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"Forman, why'd you have to tell Red you got engaged? Look at him yelling and waving." Hyde is the first to speak as everyone watches intrigued by the argument going on inside the house. "Oh! A little spit just landed on Bob. Bob's so scared, he's not even wiping it off."

"Oh, my god." Eric is internally panicking as his regret for telling his father grew heavy like a rock in the pit of his stomach. "Oh, my god. This time Red is really gonna kill me. My only hope is that he actually sticks his foot so far up my ass, he can't pull it out, and I get to take him straight to hell with me."

"So, why did you tell him? We had it all planned. We were gonna give them wine, get them all loose and juiced. But you had to spill the beans."

"That's good, Donna. Wine and beans are not a good combo. Hey, toot-toot if you know what I mean." Fez jokes but Donna is clearly not in the mood.

"Sorry, I'm late. I was cutting through backyards on the way over here, and the Henderson's got a new jungle gym! Whoa, they're still yelling?"

"Yeah," Eric turns away from the door to the recently arrived Kelso. "I'm trying to read Red's lips, but I can't make it out. He keeps calling me a 'stupid duck'."

Jackie looks up at Steven from where she was sitting in the Forman's patio chairs. His strong hands were placed on the post, holding him upright as he leans. God, what she would do to be under that arm right now. To stand beside him with her arm around his waist. She saw the way his face light up as Eric spoke and a smirk crept on his face.

Eric snaps his fingers as he put the pieces together. "Ahh!"

"Hey, I'll go spy on them. I just gotta run home real quick and change into my ninja outfit."

"I don't think this situation calls for camouflage, Kelso."

"Well, that doesn't mean it's not fun to wear, Eric!"

Forman's Basement

Steven walks down the basement steps after a delightfully awkward dinner that had really reminded him of home. He notices Jackie sitting on the couch alone for the first time since they woke up this morning.

He wastes little time talking with her, he wanted her and needed to feel her lips again. What was she doing to him? She was like the worlds most intoxicating drug.

"Steven…" she manages to squeak out before their lips met. Jackie moans before pulling Steven as close to her as she could. Steven slips his tongue in-between her lips and trails his hands up her sides, up her neck, finally into her hair to tangle through.

He gently pushes her backwards onto the couch, shifting his hands to the bottom of her white shirt and ran his fingers up underneath the soft cotton to feel her even softer skin.

Slowly the kiss got more and more desperate as Jackie ran her nails down his chest. They knew how risky it was to get so carried away this far out in the open. They just didn't know how close they were to actually getting caught.

"Happy Birthday!" Kelso enters the basement singing in an poorly executed style of opera. Kelso stares quietly at the two who weren't just sitting on the couch but more so lounging across it. "What's going on here?" Steven gains his cool head and moves to sit in his chair. "Don't worry man, it's nothing. I was just helping Jackie look for her watch. She though maybe it fell into the couch." Hopefully Kelso was dim enough to not realize their hands were nowhere near the couch cushions.

"Oh, okay then." He moves to sit next to Jackie on the couch.

"Is that for me?"

"Jackie, it's your birthday?" He couldn't believe that Jackie hadn't said anything. "Hey, why didn't you tell me, man? I would have gotten you something?"

"Well, I didn't want to make a big deal about it, cause I'm trying not to care so much about gifts and material things, and… it's not working because this it beautiful!" She gasps as she looks at the pink sweater Kelso had bought for her. 'I'm going to go try it on! Thank you!"

Kelso just gives her a hug before she runs up the basement steps. Hyde wants so badly to punch Kelso in the arm. How dare he get his girlfriend a birthday present like that? Well Kelso didn't really know any better but still, anger was bubbling.

"Kelso, what are you doing, man?"

"I'm not doing anything."

"Well, whatever you are doing, it's not going to work."

"Well, I'm not doing anything and it is going to work."

"Nope, it isn't. Jackie doesn't want to be with you, man. It's time to just let her go."

"How can it not work if I'm not doing anything? And she does too!"

"How can it work if you're not doing anything?" "Well, if it works, I'll admit I am doing something."

Forman's Basement

Next Day

Jackie flips through the records before placing one she had grown to love since Steven introduced her to it on the player.

"You know that sweater wasn't on sale or anything. Paid full price. Pretty sweet, huh?"

Kelso, who was blocking the basement door, wasn't taking any hints of her annoyance towards him. She shouldn't have accepted that sweater from him. He was already completely unbearable before and now it's worse. "Yes, but it gets less sweet the more you talk about it."

"Sorry. I'm done. Twenty-seven dollars!" He announces taking a seat on the arm of the couch next to where she and Donna sat.

Eric enters through the door drawing Donna's attention away from the magazine. Something Jackie hadn't been able to do all afternoon. "Hey. How was work with Red?"

"It was terrible. I thought Red not talking to me would be cool, but today instead of telling me to sweep the back room, he just threw a broom at me."

"Well, what about if I talked to him? I mean, we've always gotten along. Maybe I can get through to him." Jackie took in Donna's words thinking it may work. Donna was Red's third favorite of the group, behind her and Steven of course.

"Donna, I'm not going to make you fight my battles for me. I mean, I'm not going to ask the woman that I love to do what I should do. But Red will be home around 5:30, so try to catch him before dinner, okay?"

Finally the one she had been waiting for all day walks through the door. Steven comes in bringing Fez along with him, both were smiling strangely. "Attention, everyone. My friend Fez has some wonderful news."

"Knock, knock."

"Who's there?" Kelso says.

"I did it!" Fez exclaims, and everyone cheers for their weird, foreigner, perverted friend.

"Now, now, wait, wait! I wanna hear this. 'I did it' who?" Kelso questions, clearly misunderstanding the point of the joke.

"Oh, wait, Fez, I can't believe you finally lost your virginity!"

"So? Come on. Tell us all about it."

"Yeah." Fez takes a seat on the couch between Donna and Jackie and Hyde pulls the lawn chair up close to the sofa to be able to sneak his hand onto the side of Jackie's thigh. "Okay. Well, it was incredible. Nina and I started out kissing in the living room, then we moved into the bedroom, where we undressed. And, well, then… Then we did it."

Kelso pulls the ottoman up next to Forman. "What… Details Fez. WE need details!"

"Well, our faces didn't line up right, so I kept bumping my chin on her nose."

Jackie steals a glance at Steven trying to figure out how the hell Fez had managed that one.

"And then there were some sounds."

Steven shares the same look his girl has. "What kind of sounds?"

"Well, I will say this, it was not applause. There was no romantic music, like in the movies, so I had to hum. And then Nina told me to stop humming. And then I started again without realizing it. And then she got mad and then I think she got sad."

"Oh, well, don't worry, Fez. She probably just felt bad that she was doing it with a foreigner."

"And then afterwards, I went into the bathroom, and… and cried a little."

Steven bites his lips to keep from laughing softly to himself. He sees Jackie attempting the same as she turns away from Fez. Sure everyone was a virgin once but he has never known an experience to be so bad.

"And then I snuck out the back door."

"Poor Fez," Donna rubs his arm. "You know, at least it couldn't have been any worse."

"I left my underwear in her bathroom."

Hyde's Bedroom

1:00 am

"What are you thinking about?" Steven says wrapping his arms around her before pulling her down to the bed.

"About poor Fezzie."

"Yeah that really sucks."

"Mhm. Do you remember our first time?"

"Of course babe. It was too damn good to forget."

Steven searched Jackie's eyes for some clue - the momentary spark of bravery and stupidity that had led him to follow her to the concrete steps and whisk her off her feet carrying her back into the basement was beginning to was he doing? More importantly, what was she thinking?

As he finally reached his bedside, their eyes delve deep into one another - Jackie's beautiful brownish hazel eyes, accentuated by the darkness, spoke a truthfulness that Steven had never quite seen before. For the first time in a situation such as this, his lips struggled to form words, unsure of the right thing to say. Although he may be rather soft at heart, when confronted with real emotions, his response was usually to run and hide. After a breathless, intense moment, his gaze slowly passed over to the bed below them. Her eyes followed his and an unspoken understanding passed between them; an understanding that is was now or never. Let's not think about it. Their gazes return and he saw, deep within her, an acceptance and recognition that she wanted the same thing. A small smile began to curl at his lips before Jackie pulled towards him in a passionate embrace.

Tightly, his arms wrapped around her; his strong hands, fingers fanning out wide, held her gently before sweeping round and collapsing onto his bed. Their kisses became more intense. He began to trace his lips gently along her neck which made her shiver in delightful pleasure. Her delicate hands began to trace the outline of his surprisingly muscular back; swiftly her fingers scooped under the hem of his shirt and raised it over his head, dragging her nails gently across his skin as she did.

Steven's eager hands explored the gentle curves of her body. He wanted to relish in this moment. That wasn't good enough for Jackie. She wanted him. Bad. Her hand gently massaged him, she was surprised at the size. He wanted this as badly was she did. As a wave of passion swept over her, she leant forward and began to kiss him with a hunger she had rarely felt before.

The feel of Jackie Burkhart's hand on that most intimate part of his body made Steven Hyde want to explode. Looking up, he could see her pupils were dilated and her breathing shallow and rapid. This was happening.

Hands searched, mouths probed and minds whirled. Lost in the moment, his hands sought out her small, soft breasts. His warm mouth searched for her nipples and his tongue gently teased them as his soft breath cooled his kisses. Urgently, his kisses moved lower. Her mind was lost in a whirl of pleasure - she was living in the moment. Drinking in every drop of this, not thinking of the consequences. As he began to kiss her intimately, with a swirl of tongue and fingers, she felt like she might explode. Her breath quickened. No. Not like this. She wanted him now. Digging her fingers into his shoulders she raised him towards her.

One hand slipped under her back and entangled itself in her ebony hair, the other reached towards her faced, his thumb softly brushed a strand of her from her glowing cheek. She grasped his hip with one small, soft hand and his back with the other and gently guided him inside her. Slowly. Excruciatingly slow. Their eyes kept locked until the moment when he began to withdraw and her eyes flashed shut in intense pleasure. Was he teasing her? No, he was trying to enjoy it. Wanting it to last. Locking eyes again, the desire in Jackie's gaze urged him to work harder, faster, stronger... Grabbing him tightly with both hands she urged him into a quick, breathless rhythm. Rapidly, she could feel the familiar swell of pleasure begin to grow inside her.

His breath caught as Jackie took control and urged him to increase his pace.
Their hips rocked together, in perfect rhythm. He could see her inhibitions slip further and further away as she was swept along on a wave of pure ecstasy. Any other time he would have marveled in this, but his pleasure was of equal, if not increased, proportion and left little time for reflection.

No words were spoken but he could feel her heart beating against his chest, her legs began to wrap tightly around his back and she seemed to be lost in her own pleasure. He took that as his cue - deftly increasing his speed, quicker, quicker ... Until the point came that he could wait no longer and the sweet release shuddered though his body. They each breathlessly held into one another. The only sound the racing of hearts and the rush of blood flowing through their veins.

"Thank god for the Forman's Independence day party or we may not gotten away with making so much noise."

Forman's Driveway

"I'm so nervous about working with Nina today. It's like, now that we did it, I never wanna see her face again."

"Yep, you did it alright." Hyde says before shooting a basket while reminiscing on the days when he used to enjoy kicking a girl to the curb.

Jackie approaches and takes Steven by surprise. She had changed since she got dressed this morning. Kelso and his big mouth get out the words he was think but in a slightly different tone. "Hey, hey! Look who's wearing a twenty-seven dollar sweater!"

"Jackie why are you wearing that sweater?" He says less than pleased.

"Why not?" She shrugs.

"Maybe because it's from Kelso."

"Yeah, but it's so pink and fuzzy that it just makes up for it."

"Hyde, she's not your girlfriend why do you care?" Eric questions.

"Because she's not Kelso's girl either. He's doing something and I don't like it."

"I'm not doing anything and it's working."

"Just take it off." Hyde says calmly trying not to come across as though he might actually have feelings.

"Leave it on."

"Take it off. Let's see some skin." Fez joins in.

"Yeah. Take it off." Eric agrees.

"Why is everyone against me?"

Fez shakes his head in disapproval. "Because you're telling a girl to keep her top on."

"Yeah, they're right take it off."

Jackie rolls her eyes and goes to find Donna and Mrs. Forman. She was in desperate need of some girl time.

Forman's Basement

Jackie is left pacing around the basement in the incredible, insatiable silence. Her Steven is just sitting on the couch with a newspaper in hand. They're all alone and usually by now that'd mean, clothes on the floor, hands entangled in hair, sweating, moaning and rock music playing louder than the sounds of his old cot hitting the wall.

However, Steven refuses to talk let alone touch her until she takes off the damn sweater. She doesn't entirely understand why it bothers him so much. She's made it clear, very clear, that she's over Michael Kelso. Why does he have to be so insecure.

Just as she sat on the couch next to him, Fez rescues the two from drowning in sexual tension, by joining them in the basement. "Oh, working with someone you have had sex with, is the worst thing ever. I don't know how Donny and Marie do it." He takes a seat in the lawn chair as Kelso walks down the interior steps to join his friends. "You know sex ruins everything."

"No, I disagree, Fez. I mean sure, the first time can be awkward. I mean, it wasn't for me and Jackie, but for you regular people." Jackie squints her eyes in displeasure remembering that first time a little differently than Kelso was through his rose colored glasses. She sees Steven glaring through his aviators with a look that could kill. "You know, maybe I should tell the story. Yeah it's a great story, Fez."

"You know what, Kelso, the story I remember is that you didn't call her for a week." Hyde tosses the paper back on the spindle coffee table and turns vindictively towards Kelso.

"I was going to skip over that part."

"Wait, that's right, you didn't call me."

"That's because he was thinking about breaking up with you."

"What!?"

"No, I told you, we were getting our phones cleaned." Kelso restates his idiotic excuses.

"And then, to get back on your good side, he bought you a stupid stuffed unicorn."

"Fluffycakes? Fluffycakes is tainted!"

"See, he wanted something from you, so he bought you a present. Sound familiar?"

"Michael why did you buy me this sweater?"

"Alright, it's time to come clean. I stole the sweater!"

"Michael!"

"Come on Jackie. We belong together, just take me back. I've been punished enough."

Hyde's 'I've ruined your secret plan' smirk is stretched unbelievable large across his face as Jackie tears the sweater off and tosses it to the floor. "I don't want it. Take it back."

"Now we're talking Jackie, give us a little dance." Fez jokes but Jackie isn't taking it. She storms from the basement just absolutely furious.

"I told you it wouldn't work." Hyde laughs.

"I wasn't doing anything!"

Forman's Basement

1:00 am

Jackie steps quietly into the basement. She felt drained and just utterly, physically, and emotionally exhausted. She plops down on the couch next to Steven, too tired to be mad anymore.

"How are you, babe?"

"How do you think? I just found out that my first boyfriend wasn't just a bad boyfriend I thought he was, but a terrible, lying, manipulative scumbag. And here I am the fool again, a joke for you all to laugh at in your stupid circle." Jackie places her hands over her eyes to mask her tears. She hated to cry in front of him, especially about Michael."

"Jackie, you are a strong women and you choose to care about people who don't deserve you. Donna isn't that great of a friend but you're always there to help and listen to her. You're parents don't deserve a daughter like you and you love them nonetheless. Michael cheated, lied, hurt, and neglected you. You deserved none of that and you stood by him. And then there's me."

Jackie looks up at his bared eyes, feeling the emotion and truth in his words. He believes in everything he's saying.

"You are strong and forgiving, you care more for others than for yourself, even if you'd never let any of us believe that. You love people even if they don't deserve or appreciate that. But Kelso, he's an idiot. He lost the most incredible woman and made me a pretty lucky man." He kisses her forehead standing up from the couch. "You've never been the fool or the joke, that's always been Kelso. Wait here for a minute please." He walks towards his room.

Steven Hyde may seem unemotional but he's really the kindest man she's ever met. Always there for her, to guide her and protect her. He may not have said 'I love you' to her yet but boy did that man love her.

Steven emerges from the bedroom, "Jackie."

"Mhm?"

"Happy Birthday." He takes a seat in his chair with a carefully wrapped present in his hands.

"Steven, you shouldn't have." She excitedly unwraps the box, pulling out a familiar t-shirt. "It's a Led Zeppelin t- shit and it's used."

"Yeah it's my favorite one. You're my chick now and I want you to have it."

"Ah, Steven, I love it!"

"You don't have to wear it, if you don't want to."

"What if I wear it and only it?" She smirks at him.

"Bedroom. Now."