Hyde was good at fooling people about his feeling, he was good at thinking he didn't care. Which in most cases he didn't care, not one bit. Then walks in his past, all bruised up. And saying don't touch me.

Oh, how he had missed her, he won't show it to her. At least anytime soon, what he did want was answers, but if a single hug pushed him away, how will he ever know what had happened to her?

I guess, that will be for later. Right now, he had to go to the record store and work, or not work, whichever came first.

Jackie wasn't the same, and she knew it. Years ago, if she saw everyone after a long time she would have hugged everyone, and jumped into Steven's arms, but the pain that she was in was too much for anyone to bear, especially for anyone her size. She did tell her job that she wouldn't be going back, once she saw everyone she knew that she had to move back, she didn't tell them much of anything else.

Just in case.

She would be looking for a job, but who would hire a girl with her face all bruised, who could barely pick a single item up. So, she was going to take it easy until she could manage not to feel the pain anymore. She saw him leave, but she didn't want to say anything, it was just weird especially if he wanted to know about well why she looked the way she did. She'd get that way when it was time, but because she had skipped dinner, she was hungry.

It was pretty hot in the house, if she did say so herself, and she was in the jeans and a sweater that Red and Kitty had found her in yesterday, but she wouldn't dare take that off.

She was stubborn, yes but she didn't want anyone to see her that way. For her, if she could manage all they had to know was her face.

They all were starring at her.

Same clothes.

Red and Kitty knew why, but they hated her seeing her that way.

Bruised and Damaged.

"Honey, you must be hungry" Jackie nodded. She sat down next to Eric, as to being the only seat left.

"Jackie, aren't you well hot in that? " Donna questioned.

Same old Donna she thought. And she was burning up hot her sweater and jeans, but
she wasn't about to show them.

"Not really, it's pretty chilly in here actually"

Kitty put a plate of pancakes, extra bacon and eggs in front of her.

Red didn't say much about how much food Kitty had given the girl.

"Why does the Devil get more bacon than me?" Eric questioned.

"Shut It" Red said.

He thinks I'm the devil still, I lived with the devil.

"I'm sorry Jackie, but it is Ba-con" he put his arm on her shoulder, and then he brought her into a hug while sitting.

Which was more pain than Jackie could handle. She ran away to the room, crying about how much pain she was in.

which left everyone questioning, including Red and Kitty who knew there was more than just her face, they feared how much.

"i'll go talk to her" Donna said

"No" Red in a firm voice said. "listen to me, you leave her alone. When it's time she'll come to someone, and don't touch her. Eric didn't you see her damn face?"

Eric really didn't he wasn't paying attention to much except the bacon.

Kitty noticed how she was about to start eating when Eric was hugging her.

She took the plate that Jackie had left behind, and poured her some juice.

She walked off and knocked on the door.

Jackie answered, she expected Donna but got Kitty. And she was so relieved with that.

"I brought you Breakfast, and some juice" she smiled, she was hungry.

She sat on the bed and started to eat.

I noticed the pancakes, were light on the sauce.

She smiled at Kitty. "You remember?"

"Light sauce. Scrambled eggs, and extra crispy bacon. That's how you like to have pancakes."

"I'm gonna have someone bring up your things, i'm pretty sure I know why you didn't want to last night. It hurts to lift anything doesn't it?"

she nodded.

"I'll soon get there where not every movement hurts, give me time"

she smiled at the girl, even if it hurt to see her like that.

She went downstairs, Red was reading the newspaper and eating.

Donna and Eric were done eating.
It was a risky move, but Jackie had to get out of those clothes, maybe having her suitcases there would have given her a chance to shower.

"Kids, I need you to go to the car and take Jackie's belongings up to the room"

Eric moaned at that.

But, they walked away.

"was that really a good idea, Kitty?"

"He will learn to go easy on the girl. They both will, and I think it will enlighten them on how much Jackie has changed, so is a good idea"

Jackie had brought a lot of bags, that was something they both agreed hasn't changed.

Donna lifted 4, while Eric was lifting 2 up. And there was 3 remaining. Right then, Hyde walked out.

"what's up?" Hyde questioned

"oh, you know finished breakfast, and now taking the devil up her very heavy suitcases, I could swear she is carrying bricks in here"

"I'll do it, I didn't want to be in the record store doing nothing, so I left, I could use something to do. you two go do whatever you want"

they didn't think twice they left Hyde to carry them up.

Jackie was laying in bed.

Crying, she couldn't help it.

The pain was just so much for someone her size.

Hyde walked in, he didn't knocked because well, he knew she just wouldn't let him in.

which was the reason he agreed to carry all 9 of her bags by himself.

And then she saw her, there.

In jeans and a shirt, her sweater was off.

It was shocking, then he remembered that she said it hurt,

no wonder it hurt, she was all covered in bruises.

It really sickened him.

This was the girl, that he hated long ago.

The girl that made him have feelings.

That he went to stupid dances with just because she wanted to go.

This was the girl that got away.

He sighed at the viewing of it.

She turned around.

Shit.

She stood up on the bed.

"don't you knock?"

that's all she could say?

"No, I was bring you you're suitcases"

she nodded.

"i know these aren't all so I'll be back." He placed the four he managed and went back and gotten 5 this time. And placed them in the same spot. He sat in the bed with her. The old him would have just walked out and waited for her to come to him, not anymore. She needed him, even if she wouldn't admit it.

"I'm not going anywhere until you talk to me"

she sighed "you want to know why I am all beat up right"

"that's not all I want to know, but that's a good start"

"Life without you, happened ok? I was trying to move on from you and I met this guy Trevor who I thought was going to be the perfect guy I could have, I was wrong though. Everytime, he fails to land a case, or something doesn't go right, or basically anything in the world. He hits me, he doesn't stop until his anger goes away, sometimes, it's not till hours, other times it's just half an hour"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"we hadn't talked in a while, and I didn't want the first thing to tell you was that I was in a bad relationship and needed saving, I'm sorry I never called you but just the sound of your voice would have given me a reason to tell you what was going on, I thought I could handle it on my own"

He got up.

" I have more questions for, it will do for now. Don't worry doll, I won't tell."

"Steven..." She Paused.

"after the whole Sam marriage scam was over why didn't you come after me?"

He was shocked, he didn't expect that.

How was he supposed to answer that?

How was it?

At least it was a bigger J/H moment right

-Chela