The hospital room was cold and dark. Her husband had gone back to the hotel and daughter was sound asleep next to her bed. The trip to Paris was supposed to be a quiet one; but now there would be a baby there to accompany them. It had been four hours since she had given birth to Marissa and she was extremely tired. The ride to the hospital had been a swift one. An ambulance was awaiting their arrival; she was glad to have finally gotten off the plane. She didn't know if Hyde was really going to come out and see her. She had asked for him to come out but whether or not he would was a different story. If anything, Valerie wouldn't let him come to see his first born child. If it were up to Valerie, Hyde would never see Marissa. No matter what, Marissa would have a father. Robert would love Marissa; she knew he would. He had told her that he would be there for Marissa; that's one of the reasons she had married him. There was no way that she would go back on her vows to him. Hyde had made his choice to be with Valerie and she had made her choice to be with Robert. Unlike Hyde, she wouldn't go back on her word. She was beginning to doze off when she heard a knock at her door; it was Robert.

"Hey how are you feeling?" He asked.

"I'm feeling fine; how is Marissa?" She asked.

"She's doing fine. Why would you pick a name like Anastasia for a middle name?" He asked.

"That's what Hyde had wanted for her middle name." She said.

"Listen, we need to talk about Hyde." Robert said.

"What about him?" Jackie asked.

"Jackie I want you to ask him for full custody of Marissa and I want you to ask him to please stay out of our lives." Robert said.

"He's Marissa's father. He has every right to spend time with her." Jackie said.

"Jackie I understand that but the truth is I don't want you to get to attached to him being there for Marissa. Jackie he's getting married and he's going to have a child with Valerie. He isn't going to have anytime to be with Marissa when Valerie's child is born." He said.

"Hyde will make time for Marissa. I know he will." She said.

"Jackie he didn't even make time to take you to the doctor. Jackie he wasn't there for you during your pregnancy. He didn't even make an appearance at the doctor to make sure that everything was going okay. Jackie his fiancée is having his baby in a few months. He has to worry about her; he's just not going to have time to worry about Marissa." Robert said.

"I never thought of it that way." She said.

"So Jackie are you going to take my advice?" He asked.

"Yes I am." She said.

"Well sleep tight. I'm going to go check on Marissa. The nurse says that you can leave the hospital tomorrow. Marissa has to stay here for a little while because she's so small. She was born a little too early; but they said she'll be alright. I'm going to go now." He said.

"Okay bye." She said.

He arrived at the hospital five hours later. The flight to Paris, to him, had taken forever. We walked down the hall as fast as he could. When he arrived at her door he peeked in to see that she was asleep. He was about to go inside when the nurse stopped him.

"I'm here to see Miss...I mean Mrs. Dawson." He said.

She looked at him weirdly; he then realized that he was in France and that the lady probably didn't understand a thing he was saying. Jackie had woken up when she heard the commotion at her door. She singled that it was okay for him to come in. Hyde walked into the room and sat down next to her.

"Listen Jackie..."

"Steven we need to talk about something important." Jackie said.

"What's that?" He asked.

"Steven I want you to let me have full custody of Marissa." She said.

"What?! No way, you can forget that. Jackie she's my daughter as well as yours. I have every right to see her just as you do. Jackie I want partial custody of her as well." He said.

"Steven, I'm going to NYU in a couple of months." She said.

"I thought you were going to UW." He said.

"Well I had a change of plans." She said.

"Jackie if you try to take Marissa out of Wisconsin, I'll have no other choice but to fight you in court." He said.

"Steven, you know that if you fight me in court you won't win. I'm more financially stable then you are." She said.

"Jackie, why are you doing this to me?" He asked.

"Steven let's just face it; you can't always be there for Marissa like Robert can. You couldn't even be there for me when I had to go to the doctors." Jackie said.

"Jackie you know why I couldn't be there for you." He said.

"I know and that's the reason why you can't be a part of Marissa's life. Valerie is having your child; she's going to be your wife soon. She's going to need you more than Marissa will. I don't want you making promises in the future that you can't keep. Once that other child is born, you won't have anytime for Marissa anymore. You'll be too busy with your own family to worry about Marissa. If you sign over full custody to me then you won't have to worry about Marissa because she'll have Robert." Jackie said.

"Jackie is this what you really want?" He asked her.

"Yes Steven this is what I really want you to do." She said.

"So can I see her now; before she's out of my life for good?" He asked.

"Yes you can I'll ask for them to bring her in." Jackie said.

The nurses wheeled her little hospital bed in. Marissa laid comfortable and quietly asleep. Hyde walked over and touched her head; it was soft and warm. Her baby hair was light colored. She opened her eyes as soon as he touched her cheek. She had the most beautiful blue eyes that he had ever seen in his life. She stared at him for the longest time and the reached her arms out towards him. He picked her up immediately and rocked her in his arms. He began to do something that Jackie thought she would never hear from Steven Hyde in a million years; he sang to her.

Jackie was no beginning to feel guilty about taking Marissa away from him. She decided to concentrate on what was going on outside; but was unable to. She saw him from the corner of her eye kiss Marissa on the top of her head and put her back in her bed. He gently covered her up and then walked back over to Jackie. He kissed her on the cheek and left.

Donna sat next to Valerie as she slept. When she had awakened Donna asked how she was feeling.

"I'm fine what happened." She asked.

"Well, why don't you tell me." Donna said.

"I don't know what you're talking about." She said.

"Well I hope you were going to tell me that you accidentally poured rat poisoning into Eric and Red's soup; because I hope for your sake it was an accident." Donna said.

"Donna I don't know what..."

"Listen Valerie spare me the excuse. I just hope for your sake that you aren't plotting against Eric and Hyde. Otherwise you'll be dealing with me." Donna said and then left.

"Well, don't you want to know where Hyde is?" Eric asked her.

"Actually I do want to know where he is." She said.

"He's in Paris; yeah that's right, he's seeing his new baby daughter Marissa. You see once he gets attached to her, he's going to forget all about you and that bastard child you're carrying. I can't wait until he dumps you; then we'll be all rid of you." Eric said then left.

Valerie was left by herself; Hyde was in Paris. Jackie had finally had her stupid little baby. She had to marry Hyde and she had to marry him now; before he changed his mind.