A/N : Okay, so I'm not sure yet if this one is going to work out, but I so love writing for this fandom that I have to go with the flow and just hope that it does. Here's another story for all you J/H fans out there, and we're going right back to Season 1...

Rating : PG-13

Summary : Jackie Burkhart and Steven Hyde pretty much hated each other from the get go, and yet he still agreed to take her to the Junior Prom. Despite his best attempts, Kelso was unable to win Jackie back that night, and everything changed between the rich bitch and the Zen master. Re-writing Season One from 'Prom Night' onwards. JH.

Disclaimer : All recognisable characters from 'That 70's Show' do not belong to me in any way at all.

"Jackie, man, that's like the third time you stepped on my toes in the past two minutes" Hyde complained, as the girl in lilac quickly apologised and moved her feet, "Geez, I thought I was the one who didn't know how to dance so well"

"I'm sorry" Jackie apologised, "But it's not my fault, it's stupid Michael's fault! He keeps on staring at me, and I can't concentrate"

"Yeah, he's glaring at me too" Hyde noted as he glanced at Kelso, who looked back at him with what passed for the evil eye where he was concerned. He then stared forlornly at Jackie's back, looking like someone just kicked his puppy, completely ignoring his slutty date, Pam Macey.

"Y'know, Jackie, he's probably just jealous that you came to the Prom with some other guy" he told his date, who frowned.

"You're not just 'some other guy', Steven" she told him, "And I really am grateful that you agreed to be my date tonight, I know you hate this kind of thing"

"It's been pointed out to me that I pretty much hate everything" Hyde smirked, "Besides, y'know, this isn't so bad" he shrugged, "At least I have the prettiest date here" he said without thinking, and Jackie blushed at the unexpected compliment.

It bothered Hyde somewhat that he'd said that out-loud. It was true, he knew that much, Jackie really did look prettier than every other girl in the streamer-filled gym, but for him to come out and tell her like that, it just wasn't like him. Prom did weird things to people, he was sure of it. Still, he couldn't blame the event entirely for the fact he and Jackie were actually having a passably good time here tonight.

When he'd told her that they pretty much always hated each other, she'd agreed with him, and she'd been right too. They both knew their opinions of each other, it had been obvious from Day One, but then, perhaps now they were getting to know each other better they were finding their instant opinions had been unfair.

Hyde saw Jackie Burkhart as the stereotypical shallow cheerleader, who had little to worry about except if her nail polish matched her outfit, and nothing to do except her hair. At the same time, Jackie saw Steven Hyde as just another lazy bum with far too many opinions that he couldn't or wouldn't keep to himself.

Now they'd spent a little time alone together, actually attempting to get along and have fun, they found they didn't mind the others company half so much as usual. Hyde had always thought Jackie was totally hot, and would've congratulated Kelso on such a girlfriend, had she not always been so bossy and abrasive. Similarly, Jackie had noticed that whilst he might not be conventionally attractive, Steven was far from the ugliest guy she'd ever seen, and the way he acted did at least give him an air of maturity, especially when compared to Michael who was such a baby about everything. It was shocking when she thought of the secret he'd once told her, about being kept back in first grade. He was a whole year older than his friends and yet mentally he could easily pass for twelve years old!

"He's still staring, isn't he?" Jackie complained as she felt her ex boyfriends eyes burning a hole in her back.

"Yeah" Hyde confirmed with a nod, "I think this is really pissing him off, y'know me being here with you"

"Why?" Jackie asked, "I mean, it's not like we're still together. He chose to be with Pam Macey and so I let him go be with her"

"You really think Kelso's brain works logically like that?" Hyde chuckled, "All he sees is you dumped him and now you're here with me" he told her, "The whole thing with Pam and all, he doesn't see that what he did was wrong"

"Well, it was" Jackie snapped, "and I am done being messed around by stupid boys like Michael Kelso" she said, practically stamping her feet in frustration.

Hyde made sure to keep his feet well away from hers, knowing as he did that when she stopped concentrating on her feet she would just end up injuring his toes again!

"Y'know what, Jackie" he told her with a smile, "I used to think you were kind of annoying and stupid" he admitted, as her eyes went wide, "But you're alright, man. You have a spine, at least, enough to dump Kelso when he messed you around. I respect that" he told her, as a smile she couldn't help lit up her face suddenly.

"Thank you, Steven" she said sincerely, going up on her toes to kiss his cheek, just like she had earlier when he gave her the corsage that now sat on her wrist.

Despite having told her earlier that they shouldn't do stuff like that, it didn't prevent Hyde from letting her kiss him, or starting to wonder what it might be like to kiss her for real. After all, she was the hottest girl here as he'd already admitted, and despite the attraction he thought he'd once felt to Donna, she couldn't be further from his mind right now. He knew as well as anybody that the red-head really belonged with Eric, but it was starting to seem that Jackie and Kelso were not quite as destined as they'd once seemed.

"What?" Jackie asked, as Hyde continued to stare at her strangely.

"Nothing" he said suddenly, shaking his head, and looking away, wondering how he had gotten into such deep thought about kissing Jackie.

Okay so he didn't so much hate her anymore, but he should not be thinking about kissing her. Man, that was weird, he thought, as he blamed some possibly spiked punch for making him think such things. The only problem with that theory being that he hadn't actually had any punch yet…

"I wish Michael would quit it!" Jackie suddenly complained as Steven turned her around and she spotted her ex still watching her, now making a big deal of touching Pam, as if to make Jackie jealous that it wasn't her in his arms. In reality all he was doing was bugging the hell out of her, strangely she didn't feel green with envy at all.

"Y'know if he's going to keep staring like that, we should maybe give him something to stare at" Hyde considered, as he grew increasingly annoyed at the way his friend was throwing evil looks their way.

It was pathetic and childish, trying to make Jackie feel jealous, and himself feel guilty. Kelso was the one that had screwed up here, not either of them,

"Give him something to stare at, how?" Jackie asked, as Hyde turned her around once again before pulling her very close.

"Like this" he said, and Jackie was sure he was going to kiss her, despite the fact the very idea of it was crazy.

She anticipated a perfect moment, the thought of which, far from disgusting her actually excited her, and yet it never came.

Hyde was never going to kiss her, she realised, as she opened her eyes that had fallen shut of their own accord. He'd surprised them all a few months ago when they went to the disco and he proved he could dance even better than the other guys, now Jackie was shocked all over again as he executed those moves so well-practised, displaying her to the room like a beautiful flower, just as Fez had done that night.

Kelso never could dance with her properly, and Jackie loved to dance. It seemed Hyde knew how to move, and she was as happy as ever in his arms as he spun her round the room, catching the attention of more than just Kelso by now. They were centre of attention, a place Jackie loved to be, and yet she was surprised that Steven would want this, all eyes on him. He seemed to always want to hide away, his name suiting him perfectly of course. It was as she met his eyes, that were for one night only not hidden by his usual tinted glasses, that she realised he probably didn't like the attention, anymore than he liked the suit he was wearing, or the fact he'd conformed to societies rules and attended a school dance. He hated all of it, and yet he was here, doing all this, for her.

Hyde himself wasn't quite sure what had come over him. When he'd said they should give Kelso something to stare at he'd had various ideas of what that something might be. At least half of them would've got him a slap round the face from Jackie he was sure, but this one, dancing with her in a way that Kelso never could and that would drive him crazy, this actually seemed to be the best idea of all.

The one small problem was, neither he nor Jackie actually cared enough by now to look around for Kelso and see if he was watching them. They only had eyes for each other, which was odd for two people that before tonight barely liked each other, such was the magic that a Prom could perform.

As the song ended, and a few couples around the room applauded the show Jackie and Hyde and put on, they both seemed suddenly aware of their surroundings and entirely embarrassed.

"Okay" he said, looking cautiously around them, "Really never thought the Disco Fever would get me"

Jackie laughed lightly at that as they moved from the centre of the floor and away from the other dancers, headed for the buffet table.

"You are a really great dancer, Steven" she complimented him, "Maybe not quite as good as Fez, or me, but still really great" she smiled, meaning for that to be a compliment, even if it was a little shaky on the dismount.

Hyde was about to say something when a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder jerking him backward and sending the glass of punch he'd been about to hand to Jackie flying in the air, the contents soaking the front of her dress in bright red liquid.

"Michael, you idiot!" she wailed, as Pam Macey arrived on the scene, suppressing a giggle at the sight of Kelso's ex covered in the sticky drink.

"Oh Jackie, you spoilt your pretty dress" she gasped with fake concern, "Never mind, now you look messy enough to match your date!" she said nastily as Hyde shrugged Kelso's hand off his shoulder and turned on him angrily.

"What the hell are you doing, man?" he wanted to know.

"No, what the hell are you doing, man?!" Kelso yelled back at him, "You brought Jackie to the Prom and totally dogged me!"

"Okay, one, you guys are broken up" Hyde counted on his fingers, "Two, you already said you were going with Pam Macey before me and Jackie decided to go together, and three, she cried man!" Hyde pointed out,.

"And now she's crying again, like a big baby" Pam pointed out with am amused smile, and both Hyde and Kelso turned to see Jackie running through crowds of dancing teens, evidently very upset and embarrassed.

"I should go after her" her ex declared, moving to do just that. Hyde's arm across his chest stopped him from going anywhere.

"No way, man" he said firmly, going after Jackie himself, "You did enough damage already"

"Oh yeah?" Kelso called after him, "Well... you suck, Hyde!" was he best insult he could come up with, which he yelled at his supposed friend.

Hyde pretty much ignored him, knowing Kelso wouldn't be sorry about Jackie or mad at him after a couple of minutes alone with Pam. She had ways and means of making guys forget what day of the week it was, at least that's what he'd read on the bathroom wall.

Right now, Hyde was too concerned with Jackie to be thinking too much about Kelso or his date. Despite the new side he'd seen to her lately, Hyde knew Jackie was still crazy about her clothes and her looks. If her dress were ruined, and it probably was, she was bound to be upset, not just over the stains on there clothes but also from the embarrassment of such a thing happening to her here.

"Hey, Jackie" Hyde called, as he tapped on the door of the nearest girls bathroom.

It was the obvious place she would've run to. Since Donna wasn't here to play best girly friend, first course of action would be find a place with water to clean herself up, and privacy to cry in.

Unfortunately she didn't seem eager to answer him, and all he got was weird looks and giggles from the girls who did emerge. After a while he'd seen more than a dozen girls traipse in and out of the bathroom and he was growing bored of this. Checking that nobody was watching he pushed on the door and let himself inside.

"Steven!" Jackie gasped, "You can't be in the girls bathroom!" she told him, eyes wide with shock that he would do this, but then really she shouldn't have expected any less.

"Huh" he said, unphased as he glanced around, "So this is what it looks like it here. It's... pink" he said with a certain amount of distaste, before his focus returned to Jackie, "You okay?"

"No" she complained, "Stupid Michael ruined my dress, and stupid Pam Macey... well, I'd just like to... kick her ass!" she said, sounding much angrier and more violent than she ever usually did, and Hyde liked it.

"Y'know, for an ass-kicking girl, you did a good run-away just then" he pointed out as he stood behind her, the both of them looking at each other in the mirror above the sinks.

"I know" Jackie sighed, "I just... I wanted tonight to be all perfect and it's not" she said, her voice cracking as tears formed in her eyes once again.

If there was one thing Hyde didn't handle well it was crying women. He was Zen and pretty much detached most of the time, but damsels in distress, he just couldn't ignore.

"Hey, come on, Jackie, don't do that" he said, putting his hands on her shoulders, which was all the invite she needed to turn around and push herself into his embrace.

"I'm sorry, Steven" she apologised as she cried into his chest and he put his arms awkwardly around her tiny frame, "I wish I was stronger like you, but I'm not"

"Hey, man, you are strong" he told her, pulling away a little an making her look at him, "You are stronger than you think you are, Jackie. You just gotta work at it is all. You gotta learn that Kelso is not worth crying over, and neither is some dress that got spilled on, or words from some slut like Pam Macey"

"Thank you, Steven" Jackie sniffed, managing a smile as she gazed up at him, "Y'know at first I was just so desperate to have a date for the Prom, I got you to ask me because there was no-one else, but I'm really glad you were the random guy I picked" she told him, "It's almost like we're really friends"

"Yeah, well, maybe" Hyde nodded, feeling uncomfortable suddenly at having their relationship such as it was labelled as anything, even friendship, "But this does not mean I like you, okay?" he said, unable to prevent a smirk from finding it's way onto his face.

"Oh, of course not" Jackie agreed, a similar expression on her face too.

They both knew how ridiculous it was to continue their facade of hate. They'd made a real connection tonight, and they would be friends at the very least, from now on.

"So, er, you wanna head back out there?" Hyde checked, letting his arms slip away from Jackie's body as he became all to aware of the situation he found himself in.

He had been comforting a crying girl, who he would've said just yesterday that he hated, in the girls bathroom of the High School, on Prom night. It was pretty damn bizarre when he thought about it that way.

"Actually" Jackie considered, glancing towards the door and back, "Do you think maybe we could just go home?" she asked, partly because she felt exhausted, and partly because she realised this Prom really wasn't as cool as she'd dreamt it would be.

"Sure thing, doll" Hyde nodded, glad to be getting out of here too.

They managed to slip out of the bathroom unnoticed, and out of the gym without any of their friends catching them.

Hyde drove Jackie's father's Lincoln back home, and they both got out at his house, though he wasn't sure why she'd bothered.

"Y'know, I'm not exactly used to being walked to my door" he smirked as she followed him as far as the porch.

"Look, Steven" Jackie said, looking more at her own fidgeting hands than at him, "I just wanted to thank you again, for everything you did tonight" she smiled, "You know I meant what I said, you're a real friend"

"You're not so bad yourself" he told her, "In fact you'd be damn cute if once in a while you just shut your pie-hole" he said, though the barb he threw was not meant to injure her at all; something she realised from the look in his eyes just a moment after she'd opened her mouth to retaliate.

"Goodnight, Steven" she smiled eventually, unable to resist the urge to reach up and kiss his cheek one last time.

What followed was not what either intended, but the two of them moved at the same time, both with the same manoeuvre in mind. It just so happened that the pair turned their heads just right that lips met lips in a sweet kiss, that went on much longer than anticipated.

When they parted moments later, both looked a little stunned, though Hyde hid it much better than Jackie could.

"I'll see you around, doll" he said suddenly disappearing into his house, where he woke his mother who had fallen asleep on the couch and a fight broke out, loud enough that Jackie could hear voices.

Still, the girl was hardly aware of anything that was going on around her, only an overwhelming warm and tingly feeling that was passing through her, as her hand went to her lips and her mind replayed over and over those few seconds when Steven Hyde was kissing her.

That was a memory that would stay with her for a very long time, she realised with a smile as she stepped off the porch and headed back to the car to go home.

So things had gone wrong tonight, many things, but Steven had just made it all alright, all perfect. It was one more thing she'd have to thank him for later.

To Be Continued...