A/N: This is shorter than I would have liked, but something big does happen!

The words of Jackie's father were swimming around in Hyde's mind when he returned to the Foreman house. He hated that he couldn't even talk to anyone about it. Cause mentioning that would also mean mentioning his deal with the devil, aka Jake Burkhart. He cursed as he sat down in his seat in the basement. No one else was around and he was thankful for that, but of course it didn't last more than a few minutes. When everyone came charging in he was less than enthused. He resigned himself to hours of listening to Fez's needs, Kelso talking about nailing Laurie, and Eric and Donna making out.

Finally sick of the conversation Hyde suggested the one thing that would shut them up for awhile and stop his incessant thoughts of Jackie. "Let's do a circle." It was the first thing he had said since they arrived and all heads turned to him with mild surprise. But each of them had a smile, so he knew they were all on the same page.

"I'll get the stuff!" Eric jumped from his seat on the couch and hurried back to Hyde's room. Everyone else cleared the table and set their chairs in the proper places surrounding the table. When Eric came back he was slower and far less excited than when he had left. "Um...Hyde?"

That's when Hyde remembered. That Eric was getting from his stash, in the box at the bottom of his dresser drawer...The same box that had the money he had gathered as being Jackie's hired boyfriend. His body stiffened and he could not even look up as everyone else gasped. The wad of cash being held up in Eric's hand.

"Aww man! Hyde, you've been holding back on us!" Kelso cheered with enthusiasm as he grabbed the cash. "There must be like 10,000 dollars here!"

"You idiot! It's only 800!" Hyde snapped, but it was stupid as all his friends turned to him with even more shock.
"Dude, how did you even get that money? I know Leo pays you, but that either goes to my folks or film." Eric stated curiously talking the seat on the couch closest to him.

"I can't tell you guys..." Hyde sighed letting his face fall into his hands.

"You aren't selling this yourself are you?!" Eric gasped, gesturing to the box.
"No!"

"Then did you get a raise?" Donna asked.

"Jackie paying for everything so you don't need to spend as much? That's what I did." Kelso suggested.

"Don't talk about Jackie." Hyde spoke through gritted teeth. Clenching his fists he wanted to frog Kelso really hard.
"So it does have to do with Jackie!" Donna jumped up pointing an accusatory finger.

"Yes! Alright, it has everything to do with Jackie! But she can't find out!" Hyde yelled jumping from his seat he moved to lean against the freezer. His guilt was building up on him again. He had not worried about for so long since he actually started liking Jackie. Just another reason why the cash had been piling up and he had yet to spend any of it. But right now under the curious stares of his friends he wanted to puke at how terrible he felt.

"Is Hyde a prostitute?" Fez questioned innocent in his foreign pretense. But Hyde smashed his head against the freezer none the less.

"Fez! Hyde can't be a prostitute! Only hot chicks can!" Kelso argued in all his brilliance. With Fez nodding in understanding.

Hyde only groaned again and smacked his head against the cold top the freezer once again.

"Kelso, Fez why don't you go?" Donna asked nicely trying to safe Hyde from further frustration. Neither argued as they thought of going to pick up chicks at the social hang out. "OK, now Hyde just what is going on with this cash?"
"I can't tell you." Hyde answered sadly.

"Can you tell me?" Eric asked worried at the behavior of his long time friend.

"Probably not, cause you'll tell Donna." Hyde replied coldly.

"Look Hyde, Jackie is actually kinda my best friend." Donna said getting shocked looks from both Eric and Hyde. "Yeah I know it's crazy, but Jackie's a girl. So I can tell her things that I can't say around you guys." She confessed giving a small shurg of indifference to their expressions. "So whatever it is with that cash, you better tell me! Or she's gonna come here and find out for herself." She threatened.

"Oh, so either I tell you...Which you'll go tell Jackie right afterwards. Or I don't tell you...Which means you'll just be telling Jackie how I have extra money in my stash. Yeah no deal." Hyde crossed his arms defiantly looking down at the red headed woman he had once believed to have affectionate feelings towards.

"Look Hyde, Jackie is a good person. She doesn't deserve to be hurt." Donna argued back.

"Ok, I'm just gonna stop you both right there... Jackie is the devil." Eric commented, but soon found that to be the wrong decision as a punch was landed to both his arms, one side Hyde and the other Donna. "Sorry!" Eric shrieked placing the stash box and money on the table so he could nurse his injuries.

"Look, I can't have Jackie finding out...plus it looks like it might not matter anyway." Hyde sighed as he dropped into his seat heaving another sigh.

"Why not?" Donna and Eric both curious and at the edge of their seats waiting for an answer.

"When I dropped her off earlier today...Her father was there. He said implied that me and Jackie would stop dating by the end of next month." Hyde threw his aviators to the table in annoyance.

"Woah...Why would Jackie's father say that?" Eric questioned.

"I know..." Donna piped in somewhat quieter than how she had been before.
"What?!" Hyde's looked right at Donna with urgency to find out what the woman knew about his own girlfriend that he didn't.

"Jackie's dad has been setting up some sort of match making thing with like these guys going to be doctors, lawyers, and politicians when they get older. She's been really stressed about it. She said all of the guys are ugly and have no personality." Donna explained looking down so she wouldn't have to see Hyde's expression.

"Maybe that's why she was rushing it..." Hyde thought to himself. "Why wouldn't she say anything?" His voice raised slightly in his anger that Jackie had not thought to tell him about something that could affect both of them at this moment.

"She wanted to, but she decided that no matter who came she would turn them down since she wants to be with you..." Donna said gently. But that gentle expression turned to a glare, "You can't be angry though! You're hiding all this money from Jackie! So just how did you get it and what are you gonna do with it!?"

Hyde was silent. His eyes looking to the wad of cash sitting in the box just waiting for him. A small thought crossed his mind and he grinned. Without a word he snatched the money up and went to the door. If this might be his last few weeks with Jackie Burkhart than he was going to make them the best few weeks of the tiny brunette's life.

A/N: So Eric, Donna, Kelso, and Fez learned of Hyde's money collection. And Hyde learned the meaning behind Jackie's father's words. SO what you all think?