It's not super long, but I hope it gives you all the closure that season 8 never did! Thanks for all of your support while writing this. I really had a blast!

BTW-some parts of this chapter rated M for sMut. (You'll know it when you get there).

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EPILOGUE

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(3 Years Later)

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It's Jackie and Hyde's wedding day and the bride is already 15 minutes late, which surprises absolutely no one. The last few stragglers have made their way into the church and Donna, now heavily pregnant, hands them each a program.

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"Bride or Groom?" she asks Fenton, the very last guest to arrive.

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"Oh my God, you are giving me a 'Sophie's Choice', aren't you?" he giggles. "I mean, Jackie's fabulous, dresses better than Madonna and is a massive bitch, which you know I love...but Hyde is dreamy in that bad boy way, and I do like me a bit of the ol' rough trade, if you know what I mean? UGH! Who to choose, who to choose...?" Fenton mutters conspiratorially to himself.

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The redhead looks at him with bemusement. "I'm just asking you which side of the church you'd like to sit on. Bride or groom?"

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Fenton's face drops into a haughty scowl. "I knew that."

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"Just sit on the left" she says as she hands him a program and shoves him in the direction of Hyde's side of the church.

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She shuts the front doors, leaves the rest of the programs in a pile on a side table, and heads back toward the bridal suite.

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Mitch tries to give Donna a sexy wave as she passes by and disturbingly, doesn't seem remotely deterred by her ginormous belly. She waves back uneasily and then passes the groomsmen.

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"Word on the street is that the Best Man gets to nail the hottest bridesmaid here" Eric brags. "Oh wait! I already did" he gloats as he rubs his wife's belly.

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"Honey, focus! Who is on Kelso duty? I saw him wandering outside five minutes ago and I'm concerned he may have gotten his hands on some matches" she informs him with grave concern.

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"I'm on it" he says as he kisses his wife and exits through the side door.

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Just as Donna reaches the bridal suite, Fez emerges looking battle scarred.

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"Is she ready?" she asks her foreign friend.

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"Um, I've been ready since 1978!" Jackie screams from behind the door.

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Fez shakes his head in disbelief. "Terrifying. I wouldn't feel right allowing a pregnant woman to enter" he blocks the doorway with his arm.

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"I'll be fine. I used to live with her, remember?" she tells him.

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"Yeah, so did I. In my country, she would have been thrown to the wolves by now" he claims.

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"They throw people to wolves in your country?" she questions, completely shocked.

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"Not really, but for her they'd make an exception" he responds as he edges away from the door. "I would recommend a light sedative, if you have one."

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"Do you think she'll take it?" Donna asks.

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"I meant for you" he says sadly as he walks away muttering in his native tongue.

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Donna takes a deep breath and opens the door.

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"Ugh! I can't believe how fat the two of you bitches have gotten!" Jackie whines as she gives Donna the once over. "I practically ran out of material making your dresses."

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"Jackie, we're pregnant" Brooke, also in her third trimester, scolds the bride.

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"I mean, I wanted you two Amazons to make me look tiny, but now I'm not sure the photographer will be able to fit all three of us in the frame" she huffs. "I guess we can forget about a shot of the entire bridal party" she whines.

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Donna walks over to the 'blushing bride' and spins the girl around to face her. "Oh my God!"

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Jackie freaks out. "What? What's wrong with me?" She feels up and down her face and dress for something awry. Her dress is modern and chic yet still firmly traditional - made of heavy bridal silk draped artfully into a bustle at the back with a wink of silk tuille peeking out from underneath the folds and a bold lavender sash tied perfectly into a long bow around her waist. On her head rests a delicate, glimmering tiara.

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"Nothing's wrong, you just look so beautiful!" she says, sighing.

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The bride smiles tightly. "I'd better. Fez spent two hours today working on my hair" she says with an undercurrent of hostility.

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Donna purses her lips and tries to get her wild-eyed friend to meet her gaze. "What's bothering you?"

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"Nothing! This is the happiest day of my life!" she growls manically.

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"She's been like this all morning. I thought maybe when her mom got here she'd calm down..." Brooke explains.

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"Oh, well there was your first mistake" she nods. "Is Pam even here?"

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"She showed up drunk and already has your dad cornered against a pew" Jackie sneers.

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"Ew" Donna responds glumly and pets her stomach.

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"Is...um...is Steven here yet?" the little one asks nonchalantly.

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"Oh honey, is that what's bothering you? You're worried he's not going to show?" she asks her ex-roommate. "He's not as dumb as Eric."

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Jackie shrugs sullenly.

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Donna wraps an arm around her tiny friend's waist and pulls her as close as her belly will allow. "He's been waiting to marry you since 1979. That ring was sitting in a box under his bed for years before he finally put it on your finger, so please don't worry. He's dying to marry you." she assures her.

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"I'm scared" she says in a small voice. "What if we end up like my parents? Or his parents? Or your parents" she points to Donna. "Or your parents?" she points to Brooke. "Oh my God, I can't do this!" she starts to get dizzy.

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Brooke walks over and pinches Jackie hard on the thigh.

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"Ouch! What'd you do that for, fat ass?" she yells at the librarian.

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"To wake you up. Look, your parents didn't marry for love, Jackie. Hyde's parents are alcoholics, Donna's parents were married way too young because her mom got knocked up, and my dad is a total asshole" she explains, laying it all there for her. "I married for love, and I'm happy. Same with Donna. If you're getting married for the right reasons, and you're willing to work as hard at your marriage as you do at everything else, you and Hyde will be together forever" she smiles.

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Donna starts crying and dabs at her eyes with a handkerchief. "That was beautiful, Brooke."

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Brooke responds by tearing up as well. "Thank you."

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"Jesus, you two are hormonal." Jackie takes a deep breath and smiles. "Look, I'd hug you both but I don't want to get your estrogen all over my dress."

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"Are you ready to get married now, midget?" Donna asks as she pulls the veil over Jackie's face.

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"Do you promise neither of you is going to go into labor during my wedding? I don't want to be upstaged today" she warns.

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Donna sighs. "Not that I have any control over it, but fine."

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Brooke laughs. "I will lock my knees if you promise to leave this room immediately" she says as she opens the door.

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"You have a deal then" Jackie smiles and walks through the doorway.

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Brooke and Donna exchange relieved glances.

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"Hey there, hi there, ho there to the three most beautiful ladies in Point Place" Bob gushes. "I just can't believe our little Jackie has finally grown up and is getting married. And that you actually want me to walk you..." he waves them away with his hand as he can't continue on through his violent crying.

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"Oh brother" Donna mutters under her breath. "Daddy? Daddy, you have the whole day to cry, just give us five minutes of no crying and you're home free. Do you think you can handle that?"

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Bob places his hand over his mouth and nods.

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"He better not upstage me, Donna" Jackie pouts.

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The music starts and Betsy, wearing a lavender dress is the first down the aisle, tossing lavender-colored rose petals with expertise. A far cry from her first endeavor as a flower girl at her parents' wedding.

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She is followed by her mother, resplendent in a plum maternity style dress, and then Donna, who glows in a deep purple frock.

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The music changes and Jackie and Bob emerge to the instrumental strains of the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" as played by a string quartet.

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Hyde perks up at the odd music choice and laughs out loud, fully confident that any woman who would choose to walk down the aisle to The Clash, is the kind of woman he could stay with for life.

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As he watches Jackie approach, he nearly stops breathing. He thought she looked beautiful all those years before at Halverson's Department Store, but this blows that memory way out of the water.

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Jackie locks eyes with Hyde and beams a wide smile as she sashays down the aisle on Bob's arm. This has been her dream for as long as she can remember, but the reality of it is so different from what she expected. She thought she was going to be anxious about the flowers and the cake, but at the end of the day, the only thing that seems to concern her is whether or not she's going to make a good wife.

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As the aisle transitions into the bridal canopy area and Bob places Jackie's hand in Steven's, an overwhelming sense of peace and happiness overtakes them both. Between the two of them, they may not have much family, but together they have all the family they need.

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The vows go smoothly and surprisingly the ceremony is completed without a hitch. As Pastor Dave concludes the service and pronounces them legally wed, Hyde lays a kiss on Jackie that is so intense it gives Fez and everybody else witnessing it 'needs'.

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"Jesus is watching" Kitty hisses at them nervously to break it up.

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Before the guests can descend on the couple, Hyde announces "We'll be right back!" He drags Jackie by the hand, pulls her into the bridal suite and locks the door. "I don't feel like sitting through five champagne toasts and a chicken dance before I get to put my hands on my wife" he smirks as he unties his lavender bow-tie.

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Jackie flings herself at her husband and kisses him all over. "I have to warn you, this dress is impossible to get in and out of."

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"Then leave it on" he says as he waggles his eyebrows at her. "When else am I going to have the chance to bang a bride in her wedding dress?"

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"You've already had two chances, you silver-tongued beast" she jokes as he gives her a stern look.

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"The first wedding didn't count and a bridal stripper costume isn't a wedding dress. And now that we're married, you're not allowed to ever mention Vegas again. As far as I'm concerned, you're the first and only Mrs. Hyde out there—unless you count Edna, which I definitely do not" he rolls his eyes.

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Jackie smiles playfully. "Say it again."

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He matches her smile. "What? Edna?" he teases.

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"No..." she pouts as she props herself up onto a table and puts one foot on his chest, revealing her garter belt.

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"Fuck, Jackie" he looks down with approval. "Umm...what could it be? Do you want me to say Vegas?"

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"Definitely do not say Vegas" she sniffs as she rests her other leg on his shoulder.

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"What could it be? What could it be? Hmm...you wouldn't be referring to me saying...Mrs. Hyde?" he raises an eyebrow.

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She grabs his right hand and places it between her legs. "Bingo."

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"Commando on your wedding day, Mrs. Hyde? Classy girl" he growls in a low voice as he unbuckles his pants.

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"Well, you know, the Burkharts are one of the best families in the city" she pretend brags as she reclines against the wall.

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"What a coincidence. The Hydes are one of the worst families, and now you're one of us" he taunts as he slides two fingers into her wet core.

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"Oh God" she squeals, almost on the edge before he's even touched her.

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"This wedding stuff really turns you on, huh?" he wonders pumping his fingers in and out of her, eliciting soft moans of approval.

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Unable to wait a moment longer, she grabs his lapels. "Forget the foreplay. In me. Now." She demands as she pulls his fingers out of her and puts one of them in her mouth.

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"Shit, baby. Already ordering me around, huh?" he laughs.

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She gives him a sharp look to let him know this isn't optional.

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"Yes dear" he grabs her by the ass and slides into her slowly, causing both of them to gasp on contact.

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"I love the way you feel inside of me" Jackie sighs into his mouth.

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He grabs a fistful of hair and pulls her head back to expose her neck to his searing kisses as he slams into her hard, over and over again. "Yeah? You like that?"

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She can feel herself getting close to the edge and slips her hands down the back of his pants to pull him in further so he can fill her completely. "...yeah" is all she can squeak out in her heightened condition.

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"I love you Jackie" he pants as he continues his amorous assault on her.

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"No, say the other thing again!" she whimpers as she wraps her legs tightly around his waist.

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"Flowchart?" he taunts as he buries his face into her neck.

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"Steeeven!" she yells angrily.

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"Mrs. Hyde you are so fucking sexy" he breathes, overexcited by the events of the day and giddy with happiness. "I love you, Mrs. Hyde!"

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"Oh...God" she whimpers as she feels her muscles tighten and she goes over the edge, her hands gripping his behind as she climaxes hard.

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He inhales the scent of berries as his face is pressed into her hair and pounds away, over and over again until he releases inside of her and immediately dissolves into a heap surrounded by a cloud of silk tulle.

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"I love you too, Puddin' Pop." she smiles lazily and kisses him on the forehead. "Hope getting married wasn't as horrible as you thought it would be" she says.

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He shrugs. "It was no worse than bowling, I guess" he teases.

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"Steven J. Hyde...!" she starts angrily, slapping his arm.

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"Jacqueline Beulah Hyde, that is spousal abuse!" he mocks her back.

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"Stop! Saying! Buelah!" she slaps his arm three more times.

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There is a sharp knock at the door.

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"Uh...if you two are done consummating this thing, you have about 100 guests waiting for you to get Jackie off so you can join the party. No pressure" Eric whispers uneasily from behind the door.

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Hyde withdraws from her body and helps her straighten her dress out again.

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She does up his bow tie and sighs. "This really is better than bowling, isn't it?"

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As the newlyweds emerge from the suite holding hands to join the rest of the party on the lawn for cocktails, they are greeted by a large round of applause.

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"They must have seen me in action" he muses.

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"I think they're clapping for me, because I'm the prettiest bride they've ever seen" she gloats.

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Kelso lumbers over to the couple with such excitement that he nearly trips over his own feet. "Okay. You know you made me swear not to surprise you at the wedding?" he asks Jackie.

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Nervously she answers "Uh...you didn't, like, face-plant into our cake or light the gift table on fire, did you?"

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"No, although I did shake all your presents and you guys are getting some sweet gifts" he nods appreciatively.

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"Michael, what did you do? Out with it." she demands tersely.

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"Damn Jackie!" he huffs. "I just brought you guys a present" he waves a signal to Fez and Eric and they begin carrying a large, sheet-covered object over to them.

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"When I heard you weren't gonna have one of these I figured I needed to step in. I mean, what's a wedding without a trampoline?" he pulls the sheet off of the trampoline and gestures wildly to it.

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Jackie starts laughing hysterically as she throws her arms around Kelso. "I am so glad I chose the scruffy one" she says, barely able to breathe. "But this is so sweet Michael, and I look forward to hours of watching you fall off and injure yourself."

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Hyde grins. "Best. Wedding. Present. Ever."

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Fez kicks off his shoes and jumps onto it before Kelso has a chance to go first.

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"Uh!" Kelso shrieks as his best friend beats him to the toy.

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"You snooze you lose, Kelso" Fez taunts while happily sucking on a cherry Dum-Dum as he jumps. "I'd invite you to join me, but I already have one Dum-Dum on here with me and there's no room for another. Ah BURN!"

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"Nuh-uh that is so rude, Fez." Kelso tried unsuccessfully to push him off then opts for pulling the lollipop out of his mouth and throwing it on the floor. "Now there's room for another Dum-Dum" he says with self-satisfaction as he squeezes onto the trampoline next to his tanned friend, making it impossible for either of them to jump.

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"I always wondered what they'd be like as grown-ups" Donna jokes.

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"Yeah, well you can keep on wondering" Brooke complains as she buries her face into her hands in embarrassment.

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Jackie tugs on Hyde's coat and brings him to the side of the lawn. "I know how much you love mushy talk, so I'm going to make this quick. I just wanted you to know that...I told you so."

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"What?" he looks at her with utter confusion.

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"After you went to jail for me, I told you we'd be more than friends and you told me to shut up. I was right and I think it's high time you admit it" she flips her hair in his direction.

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He thinks about it for a moment. "Uh...no."

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"We're not more than friends or you're not admitting it?" she asks.

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"I admit nothing." he declares.

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"Clearly we are more than friends, Steven" she insists, getting annoyed.

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"Jackie, when you're really pissed off about something else entirely, THEN and only then will I admit that you are right about this. I gotta save up some stuff in my back pocket for a rainy day" he smirks.

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"No. You can't do that!" she argues.

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"Watch me!" he grins smugly in her face.

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"Oh, that's mature" she snaps while rolling her eyes.

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"But 'I told you so' is real grandma-level maturity shit though" he retorts.

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Jackie pouts out her bottom lip and gives him her best puppy dog eyes.

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He stares at her for a minute and everything else around him disappears. This maddening, crazy, beautiful girl has gotten her hooks into him and no amount of hoping or bargaining is ever going to change that fact. He gazes into her blue-green eyes and his resolve breaks, knowing he'll do just about anything he can to make her happy-even relent. "Fine. You were right."

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Her face lights up with a broad smile and she throws her arms around her husband's neck. "I love being married to you" she coos into his chest.

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As he rests his hand on the small of her back he realizes that his life as he knows it is now completely over. The funny thing is, he couldn't be happier about it.

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THE END!

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A/N – Hope the epilogue was fun for you. I know it's a little sappy, but that's kind of how these things always end up, right? Thanks again for going through this with me and for all of your support and kind words! Hope you check out some of the other things I'm currently working on :)