Social worker #1 walks into Jackie's room, Hyde who was sitting beside her stands up "Miss Burkhart?"

Jackie "Yes."

Social Worker #1 "How do feel?"

Jackie "How do you think I feel?"

Social worker #1 "Do you want me to get the nurse here to increase your pain medication."

Hyde "You're not a nurse, and you don't look like a doctor, who are you?"

Social worker #1 "I'm just here to see how Miss Burkhart is doing?"

Hyde "You're a shrink?"

Social worker "And you are?"

Hyde crosses arms "Staying."

Social Worker "Actually if you don't mind I would like a word alone with Miss Burkhart."

Hyde "No. I don't think you'll get that."

Social "Mr… .?"

Hyde "I still didn't get your name."

Social Worker #1 "It's Christophilos. And am going to ask you once again to leave the room"

Jackie "No, he's going to stay."

Hyde to Christophilos "And if I don't?"

Christophilos "You will."

Hyde "Oh yeah?"

Christophilos "I can get someone to escort you out"

Hyde "She doesn't want me to leave, I'm not going anywhere, no matter what kind of gorilla you bring in here."

Christophilos "Shall I go find an officer?"

Hyde doesn't move.

Christophilos "Officer Jacobson?"

A large cop walks in.

Christophilos "Andy will you escort him out?" Andy nods.

Andy "You've got two choices, you can either walk out nice and polite-like and we'll find you a seat in the waiting room, or spend the night in a room waiting."

Hyde stands there staring at the guy for a few seconds.

Jackie "Steven, just do as he says, I'd rather have you nearby."

Hyde looks at her, and then closes both his eyes for a second, stares for a few more seconds and Jackie closes her eyes for a second and gives him a bit of smile.

Hyde walks out and the cop follows.

Christophilos "Alright Miss Burkhart, we're going to change your room."

Jackie "If you think I'm going to let you do anything, after what you just did, you're crazy lady."

Christophilos "Calm down, Miss Burkhart, I'm just going to ask you a few questions."

Jackie "Who are you?"

Christophilos "I'm a social worker. And I just have a few questions."

Jackie "Get out."

Christophilos "I just want to ask a few things about your 'accident'".

Jackie "Get out, or I'll scream."

Christophilos "I'm going to have them move your room, and I'll be around for another hour or so, if you want to talk to me."

Jackie stared at her.

Christophilos walks back towards the nurses at the desk, "Can I get Miss Burkhart's room changed?"

Nurse "Yeah, soon as an orderly comes out of orbit."

Christophilos "Thanks. I don't think she's going to talk to me."

Nurse "You're going to have to start playing hardball."

Christophilos "It's too soon. Isn't it?"

Nurse "She's a celebrity, and a young one, you never know what she had to do to get there… and Janice told me the girl barely whispered his name and he hung up the phone and ran to her side. These two aren't puppies they know each other well, it's going to be hard to separate her from her image of him."

Christophilos sighs. "Images."

Christophilos "Miss Burkhart? (Jackie throws a pillow as Christophilos ducks) Listen, you can answer my questions or you're going to force me to ask someone else."

Jackie stared at her.

Christophilos "Everyone you know, everyone down at your work, your neighbors and friends, anything they've seen will be scrutinized."

Jackie continued to stare at her "Alright, what do you want?"

Christophilos "I want to know how this really happened."

Jackie "I spilled something on myself."

Christophilos "I've dealt with hundreds of cases, you can't pull that over me. Now tell me the truth.'

Jackie stares her. "Get out, get out."

Christophilos "Alright take my card, call me if you want to report anything, or get help. I'll be waiting for your call."

Jackie "Get out or I'll report you as a stalker, and while you're out there pull your dog off my boyfriend. My perfect porcelain skin has been damage there's no knowing what I may do if you don't leave me alone."

Hyde is sitting in the waiting room, a janitor has taken over the place of the cop and every minute or so looks over to make sure Hyde hasn't moved.

Donna walks in, "Hyde, what are you doing out here? Is Jackie alright?"

Hyde "She's alright, do me a favor put on some lipstick and go flirt with that janitor."

Donna "Hyde, I'm in a wedding dress I think I may freak him out."

Hyde "Good point, all right go. I just want him distracted."

Donna "Hyde, I don't think… Hyde? He's gone. Damn." She walked over to the janitor.

Social worker #2 "Hello ladies, Chris insisted I take this case, apparently I should be interested, so where is she?"

Nurse "I wonder why she sent you, there's no kids in this one."

Social worker #2 "Huh. Nevertheless. So which room?"

Nurse "We just moved her."

Social worker #2 "Good morning, Miss Burkhart?"

Jackie "Rhonda?"

Rhonda "Gosh, I knew you were here I've seen you on TV and all but I never thought I'd run into you here."

Jackie "So, do you work at the hospital?"

Rhonda "Kinda"

Jackie looks confused, "Then what are you…"

Rhonda "Let's talk about you. So the rumors were you married to our little Fez."

Jackie "You're out of the loop. We got divorced a year ago, just after I moved to New York."

Rhonda "So he's not around?"

Jackie "Oddly enough, this week he is."

Rhonda "Yeah? Have you seen him?"

Jackie "No, I think he'll be here soon, Steven called everyone."

Rhonda "Steven?"

Jackie "Steven Hyde, he brought me to the hospital. By the way your accent it's going in and out."

Rhonda "Yeah, New Yorkers don't take mid westerners seriously, so I've been trying to disguise it. So Hyde huh? I had heard he was dating a cheerleader."

Jackie "That was a long time and two marriages ago."

Rhonda "You've been married before?"

Jackie "No, he has."

Rhonda "So how did this happen?" Indicating the burns.

Jackie "I spilled something all over myself."

Rhonda "Were you alone?"

Jackie "No, Steven was with me. Why are you asking so many questions"

Rhonda "Hyde, you're dating him."

Jackie "I didn't say that."

Rhonda "You didn't have to. Alright, is he still around?"

Jackie "Yeah, some damn social worker threw him out of the room, but he said he wasn't leaving the hospital."

Rhonda nods and walks out of the room.

Hyde's yelling at a nurse to tell him where Jackie is, the nurse keeps shaking her head.

Rhonda "Oh golly Hyde, you're hair, it's so different."

Hyde "Big Rhonda? Were you part of the wedding party?"

Rhonda "Wedding? No. Who's getting married?"

Hyde "Foreman and Pinciotti?"

Rhonda "Christ they're slow to it."

Hyde nods. "So what are you doing here?"

Rhonda "I was looking for you, the hospital called social services."

Hyde "I turned 18 years ago. But you meant they called when we signed in. Which means you're a social worker and I got thrown out of the room by another one."

Rhonda "A slightly overzealous one. Yup."

Hyde groans.

Rhonda "Don't worry about it, luck's on you're side at the end of the day. They sent me to question her. So you guys hooked up again?"

Hyde "She told you?"

Rhonda "She didn't have to. So how'd she hurt the leg."

Hyde "She tried to pick up a pot that was boiling over using her bare hands."

Rhonda "Yeah, that will do it. Anyhow you're free and clear."

Hyde "That was quick."

Rhonda "Like I said luck is in your favor," She grins.

Hyde "You got me off?"

Rhonda "You could say that."

Hyde "Thanks man."

Rhonda "No need. You didn't do anything."

Hyde "Huh? Anyhow, why don't you stick around a while, Donna's in the waiting room. If I can find Jackie I'm going to get back to her."

Rhonda "Room 5601. Go ahead, I'll go look for Donna."

Hyde walks in.

Jackie "Miss me?"

Hyde gets into the bed on her left side, "So I guess I'm going to be sleeping on this side for a while."

Jackie smiles and hits him and Hyde kisses her teeth.

Hyde "Donna's outside."

Jackie "It's her wedding day."

Hyde nods "The dress gives it away."

Jackie "Well what is she doing here?"

Hyde "I think she's here to see you."

Jackie "Go get her, I have to talk to her."

Hyde groans "You're making me get out of bed twice in one day."

Jackie rolls her eyes.

Hyde "Ok, I'll be right outside the door if you need me."

Jackie smiles "I know."

Hyde "Oh hell, I've become predictable."

Donna walks in. "Hey Jackie."

Jackie "What are you doing here, you're supposed to be getting married."

Donna "My maid of honor is in the hospital."

Jackie "And so your tantra your just throwing out the window?"

Donna "Some things are more important."

Jackie "There's no way I'm not getting married. There's no way I'm not getting married. There's no way I'm not getting married.'"

Donna "Jackie."

Jackie "That's all you've been saying all week. At the bachelorette party, on the phone, at the tailors, I was beginning to hear it in my sleep, you're lucky I didn't say it out loud with Steven lying beside me."

Donna "So how's your leg."

Jackie "Better off than your marriage."

Donna "Jackie, leave it."

Jackie "Fine. But I don't want to find Foreman at my door tomorrow."

Hyde pokes his head "Jackie, there's a Dr. Carp out here, want to talk to him now?"

Jackie "Donna can we continue this later, this doctor is supposed to be half-decent."

Donna "Yeah sure. I'm going to join the others in the waiting room."

Dr. Carp walks into the room, he heads directly for Jackie hikes up her gown and starts examining her inner thigh.

Jackie "Most guys at least give their names before they start poking around between my legs."

Dr. Carp raised an eyebrow. "Carp, Dr. Would you like a nurse in here?"
Jackie "No, I think I'll be alright."

Dr. Carp "The burn covers a larger area than I'd like, but you're just under the cutoff for being transferred to a burn unit, and it's not infected, you may get lucky, there could be no scarring."

Jackie let out a breath.

Dr. Carp "Alright look I'm not going to give you cream for this, but you or the pacer outside are to going to have to clean the area and change the dressing."

Jackie "So it won't look like this for long?"

Dr. Carp "No, the fact that it's blistering means it's superficial, so you'll be fine in around two weeks. Although it may have some discoloring."

Jackie "Discoloring? No. it's not going to discolor."

Dr. Carp "Alright it's not."

Jackie "Now you're lying."

Dr. Carp "Yes."

Jackie "How am I supposed to trust a doctor who lies to patients."

Dr. Carp shrugged. "I never asked you to trust me. Alright, Miss Burkhart, I can discharge you soon, you want a prescription for pain killers."

Jackie 'I'm not taking pain killers."

Dr. Carp "Then it will hurt. I'll have a nurse sent in to show you and your lackluster bodyguard how to change the bandaging."

Jackie "Lackluster bodyguard."

Dr. Carp "The boyfriend outside."

Jackie "How do you know I'm dating him?"

Dr. Carp "Look on his face gave you two away. Until we met again." He gave her a slight bow and left as quickly as he had come.

Hyde walked in.

Hyde "So the look on your face means bad news.'

Jackie "I'm disfigured."

Hyde "We'll do what we can?"

Jackie "Who's going want me after I'm disfigured."

Hyde "Alright, I'll propose to you, but I'm going to have to require you to say no."

Jackie raised an eyebrow.

Hyde "I wouldn't be able to live with the shame of proposing without having knocked you up first."

Jackie smiles, he was trying to get her to smile. 'Ignoring the topic for now.' She thought to herself. "I just know Donna won't marry Eric after this."

Hyde "I don't think anything can stop her determination."

Jackie "This will."