I 'borrowed' something from Friends. You'll recognize it if you're a fan.

I'm a college student, do I look like I own anything?

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Synchronicity.


As a rule, Hyde hated surprises, and seeing his girlfriend, Donna and Fez in his living room painting it was definitely a surprise.

"What is this?" He yelled.

She turned around, her shirt speckled with green paint. "Do you like it?" She asked.

He looked around. Half of it was done already, and he had to admit, it was nice shade of green. She had also bought in a leather couch.

"It's okay."

She beamed. "That means he loves it!"

"Jackie, why are you painting my living room?"

"You said I could."

He had no recollection of this conversation.

"When?"

"Last week and remember, I showed you a bunch of paint samples and you said you liked this one?"

He still didn't' remember him agreeing to let her decorate his living room. He did remember he asking which color he liked best, and he ended up saying the green just to shut her up.

"When last week?" He asked.

She blushed.

"Jackie, what did I tell you about asking me if you can do something before we have sex?"

"Steven, it wasn't before we had sex."

He looked at her in disbelief.

"It was after."

He rolled his eyes and went to grab a paint brush. "Fine, let's just, finish this okay?"

She kissed him and went back to painting.

"So what are you doing this afternoon?" He asked.

"Fenton and I are going shopping, and then I have to pack."

He balked when she mentioned Fenton's name.

"Are you excited about meeting your grandmother?" Donna asked her from where her and Eric were painting.

"Yes, it's been almost fourteen years since I saw her."

"Why that long?" Fez asked her.

"Her and my mom got into a fight, they haven't spoken since." Jackie shrugged as though it was no big deal.

They continued to paint in silence, but every so often Jackie and Hyde would steal glances at each other.

"I think we're done." Donna claimed.

They stood in the middle of Hyde's living room to assess their work.

"Nice."

Jackie threw her arms around Hyde's neck. "I knew you'd love it! I can't wait to get started on your bedroom!"

Hyde flashed back to when she decorated his room at the Formans. It was pink and fluffy and so not cool. He was about to tell her no when he saw the look on her face.

"Okay fine, but no pink. And I get to choose what goes in there since it's technically my room."

The look of happiness on Jackie's face was priceless.

"Okay I better go, Fenton gets crabby if you keep him waiting."

Hyde, Donna and Fez stared incredulously at her. "Gets crabby? How does that differ from his ordinary demeanor?" Hyde asked her.

She shrugged. "I'll see you all tomorrow morning bright and early at the Formans!" She kissed Hyde, hugged Donna and Fez and left.

Hyde turned to Donna and Fez. "I didn't know they were friends."

"Yeah, when she flooded our apartment they bonded over clothes. I thought you knew."

Hyde glared at him. "I've been kind of low on the Jackie action lately. Do you think she knows?"

Donna shook her head. "I think if she knew, you would."

Hyde knew she was right. He sighed with relief.


"How about this one?" Jackie asked, holding up a blue cardigan.

Fenton shook his head. "Too short."

"This?" She held up another sweater.

"Too long."

Jackie rolled her eyes. "Great, I'm in a clothes version of The Three Bears."

They continued their shopping; each would hold up an outfit, the other would give their approval or disapproval.

"How is that degenerate boyfriend of yours?" He asked.

"He's fine."

"Has he given you that ring yet?"

Jackie stopped and turned slowly towards Fenton. "What ring?"

"Oh, you don't know?" He looked down at the ground.

"Fenton, I swear to god if you don't start talking I'll tell Fez you love him."

"I do not!"

She tapped her foot impatiently.

"Fine, a month ago he came in looking for a present for you and he got you an engagement ring."

Jackie started laughing. "Oh, for a minute there I believed you! Steven would never buy me an engagement ring. Hell, I'm lucky if he buys me anything. Cheap bastard." She noticed that Fenton wasn't laughing.

"Why aren't you laughing? It's a joke right?"

"It was a two carat princess cut with a platinum band. It's gorgeous."

As soon as they arrived back at their building, Jackie ran up to her apartment.

"Fez!" She ran into his bedroom where he was packing.

"What is it?"

She pulled on his arm. "Come with me!" She yelled.

"AI!" He screamed as he was dragged to Eric and Donna's apartment on the floor below.

She knocked on the door. "Open up!"

Eric opened the door looking disheveled. "I just got home Jackie, me and Donna are having some alone time so if you can come back later…"He started to shut the door. She stopped it.

"You can have your alone time later, this is an emergency." She barged her way in. Fez gave Eric a sympathetic look.

Donna came out of their bedroom in her robe. "Jackie, this better be really, really good."

She stood in the middle of their living room trying shaking.

"Oh my god she knows!" Fez shouted.

Donna and Eric looked at Jackie. "Oh shit." They both muttered.

"Oh yes, I know, and I did the math. He bought me a ring before we even got back together?"

"I told him it was impulsive." Donna told her.

"I just can't believe it." Jackie said, sitting on the couch.


Eric and Fez sped to Hyde's house. The tires screeched as Eric parked crooked in Hyde's driveway. They ran into the basement where Hyde was lying on the couch.

"Houston we have a problem." Eric said.

Hyde looked up at his friends. "You guys look like hell, go away."

"She knows." Eric told him.

He opened his eyes again. "Who knows what Forman?" Forman just stared at him. Hyde stood up and walked over to Fez. "Fez, who knows what?"

"Fez, what does Jackie know?" His voice soft yet threatening, knowing Fez would cave.

Fez cringed. "Jackie knows about the ring."

Both Fez and Eric shrugged as to say "sorry."

"I'm going to kill that skinny little troll." He then turned back to them. "What did she say?"

Eric and Fez looked at each other and remembered Jackie had said.

"He's nuts! Who buys a ring for someone they aren't even with? That's just crazy!"

"She was very excited." Eric lied, "Besides, she doesn't know that you know that she knows."

Hyde slowly nodded. "Yeah, I'll just pretend not to know anything. Zen man."


"Where did Eric and Fez go?" Jackie asked Donna as she helped Donna pack.

"I think they went to The Hub." Donna lied. She knew exactly where they had gone.

"Well, I've decided I'm not going to say anything to Steven."

Donna laughed. "Right and I'm going to stop wearing flannel."

"You are! I knew I'd get through to you eventually!"

Donna rolled her eyes. "I was being sarcastic, Jackie. You'll crack as soon as you see him."

"Donna, he bought me an engagement ring right after Sam left. As long as he doesn't know that I know, he won't give it to me until we're ready."

"I see your point." Donna told her.

The girls continued their packing.


"Obey Jackie's grandmother." Red told them as they stood outside the gate with their tickets and carry on luggage.

"Yes sir." They all responded.

"And don't do anything illegal."

"Yes sir."

"And if any of you get arrested, I'm not sending you any money for bail."

"Yes Sir."

Kitty interrupted Red. "Eric, call me at seven every night." She hugged each of the kids individually.

"Have fun!" She called to the kids as the got in the plane.


Jackie hated flying. It was one of the reasons she was always left with the maid when her parents left town. Her ears would never pop so she felt like she was in a tunnel; the pressure would cause her to feel nauseas. She tightened her grip on the arm rest as the plane took off.

Hyde looked at Jackie, her eyes were closed and she looked like she was muttering.

"You okay?" he asked.

She responded with a groan.

He took her hand and laced his fingers with hers. "Just hold my hand."

As soon as the pilot turned off the seat belt sign he saw Jackie relax. She turned to him. "I'm okay now, I just hate that part."

He smiled. "Me too." He kissed her forehead. "I'm going to use the restroom." She nodded her okay and pulled out her Cosmo.

He got up and nodded to the guys to follow him. They got up one by one and followed him to some empty seats in the back of the plane.

Jackie noticed when the guys left. She put her Cosmo down. Donna was sitting across the aisle and Brooke was sitting behind her and Hyde. She scooted over and the three of them leaned over to talk.

"She hasn't said anything man, I don't know what to do." Hyde told the guys.

"I don't know what to do! I thought I could wait but now that I've had time to think about it, I want my ring." Jackie said to Donna and Brooke.

"Well maybe she just doesn't want you to rush anything." Fez said.

"Well maybe he doesn't want to rush things." Brooke said.

"I just want it to be right. Jackie will want it to be romantic and crap. She'll want it done on a unicorn. Tell me where I'm supposed to find a Unicorn?" Hyde said frantically.

"I don't care if he proposes to me on a greyhound bus, so long as he does it!"

Donna shook her head. "That won't happen Jackie; for one thing, you would actually have to get on a greyhound bus."

Brooke looked behind her. "They're coming back." She warned them. They scurried to their seats and Jackie opened her Cosmo and pretended to read.

"That took a while." She said, not looking up.

"Yeah, there was a line." He lied as he took her hand.

Jackie looked down at Hyde's hand. She remembered what Donna had told her about imagining Eric's hand old and wrinkly. When she had first heard it, she thought it sounded disgusting. Now, she looked at Hyde's hand and imagined the same thing and smiled. This was the man she was going to spend the rest of her life with.

"What are you thinking?" He asked.

"How happy I am to have my puddin' pop back." She answered, kissing him.


Jackie's grandmother rushed to them as soon as they got off the plane. Hyde could see the resemblance. She was small like Jackie, with short cropped white hair. She wrapped her arms tightly around Jackie.

They all watched as Jackie had her reunion with her grandmother, both were weeping. "My pretty girl" Her grandmother muttered, rubbing Jackie's hair. She let go of Jackie and looked at the rest of the gang.

"You must be Jackie's friends!" She exclaimed. She went to give each a hug. "Jackie has told me so much about all of you!" She kissed Kelso on the cheek. "How is your baby girl?" She asked him and Brooke.

"She's great. My mother is watching her for us." Brooke told her.

Jackie's grandmother smiled and went over to Fez. "Hi Fez."

"Hello Jackie's grandmother, did you know that I'm a shampoo boy? I can wash your hair for you any time you want." He flirted.

She blushed. "She told me you were Suave"

She didn't say anything to Donna, she simply wrapped her arms around Donna.

"My girl is lucky to have a friend like you Donna."

Donna almost started to cry. She remembered how she had been before Eric came back. She hadn't been a good friend. She looked over at Jackie who was mouthing "I know."

"I hear you two got married?" She asked Donna and Eric.

Eric nodded. "Yes Mrs…"

"Carpenter, but please, call me Isabel." She told them all as she turned to Hyde who she had left for last.

"You look nervous." She said simply.

"I'm fine." He said, Zen.

She raised her eyebrow at him. "You think I'm going to say you aren't good enough for my grand daughter aren't you?"

That had been exactly what he was thinking.

"Steven, my husband was very much like you. He came from a troubled back ground but he used his experiences to grow into a successful business man. I could care less about where you've been, I just care about where you're going."

He looked over at Jackie who was nodding her agreement. The words repeated themselves into Hyde's head. "I don't care where you've been; I care about where you're going."

Hyde liked this woman.

"Now come on." She gestured for the kids to follow her. Outside waiting was a limousine. "I can't drive myself anymore." She told the kids.

She let them have the back seat while she sat up front with her driver, Clive.

Hyde went straight for the refrigerator and pulled out tiny bottles of wine and passed them around.

"Your grandmother is really nice." Brooke said, sipping on her wine.

Jackie smiled. "Yep, it's too bad grandpa isn't around anymore. You and he would have gotten along really well." She told Hyde.

Jackie's grandmother lived in a large Victorian mansion nestled in a small forest of pines. They went inside in awe.

"We bought this house over thirty years ago." Isabel told them. "We fixed it up with our own two hands, now, if you'll excuse me I'm going to go see about dinner. Clive will show you to your rooms." She kissed Jackie on the cheek and went into the kitchens.

"This place is beautiful." Donna told her.

The rest of them nodded their agreement as they followed Clive to the upstairs bedrooms.

Jackie and Hyde were unpacking when Donna came rushing into their room. "We need to talk!" She said, pulling Jackie out with her.

Hyde shook his head and continued his unpacking.

"Hyde knows that you know!" Donna told her as soon as they were in her and Eric's bedroom where the rest of them were waiting.

"What?" "How?"

"Two guesses, both will be right."

"Oh, I so knew you two weren't going to The HUB!" She shouted at Fez and Eric who smiled sheepishly.

"What are you going to do?" Kelso asked her.

"Nothing." She replied.

"Nothing?" Donna asked her.

"He doesn't know that I know that he knows that I know." She looked at the rest of them.

"No saying anything!" She pointed to Fez and Eric.

"I'm far too confused to say anything." Fez replied. He turned to Eric. "Who knows what?"

"I'm just as lost as you are my foreign friend." Eric replied.


"This dinner is delicious." Donna told Isabel as she munched on her mashed potatoes.

"Thank you, I'll tell Lucy that you said so."

Jackie's eyes went wide at the mention of Lucy's name.

"There's no need to tell Lucy anything. I studied in France for three years; I know my food is good." A loud booming voice said.

They all turned to the woman standing in the kitchen door. She was a giant of a woman, with red hair pulled up into a bun. Jackie burst out of her chair and ran to the woman who picked her up in a tight hug.

Hyde looked at Isabel who was using her napkin to dab her eyes. "Who is that?" He asked her.

She sniffled as she watched Lucy caress Jackie's cheek. "That's my sister Lucy. She loved Jacqueline like her own, it was very hard for everyone when Pam and Jack…"She trailed off, not wanting to relieve the memory of her estrangement with her daughter.

They all watched as Lucy assessed her grandniece. "You're beautiful." She claimed. "I hear you're in love." She said to her.

Jackie nodded. "Yeah."

"He treats you right?"

Jackie nodded.

Donna leaned over to their friends. "I think this explains why Jackie's so loud." She said.

The rest of them grinned and nodded.

There was a loud bang from the kitchen. Lucy let go of Jackie and yelled "OPAL!" as she ran into the kitchen.

Isabel smiled at them. "Opal is Lucy's assistant; she's a bit of a klutz." They cringed as they heard another crash.

Jackie sat back down and they continued eating.

"Jackie, you're grandfather left you some things in his will." Isabel told her.

What?" Jackie asked.

"Well, he left you some money. I believe it was supposed to be used for college, but you've told me you don't want to go, so it's up to you what you spend it on."

"How much?" Hyde asked her.

"Fifty Thousand." Isabel answered.

Jackie nodded as she took a bite of her chicken.

"There is something else he left you Jacqueline."

"The house in Italy?" She asked hopefully.

"No, that's still mine." Isabel laughed. "No, dear, he left you his car."

Jackie put down her fork.

"I can't believe he left me the Caddy." Jackie smiled. "But, I have a car, and how would I get it to Point Place?"

"I was thinking you would drive it." Jackie stood up. "Is it in the garage? Can I go look at it?"

Her grandmother nodded her approval and the rest of them stood up to follow Jackie to the garage. As Jackie walked in front of them, her grandmother turned to the rest of them.

"I sold the Caddy years ago. She's going to be so surprised."

Jackie opened the garage door. The car was underneath a protective covering but they could all tell it wasn't a Cadillac.

"Where's the caddy?" Jackie asked, turning around.

"I sold it. That's your car Jackie."

Jackie turned to Hyde. "I can't. You do it."

He shrugged and he and Kelso took off the cover.

There was a collective gasp as a candy apple red Shelby Mustang was revealed.

Jackie turned to her grandmother who was beaming at her. "He left me a Shelby?"

"He worked on that car for years, Jacqueline. He always said that you were to have it. Now you do."

Jackie slowly touched the car as though it was going to fall apart.

Hyde turned to Isabel. "Your husband wouldn't have any Camaros by chance would he?"

Isabel laughed. Eric came up to him and pulled him aside.

"She knows." He whispered.

"Well," Hyde started but Eric cut him off.

"If the next words out of your mouth are 'She doesn't know that I know that she knows I know,' I swear I'll tell everyone about the time you sang Styx"

"You wouldn't."

"Try me." Eric threatened.

Kelso, Brooke, Donna and Fez sat in a smokeless circle in Kelso and Brooke's room.

"Our friends are nuts." Eric said as he sat down.

"So let me get this straight, Donna, Hyde bought Jackie a ring." Kelso asked.

"Yes." Donna answered.

"And Fenton told Jackie about it."

"Right."

"And then Eric and Fez here told Hyde that Fenton told her."

"Right, again."

"So then you told Jackie that Hyde knows that she found out."

"Yep." Eric answered this time.

"So they both know that each of them knows about the ring?"

"And we call you dumb."

"Forman is right, our friends are nuts."


"I can't believe your grandfather got you a Shelby." Hyde said as he rubbed Jackie's back.

"Yeah, are you going to come with me when we drive it home?"

"Of course, I'm not letting you drive that thing across country yourself."

"Good." She mumbled sleepily into her pillow.

He laid his head beside hers. "So Jackie, is there something you want to tell me?"

She feigned ignorance. "Nope, is there something you want to tell me?"

"Nope." He lied.

She turned around and he put his arm around her. "So what are you going to do with the money he left you?" He asked.

She knew exactly what the money would be paying for their wedding. "Oh, I have a few ideas." She said.

He kissed the back of her head. "Good night Jackie."

"Good night, Steven."


NEXT:

The gang finds out exactly what Jackie's grandparents did for a living leading to some exciting developments, the he/she knows saga continues much to the annoyance of the gang, and dancing may or may not be involved.

Okay, fine, dancing is involved.