Chapter 6

It was time; she had to go to the basement. They would all be there looking at her like she was a mutant. Would she be able to handle that? Jackie would have to; she had been staring at the basement door for the past 5 minutes. 'Alright, just breathe……breathe, Alright, I'm ready.' Jackie took a step and quietly said "Come what may."

Jackie walked in the basement and immediately met with red hair, and a feeling like she couldn't breathe. Jackie finally realized Donna was hugging her.

"Oh ummm, hey cough Donna. I can't wheeze breathe." Jackie voiced out. The red head backed off and said "Are you ok Jackie? We were all so worried! What hap-" Donna decided to let that last question go for now, after seeing the looks Hyde gave her. Jackie gave a small smile. "I'm actually alright, I'm better now."

And for once it was the truth. Granted, Jackie was far from normal. But she was on her way. Jackie made her way over to the couch and sat next to Hyde. He gave her a quick smile, and she gave one back in return.

Abruptly, Eric stood up.

"Guys! Can we actually like, do something……….let's go to the pool! Yeah, just the 6 of us, it'll be great!"

Donna smiled "Great idea Eric, I wouldn't mind going, Hyde?"

Hyde smirked. "Not at all. Kelso? Fez?"

Both Kelso and Fez shouted simultaneously "Ladies in bikinis!"

They gang laughed and started to get ready, all wandering off in different directions.

Hyde turned to Jackie on the couch "You gonna go Jackie?"

Jackie thought for a second before replying cautiously "Yeah, sure…..it would be nice to get out right?" She turned to Hyde.

"Yeah, it's good for you. Listen I'll just get some stuff and then I'll drive you over to you house so you can get some things K?"

Jackie nodded and Hyde went into the back room. 5 minutes later Hyde came out with a small bad "Ready to go Jacks?"

Jackie smiled at the nick name he chose, and leapt off the couch. They both came on to the driveway to see Eric and Donna ready to go. Hyde walked up to them. "Foreman, I'm taking Jackie to her house so she can get her stuff, give us half an hour alright man." Eric nodded and said "Cool, we'll just wait for Kelso and Fez."

Jackie was leaning casually against the side of the El Camino. Hyde opened the door, got in, and unlocked Jackie's side. Soon, they were off. The whole car ride was in silence, other than the sounds of AC/DC on the radio. Jackie sat tensely in the front seat. She had never expected her relationship with Steven to get to this. He wasn't calling her a rich bitch princess and she wasn't calling him a scruffy dirt bag loser.

The car came to a stop in front of the huge mansion. Jackie cleared her throat "Umm, you want to come in while I get some stuff?"

"Sure"

They walked into the house, Hyde noticed its emptiness and wondered how Jackie could stay here every night. Jackie saw his wandering eye.

"Yeah, so try and make yourself at home and feel free to wreck anything, while I go upstairs." And the pixie soon disappeared up the stairs.

Hyde smirked at her words and looked around. He walked over to the wall and looked at the frames and portraits. Row upon row or schmucks smirking back at Hyde. Until Hyde saw one missing and looked around. He walked over to the opposite wall and bent down, Hyde saw the picture in pieces and glass scattered everywhere. Hyde stood up and frowned, he saw a hole in the wall. Jackie obviously had thrown the picture in place of her angst. He couldn't help but relate with the broken family, each child abandoned.

Jackie

Jackie placed her two piece in a bag, along with shades, a beach towel, and tanning cream. She was about to go downstairs but instead grabbed a baggy t-shirt and stuffed it in bag.

She made her way down the stairs and didn't see Steven.

"Steven?"

She heard a "Coming" in the direction of the family portraits. Jackie wondered if he saw the picture. Hyde came along and they both the isolated house.

At the Pool

Jackie couldn't get out the Vista Cruiser any faster. Kelso and Fez sang "This is the Song that Never Ends." The whole ride, even after many froggings and complaints.

"God Kelso, you just had to sing!" Hyde yelled.

"Jeez, Kelso, no wonder you got kicked out of choir in 3rd grade." Eric said.

Everyone burst into laughter, and Kelso just walked off with an infuriated "Whatever man."

While everyone was finishing off laughing, they all went in to the bathrooms to change.

Jackie

Jackie walked into the stall and peeled off her clothing, and slowly slipped on her two piece. She sighed, she really didn't want to be here. Jackie looked down at her stomach in disgust. It was a reminder, cruel torture device that would remind her how filthy she was. Jackie grabbed the baggy t-shirt and pulled it on with a deep breath. Jackie walked out of the stall and over by the pool. (A/N: Later chapter will reveal her 'stomach issue')

Jackie was the last one there, Donna gave Jackie a weird look.

"Jackie, what's with the t-shirt?"

Jackie shrugged "It's no big deal, I don't want to burn." And she sat down on the lawn chair, trying to play cool and innocent. Hyde gave her a weird look, but everyone else just played it off as something 'Jackie-ish'. While everyone proceeded to get wet n' wild, Jackie say, and furrowed her eyebrows. She was going to have to tell them soon. It was time. But Jackie, she couldn't, not until she herself over it and ready. But would telling everyone be the final step to recovery? She couldn't be completely okay until her truth was out? Time was never on Jackie's side.

Hyde came over and sat down on the chair next to Jackie.

"Something wrong Jacks?"

Jackie gave a small smile to Hyde but spoke shakily "Steven, could you just take me back to my house? Please?"

"Yeah of course Jacks, let's go get your stuff."

And so, Jackie waited in the car, while Steven explained to everyone that Jackie was just no feeling well. Oh yeah, Jackie was going to have to tell them real soon if she kept dishing out these excuses.

The drive home was relatively quiet, Jackie just kept her eyes on the road ahead contemplating her dilemma. And Hyde kept his eyes on the road as well, occasionally throwing Jackie concerned looks. Looks, she managed to miss, too caught up in her ordeal.

Hyde pulled up to the front of her house, got out, and helped Jackie out, something he never imagined her would do.

They arrived at her front door and Jackie opened her to say something, but instead closed it. She took a step forward and hugged Hyde, burying her face in his chest and inhaling his intoxicating smell. Words were not something she needed right now, she needed support and relief, she needed to feel safe. Something she always felt when it came to Steven. Hyde in turn wrapped his arms around her and hugged her closer, and rested his chin on her head. Not needing an explanation. Just feeling. Feeling how perfect they molded together, how understanding wasn't needed with words, and how things felt so right.

Jackie lifted her head from his chest, and Hyde placed a lingering kiss on her forehead, Jackie closed her eyes in bliss, feeling his warm lips on her cool skin. Jackie reached up slowly and took off his sunglasses, she looked into his eyes, they were hypnotic, and Jackie always lost her senses in them. Hyde slowly leaned down and stopped an inch away from her lips. Hyde looked into her eyes and they were begging him to do what she couldn't, close the gap. And so he did, he captured her lips in a sweet kiss. Warm vibrations swept through them both, each other's taste was deliciously inviting. Jackie placed her arms around his neck and Hyde brought his hands to cup her face. The kiss was slow and passionate, something the two had never experienced, but they couldn't get enough. Jackie fingers clenched in his curls, and Hyde bit Jackie's' lower lip in his teeth, gently sucking it, Jackie gasped when she felt his tongue but graciously invited him and teased him with her own tongue. Caught up in their passionate lover affair, Jackie dropped the sunglasses she previously held in her hands. It made a loud CLACK on the ground, breaking the two apart. Jumping away from each other.

They both just stared at each other, both afraid to say anything. Jackie silently backed up and went into the house. She dropped down on to the ground. Oh yes, Jackie was in some deep shit.

Hyde bent down and picked up his glasses. He walked to his car, got in, and just sat there. He had jut had the most sensual make out session in his life, with a girl he had never even thought about that way before. But now, he couldn't forget that kiss, she managed to put every emotion she could into that kiss, and the weird thing was that Hyde put in the same emotion. Hyde and emotion just don't run together in the same sentence, he was a badass Zen master! And turning into a pansy!

Flustered beyond belief, Hyde drove back to the Foreman's. He entered the basement and went straight to bed, ignoring all the "Hey's" "How's Jackie's" and "What's up's". It had been a hell of a day and Hyde was in deep shit.

Jackie

Jackie got up from the door and walked to her bedroom. That kiss, that kiss was the most passionate kiss she had ever had compared to all Kelso's kisses combined. It wasn't a lust filled kiss, it was a kiss filled with raw emotion, adoration, tenderness, adoration, and……love? God, Jackie couldn't deal with love, how would she know if this was love? All her love was stripped of her when she went through denial. It was all too much for Jackie to handle. She went straight to bed.

End Chapter 6

A/N: Next chapter: confrontations, phone calls, and yup! Jackie's secret is revealed! Alright, so the next chapter is the most important, so it will be the longest. I'm expecting it to take 3-4 days. And after her secret is revealed the story will continue. I really want to thank my reviewers, they are really, really, encouraging.