A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! Wow, I had no idea I would cause such high running emotions from this story, that makes me happy. And though I won't ruin anything, no worries to those out there. I'm a huge J/H shipper. 'Nuff said.
Disclaimer: I own nothing from 70S SHOW nor SUPER FREAK.
Jackie was sad to go back to work the next day, but knew that Eric, Donna, and Tommy would find something to do. There were countless things to do in the city. So she sketched and worked and chatted with Barry.
"So why aren't you seeing Johnny until Saturday?" Jackie asked.
"Because he's busy during the rest of the week, I guess he has a deal to do or something," Barry said. "You know, something boring and lawyer-y. What about you, when are you going out with Drew?"
"I don't know, he has to call me," Jackie said. "We'll see if he actually does call me, he probably won't."
"You don't want him to," Barry said.
"Sure I do!" Jackie exclaimed. "I mean, Drew and I always had fun, but that fun was limited to the bedroom and the occasional dinner date, which went back to the bedroom…"
"So it will just be like those dinner dates," Barry said. "Without the bedroom."
"They were fun on their own," Jackie finished. "I wish that Steven would calm down, though."
"Would you calm down if he was going to lunch with his old fuck buddy?" Barry asked.
"No, if it was with someone who he was committed to in the past then I'd have a problem, sex friends don't bother me," Jackie said. "Cuz they mean nothing."
"You certainly are always on edge about Sam, though."
"They were quasi-married," Jackie said. "He committed to her instead of me. That's different."
"I'm not so sure," Barry said. As he said this, there was a knocking on the door. "It's open!"
Drew walked into the office.
"He's stalking you," Barry said, and Jackie looked up. Drew had his hands in his pockets, and he smiled at her.
"Do you not have a phone or something?" Jackie asked. He chuckled, and shrugged.
"Actually I was down the street at that bagel place and remembered you worked here," he said. "I brought you guys bagels." He presented a bag from behind his back, and Barry snatched it from him.
"You're a God," he said, and grabbed a bagel from it. Drew laughed.
"Okay Drew, what are you up to?" Jackie asked, skeptically taking a bagel.
"What?"
"You're following me around, you're buying me bagels," she listed.
"I thought the pregnant woman would like a bagel," he stated, though he had that fiendish look in his eyes that he used to get back in the day. Jackie arched her eyebrows at him. "Come on, SuperFreak, no strings. Just bagels." She huffed, and bit into the bagel.
"Drew, did you get shmear too?" Barry asked, and Drew tossed him a tub. "Jackie, no strings! Just bagels and shmear." She sighed, and smiled at Drew.
"Sorry, my husbands paranoia is rubbing off on me," she said. "So how are things with Sam?"
"Oh, they're fine," he lied. "She's out shopping today."
"For a better personality?" Jackie asked, smearing cream cheese on her bagel.
"Ouch," Drew said. "I mean, she could probably use one, but ouch."
"I won't apologize either," Jackie said.
"She won't, she holds grudges," Barry confirmed. "Do you know how long it took for her and her husband to talk things out? Ten years."
"Barry," Jackie warned.
"Wow, and you got married right after that?" Drew asked.
"Okay, Drew, time for you to go now," Jackie said. "We have clients coming into the office in a half hour."
"We're setting a lunch date first," Drew said. She rolled her eyes, and he sat on her desk.
"What are you doing?" she asked. He leaned back, and smiled up at her, that wolfish grin taking her back to senior year. "Drew, get off my desk."
"I'm not leaving until we set a date," he said.
"You're just as obnoxious as you were all those years ago," she said.
"You found it cute then."
"I can't believe you're a professor at NYU, a world reknowned institution."
"When are we going, SuperFreak?" She sighed, and pulled out her planner. He smiled at her, and she smiled vaguely at him. She held up a date.
"Tomorrow," she said. "You have to be here at eleven thirty, SHARP. It's literally an hour break, Barry and I have important potential clients coming in at one. I must be back here by twelve thirty." He sat up, and smiled triumphantly.
"You got it," he said. "Was that so hard?" She shook her head, and he winked at her. "I'll be by here tomorrow at eleven thirty sharp." She nodded, and he hopped off her desk.
"Fine," she said. "Have a good day, Drew."
"Thanks for the bagels," Barry said.
"Any time," Drew said. He waved cockily as he left the office, and closed the door behind him.
"He's so predatory," Barry exclaimed. "He's like a vampire or something!" Jackie nodded, and was quiet. Barry tilted his head, and examined her.
"Loves?" he asked. She looked up at him. "Are you okay?" She nodded.
"He's always been that way," she said. "He is like a vampire. You know you shouldn't look into his eyes, but you do, and though you regret it later, at the time they're the most powerful things in your sight." She stood, and walked to the water cooler in their office. Barry sighed, and leaned back.
"You know what that fits the description of?" he asked. She raised her eyebrows, waiting for an answer. "Sociopaths." She laughed, spitting water out her nose. "HA HA! I win!" She threw the empty paper cup at him, and he continued laughing. She wasn't as jovial, but put on a smile because he was so proud of himself.
When Drew got to the street, he got to a pay phone. He dialed his house, and waited.
"Hicks residence."
"It's me."
"Good," Sam said. "Did you arrange it?"
"Yeah, we're going out tomorrow."
"Excellent. I'll get Hyde to go out with me tomorrow as well," she said. "What time?"
"Eleven thirty," Drew said.
"So here's the plan," Sam said. "Hyde and I will show up at the same restaurant at the same time, and I'll flirt with him big time, acting like I don't see you guys. She's so jealous that she'll go into a fit, and YOU will be there to pick up the pieces. Just turn on that charm you turned on me."
"Yeah…." Drew said. "Remember, eleven thirty."
"I remember," she said. "I'll call Hyde and arrange for lunch with him at that time. Don't worry. Soon Jackie will be back in your arms."
"Right… Okay, bye," Drew said. He hung up, and began the walk to the subway.
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"So wait, she called you for lunch?" Eric asked that night as he and Hyde prepared dinner for the women and child.
"Yeah."
"And you accepted because….?"
"Because Drew ditched her for lunch with Jackie and she was mad," Hyde said.
"You used to be so heartless, man," Eric said. "Back in the day you would have been all 'too bad, toots'."
"Well, I kind of feel bad for lying to her about how I felt about Jackie all that time," he said. "I think I really hurt her."
"Hurt her, shmurt her," Eric said. "And she lied to you on more than one occasion."
"She said she's leaving back for Vegas in two days, so this will be our last goodbye," Hyde said. "We have loose ends to tie up."
"Are you telling Jackie?"
"Nope."
"Why not?"
"Because if she can go to lunch with her ex I can go to lunch with mine," Hyde said, defensively. Eric shrugged, and knew he had to drop it.
Donna and Jackie were playing with Tommy in the living room, and Jackie was much quieter than normal.
"What's going on?" Donna asked. Jackie shrugged. "Tell me, or I won't tell you about my fantastic day at the Natural History Museum."
"I'm going to lunch with Drew tomorrow," Jackie said.
"Why is this so upsetting? It's a free lunch."
"I think he's up to his old tricks."
"So why are you going to lunch with him?"
"…. Because it's Drew, you can't really say no to him."
"Why not?"
"Because apparently he's a sociopath."
"Ah. Makes sense to me. Oh wait, no it doesn't!" Donna said. Jackie sighed. "Well, at least you know he's up to his old tricks. That's something." Jackie nodded.
"I guess."
"So do you think he's just lusting after you because you're a sexy pregnant lady?" Donna asked, and Jackie chuckled.
"I don't know if it's lust or nostalgia or what," she said. "Maybe I was a great l-." She stopped, looking at Tommy, who was actually listening to the conversation. "A great friend who liked to wrestle on the bed."
"Subtle," Donna said. "Just be on your toes. That's the best defense against a lusty ex."
"So are you on your toes?" Eric asked Hyde as they put the spaghetti in a bowl.
"Against what?"
"Against Sam."
"Why would I have to be?" Hyde asked. "Oh crap!"
"What?"
"Eleven thirty doesn't work tomorrow," he said. "I can't leave the store until twelve, some promo guy is coming in with signs for the place."
"Eh, she'll understand," Eric said. "It will be a shorter send off." Hyde nodded, and grabbed the phone to call her.
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"Dammit!" Sam exclaimed. "Our plan is falling apart!" Drew looked up from the book he was reading.
"What are you talking about?"
"Hyde can't do lunch until noon," Sam said. "Can you delay yours and Jackie's lunch until then?"
"Uhhh, no," Drew said. "She has important clients at one and she needs to be back at twelve thirty."
"Hell!" Sam snarled. "Well…. Fine, so we have to work faster. Hyde and I will show up at the restaurant at noon, and that gives you a half hour to work subtle magic on Jackie."
"Okay," Drew said. Sam smiled at him, and went towards the bedroom. "So when do I get to sleep in my bed again?"
"When I move out," she said. "Which hopefully will be soon."
"My GOD you're a scheming little bitch, aren't you?" Drew asked, and she winked at him.
"This benefits you too," she said. "Soon you'll have your SuperBitch again."
"It's SuperFreak, Sam," Drew said.
"Same thing," Sam stated, and walked into the bedroom. Drew sighed, and leaned back. He began to reminisce again. The one night that he would go back to when they were 'dating' was when they were caught in a rain storm on campus. They ended up hiding under an awning, and both of them were soaking wet. She was laughing, and so was he. And he just looked down at her, and she looked so beautiful with her hair clinging to her face. And he had to kiss her. So he grabbed her, but gently. Not in a rough way, like it usually was, but in a tender fashion. And he kissed her, deeply and tenderly. It was then that he first felt love.
He threw his book on the floor, and shook the memory from his mind. They broke up a couple weeks later. He didn't want to think about it anymore. He always had Sam's plan. And he planned to use it. Like she said, he wanted his Jackie back.
TBC
