when they announce that they are in love and going to america together on christmas day, zoe announces that she is pregnant. dennis does not want to be an absent father to the baby, so sharon leaves without him. he stays with zoe but refuses to sleep with her. she is desperate to get pregnant for real and resorts to sleeping with den. dennis eventually began to feel love for zoe and looked forward to a life with her and the baby. however, when dennis catches her and den in bed and discovers she was never pregnant at all, he leaves but not before informing chrissie about her and den.