Later on the next day when Nikki was upstairs trying to put a sleeping Darius to sleep the doorbell rang. Harry looked away from the paper he was reading and towards the door with a frown on his face, they weren't expecting anyone. Standing up he made his way towards the door and opened it, he let out a breath when he saw who was standing on the doorstep.

"Harry"

"Mother" Harry nodded and glanced behind him into the house then back at the woman on the doorstep.

"Well are you going to let me in?" Mary said haughtily and rudely pushed past her son who turned his head to follow her with a shocked look on his face. Shaking his head he smirked to himself and shut the door, he then followed his mother into the living room where she was standing in the middle of the room looking around.

"You actually have a nice place" she commented

"Thank you" Harry responded shortly "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to catch up"

"Really?" Harry asked and shook his head. He turned when he heard footsteps on the stairs and Nikki walked into the room, she didn't see her mother-in-law at first and started talking to Harry.

"They're all asleep, we shouldn't be…." she stopped when she caught sight of the older woman standing in the middle of the living room. She glanced at Harry who shrugged slightly and shook his head. He reached out to Nikki and wrapped one arm around her shoulder to pull her close.

"You're still together then" Mary commented after a look of disgust at Nikki who felt Harry's arm tighten around her, he didn't reply to his mothers scathing comment.

"You wanted to catch up" he stated "About what?"

"Your life"

"Right" Harry nodded and smirked "You are interested now? Why?"

Mary didn't reply but looked around the room again and her eyes caught a recent picture of Edward, Graham and Darius that was taken the day the youngest boy was born.

"Who are these?"

"Our sons" Harry replied then leant down to whisper to Nikki "I'm going to get rid of her, I don't even know how the hell she got our address"

"Harry…" Nikki started but was cut off by Mary's voice.

"Ah yes" came her haughty voice "What are their names"

"That has nothing to do with you" Harry told her and gently pushed Nikki towards the doorway, ignoring her glare as she walked out of the room and upstairs.

"They're my grandsons, whoever their mother is" she heard Mary say "I bet she isn't even a good mother" Nikki couldn't help the tears that filled her eyes when she heard this. Forcing them back she made her way into the bedroom when she heard Darius start to cry. After a few seconds she heard Harry shouting at his mother, this scared Nikki slightly, Harry never even raised his voice if necessary and she had never heard him shout like this. Darius started to whimper loudly as he heard his father's raised voice and Nikki clutched him close and gave him a comforting kiss before gently rocking him back to sleep. She heard the front door slam shut and glanced out of the window to see Mary stalking off down the garden path and down the road, where she turned the corner and went out of sight.

"I'm sorry" came Harry's quiet voice from the doorway "She shouldn't have said that"

"It's fine" Nikki whispered but the tears filled her eyes again "Am I a bad mother?"

"No" Harry insisted as he walked into the room and pulled her into his arms as she cried "No you are a brilliant mother, our boys are lucky to have you, you didn't deserve that"

Nikki didn't say anything but continued to sob into her husbands chest as Harry rubbed her back soothingly. He moved them over to the bed and sat them down, he took Darius from Nikki as the baby started to fuss as Nikki cried. He brought the baby up to his chest and kissed him gently before turning back to his wife and kissing her as well, her sobs gradually decreased after a while and she stayed clutched to Harry who just held her.

"I'm so sorry she said that" Harry repeated

"It's alright" Nikki whispered and sat up away from Harry and kissed him before wiping her face free of tears.

"It's not true" Harry told her with a sad look on his face that made Nikki lean up and kiss him again "You really are a great mother"

"Thank you" Nikki whispered and looked down at Darius who was now staring up at her, gently sucking his bottom lip and clenched and unclenched his hands in his mittens. She reached out and ran her hand over her youngest child's cheek and smiled gently at him before running her hands over his soft blonde hair.

"Are you alright now?" Harry asked as he stood up and placed the room trying to get Darius back to sleep while Nikki nodded and sat back on the bed to watch her husband as he cared for their son. Leaning back on her elbows she flicked her blonde hair over her shoulder and watched Harry move around the room. Nikki was conscious of a smile spreading across her face as she thought about what she had now that she didn't have three years before. She was brought out of her thoughts by Harry leaning down and placing his hands either side of her body and giving her a passionate kiss, she looked behind him slightly and saw Darius laying in the Moses basket then turned back to Harry.

"Love you" she whispered against his lips as she ran her hands through his hair and deepened the kiss causing them both to moan slightly.

"and I love you" Harry replied

I think they should bring Harry's mother into the show..just so we can see what she is actually like. ;)

xxx