Three months passed and Kriss needed a scan. She lay down on the bed and undid her jacket. Kryten emptied the contents of a tube onto her stomach and pressed the ultrasound machine onto it. A black and white image appeared on the screen and they heard a strong heartbeat through the speakers on the monitor.
"Wow" Kriss smiled
At that moment, Arnold walked in "oh sorry" he looked at the screen "is that the baby?"
"Yeah" Kriss smiled
"Can I see?" Arnold asked
"Rimmer mate" Dave answered "it's my baby not yours"
"I know Dave, but I'd like to see it"
"Don't be rude, Dave" Kriss told him "of course you can Arnold"
Arnold looked at the screen and thought about this baby, the baby that could be his "Wow" he gasped
"Is it a boy or a girl?" Kriss asked
"It's a boy" Kryten confirmed "congratulations ma'am"
"That's Theo then" Kriss smiled "my baby Theo"
"I'd like to say thank you" Arnold told Kriss at dinner that evening "do you think he's mine?"
"Oh yes" she responded "I'm pretty sure"
"I might have a son!" he said "Theo Rimmer, that sounds lovely"
"Erm, no" Kriss told him "until I know for sure, his name is Theo Lister-Kochanski"
"But you said…"
"I'm not arguing the point" she shouted, "His name will be Theo Lister-Kochanski. End of discussion"
Another six months flew past and Kriss' due date came and went. Kriss' contractions didn't start til a week later when she was reading to Chloë.
"What's wrong Mummy?" Chloë asked as Kriss yelped in pain
"You okay Kriss?" Dave asked
"Yeah" Kriss sounded disappointed "just another twinge"
But she was wrong, ten minutes later Kriss let out another yelp, Dave was in the midsection.
"Mummy what's wrong?" Chloë pleaded
"Don't worry, I'm fine" Kriss insisted but five minutes later her water's broke
"Mummy what's that?" Chloë asked, "What's happened?"
"Theo's coming" Kriss sighed
"When" Chloë shouted
"Now" another contraction hit Kriss it was a lot stronger and made her cry out in pain
"It's okay Mummy" Chloë gave her a hug "I'm here!"
"Chloë listen to me" Kriss looked her eldest daughter in the face "I need you to go at get daddy Dave, you need to be as quick as you can and tell him it's very important"
Chloë left the room to find her stepfather yelling as she went
"Daddy Dave" she shouted "daddy Dave"
"Yes Chloë" Dave smiled
"Mummy's crying, she wants you to come, she said it's important"
Dave ran back to his quarters and heard Kriss scream and cry afterwards
"Alright darling" Dave reassured her
"he's coming" Kriss shouted "I can feel him"
"Okay, well we need to get you to the medi-bay"
"No!" Kriss shouted "there isn't time, I can feel his head between my legs"
Dave lifted up Kriss' nightdress. Nothing could have prepared him for what he saw
"Holy smeg" he gasped
"What's wrong?" Chloë walked over and looked at Theo crowning away "what's that daddy Dave?"
"It's Theo," he told her "go and stand with Mummy"
Chloë did as she was told
"Dave" Kriss shouted "put your hands on his head so he doesn't fall"
"Oh, yes, sorry" Dave snapped back into action
"On the next contraction I'm going to push" she told Dave "gently ease him out, don't pull though"
"What about me, mummy?" Chloë asked
"Just hold my hand darling" Kriss told her.
Kriss' contraction came and she pushed as hard as she could, and five minutes later Theo was born. Dave cut the chord and handed Theo to Kriss. Dave took one look at him and realised there was something wrong
"He's got blonde hair" Dave stated "and blue eyes"
Kriss didn't say a word, she just put Theo to her breast, this stopped him crying as he sucked away
"He's not mine is he?" Dave asked angrily
"Not in front of Chloë please" Kriss said with gritted teeth
"I can't stay here" Dave muttered as he walked out