"Jackie." Hyde said through clenched teeth.
"No, all right?" Jackie sighed, embarrassed beyond measure. "Nothing... really happened..."
"Nothing really?" Hyde echoed. "That means something did or almost did."
"Steven, this is embarrassing enough; I don't want to talk about it!"
"Damnit, Jackie, just tell me!" Hyde demanded, running a hand through his unruly curls. He was angry. Not at her, but, of course, that's not how it was coming across, and she was frustrating him with the hemming and hawing.
"Fine, Steven, if you must know, he had his fingers in my... you know..." she whispered, her cheeks on fire, looking at her shoes. "I woke up and I started hitting him with my purse, and then I left him there!" she said, eyes welling up, her body starting to quake. "I'm goin' to Donna's..." she mumbled, bolting out of the basement as quickly as she could.
Everyone was dumbstruck and uncomfortable, until Donna finally spoke up awkwardly. "I'm... I should go check on her." she said. "I think she'll want girl time; you boys stay here."
And, not for the first time, Donna wondered when Jackie had become her closest friend, and when "girl time" had become part of her vocabulary. She also wondered how Jackie kept that sort of a secret. She totally got her not telling the boys, because, obviously, she was embarrassed, but Donna actually felt a little hurt Jackie thought she couldn't share that with her. Of course, Donna would have told her to report the guy to the police for sexual assault.
Donna sat down next to Jackie on her bed, putting a hand on the smaller girl's back. "Jackie..." she sighed. "Why didn't you ever tell us? Tell me?" she asked softly, trying to keep the hurt out of her tone, since this wasn't about her.
"I thought about it." Jackie admitted softly, sitting up finally. "It was just too embarrassing."
"Jackie, you don't have anything to be embarrassed about! He molested you; could have raped you!"
Jackie shook her head furiously. "Humiliating!" she argued. "Anyway, it was a long time ago, I just wanted to forget about it, and now Steven's gonna think... Oh, I don't know..." Jackie sniffled, throwing herself onto Donna's shoulder.
Donna rubbed her back gently. "Shhh... Hyde like, loves you, Jackie. I've never ever seen him like this, and I've known him and Eric and Kelso since we were five, okay?"
Meanwhile, back in the basement...
The guys were staring at Hyde, who was staring into space, standing still as if he were in some kind of a trance. They had never seen him like this, and ,quite honestly, were each afraid to be the one to bring him out of it. So, quietly to one side, they did paper-rock-scissors, and a loud "Damnit!!!" came from Kelso, who chose rock every single time, so Eric and Fez smirked at him as they chose paper.
Kelso looked at Hyde warily. "Uh... Hyde?"
But, there was no answer.
He walked over to him to shake his arm, and Hyde slung him hard over the couch, and stalked out of the basement, slamming the door behind him so hard Eric was almost surprised the glass window on the door didn't break.
"You okay, Kelso?" Eric asked, not really looking at him.
"Yeah... he didn't get my eye this time." Kelso said a bit proudly, and Eric smirked to himself...