Chapter 7
"Yeah, he's being a good friend," Jackie assured Casey as she crawled into bed with him. "You're not getting jealous again are you?" she demanded looking down at her boyfriend with a scowl. "The last time you were jealous of Steven I ended up in ICU," she reminded him sharply before turning off the lamp on the nightstand.
"Nah. I'm not jealous of Hyde. I just think the guy's got ulterior motives for being nice to you is all," Casey said wrapping his arms possessively around the petite brunette in the dark. "The guy's been so nasty to you for over a year and all of a sudden he wants to play nice? Something's up I just can't figure out what," Casey said giving her forehead a kiss.
"Look if Steven wants anything he'll just come out and ask. Besides, I don't have anything he could possibly want," Jackie said yawning as she snuggled closer to him under the covers. "I can feel you grinning is your mind going dirty again?" she asked with a frustrated sigh.
"Yeah," Casey admitted. "Hey, Jackie. I got an idea," he said after a few moments. "What do you say we just go and do it," he said after a couple heartbeats.
"I told you I'm too tired for sex, Casey," she reminded him in annoyance.
"No, for once I'm not talking about that. It would be nice though," he said leaning on one elbow to look down into her face. "Let's find an all night wedding chapel and just get married," he said with a grin and wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
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"Hey, Donna. Are you awake?" Jackie asked after Donna mumbled a greeting before scowling at her alarm clock.
"I am now. This had better be important, you little midget," Donna growled her voice still heavy with sleep.
"I'm getting married!" Jackie squealed over the phone. "Can you and Eric meet us in Chicago tonight? Casey found an all night wedding chapel that has an opening," she gushed excitedly. "I need you as my maid of honor, please lumberjack," Jackie pleaded.
"Whoa, whoa whoa," Donna said bolting upright and nearly pushing Eric out of their bed with the movement. "Tonight, you and Casey are getting married tonight?" Donna repeated prodding Eric.
"Yes,Donna. Isn't it exciting?" Jackie happily gushed.
"I thought you wanted a big fancy wedding," Donna said desperately.
"I did, but I have to strike while the iron's hot. Casey is a Kelso after-all, if I wait too long he might go to California or Vegas and marry some hooker," Jackie said in a reasonable tone. "Please Donna. I'll give you the address, meet us there asap!" Jackie said in excitement. After she got off the phone with Jackie, Donna and Eric exchanged a long meaningful look before Donna reached back over to the phone with a heavy sigh.
"Yeah, Hyde. There's something you should know..." Donna began when her friend's gruffy voice picked up the phone.
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"The speed limit is sixty-five here, Hyde," Eric reminded his friend in a squeaky voice as he eyed the El Camino's odometer nervously.
"Shut up, Foreman," Hyde snapped. "I can't believe you didn't try to talk her out of it," he growled at Donna who was sitting in the passenger's seat looking at him with concern.
"I was in shock, Hyde. It was two in the morning and I was half asleep. Look, Eric's right slow down getting us killed isn't going to help us stop this wedding,"Donna said defensively. When Hyde slowed the car down as much as his nerves would allow, she continued. "We need to come up with a plan. We need a good reason to stop this wedding or Jackie's going to hate us forever."
"How about the fact that Hyde's still in love with her," Eric offered from the backseat. "That would qualify as a good reason wouldn't it?"
"Shut your piehole, Foreman and stop being such a girl," Hyde growled running one hand through his curly hair. "How about the fact that Casey Kelso is in fact a Kelso in every sense of the word? He's a horndog and incapable of being faithful not to mention a brain dead idiot..." Hyde sputtered hardly aware of what he was saying. "He almost got her killed, for crying out loud. And now she wants to marry the guy? What's she got a death wish?"
"Oh my god!" Donna cried. "Eric's right you're still in love with her."
"He was ironing his clothes earlier," Eric volunteered. "By the way have you noticed his new look? Clean shaven and a brand new hair cut to boot," Eric added dodging the half hearted punch Hyde tried to give him. "He's got it bad for the little devil," Eric finished with a slight smirk.
"You have to tell her, Hyde," Donna said in a serious tone. "She's going to go through with it if you don't. This is your very last chance, for real this time," she added. "Swallow your pride and just do it or she's going to be gone forever."
"I'm not still in love with her," Hyde lied through clenched teeth. "She's just making another stupid Jackie mistake and once again I have to clean up after her. This is so typical. She's immature, self-centered, impulsive, volatile..." he began to rant.
"Funny, are you describing you or her?" Eric wondered out loud much to Donna's amusement.
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Jackie was pacing in the small dressing room waiting for Donna and Eric to show up. Its normal to be nervous, she reminded herself. Bride's were supposed to be nervous, it was completely normal. She kept eying the clock and it seemed to be ticking louder and louder with each passing second. Finally, Jackie sat down on the small bench next to the wall. The room was beginning to spin and she didn't know weather she was going to pass out or be sick.
"Are you ready? They just pulled into the parking lot," Casey said after startling her by gently banging on the door.
"Almost, give me a second okay?" Jackie said hoping she sounded normal. "I'll be right out," she promised trying to steady her breathing. "Get a grip," Jackie whispered to herself. I will not blow this, I will not blow this; she chanted silently to herself as she opened the door not to face her groom but an angry Steven Hyde.