Chapter Eleven

Dave sat on his bed in his newly found quarters thinking about what he had done, why had he hit Chloë? She hadn't done anything wrong, it was only natural for her to think that Arnold was a better father; she was his natural daughter after all. Dave knew he had blown it, there was no way Kriss would take him back now, and he started crying. Suddenly he heard a creek as the door opened and Kriss walked in.

"Pack your bags," she demanded, "you're leaving the ship"

"What?" Dave asked "why?"

"You hit Chloë and you've really hurt her" she told him "you can't get away with that!"

"I'm sorry" Dave begged, "Please let me stay! What about my children? I want to keep some of them"

"You can ask them" Kriss answered "but it's their choice, and you can't have Chloë or Theo, they're staying her with me and their father!"

One by one Kriss and Dave spoke to their children. They told them what was happening and why, they also asked the children whether they wanted to stay with their mother or go with their father. Llewey and Jim-Bexley both said they would think about it. Alicia wanted to stay with Kriss and so did Damien and Izzy. A few days later Llewey and Jim-Bexley had made their decision

"Mum, dad" Llewey called "we'd like to talk to you both"

Kriss and Dave sat down on Jim-Bexley's bunk ready to listen to their identical twin boys

"What is it?" Kriss asked, "Have you decided what you want to do?"

"Yes" Jim-Bexley answered, "we know that one of you will be really upset"

"Don't worry about us" Dave said "just do what you think is best!" Dave couldn't wait, he was almost a hundred percent sure that his twin boys would come with him. They weren't very close with Kriss but very close to Dave, Jim-Bexley especially. Kriss knew this and she knew that she was about to loose her two eldest sons to abusive husband. She wasn't very happy about it but would go along with it after all she'd sooner they be happy with Dave than miserable with her so as long as they were happy she'd let them go.

"Mum" Llewey started "we'd like to go with dad"

"But" Jim-Bexley added, "If we change our mind can we come home?"

"Of course you can" Kriss promised "you can come and see me whenever you want"

"Good" Llewey smiled "because we'd like to see the new baby"

"Okay" Kriss smiled "remember there's seven months until baby comes"

"We'd like to see you once a month" Jim-Bexley told her "is that okay"

"Sure" Kriss smiled "I do love you both, y'know"

"We know mum" Llewey smiled "we love you too!"

Arnold wanted to see this man, the man who had fertilized one of his daughters and beat up the other one. The anger in him was obvious as he glided down the corridor. Then he saw him, his once best friend, with that Dave Lister smug grin on his face. Arnold was blinded with rage

"Hey Rimmer" Dave smiled "everything okay?"

"No" Arnold screamed, "You have ruined both of my daughters' lives"

"What?" Dave asked "no I haven't"

"You slept with Lilimay" Arnold screamed

"Yeah" Dave taunted, "I know, she was good y'know, warm and new"

"Shut up" Arnold snapped

"I've never had a virgin before"

"Shut up"

"It was great, a real turn on, pure and innocent, perfect"

"Shut up"

"I put my fingers on her clit and she gasped, made her moan Rimmer. Your precious little daughter and I made her moan!"

"Shut up"

"Then I put my fingers in her pussy and she begged for more!"

"Shut up!"

"Then I licked her out and she orgasmed, she begged for more again"

"Shut up"

"Then I fucked her"

"Shut up"

"She said there was nothing she wanted more than my fat cock inside her, so I rammed it into her and she bled"

"Shut up"

"She wanted it though, she naturally pushed herself towards me, she was loving it!"

"Shut up"

"She wanted it faster, she screamed at me until I was going as fast as I could"

"Shut up!"

"I gave her six orgasms!"

"Shut up"

"Then I came and she told me that she wanted it again!"

"Shut up"

"Good fuck though, just like her mother!"

"You bastard! You leave Yvonne out of this"

"I remember it clearly, I remember her voice 'oh Dave' she yelled 'you're so much better than Arnold"

"Well that's not what Kriss told me." Arnold replied, "She said your cock was a lot smaller than mine, didn't even fill her up, and after having Chloë she could hardly feel anything there"

Dave didn't know what to say to this, he knew that this was all true, Kriss had even told him, but what could he do to Arnold now. Suddenly he knew, Chloë, he could brag about Chloë

"Chloë was asking for it too!" Dave shouted, "She was asking to be hit"

"You take that back!" Arnold yelled, "she's only ten, she's not like that!"

"How would you know? You've hardly been around for her; she's been a burden to you. I loved her"

"Oh yeah, you loved her so much that you attack her when she was four, who in their right mind attacks a poor defenceless four year old girl? And who in their right mind attacks her mother in front of her"

"I was the one who was there for Chloë when she was new, you were out getting drunk and bragging about sex with Kristine Kochanski"

"I didn't know how to cope"

"Well I managed it, Rimmer, and I wasn't even her father!"

"You just did that to get Kristine into bed, you didn't love Chloë, you just wanted to split me and Kriss up. You never loved Chloë at all, to be honest I'll be surprised if you loved any of your children"

"I did love Chloë, I was there for her"

"No, you were there for Kriss, you weren't there for Chloë, you wanted Kriss and you saw this as your only way to get her, all that 'oh Chloë's a part of you I'll love her like I love you'. It was bollocks. All designer bollocks"

"I do love Chloë, she's my children's sister and I do love my children, all of them"

"I bet you couldn't name all of them, Lister"

"Yes I can"

"Prove it!"

"I shouldn't have to"

"You don't know do you"

"Okay, okay, Llewey, Jim-Bexley, Damien, Isabelle, there you are, there's the names of my children!"

"You forgot Alicia!"

"Oh" Dave didn't know what to say to this, he couldn't think of a reason why he'd forget about Alicia, he did love her"

"I've got a lot of children" Dave screamed, "You can't expect me to name them all! I bet you couldn't!"

"Jemimah, Lilimay, Junior, Chloë, Theo, Blaize Caleb and Matthew and Jemimah isn't even my biological daughter!"

"I hate you Rimmer!" Dave screamed "you stole my girlfriend twice and you impregnated her with her first baby, I'm supposed to do that!"

"You stole my daughter, and impregnated her with her first baby, she should have had time to find a proper boyfriend not a forty year old man looking for revenge"

"Worked though, didn't it"

"What?"

"I got back at you didn't I? Managed to get my revenge"

"I'm not that petty, Lister, at the end of the day I'm going to have a lovely grandchild and you will have nothing to do with Lilly's baby or Kriss baby, you were just a sperm donor"

This comment sent Dave into a rage, he hit out at Arnold many times, Arnold fought back as much as he could and they both had bruises all over themselves. Junior and Llewey caught them and stopped them, but they were both quite hurt.

"What has been going on dad?" Llewey asked, "Why are you fighting with Arnold?"

"He started it" Dave responded, "He said I was just a sperm donor for your mum's new baby"

"That is what she said, dad" Llewey reminded him "the other day, she said that!"

Arnold decided to just walk away. He knew Dave was going through a bad time what with Kriss leaving him and he knew that he was going through a bad time too, seeing as his wife had just died. Arnold knew that if he stayed with Dave he would say or do something he regretted, and he couldn't' do that. He walked away and prayed that it would all work itself out. After all Dave was leaving the ship soon and would only be back once a month, really Arnold had nothing to worry about. He decided to focus his attention on Lilimay, help her with whatever he could and ask Kriss to help with things he couldn't' manage, he needed to be a good father now, to all of them, because apart from Llewey and Jim-Bexley, none of them would have a father figure!