Chapter 9.

.A few days later.

Jeremy was a pain in the ass for Hyde. He never did let on that he knew about the affair but he did use the information to his advantage. Right now, he was laying it on real thick in getting what he wanted. Jeremy convinced Sam they should all go to the drive in together and he seemed to have a case of roaming hands.

"Jeremy, stop it," Jackie hissed removing his hand from her thigh. She fixed her skirt, which he tried to hike up. When she looked up, Jackie saw that Hyde was glancing at them in the rearview mirror. They both locked eyes but that didn't make her feel any safer.

"Steven, why don't we go get some popcorn and give them some privacy." He couldn't believe that she said this. How could she not see how uncomfortable her sister was Jeremy? "Steven, come on." Hyde was close to giving in and leaving the car but Jackie, smacking Jeremy across the face stops him.

"I TOLD YOU TO STOP!" Jackie yelled at him jumped out of the car and ran to the bathroom. Hyde couldn't control his anger; he dragged Jeremy out of the car and slammed him against it.

"Sam, go and check on your sister," Hyde told her and she obeyed.

"I wouldn't do anything unless you want your little secret out in the open," Jeremy warned him but Hyde couldn't care less right now.

"Tell her, go right ahead and tell her. It won't change the fact that Jackie wants me and not you. You'll just end up hurting the both of them if you do tell," Hyde informed him. Jeremy smiled at him smiled brightly, as he shook his head.

"So will you," Jeremy retorted. Hyde was confused, what did he mean. "You married one sister but love the other. You haven't divorced Sam yet, which means you never will. You think that Jackie will always want to be you little side dish. She won't, she will leave you…alone with someone you won't ever love. All three of you are screwed over. If you break it off with one to be with other, they won't talk to one another. Then look what you did…you broke their sisterhood or whatever." Hyde let him go and stepped back, the words hit him like a ton of bricks. He never thought about any of that. All he was every worried about was when he would be with Jackie alone and how to keep Sam away. However, he never really considered everyone feelings…not even his own.

Jackie ran into the bathroom and locked the door. This was getting to be too much and Jeremy only added to the guilt she was carrying.

"Jackie," Sam called and knocked on the door. "Jack, let me in." Jackie opened the door and let her sister in, only to lock it once again so they could be alone. "Do you not want to be with Jeremy? You don't love him anymore, do you?"

"No, Sam I do not want to be with him. Sam…I'm having an affair with a married man," Sam put her hand over her mouth. "I didn't think I would fall in love with him but I did. I tried to stop myself but it was no use."

"Jackie, you have to break it off with who ever it is. You can't destroy someone's marriage. Who is it?"

"It's…someone from my school," she lied. "I don't want to break it off. I know that it's wrong and stupid but I can't stop."

"Will he leave his wife? If he really cares for you then he would leave her for you."

"No, he doesn't love her but he refuses to leave her. I know that he feels the same for me, Sam." Sam took her sister in her arms and held her while she calmed down. "Jeremy knows and that is why he is acting this way."

"Well, let's go back out to the car so we can go home. Jeremy will be gone tomorrow so you don't have to deal with him anymore. We really should get out there I think Steven was going to kill him." Jackie gasped and ran out there and back to the car. Hyde was sitting on the hood of the car with Jeremy nowhere to be found.

"Where is he?" Jackie asked looking around at the other cars.

"He decided that he was going to leave earlier then expected." Hyde got into the car followed by Sam and Jackie.

Later that night Sam laid in bed thinking about what Jackie told her in the bathroom. She needed to tell someone else so she just blurted it out.

"Jackie is dating a married man," Hyde stiffened next to Sam. "Did you know anything about this? Did she ever bring him here?"

"No, I…uh…no, I had no idea," he stuttered. "I'll talk to her and see if I can get anything out of her." Hyde slipped out of bed and threw on a shirt. He knocked on her door but she didn't answer so he just opened it and found that she wasn't there. Hyde walked out further into her room, looked out the window, and saw her sitting a swing in the small play area for kids.

Jackie looked up from the sand that she was kicking around and stared at him.

"I love you," she told him silently. "Whatever Jeremy said to you changed our situation. You're not looking at me the same way you used to."

"Don't," he finally spoke. "You don't love me; you just think that you do. I think that we should cool down for awhile and umm…"

"If you want to stop all of this then tell me. Don't give me the run around," she snapped at him. "Do you care at all?" Hyde just stared at her not wanting to respond to her statement and honestly he didn't know what he wanted. "Well, I think I have my answer." Jackie got off the swing and started to walk away but Hyde stopped her. He took her to the side of the building away from the windows and kissed her. She pushed him away and he stumbled back.

"That bastard was right. No matter what I do, someone will get hurt." Hyde mumbled to himself and Jackie took that as him choosing Sam. "Jackie, I…I do care for you." He grabbed her face lightly and placed his forehead against hers. "Please, just give us some more time and I'll figure out what to do. If that means that I have to leave Sam, then so be it. There's just so much going on right now."
"You promise?" She asked and he answered her with another kiss. He took her hand and directed her quickly over to his El Camino. Screw the cooling down…he needed her.

A/N: So, I didn't do a sex scene in this chapter but it will be in another chapter through a flashback. Also, I know that I got rid of Jeremy really fast but I wanted to get on with the story. I know that she shouldn't have believed him and fall right back into his arms but hey people are stupid when it comes to love. Soon, Hyde will get his and feel like an ass.