"Hello again," Aoife smirked standing on the doorstep. "May I come in?"
"Cara isn't home..." Nikki replied, her grip tightening on the door knob.
"I'm here to visit my new family member, "Aoife said with a smirk. She showed Nikki a small box in her hands. "Now can I come in? I can't wait to hold her."
Nikki opened the door wider and let Aoife in. As Aoife passed her, Nikki rolled her eyes and sighed deeply. She did not want this.
"Hey Jack." Aoife said walking into the living room.
She set the small box on the saloon table and took off her black furry coat, throwing it on the empty armchair before sitting down next to Jack.
She greeted him with two kisses, one to each cheek. "Looking handsome as always."
Nikki rolled her eyes while walking into the living room. She grabbed Aoife's coat from the armchair and hung it up in the hallway before returning to the living room. "Coffee Aoife?"
"I'll have a wine please."
Jack looked up to meet Nikki's eyes.
"We don't have white wine at the moment Aoife, we only have red ."
"Seriously, no white wine?"
"Not since I found out I was pregnant. We only have red because Jack likes it while having dinner or late at night."
"You're not pregnant again are you?" Aoife said looking Nikki up an down.
"No..." Nikki suddenly felt insecure. Did she look pregnant again? "I'm breastfeeding, they strongly advise you not to drink alcohol while breastfeeding."
"Okay." Aoife said still looking at Nikki. "Then I'll have a whiskey, to celebrate the expansion of our family."
Aoife's eyes left Nikki and went to Jack and the little baby in his arms.
Nikki nodded and walked to the kitchen to pour Aoife a glass of whiskey. She returned to the living room and placed the glass on the table in front of Aoife.
She rolled her eyes when Aoife didn't bother to thank her.
"Oh Jack, she is so cute, she looks just like you."
"Really? All I see is Nikki, blonde hair, big brown eyes."
Aoife didn't reply and coeed at Mila in Jack's arms. "Can I hold her?"
Jack swiftly looked at Nikki who shrugged at him. "Erm, yea sure." He carefully handed Mila to Aoife, who kept cooing down at her.
"Hello little one, I'm auntie Aoife."
'Auntie?' Nikki mouthed to Jack, who just smirked back at her whislt trying to hold in a laugh.
Mila, who didn't feel at ease in Aoife's arms, started to kick up a fuss and wiggle her little body.
"Look out for that, she's in a mood." Nikki said politely to Aoife.
"I know how to handle a baby dear." Aoife replied rolling her eyes as she began to rock Mila, who started to cry. "Hush you little wee one."
Mila's cries became louder as she bawled her little hands into tiny fists.
"C'mere babygirl." Jack said softly before taking his daughter back from Aoife who clearly wasn't amused that she had had this effect.
Jack walked over to Nikki and handed Mila over to her. When he pulled away he kissed Nikki's head, handing her Mila's dummy and went to sit back down on the couch.
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At the Hodgsons
FanfictionContinuing from my multi fic 'At the Hodgsons' Follow Jack and Nikki in the ups and downs of being a family. Muture to be safe. BBC owns the characters.