Two more months past quickly, these months included Christmas and New Year and soon the first snow's of January came along. Nikki grinned as she stood in the doorway to the garden watching her sons and husband play in the snow. Yawning slightly Nikki reached down and placed a hand on her eight month pregnant stomach, the effort of carrying the extra weight was tiring her out and sleep was getting harder. She leant against the doorframe and her smile grew as Darius threw a snowball at Harry, surprised at the accuracy of her son. Glancing away from her family Nikki glanced at the calendar and saw it was the fifth of January and she only had fifteen days until her due date. Her heart thumped nervously, Nikki had thought that after two pregnancies the nerves wouldn't be as bad, she was wrong they were just as bad.

"Mummy come and play" Edward shouted from his position behind Harry as he used his father to guard himself against the snowballs thrown from his younger brothers.

"Mummy cant son" Harry explained and Edward frowned

"Why?"

"Because she might hurt herself and the baby" Harry told the two year old and Nikki smirked slightly when she saw Graham hand Darius an already made snowball "and we don't want her to do that do we?"

Edward shook his head just as the snowball Darius was holding collided with Harry's face and a shocked look appeared on his face. Nikki burst out laughing when she saw the look on her husbands face and all three children laughed. Harry chuckled loudly as he reached down and picked up some snow in his hands, the three boys laughed louder as they all ran away from Harry in the direction of the garden shed, Harry hot on their heels. Shaking her head slightly, a grin on her face, Nikki retreated back into the warmth of the house and walked through the kitchen to the living room where she sat down with a groan. About half an hour later the kitchen door opened and four very wet and very cold boys walked through the door. Nikki looked up from the television and smiled at them.

"I think they need a bath to warm up" she told Harry and went to stand up but Harry placed a hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her down again.

"I'll do it" he told her and leant down to give her a kiss before breaking away "You stay and rest, you look exhausted"

"Thank you" Nikki replied sarcastically but kissed Harry again to show she didn't mean it "And you better warm yourself before you come anywhere near me again, you're freezing"

"Yes dear" Harry called back as he walked out of the living room and after his sons who had run upstairs. Nikki rolled her eyes at the obvious sarcasm and moved so she was laying on the sofa once more and turned the television up.

Later that night Nikki woke up suddenly, groaning slightly she raised her hand to her eyes and pushed her hair away from her face. Glancing at the clock Nikki saw it was half past two in the morning, letting out another quiet groan she tried to get back to sleep again but to no avail. After fifteen minutes Nikki got fed up and carefully climbed out of bed trying not to wake Harry in the process. Walking quickly out of the room Nikki wandered down the hallway to the stairs then walked down to the kitchen where she preceded to make herself a drink. A few minutes later a sharp pain flew up Nikki's back and she dropped the mug she was holding in surprise, it hit the side of the worktop and shattered before falling to the floor and scattered itself around. Taking a deep breath Nikki placed one hand on her stomach and the other on her back as she straightened up and winced slightly. Looking down at the floor Nikki sighed when she saw the mess she had made and looked towards the door when she heard footsteps on the stairs.

"Nikki?" came Harry's sleepy voice as he walked into the kitchen "Are you alright?" he asked as he saw the shattered mug on the floor and Nikki nodded. Forcing a smile she replied.

"I'm fine, I just lost my grip on the mug"

"Couldn't sleep?" Harry asked sympathetically as he set around cleaning the mug up and placing the pieces in the bin. Nikki shook her head in answer to the question and Harry stood up and gave her a concerned look.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine Harry" Nikki assured him and he wrapped his arms around her and pressed a kiss onto her head before turning back to the kettle.

"Do you still want a drink?"

"No thank you" Nikki replied and placed her hands on her husbands shoulders and leant up to kiss him "I love you"

"and I love you" Harry told her and kissed her again a smile on his face "Come back to bed?"

Before Nikki could answer she groaned and leant her head on Harry's chest taking a deep breath as she did so, one of her hands made it's way to her stomach and Harry looked down at her looking slightly shocked.

"Nikki?"

"Sorry" Nikki said quietly as she looked up at him "That's two now"

"Since you woke up" Harry confirmed as he reached behind him for the phone "Is that what woke you?"

Nodding, Nikki moved away from him and leant against the counter behind her.

"Ten minutes?" Nikki shrugged "That's why I dropped the mug, probably why I woke up as well"

"Do you want to go to the hospital?" Harry enquired softly as he walked over to Nikki and placed one hand on her stomach, in his other he held the phone "I can call Leo to ask one of them to look after the boys"

Nikki nodded and leant forward and rested her head on Harry's chest as he dialled Leo's phone number, he wrapped his free arm around her back and pulled his wife as close as her stomach would allow him to. The phone was picked up after a few rings and Sam's sleepy voice trailed down the phone.

"Hello?"

"Sam it's Harry" Harry said quickly "Nikki's gone into labour and I'm taking her to the hospital, would you or Leo come and look after the boys?"

"Of course" Sam replied and Harry heard her hiss Leo's name to her husband "We'll be round soon"

"Thank you" Harry said then hung up the phone and took Nikki's hand in his "Come on"

He led her to the living room and sat her down on the sofa where he crouched down in front of her and took her hands in his and kissed them gently. "I'm going to go and get the bag from the bedroom then I'll be back"

"Okay" Nikki nodded and smiled brightly at him but Harry could see she was very nervous.

Placing a kiss onto her lips Harry then walked out of the room and up the stairs to the bedroom leaving Nikki alone in the living room.

Two days until Primeval! :D Whoo!

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