"Leo what do you think you're doing?" Margaret asked as she entered the
area containing her desk to find her boss rifling through the filing
cabinet.
"Looking for the file for my meeting with the Energy Secretary."
"Leo, come into your office with me." Margaret instructed as she took off her coat and hung it up.
"Margaret, just get me the damn file."
"It's on your desk with all the rest of the things you need for this morning. If you follow me I'll get it for you." Leo sheepishly followed her. She picked up the file and handed it to him. She picked up another file and opened it. "You need to sign these where is says your name by the end of the day." She handed that one to him and then another folder. "And these are all your notes from last week and the weekend. I'll be at my desk if you need anything else." Leo watched as his confident assistant walked out.
"Margaret, someone called from Senator Luis's office about setting up an appointment to see Leo." The intern who had been taking calls informed her.
"He's just trying to skip rank. Take it to Alice and have her set up an appointment for the Senator to see Josh. Tell her to only make it for thirty minutes but to squeeze it in before the end of the week."
"Who's Alice?"
"Josh's new assistant. Tell her to call me if she needs any help." Leo smiled and closed his office door.
~
"Bonnie I need the numbers for the energy speech about ten minutes ago." Toby said as he gruffly came out of his office.
"Here you go Toby." Ginger handed him the file with a smile. "The polling data just came in too." She handed him a second folder. "And you need to call Congresswoman Wyatt."
"Why do I need to call my ex-wife?" He asked.
"She's heard some rumblings about next weeks floor vote she thought you should know."
"And where exactly did you run into Andi?" He questioned.
"She was at breakfast with us. She is a part of the sisterhood too. If you'll excuse me I need to remind Sam he has a meeting in the Roosevelt Room in twenty minutes." Toby scowled as Ginger tapped on Sam's office door.
"Bonnie, I need some cof..."
"Here you are Toby." She handed him some coffee. "You're lunch with Congressman Oftel has been moved back half an hour but that shouldn't affect the rest of your day. I'll let you know when you need to leave." He went back into his office.
~
"ALICE." Josh called when he realised his assistant had arrived.
"Yes Josh." She said stepping into her office.
"I need the folder for the thing and some coffee."
"Coffee you can get yourself." She glanced at the piles on his desk. "Here's the file you need." She placed it in front of him. "You have to be on the hill for the rest of the afternoon. You're with Senator Dunston at noon, Congressman Skinner at two for lunch and Leo's office ask me to set up an appointment for you to see Senator Luis about the thing at four. That meeting can only last for half an hour; you need to be back here before five when you have a conference call with Joey Lucas about some polling data. Here are the files for those meetings, put them in your back pack. I'll remind you to leave in thirty minutes." She moved a stack of files in front of him. "I'll be at my desk."
"Alice." He called dumbfounded.
"Yes Josh?"
"How did you manage that you've only been here five minutes."
"Donna taught me a trick for remembering your schedule and she helped me organise the files you need for the day last night. I left them on your desk before I went home." Her phone rang. "Excuse me I need to get that."
~
"I have the tape of Henry's briefing." Carol said as she stood in CJ's office door. "I'm in the process of getting the wires for you but there doesn't appear to have been anything major that occurred since yesterday."
"Good."
"Do you want me to set the briefing at noon or one?"
"Noon. Thanks Carol."
~
"Charlie does my husband have a few minutes?" Abbey asked.
"He has a meeting with the Energy Secretary in five minutes. But you can go in."
"Thank you."
"Charlie." Zoey winked at him as Abbey went into the oval office.
"Did you have a nice breakfast?" He asked.
"It was fun. And there were scrambled eggs to die for."
"Jed." Abbey said as she entered the office.
"Sweet cheeks. Did you and the Sisterhood have a nice breakfast?" He asked.
"It was great. We should do it more often."
"A little advanced warning would be nice next time."
"I'll take that under advisement. I'm impressed that you didn't demand that the Secret Service storm the building and drag the Sisterhood back."
"Why would I do that? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day."
"So who stopped you?" Abbey asked.
"Who is to say that anyone tried?"
"Jed, how long have we been married?"
"Uhh."
"Exactly. Who?"
"Josh. He said we should let you have your little rebellion."
"I'll let my chief of staff deal with Mr Lyman." There was a knock on the door.
"Yes." Jed called.
"Sorry to interrupt Mr President but the Energy Secretary is here." Charlie informed him.
"Send him in and get Leo."
"Yes sir."
TBC
"Looking for the file for my meeting with the Energy Secretary."
"Leo, come into your office with me." Margaret instructed as she took off her coat and hung it up.
"Margaret, just get me the damn file."
"It's on your desk with all the rest of the things you need for this morning. If you follow me I'll get it for you." Leo sheepishly followed her. She picked up the file and handed it to him. She picked up another file and opened it. "You need to sign these where is says your name by the end of the day." She handed that one to him and then another folder. "And these are all your notes from last week and the weekend. I'll be at my desk if you need anything else." Leo watched as his confident assistant walked out.
"Margaret, someone called from Senator Luis's office about setting up an appointment to see Leo." The intern who had been taking calls informed her.
"He's just trying to skip rank. Take it to Alice and have her set up an appointment for the Senator to see Josh. Tell her to only make it for thirty minutes but to squeeze it in before the end of the week."
"Who's Alice?"
"Josh's new assistant. Tell her to call me if she needs any help." Leo smiled and closed his office door.
~
"Bonnie I need the numbers for the energy speech about ten minutes ago." Toby said as he gruffly came out of his office.
"Here you go Toby." Ginger handed him the file with a smile. "The polling data just came in too." She handed him a second folder. "And you need to call Congresswoman Wyatt."
"Why do I need to call my ex-wife?" He asked.
"She's heard some rumblings about next weeks floor vote she thought you should know."
"And where exactly did you run into Andi?" He questioned.
"She was at breakfast with us. She is a part of the sisterhood too. If you'll excuse me I need to remind Sam he has a meeting in the Roosevelt Room in twenty minutes." Toby scowled as Ginger tapped on Sam's office door.
"Bonnie, I need some cof..."
"Here you are Toby." She handed him some coffee. "You're lunch with Congressman Oftel has been moved back half an hour but that shouldn't affect the rest of your day. I'll let you know when you need to leave." He went back into his office.
~
"ALICE." Josh called when he realised his assistant had arrived.
"Yes Josh." She said stepping into her office.
"I need the folder for the thing and some coffee."
"Coffee you can get yourself." She glanced at the piles on his desk. "Here's the file you need." She placed it in front of him. "You have to be on the hill for the rest of the afternoon. You're with Senator Dunston at noon, Congressman Skinner at two for lunch and Leo's office ask me to set up an appointment for you to see Senator Luis about the thing at four. That meeting can only last for half an hour; you need to be back here before five when you have a conference call with Joey Lucas about some polling data. Here are the files for those meetings, put them in your back pack. I'll remind you to leave in thirty minutes." She moved a stack of files in front of him. "I'll be at my desk."
"Alice." He called dumbfounded.
"Yes Josh?"
"How did you manage that you've only been here five minutes."
"Donna taught me a trick for remembering your schedule and she helped me organise the files you need for the day last night. I left them on your desk before I went home." Her phone rang. "Excuse me I need to get that."
~
"I have the tape of Henry's briefing." Carol said as she stood in CJ's office door. "I'm in the process of getting the wires for you but there doesn't appear to have been anything major that occurred since yesterday."
"Good."
"Do you want me to set the briefing at noon or one?"
"Noon. Thanks Carol."
~
"Charlie does my husband have a few minutes?" Abbey asked.
"He has a meeting with the Energy Secretary in five minutes. But you can go in."
"Thank you."
"Charlie." Zoey winked at him as Abbey went into the oval office.
"Did you have a nice breakfast?" He asked.
"It was fun. And there were scrambled eggs to die for."
"Jed." Abbey said as she entered the office.
"Sweet cheeks. Did you and the Sisterhood have a nice breakfast?" He asked.
"It was great. We should do it more often."
"A little advanced warning would be nice next time."
"I'll take that under advisement. I'm impressed that you didn't demand that the Secret Service storm the building and drag the Sisterhood back."
"Why would I do that? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day."
"So who stopped you?" Abbey asked.
"Who is to say that anyone tried?"
"Jed, how long have we been married?"
"Uhh."
"Exactly. Who?"
"Josh. He said we should let you have your little rebellion."
"I'll let my chief of staff deal with Mr Lyman." There was a knock on the door.
"Yes." Jed called.
"Sorry to interrupt Mr President but the Energy Secretary is here." Charlie informed him.
"Send him in and get Leo."
"Yes sir."
TBC