A/N: Thanks again to everyone for the encouragement. I'm sorry if the flashbacks are slightly confusing, I promise things will make more sense as the story progresses.

Chapter Three – Night Drive

It was my turn to decide
I knew this was our time
No one else will have me like you do
No one else will have me, only you

The ceremony wasn't fancy but Eric and Donna stood there in front of family and friends to declare their undying love for one another. Hyde was never one for public displays of devotion but even he could admit that for Eric and Donna it couldn't have been any more perfect. They had the reception in a marquee in the local botanical gardens overlooking a small lake. They ate food, made speeches and cut the cake. Then the MC announced it was time for the bride and groom to have their first dance. Watching them dance he thought back to the time that he'd asked Donna to dance at that Disco in Kenosha. How easily things could have been different if Eric hadn't finally stood up and fought for Donna. Maybe that was the difference between him and Eric, he'd had the guts to fight for Donna time and time again. Now it had finally paid off, they were man and wife and he'd never seen two people look so happy.

The dance ended and everybody clapped, the MC then announced it was the bridal table's turn to hit the floor. Kitty pulled Red reluctantly onto the floor and Bob held out his hand to Midge and she took it with a smile. That left only him and Jackie to get up and join the others. They held onto each other silently as they swayed to the music. Its funny, for a guy who liked to say he didn't really like to dance some of the best times he'd ever spent with Jackie were at dances. The Prom, the Valentines Day dance, the Christmas Eve dance, all significant in their own way. Now here they were, dancing again and he couldn't help but feel that this dance would just be as significant as all the others. As they danced he couldn't help but notice that her dress was pink and floral not unlike the one she'd had on in that Chicago motel room so many years ago.

Hyde drove down the highway, palms sweaty and heart racing. He had just said goodbye to his best friend but that wasn't why he was feeling so anxious. The reason was a slender but deceptively strong girl about an hour away in Chicago with no idea he was coming. Leo was right, he loved loud girl and as much as he wasn't sure marriage was what he really wanted, right now he knew that losing her again would be much worse. In the pocket of his jacket was the ring he'd just purchased. With the store doing fairly well he was able to afford something decent but he'd picked it in such a rush he wasn't sure she'd like it. Hell she'd probably be so floored that he'd even gotten her a ring that she wouldn't care what it looked like, as long as she could exchange it later for something she did like. That was the thing about Jackie, as much as she liked to say she loved expensive things and lots of money, it was the small gestures that she really appreciated. It was one of the million reasons why he loved her and that made him smile. Being with her had made him smile more that he ever had before and God forbid he didn't even care. He couldn't believe how sappy he was becoming, even Foreman would laugh. But he wasn't here and Jackie was and that's all that mattered right now………

After Kelso had run out of the motel room shrieking like a girl he had just stood there staring at Jackie. She stared back, her haunted eyes starting to fill with tears and it snapped him back to reality. Her tears were always his undoing and he had to get out of there, now. He stormed back to his car with her trailing behind calling his name, pleading with him to wait. He took no notice as he gunned the engine and sped off down the highway. Kelso, it always came back to him and he was just so tired of having to compete. Well now he didn't have to, he could have her, no one had ever made him feel more furious and humiliated as she had just then. He'd always known she'd be the death of him and now it had finally happened. He drove all night, running on adrenalin alone. He needed to find somewhere he could get totally wasted and no one would care, hell he'd always wanted to go to Vegas.

"Steven? Steven?"

He blinked returning to the present.

"Uh yeah, what's wrong?"

"Are you OK? You started shaking" she said with genuine concern.

"I was? Oh sorry"

"Do you maybe want to sit down or something?"

"Yeah I think I should"

"Ok I'll go get us something to drink"

"Ok thanks"

Hyde went and sat back down at the table and watched as she went to get their drinks. He couldn't believe even after all this time apart she could still evoke such a reaction in him. She handed him a beer and sat down next to him. They sat there in silence sipping their drinks, he was amazed that she wasn't yakking his ear off by now. Normally it would be hard to shut her up especially at a wedding. But the past few days he'd noticed how quiet she'd been almost like she was sad. It seemed as if she had lost that sparkle in her eyes and that killed a part of him. It was like the Jackie he knew was gone, replaced by this shell of who she use to be. He desperately wanted to know why she was like this but that would involve talking, something he was just not prepared to do right now. Jackie finished her drink and excused herself from the table. She chatted to a few people along the way but eventually ended up sitting at a table next to Fez. Hyde knew that somehow they had sorted out whatever had happened between them but Fez never went into it and he never asked. Besides it was none of his business and even though he had a nagging suspicion it would explain Jackie's current behavior it just wasn't his right to know anymore.