Satisfied he had chosen the biggest and smartest quarters Rimmer fell backwards onto the bed and stared at the ceiling, he still couldn't quite get his head around how much fun the last day had been yet still couldn't master the fear that grew inside him that it could all be over one day. A terrible fear lay crawling around his insides that he was making a huge fool of himself yet whenever he looked at Paige it melted away and left only happiness and pride.

After leaving her in the corridor he had made his way to his shared quarters with Lister meaning to have a catch up and explain that he wouldn't be sleeping there tonight, deep inside he knew part of him wanted to gloat and boast that he would be spending his night and hopefully the next hundred nights in the arms of a woman that loved him, yet the couldn't find the smegger and settled instead for leaving a note pinned to a can of lager. Even though his body had essentially done nothing while he had been plugged into the game he felt mentally drained and closed his eyes, the bed felt warm and soft, he could feel himself drifting into that fuzzy comfortable zone before the brain shuts off and sleep takes over.

"I don't think so" Paige shouted kicking the door open with a tray of snacks and drinks "Wake up! You could have told me which room you were headed to, I had to wake Holly and ask him where your little light bee was emitting!"

Rimmer pulled a face at her and heaved himself up to his feet, taking the tray from her and placing it upon the table beside him, "Not bad hey?" he looked around the room and wondered why he and Lister hadn't decided to upgrade their rooms before now, "This one has a toilet in another room!"

"Luxury indeed" Paige said sarcastically whilst rolling her eyes, she grabbed a sandwich and chewed it thoughtfully, "You know I couldn't find Kryten anywhere, nor Lister. I am never able to find Cat so that doesn't worry me!"

"He's probably down in the vents trying to search for lady cats" Rimmer scoffed kicking his boots off, "He is such a sad bastard. Kryten is always in the laundry room and Lister will be in a lager induced coma somewhere, it is Tuesday after all"

"No I looked there. Nowhere to be found and I couldn't wake Holly again. Kinda odd don't you think?"

"Not really. Who cares anyway? They will be there in the morning to annoy me immensely so another night without them is a fine idea to me"

Paige stood watching as Rimmer unbuckled his jacket and flung it over a chair, sinking her teeth again into her sandwich she tried to look inconspicuous while obviously staring at his chest as he pulled his t-shirt off.

"You know its funny" she laughed, "In that game we could have imagined any body on each other, any at all, yet you are exactly as you were in the game."

Rimmer smiled and pulled her into a hug, "As are you. You are perfect to me as you are." Paige tried hard to swallow her mouth full of bread as he kissed her but ended up pulling away half laughing half choking and reaching for a glass of water.

"I just think it's nice that we could change everything with one desire and we didn't change each other" Paige placed her sandwich back and pulled her boots off. "Do you think we haven't really had sex? With it technically being in the game and not really with each others bodies?"

Rimmer's face dropped "Don't say that, I had enough performance anxieties last time, let alone me thinking we were only so good because we willed it!"

Paige smiled and stood on her tip toes to kiss his cheek "You were perfect then and you will be perfect again, stop being so angsty and worried you big girl"

"Oh great, now I am a girl" Rimmer half shouted unbuttoning his fly and pulling his trousers down, swivelling to land on the bed he tugged his socks off suddenly agitated inside that he would have to go through sex fear again. He felt Paige's arms slide around his shoulders and smiled as she turned him round to kiss her.

"Yes. You are being a girl"

RImmer spun and pushed her down onto the bed, pulling her trousers down round her ankles he fought her onto her back as she screamed with laughter and tried feebly to fight him off, "I will show you what a girl can do" he threatened tickling her then blowing a raspberry on her stomach. Paige recovered from her giggles and slapped him gently round the head.

"You are such an idiot" she chuckled pulling the rest of her clothes off and climbing into bed, she reached out her arms as he climbed in bedside her.

"Off" Rimmer called to the lights, pulling Paige close against his body he smiled at the very real feeling of a warm body next to his and closed his eyes, sighing with contentment he lay there stroking her back gently until he heard her breathing get heavier. Rimmer frowned, in his happiness to feel intimate and content he didn't realise she would get that comfortable and fall asleep while he lay with a tent pole desperate for another taste of her.

"Paige?" he whispered, nudging her slightly in such a way as he could claim he had to move if she woke and was angry, after a few more tries and zero response he tried to work out new methods of walking her slyly. One roll over to the other side …. Nothing. A loud fake sneeze … Nothing. Finally as a last ditch attempt he lay his lips upon her and kissed her gently, after a second he was delighted to feel her kiss him back gently, she was still asleep but it was a start, as he ran his fingers along her body he felt her kisses becoming more lifelike and forceful eventually she pushed herself against him and while she didn't say anything he knew she was awake by her longing pulls at his body and eventually her hands groping at his underwear. He couldn't see a thing in the pitch black but he found his way easily enough around her body, the game may not have been real but it certainly gave him enough confidence to continue without fear. Paige felt him pushing against her and groaned in need of him, "Arnold" she whispered, her voice turning him on even more as he kissed along her neck.

Rimmer kissed her on the lips once more, the smile on his face stretching from ear to ear as he held her close he felt her arch her back for him to enter her and whispered her name back happily.

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Holly kept his eyes from the main quarters as he looked around each room for life forms, he couldn't find Kryten, Cat or Lister anywhere and he so wanted to share the gossip that he knew Rimmer was getting his end away. After bonking his head against the screen a few times he tried to remember what the message was that was whirring unseen around the back of his head. Something was different, something important, something he should be telling the fornicating couple in the Captains quarters. Yet he couldn't think what it was, instead he decided he would ask Lister what he had to tell Rimmer and until Lister finally showed his face he would re-organise his memories in order of important, vaguely important, party pieces, party killers and downright boring.

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Paige rolled over and smiled at her memories until her eyes fell upon the clock, seven am. With a growl she turned back over and hid underneath the blanket reaching over she felt for Rimmer and found him absent, yet she could hear frantic breathing near her. Opening her eyes she found him doing sit ups on the floor.

"What the hell are you doing?" she asked bleary eyed and still sleep fogged.

"Exercise" he said continuing with his regime, "Don't want to become a fat space bum like Lister"

"Lister isn't fat" Paige yawned turning back over and stuffing into her pillow, "And neither are you, why don't you just jog later or something?"

"What's wrong with now?" Rimmer frowned stopping and looking at the bed.

"Nothing, except I can hear you! Why on earth would you want to be on a cold floor doing that when you could be here keeping me warm"

Rimmer stared at the floor, his stomach and then the large empty space beside Paige.

"If you come back to bed I will tell Lister you did 100 sit ups and then wanted more sex"

Rimmer blinked, "Would you really do that for me?"

"If it shut you up and got my backside warm again I would tell him that you did 100 push ups with me lying on your back and that your penis was the biggest and most satisfying I had ever had the pleasure to come across"

Paige smiled as Rimmer's arms wrapped around her, "I knew I loved you for a reason" he laughed kissing her shoulders and cuddling round her once more, after almost swallowing most of her hair he managed to push it up our of his way and found himself asleep again in minutes.

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Holly had been staring at the note Rimmer had left for Lister for 3 hours now and still couldn't work out why Lister hadn't ranted to him about it. Then it occurred to him that he hadn't spoken to Lister for several hours and he felt his train of thought kick back in, when was the last time he had spoken to Lister? Holy mulled for a few more minutes then checked the black box.

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Rimmer yawned and rolled onto his back, he couldn't be arsed opening his eyes but his mouth felt like Ghandi's flip flop. Groping wildly into the darkness he found a glass of water and downed it in one, falling back into his pillow he pulled Paige towards him and cuddled into her back once more.

"Arnold" he heard a whisper and pulled a face in confusion, it certainly wasn't Paige's voice, he could hear her snuffly snore beside him.

"Arnold" the voice was a tad more urgent this time but he tried his best to ignore it anyway, then suddenly without warning he felt himself sit up and turn round, as much as she resisted he felt himself pulling on a pair of trousers and found himself stumbling to the floor, he wanted to shout out to Paige but was already convinced it was aliens set out to get him and couldn't speak for fear. Once he was out into the dark corridor the lights came on just as his new bedroom door closed.

"Holly you goit" he roared at the screen in front of him, "Don't you ever take control of my body again. I had no idea what was going to happen then"

"Well I couldn't wake you any other way could I? there's gratitude for trying to let Paige stay asleep. I should have just fog horned you both"

Rimmer nursed both of his temples in frustration and frowned, "What do you want?"

"We have a problem and I need your help."