Disclaimer: If I owned Degrassi, Dylan and Marco would still be going strong

Disclaimer: If I owned Degrassi, Dylan and Marco would still be going strong. Does the explain things for you?

Title: I Stopped Believing In You

Characters: Dylan, Marco

Summary: A bittersweet AIM conversation between Marco and Dylan after the events of 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'

Spoilers: OOALH

HockeyFan06 has signed on.

MDelRossi08: DYLAN!

HockeyFan06: MARCO?

MDelRossi08: THANK GOD YOU'RE ON!

HockeyFan06: YEAH, I AM

HockeyFan06: WHY ARE WE TALKING IN CAPS?

MDelRossi08: I ALMOST BECAME A PROSTITUTE TONIGHT.

HockeyFan06: WHAT??

HockeyFan06: MARCO, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

a minute later…

HockeyFan06: Marco?

two more minutes…

HockeyFan06: baby…

HockeyFan06: you're crying aren't you?

another minute goes by…

HockeyFan06: Marco please talk to me

MDelRossi08: Dylan, I don't know what's wrong with me.

HockeyFan06: just start from the beginning

MDelRossi08: I met this guy…

HockeyFan06: oh

MDelRossi08: But he didn't mean anything to me, Dylan.

HockeyFan06: even if he did I wouldn't have a reason to get mad

MDelRossi08: I guess not…

MDelRossi08: His life just seemed so glamorous, Dylan.

MDelRossi08: And I liked that. I wanted to keep up with that.

MDelRossi08: I just didn't have the money for it…

HockeyFan06: so you decided to become a prostitute??

MDelRossi08: It wasn't my idea, I swear!

HockeyFan06: are you okay, Marco?

MDelRossi08: What do you mean?

HockeyFan06: I've talked to Paige

HockeyFan06: she says you're having problems

MDelRossi08: I just don't know what to do anymore, Dylan.

MDelRossi08: I miss you so much.

HockeyFan06: you're the one who ended it Marco

MDelRossi08: Because you weren't acting like my boyfriend anymore.

HockeyFan06: I know

HockeyFan06: and I'm sorry for that

HockeyFan06: I still love you Marco

MDelRossi08: I know, Dylan.

MDelRossi08: I love you too.

HockeyFan06: so you almost became a prostitute?

MDelRossi08: I didn't do anything, if that's what you're asking.

HockeyFan06: good

HockeyFan06: because the thought of another man touching you makes my stomach turn

MDelRossi08: You were my first and only, Dylan.

HockeyFan06: for now

MDelRossi08: What makes you say that?

HockeyFan06: Paige told me you've been playing the field

HockeyFan06: you even hit on your straight roommate?

MDelRossi08: After you've had someone for so long, always had them around, it's hard to be single.

MDelRossi08: To be alone.

HockeyFan06: I'll always be here for you Marco

MDelRossi08: I know, Dyl. But it's not the same.

HockeyFan06: I miss you too

two minutes go by…

HockeyFan06: you're crying again

MDelRossi08: So?

HockeyFan06: please don't…

MDelRossi08: Why not?

HockeyFan06: I hate it when you cry

MDelRossi08: I'm single, alone, and I only have Hip Hop to cheer me up.

MDelRossi08: Plus the fact that I almost became a prostitute tonight. I'll cry if I damn well please.

HockeyFan06: we wouldn't be single if you hadn't ended it

MDelRossi08: I wouldn't have ended it if you acted like a boyfriend instead of a stranger.

MDelRossi08: This is the first time I've had a real conversation with you in forever, Dylan. Not counting that phone call.

MDelRossi08: What else was I supposed to do?

HockeyFan06: believe in us

MDelRossi08: I always did.

HockeyFan06: then why did you end it?

MDelRossi08: Because I stopped believing in you.

HockeyFan06: you're the one who told me to go

MDelRossi08: I never expected you to abandon me.

HockeyFan06: I didn't abandon you

MDelRossi08: You did.

HockeyFan06: if I knew going to Switzerland would cause me to lose you then I'd still be in Toronto

MDelRossi08: If I knew you going would cause me to lose you, I wouldn't have let you go.

MDelRossi08: I need you here, Dylan.

HockeyFan06: I know

MDelRossi08: But I can't wait forever.

HockeyFan06: I know that too

MDelRossi08: I still can't believe we're over.

HockeyFan06: we'll never be over

MDelRossi08: Maybe.

HockeyFan06: not maybe

MDelRossi08: Don't get my hopes up.

HockeyFan06: I'd never

MDelRossi08: You already have, so many times.

HockeyFan06: how?

MDelRossi08: You made me believe we'd last forever. Then you cheated on me. Then you were distant and kept things from me. THEN you acted like I didn't exist before we split up.

HockeyFan06: I'm sorry I'm not good enough for you

MDelRossi08: That's just it, Dylan. You always have been. But you keep hurting me.

HockeyFan06: I'm sorry

HockeyFan06: I think I should go

MDelRossi08: Right.

HockeyFan08: remember that Paige and Ellie are always there for you

MDelRossi08: And you?

HockeyFan08: I love you.

MDelRossi08: I love you too.

MDelRossi08: Goodbye, Dylan.

HockeyFan08: goodbye Marco

HockeyFan08 has signed off.