It took Dave two weeks to make up his mind. He moved in with Cat for this short while and only saw Kriss and the children at meal times. Every second of everyday he thought about his kids, Chloë's kind personality, Llewey's mischievous grin, Jim-Bexley's sense of humour, Alicia-May's little hugs and kisses and Theo's way of squeezing your hand to tell you he loves you. He thought about the love he felt for them. Then he thought about Kriss, the woman he had been after since god knows when. The woman who had given him three wonderful children of his own and two that felt like his. The woman he'd finally married and loved so deeply it hurt.
Then there was the new baby. He thought about how he felt about it, would he be able to love it or would he resent it? He thought about it, would he be able to love it or would he resent it? He thought about it growing in Kriss' womb, the thought that Kriss had probably already bonded with it made him smile. Suddenly this wonderful feeling rose up thru his body he tried to fight it, but couldn't the thought that he was going to be a dad again stopped filling him with dread and instead filed him with joy. It made him feel alive, he was going to be a daddy again, he was so happy.
He didn't want to waste another second of Kriss' pregnancy. He got straight up and went to find Kriss. She was in their quarters
"Hello angel" he smiled "I love you"
"What do you want?" she asked through gritted teeth
"I want our baby" he told her "I want you and our children and I want our brand new baby"
"You sure" Kriss clarified
"Yes" Dave promised. He looked at her stomach "can I?"
Kriss nodded and leant backwards. Dave knelt on the floor and laid his head on her stomach
"Hello baby" he cooed, "I'm your daddy and I love you very much"
"Are you sure Dave?" Kriss asked, "Will you love this baby?"
"Of course I will" Dave promised "I will love this baby like I love Llewey, Jim-Bexley and Alicia-May, as much as I love Chloë and Theo too"
"You promise?" Kriss asked
"I promise"
"Okay" Kriss smiled "come here and give me a hug"
"What are we going to call it?" Dave asked as they hugged
"I've already decided on names," Kriss announced
"What have you chosen?"
"For a girl Isabelle and for a boy Damien"
"Okay" Dave agreed, "I like them"
Kriss and Yvonne decided to have their scans consequently. Kriss first. Kryten set up the equipment and emptied a tube of the jelly onto Kriss' stomach.
"it's twins" Kryten announced "this…" he pointed to the baby on the left hand side of the screen "… is a little boy, and this…" he pointed to the baby on the right hand side of the screen "…is a little girl"
"Damien" Kriss pointed to her new baby boy before moving her hand across the screen and pointing at her new baby girl "Isabelle"
Yvonne's turn came. She sat in exactly the same place as Kriss and got very similar news
"It's twins" Kryten announced "two boys"
"Blaize and Caleb" Yvonne announced "Blaize and Caleb"
Kriss, Dave, Arnold and Yvonne decided to celebrate the news so they left the children with Cat and Kryten and made their way donw to the officer's club
"So…" Arnold started "four more children"
"We need a bigger ship" Dave commented, "we're running out of space"
"I've had a quick look on the scanner scope" Kriss interrupted "and Red Dwarf is in range, if we can convince them to leave we can take it over"
"How are we going to do that?" Dave asked
"I don't know" Kriss answered "we're just going to have to work that out when we get there!"