Leo escorted Victor out of the lab and watched him carefully as he walked down the road. He then turned around and walked back down the corridor of the lab glancing in a few rooms to look for Harry, when he couldn't find him he pulled out his mobile. Scrolling through the names he pressed the call button and held the phone up to his ear.
"Harry where are you?"
"Starbucks" came the reply "Do you want something?"
"The usual" Leo said "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Is it a bad sign that we all have 'our usuals' at Starbucks and I know what they all are?"
Leo chuckled
"Probably and don't change the subject, how are you?"
"I'll be fine after my coffee" Harry said "Has he gone?"
"Yes" Leo said and opened the door to the main lab. He walked through to his office and sat down at his computer "I told him that Nikki didn't want to see him again and that he should respect her wishes and that we wouldn't be too happy if he went near her again"
"Good, lets hope he gets that into his head"
"Do you think he will?" Leo asked and leant back in his chair
"I don't know, probably not" Harry replied "But we'll sort him out wont we?"
Leo chuckled
"Of course we will, that's what family do, they protect each other"
"I suppose we are a family" Harry mused "A very dysfunctional family"
Leo grinned
"Very dysfunctional. Do you think Nikki is free tonight?"
"Let me just use my telepathic skills" Harry joked "Yes she is. Why?"
Leo rolled his eyes even though Harry couldn't hear.
"I was going to suggest we go out for a meal, we haven't gone out together for a while"
"That sounds good" came a voice from Leo's doorway and he jumped and looked up "Your coffee"
Harry grinned as he walked in the room and both men hung up their phones. Harry handed Leo his coffee and the older man thanked him.
"I'm not doing anything at the moment I'll go and ask Nikki if she wants to go"
"You could always phone her you know" Leo said slyly as he sipped his coffee and Harry blushed slightly
"Yes I could but…I want to see how she is"
"Of course" Leo nodded "Usual place at around seven?"
Harry nodded and walked over to the door
"Okay, I'll phone you to tell you her answer"
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"How are you?" Harry asked Nikki as he walked into her kitchen
"I'm fine. Where did you go?" she asked quietly
Harry frowned, then remembered that he had carried Nikki up to bed and then left.
"Oh, I had to go back to the lab, Leo and I had an appointment with someone"
Nikki nodded
"How did you get me upstairs and in bed?"
Harry blushed and looked away from Nikki as he realised he was staring at her.
"You fell asleep in my arms and I carried you upstairs and put you in your bed"
Nikki also blushed slightly
"You carried me?"
Harry nodded and glanced at the woman in front of him then out of the window again.
"I should have left a note"
"Saying what?" Nikki asked and frowned
"Where I was"
"No you shouldn't, its not as though we are dating" Nikki replied
"Unfortunately" Harry mumbled and Nikki glanced at him
"Sorry?"
"Nothing" he shook his head "Leo was wondering if you would like to go out for a meal tonight? Usual place"
Nikki nodded and walked into her living room, Harry following closely.
"What time?"
"Seven"
Nikki sat down and Harry sat next to her.
"Who was your meeting with?" she asked and placed her coffee on the table next to the sofa.
"No one important" Harry replied and Nikki sighed
"You're lying, I can always tell when you do"
"You can?" Harry asked with a smile on his face
"Yes, it's a talent of mine" Nikki joked and Harry laughed. Their laughter failed slightly when they saw how close they were to each other. Slowly Harry leant forward and captured Nikki's lips in a soft kiss.
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