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4.

The next day Nikki woke up to find Jack asleep next to her in her bed, his back was facing her. She smiled. Ran a finger up from the base of his spine to his neck. He stirred and groaned waking up.

"Morning." Nikki whispered.

"Morning gorgeous!" Jack replied, turning to face her.

"How's your head?" Nikki asked.

"Sore,"

"What time did you come to bed?"

"About two I think." Jack groaned.

"Well it's eight now so time to get up. I'm going for a shower." Nikki said.

"Can I join you?" Jack smiled.

"If you want..." Nikki replied getting out of bed and walking slowly to the bathroom.

Jack quickly managed to shake his headache off and join her, picking her up on the way, carrying her to the shower.

Nikki dropped Jack to his that afternoon. He needed some new clothes, and Thomas was coming to his latter so that Jack could go out with him to a bar to get him a girlfriend.

Nikki had arranged for Clarissa to come over and have a girls night.

Clarissa arrived at Nikki's at 8:30 pm. Nikki had got wine in and they ordered a take away. The two settled down and watched a film together.

"Clarissa," Nikki asked.

"Yes,"

"How did you and Jack meet? I mean you turned up that day and it was clear that you knew each other well but I've never been sure if you were just work colleagues or had been friends before." Nikki asked.

"When Jack was younger I lived up his street. I babysat him as a kid and we were very close. I took him to work with me occasionally and he got a passion for forensics. He went to university and I gave him his first job when he finished. We've worked together most of the time since. The place I was at before the Lyell centre was closing, Jack had left a few months before and gone freelance so when he found you in need of a few forensic scientists then he called me and here we are." Clarissa explained.

"Oh that's so sweet." Nikki said.

"He's a great friend."

"How do you think the boys are getting on?" Nikki asked.

"I'm sure Jack has found Thomas a girl."

"Mm... I must say I was a bit nervous about him going out to a bar." Nikki admitted.

"Jealous are we Nikki?" Clarissa laughed.

"No! Don't be silly!" Nikki brushed off.

"Come on Nikki! It's so obvious!"

"Alright maybe a bit!" Nikki confessed.

At the bar Thomas and Jack had been unsuccessful so far in finding someone for Thomas. They had ordered many drinks and had gotten very drunk. It was 11 by the time that Thomas decided to call it a day.

"Look mate, it's late. Nothing's going to happen, not tonight anyway, let's go."

"Come on, don't loose hope. Let's try again soon, yeah?" Jack replied.

"Sure, some other time!"

"I'll call a cab."

Jack went back to his house and Thomas went to his. Clarissa stayed I the spare room at Nikki's as it was late.

The following day Clarissa left early in the morning to go and visit a friend. Thomas spent the day with his daughter at the zoo. Nikki and Jack met at the cafe they had gone to the previous week for breakfast.

"Hey gorgeous, how are you?" Jack asked when he saw Nikki.

"Hey, I'm good thanks, how are you?" Nikki replied, the two of them sharing a kiss.

"I'm great! Better for seeing you!" Jack answered.

"How did it go last night? Was it successful?"

"Um... No. No luck there."

"How's Thomas?"

"Oh he's fine. He's with Rosie, at the zoo. We're going to go out again another time."

"Ok, what should we order?" Nikki asked.

The pair spent the day together. They went to the museums and Jack had booked tickets for them to see 'war horse' that evening, unbeknownst to Nikki.

"Lets go get some dinner." Jack suggested, trying to pursued her to catch the tube to where the theatre was.

"Sure, where do you want to go?" Nikki asked.

"I have somewhere in mind."

"I'm intrigued, lead the way."

They got to the restaurant opposite the theatre.

"This looks amazing Jack!" Nikki smiled. "We should book tickets to that show sometime, I've heard it's good. I loved the film."

Jack just smiled.

They had a lovely meal and a couple of glasses of wine.

"Ready?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, this day has been perfect. Thank you." Nikki said giving him a loving kiss.

"The night is still young, I have a surprise for you."

"Really? What?" Nikki asked, once again intrigued by his secret.

"I just happen to have two tickets for war horse in my bag, would you be so kind to accompany me to the theatre?" Jack asked.

Nikki just stood there, her mouth open wide.

"Is that a yes?" Jack asked.

"A thousand yes's!" Nikki said, throwing her arms around Jack's neck and kissing him passionately.

"I haven't been to the theatre is so long." Nikki squealed as Jack took hold of her hand and they crossed the street.

The pair had an incredible time, the show was fantastic. Nikki came out buzzing and telling Jack all about it as if forgetting he had been there. They got a cab back to Nikki's apartment and slept soundly exhausted from the day's events.

The next morning Jack and Nikki woke up to the sound of Nikki's alarm going off, it was half seven and a Monday.

They shared a shower and quickly grabbed a bite to eat and a coffee from the Starbucks near the Lyell centre.

When they entered together Clarissa and Thomas immediately called Nikki and Jack into their respective offices.

Nikki gave Jack a quick kiss before dumping her bags and going to see Thomas and Jack headed off to see Clarissa.

It wasn't going to be a quiet day it seemed...

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