Title: Life and Times of a Socialite
Author: Lady Eliza
Characters: All Characters
Rating: T
Summary: Total AU Rory and Logan Spoiler Warning
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or any of its characters.
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Chapter 13: All Right, For A Summer Home
Jess was enjoying working for Tom and he liked the variety that came with the job. Tom seemed like a grouch but in truth he was a great boss and treated all his guys fairly. Jess had been working for Tom for a few days when he got called into to Tom's office. He was nervous even though he had shown up to work early and he hadn't messed up on any of the jobs he was required to do, but it still made him apprehensive.
He was standing in front of Tom's office door when he thought he might as well bite the bullet and knock. He was asked to come in by Tom's abrupt voice and so entered the little trailer that was Tom's office. He stood in front of the desk that Tom sat behind and waited in silence.
"Jess glad you can make it. I was wondering if you would be able to come on a job that's a little farther from here," asked Tom.
Jess hadn't realized he had been holding his breath until he exhaled rather loudly. So this whole thing wasn't about his work skills but about another job opportunity. "This is about a job? Where exactly would we be working?" asked Jess.
Tom had known that Jess would be a hard worker but he hadn't realized that Jess was also handy with tools and could build or fix just about anything you asked him to. The young man had proven himself from the first time he had been on the job and so when Tom got this new job he had naturally thought of Jess. "Yeah we landed a job that pays a bundle and we have a week to complete the work. While we're at this location we will be housed in a nice place."
"Sure I would love to do this job, but what exactly are be supposed to do and where will we be?" asked Jess.
"The thing is I have no clue what this place looks like or where it's located. All I know is that we are supposed build things. Technically I haven't accepted the job but I would be dumb if I didn't because it pays a bundle and the client has volunteered to pick up the travel and living expenses of the crew for a week. I'm supposed to meet some guy who will bring plans and pictures of the house and I will make my decision then but I just wanted you to be here so you can see what kind of a job it will be and tell me if we can build it within a week," babbled Tom.
"So what your saying is that in reality you haven't accepted the job but you know you will end up taking it for the money. You wanted me to be here to see if you think it's going to suck or not and give you an opinion on the amount of time we will need to build whatever they want? Have I covered all the bases?" asked Jess.
"You make me sound like I am not sound of mind or that I've been spending way too much time with Lorelai and Sookie," replied Tom.
"You probably just need to breath. I will give you an estimate on the time frame but it's going to be difficult to gauge without seeing the property for real. Are you sure that we couldn't see the property?"
"No the client didn't even tell me where it's located all he said was that he had a project for me and that it would be an out of town thing. It was very secretive he didn't even tell me his name he told me I would know everything when I accepted the offer. Oh! he also told me money is no object," said Tom in a perplexed manner.
"So the guy must be loaded if he said money is no object but did you ever think that this job could be too good to be true," replied Jess
Jess didn't get to hear Tom's response since they were interrupted by a knock at the door. Tom asked the person(s) to come in and two men stepped into the trailer. They were both well dressed and looked like they would have liked to be anywhere but in a tiny trailer at that moment. Both men had brown hair, were wearing khakis, and fancy dress shirts. But that was where the similarities ended, the tall man had his dress shirt open to reveal a white undershirt and the short man had on glasses and a dinner jacket.
They both situated themselves in the chairs that were opposite to Tom's desk and Jess had moved to stand beside Tom. Before the two men had taken their seats they had shaken hands with Tom and Jess. Tom spoke first, "Are either of you the person I talked to on the phone?"
"No we aren't, our associate asked us to be the ones to approach you since he is unavailable at the moment. I would like to start out by introducing myself I am Seth Carnegie and this is Robert Bergdorf. And the two of you are?" asked Seth.
"I am Tom and this is Jess. All right since we got the introductions out of the way let's cut to the chase. Why is this job such a secret and how am I supposed work with a timeline of a week?" asked Tom.
"Sir I realize that a week does not qualify as the best time frame but unfortunately that is set in stone," replied Seth.
Jess realized that they would get nowhere if they kept on arguing about the time and every little detail so he spoke up, "Can we see your plan and the pictures of the place we will be working on?"
Robert who had been sitting quietly throughout the conversation thus far handed Jess the papers he had been holding.
"Wow these drawings are great who did them?" asked an impressed Tom.
"That would be me," said an embarrassed Seth.
"Yeah Seth is the resident genius in our circle of friends. He designed many a contraptions that have been highly successful," said a pleased Robert.
"Well I'll be, look at that house. If one can call that a house," said Tom who was mesmerized with the lovely looking palace that was the property in question.
"Yeah it's alright, for a summer home," said Robert who didn't seemed impressed at all.
Jess just stared at the man named Robert who seemed like he had a stick stuck up his ass. The man must be real rich to not notice a palace that was so breath taking. How could someone call it a summerhouse?
"It reminds me of a picture I saw of the Winter Palace in Russia," commented Jess.
"Yes that was what the owner specifically requested when the property was being built," replied Robert in a snobby manner.
And from there they started negotiations and such to get the project moving along. Since Tom had no other prior jobs lined up, this particular job couldn't have come at a more opportune moment. He would have had to let go some of the guys if there wasn't an influx of money, most of them had families to feed and he hated letting guys like that go. So Tom was eager to look at this job as a heaven sent.
Jess couldn't find anything wrong with their plans, which bugged him because he was really looking forward pointing out some major flaw. The plan was for them to build an elaborate set of the main staircase in the Winter Castle in St. Petersburg outside of the summer home that resembled it. This project would probably take a lot of manpower and such but with an unlimited budget that won't be a problem. The main issue was the time allotted to do the work; a week is too short so they would probably be working all hours of the day right up until the day it had to be done.
"We would like to talk to you about one more thing," said Seth.
"Alright we're all ears boys," said Tom.
"You see this whole event that we are having on this property is top secret. There will be many people wanting to know about what goes on at these events or who attends them. You and your construction crew are sworn to secrecy whatever you see up there will stay up there. So we have contacted our lawyers and drew up a confidentiality agreement and would like every man that you employ as well as yourselves to sign it," replied Robert.
"Listen boys, we won't tell a soul whatever we see up there. We can keep a secret but is it really necessary for us to sign this agreement? Who exactly are we going to tell?" asked Tom.
"Who the hell is going to be there that we are going to squeal on?" asked an upset Jess.
"Gentlemen our guest lists are none of your business. But the agreements are a necessity in the lives that we lead. No one is to talk to the TV reporters, journalists, radio show hosts, or media of any kind," said Robert.
"Who the hell are you people The Kennedy's?" asked Jess.
"No, but close to it," said Seth.
"All right we will agree to sign the agreements now is there anything else that we have to discuss before you leave today?" asked Tom.
"No our lawyers will send over the agreements and the contracts for this job. Please have them signed and sealed by the date that is written on the contracts. You have the numbers to get a hold of us and our associate will meet you at the location when the time comes," said Robert.
"Sure, we'll just look over these drawings," said Tom.
"Good day to you Tom, Jess," said Robert.
"Have a nice day gentlemen," said Seth.
The two men left the way they had come in. Tom and Jess started looking over the magnificent house and the location where they would build the set in the backyard.
Rory was lying in Logan's bed and watching him pace the floor of his bedroom with a phone attached to the ear barking out orders to some poor soul. She had come over to hang out with her man since she had done as much homework as she could for the day. She had wanted Logan to entertain her but he was too busy planning the next LDB gathering.
Rory was an official member of the Life and Death Brigade. It seemed that she was a legacy in the LDB as she was at Yale. Apparently there had been a long line of Gilmore's that had been members of the LDB: her grandfather Richard Gilmore, her great-grandfather Charles Abbot Gilmore, and even her grandmother Emily Gilmore.
During her initiation she had been a little scared that she might not make it through a few of her stunts but she had gotten through the hard ones thinking about holding Logan's hand and jumping off the scaffolding. The hardest test of all had come after she had been named an official member, in the form of a tattoo that every member was to have. But again Logan had gotten her through it.
She decided that he needed a break, like he was always telling her. Logan had sat down on his desk chair and was now very slowly telling the person on the other end exactly what kind of flowers he wanted.
She went up behind him and started massaging his shoulders when he didn't seem to be paying attention to her ministrations she decided to take it up a notch. She came around to the front of his chair and straddled him then attacked his neck.
Logan had been on the phone this whole day to florists, caterers, and other places one needed to contact to throw a great party. He didn't believe he was being difficult, as many people had pointed out to him; he just wanted everything a certain way.
So when Rory had come to hang out he couldn't fool around like he usually did. He was quite surprised when she straddled him and started kissing his neck. It wasn't everyday that Rory took the first step to seducing him but whenever she did he loved it.
When she started unbuttoning his top and trailing kisses down his chest he had no idea what the man on the other end of the line was saying. He mumbled something along the lines of I'll get back to you and then dropped the phone. He dragged her lips up to meet his and then slowly started coaxing a response out of her.
They hadn't had much time to themselves in the past week so a few days worth of pent up emotion was coming out all at once. He picked her up and carried her to the bed and started tearing off her clothes. When her shirt was ripped in half Logan reminded himself to buy Rory a nice top to replace the one that he had torn, which was currently residing on his bedroom floor.
Rory was sitting in Logan's shirt on the couch watching TV and drinking coffee. He had gone back to making phone calls after she had distracted him for an hour or so. She was looking forward to the next LDB event and since Logan was hosting it she knew that it was going to be great.
Logan came out of his room and looked at Rory. "Honey do you know a Tom from Stars Hollow?"
"Yeah I know a Tom, he's the construction guy. Why?" asked Rory.
"Well I was looking through the yellow pages and came across his ad. It seemed interesting so I called him up and now he's going to do the construction for the LDB event" said Logan.
"Why do you need a construction crew for this event? What are you planning Logan?" asked Rory.
"That, my dear, is a secret. I just wanted to know if he did good work, I remember you telling me your mother hired him to renovate the Inn."
"Oh yeah he does good work I can attest to that."
"Okay back to work," he said. Before he left the room Logan bent down to give her a peck on the cheek.
Now Rory's curiosity was piqued she wanted to know what Logan was planning. But she knew that Logan could keep a secret and she would have to wait like everyone else to find out what he had planned. What's the point of being his girlfriend if he never divulges anything? At least Rory knew about the construction. She was comforted with that thought and went back to watching TV.
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