Chapter Five

Lilly kept out of Kriss and Dave's way. Since Dave had yelled at her for telling Kriss and laughed at the fact that Kriss didn't believe her Lilly didn't want to see him. Six weeks passed and slowly but surely Lilly managed to join them for mealtimes and not make up silly excuses.

Kriss walked to the medibay, thinking, was she pregnant? She though about what if would mean if she was. on one hand it would be wonderful. It had been five years since she last did the whole baby thing with Izzy and Damien and she loved having new babies. But on the other hand that would be eight children, eight. Kriss decided not to worry about it, just take the test and see what came of it.

Lilly was already in the medibay searching for a pregnancy test. When she heard Kriss coming she hid in a cupboard. It was the only cupboard that Lilly hadn't looked in and low and behold there they were. Lilly picked one up and put it in her pocket. Then the door opened

"Lilly" Kriss gasped, "You made me jump"

"Sorry" Lilly smiled

"What are you doing in the cupboard?" Kriss asked

"I'm playing hide and seek" Lilly lied "with Blaize and Caleb"

"Okay" Kriss took a pregnancy test out "see you later!"

Lilly waited until she was absolutely sure that Kriss had gone before emerging from the cupboard and going to the toilet in the medibay. Lilly sat down and opened the packaging. She read the instructions and did the test. The thirty-second wait seemed like the longest thirty seconds of Lilly's life but she watched the tiny window like a hawk and cried when she saw the result

"Pregnant?" she muttered to herself "I can't be, I'm only sixteen"

Kriss had exactly the same result; the only difference was that Kriss was very happy with it

"I'm pregnant, Dave" she announced "we're having that baby you wanted"

"That's wonderful news" Dave's smile beamed on his face "how do you feel about it?"

"Wonderful" Kriss answered, "I feel alive again"

"Let's go and announce it now" Dave jumped up "come on"

Dave made the announcement and Kryten got out apple juice for Kriss and the kids and champagne for everyone else.

"Where's Lilly?" Chloë asked, "She should be here"

As if on cue Lilimay Rimmer flung open the door, she was clutching something in her hands, a little white stick. She marched over to where Kriss and Dave were sitting and slammed it down on the table. They both looked at it, it was a pregnancy test, a positive pregnancy test.

"Do you believe me now Kriss?" she asked "can you see what your husband did to me?"

"I'm sorry Lilly" Kriss broke down "I'm so sorry"

Yvonne and Arnold ran over to the table and looked at the test. They didn't' say a word, just stared at it; it took a while to sink in.

"What have you done Lilly?" Dave asked, "You stupid whoar, you should be ashamed of yourself"

"She's sixteen" Kriss yelled, "You're the one who should be ashamed"

"You slept with my daughter, you slept with Lilimay?" Arnold asked "how could you, what did you want?"

Lilly broke down in tears and slid down the wall, Chloë went and hugged her but there was nothing she could do to stop Lilly's tears. Chloë wanted to help but didn't' know how. She decided that the best thing to do was to just be there for her.

"Dave" Kriss whispered, "Let's talk about this alone"

"Okay" Dave agreed "let's go now"