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Chapter 4

Grooves

"Man the '80 suck," Eric complained as he leaned onto the counter.

"The music does at least," Hyde went back to rearrange the cassettes that were behind the counter.

"So what happened with the whole Harry thing?"

"She started dating him."

Eric sighed, "Yeah I remember that. They broke up right before Donna and I headed to Madison."

"Yeah."

"Well, how did that happen?"

March 1978

Hyde sat in his chair as Jackie introduced her newest boyfriend to the whole gang. He seemed like her ideal prince charming, a smart and loyal version of Kelso. He was sure that they were going to be happy. She had flounced her first few dates in front of him to see if he'd get jealous and pull another Veteran's Day Miracle. He just shrugged it off and went back to doing what he did best, the circle and an occasional easy chick.

"So how did you and Satan's lapdog meet?" Eric smiled sweetly at Jackie who glared at him.

"Shut up Foreskin!" Jackie smiled up at Harry Schultz, her newest true love. He was perfect; he was going to a stockbroker, he was smart, and best of all he didn't look at other girls when she was around.

"Harry was a nice guy." Donna said as she unpacked some groceries.

"He was. He just wasn't Steven." Jackie shrugged off the slight pang of guilt for what happened between the three of them.

"So what happened?"

"My Dad and his trip off to civilize some jungle natives."

Donna laughed, "You mean his prison sentence"

"Natives Donna natives! We agreed he was off to civilize some natives!"

August 1978

Hyde sat outside Jackie's dark house. Stupid Harry and his stupid mouth; this was all because Harry needed to talk about Jackie and her situation. Hyde had struck up some odd friendship with the guy. Sure he was on his way to becoming The Man but he was a good guy. He never cheated on Jackie, took way too much of her shit, and even backed him up in a fight once.

One night Hyde had ended up staring down five very angry guys who thought that five on one was a fair fight. Well, for them it was. Hyde was standing his own but five on one was just that, five guys who had five separate sets of fists against one guy with only one set of fists. Hyde was sure he was going to get his ass kicked when Harry jumped in. Turns out the future stockbroker was the son of a former Gold Glove boxer and knew how to throw a punch.

That night he drank coffee with a bloody Harry Schultz. The guy had fought next to him so he figured he'd give him a shot. That shot turned into a conversation about how Jackie was all alone in her big house. No mom, she was off whoring her way through Mexico and Dad was off becoming somebody's girlfriend. Hyde sat there and listened to how Harry wanted to do something but didn't know what to do. Harry told him that Jackie had refused to take any sort of help.

That's what led Hyde to be in the predicament he was in right now. Jackie had held his hand while they waited to learn about Red. She had been there for him; he guessed it was his turn to be there for her. It was what friends did. Friends. Hyde laughed at the idea of him and Jackie as friends. Enemies sure, lovers sure, but friend was not a title he'd given Jackie. She was just Jackie.

"Fuck." Hyde hit the steering wheel and got out of the car.

"Oh my God, that's why Jackie moved into Donna's. You made her."

"Forman shut up and let me finish the damn story."

Eric sat back in his chair and passed the joint back to Hyde who continued on…

Jackie sat at her vanity; she knew it was going to be okay. Sure beautiful people had problems but everything would turn out okay in the end because nobody liked to see beautiful people suffer.

"Everything is going to be okay. Everything is fine." Jackie looked at herself as she recited her new motto. She brushed her hair as she continued to repeat her mantra.

Hyde walked towards Jackie's bedroom door. He hadn't been anywhere near her room since that night. As he walked closer he could hear her talking to herself. He opened the door quietly and watched as she continued to tell herself that everything was going to be okay. Everything was not fine.

"Pack a bag Jackie. You're going to Donna's."

Jackie's scream echoed through the empty house. "Steven! What are you doing here?"

"I talked to Bob. You're moving in with him and Donna, so pack a bag and let's go."

"I don't need to move in with anybody. Everything is okay." Jackie straightened her clothes out. She crossed her arms and with an air of superiority, she glared at Hyde, "You can leave now."

"Cut the bullshit Jackie. Harry told me the whole story. I know you're mom isn't home and I know your father isn't coming back."

Jackie figured that Hyde wasn't about to back down so she changed her tactics, "I'm Harry's concern not yours so go away."

"Harry may take your shit, but I don't so pack a bag or I will."

Jackie scrambled for any way to buy more time, "Why didn't Bob come get me himself?"

"He had to tell Donna and when he went to tell her he found Forman in her bed."

Jackie gasped as Hyde started to pull out articles of clothes, "Those are silk Steven. You don't manhandle silk!"

Hyde let her shove him out of the way as she gently placed her clothes back on the closet, "I'm serious Jackie. Pack a bag and let's go."

"I don't need your help Steven. Tell Bob thank you but I'm okay." Jackie could feel him come up behind her. She held her breath and could hear him trying to calm down.

He knew what she was trying to do. She was trying to get him mad and walk out. It was usually a successful tactic. She'd gone after him when he'd muttered a 'whatever' at the hospital. She'd held his hand as he stood outside that damn hospital while the doctors took their time letting them know that Red was going to be okay. She'd gone on and on about hot rollers and some other shit. She finally pissed him off with all of that talk that he'd finally ripped his hand from hers and stormed back into the hospital. He found her hours later crying in some empty hallway. He stood there while she cried on his chest. He never said anything while she cried and he never mentioned it to Harry.

"Just go away."

"Pack your bag. We'll pick up the rest of it in the morning," Hyde stepped back and watched her slowly gather some clothes and other items.

The drive to back to the Forman's was quiet. Hyde walked downstairs after Kitty told him what a good boy he was and then went back to comforting Jackie. He listened to Bob talk about how he was happy that she was staying with him. he would have someone to be there after Donna left for Madison in January.

"Well now you and Harry's break up makes more sense." Donna grabbed a chocolate chip cookie and popped it into her mouth.

"Oh that's not why we broke up."

December 1978

Hyde looked up from the TV as Harry walked into the basement, "Hey man. You want a beer?"

Harry caught the beer. He sat down and cracked it open. After a few minutes he finally said, "What's going on between you and Jackie?"

Hyde stared at the TV, "What are you talking about?"

"Don't do this man. We're friends. I know there is something going on, so be a man and tell me what the hell it is."

Both men sat in silence for what felt like forever. Both men staring at the TV without actually paying attention to it. Both of them lost in their thoughts. Harry thought about how Jackie always talked about what her and 'Steven' did when he came to visit from Madison. How she went with him to Milwaukee to meet his real dad; how she convinced him to talk to his father. Every weekend she would tell him about what her and 'Steven' did. She'd talk about the others but it was 'Steven did this' or 'Steven did that.' It became more and more about what she and 'Steven' did after Kelso and Fez had moved to Chicago to be near a pregnant Brooke. He figured it was going to be even worse after Donna and Forman moved to Madison.

Hyde remembered all of those nights the two of them watched TV together. At some point their hands would come together and they would watch holding hands. She'd been the one who made him reach out to his father. She'd sat on the couch and bitched about how she couldn't believe that W.B. thought he was after his money. She then pestered him into actually forming a relationship with his new dad. He also remembered how she talked about Harry. There was also a slight tone of guilt in her voice as she bragged about how well he was doing in college.

"We haven't done anything man," Hyde took his sunglasses off and looked at Harry who was staring down at his beer. "Harry, I swear to you nothing happened man. Look I'm going to be busy with the new store and…"

"The way I see it, there are three people in this relationship. That's one person too many." Harry looked up at Hyde and he placed his beer on the coffee table, "I'm transferring to Boston, I was waitlisted there and now they want me. I'm telling her tonight. We're having dinner at 8 and then we're going to the reservoir."

Hyde watched Harry get up and head for the door, "See ya man."

Harry turned and gave a tight smile, "See ya."

Eric looked over at Hyde who was waiting for his car to warm up, "Ahhh Hyde has a heart! I bet you went to the reservoir and swept her into your arms after he broke her heart."

"You are such a girl."

"Then what happened?"

Later that night

Jackie walked into the basement to see Hyde sitting on the couch. She stood next to the lawn chair, "You were suppose to come for me after Harry broke my heart."

"Yeah well that's not me." Hyde looked up to see her red and puffy eyes. He lifted his arm and placed it on the back of the couch. He watched as Jackie walked over and sat down next to him.

Jackie wrapped her arms around him as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. She rested her head against his shoulder. She smiled a sad smile as she felt him hand rub up and down her arm.

"You're not crying."

Jackie looked up at him, "I cried before I came over."

He looked down at her and then to the TV, "That's cool."

"Whatever."

Eric shook his head as Hyde walked to Jackie's apartment door. "You sap!"

"Whatever," Hyde opened the door to see Jackie and Donna eating Chinese food in the living room.

Jackie smiled at him, "Hey baby! There's sesame chicken and some fried rice in the kitchen."

"Yeah Heidi, there's food in the kitchen," Eric grimaced as Hyde frogged him.

After everyone had eaten, Eric settled into back into the couch, "So you and Harry broke up and then you two got together?"

Jackie glanced over to where Hyde was sitting on the chair next to the couch, "Not exactly."

"There's more!"

Jackie shot Donna a dirty look, "Yes Donna, there's more! We didn't just get together that night. We had to deal with some issues first."

"So when did you two finally hook up?"

Hyde took a sip from his beer, "Stupid Valentine's Day Dance."

Eric started laughing, "You're guys' anniversary is Valentine's Day! That's hilarious."

Jackie sighed, "I wish it was Valentine's Day, it would be so romantic but sadly its not, it's actually the 10th of February and he still can't remember it."

"I remember it. I just choose to not acknowledge it."

"Well you better start!"

Eric smiled, "Uh oh looks like there's trouble in paradise."