𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀 𝑫𝑨𝑻𝑬 - Steven Hyde

forty eight

48|TRUTH REVEALED

Marigold stopped on the stairwell, shocked when she spotted the pair once again making out on the sofa. As she was about to run away once again, Eric and Donna burst into the basement.

"What the hell?" Donna screamed in fright, staring at the pair on the sofa with shock.

"I'm blind!" Eric said with distaste, cringing at the sight before him.

"Jackie?"

"Get off me!" Jackie pushed Hyde away, quickly sitting up and sorting her hair.

"Great outfit." Hyde complimented the ginger girl, smirking at her new school uniform.

"Okay, so, um, what exactly did you see?" Jackie questioned, hoping they didn't actually see anything.

"Hands, tongue, yours, his." Eric listed off. "It was horrible!"

"You were like Siamese twins joined at the beard." Donna added, still cringing at what she had witnessed.

"Hey, it was her fault, man." Hyde blamed the short girl. "She threw herself at me."

He moved away from the sofa, pausing as he spotted Goldie standing on the stairs with a saddened look. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something to her but stopped himself, turning around to argue with Jackie.

"No, no, you were on top of me." She argued back at him.

"I've done a lot of partying, so, you know, my balance is off." He stumbled over his words, trying to find a good excuse. "You pulled me!"

"This is impossible!" Eric looked between the pair with confusion. "You two hate each other."

"Kelso is gonna freak out." Donna added once she realised.

"Kelso!"

"Settle down, Esmeralda." Hyde waved off the boy as he freaked out. "Kelso doesn't need to know about this."

"Yeah, look, it's just a meaningless fling, okay?" Jackie shrugged it off as if their strange relationship wasn't as weird as they were making it out to be.

"Well, then, maybe you should."

"Why do you care?"

"Because you're breaking up the band, Yoko!" Eric yelled at her, still in shock over what he had just found out.

"She did that a long time ago." Goldie scoffed, standing up and stretching her legs before leaving the basement, tired of having to listen and witness Jackie and Hyde.

"Goldie, how are you?" Kitty greeted her niece excitedly.

"Slightly tired today." She lied, walking closer to her aunt and hugging her. "Can we bake? I need to release some pent up anger on batter."

"Of course." The older woman excitedly grabbed her cook book, flicking through the pages before landing on the perfect cookie recipe. "Can you grab the ingredients and I shall get the mixing bowl."

"I've been thinking about what I want to do after school." Goldie stated, cracking eggs into a bowl. "I want to go to university to study law."

"What?" Kitty turned around to stare at the younger girl with confusion. "You want to become a lawyer?"

"Yeah, I want to be able to find justice for those affected by crime." She smiled brightly at her aunt. "My father should have paid for how he treated his secretary but also I deserve justice for what she did to my parents. That woman was able to kill herself and avoid all the horror but I have to live every day replaying that awful scene in my head. There are others like me who I want to be able to help."

"That's a very noble thing you want to do." Her aunt said proudly, embracing her tightly and placing a gentle kiss on her temple. "I just know your mother would be so proud of you. Just remember you need to study and work hard."

"You would make a good lawyer." Hyde said from the basement door, startling the two women as he entered the kitchen. He smiled lightly at Goldie before grabbing a Coke from the fridge and leaving, mumbling a small farewell to Kitty.

"He seemed so much happier when you two were together." Kitty commented casually as she grabbed something from the fridge.

"What?" Goldie spun around and stared at her aunt with shock.

"He worshipped the ground you walked on." The older woman explained with a chuckle. "He will be back. They always come back. I just hope you'll forgive him enough to open your heart again."

"It's more difficult than that, Aunt Kitty." She sighed, watching the boy drive away with Jackie in the passenger seat. "I don't know if I want him back. Not after everything he has done and not done."

"You both are young and just need time."