A/N: Hi! I've published this story in AO3 about a month ago, and I've been waiting to post in here ever since, but my computer broke and I don't really know how to properly publish in here (Am I the only one that finds it extremely complicated? AO3 is so much easier)

Anyways, I'm using my father's notebook, and I'm sorry if there's any formatting mistakes, I really don't know how to use Microsoft word (I write my stories on Google Docs). I'm also sorry if there's any English mistakes, English is not my first language, but I promise I'm trying really hard.

This is probably the longest chapter in the whole story, it's basically a introduction to everything, and I hope that you like it!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own That 70s Show


Chapter one:

JACKIE

Oh my God, he married someone else. He married a whore. Those 3 weeks were the worst weeks of my life, the time I didn't spend crying, I spent calling pretty much all the hospitals in the midwest, asking if they had any John Doe's that matched Steven's description, I was worried sick about him, then he just showed up, as if nothing happened. The son of a bitch was in Vegas this whole time, and he didn't even bother to pick up a phone and let at least the Formans know that he was alive. I've spent three whole weeks crying myself to sleep, and the bastard was in Las Vegas, getting high and fucking whores.

Yet, the minute I saw him, I was relieved, and all I wanted to do was to apologize and explain exactly what happened in Chicago. And we were so close to work things out, then she showed up. And part of me died at that moment. He married someone else, he married someone else. He wouldn't even tell me he loved me and we were together for over two years, yet he married someone else, someone he knew for a total of three weeks.

And I've never felt so worthless in my entire life. Again, I was replaced by a blonde whore with a nice rack. Pam Macy, Laurie, Annette, Raquel, and now Sam. There's obviously something wrong with me, they obviously have something I don't.

And here I am, crying my eyes out. Screw this, I need Donna. I know she's in pain because Eric left, but I need someone to comfort me right now, or I swear to God, I will end up jumping off a bridge. I can barely see anything, because the tears simply won't stop coming, and as I open the door to Donna's room, I see my lumberjack friend curled up in a ball, holding a piece of paper and crying like I've never seen her cry before. She looked at me and was startled when she saw that I'm probably just as miserable as she is, if not more. She doesn't say anything, she doesn't need to, we can talk later. She just sits on her bed and opens her arms. I throw myself at her.

I can't believe this is happening. I've never felt so shitty in my entire life, this is worse than when my dad went to prison, worse than when my mother abandoned me, this is by far the most painful experience of my life. And there's nothing I can do about it.

We spend minutes in a tight embrace, both of us crying way too much to say something, so we just stay in each other's arms, until we can breathe properly again.

"Steven came back" I start, and suddenly I'm sobbing again "He was in Las Vegas this whole time, and he came back married to a stripper, Donna!"

My voice is trembling, and I'm shaking so much, I don't even know if Donna is understanding what I'm saying. Apparently, she does, because she suddenly stopped crying and had a murderous flame in her eyes.

"He what?" She asked calmly, but I could see how angry she was

"We were talking, trying to sort things out, and then she just rang the doorbell, announced herself as his wife, and I just had to get the hell out of there"

Donna knew everything that happened in Chicago, she knew that nothing happened between Michael and me, and nothing was going to happen, and to my surprise, she supported me, consoled me, and told me everything was going to be fine.

Except everything was not going to be fine, because the love of my life is married to someone else.

"I'm killing him" she announces as she lifts herself out of bed, and at that moment, I know she wasn't kidding.

"Can you kill him later?" I ask softly, still sniffing "Right now I just need a hug and a giant tub of ice cream"

She snickers and patted my head "Sure thing, midget, let's go"


DONNA

Jackie and I are currently spending the whole day on the couch, watching romantic movies, eating ice cream, and crying. Misery does love company.

We are watching Gone With the Wind, and the sadness I'm feeling is slowly starting to turn into anger.

"See" I point to the TV "This is love! Rhett loves Scarlett, so he just tells her and marries her, he doesn't marry a stripper or runs off to Africa and breaks up with her!" I spat angrily, stuffing my mouth with more ice cream.

"I'm sorry, what?!" I hear Jackie calling me "He broke up with you? When?"

"Oh yeah, I was so pissed at Hyde that I forgot to tell you" I remove a crumpled paper out of my sweatpants pocket "This came this morning" I give her the letter and observe her reaction as she reads it. Her eyes went wide and she looked incredulous.

"What the hell is wrong with him?!" She yelled in frustration "I told him after the wedding that I would break him like a twig if he screwed up again!"

Seriously? Jackie Burkhart threatened to beat up my boyfriend after he ditched me on our wedding day? I smiled, grateful for having the tiny brunette in my life, despite all the bitchiness, she really is a good friend.

"I mean, it wasn't enough that he left you for Africa, no no no no" she was rambling "He just had to break up with you in a stupid letter! After everything! Steven and Eric might not be blood-related but they do share the same stupidity gene, because I swear to God, out of all the crap they ever pulled on us…"

"Jackie!" I interrupted her "You know what we need? We need a circle" I suggest, and she frowned at my idea

"A circle would be nice, but there's no way I'm ready to see Steven yet, Donna!" She cries

"Relax, I'll go steal some of his stash, you stay here and finish our ice cream, I'll be back in a few minutes"

"Okay, please don't take too long!" I hear as I walk out the door. I quickly checked my reflection on the window before I left. I look like a mess, my face is all red and my eyes are swollen from all the tears I've shed today. But screw this, I open the basement door and find that Hyde, Kelso, and Fez are already there, some skanky blonde was parked into Hyde's lap. He's holding a beer can, and God, it's not even noon yet. I feel the sudden urge to throw up. So Jackie wasn't lying or exaggerating, Hyde really married some random skank from Vegas.

"Hey big D!" I hear him calling me, he looks completely unaffected by the whole situation, in fact, he had a smug smirk on his face, and it takes all of my inner strength not to punch him right now.

"Hey, I'm Sam, Hyde's wife!" The perky blonde approached me and tried to hug me, I lightly pushed her, there's no way I'm hugging her, not after the state I saw Jackie in earlier.

"Donna" I 'introduce' myself and stare at her, waiting for her to realize that I'm not her friend, nor am I willing to accept her as a part of the group. She's apparently as stupid as she looks, because she's still standing in front of me with a dumb grin on her face. Hyde must have realized that I was not happy, so he intervened.

"Sam, why don't you go grab me another beer upstairs?" He asks the blonde, and she pecks his lips and goes upstairs. Then he looks at me with a deviant expression "Is there a problem here, Donna?"

"You are actually staying with her?" That is all I manage to ask at the time.

"Yeah" he smirks slyly "I traded up, huh?"

Is he actually implying to me that Sam is better than Jackie? I am completely enraged at this point, so I just storm out to his room and grab his stash

"What the hell are you doing?!" I hear him ask as I step out of his room, holding a brown paper bag in my hands "Is that my stash?"

"Yes, and I'm stealing it, but relax, I'm sure you can borrow some one-dollar bills from your wife and replace it later"

"BURN!" I hear Kelso's voice for the first time today

"Donna, are you out of your mind?" Hyde snarled at me

"Are you?" I answered his question with another question and went to the basement door to leave. My hand was in the doorknob already and I decide to say something else before I leave "You have no idea how much you are going to regret this in the future, Hyde" and without waiting for his answer, I leave with his stash in my sweats pocket, right next to Eric's letter.

Huh, I just left my house wearing sweatpants, if Jackie wasn't so depressed right now she would definitely have a heart attack.

Jackie was still on the couch when I arrived, but the ice cream was gone and she was now holding a big bag of chips, her face was tear-stained and her eyes were swollen from all the crying. This must be fucking killing her, and she doesn't even know that Hyde decided to stay married to the stripper. I ask her to follow me into my room, there's no way we're smoking pot in my father's living room, we still have some brain cells left.

I roll us two joints. One for each of us. After the events from today, we need to get as high as humanly possible.

We were halfway through our joints, and I was already feeling so much better. I really needed this, and I guess the midget needed it too, because for the first time in weeks, she's actually laughing at something stupid I said.

Now we are laying down on my bed, munching on some potato chips and waiting for the high to wear off. Jackie's sleeping over today, we both need a sleepover after the day we had. I decided that now is the time I should break the news to her. She's about to know it anyway, so she might as well hear from me first.

"Hyde is staying married to her," I say, and I wait patiently for the frantic sobs, but they never come. Instead, she's just laying by my side, staring at the ceiling.

"I don't think I have any more tears left to cry, Donna" she mumbles, then she turns her head in my direction and looks deeply into my eyes "He's actually staying with her?" She asks, her tone was small and she sounded broken, and right at that moment, I swear to myself that I'll punch Hyde the next time I see him. I nod and she directs her gaze at the ceiling again. I've never seen her like this, and I feel completely helpless. So I grab her hand and stare at the ceiling as well, and all I can think about is how sad this whole situation is. How did we manage to get to this point?

I chuckled at the irony of the situation. Hyde and Eric are the ones that screwed up, yet, Jackie and I are the ones paying for their mistakes. Eric is in Africa, busy with his own stuff, Hyde was probably enjoying his new wife (ew), meanwhile, Jackie and I are completely miserable, laying on my bed, crying for people that obviously don't give a single shit about us. Jackie gave up her dream job just for the chance of being with Hyde again, even after everything he's done. I gave up so much for Eric, and he left me without thinking twice.

Suddenly I remembered about a letter I've received weeks ago, I was so busy pining over Eric that I completely forgot about the letter. Without even leaving the bed, I open the drawer at my bedside table, and I grab the envelope with the University of Chicago symbol. Now I'm just full-on laughing, I'm laughing so much that I feel tears coming out of my eyes.

"Donna?" I hear Jackie calling me "Why are you laughing?" She asks, genuine confusion reflected in her face.

I stopped laughing and asked her "Do you still have the number from the producers at Chicago?" She nods "Good, you're calling them right now and asking for your job back," I say, and she stares at me like I've gone crazy

"Donna, I resigned three weeks ago, I don't think they'll be willing to hire me again after last time"

I stand up and stare at her "You are Jackie Burkhart, you are incredibly persuasive, so you are going to call them now and ask them for another chance, and you are not taking no for an answer, lady!" I try to order her, but she just stares at me like I've gone insane

"Why the sudden need to make me move to Chicago, Donna?" She asks

"Because if everything works out the way I hope it does, we are moving to Chicago together" Jackie's still confused, so I just hand her the envelope I've been holding for the last few minutes

"I got into the University of Chicago, I applied when Eric told me he was leaving for Africa, and the acceptance letter came a week before he left. I completely forgot about it, until now" I say "I was going to wait for Eric to come back from Africa so we could start at UW together, but he broke up with me, so I have nothing holding me back anymore" Jackie is still staring at me, her mouth open on shock "The journalism program in Chicago is so much better than the one in Madison, and I know that classes won't start for a few weeks, but I thought we can move in together, get settled, then I can take my time, explore the campus..."

"Oh my God, Donna, congratulations!" She says, hugging me "Why haven't you told anyone? It's not easy to get into UC! We could've baked you a cake or something"

I laugh "I wasn't planning on going, and thank you, midget" I paused and looked expectantly at her "So, what do you say? Are you calling them?" I ask

"Well" she shifts uncomfortably in my bed "Fine, I will call them, but if I get rejected for the second time today, heads are gonna roll, Donna!" She stands up and I stare at her "What, you want me to call them now?" She asks and I smile and nod excitedly, like a child "Fine! Give me the damn phone" she takes the phone on my bedside table and starts to dial.

"Oh my God, we're really doing this!" I smile and I'm suddenly very excited. "I'm going to go tell my dad!"

Jackie smiles at me and starts talking on the phone, I gave her an encouraging nod and went to talk to my dad, time to let him know I'm moving to Chicago.


The talk with my dad was better than I expected, he cried, of course, but he understood my decision and said he was glad that I finally decided to stop waiting for Eric and do something with my life. So, it's final, I'm moving to Chicago, hopefully with Jackie, if she manages to get her job back. I open the door to my room, and I find a very excited Jackie sitting on my bed.

"Oh my God Donna you were right, I am persuasive!" She giggled "I even managed to make them give me a raise, and I haven't even started yet!" She squealed with joy, and we started to jump together in excitement. I feel like a ten-year-old girl, yet, I still can't stop grinning.

"Oh my God, we are so doing this! I just talked to my dad and I have his approval, we are getting the hell out of Point Place!" I hugged the midget

"There's only one thing Donna…" she starts apprehensively, and I hold my breath, waiting for bad news "They want me to start on Monday"

"But today is Friday…" I start "Oh my God, we have only two days to prepare everything?!"

"Now, calm down Donna, I can stay at a motel until you figure everything out, because I know that two days is not much considering all the stuff we have to pack and…"

I interrupt her "Hey, I'm going with you, you're not getting rid of me that easily!" I protest, then I smirk "Besides, after everything we've been through, we have the right to make impulsive decisions!"

She smiles back at me "Hell yeah we do, so, where do we start?"

"I'll go get some boxes and we can start packing now. Don't you need to go talk to your mom?" I ask confused

"My mom left for Brazil two months ago" she shrugs "Hey, at least she was sending me money this time, I'll just leave a note for her in the kitchen, if she comes back she'll know where I am. I'm better off without her, believe me"

I should've known that Pam wasn't going to stick around this time, God, she's a whore, what kind of mother abandons her own child twice?

"Hey, Jackie" I call her "Let's head over to your place, I'll help you pack, you have too many clothes, you'll need another set of hands" I smile, and out of nowhere, she hugs me tightly

"Thank you" her voice is muffled by my hair, but I'm pretty sure she's not thanking me just for offering to help her pack her stuff.

"No Jackie, thank you," I say "We are going to kick so much ass in Chicago"

"We sure are"


JACKIE

It's been almost eight full hours since Donna and I decided that we are getting the hell out of Point Place, and I'm still pretty excited. It's almost 3AM and we are at my house. I am currently sorting through my collection of stuffed animals, deciding if I should take them or not.

"You should at least take Fluffycakes" I hear Donna saying behind me

"Nah, Fluffycakes is tainted, remember?" I say to her, referring to the situation that made Michael give me the stupid unicorn, getting their phones cleaned my ass.

"What about this giant pink elephant?" She asks, lifting it so I could see it, and I felt a sudden urge to cry.

"Steven gave me this elephant," I say, and Donna nods in understanding

"So, should we set it on fire?" She asks and I chuckle

"No, just leave it there"

"Did Hyde seriously give you a giant stuffed animal?" Donna asked in disbelief

"Steven wasn't the bad boy he claimed to be, at least not with me" I shrug, and I head into my wardrobe, taking the rest of my clothes and placing them in a box beside me "He gave me this elephant the summer we started hooking up, I came to the basement one day, and he was waiting for me, he just took me to his car, saying we were going to Six Flags because he was bored. We spent the whole day at the park, it was the first time we were going out as a couple" I smile, remembering the day "We held hands the whole time, he took me to the rides and when the day was almost over he won me this elephant at one of those carnival games, he said I shouldn't make a big deal out of it, but when he dropped me home that day he made sure I was taking the elephant with me, then we said our goodbyes and he smiled, and I knew he had enjoyed the day as much as I did" Suddenly, I remember everything that happened today, and I frowned, the Steven that took me to Six Flags that summer is not the same Steven that came home married to a stripper.

"Wow" I hear Donna saying, but she doesn't say anything else after that, and I silently thank her, I just don't have the energy to talk about Steven now, I am literally exhausted.

"Hey, I'm almost done, why don't we finish this in the morning and go to sleep now?" I suggested my lumberjack friend, and she just nodded, as she went to the bathroom to change into her pajamas, I noticed a familiar t-shirt in my closet.

That's Steven's shirt, his favorite one, that he gave me for my birthday two years ago. I smile to myself and remember all those nights I've spent alone at this house, and how sleeping in his shirt made me feel safe. It's been two freaking years and the shirt still smells like him, and as much as I should hate Steven right now, I couldn't leave this shirt here, so I place it in the box.

I changed into my flannel pajamas and went to the kitchen to grab myself a cup of water. When I head back into my room, Donna's already sleeping on one side of my bed. I smile to myself at the sight, I am really lucky to have Donna in my life, I don't know what I would've done today if it wasn't for her.

In less than 48 hours, we are going to be living in Chicago, by ourselves, with no basement, no Bob, no Forman's, just us. One of us is going to have to learn how to cook, because I'm too pretty to starve. And I'm not going to lie, I'm scared, this is big, but I deserve it, dammit. I gave up everything for a guy that obviously doesn't care about me, Donna gave up college for a guy that didn't care enough about her to stay with her, so yeah, we deserve this. We deserve a fresh start, a new beginning, and nobody is going to make me feel guilty about that.


So, it's Saturday night, the day passed pretty quickly. After Donna and I finished packing at my house, we went to her place, and Bob helped us pack her stuff. We finished everything about an hour ago, so now we are getting everything into my car, because we're planning on leaving tomorrow morning. We haven't told anyone about us moving yet, except Bob, but we plan on saying goodbye to the Forman's tomorrow. I'm really going to miss Mr. and Mrs. Forman. Steven tends to wake up pretty late on the weekends, so we are dropping by early in the morning to avoid seeing him, the brief interaction I had with him today was enough to know that I'm definitely doing the right thing.

I was going to ask Mrs. Forman for one of her scissors this afternoon when I saw him at the driveway, shooting hoops with Fez and Michael, his wife was leaning at the Cruiser, observing the game. As soon as Steven saw me, his lips curved upwards in an evil grin, and he grabbed the whore and made out with her, right in front of me. At that moment, he killed another part of me. I just took the scissors and went back to Donna's, trying to ignore the abomination happening in the driveway. The minute I arrived at Donna's I just broke down in tears, when I told her what happened, she was fuming. I told her not to do anything, but apparently, she didn't listen to me, because she left, and returned half an hour later, a bag of frozen peas in her right hand.

She told me she went to the basement to grab some of her records, and Hyde was being a jerk, so she punched him right in the face. And I laughed, I laughed a lot. Donna is the best, seriously. I asked why she was doing this, because she knew Steven for a really long time. I always thought she was going to take his side in our fights. And she said what I've been thinking for a while, she doesn't recognize him anymore. She said that this wasn't the Hyde she grew up with, this Hyde, the one that just came back from Vegas, was just a younger version of his parents.

If he heard this... that would kill him, he always said he never wanted to end up like Bud and Edna, but I shouldn't be worried about him now, he definitely isn't worried about me.

Donna and I talked after that, and we decided that we are not telling him we are moving, simply because I can not be a victim of his burns again. We decided that we also weren't going to say goodbye to Michael. I'm still pretty upset about what happened in Chicago, and apparently, he didn't even bother telling Steven the truth about that night. But I just can't leave Fez without saying goodbye, the little pervert always worshipped me, and he actually has a really special place in my heart. So I decided I'm heading over to his place tonight. Michael left this afternoon for a family event, he's coming back in the morning, so right now, Fez is alone. Donna wanted to go to Fez's with me, but her dad wanted to take her out to dinner one last time before we moved to Chicago, so it was just Fez and me tonight.

On the way to his apartment, I stopped by the candy store and bought one of the biggest bags of candy I could find. If I know Fez, he's going to need it. I knock at his apartment door, and I silently pray that he isn't doing anything pervy right now, he opens the door and gives me a big smile and a hug. I can see that he's surprised by my sudden visit, yet he still looks happy that I'm here. He gestures for me to come in.

"Oh, my beautiful goddess, I missed you," he says as he hugs me again

"Really?" I chuckle "At least someone does…"

Fez suddenly frowns "Hyde is an idiot, I cannot say this in his face because he will hit me, but it is the truth"

"Can't argue with that" I agreed

I sit on the couch and he goes to the fridge "Beer?" He offers, and I take it. Why the hell not?

"So, Fezzy…" I started trying to think of a way to break the news to him, but he noticed the big paper bag next to my purse. He took it and looked inside.

"Why have you brought me a bag of candy?" He asks suspiciously "People only bring me candy when they are about to give me bad news"

"Fez…"

"Have you killed Hyde?" He asks suspiciously, and I burst into laughter. Fez is still staring at me, but I'm still laughing my ass off. After a while, I calmed down.

"No Fez, I haven't killed Steven" I chuckled again "Even though he definitely deserves it"

"Obviously" he agrees with me "But giant bags of candy from my friends equals bad news, so just get it over with"

"So, Fez…" I take a deep breath, my face is suddenly serious, and I place a hand on his knee "I'm leaving Point Place"

Fez just stares at me for a few seconds "For how long?" He asks.

He must think that I'm only taking a vacation, crap, this is going to be harder than I thought it would be.

"Fez, I think you're misunderstanding, I'm moving out of Point Place, for good"

"Is this because of Hyde? Because Donna already punched him earlier"

"No… I'm leaving for me, Fez. I came back from Chicago hoping I could sort things out with Steven, but that obviously didn't work out" I grimaced at the thought of him with that skank "So I have nothing to hold me back anymore, I got my job back and I'm leaving for Chicago in the morning"

"What about me, and Donna? You still have us, Jacqueline" he said tenderly

"Fez, Donna is moving to Chicago with me. She got into college there, she's leaving with me in the morning, the only reason she's not here right now is that Bob is trying to spend as much time as possible with her, they're having dinner right now"

"But…" he stuttered "How? First, Eric leaves, then Hyde marries a stranger, now you and Donna are leaving as well… Now, who's boobs am I going to admire?"

"Well, you can admire the stripper boobs," I say, frowning

"Oh please" he scoffed "Those are fake boobs, real boobs are nicer to stare at"

"I will take that as a compliment" I smile "Fezzie, I couldn't leave without saying goodbye to you. You're the only one of the group who's receiving a goodbye, by the way, so you should feel special" I take his hand in mine "You are special Fez, and you will always have a place in my heart, I mean, you're the only one with a decent fashion sense" I try to joke "I'm going to miss you the most, Fez"

His brown eyes are now filled with tears, and he starts to eat some of the candies in the bag I gave him.

"This is all Hyde's fault" I hear him mumbling

"Look, Fez, Steven is a jerk, and he broke my heart in a way I never thought he would, but it's not 100% his fault" I start, and I wonder if I should tell him this "Donna received a letter from Eric today, he broke up with her. We literally spent the day crying and trash-talking the boys. Donna was the one that convinced me to go back to Chicago in the first place, she decided that she has nothing to lose too, now that Eric broke up with her, she has no reason to postpone college anymore, and she doesn't need to limit herself to UW, so, I got my job back, and she got into college there. We are going to be roommates, like you and Michael"

"Is Eric stupid?" He asks, dumbfounded with the new information

"That's what I said! Seriously, what the hell is wrong with him?"

"So, Eric dumps Donna, Hyde marries a stripper, and now Fez is left alone!" He snaps

"Fezzie, don't say that, we are leaving Point Place, we are not leaving you! As soon as Donna and I find a place, we are going to call you, and you are going to visit us at least once a month! I need a decent shopping partner Fez!"

"Jacqueline, I want you to call me every week, so we can arrange our shopping dates" he pouts, and I nod

"I'm really going to miss you, Fez" I hug him

"Me too"

"I think I should get going right now, Donna and I are leaving in the morning and you know how much I need my beauty rest"

"You should've killed Hyde, I would be less sad" he lamented

"You don't mean that, Fez. But I understand where this comes from"

"Shouldn't you be angrier? I thought you would've destroyed his car by now"

"You know, I thought I would be angry too, but all I feel is sadness, Fezzie. I feel worthless, he's acting like I never meant anything to him, shoving the whore down my throat every time he sees me, I can't take it anymore" Now I'm crying again, I thought I was done with the tears by now "Every time I see him with her, a part of me dies, I'm leaving for me Fez, because if I stay I think that I'll end up doing something seriously stupid"

Fez is looking at me with those big brown eyes of his, and he just pulls me in for another hug, I can't help it, I start to sob. Damn it, I really thought I was done crying.

"I still wanna kill Hyde" he mumbles and I pull away from him, to look him in the eyes again

"Fez, look, I know that you're probably really mad at Steven right now, but please, don't be, okay? Yes he did something stupid, and yes, he broke me, but he needs his friends. He just lost Eric, so please Fez, don't leave him, no matter how much you blame him for everything that happened, promise me that you won't abandon him, he was abandoned enough for a lifetime"

Fez was looking at me with a weird expression on his face "You know, Jackie, letting you go was probably the dumbest decision of his life. Right now, even after everything, you still care about him, you asked me not to leave him, even if he totally deserves it" then he smiled "You have a big heart, Jacqueline, people don't give you enough credit for it"

"Yeah, just don't tell anyone" I chuckle and went to the door

"I would like to state that I, Fez, am available for revenge sex," He says, but I know he's joking, so I slap his arm and laugh

"Pig"

"I'm really going to miss you Jackie, Donna too"

"I promise you we will call as soon as we find an apartment, okay?" I hug him again

"Okay" we pull apart and I open the apartment door

"See you soon, Fezzie"


DONNA

I woke up and went to take a shower. Today is my last day in Point Place, I thought I would be sadder, but honestly, I'm fine. I feel like I'm finally doing what I've always wanted to do. Of course I'm going to miss some people, mostly the Formans, my dad, and the boys. I'll miss Kelso and Fez, but I definitely won't miss Hyde, at least not this version of him. Just remembering the crap he said to me yesterday made my blood boil, and I look at my right hand. After the punch I laid on him yesterday, you would've thought that my hand would be bruised or something, but despite some swelling on my knuckles, my hand is fine. Hyde's face, on the other hand, is not. I grin slightly, with all the crap he was saying, he should've seen it coming.

Flashback, the day before

I honestly cannot believe what a jerk Hyde is being! Jackie is now crying her eyes out again because he decided to make out with his supposed wife in front of her. According to Jackie, he looked at her, smiled, and pulled the whore to a kiss. He did it just to hurt her! What the hell is wrong with him?! I'm heading to the basement, I need to pick up some albums I left here, and I'm still fuming, I hope Hyde's not down there because if I see him I'm going to give him a piece of my mind! Maybe if I find a big enough, and a heavy enough pole, I can whack some common sense into the asshole!

As I opened the door, I see that Hyde is sitting in his chair, drinking beer and watching TV, Fez and Kelso are on the couch, laughing about something stupid. I know everyone noticed that I entered, but so far, nobody said anything, so I just head to the stereo and try to find some of the albums I wanna bring to Chicago with me. Then I heard him.

"Had fun with my stash yesterday?" He asks me wryly, I just ignore him, I'm trying to focus on finding my Janis Joplin album now. But he continues "I see you talked to Jackie. Man, I really messed her up, huh?" He laughed. He actually laughed at his last statement, that was enough to make me forget about my records for now.

I take a deep breath. This is Hyde, he's basically Eric's brother, he grew up with you, he is a friend. I keep trying to remind myself of that, but all I can see is Jackie's face the minute she walked into my room yesterday.

"Where's the wife?" I ask snidely, noticing that the blonde wasn't in the basement

"Looking for a job" he shrugged, and I turned my back at him, I pick up the records I selected, and just when I was about to stand up and leave, he decided to talk again "You should hang out in the basement more often, it's so peaceful and quiet, I feel like I'm in heaven" he smirks slyly "Everyone here should be grateful to me, I've managed to get rid of Jackie, aren't we living the dream now?"

I stare at him, disgusted by everything he just said. Even Fez and Kelso have annoyed expressions on their faces.

"Don't look at me like that, Donna, you always talked about how much she annoyed you, I did you a favor" he scowled

"What the hell happened to you?" I ask him, completely dumbfounded by all the crap that's coming out of his mouth

"I got rid of a 95-pound cancerous tumor, that's what happened to me"

"Dude…" I hear Kelso saying, his tone was clear, he was basically telling Hyde to shut the fuck up, but Hyde just grinned

"C'mon man, you had your turn, I had my turn… Hey Fez, maybe you'll finally get lucky, Jackie's pretty easy when she's vulnerable"

What the fuck?

"You dated her for two years, Hyde. You can't possibly mean everything you just said" I say, I can feel the anger running through my blood.

"Two years of temporary insanity" he answers me, then he stands up to grab another beer in the shower.

That's it.

Before I can even acknowledge what the hell I'm doing, Hyde's already at the floor. I punched him, hard, in the face. He deserves it.

"What the fuck?!" I hear him protest, but I'm not in the mood to hear him whining, so I just take my albums and head to the basement door.

"I don't even recognize you anymore," I say as I leave the basement and head back to my house to finish packing.

End of flashback

Yeah, I definitely don't regret punching Hyde. I hope I left a mark, so every time he looks at himself in the mirror he feels as disgusted by himself as I was when I looked at him yesterday. Jackie is literally a victim in this situation, she did absolutely nothing to deserve this. Jackie may be annoying sometimes, but she has plenty of qualities, Hyde should know this better than anyone else.

After the shower I put on the clothes I've separated yesterday, the rest of my clothes are now in boxes all over Jackie's car. I have breakfast with my dad, who can't stop crying, and I wait for Jackie to arrive, so we can say our goodbyes to the Formans and get the hell out of Point Place.

I see her parking in front of my house, and I meet her on the front porch. I take a deep breath

"Are you ready?" I ask, and she nods. We head to the Formans driveway, and we see Red and Kitty having breakfast at the kitchen table. Hyde's probably still sleeping, Jackie said he sleeps until noon on the weekends.

All of a sudden, I feel nervous. Mr. and Mrs. Forman are like parents to me, and I'm pretty sure Jackie feels the same way about them. Saying goodbye to them is not going to be easy. I open the sliding door and head inside the kitchen, Jackie by my side.

"Donna, Jackie!" I hear Mrs. Forman's perky voice "I haven't seen you two in a while, have you two eaten breakfast already?"

"Yes, Mrs. Forman" Jackie answers her with a sweet smile "Actually, Donna and I need to talk to you and Mr. Forman for a while," she says, suddenly directing her gaze to the floor

"Is this about the dumbass?" I hear Red asking us, and I know he is referring to Hyde "Because I'm dying to kick his ass the minute he arrived from Las Vegas, but Kitty won't let me" he added the last part with a scowl

"Now, Red, that's not nice" Kitty reprehended her husband

"He deserves it. By the way, congratulations Donna" he grinned "I heard all about your little stunt yesterday"

"Seriously?" I ask, confused, Hyde would never tell Mr. and Mrs. Forman that he was punched by a girl, even if the girl in question is me.

"Of course, the kettlehead was basically shouting for the whole neighborhood, nice job"

Gotta love Kelso sometimes.

"Well…" Jackie started "Donna and I came here to say goodbye"

Red puts down his newspaper, and Kitty was looking strangely at me and Jackie.

"What?" I hear Mrs. Forman ask

"Jackie and I are leaving Point Place in a few minutes, we are moving to Chicago," I say, avoiding eye contact with Mrs. Forman

"But… but why?" Fuck, Mrs. Forman sounds so sad, I want to hug her.

"I've got my job back" Jackie answered "And Donna got into University of Chicago. Now that Eric's gone and Steven's…" she hesitates and takes a deep breath, probably trying to avoid the tears "Married to someone else, we don't have a reason to stay in Point Place anymore"

Mr. and Mrs. Forman looked completely flabbergasted by Jackie's words, but deep down, I know they understand our reasons.

"I don't know what to say" Mrs. Forman looks like she's about to cry

"We just wanted to drop by and thank you both. For everything" I say, my eyes now are watery

"You treated me better than my own parents" Jackie spoke "I am really going to miss you two, but this is something that we just have to do"

As soon as Jackie finished her words, Mrs. Forman hugged her tightly, and Jackie closed her eyes, enjoying the motherly embrace she was receiving. Jackie was right, the Formans did treat her better than her own parents, Jackie probably never got a hug like this from her own mother. Then Mrs. Forman pulled me into the hug as well, and involuntarily, the tears started to fall.

"You girls are like daughters to me. Both of you" she whispers to us.

When the hug ended, Jackie and I looked expectantly at Red. He is not an emotional guy, and he's certainly not comfortable at all with this situation, but deep down he really cares about us.

"I know this probably wasn't an easy decision for you two" he started "And I want you two to know that if you need anything, anything at all, Kitty and I are just a phone call away, okay?" His tone was tender, and he gave us a small grin "I'm really proud of you two"

"We are going to call as soon as we get a place" I promised them, and they smiled at us. Jackie pulled Mr. Forman for a hug, at first he seemed uncomfortable, but then he just patted her head and smiled. She truly is his favorite.

After we said our goodbyes, I heard Red mumbling about being left in Point Place with 3 dumbasses and a crying Bob. Jackie and I hugged them one last time and went into Jackie's Lincoln. This is it. Our new life is starting, and I couldn't be more excited.


HYDE

I feel my head pounding, I open my eyes and look at the blonde laying on the other side of the bed, and I grimace. Mrs. Forman offered us Laurie's room yesterday, and thank God for that, because Laurie has a big bed, and big beds mean no cuddling. I hated the feeling of sleeping next to her, her arms felt heavy around my chest, so in those last couple of days since she arrived I slept on the couch. I just can't sleep this close to her and not feel disgusted with myself.

I went to the bathroom to take a shower, and I looked at myself in the mirror. Donna's pretty strong, my cheekbone is swollen and purple, and I'm pretty sure I have a black eye. I'm not going to pretend I didn't deserve the punch, because I did, I recognize that, I said some pretty awful stuff about her best friend.

Honestly, if I've heard someone else talking about Jackie the way I did yesterday, I would probably punch this person too. But I was drunk, and I just couldn't stop the words from leaving my mouth, she cheated on me with Kelso, right? So screw this, screw her, I should not feel bad. Yet, somehow, I still do. In fact, I feel like shit every day since that night in Chicago.

I glance at the watch on my wrist, it's 9:30AM. Since when do I wake up early on the weekends? I head downstairs to eat some breakfast and I hear some muffled sobs. Oh crap, Mrs. Forman is probably crying about Forman again. I enter the kitchen and I find Mrs. Forman crying in Red's arms, she's saying something about all of her babies leaving her. I don't pay much attention, she's saying pretty much the same thing since Forman left.

Red noticed my presence as I sat down at the table to eat.

"Morning, dumbass" he growls, and I wondered what the hell did I do now, before I even have a chance to ask, he makes a snide comment about my injured face "I need to send Donna a fruit basket for that one"

I looked at him suspiciously while I poured myself some cereal "How do you know it was Donna?"

"Here's something you should know about your kettlehead friend: he yells" he grimaced and directed his attention back at Mrs. Forman, who was still sobbing. I look strangely at the scene in front of me, and I raise an eyebrow, silently asking Red what the hell happened.

He doesn't say anything, so I just sigh and ask out loud "What happened now?"

Mrs. Forman quickly raised her head out of Red's chest, and she looked at me like she just noticed I was in the room, I looked expectantly at her.

"Donna and Jackie left 15 minutes ago," she says, and I keep looking at her, is that why she's crying, really? Donna literally lives next door, and Jackie's always with her.

"They left Point Place, dumbass" Red snarls at me and my heart stopped beating for a second, they what? "They dropped by 15 minutes ago to say goodbye. They're moving away"

He can't be serious, Donna is waiting for Forman, and Jackie wouldn't just leave out of nowhere. Right?

"Where?" That is all I managed to ask, and Mrs. Forman looked sadly at me.

"Chicago" she answered, and the color drained from my face for a second.

She left me for Chicago again, she left me.

No, no, no, I shouldn't be thinking like this, not after what happened, not after Kelso.

"Jackie got her job back and Donna's going to college there" Mrs. Forman completed, I looked into her eyes and I felt like the worst piece of shit in the world. She looked so disappointed in me, and I know that she blames me for this. I blame myself too.

Fucking Chicago.

I get up from the table without finishing my cereal, and head to the basement. I went into my 'recently old' room and laid down on my cot. This isn't right. Jackie probably hates me right now, but she wouldn't leave without saying goodbye, not after last time, would she? Fuck. And Donna, shit, I've been back for less than a week and I probably already lost her friendship, she's clearly on Jackie's side, my black eye is proof of it.

How can they leave like this? This isn't like them, Jackie would probably demand a goodbye party, she would want to make a big exit, and Donna would've told us all the minute she decided she wanted to leave. She is not an impulsive person, she always planned every move of hers. Now what? I'm stuck here in Point Place with Fez, Kelso, and a wife I barely know. Fuck this.

I take a deep breath to calm myself and I swear I can smell her, strawberries and vanilla, the most intoxicating scent in the world. After a while, I realize that my pillow is the source of the smell, and if I close my eyes, I can almost feel her laying by my side, rubbing her hands through my chest, kissing my jaw, nuzzling my neck... she's gone for less than an hour and I already miss her like crazy. Even though I shouldn't. I'm married, I'm supposed to hate her, she cheated on me, yet, I miss her. Every fucking day since Chicago I've missed her.

I lost the track of time while I'm laying here, getting lost in her scent, but I hear voices in the basement.

I see Kelso and Fez on the couch, both of them had very sad looks on their faces. Fuck, is Fez crying? I don't know if I have the patience to deal with this crap today. I enter the room anyway, it's better if I just get this over with now.

Fez stopped crying just to glare at me. He's holding a big paper bag, and I assume that the bag is filled with candy. Kelso pats his back and also glares at me. But he doesn't say anything.

I sat in my chair and stared at both of them, silently daring them to say something, and they stayed quiet. For like, 10 whole minutes. Until they weren't anymore, because Fez started sobbing again. I roll my eyes and prepare myself for what's to come.

"This is all your fault!" Here we go "Both of my goddesses are gone and it's your fault, Hyde!"

I stay quiet and decide to let the little foreign dude vent while I still have the patience to hear him without beating him up.

"You just had to throw away my Jackie like garbage, and now she left me! Because of you, I'll have no more boobs to stare at, because you drove them away! You drove my boobs away! Donna and Jackie are gone and you are a whore!"

"Hey" I protest "Sam has a nice rack"

"Oh, she wishes she had breasts as magnificent as Jackie's and Donna's. She has fake boobs!"

Okay, this whole talk about boobs is starting to piss me off. What the hell is Fez thinking, talking about Jackie's boobs like this? It takes every ounce of self-control that I have not to pound him right now.

"Is that why you're so whiny today? Because of boobs?" I ask him incredulously

"The boobs are only one of the many, many things I am going to miss about them," he says

"Man, here's what I don't get. Why did Donna have to leave too? I mean, I get why Jackie left, if I was in her place I would've left too" I grin slightly, trying to pretend that I don't care that she's gone, even though it's fucking killing me.

"Donna left because Eric broke up with her" Fez scowled at me "He sent her a letter and broke up with her. No explanations, just a stupid letter"

"What the hell is wrong with Forman? Did Africa kill whatever brain cells he had left?" I ask, completely dumbfounded by the new information.

"I don't know, I guess he probably caught some disease from you, because right now you are the king of stupid decisions"

"Shut up Fez"

Kelso is incredibly quiet during this whole exchange. I notice that whenever someone mentions Jackie, he pretends that he isn't in the room. Guilt is a powerful emotion.

"Well, at least Donna did something right before she left," Fez said as he came closer and tried to get a proper look at my face "She's pretty strong, she would have a really nice career as a wrestler"

"Get away from me Fez" I push him back to the couch

"You son of a bitch, you know you deserved this punch!" He retorted

"I did not!" I lie. I definitely deserved this punch, but I'm not letting my guard down "Donna was probably just pissed because of Forman and took it out on me" I say "The stuff I said about Jackie was true, she just used it as an excuse to hit someone"

"Man, what the hell happened to you?" For the first time today, I hear Kelso's voice "Jackie and I broke up, like, a million times, but I never talked about her the way you're talking about her! In fact, if I talked about her the way you're talking about her, you would've kicked my ass!"

I'm enraged. He doesn't have the right to talk about Jackie and me, not after Chicago! So what if he's right? That doesn't change the fact that he slept with her!

"You don't have any saying in this situation, Kelso. It's all your fault!" I spat at him

"You're the one acting like an asshole, I'm not doing anything!"

"You slept with her, moron! I went to Chicago to propose and you were naked in her motel room! I can say anything I want about her, because she cheated on me with you!" I yell

"NOTHING HAPPENED, MAN!" Kelso yells back "I'm trying to tell you since you came back, but you just won't listen!"

"And I'm not going to" I stand up "I have eyes, I saw it!"

"ENOUGH!" Fez interrupted our incoming fight "You know that nothing happened in Chicago! You just need an excuse to keep acting like a whore!"

"Fez, that's not…" I try to reason with the guy, but he interrupts me again

"I SAID WHORE!" He yells and storms out of the basement

A few seconds after Fez's explosion, Kelso decided to open up his trap again

"Man, I really think we should talk about Chicago"

"There's nothing to talk about, Kelso" I go into the shower and grab myself a couple packs of beer, and without saying another word, I leave the basement.

As I drove my Camino, I decided that I needed to refill my stash, so I headed over to Leo's and got myself one of the best stuff. After a while, I park my car in a familiar place, I take my beers and my stash, and sit on the flatbed, admiring the view. Somehow, I ended up on Mount Hump. The place Jackie and I had our first date, the place where we made out countless times, enjoying a Kelso-free summer, the place where she first told me that her mother wasn't coming back, the place where she heard me talking about WB and how I was afraid of meeting him.

This is our place. And I'm here alone.

After I drank a whole six-pack of beers, I started to lose track of time. I just lay and think about how I managed to screw up my life so badly.

A few more beers later and I'm pretty sure Jackie didn't cheat on me with Kelso. Jackie was cheated on enough in her life to know what that feels like, she would never cheat, and I'm an idiot for not trusting her in the first place. But I just can't hear the whole story, I don't want to hear what exactly happened, I don't want Kelso to tell me, because it will only make me feel like shit. It's not like I can do anything to change the situation now that I've already lost her forever.

And I love her. God, I love her more than anything in this world. That's what makes everything worse. Things would be so much easier if I didn't love her, but hell, I do, I love her so much that it fucking hurts. But why do I keep trying to hurt her back?

During those last couple of days, I've been trying my best to try to convince people that I never cared about her in the first place, and I've said some pretty nasty stuff in order to do that. I touch my bruised cheekbone with my fingertips, cringing when I remembered what motivated Donna's punch. But I have to convince people that I don't care about Jackie, because maybe, in the process, I'll be able to convince myself of it.

I lit up a joint, and, during my high, I can almost see her, sitting next to me, leaning her head on my shoulders and playing with my fingers.

Another joint and a few beers later I had an epiphany. Jackie is gone, for good. She left Point Place to get away from me, and this is fucking killing me. I grab my wallet and take out my favorite picture of hers, she's wearing her cheerleader uniform, and she has that big smile of hers, the smile that can light up a room. Fuck, I haven't seen her smile like this in a while. I put the picture back where it belongs in my wallet, and I sigh. I remove my shades and I stare at the sky, it's almost dark already, how long have I been here?

Jackie left me, just like everyone else in my life, and I really want to get mad at her for it, but I just can't. She left because I basically forced her to, this whole thing is my fault. I made the wrong choices, I drove her away and now I'm paying the price for it. When Sam arrived, I thought that my chances with Jackie were ruined anyway, so why the hell not keep her around? And now I am living in my personal hell. Forman's gone, Jackie's gone, Donna's gone and I'm being forced to share a life with a woman I barely know and already can't stand. Edna would be so fucking proud.

My head is spinning, yet, I can't seem to be able to stop drinking. Someday she is going to meet someone else in Chicago, she is going to be happy, and have everything she's ever wanted. She'll get married to someone else, she'll have someone else's kids, she'll share a bed with someone other than me. And I'm staying here, in Point Place, trapped in a loveless marriage, living a miserable life, because I managed to fuck everything up with the only girl I've ever loved. The only girl I'll ever love.

This is the worst pain I've ever felt in my life, and I'm the one that caused it.

I feel drops of water falling through my cheeks. I look up, it's not raining.

Fuck.


A/N: So... what do you think? If you can please leave a review, I would be extremely happy