fatefulnight4

(Scene opens at the jailhouse where the four football players are being held. Hyde entersthe jail and walks over to the cell that the football players share. A guard anounces to the slumbering boys that they have a visitor.)

"Who the hell are you?" John asks suspiciously.

"Just someone who knows the girl you raped." Hyde replies cooly. John's face lights up as does the other boys'.

"Well then you'll want to know." John replied pressing his face up aginst the bars.

"Know about what?"

"About how all of this is worth it, since my buddies and I screwed the hottest chick around these parts. Yeah on our official score card she would've been a perfect 10, if she hadn't pretended that she didn't enjoy it. She may have been crying and screaming on the outside, but inside she was practically begging for it."

Hyde's eyes flashed with anger and he grabbed a hold of John's head and banged it up against the bars. When he let go, John fell to the floor rubbing his sore head. "Just to let you guys know, the very instant you looked at her that night, you were as good as dead!" Hyde said in a very loud angry tone, that suprised even himself. The guard noticed the ruckus and rushed over.

"Young man, I'm afraid your going to have to leave now." He said ushering Hyde away.

When he got to Jackie's house he explained to her about what had happened.

"You did that for me?"

"No, I did it for my health, of course I did it for you!" Jackie managed a weak smile.

"My parents know what happened to me. They couldn't manage to peel themselves away from the Bahamas, but they sent there lawyer for the trial."

"Nice folks,your parents." Hyde replied sarcastically.

"Yeah well, at least I have you guys to help me through this. Especially you." She said the last sentence quickly. Hyde didn't reply to this. The silence dragged on for moments until he leaned in and gave Jackie a passionate kiss, which she returned. They seemed to be ready to go the whole way but suddenly, Jackie pushed him away.

"I can't do this." Was what she said before running to her bedroom in tears.

"Damn." Hyde mumbled under his breath before following her.

He knocked gently on her door.

"I'm sorry Steven, you can come in."

He slowly opened the door and sat beside her on her bed.

"You hate me now. I'm useless, I'll never be able to get close to anyone in the intimate sense ever again." Jackie cried.

"Oh God, don't talk like that,those shitheads didn't ruin it for you forever. If you go around thinking they did, then I guess they did, but then I guess they won didn't they."

"You don't hate me though, do you?"

"NO, definitely not, how could I?"

Jackie rested her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Are you going to be at the trial next week?"She asked quietly.

"We're all going to be there."

"But you especially."

"Yes me especially."

(Skip to next week at the trial. Jackie is pacing nervously around the courthouse lobby. The whole gang are with her ready to give her support.)
"Don't worry sweet Jackie, if justice does not put those boys away, me and my posse will take care of them." Fez anounced confidently,Kelso nodded quickly and grinned to show he was part of the "posse". Jackie smiled at him brightly.

"Thats sweet of you Fez."

"Ahh what the hell, anything for you."

Donna walked up to Jackie and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Are you nervous?"

"Terribly."

"Don't be. Those assholes will get what's coming to them."

"Thanks Donna."

Soon the trial began. The first person on the stands was Jackie who repeated the events of that night with a bit of confidence. Next came the four boys who told there versions of the story in lurid detail. You could see the gang in the audience all looking ready to shoot the four boys on the spot. Soon Cindy,the cheerleader, was called up. She was still quite black and blue from the little "spat" she and Jackie had. She told the judge about how Jackie had come down from the stairs after the "incident" and how the girls had questioned Jackie on what had happened.

"We were so concerned about her your honor, she does have a history of lewd behavior unbecoming of a girl her age,I'm sure these rape charges are just a coverup for her looseness." Cindy informed the judge, sweetness dripping from her voice.

After the cross examinations and after the jury went to there meeting, the judge decided to make a statement.

"I feel that the child is telling the truth about what happened, and if the ones responsible are not found guilty of forcing themselves on her, there still will be rape charges of a different kind. There is proof that she did indeed have intercourse with those boys, and her being a minor that is statitory rape(I think that's how you spell it.). With the story of her being beaten the day after having been confirmed as true, i'm sure these boys will be put away for a LONG time."

The jury came back from their meeting fifteen minutes later and took a seat back in there box.

"Has the jury reached a descision?"

"Yes your honor. On the charge of rape, guilty with none opposed. On the charge of assault and battery, guilty with none opposed."

"The jury has spoken, after a brief recess we will have the sentences wrote up. Meet back at one." (There I tried really hard to make the trial realistic, give me a break I've never been to one and I don't watch Judge Judy.)

Hyde and Jackie decided to go out for a quick lunch alone after the trial had finished.

"So, do you feel safer now that you know you won't be seeing those jerks for a long time?" Hyde asked her as they were driving back to her house.

"I guess so. I'm glad that part is all over."

"Yeah now you have to work on showing your face in public again."

"Haha, funny."

"I try."

That night Jackie decided that she didn't think it was nessacary to have Hyde stay there anymore. Right before he left they stood in her driveway to say their good-bye's.

"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow." Hyde said quietly.

"I guess so."

"Well, good-bye."

He turned away and headed for his car.

"Wait!" Jackie called after him.

He turned around just in time for Jackie to embrace him tightly.

"Thank you so much!" She whispered. He returned her embrace and she looked up at him.

"You can kiss me now, if you want to." She offered.

He did so. When they pulled away he headed to his car once more.

"Wait!" Jackie called once again.

"What now?"

"I guess you can stay a couple more nights, since my parents aren't getting back anytime soon." She informed him in a shy voice.

"That's what I thought." He replied following her back into the house.

THE END
I leave what happened after they returned to the house to you the faithful readers imagination.

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