A/N: this is a really tiny chapter, it's more like a introduction to the next one, sorry about that, really.


Chapter eleven:

ERIC

My mother always told me that premarital sex was a sin, I always mocked her and her point of view and I believe that yesterday, God decided to finally punish me and have a little laugh at my expense.

And Hyde sucks. He made this experience a lot more embarrassing than it should've been, by making me wear a blanket to the hospital and making me ride on the Camino's flatbed. I hate him.

He's currently driving us home, he's been in an awfully good mood since yesterday, and I don't know if that has to do with Jackie or my humiliation. For my sake, I'm going to convince myself that he's like this because of Jackie, but I'm pretty sure that it's a combination of both, my humiliation plus his date with Jackie equals a very happy Hyde. Throw some zeppelin in the equation and he'll be a younger male version of my mother.

My foot is all wrapped in bandages and my newly acquired crutches are in the back of the car. I'll need them even more after Red sticks his foot in my ass, I still have flashbacks from when he caught Donna and I doing it on the kitchen table. He won't be happy to know that I couldn't keep it in my pants long enough to take her to the bedroom, and sliced my foot open because of it.

But man… Donna and I are okay, thank God. I was terrified of that talk, I was afraid that she'd notice that she's better off without me, and she kind of did, in a certain way. She's not better off without me, she doesn't need me in her life, but she still wants me in it. She's right though. I hope that'll teach me not to take her for granted anymore.

Hyde parks his car on the driveway and my mother comes running out of the kitchen, eager to hear what we did this weekend. Hyde hands me the crutches before he heads inside to have some breakfast, and I limp my way inside as well.

"Oh my God, what happened to my baby boy?" My mom asks when she sees my foot and the crutches, Hyde chuckled to himself, and I can already feel my face heating with embarrassment. How the hell am I supposed to explain my injury to my mother?

My mom drags me inside and forces me to sit next to Hyde on the table. Red's face is covered by the newspaper, but he grunts to acknowledge my presence. My mother placed a plate loaded with food in front of me, and looked expectantly at me, she wants to know how I got hurt, but before I could even think about an excuse, Hyde beated me into it, grinning wryly

"Forman injured his foot by performing some highly pornographic activity with the neighbor girl" I kicked him under the table with my good foot and he laughed

"What… but how…" My mother stutters in indignation and disbelief

My father lowered his newspaper and looked disgusted at me "How the hell does one manage to slice his foot open by doing what I think you were doing?"

"Well, there was this unicorn…" I try to explain, but again, Hyde interrupts me

"Forman broke Jackie's glass unicorn in the act, so when Jackie and I caught them going in the middle of the living room he stepped on the shards" He gave me that shit eating grin that I hate and right at this moment I regret being brought into this world

"In the middle of the living room?" My mother asked dumbfounded "That's…. That's just wrong"

"What is wrong with you?" My father asks and I lower my head to avoid the daggers he's shooting with his eyes "Dumbass"

"Well, that was pleasant" Hyde says while taking his empty plate to the sink "Reminded me of home. I'm going to take a nap, see ya Forman" he gave me one last devilish smile and headed to the basement

This is the second time this week that Hyde leaves me to explain myself to my crazy mother and my angry father. I hate him.


HYDE

As much as I would love to see Forman get burned by his own parents, I have a very important phone call to make. I thought it would be best if I didn't announce it to everyone though, Mrs. Forman tends to eavesdrop on conversations she may find interesting, and she would definitely find any conversation of me and Jackie very interesting. So I told them I was about to take a nap.

As soon as I get into the basement I sit on the couch and take the phone sitting in the end table. I dial the number that I've already memorized and waited to hear Jackie's voice on the other side of the line.

"Hello?" A familiar voice answers, but it's not Jackie's

"Donna?"

"Oh, Hey Hyde" she greets me

"Hey, where's Jackie?" I ask

"She's currently on her bedroom because she refuses to be on the living room after what happened"

I smiled at Jackie's antics "Completely understandable from her part, don't you think?"

"Kind of, but I also think she's exaggerating a bit, she's throwing the couch out, Hyde! I will have to go furniture shopping with her tomorrow!" This time I wasn't able to repress my laugh, but before I could answer her, I was interrupted by a new voice

"Well, excuse me you big goon, if you saw what Steven and I saw you wouldn't want to keep this couch either!" Jackie protests

"Jackie!" Donna yells "What the hell?"

"I picked up the phone about the same time you did, I know Steven called for me and I'm not going to the living room just to talk on the phone, the carpet is still bloody, Donna!"

"Wait, where are you?" I ask curiously

"I have a phone in my room, duh" she answers and I can almost see her shrugging "Donna, don't you have homework or other college things you need to do?"

"In fact, I do" Donna answers "Talk to you later Hyde"

I heard a clicking noise and Donna was gone. It was just me and Jackie now.

"Are you really throwing away the couch?" I ask curiously

"Of course I am, would you sit on that couch after seeing what you saw?"

"Makes sense, but we've done way worse in the basement couch, and in my chair, in the deep freeze, and even on Forman's bed" I smirk, remembering those times

"But we never got caught in the middle of the act!" She lowers her tone and she's probably blushing like crazy. Jackie and I used to do it in some crazy places, it was a little kink of ours, and nobody ever caught us. I think that if someone did Jackie would die of embarrassment at the spot "And it's Eric, Steven. Eric was naked on my couch, and in my chair!"

"Are you throwing out the chair too?"

"He spent minutes sitting on that chair without any clothes on, of course I'm throwing the chair away too!" She says like it's the most obvious thing in the world

"Jackie, furniture costs a lot of money" I reminded her

"I make good money at the TV station" she responded and changed the subject "Anyways, I think I'll buy the furniture tomorrow and have it delivered by next week, Donna and I couldn't get rid of the blood stains in our carpet so we're getting the apartment recarpeted this weekend"

"Is it that bad?" I grimace, for a very skinny person, Forman did bleed a lot. Their living room was looking like a crime scene when we left to the hospital

"You have no idea, it's disgusting" she answered me "Anyways, I was hoping you would call soon, I kind of need to tell you something"

My heart beats harder against my chest

"Donna and I can't stay at our place while they're recarpeting it" I let out a breath I didn't even knew I was holding in relief "So we talked and we decided that we're spending this weekend in Point Place"

I smile, Jackie and Donna hadn't returned to Point Place since the day they left 6 months ago. Mrs. Forman will be ecstatic, and I admit to myself that I'm a little excited too.

"Seriously? That's amazing, Mrs. Forman will be thrilled"

"Just Mrs. Forman?" She asks in that 'I know you with the palm of my hand Steven don't you dare lie to me' special tone of hers. I missed that tone.

"Probably Bob too, and Fez, and maybe Red" she stays quiet for a few seconds, and I sigh in defeat "And me too, Jackie. It'll be nice seeing you back here after so long"

"Chicago is amazing, but I really miss Point Place sometimes" she admitted "Though that's kind of not the only reason why I'm returning for the weekend"

I furrow my brow in confusion and she continued talking "I haven't visited my dad since I left, I really miss him. We exchange letters every week but he asked me to visit him and I can't say no to him"

"I can drive you there, if you want" I promptly offer her, silently praying that she'll say yes, if she's staying the weekend in town, Mrs. Forman, Bob and Fez will hog her and I really want to see her and spend time with her

"Really? That would be amazing Steven, thank you!" She says and I smile at her enthusiasm "Would you… maybe… would you like to go with me? You never met my dad" she asked, and now my hands are sweating

Jackie is slowly turning me into Forman. My hands don't sweat.

Her father is at a minimum security prison in Kenosha, I drove her there a couple of times already, but I never went inside with her, I just stayed and waited for her in the car while she visited her dad. I never really got the chance to properly meet the man, since he was arrested right after Jackie and I became official, but she always wanted me to. Her father is definitely not the best father in the world, he worked a lot and barely spent time with his daughter, but he's Jackie's hero. He was a constant presence in her early years, and she was daddy's little girl.

Even after everything he's done, Jackie still worships the man, I know how important he is in her life, and how much it would mean to her if I went with her to meet him for the first time.

I said I would do anything she asks me, so of course I'm going to meet the man if it makes her happy, and I'm nervous as hell. Does he know how much I've hurted his little girl? The man is going to kill me.

I would, if I were him. Jack Burkhart is already in prison so I don't think he will be afraid to murder the guy that broke his daughter's heart.

And his opinion means a lot to Jackie, what if she talks to her dad and he convinces her that she's better off without me? I can't lose her again man, I just can't.

"Steven?"

Jackie's voice interrupts my thoughts and I'm brought back to reality

"You don't have to go if you don't want to" she says and I can sense the disappointment in her voice

"Of course I'll go with you, doll" I answer her softly

"Really? Thank you! Daddy's going to love you!" She affirmed and I cringed, I'm not exactly the kind of person parents like. Jackie's mother definitely didn't liked me at all, and after everything I did, I don't see why the situation would be different with her father

"I don't think so, Jackie" I answer her sadly "After everything I've done to you, I don't see why he would like me"

"Daddy is full of surprises, Steven, don't underestimate him" she says "Besides, you're trying, we're trying"

I smile at her words. Forman always said that Jackie is the devil, but this woman is actually an angel, it's amazing how much love she has inside of her. She's amazing, she's fucking perfect.

"So, how would you like to hear Red and Kitty's reaction to Forman's shenanigans from last night?"


A/N: Again, I'm really sorry for the Jackie-sized chapter, I know that this isn't my best work as well. I'll post the next chapter this sunday to compensate for this one, and I promise that chapter 12 is a very good one.