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Hyde looked up, surprise evident in his expression. Jackie looked at him, unsure of what about her statement he had actually found surprising.

"What?" She asked.

"You said 'love'"

"Yeah, so?"

"So, you said 'love' as in present tense"

"I know," She replied, looking into his eyes.

"Oh."

"Yeah. Oh."

"Well what do you want me to SAY, Jackie?"

"Nothing, Steven. I don't WANT you to say anything. I was just telling you how I FELT"

They both sat there, just staring at each other intensely. Finally, Hyde stood up and walked behind the couch, throwing his hands up.

"God, I can't do this anymore"

"Can't Do WHAT?" Jackie asked, confused.

"THIS. This whole…pretending we hate each other thing"

Jackie scoffs. "I didn't realize you were 'pretending'"

"Come on, Jackie. I don't HATE you. I hate the way things have turned out, but I don't hate you." His voice lowered, "I never have." He said, shaking his head.

"Well, the only reason things have turned out the way that they have is because of you!"

"Yeah. I know."

Jackie opened her mouth, prepared to argue his reply, and then closed it again after hearing what he said. She was taken aback. She had never expected that Steven would actually take responsibility for the way things were between them. She was suddenly overcome with a renewed anger.

"You KNOW! If you KNOW, then why did you act like that?"

"Why did I act like what?"

She looked at him. "Like a jackass"

"Because I didn't know what else to do" He replied, lowering his head.

"So you behaved like a dumbass? Oh please, Steven. You did it because you wanted to hurt me. It's like you've been trying to one-up yourself ever since you married that whore. Well, its ok, Steven. I'm sufficiently hurt. So maybe now you can finally focus on something else."

"Jackie-"

"No really, Steven. I'm serious. I can't take it anymore. It's like you don't even WANT to remember what we had. Like it just meant nothing to you!"

He remained silent. Her voice grew quiet.

"Is that how you feel, Steven?" She asked, her eyes pleading with him to tell her differently, even though he was looking down.

"Jackie, you know that's not how I feel"

"No, Steven, I DON'T know. I don't know anything about you anymore! You're like a completely different person! The only thing about you that's still the same is the fact that you can't express your goddamn feelings!"

She got up to march out of the basement, but just when she got to the door, she heard his voice.

"Jackie"

She turned. He got up and walked over to her, grabbed her face with his hands, and before she knew it, his lips came crashing down on hers.