"Oh my God, I'm so sorry Mr. Stark." Cassidy yelped out. Great job Cass, try to pull a gun on the guy whose house your living in. "You just scared the crap out of me."
Tony smiled and lowered his hands. "It's okay, I guess I should have announced myself or had Jarvis do it for me, but I thought that might scare you so, here I am."
"Jarvis?"
"He's my AI, he basically runs the tower. Say hi to Miss Forbes J." Tony said.
"Hello Miss Forbes, my mane is Jarvis, I can assist you with anything you might require while staying in the tower." A cool British voice said through the ceiling. Cassidy looked up and smiled softly. "It's nice to meet you Jarvis, and please call me Cassidy."
"Will do Cassidy."
Tony stepped toward her and handed her the four things he had tucked under his arm. "So, I really came down here to show you around, and get you settled. These are for you. There's a computer, a Stark Tablet, and Stark Phone and you personal I.D Badge. Jarvis is installed on all the devices, and the badge will get you anywhere in the tower, including my penthouse, because on occasion you will have to drag me from the lab to bed or from the bed do the lab" He said with a little chuckle, but Cassidy had a sneaking suspicion he wasn't joking.
"Thank you, Mr. Stark. I know this might be weird, and it may feel like I'm a babysitter, but I promise you that I can do a good job." She told him. He shook his head. "No, I get it. Someone should keep us in check, although, you might but heads with Capsicle about who's in charge, he tends to pull rank here."
"You mean Captain Rogers?" She asked. "Does he live here in the tower too?"
"The floor under yours actually. The whole team lives here except Barton and Thor, who is on Asgard and I don't know where the hell Barton is, all he said is that he wasn't living in the tower." Cassidy knew exactly where Clint was living, but Tony didn't need to know that.
"The floor under Cap's is Nat's, then Banner. There's a gym and sauna under that floor. The lab and workshop are in the basement, which is where you'll usually find Banner and myself. There's two bedrooms on each floor, you can do with the other room what you wish, and if you want to stock your kitchen, just let Jarvis know what you need and he can order anything for you." Tony told her. She nodded.
"Thank you, Mr. Stark. The movers should be up here any minute with my stuff."
"Oh, okay cool, oh and feel free to decorate however you like, I just went basic for all the floors. If you're all good here, I need to get down to the lab, so just ask Jarvis if you need anything, or come down and get me okay?" He told her. She smiled and nodded, setting all her new stuff down on the kitchen island while Tony got in the elevator.
The movers arrived a few minutes later, putting all the boxes in their designated rooms. Cassidy decided to do a little unpacking before she started working. Venturing into the bedroom, her mouth dropped. It was way bigger than she expected. Hell, the whole apartment was twice the size of her other one. There was a king-sized bed in the middle of the room, an end table on each side. A dresser on the wall opposite that, with a television hung on the wall. There was a giant walk in closet, which is where she decided to start. Once she got all her clothes hung, she realized that her wardrobe could use some updating. Now that she was working for the Avengers, she figured she would be doing press events and galas, both of which her jeans and leggings would not be appropriate for.
It only took a few hours, but she got everything unpacked and decided to start working on the image for the team. She opened her computer and piece of paper fell out. It had a new email address for her and a list of reporters, there was also a note.
Dear Miss Forbes,
Here is a list of reporters that we trust and they can get you set up with press releases and interviews. These people will only put out the truth and not twist anything you or the Avengers has to say.
The first thing I recommend is setting up a press conference, explaining the team's intentions on helping the city. Let the reporters ask questions, but don't hesitate to cut them off if they ask anything that is inappropriate.
The second thing would be to host a fundraising gala to raise money for the city. All the appropriate vendors and caterers are in your computer already, along with a list of people to invite.
I'm sorry I couldn't be there to meet you, I'm out of town for business, but I should be back by the end of the week. I'm sorry you got roped into this, but I promise the team will be on their best behavior and take care of you.
See you soon!
Pepper Potts
Okay, time to do some research. She grabbed a water from the fridge, thankful that it had been stocked for her, and sat back down, pulling up footage from the Chitauri attack as well as clips of things people were saying about the Avengers.
Most were good things; they were thankful that the Avengers had been there. Others were saying that it was their fault in the first place that aliens had even come to earth. Cassidy definitely had her work cut out for her.
She emailed a few of the reporters on Pepper's list, trying get a feel on when and where to host a press conference. Once she felt satisfied with that, she started looking over the information for the gala. There was a lot to go through. Caterers, entertainment, flowers, decorations, guest list, venue locations. She blew out a huff of air. Maybe she should wait until Pepper got back so she could help her with that part. She didn't want to mess it up.
"Jarvis? Could you please send out a message to everyone on the team that I would like to have a meeting later today? Let's say four o clock?" That would give her a few hours to go do some shopping.
"Of course, Cassidy, where would you like to host the meeting?" The AI asked.
"Uh, wherever you think is good, a conference room with a screen maybe?" She told him.
"Of course. Ill have the meet you at conference room nine at four o clock Cassidy."
"Thank you, Jarvis."
"My pleasure." She smirked at that. Jarvis wasn't technically real so could he have pleasure in doing anything? She figured Tony had probably designed him to have witty comebacks too so he would have someone to banter with.
She pulled out her phone to check her bank account before she left to go shopping. Her mouth dropped when she saw her available balance. A deposit had been made this morning. From Stark Industries. Was that who was paying her? She thought it was Shield? This was more money than she had made in the last six months.
She grabbed her wallet and keys and went to the elevator. There had to be a mistake.
"Jarvis, could you take me to the lab please?"