Day 30 - Discovered Among A Reindeer - Opening Day

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Opening Day
The Best Is Yet To Come Part III
by macklingirl

Bodie and Doyle were a bit nervous when they arrived at their pub. "I hope it'll be good tonight", Bodie said while he opened the door. "It was so much work to get this into good shape again."
"Oh, don't you worry, Bodie", Doyle answered and put down the basket with the china. "They will all come and it will be a great party."

While Doyle was busy clearing out the transport baskets, Bodie placed the bar stools at the bar.








"Wait a minute", Bodie said after he looked at the shelves. "I think we'll have to re-arrange some of the things you've put onto the shelves. There is no room for the bottles left I need in my bar."
"He, what do you mean 're-arrange'? There is a lot of space behind the bar." Doyle said, whisking some sweat from his brow. "I didn't use all the space for my café."
"Well, come around and look for yourself, Raymondo", Bodie said with a smile. "I'm sure you'll see what I mean." When they both stood in front of the bar Doyle grinned sheepishly. "Aaah, yes, I see what you mean. Ok, let's rearrange it a bit."



"Oh sure, Ray. But first, let's have a glass of wine and raise a toast to our second mainstay."
"Yeah, to our second mainstay. I'm so happy we have something to look forward to when we have to retire sometime. Or to get London out of our hair for a weekend. Cheers, love."


They soon re-arranged some of the things Doyle already had placed and they even found a place for ketchup and mustard and some beer cans.






"Let's take a break, Bodie. I can't stand on my feet any longer", Doyle said and sat down at the piano. "Let's play our song." Bodie sat down on the floor, took his guitar and they played for a while.



After fifteen minutes he sprang to his feet. "Come on, Doyle. We have no time to waste."



They carried the chairs they had found at an antique market into the bar




and placed them on the coffee table.




Afer that they went outside to fetch the big crate of Champagne they ordered for the opening party.



"Oi, where should I place the plant? It should be somewhere safe, don't you think so?"
"Oh yes, I think the best place will be behind the door. It should be safe there for tonight and tomorrow we'll think of a better place", was Ray's replie.




Then they climbed the ladders to fix the party lights.



When they finished with everything they had to do to make the pub ready they took two steps back and looked around. They liked what they saw. There were wine and whisky glasses, some pewter cups (they had heard that there were people who liked their wine out of pewter cups. Silly folk), coffee and tea cups with matching saucers and cake plates, beer and wine bottles, champagne and even a bottle of whisky. Everything was there, except the food which Doyle would make soon.




Half an hour before the first guests arrived Doyle put the food on to the bar.






At point 5:00 PM Mr. Cowley and Miss Walsh arrived. They were placed at the table and ordered some tea. They drank it while Bodie played the piano for them.



"What do you think, Elizabeth. Will they quit CI5 now with them owning a pub like this?" Cowley asked Elizabeth Walsh in a low tone. "Oh no, I don't think that you'll have to worry about that. I think they love the thought of having something to live for when they get older and aren't able to do the work on the streets anymore."

Cowley took a sip of his tea and discovered, that Doyle had spiked his with some whisky. "Good lad", he said with a grin. "What was that, George?" Elizabeth asked curious. "Oh, nothing. I only thought if Bodie would like to play a game of Poker with me. When I win I'll tell them they shouldn't play with the thought of running this place by themselves. If he wins they can decide what they want."

Bodie was very keen to play because he was sure he would win. But Cowley's hand was better.



So it was clear that they would continue to work for CI5 and only run the pub on the side. Once this decision had been made, it was a great opening party with a whole host of guests.

Anson came from an undercover job where he had to play a homeless guy. "You should have bathed", Doyle greeted him and gave him a can of beer. "You're smelling worse than your cigars ever did."



Susan came and was greeted by Bodie.



And they all had a lot of fun.




The End

Title: Opening Day
Series: The Best Is Yet To Come
Author: macklingirl
ProsLib: Yes, please. I will create a PDF with all three parts of the series and send it.
Disclaimer: The characters of Bodie and Doyle or any other CI5 Agent aren't mine. But everything you can see in the photos is mine. The complete bar is handmade by me, every piece of furniture and the lighting. Only the china and the bottles are bought.

I apologize for the bunch of pictures, I just can't stop sometimes. And I apologize for the slightly greasy quality, photografing was difficult.

Comments

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Another enjoyable story. The details are amazing, and the photos are all crisp and sharp. :-)

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, I'm happy you enjoyed the story. I'm so proud of the details that I had to show them. Hence the bunch of images. And thank you for letting me know they are crisp and sharp. :-)

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[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. :-)

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

*applauds* What a super job. I love the story about them having their bar/coffee shop. Your details are wonderful! Thank you for doing this!

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very, very much. *blushes*

I'm so happy you like what I did. It was so much fun to do it (and much work too) so it is good to hear you like the details. :-)

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

This is amazing! All the detail, the pictures, the story — all perfect. :-) Well done. Thanks so much for sharing the lads with us.

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you so much. The lads and I are happy that you enjoyed the story and liked the pictures. It was fun to create the story around them. :-)

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I'm always really amazed with all the details in your creations and the patience you must have. And you've even included Miss. Walsh and Cowley! An amazing post, thank you.

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

This year was really a fight with my patience because I knocked the whole thing over twice. But I wanted to do it so I had to start again. *g* Miss Walsh and Cowley included themselves, I had nothing to do with it. They told me that they wanted to go to the opening party. ;-)

Thank you so much for liking this little story. :-)

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

Thankyou for this, i have really enjoyed your stories with the lads.

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very, very much. I'm so happy you enjoyed the stories with my Rainlads. It was fun to make them and to take you with them on their journey.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

This was amazing!!! Thank you. I love the pub and coffeebar!!!! What a great future for the lads! Thank you.

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very, very much. Glad to hear you love the pub and coffeebar. And now they have something they can look forward to when the time arrives and they have to retire. Thanks for loving it.

[sw33n3y.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a well stocked coffee house and bar! Little wonder they have plenty of customers, even if they are colleagues.

Thanks for the holiday fun!

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. Yes, they brought everything they love to have themselves. And their colleagues are their friends too and I'm sure they people from the village with join them soon. I'm happy you had fun reading the story, I had fun creating it. :⁠-⁠)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heee! That was fun — and I love to see them carrying things, how clever! *g*

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, I'm happy you had fun joining them at the opening party. :-)

And thank you for the 'clever'. :-)