Author Note: …. It's Donna's party and she can cry if she wants too….

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Chapter 15 – Last Circle

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"Somehow, Donna arranged to get Bob to pay for dad and mom to have a dinner at the restaurant by the new interstate. That's why she's having a party." Eric explained.

Jackie felt apprehensive. "I don't know. I'm as not familiar with Bob's house and he has all that furniture. Maybe I should just stay here."

"I'll stay with you." Eric offered. "I'd rather only see Kelso and Fez." He didn't want to add that Donna seemed to have some other agenda and he was suspicious about it.

Jackie touched Eric's arm, "No, don't let me hold you back. If you want to see your friends, I don't want to hold you back. I'll be fine here. Really." Eric took her arm and pulled her into a hug. "Then let's go together, stay together and leave together."

"Eric….I adore Fez and Kelso…it's just Donna and Steven. I don't want to be ridiculed."

"I can kick ass pretty good now." He offered.

Jackie laughed. "Now that's something I would like to see."

"Ohhh….blind girl makes a funny!" Eric said tickling her ribs. She giggled, "Stop, or I'll have to go pee again."

"Good thing to know. Let me flex my tickling muscle." Eric teased. Jackie squealed and swatted his hands. "Now point me in the direction of the bathroom."

Jackie had asked Eric about her outfit for the third time. He patiently repeated, "You are the most gorgeous girl in Point Place." Jackie launched herself at him, throwing her arms around his neck. "I had to make sure. Brooke's not going to be there and I want to look better than Donna. I have insecurities okay?"

Eric smiled and kissed her lips then slid on her Ray Charles. "Now you look like a celebrity. I don't know what they have planned, but I don't want you screaming like Kelso, "OW my EYE!" Jackie giggled profusely. "I will keep the glasses on just for that reason."

"Let's recap. We stick together, we leave together and no drinking." Eric said.

Jackie nodded, "Then we get back here before your folks and mess around a little….or a lot." Eric squeezed her fingers. "Or we could just stay here."

Jackie pretended to whine, "That's what I've been trying to tell you!" Eric laughed, "Let's go Missy. I want to come back and spend some quality time with you." He felt her tremble lightly under his hands and smiled. "I'll be with you."

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Eric felt strange to be standing at the Pinciotti's back door. He held Jackie's hand in his and she held her cane in the other. Kelso opened the door. "Jackie!" he exclaimed happily with a big hug. "Do the Stevie Wonder thing with your head."

"Michael, no! That's disrespectful."

Kelso looked at Eric, "She'll be doing it later." He said confidently. Jackie heard the soft wisp of Fez's slacks. "Hi Fez."

Fez looked at Eric. "Did she smell me? I changed cologne this time."

Jackie waved her hand, "Hey, I'm over here. No, it was your pants. You're wearing pleather."

Fez was moderately insulted. "The salesman said they were leather."

Jackie smiled. "If they were leather, they'd creak a bit. Never mind, I'm sure you look handsome." Fez was beaming, "I shaved the mustache."

"Good for you Fez" Jackie smiled. She set her cane out before her and made sure the Pinciotti table was still by the back door. Check.

"Let's do this." She said so only Eric could hear. Jackie tapped her way behind Kelso and Fez to the Pinciotti living room.

Donna saw Jackie's cane and she nudged Hyde on the shoulder. Kelso said, "Jackie, you can sit over here with me and Fez."

Fez replied, "I have candy. I can share my Milk Duds." Jackie laughed and her cane tapped against an upholstered chair. "I'll just sit here." Eric smiled and sat on floor in front of her chair. Donna wasn't thrilled that her ex-boyfriend was sitting on the floor and even less thrilled when Kelso and Fez did the same thing. She exhaled loudly and slid to the floor dragging Hyde down with her.

Fez remarked, "This is almost like Circle Time."

Hyde laughed, "Heh heh, you'll never guess what I have a bag of..."

Kelso put up a hand, "Can't do it. I'd have to arrest myself… but you guys go ahead!" Fez smiled, "I will. Then I have a reason to eat my Good & Plenty candies too!"

Donna laughed, "What the hell deal me in. Eric?" Jackie could feel the muscles in Eric's back tense up against her leg. "You know, I'm gonna pass this time."

Hyde looked at Jackie this time. "Jackie?"

She shook her head. "No, I have some powerful medication I take at night. I can't mix it with anything." Eric mouthed the words, it's true.

Hyde didn't really like seeing Eric sitting so comfortably with his ex-girlfriend. He reminded himself he had no claims and then she took off the glasses and he almost had to catch his breath. He missed those eyes and that smile.

Donna saw what Hyde was looking at and frowned. Since when did Eric and Jackie become so friendly? It actually looked more than friendly, it looked….intimate. Kelso and Eric were talking and Jackie was playing in Eric's hair and it looked like he liked it a little too much.

Hyde rolled up one up quickly, lit the end, inhaled deep and passed it to Donna. She took a hit and passed it to Fez. In a matter of minutes the big circle had been divided into two small ones. Those who did and those who didn't. Hyde didn't care, his brain was in a pleasant haze and he finally felt relaxed. Donna kicked back against the sofa and smiled. This was the best she felt since she had come home. Fez was protecting his candy but smiling nonetheless!

"Did you know they have a car that runs on water?" Hyde's running diatribe no longer started the conversation. Instead, Kelso opened the discussion with, "Donna, did you know that Red is Superman?"

Donna coughed and laughed. 'Yeah right."

Fez held up his finger, "No, it's true; he saved Eric and Jackie's life. He dived in front of the explosion and bullets bounced off the "R" on his chest."

Kelso frowned, that wasn't the way he heard it! "No, he got burned by the battery acid but saved everyone from the explosion. That is a real BURN!" he laughed. The conversation died down and Kelso leaned over to Eric, "Do I look that stupid when I get high?"

Eric replied, "Oh no, stupider." Jackie giggled and tugged on Eric's hair, "Be nice." He laid his head back on her lap, "Hey, I'm not stoned so I call it like I see it." Eric could see the hazy cloud of smoke floating his way. "Hey, blind girl, put your glasses back on. It's getting smoky in here."

Hyde watched as Jackie slid the glasses back on and he thought they were the coolest Zen frames he had ever seen. "So, how dark are they?" he asked. Jackie said, "Excuse me?"

Hyde motioned to her frames but she couldn't see him. "Your glasses. What can you see?"

Eric decided to give the stoners a little something to think about. He whispered to Jackie, "Stay here." Eric went to the wall switch and turned out all the lights. Carefully, he navigated his way back to the chair. "Okay, everyone…this is what Jackie sees."

Donna stood up to find the light switch and banged her knee on the coffee table. "Ow! Damn! Turn it back on."

Hyde was looking for the lighter.

Kelso laughed, "Wow, its dark in here. Doesn't your dad have any nightlights?"

Fez yelped, "My candy! I can't find it!" Jackie heard a commotion and a thud. "I tripped." Fez said miserably.

Hyde found all of this mildly amusing and then said, "I'll turn the freaking light on." He jumped over the back of the couch but forgot the small table with Grandma Pinciotti's vase. It crashed into pieces when the table fell over. "Shit. I can't see shit. Forman, turn this light back on, we get the picture."

By the time Donna got the lights on, the living room was a mess, Fez was still on the floor trying to find his candy and Eric, Jackie and Kelso were gone. Donna looked at Hyde, "How did they do that?"

Outside, Kelso was cracking up. "A blind BURN - that was so bad ass!"

Kelso was trying not to laugh when Jackie led the two guys out into the kitchen and then outside. "I wasn't trying to burn anyone but it was a lousy party."

Kelso agreed. "Yeah, I have to work tomorrow and I'd rather be home anyways." He gave Jackie a hug. "Let's all go out one night soon. Donna's going back to school and Hyde? Well, he does what he wants. I'd rather hang with you guys. Besides, that's the last circle I want to be in."

Jackie smiled. "Thank you Michael." Eric shook his friend's hand. "I'm going to get her inside before they figure out how to turn on the light.

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Donna was pissed. How could Eric turn the lights out like that and then leave the party without saying goodbye? She stumbled out the back door intent on going to the Forman's and giving him a piece of her mind. At the basketball hoop she paused. Eric and Jackie were kissing at the patio door and it was not a "friendly" kiss!

Jackie sighed, Eric's hands were in her hair, holding the back of her head and his kiss was warm and hungry. He would kiss the corners of her mouth and then lightly bite her lip while lathing it with his tongue. Every kiss with Jackie was different and Eric loved each one. She buried her face in his chest and whispered, "We're not alone."

Eric dropped a kiss on her shoulder and whispered, "Who's watching us?"

Jackie shivered deliciously, "Donna." Eric grinned, "Her loss. Kiss me woman." He was joking but then Jackie's tongue swept into his mouth and he lost all self control. He heard a door slam and then his parents Toyota slow down to make the turn into the driveway.

"We have the worst timing." He groaned. Jackie snickered. "Get me inside before your mom busts me."

"Busts us. I smell like the basement." Eric moaned.

"We could always shower together." Jackie suggested.

"You are so bad." Eric laughed.

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