Kriss and Arnold walked hand in hand down to dinner that evening. Ackerman took a few minutes to congratulate them ending in 'but don't let it get in the way of your work'. Some people made comments on it including 'oh, I wonder what Lister thinks of that' and 'oh know poor Lister!' but Kriss and Dave didn't care. They knew they were happy and that Dave was doing his best to be happy for them and that's all they needed to know.
During the meal Kriss received some mail.
"What's that?" enquired Arnold, "you expecting anything"
"No," Kriss answered. She tore into the envelope, inside was a card and a letter, she read the card first "Congratulations" she read aloud before opening it "Dear Kristine and Arnold, Congratulations on your new relationship, lots of love Yvonne and Tim" Kriss was very excited "wow".
"Oh, isn't that nice" Arnold agreed sincerely "what about the letter?"
"Oh, it's for me" she started reading it "dear Kriss, this letter is just to let you know that there's no hard feelings and I hope you and Arnold are very happy together. I have arranged for you to have some time out of prison for us to have a girly chat. Meet me at 1900 hours in the officer's club." Kriss smiled "I haven't seen Yvonne in so long it'll be good to catch up.
"So you're going then" Arnold asked "may I ask why?"
"Because she's my best friend and I haven't seen her in a while"
Arnold looked at her
"Don't you wanna spend the time with me?"
"Arnold I've seen you three night's in a row I need to see Yvonne"
"Fine see you tomorrow" Kriss was stunned; he'd never spoken to her like that before. She ran after him and stopped him.
"Arnold, don't talk to me like that" Kriss was very angry "I am not your property, you don't own me"
"Kriss" he snarled, "get out of my way"
Kriss went back to her room and put on a nice red top and blue jeans. She couldn't go without talking to Arnold first, she knew that Yvonne would be asking questions about their relationship and she couldn't sit there and lie to her best friend, especially when she knew what Yvonne is like.
She tapped on his door and entered the room
"Hey sexy" she giggled. Arnold ignored her "I said hello"
"Hello" he grunted, "what do you want"
"I want you to stop this"
"Why are you being so clingy with me we've only been together five minutes?"
"I thought you would want to spend as much time with me as possible"
"I need to spend some time with Yvonne as well, she's my best mate. I can't spend all the hours God sends with you I need time with other people"
"Well, I'm not stopping you" he said, "you go, I'll be fine"
"Are you angry with me?" Kriss pleaded
"Just go"
"Fine Arnold," she said, "I love you"