Chapter Six

Kriss walked into her room and collapsed in tears on the bed. There were so many emotions running through Kriss' brain. She was happy because she was going to have a baby, she was angry because Dave had slept with Lilly who was only sixteen, but most of all Kristine Kochanski felt hurt, betrayed and distraught

"Dave" Kriss sobbed, "Why did you do it?"

"To get back at Rimmer," Dave answered, "for sleeping with you"

"Hold on" Kriss asked "you have thrown our marriage away because of something that happened six years ago?"

"I couldn't just let it lie" Dave insisted, "I needed to do something, I couldn't just let Rimmer win"

"You mean your stupid male pride has resulted in two of us getting pregnant and the end of our marriage"

"I have not ended our marriage" Dave protested

"Yes you have" Kriss yelled "you ended our marriage the moment you got into bed with Lilimay"

"But what…"

"Leave" Kriss demanded, "Get out of my room!"

"But what about the baby"

"This is my baby, not yours, you will have nothing to do with it"

"Why not?"

"You are not this child's father, you are just a sperm donor, a bit of fun, just sex, I pray that this child is a girl and looks exactly Chloë and Izzy and me!"

Dave started packing his bags and all the children walked in, Chloë, Llewey, Jim-Bexley, Alicia, Theo, Damien and Izzy

"What's happening, Dad?" Llewey asked, "Where are you going?"

"Dave's been having an affair," Chloë announced

"What's an affair, Mummy?" Izzy asked innocently"

"Daddy's been very naughty" Kriss announced "and be quiet Chloë!"

"Please Mum" Alicia begged, "Let him stay!"

"No" Kriss answered, "He's not staying!"

"But why Mummy?" Damien asked, "Why can't he stay?"

"Daddy doesn't love you anymore!"

Dave looked at Kriss, the hurt in his eyes was obvious "Kriss…" he started "Dave, if you loved any of us you wouldn't have done what you did"

"Don't you love us Dad?" Jim-Bexley asked "why not?"

"Your Mum's wrong" Dave answered, "I do love you, all of you"

"No you don't" Chloë shouted "if you loved us you wouldn't have made Lilimay cry!"

There wasn't much Dave could say to that, so he didn't, he just stood there. Eight years of marriage down the shoot because of one silly mistake

"I'm so glad we didn't officially get married, it's so much easier to get rid of you like this"

Kriss threw her engagement ring and her wedding ring at him, they hit him on the chest and fell to the ground. Dave just looked at them, all that he went through to get them. What a waste of two gorgeous looking rings

"Can I still see the kids?" Dave asked, hopeful

"There's nothing to say that they're yours" Kriss pointed out spitefully

"But what about Llewey, Jim-Bexley and Damien"

"What about them?"

"They're black" Dave insisted, "They couldn't possibly be Rimmer's"

"There's always the Cat"

Dave simply shook his head and walked out, he couldn't believe Kriss could be so cruel and heartless as to say that in front of their boys. Would they believe what Kriss had said? He knew that Llewey, Jim-Bexley and Damien couldn't possibly be Cat's. He knew for a fact that Cat wouldn't do that to him, or did he? Dave didn't know anything anymore, except that he loved Kriss and the kids, he screwed up bad. Then something occurred to him, Rimmer would get something from this, a grandchild, he knew that Rimmer would love the baby however it came about, he needed something else, he needed to find something to hurt Kriss though, and Lilimay. Then it came to him, who played a major importance in everyone's life? Lilly's mother, Rimmer's wife, Kriss' best friend… Yvonne McGruder. What could he do though? He couldn't sleep with her – she wouldn't touch him with a bargepole – there was only one thing to do, KILL HER.

Lilimay and Yvonne sat on Lilly's bed talking, talking about Dave, talking about the baby and just generally chatting away.

"I'm keeping it, Mum!" Lilly announced, "I'm not getting rid of it, you can't make me!"

"Okay, okay" Yvonne assured her "what about Dave?"

"This baby is mine" Lilly protested, " Dave is having nothing to do with it"

There was a light tap on the door and it opened, the old metal rubbed together and squeaked loudly as it slid open and Kristine Kochanski walked in

"if you want me to leave, I will" she promised "but I'd like to chat with you Lilly!"

"Do you want me to stay?" Yvonne asked, "I can if you want!"

"Its okay, Mum" Lilly smiled "I'll talk to Kriss!"

"I'm sorry, Yvonne" Kriss announced, "I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay" Yvonne hugged Kriss "you're as much a victim in this as Lilimay is!"

"Thank you" Kriss smiled "I'm so glad you feel that way"

"Kriss" Yvonne took her hands "I don't blame you at all, you don't control Dave, and you didn't tell him to sleep with Lilimay. I know you, Krissie; you're my best friend"

"Thank you"

With that Yvonne waved at Lilly and left

"What about you Lilly?" Kriss asked, "Do you forgive me?"

"Yeah" Lilly answered, "I'm sorry for all the nasty things I said to you"

"Its okay" Kriss hugged her "don't worry about it!"

"Thank you" Lilly answered

"What about baby?"

"I'm keeping it"

"Okay, good for you"

"I want a girl, Billie-Jean."

"That's a nice name!"

"What about you Kriss?"

"I'm keeping it too, I don't mind what I have, but I've decided to call it Callum or Lorena"

"What about Dave?"

"He's not having anything to do with my baby"

"Mine neither"

"I'll help you with the baby"

"Are you sure?"

"Oh, absolutely" Kriss promised "anything you need to know, just ask, I am the expert!"

"Yeah" Lilly smiled "five pregnancies, seven children, I'm sure you are

"No" Kriss patted her tummy "six pregnancies"