Saturday June 18th 1980
It was the afternoon and Jackie was sitting in the living room watching some rerun. Hyde was on the phone constantly that day. Way more than usual but Jackie didn't seem to notice his nervousness. Jackie was still a little sad from the conversation with Donna the day before. Hyde hung up the phone and walked over to sit down next to her.
Hyde put his hand on Jackie's knee. "What's going on doll, what's with the sad face?" He asked.
"It's nothing." Jackie said with a small smile.
"Jackie, you forget I know you. What's up?" Hyde asked.
Jackie sat there contemplating telling him that she wanted to get married but then the past sprung to her mind. She didn't want to hurt how far they had come or completely destroy where they are.
"Really it's nothing. Just having a day, I guess." Jackie said.
"Well I think I know what will cheer you up?"
"What's that?"
"How about I take you to that nice fancy restaurant you are always talking about?"
The biggest smile spread across Jackie's face.
"You mean L'Etoile?!"
"Yea, sure." Hyde said with a shrug trying not to let on that he knew the exact restaurant she was talking about.
"Really?!"
Hyde shook his head yes.
"Wait! What's the catch?"
"No catch, just want to cheer my doll up."
"So no catch you just want to take me to an expensive, really nice restaurant?"
"If you keep questioning I may just not take you."
Jackie threw her hands up and got up. "Okay okay! I'll go figure out what to wear. Who are you and what have you done with my boyfriend?" She said as she bounced off to their closet.
"Hopefully, turning into your fiancé tonight." Hyde mumbled under his breath.
The phone rang again, Hyde got up and answered the phone. It was Mrs. Foreman practically screaming with excitement over the phone.
"Mrs. Foreman, not so loud, Jackie may hear you through the phone."
"Yes, everything is a go."
"No Jackie doesn't know."
"I'm not sure ask Fez."
"Yea I'll see you later."
"Yep, you too."
Hyde hung up the phone and walked to the bedroom.
"You know L'Etoile needs a reservation." Jackie said from the closet.
"Yep I know. I just made one."
False I made one 3 weeks ago.
"Okay great!" Jackie said throwing clothes around. "Oh by the way I think you should wear the grey button down, black slacks with the matching jacket with that polo."
"Yea okay I could be good with that."
Jackie peaked her head out of the closet. "Really? No fight or argument?"
"That's right."
"Again, who are you and what have you done with my boyfriend?" Jackie said disappearing back into the closet.
A few hours later and Jackie was ready to go. Hyde was dressed and waiting on the couch. Jackie appeared in the living room. She was wearing a lacy sweetheart lavender cocktail dress with strappy heels to match. Her hair was curled and one side was pulled back with a clip. She looked stunning. Hyde stood up and just stared at her.
"You could say something." She said.
"Oh my god. You look beautiful." He said with a smile.
"Oh my gosh so do you." Jackie said with a smile.
"I don't think I've ever seen that dress."
"Yea I bought it a long time ago for a hypothetical fancy night."
"So why did you try on so many other dresses?" He asked.
"Cause, I forgot about it. It was buried in the closet."
"Well you look amazing."
"Thank you baby."
Hyde reached over to the coffee table and grabbed the bouquet of flowers. "These are for you." Jackie approached him.
"Flowers? For me?" Jackie said with a smile.
Hyde shook his head yes.
"They are beautiful Steven." She reached out and grabbed them and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm just going to put these in water before we go." She walked over to the kitchen and grabbed a vase and placed the flowers in it and filled it up with water.
Jackie sat there arranging them. Hyde walked over and wrapped his arms around Jackie. "I love you." He whispered in her ear than gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Jackie turned around to face him. "I love you too." But the look on her face showed a bit of confusion.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing. It's just I don't think I've ever seen you like this."
"Like what?"
"Just romantic. Giving me flowers, taking me to a nice restaurant."
"Just trying to cheer my doll up. You uhhh looked really sad earlier." Hyde said trying to not sound nervous or act weird because of what was coming soon. "So can we get going?"
"Yea, yea let's go."
They arrived at L'Etoile. The restaurant was surrounded with windows looking out over the downtown area. There were red drapes hanging everywhere and gold table cloths. The hostess seated Jackie and Hyde near the windows so they could look out. The restaurant was lit with just candlelight. The red drapes kind of separated their table from everyone else's.
Looking over her menu. "This is really nice Steven."
"Just do me a favor and don't just buy a salad."
Jackie giggles. "Okay, you got it."
They had arrived at 7, it was now almost 9pm. Everything was going so smoothly. The waiter walked over.
"Any desert?" The waiter asked.
"No thank you. I am completely stuffed." Jackie replied.
A panicked look fell across his face. Good thing their waiter was in on the plan.
"How about something to share?" The waiter asked.
"Oh no I couldn't." Jackie said trying to wave the waiter off.
"Okay, sir. Do you want a desert?" The waiter asked Hyde giving him a look like you better order something.
"Yea sure, let me take a look at that menu." Hyde grabbed it and glanced it over. "I'll take the chocolate tarfu."
"They have chocolate tarfu here?" Jackie asked excited.
"And two forks please." Hyde said to the waiter handing the menu over and looking a bit relieved.
Not even five minutes later the waiter returned with the 'desert plate'.
"Wow that was quick." Jackie said to Hyde looking impressed. Jackie grabbed her fork and right before she dived in she saw the plate.
It was a plain white round plate. A ring box sat open on it and the words 'Will you Marry Me?" were spelt out in red syrup. Jackie dropped her fork onto the table. Her hands rose to her mouth covering it. Her eyes were wide from staring at the words on the plate. She looked up at Hyde but he was already on one knee next to her. She couldn't speak she just kept looking back and forth from him and the plate in front of her.