A/N: Thank you everyone for the reviews, I love them. This chapter is a little different as we start to get into a different perception. I hope you'll like.

Forman's Kitchen

9:30 am

She was right, she's always right and he hates it. This time though he thanks god that Jackie was right. Mr. Forman was going to be okay and in the morning he'd be coming home. Mrs. Forman had been spending all her nights at the hospital with Red and so the Forman household had been lacking adult supervision for the last few weeks. Laurie and Fez had taken off for their honeymoon in Cancun, Donna had kicked Jackie out so her house so she and Forman could be alone in there, and that left himself alone in the Forman house with Jackie.

All alone, that's the way he likes her. When left without discretion, he and Jackie really get around to enjoying their time together. She came into the basement a little after midnight.

The door creaks open and Steven turns his head away from the television and sees Jackie and her tiny form step into the basement. She's dressed in a pair of extremely and inappropriately short black cotton shorts and a long sleeve purple shirt that clings to her skin and drops low enough on her chest to drive him crazy. She's driving him crazy.

She sits on the couch and Steven can't stay away from her for even a second longer. He climbs on top her pinning her to the tattered cushions. He brushes her perfects ebony curls away from her face and kisses her exposed earlobe, taking it into his teeth before whispering, "I missed you."

"I missed you too. Donna kicked me out, but I was going to sneak out anyway."

"Good, we have the whole house to ourselves, no whiny geeks, perverted foreigners, or nosey parents. We are all alone."

"Thank god, I've been meaning to get you alone." She wraps her hands around his neck and pulls him down to her lips.

She was the fuel to his life, his guilty pleasure, his dream. Over the last year, maybe two, she had become his best friend, his confidant, his love. The soft kisses she lays on his cheek and the hugs that pull him close to her body drive him insane.

Her lips were irresistible, soft and supple yet urgent and frantic. Her eyes were wondrous in smothering of his soul or hurt or whatever. She made him feel light and airy and that is an amazement on it's own. Her delicate figure molds with his body perfectly and he's reminded once again that maybe soul mates might just exist.

Steven cups her face and kisses her tenderly and gently as if to treasure every crease in her lips and every movement in her face. Her fingers tangle in his hair to keep him close, and his lips move in desperation of feeling, tasting, enjoying every part of her.

The basement air is warm, thick, almost as if to suffocate the two of them. They've always had passion, and intimacy and a raw, tangible energy. He's never had that with anyone else, Jackie was, is, special. Steven kisses her jawline sensually, leaving a trail of hot, wet kisses down her neck.

"I'm glad Donna kicked you out."

"I'm glad too."

He had come up from the basement for a bowl of cereal just moments before Kelso came in the door looking absolutely ridiculous in a red track suit and a headband. For some reason the moron was actually taking the training for the police academy seriously. It's good for him, maybe not so much for everyone else in Point Place, but for him.

He watches silently as his dimwitted friend starts cracking eggs into a glass. "Yeah, it's a sweatband, I'm wearing sweatbands now."

"What are you doing?"

"Well, the police academy starts in a week, so I gotta get in shape. So I'm eating raw eggs, like Rocky."

"Kelso, Rocky ate raw eggs cause he was training for a fight. If he was training for the police academy he'd just drop out of high school and grow a bad mustache."

"Oh, I'm growing the bad mustache."

Hyde always found comfort in knowing that his dimwitted friend would always remain his dimwitted friend. Kelso never listens to the words that come out of his mouth and as long as those words weren't about Jackie, it never fails to crack a smile on his face.

The sliding door opens and Eric comes trotting into the kitchen in nothing but Donna's blouse and his underpants. "Forman, man, just because Penny's is having a sale doesn't mean you have to buy everything," Kelso jokes.

"Hello, boys." Jackie wanders through the kitchen door. She had been upstairs getting ready for her day but now she was pushing his limits. She comes in wearing the smallest bikini Hyde has ever seen and on Jackie, he found himself wanting to throw a shirt to her.

"Hey, Jackie. Do you want to see something hot?"

"No, I'm on my way to the pool, Michael."

"Watch me drink my eggs."

"No, wait, Michael-"

"Hold on Jackie, I'm drinking my eggs."

"No, Michael stop!"

"Whatever it is Jackie, it can wait until after I drink my eggs." Kelso cut her off and gulps down his glass of raw eggs in one swallow. "Now, what is so important?"

"You're allergic to eggs."

"Oh, man I am, I've gotta go to the hospital."

"I'll drive you, I've gotta pick up my dad anyways."

Jackie watches as Eric and Michael leave shutting the door behind them. Steven walks around the corner towards the basement without saying as much as one word to Jackie. He flashes her a smirk which she knew meant trouble. Good trouble. She follows him slowly down the steps.

Forman's Basement

Eric walks into his basement after leaving his mother and father in the living room. He sits on his strangely empty couch and watches his rather boring television show. It isn't even a few moments though before he hears a strange sound echoing off the walls of his basement. Hyde's bedroom door is open just a crack, curiously Eric walks over to the door and peaks through the crack.

Hyde is straddling Jackie, they are both fully clothed and on his bed. He leans down and kisses her softly and slowly, working in slow motion to enjoy every millisecond of the kiss. Hyde pulls away and runs his fingers down her face. He smiles and leans back down to her; this time kissing the top of her head, forehead and nose before returning to her mouth. Their tongues tangle and fight playfully. Jackie moans in pleasure and Hyde slips his right hand around the base of her head pulling her closer. The kiss deepens and their movements speed up; the passion they feel for each other urging them on. After a minute, Hyde breaks the kiss; both are breathless and eyes overflowing with lust. "Steven." Jackie moans, unhappy their kiss stopped.

"Shh… patience baby, it'll be worth the wait." Hyde says in a low husky voice. He attaches his lips to her neck, alternating between kissing and nibbling her soft skin. His other hand dances over her opposite collar bone and Jackie moans. Hyde withdraws his lips from her neck and sucks on her earlobe, his hand now running through her silky hair. His lips travel to her cheek, kissing it gently, he then pulls back and their eyes meet again.

Eric backs away from the door, his emotions tugging at him - shock, embarrassment, disgust, with a twinge of jealously thrown in. He shakes his head. They were like brothers and it always hurt Eric when Hyde was down and pissed off; Hyde is a great guy and he deserves to be happy, but Jackie!

Forman's Basement

Eric and Donna enter the basement just after eight to find Kitty asleep on the couch surrounded by laundry. She's still in her nurses uniform, probably because she hadn't been given the chance to change since her morning shift.

Eric taps his mother's shoulder. "Mom?"

"Fabric softener! I'm up!"

"Mrs. Forman are you okay?"

"Oh, sure, I'm…I'm late for work." She checks her watch and decides to just throw the last of the laundry in a basket.

"You're working tonight?"

"Oh honey, nights can be our busiest time. Lots of people stroke out after a big salty dinner."

"But you worked all day."

"I know, I've gotta go." She hands the basket to her son, "Okay, um, there's food in the…oh who am I kidding? There's no food."

Eric watches his tired and frantic mother run up the stairs feeling like just the absolute worst person. He sets the basket down on the freezer, turning around shaking his head. "They can't do this to me. They can not do this to me. I need to get out of here. I need to leave! Of all the people in the world that have ever had to go anywhere, it's me needing to get the hell out of here. I have to go!"

Donna walks over slowly to Eric and his freak out. "Okay…okay."

"Donna, I have to stay." "I know. It'll be okay just calm down."

"Sorry, I'm stressed out and haven't gotten much sleep. I kept picturing Hyde and Jackie sucking face last night every time I closed my eyes and that's worse than a nightmare." He nonchalantly says with his head resting in his hands.

"Ew. Why would you… Hyde and Jackie! Hyde and Jackie are fooling around! Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was going to. I saw them in his bedroom after I brought my parents home. It was all hands, tongues, touching, kissing…it was horrible. Like siamese twins joined at the beard."

"Gross. I can't believe they would do this. I can't believe I'm going to miss out on that drama, especially when Kelso finds out. His best friend is fooling around with his girlfriend, that's going to hurt."

"Wait you're still going?"

"Um, yeah. I'm still going. I think it's amazing that you're willing to put your life on hold for your family," she kisses him and clasps her hand in his own. "I have to go. We'll see each other on weekends."

"Yeah, alright. I can't believe you're leaving."

"I have to go."

Forman's Kitchen

"I can't believe they would do this. How stupid and selfish can they possibly be?" Donna mutters under her breath after watching Hyde and Jackie make out in the el camino when they thought no one could see. Donna just shakes her head and stuffs her face with another twonkie.

"Satan corrupts, that's what she does. She got to him."

"How could they do this to Kelso? He deserves better than this. They can't just fool around behind his back, a friend comes before a quick screw, we all know that."

"They're just screwing around, we'll tell them we know and then they'll stop and maybe Kelso won't have to know. Maybe he and Jackie can even get back together."

"Yeah that's an idea. But I kind of like the idea of torturing them."

"They deserve to be punished but the longer this atrocity goes on the worse it'll be. Jackie can't dig her claws into Hyde."

"No, we can't let that happen."

"No, we can not."

Mrs. Forman waltzes into the kitchen with her usual pep in her step that makes her the heart of the family. She takes notice quickly of the glum and angry faces of her son and soon-to-be daughter-in-law. "Why the long faces?"

"Nothing, just dill holes being dill holes." Donna grumbles.

"Oh sounds like you know."

"We know what?"

"You know."

"Mom, how long have you known about Hyde and Jackie screwing around?"

"Eric Forman, watch your dirty little mouth and I would expect that you and Donna would understand, of all people. Those two aren't just messing around."

"Oh, come on mom, they're are too. Jackie is Kelso's chick."

"No, she's not. Now you listen to me you little nitwits, those two are happy and they are going to remain that way and you two will not mess this up. They need it. They need each other, you hear me."

"How long have you known? Mrs. Forman?"

"Quite a few weeks now. You two don't understand what it's like to find your soulmate and have everything you've been so confused by just fall into place. When they hold your hand and it fits perfectly, and a single kiss does more to light up your life than the sun. They are always there to hold you and catch you when you fall and hear you without needing to speak a word. They are soul mates because no fight is too big and no conflict is too hard to figure out and at the end of the day, they never give up on each other. I remember feeling like that when I met Red."

Eric and Donna just sit at the kitchen table in dumbfounded silence as they absorb the words Kitty is speaking. Her scolding tone had dissipated and she seems locked into her own mind. "You two haven't seen them when they're together, not really, but when you do you'll understand. You'll see what I mean."

"I just don't get it. Hyde is not her type. They don't make sense. Why would she go after him, I know she chased me a few years ago, but I thought she got over that, why him? Hyde's cold, and often harsh, I don't get it. I thought she loved Kelso."

"Donna, sweetie, Steven protects her, he went to jail for her, gave her a safe place to sleep when she had nothing left. The boy took her to prom, he encouraged her to do what's best for herself especially when it came to Michael. He defends her against you, Eric, and Michael and the hurt you all cause her. He convinced you to let her move in so she could have a home again. He's always there to help when she cries. Steven dances with her because it makes her happy. He encourages her to be independent and strong, puts himself in uncomfortable situations for her, and he is always there for her to rely on. It might seem as though they hated each other but that's just not true. Steven actually likes her little nicknames for him and you know, she always sits on his lap when you all aren't around and it's real cute too. They make each other better people. My baby boy found the love of his life, my little orphan boy found his princess and you two aren't going to screw this up for them. I won't let it happen so get on board or leave them alone."

"Okay." Eric mumbles feeling slightly embarrassed that his mother just reamed him out.

"Yeah, okay, Mrs. Forman."

"How do you know all this?

"They are my children they tell me things." She watches as they roll their eyes at her. "Jackie, she tells me things."

Forman's Basement

"So, it turns out going away sex is even more hot than break up sex." Eric tosses a chip into his mouth.

"So that's what you've been up to with all this 'could be the last time' crap." Donna steps down off the last basement step and takes a seat on the couch next to Jackie pushing Eric off backwards. "Well, no more for you."

"But- oh fine."

Donna stares off into the television. The boys had been watching Laverne and Shirley before she came down and Kelso took off with Fez. That was probably Jackie's choice. They had been watching a lot of Jackie's TV shows lately, she hadn't noticed until now. Usually Hyde would complain until she changed it or change it himself.

"I'm getting a soda, does anyone want anything?"

Donna looks up at Jackie, "Yeah I'll take one."

Jackie heads up and the steps and Donna watches Hyde's eyes follow her as Jackie walks up the steps. His head turns and his eyes glaze over her small figure as her heels clip the steps and she turns the corner and disappears. His head turns away slowly as though he doesn't want to stop looking at her.

Jackie comes back down the stairs after a moment or two and Hyde's eyes go instantly back to hers and she smiles softly before walking behind him and gently placing her hand on his shoulder. How has she never noticed them before? They've just gotten away with this touching and kissing thing for the last couple of weeks. How has she not noticed?

"Here, Donna." Jackie hands her a generic soda and she notices and small inked sketch on the inside of her left ring finger.

"Jackie!" She snatches her hand. "What the hell!?"

"Ouch!" Jackie glares and pulls her hand away.

"You got a tattoo?" Jackie neither nodded nor shook her head no but just stares Donna down waiting for her to just move on. "You got a tattoo and you didn't tell me. Something this important and you didn't tell me. I'm your best friend, you're supposed to tell me things."

"Well, I don't have to tell you everything. Some stories need to be earned. I have cheer practice." Jackie just shook her head and walks out the basement door leaving her unopened soda on the table.

Just a minute or so passes before Hyde stands up and walks towards the basement door he had been staring at since it closed behind Jackie. "Where you going?"

"Work." He shuts the door quickly and quietly behind him.

"Did you see him watching her? He loves her, man."

"So what now?"

"I don't know"

"Do we tell them that we know?"

"Why force them out? Let them figure it out when they're ready."

"Right."

"They'll bring it up when they are ready." Eric smiles and heads up the steps for more chips leaving Donna alone in the basement.

May 8, 197?

Five Weeks Ago

2:14 am

The sun had dropped below the horizon hours ago and Steven has found himself in the place he loves more than anything, curled up in bed with Jackie.

"So, I told them that I quit. If they don't understand my worth to the team then they don't need me and I certainly don't need them." She has been yapping on for the last thirty minutes or so without a breath but it sounds important so he stays quiet and listens. "Can you believe they wouldn't reelect me cheer captain with out a boyfriend?"

"You have a boyfriend. You could've told them if it meant that you could stay on the squad." He runs his hands through her hair.

"No offense puddin' pop but you've slept with half those girls-"

"But I chose you. I love you and I settled down with you. I chose you." He says softly. Jackie loves the way his voice gets soft as if he's almost uncomfortable to speak honestly, even with her.

"Okay, and I don't need them. Cheering doesn't make me happy anymore, I don't need cheerleading, or the popular crowd, or the money anymore, I don't need it to be happy. You make me happy."

"You make me happy too, Doll." Steven kisses her finger tips and then stares down at her ring finger and at his own and their matching tattoos. A small sketch, an outline of mountains crumbling into the sea. It was very small and hidden yet it was still strange nobody had noticed this past week. Their friends were truly self absorbed.

"If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you." She sings softly smiling up at him.

"When the mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me." He finishes the lyric and kisses her softly.

A/N: I thought over the idea of the tattoo forever. I decided that Jackie would likely get a tattoo if it were done tastefully. Maybe later we will earn the story of how the came to the decision to get a tattoo. Please Review!