Hyde sat at his desk in his office at headquarters of Grooves, his biological father appointing him the manager's post when he first moved to Florida. His foot tapped against the floor and his pencil hit the edge of the desk in the exact beat. Not only had he and Jackie got into a fight this morning but his secretary had paged him over a dozen times informing him that Mrs Foreman had called and wanted to speak to him immediately.

The amount of messages she had left was of a high number. She had finally given up ringing his secretary and rang his direct number. He couldn't answer the phone and talk to his 'adoptive' mother just yet. Hyde knew that she would start crying and beg him to come back to Point Place.

He wasn't ready to face his home town just yet, in fact he didn't know if he could ever face that town again after what happened.

"You never were and never will be my brother! How dare you steal from my family? You know what Hyde; you're just a bum who my family took in because they felt sorry. Although, I don't know why to be honest. You're just a pathetic burn out who will make nothing of his life."

Hyde rubbed his hand across his forehead as the words that still cut him like a knife after all these years filled his head. Even after living there for years he was still treated like a common criminal. His guilt finally getting the better of him, Hyde confidently pressed the play button on his answering machine.

*beeeep*

"Steven, honey its Mrs Foreman. Jackie rang and told me and Red what's happened. Ring me as soon as you get this."

*beeeep*

"Steven, maybe I can help honey. I am a nurse after all."

*beeeep*

"Steven, I know you use this Zen mumbo jumbo, but you can't let your self worry about this and just allow it to build up. It will make things worse."

*beeeep*

"Steven Hyde, this is ridiculous. You need to talk about this right now. You've got to admit that you're sick and that you need to talk to this to someone. Jackie, me, or even your doctor. Please.

*beeeep*

"Steven, we've told Eric and the rest of your friends. They're really worried. Please just please give us a call." Hyde rubbed his fingers over his eyes as he head Mrs Foreman begin to cry over the message and how she tried to calm herself down by taking deep breaths, which obviously wasn't helping.

"You, you might die Steven... oh my ba-"

*beeep*

"Listen here dumbass, Kitty had to hang up she was crying so hard. So you listen to me and you listen good. You may be all the way over in Florida, and I know you don't talk to my dumbass son or your dumbass friends anymore, but face the facts Steven. Your cancers terminal now and you might not have long left at all from what Jackie's told me. I know you and Eric had an argument, but you're dying. It's times to make amends."

Hyde thought it was the ends of the message and went to press stop when Red's voice floated through the speakers again.

"Oh and grow a pair and ring Kitty soon, Jackie shouldn't be the one telling us everything. So man up or I'll put a foot in your ass."

Typical Red Foreman.

Hyde turned back to the work he wasn't doing as his office door walked in, his assistant Jeffry walked in with his video camera.

"I got what you wanted Hyde, but I honestly don't know why you couldn't do it, I mean this is for your child right?"

Hyde gave his assistant his infamous stare and took the camera from Jeffry's hand and plugged it into this television set.

"I had work to do Jeffery, that and I'm your boss, you do as I say." Jeffry sat down in the chair opposite Hyde's.

"You really got to me Zen one of these days." Hyde merely shrugged his shoulders and pressed play on the little remote seeing his colleagues appear on the screen.

Jeffry's voice came through the speakers as Hyde's secretary appeared on screen.

"So, Leanne, what do you think of Mr Hyde?" Leanne looked up from what she was doing at her desk, a confused expression her face.

"Is that a trick question? And why have you got a camera?" The camera moved a little as Jeffry shuffled his stance from one leg to another.

"Mr Hyde wants to record an employee questionnaire to see what the employees here think of the company and their manager."

Putting down her pencil, Leanne looked off camera towards Jeffry and thought for a few minutes before voicing her answer.

"Mr Hyde is a very closed person, he may be good at his job and know how to run this business and music, he isn't a very people person. Sure he's hardworking but he keeps to himself. But overall he does care for this company and the employees so I guess that's the main thing. I'm just guessing there are barriers around his heart."

The footage cut to one of the vice president of the company who Hyde considered as a friend.

"Erm, Hyde maybe you shouldn't watch this one I thought the camera was turned off." Hyde ignored him; Jeffry didn't know half the stuff he had experienced throughout his lifetime.

"So is the camera off? I don't want this recorded." The camera moved up and down, the same motion as Jeffry's head.

"I promise you it is."

"Man to man, Hyde isn't all what he's cracked up to be. Lets face it, he only got the job here because his daddy owns this company. Even back in his home town his daddy let him run the store. The word is he barely made it through high school, and he barely had enough grades to even contemplate college. Oh and he lived in his friends basement. Talk about being handed everything on a platter. He doesn't deserve any of this. It isn't any wonder why nearly half the colleagues at this company hate him. I honestly don't know why that girlfriends even with him. A) He doesn't deserve her and b) he'll never propose to her."

Hyde stalked over to the camera and unplugged it causing the screen to go funny. Jeffry stood up and walked towards Hyde who was leaning his arm against the wall and was thinking over what the vice president of the company. After moments of contemplation he came to the conclusion, it just wasn't worth it anymore.

"You know what Jeffry, its cool."

"Your mother has always said honesty is the best policy and this is a rule you must always live by, because trust me I didn't and I've nearly lost your mother and countless other people because of lying and them finding out from different people. So I'm going to tell you this straight." Hyde took a breath and convinced himself not to use his Zen as he looked directly at the camera.

"Your mother and I got into a pretty big argument today, probably the biggest one we've ever had. And funnily enough it was about you and your not even here yet. You see, your mother had an ultrasound appointment today and it was the first time we get to see you. They use this special machine and you can see inside your mum's stomach. Now don't take this the wrong way, but I couldn't go. And it wasn't because I was scared and it wasn't because I don't care. Its because, and you're probably not going to understand this until your much older; but it was because I don't want to see you in your mothers stomach if there's a possibility that I won't see you or witness your birth."

He felt tears fill his eyes and let one carelessly full down his cheek before wiping it off and rubbing his eyes.

"I know that seeing you I'll get so excited and think about all the things I want to teach you and do with you when the reality is; I'm never going to be able to. My future is pretty much set and its more than likely that I'll never see you and that kills me more than anyone could possibly know. I'm not known as a caring guy to outsiders, but I care more about people who are close to me more than my own good. I know seeing you will get my hopes up and I really don't want to do that to myself. I just hope your mother will understand that some day. Speak soon." Hyde unplugged the camera and placed it back in its hiding place in his office.

He heard Jackie walk in and settle herself on the sofa turning on the television to one of her many soap operas that she watched. She looked up as Hyde walked in and a sad look fell upon her face.

"I know you don't want to talk about it Steven, but at least think about coming to the next one. You might see it as torture, but think; do you really want to die without ever seeing your child… and always regret it?"

Hyde nodded his head and kissed her on the forehead and left her be with her television as he took his many tablets. Maybe Jackie was right, but he just couldn't risk the pain. It hurt enough too much already it more ways than one.

I forgot to add the disclaimer in the first chapter but I don't own That 70's show, any of the characters or music and songs mentioned. I only own the plot. :)