Dave and Kristine exchanged looks and mentally braced themselves for what was coming next. Mrs Victoria Kochanski was very career minded and wanted her kids to do well. She loved Kristine, Rosalind and Matthew all exactly the same, she didn't love them at all. In her mind babies and children were something that you had to have not something to wanted to have. Mrs K got very cross if her children didn't succeed in their chosen career, but she had given up with Moose, he was a boy and boys don't work, in her mind, she was very happy with Kristine, she was a high flyer in the Space Core but Rosalind, to Mrs. Kochanski, was a complete and utter failure! Luckily for Kristine and Dave the argument between Rosie and Mrs K had finished.
"Kristine" Mrs Kochanski exclaimed, "How are you?"
"Fine thanks, mum" Kristine answered "you"
"Fine" Mrs K burned to Dave "who's this?"
"This is Dave" Kristine answered nervously "he's my boyfriend"
Mrs. Kochanski looked up and down at Dave Lister in exactly the same way Mr. Kochanski had just a short time ago and saw exactly the same picture of him.
"Your boyfriend?" Mrs K gasped "why are you with this?"
"His name is Dave, Mum" Kristine told her "and I love him"
"What's he doing here anyway?" Mrs K asked "I said he could sleep in our spare room" Mr, K answered "he didn't have anywhere else"
"Dave" Mrs. K started "could you leave us alone, we need to talk to our daughter"
"Sure" Dave answered, "can you tell me where to go?"
"Jonathan will take you into the lounge"
Mr K escorted Dave out of the room.
Kristine sat down at the breakfast bar ready for a fully blown argument with her mother
"Kristine" Mrs. K sighed "Kristine, Kristine, Kristine"
"what mum?" Kristine asked "what do you want?"
"What job does he do?" Mrs. K demanded, "What rank is he?"
"Third technician" Kristine answered "rank 169"
"How the hell did you meet him?"
"At the disco one night"
"Why did you agree to go out with him?"
"He's gorgeous, mum, he treats me well and he loves me"
"But look at him, Kristine" he's a slob"
"He's an excellent lover, he knows exactly what I want and how to give it to me" Kristine surprised herself, never before had she been so open with her mum, but it all came out, she was trying to prove her love to Dave and she was talking to her mum about sex?
"You're sleeping with him?" Mrs Kochanski screamed "oh, Kristine"
"What's wrong with mum? I love him"
"You're going to end up like your sister"
"We're taking precautions, I'm on the pill, and anyway there's nothing wrong with Rosie"
"She's pregnant with no man about, I feel for that child"
"I feel for Rosie and the baby, you should too!"
Mrs. Kochanski didn't go any further with the argument about Rosie, she knew deep down that Kristine was right, but Mrs. Kochanski didn't' like being proved wrong.
"So how long have you been with Derek then?" Mrs. Kochanski asked obviously changing the subject
"It's Dave actually," Kristine snapped "and we've been together on and off for about a year"
"Oh" Mrs. K thought about this "a year?"
"Yes mum"
"How long have you been sleeping with him?"
"I told you, a year"
"You jumped into bed with him as soon as you went out with him?"
"No, we'd been together a week"
"My God" Mrs Victoria Kochanski fell into the kitchen chair that was lucky to be sitting behind her "my daughters are sluts!"
The hurt in Kristine's face was apparent and she didn't say a word. Simply walked out of the room.
Kristine felt a tear in her eye as she stormed into Dave in the living room
"You okay angel?" Dave asked cautiously, he knew how Kristine got when she was upset "what's wrong?"
"She called me a slut" Kristine sobbed, "She called me a slut"
"Why?" Dave asked her "she doesn't seem to be that type of person"
"Well she is" Kristine snapped, "She's a horrible, horrible mother"
"I'm sorry angel" Dave hugged Kristine and held onto her tight "why does she think you're a slut?"
"Because I've been sleeping with you"
"Did she actually say 'Kristine, you are a slut', did she actually say that?"
"She said 'both of my daughters are sluts' so no, not in so many words, both of us"
"Neither of you are sluts" Dave assured her "you're both lovely girls who care about themselves. I love you Kristine, I love you so much!"
"I can't cope Dave" she sobbed "I hate the fact that she sees us as sluts"
"You don't have to live here y'know"
"Where else is there, baby?"
"Come live with me"
"You've got nowhere to live"
"We'll find somewhere, I'll start looking tomorrow and we can choose one together"
"Okay" Kristine smiled "We'll move in together, but we can't tell my parents until it's official and we've found somewhere"
"Okay"
