Disclaimer: I still don't own mutant x I'm just borrowing it for this story so don't sue me.

Well here's the next chapter guys. Thank you for all your reviews. I'm not too sure yet of where this story is going so keep reviewing please they are my inspiration.

The song Brennan listens to is 'Behind Blue Eyes' by Limp Bizkit.

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Daddy Dearest

It took a few seconds for Shalimar's revelation to sink in before Adam moved forward to congratulate her while Jesse picked him self up off the floor. Emma let out a sob and ran for her room. Brennan went pale and sat on the stairs.

"Do you know how far along you are?" Adam asked full of fatherly concern.

"I think about 10 weeks but I'm not sure. I was hoping you'd be able to confirm it for me."

"Of course. I can run all the tests now." He grinned at her and they walked to the lab together.

The feral's instincts had been right. Adam's tests showed that she was 10 weeks pregnant.

"So is this why you left?" Adam asked as he placed a hand on Shalimar's tummy.

"Partly. I just had to try and work things out before I told anyone."

"Well at least you're back now. You are staying I hope?"

"Of course I'm staying. You don't think I'd make you miss out on playing the doting granddad did you?"

He laughed and kissed her forehead.

Brennan had eventually gone to his room and was now pacing a hole in the floor. He needed a distraction so he switched on his CD player absentmindedly. He didn't even know what CD was in there. He sat on the bed and tried to let the music drown out Shalimar's words.

No one knows what its like

To be the bad man

To be the sad man

Behind blue eyes

And no one knows what its like

To be hated

To be fated

To telling only lies

He couldn't believe it. Part of him hoped she was lying. She couldn't be having his baby. He couldn't deny that the timing that the dates added up. They broke up 2 months ago. She must have gotten pregnant just before they broke up.

No one knows what its like

To feel these feelings

Like I do

And I blame you

How could this be happening to him? This morning his life had been normal and happy. Now his ex girlfriend was pregnant and his girlfriend was probably never going to talk to him again.

No one knows what its like

To be the bad man

To be the sad man

Behind blue eyes

He got up and turned the CD player off. He had to talk to Shalimar.

She was sitting by the fish pond, swishing her hand back and forth through the water. He stopped when he saw her. There she was the mother of his child.

She looked up and saw him watching her. She didn't know why but she suddenly felt sorry for him. She shouldn't have told him about the baby in front of everyone like that. That wasn't fair. No matter what he had done to her he didn't deserve that.

"Hey" she said. She just wished he'd wrap his arms around her like he used to.

"I'm sorry for the way I told you about the baby. You didn't deserve that. Well actually maybe you did" she laughed "but I still shouldn't have done it."

He walked over and sat down beside her as she carried on talking.

"I understand if you don't want anything to do with the baby"

"What?" he reached his hand out slowly and placed it on her tummy.

"How could I not want anything to do with our baby? Did Adam find out how far on you are?"

"Yep. I'm 10 weeks along just like I thought"

"How long have you known?"

"Since the day after I got pregnant. It's a feral thing" she said seeing the puzzled look on his face.

"Why didn't you tell me before?"

"Because I wanted to hurt you as much as you hurt me and because I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't want to tell anyone until I was sure."

"And you are sure. That you want the baby?"

"That's about the only thing I am sure about right now." She stood up and stretched. She needed something to eat.

"Shal. I'm sorry." He said it without looking at her.

"I know" she walked off to the kitchen.

Emma was lying on her bed. She'd stopped crying, she was just angry now. She didn't even know who she was angry at. She could never be angry at Shal, not with every thing she was going through. She'd sensed so much pain and confusion from her feral sister. She'd also sensed some happiness which was good. It was the first time she'd sensed happiness from her in weeks.

She wasn't even angry with Brennan. He hadn't known Shal was pregnant anymore than he'd known he was going to fall in love with her. She was angry at herself. It didn't matter how many times everyone told her none of this was her fault. She had always felt like she was stealing Shal's boyfriend from her but now she felt like she was stealing her baby's father away.

She couldn't keep thinking like this. She couldn't stay in here all day either. She knew she would have to face them eventually so it might as well be now.

Shalimar had been trough all of the cupboards and the fridge but she still couldn't find anything she wanted. She patted her tummy. "You're really going to have to decide on something little one" she said to her belly "Ooh popcorn. So you like popcorn do you?"

She'd read somewhere that the earlier you talked to you baby the sooner the baby will learn to talk.

Emma could sense the waves of contentment before she even reached the kitchen.

"Hey Shal" she was so nervous she was shaking. She wouldn't blame Shal if she hit her. She probably deserved it.

"Hey Em. Do you wanna share some popcorn?"

"I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to run off like that" she hung her head a little. It reminded Shalimar of a puppy she had when she was 4.

"You don't have anything to be sorry about. If Brennan makes you happy then I'm glad, for both of you." She swung her arm around the psyonic's shoulders.

"Now are you gonna help me eat this popcorn or not?"

Jesse was sitting in his familiar place in front of the computer. He wasn't really doing anything, just trying to suppress the urge to knock Brennan out. This situation was bad enough when it was just Brennan, Shal and Emma involved but now there was going to be a baby in the middle of it all.

He felt so sorry for the girls. He only hoped that their friendship was going to be strong enough to survive. He was starting to get restless at the computer so he decided to head to the recreation room.

He was surprised but happy to see both girls sitting together laughing at a film and sharing popcorn. Maybe they were going to be ok he thought as he sat down between them and grabbed a handful of popcorn.