Do you like the name Alicia-May?" Kriss asked Dave "or Lilimay?"
"Alicia-May is nice" Dave said "but Lilimay Lister-Kochanski? Don't think so!
"Yeah, you're right" she agreed, "It's a bit much"
"Too many Ls"
"You like Alicia-May though, yeah?"
"Yeah" Dave thought "what about boys?"
"I don't know" Kriss told him "what do you like?"
"What about Edward?"
"Oh no" Kriss shook her head "that's horrible, I like "Theo"
"That's different" he smiled "I like it"
"So" she smiled at him "Alicia-May or Theo"
"Can we have a backup?" Dave asked her "just in case"
"Sure" she assured him "How about Bethanie?"
"Okay" Dave answered "or Alice"
"Alice Lister-Kochanski" Kriss said to herself "we've got three now"
"What about boys?" Dave asked
"We've got Theo," she told him "what about Simon?"
"Simon's nice" Dave agreed, "I like Simon"
"We need one more" Kriss told him. Suddenly it came to her like a bat out of hell, a lovely name that wasn't as nice as Theo, but almost "Damien" she said out loud
"That's perfect" Dave smiled
"Damien Lister-Kochanski" Dave ran through the three girls names they had chosen and said them aloud
"Alicia-May, Bethanie or Alice"
Kriss ran through the boys names they had chosen
"Theo, Simon or Damien" they both agreed.
It was Arnold's night with Chloë; Kriss packed Chloë's nightclothes, wash bag, blanket and some clothes for the next day into her bag.
"Chloë" Kriss called "Chloë darling" Chloë came skipping round the corner
"Yes Mummy" Chloë smiled
"You're going to stay with daddy tonight" Kriss told her "is that okay?"
"Yes Mummy" she told her "I like seeing Daddy"
"Chloë, come her" Kriss told her "let me give you a hug"
"I love you, Mummy" Chloë said as Kriss hugged her
"I love you too, Chloë" Kriss replied, "I love you very, very much" Kriss felt tears forming in her eyes, she loved it when her kids said this, well she liked it when Chloë told her, Llewey and Jim-Bexley were too young yet.
Kriss hadn't told anyone except Dave and Kryten that she was pregnant, she decided not to until after her three-month scan. The six weeks flew by and the date arrived Kriss was so nervous as she lay on the bed. She had a funny feeling that something was going to go wrong.
Kryten put the jelly on her stomach and pressed the machine on her. A black and white image appeared on the screen.
"That's my baby" Kriss smiled
"Yeah" Dave said, "It's amazing"
"Can you tell whether it's a boy or a girl?"
"Sure" Kryten told them "give me a minute.
Kryten pushed the machine hard onto Kriss' stomach
"That hurt" she yelled
"Sorry ma'am" Kryten looked at the screen closely. "It's a girl"