-1Disclaimer; Title is from a Pat Benetar song.
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Chapter 2

45 minutes later Donna sat in the circle with all her friends. This was exactly what she needed. She had been going on and on about how awful her cousin Jackie was. When it became obvious the venting may go on longer than they could handle Hyde took it upon him self to get the circle necessities prepared. Finally she had mellowed as did everyone else.
"Hey guys" she said in a sweeter voice. "I'm sorry for freaking out earlier" she giggled
"It's cool man" Hyde assured her. "Just don't let it happen again"

"So Donna is your cousin hot?" Kelso asked as expected.

"God Kelso that's all you care about" she gave him an annoyed look.

"Well yeah" he admitted. "Plus if we hook up I can take her off your hands if she's bugging you"

"He has a point" she admitted. "Plus she'd probably be into you. I can see her liking your type"

"Well that definitely says something" Hyde commented laughing. "All I know is she better not come here thinking she's still got servants and daddy's money to get her whatever she wants"

"Hey, come on Donna you said yourself you haven't seen her in years" Eric pointed out. "Maybe you should give her a chance"

"I doubt she's any different from that snotty little kid who spent my whole California vacation calling me poor and not girly enough to play with her toys" Donna whined believing nothing about Jackie Burkhardt could be different.

Jackie reached Donna's room and took a deep breath before entering with her best smile.

"Donna" she exclaimed hugging her.

"Jackie, hi" Donna's returned with less enthusiasm than Jackie had hoped for.

"So this is where your dad told me I'd be staying" Jackie didn't know how to respond, since Donna obviously didn't want her there. "Sorry to intrude"

"Hey I'll get used to it" Donna's attempt at being hospitable wasn't felt by Jackie who in return became defensive herself.

"Yeah well it's such a small space to begin with, now with two of us I can't imagine how we'll survive"

"Maybe we should just stay out of each others way" Donna suggested glaring at Jackie who was looking up at her

"That's actually a really good idea" Jackie glared right back.

"Girls, the kids are here with Red and Kitty" Bob called them down and Jackie followed Donna in silence the whole way to the backyard.

Jackie kept her cool as she walked out to face all eyes on her. Donna's tone remained the same as she introduced Jackie to everyone. "Jackie this is Kitty and Red they live next door.
"Oh you sweet girl, if you need anything just come by" Kitty pulled her into a hug and Jackie went from startled to touched by the woman's gesture.

"These are my friends" Donna's moved on "This is Fez, Kelso, Hyde, and my boyfriend Eric"

Jackie displayed her smile confidently and sat with everyone who began to talk comfortably amongst them selves.

"So Jackie, what's California like?" Eric made the move to include Jackie in the conversation.

"Oh it's crowded, but its fun. Luckily I don't have to suffer with the heat this summer" she tried to be grateful for something.
"Yeah but you have the beach" Eric pointed out
"Yeah that must be bad ass did you party at the beach all the time" The one called Kelso asked.

"I guess I did spend a lot of time there" she felt sadness coming thinking about California.
"Well, we go to the lake a lot during the summer" Donna tried to make her feel better. "It's not the beach but it's fun"

"I'm sure it will be' Jackie appreciated her effort.

Donna was getting a plate of food when Eric came up behind her.
"See I told you" Eric said behind her
"Okay , maybe I was wrong but I'm not gonna let my guard down so quick" Donna stated. Eric gave her a disappointed look" What, she could be faking it"

Jackie was observing her cousins friends. They seemed nice. The foreign guy was a little creepy seemed harmless. Hyde was very quiet but not in the shy way, in the I'm too cool" way. She had a feeling he didn't like already. He seemed like the kind of guy who hated everyone until they gave him a reason to feel otherwise. She was nervous enough with out his expressionless face, and eyes hidden by sunglasses. The one they called Kelso was obviously the dumb one, if only he'd stop staring at her.

"Kelso can you back off of my cousin please?" Donna yelled at Kelso.

"Big D" his attempt at being discreet was miserable "What about our plan?"

"What plan?" Jackie's ears perked up and she noticed Donna's sudden discomfort.

"Oh nothing it was just a joke" Donna tried to avoid this topic completely.

"What joke?" Jackie asked in a frighteningly sweet tone.

"It's just, yesterday, after I told them you were coming, Kelso said he'd take you off my hands but he was just joking" Donna rushed hoping she would believe her.

"Hey don't worry about it Donna" Jackie stood to go back inside. "I'm good at being invisible. Besides it saves me having to come up with an excuse to leave. I'm so relieved I don't have to act anymore. You must be too"

"Excuse me?" Donna was insulted which made her forget that she may have hurt Jackie's feelings.

"Yeah , it's bad enough I'm living here now. But I don't have to completely lower my standards" she smiled the entire time she insulted Donna and her friends.
While walking away she recalled the shocked look on their faces. Except for the quiet one of course. His expression remained the same but she knew he definitely noticed her now.