Sorry for the delay guys! I don't have a good excuse for it, I just haven't been up to writing lately but I need to get this story rolling cause it keeps running through my head! So this chapter will have some smut, hopefully it's not horrible. I'll try very hard to make it good:D Thank you to everyone that reviewed, they are much appreciated!!

Chapter 19:

The next morning Jackie woke before the alarm clock went off. She opened a bleary eye and saw that the glowing digital numbers read 5:54.

Sitting up languidly, she stretched and leaned down to place a kiss on the cheek of the sleeping man next to her. Jackie stifled a giggle of delight as he murmured something in his sleep and shifted slightly. She decided she'd let him sleep until the alarm went off at 6:30.

She'd kept him up late, they'd finally fallen asleep around one in the morning, after running around Macys before closing time and spending over an hour in the drugstore while she carefully choose her travel toiletries.

Eric was so exhausted from the very full day that he had dropped off to sleep before she'd gotten a chance to model her outfits for him. Jackie decided she would just have to pack extra clothes in case she didn't like something. She finally gotten her suitcase to zip closed over the overstuffed items and crawled in bed with Eric, nuzzling her face into his chest and immediately joining him in sleep.

But she was so giddy for the trip, her sleep was light, which was why she was now climbing into the shower to prepare for their 9:00 am flight out of O'Hare.

Jackie couldn't help smiling to herself as she lathered up her hair. She never would have guessed in a million years that Eric Forman would be the source of all her happiness. If she'd been told that three years ago she would have told whoever said it to drop dead. But here she was, and there he was, asleep in her bed not more than fifteen feet from where she stood rinsing and repeating.

She pondered briefly over the failed relationships she had had in the past. Both Michael and Steven had seemed to care for her and it was no secret how she had felt for them. It seemed strange that in the end it was never enough. For a long time she believed it was she that wasn't enough, that there was something dreadfully wrong with her. And it seemed true enough for a while until… Eric. He dropped back into her life unceremoniously and rapidly changed everything she had ever believed to be true about men.

When Eric was dating Donna, Jackie believed he was just short of being a woman himself. And maybe then it had been a fair assessment up until now. She couldn't put it words exactly what had changed about him but she realized she didn't need to really. Neither one of them was exactly the same person they had been in high school and that was a relief for both of them. High school Jackie and Eric NEVER would have made it as a couple… they never would have made a couple period!

As she began her cleansing ritual Jackie had to pinch herself to remind herself this was all real. She had been doing a lot of pinching over the past couple of weeks. She'd felt butterflies in her stomach before, but nothing compared to the feeling of being on the most perfect cloud that she was on now.

Eric complemented her so well that she could hardly remember what her complaints about men had ever been in the first place. She finally felt the happiness and completeness she always believed love would create and she'd be damned if she would let this one get away.

Turning off the shower, Jackie stepped back into the room just as the alarm clock went off. Eric grumbled and reached over to flick the switch, and then he rolled back over with his eyes still closed, his arm searching out for Jackie. When his questing hand met empty space, he opened his eyes. Jackie stood in the doorway of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel with a smile on her face.

"Now, that's a sight to wake up to, please tell me I'm not dreaming," Eric said in a sleepy voice.

Jackie giggled and shook her head as she crossed to the bed and sat down.

"No, you're not dreaming. Watch," and with that she pinched his arm playfully.

"Ouch! You're evil, lady, pinching half-asleep people," Eric said with a smile.

Jackie laugh and leaned into him and allowed him to kiss her. He pulled her down, catching her by surprise and she shrieked with delight. He had fallen asleep in only boxer shorts and Jackie enjoyed the feel of his bare skin against hers. She very much appreciated the muscle tone he had gained while in Africa, it wasn't too much but noticeable on his thin frame.

Eric pulled at the front of her towel as he kissed her neck, "Now that's just silly, Jackie. You

can't wear a towel on the plane, let's take this off."

"Eric!' Jackie laughed, as the towel loosened around her and he flung it across the room. He grinned as he rolled her back over and he lay on top of her.

"I think you forgot about something last night," he said, trailing his fingers lightly over her collarbone and down to the sides of her breasts, causing her skin to form goose bumps.

Jackie's eyelids slid closed, "More like you fell asleep before we could get to 'something else' last night," she retorted, "Oooh, don't stop…" His fingers trailed back up over the front of her breasts barely scraping over her sensitive nipples.

"I'll tell you what, I won't be falling asleep now," he said, as she wrapped her legs around his waist and he pushed a little against her for emphasis. Jackie squeaked as she felt the hardness captured between her legs.

"Hurry up and get your boxers off!" she said breathlessly.

Eric chuckled and just as Jackie commanded, hurriedly pushed the waistband of his boxers down, "My God, I love it when you say stuff like that, Jackie."

When he'd gotten them down and kicked them off, he smoothed one hand up her leg as the other went to the back of her head pushing her face towards his as their lips locked in a warm kiss.

Jackie felt his other hand trail from the side of her leg to the inside of her thigh, she gasped into Eric's mouth as she felt his long, nimble fingers brush against her clit. She could feel his own breath quicken as he dipped two fingers into her already wet core.

"Mmmm, Jackie," he whispered huskily against her lips, as they broke their kiss to catch their breath.

Jackie could only whimper, before his fingers dove back in and pulled out again slowly, dragging them back up towards her clit. He repeated this same gesture a few more times as he attacked Jackie's neck with his mouth. She clung tightly to him whimpering and panting, her eyes tightly shut as she concentrated on the feelings he was causing her.

"Oooh, oh Eric, please…." Jackie moaned as he rubbed her in torturously slow circles.

"I need you now."

Eric's fingers withdrew from her and Jackie groaned at the loss of contact but was quickly mollified as she felt the hand that had been causing her such pleasure, slip around to her back and angle her upwards. Eric pulled back a little and watched her face as he place the tip of his erection against her.

"Jackie," he said, "look at me."

Jackie opened her eyes and looked at him.

Eric would never admit it but some part of him began to fear than maybe Jackie would rather be with someone else. But when she looked at him in that moment his fears were silenced, never to be heard from again. Jackie was always one to wear her emotions on her sleeve and right then Eric saw them for what they were and they were for him.

"Eric," she whimpered again, and he smiled down at her. He'd never get tired of hearing his name come form her mouth like that.

"Say it one more time, Jackie," he whispered. When he said that realization dawned on Jackie, he wanted to make sure she knew whom she was with and whom it was she wanted.

They had made love numerous times over the past few weeks but there was something about this morning that was bonding, something more intimate than either had ever shared with another person. Jackie knew right then that there was no turning back for either of them, no matter what happened in the future this moment would seal for them the truth of what they had both been searching for.

"Eric," she said again, her voice louder and more insistent, "Eric, I want you."

That was it, all the confirmation he needed. Jackie was his to keep and to love.

He leaned down and captured her mouth as he pushed into her. Jackie moaned into the kiss and tightened her hold on him. He rocked against her slowly at first but quickly gathering speed as they sought completion.

After few minutes Jackie surprised him as she lifted her hips against his insistently and made a motion with her body that she wanted to change positions. He pulled out of her as she sat up and turned around to get on her knees. Eric was floored, no girl he had ever been with wanted to do it this way, he was always the one to suggest it and was usually met with disgust or confusion as to why he wanted to do it that way, so he'd drop the subject.

But Jackie was on her hands and knees, pushing herself back towards him. Eric quickly got back with the program as his libido surged into overdrive. Jackie moaned deeply as he slid all the way in and grasped her hips. With one hand she grabbed one of his hands and pulled in forward so that it cupped her breast, he followed her lead by doing the same with the other. With a breast held firmly in each hand Eric pumped into Jackie and kissed her spine causing her to shiver and make a whining noise in the back of her throat.

After long moments of thrusting and reveling in their shared sensations, Eric felt Jackie begin to tense. Wishing to bring her as far over the edge as he could Eric deftly reached one hand around the front of where their bodies joined and began to rub her clit.

"Faster," Jackie whispered hoarsely. Eric feeling his own release looming, rubbed her faster, causing her breath to hitch and shuddering gasps to emit from her throat as her orgasm began to overtake her.

The feel of her muscles contracting around his cock, Eric leaned forward and lightly nipped Jackie's shoulder. She cried out and her released washed over her, shooting straight to her toes and causing her legs to shake fiercely. Eric rode it out with her as his own orgasm shot up his cock, her body milking him gently as they both came back down. They collapsed together in a sweaty heap.

After a few minutes Jackie turned in Eric's embrace to face him. She placed feather light kisses all over his face, paying extra attention to his eyelids and jaw line. Eric rubbed Jackie's back and sighed contentedly.

"So I guess we better get ready," he said stroking her wet hair.

Jackie nodded, "Mm-hmm"

Eric kissed her forehead, "Jackie…"

"Hmmm?" She was still liquid in his arms, warm and content from their lovemaking.

Eric lifted her chin so he could look into her eyes, "I love being with you." It wasn't exactly what he intended to say, but there was still some of the old Eric left in him, the one that could still chicken out over the big steps in life.

But Jackie didn't seem to care, she broke out in a huge grin, "I love being with you too."

He kissed her again, taking her breath away.

"Let's get out of here," he said.

Jackie nodded with a smile as they both rose from the bed and began to get ready for the day ahead.

AN: Okay, so that was hard to write but I wanted it to show more of the intimacy between the two so I hope I accomplished that. Also the line "let's get out of here" I used because I read that it is the most used phrase in movies/television and thought it'd be extra cool for Eric to say, lol :D Anyway! Let me know what you all think, I love getting reviews and it only takes a second. Please please??