"I am Uncle Leo thank you very much" Leo replied with a grin on his face "I am hardly old enough to be a granddad"
"Actually..." Nikki started, ready to point out that yes he was old enough to be a grandfather.
"No comments from you please" Leo interrupted and Nikki giggled loudly.
"Uncle Leo it is then"
Nikki suddenly became aware of a dull pain in her stomach and winced slightly. Leo was about to mention it when the door opened and Harry walked back in carrying two polystyrene cups.
"Nikki" he said in surprise when he saw she was awake and looking better than she had done. He quickly passed a cup of coffee to Leo who smiled in thanks and Harry put his own on the bedside table before leaning down and kissing Nikki gently on the lips. "Where's your morphine?" he asked when he saw she only had one drip in.
"I have to feed Arthur" Nikki replied "I can't do that with morphine"
"Nikki a bottle.."
"He won't feed from a bottle" Nikki interrupted "I forced that information from Leo. I don't want him to..."
"He fed a bit more afterwards but okay" Harry nodded, not wanting Nikki to get worked up. He glanced down at the baby in Nikki's arms "Mum has had to go, one of her neighbours called her about something"
"Which is also my time to go" Leo smiled at them and stood up before leaning down and pressing a kiss onto Nikki's cheek and then glancing at Arthur who was staring up at him. "You be good for mummy and daddy"
"I'm sure he will be" Harry smiled and shook Leo's hand "Thank you for everything"
"My pleasure" Leo nodded before he turned and walked out of the room.
Nikki shifted slightly as her stomach pulled uncomfortably and Harry sat down on the bed next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pressing a kiss onto her cheek as they looked down at their son. Harry then reached down and put one of his fingers into Arthur's tiny hand, both parents laughing slightly as he instantly gripped his father's finger in a vice like grip, his own fingers not even reaching around Harry's.
"Can you believe that we have a son?" Harry asked Nikki quietly and she chuckled.
"From the pain in my stomach right now, yes" she joked and Harry looked instantly concerned "It's fine Harry"
A few seconds later, said son opened his mouth and let out a cry that sounded too loud to come from a child that small.
"You're hungry aren't you?" Nikki cooed and reached up to lower the front of her hospital gown with a little help from Harry and Arthur soon stopped crying as he attached himself to Nikki's breast, suckling instantly. His enthusiasm made his parents laugh and Harry ran his hand gently over their son's small tufts of blonde hair as the child drank greedily from Nikki.
"I thought we could try him on the bottle as well" Nikki told Harry after a few seconds "So you can feed him as well"
"I'd like that" Harry nodded "I'd rather not have you exhaust yourself by being the one to feed him all the time, especially during the night"
Nikki sighed contentedly and rested her head on Harry's shoulder, he leant down and pressed a kiss onto the top of her head and then rested his cheek there. His mind instantly went back to the letter Nikki had received from the prison about her brother being released and he tightened his arm around her shoulder. Now released, the pathologist new that the other man would try and find Nikki again and attempt to harm her once more.
A few minutes later Harry took the freshly fed and burped Arthur from Nikki's arms and held him carefully in his own. Nikki moved slightly and drew in a sharp breath as a sharp pain shot through her stomach, winding her.
"Nikki let the doctor put you back on morphine" Harry told his wife but she shook her head and smiled at him.
"Arthur won't feed otherwise" she whispered to him and reached up to take one of their son's hands in between two of her fingers before leaning over and kissing his tiny hand gently.
"Nikki please" Harry practically begged her "I hate seeing you.."
"Harry" Nikki shook her head "I don't want our baby getting ill because he hasn't been feeding properly, they're going to try and get me some other pain medication"
"But you're in pain" Harry murmured and leant down to kiss her gently on the lips "I hate seeing you in pain"
"It's worth it Harry" Nikki promised as she lay her head back on her pillow "going through it for our son"
Nikki's eyes fluttered closed and a small smile graced her face as she fell asleep, Harry having to bite his lip to stop himself from crying as he tried to imagine the pain she was in.
"Your mummy loves you very much" Harry told Arthur as he stood up and walked around to the cot that was the other side of the bed "and so does daddy, and I'm not going to let that nasty man get anywhere near your mummy or you because I love you both so much"
Arthur sneezed suddenly and Harry laughed quietly as he leant his head down and pressed a kiss onto the soft blonde hair on the baby's head, before laying him gently in the cot and wrapping the blanket around him a bit tighter to keep him warm. Harry then sat down on the chair next to Nikki's bed and closed his eyes, hoping for a quick nap.
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Harry woke with a small jerk as he heard a quiet moan from the bed. He opened his eyes and glanced at his watch, shocked that he had been asleep for over two hours. Harry glanced over to his son who was still asleep but Harry knew he would wake up soon in need of changing. He turned back to his wife and frowned when he saw her. She was laying on her back, her face covered in perspiration and a look of pain on her face, small moans coming from her mouth.
"Nikki?" Harry asked quietly as he ran one hand over her forehead, feeling her burning up.
"Harry" Nikki mumbled, her voice laced with pain "..hurts"
"Your stomach?" Harry enquired quickly and Nikki nodded as he gently pulled the sheet that was covering her away from her body. Harry felt his blood run cold as he saw the blood covering Nikki's hospital gown, her legs and soaked into the bed underneath her.
Hehehe! How evil am I?
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