Chapter 3

"Hey, Casey. You got a sec," Hyde said walking up the Kelso's driveway where Casey was bent under the hood of his car.

"Sure, Hyde. I should probably wait on Jackie anyhow. Those small hands of hers would come in really handy right about now. What's up? My brother's not coming over with another ax is he?" Casey asked standing up and wiping his hands with a rag from his pocket.

"Kelso came after you with an ax?" Hyde said in shock momentarily sidetracked. Casey grimaced and nodded. "No wonder you beat the hell out of him," Hyde said before he snickered making a mental note to burn Kelso the next time he saw him. "He shot me once," Hyde recalled with amusement.

"No shit? Well, I got lucky. My front door got the brunt of it. My landlord disagrees but you can't always make everyone happy," Casey reasoned tossing the greasy rag onto the side of the open hood. "That was over Jackie too wasn't it?" Casey said clucking his tongue. "That girl certainly brings out men's beasts eh? I'm guessing your here about her. You don't appear to be armed but I'm still on my guard," he added arching an eyebrow at Hyde.

"Man, why don't you leave her alone," Hyde asked shifting around uncomfortably. "Man to man, everyone in Point Place knows what you're like. Jackie's only had three boyfriends, she's still pretty naive," Hyde began only to be interrupted by Casey's chuckle. "What's so funny?" Hyde demanded straightening up and feeling very annoyed.

"You. Look man don't worry. I get it," Casey said shaking his head and giving a Hyde a knowing look. "You still have a thing for Jackie. She's hot and believe me I completely understand but you should understand this: you passed. I'm not gonna hurt her. So anything else you wanna say or is that the gist of it?" Casey said in annoyance.

"Look, I do not have a thing for Jackie. I just don't want a dumb Kelso hurting one of my friends," Hyde growled in annoyance.

"You're only fooling yourself there, Hyde. I'm not going to cheat on her, and I'm definetely not going to marry some stripper and then rub her nose in it all the while making nasty little comments just to hurt her. I'm not the bad guy here, you are. So get lost," Casey said shooting him a look and going inside the house without giving Hyde the chance to respond.

"Does anyone else find this disturbing but me?" Eric said as the gang sat in the Foreman's driveway watching Red, Casey and Jackie work on the Vista Cruiser. "I mean there's creepy and unnatural and then there's creepy and unnatural. I'm not sure which one this is," Eric finished with a shudder.

"Just look at them. Red is even smiling. This is so bizarre," Donna said in exasperation.

"If he touches Jackie's ass one more time I'm gonna break every bone in his body," Hyde grumbled in a low voice. Once again Fez was the only one to hear it but he managed to turn his laugh into a cough, earning him a dirty look from Hyde. Fez threw up his hands in mock surrender but kept on smiling. "Oh what the hell are they doing now?" Hyde growled when Casey picked a laughing Jackie up off the ground and playfully held her upside down for a moment.

"The car's fixed," Red said tossing the keys to Eric as he walked by. "Try not to waste anymore life okay son?" Red said entering the house through the sliding glass doors.

"You guys wanna go out for pizza?" Casey said walking up to the gang with his arm around Jackie's shoulders. "My treat," Casey offered as Jackie's laughter dissolved into the occasional giggle.

"What was so funny out there anyhow? We're all just dying to know," Hyde asked in a hard voice glad that his sunglasses hid the fact that his eyes were locked onto Casey's arm that was wrapped possessively around Jackie.

"Fez, you need to find another hiding spot for your candy. It melted, that's what was wrong with the car. Jackie here is the one who made us scour around under the hood. She had a feeling that's what it was," Casey explained. "Of course then she got all smug on me," he said flirting with Jackie. This time everyone but Jackie noticed how Hyde's hand gripped his beer can and crushed it. "We'll meet you guys in a couple hours at the new pizza place in town. I gotta get me and my little grease monkey home so that we can clean up first," Casey said throwing Jackie over his shoulder and running with her to his car giving her butt one final slap when they got there.

"I'm gonna puke," Donna said flatly after the happy couple drove off. "I can't believe what we just witnessed, its so ….wrong," she finished looking at Eric for clarification. "So you wanna have pizza with them?" she asked the gang.

"Hell, yes its free food. After that disturbing display the least Casey could do is feed us. That way we at least have something to throw up later," Eric said shaking his head.

"I'll bring my camera," Fez said thoughtfully. "To film the breaking of bones you were grumbling about," he added giving Hyde an amused look. "Jealous much?" he snickered entering the Foreman house with a bounce in his step.

"What do you think?" Jackie said modeling her new sea foam colored dress for Casey. "I've been wanting an excuse to wear it. Tonight's as good as any," she said giving a little spin.

"Who's the dress for, Jackie?" Casey said with a frown lightly running his fingers over the shoulder spaghetti straps.

"Me. As much as I love it, the color's all wrong for you honey," Jackie teased. "You. Silly. You hate it don't you?" she said taking a step back. "I've got a lavender one I'll wear," Jackie said spinning around to run to the bedroom to change.

"No I like it, I really really don't want to go out tonight like it, especially on you," Casey said grabbing her arm. "I just want to make sure that since you're dressing to impress, its me you're trying to impress and not one of the guys," he said looking down at her.

"You're jealous of those guys?" Jackie said incredulously. "You mean the guys who treated me like crap and emotionally scarred me? In their dreams. Let hurry we won't get a good table if we're much later," Jackie said pulling him out the door behind her.

"Consider me assured," Casey said chuckling as he locked the front door before rushing after her.

Hyde pretended to eat his pizza and lost count of how many refills on his beer he'd had. After a while, Donna and Jackie were talking and laughing about old times and even Casey and Eric had managed to find something in common to talk about. It helped that Hyde had been keeping his mouth shut even though he was feeling compelled to beat the hell out of Casey or Fez. As soon as he made up his mind which one to attack first he'd strike. As it was, they were safe until he made his choice. Tonight he found them equally annoying.

"Give me your keys, Steven" Jackie demanded as they reached the parking lot. "You're not driving anywhere like this. I haven't seen you this drunk since you let me fall into that creek," she added snapping her manicured fingers at him impatiently.

"I am not drunk," Hyde slurred backing up a few steps and hearing Eric let out a small cry of pain. "I'm fine," he insisted digging through his pockets for his car keys. "You guys go ahead, I gotta stop by the store," he said trying his best not to slur his words. Without any warning, Jackie leaned over and pulled his car keys out of his jacket pocket and started heading towards his car.

"You are drunker than my mother at a PTA meeting, Steven. We'll meet all of you at the Foreman's," Jackie said getting into the driver's seat and buckling up. "Come on, Steven. Its your car do you really want me to drive it without you even in it?" Jackie said rolling her eyes and starting the car. Eric started laughing as Hyde hurriedly stumpled to his car slurring some kind of insults at Jackie that he didn't even understand. When did the parking lot get into such bad shape? He wondered it had seemed fine when they arrived.

"This is my car, Jackie," Hyde grumbled closing the door behind him and glaring at her in the dark. "I don't want you driving it," he said stubbornly.

"Okay then. Maybe Fez could drive; everyone knows that foreigners are such good drivers. I'm sure your car would make it to the Foreman's in one piece," Jackie said making a dismissive noise. "Relax, its not you I'm worried about. Just everybody else on the road" she joked as she pulled up beside Casey. "Just meet us at the Foreman's," she told him as Casey bent over to look at Hyde uneasily.

"I could give him a ride, Jackie," Casey said giving Hyde a quick once over. "You could take the trans am. I trust you with it," he added with a frown.

"Steven's drunk as a skunk. He might pick a man fight in the car if you drive. Its just easier if I meet you there," Jackie said shaking her head. Casey leaned over to give Jackie a kiss and Hyde decided he couldn't take anymore. He leaned over an hit the car horn, causing Casey to jump and hit his head on the roof of the El Camino. "I'll meet you there," Jackie said pushing Hyde away and rolling her eyes. Casey nodded and stalked over to his car looking over his shoulder at them as they headed to the Foreman's.

"You are a car thief," Hyde accused much to Jackie's amusement. "I don't want you driving my car. I don't even want to give you a ride..." he began before breaking out into laughter at his own crude sense of humor.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah; Steven," Jackie said with an exaggerated yawn. "Look, I know you don't like Casey but could you not give him such a hard time. All through dinner, you were giving him looks to kill. I'm asking you to please lay off of him. I'm being nice," she added in a warning tone.

"Like you were nice to Samantha?" Hyde began with a sneer. Jackie's hands tightened on the steering wheel slighty and her jaw automatically clenched. "You were always making slut jokes..."

"First of all, Sam gave it as good as she got it. She wasn't some victim, she was also a real bitch. Second, she was a slut and by the way I wasn't going to say anything but her and Randy were doing it. I walked in before you say anything else. You thought when she ripped me up it was real funny and the feeling wasn't mutual. Casey hasn't done anything to you, so knock it off. What happened between him and Donna was years ago, in High school. Get over it all ready," Jackie snapped turning down a side street.

"What did you mean about Sam and Randy?" Hyde slurred frowning at her. "What are you lying about now?

"I mean I saw the Slut-Master giving Randy the ride of his so called life when you thought you two were married and I'm sorry to say it wasn't a lie," she said giving him a cold look

"You would have thrown that up in my face," Hyde said looking at Jackie carefully. Unfortunetly, he didn't see any of the usual signs that Jackie was lying. It must be true. "Why didn't you say anything?" he asked.

"First of all as shameful as it is, I still loved you. You might like to hurt me but I don't like to see you get hurt. So I kept my big mouth shut after I thoroughly threatened the dynamic duo. Second, Donna was my best friend and I knew she had a thing for Randy. The truth would have just hurt you both and I didn't want that," Jackie said quietly. "And you thought I couldn't be discreet? I guess I showed you huh?" she said lightening the moment. "If it makes you feel any better, Randy has a really small penis, not to mention it kinda hooks a little at the end," she said giggling and demonstrating with her finger.

"No kidding," Hyde said with a snigger. Actually, it did kind of make him feel better not to mention it gave him something to ask Donna about when they were alone. It was a way to check Jackie's story out.

"Yeah. Like a hook or something it was pathetic and gross," she said wrinkling her nose. "I'm glad Casey's isn't like that," she said giving a shutter. "I wonder if Donna knew the two of them were having sex or if she thought he just liked to dry hump her," Jackie said turning into the Foreman's driveway.

"Yeah, whatever," Hyde said stumbling out of the car. "I thought I told you I needed to stop by Grooves first?" he complained looking around.

"I'm tired, you can go tomorrow," she said tossing Hyde's keys to Eric who was waiting in the driveway. "I'll see you later Eric," Jackie said as Casey pulled up in the driveway after them with a frown on his face. She waved at the gang and hurried to the car. Casey made sure to give her a possessive kiss, as he glared at Hyde.

"Donna, I need to ask you something about Randy;" Hyde slurred pulling Donna off to the side after Jackie left. He had a feeling Donna's answer was going to make him feel like a giant ass for the way he treated Jackie then.