Here's the next part, the snow may have disappeared but I just saw the coke christmas advert for the first time this year so I'm still feeling the snow vibe!!!


When they had made their way out of the lab and into the lobby of the building Nikki caught her first glimpse of the snow; Harry had definitely not been lying. As they walked out of the main door they were pushed back by an icy blast of wind and face full of snow and despite being wrapped up against the cold Nikki couldn't help but shiver as the cold, crisp air seemed to chill her to the bone. The snow was about five centimetres deep on the paths; the gritters were out in force on the roads in a hope of having all the roads cleared for the evening rush hour. Nikki and Harry decided to walk through the university to the nearby park. They walked in a comfortable silence, each content to watch the effect of the snow on the people around them. It appeared that most of the students had either been let out of lectures or had just not turned up in the first place. Instead they were racing around like the overgrown children they were throwing snowballs at each other, building snowmen and generally just enjoying the unexpected treat.

As Harry and Nikki walked their arms occasionally brushed against each other causing shivers to run down them; neither was quite sure if this was due to the contact or the cold. Despite being bundled up Nikki's finger's soon began to feel numb from the cold and no matter how much she tried to warm them up by rubbing them together they would not get warm. Harry noticed this and without saying a word he slipped his gloved hand next to hers entwining their fingers and squeezing them gently. Nikki looked at their now joined hand and smiled; the warmth from Harry's hand spreading up her arm to cover her until a warm and fuzzy glow eloped her whole body.

They continued walking hand in hand until Harry eventually broke the silence. "My dad used to love this kind of weather." He stated quietly, Nikki stayed silent, knowing how hard Harry found talking about his father and hoping that if she stayed quiet he may continue. "Before I really understood that he was sick and I was only tiny if it ever used to snow he used to make a point of coming home and taking me to the park near where we lived and helping me to build a snowman. It was the only time he really used to act like a regular dad; normally he'd be too busy or too tired to do anything with me." Nikki squeezed Harry's hand in a gesture she hoped he would take as comforting; this seemed to break Harry out of his daze so much so that when he looked at her he had an evil glint in his eyes and a smirk on his face that Nikki was not very happy about.

"Have you ever had a snowball fight Nikki?" he asked removing his hand from hers and bending down to pack some snow in his hands when he stood up, snow ball in hand, he saw Nikki had backed away and was shaking her head furiously.

"Don't even think about it Harry!" But Nikki knew that she was too late and a second later she felt the snowball hit her squarely on the shoulder. She shrieked in surprise causing Harry to laugh at the unusual noise coming from the normally calm and composed Nikki Alexander. Nikki took this opportunity to wipe the snow that had gathered on some nearby railings into her hands and form a snowball which she then promptly threw at Harry cutting off his snorts of laughter.

Soon it had turned into a full scale snowball fight; they were using nearby trees, benches and even bins to shelter from each other whilst they made up their snowballs, ducking out from their cover to throw their weapons at each other. Nikki had forgotten all about being cold and wet and was instead enjoying spending time having fun with Harry. She rarely got to see him so carefree and childlike for such a prolonged amount of time as although he was normally funny and charming he did have a tendency to get involved in whatever case he was working on. Harry, too, was enjoying seeing Nikki having fun and enjoying herself as recently she had seemed more stressed than normal; he liked the fact that he was the cause of Nikki's good mood. Their playful fun was only interrupted by the shrill ringing of Harry's phone from inside his pocket.

"Harry Cunningham." Harry answered without looking at the caller-ID. Nikki wandered a little away from Harry in case he wanted some privacy; instead she gazed over the clearing of the park where they had ended up. It was full of children who had obviously been let out of school early doing exactly what Harry and Nikki had been doing minutes earlier as well as parents with small children helping them to make their first snowman of the winter. Nikki smiled at the sight in front of her. Finally understanding why people looked forward to snow so much Nikki sighed wondering if she would ever get the chance to experience this with her own family.


I was one of those students yesterday running around like a big kid at about 7 in the morning in pj's and my university hoodie having an awesome snowball fight with the other students that like down my street!

I'll upload the next chapter tomorrow - in which Nikki gets her revenge! If you read, please review and remember "Holiday's are coming, holiday's are coming, holiday's are coming..." :)