After what felt like an eternity, Dylan slowly opened his eyes, screwing them shut again momentarily due to the bright lighting. He could hear faint talking, identifying the tone as female and he slowly opened his eyes again, looking straight into the concerned face of his mother's.

"Thank god you're awake." Val Jenkins sighed, looking at him and stood, facing Trevor as he entered the room. "And you!" She pointed a finger at him. "What the hell did you do to my baby?"

"Mum, I'm not a kid..." Dylan said, though his voice was weak from not using it.

"I'll get to you in a minute."

The tone in her voice made him shut up instantly. He looked and picked his phone up from the table, switching it on.

"What were you thinking? I brought him up to not be like you. He's in your life 8 months and he's already been arrested twice?!" Val glared at Trevor.

"I didn't know he was in the van! If Kim hadn't pulled out in the middle of the road-" Trevor was cut off.

"Don't you dare. Don't put this on someone else like you always do! You should have been with your son. You know, the one who nearly died?!" Val looked

Dylan shifted uncomfortably, concentrating on his phone, sending a text to Nico saying he was ok.

"I said I'm sorry what more d'you want?!"

"I want to bring my son home with me. But there'd be one person bringing him back and it wouldn't be you. He's told me the way you've been treating him. It was all after he'd seen sense and gone back to the normal Dylan."

Dylan looked up then.

"What about his school? He's in year 11 come September." Trevor looked, thinking he'd won the argument.

"I'll move closer. He can still go to Hollyoaks High, still see his mates." Val said.

"We'll let Dylan decide shall we?" Trevor said.

"Can you leave me out of this?" Dylan looked as Celine came in.

"Just came to see if you were alright?" Celine smiled at him and turned on the arguing parents. "I don't think all this shouting is doing him any good, do you? He's just had life-saving surgery. If you want to carry this on I will have to ask you to leave."

Trevor just looked and stormed out.

Celine made her checks on Dylan while Val stayed silent. "How you feeling?" Celine looked.

"Like everything hurts. When can I get out of here?" Dylan looked.

"You'll be in here for a few days.. You were in a pretty bad way internally." Celine said.

Lindsey ran into the room. "Celine, we need your help out here."

"Why, what's happened?"

"Peri." Lindsey said. After that, all Dylan heard was 'collapsed' and 'early labour'. He looked up, visibly worried for his friend.

Celine left with Lindsey.

"I'm sure she's gonna be fine." Val said, walking over to him, brushing her fingers through his hair. "I don't think much to the red, son. I would have kept it blue." She smiled.

Dylan smiled a little bit and looked as his phone signalled for a message.

'Peri's about to drop...no idea what I'm doing!x'

It was from Nico. He sent one back saying 'panicking again?;)'

'go away.x'

'never x'

Val looked over his shoulder, smiling. "She's good for you."

Dylan looked, smiling. "Yeah... Too good sometimes..." He sighed. "I was a complete idiot, and I thought I'd messed up for good."

"You're only young. You won't see it yet, but if you love each other enough, no matter how many breaks you have, if it's good, and it's worth saving, you'll do it. If it's not, the best thing to do is to walk away."

Dylan nodded.

"I had to do it with your dad. We were young and stupid, and he was completely out of control. I thought with you he'd have grown up, but it didn't work out like that. And he's proved it again here."

"He's ok when he wants to be." Dylan looked.

"Dylan you're in a hospital bed. And not for the first time either. I know he's your dad, you want him in your life, you need him to be there. But where's this going to end? With you in a box?" She looked. "I don't want to bury my child before he's had the chance to live."

Dylan sighed. He knew she had a point. "Were you serious about moving closer?"

Val nodded. "Somebody has to keep you out of trouble if you want to stay here." She looked. "I'm not happy with this. Your gran's livid, she doesn't know this is the second time but it won't take her long."

Dylan groaned and closed his eyes. "I'm already gonna have a lecture off you, can she just leave it?"

"You should have thought about that before you decided to become Chester's newest gangster at fifteen. Dyl you're too sweet to be acting like that. You care too much about people. You also, like your father, have a habit of acting before you think, and damn the consequences afterwards."

"I know... I said sorry.."

"I know you are. Which is why you're coming back with me, once everything is sorted." She smiled and looked, seeing Nico. "I'll see you later." She looked, going to give her son a kiss on the cheek, only to be pushed away by the embarrassed teenage boy. She laughed and walked out.

Nico smiled slightly, walking into the room. "You're going?"

He nodded. "But she says she's moving closer to the village, so it won't really be too far."

Nico nodded, walking over to him and she sat on the edge of the bed. "You OK?" She held his hand.

"Like I got hit by a van.." He smirked a little, laughing at her expression. "OK bad joke."

"Hmm." Nico smiled. "Peri stayed with her mum all night. Then the pains started in the early hours.."

"Are they both OK?"

"Yeah. She had a girl." She nodded.

Dylan nodded again. "And Tom?"

"Has fallen completely in love with her. But I don't think Peri will go through with givin' her up."

"Why?"

She shrugged. "She had the same look as Tom."

Dylan nodded and pulled her arm.

"What?" She looked.

"Do I have to ask my girlfriend for a hug?" He smirked.

She rolled eyes, giggling and leaned forward to hug him.

He sighed, smiling and hugged back.