"I don't see why the best man has to go to this thing, Foreman." Hyde complained as he entered the cake shop. "I didn't sign up for this sorta thing. I thought I just show up for the ceremony and I'm done. This sort of stuff is for the women."
"Yeah, well Donna said the cake was something more important to the guys." Eric explained. "She said, 'at weddings, women want to meet good men and what to impress them by their tiny portions and small figure, meaning not much cake for them and more for the men.'"
"Sounds like a load of Jackie crap to me." Hyde said.
"My thoughts exactly." Eric laughed.
"Yeah, as if women like cake any less then men." Hyde scoffed.
"Of course they don't, Steven, but they have to pretend they do." Jackie said from behind.
Hyde and Eric turned to face the women. "She might be right, but I wouldn't know, I never conformed to her stupid girly rules." Donna shrugged.
"Eh, I love you anyway." Eric said, wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Bleck." Hyde said as they shared a kiss.
"Steven," Jackie snapped, leading him away from the happy couple.
"Too much cutesy wedding sweetness. I can't take it." Hyde said gruffly.
"You're telling me you don't want what they have?" Jackie said in disbelief.
"What is they have?" He asked.
"True love." Jackie said, her eyes sparkling as she said it.
"Two words that are not supposed to be in my vocabulary." Hyde said.
"Really? Because I'm pretty sure they were at one point." Jackie said seriously, giving him a knowing look and secretly praying he was thinking of all the passionate kisses and stolen glances they once shared.
"Really? Because I'm pretty sure you dated Fez." Hyde snapped. He didn't want to deal with his 'inner emotions'. But, he'd be honest. Before he met Jackie, he didn't know he had those.
"Okay, I thought all the Fez crap I got was over." Jackie said, exasperated. "He was good to me and at the time it seemed like the right idea."
"The right idea would've been to adopt a kitten to keep you company! Dating Fez is borderline desperation. It would be pure desperation if he didn't become some-what of a man-whore. Obviously there must be a little something girls see in him." He said fairly.
"Exactly. So let's be done with it." Jackie said like it settled the matter.
"Okay, if we're going to be done with it, then let me ask a few questions first." Hyde said excitedly.
"Do I suspect a little jealousy, Steven Hyde?" Jackie laughed.
"What? I'm just saying, did you possibly think that you could find true love with Fez?" He asked skeptically.
"I mean, there was potential..." Jackie fidgeted uncomfortably. "Eric and Donna were friends first, and look how that turned out. And you and I...we were friends first, and that relationship was great...until the end at least."
There was a moment of silence, until they were interrupted by the owner of the bakery, a good natured-looking Italian man. "I'm Anthony Bernardo, you must be the happy couple!"
"Oh no, you must be mistaken." Jackie said.
"We're not together." Hyde said.
"Really? I see this young man making googely eyes from under those silly shades of his." Anthony said, patting him on the back. Jackie giggled. Hyde started to blush, something else he thought he wasn't capable of.
"Probably just your imagination." Hyde muttered coolly.
"Believe what you want." Anthony said, "But either way, I got a call saying I'd be meeting with a couple for cake tasting, and now I can't find them!"
"Sorry, had to use the bathroom." Eric apologized, Donna in-tow, buttoning her shirt. Hyde gave a skeptical eyebrow raise. Jackie scoffed.
"Yeah, let's eat some cake! I'm suddenly hungry." Donna said eagerly.
"I'm sure." Jackie said, disgusted, and Hyde grinned. "Innapropriate." She muttered.
"Miss Pinciotti, you said you brought three guests with you, so I brought four samples of each." Anthony explained, bringing out the tray.
"Double chocolate. Done." Hyde said.
"If we wanted to stare at them all and just decide double chocolate, we wouldn't be here, Steven." Jackie spat.
"Hyde, its free food. C'mon." Eric yelled, grabbing an angel food cake.
"Eric, don't just shove it down your throat, take note of which one is the best." Jackie instructed.
"How about everybody try red velvet." Donna suggested. "I think it's delicious and romantic, since red is the color of love."
Eric, Donna, and Jackie selected the red velvet sample. Hyde refused.
"Steven-"
"No."
"But, Steven-"
"No."
Jackie wanted to bat her long eyelashes, water her big, puppy dog eyes and flash her adorable pouty face, but she wasn't dating Steven anymore. So instead, she took the sample and shoved it in his face.
"Jackie, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Hyde exclaimed. Jackie giggled. "Hey...this is actually pretty good." He said, enlightened, then turned to her and said "Don't think you're off the hook, Burkhart." He shoved her sample in her own face.
"Steven!" Jackie squealed. "I have makeup on!" She grabbed the double chocolate cake sample, but Hyde stopped her.
"No, no, no, that CANNOT be wasted!" He yelled, and delicately took the sample out of her hand and into his mouth.
"What about this one?" Jackie laughed, grabbing angel food cake.
"Ready when you are!" Hyde said, grabbing his own sample.
"Yeah, and we were acting inappropriate." Eric scoffed, and Donna cleared her throat loudly.
Jackie and Hyde stopped suddenly and popped their samples into their mouths.
"Yeah I'm still gonna go with the double chocolate." Hyde said awkwardly. "But, if you guys all want it, I'd be willingly to consider red velvet." Jackie flashed a satisfied smile.
