Jackie sat in the hospital cafeteria poking at her salad with her fork. She really didn't have an appetite but she needed to eat. She forced a forkful of food into her mouth with a grimace. The food could have been raw sewage for all Jackie knew. She pushed the salad away from her in disgust. Her mind drifted away from food to Steven. It had been almost four years since she had seen him and they hadn't exactly parted on the best of terms. He seemed to be doing well though by the looks of his Armani suit. Of course Jackie knew he was doing well, Zen Music was becoming one of the hottest record labels but seeing the proof of it right in front of her was shocking. Who knew scruffy no caring Steven Hyde would become a music mogul?

"Jackie?" Jackie looked up and saw the person she had been thinking of standing in front of her. "Hey Steven, take a seat." Jackie pointed to the chair in front of her. Hyde sat down and glanced at her salad. Jackie pushed it towards him. "Eat it, I'm not hungry. I can't even think of food right now."

Hyde grabbed the salad and began to eat. "Thanks, I'm starved." He said with a smile. "The nurse came back out a few minutes ago. That's why I came down here. Donna's heart rate is up and they say that's a good sign so…"

"See, I told she was going to be okay!" Jackie said with more confidence than she felt. In truth her little speech earlier had been strictly for his benefit. She really didn't think Donna was going to make it but she was more than happy to be proven wrong.

"Yea, maybe you were right." Hyde said between bites. Jackie nodded. "Well…" This is getting awkward Jackie thought. She needed to break the tension that it seemed only she felt. "How is everything with you? I saw that Zen Music was turning record third quarter profits." Hyde nodded. "That's great Steven! I'm so proud of you. You flew here from London right? I had heard that you opened up a London division last year. You must be excited about that." Jackie watched Hyde finish the salad and wished that he would say something.

"Yea, everything is great. Zen Music has evolved way beyond my own expectations. All I wanted to do was run a small local record store until I realized that the music that I liked just wasn't being released anymore. I wanted to change that and it seems an empire was born. Hyde shook his head in amazement. "Enough about me, how are you doing? I've been keeping track of current events and I watched your broadcast from Berlin. You did a great job capturing the essence of that struggle. I can't believe the wall is finally down."

Jackie looked at him in surprise. He had actually watched her? A warm feeling began to engulf her before she remembered why it couldn't and she pushed it away. "Thanks Steven. I really love my work, you know? At first they had me doing puff pieces and I just wasn't challenged. I wanted to be where things were happening. I wasn't going to make my mark on the world reporting on dog shows. It was an uphill struggle but I finally convinced my producer to give me a real story. I guess he thought I did a pretty good job because he kept giving me more and more. Before I knew it I was a full blown news correspondent for CBS."

"You deserve it Jacks. You were always smarter than you let everyone believe. I knew you would make it someday." Hyde was truly proud of her. He knew she must have struggled to get this far in a male dominated world especially being as beautiful as she was. That had to have made it harder for her. So many men still refused to look past a woman's beauty to find the strength and brains that she possessed.

Jackie shifted in her chair. Damn it that warmth was coming back. She could not allow that. Jackie turned her head and sighed in frustration. She wasn't going to walk down this road again. She wouldn't allow all those old feeling to be dredged up just because he had tossed some nice words her way.

Hyde leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head wondering what Jackie was thinking so hard about. She was probably still worried about Donna as was he but after hearing from the nurse he was feeling better. Donna was the strongest woman he knew, she was a fighter and she would fight this. His thoughts were interrupted by Jackie's voice. She was looking at him questioningly. Hyde leaned forward in his chair and put his arms on the table.

"I'm sorry Jackie, I didn't hear you. What did you ask?

Jackie leaned in closer to him. "I asked about Diana. How is she Steven? How is your wife?"