January 7th 1980

Hyde was in the basement packing up his things. Jackie came through the basement backdoor. She stopped in her tracks and looked around. No one was there except Hyde.

"Hey." Hyde said looking at her.

"Hey." Jackie replied.

They just stood there awkward again.

"Donna here?" Jackie asked.

"Nah. She's out with Foreman." Hyde replied.

"Oh. I should go then." She said starting to turn back towards the door.

"Uh you could stay- "Hyde began. Jackie turned back towards him. "If you want." Hyde finished.

"Umm okay." Jackie replied.

Jackie stood there not moving and looking around everywhere except at Hyde. Hyde continued to place his stuff into boxes.

"So are you ready to move in?" Jackie asked.

"I will be in a few days." Hyde replied.

Jackie stood there not knowing what else to say.

"You know I think I should go." Jackie said pointing her thumb over her shoulder towards the door.

Not wanting her to go Hyde took a deep breath, "Uhh. We could have that talk you were wanting."

"Oh I dunno. I don't want to push." Jackie said looking unsure.

"Yea you do." Hyde replied with a smirk.

"Okay yea maybe I do." Jackie said looking up at the ceiling smiling. "But we really don't have to right now."

"No it's okay. Really." Hyde looked at her sincerely.

"Ummm okay then." Jackie said going to sit on the edge of the couch near the door just in case she needed a quick exit.

Hyde walked around the couch and sat in his chair leaning forward a bit. He wiped his hands on his jeans. He was sweating not sure what was going to happen or what she was going to say.

"So…" Hyde began.

"Soo… okay Steven I wanted to talk to you about what happened to us." Jackie said peeking out of the side of her eyes.

Hyde took a deep breath. "I'm not sure what there is to talk about."

"Well after Chicago and that stripper ex-wife- "Jackie got cut off.

"Fake ex-wife." Hyde corrected.

"Okay fine fake ex-wife came into the Foreman's living room everything we had, just got thrown out the window and we really didn't talk about what happened. It was just over." Jackie said looking down at her lap. She was beginning to feel completely uncomfortable waiting for Hyde to say something mean.

"Sure we did, I said I wasn't ready to get married yet." Hyde replied looking confused.

"I know. I know. It's just we loved each other. Or at least I thought we did." Jackie said.

"We did." Hyde said matter-of-factly.

"But you ran off," she began but Hyde took a big breath like he was about to go off on her. "After you saw Michael in a towel. Which I know did not look good. I just thought that from the fight we had about him the last time, you know the one where you cheated on me. You had learned to trust me with Michael and know I would never cheat on you. We were still together despite the fact that we were kind of up in the air." Jackie finished and Hyde just looked at her a bit annoyed that they were rehashing the past once again.

"Jackie look- "Hyde began but was cut off by Jackie.

"Steven. I'm not here to fight. I just… I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I'm sorry you walked in on that scene. I shouldn't have even asked Michael to hang out with me up there. I should have just told you that I wanted you there with me. I'm sorry I gave you that ultimatum. In my defense though, it wasn't meant to be an ultimatum. You were the most important thing in my life and I got my dream job. Your work was here and I wanted to go, only I wanted you to come with me. It was a complicated situation all around I guess. So I'm sorry about everything that lead up to Chicago." Jackie said finishing and looking up at Hyde.

Hyde looked surprised. He wasn't sure what to say.

"Sorry for cutting you off I just wanted to finish before you thought I was going in a different direction." Jackie said smirking.

She knew him so well. He was going to go off and then she started apologizing. So unlike Jackie.

"Well uhh I'm not really sure what to say…. Thank you, I guess." Hyde said shrugging.

They sat there in silence. Jackie was getting antsy. Wasn't he going to say anything, like maybe an apology?

"Do you have anything else to say?" Jackie asked lifting her eyebrows.

"Uhhh… no?" Hyde asked questioningly.

Jackie jumped up.

"Really Steven?! Nothing?! I just poured out my heart and apologized and you have nothing to say! You know what I don't know why I am surprised. Same old Hyde!" Jackie was pretty much yelling at him.

Hyde winced at her calling him Hyde she only did that when she was really mad. Hyde stood up.

"Jackie! You came in here wanting to talk and you talked." Hyde said yelling back and moving towards her.

Jackie inched towards him too. "Yea and I did. But talking involves another person giving some input."

Hyde took another step he was not about to let her just keep yelling at him.

"And I did! I said thanks!" Hyde yelled back.

Jackie leaned towards him. "Steven! You don't think you have anything to apologize for?"

He took another step and their faces were only a few inches apart.

"Like what!?" Hyde asked.

"Oh I don't know like the fact that after you saw Michael in that towel you didn't stay to talk to me, you just left. Then you were gone for a month having me sit around and wait for you to come back. I quit my dream job for you. Then you returned with a stripper wife!"

Hyde crossed his arms. "Fake wife!"

"Whatever! At the time it was real! And then you rubbed her in my face. She moved in. She pranced around and you shrugged me off! Like, like we weren't in love for the past few years. You threw me away like I never meant a thing to you!" Jackie yelled her eyes starting to swim in tears. She turned away from him. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of making her cry.

"Jackie I – "Hyde started.

Jackie wiped back around tears falling down her face. She turned back around to face him again.

"No Hyde! Just no! If you aren't going to apologize after I just told you how sorry I was about everything then I don't want to hear it!" Jackie said putting her hand up to place some sort of barrier between the two of them. She turned back towards the door and started to leave.

Hyde grabbed her hand and yanked her back where their faces were only an inch apart. He paused not saying anything. Just looking into her eyes. She was looking back. Tears streaming down her face. She bit her lower lip. His eyes went directly to her lips. He couldn't help himself anymore. He wrapped his arms around her and pressed his lips to hers. Jackie resisted at first and then the familiarity set in and before she knew it she was kissing him back. Their tongues meshed, fighting for power. Jackie stepped into Hyde. They were pressed up against each other without a single space between them. Hyde tangled his hand into her hair. He started to tingle all over. Warmth took over his entire body. Jackie could feel him getting hard. It made her a bit wet at the thought of him getting turned on by her. She let out a moan. Hyde wrapped himself around her tighter from the moan and lowered her to the couch.

Before either of them knew it Hyde was on top of Jackie. His hands roaming all over her body. Making his way under her shirt. She tugged at the bottom of his shirt. Hyde sat up and took his shirt off and leaned back into her. Her hands ran down his chest. Her touch felt amazing. From the feel he couldn't contain his self and ripped her shirt off. They tangled themselves together, forgetting about everything in that moment.

Soon after, they sat there trying to get their breathing back to normal. Jackie was the first to stand up. She slid her underwear back on, followed by her shirt. Hyde zipped up his pants again and buckled back up. He sat there still with his shirt off.

"That was- "Hyde began but before he could finish Jackie had already grabbed her bag and left the basement.

Hyde sat there confused.

WE just had sex and she leaves? Was I bad? No there's no way! She used to praise my ability when we were together, even when we were just fooling around. So that can't be it. What were we doing before? That's right we were fighting and then she was crying. She had apologized and I couldn't say anything. All she was looking for was an apology. Why couldn't I just give her one? Sam and I were a mistake I can admit that. Jackie has really matured. She apologized, she never apologizes. I need more answers.