Disclaimer: Yeah, blah blah blah, I don't own any part of Red Dwarf, blah blah blah.

Author's note: Possibly the last chapter I write before I go back to school tomorrow but I'll try to post one tonight. This chapter goes quite fast so try and keep up! This chapter just tries to imply that everyone, bar Kryten, is completely besotted by Nicole.

"And the next thing I remember was getting out and seeing you lot." Nicole concluded her story. No one knew what to say. Suddenly Nicole put her hand to her forehead and reeled backwards. She gripped onto the control panel for support. The room around her started spinning. She could feel her heartbeat pounding in her head. She found it increasingly hard to breathe and soon her limbs weren't strong enough to carry her body. Her hand slipped from the panel and she collapsed. Luckily by this time Lister and Kryten had hold of her and were able to suppress her fall. She heard the hologram order the others to take her to the medibay, then she passed out.

She woke up to find Rimmer, Lister and Cat crowded around her. When they saw her eyes open they all gave a sickly smile.
"What happened?" she croaked. Her throat was incredibly dry.
"You had a panic attack," said Rimmer quietly, "Kryten says it was brought on from the shock of...well, you know." He stuttered. It was times like this that Rimmer wished he was more comfortable with talking to the opposite sex. He didn't know why he was so bad at it. For several years he had put it down to them being a hell of a lot more attractive than he was, but after he choked up around Polly Holden, Thickie Holden's inept, spotty, drooly little sister, he had had to admit that this probably wasn't the reason.
Before he had time to make a full-blown assessment of the situation, Lister spoke up, "Are you feeling OK?"
Nicole nodded. Her head hurt a little, her throat was killing her, and she had a funny pain in her right hand, but other than that she felt great. She propped herself up a little on her pillow and yawned.
"Do you want us to go?" asked Lister.
"No, no," Nicole insisted, "I'm glad of the company." She gave a small laugh which surprised everyone, "and I suppose I'd better get used to your company. I'm gonna be stuck with it for the rest of my life." Everyone stared at her in shock, not knowing whether this was a joke or not. Then she started laughing again, and so did everyone else, relieved that she was taking this lightheartedly.
A wave of tiredness flooded over her and she started to drift off again. She vaguely noticed that Rimmer had had a uniform change before she was submerged into unconsciousness.

When she woke again, the trio was still watching over her. All seemed determined to have the first word.
"How are you?" They all said in unison.
Nicole, a little overwhelmed by their fervor, just nodded. Her headache had completely gone now and her throat was definitely better, but the weird pain in her right hand hadn't depreciated at all. Before she had time to voice this, however, Kryten entered the room at a pace.
"Mister Rimmer, sir?" the hologram turned round to face the mechanoid, "I have picked up a derelict on the scanners, sir. I was wondering if you would care to join me in a little scavenging hunt, after all, we two are the only imperishable crew members, sir."
Rimmer was paralyzed with indecision. Normally he would have said, "Stop your blithering, Kryten, just go without me," prompting Lister to have a rant about his cowardliness. But he couldn't do that in front of Nicole, it would be too humiliating. He summoned up all his strength and replied, "OK, Kryters, I'll just go and get the bazookoids."
"You cowardly little--" Lister automatically began before he realised what Rimmer had just said. "What!?"
"I'll go," Rimmer said in what he hoped was a nonchalant tone, "Come on, Krytie!" Lister and the Cat watched, speechless as he left the room with Kryten.

As she watched him go, Nicole noticed the pain in her right hand was diminishing. Then she realised that Rimmer had been holding her hand all that time. "Aw, how sweet!" was her last thought before she floated off to sleep again.

A/n: I haven't really got much to say on this chapter. I only wrote it because I knew it had to be written at some point and, other than revision, I don't have anything to do. So there you go. Thanks for all the cool reviews, by the way, they are much appreciated. :)