Jackie ran into her apartment.
What just happened? You just had sex with Steven. Well I know that! But why? I mean we were screaming at each other just like before. Why did I allow that to happen? He grabbed me and yanked me back and I just couldn't stop. It's like my body just took over. That can't happen again. I can't be having sex with Steven when it's so clear that he isn't sorry for anything.
Just then Steven stormed through her door.
"Steven! What are you doing here?" Jackie asked stepping away from him. She didn't want sex to happen again.
"You just left." Hyde replied looking so confused trying to move towards her but she just kept stepping back.
"Yea I know!" Jackie said back.
"Well why?" Hyde asked bewildered at her stance towards him.
"Steven, we were fighting and then the next thing I know our clothes our off!"
"Yea it was great." Hyde said sarcastically.
"Nothing got resolved. Like always." Jackie said biting her lip and crossing her arms across her chest.
"I'm gonna need you to stop biting your lip that's what got us into that mess in the first place." Hyde said sarcastically staring at her.
"Steven! Be serious!" Jackie said.
"Okay fine." He said placing his hands on hips.
"I need to ask you something." Hyde said.
"Ask away." Jackie replied.
"Why did you apologize. I mean it's so unlike you." Hyde said somewhat sarcastically. "I was thrown off guard."
"I dunno. I guess I just wanted some closure in the whole situation and I wanted to take some of the responsibility." Jackie said looking at Hyde.
"Oh. That's very mature of you." Hyde said.
"Yea I guess. Look I know we have gone through this time and time again. But I guess I'm just looking for some closure. However, I don't think I'm gonna get anything from you and now I guess I am even more confused than before. Look you really hurt me when you brought Sam home. It was hard to be around you. My heart broke every time I saw you"
Hyde was looking at the floor. "Jackie." He looked up at her and found her eyes. "I'm sorry."
"You don't even know what you are sorry for."
"Yea I do."
"Really what?"
"I'm sorry for bringing Sam back here. I saw the hurt on your face when she walked through the door. I should have kicked her out and gotten you back. I thought I was married and I didn't want to be my father you know running out on a marriage. But I guess what I'm really sorry for is leaving Chicago and staying away for a month instead of staying and hearing you out. We could have avoided this whole thing. And I'm sorry for having her around. I knew you were hurting." Hyde said looking defeated.
It was quiet for a bit.
"Well thank you. That's all I wanted to hear. I think now I can move on." Jackie said looking sad at the thought.
"Yea I guess we both got some closure." Hyde said.
They stood there just staring. Fez came busting through his bedroom door flailing his arms about.
"Oh for the love of! You guys don't want closure!" Fez yelled out.
"Fez!" Jackie yelled out.
He placed his hand in front of her face.
"No! I won't hear nothing of it! You two are meant to be! Besides you just worked through your biggest obstacle!"
"Fez, there's still a lot to get over if we were to ever get back together." Jackie said.
"Yea." Hyde said. "Wait! Like what?" Hyde looked confused.
"Like trust. We clearly never trusted each other." Jackie replied.
"And communication" Fez continued.
"I don't think we ever had a problem with that." Hyde said jokingly.
"I guess if you consider arguing as communication yea we were great at it." Jackie replied sarcastically.
"Look you two! You have never been friends! You've gone from hating each other, to loving each other back to hating one another. I think y'all should start being just friends!" Fez said being the voice of reason.
Jackie and Hyde looked at each other and made a face.
"Yea I guess that could work." Jackie said while Hyde replied, "Yea we could do that."
"That means no sex!" Fez said.
"What?" Hyde replied sarcastically
"You heard me!" Fez said back.
"But Fez?" Hyde said.
"I said no sex!" Fez replied. "You two need to talk, hang out. Get to know each other all over again. You two are different people now. Maturer!"
"Fez that will just lead to sex, it always did in the past." Jackie said.
"Well now it can't!" Fez replied. "Try it! Okay! Give it a few weeks. Then after you get to know each other again if you want to start dating again then date but hold off on the sex. When you BOTH are ready to try a relationship again then go for it."
"When did you become the voice of reason?" Hyde asked baffled.
"I think maybe we should give it a try. He is right we never have been friends." Jackie said looking hopeful.
"Alright, alright." Hyde threw up his arms in defeat. He would try it even if he wouldn't like it. Can't be any harm except maybe some blue balls.
Jackie and Hyde shook on it. It took Hyde every ounce of energy he had not to pull her in for another kiss. God he missed kissing her and the sex they had earlier just reminded him of how great they were together physically. Way better than Sam and any other girl he had ever been with.
Hyde headed back to the basement to continue packing. Eric came back and stopped in his tracks.
"Something has happened here; I can feel a shift in the space time continuum." Eric said
"Oh shut it Foreman!" Throwing a figurine at Eric's head.
"What happened Hyde?"
"Nothing. Jackie and I uhhh you know got together today."
"So you are back with the she-devil?"
"What? No. Yes. No man. We are going to try and be friends."
"Cause that will work" Eric said sarcastically.
"We don't know if it will but I bet it would be easier on all of you if we were."
"Tis true! Okay we will see how long this will last."
"Foreman. It just might okay. Jackie is different. She seems to have grown up some. She apologized to me man!"
"Miss prissy bossy pants apologized to you?"
"Yea man and took some of the blame of what happened to our relationship."
"Really?" Eric said raising an eyebrow.
"Really man."
"Well now… did you apologize for your part?"
"After some persuading" he said with a smirk.
"Seems like you guys got some closure."
"Yea man I think so. I think we can actually move past the uhhh past."
"Looks like someone else has matured." Eric said patting Hyde on the back and heading up the stairs.