Disclaimer & A/N: Don't own anyone or anything… It belongs to some really ridiculous people who totally ruined the final season. If it belonged to me, Jackie and Hyde would be married and have kids and stuff. Lol. This fic also came to me following talking to Casper1990… We were kind of talking about Jackie and Hyde's relationship and how it probably would really have worked out… So, I'm gonna goof around with it and see what happens. The song I used for the title belongs to England Dan and John Ford Coley. Last of all, all of you guys that wanted to see a multi-chapter piece from me, this is for you… Hope I actually update like a normal person. Lol.

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

Chapter 1 – Hello, Yeah, It's Been Awhile

Hyde stood back up as Jackie's eyes filled with shock. Fortunately, her business side took over first, and she completed her conversation with the shoe store's manager. "I'm sorry, but I have to insist that you fire her, Mr. Sullivan. I don't care if she is your daughter, I will not have an intoxicated person working here!"

Hyde glanced at the manager of the store, who looked at Jackie. "Miss Burkhart, I do not appreciate you calling me out in my store in front of the customers." Hyde took notice of the words Miss Burkhart. Good. She wasn't married.

Not that it mattered or anything.

"Well," Jackie said. "You're the one who was too busy to come to my office when I asked for a meeting. I had to tell you immediately, so next time I call you to my office, I would suggest you come to my office immediately."

The man was angry, but seemed almost afraid of Jackie. Hyde kind of felt sorry for him. He knew how that felt. That guy was lucky… He didn't have to tell Jackie that he cheated on her with a nurse… Or have to see her reaction when a stripper came in and announced that he was her husband… Yeah. Lucky bastard.

Jackie gave the manager the evil eye, and he slowly walked away, back to the cash register. Jackie looked at Hyde and said, very curtly, "Hello, Mr. Hyde, can I help you with anything?"

Hyde looked at his ex-girlfriend as if she was crazy. "What the hell is that Mr. Hyde crap? Jackie, it's Steven."

"I think it would be better if you called me Miss Burkhart," she replied, her voice cool and… almost heartless. Yeah, it was definitely Jackie.

"I'm sorry, 'Miss Burkhart,'" Hyde said, his tone giving off the exact smartass effect he'd been aiming for.

"Steven," she said, the bitchiness in her tone suddenly lessened. "What are you doing here?"

"Kitty and Red's anniversary," he said. "She asked me to come, so I did." As an afterthought, he added, "And when the hell did you start telling store managers what to do?"

"When I became the manager. I run this mall, Steven. The whole thing…" She looked him in the eye, daring him to speak. "Everybody thought I'd never be anything but some man's trophy wife… Now, I mean, any man would consider me a trophy, I mean look at me… But still…"

Hyde smiled at her comment about her being a trophy. No matter how old they got, some things never changed. He looked around. "Man, Jackie… I'm really…" he wanted to say that he was proud of her for all of this, but as usual, with Hyde, the words "I'm proud of you" wouldn't come.

Jackie didn't press him even though she did wonder what he thought of it all. She'd gone to college and gotten a degree in business after a few random jobs fell through, and somehow, she'd managed to get this job. And what better job could there have been for Jackie Burkhart?

"Steven, I'm officially on my lunch break, so I'll go get us some food and we can talk in my office if you'd like." Her voice was cool again, giving Hyde the feeling that they weren't about to kiss and make up after almost a decade apart. Not that he had been expecting that. In fact, he hadn't been expecting to see Jackie at all.

But the curly-haired man nodded. "OK, yeah. I've got some time." Donna was going to murder him, but he'd blown so many chances with this girl, and he wasn't ready to blow another one.

They got some food in the food court and went to an office out of the way of the hustle and bustle of the mall.

"Steven," Jackie said as she closed the door behind them. "I made it on my own… All by myself. I am paying back my student loans without any help from my daddy… I worked my way to the top without anyone's help. And I'm proud of that."

"You should be," Hyde agreed, taking a bite of chicken from his plate. "You had to have worked your ass off to get this job."

Jackie nodded, surprised to hear Steven agreeing with her. If that had happened a little more when they were dating, maybe things would have worked out.

"Um… Steven," Jackie said softly, suddenly looking very much like the girl he remembered from high school.

"Yeah?" Hyde replied, taking off his sunglasses for once so that Jackie's eyes could meet his.

"I… It's nice to see you," she replied softly.

"Yeah," he said. Jackie hated his short one word replies almost as much as his "I don't knows" all those years ago.

"You… You look great," she said awkwardly. "I mean…the… I always thought that you looked better when you shaved."

Hyde halfway smiled at her. "You look pretty damn good yourself," he replied.

She sat down on the desk and crossed her legs teasingly in front of Hyde, who was sitting in the chair in front of her desk so he could see up her skirt just enough to drive him a little crazy.

He shifted uncomfortably in his chair, trying to force himself to look at her face.

Dammit.