't even want to know, Jackie." Kelso said angrily, clumsily standing up and forcing himself past her, "We're broken up, ok? It's done. Everything we've had for the last...well, it was a long time, it's done."
Jackie stood up quickly, following him as he sped to the door in a huff. "Michael, I was hoping you would be mature and understanding about this."
"Well, obviously, you expect way too much of me!" Kelso screamed as he opened the front door, startled by Hyde's face appearing in the door. Donna, Eric, and Fez pushed past Hyde, who looked slightly flustered.
"God, Jackie, you are my hero!" Eric shouted, stumbling past the locked eyes between Kelso, Hyde, and Jackie and jabbing Jackie gently in the stomach.
"You totally kicked Pam's ass!" Fez grinned. "I only wish I was there to see it."
"It was awesome!" Donna shouted as well, as the three moved towards the living room, "I mean, there was chunks of blond, stringy hair everywhere!"
The laughter of the three died down as they settled into the living room, away from the remaining three.
"Michael," Jackie said quietly, placing her arm on his shoulder.
Kelso shook away his glare from Hyde and looked back towards Jackie, and for a moment the two looked guilt stricken as Kelso seemed to have a knowing thought in his head, but he shook that away as well.
"Steven, will you excuse us for a minute?" Jackie asked suggestively, motioning for him to join the others.
"Um," Hyde stepped into the house, uncomfortably. "Whatever."
He stormed past Jackie, nearly knocking her over as he slipped into the living room.
Jackie pushed Kelso outside, shutting the door behind her as she collected herself, breathing moderately as she tenderly touched her eye, noticing that the swelling had gone down slightly.
"Look," Jackie stared at the stars, pushing herself onto the banister of her porch, so she could rest her feet, which were dirty from walking down the street barefoot, but she was too preoccupied to care. "I think we both know that this relationship isn't exactly perfect."
"Jackie, all I know is that I love you," Kelso said softly, taking her hand, "I thought that meant something to you."
"It does, Michael." Jackie insisted, rolling the ball of her thumb against his palm, "But I'm unhappy. And well,"
"You're not happy?" He interjected, pulling back his hand and leaning against the space of brick next to the closed door.
"Don't you see, Michael? This is exactly why I think we should break up."
She took Kelso's confused glare as a sign to go on.
"I've been miserable. Did you know that my mom left? Did you even ask why my parents are always missing? Did you notice?" Jackie ranted, crossing her arms angrily. "You've been too busy planning ways on getting me into bed, that you lost track of what's important." Jackie sighed, "Me."
"I'm so sorry, Jackie."
"I know." She slipped off the banister, standing face to face with him.
She was so scared she had begun to quiver inside at the thought of being alone.
Steven wasn't a sure thing, but Michael sure was, which made it that much harder to just throw everything she had with him out the door. What if Steven woke up and decided he didn't want to be with her? Had he even made his intentions clear?
"How about this?" Jackie asked slowly, "We can go on a break."
"A break?"
Jackie nodded simply. "Just until I figure some stuff out."
"So," Kelso said softly, "Can I see other people?"
"Yes." Jackie said sharply. She opened her mouth to add that if Kelso really loved her, he wouldn't even see any other whores, but shut it quickly. If she was going to contemplate dating his best friend, then he should be allowed to see any sluts he wants. Not to mention she had cheated on Kelso twice now with Hyde, and as guilty as she felt, she couldn't help that fluttery feeling she got deep down in her heart from remembering it. Jackie batted her eyelashes mockingly at Kelso, "And so can I."
"I don't know, Jackie..." Kelso started, but grinned, "But I'll try it, for you."
"Thanks." Jackie said awkwardly, giving Kelso an uncomfortable hug as the door opened and Donna stepped out.
"Hey, um, Jackie....I need to talk to you." Donna said sheepishly, giving them a confused look.
"I should go." Kelso said with a laugh. "I'm still feeling kind of queasy."
He gave Jackie one more look as he walked off the porch and Donna fully exited the house, motioning for Jackie to sit on the banister with her, which she did.
"So, are you guys...?"
"We're on a break." Jackie said sorely.
"Oh." Donna scrunched up her nose. "And that means what, exactly?"
Jackie grinned, "We can see other people."
"And does Kelso know about...?"
"No!" Jackie screamed, silencing herself quickly. "And you can't tell him."
"Ok..." Donna began softly. "But you better tell him soon, or I will."
"What, why?"
"He deserves to know that his ex-girlfriend and his best friend are..." Donna hesitated. "What are you guys anyway?"
"I don't know." She muttered. "And I'm not his ex. We're on a break."
"Right." Donna nodded. "Anyway," Donna clearly could see that Jackie didn't feel like talking about her and Hyde, so she changed the subject to herself and Eric, of course, "Eric is amazing."
"I guess." Jackie yawned, shifting slightly so she could face the stars.
"He is." Donna squealed. "I mean, he was so sweet tonight. And, well, he wanted me to thank you, since you know; he'd be way too embarrassed to do it himself."
Jackie yawned again, feigning interest as she grinned lazily. "As long as I don't have to help with his first kiss, I'm good."
Donna's face grew red and Jackie suddelnly bolted upright, slapping Donna's arm softly.
"You kissed him?!"
"Sort of."
"Sort of?" Jackie squinted. "Donna you can't sort of kiss someone. You either kissed or you didn't."
"Ok, then we kissed."
"Well?"
"It was so much better then Hyde's kiss."
Jackie raised her eyebrows skeptically.
"I mean, if you like Hyde," Donna laughed hoarsely, "I could totally see him being a good kisser, but seeing as how I've known him for way too long..."
"But you've known Eric just as long."
"That's different."
"Oh."
"Anyway, Eric's a really good kisser. He kind of surprised me while we were dancing." Donna smiled to herself, "And Jackie?"
"Yeah?"
"He used his tongue!"
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Meanwhile, a different conversation of sorts was being held in the Burkhart living room, where Hyde started up a circle, passing his stash to Eric, who grinned happily at the sight of it.
"Man, I kissed Donna!" Eric laughed. "And she tastes pretty good."
"She's ok." Hyde said absentmindely, then quickly composed himself, ready for Eric's arm to hit his face.
"You kissed Donna?" Eric laughed joyfully, then quickly grew a face of anger. "What? When?"
"A few weeks ago."
"How was it?" Fez asked. "Give us details."
"It was..." Hyde chuckled. "Mild compared to Jackie, man."
"You kissed Jackie too?" Fez asked unknowingly.
"Yeah and he pretends like he hates her, still." Eric said bitterly. "I still don't get why you kissed Donna."
"I was confused, Forman. It was nothing." Hyde promised. "Besides, she was so in love with you, she came running to me the next day and told me off."
"Well, good." Eric nodded. "And Donna is a way better kisser then Jackie."
"How would you know?" Hyde asked slyly.
"Er..." Eric stammered, "Well, she barely keeps her mouth shut long enough to even try, so I don't know."
"You have kissed Donna and Jackie," Fez sighed, pointing towards Hyde. "And you have kissed Donna," Fez said once more, pointing to Eric. "And who has Fez kissed? No one!"
"What about Kelso?" Eric asked, waving his hands about. "He's so going to kick your ass when he finds out."
"Not if I kick his first." Hyde said smugly, crossing his arms.
"What are you guys doing?" Jackie shrieked as the three boys looked up at the bruised and battered princess, standing on her white carpet with dirty bare toes, leaving a track of dirt behind her. Donna stood by her, sheepishly as always, as Jackie placed her hands on her hips. "Are you doing that circle thing in my house?!"
"No." Eric said quickly, shuffling some things into his pocket.
"No, of course not!" Fez shouted as well, standing up as fast as he could without getting too dizzy.
Hyde didn't say anything as he leaned back on the couch, happy and contempt.
Jackie stared at Hyde, sighing to herself, "Well, I'm really tired and sore from..." Jackie grinned. "Kicking Pam Macy's ass."
Eric and Fez clapped merrily as Jackie took a lazy bow.
"So, you guys can crash here if you want...but, I'm going to bed."
"What about your parents?" Eric asked quietly, thinking that they were upstairs.
"They're gone." Jackie said submissively, slightly self aware when Eric's eyes bulged in concern. "Vacaitioning in Cancun. You know how it is..." Jackie giggled incessantly and started to march up the stairs, stopping her fit of giggles as she reached the final step.
"Jackie?" Donna called up towards her. "We're going home."
"Okay!" Jackie screamed back, peering over the banister of the staircase as she watched the four leave, sighing heavily as she went off to take a shower and get cleaned up.
She finally settled into bed, her back aching, along with her eye and feet. She curled her toes up, smoothing out her blanket as she heard a noise at her window. Jackie's head popped up in fear as she heard another tiny 'pang' coming from her bedside window. She reached under her bed, grabbing the first thing she could find, which was an old slipper, and held it high above her head as she stumbled out of her bed, rubbing her good eye as she walked over to the window.
At once, the window started to slide open and Jackie started to scream, beating the intruder with her slipper.
The person fell to the floor with a groan, as Jackie beat him harder, shrieking so hard that she couldn't hear her pleas. He stood up, grabbing Jackie's wrist so she couldn't move and she shriked harder and began to cry.
He reached over, pulling the string of her lamp, letting light pour over them and dropped her wrist.
"Steven?" She gasped, dropping the slipper to the floor.
"What is wrong with you?" He asked hoarsely as he slipped his suede jacket off, throwing it on her vanity chair as he sat down on her bed, checking out his bicep, which was red from Jackie smacking him.
"Me?" Jackie asked with wide eyes. "Why were you breaking into my house?"
"I wasn't breaking in, you moron." Hyde muttered. "I was just going to check on you."
Jackie caught her breath, letting these simple words sink in.
She sat down on the bed next to him, her heart racing. She became suddenly aware of how all she was wearing was a pair of way too short shorts and a white camisole, which probably revealed more then she had planned.
She crossed her arms over her chest, staring straight ahead, not sure of what to say or what to do.
"So, you and Kelso?" He asked tentively.
"Done."
"Good." He grinned. "Because before it was wrong."
"What was wrong?" Jackie asked steadily, turning towards him.
He took off his sunglasses, letting them drop next to his jacket.
He leaned in, letting his lips brush against hers and whispered heavily into her ear, sending chills throughout her spine, "This."
He placed his hand on her shoulder, pushing her back onto the bed gently as he laid on top of her, moving from her lips to her neck in one swift motion.
Jackie squirmed happily underneath him, slighlyly aroused when she felt him pushing up against her, and then groaned when his belt buckle clipped her stomach accidentally.
She reached towards the bottom of his shirt, pulling it up gently and began to unbuckle his belt, to get it out of the way, as he kissed her lips again, spreading them apart with his tongue. Jackie finally figured the clasp out, hearing a click come from his belt, she moaned with satisfaction as he pulled away from her quickly.
"Jackie," He panted, staring at his unbuckled belt. "Don't you think that's a little too fast?"
Jackie scrunched up her face in confusion, before letting out a fit of giggles.
He frowned, sitting up and away from her.
"Steven," She laughed, placing her arm on his shoulder. "The buckle of your belt was digging into my skin." She tapped on the buckle softly. "That's all."
"Oh." She could have sworn he blushed, but he quickly avoided it by bringing his hand towards hers, pushing her back down again. They went at it for awhile, everything seemed happy and blissful as they explored each other's mouths. Once in a while, his hands would roam southward and Jackie would bite down on his tongue in response, as a warning. Overall, she was surprised at how polite he was, though she recognized his experience. It was the little things he did, like the way he rolled his tongue or the way he pressed his hand against her stomach while he kissed her, making all the pressure build up inside of her.
He was an amazing kisser.
And Jackie never wanted it to end.
"I should go home." Hyde said as he came up for air, pulling down his riding shirt.
"Yeah." Jackie nodded. "You should."
She stood up slowly, fixing the strap of her tank top, pushing her curls off her shoulder, exposing just enough bare skin to make him lunge at her again, his hands resting her her shoulders, pulling down on the flimsy strap of her tank top.
It was too intense, too heated for her to say anything as he slid his hand over her shoulderblade and down her shirt. Upon feeling his cold, hand against her chest, she pulled back quickly, wiping at her lips as she fixed her shirt.
Hyde watched her intensely as she stammered about for a bit, making up excuses.
She didn't know what he was thinking, but by the look of disappointment on his face, she knew it couldn't be good.
He watched her carefully, taking a step back to really see her.
She looked so young, so fragile and Hyde suddenly remembered that she had only been with Kelso, how she was only 14, how she's never had anyone touch her the way he just did. He felt instantly guilty of sneaking up on her like that, like he had taken advantage of her, and just wanted to get away from her, before he made any other stupid mistakes. He couldn't stand the look she was giving him, like a deer in headlights. She crossed her arms over her chest, looking quite lost, as she said something about how late it was and he grabbed his sunglasses off the table, so he could shield his feelings for her once again.
"Jackie, we can't do this." He said sternly, crossing his arms as well.
"Steven, look, I know I'm not that experienced...but when I'm ready..."
"No, it's not that." He shook his head slowly, afraid of what he might have to say to protect her from himself. "We're just too different, ok?"
Jackie stared at him in awe, "Nice try."
He cleared his throat, frustrated that she had seen him through him, and licked his lips as he prepared more excuses.
"The truth is," He spat out, frowning, "I'm just not really the commitment type of guy and..." He sighed, slumping his shoulders as he realized that all his attempts will probably fail. He had let her in tonight, by showing her his bruises, telling her his problems and she would see through any shit he tried to pull past her. "I don't want to hurt you."
Jackie smiled in understanding, and kissed him softly, leaning her forehead against his as she whispered in response, "You're the sweetest, coolest guy I have ever met."
"Shut up." He muttered, kissing her fiercely. "I really should go, though."
"You should." Jackie walked him downstairs, shivering slightly as he opened the front door. "Steven?"
He turned to her, stepping outside as she continued.
"I'm not asking for commitment. I just..." She smiled. "I like making out with you."
"Of course you do." He said smugly, cracking his knuckles in front of him as she rolled her eyes, relieved when she felt no pain afterwards. "And don't worry about your eye. It should be back to normal for school on Monday."
Jackie sighed in relief, rolling her eyes once again, for the heck of it.
He kissed her briefly, watching her again strongly, before turning towards the street.
Jackie felt a final tingle in her stomach as she watched him leave, and ran upstairs back to bed, to finally get some sleep, though she wasn't sure how she was supposed to sleep when all she could think of was his hands on her, his lips on her lips, and that one, slip of a touch, that scared her completely.
It's not like she didn't want to...she did.
She was just scared to fall to much for someone like him.
And when he admitted that he was afraid to hurt her, it was like he read her mind, because she was so sure he would one day... if she were to grow emotionally attached in any way. So they'd keep this simple. They'd hook up, but they wouldn't be anything exclusive. No one would need to know and everything would be fine.
Jackie glanced at her vanity, noticing his jacket against it, and smiled unsurely.
She tried to force herself asleep, keeping an eye on the jacket as she drifted to sleep, inhaling one last sharp breath of that crisp, clean smell she was slowly becoming addicted to.