Hyde laughed at Kelso's pouting expression. He'd beat him at Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots over and over, for a couple of hours now. He would've thought it'd get old, but with Kelso's ever-increasing tantrums, it still hadn't. Jackie walked into the basement and sat down between them.

"I'm bored..."

"Then get a hobby." Hyde snarked.

Jackie made a scrunchy face at him, that was probably supposed to be insulting, but, was actually cute, and Hyde's mouth twitched slightly, trying to hide how cute he thought it was.

"Micheal... I'm thirsty..." she said plaintively.

"Uh-huh, fridge is upstairs..." he said distractedly.

Jackie folded her arms. "What did we talk about yesterday, Micheal ?"

"I dunno, what?"

"Listening when I talk and being more considerate of my needs, not just yours?"

"But, I- damnit!" he huffed, standing up. "Okay, Tab or Diet Fresca?"

Jackie grinned at him. "Whichever is fine, I don't care." she said, waving him off. "In a cup with crushed ice, not straight from the can, Micheal! And a straw!" she called after him as he went up the stairs.

Hyde rolled his eyes at her. "Making a dude your bitch is different than him being considerate of your needs."

"After everything he put me through, he deserves a little of that." she said quietly, and Hyde raised his eyebrows slightly. "And, anyway... he's still the man of the relationship, trust me." she said, pulling a face.

"Pfft. Kelso was never 'the man'; you've worn the pants since before you took 'em off."

"I give in and put up with a lot more than you realize." she said softly.

"Yeah, whatever, Jackie..." Hyde said, and then eyed her as she pushed her sleeves up to her elbows.

On her wrist was a purple-and-yellow mark, almost in the shape of a handprint...

"Jackie, what the hell, man?" Hyde asked, his voice suddenly tight and tinged with anger.

"Hmm?" She asked, confused.

"The wrist, man." he said, taking her arm gently in both of his hands, examining it. "He do this to you?"

"What? No, Steven-"

"You're covering?" he demanded angrily. "You let him get away with that? Jackie-"

"Steven!" Jackie said, putting her fingers over his lips, shushing him. "Micheal didn't do that. Crazy Caroline did. We- Donna and I- decided to help out Fez and show him how crazy she was so he'd break up with her for his own good, cause we're his friends." she said, taking the cup from Kelso as he handed it to her.

"Wait, there was a girl-fight and I missed it?" Kelso pouted.

"It wasn't a fight, Micheal. She grabbed my arm and Donna's arm and Fez threw her out. That's it."

"Fez had a chance for a threeway girlfight and he stopped it? Oh, I'm so gonna burn him for that..." Kelso laughed.

Jackie and Hyde both rolled their eyes.

"Yeah, whatever, how do you play?"

"Jackie... this is not a girl's game... it's a man's sport, baby." Kelso said.

Hyde snorted. "C'mere, Jacks..." he said, sitting her in his chair, putting his hands gently over hers. "Okay, like this..." he said, showing her. And then he moved away, slightly self-conscious. "Okay, go- I got winner." he said.

Kelso started moving the controls, and Jackie knocked the head up with two hits of the button. She clapped her hands. "Yay. I'm good at everything!"

Hyde grinned, but then flushed, wondering how much that applied to...