AN: new chapter the talk between Jimmy And Dylan and special thanks to angmid36 and Crystal who has reviewed almost all the chapters and of course all the rest of you keep the reviews coming they really inspire me.

The talk.

The next morning Jimmy refused to go to work and called in sick. He had a hunch that there was something with this Dylan person that Miriam kept from him. He loved her, more than he ever loved anyone before, more than he loved his sisters and even more than he loved his mother who had protected him so many times from his abusive father. Miriam knew about his upbringing, about his close relationship with his mother and the many times tragically physical relationship he'd had with his father. She understood him, accepted him for who he was or at least she use to, lately she'd seemed distant, refusing to understand why things matted to him, this scared him because he feared that she would leave, that he would loose her and that he could not handle. He needed her,ithout her he would be lost.

"Jimmy, I need to go out for I while I'll be back in a few hours"

"Where are you going?" Jimmy asked from the kitchen where he was having breakfast, suddenly he felt the jealousy grow inside him, maybe she's meeting Him.

"I have a doctors appointment today, remember?" she said closing the door behind her, unaware what feelings her words had stirred up in her boyfriend.

Of course, she'd told him about this weeks ago, he knew she had to go and now he just felt stupid.

Half way through the day the doorbell rang and Jimmy went to answer it thinking it was Miriam, he was ready to apologise for his behaviour lately, he knew that she need his support right now. But it wasn't Miriam who was on the other side of the door, it was Dylan.

"You…?" Jimmy said with despise in his voice, all of a sudden all his apologetic feelings had disappeared and all that was left was an empty space which was being filled with jealousy fast, really fast.

"Hi...John is it?" Dylan said with fake questioning in his voice.

"Jimmy" he corrected knowing that he sounded stupid and nerdy just like he always did when he felt inferior.

"Oh, right. Sorry. Is Miriam home?"

"No"

"Ok, do you know when she's coming home?" he was now getting annoyed by this little guy, who clearly knew where Brenda was.

"No, she's at the hospital and you never know how long that can take"

"Is she ok?" Dylan said with a voice full of concern, unwillingly his memories had gone back to high school and the whole breast cancer incident.

"She's fine, it's just a regular ultrasound nothing to worry about." Jimmy said and quite pleased with himself when he saw the effect these words had on the man in front of him, the kind he always had hated, the ones who made everything seemed so easy, the cool ones, who didn't even have to try to be cool and by not trying they became even cooler. He had always hated them mostly because he wanted to be one of them and never found himself with the confidence that was required to become on of them.

"Ultrasound?" Dylan repeated with a shaky voice. "She's pregnant?"

"Mmhm"

"I see…I need to go."He said and turned around ready to leave.

"I'm surprised she didn't tell you…the last time you were here you seemed really close." For the first time in his life Jimmy found himself superior, the one with the confidence and he liked it, maybe a bit too much.

Dylan didn't comment on this last statement all he did was turn around and leave, heart broken. She was suppose to be his, that's the way it had always been. And now she was carrying someone else's child, someone who wasn't him. He was so preoccupied with these thoughts that he didn't even notice he bumped into someone on the way out of the building.