Chapter Fifteen
Kristine sat on her bed and fed Lorena. It's amazing what thoughts spring into mind when you've got a tiny person sucking milk from your breast. Her thoughts ranged from will Chloë stay looking like her to are Llewey, Jim-Bexley and Damien doing okay with Dave to would Lorena turn out okay without a daddy but most importantly who was going to make her happy?
There was no way she would ever go back to Dave but what about Arnold? Since Yvonne's death she had seen a whole new side to him, a side that made her smile, his sweet sensitive side. The side she remembered from all those years ago when she thought he was going to die, the side she fell in love with. But was she falling in love again or was she on the rebound from Dave? She didn't want to say anything to Arnold until she was 100 sure that she wanted him again.
By this time Lorena's feed was over. She carried Lorena down to the officer's club where everyone was sitting. On the way she met Arnold coming down the corridor, their eyes met and they smiled at each other.
"Hello Arnold" Kristine stopped him "where are you off to then?"
"Just going to get Matty's blanket" he answered "you?"
"I've been giving Lorena her feed" Kristine answered "how are you feeling now, Chloë told me you were really upset?"
"Okay" Arnold responded, "I just need a hug"
"Well" Kristine smiled "if you don't mind Lorena being in the hug too, I'll give you one"
"Hey, I don't mind" Arnold smiled "as long as I get a hug"
Kristine squeezed hard on Arnold's back and held onto him. When they finally parted Kristine gave Arnold a kiss on the cheek. Arnold tried to kiss Kristine fully, on the lips, but she pulled away
"I'm sorry Kriss" he said embarrassed "I'm so sorry"
"It's okay" Kristine responded "I'll see you soon" They went their separate ways. Kristine started to talk to baby Lorena "if it wasn't for you Lorena, my darling "I would have got a nice kiss there!"
"Theo, Theo" Chloë called out to her only full sibling "I've got a marvellous idea"
"Oh dear" Theo joked, "What is it?"
"I want to get mum and dad back together again"
"Oh, okay" Theo answered "how do you plan on doing that?"
"Well I'm not quite sure yet?" Chloë giggled, "I need your help"
"Oh" Theo answered, "I knew I'd be involved somehow"
"So are you going to do it then?" Chloë asked, "are you going to help me?"
"Okay" Theo agreed reluctantly "what shall we do?"
"Just try and get them together, leave them alone, say good things about dad to mum and good things about mum to dad"
"Okay"
"And Theo…"
"Yes Chloë"
"Don't blow it"
"What do you mean?"
"Don't make it to obvious"
"Okay Chloë, I promise"
The next time Kristine knew she was going to see Arnold she made sure that baby Lorena was safely tucked up in her cot. She brushed her hair and touched up her make up, she still wasn't sure whether she wanted to be with him but she needed some reason to make her feel good.
Arnold stared at Kristin Kochanski in pure amazement, he'd never really gone off her, just found someone else who he liked that would have him, but all the time his heart was with Kristine Kochanski he loved Yvonne but no where near as much as he had loved Kristine. Arnold had been crying over Yvonne but he knew that he wanted Kristine; he knew she could make him happy and he knew he could make her happy. Kristine's beauty shone through her smile and Arnold's heart went into overdrive
"Wow" he gasped, "just, wow"
"What?" Kristine asked
"You look amazing" Arnold answered "very sexy"
"Thank you" Kristine answered, "That's made me feel really good"
"Can I take you out to dinner tonight?" he asked nervously
"I'm sorry" Kristine answered "I can't tonight, I haven't expressed any milk for Lorena"
"Oh" Arnold seemed upset
"What about tomorrow?" Kristine offered, "I'll ask Jemimah to baby-sit"
"I've promised Blaize, Caleb and Matty that I'd take them to the cinema" he sighed "but the next day is fine"
"Great" Kristine answered, "It's a date"
"Marvellous"
