Hyde looked over at Jackie as she stood up, wiping her cheeks off. "Okay, let's get your orders in before I get fired. And, remember, tipping is a requirement now."

Hyde sighed as she scribbled down what everyone was saying, looking around his friends, and then stood up, looking at Wayne.

"Where am I in all this?" he demanded. "Seriously: Even if we weren't together, I wouldn't have let that bastard get away with that! I broke his jaw for calling her a bitch!" he seethed.

"Yes, well... you weren't here to stop her from going out with him, or to find out how it went." Wayne said cryptically.

"Yeah, I caught that," Hyde said flatly. "Where was I, then?"

"Dead." Wayne said seriously.

Hyde suddenly felt cold, and as if the wind were knocked out of him.

"H-how..."

"You don't need to know-" Wayne hesitated.

"Just freaking tell me!" Hyde demanded.

"I'm not allowed!" He said pleadingly. "Really... I can't tell you these sorts of things... I'm just here to guide you, not tell you everything."

Hyde glared at him, frowning when Chip came in and walked over to Jackie, who was by now at the counter handing over the order. Hyde approached them, glaring at Chip.

"Get away from her!" he yelled, but of course, Chip couldn't hear him.

Chip reached out and smacked her hard on the butt, hard enough that she was sent hurdling forward.

"Hey, doll!" he said.

Hyde reached out to take a swing at Chip, falling right through him to the floor, and glared, hopping up.

"Get your filthy hands away from my girl- and don't you ever call her that! I call her that!"

"Chippie, gentle..." Jackie said softly, her voice a bit trembly.

Hyde stepped protectively in front of her. "Touch her again I'll kill you- I don't know how, but I will!" he growled. "Donna! Donna come do something!" he yelled at her.

"They can't hear you, stupid!" Wayne reminded.

"Then make them hear me!" Hyde yelled in an almost panic. "Donna! Donna, Foreman, help her!"

As Chip reached for her, Hyde leapt at him, his arms outstretched as if to tackle him...

And, as he fell, suddenly he was lying on his back, looking upright, and felt a warm, familiar weight on him. His arms instinctively wrapped around the body, and he looked down, ,and Jackie, out cold, was on top of him. He began kissing her head profusely.

"Oh, babydoll..." he whispered. "I'm so sorry for what I was thinking..."

He looked up and saw Kelso with a black eye, crying in a corner, Fez crying in a chair, and Eric and Donna sitting at another end of the room.

"Hey..." he said in a raspy tone.

"Hyde!"

"Easy... back up." he said, holding out a hand.

He suddenly noticed that Jackie wasn't waking up.

"What's wrong with her?" he demanded roughly.

"Mom sedated her." Eric explained. "She was way upset."

"What happened to Kelso's eye?"

"Donna found out that you getting hurt was his fault." Eric smirked.

"Hyde, I swear, nothin' happened... I was just upset..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. All that matters is Jackie right now..."