A/N: Thanks so much again for the reviews. After this chapter the story classification changes to mature. Fair warning :)
Jackie glanced from Steven's angry face to Diana's seemingly innocent one and shook her head. This was turning into one hell of a surprising day she thought as she sat down next to Fez. All she had wanted to do was get some much needed sleep. Instead she was in a hospital hundreds of miles from home waiting for news about Eric and Donna stuck with Fez, Michael, a Playboy Bunny, the love of her life and his wife. Jackie wondered if this day could get any worse as she felt the tension build in the room.
"Oh, Steven. You didn't expect me to let you go through this alone did you? When your secretary called and told me what happened I rushed straight here from Rio." Diana slithered up to Hyde batting her eyelashes at him.
Jackie rolled her eyes and crossed her legs. Yea right like the woman gave a shit about what was going on. Jackie had seen this before. Diana was here to defend her territory.
"Cut the crap" Hyde stated forcefully as he pushed Diana away. "You don't care about Eric and Donna or any of my friends for that matter. Why the hell are you really here?"
Diana pouted and Jackie thought she was going to gag. Could this woman be anymore obvious?
"Why Steven, that's simply not true! I love you and I care deeply about things that hurt you. I'm here for you baby. I always have been." Diana said with feigned sweetness shooting daggers at Jackie with her eyes.
Jackie raised her eyebrow. So that's how it was going to be. Diana didn't care; she was just here to make sure that he stayed away from her. Jackie wondered at that. Was their marriage so bad that Diana was worried about Steven seeing someone he hadn't even spoken to in five years? Jackie filed that little piece of information away.
"Whatever. I don't have time for this now." Hyde stated as he walked over and sat down on the other side of Fez. "Fez, have you heard anything?" Fez sighed and shook his head. "Nope, they haven't said much of anything just that we have to wait."
Jackie uncrossed her legs and stood up. "Bullshit. I'm not going to just sit here not knowing anything. I'm going to find that damn nurse again" She stormed out of the room.
"Wow, that chick is a little bitchy right? It's not just me?" Candy pointed at Jackie as she popped her gum.
"No, it's not just you." Diana huffed snidely from her chair in the corner of the room.
Hyde turned his head and narrowed his eyes. "Diana, I don't want to hear a damn peep out of you."
"But…"
"Diana, shut it!" Hyde yelled. He leaned his head back and shut his eyes. If he was being really honest with himself he wasn't all that surprised Diana had shown up. She liked his money and the things it could buy her. Anytime Jackie's name had ever come up she had always done anything she could think of to distract him. In the beginning her machinations had been pretty damn enjoyable Hyde smirked to himself. But the past two or three years he had grown cold to her. He just wasn't interested in dealing with her petty games. When he told her as much she had disappeared to parts unknown. The only time he heard from her anymore was through his secretary and that was only to sign the checks that paid her credit card bills. Hyde preferred it that way. He had considered divorcing her but then Zen Music would be put in peril as in a moment of drunken stupidity right after he had taken the company public he had given her ten percent of the shares. Hyde was still pissed off about that. He had no idea how she had managed it but somehow she had and he didn't want those shares put on the block and auctioned off to his competitors. Hyde looked around the room and for the first time realized that Kitty and Red weren't around. He turned to Fez.
"Fez, do you know where Mr. and Mrs. Foreman are? Are they with Eric?"
"Ai" Fez moaned as he sulked into his chair.
Oh Christ, now what? Hyde thought. "Fez? What's going on?" Hyde said urgently.
Fez darted his eyes around the room quickly and licked his lips. "I didn't know how to get a hold of them. Eric told me something about them going on vacation and taking Annie with them and well only Eric knew where and it wasn't like I could ask him how to get a hold of them seeing as he was unconscious!"
"Oh my God, you mean they don't know that…you took the time to freaking call Kelso but you didn't try and track them down!" Hyde stared at Fez wide eyed.
"Oh man, Fez that was pretty stupid." Kelso piped in.
Fez stood up ignoring Kelso and turned to Hyde. "Don't yell at me, you son of a bitch! It's real easy to sit there and have all the damn answers. But I was stuck here alone I might add and I called everyone I could think of."
"But Fez, why didn't you…" Hyde ran his hands though his hair in frustration. "It doesn't matter. I'll find out where they are. They had to have told someone, maybe they told Laurie?"
"Yea, dude I don't think so." Kelso shook his head.
Hyde sighed. Yea that was pretty stupid he thought to himself. Okay, maybe there were some clues at their house. He looked up when he heard a commotion on the other end of the room.
"Damn it lady, I have lost my patience with you. You tell me what's going on or I'll get my camera crew down here and I'll dig up some dirty laundry from your past. Everybody has something and I'll show it to the world." Jackie was really reaching. Her producer would laugh his ass off if he heard her but she needed to push this woman and without knowing her personally she didn't have anything else. "So what's it going to be? You go and get a damn doctor or I ruin you?" Jackie looked at her watch. "Tick tock, time's a wasting."
The nurse just stood there blubbering. "But… I'm not supposed to. You wouldn't really…?
"Oh hell yes I would." Jackie interrupted.
"Fine, I'll be right back." The nurse quickly went to fetch the doctor.
Jackie blew out the breath she had been holding. Thank god the woman hadn't called her bluff, that would have been awkward. Jackie walked towards the middle of the room and was greeted with stilted silence. She looked around and instantly became suspicious. She put her hands on her hips. "I was only gone for five minutes. What the hell happened now? Steven?" Jackie walked over to him. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Diana narrow her eyes and ball her fists. Jackie ignored it; she would deal with her later.
"Jackie, do you notice anything odd here?" Hyde questioned motioning with his hands.
Jackie looked around the room and saw Fez pouting in the corner, Michael playing with the cord in his sweatshirt, Candy still popping her gum and Diana frowning. "Nope, looks pretty normal to me. Why?"
Hyde threw his hands into the air. "Jackie! Eric's parents...?
Jackie spun around and looked at Fez. "Fez? Where are Mr. and Mrs. Foreman? I just assumed they were in the room with him…?"
"We've already covered this. Let me fill you in." Hyde pointed at Fez. "That one didn't tell them."
"What!" Jackie yelled. "Why the hell not?"
"That's also been covered. Apparently they are out of town and he didn't know where to find them."
Jackie grabbed a chair and sat down. "Shit, you mean they don't even know?" Yep, her day could have gotten worse and it just did. She dropped her head into her hands. "What are we doing to do?"
"I'll tell you what we're going to do. I'm going to go to their house and find out where they went. You, Kelso and Fez are going to stay here and wait on news about Eric or Donna." Hyde started to walk out of the room.
"Wait!" Jackie shouted. "I'll go with you. I can't stay cooped up here anymore." She stood up to follow him.
"Well if she's going then I'm going Steven. She hasn't even been around! Why would you trust her to help you?" Diana exclaimed.
Hyde turned to Jackie and nodded. "Alright, come on." He strode over to Diana and lightly pushed her back in her chair. "No you aren't coming. You stay here."
"No, I'm coming!" Diana yelled.
Hyde leaned over her. "Don't push me Diana. You're not going to like the repercussions." With that he stood up and walked out of the room pulling Jackie behind him.