"So are you going to talk to Leo?" Nikki enquired after a few minutes of comfortable silence between her and Harry "and apologise"

"I didn't do anything wrong" Harry almost whined and Nikki giggled slightly "Okay maybe I shouted at him but he shouted at me as well"

"Leo shouted?" Nikki asked and Harry nodded

"It was quite scary really, and he swore"

"Wow" Nikki breathed "What made him do that?"

"He's been really worried as well" Harry admitted "He told me you're like a daughter to him"

"When did he say this?" Nikki asked and bit back a yawn which Harry saw

"You're tired, go to sleep"

"Don't want to" Nikki mumbled "I might remember things"

"Nikki please sleep" Harry told her and squeezed her hand slightly, also worried what she would remember when she was asleep.

"Will you stay with me?" she whispered as they let go of each other's hand, both taken back by the sudden rush of loneliness when they did.

"I have to work" Harry replied regretfully and he saw the disappointment and fear in Nikki's eyes "I promise I'll come back later"

"Harry please" Nikki sobbed, hating herself for putting Harry in this position but she couldn't help it, she was suddenly scared.

"Nikki I…" Harry started and saw Nikki suddenly pale.

"Oh God" she mumbled as she leant over the side of the bed and vomited. Harry jumped back a bit to avoid it hitting his shoes and winced as he heard Nikki dry heaving.

"Hey it's okay" he soothed as he sat on the bed and reached out for Nikki who jumped back suddenly, shaking her head vigorously as she looked at him in fear.

"Don't" she mumbled as she pushed his hand away violently "I remember…he…him..he was sitting on the bed talking to me then he…" she swallowed a lump in her throat "then he…" she couldn't continue but Harry knew what had happened. Standing up he moved away from the bed and he saw Nikki visibly relax, he hated himself for having caused Nikki some distress. Just then the door opened and Dr Phillips walked in.

"Ah I see you've sorted…" he stopped when he saw Harry standing far away from the bed, the puddle of vomit on the floor and a violently shaking Nikki in the bed "What happened?" he asked Harry

"She was sick" Harry replied truthfully "Then she remembered something"

"What?" Dr Phillips asked as he walked quickly to the other side of the bed to check on Nikki who shook her head vigorously.

"No" she whispered and looked at Harry, her eyes pleading "Please don't"

"If Nikki doesn't want me to tell you then I'm not going to" Harry told Dr Phillips firmly, the doctor nodded and Nikki visibly relaxed when she heard this.

"I think it's the morphine making you sick" he changed the subject somewhat and Harry took his opportunity to walk out of the room without allowing Nikki to make anymore fuss and make herself ill again "Have you been feeling queasy before now?"

Nikki nodded slightly but didn't say anything to him, she turned her head to look at Harry and her heart sunk when she saw he had left her alone. Her eyes filled up and she hastily blinked them away again not wanting her doctor to think she was weak.

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"Leo can I talk to you?" Harry asked the older man quietly as he stood in the doorway of Leo's office. He had just come back from the hospital and what he had just done had made it's way onto his list of 'Worst things I've ever done' in Harry's opinion. Leo looked up from his paperwork and was shocked at how pale Harry looked.

"Of course" he nodded and Harry walked into the room, ignoring the chair in front of Leo's desk and instead made his way over to the window ledge and leant both his hands on it staring over London. "What's wrong?"

"I've just been to see Nikki" Harry said shortly but said no more as he tried to think of how to apologise to Leo, he wasn't good at apologies.

"Is she alright?" Leo asked

"I…" Harry thought about it then shook his head "I honestly don't know Leo. One minute she was laughing and joking and the next minute she was…" he stopped talking as he remembered the fear in Nikki's eyes when he had reached out to calm her "I told her what happened"

"You what?" Leo hissed "Bloody hell Harry are you stupid"

"Well I'm sorry if my best friend was scared stiff that she couldn't remember anything and I couldn't stand seeing her like that" Harry shouted and all thoughts of apologising flew out of his head "She practically begged me"

"Then you should have resisted" Leo replied loudly and a passing lab tech looked worriedly through the glass of the office before walking quickly away "Who knows what that will do to her"

"She remembered something on her own as well Leo" Harry shouted "and you weren't there to see what it did to her. I thought she was going to have a bloody breakdown, you have no idea how scared I was" he hissed and stormed out of Leo's office slamming the door on the way out. What he didn't expect was Leo standing up, yanking the door open and following him.

"Don't you dare walk away after talking to me like that" the older man shouted and Harry whirled around the stare at him in disbelief "You seem to forget that I am your boss and I expect you to apologise for how you just talked to me"

Harry scoffed and shrugged

"No" he said simply and turned around to walk out of the lab.

"Then I don't expect you back at work until you have" he heard Leo shout to him and Harry found that he couldn't care less.

Sorry I haven't updated. I had my last exam yesterday! Whoo! and I may upload another chapter today.

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