Chapter 15

"Mrs. Foreman, hi," Hyde said uncomfortable as Jackie propped herself up on one elbow so she could look down at his face and gave him a knowing half grin. "Hey, listen. What are you and Mr. Forman doing in about an hour….hour and a half?" he questioned silently begging Jackie to stay quiet. She gave him a mischievous half grin and started shaking his head at her emphatically. "Can you and Mr. Forman meet Jackie and me down at the courthouse?" he said in a high voice as Jackie reached down and stroked the inside of his thigh under the covers. "We're getting …Married!" Hyde exclaimed loudly and turned away from Jackie in angry embarrassment. "Sorry, I didn't mean to shout in your ear Mrs. Foreman. I'm just really, really excited," he explained giving Jackie a dark look. "No it has to be today. I promised Jackie; its kind of do it now or never kind of thing. Yes I knew she wanted a big wedding but she changed her mind. Okay, we can have a reception in the back yard that's fine with us. Can you meet us there?" Hyde said closing his eyes and trying to ignore Jackie's teasing on his earlobe. "Okay, we'll see you then," Hyde said trying to keep his breathing even. "Okay...bye," he said quickly hanging up the phone. "You demon!" Hyde said flipping over and pinning a laughing Jackie under him. "Thanks to you, Mrs. Foreman probably thinks I'm a complete pervert. Like Fez, with all the heavy breathing I was trying not to do!" He said pinning her arms above her head.

"Oh, Steven. She probably already thinks that and loves you anyway….."Jackie said before roaring with laughter as Hyde tickled her. "Hey, no fair. You're bigger than me," she accused.

"So making it sound like I was trying to have phone sex with Mrs. Forman was okay but my holding you down and tickling you isn't? Please explain your logic," Hyde said nipping at her earlobes.

"Well, you've been bad," she reasoned. "No self respecting woman would ever take you back after that unless she could somehow even the score. See, once I get you back we'll be even. Until then, little punishments like that will have to do," she teased. "Besides, it could have been much worse," she said in mock seriousness.

"Oh, How's that?" Hyde said curiously.

"It could have been, Mr. Foreman," she said with a snicker.

"Red, one of our boys is getting married and its not in a church. And its weird, Steven said he and Jackie had to get married right away too. They didn't even want a real wedding…Oh my god, Red. What if Steven's gotten Jackie pregnant? That would explain the rush," Kitty said beginning to like her idea. "We could be getting grandbabies, Red;" Kitty said clapping her hands together excitedly.

"I really doubt that, Mom;" Laurie said with a smirk. "What do you think, honey?" she asked Casey in false sweetness.

"I think I'm in a new kind of hell," Casey hissed under his breath. "Here's the happy couple, now;" he said in a louder voice. "Damn, Jackie looks nice; " Casey said appreciatively as Hyde and Jackie hurried up the front steps. Donna and Eric exchanged worried looks.

"Just so you know. Hyde might actually kill you if you try anything," Eric warned his brother-in-law.

"I guess Jackie'll be family now. We'll probably see each other at family gatherings and stuff…" Casey mumbled watching Jackie's backside as they all entered the courthouse. "Oww!" Casey said after Laurie slugged his arm with all her might.

"Eyes to yourself," Laurie huffed indignantly. "My daddy's right here you know," she added angrily.

Don't kill him, Don't kill him, don't kill him; Hyde chanted to himself as he and Jackie exchanged their vows in front of the judge. Mr. and Mrs. Foreman seemed oblivious to the drama going on around them; and to Hyde's relief if Jackie noticed anything was wrong she wasn't saying anything about it. Fez and Kelso kept sniggering and digging into bags of candy until Eric angrily snatched the bag away and told them to be quiet. Laurie was sulking and obviously thinking of doing something horrible to Jackie. Casey was openly ogling the bride, to the point that Hyde wanted to ask for a quick break so that he could go kick the crap out of him. If only Jackie hadn't worn that short skirt… Donna kept punching Casey on the shoulder and giving him warning looks. Hyde was sure that in a few years he'd look back on this and laugh but for right now he was so beyond irritated that he missed his cue and Jackie had to step on his foot to bring him back to reality. The judge was looking at him expectantly but Hyde found himself speechless. Oh god, this isn't happening; Hyde thought desperately.

"There's the Hyde I know," Jackie said bitterly before turning to leave. How could she have been so stupid? She scolded herself as she hurried out of the room. She thought that maybe it was the thought of having a wedding that was putting Hyde off, so she'd given up that dream. Afterall, he hadn't had a problem saying yes to Sam in Vegas. Tears stung her eyes, and she fought them back. She'd broken one of her rules today. The ones she kept to herself, the ones she'd devised to keep her heart from getting broken by Steven Hyde again. She'd let herself hope.

"Wow, Hyde," Eric said two hours later in the basement sitting down beside Hyde who had his head in his hands. "I am impressed. You have certainly out done yourself this time," he added trying not to laugh.

"Shut up, Foreman," Hyde growled racking his fingers through his curly hair. "I know I messed up. Just let me think for a minute will you?" he snapped. "I don't know what happened, okay. I wanted to say yes and I tried to say yes but nothing happened," he added angrily.

"Okay, you wanted to say yes," Donna said taking a deep breath. "Why didn't you? I mean if you honestly wanted to what happened? Was it Casey?" she asked him sympathetically.

"No, he's a dill-hole and I am gonna go beat his ass but it wasn't him," Hyde said thoughtfully. "It wasn't the courthouse either," he muttered almost to himself. He couldn't put his finger on the exact reason but something about it had felt ….wrong. "It wasn't Jackie, I really did want to marry her this time. I really did," Hyde insisted in confusion. "I mean she basically said now or never so I picked now. I didn't even hesitate so I know its not a commitment issue," he mused.

"Poor Jackie," Fez said with a sigh eating some candy. "You are so screwed, my American friend;" he surmised.

"Fez," Eric said giving him a warning look. One glance at Hyde's murderous expression was enough to subdue Fez. "Okay, It wasn't the courthouse, it wasn't Casey, hell it wasn't even Jackie this time. So what else is left?" Eric pondered.

"Jackie has always wanted a big girly wedding anyway man. Its been a dream of hers since she was little. Her one perfect day, thing;" Kelso said stealing some candy from an indignant Fez.

"I know that," Hyde snapped in irritation. "Oh, holy hell;" Hyde said in exasperation.

"Sounds like you thought of something," Donna said in amusement. "Care to share with the rest of the class?"

"I think I did the wrong thing for the right reason," Hyde groan rubbing his face in agitation. "Someone get me the stupid helmet," he commanded and Fez happily jumped up to obey.

"Okay, what is it?" Eric asked anxiously. "Because you've been wearing that helmet a lot lately," he continued almost apologetically.

"I want her to have her day," Hyde said almost laughing hysterically. Tears were burning his eyes, as he regarded the absurdity of the situation. "I want Jackie to have her day. I owe her that. Monkey suits, a band even stupid birds flying. I don't want her to have some courthouse wedding, like we're ashamed of it or something," he said looking at Donna. "That's it. That's all it was. I messed up everything royally but hey, at least this time I meant well right?" he said shaking with silent laughter.

"Okay, we can work on this," Donna said launching up from her seat with a determined look on her face. "Everyone, you have assignments," she declared. " Fez, go to your salon and see how far in advanced you're booked. Eric and I will go talk to Jackie so Kelso; go upstairs and get that protective gear that Mrs. Foreman keeps stored for you. We're gonna need that for the initial fall-out, other orders are pending. Until then….Dismissed!" she commanded and everyone scurried to obey.

"Wait a minute, what am I supposed to do?" Hyde asked in amusement of Donna's take charge attitude. "Don't I have an assignment? After all it is my life," Hyde reasoned.

"You are going to go get the best ring you can afford," Donna began pointing at him looking him square in the eye. "You are then going do that thing you hate," she demanded stalking over to where Hyde had his guitar.

"You don't mean…" Hyde said looking at her in dread.

"Yes, I do. Get to writing, buddy. Eric and I are going to go fix this so that should give you plenty of time to swallow your pride and write her a song. You know she was always crazy about that," Donna said turning to Hyde in sympathy. "It doesn't have to be sappy or anything. Just write down how you feel about her and then put it to music. She deserves to know that," she said softly walking up the steps without another word.