"Could you please say that again?" Hyde asked Jackie.
"Listen Steven, I know this is a shock for you but I thought you should know before you leave again and I don't see you for another six years." Jackie said.
"How could this have happened?" Hyde asked.
"Do I really need to explain to you how a child is born?" Jackie asked him.
"I don't mean that. I mean how could this have happened?" Hyde had asked again.
"Well, it happened after we spent that night together." Jackie had said back to him.
"Hyde is that really you?" Eric had asked his friend.
"Yeah it's me. How have you been?" Hyde has asked him.
"I've been alright. I just bought this beach house. Isn't it a great place? After everything had happened I stayed in Africa and I searched for the perfect place to live. I found this place and I thought to myself that I had to have it. So I moved my mom here after my father died and invited Jackie, Courtney, and Marissa to move back in here with me. So as you can see here we all are." Eric said.
"We just got here. I'm going to help Eric manage his new store that he's hoping to take worldwide." Jackie said.
"What's the name of your new store?" Hyde had asked him.
"The name of the store is..,"
"What's going on in there?" Kitty had asked from the other room.
"You'll never believe who's here." Eric had said.
"It's Steven Hyde Mrs. Foreman." Jackie said coldly.
"Steven, is that you? Oh! I've missed so much. Did you hear what happened to Red? I can't believe he's gone. He was such a good man." Kitty said sadly.
"Yeah, he was always there for his wife and children. He never abandoned them or pushed them away. He was definitely a good man." Jackie had said.
"I'm so sorry Mrs. Foreman. I wish I could have been like Mr. Foreman but I'm not. I'm so sorry." Hyde said.
"Yeah well at least that's one thing we can agree on." Jackie said.
"Jackie is there something you wanted to say to me?" Hyde asked her angrily.
"Do I really need to say it or don't you just get the hint? You said that I couldn't win that custody battle and basically forced me back into a relationship I didn't want to be in. I was so tired of the running around. I was tired of everything getting in the way. If it was Valerie than it was Robert; Well Steven, I choose where I wanted to be that day and you decided that I didn't know what was best and chose for me just like you always do. If you had bothered to stay in contact with me, you would have known that I had divorced Robert and that I had won custody of Courtney but instead you had decided against that and that is one of the reason why I never told you that you were the father of Courtney." Jackie said.
"What did you just say Jackie?" Eric and Kitty both asked in astonishing voices.
"You know Jackie the very same thing you're bitching about is the very same thing you did. I had a right to know. Maybe this whole mess could have been avoided if you had the decency to be honest with me in the first place." Hyde replied.
"Don't try to blame this on me. You were the one that couldn't make his mind up when it came to Valerie and you were the one that told me that you didn't want to marry me even though I told you that I didn't care about what Robert had said. You wouldn't listen. You chickened out like you always do." Jackie said.
"You know what this was supposed to be a fun night. Let's not ruin it." Kitty said.
"I'm not having fun anymore. I'm tired. I think I'll go to bed." Jackie said.
"You know what? That's fine Jackie. I'll see you tomorrow. We've got a lot of crap to discuss." Hyde said.
"I'm not going to be here tomorrow Steven and I prefer it if you would just leave me alone." Jackie said.
"Well, I can't just leave you alone now." Hyde said.
"I think that maybe its best that you get going Hyde." Eric said.
"Eric, why are you trying to get rid of me?" Eric asked.
"I'm not trying to get rid of you I just think that maybe it's best you leave Jackie alone tonight. We were trying to throw her a birthday party before you arrived. Which reminds me, why are you here?" Eric said.
"Well, the police got in touch with me and said that Marissa was hurt badly and gave me this address so I decided to check it out but little did I know that it was all a set up by little girl." Hyde said.
"Yeah Marissa hasn't become really good at being sneaky and bitchy. I guess she gets that from her mother's side. Jackie's father is coming up tomorrow to see here. You know that it's Jackie 29th birthday right?" He asked her.
"No, it must have slipped my mind." Hyde said.
"How could you let something like that slip?" Eric asked.
"I don't know. I just did. Listen, I've had a lot happen the last two years. I've just met someone new. Well, we've known each other for a long time but we just got together. I'm trying to rebuild my life away from Jackie and Marissa." Hyde said.
"Is that what you really want?" Eric asked him.
"It's what Jackie wants." Hyde said.
"That's your whole problem. You're making up Jackie and Marissa's mind for them. Who is this new girl? Do I know her?" Eric asked.
"No, you don't know. Anyways, I liked her for a real long time and we've finally got around to dating and I'm thinking that this really could be it for me." Hyde said.
"Are you really sure about that? You also said that Valerie was it for you and we all know how that turned out." Eric said.
"This is different. I hardly knew Valerie. Jackie and I are over. Marissa is just going to have to accept that and move on with her life. Jackie has learned to accept it." Hyde said.
"Hyde, I have to wonder if you ever were paying attention these past twelve years. It has been an emotional roller coaster with you two. Just when you think everything is back to normal the roller coaster takes another dive. Do yourself a favor Hyde and dump this girl. You need to try and make it work with Jackie and this time don't let all the drama get in your way. You two need to find away to make it work. You guys are now entering your thirties. It's time to end this once and for all." Eric said.
Hyde made his way out to his car. He picked up his car phone and dialed his new girl friend's number.
"So is she alright." The woman asked.
"Yeah, she'll be alright. She was just trying to get Jackie and I back together." Hyde said.
"Jackie was at the beach house?" The woman asked.
"Yeah she was there. Apparently, Eric had bought the house and they all moved in there. Mrs. Foreman is there too." Hyde said.
"So Jackie still doesn't know?" The woman asked again.
"No Donna, she still doesn't know about us.