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Title taken from song by Debarge

Chapter 7

I've been thinkin' 'bout you for quite a while
You're on my mind everyday and every night
My every thought is you, the things you do
Seems so satisfying to me, I must confess it, girl

Ooh...and I like it
You send chills up my spine every time
I take a look at you
Ooh...and I like it
Girl, you're blowin' My mind with the things you say to me

It was going on 2 hours that Jackie had spent getting ready for her date. She was past the hair phase of the process and currently finishing up her make up. After a grueling process of elimination, Jackie finally decided on an outfit and changed.

Now, it was common knowledge that Jackie had a long prep time on a normal day. No one paid any mind anymore, except this time was different. Donna had been noticing something different about Jackie. She definitely seemed more focused and maybe even nervous.

Having left during the applying of the make-up, Donna returned to the room finding Jackie pretty much ready to go. She couldn't believe how great Jackie looked. It wasn't rare that Jackie's appearance turned heads but Donna knew tonight she was going to raise pulses.

"Wow" Donna complimented. "I hope Mike is up for this"

Jackie's expression almost seemed confused for a second before replying,

"Oh yeah well I'm sure he'll be fine" She hadn't really been thinking of Mike that much but preferred not to open that can of worms.

"So you must really be interested in him" Donna commented as Jackie pulled on her shoes.

"Why do you say that?"

"Well cause you spent so much time getting all dolled up for your date" Donna wanted to add, unless it's for someone else, but was able to restrain herself.

"Please Donna I just like to look good, plus he's already drooling over me as it is" Jackie pointed out.

"Anyway," Donna rolled her eyes. "What time is he picking you up?"

"Like 8"

"Well you have like 20 minutes you wanna come by the Forman's before you go"

"Sure" Jackie replied casually despite her excitement that Steven would see her. Donna was finding it more difficult to remain quiet.

"Man we're up like 6 points" Hyde boasted while dribbling in Eric's face.

"You're hopeless"

"He's right Eric, we're going to crush you" Fez joined in.

"Hey we can still come back to win"

Just then Hyde passed the ball to Fez who scored.

"Oh nothing but net" Hyde taunted mercilessly.

"Are you bullying him again?" Donna called out and all 4 guys turned toward the 2 girls walking their way.

Hyde suddenly was in need of water badly. His throat became dry and he suspected if he were capable of speaking which he currently was not, his mouth would be to dry to speak.

He had seen her a million times and every time she had looked beautiful in a way he'd never seen a girl look before. But, as she approached him now, he almost forgot to breathe from the sight of her.

Jackie had the ability to make a regular casual style into something that was not in any way regular. If you dissected everything you'd see that she was simply wearing jeans, and a black top with a jean jacket. True the jeans were tight and the black top happened to be a sexy halter but she made it look damn hot.

Jackie had been focusing on Hyde as she approached the guys in the driveway, not caring at this particular moment of being obvious.

"Hey Jackie, looking good" Kelso was the first to speak up.

"Thanks Kelso" Jackie smiled.

"Mike won't be able to keep his hands off you" Fez added but then thought about it. "But, he better or we will crush him"

"Excuse Fez" Eric explained. "Hyde fills his head with violent thoughts"

"Well, thanks anyway Fez" Jackie smiled at him before looking toward Hyde. "So you gonna be okay without your sidekick" she teased.

"What're you talking about, Fez is coming with me" Hyde replied with his expected sarcasm and got laughs even from Jackie.

"Sure, sure, you tell yourself whatever you need to get through the night without crying"

"Whatever" he dismissed her, while everyone continued to laugh.

The sound of a car door interrupted their moment causing them all to look toward the street.

There was Mike Jameson walking up the Forman driveway, doing a good job of hiding his nervousness as he approached the tight knitted basement gang.

"Hey guys" he nodded to everyone.

"What's up man" "Hey" "Hello" were heard randomly from everyone except Hyde who gestured with a nod of the head.

"So I guess I'll see you guys at the party then" she spun back around to face her friends, eyes scanning across all their faces ending with Hyde who held her gaze a bit longer. "Bye"

She walked off hearing her friends farewell's behind her.

Once she drove off there was a brief silence among the group. Secretly they all were thinking the same thing; even Kelso had an idea about what was really going on. Hyde could play cool around anyone, he was great at it but his friends could sense something boiling inside of him and that Jackie was very much a part of it.

Like when I'm all alone with you

You know exactly what to do

You put that fire inside of me

And make it more than just a dream