Chapter 25

"I want us to start again" Kriss told him, she had changed her mind from when she was thinking in her quarters, the sleep had made her see clearly.

"You want to go out with me?" he asked

"Do you want that too?" Kriss asked, she knew his answer

"I'd love to get back together" Dave told her, he was so excited

"Two conditions" she told him

"Sure" he agreed, "what are they?"

"Chloë comes first" Dave nodded his head in agreement "and when it comes to her you do what I say,"

"I agree," Dave promised, "what are you going to do about Arnold?"

"I want to be friends with him" she told Dave "and I want Chloë to know her father, but I'm going to let him calm down and approach me" Dave nodded "if he hasn't by this time next week then I'll see him"

Dave checked on Chloë, she was still asleep

"Do you want to?" Dave asked "y'know"

"What about Chloë?"

"She's sound asleep"

"Okay then" she answered, "let's do it"

So they did, they did it in away that the two of them had never done together before. They didn't intentionally do it differently it just came naturally. It was soft and gentle. Dave kissed her and fingered her until she was totally ready. He then entered her and slowly moved in and out of her making her moan in pleasure. Kriss felt loved this time, she'd never had this feeling of love during sex ever before with anyone. It was at this point that she was a hundred percent sure she was doing the right thing.

Dave carried on making sweet love to her. He felt so lucky he felt so love and he felt so happy. Kryten was right it was meant to be and it had happened. It was a while before he came inside her and she enjoyed every single minute of it she was in heaven she was higher than she had been with Arnold she was falling in love, properly falling in love with Dave. She was just about to tell him when he came inside her.

"Are you protected?" Dave asked her afterward

"Yeah" she said "went on the pill after Chloë was born, I can't have another one yet"

"Can we have one at all though?" he asked her "one-day"

"Of course we can" she said "by the way, you can tell anyone you want about this relationship, I don't care"

"I think we need to wait until Arnold knows" Dave told her "I know I wouldn't have liked it if I'd have heard from anyone but you." Kriss nodded. She knew he was right but she wanted to tell people.

"I'll go tell him now then" she insisted "keep an eye on Chloë"

Kriss strolled down to Arnold's quarters and knocked on his door.

"Arnold" she called "it's Kristine, can I come in?"

"Okay" he called "come in"

"Hello" Kriss was and sounded nervous

"What do you want?"

"I want to let you know that me and Dave have decided to start again"

Arnold dropped his books

"We only split up this morning" he yelled "why?"

"I love him"

"You loved me the other day"

"No I didn't," she told him "I thought I did but I didn't"

"What made you realise you didn't"

"When I saw Chloë for the first time something came over me" she explained "I forgot all about the pain and suffering I went through for her and just fell in love, I knew that was real love and I know now that I never felt that for you"

"What did you feel for me?" he asked her, immediately regretting it

"Lust and passion" she told him "you and me we're compatible physically, but that's it"

"Leave me alone" he signed "just leave me alone"

Kriss closed the door and heard Arnold cry. She felt sorry for him but knew that she'd done the right thing. She was sure she loved Dave as much as she was sure she loved Chloë, which was obviously, as sure as she could be. She was going to get a drink at the canteen but changed her mind. She'd much rather be with her boyfriend and her baby than drinking a milkshake in the canteen and anyway she could feel her breasts filling up again. It was almost feeding time.