It's been three days that Jackie and Alex have been at the Forman household. After being forced to go shopping with her mother and visiting her grandfather, Alex is exhausted.

Everyone has just finished dinner, and Eric is doing the dishes while Donna and Jackie talk amongst themselves. The kids have gone downstairs, it seems.

Eric hasn't talked much to Jackie. He's not too interested in her life now, as it doesn't seem very interesting anyway. He just continues doing the dishes as his wife listens to Jackie babble about her friends back home or something.

The door opens and Hyde walks in.

"Hey, man," Hyde says, looking at Eric. He notices Jackie sitting at the table and squints at her to make sure his eyes aren't deceiving him. "Well if it isn't Jackie Burkhart."

"Hello, Steven," Jackie says, politely acknowledging him.

"The kid hasn't been home in days," Hyde mentions, looking between Eric and Donna. "Usually he at least makes a point to stop by and, like, chat with me or something."

"Aw," Donna coos, "Sounds like somebody missed his son."

"Nah, man," Hyde says as he joins them at the table. "Just weird, that's all."

"I don't know, Hyde," Eric chips in, enjoying teasing his friend. "I think being a dad has turned you into a softie after all these years."

"Get bent," Hyde mutters, and leans back to look at his oldest friend. "Got any beer?"

Eric doesn't say anything, just goes to the fridge and throws him a can.

"Thanks, man," Hyde says, cracking it open. "So, uh, what brings you here, Jackie?"

"Just a visit," Jackie says coolly, sipping the glass of wine that sits in front of her. "My daughter came with me, so she's been hanging out with Lisa and your son."

"Ah, that's it," Hyde says, and belches. "It's a girl. That's why he won't come home."

Jackie shakes her head. "Alex has a boyfriend," she says. "It's not like that. Plus, it's your son anyway. He's definitely not her type.

Hyde smirks. "Doesn't mean a thing. I wasn't your type either."

Jackie's jaw drops and Eric and Donna exchange confused looks.

"That… y-you weren't supposed to tell anyone," Jackie stammers, looking embarrassed.

"Wait, you guys hooked up?" Donna asks, baffled.

Jackie rolls her eyes in annoyance of having to explain the story. "It was the summer you went to California," she says, looking at Donna. "We were bored, okay? My dad caught me sneaking him in the house and that's why he sent me to Michigan. He was pissed."

"No way," Donna says, stifling a laugh.

"Wait, Jackie," Eric says, his voice pregnant with jest. "Isn't that the summer you came home pregnant?"

Hyde chokes on his beer as Jackie shoots daggers at Eric.

"Yes, Eric," Jackie says flatly. "But that was the end of the summer and Steven was in the beginning. I know the timeline." She rolls her eyes again and turns to Hyde. "Thanks for bringing that up, by the way."

"Wait," Donna says, laughing. "I've met her husband and he totally has a Hyde vibe to him. Hyde, did you turn her on to bad boys?"

Jackie smacks Donna on the arm and Hyde grins.

"Yeah, we're irresistible," Hyde revels, eyeing Jackie. "Sorry to bring that up. I just didn't want you shitting all over my son and being hypocritical."

"I was not going to shit all over him," Jackie says defensively. "I'm just saying, my daughter and her boyfriend are adorably obsessed with each other. There's no way she'd wind up fooling around with your son."

"Fine, man," Hyde says casually. "It was just a theory."

…

"Time for the nightly Mad TV session," Jimmy quips as he turns on the TV. Lisa has just gone upstairs so it's just Jimmy and Alex again.

"Yeah," Alex says, pulling her legs up on the couch next to her. "Your dad seems cool."

Jimmy sits down on the couch as well in his set place, on the opposite end of the couch. "Yeah, we're pretty close. He's only dated one person pretty much my whole life, and it only lasted like a year, so it's basically always just been me and him."

"What's the deal with your mom?" Alex asks, curious.

"Oh, that's a good one," Jimmy says, and scoots closer to Alex. "She's, uh… she used to be a stripper in Vegas. Dad knocked her up and didn't know, and one day she drops me off on his doorstep. Couldn't handle a kid anymore, I guess. I was only two when she did it, so I didn't remember her." He pauses for a moment. "She's some old guy's trophy wife now and likes to play mom to his two kids. I think they're in college now. I think when they got married she decided she wanted to be a mom again, so she called up my dad and said she wanted custody. There was this huge court thing and that's when I met her for the first and last time. Dad told her to piss off when he was granted full custody, and I basically had to tell her I didn't want her in my life."

"That's rough," Alex admits. "Did you, though?"

"Did I what?"

"Did you not want her in your life?"

Jimmy sighs. "Well, I don't now, that's for sure. At the time everything was just kind of terrifying, the thought of being pulled away from my dad and stuff. But it was cool to finally see the woman who gave birth to me. She just… she didn't seem very genuine, though. It all seemed fake, like she was trying to prove something by getting custody."

"Do you miss her?" Alex inquires.

"Hell no," Jimmy says with a slight laugh. "You can't miss what you never had… or rather, what you had for two seconds." He shrugs. "She's not a good person."

"I'm glad you aren't sad about it," Alex offers.

"Yeah, I guess that's the good thing." Jimmy looks at Alex. "I can't talk about stuff like this with Lisa, or my guy friends. Lisa basically is one of my guy friends, I guess."

"Well, you're a nice guy," Alex says, looking down. "You can feel free to tell me anything."

She locks eyes with him and knows she should look away, but she can't. Jimmy leans in and kisses her, soft on the lips. She kisses back and when they break apart she realizes what she's done.

"I've been wanting to do that since I saw you," Jimmy admits. "You know, you're not like the other girls I've talked to before. You're a lot different. Better."

Alex bites her lip. "I-I should've told you… I have a boyfriend. I don't know why I didn't say anything."

"Oh," Jimmy says, surprised. "Um…" He looks down and tries to hide his disappointment. "I shouldn't have done that; I mean, it was totally unwarranted."

"No, no it wasn't," Alex insists. "That's the bad thing." She frowns. "Oh my God, I'm an awful person."

Jimmy shakes his head. "No, you aren't. You're great. That was my mistake, okay?" He places his hand on her leg without thinking and he winces as he notices, pulling it away. "Let's just… let's just watch TV like we always do."

"Okay," Alex agrees, feeling guilty as hell but also feeling like she wants do it again. She loves Matthew like crazy, but there's something that opened up in her mind when Jimmy kissed her. There's something about him that intrigues and attracts her.

Jimmy stares at the TV but is unable to focus. Instead, he's paying attention to the fact that he didn't move to the end of the couch after he kissed her and is wondering if she thinks it's weird that he didn't. He tries to shake it off. Why is a girl getting in his head so much? It's only a position on the couch. He glances over at her as she keeps her eyes glued to the TV. It's so apparent that her mind is elsewhere, though.

"I-I'm really sorry," Jimmy apologizes again.

"It's fine," Alex says quickly, still staring at the TV. "Really, like I said, it wasn't your fault."

"I kissed you," Jimmy points out. "How is it not my fault?"

"Because I kissed back," Alex says, and quietly adds, "And because I really, really liked it."

Jimmy feels his heart jump in his chest and tries to repress the feeling. Alex can feel his eyes on her but she knows it's best not to look his way.

"I haven't even called him since I've been here, I realized," Alex admits. "I think I've just been a little too caught up in hanging out with you," she nervously adds, looking down at her nails.

"Would you—" Jimmy stops and thinks about the words that are about to come out of his mouth. "Would you stop me if I kissed you again?"

Alex doesn't say anything for a moment until she finally turns to him and kisses him hard on the mouth.