Kristine sat on her bed with her head in her hands. Her bedroom was still in the exactly the same state as she left it in all those years ago. Her baby pink silk duvet was positioned perfectly on her king size double bed and thought about what she really wanted. She loved Dave and to be with him was exactly what she wanted but it was all going a bit too fast for Kristine. Suddenly an idea came to her a way to keep Dave happy and to make sure she was happy too. A way of living with him, without actually living with him in the serious sense of the word. If she could convince Yvonne and Arnold to move in with them too that might be easier.
"Hello baby" Dave looked around him "wow, you've got a lovely room"
"Thank you" Kristine giggled "I chose it myself when I was seven"
"I wish I could have a bedroom like yours" Dave rubbed Kristine's leg
"It's pink, you want a pink bedroom?"
"No, I want one that's decorated in my way?"
"How did you have your bedroom when you were little then?"
"White" Dave wiped a tear from his eyes "I lived in a children's home, there were eight of us in a room this size"
"Eight?" Kristine was shocked, "eight in one room?"
"Yeah"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I didn't know it was that cramped"
"It's okay, just promise me that you'll always be grateful for how lucky you were to be treated to all this wonderful stuff! Remember that there are children out there who didn't have anything like this and would have given anything for just their own space"
"I will precious" Kristine gave Dave a big hug "I've been thinking"
"Oh yeah" Dave giggled "are you sure you're okay"
"I've been thinking" Kristine said in her 'no Dave, this is serious' voice
"Sorry Kriss, what have you been thinking about?"
"Why don't we ask Yvonne and Arnold to move in with us"
"Why?"
"Because I don't feel ready to move in with you alone"
"Oh, okay"
"I'll still sleep in the same bed as you"
"Okay"
"You're not angry?"
"No, you ask the others"
"Thank you Dave, that means a hell of a lot to me, I love you"
"I love you too"
Just at that moment Kristine's mobile phone went off. Excitedly she picked it up.
"Hello?" she looked at Dave "sure Yvonne, come to us, we need to speak to you anyway"
"So they're coming here then?" Dave complained
"Yes"
"Wonderful"
"Sorry darling"
Yvonne and Arnold were round in fifteen minutes. Within another twenty minutes Yvonne had sat herself down on Kristine's bed relegating poor Dave to the floor.
"What's wrong then Yvonne?" Kristine asked, "Why did you need to get out of your house?"
"I've lost my bedroom" Yvonne complained "to Llewellyn"
"Who's Llewellyn?" Kristine asked her
"Natasha's new baby boy, Llewellyn"
"So where are you sleeping tonight?"
"On the sofa"
"We had an idea" Dave interrupted "didn't we Kriss?"
"Yeah" Kristine smiled "we'd like to move in together, but we can't afford to on our own, will you move in with us too?"
"Sure" Yvonne agreed maybe a bit too quickly "we'd love to live with you, both"
"Yeah" Arnold agreed reluctantly "why not?"
