Every cloud 1/3
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Episode:- None
Pairing:- Nicola/Ollie
Rating:- M
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Summary:- He'd known it wasn't going to be easy to get her to look for the silver lining in all of this but seeing how she was going to have to get to their home for the night he was now sure it was going to be completely impossible.
Author's Note:- In answer to the torrential rain/flooding challenge rated for sexual content and of course language. Enjoy and reviews would be fantastic.
"So we just go do a walk about of affected houses, be sympathetic and tell them the government is doing all it can to provide extra funding for flood defences and shit like that. There'll be a team of fucking red top photographers following us who will all be out for blood so try not to give them any ammunition we want to be in and out in half an hour or we'll be late getting back to the office and you'll be late for Ella's recital tonight." Ollie lectured as Elvis pulled the ministerial car into a space across from the dingy looking pub and by the swollen river in the small country village they were visiting.
"Ok so there's six properties that were flooded when the river burst it's bank?" Nicola asked trying to stall as long as possible before getting out of the car, the small village they were in had been flooded four times in two years and she had every confidence that the last thing the residents would want would be to have a government minister followed by TV cameras and a pile of fucking tossers with cameras traipsing through their homes giving fake promises that they'd have heard a dozen times before. Add to that the fact the rain was still coming down in sheets and staying in the warmth and relative safety of the car seemed preferable to braving it. "Did we send someone out any of the other times?"
"The environment minister came out last time but they didn't exactly take to him you know what he's like born with a fucking silver spoon in his mouth that he now carries around shoved up his arse. He came across as over privileged and unsympathetic." Ollie replied laughing as Nicola rolled her eyes.
"Yeah well he is over privileged and fucking unsympathetic and he was probably too interested in getting back for his meeting of the fucking masons or whatever." He agreed finally reaching for the waterproof jacket on the back parcel shelf and about to reach for the door handle when Elvis turned in his seat.
"Minister you need to sit tight for a second we've hit a small problem." He said glancing at Ollie who stared back at him with the same level of confusion Nicola was feeling.
"Elvis we don't have time for this." He snapped opening the door on his side of the car and stepping out finding himself knee deep in water. "Fuck what the hell Elvis could you not have parked somewhere else?"
"I was trying to tell you I didn't realise we were so close to the river bank and with the rain…."
"You have got to be fucking joking!" Nicola groaned as Ollie got back into the car his trousers saturated to just below the knee and she glanced over before he closed the door and saw the water lapping at the edge of it.
"Sorry minister but if I try to start the engine it'll flood the cylinders and even when the water does subside there'll be no way of getting home." The driver explained giving an apologetic shrug as he spoke.
"So we're supposed to sit here and wait indefinitely then?" Nicola snapped glaring at Ollie like he should be somehow coming up with an alternative more agreeable plan.
"We can't it could be tomorrow before it subsides. Elvis you better see if there's a local with some way of getting us to the pub and pray they have somewhere they can put us up for the night!" He replied waiting until the driver grudgingly got out of the car and waded his way across the car park before turning to Nicola and shrugging. "Look I know it's a fucking disaster but it could be worse we could…"
"How the hell do you work that one out Ollie? Fuck sake somewhere there's a fucking minibus full of press photographers and I'm going to have to get from here to that pub in some way which you can rest assured they'll take great pleasure in capturing then we're stuck here when I'm supposed to be watching my daughter sing her first solo for the first time in her school recital so now I get to spend the night in a town full of fucked off locals then go home to a daughter who won't be fucking talking to me and a husband who'll make it his mission to remind me why she's not at every fucking opportunity. There has to be a way to get me out of this hell hole this afternoon!"
"There isn't Nicola unless you want tomorrow's front pages to be full of you being airlifted out of a village full of people living day to day with the aftermath of flooding." Ollie sighed as he saw her shake her head in frustration before sitting through an excruciating conversation between her and James during which she stayed remarkably calm until the last 30 seconds.
"Yeah well considering you're the world's biggest and most arrogant fucking wanker you can go fuck yourself or whoever you're screwing these days." Nicola shouted hitting the disconnect button before throwing the phone toward Ollie as he caught it just before it made contact with the window.
"James being his usual considerate understanding self I see." He sighed as she leaned her head back on the seat and sighed heavily. "Look like I said it could be worse at least there's somewhere to stay we could have ended up having to spend the night in the car."
"Minister I've spoken to the landlord at the pub he has two rooms you tow can have and he says his sister can put me up for the night he's coming in a second with a raft they've been using to rescue stranded locals to get you over to the pub." Elvis said putting his head through the car window making her jump. "I'm going to go on down to the address he gave me I'm soaked through he says his brother in law should have something that'll fit me to change into. I'll come get you in the morning assuming the water has subsided."
"Wait Elvis when's he…" Ollie began his words falling on deaf ears as Elvis walked away through the deep water and he saw what he assumed was the pub landlord walking through the water toward them with what looked like an old kids sleigh with some barrels attached.
"They have got to be fucking kidding me." Nicola muttered as he grimaced at the complete fury in her tone. He'd known it wasn't going to be easy to get her to look for the silver lining in all of this but seeing how she was going to have to get to their home for the night he was now sure it was going to be completely impossible.