Kriss lay awake, thinking. It was one o'clock in the morning and Chloë was crying. Kriss would have normally gone to get her but she was trying to cut out this feed. Kriss was thinking about a conversation she had with Dave long before. They had talked about old relationships. The particular relationship that Kriss was thinking about was Dave's relationship with Lisa Yates. It wasn't the actual relationship that interested her; it was what Dave had done with his memories of her. He had transferred these memories into Arnold's mind. If Dave could do it with Lisa Yates then Kriss could do it with Chloë. Holly was planning to update the hologram discs. She'd do it then. By this time Chloë had given up and decided to go back to sleep. Kriss had the same idea.
Kriss woke again at five o'clock. She didn't want to stop this feed as well. She fed her and cuddled her.
"Mummy does love you," she told her "Mummy's going to fix it all, Uncle Dave will be your new Daddy"
Two weeks passed and Holly decided to update the Hologram discs, Kriss saw her chance. She downloaded Dave's memory of the last year onto a disc and she did the same with Arnold's before swapping these memories into each other's brains and deleting their own memories. It was all very complicated. Now in Dave's head Chloë was his child and in Arnold's head he had noting to do with her. It was perfect; it was just how she wanted it.
Kriss went back to Chloë's cot and stroked her cheek, she looked so innocent, no one would ever have known that Chloë was part of Arnold, in fact no one would ever have know she was part of anyone except Kriss.
Kriss woke the next morning and saw Dave with Chloë. He was talking to her
"Daddy loves you very much," he told her. This made Kriss smile, everything had gone to plan and both Chloë and Dave were happy and that was all she cared about. She knew she had done the right thing
Dave got Chloë dressed before Kriss fed her.
"I'll take her to the mid section with me shall I?" Dave asked
"Sure" she replied, she had played about with Cat and Kryten's memory to so they wouldn't suspect a thing. Kriss showered and got herself dressed. She was so happy.
When she got downstairs to the mid section, a different situation was there to greet her. Arnold and Dave weren't fighting over Chloë, and Kryten wasn't trying to break up the fight. Instead Chloë was sitting on Dave's lap while he ate, Arnold was helping Cat fly Starbug and Kryten was getting Kriss' breakfast for her. Perfection.
Three months passed and no one suspected a thing. Kriss knew that everything was going to be okay. Chloë had started to crawl and was giggling more everyday.
"She'll need her own quarters soon" Kryten told Kriss "give you and Mr. Lister some time alone" Dave agreed
"You are not giving her those quarters by the pipes" she told them "she can have the one's next-door to us with the adjoining doors."
Dave thought this was a good idea
"That way" he told them "we can shut her away when she's asleep and have some time to ourselves, brutal."
"You'll need to paint it for her" Kriss told them "she's not moving into it in that state"
"I'll take care of it" Dave assured Kriss "you won't recognise the place"
It took Dave three months to get Chloë's room ready. It wasn't as bad as it sounds though; it was six weeks before they found an abandoned ship with enough pots of pink paint on it. It took Dave another six weeks to paint it and get it ready for Chloë to move in; by this time it was Chloë's first birthday. She was doing lots of new things! She had started to pull herself up and walk around the furniture two months ago and now she was attempting to walk alone. She enjoyed sitting in her highchair and feeding herself rusks and biscuits. She could call 'Mummy', 'Daddy' and 'Cat' but 'Kryten' and 'Arnold' were still a bit difficult.
Kriss couldn't wait to get Chloë into her own room. She was feeling rather broody and when Kristine Kochanski was broody beware. She'd have Dave in the bedroom until his knob fell off if she could. She'd have to tell him first though.
"Dave" she asked him "can we have another baby?"
Dave grinned; he got up went over to her and gave her a big hug and kiss.
"Of course we can," he told her "of course we can!"