When Monday came and the alarm blared out, Nikki instantly regretted wanting to go back to work. Groaning she reached for the duvet cover and pulled in further up her body covering her head and buried her face in the pillow.

"Nikki" Harry mumbled as he turned over and saw what she had done "We have to get up"

"No" Nikki's muffled voice replied from under the thick covers

"You are the one who wanted to go back to work" Harry commented as he pulled the duvet from over Nikki and grinned down at her "Good morning beautiful"

Glaring at him and his morning cheerfulness she reached over and slammed her hand on the alarm clock and turned back to him.

"Why are you so cheerful this morning?" she moaned and tried to prize the covers from Harry's hand. When she couldn't she glared once more and turned away from him, trying to fall asleep again. Grinning and shaking his head, Harry wrapped one arm around her waist and rolled her over again.

"Come on Niks" he said and kissed her "We have to go"

With that he climbed out of bed, with a second thought he reached over and pulled the duvet right off of the bed and onto the floor causing Nikki to make an uncharacteristic squeaking noise and curl up in the middle of the mattress.

"That's it Cunningham, you're not getting any for a week"

"You wouldn't survive" was the reply she got from the bathroom

"Make that two weeks" she called.

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"Welcome back you two" Leo greeted as they both walked into the lab "it's about time you two lazy people got back to some real work"

Nikki laughed and hugged Leo who grinned and pushed her gently to arms length to look her up and down.

"You are looking fabulous" he said causing Nikki to blush

"Thank you. You're not looking too bad yourself"

Leo smiled and turned to Harry.

"Glad to see you've been looking after her properly. We would have had words if you hadn't"

Harry looked nervously between the two people in front of him then nodded.

"By the way we have a new...well…yes new pathologist starting soon. Just for a few weeks" Leo told them as he walked into his office and Nikki took her coat off and hung it on the back of her chair.

"Really?" Harry asked "A student?"

Leo scoffed slightly and covered it with a cough and shook his head, a grin on his face.

"No, far from it actually"

Nikki and Harry looked at each other and frowned.

"Who is it? Do we know them" Harry asked and Leo walked out of his office and stood in the doorway.

"You know her Harry and Nikki you may have heard of her"

"Right" Harry nodded "Are you going to tell us who it is?"

"No" Leo said and shook his head causing both younger people to groan "I'll be in autopsy. There are cases on your desks for you"

"Thanks Leo" Harry called after him as he walked out of the lab and to the cutting room "Who do I know that you don't?" he asked

Nikki shrugged and picked up the case file that was on her desk.

"Someone you worked with before I came?" she asked without looking up and Harry suddenly grinned

"Oh yes, of course"

"Of course what?" Nikki asked and finally looked up to see a wide grin on Harry's face.

"I think I know who it is" he said and Nikki nodded prompting him to continue "Before you came along and gate crashed our lab" Harry started causing Nikki to blush slightly "We worked for a short time with a Dr Sam Ryan"

"I've heard of her yes" Nikki nodded "She left just before I came didn't she?"

"A few months at most" Harry nodded and continued "Leo and her had some kind of.." he paused and tried to think of the right word "Thing going on"

"Thing?" Nikki asked and placed the file on her desk, even more interested now and Harry nodded

"I don't know what it was but I don't think they did anything about it seeing as Leo had his wife and daughter"

"Ah" Nikki said and nodded

"I didn't push him to what was going on between them because that would be like asking your father if he was having an affair with someone" Harry said without thinking then gasped and looked up at Nikki who was staring at him with one eyebrow raised "Nikki I'm so sorry, I didn't mean…."

"I know" Nikki said and waved it off "Maybe there wasn't anything going on between them, they were probably just good friends. You can be best friends with someone of the opposite sex without fancying them Harry"

"Really?" Harry asked sarcastically "I did try that but it never really worked. I fell in love with my best friend" he said and leant down to kiss Nikki gently on the lips "I'll see you later. Have a good case"

Nikki rolled her eyes

"I'm sure I will. I love you"

"I love you" Harry replied before giving her one last kiss and walking out of the lab

Methinks Harry is jumping to conclusions...and I apologise in advance. I haven't seen any with Leo, Harry and Sam in so I don't know how they interact with each other..so it will just be made up from my mind on how I think they are going to react.

And I don't know whether or not to give Leo someone to love...maybe Sam? What do you think?

xxx