Author Note: Stuff is happening! Must read! Be nice to Hyde because he is going for a ride!

Chapter 47 – Out of Control!

"I love dinner with your parents. Your dad always tries to pretend he's so tough but he's a marshmallow inside."

Eric unlocked the front door. "We are talking about Red Forman right?"

Jackie walked through and draped her coat on the rack beside the door. "Of course, who did you think I was talking about?"

"Oh, my other dad. The cool one. Oh yeah…you haven't met him yet." Jackie swatted him on the shoulder, "Not nice. I adore your father."

Eric fended off her little hands, "I know he adores the Loud One too." Eric pulled her to his chest. "But not as much as I do." Jackie started to unbutton his shirt. "So why don't you show me?" Eric gave her a chaste kiss and said, "I'm so sorry but I have to go to bed early… I'm the best man at a wedding tomorrow."

He dropped his hands and headed for the bedroom. Two seconds later he heard, "Eric Forman, get your ass back here right now!"

He grinned and looked out the bedroom door. "Took you long enough, come on!"

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Annie sat next to Hyde on the bench seat of the El Camino. She was wearing some kind of exotic perfume that tickled his nose. It kind of reminded him of cinnamon. He casually put his right arm on the back of the seat and she rested her head against it with a small sigh.

Hyde thought - That's cool.

Annie laid her left hand on his thigh and Hyde almost lost control of the steering wheel. Shit! "Hey, just a little bit of ice on the road there. I'll have you home in a few minutes."

"Are you in a hurry?" she asked casually.

Hyde didn't know what to say. "Well, no. Are you?"

She licked her top lip. "Estefan, do you like salsa?"

Hyde was starting to feel nervous. "Sure. I've had it with chips." Annie squeezed his thigh and said, "Have you ever rolled it in a soft flour tortilla?" Hyde was starting to sweat, what was this chick doing?

"Er- no. I've had it in burritos." He didn't see Annie's smile. "So, no one ever heated a soft flour tortilla and wrapped it around fresh spicy salsa for you Niño?"

Hyde felt twitchy – like an Eric Forman. "No, but it sounds good." Her hand was rubbing lazy circles on his thigh and he was fighting for control. She leaned close and said low in his ear, "The best thing in the world…. is a soft spicy salsa tortilla followed by an icy cold beer."

Hyde wanted to groan. She was saying all the right things and he was getting so aroused when that wasn't his plan. She was gorgeous and those dark eyes seemed to see right into his brain. She moved her hand from his thigh and he breathed a sigh of relief until the hand started to wander through his curly hair. Her short nails were massaging all the pressure points of his scalp and he was dying inside!

He pulled up to her duplex and parked the car curbside. "Annie, do you need me to walk you to your door?"

She pulled his face around to look at him. He was innocent in so many ways. She smiled. "Estefan, I don't need you to walk me to the door, but I would like it if you did." She threw the proverbial ball back in his court.

He swallowed hard – he had planned on just dropping her off and going back to Point Place, the Forman's weren't home so he could catch some TV but now she was looking at him with that Madonna like smile. He opened his door and slid out and she followed him out the drivers' side. He took her hand so she wouldn't slip and walked her to the door.

He waited like a gentleman as she unlocked the door. She reached inside and flipped on the light switch. "Estefan, why are you still standing there? I thought you wanted to try some salsa."

Hyde was really confused now, was she talking about sex or food? He liked both! He went through the door and she closed it behind him with a chuckle. Hyde watched as Annie pulled a kitchen chair over to the stove. "Sit."

He sat in the chair and watched as she tied an apron around her dress. Okay that's pretty sexy. She grabbed two bottles of beer and put them in the freezer. She put on a Latin station on the radio and let it play softly in the background. Hyde watched as she added flour and salt and other ingredients into a bowl. She turned around and showed him the beginning of his special tortilla. While he was looking at the flour mixture, he got a good glimpse of cleavage and that special cinnamon smell.

Annie quickly worked the mixture into a sticky dough which she dumped on to a cutting board and kneaded the ball of dough with strong fingers. She dusted the ball with flour and worked it again. Hyde observed as her fingers pressed the mix and smoothed it and he started getting tight in the pants. How was it that flour became so erotic!

She set the dough aside and went to the refrigerator and pulled out some tomatoes, onions, colored peppers, a lime and a couple extra items. She turned around and saw Hyde looking at her hands. "Do you like it spicy or mild?"

Hyde blinked. Was she talking about sex again or food? "Uh – spicy. I guess." She turned back and started chopping her hips swaying and twisting to La Bamba on the radio. Hyde's eyes were going back and forth as she danced in place. She scooped all the chopped veggies into a bowl and grabbed a spoon.

She knelt down in front of his chair and offered up a spoon of the fresh salsa. "Tell me if this is too hot for you."

Hyde opened his mouth and she slid the spoon between his lips. Very sexy! The peppers opened his sinus cavities and made his eyes water but it was delicious. "Estefan, did you know that sometimes people go looking for something they wish they had or thought they lost and never realize that what they want in right is front of them the whole time?"

Hyde blinked. "Isn't there a Stone's song like that?"

She looked towards the ceiling. "This I do not know, but the sentiment is the same. I am going to make your tortilla now. Sit there and be a good Niño."

He watched as she pulled small balls of dough and flattened them in her hands and pressed them onto a hot grill. The thin flour tortilla was quickly flipped over and he could smell it cooking. That was even sexy. She turned off the stove and came over with a tortilla.

"Hold out your hand." She laid the warm tortilla over his palm and brought over the bowl of salsa. He could only watch as she placed a steady hand under his and dropped the fresh tomatoes, onions and peppers into the center of the tortilla. Using both her hands she wrapped it like a blanket and left it in his hand. "Don't eat it yet."

She turned back to the freezer and pulled out the beers, popped the tops and slid slices of lime in the neck of the bottle. Okay – that was very sexy! Annie walked back over and straddled his leg and started feeding him the tortilla. "Just small bites."

Hyde took a bite of the fresh warm tortilla that was filled with the taste and smell of the salsa and he liked it. She handed him the icy cold beer and admonished him not to remove the lime. He drank a big swallow and liked the special aftertaste. She took the beer away and said, "El Beso." Then she pressed her lips to the side of his mouth. "That means kiss me."

He moved his lips to kiss her and the tortilla was there for another bite. He bit a larger piece and liked the spices that made his lips tingle. She gave him the beer and drank one herself. "El Beso." She said very softly and he grabbed her chin with his hand and pressed his mouth against her soft lips. She tasted like beer and salsa and smelled so good.

The kiss was broken for the remainder of the tortilla. He quickly finished the beer and said, "El Beso, Annie." She moved forward on his thigh until her knee touched his groin. He groaned into her mouth and slid his hands down her hips pulling her closer.

She smiled and stoked his chest through the tee-shirt. "Estefan, I haven't been with a man in a long time…you have so many hard muscles… you are strong yes?"

Hyde stood up, "El Beso – Annie." He pulled her up next to his body and he wanted more than tortillas and beer. For the first time in a long time he wanted even more than Jackie Burkhart – he wanted salsa!

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Jackie woke up first and smiled. Her best friends were getting married today. She had the hottest maid of honor dress ever made and Eric was the best man. This was going to be an awesome wedding! Eric was sleeping peacefully beside her and her world was almost complete.

Eric opened his eyes and saw Jackie smiling at him. "Hello beautiful." She blushed. "I love it when you say that."

He touched her cheek. "I do it because it's true." He reached under the covers for her hand and pulled it up to his lips. "Can I ask you a question?"

She cuddled closer. "Ask me anything."

He kissed her palm. "Do you ever want to have children?" He wasn't even nervous asking the question.

Her eyes were smiling. "Yes I do. At least two and they have to have green eyes. Do you?" What was he thinking about?

He grinned back. "Me too… and they have to have dark curly hair. Would you ever consider becoming Jackie Forman? Please say yes!

"Are you asking me?" Her heart was pounding in her chest.

"Maybe… I don't have a ring or anything official – I'm kind of testing the waters here. I know you said you'd never get married but I thought maybe… we could have a long engagement until you felt ready." Please say yes! Yes! Yes!

"I like the way you think." She confessed. She did – she really did. "So if you had a ring…and you were going to propose to me…how would you do it?"

Eric kissed the finger that would have worn the ring. "I would have taken you to a Journey concert, had Steve Perry dedicate Open Arms to you from me, I would have slid in from the side of the stage with a huge bouquet of colored roses and knelt down on one knee and asked you to be my wife."

Jackie gasped and covered her mouth. "Oh my god, that is the most romantic thing I've ever heard of! You would do that for me?"

Eric loved that she loved it. "Well, if I had the ways and means…yeah. Definitely the colored roses part. I might end up singing Open Arms at karaoke night…but the bended knee thing is a sure bet."

Jackie rose up and kissed his lips. "I love you so much."

Eric smiled. "How would you plan the wedding…if I got the official ring and proposed properly –I mean you being a wedding planner slash event coordinator and all…"

Jackie laughed and rolled on her back. "Well, I would want a small intimate wedding ceremony…with just my friends and loved ones…then a kick ass reception with a Journey cover band and during our first dance as a couple having Michael run across the dance floor in his underwear."

Eric laughed – he knew that in the course of underwear running Kelso would most likely get poked in the eye. "I like your party. So then 's a possibility that you might say yes to a proposal from me?"

She rolled back over, "It's a definitely possibility that I might say yes, but of course you'd have to do it officially and all that."

He kissed her shoulder. "Of course I wouldn't do it any other way."

Her eyes filled with joyful tears. "Good… Because I'm looking forward to it." Eric wrapped his arms around her shoulders. "Me too sweetie - Me too!"

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