Don't Read A Book by It's Cover
Part IIII
DISCLAIMER: 'The Bill' characters depicted in this story is copyrighted to Thames Television/Pearson Corp.
"Right my round isn't it?" Ken asked as the group of detectives all sat down in the nearest pub they could get herself to.
"Yeah, I'll have a pint," DI Manson answered while moving along the corner table so Gary and Phil could sit down. "What about you Rob, Gary, Phil?" Neil questioned "Eh. A pint sounds good to me," Gary looked around the table to attract attention, the remainder nodded to Gary's suggestion and Ken headed to the bar.
"So where are we going first then?" Gina asked her partying colleges. "We can go straight to the club - or we can go to a pub first then when the queue has gone down for the club, we get our self's over there before all the big rugged men are taken," The girls looked at each other and laughed, they were all walking in a row in high heels and the type of clothing that shows they want a good time, comfortable but seductive.
Ken stood at the bar, waiting for the bartender to take notice - he was busy talking to some attractive women, he coughed. The bartender noticed him and walked over.
"Five pints of bitter please." the man behind the nodded and gathered five pint glasses and one after another placed then underneath the tap and poured a beautiful pint. Back at the table Phil was showing the rest of the guys his new phone, "This is the latest technology, it's small and practical," Gary smiled as Neil looked over to see what was keeping ken.
"How do you press the buttons then?" Gary glanced around the table to see if anyone had the answer.
"With his eyebrow tweezers of course!" Rob exclaimed, Gary and Neil found it funny but Phil just put the phone back in his pocket.
"It does everything; e-mail, text messages, picture messages and a inbuilt digital camera that you can print off!" Rob searched for Ken then took his attention back to Phil, catching the last few words.
"And believe it or not… It can take calls as well!" Rob pronounced sarcastically. The table laughed once again at Phil, Ken arrived and hastily grabbed his pint and sat down next to the DI as the others scrambled to get their beverage.
"Ah here's a nice pub, and as far as I know no-one from work drinks here." The uniform girls followed Mother Gold down the darkening streets of London passing drunks and speeding taxis. As they opened the doors they could smell the strong scent of larger and tobacco, highlighted with a dash of football on the windscreen TV and a mini-darts match at the far end of the pub.
"Well this is a good pit-stop point eh ladies?" The girls found a small table a the front if the pub. Honey, Yvonne, Gina and Andrea made their best attempts to fit each other around the table, "Right who's getting the first round in then?" "Not me, if I have to get them you all have to stand up and shuffle over!" Andrea said trying to ensure her that her seat wasn't taken and trying to hide her laziness. Gina stood, "alright I'll go what does everyone want then? It doesn't matter we'll all have the same!" Gina walked over to the bartender and spoke loudly so the girls could hear her, "I'll have four gin and tonics, four vodka shots, two orange juices and two mineral waters!" Gina turned around to the uniform girls behind her, "That's my order what do you guys want?" The table was giggling until Gina came and sat down, while she was waiting she began dancing to herself and then when she got the drinks she nearly tripped up over Honey's feet. They tried not to attract much attention while laughing hard but Neil had recognised Andrea's laugh.
"Are the girls from uniform here?" Neil asked while sipping his drink. Rob moved his head backwards so he could see who were laughing loudly, "Yeah, did anyone wonder who was making all that noise? Well it's Honey, Yvonne, Andrea and Inspector Gold. Bloody hell I didn't know they could be so loud," Phil laughed "Maybe they're drunk!" Gary added, Phil looked up,
"Ooh I hope so, they might need someone to walk them home." Phil laughed,
"Yeah like Andrea Dunbar, I'm telling you now lads if she's up for it, well so am I!" Rob pointed his drink at the DI.
Neil darted Rob a dark look, No-one thinks that of Andrea he thought. And took another sip of his pint.
Honey moved around the table uncomfortably, "What's wrong with you, got wind or something?" Yvonne asked bluntly. Honey continued to move about.
"No I need to go wee wee!" She stood up and ran with her legs semi-crossed down the far end of the pub.
"Gotten any closer to Mr. Mystery Lover yet Yvonne?" Gina asked, Andrea spiked her head upwards and hit Yvonne on the arm,
"Oww! what was that for?" Yvonne rubbed her arm, "You're not suppose to tell everyone! That was between me and you." Yvonne looked around the table,
"But I needed help on guessing, I haven't told them the clues, just that you fancy someone in the station" Andrea pulled a sarcastic 'oh really' look.
Just then Phil walked over to the ladies, Gina noticed his presence, "Ooh what do we owe this pleasure" Phil smiled sarcastically,
"The guys from CID are here, and we thought that we could join forces, you still owe me a drinking contest!" Gina sighed.
"Not now I'm with the girls" Phil turned to look at his colleges behind him.
"Well if you can't handler the competition…" "I never said that!" Gina butted in. Gina looked around the table, and the faces of her mates. Everyone said go for it. So they all got their drinks and found a bigger table. Like fate Neil was sat opposite Andrea. Throughout the competition they passed looks at each other, sometimes they both lingered. On one occasion when Phil had won Gary Andrea moved her foot up Neil's leg, she thought he would move away, but he did the opposite, he smiled and reacted by moving his leg closer to her. As the drinking contest went on, DI Manson and Yvonne were the only ones that didn't drink - they decided earlier on that someone from each team mustn't drink, so they can get the others home. Andrea volunteered but being Scottish Gina thought that Andrea would be good for the whiskey part if the contest, Gina was right she was, three whiskeys in the shortest time, Andrea wasn't drunk but she was a bit tipsy. She told everyone that she was going home. As she got up and walked to the door Neil followed her and reminded her that is wasn't safe to walk on her own home. He told the rest of the drinkers that he was also going back home and he was dropping her off. They said their good-byes and walked over to his car.
"Which on is it?" Andrea inquired, Neil glanced towards her, he was near the streetlamps and could she that their was a large puddle coming up along their path, Andrea was too busy looking around her and taking in the air. She walked up to it and stepped in the corner of the puddle, before she moved any further and slipped on the soggy leaves that were floating on the water, before she hit the ground she felt a stop, Neil had caught her. He held her close but softy. He helped her back to her feet and for a few seconds looked in her eyes, it wasn't long till they were laughing and that very moment Neil realised that if there was a time to make a move on Andrea, this was it. She moved her head sideways to meet with his lips and gently they kissed. Neil wasn't sure whether she was drunk or sober so he only kissed her lightly. Andrea reassured him that she wasn't drunk and he held her face in his hands, slowly and powerfully he moved closer and kissed her deeply. They broke the kiss in a silence, but they both smiled. "I'll take you home now" He said in a deep husky voice that gave Andrea goose pimples.
"Ok" she said as he opened the passenger door for her and closed it."
DISCLAIMER: 'The Bill' characters depicted in this story is copyrighted to Thames Television/Pearson Corp.
"Right my round isn't it?" Ken asked as the group of detectives all sat down in the nearest pub they could get herself to.
"Yeah, I'll have a pint," DI Manson answered while moving along the corner table so Gary and Phil could sit down. "What about you Rob, Gary, Phil?" Neil questioned "Eh. A pint sounds good to me," Gary looked around the table to attract attention, the remainder nodded to Gary's suggestion and Ken headed to the bar.
"So where are we going first then?" Gina asked her partying colleges. "We can go straight to the club - or we can go to a pub first then when the queue has gone down for the club, we get our self's over there before all the big rugged men are taken," The girls looked at each other and laughed, they were all walking in a row in high heels and the type of clothing that shows they want a good time, comfortable but seductive.
Ken stood at the bar, waiting for the bartender to take notice - he was busy talking to some attractive women, he coughed. The bartender noticed him and walked over.
"Five pints of bitter please." the man behind the nodded and gathered five pint glasses and one after another placed then underneath the tap and poured a beautiful pint. Back at the table Phil was showing the rest of the guys his new phone, "This is the latest technology, it's small and practical," Gary smiled as Neil looked over to see what was keeping ken.
"How do you press the buttons then?" Gary glanced around the table to see if anyone had the answer.
"With his eyebrow tweezers of course!" Rob exclaimed, Gary and Neil found it funny but Phil just put the phone back in his pocket.
"It does everything; e-mail, text messages, picture messages and a inbuilt digital camera that you can print off!" Rob searched for Ken then took his attention back to Phil, catching the last few words.
"And believe it or not… It can take calls as well!" Rob pronounced sarcastically. The table laughed once again at Phil, Ken arrived and hastily grabbed his pint and sat down next to the DI as the others scrambled to get their beverage.
"Ah here's a nice pub, and as far as I know no-one from work drinks here." The uniform girls followed Mother Gold down the darkening streets of London passing drunks and speeding taxis. As they opened the doors they could smell the strong scent of larger and tobacco, highlighted with a dash of football on the windscreen TV and a mini-darts match at the far end of the pub.
"Well this is a good pit-stop point eh ladies?" The girls found a small table a the front if the pub. Honey, Yvonne, Gina and Andrea made their best attempts to fit each other around the table, "Right who's getting the first round in then?" "Not me, if I have to get them you all have to stand up and shuffle over!" Andrea said trying to ensure her that her seat wasn't taken and trying to hide her laziness. Gina stood, "alright I'll go what does everyone want then? It doesn't matter we'll all have the same!" Gina walked over to the bartender and spoke loudly so the girls could hear her, "I'll have four gin and tonics, four vodka shots, two orange juices and two mineral waters!" Gina turned around to the uniform girls behind her, "That's my order what do you guys want?" The table was giggling until Gina came and sat down, while she was waiting she began dancing to herself and then when she got the drinks she nearly tripped up over Honey's feet. They tried not to attract much attention while laughing hard but Neil had recognised Andrea's laugh.
"Are the girls from uniform here?" Neil asked while sipping his drink. Rob moved his head backwards so he could see who were laughing loudly, "Yeah, did anyone wonder who was making all that noise? Well it's Honey, Yvonne, Andrea and Inspector Gold. Bloody hell I didn't know they could be so loud," Phil laughed "Maybe they're drunk!" Gary added, Phil looked up,
"Ooh I hope so, they might need someone to walk them home." Phil laughed,
"Yeah like Andrea Dunbar, I'm telling you now lads if she's up for it, well so am I!" Rob pointed his drink at the DI.
Neil darted Rob a dark look, No-one thinks that of Andrea he thought. And took another sip of his pint.
Honey moved around the table uncomfortably, "What's wrong with you, got wind or something?" Yvonne asked bluntly. Honey continued to move about.
"No I need to go wee wee!" She stood up and ran with her legs semi-crossed down the far end of the pub.
"Gotten any closer to Mr. Mystery Lover yet Yvonne?" Gina asked, Andrea spiked her head upwards and hit Yvonne on the arm,
"Oww! what was that for?" Yvonne rubbed her arm, "You're not suppose to tell everyone! That was between me and you." Yvonne looked around the table,
"But I needed help on guessing, I haven't told them the clues, just that you fancy someone in the station" Andrea pulled a sarcastic 'oh really' look.
Just then Phil walked over to the ladies, Gina noticed his presence, "Ooh what do we owe this pleasure" Phil smiled sarcastically,
"The guys from CID are here, and we thought that we could join forces, you still owe me a drinking contest!" Gina sighed.
"Not now I'm with the girls" Phil turned to look at his colleges behind him.
"Well if you can't handler the competition…" "I never said that!" Gina butted in. Gina looked around the table, and the faces of her mates. Everyone said go for it. So they all got their drinks and found a bigger table. Like fate Neil was sat opposite Andrea. Throughout the competition they passed looks at each other, sometimes they both lingered. On one occasion when Phil had won Gary Andrea moved her foot up Neil's leg, she thought he would move away, but he did the opposite, he smiled and reacted by moving his leg closer to her. As the drinking contest went on, DI Manson and Yvonne were the only ones that didn't drink - they decided earlier on that someone from each team mustn't drink, so they can get the others home. Andrea volunteered but being Scottish Gina thought that Andrea would be good for the whiskey part if the contest, Gina was right she was, three whiskeys in the shortest time, Andrea wasn't drunk but she was a bit tipsy. She told everyone that she was going home. As she got up and walked to the door Neil followed her and reminded her that is wasn't safe to walk on her own home. He told the rest of the drinkers that he was also going back home and he was dropping her off. They said their good-byes and walked over to his car.
"Which on is it?" Andrea inquired, Neil glanced towards her, he was near the streetlamps and could she that their was a large puddle coming up along their path, Andrea was too busy looking around her and taking in the air. She walked up to it and stepped in the corner of the puddle, before she moved any further and slipped on the soggy leaves that were floating on the water, before she hit the ground she felt a stop, Neil had caught her. He held her close but softy. He helped her back to her feet and for a few seconds looked in her eyes, it wasn't long till they were laughing and that very moment Neil realised that if there was a time to make a move on Andrea, this was it. She moved her head sideways to meet with his lips and gently they kissed. Neil wasn't sure whether she was drunk or sober so he only kissed her lightly. Andrea reassured him that she wasn't drunk and he held her face in his hands, slowly and powerfully he moved closer and kissed her deeply. They broke the kiss in a silence, but they both smiled. "I'll take you home now" He said in a deep husky voice that gave Andrea goose pimples.
"Ok" she said as he opened the passenger door for her and closed it."