"Jackie, HURRY UP!" Hyde yelled out the window of the Vista Cruiser. He was clearly tipsy, if not a bit drunk. Jackie finished saying goodbye to Brooke, before sliding herself into the back seat.
She was not too pleased to find herself next to Fez, who was passed out drunk. Hyde was on the other side of Fez and Kelso was squished in between Donna and Eric in the front seat. Brooke had wanted to be slightly traditional by having the bride and groom sleep away from each other, so Kelso opted to stay with the gang at hotel. And thus, Fez was most definitely going to wake up in a dress, possibly outside his hotel room.
They got back to the hotel rather quick, and the group bustled out of the car. Kelso, Eric and Donna all grabbed a portion of their drunken friend and hauled his ass toward the elevator. Hyde didn't help them stating he was way too drunk to even think of carrying someone other than himself. Jackie just rolled her eyes and trudged onward. Kelso, Eric and Donna all pulled Fez onto the elevator.
"Jackie, are you coming on the elevator or what?" Donna stated dropping one of Fez's arms.
"Nah, I think I'll wait for the next one. This one seems a little full," Jackie stated calmly, eying the group.
"Hyde, man. What about you?" Eric asked.
"Forman, I'm good. I'll wait too. Seems safer," Hyde said.
"If you say so man," Eric smirked as the doors began to close.
Jackie looked at her ex briefly before watching the elevator doors close. They stood there in complete silence, and once again, Jackie relished in it. Of course that meant that Hyde needed to say something.
"So, uh, did you have fun tonight?" Hyde said, looking straight at the blinking lights on top of the elevator. They had just gotten off on the eighth floor, where Hyde and Fez were sleeping.
"It was alright, I guess…Look Hyde, I'm not trying to be rude or anything but why the sudden interest in if I had fun or not?" Jackie asked slowly turning towards her apparently new elevator companion.
The elevator dinged as it came to the lobby and the two exes got on. Once again Hyde was the one to press the buttons, both her sixth floor and his eighth floor.
"I don't care, if that's what you're thinking. I was just trying to strike up conversation, but whatever," Hyde sneered.
Jackie instantly felt terrible and thought about apologizing to him, but then she remembered all the terrible things he had said to her, including the statement about her never being able to have friends. Thinking about that stopped her right in her tracks, and instead she held her tongue, something she was sure he didn't think she could do.
The elevator dinged open at the sixth floor, and Jackie swiftly got off. Against her better judgment, she looked back at Hyde. He was looking right at her, his shades hanging slightly off his nose and his right leg pushed up on the elevator wall, wearing a sexy, little smirk. If Jackie had been even remotely drunk, well the possibilities were endless with that one…
She felt a shiver go up her spine as he, openly, eyed her body and she silently thanked whatever god was out there that the doors to the elevator closed right after. Sometimes she truly hated the way her body still reacted to him…and he hadn't even touched her. Life really was a cruel joke, sometimes.
After getting into her room and stripping down to her panties and bra, something she only became comfortable with after becoming friends with Erica, she thought about how Steven had kept talking to her in the elevator and such. She was completely baffled by his behavior and was about to call Erica, who was notorious for never sleeping, when she heard a soft knock on the door. Slipping on a hotel robe, she walked to the door briefly wondering who could be at her door at 1 am.
"Who is it?" Jackie asked, while coming into possession of the lamp by the door.