Jackie sniffled in the passenger seat most of the way to the Chicago hotel. Anytime Micheal Kelso tried to speak, she would make a shrill noise that made him just hold up his hands in surrender. Unfortunately, the boy was supposed to be driving, so, she'd scream, "Get your hands back on the wheel, Micheal!"

By the time they had reached the hotel, both of them were cranky, tired, and Kelso felt needed to relieve some tension.

"Jackie..." he began gently, sitting down next to her, "why don't you try relaxing a little bit?"

"How can I relax, Micheal? I've just given up the best thing that ever happened to me!"

Kelso sighed. "Yeah, you and Hyde were great together... but, we had some great times together, too." he reminded, putting an arm around her.

Jackie managed a half smile. "Yeah, guess we did..." she admitted. "Until you cheated on me," she said flatly. "Over and over, making me look like a fool..."

But, while her eyes were on his face, his hand had decided to take action to calm the girl down, and he began expertly massaging her through her dress.

"Micheal... what are you... no, ungh... oh, my..." she breathed.

Kelso used the momentary lapse to lift her skirt, and he saw her familiar black silk-mesh panties, and his head darted quickly between her legs, as he began nibbling and sucking, his warm breath and tongue felt through the thin material. It felt... so good... but, then she came out of her haze and shoved him backwards, knocking him onto his butt.

"No, Micheal! We can't!"

"Why not? Hyde dumped you." He reminded her calmly, starting to undress.

"Because... because..." she fumbled, not sure what to say without sounding... what? Hopeless? Pathetic? "Um... we can be seen from the street, Micheal!" she said with as much dignity as she could muster, though she was still tingling slightly with desire. "We... it's unseemly. I'm going to be a television personality!" she said importantly.

Completely naked, Kelso looked thoughtful. "Right... I'll go check." he said, walking out of the room, grabbing a towel on his way out.

Jackie rolled her eyes and stretched on her side, attempting to read a Cosmo magazine, hoping to calm herself down. No, no... she couldn't do that yet... she couldn't throw herself back in with Micheal when she was truly in love with Steven... even if he was never coming back...

But, then, miraculously, the door opened, and there was Steven. She rushed to his arms, smiling. But, then, the horrible thought struck her brain. "Micheal will be back any minute..."

A small part of her considered shuttling him out of the room but... no. She wasn't going to try to hide it- she had to cover herself! Lies always came back and bit you in the ass, and she wasn't going to throw her "miracle" away with that!

"Steven..." she began, and then just blurted out, "Micheal drove me here, and then he was just all over me!"

Hyde knit his brows, frowning slightly. "I shoved him off me, but then he got naked and said he was gonna see if people could see in here from the parking lot."

It was... mostly true, Jackie comforted herself.

And, then, Kelso came in, grinning like a moron, still clad only in a towel.

"You're dead." Hyde said in a deathly quiet tone, and started to chase him.

But, Jackie managed to catch him by the arm. "Steven, wait!" she said tearfully, half being dragged as he started to run.

Hyde stopped, and looked down at her.

"Just... don't leave me right now? Please, hold me?" she begged, almost scared that if she let him out of her sight, she'd never see him again.

Seeing her fear and shaking, the tears in her eyes, Hyde felt fresh anger all over again, thinking it was all about Kelso, not... not the thought of loosing him... But, he brushed that off as best he could, and pulled her into his arms, where she buried her face into his chest.

"Shhh... I'm not going anywhere..." he whispered. "I'm right where I belong... right where I'm gonna stay..."