A/N – I've decided to split this story into three parts, mainly because I've just decided where this story is going and it looks as though it's going to be quite a long journey; This is still part one and will be mainly a Jackie character study but don't worry, there will still be a lot of Hyde. Also Part one will be Jackie's early years leading up to high school and from now on every chapter will be in here for a reason leading up to a main plot at the end, but I don't want to give too much away at this point, so you'll have to read to find out what I've got in store!

Thank you all so much for your reviews they really do mean a lot! Hope you like this chapter as much as I do, enjoy :D

Chapter 3 – Don't look at Me

Perfect

Chapter Three – Paragraph 1 - 2

From the moment I had made the choice to follow Pam's advice I didn't think twice about it. It changed me overnight after just a few short weeks I was a completely different person…

1966 – Point Place Elementary School

As Jackie walked down the corridor of her new school she felt empowered. Everything Pam had taught her on her first day was now something she didn't need taught anymore; she knew who she was now and how she should act. She walked with an elegance she didn't even know she had and the clothes Pam had helped her pick out every night before school really did look better than those stupid dungarees she was wearing a few weeks ago.

Her simple dark washed three quarter length jeans were fitted perfectly, the white sandals were perfect for sunny weather such as today and the top Pam had given her as an introduction to her new clique suited her accordingly. It was pink and Jackie had decided that was her new favourite colour – mainly because her mother had decorated her room pink before she left and it reminded her of the relationship she once thought they shared, even if she wouldn't let herself admit it.

Looking to her left she saw Donna and her pathetic excuse for a clique stop what they were doing and watch her walking down the long corridor, she even saw that delinquent Hyde glare at her which she returned with her own equally fierce look.

'Lesson number one…check.' She thought as she carried on walking with her head held high and a slight smirk appearing across her face; a smirk which was mirrored by Pam, as she walked over to Jackie.

'I see you've managed to get Lesson number one down to a fine tee.' Pam said happily at the progress of her new protégé.

'I learn from the best.' Jackie smiled. 'Oh, and I managed to convince daddy to call the school and get them to put me in all of your lessons... they put up a bit of a fight about it though, but seeing as daddy is the chairman of the board they couldn't really disagree with him for long if they wanna see that smelly gym ever get refurbished.' The brunette laughed.

'Well in that case...' The blonde said as she heard the bell sound. 'We should get going to Mathematics.' Pam said linking Jackie's arm and strutting off happily giving Jackie just enough time to give Donna one last dirty look before entering the classroom.

Mathematics

After entering the classroom Pam sat down at the front of the class in between Natalie and Sandy. As Jackie started over to the seat nearest the window she was called back by Pam.

'What are you doing? Sit next to me.' Pam smiled sweetly then, not so sweetly, turned to Natalie looking astounded. 'What are you still doing here? Move.'

By this Natalie looked out-raged and looked to Jackie apparently expecting her to say something.

'Hello?' Jackie yelled. 'Are you deaf? She said move.'

Natalie just looked at the seat nearest the window. The fat kid who smelt sat there before he moved and no one had sat there since…

'Now!' Pam yelled sternly making Natalie pick up her things and move to the seat, eyes filling up with tears. She had always been Pam's right hand girl and everyone knew that if you sat to the right of Pam then you were her favourite. Things had changed ever since Jackie had joined the group and Natalie wasn't going to give up her position as Pam's right hand girl without a fight.

'Right class...' Mrs Cambridge said as she entered the classroom. 'Sorry I'm late. Now where are they at now?' She asked the class after taking a quick scan of the room noticing, as usual, the four seats at the back of the classroom were empty. She never really expected any one to answer her, everyone knew to whom she was referring to and they all knew why they weren't here as usual.

'Sorry we're late.' Donna said entering the classroom followed by three boys. 'We were just-'

'You were just what Miss Pinciotti? Dawdling in the hallway? If it happens one more time then a letter will be sent home to each of your parents. Tardiness is not accepted in this classroom, now please resume your seats so we can begin today's lesson.'

As the foursome walked passed Hyde stopped for a millisecond looking confused as to why Jackie was in the classroom but when she looked up at him he carried on walking as if he hadn't noticed her.

'Ah, and I see we have a new addition to the classroom, stand-up Miss Burkhart and say hello to the rest of the class.' Mrs Cambridge said plastering a fake smile across her face and putting one hand on Jackie's shoulder as the young brunette waved awkwardly to the class.

'I want you all to be very nice to our new class-mate, this is Jackie and she's the daughter of the Chairman of the board to the school… how's your mother, dear?' Apparently not noticing the awkward look on Jackie's face melt into an upside down smile. 'You do still have contact with her after she left, don't you?'

Jackie smiled and in a slightly higher than normal tone replied. 'Of course… she's doing great, just topped up her tan in Barbados.' She laughed.

'Oh…' Mrs Cambridge said, apparently not hearing an answer she was looking for. 'How exotic.' She chuckled and then took her place behind her desk.

Jackie looked to the back row where Donna, the skinny boy, Eric and the tall one called Kelso were all rolling their eyes at her. When she looked at Hyde she expected him to have a nonchalant expression on his face as usual but instead saw him looking straight at her with his piercing blue eyes staring straight into the mismatched ones of her own.

She sat back in her seat hurriedly before Pam noticed her slip up.

3:00pm - The end of the school day

The rest of the day had gone by pretty fast after that, she had done her best to avoid those blue eyes that she knew were on her all day, she could feel them burning into her as if he was searching for something.

'Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to get my Daddy to move me up a year.' She thought to herself as she sat on the bench outside the school waiting to be picked up by the help. All day she had teachers treating her with special attention because of her father and now she had to spend the entire day in the same classroom with Hyde and Donna… and the other two.

All day she had been with Pam though, which was I good thing, mostly. Jackie was deciding quickly that Pam wasn't as great as she had first thought. It seemed the more time she spent with Pam the less she wanted to spend time with her. She could take Pam in small doses but an entire day with her isn't something she would be able to cope with for long. The rest of the class wasn't exactly something she could cope with for long either. Three people, including Hyde, had got detention that day and the work she was given to do at home was twice as hard as she thought it would be.

'Why was he staring at me?' She kept thinking her mind going back to the same person. She wished she could just go home and forget about it, but it was now 3:10 and the help still wasn't here. Her dad had gone away on business that morning so she hoped he had told someone to pick her up before he left.

After another 50 minutes sat there she decided to walk home. So she stood and started down the street when two of the boys who were in detention ran up behind her and started yelling after her. She thought it best to ignore them but once she heard what they were saying she quickly turned.

'Hey, Burkhart… you forgot your bag. You want it?'

'Yes please.' Jackie said politely hoping he would just give her the bag and go away, but instead he threw it and the second boy who was now stood behind her caught it.

'Can I have my bag?' She said hoping the second boy would listen but instead he just laughed and threw it over her head back to the blonde boy behind her.

'Give me back my bag!' She yelled as they continued throwing it while her things were falling out of it. 'I want my bag, give me my bag!' She said as she jumped up trying to catch it.

'You heard what she said. Give her the damn bag.' She heard a voice from behind her coldly say. The boys stopped throwing the bag and looked at the person who had interrupted their fun.

'It's just a joke.' The blonde haired boy said after going a pale shade of white.

'Yeah well it's not funny. Now, drop the bag and leave.' He looked at Jackie after the boys had gone. 'Are you okay?' He asked quietly.

Ever since she heard his voice she had stood with her feet rooted firmly to the ground with her back turned to him, when she heard him speak to her she turned slowly.

'This can't be real.' She thought as she turned. 'This has to be a dream, that can't be him, he wouldn't do that.' Her eyes widened with shock when her eyes confirmed her thoughts, it really was him. 'And he rescued me.'

She gasped a little before she answered him. 'I am now.'

A/N 2 – I just have to apologise for this chapter for a couple of reasons. Firstly for the shortness of it, the only reason I posted it like this is because I had left you so long without an update, which brings me to my second point. Sorry for leaving it so long without an update. I had the first half of this chapter written for a while but was unable to write the second half of it for some personal reasons – which I won't bore you with lol. But the important thing is that it's here now and I hope you liked it, I hope I haven't lost a lot of readers with my lengthy time-out. Please review if you liked it or even if you didn't I just wanna know what you think. Thanks for reading!

Next update – Within approx five days – already got an idea for most of the next chapter so it shouldn't take long updating :D