AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Okay, this chapter was meant to be fluffy.

Also, it has some fun bickering in it.

Enjoy!!

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Molly was thinking twice about her decision to hang out with Angela, Heath, Clara and Lisa when they walked into The Hub and Hyde was there with Eric, Fez and Kelso. Actually the first thought that ran through Molly's mind was that she was glad that Eric was out and around people, but the second thought was definitely about Hyde. Ever since their couple of go's in the basement, she really couldn't get him out of her mind and she didn't know why.

"Do you think you could introduce us to them?" Lisa asked, smiling over at Hyde which made Molly clench her fists a little.

Molly plastered a smile on her face when Lisa turned to her though. "Um…sure, I guess."

"You really don't have to." Angela told her, nudging Lisa and blushing.

"No, it's fine—I wanted to talk to Eric anyway." Molly replied with a shrug.

Honestly as much as she liked her new friends, she wasn't sure exactly how to introduce them to the gang. Still, she was pretty certain that Eric would help her through it, so they headed over to the table and relief washed over her. If there was one thing that Molly was thankful for, it was Eric always knowing what it was he was supposed to say even when she wasn't completely sure what he was supposed to say.

"Hey, Molly." Eric told her with a smile. "Who are your friends?"

Molly smiled at him warmly. "This is Lilly, Heath, Clara and Lisa—I have classes with them. Guys, this is Fez, Michael, Steven, and my cousin, Eric."

"Well it looks like you're making friends." Hyde told her, taking the opportunity to pick a fight with her.

"And it looks like there are still only three people who like you." Molly shot back, smiling smugly at him.

Kelso laughed loudly. "Burn!"

Fez laughed too, Eric shifting uncomfortably at the tension between Molly and Hyde—it was hard for him to know the truth about them. Lisa was actually picking up on it too, while Angela simply gazed at Eric, and Clara smiled at Fez. Heath was picking up on the tension only because he was trying not to focus on Clara and Fez smiling at each other. Strangely for Hyde, he was kind of enjoying how cute Molly looked when she thought she had the upper hand on him—when she did have the upper hand on him.

"I'll see you at home, Eric. Bye Fez…Michael." Molly said, and deliberately left Hyde out of the goodbyes.

He didn't know why that annoyed him, but it did, and he gave her a look as she headed out of The Hub, Angela, Heath, Clara and Lisa following her. They all exchanged phone numbers, and then Molly went to the house, doing her homework and then going out in the back to play some basketball on her own. The gang was in the basement, except for Hyde, who had come out and was watching her shoot hoops.

Actually, Molly was really good at it, and she kept making shot after shot, which impressed Hyde immensely. When he realized he was impressed by her though, he quickly went down into the basement, and avoided eye contact with her at dinner. Molly still wasn't sleeping in the room she had been given, and Hyde couldn't sleep, so in the middle of the night when he went into the Living Room, they both swallowed and stared at each other for a moment.

"What do you want?" Molly asked him, tearing her eyes away from him and then looking at the TV that she had on.

Hyde shrugged casually. "I was going to watch some TV but you're tainting it."

"Oh well I'd say I'm sorry, but…I'm not." Molly replied.

"Yeah, I expected that." Hyde told her, sitting on the couch with her. "So…how well do you know, Lisa?"

Molly knew she was jealous and it annoyed her. "Hyde? Go away."

Hyde smiled when he heard in her voice that he had touched a nerve, and looked at her, scowling a little when she kicked him since he hadn't moved. He didn't know what it was, but for some reason seeing her actually upset, made him let it go and go back downstairs. He was going to fight her on it a little more, but he had decided to just let her be, since she was still a little upset about her parents.

Molly was feeling really bad about how she had treated him and sighed loudly, heading down to the basement. Hyde was in his room down there, and Molly took another deep breath before she opened up the door and walked in. She smiled a little and then tucked her hair behind her ears, Hyde giving her a look and pointing out of his room.

"Don't worry I'm not here to use you again." Molly told him, laughing at him a little and then crossing her arms over her chest. "Look…I'm sorry I've been a royal pain in the ass lately, all right?"

Hyde shrugged. "I hadn't noticed a change in your behavior at all."

"Do you like Lisa?" Molly asked him, sighing and closing her eyes when the words shot out of her mouth.

"Why?" Hyde asked her slowly. "Would that bother you if I did?"

Molly scoffed at him. "What? No. Why in the world would that bother me?"

"Because you're completely into me." Hyde replied with a smug shrug.

Molly rolled her eyes at him even though inside she was already admitting it. She had gotten so used to hating Hyde in the past, but for some reason she was feeling bonded to him because of his physical help when she was upset. Still, she knew that there was no way that Hyde would every admit that he had feelings—even if his were definitely not the same as hers and she expected that.

"I'm not into you…I'm just a little attached, I think. I blame you!" Molly shot at him, pointing her finger in his face.

Hyde stepped up closer to her. "I'm not the one forcing themselves on the other party here, Molly."

"It takes two to have sex." Molly reminded him, stepping up closer to him. "I mean I didn't hear you saying 'no' at all."

"That's because I'd be a moron to turn sex down—even if it was with you." Hyde replied with a shrug. "I'm not a moron."

Molly laughed in his face. "The jury's out on that one."

"If you think I'm such a moron, then why did you come to me for your physical needs?" Hyde asked her, making a face.

Molly rolled her eyes and then realized as she stepped as close as she could get that she actually liked having Hyde breathe on her face and she wasn't alone. Besides the hot breath on his face and the obviously conflicted look on Molly's face, Hyde was enjoying the way that she smelled. He kind of wished right then that they were testing the physical boundaries again instead of trying to verbally spar with each other.

He leaned his face in a little and though confused at first about what he was doing, Molly suddenly found herself pressing her lips to his. She quickly pulled back though, and her eyes searched his for answers. They were supposed to hate each other—not continually want to sleep with each other. This was not a functional relationship and they both knew it, but that didn't stop Hyde from kissing Molly this time.

"Damn-it, what are you doing?" Molly asked him, pulling back again but holding onto his shirt firmly with her hands. "What am I doing?"

Hyde shook his head. "I can't even being to tell you."

"This isn't going to work. You don't do this, Steven. You don't do the comforting, or the girlfriend thing, or the nice thing—I mean I know you have it in you deep down somewhere, but I don't think I'm the one to bring it out in you." Molly told him and she realized it disappointed her to say it. "I am for some odd reason attracted to you, and want you…but I'm hurting right now and I can't have this."

"So I have no say in this?" Hyde asked her.

Molly was surprised. "Why? Do you want to try and be my boyfriend?"

"I didn't say that." Hyde said quickly.

Molly nodded and let go of him, taking a step back—that was what she was expecting to hear from him. She and Hyde had always had a friendship, but it was based on arguing and burning the other through bickering and pettiness. Now all she wanted was to somehow peel back his layers and he wasn't going to be willing enough to do that. Maybe if she just kept the hooking up going though…then maybe when she made it stop she could get him jealous enough to admit something…anything.

"Look, how about we forget I said anything and just do what we're good at—you up for that at least?" Molly asked him.

Hyde took a breath. "Are you offering what I think you're offering?"

"Here's the thing, Steven—you and I are going to make a pact right now, all right?" Molly told him, laying it all out there and nodding when he just stood there looking at her, wanting to know the details before he agreed to anything. "I like sex…you like sex…we enjoy sex with each other. So, when you want it, I'm here for you, and when I want it, you're here for me. The catch? There's cuddling afterwards so it doesn't feel like we're using each other—but we're not dating. Hell, you can hate me outside of these walls if you want to…I'll probably do the same to you."

Hyde smiled at her. "Deal, Molly."

"Good." Molly told him, smiling too. "Do you have anything else you want to add to this little pact?"

"No." Hyde admitted, stepping up closer to her. "However…it would be nice if you'd just be here for me right now."

Molly smirked and pulled her pajama top off. "I was hoping you'd be here for me too."

Note: There's chapter four! The pact is important to the plot of the Molly/Hyde love story, and don't expect it to be smooth sailing completely—this is Hyde we're talking about. Feedback is always appreciated!