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Wrapped Around My Finger.

"Men are such morons!" Jackie yelled as she ran into Donna's room, throwing herself on Donna's bed.

Donna looked at her best friend from her desk bemusedly. "What did Hyde do this time?"

"Nothing!"

Donna was confused. "Nothing?"

"He hasn't done anything! He's done absolutely nothing to convince me he wants to get back together."

"Jackie, you're the one who told him you just wanted to be friends." Donna sighed.

"He never listened to me in the two years we were together, and now he is? No Donna, he's supposed to woo me back into his arms."

"Woo?"

"Eric says I should just talk to him, but I can't. Every time I see him, I remember how much he hurt me. Remember that burn he said about how if Fez wasn't available I should sleep with Bob? Or the Mailman or a garden gnome? A garden gnome? That's not even funny!" She sat up and looked at Donna. "And you! You laughed!"

Donna sat next to Jackie. "I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at Hyde. It was clear he was jealous. He's very possessive over you."

"So what, he can go and nail all the strippers and nurses he wants, but if I want to go out with someone else, that's not?"

"Oh god, you're right. Men are morons." Donna said, sympathetically.

Jackie put her head on Donna's shoulder.

"Thanks by the way, for getting us that apartment in your building." Donna told her best friend as she consoled her.

"Yeah, Fenton said it was his gift to me, whatever that means."

Donna gave a nervous laugh. "How did you get it for us anyway?"

"Oh, I have some pictures of him in a very uncomfortable situation."

"I can't believe you black mailed Fenton just to get us a place!" Donna hugged Jackie. "You're the best midget ever!"

The guys were in the basement watching I Dream of Jeannie instead of packing the basement up. Kelso was sitting in the lawn chair, Fez was on the couch and Eric was on the cooler. Hyde was sitting in his usual chair, scowling.

"I don't see what the problem is here, Major Nelson loves her, and she loves him, why can't they be together?" Fez asked.

Hyde looked at his friend. "Because Fez, even though Jeannie is really hot and all, she's also a woman, and women are fickle beasts who can't make up their minds. Oh sure, they might get together, but the minute he makes one mistake, she'll jump in the arms of Colonel Healey."

The other guys looked at each other uncomfortably.

"This mistake wouldn't by any chance be marrying a stripper would it?" Eric asked.

"Get bent."

Kelso leaned forward on his chair. "So, Hyde, how is just being friends with Jackie working out?"

Hyde collected himself and put on his glasses. "It's cool."

Eric grinned. "That's Hyde speak for "It's the worst thing ever." The rest of them all nodded in agreement.

Hyde just groaned in response.

Red came down the stairs and looked at the still unpacked basement. "You know, I think I say one thing, but apparently, it comes out completely different. When are you boys going to pack all this crap?"

Eric looked at his father. "We are. We're uh, resting."

"Resting? My foot is going to rest in your asses if you don't start packing!"

"Yes sir." The guys all muttered.

The soothing sounds of the Rolling Stones played on the record player.

"Gentlemen, this is our very last circle in this basement." Eric told the guys.

"That it is. We've had some good times here." Hyde responded.

"Yep, Jeannie, Samantha, Wonder Woman, Daisy…" Fez laughed.

"Ginger and Maryanne." Kelso added singing their names to the tune of the Gilligan's Island theme.

"So… Eric, is everything cool with us?" Randy asked.

"Uh, sure, do I know you?"

"I'm Randy; I dated Donna while you were gone."

Eric nodded in realization. "Oh, you're the guy who works for Hyde." "Donna is my wife, so yeah, we're cool, btw, BURN!" The two shook hands awkwardly. "You do realize though, that as soon as I'm sober I'm going to have to kick your ass right?"

Randy just shrugged.

"Oh please Eric. You'll never be able to kick his ass. You should make Donna do it." Kelso joked.

Leo looked around the room. "Why is everything in boxes man?"

"Leo, I told you, I'm moving to the house down the street. We're everything there." Hyde told him.

Donna and Jackie came into the basement, both smiling.

"Oh hey Donna, Brooke says she can come tomorrow to help you pack your room." Kelso told her as Jackie and Donna sat down beside Fez on the couch.

"Hey, Jackie." God, he sounded love a love sick teenager. He rolled his eyes at himself.

"Hello, Steven."

Donna looked at her husband who just shook his head. She made a 'crazy' motion with her finger.

"All this tension between you two. I don't understand why you can't just be together." Fez said to Hyde and Jackie.

"Fez, their relationship is complicated. I mean, if your relationship was based on how wrong it is then it's bound to cause some issues." Donna told Fez.

"Hey! Our relationship was not based on how wrong it was!" Jackie exclaimed.

"Uh, yeah it was. You two only started going out because you weren't supposed to." Donna argued.

Jackie looked at Hyde. "Steven, tell them our relationship was based on something else."

He shrugged. "You mean it wasn't?"

She stood up and turned to him. "You Jerk!" She cried and ran out of the basement.

"Ohhhh." Kelso said uncomfortably.

Fez and Donna both pointed to each other. "You do it!" Donna told him.

"No, you do it." Fez responded.

"I'll do it." Kelso said, getting up.

"Okay Kelso," Eric said, "Just don't try to do 'it' with her."

"Oh please Eric, I'm with Brooke now, unlike Hyde, who is alone with his hand." Kelso went to find Jackie.

He found her sitting on the Forman's porch.

"Hey." He said as he sat down.

"Hey." Her voice was quiet.

"So you wanna talk about it?" He asked.

"How can he say that our relationship was based on how wrong it was?"

"Well, what do you think it was based on?"

She sighed. "I don't know. Mutual respect?"

He shook his head. "You two hated each other before you got together."

"What if we didn't though? What if that so called hate was just a mask for how we really felt?"

"Just like all the hate these last six months?"

She wiped her eyes. "Somehow, I think that's different."

Kelso didn't say anything, but he thought differently.

Kitty Forman came down to the basement later that evening while Steven was packing the last of his possessions. He was haphazardly throwing stuff into boxes.

"Oh Steven, I didn't realize you were here. I thought you'd be with Jackie."

He shrugged. "She's off with Fez."

"Hmm." She said. "How do you feel about that?" She asked.

"What do you mean?" he asked, throwing some more stuff in box.

"Well, they did almost date. And they are very close."

"Are you asking if I'm jealous?"

She laughed. "Oh honey, I know you're jealous. Everyone knows you're jealous."

Kitty had always been one of the few people who could read him better than he could read himself. "What's really bothering you Steven?"

He sighed. "I guess I thought getting back together would be easier than it is. She wants to be just friends Mrs. Forman."

"I know Jackie, Steven. She doesn't want to be just friends. But remember, she's gone through a lot, and this is her way of protecting herself."

"But she doesn't have to! At least, not anymore."

"Well, why don't you tell her that?" Kitty asked him.

Hyde sighed and looked at his watch. "I'm supposed to meet WB at the house in five minutes to sign more paperwork. I'll be back in time for dinner." He said, kissing Kitty on the cheek before leaving.

Kitty Forman looked at her basement. Everything had finally been packed and was just waiting to be moved to its new location. She walked around the room, touching everything for the last time. She took the football helmet out of its box. The kids had dubbed it the 'stupid helmet' and had made each other wear it when they did something idiotic. She put it back and continued to look around. She knew her and Red considered the kids in the basement to be their own, and not having them around as much was breaking her heart.

Red Forman walked down the stairs looking for his wife. "Hey you." He said to her. She turned around and gave him a small smile.

"Both my sons are leaving me Red. I don't know what to do!"

He went and put his arms around her. "Hey, we'll still see them everyday."

She shook her head. "I know, but Red, why did you make Steven take everything in here?" She asked.

"Because, it's time for them to move on, our kids are growing up Kitty, they don't need to be spending all their time at their parent's house."

Kitty rolled her eyes. "Oh please, you just want to turn this basement into a sports bar."

Red smiled at Kitty. "I promise you'll get your sewing machine." He kissed his wife on her head.

The next morning, everyone stood in the basement holding a box.

"Is everyone ready?" Red asked for the final time.

"Ugh, this is heavy." Eric complained.

Bob turned to his daughter. "Donna, trade boxes with Eric."

"Okay people! Let's go!" Red ordered and one by one, they marched up the stairs and down the street looking like ducks.

Hyde and Fez were last to leave.

"Uh, you guys go on, I need to talk to Fez for a minute."

Fez raised his eyebrows and shrugged.

Fez put down his box and turned to Hyde. "What's up amigo?"

"I need to know something."

"Shoot!"

"Are you still in love with Jackie?"

"No, where would you get that idea?" Fez said, clearly nervous.

"Well, I just wanted to know, because you know, I don't want things to get awkward between us."

"You mean like how they got awkward when you stole Jackie from Kelso?"

"No, I mean, awkward as in me having to punch you for having pervy thoughts about her."

Fez rolled his eyes. "Oh that's a good one. You and I both know I am not responsible for my thoughts. I cannot help if I have needs!"

"Well, I don't care if you have needs; I'm just saying that you shouldn't think about Jackie."

"But how could I not? Okay Hyde, yes, I love Jackie. I've loved Jackie longer than you have, but you know what? It doesn't matter because I know if I hurt her, she'd get mad, but would eventually get over it. She never got over you, which is why if your hurt her again, I don't think she'd be able to cope. I might not get to be with Jackie the way I always dreamed, but having her as my roommate and best friend is better than no Jacqueline at all!"

Hyde was speechless. He was knocked back by Fez's honesty. "Uh, well, just don't hide our closets while I'm there okay?"

Fez laughed. "It's a deal."

"And that's the last of it." Bob told everyone as he sat a box down. "Do you kids need help unpacking?"

They all looked at each other awkwardly.

Red rolled his eyes as he plugged in the cooler. "Come on Bob. The kids will be fine."

Hyde looked around at the boxes scattered along the floor. He picked up his chair and moved it to its correct location as Kelso and Fez put the couch up and Jackie did the same with the lawn chair. Donna set up the record player, Eric plugged in the television set.

"Well, this is eerie." Eric commented.

"I think it's soothing." Fez said as he sat down in the lawn chair. Kelso sat back down next to Brooke on the couch, Donna was next to him with Eric sitting on the edge of the couch. Leo was standing next to Jackie eating a popcicle.

Hyde passed out beers to everyone and sat down in his chair. "Ahh, this feels good." He turned around to look at Jackie .She was wearing her Jordaches and a green and red stripped shirt. The jeans seemed to meld with her skin, leaving very little to the imagination. If they were going to be friends, they were going to have to set some ground rules.

Unless, she didn't want to be friends and she was wearing that outfit on purpose in order to entice him. But Jackie wasn't that evil.

Except that she was. He was going to have to do some thinking about this.

Hyde quickly turned around when he noticed the strange look Jackie was giving him.

"Don't you guys think that maybe we should have let the basement thing go when Red made you take all this stuff? Sure, it looks the same, but in an imitation cheese way." Donna said.

"Hey, don't knock imitation cheese man." Leo told her.

"Where else would we go?" Jackie asked her.

"I just think it's weird that Hyde has an entire house of his own now and instead of using it, we're sitting in the basement."

"Well, we could go upstairs." Hyde told her.

Donna thought about it. "No, I'm good."

Kelso got up and turned on the radio. The song Maggie May by Rod Stewart started to play.

"Oh, I love this song!" Jackie gushed. She stared to sign along, "Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you. It's late September and I really should be back at school."

Eric joined in "I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used."

Kelso and Brooke broke in. "Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore."

"You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone. You stole my heart and that's what really hurt." Fez sang along.

"The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age
But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything" Donna sang.

"I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax
Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more" Eric sang, looking into Donna's eyes.

"You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without" "Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore!" Everyone but Hyde sang together.

Leo grabbed Jackie off the cooler and they started to dance. They sang along together as he spun her around.

"All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand But you turned into a lover and mother what a lover, you wore me out. All you did was wreck my bed and in the morning kick me in the head"

Hyde thought his friends were all lunatics.

Eric turned to Hyde. "Solo!" He pointed to Hyde, who, seeing the looks on his friends faces, knew he had no choice. It was either sing or face the consequences later.

"I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand." He sang reluctantly.

"Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face!" They all sang together. As the music changed, the dancing and singing continued. Hyde watched as Jackie and Fez did a less intricate version of their disco routine. He thought back to his earlier conversation with Fez. Maybe Fez was happy being just friends with Jackie, but he could never be. He understood that now.

Jackie looked at her watch. "Oh shit! I've got to go; tomorrow's a busy day at the shop."

Donna stopped dancing long enough to speak to Jackie. "I can't believe Red is making you work on a Saturday. That's just cruel."

Jackie shrugged. "That's Mr. Forman for you."

"I must go too, as I am Jacqueline's ride." Fez did another spin and slid over to Jackie, taking her arm as he led her outside.

The rest of the gang waved as they left. Hyde couldn't help but stare as she walked away.

"Look at Hyde, he's gone." Leo said to no one in particular.

"I know! And he's not even stoned!" Donna teased.

"Hey, maybe if we get him drunk he'll go talk to her." Kelso suggested.

"I don't think that's such a good idea Michael," Brooke replied.

"Yeah, I agree with Brooke, after all, we all know what happened the last time Hyde got drunk before he was supposed to talk to Jackie." Eric said in his usual snarky fashion.

"Would you all get out?" Hyde ordered.

Everyone stood up and started to leave. Leo stayed behind though

"You wanna talk man?" Leo said as he laid down on the couch.

"No, I'm good." Hyde replied.

Leo yawned.

"Hey man, if you need a place to crash, you're always welcome here." Hyde told him.

"Thanks man; you gonna go see Loud girl?

"Later."

Leo closed his eyes.

It was midnight and Hyde was just drunk enough to have some courage, but still know what he was doing. Or at least, he hoped he knew what he was doing. He knocked on Fez and Jackie's door.

She opened it wearing his old Led Zeppelin tee shirt. It was starting to bunch up so he could see her panties, the red ones he liked so much. Seeing her in his shirt again made him even braver.

"Steven, it's midnight. What are you doing here?" She sounded sleepy.

"I need to talk to you." He pushed his way into her apartment.

"I need sleep Steven, tomorrow is supposed to be a busy day at the shop."

He ignored her hint to leave.

"Look Jackie, I've been thinking about just being friends, and I've decided I'm okay with it."

He saw a weird emotion cross her face, but it went by so fast he thought he thought he might have imagined it. "You are? That's great!"

"Yep." He grinned. "But I think there needs to be some ground rules."

"Rules?" she asked skeptically. "What kind of rules?"

"First all, no more wearing clothes like that."

"You mean jeans?" She asked warily.

"Yes."

"That doesn't make sense Steven."

"Rule two, no dating other people."

She looked bug eyed at him. "No dating other people? But we might as well just be going out then!"

"Do you want to date someone else?" He asked, hoping that the answer was no.

"Well, no, but it's the principle of the thing Steven."

"Sorry, but I wont' budge. No dating."

"Well, I think it's stupid."

He took two strides towards her and pulled her close to him. "No Jackie, what's stupid is you wanting to be just friends. We were never friends, we'll never be friends. We're a lot more than that and you know it. He was whispering her ear, using one hand to stroke her back; the other was around her waist to keep her from running away. Why do you think I took you to prom? "Why do you think I went to jail for you?" Why do you think you came to me every time Kelso hurt you? The hand around her waist moved lower. "How can I be just friends with you if all I can think about is how I can make you wet?" He looked deep into her eyes. He took her hand and put it to his heart. "You're here Jackie." He took his own hand and put it to her chest. "Just like I'm here; we're in each other's blood."

She was sure that if someone were to look inside her head, instead of a brain they would find a vacant space. She had lost it when he started whispering in her ear. He was right and she knew it, but she had to be strong. She had to come up with a rebuttal.

"Huh." She said. Oh yeah, that showed him.

He smirked at her, knowing his plan had worked.

Something about the way he was looking at her brought her back to her senses. What was she doing? She had wanted him back since the skank had shown up, and he wanted to get back together, so why was she pushing him away? Something inside her broke and she started to cry. He pulled her into him and she sobbed into his chest.

Fez had woken up when Hyde had come in. He eavesdropped in on their conversation. Hyde was one sexy bastard who spoke the truth, but when he heard the sounds of Jackie's cries, he couldn't take it anymore. He opened his door and walked into the living room. Hyde had both arms wrapped tight around Jackie. He looked up at Fez and shook his head. Fez went into the kitchen and got them both glasses of water. He then went into their living room and sat the water down on the coffee table. "Make sure you both drink this. She gets a bad headache if she doesn't drink water after she cries." Hyde nodded and mouthed "thanks." Fez returned to his bedroom, turned off his lights and went to bed.

Hyde stared down at the sobbing girl in his arms. Was this what Fez had to go through every night? Was this what his friends had been ragging him about? He led them to the couch and sat down, his grip on her still tight. He made a silent promise to never make her cry again.

She looked up from his chest and saw the wet stain on his shirt. "I'm sorry." She said.

"I'm the one who's sorry Jackie. I've been such a dumbass this year. But I swear, I'll make it up to you, but I can't be just friends with you Jackie. I can do anything else, but not that."

"I can't be just friends with you either." She replied. "I'm just so scared Steven. I don't like being scared."

"You have nothing to be scared of."

She broke away from him and smiled. "I believe you."

She had to ask the question that had been plaguing her mind for two days. "Why did you say our relationship began because it wasn't right?"

He took Jackie's hand. "Jackie, what was I supposed to say? That I had been in love with you since that day you bought me my boots?" "Besides, why we got together isn't nearly as important as what kept us together."

"What was that?" She asked her voice cracking.

"Love, baby, love." He reached for her head to bring her to his mouth for another scorching kiss.

She pulled away when the kiss was over. "But, it didn't keep us together Steven."

"No, but that's because we weren't ready for it, but I know I want to be with you and nothing's going to change that."

They both were silent for a moment, both replaying the events of the evening in their heads. He grabbed one of the glasses of water Fez had left. "Drink this." He commanded.

He watched as she sipped her water and slowly, surely, he started feeling better.

"I should probably let you get some sleep." He told her.

"Yeah, I'm already behind my eight hours as it is."

He grinned. "Well, we wouldn't want that." He kissed the top of her head and wished her a good night before leaving.

She knew Fez left his door unlocked, so she opened it. He had his lights off and his eyes appeared to be closed, but she knew he wasn't asleep.

"Thank you." She said in the doorway.

"Anything for you my goddess." He didn't open his eyes.

"Good night Fezzy."

"Good night Jacqueline."

It was an hour later and Jackie still couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned, trying to will herself to sleep, but it wasn't happening. She laid flat on her back staring at her ceiling, replaying what had happened in her mind.

She got out of her bed and grabbed her robe and put on her fuzzy slippers. After drinking a glass of water from the kitchen, she decided that maybe a walk would help her clear her thoughts long enough for her to get some sleep. Jackie opened the door to find herself standing face to face with Hyde.

"Steven?"

"Jackie."

"Did you forget something?" She asked him.

With two strides forward, he was kissing her as though it might be his last chance. He put every ounce of emotion he had been feeling the last six months into it, trying to will her with his mouth to understand exactly how he felt about her. She must have understood because she wrapped her arms around his neck and returned the kiss with equal favor.

Suddenly, as though the planets were finally realigned, everything made sense again. Jackie took his hand and led him into her bedroom where he undressed himself and her. They got into her bed together and he wrapped his arms around her like they had done in high school. She closed her eyes and let sleep take her.

Next time: It's Kitty's Halloween party where there are some big surprises in store.