Well these are going to be a collection of my AU universe after Lost from last season where Nial stays with Harry and Nikki, mostly uploading them for deadfairies' viewing because she wanted to read them. And they're not going to be in chronological order because I write these when I feel like it and when I get ideas so they won't be in the right order at all.
This first chapter contains smut but not extremely graphic, none of the others contain this much or any at all really.
xxx
"Well back to my bachelor pad" Harry sighed as Nikki sat down next to him, leaning against the wall behind them. She chuckled and reached over to entwine her hand with his on his knee, glancing around the room and then back at her best friend who had a frown on his face.
"Well not quite" she chuckled as the front door slammed open and a voice called out.
"Harry I'm back"
"Hi Nial" Harry called back and he turned to Nikki, rolling his eyes and making her giggle. The teenager walked up the stairs and dumped his bag on the floor, glancing at Nikki and then at the adult's entwined hands and smirking.
"Hi Nikki"
"Hi Nial" Nikki smiled "Good day at school?"
"It was alright" Nial replied, walking over to the fridge and opening the door "You know if you two want to get it on I can go out tonight"
"What?" Harry asked, glancing at Nikki and seeing her face turn slightly red. He then looked down at their hands and understood what Nial was on about. Nikki quickly took her hand away from his and pushed some of her hair behind her ear as she stood up. "It's not like that"
"I should go" Nikki murmured and Nial looked over at the adults with a frown on his face.
"Do you have to? I need help with my chemistry work" Nial told the blonde pathologist, also seeing Harry looking upset that Nikki was leaving.
"Harry can help"
"Harry sucks at chemistry compared to you" Nial snorted and Nikki giggled, turning to Harry who was trying to look offended.
"Thanks"
"You're welcome" Nial smirked and turned back to Nikki "We can order in?"
"Who made you boss of this place?" Harry asked the teenager and Nikki couldn't help but giggle again, she knew how much her friend enjoyed looking after the young man and how much Nial liked living with Harry.
"Can we?"
"I can cook if you want" Nikki suggested to the men and Nial's eyes lit up.
"Please"
Nikki turned to Harry, glad that Nial wanted her to stay, all she needed was Harry. He smiled at her and nodded, receiving a grin from Nikki that made his heart jump in his chest.
"Good" Nikki smiled, walking over to the fridge to see what Harry had in.
"Can you teach me?"
Nikki leant back to see past the fridge door and saw Nial looking at her, fiddling with a stray piece of paper nervously, a slight blush on his face.
"I mean you don't have to" the teenager continued and Nikki glanced at Harry over Nial's shoulder, seeing him smirking at her and nodding.
"Okay" Nikki smiled and Nial grinned at her.
"Mum never used to teach me" Nial told Nikki as they stood in Harry's kitchen preparing the dinner, the older male having been banned from the kitchen after his unhelpful comments about how to cook the mince or the pasta. "She just used to give me a box and a microwave. Who taught you?"
"My mum and my Gran" Nikki replied as she stirred the mince, the teenager cutting up the onion after she had shown him how to do it without it affecting his eyes. "They made sure I knew how to live and be independent"
"I had to be independent" Nial continued quietly, putting the knife down and carrying the chopping board over to Nikki and letting her pour the onion into the mince "But I was the wrong sort of independent I think"
Nikki smiled sadly at the teenager as he took the chopping board from her and placed it by the sink.
"Do you like Harry?"
"Of course I like Harry" Nikki replied, ignoring what Nial meant when he said that "He's my best friend"
"But do you like him?"
"Nial" Nikki sighed, turning the gas down as she looked at the young man "It's complicated"
"He likes you"
"What?"
"Harry likes you, I can tell" Nial smiled and began to tidy up the mess he had made when he had been chopping the vegetables, leaving Nikki to think about what he had just said.
"So who actually cooked this?" Harry asked as he motioned to his empty plate, a glass of red wine in his hand as he spoke.
"I did" Nikki and Nial replied at the same time before bursting out laughing, Harry rolling his eyes at them .
"Nikki did most of it, I just watched"
"He cut up the veg" Nikki shook her head and Harry smirked at the boy.
"They were the best part" he whispered loudly and pouted as Nikki kicked him under the table, a smirk on her face.
Nial looked from Harry and Nikki and saw their affection as they looked at each other. He wondered why adults had to be so stupid, his parents, he didn't even want to call them his parents, didn't love each other, but Harry and Nikki did but were too stupid to sort themselves out. When he tuned back in the two pathologists were talking about something that they had seen at work and Nial tuned out again, wondering where he was going to go when Harry got bored of him and threw him out like his own father did. Harry hadn't known him for long but he had already been better at looking after him than his own father. Nikki was also a better person than his mother was and Nial had always wished for someone like Nikki to be his mother, someone who was kind and loving and took time to listen and talk to him, to teach him new things and encourage him. He liked it here but he knew he couldn't stay for long.
"Nial are you okay?"
Nial tuned back in again when he heard Harry's voice and turned to see Harry and Nikki looking at him with concern on their faces.
"Yeah I'm fine" Nial forced a smile and drained the rest of his drink from his glass before standing up and gathering the three empty plates together, taking them over to the sink as Harry and Nikki continued their conversation.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes" Nial nodded, glancing at the window and seeing Harry and Nikki's reflections in it. He could see how close they were sitting and knew nothing would happen while he was there. "Can I go to the lab?"
"Why?"
"I need to talk to Zak"
"I'm sure he's gone home by now" Nikki replied, turning on her chair and leaning her arm on the back of it.
"Oh"
"Something you want to talk about?"
"No. I might go out" Nial tried again, desperate to get out. He wanted to repay Harry for his kindness at looking after him.
"Where?"
"A club"
"Nial" Harry sighed and leant back on his chair, eyeing the teenager closely "You're fifteen"
"I can get in"
"You won't"
Nial sighed and shrugged, turning back to the sink and wondering how far it was from Harry's bedroom to the spare room where he was living in for the moment, Harry had cleared it for him and, even though the teenager wouldn't admit it, he had been very moved by it. He didn't really want to have to listen to Harry and Nikki having sex all night, which a part of him prayed they would for both their sakes, and realised that the room was far enough away for him not to hear if he had his iPod or laptop on.
"Do you think there's something wrong with him?" Harry murmured to Nikki as they turned away from the teenage boy who was quite willingly washing up their dinner things.
"No, he's just acclimatising"
"Big word for you" Harry joked and Nikki chuckled "Sure you don't need a lay down"
"Shut up" Nikki laughed quietly and nudged Harry's thigh with her bare foot, not realising that the action made sparks shoot up Harry's body.
"Nikki will you help me with my work?"
Nikki turned to look at Nial who was looking at her with a pleading look on his face, she wondered what he was up to, she didn't think he was the sort of boy who wanted to go to school, let alone do his homework. She relented anyway, hoping that this was a change and he would start taking his schooling seriously. Not that she blamed him really, getting up heaved and moved from home to home wasn't something she had fond memories of either.
"Of course I will"
"Nikki how can I become a pathologist?"
Nikki looked up from the paper she was reading as she heard Nial's words. She had shown him what to do with his chemistry work and he had understood it very quickly, however the paper had distracted her and she had continued to sit at the table in case the teenager needed help. Nial was a very intelligent boy and Nikki knew if he was given a stable home and a proper schooling then he could be the best at whatever he wanted to be.
"Well you have to have A levels in the sciences, not really physics but it helps, and maybe maths. Then you have to go to uni and study medicine and then specialise in pathology. Why?"
"Well seeing that dead girl" Nial murmured, looking up from his work and frowning "I've never really known what I've wanted to do when I left school; I've never really had anything to aspire to. Mum's jobless and dad's..well you know"
Nikki nodded and gave the teenager her full attention, glad that coming here had given Nial something he needed.
"And I think it would be cool as well" the teenager laughed "Telling people I cut up dead people for a living"
Nikki laughed along with him and nodded, knowing the teenager knew it wasn't all about cutting up dead people.
"That's good. Well work hard and you'll get there"
"You think?"
"I do"
"What happens when I have to move again?" Nial murmured and Nikki sighed, glancing up at the doorway when Harry walked in and leant on the door frame. By the look on his face Nikki knew he had heard Nial's question but he didn't say anything. "You know what" the teenager smiled down at his work, wondering if his plan was working "I know what to do now, I'll go and put some music on in my ro..the spare room and do it. Might stay up late and watch a film"
"Not one of those slasher films?" Harry joked as Nial stood and gathered his work in his arms.
"Maybe. At least I don't wet myself when I watch them" Nial shot back with a smirk on his face making Nikki laugh loudly at the glare Harry shot the teenager.
"He's been spending too much time with you" Harry commented as Nikki stood up and folded the paper up, following Harry quickly into the living room and sitting herself down on the sofa, her best friend sitting next to her with a frown on his face.
"You enjoy looking after him"
"I do" Harry nodded and Nikki smiled, reaching over to entwine their hands again on his leg, Harry squeezing her hand gently.
"You've been good for him; you can see what he's like now"
"I think you're part of that as well" Harry smiled and Nikki chuckled and shook her head "You are. Teaching him to cook, showing him how to do his work. I'm sure no one has ever done that for him in his life. You'll be an excellent mum"
"That's not going to happen Harry" Nikki smiled sadly and shook her head.
"I'm sure it will"
"Harry am I in a stable relationship? Am I anywhere near getting married? Am I..."
"You don't need to get married to have children Nikki" Harry interrupted her as he tugged her closer to him and wrapped one arm around her shoulder, the action so natural to them that they didn't seem to realise what it looked like to an outsider.
"All the same, I think going out and shagging someone to get pregnant is going to be my last choice" Nikki giggled and Harry laughed quietly, leaning down and kissing her temple gently. A large part of him was insanely jealous of thinking of another man being the father of Nikki's children and the same jealous and horrible part of him was praying that it wouldn't happen. He hated himself for it but he couldn't bear Nikki raising someone else's children, however if it made her happy then Harry would try and be happy for her.
"Nikki I..." Harry trailed off when he looked down at his best friend and the woman who held his heart and saw that she was asleep in his arms. Knowing that there was no way he would let her drive home even if she woke up now, he carefully moved and picked Nikki up into his arms, standing up and carrying her to his bedroom. Opening the door he walked over to the bed and gently laid her down, feeling her stir slightly but quickly fall back to sleep as pulled the clean duvet over her and kissed her forehead gently.
Normally if this happened Harry would have been a gentleman and used the spare room but the almost inaudible sound of music reminded Harry that he had a guest who he didn't think would appreciate him sleeping on his floor. Harry wondered if Nial was up to something, he had seemed quite all evening and the older man had seen the teenager looking at him and Nikki with a calculating look on his face a few times that evening. Harry shook it off as typical teenage behaviour, especially this teenager who hadn't had the most stable life lately.
After brushing his teeth and putting his old clothes on to sleep Harry climbed into bed the furthest away from Nikki as possible. Not because he didn't want to touch her, quite the opposite, but he didn't want her to wake up and get upset or angry because he was cuddled up to her with the remnants of one of his many dreams about them both pressing against her. He turned his back to Nikki and turned his bedside light off, Nikki's quiet breathing lulling him off to sleep quickly.
The next morning Harry woke with a start when light streamed through a crack in the curtains and straight onto his face. He winced and moaned quietly in protest, his arm around something nice and warm that his body, and evident arousal from his dream, was pressed up against. It was only when said something gave a small moan that Harry snapped his eyes open and realised that he was wrapped around Nikki from behind, their hands entwined on her hip and their legs curled up together. Nikki turned her head slightly, a cute sleepy look on her face that had Harry's heart beating faster than it already was. He had lost count of the times he had wished to wake up next to Nikki but this wasn't really how he had imagined it.
"What time is it?"
Whatever he had imagined Nikki to say it wasn't that and it threw him.
"Um..."
"Try looking at the clock" Nikki giggled sleepily and Harry blushed, turning around to look at the bedside clock and then back at Nikki, neither of them moving out of their position.
"Almost nine o'clock"
"Please tell me it's our day off"
"It's our day off"
Nikki giggled and lay her head back down again, running her free hand through her hair as she did so.
"It is isn't it?"
"Yes it is" Harry assured her and then realised that Nial should be at school now, if he had gone that is, he had trouble going to school in the past days since he had been allowed back. "Nikki I.."
"Why am I in your bed fully clothed?"
"Excuse me?" Harry asked, wondering if he had heard Nikki correctly. She still sounded sleepy and Harry knew from experience that one never had full control over what was said when one had just woken up.
"Why am I in your bed fully clothed?" Nikki enquired, looking up at him with a cute frown on her face, her eyes alive and bright. "And why are you?"
"Because we're not naked"
Nikki rolled her eyes at Harry's witty response and pulled the duvet away from her body, sitting up and running one hand through her hair. Harry was glad that she hadn't said anything about his arousal and he rolled onto his back to hide it under the duvet cover as Nikki stood up and turned to him.
"Shame, that seemed rather impressive" she smirked, her eyes flicking towards his covered crotch before she flounced out of the room leaving Harry to attempt some coherent thought.
'The..she just flounced out of my room' he thought to himself 'After...God I'm in trouble'
Fifteen minutes later Harry walked into the kitchen to see Nikki standing at the coffee machine, the glorious smell of coffee wafting through the room.
"You should feel honoured" Nikki told him as she turned to him and saw that he was still in his baggy joggers and t-shirt from the night "I never make coffee"
"I feel special now" Harry smirked "Thank you"
"You should do" Nikki chuckled and pulled two mugs out of the cupboard "Nial's gone to school"
"He's what?" Harry asked incredulously as he sat himself down at his kitchen table and ran one hand through his hair "Without a fuss?"
"Hmm, he left a note for us"
Harry tried not to think of how domestic this was, him and Nikki talking about a teenage boy as if he was their own. He then tried not to think of all the domestic time that the three of them had had over the past few days as he picked up the note and read it.
"Wow, I think you've done him some good" Harry told Nikki who smiled as she leant back against the counter behind her and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Good"
"Nikki can we.."
"Look I shouldn't have said what I did back there" Nikki interrupted and Harry knew that she was trying to soften the blow to herself, thinking that she was going to be rejected and hurt again.
"I wasn't going to say that woman" Harry rolled his eyes and Nikki blushed. He then held out his hand to her and Nikki smiled slightly, walking over and letting Harry wrap his hand around her smaller one. "I was going to say I'm sick of dancing around our feelings for each other" he told Nikki in a low voice, neither of them knowing how much the other's heart was pounding in their chests when he said that. "I'm sick of seeing you get hurt by those men when I know I would die before ever hurting you like that"
"Harry.."
"Screw professionalism" Harry interrupted Nikki, pulling her closer to him and wrapping his other arm around her back, hearing her breath hitch and seeing a small smile forming on her face as she ran her free hand through his hair "I want you in my life as my wife"
"Wh.."
"Marry me Nikki"
Nikki didn't have to think twice about the answer, she had waited long enough for them to admit their feelings for each other and they both knew that they were perfect for each other.
"Yes"
Harry beamed at her and Nikki leant down to kiss him, the male pathologist pulling her onto his lap and attempting to deepen the kiss but Nikki pushed him away and shook her head, making Harry frown.
"I need to brush my teeth"
Harry just rolled his eyes at her and let the giggling woman go as she hopped off his lap to go to the bathroom.
"So..." Harry drew out the word as he pressed small kisses to Nikki's naked chest, both of them laying in bed in the afterglow of their passionate love making, neither of them at all finished with the other after six years of pent up frustration.
"So" Nikki murmured, moving her hands from the pillow and running them through Harry's hair, tugging on it gently and making him moan against her chest. She chuckled and removed one hand, laying it on the bed next to her. Harry then moved away from her and Nikki frowned at the loss of contact from their bodies as he climbed off the bed, gave her a quick kiss and then picked up one of the pieces of clothing that she had been wearing, a smirk on his face. Nikki felt her arousal grow when she saw what it was and licked her lips in anticipation. "I never took you for the kinky type Doctor Cunningham" she chuckled as she propped herself up on her elbows and watched Harry absentmindedly running her dress scarf through his fingers.
"Do you want.."
"Yes" Nikki told him quickly, feeling herself flush slightly when he chuckled at her eagerness "I've never done it before"
"Really? I'd say you were quite talented" Harry smirked as he pushed her down onto her back and kissed her again.
"Harry" Nikki protested, pushing him away slightly and slapping his chest as they both chuckled "I mean being tied up, I've never been with someone who I would trust to do it with"
A look of utter love and adoration passed over Harry's face as he looked down at his lover, running the scarf over her breasts and making Nikki shiver in anticipation, arching her hips into his slightly as she moved up the bed and lay her head on the pillows.
"You trust me enough?" he whispered and Nikki smiled and nodded, running one hand through his hair, the other down his chest.
"I trust you with my life Harry Cunningham, God knows you've saved me enough times" she giggled.
Harry smiled and leant down to kiss her, placing one leg between Nikki's legs and smirking into the kiss when she pressed herself into him and moaned quietly.
"You really are quite needy aren't you?"
"Shut up and make love to me" Nikki told him and Harry chuckled, picking up the scarf and kissing her again as his lover raised her hands above her head and gave him a challenging look.
"I think I'm going to enjoy this" Harry chuckled as he gently and carefully began to tie Nikki's hands together and then to the headboard behind her.
"God you're so beautiful" Harry murmured as he kissed and nibbled at Nikki's thigh, his lover squirming under him as he looked up at her and saw her biting her lip to stop herself from moaning.
"You've told me"
"Not enough" Harry shook his head, stroking her other thigh with his thumb but avoiding the place that she wanted him "Not nearly enough" he whispered against her thigh, smirking when he heard her let out a loud moan, his arousal growing and making him want to take her then and there. He restrained himself however and looked up at Nikki who was looking at him as though he was going to be the next one in the morgue, however her eyes were pleading with him. "Something you want Nikki?"
"Harry please..." Nikki murmured breathlessly as he brushed his thumb over her sensitive centre, already having made her orgasm twice with just his fingers and mouth.
"Please what?"
"Fuck me" Nikki told him, her eyes locking with his as Harry let out an involuntary moan at her words. He kissed her thigh once more before pressing one finger into her and making Nikki whimper and buck her hips into his hand. Harry however them removed his hand from her and moved up her body so he was face to face with her before putting the finger into his mouth and tasting her on it.
"You taste gorgeous. You do realise that I'm addicted now"
Nikki blushed and Harry chuckled, wondering if it was in frustration or embarrassment. However as soon as he ran his arousal over her centre she gasped and arched her hips into his.
"You're very impatient as well aren't you?" Harry commented and Nikki practically growled at him, pulling her hands but the knot that Harry had tied didn't come loose. Instead Nikki quickly wrapped her legs around his waist and leant up to press her lips to his, Harry instantly kissing her back and running one hand through her hair, his other hand slipping down between her legs and teasing her again, making her moan into the kiss.
"Harry please fuck me now" Nikki told him and Harry didn't need telling any more.
"Harry"
"Hmm?" Harry murmured, turning his head so he could look at Nikki from where he was resting his head on her body.
"We should get dressed, Nial will be home soon"
Harry couldn't help but smile at that and Nikki chuckled.
"What?"
"This domestic thing isn't half bad" Harry told her as he moved away from his lover and kissed her forehead and then her nose and then her mouth, making Nikki giggle.
"Nial thinks you're going to cart him off to someone else"
Harry sighed and shook his head, wondering how a father could treat a son like that.
"We could.." Nikki trailed off and then shook her head as Harry looked back at her "Nothing, don't worry"
"We could what?"
"Nothing" Nikki giggled as Harry moved his hands to her sides, knowing that she was ticklish there. "Harry no"
"Tell me" Harry warned, trying to look threatening but failing as Nikki laughed at him and shook her head.
"No"
"Nicola"
"Mmm, the last time you called me that I had my mouth around your..." Nikki's happy reminiscing was cut off by the front door slamming shut and the sound of a teenage voice calling out for Harry. "Shit"
"Calm down Nikki" Harry chuckled as he let her go, his fiancé climbing off the bed to collect her clothes. He stood up as well and wrapped his arms around his equally naked lover "I love you"
"I love you" Nikki sighed happily as Harry traced random patterns on her hip and stomach "Now let me go so I can get dressed, I don't think you want Nial seeing us like this"
Harry once again marvelled at how domestic and family like Nikki made their situation sound and a grin formed on his face.
"Hi Nial"
Nial jumped when he heard Nikki's voice and he hid a smirk that threatened to form on his face when he saw that she was in the same clothes that she had been the night before. He was very glad that he had decided to buck up his ideas and go to school.
"Hi Nikki, good day?" he asked innocently as he turned away, still seeing Nikki's slight blush before he did so.
"How was yours?"
"It was good. I think I've started to enjoy it because I know what I want. The teachers have agreed to help me with all the things I've missed or was too lazy to learn" Nial smiled as he turned back to Nikki just in time to see Harry walk into the room, happiness on his face when he glanced at Nikki.
"That's good" Nikki smiled at Nial "You really want to be a pathologist?"
"Yep" Nial nodded and then frowned "Dad was outside school today"
"What did you do?"
"Dodged past him" Nial smirked "It was like bloody Mission:Impossible"
"Language" Nikki murmured but she couldn't help but chuckle at the teenager.
"So did you and Nikki finally have sex?"
Harry quickly turned away from the fridge and Nikki felt her face flush as the teenager looked expectantly at them.
"For your information yes" Harry replied, rolling his eyes and shutting the fridge without getting anything out "Problem?"
"No" Nial grinned "I knew it would happen sooner or later"
"What?" Nikki stuttered and Harry smiled, wrapping one arm around her waist and pressing a kiss to her temple. Nial just shrugged at Nikki's question and grabbed his school bag.
"Actually there's something else" Harry stopped the teenager before he could walk from the room "We're engaged"
Nial smiled at both of them and they could see a hidden sadness in his eyes as he nodded.
"That's brilliant; everyone knew it was bound to happen?"
"Everyone?"
"I got talking to some of the people in the lab" Nial shrugged, slinging his bag over his shoulder "Apparently there's some kind of bet or something about when you two will get together, I dunno"
He then smirked and left the two adults completely shocked in the middle of the kitchen.
"Nial can I come in?"
Nial looked up from where he was sitting on his bed staring blankly at his maths homework, wondering why Harry was asking permission to come into a room that was in his own home.
"Yeah Harry"
The door opened and Harry walked in, frowning at the still bare room as he did so. He closed the door and then walked over to sit down on the chair by the desk.
"What's wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong?" Nial shrugged, wondering why Harry was frowning at the still bare room.
"Nial, I know we haven't known each other for long but.."
"You know more about me and have cared for me more than my own dad has" Nial interrupted angrily "When are you going to dump me on someone else?"
"Well we've talked about this, Nikki and I" Harry smiled at the teenager, ignoring the angry outburst in favour of looking around the room "We've decided to have a chat with your dad when he crawls out of the gutter next and see if he wants to sign guardianship over to us"
"Like..adoption?" Nial asked in confusion, hope sparking in him when Harry smiled and nodded "You'd.." he looked down at the bed "You'd do that?"
"Of course, I kind of like having you around" Harry smirked and Nial looked up, chuckling at the older man and nodding. "And I think any sort of authority will see that we are a better option for looking after you than your father. However the problem is your mum"
"She doesn't have any hold on me" Nial shook his head, his eyes sad "She signed me over to dad fully so you don't need her to do anything. You'd do this for me?"
"Of course" Harry smiled kindly "Both Nikki and I know what it's like when you've only got one parent left and..."he trailed off and shrugged "Nikki knows more than I do about the remaining parent being...less than savoury"
"How?"
"Talk to her if you want"
"Nikki?"
"Hi" Nikki smiled as she looked up from her work and saw Nial standing in the doorway of the kitchen shuffling his feet nervously and picking at the strings of his hoodie. "What's wrong?"
"Harry told me that you both want to take me in"
Nikki smiled and leant back on her chair as Nial walked over and sat down on the chair next to her.
"You don't mind?"
"Of course not" Nikki smiled "I know what it's like having a deadbeat dad"
"You do?"
"Yep. After my mother died I was shipped over here to live with my dad who had abandoned us a few years before. He's..difficult and a bastard but.."
"He's your dad"
"Yes" Nikki sighed and nodded, knowing that Nial understood what she had gone through "But he cared for me enough to take me in"
"He didn't even do that for me. He just dumps me on his friends and leaves for weeks on end to get drunk and high" Nial snapped before wincing "Sorry"
"No it's okay" Nikki shook her head, leaning on the table "Do you think he'll let us take you in?"
"I think so"
"Good" Nikki smiled and was shocked when Nial turned and wrapped his arms around her. She quickly hugged him back and smiled down at him, not seeing Harry standing in the doorway watching them with a wistful look on his face.
"You're.."
"I'm what?" Nikki asked Nial as he trailed off and moved away from her slightly, a blush on his cheeks.
"You're more..motherly than mine was" he whispered and Nikki chuckled "She never used to hug me"
"Well I know you're a teenage boy who doesn't really want to do hugging" Nikki laughed "But if you ever do want one I'm here"
"Thank you" Nial whispered and both Harry and Nikki knew that it was for more than just the hugs. "Can you help me with my work?"
"Of course I can" Nikki smiled fondly at the boy as he stood up and walked from the room to get his work, saying hi to Harry as he walked past. "Hi"
"Hi" Harry murmured as he walked into the room and over to his fiancé, entwining her hand with his and bringing it to his mouth to kiss. "You know what we've got to do?"
"No"
"Tell Leo and Janet"
Nikki's face fell and her stomach churned uneasily.