B&B OF LOVE AND FUN-15

Hello all. Thank you for all the reviews after yesterday's chapter. So our B&B had it's first success and now it's time for next challenges, but meanwhile we will get through the daily basis of love and fun in this chapter. Hope you will like it ;-)

The next day Elsie woke up early, as usual, feeling relaxed and well rested. She smiled warmly, seeing Charles still in a state of a deep sleep. They had some fantastic moments last night and obviously Charles needed to have some good rest after their activity.

She quietly got up, covering him tighter with the duvet and left the room without making any noise. Elsie was craving a cup of coffee, plus she expected that Beryl will be in the kitchen already. She was always the first one to wake up and today Elsie was hoping for a quiet conversation. She was very curious how last night went...

Just as she predicted, Beryl was already spinning around the kitchen, humming some song, which indicated that she was in the good mood...

"Good morning Beryl...You are up so early?"

"Good morning Elsie...You know how it is...There is always something to do in the kitchen...Can I get you something? Any breakfast?"

"No, thank you...I will eat later, when Charles will get up. I would just want a cup of coffee"

"No problem...Coming right your way..."

"So, tell me...How did last night go?"

"What do you mean Elsie?"

"Oh, come on Beryl...Don't play innocent with me...You know very well what I mean...How was your late night talk with Mr Mason?"

"Like you were not listening under the door!"

"I certainly wasn't...We went straight to sleep..."

"Mr Mason left soon after you said good night, so there isn't anything that I can tell you..."

"I don't believe that...I saw the way you were looking at each other...It had to mean something..."

"I knew that I will not be able to hide it from you...You have a very sharp eye Elsie...It was always like that, even when we were working in Downton. You were always the one who knew exactly what was going on in the house..."

"Don't try to change the subject Beryl...Tell me...I want to know all the details..."

"It was really nothing...I mean Mr Mason told me how brave I am to go back into the same business that has given me so much stress in the past...He said that he admires me for that and I told him that it wasn't that awful, because with your support I feel much more confident..."

"And?"

"And later he asked me if I would like to eat dinner with him in our local pub, on Saturday night and I agreed..."

"I knew it! He made the first step...I'm so happy for you!"

"Elsie...Don't get too excited...It's just a dinner in a local pub, no big deal..."

"It is a big deal..."

"No, it's not...You know that dinner is just a dinner...You had one yourself with your ex beau Joe Burns..."

"And if you recall correctly, he asked me to marry him after the dinner, so you see that it is a big deal.."

"Elsie...Mr Mason will not ask me to marry him...Not yet..."

"Maybe not yet, but he will do it eventually..."

"Maybe so, maybe not...It's too soon..."

"Too soon? Beryl..Please...You know each other for few years, you like to spend time together...It's a natural next step...What's the matter Beryl? Don't you want him to ask you?"

"I'm not sure...I mean I like him...I like him very much, but I'm not sure if I want to marry yet..."

Well Beryl, as harsh as it sounds, we are not getting any younger, so if I were you, I wouldn't wait too long...Me and Charles were waiting much too long and now we are enjoying our marriage life to the fullest..."

"I bet you are...In every way possible..."-Beryl had that playful face expression again...

"No, no, no...Not this time...Now it's my turn to do the jokes and believe me, I will take every opportunity..."

"I knew that my jokes will come back to bite me in you know what..."

"What goes around comes around..."

"Apparently...Now, I will excuse myself and go to the garden to pick some apples...I intend to make an apple pie..."

"For Mr Mason?"

"No, for your husband...He asked me to do it...You know that it's his favorite pie..."

"I know...Better if you do it instead of me..."

"True enough..."

Beryl left to the garden and Elsie was enjoying her morning coffee...Suddenly she had a wave of positive feelings, like everything went back to the correct place...The B&B was going well, she was extremely happy with Charles and now Beryl was heading towards her happy ending...In that particular moment Elsie felt that she didn't do anything more...

She didn't notice that Charles entered the kitchen and stood behind her, holding her waist and nestling his face into her hair...

"Good morning my beautiful wife...Do you know that you are even more beautiful in the daylight, than you are at night?"

"Good morning Charlie...And how would you know that? You don't see me at night, because it's always dark in our room..."

"In that case maybe we should just keep the lights on..."

"Sounds rather revolutionary for you..."

"Everyone needs changes from time to time...Even such old and conservative curmudgeon as me.."

"What a proper evaluation of your character...I see that you are in a very good mood..."

"Why shouldn't I be? Having such a wonderful wife is making my mood a lot better..."

"I have a feeling that your mood will be better soon, because Beryl just went to the garden, to pick some apples for the apple pie that she intends to bake for you..."

"What a treat! Am I not the luckiest person in the world? I have two lovely women who take care of me...Sounds like I really done a good business starting this B&B with you two.."

"Sounds like you did...Sit down my love...I will make breakfast for all of us and then we can take a little walk..."

"Perfect plan..."

Beryl soon came back and Katie got up and all four of them had a delicious breakfast together...After the breakfast Katie went to the village, to buy some things that she needed, Beryl started to bake the apple pie and Charles with Elsie went for a walk...

There was a beautiful spot near their B&B-small forest and a lake...They were walking around, talking about the recent events and even sharing few tender kisses, without a fear of being caught, as the place was really secluded...

Their walk took much more time than they realized. They came back to the B&B, being in a really great mood, only to find Beryl sitting in the kitchen with terror in her eyes...

"Beryl, what is the matter? You look so pale...Are you not feeling well?"-Elsie was constantly near her friend...

"Maybe I should give you a glass of water?"-Charles asked with care...

"I'm fine, really...Everything is well it's just that...You are not going to believe this..."

"What? What is the matter?"

"I just picked a phone call few moments ago..From a gentleman who presented himself as a president of a preservation of old churches society...He told me that he and his group-six people in total, intend to visit our village, to get some knowledge about the local churches and they want to stay in our B&B. They are coming the day after tomorrow..."

"That's great news! Beryl! Why are you so scared?"-Elsie felt that once more she will have to be the calming force...

"I'm not scared, more like terrified...Six people..."

"Charles, don't you dare to panic now..."-Elsie needed just one look at Charles, to find out that he became pale too...No time to waste...All hands on board...We have a lot of preparations to do..."

"Yes Elsie"-Beryl and Charles replied in unison...

That's all for today...So, as I mentioned in the beginning...A little bit of fun, love and definitely some new challenges...Elsie will have to take the lead as Charles and Beryl seems to be on the panic mood again...Hope you had fun reading it. Have a nice week!