Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:07:17 EST From: Sidg0714@cs.com Subject: Ark Vacation: Benjy's Other Job This chapter of Arkansas Vacation was written by my good friend Pyro who has written other chapters as well as stories of his own, most recently The Long Way Home in the High School section and the upcoming Running. All the usual warnings apply especially the reminder that Peckertown, Arkansas doesn't exist so don't force any boy into looking for it. Enjoy. Arkansas Vacation Benjy's Other Job By Pyro J Arkansas Vacation created and story edited by Sid G It was a clear and sunny morning in May of 2002. Benjy woke up feeling refreshed and sad. Benjy has done two receptions in the last year, Jeff and Yoshi and Dan and Wayne's wedding. He enjoyed putting them together and setting things up. What no one knew was that Benjy actually prepared a lot of the dishes for the receptions for both weddings. You see Benjy had a secret. As Peckertown's foremost, not to mention youngest S&M master, Benjy acted one way but deep inside there was a side to him that NO ONE knew about. Benjy loved to cook. He had ideas about wanting to open up a catering service, but since he was the master of Peckertown he didn't feel that he could and get away with it. Benjy brooded over this problem on and off since Dan and Wayne's wedding. He wanted to talk with Roger about this but didn't feel he could. In a way Benjy felt that he would let everyone down if they knew what he wanted to do as well as being the master of Peckertown. That day, after months of debating with himself, he decided to head over to the Jorgensen's main office and talk with his brother Daniel about this. Benjy had Roger drive him over to the offices then head to the club; he would meet him there later. Benjy went in and saw Margaret sitting there typing up some forms. She looked up saw Benjy and smiled. "Hey Benjy what can I do for you?" she asked smiling at him. He smiled back at her. "Hey Marge is Daniel in I need to talk with him?" he asked. Marge looked at the phone switchboard then back at Benjy. "Sure is sweetie go on back I'll let him know you're on your way to his office." Benjy smiled and started walking back to Daniels office. By the time he got there Daniel was opening the door for him. "Hey bro what's up?" asked Daniel heading back behind his desk. Benjy shut the door and sat down in front of his desk and just stared at his brother for a minute. Daniel started to get worried and was about to speak when Benjy spoke up. "I need some advice and I don't know who else to talk to, but what I am going to tell you has to remain between us and no one else ok?" Benjy said giving Daniel his best masters look. Daniel was startled at first but smiled and nodded his head. "Ok sure but it must be really important for you to look at me like that. So what's on your mind?" he asked. Benjy took a deep breath then began to tell him. "You see I have this problem well not really a problem but to me it is. This has absolutely nothing to do with the club or anyone else, just me." Benjy said. Daniel just looked at him and waited for him to continue. "You see I LOVE being the master of Peckertown and all but I have always wanted to do something else as well, but I have been afraid if I did then everyone would laugh at me or not take me serious or anything else. "I'm scared to lose my reputation and have everyone make fun of me BUT I really REALLY want to do what I have in mind." Benjy said with tears coming into his eyes. Daniel had seen his brother cry over a lot of things, but nothing like whatever he was holding inside. Daniel came from around his desk sat on the arm of the chair and hugged his brother. About that time the phone rang. Daniel got up and answered it. "Hello" he said. "Oh hey Marc how are you?" he asked. "Ok cool but I have Benjy in here with me right now we are discussing some personal stuff. No nothing you can help with just some brotherly advice that's all. Ok love you too bye-bye." He said and hung up. Benjy smiled at his brother glad he didn't ask Marc to come in. He loved Marc like his own brother, but what he really needed right now was his own brother. "Ok so go on and tell me what's bothering you." Daniel said. Benjy took a deep breath and looked back at Daniel. "Ok you know how I helped with the receptions after both Yoshi and Jeff, and Dan and Wayne's wedding right?" he asked. Daniel just nodded his head looking at his brother waiting for him to continue. "Well you see I really loved doing that. I have this really crazy idea of something I want to do, but I don't want anyone to think that I can't be master of Peckertown and still do this idea I have." Benjy said, stalling the best he could. "Well unless you stop beating around the bush and tell me what it is I can't help you," Daniel said. Benjy blushed and smiled at Daniel who returned the smile. "You see I really loved helping with them so much, but no one knows that I did something for the reception." Benjy said. "What's that?" asked Daniel. Benjy just smiled a proud smile and blurted it out. "I actually cooked about half of the dishes that people ate." He said blushing again. Daniel jaw dropped and he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "No way bro, your kidding right?" he asked. Benjy just shook his head. "Wow I didn't know you could cook. What dishes did you cook?" "Well I did the knish, the Creole shrimp sauce, I cooked the goose, I made the sandwiches, and a few of the other items." Benjy said blushing but smiling proudly. Daniel couldn't believe it. "Wow I can't believe it. YOU did the knish? Man they were great. I loved them. So what is this idea of yours?" Daniel asked once again. The thought of food making him think about the lunch that was coming up. "Well I have this crazy idea, I want to try and open up a catering service. You know do the weddings, and birthday's and so forth. Kinda stupid isn't it?" he asked looking sad and down. Daniel thought about this for a minute. "I don't think it's stupid. If you could cook all of that then you can do a lot of good here. Just because you are the master of Peckertown doesn't mean that you can't go and do something else. I don't see why you can't be a caterer as well. Have you talked to mom and dad about this yet?" Daniel asked and as soon as he did he realized how stupid that question was. Of course not if he did then he wouldn't have been there. "Sorry man I forgot. So what do you want from me?" he asked. Benjy just looked at him and thought about it for a few minutes. "Well I wanted some advice. Do you think I could do this? Do you think people will no longer see me as the master of Peckertown if I did do this? I mean being the master is more important then anything else, BUT I do really want to have a shot at something like this." Benjy said in excitement but fear as well. Daniel thought about this for a minute. "No Benjy I don't think anyone will think less of you. Think about it. When you did Yoshi and Jeff's wedding AND Dan and Wayne's you did an excellent job, AND no one said anything to you about it other wise. I think you would do well in something like this. Yes I think people are going to think it is kinda weird at first but I feel that when they remember the good job you did with the weddings that they will see you can do both. You may have to work a little harder at proving you can do both but I don't see any problems with this." Daniel said. Benjy smiled at his brother then ran around the desk and gave him a big hug. "There is one concern though," Daniel said when they were back in their chairs. "Both operations will need lots of work and lots of time. You've been bitching about paperwork at the LLC if you add this its going to be more. Plus less time for just you and Roger." Benjy slumped down in his chair as the immediate excitement drained. "See that's why I came to you. I didn't see that problem." "Baby bro, don't give up, figure it out." "Don't call me...Caleb!" Benjy said. "Caleb?" "We haven't made it official but despite how far he's come from his injuries he doesn't have the whip control he used to and never will. He's been helping around the barracks, the Peckertown Training Academy with Paulo and at the club. To be honest he's been helping me a lot with the pure administrative duties." "He's a smart guy and has always been your most responsible assistant master," Daniel said. "If I make him say general manager for the club under me." "Where you'd love him to be." Benjy stuck his tongue out at the middle of the three Jorgenson sons like he did in the old days and they both laughed. "Sounds good if he'll go for it." "I'm sure he will, he'll have time for work at the barracks and PTA so its not like he'll completely drop the master end. Can you call the family and have them set up the back room for tonight so I can give them my idea?" Benjy asked excitedly. Not saying anything else Daniel picked up the phone and called their Dad. "Hey Dad how are you?" "Good I need you to reserve the back tonight at The Tasty Buns." "Yes sir tonight Benjy has a proposal and he needs the families input" "I think it is a great idea but you will have to wait to hear it for yourself" "Yes sir 9 o'clock it is I'll let him know, love you bye" with that Daniel hung up the phone and turned towards Benjy. "Well you need to go home and draw up the proposal or you can use the conference room." Benjy hugged his brother one last time then ran down to the conference room grabbed a note pad and pen and started writing out his proposal. A few hours later he left and went to the club for the noon show. When he arrived he ran to the back and grabbed his whip and when he was announced went on stage. 30 minutes later drenched in sweat he went backstage again and rested. Roger found him in the office writing. "Hey baby what's up? Everything go ok this morning?" Roger asked giving Benjy a hug and kiss. Benjy just nodded his head and pointed to a chair. Roger sat down and waited. "Yep I have an idea I ran by Daniel, tonight at 9 we have a meeting with the family and I am going to propose it to them. I want your input now though." Benjy said then started telling Roger all about his idea. Roger was his boyfriend and has been for about 2 or 3 years now. He loved Roger and Roger loved him. One day he wanted to marry him. Even though Roger was his boyfriend he was also his bodyguard so right now he had to wait before they could even think about getting married. Roger and Benjy have talked about marriage but both wanted to wait till they were older and could find another bodyguard that could stay up with their standards. Benjy finished telling Roger his idea. All Roger could do was smile. At first Benjy was upset because he though Roger was going to laugh at him, but Roger didn't. "WOW that is SO cool. I bet you will be good at it. Considering you cooked for both weddings. I can't wait. Free food..." Was all that Roger could get out because Benjy was in his arms kissing him. "Thank you thank you Roger. I was afraid you were going to laugh and tell me it was silly." Benjy said kissing Roger again. "Silly HELL no I think it is great" with that they laughed and kissed and Benjy showed him his proposal. Roger liked and even added a few ideas of his own. By 8 o'clock that night Benjy would be ready for the meeting. Benjy and Roger showed up at 8:55 that evening for the meeting. They went to the back room and put out copies of the proposal in front of the seats for the members of the family. That would be Elijah, Francis, Aaron, Kristen, Marc, Daniel, Roger and himself. Everyone came in and sat at the table. They all saw the proposal but did not open it. They were waiting on Benjy to start the talks. "Good I'm glad to see that everyone is here. Ok here's the deal. I have been having this idea I really like for a while now and I decided that today to do something about it. I talked with Daniel and Roger and they both like it. You see when the weddings for Yoshi and Jeff, and Dan and Wayne happened, I did something that none of you knew about. I actually made about half of the food myself." Benjy said he stopped and waited for everyone but Roger and Daniel to get over their surprise. "Ok now everyone knows I can cook I just haen't wanted to match up with Mom," he said smiling and getting smiles in return. "Well I really liked doing that a lot. I had a lot to think about because I was afraid if I did what I was wanting to do that some people would think that I couldn't be the master of the S&M community of Peckertown and still do the other thing I like to do and that is cook. Well after talking with Daniel and getting his support and input I decided that I could be the master of Peckertown and still do this other idea. Now if you will please open to page one you will see the name of the business I would like to open." Everyone opened their proposal and saw the name: Benjy's Catering Services Everyone waited for Benjy to continue. "As you see I want to open my own catering service. I know it is a long shot and there is another one in town plus our hotels but I really want to give this a shot. I just need to know what everyone thinks." With that Benjy sat down took Rogers hand and waited for them to finish looking through the proposal. Finally Elijah looked up at his son and smiled. "Benjy is this something you have been thinking about a for a long time?" he asked his youngest son. "Yes sir it is" he replied looking his father in the eye. Elijah nodded his head and continued. "Ok so what do you need to know?" he asked going into business mode. Francis and his brothers and sister were all smiling at him along with Roger and Marc. "Well Dad what I need to know is do ya'll think this would be a feasible business? I need to know what you think about my idea, also location, a loan and so forth. I have 100,000 dollars in my savings I can use as capital with what other loans I can get from Uncle Jed at the bank." Benjy said sitting back and waiting on his father. "Ok I think it is very feasible and I think that you can hold onto your money and let the bank do the loan or as a line of credit. That way if anything happens you still have your money to fall back on. As far as location there is an empty building two doors down from the Little Leather Club we bought when we expanded the club that would be ideal for the location. With all of the customers going into the club they will have to pass right by it and that will help to increase business. You can use our catalogs from the Tasty Buns and the hotel to get your supplies. You will need to start hiring soon. I am assuming you want the same thing as the Club, you run it and control it but we, your mother and I are in the back ground so if you need help. Is that it?" he asked smiling at Benjy. Benjy nodded his head. "Yes sir. If you think that will be fine I would really like to do that. Maybe the two of you help in the kitchen start." Benjy said. "Alright then lets vote. All in favor of letting Benjy do this and add another business to Jorgensen Enterprises, raise your hands" everyone raised their hands all smiling. "All opposed." No one raised his or her hands. "Then that is settled Benjy's Catering Services will be opened in no less then 2 months and no more then 3 months. This meeting is over, have a good evening." Elijah said. Benjy gave everyone a hug and thanked them all. Starting tomorrow it was going to be a very busy next two to three months. The next day Benjy and Roger along with Marc and Daniel went to the bank and secured a line of credit from Elijah's brother Jed. When they got to the building they noticed there seemed to be someone staying there. Benjy wasn't scared but had Roger run and get a whip from the club. They all climbed the stairs and saw someone sleeping in a sleeping bag in the back of one of the rooms. The troop slowly approached them. "Hey get up." Said Benjy in his master's voice kicking the sleeping form. The sleeping bag jumped and a boys voice could be heard as the form rolled into a ball. "Please don't hurt me I was only sleeping please." Said the voice sobbing. They could tell it was a young boy maybe not even a teen. Daniel knelt down next to the boy and gently touched him; a scream and more sobs came from him. Daniel jumped up. "Hey man we're not going to hurt you." Said Roger gently going up to the boy and putting his hand out. Apparently not convinced the boy asked. "You're not going to hurt me?" he asked amazed. "No one will hurt you. You have my word as the Master of the S&M community of Peckertown Arkansas." Benjy said in his command voice. Slowly the boy came out of the sleeping bag with his head down not looking at anyone. The boy seemed to be about 5'9 with brown hair and from what they could tell he has been recently beaten. Marc went up to the boy and lifted his face up. Looking at the boy he could tell that not only had he been recently beaten but mentally broken as well. The boys face was bruised with one eye almost swollen shut. But the pain in the other eye is what caused Marc to start crying. Before Marc could ask his name Benjy whispered it. "Jake" was all he said. The boy turned towards Benjy and seeing him started crying. "Be...Ben....Benjy" he finally got out. Benjy walked up to him and the two embraced. It finally dawned on Daniel who this was. "Oh my God. Jake we heard you were taken to Alabama. What in the hell happened to you?" Daniel asked coming up and hugging the crying boy. After about 5 minutes Jake stopped his crying and in a sad and lonely voice told them all what happened. "In the last year or so after Reverend Erikson got arrested a new Reverend came forward who was as mean as the last. My parents liked him. Everyday for the last 4 years my parents have been beating me and trying to get the devil out of me as they put it. I couldn't understand what I did that was wrong. Then they started calling me names like faggot and queer and others. I tried to kill myself one night but that didn't work. My parents found me. After I got out of the hospital they started hitting me again. Finally about 5 days ago my dad got REALLY mad and started hitting on me more then he ever did. He knocked me out, when I came to it was dark and I could barely see or move. I knew I couldn't stay so I packed up my bag here, and the few cloths I had and went out to the interstate. About an hour later a truck driver picked me up. He was heading here and told me he would drop me off. He was cool didn't try anything on me at all. But he did hold me and make me feel better about myself. When I got here two days ago I went by your old house and saw that you weren't there anymore. I saw your dad one day but was too ashamed for him to see me in this condition so I didn't say anything I just started running. Finally I found this place and I have been here ever since." Jake said starting to cry. Benjy just held on. "Hi Jake my name is Marc Fogel I work for the Jorgensen's. Daniel and me are lovers. If you want we can help you." Marc said holding out his hand. Jake looked at Daniel and Benjy who nodded. He took Marc's hand and fell into his arms crying. After about an hour they took him to the Jorgensen's new home, and called Francis and Elijah, and told them about Jake. Ten minutes later they were pulling into the front drive. When they saw Jake they hugged him and he retold his story to them. They told him that was all over and that he could stay with them for as long as he wanted too. Finally feeling left out Roger introduced himself. "Hey Jake I'm Roger Benjy's other half, even though he forgot to introduce me. I have heard all about you from him." Roger said shaking Jake's hand, who giggled at the look that Roger gave Benjy causing Benjy to blush. Benjy kissed Roger and asked for forgiveness. After a few seconds of thought he said he guess he could THIS TIME. Knowing he was only joking everyone laughed. Jake took a shower and when he came down there was a doctor there, who looked him over. The doc told him he was going to be fine but sore, he did have a few cracked ribs but nothing that would stop him from working; he would just have to be careful. Benjy told Jake what he was doing and how he became the master of the S&M community in the town and now his idea about the catering service. Jake admitted that he liked to cook and that he could cook very well. Benjy hired him on the spot. That night Jake slept between Roger and Benjy, having the first real nights sleep that he had had in years. The next morning they all went back over to the building to look it over and get things started. First they called in a contracting company to come and redo the inside. It would include the kitchen a little sitting area so people could come and talk with him and his staff about the wedding or party food that would be served at any function. On the second floor they created a fancy dining area for large parties on the premises in addition to the ones held at people's homes, offices and other places. While the construction was going on it was time to order all of the equipment. Benjy ordered the mixing bowls and ovens, the pots and pans and all of the necessary cooking utensils that would be needed. Along with all the furniture that was going to be used as set designs to show off the catering food. Finally it came time to start hiring people. Boys showed up from all over Peckertown. Benjy was hiring drivers, kitchen help, consultants and one of the most important cooks, and bakers. All in all he hired about 25 boys to fill in all of the slots that would be needed. In the next few weeks they were taught what kind of food they would be making. Shown the recipes that would be used, how to use the equipment, how to set up the tables in the front room, and how to set up the tables for weddings, birthday parties, business parties and so forth. Finally in two and a half months Benjy's Catering Services opened. Within two hours he already had parties and wedding lined up for the next month. He couldn't believe that no one cared that he liked to cook and be the master at the same time. Hell he couldn't even believe it. Finally he figured out that he had everything he ever wanted. With Jake as the manager he did not have to worry about what would happen while he was at the club, and with Roy and Caleb at the club he didn't have to worry about what happened there while he was at the catering shop. Benjy loved this. He was doing the two things he loved best, whipping up good food and whipping on people. The very first night of his grand opening Roger and himself made love. Not the hard and fast sex that he liked but the slow and gentle embracement of true lovemaking. Roger knew that Benjy loved Being the master and in charge, and having everything his way, and taking command in everything he did, but Roger was the only person that knew that every now and then Benjy wanted to be taken care of. That instead of taking care of every little detail and everything that happened, that Benjy did need that time when he could stop being the master and just be a normal gay boy in love with another gay boy, who when Benjy needed it loved to take care of him. Even though they decided to wait for marriage, Roger was already thinking of a way to propose to Benjy and get them started in the next step before the marriage and that was to be engaged then let nature take it's course. That night Benjy dreamed of Roger and his wedding, with his own company making the food and his slaves playing the music. Having the best of both worlds that he always has wanted and now has. The End.