A/N: Hey guys! This is a very ambitious story I came up with. It is set post season 8, and it spans a decade. I got inspiration from a couple movies, but there are only aspects of them to my story. I don't want to say which movies until the end because I don't want you to figure out what happens. Anyway, I'm not sure exactly how many chapters it will take me to finish, but I know it will be longer than Prom Night Redone. Well here it is and I hope you enjoy! And just trust me, there will never be an bad ending.
Obviously I don't own That 70s Show or there is no way in hell that J&H wouldn't have ended up together! Jackie and Hyde FOREVER!!
Chapter 1: Old Lang Syne
Present Day- January 1, 1990
The rain pored like crazy on the streets of Chicago as Steven Hyde drove into the parking lot of Chicago Memorial Hospital. He looked ragged. He always looked ragged these days, but on this day there was one reason in particular that had him in complete shambles, one he could barely wrap his mind around. He didn't want to think about it for even a moment. The thought was too painful, and it made him want to bash in someone's fucking head. It wasn't fair. Not her.
Hyde parked his car and with panic in his heart, quickly set out to the hospital entrance. He found himself longing for this all to be a dream, a really terrible dream. He would wake up in his cot back in 1978 with Jackie by his side. That was the life he wanted, the life he always wanted, a life with her. How he wished he could go back to those days, those glorious days of laughter and love making and holding on to the girl he loved for hours on end. As he stood in the hospital elevator his thoughts drifted to one of those hot summer nights in the Forman basement.
August 12, 1978
"God I am so hot!" Jackie screeched as she attempted to fan herself with her Cosmo.
She stood by the deep freeze in the Forman's basement alone with Hyde.
"You can say that again." Hyde said as he gave her a sly smirk. Jackie knew that look all to well. She knew exactly what he wanted.
"Steven it's not gonna happen. I'm too hot and uncomfortable for that." She was wracked with irritation from the heat. They had never had such hot weather in Wisconsin.
"I think I know a way to cool you down and make you feel all better." Hyde said with a wink.
"Oh really. And what's that?" She asked him slightly curious as to what he had in mind.
"Close your eyes." He spoke softly.
"Steven, what are you up to?" Jackie asked, half nervous, half excited.
"You'll see. Just close your eyes." She could hear the lust and excitement in his tone as he spoke.
"Oh, Okay." she complied.
Hyde walked over to the freezer. Jackie, with her eyes still closed could hear him open the freezer, pull something out and then close it again. The next thing she knew, Hyde grabbed her and lifted her onto the deep freeze and laid her down on it.
"Steven what are you up to?" She asked, still keeping her eyes shut.
"I'm going to make you feel better baby. Just trust me okay?" He said, more or less asking for permission.
"Of course I trust you puddin' pop." Jackie replied sweetly.
It was all Hyde needed to hear. He lifted Jackie's arms above her head and gently removed her shirt. He began placed kisses on her neck and chest. He tasted the salt of her skin and it made him ache for her. Jackie let out a tiny moan as he kissed her neck. Then Hyde reached behind her to unclasp her pink lacey bra. Once he unfastened the bra he removed it from her shoulders and threw it to the ground, leaving her perky naked breasts exposed. Hyde then reached over and grabbed something, before turning his attention back to Jackie.
Suddenly Jackie felt a wave of excitement and shock run through her body as her eyes opened wide from the sensation Hyde was causing. He had an ice cube in his hand and was running it down Jackie's neck and in between her breasts.
"Oh my god Steven, that's so cold!" Jackie squealed.
"Does it feel good baby?" Hyde asked as he rubbed the ice cube around her left nipple.
Jackie's only response was to tilt her head back and let out a small moan. Hyde worked the ice cube around her nipple as her hot flesh melted it at the touch leaving drops of water running down her breast. Hyde put his mouth to her chest, licking and sucking up the water, first in between her breasts and then finally making his way to her nipple. He lightly licked the water around it causing her to squirm. He knew what she wanted. He began to lick her nipple which elicited a moan from her. Then he took her nipple into his mouth and began to suck on it.
"Oh god Steven."
They made love right there against the deep freeze in the basement. Afterwards they lay in Hyde's bedroom, giggling and whispering the way two people in love do. It was a great summer's day, and for the first time in his life, Hyde realized that he was actually happy.
"Oh Steven I wish we could stay like this forever." Jackie spoke dreamily as she lay in Hyde's strong arms, completely content.
Hyde didn't want to admit it, even to himself, but he desperately wanted this moment to go on forever too. He had never felt this way before in his life. He knew that no one in the world could ever compare to this angel laying next to him. No one could ever make him feel like she did. Hell, no one else could even make him feel anything at all.
"Yeah that would be nice." Hyde said as he squeezed Jackie tighter in his arms.
It would be nice. The couple laid together for hours, both believing that this could go on forever, that nothing could penetrate their little bubble, that no matter what happened in their lives, they would always have this. Little did they know how wrong they were, that one night in a motel in Chicago, their lives would be forever changed.
The Evergreen Motel, Chicago, Illinois- 1979
"God Michael get off me!" Jackie shouted, pushing Kelso's lips from hers.
"Damn, Jackie I thought you wanted this!" Kelso shouted as he stood up from the bed and looked down at the tiny little brunette.
"God Michael, just because I asked you to stay tonight does not mean that I want to have sex with you!" Jackie shouted back, completely furious at her idiot ex-boyfriend.
"Well, that just doesn't make sense." Kelso spoke "I mean how can we sleep in the same room and not have sex? That's just crazy."
"Michael! Ugh I just wanted you here as a friend because I'm lonely and I really miss Steven." Jackie said as tears began to flow from her beautifully sad face.
Kelso felt terrible. He hated seeing Jackie cry. He walked over and sat next to her on the bed.
"Hey Jackie, don't cry. I'm sorry about before. I'm here for you." Kelso said softly and sincerely as he wrapped his arm around Jackie.
"It's okay Michael, and thank you for being here." Jackie squeezed out through her tears. "I lost him, didn't I?"
"Who, Hyde? No Jackie, he loves you, always has." Kelso told her soothingly."
I don't think he does." the sorrow echoed in her voice "I mean he just let me go. 'Have a good trip', that's what he said to me. How could he have just let me go like that if he really loved me?" Jackie asked bewildered.
"Jackie, come on, he's Hyde." Kelso responded as though the answer was blatantly obvious
"I mean you know he is with emotional stuff. He just shuts off. Not like me. Emotional stuff turns me on. Like right now." Kelso said with a grin on his face.
Jackie knew he was just trying to make her laugh, to lift her spirits. He really was a good friend. She let out a giggle through her tears and slapped him playfully on his chest.
"Michael!" She couldn't hide the smile on her face. "Cut it out."
"Okay fine, but I know you won't be able to resist this" he gestured to his body "much longer".
"Thanks for making me feel better, Michael, it means a lot." Jackie thanked him sincerely.
"Anytime babe. I'm going to just hop in the shower and make myself nice and fresh for you to enjoy." He spoke as another one of his stupid grins emerged.
"Whatever Michael. I'm going to poor myself a drink and read my magazine."
They both got up from the bed. Kelso headed into the bathroom while Jackie went over and grabbed a cup and her bottle of pop, realizing it was warm.
"Hey Michael, could you go get me some ice before you take your shower?" Jackie yelled to Kelso through the door.
Kelso emerged from the bathroom in nothing but a white towel.
"Damn Jackie I was just about to get into the shower!"
"Michael, just get me some damn ice!" She shouted in her usual bossy tone.
"Fine." he huffed as he walked out the door.
Hyde was nervous as hell as he pulled into the motel. He wasn't sure exactly what to say to her. He knew he loved her. He wanted her to come home desperately, but what could he say to convince her. He was terrible with words. Then it occurred to him. He wanted to marry her. Never in his life did Steven Hyde think he would ever want to get married, but now as he stood outside of room D, he knew. He knew that he couldn't go another day without her in it. He knew that he would never love anyone the way he loved Jackie. His life had meaning because of her, and he would be nothing, just a worthless burnout without her. Hyde knocked on the door nervously and heard the voice of his angel "Come in"
Hyde opened the door and took a look at her in the flesh. Laying on the bed in a little pink and cream colored nighty, looking more beautiful then ever, his life, his hope, his love.
"Steven. What. What are you doing here?" Jackie asked in complete shock as she jumped up from the bed and stood in front of Hyde.
Hyde felt his nerves bubbling inside him. He tucked his hands in his pockets, and tried to play it as cool as he could. He was freaking out.
"Nothing. Had some free time, thought I'd check out Chicago." 'yeah like it isn't obvious that you came for her. Well played idiot!' Hyde thought to himself and then continued to speak. "How are you?"
Jackie watched his movements. He was nervous.
"Umm good." She answered, and then a realization hit her. Michael.
Jackie knew Steven well enough to know that he would probably freak if he saw Kelso there in her motel room, and God, in only a towel. Jackie panicked. She had to get Hyde out of there before Michael came back in.
"Hey do you want to take a walk, maybe get something to eat?" Jackie suggested, dying to get the hell out of there.
Hyde was about to speak, but was cut off when the door to the motel room opened, and in walked Michael Kelso in nothing but a towel.
"Jackie I checked and no one can see us doing it from the parking lo-oooot" Kelso screeched as he saw Hyde standing in the room. He jumped and spilled the entire bucket of ice he carried.
That was the moment. The moment that Hyde died. Everything he was and everything he had were torn away from him in that moment. The moment he saw his best friend nearly naked in the motel room with his girl. Anger and hate rose to the surface. He was going to fucking kill Kelso. It would be justice, for after all, Kelso just killed him.
"You're dead." Hyde spoke with deep anger in his voice as he ran to grab Kelso.
Kelso ran off and Hyde only managed to snag his towel. He watched Kelso run into the parking lot naked. 'Fucking coward'.
"I'm nude!" Kelso shouted from a safe distance.
Hyde slowly turned around to look at her, the girl he was going to marry, the girl who made his life worth living. She had betrayed him. He was always going to be her second choice. Some piece of trash that would never be good enough for her. 'I'm trash. Just like Bud and Edna'.
"Steven it's not what you think. Michael was just making me feel better." Jackie spoke. She saw all the hurt and the anger on Hyde's face. God she loved him so much and seeing him broken was the most painful sight she had ever witnessed.
"Oh I bet he was making you feel better." Hyde responded with a tone of hate and disgust in his voice.
"No Steven. Please baby listen…" Jackie was immediately cut off.
"No I'm done with this shit Jackie. I'm getting the fuck out of here" Hyde spoke angrily as he turned and walked toward his car.
"But Steven wait!" Jackie yelled as she chased after him "I love you"
Hyde slowly turned to face Jackie as he spoke words of complete hurt and bitterness.
"Yeah. Well, I don't love you." He said maliciously as he opened the door to the el Camino, got in, and sped away.
Jackie fell to the ground sobbing. He had used her very own words from so long ago against her. But like her, did he really not mean them? She couldn't think about it. She loved Steven Hyde more than life itself. There was nothing without him. Nothing. Jackie dragged her sobbing, broken form back to her room and closed the door. She laid on the bed as her mind searched frantically for a solution to her problem. She knew that Hyde would probably go and sleep with some random piece of trash out of anger. She realized she could forgive him. What he saw did look bad. Even though she knew he should have trusted her and stayed to listen, but she also knew how insecure Hyde really was deep down.
She loved him, and for her that was all there was to it. She would quit that job, go back to Point Place, and just explain to him. Everything was going to be alright. Nothing was going to stop her from getting Steven back. Still sad, but feeling a new wave of confidence, Jackie closed her eyes and tried to rest. She had a lot of things to do in the next couple of days, but one of them would be to get Steven back, and she truly believed she would. Little did she know that it would be a month till she next saw Hyde and that one trashy blonde whore would wreck all her plans of getting him back. One stripper would ruin Jackie's life forever.
Hyde remembered back to that night in this very town, eleven long years before. If he had only stayed. If he had only trusted the woman he loved, then his life would have been completely different. Or would it? He thought as he exited the elevator of the hospital. It's not like he didn't have his chances after that to fix things. To make it right.
January 1, 1980, 12:00 a.m.
Forman residence
Music played, a familiar tune. 'should all acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind'
At this moment Steven Hyde tasted plump lips against his. Lips he hadn't tasted in nearly 6 months. The lips of one Jackie Burkhart. As she crashed her lips onto his with force, he stood there in shock. At first Hyde didn't respond but a moment later he began to kiss back only to have her luscious lips ripped away. Hyde opened his eyes to find Jackie standing in front of him with a saddened and shocked look on her face. He looked around the room. It seemed that nobody had even noticed that a moment ago, two former lovers were engaged in the starts of a passionate kiss. Fez and Kelso stood by the stairs with noise makers in their mouths while banging on pots and pans. Meanwhile, Red looked on shouting
"Quit with those pots and pans before I shove my foot so far up your asses, I kick those things out of your mouths!"
Kitty stood trying to calm her husband as Eric and Donna stood making out in the corner. It left Hyde and Jackie staring into each other's eyes. Jackie, on the verge of tears, stormed out of the room toward the kitchen. Hyde watched her leave and then surveyed the room again. Everyone was still in their own worlds. Hyde made the decision to go after Jackie. Hyde entered the kitchen, but there was no sign of her so he decided to try the basement. As he walked down the stairs, he could here a sniffling sound. There was Jackie, sitting on the deep freeze, head in her hands crying.
"Hey uh Jackie." Hyde spoke slowly. He wasn't sure exactly what to say or what the hell was going on with her in the first place.
"Ugh Steven I can't do this right now, okay. I am really not up for one of your snide remarks. I'm just not." Jackie burst out through her tears.
"I wasn't going to make a snide comment." Hyde replied sincerely "What's going on Jackie?" He asked her, genuinely concerned.
"What do you care Steven? I thought you be happy to see me suffer." Jackie said with a hurt look grazing her gorgeous face.
"What the hell Jackie?! Is that really what you think of me?" Hyde asked sounding angry and a little hurt.
"Well what am I supposed to think Steven? You have spent the past months torturing me, burning me at every opportunity, and rubbing your faux marriage to that skank in my face. You obviously enjoyed my pain." She spoke angrily
"No I never enjoyed it." He said softly
"Oh bullshit! If you didn't like it then why did you do it? Hah?" She asked perplexed
"Well there was a lot more to it than…" He was cut off.
"Whatever Steven. Just leave me alone."
"Come on Jackie, what's with you? A minute ago you kissed me. Me, not Fez, your 'boyfriend'. And now your having a breakdown. So what is going on with you?" He asked genuinely confused by her erratic behavior.
"Steven J. Hyde I am not having a breakdown!" She shouted authoritatively.
"Whatever Jackie. Just spill it already." Hyde said growing more and more frustrated by the second.
"Fine, okay. I'm freaking out." She admitted.
"Freaking out about what Jackie?" He asked, still confused as hell.
"Everything." She replied.
"Gee you don't suppose you could narrow that down a little do you?" Hyde asked. His typical sarcastic self showing.
"Fez okay! I'm freaking out over this Fez thing." She blurted out
Hyde was truly sickened by the idea of Jackie with Fez. It made absolutely no sense.
"What about Fez?" He asked.
"He loves me." Jackie answered and Hyde's heart sank. "But I don't love him, not in that way, and I don't think I ever can." She concluded
Hyde's heart began racing uncontrollably. He knew it. There was no way she could reciprocate romantic feelings for Fez. Hyde didn't want to admit, even to himself that he was relieved.
"Uh" He had no idea how to respond. Luckily for him, she continued.
"I just want to get over it. I want the feeling to go away."
"What feeling?" He asked
"The love." She spoke softly "my love for you."
Hyde stood next to her frozen. She still loved him. After every terrible thing he had done, her love for him was still there, but she wanted it gone.
"Jackie…" He spoke, not really knowing what to say in response. He couldn't say it back, not that he didn't still love her, but that he was still so proud and didn't want to admit that he had been pining over her for six months.
"Please Steven just kiss me" She pleaded.
Jackie reached over and pulled Hyde toward her until he stood in between her legs as they hung over the freezer.
"Please baby, kiss me." she pleaded again as she began to run her hands through his curls.
Hyde obliged. He crashed his lips onto her with full force, poring all of his pent up emotions from the last half a year into that kiss. Their tongues mingled together as he ran his hands through her hair and down her back as she cupped his face.
Out of the corner of his eye Hyde saw someone standing at the foot of the stairs watching. He and Jackie broke the kiss and looked over to find an infuriated looking Fez standing there.
"Oh my god Fez!"
"Oh my god Fez!" " That candy is for Jackie!" Donna's voice snapped Hyde back to the present. He slowly made his way up to the place where his oldest friends in the world stood. Noticing Hyde's appearance, Donna, Fez, Eric, and Kelso all looked over at his tattered form.
"Hey guys" Hyde spoke.
"Uh hey man." Eric replied. They all looked wary and tired.
"Hey Hyde. I didn't think you'd be coming here." Donna spoke with a look of surprise on her face.
"What the fuck Donna? How could you think I wouldn't show up when she's…sick?!" Hyde asked, incredibly pissed at the redhead for thinking so little of him.
"No Hyde, I didn't mean it like that. I just didn't know that you even knew."
"Donna, I called him." Eric said.
"Oh." was all she managed to say.
Hyde walked over to the door of room 335 and stood frozen, wanting to enter, but afraid to face what lie within.
"Go ahead man I know she wants to see you." Eric assured Hyde with a smile and a small nudge.
"Yeah. okay." Hyde replied. He opened the door and entered the cold hospital room, closing the door behind him.
He just stood there and looked on at the woman he loved since high school, the woman he never stopped loving. She was laying on her side in the bed curled up in a ball. She looked so small. Hyde walked over and sat in the chair next to Jackie's bed. She had appeared to be sleeping, but as soon as he sat down she spoke, without even opening her eyes.
"Hello Steven." She spoke softly.
"Hey Jackie. How are you?" He hadn't spoken to her in two years.
"I'm dying Steven."
To be continued…
A/N: Okay I know your probably all "what the hell is this?" lol but trust me there is A LOT more juicy stuff to come. I promise to update as soon as I possibly can. You will find out next chapter what is wrong with Jackie though that I promise! I know it was a lot of flashback, but all of it is necessary. I hope you liked it so far. Please leave me a review! I love you guys!!