A/N: the beginning of this chapter is pure chaos, and I had a lot of fun writing it. There won't be much interaction between the couples except for the dramatic one in the first few paragraphs, but there's some nice bonding moments between Donna and Jackie, I think most people will like it. Enjoy!
Chapter ten:
DONNA
Oh my God. Jackie and Hyde just caught Eric and I having sex in the middle of the living room! Seriously, what was I thinking? I have a room, with a bed, and it's not that far from the couch.
Those stupid hormones made me stop thinking like a rational human being.
Don't get me wrong, I do not regret having sex with Eric, I feel like we finally solved our shit and I've missed him so much, it just happened. But it could've happened in my room.
And to make things even better, Eric stumbled on our coffee table and broke Jackie's glass unicorn. She's going to kill me.
"Oh my God!" I exclaim, and cover myself with the purple comforter we keep on the couch
Eric searches frantically for something to cover his 'naughty parts', as he likes to call it, and he settles for one of the pillows from the couch.
Hyde is holding Jackie and covering her eyes with his hand, he looks completely disgusted. After Eric covers himself, Hyde slowly removes his hand from Jackie's eyes, and she looks flabbergasted, she glares at me and I give her a guilty smile.
"I've spent 2 hours choosing that pillow, Eric" she says, I can see Eric's face getting redder and redder with embarrassment, mine probably doesn't look much better
"Go put on some clothes man!" Hyde yells, startling Eric, who stepped at one of the pieces of Jackie's broken unicorn and sliced his foot, I see the blood dripping from from his feet and I'm fucking panicking right now
"Oh my God I'm dying, I'm going to die" Eric mumbled as he sat on the Lazy Boy, he's bleeding on our carpet. Eric's not going to die because of his injured foot, he's going to die because Jackie is going to kill him, and Hyde will probably help her.
"Eric!" I call him, my eyes wide, I look at the not so happy couple standing in our doorway "Aren't you guys going to do something?" I ask
"Donna" Jackie says, surprisingly calm, and that terrified me, she's so mad she's not even yelling, that's really bad "Put your clothes on, then you give that comforter to Eric, because I'm not approaching either of you while you're naked"
"I'm going!" I take my clothes from the floor and head straight to the bathroom, carefully avoiding the sharp pieces of glass in the floor
In record time, I managed to put on my clothes, and I gave the comforter to Eric, who promptly covered himself up. Jackie and Hyde enter the apartment, they look pissed
"I don't even know where to start…" Jackie states "There are so many things I want to yell about"
"Oh, yell at Forman first, baby" Hyde unnecessarily suggests with a evil smirk
"Hey! I'm bleeding to death!" Eric complains
"You are sitting on my chair without any underwear on, dripping blood on my carpet and you broke my unicorn" Jackie says matter of factly "So SHUT UP!" there it goes, I was wondering when her yelling was going to make an appearance
Eric flinches under Jackie's glare, and Hyde seems mildly amused with the whole situation, I want to throw something at him.
"So? What are we going to do about Eric?" I ask
"I'll grab one of Donna's stupid lumberjack flannels to wrap around his foot" Jackie announces, leaving to my bedroom
"Hey!" I protest
I hear Hyde chuckling, I stare at him and now he's just laughing his ass off. I'll kill him later, because Jackie just came out of my room with one of my shirts and wrapped it around Eric's foot, the shirt was immediately soaked in blood.
"Donna" I hear Eric calling me, his eyes are watery and he looks like he's going to cry "There's too much blood, I'm skinny, I don't have that much blood! I'm going to die!"
"Shut it Forman" Hyde laughed again "Guess we're going to pay a visit to the local hospital" Hyde commented, he was grinning so far, then out of a sudden he looked extremely serious "You're going on the flatbed, there's no way you're getting inside of the Camino like this"
"What?!" Eric squealed indignantly
"Donna, grab your geek and let's go" Jackie said and headed to the door with Hyde
"Wait, I don't have any clothes on!" Eric protested
Hyde grinned wryly "You're wearing a special purple toga to the hospital"
Eric was about to complain again when I intervened "Eric, I hate this as much as you do, believe me, but there's no way you're going to be able to put your clothes on right now, look at your foot!" I pointed at his foot, currently wrapped in one of my flannels, who's totally soaked with blood
"Fine" he mumbled, and tried to stand up, there's no way he's going to be able to walk, so I carry him piggyback style, and his arms wrapped around my neck "This is the most humiliating moment of my life" he mumbled
We all head to Hyde's car, parked in front of our apartment complex, Hyde looks at me, and gives me another one of his evil smirks, I sigh and drop Eric at the flatbed.
Hyde just dropped Jackie and I back to our place. Jackie still looks pissed, but not as pissed as before, I guess that seeing Eric crying improved her mood. And stupid Hyde laughed all night. The only time I saw Hyde laughing this hard was right after the Tater Nuts incident in high school. Oh, and when Kelso said he was omnipotent.
I know Jackie is really mad right now but I'm dying to know what happened on her date with Hyde. While he was driving, he placed his arm around her shoulders and she smiled. They seem a lot more comfortable with each other right now, right after he brought us home she even whispered something in his ear and kissed his cheek. And then he smiled, like, actually smiled, it was so cute, I wish I had a camera.
"Donna!" I hear Jackie's shrill voice calling me
"Yes?"
"Look at my living room!" She gestures our living room with her arms, sighing "Our carpet is totally ruined, my glass unicorn is shattered on the floor, and I'll have to get rid of the couch and the chair"
"Why would you get rid of the couch and the chair?" I ask curiously
"There's no way I'm keeping furniture that Eric touched while he was naked, Donna!" She says like it's the most obvious thing in the world, and I grimaced
"You had sex with Hyde on the basement couch countless times, and Eric never got rid of it"
"Have you ever saw Steven and I having sex on that couch? Because what I saw today Donna, that's not something I'll be able to forget anytime soon!"
I chuckled "Well, I guess you have a point"
"Good. Now help me clean up this mess while you tell me what the hell happened" she demanded
I took a broom and got rid of the glass in the carpet, but the blood stains are probably permanent, we will have to hire someone to recarpet our floor.
"Eric and I were talking, about everything" I started "We discussed all the things in our relationship that we ignored for a really long time"
"What kind of things?" She asks curiously as she took the pillow Eric used to cover himself with one of our tongs and threw it in the garbage
"Oh, c'mon, that's a nice pillow!" I protest, but she silences me with a glare "Anyways, we talked about the promise ring, the wedding fiasco, Africa… you know, everything" I concluded with a shrug
"That's it?"
"Yeah, I mean, I told him about Randy and we talked about our future, but I also told him that there's no way in hell I'm leaving Chicago for him"
"Good, because if you even think about it, I'll kick your ass" she told me with a smile "Then you two had sex and that's it? You're okay now?"
"Kind of, we understand each other's point of view now, and I really love him" I answer "The only problem is the distance, you know? But I think that if we try hard enough we will make it"
Jackie gave me a genuine smile "I'm happy for you Donna, I really am"
"Thank you midget" I smile back at her "Now, what the hell happened between you and Hyde?" I ask curiously. God, I feel like a cheerleader at the lunch table
"Nothing happened" she said, but she was trying to hide a grin and I stared at her, she's going to tell me everything even if I have to squeeze it out of her, she notices my stare "Fine! Look, I'll tell you everything, but please don't tease him because of it, he was actually really romantic and really sweet"
I frowned "Why would I tease him?"
"Oh please Donna, everytime Steven showed any signs of affection towards me in public everyone teased him" she answered, I sit on the couch, but Jackie stands next to the TV, she's probably never going to sit on this couch again "You know, I never said anything but that really bothered me. Steven is an actual human being with feelings, but everyone thinks he is as a robot or something. I hated it, because everytime he was being sweet someone teased him and he acted like he was embarrassed about it, pushing me away"
Well, now I feel like shit.
"Sorry, I promise you I won't tease him, and I won't tell Eric either" I promised her
"Donna, please don't mention this to him, unless he brings it up, I really don't want him to close up on me again" she sighed and lowered her head
"Jackie… I'm sorry about everything. I should've been more supportive of your relationship with Hyde in general" that's been bothering me for a while, I was a bitch to Jackie sometimes, especially about her and Hyde being a couple "I seriously don't know what I was thinking, saying that you and Hyde should tell Kelso. Kelso was a dick to you, you didn't owe him anything, and you and Hyde… you two looked really happy. I remember when I came back from California and you were all smiley and saying new words like 'badass', you were confident and a lot less self centered, and I caught Hyde smiling to himself a few times. Seriously Jackie, I'm sorry" I apologized sincerely
Jackie is a really good friend, despite everything. She always took my side whenever something happened with Eric, and she helped me go through a lot of stuff (in her own way, of course), she always had nice intentions. I, on the other hand, wasn't such a good friend for a while. One of my biggest regrets is encouraging Jackie to take Kelso back after everything. And I should've kicked Hyde's ass when he cheated on her with that nurse. She was my friend and I let her down. I realized this when she told me about her job offer in Chicago for the first time. That's one of the reasons why I was so pissed at Hyde when he showed up with the tramp, I was trying to be the friend she always deserved. I still am.
"It's okay" she looked at me tenderly "But I really want to make this work this time, so I would be really glad if you help me out"
"Don't worry, Jackie" I reassured her with a small smile "Now, tell me what happened!"
"Well, Steven took me ice skating" she said excitedly "It was the cutest thing, he didn't even knew how to ice skate but he took me there because he remembered that I love it"
"Anyways, I was so excited, and I dragged him straight to the rink with me, it was only after we put on our skates that he told me he had no idea how to ice skate, so I decided I would teach him" I chuckled at the thought of Jackie teaching Hyde how to ice skate, she was right, it was very romantic and very uncharacteristic of Hyde, but Jackie is grinning from ear to ear "And I tried to teach him, Donna, I really did, and we were almost there, I took his hand and guided him, we even completed a whole lap, it was awesome! Then we decided that he needed to let go of the railing and hold only onto my hand, and he did it! He didn't fell or anything"
"And then… we almost kissed" I gasped "But we didn't! I mean, he was staring at my eyes with such a tender expression, it was beautiful, then this kid just came out of nowhere and bumped into us, and we fell to the ground" I chuckled, and she looked at me annoyed "I mean, did I want to kiss him? Maybe, but that kid was a sign from God, Donna! If I had kissed him things would only get messier"
"True" I agreed
"So, after that, we decided that we were hungry and he took me to the McDonald's near the park. As soon as we sat down to eat he started to ramble about the government and how McDonald's wants to make the population fat…"
"Typical Hyde stuff" I interrupt her and she nodded in agreement, then she smiled
"I actually love to hear his crazy conspiracies, he looks so passionate" she comments, and I grin at the little midget. If she likes to hear Hyde rambling about cars that run on water, she really loves him. She looks lost in her thoughts and I snap her out of her daze
"Then what?" I asked her expectantly
"After we ate we took a walk and we talked. Like, actually talked" she fidgets with her fingers and I look curiously at her, did something go wrong in their talk? They seemed really comfortable around each other earlier "It wasn't a bad talk, he was honest to me and answered my questions and I value that a lot, it's just…" she sighs "Remembering Sam… it still hurts, you know? But I believe him when he says he's sorry, I really do"
"That's good Jackie"
"I know. He was really sweet, Donna. And we made a pact"
I frowned "A pact? What kind of pact?"
"See, one of the biggest problems in our relationship was the lack of communication, so we decided - well, I decided, he just agreed - that we will tell each other the truth, no matter what, no matter how much it hurts, 100% honesty"
"Wow" I say, still processing the whole thing in my head "That's actually really smart"
"I know, I'm a genius!" She smiles "And it will help a lot with the trust issues"
"Indeed" I agreed with her "Then what?"
"I asked him a few questions, he answered them. We recognized some of our mistakes and we hugged. He held my hand the entire day" she is smiling so much today, it's been a while since I've saw her smiling this much
"Oh, and then he asked me if I still loved him, I told him yes, he smiled, and we almost kissed again" she completed
"What?!"
"Relax, I stopped the kiss. And I deserve an award for that because he's irresistible Donna, I swear!" I laugh at her latest sentence, Jackie and Hyde were like rabbits when they were together, I'm surprised she never got pregnant. They had a really hard time keeping their hands off each other, so this must be really killing Jackie "And he was so sweet about it, he said that he was going to wait for me and that I shouldn't worry. I almost jumped into him after that, but I controlled my dirty urges and we just hugged"
"I'm really proud of you, Jackie. You and Hyde actually talked, like two grownups, and you managed to control yourself" I get up from the couch and hug the little midget "Everything will be fine, okay? Just take your time, he already said he's waiting for you"
"I know. This was actually a really great day, it would've been perfect if it wasn't for the blood on my carpet and a traumatizing sight that I'll never be able to forget"
I chuckled at her words, she's right. But in my case, the day would've been perfect if Eric and I managed to get into my room and actually finish what we were doing.
"Jackie, you smiled more today than in the last 6 months" I observed "You're doing the right thing, midget" Jackie is grinning from ear to ear, I haven't seen her like this in a while, Hyde is good for her, and she's good for him "You know… Hyde looked at you today the same way Mr. Forman looks at Mrs. Forman when he thinks no one is looking, I think you'll be good" I add with a smile
Jackie's smile widened even more, and it warmed my heart "Thank you for everything Donna" she said tenderly "Now, I need to know something. What the hell is that tattoo on Eric's ass?
I laughed loudly "It's Woodstock"
Jackie frowned "Why does he have a cartoon tattooed on his butt?"
I laughed more, remembering the day he made the tattoo "It was supposed to be my name" I say, and Jackie's eyes widened in horror "See, it's a funny story…"
HYDE
My cheek is still tingling from her kiss.
We just dropped them off at their place, Jackie kissed my cheek and asked me to call her tomorrow when we arrived at Point Place.
Today was a pretty awesome day, Jackie and I had fun, and we actually talked. Being open about my feelings and stuff wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be, in fact, it was easy, talking about that stuff with Jackie.
We made a pact, if something's bothering either one of us, we will talk about it like two actual human beings, no lies allowed, no matter how much the truth hurts. And it's working so far. She asked me about Sam and I answered her honestly, she flinched a few times, and I could tell that she was upset. When I told her why Sam left and she let go of my hand, my heart stopped beating inside my chest, but we talked some more and now we're good, I think.
And she still loves me. Jackie still loves me.
That's definitely the best news I've received in my entire life, after everything I've done, I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't love me anymore, but she does. Hearing her admitting it was amazing.
If things keep going the way they're going, I think I might be able to get her back after all. I hate being optimistic about things, because optimism only leads to disappointment when everything goes wrong. But I seriously think we're going to be ok.
We almost kissed tonight, twice, but she stopped me and I got why. She needs her time, and I will give her all the time in the world, after what I did, it's the least I can do.
And I can always count on Forman to do something stupid and improve my day. Sure, it wasn't nice walking on his scrawny ass having sex with Donna, but man, he really outdid himself this time. I can't wait to tell Kelso, he will be super pissed for missing that one.
Speaking on Forman, he's still pouting. And he's complaining too, I managed to turn off my hearing whenever he starts whining about something, but now that we finally arrived at Kelso's, I'm forced to hear him
"This is the worst day ever" he complains
"Shut up and leave the car Forman, I'm tired"
"How the hell am I supposed to go upstairs like this?" He points at his bandaged foot and I stifle a laugh
"Hey, the hospital gave you crutches, it's time to learn how to use them" I mock him
"Shut up, Hyde! At least I got some tonight"
"But at what cost?" I grin wryly at him
"Whatever man, this sucks!" He's trying to learn how to use the crutches and I'm trying really hard not to laugh
"You think this sucks?" I mock him again "I'm going to have nightmares about your scrawny ass for the rest of my life, Forman!"
"Hey, I have a really nice ass!" He protests and I roll my eyes
"Yeah, the Woodstock tattoo really adds to it man" I slap his shoulder "You better buy Jackie another glass unicorn" I threaten him
"Why is she so obsessed with these things?" He mumbles while he tries pathetically to climb the stairs
"Don't know, but she loves them and you are going to buy her a new one" I glare at him, we're almost at Kelso's floor, I'm just waiting for Forman in case he falls or something
"How was your date, by the way?" He asks
"It was nice. We talked, we ate. Normal date stuff" I shrug
"Normal date stuff includes at least a kiss" he grins "Oh my God have you kissed her?"
I grimace at him "What, are you a girl now?"
"So you didn't kiss her?"
"Dude, she needs time, I'm lucky she's even talking to me" I answered him. Jackie and I are far from doing it in the couch, that's for sure
"True" he agrees
We enter Kelso's place and Kelso is at the couch, looking thoughtful and holding a beer can
"Guys I need your help!" He says, then he notices Eric and laughs "Dude what happened to you?"
"I'm going to put on some clothes" Eric mumbles while fidgeting with the purple blanket wrapped around him, he takes his stuff and limps his way to the bathroom
"Man, you totally missed it. Forman was doing it with Donna in the couch and Jackie and I caught them" I tell Kelso
"Oh, have you seen Donna's boobs?" He asks curiously
"What? No! The only thing I saw was Forman's pasty ass wiggling in the air. It was not a nice sight" I cringe, I really wish I could delete this image from my brain
Kelso grimaced "Then why the hell were you laughing?"
"Forman broke Jackie's glass unicorn and stepped in the shards, he sliced his foot open, naked, in the middle of their living room" I chuckled
"Alright!"
"Then Jackie yelled at him, it was really nice seeing her yelling with someone other than me" I frowned "We had to take Forman to the hospital, so we made him go to the hospital wearing a blanket. Oh, and Donna carried him all the way to my car"
Kelso is giggling like a child right now "Donna carried him?"
"Piggyback style man. Funniest shit I've ever seen in my life, I made him go on the flatbed, then at the hospital, he bawled like a baby when the doctor was applying anesthesia to his foot"
Kelso is just full on laughing right now, Forman leaves the bathroom in his normal clothes with a frown on his face. He's glaring at me
"You told him?!"
"You're lucky I'm not sending this story to the newspaper man"
"I hate you guys" he mumbles, as he sits on the couch he turns to Kelso "You said you needed help with something?" He's clearly desperate to change the subject
"Oh, I need your advice" the smile disappears from his face and he looks nervous "I think I'm in love with Brooke"
"You're not even dating her" I say
"I know! That's why it sucks" he frowns "I work at the playboy mansion and I don't even want to do it with the hot chicks in there, and they basically throw themselves at me!"
"Yeah, you're in love alright" Forman says
"And Brooke doesn't even want to date me! I'm the father of her child for Christ's sake!"
"You dumped her for my sister, Kelso" I remember him
"Well, now I don't want Angie anymore, I want Brooke" he pouts "And since you two are practically experts at apologizing at this point, you're going to give me the best advice"
"Don't run off to Africa without talking to her first. Oh, and don't leave her in the altar" Forman says matter of factly
"Don't marry a stripper" I say "And don't jump into conclusions when you see your moronic best friend in her motel room wearing a towel"
"Man… sorry about that, really" Kelso says
"Whatever man, what's done it's done, can't change the past, no matter how much you want to" I grimace, I really wish I could change the past, a lot of pain would be avoided if I wasn't an idiot "Just… stop hitting on her, it drives me insane and you know how I feel about her"
"Don't worry, I won't" he assures me "Now, what the hell am I supposed to do about Brooke?"
"You asked her on a date already?" Forman asks
"Like, a million times! And she said I'm not trustworthy"
"So… she doesn't trust you anymore?" Forman asks again
"No…" he pouted
"Then that's Hyde's area, pal" Forman pats Kelso on the shoulder and points at me, I glare at him
"Hyde?" Kelso looks at me expectantly
"Talk to her first, and don't talk about doing it or about how hot she is!" I warn him "Then if you're nice enough she's going to agree on going on a date with you"
"Okay" he agrees "Oh, can I talk about making out with her? Making out is not doing it!"
"She's going to think that you're only after her for sex, so, no. Don't talk about that" Forman advises him and I nod in agreement
"What am I supposed to talk about then?"
"I don't know man, just don't tell her all the stupid crap you do, you'll scare her off" I point out to him
"Yeah, no telling her about how many times you glued yourself to something, or how many times you fell from the water tower, or how you…" Eric is abruptly interrupted by Kelso
"Alright, I got it!" He yells "But if I can't talk about the stupid crap I do, I can't talk about anything, because I've spent more than half of my life doing stupid things"
"Talk about Betsy" I suggest him
"Oh, that might work!" He gets up abruptly from the couch "I'm going to see her tomorrow, I need to get my beauty sleep"
"About that, maybe you shouldn't mention your looks or your weird friendship with Fez" Forman adds
"Fine!" Kelso stomps out to his room
Tomorrow we're heading back to Point Place, and I'm already thinking about the phone call I'll make to Jackie when we arrive.
A/N: Hey, I know the ending of this chapter is kind of disappointing, but I kind of didn't knew how to end it so I just left it that way.
I'm also feeling kind of down these last few days, and writing's been helping me a lot. I plan on improving my writing style so if you have any criticism I'd actually love to hear it.
Thank you for reading my story, knowing that there's someone out there in the world that actually reads the nonsense I write is a very good feeling. Hope everyone have a nice week, see you next sunday
