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Chapter 7

I finally was let out of the hospital on Friday, but I still had stitches and a cast, which meant crutches.

I hobbled through the Forman's sliding glass door and smiled as I sat down next to Mr. Forman.

"Nice to see you, Mr. Forman!"

He managed a small smile. "Samantha. I'm glad to see that those morons didn't get you killed. I meaning falling from an upstairs balcony, ten feet up in the air? The ground must have been pretty hard."

I gave him a look of confusion, about to correct him, until Hyde ran upstairs and smiled.

"Hey, Sammie. Wanna go play some basketball with the guys?"

I rolled my eyes, but just as I was about to say something, Red responded.

"Steven, Samantha has a broken leg. She's a girl. I bet she could still beat you dumbasses."

He ruffled his newspaper and laughed. I smiled up at Hyde and laughed along with Mr. Forman.

Hyde didn't smile as he helped me back out he door.

"Ok, so how about we play horse?" Kelso said.

I smiled at Donna and handed her my crutches, making me wobble.

Hyde grabbed my hand, helping me keep steady.

"Thanks." I smiled at him.

I took the ball from Kelso and let go of Hyde's hand.

"Alright, I think we should make this interesting."

I smiled at the Donna and the boys as Jackie rolled her eyes and checked her makeup.

Eric looked at me. "What do you mean?"

"I mean," I said, dribbling the ball. "What do Donna and I get if we beat you?"

All of the boys started to laugh.

Kelso smiled. "No offense, Sam, but we've been playing basketball for about… our whole lives."

I rolled my eyes. "Then you won't be taking any chances, right? You won't mind betting something?"

They all looked at each other as I winked at Donna.

"Alright." Hyde said.

Donna smirked. "What'll you bet then?"

They all looked at each other, then huddled. After a few minutes of arguing, they turned back to us.

I turned to Donna, and we both smiled. "Alright, boys. If we lose, next week, after I get my cast off, we'll jump into the Jackson River."

They all looked at each other. Hyde looked at us. "So? We swim there all the time."

I smiled deviously. "We'll jump in the River. Naked."

Donna put an arm around me. Their mouths dropped and Hyde swallowed hard.

Kelso's mouth opened wider. "N-n-naked? Like… no clothes?"

I looked at Donna. "No. Clothes."

I smiled at Hyde and winked. "So, what about you guys? What'll you bet?"

Eric was the only one who could function. "We all agreed that, if we lose, we'll streak across town for a full half hour."

Donna and I looked at each other. "An hour."

Hyde spoke up. "Forty-five minutes."

"Deal."

It took only ten minutes for the boys to start beating us.

I raised my hands over to Donna, but Hyde caught the ball.

"Ow! Ow! My leg!" I grabbed my broken leg as Hyde bent over next to me.

"Sam! I'm sorry!"

I grabbed the ball from his hand and shot it into the basket.

I grabbed his shoulder. "Thanks for being so sweet, Steven."

I kissed his cheek and walked over to Donna.

"Played him like a fiddle, I see."

I looked over at Hyde, who was staring at me.

"Yep, but you know, no pain, no gain."

I winked at him again and he huffed.

Donna and I started making baskets here and there.

By the end of the night, we were winning by ten.

Kelso and Jackie ended up going back to her place, and Fez had to go home to check in with his host parents.

Red came out and yelled at Eric to clean his room.

Donna smiled. "I'll meet you at home, Sammie!"

She walked back home and Hyde and I laid down on the concrete driveway, sweating and huffing.

We were side by side, looking up at the dark sky.

"So," I said, swiping the sweat off my head. "I can't wait to see you boys running around town." I started laughing hysterically and I ended up rolling over to Hyde.

He smiled and started laughing with me. "I still think you should go skinny dipping."

I rolled my eyes at him and looked over. "You'd like that wouldn't you?"

He smirked. "I guess."

I smiled and we smirked at each other.

I blinked. "Steven?"

"Yeah?"

"I know why I fell off the water tower."

He looked at me confused. "It was because the hand rail broke, right?"

I shook my head and looked back up. "Not all of the blame should be put on the hand rail."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I was drunk."

"You had one beer, Sam. You were not drunk." He said huffing.

I shook my head once again. "I was. I'm actually… an alcoholic."

He looked at me totally shocked and confused. "Wh-What? No… no you aren't."

"Yeah, I am. My… my dad's an alcoholic, and I have that gene. I found out last year. I ended up in the hospital because of it."

"What?"

"I tried to stop myself from having that beer. I knew it wasn't worth the risk." I fought back a few tears, remembering what happened last year. "I… just wanted you to know."

I stood up, hobbling back to Donna's.

"Sam! Sam, wait."

He grabbed my hand. "It's… ok."

I looked at him, looking for sympathy. "That didn't sound very reassuring."

He nodded. "I know." His frown slowly turned into that beautiful smirk.

"Are you sure? I didn't want to dump this on your lap, but…" I looked up.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Just… forget what I said, ok?"

I tried running back to Donna's but tripped over my own… feet, and ended back on the floor.

Hyde ended up right next to me, lending me a hand. I pulled and he fell right on top of me.

"Um, sorry." I said, feeling myself blush.

He looked at me, then a spark.

Suddenly, someone was yelling at us.

"STEVEN! Get off that poor girl!"

"Dumbass!"

The next thing I knew, Hyde had been pushed off me and Mr. and Mrs. Forman were helping me up.

"Thanks." I said to them, but smirking at Hyde.

I left, knowing the only person who knew my secret was Donna and Hyde. I was hoping that I had put my trust in the right person. I could always black mail him with the photos of him running across town naked.