"What you just did violates every catholic bone in my body" Paige teased lying on his chest, her hand was stroking his chest gently as they lay there quietly enjoying the warmth, she wondered idly if something really bad was about to happen because there was no way that all these things could go right for them, it went against the law that they lived by – sod's law.
"Meh you loved it and I didn't know you were religious" Rimmer yawned lifting her hand to his mouth and slowly kissing his way down the arm, Paige shifted onto her back and sighed with pleasure as he kissed her neck and nibbled on her nipples.
"Ow you idiot" she laughed pushing him away from her chest, "They aren't chewable! I am not practising really, brought up a Catholic and just felt out of the habit of church and everything. A few years in space gets you thinking though I suppose, is there anyone else there?" she looked down at him and smiled, "You may continue to kiss!" she ordered, laughing as he bit at her tummy and kissed around her belly button. Paige closed her eyes enjoying his touch and froze as she felt him kissing her thighs, "Rimmer?" she asked questioningly.
"I'm hungry" came a very confident reply, Paige gripped the blankets and stared at the ceiling, she felt herself tingling as he kissed her gently, lying back in euphoria she didn't talk any longer except for the odd squeak of pleasure and eventually a soft moan of pleasure that grew until she peaked and cried aloud. Rimmer popped his head up from under the blankets and looked just as shocked as she did, he couldn't believe he had just made her react like that with his tongue.
"I read about that – had no idea it would work out that good, I guess Lister's drunken stories have helped me in some way after all" he laughed, kissing his way back up her body, "Are you okay?"
"Shush" Paige ordered, she lay there quietly feeling the last waves of ecstasy wash over her only then did she open her eyes and smile up at him, "You are a keeper, and I really hope you don't get drunk and tell Lister all about us!" she murmured rubbing her hands up his arms and kissing him again. "Listen hun, I don't want to throw a blatant innuendo out there but I am hungry too, shall we get up and get some food?"
"What are we going to wear?" Rimmer looked at their heaps of dirty looking clothes on the floor and pulled a face.
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Rimmer stood in the lobby in the hotel they had previously entered and looked around, after a quick brainstorm he didn't look so out of place anymore, he still felt it but no one could tell or at least he hoped they couldn't. He pondered the last couple of hours and smiled, this place was so realistic he didn't really want to go back to the ship, why go back to all that agro and hard work when he could just stay here and give Paige everything she desired, he could have everything he wanted, a home, kids the whole package. Returning to the ship meant returning to death and all that came with it. Paige had become his life and he could have happily stayed here with her forever yet duty still pulled at him, part of him still wanted his pips, wanted to succeed and make her and his family proud of him. Not that he would get recognition from his father anymore but if he could just stay organized and try harder at becoming an officer he might just pull some self worth out of his years working for the Space Corps, part of his mind knew that he could get all of that from one wish here, but it wasn't really the same as really achieving something.
He shifted around and looked at his watch and smiled; typical woman was – of course- late. Feeling edgy he hoped she wouldn't be too much longer, maybe something had gone wrong with the game and she was ejected or something? He stared down at his shoe trying to think of any other reason that she wouldn't turn up other that himself, noticing a smear on his shoe he rubbed it against the back of his leg to shine it up some more, his tailor had dressed him up head to foot in a beautiful bespoke tuxedo even Rimmer had been amazed at the transformation in himself, he looked tall dark and mysterious. As if by magic a mirror covered the wall opposite him and he stared at himself a little longer, still shocked at how nicely he scrubbed up, he hadn't been too thrilled with what the hairdresser had done with his hair, he still preferred his clean cut side part to the fluffy scruffy style he was sporting now, Rimmer closed his eyes and smiled when he opened then he had and his perfect side part once more.
"Champagne sir?" a waiter offered Rimmer a glass which he accepted gladly and began rocking on his heels with boredom. "Come on Paige" he muttered under his breath. He could feel worry and paranoia eating away at him even though the responsible part of his brain was telling him she was on her way and she wouldn't leave him alone.
5 minutes later he was on his second glass of Champagne and really panicing now when out of the corner of his eye he saw a figure in the mirror, he watched the crowd part and stared at various other men who couldn't take their eyes away from her, as the figure drew nearer he began to recognise a very familiar smile, he spun round on his heel in shock. Paige? He drank the rest of his Champagne quickly and placed the empty glass on the side he stepped forward and stopped, he wanted to watch her walk over, he wanted to watch the face on every man when they saw she was with the uncomfortable looking one in the background.
Paige held her clutch bag nervously, looking down at her dress she smoothed it down and tried to find Rimmer, the problem was all the men in the room were dressed in black, it wasn't as if he was wearing anything out of the ordinary. When she did spot him by himself in a corner her heart jumped up into her mouth, he looked so out of place and nervous in this sort of social event, yet she couldn't deny that his looking scared was part of what made him so irresistibly cute, every bozo in this place had a tux on and an attitude with it, Arnold was just being himself, a nervous wreck and she loved him for it, lifting her head high she started to walk determinedly towards him ignoring the wolf whistles and the offers of a dance from the aforementioned bozos she felt her heart thud as Arnold looked her way and flashed him a smile.
Rimmer cocked his head to the side and stared at her dress, black and tight it showed off far too much of her body, he could feel his groin responding as she walked towards him with a smile on her face, he met her eyes and felt butterflies rising up inside him, she really was his. Paige did a little spin as she got closer to him showing off the rest of her dress which was backless and dropped very low at the back, stopping in front of him she put her hands on his chest and kissed him softly on the lips. Rimmer watched envious men scowl and turn away and realised he had never felt happier in his life, for once he was the envy of others and he was in love and happy.
"You like?" Paige smiled linking her arm through his and motioning for some Champagne from the waiter who gave them two fresh glasses.
"Sorry ma'am I would love to talk to you, but I am waiting for my girlfriend, if she see's me talking to you I am dead meat" Rimmer grinned and slipped his hand round to stroke the small of her back, leaning over he kissed her on the cheek, "You look amazing" he whispered. "Too bloody good for me"
"That is complete rubbish, you look bloody beautiful as well, I just want to dress you in pink, lock you in a tower and look after you all my life" Paige laughed at his face as he digested this information.
"Trust me; I do not look good in a dress. Ask Lister"
"Oh I will" Paige winked, "What makes you think I don't already know about that? Shall we go find a table?"
Again as the game read their desires a waiter came along and showed them through to their table, after seating them he produced two menus and a wine list. Paige looked about the dimly lit room at the other elegant couples, the piano playing by itself in the corner and people dancing, Paige looked round at all the candles and couldn't stop smiling at the romantic atmosphere.
"This place is very posh" she nodded at the couple beside them who were elegantly eating caviar and oysters.
"Not two things I would put together!" Rimmer pulled a face, "I just fancy a steak or something. A good rare one, we never have steak on board. Mainly due to a lack of cows. Yep a steak it is! What are you going to have?"
A few minutes later they both had juicy steaks and a bottle of Red Wine in front of them, Rimmer held Paige's hand as they chatted idly about life and what they wanted to do on board Red Dwarf, Paige understood Rimmer's desire to succeed and decided to support him in anyway she could, personally she would be happy to help out where she could on board but did have a strange desire to learn to drive the ship, she would need to talk to Lister – perhaps see if she could be of use in the cock pit.
"I wish we could stay here forever" Paige sighed as the waiter cleared their table, "Such a shame. Imagine if we had met on earth?"
"Well seeing as I was dead before you were born and I would never pay £45 pounds for a steak I don't think we would have got along well" Rimmer laughed rising from the table and pulling out Paige's chair out for her. Taking her by the hand they walked from the restaurant and found themselves back on a beach, Paige stared at the moon and sighed, "This place really is perfect, especially with you. I have never had so much fun here"
Rimmer hugged her to him and kissed the back of her neck, taking off his jacket he draped it over her shoulders and cuddled her close as they sat staring at the stars, he knew it wasn't cold but it was just the done thing wasn't it?
"Can we go back to the hotel again?" Paige begged, "Just a few more hours?"
"Hmm I think we need to go back don't we" Rimmer frowned, "We have been in this game for over 13 hours and though we feel like we have eaten our actual bodies haven't – this is why you lost weight!" he lectured, "We will be famished when we get out. There was a whole debate about how dangerous this game can be to people who forget that it isn't real"
"Oh don't fret, Holly was taking care of me, he wouldn't have let me die or anything, but yeah 13 hours does sound a little extreme. Lets go home" Paige grinned.
They came round in the AR unit, lifting their helmets they both laughed as Paige's stomach rumbled loudly. Rimmer looked round the dark and dingy room and sighed, "Normal clothes, normal surroundings how bloody boring."
"Yeah but look" Paige straddled his lap and pulled her against her chest, kissing him passionately, "We still have that"
"Then I am a king" Rimmer grinned, "I am guessing you might not want to sleep in the officers quarters … Why don't I go and find us another room to bed down in and you can go beg Kryten for some food?"
Paige held out her hand and shook his, "Done deal"
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"Mr Lister, I think we have a problem" Kryten stumbled around the cock pit putting out fires left right and centre, "Mr Rimmer is going to kill us, he is actually going to kill us"
"Kryten we have more than one problem, Sod Rimmer we didn't know this would happen" Cat cried putting his coat out and checking the damage reports.
"Right, if anything we just tried to get out of their way so they could enjoy themselves without feeling awkward" Lister stared around Starbug and sighed, "She isn't getting off this moon is she?"
"Not a chance in hell sir" Kryten replied, "In fact I think our best chance is to take a look around the area and see what we can salvage. Worst of all is we didn't tell them we were leaving and I wouldn't trust Holly to remember to turn the oven off let alone tell them we went out to loot! We are stranded"
Lister rubbed a pain on his head and found blood on his fingers, it had been a pretty bad crash and for once he had been sober behind the wheel, they were all alive though and that's all that mattered. "Okay guys grab a weapon and pray that Arnold is as fast in bed as he is at procrastination, boys from the Dwarf are going in"