"Leo I cant do the autopsy" Harry blurted out as he burst into the older mans office making Leo jump and swear slightly. "I'm sorry"

"Why not?" Leo asked as Harry made his way over to the window ledge and grasped the ledge with his hands, his knuckles going white.

"It's my mother" Harry whispered and turned to look at Leo, not one trace of sadness in his eyes.

"I'm sorry"

Harry shook his head and walked past Leo's desk and towards the door where he turned around and gave Leo a small smile.

"It's alright, we weren't close"

With that he walked out of the office and across the lab before pushing the double doors of the lab open and walking off down the corridor. Leo watched him do this as he reached for the phone on his desk and hit the speed dial number for Sam.

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Nikki looked away from the television she was watching when she heard a key in the lock of the front door. The twins also looked up from where they were playing on the floor but then looked back at the toys they were playing with just as quickly. Nikki stood up as Harry walked in the room and instantly knew something was wrong by the look on his face.

"Harry what's wrong?" she asked as he walked over to her and pulled her into his arms. Harry buried his face in her hair and took a deep calming breath.

"I should have talked to her" he whispered after a while and Nikki pulled away slightly to look at him.

"Who Harry?" she asked and took his hand to lead them to the sofa where she sat them both down and moved closer to Harry who wrapped one arm around her waist.

"My mother" Harry replied quietly "She's dead"

Nikki didn't know what to say and just brought her hand to his cheek and shook her head. The silence was broken by a small hand on Harry's knee and they both looked down to see Edward standing looking at his father with a confused look on his face.

"Dada sad" he said and Harry reached down to pull his oldest son onto his lap and hugged him.

"Daddy's fine" Harry whispered as he placed a kiss on the boys soft brown hair but a few tears leaked from his eyes which he reached up to wipe away but Edward placed his small hand on Harry's face and patted it gently.

"Dada sad" Edward repeated and leant forward and lay his head on Harry's chest and gave him a hug. Harry smiled and looked at Nikki who leant over and kissed him on the lips before rustling her son's hair.

"Love you" she whispered against his lips and Harry nodded and deepened the kiss slightly before breaking away and placing his free hand on Nikki's cheek.

"I love you too" he said and Edward looked up at them and smiled.

"Lu..luv oo" he said unsteadily and looked at them with his wide innocent smile and Nikki couldn't help but laugh slightly and lean down to kiss her son.

"Love you Edward" she whispered then turned to see Graham walking over to them and leant down to pick him up and kissed him on the cheek. "And I love you"

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"Harry do you want to talk about it?" Nikki asked her husband later on as she walked into the kitchen to find him leaning against the worktop just staring out of the window. "Harry?"

He looked up at her when she walked over to him and sighed, reaching out he pulled her into his arms and wrapped them around his waist to pull her closer. Nikki lay her head against his chest and breathed in the smell of his aftershave that still lingered from the morning.

"Do you want to talk?" Nikki repeated and Harry shook his head.

"No it's fine" he whispered as he kissed her head and leant his cheek on it.

"Sure?"

Harry didn't reply but only nodded.

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"Harry" Leo greeted as the younger man opened the door for him later that evening "How are you?"

Harry shrugged slightly as he shut the front door behind Leo and followed him into the living room.

"What happened to her?" Harry asked as he walked into the living room and saw Nikki placing Darius in his godfather's arms.

"Cancer Harry" Leo said quietly and Harry nodded "She was in late stages so she must have known about it"

Nikki walked over to Harry and wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed his cheek gently as he nodded.

"Okay" he said shortly "Thank you Leo"

Leo just nodded and looked down at Darius in his arms knowing that Harry didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"Well aren't you getting a big boy?" he cooed to the young baby who reached up and grabbed Leo's tie and tugged it gently. Harry looked down at Nikki and gave her a smile, he wrapped one of his arms around her shoulders and leant down and kissed her on the lips.

"Unc Leo" came a small voice from the doorway and Graham ran unsteadily over to his godfather and attached himself to his leg causing Leo to grin and crouch down in front of the toddler and ruffle his blonde hair.

"Hey little man" he said to the young boy who threw his short arms around his uncles neck and hugged him "I hope you've been good for mummy and daddy, but you are your fathers son so I doubt that"

"Thank you" Harry sarcastically and shook his head, a slight grin on his face but Nikki could see some hidden sadness in his eyes as he did so.

Sorry I haven't updated in like...two days I wasn't away like I said, that idea fell through, but didn't have a chance to update. I'll be nice and probably add another chapter tonight as well. ;)

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