Kriss sat down at the table with Kryten and breakfast the next morning they sat for about 10 minutes before the boys made an appearance. When they finally did arrive Arnold came and sat down next to Kriss.
"I'm sorry baby," he told her "I didn't mean to get angry and I definitely didn't mean to push you"
"It's okay," she said "so you don't mind if I go and see Yvonne tonight?"
Arnold didn't really want Kriss to go but…
"Sure," he said, "just don't have anything to drink"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" she asked him "of course I won't drink"
"That's okay then"
"Oh by the way I've got you some time off for when the baby's born from my due date until the baby's born you will be excused from all canary missions"
"Great" he said, "thanks for sorting that out"
Kriss and Arnold went straight to the medi bay after breakfast. Kriss approached the counter and told the woman that she had a scan booked.
"Sure" said the woman behind the desk "go straight through"
The ships doctor was waiting for them.
"Hello Miss. Kochanski, Mr. Rimmer"
"Hello" Kriss answered, Arnold just nodded
"Right if you'd like to hop up onto the bed and we'll take a look" Kriss couldn't really hop up onto the bed but she climbed instead "right now this is going to feel cold" the doctor told her as he put the liquid on her stomach. He got the scanner and pushed onto her stomach and in a split second she could see her baby moving about inside her. Kriss felt really good, she felt as if she was doing something wonderful and for the first time, she felt like she would be able to cope as a mother.
"Would you like to know the sex of the baby," the doctor asked
"You can tell?" she asked, "You could tell me if it's Chloë or Llewey?"
"Sure, he told her" but nothing's one hundred percent"
Kriss looked at Arnold
"What do you think?" she asked him
"Do you want to know?" Kriss nodded "let's find out then"
"We'd like to know" Kriss told the doctor
"Okay," the doctor said "two seconds"
Kriss could feel the machine being pushed down harder onto her stomach and every second she spent staring at her baby she feel deeper and deeper in love with it.
"It's a girl," the doctor told them "you've got a baby girl"
"That's my Chloë" Kriss told him, "That's Chloë Victoria Rimmer-Kochanski"
Kriss and Arnold looked at each other and shed happy tears.