Nikki smiled as she watched Harry in their kitchen, sitting at the table with a glass in her hand as he cut up the vegetables for their dinner, the radio playing quietly in the background. Niall was out with some of his friends, with a promise to be home by eight o'clock, and it left the two of them with some well needed time together. Work had been hectic the past few weeks, as had the months since they had got the go-ahead to be able to foster Niall, plus Nikki moving in with them both and selling her own place. They'd decided to look for a place of their own though, Harry's place was nice enough, but they wanted something that could be called their own.

Getting up from the table, she walked around the kitchen island and leaned up to kiss Harry on the cheek, smiling when he looked at her and hummed.

"If you're trying to distract me then it won't work" he teased, leaning over to give her a proper kiss on the lips "Okay perhaps a little bit"

Nikki giggled, putting her glass down on the side as she walked past to the fridge, opening the door and pulling out the carton of orange juice in there. Her new rule since they had fostered Niall was that they should cut down on the drink they had after work, having not realised just how easy it was to go home and crack open a bottle and sit and drink it all without even thinking.

"Niall's teacher called me today"

"Oh? Is he okay?"

"He's fine" Nikki assured Harry with a smile, pouring them both another drink and putting the carton back in the fridge "She just wanted to say how well he's doing now that he's settled in properly"

"I knew that school would be better for him"

"Well it couldn't be any worse" Nikki sighed, leaning back against the counter and putting her glass down, licking her lips "I think we should get him something to celebrate that, I know he wants a new computer"

Harry looked away from where he was pouring the chopped vegetables into the frying pan and raised an eyebrow at her, before nodding. It would be good to treat Niall to something good, even if it was a whole new computer.

"Good idea"

"I am full of them" Nikki grinned, seeing Harry's lips twitch up into a smirk as he stirred the vegetables a bit and then put them on a low gas "You'd make a good house-husband you know"

"I'm glad you noticed, the medical degree and the work as a pathologist was only a guise to find the woman of my dreams so I can become her house-husband" Harry responded with a laugh, walking over to her and putting his hands on her hips, leading down to kiss Nikki softly on the lips, one of her hands going to his hair as they stood and kissed. He wanted to scoop her up and take her to bed, but he was hungry and he knew she was too to that would have to wait. Nikki broke the kiss though, leaning her head back to look at his face, still playing with his hair. "It's still so weird, coming home to you, and a teenager. Picking him up after school or dropping him off"

Harry nodded, resting their foreheads together, their relationship just seemed to happen one day when they had been looking after Niall, there had been no big admission of feelings, just a natural progression into what they were now. He had tried to stop dreaming that Nikki might feel the same way about him, that his feelings were reciprocated, but they had been and he was thankful every day for her, and for Niall.

"The vegetables are burning"

"What?" Harry frowned when Nikki's voice broke through his thoughts and she nodded to the stove "Shit"

He heard Nikki laughing as he rushed back over and picked the frying pan up, stirring the vegetables in them again and then turning the gas down under it. Nikki grinned in his direction, shaking her head and picking up her orange juice to sip it, flicking her eyes over Harry as he continued to get their dinner ready for them. It had been a wonderful few months, and she couldn't believe sometimes that they were together, let alone looking for somewhere to live that was their own, with their foster-son. This was so much more than Nikki had ever thought that she would have with Harry, and she wasn't about to let him go now that she had him.

"I have something for you"

"Oh?" Harry asked, glancing at her and turning away from his cooking again, looking her up and down and smirking.

"Not that" Nikki rolled her eyes, flicking him on the ear as she walked past him and laughing when he reached over to swat at her arm "Behave or you won't get it"

"I always behave"

"I would love to see it" she laughed, walking through from the kitchen dining area to the hallway to grab the bag she brought home earlier, walking back to where Harry was and putting the bag on the table. Nikki picked up her phone, checking from any messages from Niall, before putting it down and pulling out a smaller bag from inside the other one, handing it to Harry as he finished drying his hands on the towel.

"What's this for?"

"Can't I get you anything? You buy me things all the time" Nikki told him with a shrug, licking her lips and crossing her arms over her chest "I..hope you like it"

Harry was so confused by Nikki's need to buy him something, but he wasn't going to say no if she wanted to.

"It's not that medical journal I wanted was it?"

"No" Nikki rolled her eyes at him and laughed "You can get that free through work, we can spend the Lyell's money on that"

Harry smirked and smiled at her, putting the bag on the table and pulling out the large box inside out of it, opening the lid and feeling his heart speed up when he realised what was in there. He looked up at Nikki, then down to the box, then up at her again.

"I'm...this isn't for me..."

"No" Nikki whispered and shook her head, feeling a lump in her throat as she rubbed her neck and watched his face "No it's..."

She was cut off by Harry's lips on hers, the sound of the box being put on the table behind him as his hands moved to her hips to pull her flush up against him, her arms going about Harry's shoulders. She kissed him back with just as much force, burying one hand in his hair and tugging the soft strands gently. He broke the kiss a few seconds later, giving her a few shorter ones before moving away and putting his hands on her cheeks, stroking them with his thumbs and unable to get the grin from his face as he looked at the baby onesie that had been in the box Nikki had given him.

"A baby?"

"A baby" Nikki smiled tearfully and nodded, leaning into his hand and turning her head to kiss his palm "I was scared you'd think it was too early in our relationship"

"I think that nothing in this relationship is too early" Harry laughed, leaning across to kiss her again, holding her close and resting their heads together. Of course he had imagined the lot with her, a family, the rest of their lives together, a child or two excitedly waking them up on Christmas day, birthdays, everything. "A baby, Nikki"

"Our baby" Nikki bit her lip and nodded, nuzzling her head against his and closing her eyes "A brother or sister for Niall"

They stood there for a while, kissing softly every now and again before Nikki frowned and pushed him away, sniffing slightly. Harry did the same, horror filling him as he turned around to look at the stove.

"Shit, the vegetables"