About half an hour later Dave came back to see them
"Chloë darling" Dave called "why don't you go and tell Llewey, Jim-Bexley and Alicia-May about baby Theo"
"Okay Daddy Dave" she gave Theo a kiss and Kriss a hug "I love you Theo" she smiled and walked out of the room.
Dave made sure that Chloë was out of earshot before speaking to Kriss
"Okay" he started "whose baby is he?"
"Arnold's" she told him "but it's not how it looks, I can explain"
"Okay" Dave agreed, "Because I love you so much, I'm going to let you explain"
"Oh" Kriss smiled "I love you too"
"Just tell me," he demanded
"it was the night you gave me my engagement ring" she told him "I went to show Arnold and he had exposed himself to the sexual magnetism virus"
"I'll kill him" Dave announced, "I knew there was a valid reason, I knew you wouldn't intentionally cheat on me"
"You know how effective that is" she pleaded, "You know I can't resist it"
"I know darling" Dave smiled "do you want me to tell him?"
"Yes please"
Dave got angrier and angrier as he marched down to Arnold's quarters
"Hey mate" Arnold chirped "where have you been?"
"Well, mate" Dave told him "I've been with my future wife"
"Oh" Arnold hadn't noticed the anger in Dave's voice "how is Kriss?"
"Tired" Dave answered, "She's just had a baby"
Arnold stopped what he was doing and looked at Dave
"He's here!" Arnold said to himself "what does he look like?"
"He's got blonde hair," Dave told him "that's the problem
"What's wrong with that?" Arnold asked
"He's not my baby" tears were forming in Dave's eyes but he fought them back "he's yours"
"Marvellous" Arnold exclaimed, "I thought he was"
"You drugged yourself to get her into bed "Dave was very angry "Why?"
"I wanted sex and I wanted a baby boy," Arnold told him
"So you used her?" Dave was horrified "she may be the only girl on the ship but she's not a baby machine, she's my fiancée!"
Arnold ignored him "Can I see my son now?"
"You don't care about her at all do you?" Dave asked
"I just want to see my son"
"You'll have to ask Kriss"
"Okay" Arnold was so excited "where is she, Medi-bay?"
"No, our quarters"
"Has she been aloud out already?"
"No that's where Theo was born" Dave couldn't fight back the tears anymore "I delivered him"
"That must have been amazing"
"Yeah" Dave confessed, "it was, it's a shame he isn't mine"
Arnold felt really bad as he walked down to see Kriss and Theo but he was really looking forward to taking that first glance at his first son
"Hello" he said nervously "can I come in?"
"Daddy!" Chloë ran straight to her father "look at my new baby brother, his name is Theo"
"I know" Arnold hugged her "I'll have a look"
"Hello Arnold" Kriss said bluntly "Dave's told you about Theo then?"
"Yeah" Arnold pointed to his son "can I have a hold?"
"Okay" Kriss handed Theo to Arnold "but be careful with him
Arnold looked into his son's eyes
"Well done, Kriss" he congratulated
"What?" she asked
"I hear Lister delivered him" he smiled "poor you, no pain relief, no nothing"
"I'd rather not talk about it" she snapped
"Okay" Arnold replied, "I've got exactly what I wanted now"
"Good for you" Kriss said sarcastically "I smegging haven't!"
"Are you saying you don't want Theo?" Arnold seemed horrified "because if you don't I'll take him"
"No!" Kriss shouted, "of course I want him"
"What's the problem then?"
"You know what the problem is, Arnold" she replied, "I wanted him to be Dave's baby not yours, Dave is heartbroken"
"Oh" Arnold started to think about what he had done "I'm sorry I seduced you Kriss" he smiled "I still love you and want you all to myself"
"Arnold I'm sorry but I don't love you" Kriss told him "there's nothing I can do about it"
"But…" Arnold pleaded, "We've got so much in common"
"The only things we've got in common are Chloë and Theo, nothing else"
"Kriss, I…"
"Did you think I'd come running back when I saw that Theo was yours?"
"Yeah" Arnold confessed, "I did"
"Arnold" Kriss looked deep into his eyes "I love Chloë, I love Llewey, I love Jim-Bexley, I love Alicia-May and I love Theo. I love them all exactly the same, they're all mine and I love them"
"I know" Arnold replied
"But I don't love you" Kriss looked at him apologetically "I love Dave"
"Will you ever love me?" Arnold was looking for a light at the end of the tunnel, but it wasn't there
"Not in the way you want me to" she confessed, "I'm sorry"