Title: Under Appreciated
Author: Kendra
Rating: SOS (secretary on strike)
Summary: The general's secretary hauls butt.
Disclaimer: Same as before, GL owns everything, I just visit.
Notes: Thanks Laure, Emmy, Dande and Judy for letting me steal blatantly from all the banter today! It sparked this crazy and sick idea! All screw-ups are mine since I had to finish this before I forgot!
Timeline: After all the Halloween fics.
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"You're really not going back huh?" Ellie asked in disbelief as Kendra stormed back into the apartment.
"Nope, not going back to the office," her roomie stated as she stormed into her bedroom and quickly began changing into jeans and an oversized hockey jersey.
"You do realize what might happen?"
"Don't care, I know all my appointments for the next three weeks along with everyone else's but that's not my problem anymore," Kendra snapped as she slipped into her shoes. "I'm officially on strike!"
"But Ken, you can't just walk out!" Ellie challenged as she watched her roomie grab her jeans jacket and head to the door.
"Just watch me...it's the principal of the matter El. I bend over backwards to arrange these special appointments...I make sure the General gets to the grrl that calls at the drop of a hat to say she has an emergency and needs him. Never mind it wrecks hell on the rest of the schedule, which I have to correct, I'm tired of being taken for granted...tired of it El!"
"What's the General going to say?"
"He'll be fine, I made sure he had his schedule for the next three weeks...its not my problem if some of the grrls forget to keep their schedules written down, and he won't go track them down. I just hope nobody drives him too crazy, I mean this isn't his fault," Kendra sighed before walking out the door.
"Great, this is really going to be fun," Ellie groaned as she collapsed to the leather chair.
~~*~~
"Taken for granted," Dande sighed as she held the purple haired Ho's head under the faucet as the disgruntled Ho related her tale. "No respect, hmmm," she mumbled. "Unappreciated too," she smiled as her hair emergency mumbled her woes in only a way a dentist or master hair stylist could understand.
"See what I mean?" Kendra asked as Dande turned off the water and inspected the Ho's hair.
"Oh I see, yes...yes I understand," Dande nodded deep in thought before pushing the Ho under the water once more.
~~*~~
"There, good as new!" The Master at hair rescue gleamed as she held the mirror to the back of Kendra's now blonde hair. "You like the little braid design I threw in?"
"Its wonderful," Kendra sighed. "Cool effect with the braids, thanks Dande you really worked a miracle...and it was nice having someone listen to my problems and give me good advice."
"Any time, just stop by and we'll chat...about this strike thingy incident too if you want," the Wench smiled as she escorted the Ho to the door. "You know we have so few visitors to the cottage, its nice to have these hair emergencies," Dande sighed before closing the door before the newly recovered Ho could respond.
~~*~~
"I'm ready!" Kymira exclaimed as she walked into the General's office fully expecting a Jacuzzi appointment, considering her new bikini she'd just bought for the occasion.
"Oh Kymira dear," the General stammered as he stood up from his desk and the Ho suddenly realized he was not alone, but in the midst of a meeting with the local fire marshal. "I'm sorry will you please excuse me," he apologized before he escorted the blushing bikini clad Ho to the outer office. "Ky, love our appointment was rescheduled, didn't Kendra tell you?"
"No!" Kymira shot back, "didn't you know, your secretary is on strike!"
"Really, that does explain all the problems today...first Laure not showing up for her golf appointment, then coming two hours late...which was her old time before the revision. And Jen thinking her appointment was the motorcycle ride but that was next week..." the General thought aloud. "Why did she go on strike?"
"Don't know really, all I could understand her saying was ungrateful, unappreciated and harder than it looks," Ky said with a shrug of her shoulders. "I don't understand it, its not like we ask for anything special or change our minds or anything like that."
The General knew better than to answer that but his raised brow in disbelief was something he couldn't stop. "I'm sorry Kymira, but I'll meet you for your correct appointment time," he sighed before kissing the Ho's forehead then turning to leave.
"What time is that?" Kymira yelled as he shut the door. "Damn...I have no idea when it is," she griped as she stomped her bare foot. "This sucks!"
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"Judy, you feeling alright?" Ellie questioned as she sat at the bar drinking her beer, with no coaster under the sweating bottle.
"Have you gone mad?" Kendra suddenly shouted as she raced into the bar and slapped a newspaper under the offending bottle.
"No, Judy said she didn't think there was any need," Ellie objected as her roomie raced behind the bar, grabbed a coaster and flung it at Ellie before checking on her Master who was lazily looking out the window.
"Are you alright? I mean do you have a fever? Maybe I should get Darry and tell her this is an emergency," Kendra suggested with concern as Judy just sighed deeply then turned back to the bar, leaving her Padawan standing at the window.
"I'm fine," Judy sighed as she leaned against the bar top.
"Didn't you and the General make up?" Ellie quizzed.
"Yeah, but something just isn't right, I'm just not sure what...it's elusive," the bar keep thought aloud. "Ken will you watch the bar, I'm going to go check stock."
"Sure, anything....you want me to call the General to help you?" Kendra smiled.
"No, I can count by myself," Judy replied.
"You want me to get the linseed oil and rub down the bar?" Her worried Padawan asked hopefully.
"Nah...too much work," Judy mused before disappearing into the stockroom to actually take stock.
"She really does have a problem," Ellie exclaimed. "No General inventory and no taking care of her bar top, what's going on?"
"I don't know but this is so not like Judy, next thing you know she's going to be joining Dande and Qui-Gon for dinner every night." Kendra said with worry as she glanced out the window and noticed Tara racing across campus with spritzer bottle in hand as she tried to spritz Xani. "And there's another problem, Tara, if she only was in her right mind...she'd never waste a good spritz on Xani."
"Tell me about it, she must have gotten out of the coffin again...you know if she keeps this up she's liable to be seen by Emmy and kicked off campus," El added as she joined her roomie at the window to watch the horrid sight. "Damn, she's going to get fried if she keeps it up, Xani nearly lightning her then."
"Yeah and you know electricity and water don't mix," Kendra sighed, "that must have really hurt him," she giggled as she noticed the irate greysider smoldering from trying to fry Tara but forgetting he was wet.
"Kinda fun to watch, in a sick sorta way of course," Ellie snickered as Tara quickly went about following the potion induced love of her life into the library.
"Yeah it is, feel guilty?"
"Nah...you?"
"No!"
~~*~~
"Emmy you really must keep a better eye on your pet,"the General sighed as he carried in a dripping wet Lasher who's saturated tail had quickly become a deadly weapon as it beat against his now drenched shirt.
"What happened to my baby? Dor was suppose to be taking him for a walk," Emmy paled as he placed the dog to the floor and the puppy quickly skipped to his mommy.
"I was in my office waiting for my next appointment to show when this little fellah decided to take a dip in the Jacuzzi," he sighed. "And do you have any idea why nobody is showing up for appointments? Have I wronged the entire campus?"
"Well I showed up!" Emmy corrected with that look in her eyes.
"Yes, yes, you did and Ellie too, but everyone else is either not showing up or showing up at the wrong times," he quickly tried to correct.
"Maybe the rest of them didn't get the new revised memo Kendra sent out," the Diva mused. "So when's your next appointment?"
"Kymira was suppose to come back for her Jacuzzi appointment fifteen minutes ago...but she never showed." The General answered with a knowing gleam.
"Good then you're free," Emmy smiled as she quickly pounced the General while slamming her office door shut with her foot while Lasher barked excitedly.
~~*~~
"What the hell is going on out here?" Darry demanded as she peaked her head out of the clinic door after being disturbed by loud voices.
"I have no idea but I know my appointment was for eight tonight!" Laure demanded.
"No, I had the eight o'clock appointment," Kymira shouted.
"You're both wrong, I had the eight o'clock appointment with the General," JenJen loudly corrected as all three began bickering amongst themselves again.
"I don't care who has the damned eight o'clock appointment, but somebody better shut up!" Darry shouted. "There's delicate medical...stuff going on in here...I can't be disturbed!" She threatened before slamming the door shut behind her as the three Ho's continued their fussing once again, that is until the General's office door flew open.
"Grrls, grrls!" The General tried to calm as he raised his hands to quiet them. "What is going on out here?"
"Jen and Kymira are both mistakenly under the impression that they have the eight o'clock appointment with you," Laure stated as Ky and Jen glared at her. "Because I do."
"Laure dear, you are wrong," the General calmly said, "you switched you eight o'clock for the one o'clock golf date that you never showed for.
"But...but..." the mediator stammered.
"Well then it's my turn!" Kymira gleamed as she stepped forward.
"No, as I recall you traded your breakfast for the Jacuzzi which was rescheduled to five and you never showed for that one," he once again sighed. "Though if I recall, you did at one time have the eight o'clock but you traded that for the late night movie marathon next week...isn't that correct Kendra?" The General asked as the on strike secretary slinked out of his office to stand beside him.
"Yeah, I think so," Kendra replied as all three Ho's glared at her.
"So who has the appointment? It has to be me!" JenJen requested.
"Kendra?" The General asked with a raised brow.
"I'm sorry, I have no idea...I'm on strike," she shot back as she stared at him.
"Kendra, love...this is ludicrous," the General began to protest but was quickly cut off by his secretary smacking him in the arm.
"Thanks so much for your support Obi-Wan Kenobi, you really know how to make me feel greatly appreciated!" Kendra snapped as she stood toe to toe with him. "I see you give no thought to my feelings either, and to think I was going to come back to work in the morning after you asked me so nicely a few minutes ago...well not a chance in hell now! Since everybody else seems to be able to do this job, get somebody else to help! What about Cal? Obviously by the tone in your voice he could do a better job than I ever could!"
"But Kendra...love...I didn't mean it to sound like you're not appreciated...and Cal, are you mad?" the General stammered as his secretary suddenly stormed out of the office.
"So who's the eight o'clock?" Jen demanded.
"Bloody hell," the General bellowed as he ran a hand through his hair and stormed back into his office slamming the door behind him.
"Does this mean he's free?" Kymira asked Laure.
"Probably," Laure smirked as she rolled her eyes as all three Ho's refused to leave just in case.
~~*~~
"LP just keep sitting on the coffin, if Tara gets loose again, Xani will either fry her ass or Emmy will have her escorted out!" Dorotea shouted over the constant banging the frosh Ho was making on the coffin lid.
"Yes, love, but when will you be finished with the new potion?" LP asked as he was jostled about on the coffin lid.
"I don't know, this isn't as easy as it looks," Dor groaned as she spilled the latest potion across the makeshift lab. "Damn...now I've got to start over."