Three weeks later and results day was upon them, Nikki waking up in a surprisingly good mood until she remembered and then collapsed back down onto her pillow with a small moan. She then turned to bury her face in the pillow and heard a chuckle from the doorway of the bedroom.
"That's not going to make it go away"
Nikki mumbled something that was muffled by the pillow and her boyfriend chuckled again, walking over and sitting down on the edge of the bed next to Nikki, reaching over and stroking her bed messed hair slightly.
"Sorry?"
"I said go away" Nikki repeated as she turned her head to glare at her boyfriend who pouted at her "That's not going to work, leave me alone"
Harry just laughed at her, knowing that she didn't mean what she was saying. He nudged her shoulder slightly when she sighed loudly and reached down for the sheet that they had used as a cover the night before, the summer heat too much to use a proper duvet. Nikki then gave up when she couldn't reach it and closed her eyes again, pouting when Harry laughed again.
"Why aren't you leaving me alone?"
"Because I'm here asking what you want for breakfast"
"What time is it?" Nikki then asked quickly, opening her eyes and sitting up to check the clock "Almost nine o'clock? Harry why didn't you wake me? The boys.."
"Are fine" Harry interrupted as Nikki rolled onto her back and looked up at him "Their nappies have been changed this morning, they're in their clothes, they have had their breakfast which most of it actually ended up on their faces and me than in their mouths and they're downstairs playing happily"
"What about the cats?"
"Well they just wander in and out don't they, you know how they are. They're animals but they're less messy than our boys" Harry laughed and Nikki giggled up at him, reaching up and placing one hand on his cheek, stroking it with her thumb "Mum is downstairs looking after our boys, she popped round this morning to tell me that she's not moving out of the country and to wish us good luck"
"Good" Nikki smiled, she had known deep down that Anne wasn't going to be moving, not after their conversation three weeks beforehand "I didn't think she would go in the end"
"Neither did I. Now what do you want for breakfast?"
"Nothing, I feel sick already"
"You're not pregnant are you?" Harry joked and laughed loudly as his lover gave him a withering look before laughing as well.
"No. Now leave me alone while I shower and get dressed" Nikki sat up and Harry leant down to press his lips to hers, the blonde responding with as much passion before moving away again and smiling at him.
"It will all be okay" he assured her and Nikki nodded, trying to ignore the churning in her stomach as she thought about the results. "Do you want breakfast?"
"I'll have two slices of toast and a mug of coffee please"
"Butter or chocolate spread?"
"Both" Nikki told him with a giggle "I'll push the boat out"
"You devil" Harry laughed and Nikki grinned at him before he stole another quick kiss and then stood up from the bed "Or I could always join you in the shower?"
"Because that wouldn't be obvious to your mum" Nikki smirked and Harry chuckled, nodding and moving away from the bed as Nikki sat herself on the edge "I won't be long"
"Okay"
"Tell mummy to eat her breakfast" Harry told Donovan as he placed the almost nine month old onto Nikki's lap, his lover smiling at him before looking at their son who grinned and refused to sit on her lap, instead he stood up on her legs, gurgling happily and showing off the two small teeth that were on his top gum.
"Did you have some yummy breakfast?" Nikki asked the deaf child, unable to sign because she was holding his waist gently as he bounced on his feet and refused to sit down "I'm sure you did. You and Gabriel are going to come to mummy and daddy's school and give me lots of confidence aren't you?"
Donovan gurgled happily and placed his hands on Nikki's cheeks, his mother grinning at him and turning her head to place a kiss on the palm of his small hand before looking back at him.
"You are a very handsome boy aren't you?" Nikki cooed at him, pressing a kiss to his nose as she spoke "You and your brother"
Nikki looked up at Harry who was fighting to clean Gabriel's face and hands, the baby just laughing and making a lot of noise about it as he fidgeted on Harry's lap. Nikki giggled loudly and muffled the sound in Donovan's hair as she pressed a kiss to his head, Harry looking up at her and smirking.
"I swear nine month olds aren't meant to be this energetic or loud" he rolled his eyes and Nikki laughed again, successfully sitting Donovan down onto her lap and stroking his blonde hair gently. They had both noticed in the last few months as their boys grew that Gabriel was definitely the loudest and more vocal of the two of them but Donovan was still as outgoing as his older brother was and refused to let Gabriel have all the attention.
"Morning Nikki"
Nikki looked away from Gabriel when she heard Anne's voice and turned to look at the doorway behind her that led into the garden, smiling at the older woman who had just walked into the kitchen.
"Morning, how are you?"
"I'm fine thank you dear, how are you feeling?"
"Like I'm going to throw up" Nikki shrugged and Anne shook her head, smiling at the younger woman.
"You'll be fine and in a few hours when you get your results you will wonder what you were worrying for" Anne assured her and Harry nodded, throwing the used baby wipe on the table when he had successfully cleaned Gabriel.
"I suppose so" Nikki murmured and pressed another kiss to Donovan's head, the baby grinning and clapping his hands, looking up at her with his green eyes and making her heart jump in her chest.
"Eat your breakfast" Anne told her kindly, motioning to the untouched toast on Nikki's plate "It will make you feel better"
"You know Nikki one of these days you're going to wake up and understand how brilliant you are" Harry informed his lover, Gabriel standing up on Harry's thighs and placing his hands on the kitchen table. Harry reached forward and pushed his mug of coffee away from Gabriel's reach and then let his son lean on the table again.
"Are you taking the twins or do you want me to look after them?" Anne enquired as she sat down opposite Nikki at the table with a mug of coffee in her hands.
"I thought you were going out with one of your friends today"
"I am but I can look after the two terrors if you want me to"
"Don't be silly, we can take them" Nikki informed Anne who nodded "Anyway I just want them to be there so people can be reminded that I did brilliantly even with young twins" she chuckled and Harry cheered quietly "What?"
"You just admitted you were going to do brilliantly" Harry grinned at Nikki chuckled at him.
"I was just making a point"
"Yes but you said it" Harry smirked, kissing Gabriel on the cheek as he did so "Did you hear that young man, mummy admitted how brilliant she's going to do"
Nikki just laughed and shook her head, wrapping one arm around Donovan to keep him securely against her as she picked up a slice of toast and began to eat.
"I won't be out long with Katherine" Anne then informed them "I want to get back quickly to see how you two have done and then we can all go out tonight to celebrate"
"Stay out for as long as you want" Harry told his mother with a chuckle "It's fine"
"Are we meeting Ada and that lot there?" Nikki asked her lover who nodded "Okay"
"You are very very messy" Nikki told Gabriel as she pulled a clean t-shirt over his head and smoothed it down, chuckling when she saw the cartoon plane on the front of the green t-shirt "There, that should please daddy shouldn't it?" she giggled and Gabriel grinned at her, kicking his trouser clad legs and laughing "Come on then handsome" she picked him up and kissed his forehead, settling him against her side and letting him rest his head on her shoulder as she walked from the nursery and made her way downstairs.
"If Penny is there and makes one comment about our boys.." Nikki threatened as she and Harry walked through the main gates to their school, Gabriel in Nikki's arms and Donovan in Harry's, having forgone their buggy to give their boys a little bit of freedom.
"Just ignore her" Harry warned his lover as they passed small groups of parents and pupils opening their results "You've learnt to ignore everyone else's rude comments and looks"
"I know" Nikki sighed "It's just her, there's something about her that makes me want to.." she stopped talking as they walked up the front steps of the school to the main door, Harry chuckling "What?"
"I don't think anyone makes you as angry as this as she does"
"Well she deserves some sort of medal" Nikki replied sarcastically and Harry smirked at her as they walked into the main hall of the school where the results were being given out.
"I'll get both of ours" Harry told his lover who nodded, glancing around the hall for Ada, William and Georg "Go and find them"
"Okay" Nikki nodded as she spotted familiar blonde hair in the middle of the room. Her stomach churned again as she realised how significant to the rest of her life these results were but she pushed down the feeling of nausea and walked over to their friends.
"Well look who it is, the future doctor" William grinned when the red headed young man caught sight of her, Nikki just giggled and shook her head as he kissed her cheek, Georg doing the same as they greeted each other. "Where are your results?" he then asked as Georg and Ada began to talk to Gabriel who grinned at their attention.
"Harry's just getting them" Nikki replied and motioned to them all "So what did you get?"
"We got into the universities we wanted" Ada grinned and squealed as she hugged her best friend and kissed her on the cheek.
"Well done" Nikki grinned at them all, feeling the pressure piling up on her.
"Thank you. How are you feeling?"
"Sick" Nikki replied truthfully and they all chuckled.
"You're not pregnant are you?" Georg then joked and Nikki gave him a withering look, the other two laughing at them.
"No I am not" Nikki slapped him on the arm with her free hand that wasn't holding Gabriel "You're the third person to ask that in as many weeks" she shifted Gabriel in her arms as the nine month old began to squirm and she looked at him "You're very fidgety today young man" she kissed him on the forehead and the little boy patted her cheek.
"So how have you all done?" Mr Michaels their biology teacher asked them happily as he walked over to them from another group of pupils.
"We all got into where we wanted" William told the tall man who smiled at them all.
"Congratulations. And Nikki?"
"Harry's just getting them" Nikki replied with a nervous smile, knowing that the teachers already knew their grades.
"And hasn't this one grown" Mr Michaels smiled at Gabriel who looked up at him and then grinned, snuggling closer to Nikki "Teething already"
"I know, it seems to go so quickly" Nikki agreed with her teacher, a smile on her face as they got back to the familiar and less worrying territory of her children "They've already begun to sign as well, only a few choice words but they're still doing it"
"Well they're intelligent like their parents" Mr Michaels nodded and Nikki chuckled, her friends agreeing with their teacher because they knew it would make Nikki blush "Which one is this one? I'm sorry I don't.."
"No it's okay" Nikki giggled as her teacher trailed off "No-one can tell them apart when they've only seen them a few times. This one is Gabriel, Harry has Donny, Donovan"
"And Donovan is the one who is.."
"He's deaf, you can say it" Nikki assured the middle aged man who smiled and nodded "Yes Donny is the deaf one. But really you'd hardly notice at the moment apart from the fact that Gabriel is louder than him when it comes to vocals and Donny gets your attention with physical things rather than vocal like Gabriel"
"Well I think you're doing brilliantly" Mr Michaels told Nikki who grinned at the praise and nodded her thanks.
"Thank you"
"Ah here's Harry now" Mr Michaels told them and they all turned just as Harry reached them with two envelopes in his hand, Donovan held securely against him with his other arm.
"Here" William smiled at Nikki and held his arms out for Gabriel so Nikki could open her envelope. She nodded and handed her son to his uncle, Gabriel smiling at William and snuggling closer to him, content because he could still see Nikki. Harry had handed Donovan to Georg who was entertaining the deaf child with funny faces, Donovan laughing loudly.
"Georg please" Harry patted his friend on the arm "He's already deaf he doesn't need to go blind as well"
They all laughed at the put out look on Georg's face and the German teenager just scoffed at Harry and pretended to turn his back on him. Harry chuckled and shook his head, handing Nikki her envelope and smiling reassuringly at her.
"So we got into our universities" Ada bounced on the balls of her feet as she eagerly nodded at Harry and Nikki "I want to know if I can boast that two of my friends are in Oxford university"
Nikki looked down at her envelope as Harry said something to Ada that she missed and then opened his results envelope.
"Nikki"
"Hmm?" she asked as she looked up at her lover, handing him her envelope "You do it"
"No" Harry chuckled and Nikki gave him a pleading look "No"
"Fine" Nikki sighed and quickly opened the envelope, pulling out the piece of paper inside just as Harry did the same. She looked at it and she felt her heart jump to her throat, her stomach flipping as a grin crossed her face. "I did it" she murmured and looked up at Harry who was nodding at his own paper, a grin on his face as well.
"So did I" he beamed before Nikki flung herself at him and hugged him tightly, Harry wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing her quickly. "I'm so proud of you" he whispered as they drew away, drawing attention from the other people in the room.
"And I am proud of you" Nikki grinned happily, looking down at his results as Harry took her paper from her hand "We got the same, all A's" she beamed and Harry nodded, kissing her on the forehead as they turned to their friends who quickly congratulated them and hugged them.
"So how did you do?" Mr Michaels asked as he walked over to them again, Nikki and Harry grinning at them.
"We got in to Oxford" Nikki beamed proudly and their teacher nodded and laughed.
"Congratulations"
"Did you know?" Harry then asked suspiciously at the teacher's response and the older man shrugged.
"We always get the student's results separately the morning of the results day" the teacher explained "We can't help it if we sometimes compare results of certain pupils"
"So you did" Nikki told him with a giggle "Why didn't you tell me and end my misery"
"Because we're not allowed" Mr Michaels laughed and shook his head "Now I'm sure you all have some celebrating to do, I know some teachers who want to congratulate you as well"
"I can't believe I did it" Nikki told Harry sometime later as they sat in the school hall, two other pupils who had got into Cambridge were also there waiting for a chat from their headmaster. The amount of pupils getting their results had dwindled and very few people remained.
"I can" Harry nodded, pressing a kiss to her cheek as he spoke "I always knew you could do it, everyone did. You just didn't have the confidence to believe it yourself. Now do you see what we all see?"
"I think so" Nikki smiled, nodding slightly as Gabriel reached up and gripped a strand of her hair "Hey you, don't pull mummy's hair"
She looked away from her son and her smile faded as she sighed.
"Oh no"
"What.." Harry turned to look where his lover was looking and sighed when he saw Penny standing in the doorway of the hall with her gang of clones behind her "Nikki ignore her" he told his lover quickly as he turned back to her "Please"
"Yes I know" Nikki waved him off and leant over to kiss him as Penny walked into the hall and spotted them.
"Isn't it just sickening?"
Nikki smirked against Harry's lips when they heard Penny's voice and she felt Harry do the same before she drew away from him and turned to the other woman.
"Something we can do for you?" Nikki asked politely, giving Penny a large smile "Or can I get back to kissing my fiancé?"
"He's only marrying you because you got knocked up"
"No actually I'm marrying Nikki because I love her and I'm going to spend the rest of my life with her" Harry shrugged before Nikki could reply "The twins are just an added bonus to that"
"So what were your results?" one of Penny's 'friends' asked them both and they both smiled happily.
"Straight A's" Nikki told them with a small shrug and the group of teenage girls laughed.
"What geeks"
"Yes" Nikki agreed with them "We are. These geeks however are the ones who are going to Oxford to train to be doctors, you never know we might be treating you or a family member one day. Remember that won't you" she smirked at them as they all exchanged glances and walked towards the results table.
"I was expecting bloodshed" Harry joked and Nikki giggled just as their headmaster walked over to them, the other two males who got into Cambridge walking over to them as well.
"Many congratulations are in order"