Author Note: Jackie gets a little revenge….

Chapter 33 – Economy "Sweet"

The large Cessna pulled up on the tarmac at precisely 10:00 on that Friday morning. Betsy was being held by Grandma and a ton of luggage sat in a neat little row. Jackie was talking with a member of Spencer Steele's company confirming dates and times of departure and arranging for the limo rides when they landed.

Eric watched her working from a distance when Kelso came over, "She's pretty awesome huh."

"Jackie?"

"No doofus, the airplane. I've never rode on anything that sweet! Oh, I mean Jackie's awesome too, getting this whole thing put together. Hey look, the steps are coming down!" Jackie saw Michael running to the plane and intercepted him. "I have a seating arrangement. " He saw the glint in her eye and stepped back. "Okay, I need everyone's attention please."

Brooke smiled – when Jackie had her clipboard out, she was a no-nonsense business woman, and woe to anyone who didn't pay attention. "Where are Grandma and Betsy? They board first, there's a sofa just for them." A steward began loading the luggage into the underbelly of the jet as Jackie named off Brooke and Rhonda were sitting in row two, Kelso and Fez were assigned row three which faced row two so they could chat. Eric and Jackie got the last row in the back of the plane.

"Jackie, who gets row one?" Fez asked. She replied, "Our Las Vegas guests should have their ass's belted in those seats."

"Hello, I'm Janice and I will be your stewardess for this short trip. Is this little Betsy and her grandmother? Your seats are right over here." Janice pointed to the sofa and helped buckle the car seat. "Row two you may board now." Brooke and Rhonda stepped into the fuselage and both girls gasped at how luxurious it was. Theses weren't ordinary airline seats, they were leather recliners. Brooke felt like she was rich. She waved at Hyde and Samantha as she passed them on her way to her seat.

"Row three please come on board." Janice said as she finished strapping in Betsy. Kelso and Fez pushed at each other like stooges to see who would get in the door first. They both tumbled to the floor. Kelso looked up at the padded ceiling and over at the rich carpet on the floor. "This is freaking AWESOME! He sat up and looked at the cockpit door. "Can I meet the pilot?"

Janice smiled patiently. "Not yet Mr. Kelso, he's going through a pre-flight check right now. Please take your seats."

Fez saw Hyde and Samantha and grinned. "Ah, Samantha, you are still just as lovely." She smiled. "Thank you very much strange foreign boy."

Eric followed Jackie up the steps and Janice pointed to a pair of seats in very back. "Sir, if you'll take your seat we'll are waiting for the control tower to give us clearance so we can taxi to the runway." Eric grinned, he was in a personal private jet, and the smell of leather was like being in a new car. He started his walk down the narrow aisle, nodded his head at Hyde and got comfortable in the back. If only the plane that brought him back from Africa had been half this nice!

He saw the stewardess talking to Jackie and then the steps were pulled up and into the cabin of the plane. Jackie was making notes as she walked back to her seat. "Are you comfortable?" she asked as she belted her self in.

Eric grinned, "This makes me want to be a rich man." Jackie grinned, "Well, you never know, someday you may own your own plane." She pulled a cassette player out of her bag and put a pair of head phones over her ears pulling a tray down from the back of Fez's seat. "I have some paperwork to fill out so don't think I'm ignoring you."

He reached across the aisle and squeezed her leg. "Never thought it for one second." He replied. He looked up and Janice was giving preflight safety instructions and then checked to make sure everyone was belted in. Happy that everyone was secured, she knocked on the pilot's door and murmured something then sat down and belted herself in.

"Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your captain speaking; today we are on a non-stop flight from lovely Kenosha Wisconsin to Orlando Florida. Please sit back and enjoy the ride."

*

It seemed like Jackie had just finished all of the required Steele Corporation paperwork when the plane began it's descent to the Executive Airport of Orlando. She pulled out the carbon copies for her records and tightened her seatbelt. She looked over at Eric who had fallen asleep during the flight; she nudged him on the thigh.

"What? Oh,… hey hello." He said sleepily. "I had the best nap." He stretched his arms and smiled at her. "Did I tell you how gorgeous you looked today?" Jackie rolled her eyes, "Eric, you're already on the plane and we're landing, you don't need to score points."

He yawned, "Yeah, well, I want to make sure the score bank is full just in case I screw up or something." Jackie giggled, "Well, I'll keep that in mind."

The plane taxied in a private hanger at the Executive Airport just outside of the city. There were two long while limousines waiting by the office. Janice waved good bye as each of the guests departed the plane and they group headed for the vehicles while Jackie went for the office.

"Okay, so the limos will be available between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. and we need to be back here by 11:00 on Monday, got it. Please tell Mrs. Steele I said thank you very much! "Jackie signed some more paperwork and headed back outside. Brooke noticed that she was holding her clipboard again.

"Everybody listen up." she said using her patented loud voice, "In car number one with me will be Grandma, Betsy, Rhonda and Brooke. The rest of you will be in car number two. We are going straight to the timeshare and Michael, before you ask, you CANNOT drive the limo." The crowd parted and Eric walked over pulling Jackie to the side.

"Hey, this is not cool." He said. She looked at him. "What are you talking about?" Eric pointed at the second limo. "You are making me sit with two halves of the Evil Trinity!"

Jackie started laughing. "Well, I certainly don't want Samantha riding with us girls, who would you substitute?" Eric frowned, "God, you are wicked." Jackie grabbed his shirt and pulled him towards her. "I am the event coordinator – I have to be wicked and you have to kiss me." Eric stepped closer. "And if I refuse?"

Jackie pressed her forehead to his, "If you don't then Rhonda gets the big room with me and you will have Fez as a roommate."

Feigning torment Eric replied, "God you are impossible." He clasped her cheeks with his palms and pressed a soft greedy kiss on her lips that made her sigh. "Now, if I have to sleep with Fez, then there will no more of those." He had a twinkle in his eye.

She chuckled, "Who's evil now Forman?"

Kelso stuck his head out the window, "Forman, get your ass in here so we can go!" Jackie laughed and walked back to the ladies limo.

*

The ride to the timeshare took a little less than a half hour. For Eric, sitting next to Fez who found a bowl of after dinner mints, the trip took forever. Samantha was filing her fingernail with an emery board while Hyde was stretched out with his eyes closed. "Eric what is a time share? How do we share time?" Fez asked.

"It's a building where people own it and let other people share it for a few weeks at a time. So it's kind of like living in someone else's apartment. But, it's nicer than a hotel room."

"Oh, sharing it with the owner's then." That actually made sense to Fez. "Then the driver better get there soon, because I just ate all my candy."

Kelso was checking out all the seats and playing with the privacy window button that separated the driver from the passenger seats. "Hey, how cool is it driving a limo?"

The driver looked at Kelso in the rear view mirror. "Well, it's a great way to pick up the ladies." Kelso grinned, "I knew it! That's the job I should have got."

Hyde spoke up, "Dill hole, you're supposed to be getting married. You can't keep trying to pick up women."

"Oh, yeah – but if I wasn't, it would still be an awesome job!"

"Forman," Hyde said to look at Eric. "What's with all this crap we have to take from Jackie? Telling us where to sit and what car to ride in? Who does she think she is?"

Eric didn't like the tone of Hyde's question. "Jackie is Kelso's wedding planner and she's the one who arranged this whole trip including your free air fare to Florida. If she tells us to sit on a cactus, then that's what we do, because it's for Kelso and Brooke's party."

"Shit man; don't cop an attitude with me. I don't care who paid for me to get here, I just don't need a bossy Jackie Burkhart telling me what to do." Samantha said something low in his ear and Hyde crossed his arms over his chest and muttered, "Whatever."

*

All nine of the wedding party guests were standing in the huge lobby of the Steele Oil building. A beautiful fountain was in the center and cushioned seats surrounded the bowl. Jackie gave her day planner to Brooke, "I'll be right back, so I can get us checked in."

Brooke sat down and relaxed. The lobby was just lovely and reeked of money, the water from the fountain tinkled behind her. Kelso came over and sat down next to her. "Brooke, this is pretty cool huh?"

Brooke smiled at her fiancé. "Yes. It's very cool. Michael, if the building is this beautiful, think of our room! Jackie is getting us the suite with the whirlpool." Kelso grinned, "Are we going to get nude tonight?"

Brooke smiled shyly, "If you want." She loved seeing the smile on Michael's face.

*

Jackie was looking at the floor plans for the suites. "This is the one with the whirlpool? That one is for the Kelso's. This grand suite, how big is it?"

The porter pointed out some features of the room. "Two queen beds, two bath and like the luxury suite, there's an accessible balcony."

"Okay, I'm taking the grand suite. The standard is how big?"

"It has two full size beds with one bath and a small balcony."

"That is for my friends Fez and Rhonda. This room next to the luxury suite – how big is it?"

"That would be our regular. One queen bed and bath – this one on the other end is the economy room. One full size bed with a shower – it's really not glamorous." Jackie grinned. "Okay, the regular room is for Betsy Kelso and the economy is for the Hyde's."

The porter gave her keys to the suites and some brochures of places to go or restaurants that deliver. Jackie suppressed a giggle as she walked back to the group. Everyone was anxious to get to their room and relax and unpack.

Jackie took her clipboard from Brooke and paused until the Hyde family finally took notice that she was waiting to give instructions. "Okay, room 501 is for Betsy and Grandma." She took an envelope from her day planner and handed it to Brooke's mother. "These are two day passes to Disney World. Here is a brochure of restaurants that deliver and remember we have the limo driver on hand if we want to go anywhere."

She walked over to Brooke. "You have room 502; the luxury suite and these are your tickets." She smiled as Michael's eyes got big. "Sweet!" Brooke laughed, "No, suite – it's a French word."

She walked over to Fez and Rhonda, "You guys have room 504 and here are your tickets." She forced a smile on her lips and walked to Hyde. "You have room 505 and blah, blah blah." She turned around and went back to the front of the fountain. "This is VERY important so please listen up. We're having dinner tomorrow night with Donna and that meal is paid for. If you want to eat or drink anything else, it's on your dime. You pay for it. I provided the ways and means, the least you can do is feed yourself. Does anyone have any questions?"

There was a mad scramble for the suitcases and the elevators and Jackie sat down at the fountain and giggled furiously. Eric was watching her bemused expression and had to find out what was so funny. "Okay Missy what are you up to?"

Jackie showed Eric the layout of the rooms on the fifth floor. He wasn't really shocked but had to laugh, "You gave Hyde the smallest room?" She nodded, "And I was nice about it too!" Eric squeezed her waist, "Well, I hope our room is bigger."

"Oh, it's only one step down from Brooke and Michael's and nicer than Fez's. We have a balcony!"

"Have you ever been kissed on a balcony?" he asked as he picked up their luggage. She shook her head no. "Not yet!"

*

Eric and Jackie were the last couple to leave the elevator. They had just set their luggage by the door when they heard Steven Hyde shout, "What the fuck? This is a closet! There's no room in here!" Jackie rushed Eric to unlock the door and they stumbled in laughing. Jackie collapsed on the sofa, "I couldn't get the pilot to tip the plane so I did the next best thing."

Eric locked the door behind them. "You devil – now they're going to want to sleep with Fez and Rhonda!" Jackie pulled Eric down on the sofa with her. She looked at him with serious eyes, "I want to thank you for the pep talk the other night. I was beating myself up when I should have been focusing on making this the best vacation for Brooke and Michael."

He dropped a kiss on her nose. "You're welcome sweetie. I'm gonna go see a man about a dog."

"Ack! Don't need to know that! And there are two bathrooms!" she hollered at his back. She scrambled off the couch and skipped to the balcony. Even though they were only five floors up, she got a great view of the western sky and if she looked to her left, she could see Brooke looking out too.

"Jackie, this is just beautiful. I've never had a room so nice."

"Hello!"

Both girls looked to their right and saw Rhonda leaning out of her balcony. "Jackie we love it! We should get drinks and watch the sun go down."

Jackie looked at Brooke. 'I like that idea. Let the guys hang out together and we'll have cocktails!" Eric came up behind her and snagged her around the waist. Startled, she yelped and turned around. "Hey, I'm here for my balcony kiss." She smiled as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pressed the softest of kisses on her lips. She closed her eyes and the smell of salt hair and Eric cologne were the nicest scents she could remember. Brooke and Rhonda both sighed loudly, "Awwwww," Jackie smiled against Eric's mouth, "We have to do this in private!"

Eric pulled Jackie back into the room. "So…there's no balcony …for… the Vegas folks, eh?" Jackie smiled with a twinkle in her eye. "They get a window. I think that's pretty good for free, don't you?"

Eric looked around the spacious room he would be staying in. Mexican tiled floors and two sofas covered with mauve and soft green colors. A small kitchen with a breakfast bar…he hadn't even seen the bedrooms yet.

He picked up their bags and carried them into the largest bedroom. "Oh this is great!!" Jackie exclaimed. "I can use the smaller room for my temporary office. Hey, there's a phone in here too!" Eric climbed up on the big comfortable bed and found the remote control. "Now this is living. I don't have any rooms at my hotel this nice!"

*

Jackie had gotten settled into the room and left Eric to take a nap while she checked in on some of her guests. She knocked on room 501 and Betsy shouted happily. "I can get a crib up here if you need it."

Brookes mom smiled, "No, little Betsy and I have this big bed and we'll be just fine. Do you suppose that we could get food delivered? I notice that we are on Eastern Standard Time and I don't want to skip a meal because it gets too late."

Jackie pulled a brochure from her planner, "The desk downstairs gave me a list of local restaurants that deliver. Between you and me, if you're ordering for you and Betsy, please charge it to my room okay?"

Betsy ran over and was hugging Jackie's leg. She knelt down to the little's girl level, "Is Betsy gonna see Cinderella?"

She smiled "Goofy!" and Jackie tickled her. "You gotta quit listening to your daddy!" She stood up and looked around the nice little room. Granted it was small, but the economy was definitely smaller than this!

Room 502 was like a penthouse. Brooke opened the door and hugged the small woman. "It's so great. This is Michael's third shower. He's testing all the bathrooms and shower heads. What a nut."

"I wanted to tell you that tomorrow; we are having eating at a seafood buffet. The restaurant will have a section saved for us when Donna gets there. I hope you don't mind if I don't hang around with Sam and Hyde. We're not the best of friends."

Brooke tried to hide a smile. "That's fine. I did hear that their room is smaller than my mom's. Did you do that on purpose?"

Jackie smirked, "Maybe it just worked out that way. They are always welcome to share a bed with Fez and Rhonda."

"Ew – you're crazy! I love it but you're crazy!"

"Brooke, I found the perfect water setting." Michael came out wearing nothing but a towel. "Hey Jackie, what's up?"

Jackie rolled her eyes, "Get some clothes on!" She laughed and turned back to Brooke. "If you guys figure out something for dinner let us know or you can just have some pizza delivered. This is your weekend, so if I don't see you until Monday, well…." Jackie gave Brooke a hug and waved at Michael.

*