Okay, sorry about the confusion over Trent/Trey. Just to clarify things for you guys, his name is now Trent cuz I think that name's cooler. I got confused when I was writing this. That's what I get for not having a beta. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Oh, and I do not own this show cuz if I did, Donna would've never gone blonde. That's just wrong
Lucy and Jackie walked into Dexter's garage to find it completely unchanged. The place still reeked of pot and gasoline oil, while posters of Dexter's favorite bands remained in their normal spots. The Led Zeppelin poster made Jackie feel a twinge in her chest. She ignored and walked over to her beloved drums. Lucy watched as her best friend started pounding out a simple beat with child-like glee. Sure, she was a drummer too, but you could Jackie was the one who really loved it. Drumming was like air to her; she was dead without it. Suddenly, something popped into Jackie's head. "I wrote a new song!" she shouted while searching for her journal.
The band waited in anticipation. Lucy imagined Jackie probably had a lot of new songs after the last year. It was like the girl's version of therapy. Lucy had her own therapy but like the way Jackie dealt with her issues. Well, most of the time. She wasn't a huge fan of the starve until you faint thing.
Jackie found the song page and handed it to Lucy. Lucy began to sing while Jackie found the beat on her drums. Trent and Dexter followed her lead.
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Top down in the summer sun
The day we met was like a hit and run
And I still taste it on my tongue
The sky was burning up like fireworks
You made me want you, oh, so bad it hurt
But boy, in cause you haven't heard
I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, forever is over
We used to kiss all night, now it's just a bar fight
So don't call me crying, say hello to goodbye
Everyone was really impressed with this song. "Damn, Blue, I'd hate to be the guy who pissed off," Dexter complimented her after they finished playing it. The petite brunette's looks sometimes made it easy to forget about all the hostility inside of her. Plus, even reputations you know aren't true influence how you think.
"So it was good?" Jackie asked nervously. She remembered what a frenzy she'd been in while writing that song. It hadn't been pretty, resulting in a few pieces of broken furniture.
"It was damn good," Lucy responded cheerfully. She liked the song, but something about it scared her. The cynical attitude in the song didn't sound like the Jackie she knew. Sure, Jackie wasn't good at relationships, but she'd always believed in them. Singing those lyrics that came from Jackie's heart made Lucy nervous. Like the girl she knew was slipping away.
"I hate to be the party pooper," Trent started to say, earning a laugh from everyone, "But we should probably find a new male lead singer." Jackie froze at the mention of it.
"No!" she yelled. "NO!" Jackie couldn't hear what her friend was trying to tell her about gigs and deals. All she could hear was that he was trying to fill Jason's spot. Jackie wouldn't allow that. "If you get a new male lead singer, I'll quit."
Trent paused. They would be screwed without Jackie. She was their songwriter, drummer, and lead singer. He decided to bring it up later. Lucy looked at him sympathetically. Her heart agreed with Jackie, but her mind agreed with Trent. Lucy watched Jackie start to walk toward her car and smiled at the guys. "See you tomorrow."
"Will she be okay?" Dexter had to whisper. Lucy only shrugged; she had to figure out what's wrong before she could answer that question.
The girls didn't talk the entire ride over to the basement. When Lucy parked the car, she stopped Jackie from getting out. "Look, I know you don't want to replace him, and I totally agree. But, Jason was all about the band. He would want us to rock, you know? So, just think about it." Lucy calmly said to Jackie, who nodded and hugged her friend.
Jackie apologized. "I'm sorry for my outburst." On that note, the two best friends made their way to the basement door. Jackie stopped her friend before going in. "Don't tell them about him," she pleaded with Lucy. The girls entered only to find Kelso and Fez on the ground, Fez crying like a little girl.
"My Playboy!" Fez shouted childishly. Jackie burst out laughing. The guys were fighting over a magazine you could buy in any store for a buck or two.
Kelso immediately smiled at Jackie's friend and flipped his hair. "I'm Kelso," he politely introduced himself while giving Lucy the once-over. She rolled her eyes at the guy's obviousness.
"Oh, so you're the idiot my friend dated?" Lucy asked sweetly. Kelso nodded his head anxiously. By now, the rest of the gang was watching. Lucy leaned in close to Kelso, making him excited, and then kicked him in the shins. No one could contain their laughter.
"Ow!" Kelso shouted, cringing over in pain. He turned to the brunette midget. "Jackie, your friend is mean!" Jackie only shrugged, her eyes betraying amusement.
"I'm sorry, Kelso, but you totally deserved that for what you did to Blue," Lucy pointed out. Kelso looked at her in confusion.
"Who's Blue?" he asked curiously. Kelso hoped this Blue was hot. Jackie rolled her eyes at her ex-boyfriend's idiocy.
"I'm Blue, Michael. Jackie and Blue are the same person." she explained to him slowly. A look of realization burst upon his face.
"Hey, Devil, who's your minion?" Eric asked sarcastically. Lucy just smirked at him.
"I just so happen to be Jackie's oldest friend and the one who taught her everything she knows. I am not a minion. And you are?" Lucy replied with force. Eric was impressed by the girl's attitude. She was a force to be reckoned with.
He introduced himself. "I'm Eric."
"Oh, so you're the skinny, Star Wars geek?" Lucy mocked.
"I am not a geek!" Eric protested. Lucy pointed the action figure collection she saw on a nearby shelf. He admitted defeat.
She looked over at Donna and said, "You must be Donna, the red-headed lumberjack." Lucy turned to Jackie and whispered, "She won't be as much work as you thought."
Lucy saw Fez staring at her boobs and said, "You must be Fez, the candy-loving pervert."
"You're my goddess's friend," he said in awe. "I didn't know my goddess had such gorgeous friends." Lucy blushed.
"I like him," she whispered to Jackie.
Lucy looked over at Hyde and immediately knew this was the guy Jackie had been talking about in her letters. She saw the sparks between them, how Hyde was always glancing over at Jackie, his eyes hidden behind his sunglasses. "And you're Hyde, the dirty hippie."
He laughed. "Was that all the princess had to say about us?" Hyde asked sarcastically. He was positive that whatever this girl knew was wrong.
Lucy's answer surprised him. "No. Her letters always mentioned you guys. It was comforting to know someone was watching over Jackie." This puzzled Hyde even further. They weren't Jackie's only friends.
"So, where have you been?" Donna asked curiously. She still didn't understand how Jackie and this girl could even get along, let alone be best friends.
"Anywhere and everywhere," Lucy vaguely replied. "Arizona, Houston, Los Angles, Chicago, New York.."
"Seattle?" Jackie asked carefully. She knew Lucy's mother was painful subject for the girl.
"No Seattle," Lucy responded with a far off look in her eyes.
Hyde watched the two girls communicate in their own way. He could tell they'd been best friends for a while because they had that same easiness he had with Forman, Kelso, and Donna. He'd never imagined Jackie's best friend would look or act anything like Lucy. Then again, Hyde seemed to be discovering how little he actually knew about Jackie.
"So, how did you come up with the nickname Blue?" Hyde casually asked, noticing the devious smile Lucy gave Jackie.
"No, Luce," Jackie said out of nowhere. She knew what was coming.
"Please?" Lucy begged with a pout.
"No!"
"Please?"
"NO!"
"Bitch!"
"Slut!"
"Whore!"
"Harlot!"
"Stripper!"
"Hooker!"
"Home-wrecker!"
"Bimbo!"
"Airhead!"
"Stop ladies!" Fez shouted excitedly. "If there is going to be a fight, I need to get a camera." Jackie and Lucy both gave him a weird look.
"What fight?" Jackie asked quizzically.
"The one you seem to be having with Lucy," Hyde explained to her with a roll of his eyes that she couldn't see under his sunglasses.
"Oh, that?" Jackie laughed. "We do that all the time. It's all a joke. I don't think Lucy is any of those things."
"So heartwarming," Eric said to his girlfriend, who smacked him lightly on the shoulder. Jackie and Lucy sat next to the couple on the couch. They all were watching Charlie's Angels when an idea popped into Kelso's head.
"I should get a tattoo of Farah Fawcett on my butt!" Hyde chuckled at this.
"I think you should go right ahead with that, Kelso," Hyde told his idiotic friend. It would make an interesting burn.
Suddenly, Kelso looked worried. "Do tattoos hurt?"
"I don't know. You should ask Jackie." Lucy said with a wicked smile. Jackie's eyes widened when she realized what her best friend had just revealed. Everyone stared at her with dropped jaws.
"You have a tattoo?" Donna shouted. She felt so out of the loop right now. Jackie was acting weird, and she needed to know what was up.
"No," Jackie tried to lie. Unfortunately for her, Lucy pulled down her dress strap and held her hair up. Hyde moved closer to read it.
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." It took a moment for Hyde to know who said that. "You picked a John Lennon quote?"
"I was drunk. I don't remember a thing." Jackie confessed. While everyone else was busy reading the tattoo off of Jackie's shoulder blade. Hyde was able to really notice how bony Jackie was. Her bone stuck out in an almost unnatural way. The rest of her back looked bony as well. He knew Jackie should be small for such a short girl, but she looked too thin to him. Hyde made a mental note to mention it to Lucy. He noticed how that girl never took her sweatshirt off, weird considering how hot the basement was. He also noticed how Jackie refused a Popsicle, claiming that she wasn't that hot even though you could see tiny beads of sweat on her neck. Hyde didn't know what he was going to do with these details. He hoped it would help him figure out the spoiled princess he was somehow attracted to.
Song: Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls
*Changed it from Oh girl to Oh boy for story purposes. I don't own the really awesome song or band. If I did, I'd be rich and famous. BTW, Happy Holidays to everyone.
