All That's Left Of Me
By relic yuy
Pairing: JH
Summary: How bad did Steven mess up
Jackie? She may be in the last place he'd ever expect to find her.
Hyde pulled his jacket tighter around himself and shivered. They weren't kidding about Chicago being the windy city. The cold was cutting right through him but he didn't want to head back to the hotel. He was still fuming. Damn Kelso! Hyde rubbed his cheek. It would probably bruise later. What the hell had Kelso been thinking?
Kelso and Brooke had invited everyone over for Christmas. Eric, Donna & Hyde had come together. Fez had made a brief appearance earlier because he was spending Christmas Eve with his soon to be inlaws. As they sat around the dinner table, Donna asked about Jackies and Kelso quickly informed everyone that Jackie wouldnt be able to make it this year.
"Why? Is she too busy sucking the life and money out of some rich old bastard?" Hyde had chuckled.
"She had to work." Kelso said tightly. Brooke had glanced over at him and placed a hand over his.
"Work? Goldigging is a job now?" Hyde asked. Eric and Donna giggled along.
"Will you shut the fuck up about Jackie!" Kelso snapped, his voice raising.
Betsy began to whimper and Brooke excused them so she could tuck her daughter into bed.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Kelso?" Hyde said as soon as Brooke had left. "We were just kidding around."
"Just drop it ok."
"Whatever."
The rest of dinner was consumed without further incident. Afterwards, Donna went to help Brooke with dessert while the boys collapsed on the sofa in the living room.
"I can't believe Fez is getting married." Eric said.
"Fez was married to your sister, morron." Hyde reminded.
"Oh yeah. Well all I can say is that I'm glad that's over..."
"Yeah," Kelso added "I'm happy for him too. He was pretty depressed when he and Jackie broke up."
"That was Jackie's only breakup where the guy cried more than she did." Hyde smiled.
"Yeah," Kelso agreed but in a much more sombre tone. "She was really messed up after you."
"Oh I screwed her up pretty bad but so did you."
"Well...Not as bad as you!"
"Whatever, man. You're the one who cheated on her with like a million girls."
"Yeah, well... If I could find a time machine, that could take me back in time, I wouldn't have done that!"
"Right Kelso.."
"It's true," Kelso's voice began to rise, "and I especially wouldn't have run away that summer so she never would have started dating you and you couldn't have screwed her the way you did!"
"What is your problem? She was annoying as hell, she pissed everyone off, the only thing she was good for was a good lay. So what if we fucked her up? She always thought she was too good for us and she probably couldn't make it tonight because she's turned into her drunken slut of a mother and she's too whoring herself to get at some old bastard's money!"
"Hyde, you're an idiot. Shut the fuck up."
"Why? What, are you sleeping with her again?" Hyde laughed, slipping back into a teasing mood. "In that case, good for you. If she's good for anything, she's great in the sack."
Brooke and Donna steped back into the living room just in time to see Kelso's fist collide with Hyde's face. Everone froze as Hyde tumbled to the ground in shock and Kelso loomed angrily above him.
"Steven," Brooke said, her voice shaking. "maybe you should leave."
"Fucking, Kelso!" Hyde said to himself. He needed a drink and something to take his mind off of this night. The flashing lights ahead announced a strip club. It was sleezy looking but he wasn't picky.