The week after, on the twenty eighth of June, Harry and Nikki were sitting in the waiting room of the hospital waiting for their first scan. Sam was looking after the boys while Harry and Nikki were at their appointment. They had decided not to tell Leo their news yet and decided to wait until they knew the details of the pregnancy before they broke the news.

"Why is it that we have done this quite a few times when you were pregnant with the twins and Darius but I'm still extremely nervous?" Harry asked Nikki after a while and she turned to him with a smile on her face.

"Aww" she cooed "Are you nervous daddy?"

"Don't tell me you're not" Harry grinned at her and gently poked her in the side causing her to giggle and move away from him slightly. They both look up when their names were called by the nurse and Harry grasped Nikki's hand and stood up.

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"It's definitely going to be a girl" Harry commented on the way home after the scan as he reached over and plucked the scan photo from Nikki's hand and studied it intently while they were sitting in a traffic jam. "Definitely"

"How do you know?" Nikki teased as she took the photo back and looked at it "We might have another boy"

Harry shrugged and turned his attention back to the road when the traffic started moving.

"It could be, but I think it's a girl"

He couldn't help but grin at the thought of a little girl to spoil, of course he loved his sons but a little girl would always be special to him.

"What are you grinning about?"

"Us having another baby" he replied and turned the corner to their road and down the street to their house where Sam was looking after their three other children.

Parking the car outside Harry leant over and kissed Nikki causing her to gasp in surprise and let him deepen the kiss. She reached up and ran one hand through his hair and placed the other one on his shoulder.

"I love you" they said at the same time when they broke away making them both laugh loudly. Nikki licked her lips slightly then stole another kiss before she reached down and undid her seatbelt and opened the car door.

"Come on" she laughed when Harry refused to let her go and had to forcibly move away from him and climb out of the car. She bent down to say something into the car but was interrupted by someone calling from across the road.

"Nikki"

Nikki turned in confusion and sighed when she saw who it was. Harry climbed out of the car and looked towards the person Nikki was looking at and had to stifle a loud groan.

"Oh and Harry. How are you two?" the middle aged woman asked as she crossed the road and leant on the garden gate.

"We're fine Mrs Thomson" Nikki said with a forced smile "How are you?"

Harry winced slightly when she asked this and knew they wouldn't get away from the woman for at least half an hour until she had gone through the list of what was wrong with her. He walked around the car and took Nikki's arm in his hand. He leant down and whispered in her ear.

"Convenient bout of morning sickness?" he asked causing Nikki to giggle quietly and shake her head.

"It never comes when it's convenient"

"Unfortunately"

"We'd love to stay and chat Mrs Thomson but we have to go and relieve our babysitter. The poor woman has probably torn her hair out by now" Nikki called to the woman on the other side of the fence.

The middle aged woman nodded slightly as Harry gently dragged Nikki towards the door and hastily placed the key in the lock and they practically fell into the house laughing madly.

"I know it's mean but there's only so much I can take of her" Nikki gasped through her laughter as she shrugged her coat off.

"Mummy" came a shout from behind them and Nikki turned to see Edward running towards her. She bent down and scooped him up into her arms placing a kiss on his cheek as she straightened up. He flung his arms around her neck and gave her a sloppy kiss on the cheek. Only then did she see the yellow and green substance covering her son.

"Have you been painting?" she asked as she carried him through to the kitchen to see Sam and Graham sitting at the table the latter covered in purple and yellow paint. Nikki giggled loudly and Sam looked up from where she was looking at Graham's picture. A guilty look crossed across her face when she saw the mess they had made.

"We were going to clean up before you came home" she admitted and Nikki laughed as she placed Edward on the floor, he instantly ran over to the table and climbed onto the chair next to Sam and picked up the paintbrush again.

"Paint mummy" Graham grinned as Sam got up off of her chair and went to start to clean up.

"Don't worry about it" Nikki laughed as she saw how much fun her sons were having. "It's fine"

"No I can…"

"Leave it for me to do when they have finished" Nikki interrupted and motioned for Sam to go into the living room "I'll make you a drink"

"I'll do it" Harry said as he walked into the living room and through to the kitchen "You show Sam our baby"

"He's so excited" Nikki whispered to Sam who grinned and shook her head.

"So, tell me the details"

"I'm just over two months pregnant" Nikki told her friend and handed her one of the scan photo's as she sat back on the sofa "The baby is fine and I'm fine. I'm due around the twentieth of January"

"Congratulations" Sam grinned as she looked at the scan photo "What do you think it's going to be?"

"A girl" Harry called from the kitchen as he walked in with two drinks, one which he handed to Nikki, the other to Sam.

"That's what you said when I was pregnant with Darius, but I think we're going to have another boy" Nikki said as she curled one leg under her body and Harry sat next to her. The six month old was currently asleep on the sofa on the opposite side of the room.

"Well I'm going to be right this time"

"If you say so" Nikki mumbled and grinned innocently at Harry.

Paint + young children = oh dear! lol! :D.

xxx