Falling for an Asshole ~ Steven Hyde

Pilot

Elizabeth's POV

I sat with the gang in the basement as loud music poured through the stairway. I was sitting beside Hyde as we watched Eric rubbing his hands nervously; we were all trying to convince him to steal some beer from his parent's party.

"Eric, it's time." Hyde finally breaks the silence, leaning forward.

Eric shook his head. "Why don't you do it?"

"It's your house." Hyde answers

"Your house" Kelso repeats as he leans over Hyde's shoulder with an intense look in his eyes

"Listen to them up there. The party has reached critical mass. In ten minutes there will be no more beer opportunities" Hyde says as he points to the ceiling.

"If my dad catches me coppin beers, he'll kill me!" Eric argues

"I'm willing to take that risk." hyde says as he slaps Eric's knee.

"Don't worry about it" Kelso says, "just keep calm, keep moving-"

"And above all, don't get sucked into our dad's hair." Donna continues as I shiver in disgust.

Eric pauses "What's  wrong with your dad's hair?"

"Just don't look at it." I say "it's horrifying."

"And Eric," Hyde stands and grabs his head dramatically. "Cold, definitely cold." Steven pats him on the shoulder and sits down after having sent Eric to self-destruct in front of his parents.

Hyde opens up a nudie mag beside me as he calls Kelso over. "Check it out!"

"We see that every day" Donna tells him as Kelso checks her out

I see Steven staring at my boobs "I know they're nice, but eyes up here Hyde" I say in a snarky tone

Before he could answer Eric comes running down the stairs holding five cans of beer.

"He's alive!" Hyde shouts

"Good news! My dad is thinking of giving me... the VistaCruiser!" Eric says.

"You're getting a car?" Kelso asks with a wide grin.

"Oooh, have I told you how incredibly attractive you are Eric?" Donna jokingly flirts with Eric

I roll my eyes at her words, it's so obvious they have a thing for each other but  Eric's head is so far up his ass that he can't even notice Donna's constant staring.

"No?" Eric says raising an eyebrow. It's funny watching him squirm while waiting for her to confirm that she isn't joking.

"You told me he was cute," Kelso says as I snort.

Donna looks down awkwardly "No- no I didn't..."

"Yeah, you did! I remember because you told me not to say anything in front of Eric." Kelso points to Eric with his thumb oblivious to the situation.

"Let's focus on what's important here, people," Hyde says as he cuts the tension. "Eric stole stuff! To Forman!" He toasts.

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Steven's POV

With the exception of Liz and myself, everyone leaves to do their own things. 

"Does Steven Hyde actually care about people now?" My eyes widen slightly under my sunglasses. Does she know? Act cool, be zen, she may be talking about something else. "I mean you could have just let Donna struggle with some random excuse, but you saved her ass man."