"Nikki I'm going out for a bit" Harry told his wife as he pulled his coat on and did it up. Nikki looked up from the pregnancy book she was reading in bed and nodded.

"Where are you going?"

"I need to see someone" was all Harry said as he leant down and kissed her on the lips "I won't be long I promise"

"Bye" Nikki smiled before she went back to her book.

Harry pressed another kiss onto her cheek before turning and walking out of the room.

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Harry didn't have to wait long in the reception of the lab when an older woman walked over to him.

"Dr Harry Cunningham?" she asked and Harry nodded, she smiled at him and held out her hand which he shook.

"Dr Grace Foley, Boyd is expecting you. This way"

She then lead Harry the same way she had led Nikki a few days before, all the way to Boyd's office. She poked her head inside before opening the door fully and allowing Harry to enter.

"Boyd. Harry Cunningham"

Harry walked in just as Boyd was standing up from his chair and taking his glasses off, looking very tired in Harry's opinion. The older man shook Harry's hand and motioned for him to sit down on the sofa which Harry did.

"I don't know if Nikki mentioned me when you interviewed her a few days ago" Harry started as he pulled his scarf off and lay it on his lap "Nikki..Alexander or Cunningham? I don't know which she used"

"Ah yes" Boyd nodded and frowned "I have been meaning to call her back about the reopened case.."

"Can you complete this case without Nikki's involvement?" Harry interrupted and Boyd looked at bit put out at being forced over but Grace just grinned and tried to cover it with her mouth.

"We could yes" Boyd nodded slowly "But it was her brother who asked us to reopen it"

"Her brother" Harry started slowly and shook his head "Her brother is trying to make Nikki's life a misery, he has since they were younger. He sent her a letter from his cell a few days ago that caused her to.." he sighed and licked his lips "she miscarried"

Grace gasped slightly and Boyd glanced at her with a frown on his face before looking back at Harry when he continued to speak.

"but she was carrying twins and they were able to save one of them" Harry couldn't help the smile that spread over his face.

"Congratulations" Grace told him and Harry nodded

"Thank you. The doctor said that she has to have complete rest for the next few days and has signed her off work, but I think that if she is involved in this case..." he stopped talking and Grace took over.

"You think that if she is involved in this case it will be too much for her"

Harry nodded gratefully, glad someone understood him.

"The letter her brother sent her is being used in evidence in his appeal for an early release" Harry added "He definitely won't be getting out soon"

"I really shouldn't be telling you this, but as a pathologist you know all about keeping open cases a secret and all that crap" Boyd waved his own sentence off "but we think we have enough evidence right now, and enough women to testify, against whoever it is who attacked those girls"

"So you won't be needing Nikki?"

"We don't know for certain that we don't need her but if you would leave you number we could contact you at a later date" Boyd said to Harry as he reached over and pulled a piece of paper and a pen from his desk and handed it to Harry who wrote his mobile number down and handed it back.

"You have no idea how much this means" Harry told them as he stood up and they followed suit and shook his hand "Thank you so much"

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"Where did you go?" Nikki asked when Harry walked back into the bedroom taking his coat and scarf off as he did so.

"To visit Detective Boyd"

"What? Why?" Nikki enquired as she put the pregnancy book she was still reading on the bed next to her.

"Just to ask if their investigation needs your help" Harry replied and sat down on the bed next to her, taking her hand in his "I don't want you going through anything strenuous, and I know deep down you don't want to be involved in it at all"

Nikki just nodded and smiled gratefully at him.

"Thank you Harry" she nodded and leant over to kiss him gently "What did they say?"

"That..they don't need you right now but there is no guarantee that they won't need you later on. I told them our situation" he motioned to her stomach and Nikki placed her free hand on the duvet over where he was looking and smiled "and what happened and they said that they will try every way possible to not involve you too much"

Nikki nodded again and squeezed Harry's hand before leaning back against the pillows behind her and smiling at him.

"I love you so much" she told him and her eyes dropped slightly and she yawned. Harry chuckled and rested his free hand on her cheek and rubbed it gently with his thumb, smiling when Nikki leant into him and closed her eyes.

"I love you. Now go to sleep"

"Yes sir" Nikki mumbled sleepily and Harry smirked as he helped her lay down and covered her with the duvet, pressing a kiss onto her cheek as he did so.

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The next morning Nikki was the first two wake and opened her eyes sleepily to glance at the time. Seeing it was only half past six she sighed and glanced over her shoulder at Harry who was still sleeping, his arms around her and a small content smile on his face. Nikki smiled down at him as she moved slowly as not to disturb him and moved some of his hair that had flopped over his face, giggling quietly as it just fell back again. She then climbed out of bed, grabbed her dressing gown and sliding her feet into her slippers before walking out of the room, glancing at Harry again to make sure he was still asleep. He was. She yawned loudly as she made her way downstairs and opened the curtains on the windows in the hallway and in the living room before walking into the kitchen and opening the blinds on that window as well. Yawning loudly again she poured water into the kettle before turning to the fridge to pull out the milk. Her hand gripped the handle and she spotted the scan photo that Harry had pinned to the fridge after she had got home from the hospital. Nikki's left hand went to her stomach and she looked down, her eyes smarting with tears as it once again hit her that in eight months or so she would be a mother. It just seemed so surreal to her. Work had always been the most important thing in her life, but now she had something else that would take priority above all other things. She smiled before tugging the fridge open and pulling out the milk, she then went around making herself a cup of tea as coffee had been banned by Harry on accounts that it was 'bad for women in her condition'.

"You know tea contains caffeine too" came a voice from the doorway and Nikki jumped before turning and grinning at Harry who was smirking at her.

"You caught me" she giggled and Harry walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist, his naked chest pressing into her back.

"Yes I did" he murmured into her neck as he nuzzled it and kissed the soft, warm skin.

I should be revising for my RS As level resit that is tomorrow XD. I'll do it later it's fine.

xxx