The next morning when Harry woke up he looked down and found Nikki with her arms clasped around his waist, her head laying on his chest and her blonde hair splayed over his torso. Reaching down he gently moved the hair from in front of her face and placed it behind her ear. Seeing she was still fast asleep he gently moved from under her trying not to wake her. Laying her down again Harry placed the duvet cover over her body and gave her a small kiss on the forehead before walking out of the room. On his way past the living room he looked at the time and debated on whether or not to call Leo. Deciding that the older man would already be in the lab he picked up the phone and dialled the number to Leo's lab phone.

"Dalton"

"Morning Leo" Harry greeted cheerfully

"You sound happy this morning" Leo commented "I'm not even going to ask why"

"I asked Nikki to marry me and she said yes" Harry grinned down the phone "She actually said yes Leo"

"Congratulations Harry"

"Thank you" Harry said and turned when he heard a sound behind him. Seeing Nikki standing in the doorway of the kitchen with a sleepy look on her face made his heart melt all over again and he held his arms out for her to walk into.

"Who's on the phone?" she asked as she wrapped her arms around him

"Leo" Harry replied and Nikki motioned for him to hand the phone to her. He did so and turned to the kettle.

"Hello Leo" Nikki said down the phone and leant back against the sink

"Morning Nikki, I hear congratulations are in order"

"Thank you" Nikki said quietly

"Did he do it properly? Down on one knee?" Leo asked cheekily and Nikki laughed and glanced over at her fiancé who had his back to her.

"Well he kind of blurted it out" Nikki replied and Harry turned to glance at her with one eyebrow raised Nikki giggled as he blushed again and heard Leo laughing down the phone "then he asked properly"

"Yes I can imagine him doing that"

"Thank you Leo" Harry called across the kitchen

"You're welcome Harry" Leo called back

"Leo I want to come back to work" Nikki said as she accepted the mug of coffee from Harry who frowned

"I was wondering when we were going to have this talk" Leo replied "When do you want to come back?"

"As soon as possible" Nikki answered

"Is Monday okay for you?"

"Yes!" Nikki replied eagerly "Thank you Leo"

"Thought that would please you"

"It does" Nikki replied and placed one hand on Harry's shoulder as he started kissing her neck, biting back a moan she rolled her head back giving him better access and felt him grin against her skin "Um…I have to go Leo, I need to…sort things out with my old house"

"Okay. I'll see you both on Monday"

"Bye Leo" Nikki said and Harry took the phone from her and hung up before throwing it on the worktop behind him and capturing Nikki's lips in a searing kiss.

"I'm going to miss this when we are back at work" he mumbled and he undid Nikki's pyjama top and dropped it to the floor.

"I know" Nikki replied as she pulled his baggy t-shirt over his head "We'd better get it under control in case we get carried away at some point"

"That would be terrible" Harry mumbled sarcastically against her skin as he kissed his way along her collar bone.

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"Harry we really have to get up and do something today" Nikki giggled as she tried to climb out of bed, Harry had wrapped one arm lazily around her bare waist and pulled her back into the bed. She fell back against him and he grinned and started to kiss her again. "Harry" she moaned "We really…really need to get up"

"I know, but that's no fun" he mumbled as he kissed her "I can think of something better to do"

"God Harry, if I knew you were like this I would have admitted how I felt about you ages ago" Nikki laughed and Harry chuckled against her bare shoulder as he wrapped his other arm around her waist and sat up so his chest was pressed against her back. She leant her head back so it was laying on his shoulder and her blonde hair fell behind her and down Harry's back tickling him and causing him to shiver slightly. They sat like that for a while, kissing lazily as the warm light trickled through the curtains behind them.

"Do you know how much I have wanted this since I met you?" Harry asked the woman in his arms quietly as he lay his chin gently on her shoulder. Nikki turned to him and smiled, giving him another kiss she replied.

"If it is as much as I have wanted it then yes"

Harry nodded and sighed, letting his breath skim over Nikki's bare skin making her shiver.

"We better get up" he said and Nikki rolled her eyes at him

"That's what I've been trying to do for the last half hour"

Harry grinned then pouted, knowing it would win Nikki round.

"But I would rather spend the day in bed with my beautiful fiancé"

"I bet you would handsome but we can't spend everyday like this"

"Why not?" Harry joked

"Because as much as I would love too" Nikki replied "We can't"

Before Harry could do anything else she climbed out of bed and walked towards the bedroom door. Harry sighed and flopped back onto the bed to stare at her as she walked out of the door.

"I'm going for a shower if you want to join me" Nikki called and Harry jumped out of the bed faster than he had ever done before.

There may be a case later on but I'm not 100% certain there will be because I am no good at writing cases and all the forensic jargon so I may have to research properly...or just do a case with no forensic jargon. lol! You'll have to forgive me for that one. ;)

and an old friend may be coming back as well...and no it's not Victor, it's someone else, because I can't really class Victor as a friend.

xxx