Kriss and Dave decided to tell Arnold the truth about Chloë. He still had their affair in his memory, all Kriss needed to tell Arnold was that it went on a bit longer and that Chloë was the result. She didn't have to explain, all she'd do is tell him what she did, why she did it and ask him if he wanted his memory back. She went to find him.
"Arnold" she called "me and Dave need a word, my quarters five minutes" she didn't even give him time to answer before running off again
"How does she know I'm not busy?" he asked himself, "does she think I've got nothing better to do than what she want?" if she did she would have been right, Arnold decided to admit this to himself and started off down the corridor, and he was glad he did.
"Okay" he asked, "what do you want?"
"Arnold, sit down" Kriss told him; he was worried but did as he was told. "It's Chloë" Kriss carried on "she's not Dave's child"
"What's this got to do with me?" Arnold asked, puzzled
"She's yours mate"
"What?" Arnold was shocked "How?"
"You'll find out if you do what I say," Kriss told him
"Sure" he agreed, "whatever you say!"
"Right" Kriss prepared herself for what was coming next "I changed your memories over, like Dave did with Lisa Yates that time!"
"Why?" Arnold asked "why did you take Chloë away from me?"
"You'll see," she told him "I'll put your memories back and then all your questions will be answered"
"Okay" Arnold agreed "when?"
"When I've fed the boys" Kriss told them "my breasts are full and hurting!"
"One thing" Arnold asked "what about Chloë?"
"I'll tell her" Kriss promised "I'll her you're her Daddy"
"I'm a Daddy" Arnold said to himself "I'm a Daddy"
That night Kriss changed the memories round. There was only one thing to do now, tell Chloë. Kriss wanted to do this alone
"Chloë, darling" Kriss started "guess what?" Chloë looked at her "you're a very lucky girl!"
"Lucky" said Chloë
"Yes" Kriss told her "you've got two daddies!"
"Two daddies" asked Chloë
"Yeah two daddies" Kriss showed her a picture of Arnold "this is Daddy"
"Daddy"
"Yes" Kriss showed her a picture of Dave "and this is Daddy Dave"
"Daddy Dave"
"Yeah"
Chloë pointed to Kriss "Mummy"
"Yeah" Kriss told her "I'm your Mummy and I love you very much"
"Love you Mummy" Chloë told her. Kriss gave Chloë a hug.
Kriss took Chloë out to Dave and Arnold. Chloë walked up to Dave.
"Love you Daddy Dave" she hugged him
"Love you too Chloë" Dave told her, she went over to Arnold
"Love you Daddy" Chloë told him.
Arnold gave her a big hug. "Love you to Chloë" he kissed her and started crying, "Daddy loves you very much!"
"You okay, mate" Dave asked him
"She's so beautiful," Arnold told him "Are you sure she's mine"
They all laughed. Chloë was two now and every day she looked more and more like Kriss. Her eyes were as blue as Kriss' and her hair was growing just like Kriss', dark and thick
"Can I see her for a little while?" Arnold asked Kriss "I want to get to know her properly"
"Sure" she told him "have her all day and overnight if you want"
"Are you sure?" Arnold was surprised
"Yeah" she assured him "I want to make it up to you"
"Thank you!"
"One thing, if you take her off Starbug you need to tell me or Dave
"I will," he promised
Arnold didn't take Chloë off the ship; he didn't want to risk loosing her again, he just did what she asked, before he knew it, it was dinner time
"Chloë" Arnold asked her "would you like to have dinner now?"
"Please Daddy" Chloë asked, "See mummy?"
"Yes" Arnold told her "and you'll see Daddy Dave too"
"Okay" Chloë said "dinner now please, Daddy"
Arnold took Chloë back to the mid section. Kriss had Jim-Bexley on her lap, she had just finished feeding the boys, Dave had Llewey and was sitting next to Kriss.
"Mummy!" Chloë was so pleased to see Kriss again. Kriss handed Jim-Bexley to Cat, who was getting used to holding the boys for them. Kriss crouched down to Chloë's level and opened her arms, Chloë started running towards Kriss, arms out, Chloë ran straight into Kriss and they flung their arms around each other.
"Mummy missed you very much, Chloë" Kriss told her "have you had a good time with Daddy?"
"Yes" Chloë told her. They all sat down for dinner. When they had all finished Kriss stood up
"I'd like to make an announcement" she said, "me and Dave have decided to get engaged" everyone was very happy!
"Congratulations!" Kryten told them. Even Arnold was happy for them. He missed his relationship with Kriss, but he knew they couldn't be together they didn't work. Arnold was just happy that they had lasted long enough to get Chloë.
"Congratulations, Dave" Arnold said, "I mean that"
"Thanks mate" Dave replied, "thanks a lot"
After the meal Dave and Cat took Llewey and Jim-Bexley back to their quarters. Kriss wanted to say goodnight to Chloë so she waited back
"Hey" she called "here's Chloë's nightclothes" Kriss handed Arnold a light pink duffel bag with 'Chloë' sewn onto it.
"Thanks" Arnold answered, "Erm, congratulations, on the engagement I mean"
"Thanks" Kriss answered, "That means a lot"
"Can I have a hug?" Arnold asked "after all we've had sex before, a hug isn't going to surprise anyone" they laughed and hugged.
"Thank you" Arnold sounded really grateful
"Chloë" called Kriss "come say goodnight" Kriss knelt down and gave her daughter a hug "Night darling, love you" Chloë gave Kriss a kiss
"Love you Mummy," she said
"Have a good time with Daddy" Kriss told her. Kriss turned to Arnold "I've written down her bedtime routine, she will ask for milk, only give her one cupful, her cup is in her bag with her blanket, she won't sleep without her blanket and don't let her stay up past seven"
"Okay" Arnold told her
"Come her Chloë, one last hug" she hugged and kissed Chloë one last time "love you, Chloë" she said again
"Love you too Mummy" Arnold walked away holding Chloë's hand, Chloë looked at Kriss and waved. Kriss waved back, there were tears in her eyes. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned round, it was Dave, he opened his arms and she fell into them and sobbed.
Kriss cried on Dave's shoulder for twenty minutes she slowly calmed down
"Where are the boys?" she asked
"They're with Cat" he told her "they'll be okay"
"I'm sorry Dave" she told him "I've never been away from her before" Kriss told him "I don't like this, it's horrible"
"I know beautiful" he told her "I'll miss her too" he kissed her forehead "come on the boys will need feeding"