Before & After: Final Chapter.
Title: Before & After.
Pairing: Andy/Miranda.
Author: Pure_Ecstasy6
Rating: MA For violence.
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine. This is just for fun. No harm intended.
Authors Note: Here is the final chapter. Not sure if it's any good. I changed it around a little bit and with much debate with myself on whether I should upload it or have a Beta go over it I decided to just upload it and hope that whoever actually reads it will like it.
Beta: All mistakes are mine.
Feedback: Comments are brilliant so please tell me what you think.
Previous Chapter: community.livejournal.com/dvlwears_prada/1289347.html
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Before & After: Chapter 23. Final Part.
Cassidy looked up when Stella walked out from the interrogation room towards them.
"What's going on? You've been in there for ages. Where's Andy?" She asked as she stood up with Miranda right behind her.
"We aren't finished speaking to Andy just yet." Stella replied to Cassidy before looking towards Emily who had now just stood up. "Andy has asked to speak to you." Stella informed the English woman.
Emily nodded and walked up to Stella.
"What is going on?" Miranda demanded.
"We won't be much longer." Was Miranda's only reply from Stella before the police woman turned and began to walk away.
Emily shrugged at Miranda before quickly catching up with the police woman and walked into the interrogation room.
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Upon entering the interrogation room Emily saw Andy sitting at the table underneath a dim light. Looking over her shoulder the English woman watched as the Police officer left the room, leaving both friends alone to speak.
She wandered over to the table and sat down on the chair in front of Andy.
The silence in the room made Emily nervous. "Hey. How are you?" she said and realised straight away what a stupid question that was. "Okay, stupid question." she said and continued. "You told them about Afghanistan?" she asked, not knowing what else to say.
Andy silently nodded her head, her eye's focused on the table, finding it more interesting then looking up at her English friend.
"We can get you a really good lawyer and we can fight this." Emily said.
Looking up Andy shook her head. "It's too late." Andy replied and looked Emily directly in the eye's. "Stella's already put a call through to the Military Police. They're on their way." she said.
Emily sighed. "You cannot do this to yourself Andy!" she said and continued. "For Miranda and the twins' sake you've got to defend yourself!" she said and tried to control herself from yelling.
Andy could feel tears welling up in her eyes. "It's going to be hard on her, I know." Andy replied and thought of what Miranda would think of her once she found out the truth about her past. The brunette swallowed the lump which had formed in her throat and she looked Emily straight in the eye's again. "I need you to look after her for me. Can you do that?" Andy asked as she tried to keep her tears from falling.
"Offcourse I would do that for you but Andy that isn't going to happen. You're going to leave here with me right now and we are going to figure this out." More like Emily would talk sense into Andy. "And then we are going to speak to Stella and try to keep you out of jail." Emily said.
Andy tried speaking but Emily put up a hand to stop her. "We are going to do things my way whether you like it or not. That's all." Emily said, using Miranda's way of ending a conversation. She couldn't help but grin as to how well it had worked.
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Andy, having let Emily control the situation at the station, had been able to get Stella to let her go to have some time to think things over, entered the town house and walked down to the back of the house towards the kitchen and mused at how great it was to have a friend who was a cop. Stepping into the kitchen her eyes landed on Zoe who was currently sitting on one of the chairs at the table and clutching at her bleeding leg.
"What do you think you're doing back here?" Andy growled. "I can't even believe that you'd set foot in here ever again after what you've done." she added, throwing her keys and phone on the counter top.
"Ah come on. That's hardly the way to greet an injured friend." Zoe said as she pulled her hand away from her bloodied leg. "Now get me something to clean this mess up with, would you?" Zoe asked.
Andy made no move of helping Zoe out as she sat down on one of the island stools. "I'm sure you'll be fine." she said.
Zoe stood up and limped her way over to Andy. "Unless you want me to get angry I suggest you help me out." the blonde said.
Andy shook her head. "I think I'll just sit here, if you wouldn’t mind. Besides you could use a little bit of suffering." Andy replied.
Now it was Zoe's turn to shake her head. "I can't believe you're being like this hard core. Don't you remember how it used to be between us? You and I as a team, always helping one another out." Zoe said before grinning. "Oh and you can't forget those endless nights of sex we shared." she added.
"That was a long time ago now." Andy replied.
"I don't think it is." Zoe said and Andy looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Zoe chuckled. "I reckon you still think of those nights we'd share together. How hot I’d make you." Zoe began running a finger down Andy’s cheek before leaning in closer to the brunette's face.
"How I could always make you moan my name." and then she leaned in and pressed her lips against Andy's.
When Andy realised what was happening she pushed Zoe away from her. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she yelled.
"Come on hard core, just give in already, both of us know you still want me!" Zoe said.
"You're completely delusional, you do realise that?" Andy replied. "There is no way in hell that I would want to get back together with you!" she said.
Zoe shook her head. "That's a shame." she said. "I still love you so it hurts me greatly for what I'm about to do to you." Zoe said as she pulled an object out from her pants pocket.
Andy glanced down and saw the knife that Zoe was holding. "Oh no you don't!" Andy said before lifting her leg and kicking Zoe in the stomach.
Zoe, surprised at the contact, fell back against the table, this action causing the knife to fall out of her hand.
Andy lurched forward, her fist coming into contact with the blonde's head, again and again.
Coming to her senses Zoe kicked and pushed Andy away from her and stood up on shaky legs. Gaining in on Andy she slammed the brunette into the wall and wrapped both her hands in a fierce grip around Andy's neck.
Andy choked out in pain trying to gasp for air. Zoe laughed at her. "What? You thought you'd be able to have the upper hand and put an end to all of this by killing me?" she laughed again. "You always were quite the idiot. It was always going to be I who would finish you." she said.
Andy tried to kick her legs into Zoe with as much strength as she could muster up to try and get the blonde away from her but failed.
Miranda entered the town house with Stella right behind her. Both women wanted to speak to Andy about what had happened in the past couple of days so Miranda thought to invite the police woman over instead of spending more time at the station.
When they heard Zoe's laughter they made their way down the hall to the back of the house and into the kitchen where Miranda stopped in the door way upon seeing her lover held up against the wall being choked to death.
Zoe, not realising that they had company in the room, stared into Andy's pleading eye's. "Given up have you?" she questioned as Andy wasn't trying to kick her anymore. "I'm not surprise. You were always the weak one." she said.
Andy turned her head slightly and pleading sad brown eye's locked with the Editors and Miranda did the only thing she could think of doing to save her lovers life; she grabbed Stella's gun out of her holster and fired it twice, the bullets hitting Zoe in the back.
Zoe's grip around Andy's neck loosened before they fell away from her. The curly haired blonde turned around and looked at Miranda in shock before looking down at the hole in her stomach and then back at Andy who was now sliding down onto the tiled floor.
Miranda, realising what she had just down, let the gun slip out of her hands and it fell to the floor, the sound seeming loud in the semi silent room.
The blonde's hand came up to touch her stomach just as blood began escaping her mouth. It wasn't long until she fell to the floor.
Shaking herself out of her shocked state, Miranda quickly went over to Andy. Bending down next to the brunette she laid her hand on her lovers shoulder before realising that the brunette had lost consciousness.
Looking up the Editor saw Stella lean down to Zoe and check for a pulse, even though it was pointless, and felt none. Straightening she looked at Miranda and then at Andy who lay unconscious on the floor.
The police woman began pacing. "Stella, I.." Miranda began but got cut off by the other woman putting up her hand. "No, don't speak. I'm trying to think." she replied.
When she came to a conclusion she stopped her pacing and looked at Miranda. "You never shot Zoe McAllister. I did. You never speak a word to anyone of what just took place. You got that?" Stella said.
Miranda silently nodded before looking back down at Zoe's body. Swallowing the lump in her throat she then watched the steady breathing of her lover as she listened to Stella on the phone as she spoke to 911.
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The Paramedics had come and taken Andy to the hospital, Miranda had gone with her lover whilst Stella stayed and waited for Zoe's body to be taken away.
When her partner Katie came she explained what had happened before going to the station and filling out her statement.
Miranda now sat in the hospital room next to Andy's bed as she waited for her lover to wake up.
Andy stirred in the bed before blinking her eyes open. She looked to her side and saw her lover sitting there. They looked one another in the eye's. "Miranda." she said, her voice sounding rougher than usual.
"I'm here." Miranda said as she held Andy's hand tighter.
"Did what I think happen actually happen?" Andy asked afraid of the answer.
Miranda had been waiting for this question. Silently nodding her head she answered "Yes."
They remained silent for a few moments until Andy spoke. "So.. Zoe's.." she trailed off, not being able to say the rest of the words, even despite everything the blonde had done to mess up her life.
Miranda simply nodded.
Tears began trailing down Andy's cheeks. "What are you going to do?" Andy whispered. "The cops will find out that you were the one who.. who shot her." she said.
Miranda shook her head. "That's not going to happen. Stella has covered it up saying that it was her who did the shooting and not me." Miranda replied and squeezed Andrea's hand assuring the other woman that she wouldn't be taken away from her.
"Are you sure?" Andy asked.
"Yes. I'm sure." Miranda replied and smiled before she leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her lovers forehead.
"Lie with me?" Andy asked.
"Offcourse." Miranda replied and laid down on the bed, wrapping her arm securely around Andy's body and held her close.
After a couple of silent moments went by Andy's voiced filled the room. "She kissed me." Andy admitted, not wanting to keep anymore lies from Miranda.
Miranda lifted her head from the pillow and looked into Andy's eye's. When she was about to speak Andy quickly continued speaking. "I didn't kiss back, I pushed her away, I promise you this is something I would never lie to you about. I love you too much to do that to you." Andy said and Miranda stopped her speaking by placing a kiss on the brunette's lips.
"Shh. I know you wouldn't. I love you too." Miranda replied before resting her head on the pillow and silence filled the room once again as they both fell asleep in each other’s arms knowing that by being together they could get through anything.
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Fin.
Pairing: Andy/Miranda.
Author: Pure_Ecstasy6
Rating: MA For violence.
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine. This is just for fun. No harm intended.
Authors Note: Here is the final chapter. Not sure if it's any good. I changed it around a little bit and with much debate with myself on whether I should upload it or have a Beta go over it I decided to just upload it and hope that whoever actually reads it will like it.
Beta: All mistakes are mine.
Feedback: Comments are brilliant so please tell me what you think.
Previous Chapter: community.livejournal.com/dvlwears_prada/1289347.html
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Before & After: Chapter 23. Final Part.
Cassidy looked up when Stella walked out from the interrogation room towards them.
"What's going on? You've been in there for ages. Where's Andy?" She asked as she stood up with Miranda right behind her.
"We aren't finished speaking to Andy just yet." Stella replied to Cassidy before looking towards Emily who had now just stood up. "Andy has asked to speak to you." Stella informed the English woman.
Emily nodded and walked up to Stella.
"What is going on?" Miranda demanded.
"We won't be much longer." Was Miranda's only reply from Stella before the police woman turned and began to walk away.
Emily shrugged at Miranda before quickly catching up with the police woman and walked into the interrogation room.
~*~
Upon entering the interrogation room Emily saw Andy sitting at the table underneath a dim light. Looking over her shoulder the English woman watched as the Police officer left the room, leaving both friends alone to speak.
She wandered over to the table and sat down on the chair in front of Andy.
The silence in the room made Emily nervous. "Hey. How are you?" she said and realised straight away what a stupid question that was. "Okay, stupid question." she said and continued. "You told them about Afghanistan?" she asked, not knowing what else to say.
Andy silently nodded her head, her eye's focused on the table, finding it more interesting then looking up at her English friend.
"We can get you a really good lawyer and we can fight this." Emily said.
Looking up Andy shook her head. "It's too late." Andy replied and looked Emily directly in the eye's. "Stella's already put a call through to the Military Police. They're on their way." she said.
Emily sighed. "You cannot do this to yourself Andy!" she said and continued. "For Miranda and the twins' sake you've got to defend yourself!" she said and tried to control herself from yelling.
Andy could feel tears welling up in her eyes. "It's going to be hard on her, I know." Andy replied and thought of what Miranda would think of her once she found out the truth about her past. The brunette swallowed the lump which had formed in her throat and she looked Emily straight in the eye's again. "I need you to look after her for me. Can you do that?" Andy asked as she tried to keep her tears from falling.
"Offcourse I would do that for you but Andy that isn't going to happen. You're going to leave here with me right now and we are going to figure this out." More like Emily would talk sense into Andy. "And then we are going to speak to Stella and try to keep you out of jail." Emily said.
Andy tried speaking but Emily put up a hand to stop her. "We are going to do things my way whether you like it or not. That's all." Emily said, using Miranda's way of ending a conversation. She couldn't help but grin as to how well it had worked.
~*~
Andy, having let Emily control the situation at the station, had been able to get Stella to let her go to have some time to think things over, entered the town house and walked down to the back of the house towards the kitchen and mused at how great it was to have a friend who was a cop. Stepping into the kitchen her eyes landed on Zoe who was currently sitting on one of the chairs at the table and clutching at her bleeding leg.
"What do you think you're doing back here?" Andy growled. "I can't even believe that you'd set foot in here ever again after what you've done." she added, throwing her keys and phone on the counter top.
"Ah come on. That's hardly the way to greet an injured friend." Zoe said as she pulled her hand away from her bloodied leg. "Now get me something to clean this mess up with, would you?" Zoe asked.
Andy made no move of helping Zoe out as she sat down on one of the island stools. "I'm sure you'll be fine." she said.
Zoe stood up and limped her way over to Andy. "Unless you want me to get angry I suggest you help me out." the blonde said.
Andy shook her head. "I think I'll just sit here, if you wouldn’t mind. Besides you could use a little bit of suffering." Andy replied.
Now it was Zoe's turn to shake her head. "I can't believe you're being like this hard core. Don't you remember how it used to be between us? You and I as a team, always helping one another out." Zoe said before grinning. "Oh and you can't forget those endless nights of sex we shared." she added.
"That was a long time ago now." Andy replied.
"I don't think it is." Zoe said and Andy looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Zoe chuckled. "I reckon you still think of those nights we'd share together. How hot I’d make you." Zoe began running a finger down Andy’s cheek before leaning in closer to the brunette's face.
"How I could always make you moan my name." and then she leaned in and pressed her lips against Andy's.
When Andy realised what was happening she pushed Zoe away from her. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she yelled.
"Come on hard core, just give in already, both of us know you still want me!" Zoe said.
"You're completely delusional, you do realise that?" Andy replied. "There is no way in hell that I would want to get back together with you!" she said.
Zoe shook her head. "That's a shame." she said. "I still love you so it hurts me greatly for what I'm about to do to you." Zoe said as she pulled an object out from her pants pocket.
Andy glanced down and saw the knife that Zoe was holding. "Oh no you don't!" Andy said before lifting her leg and kicking Zoe in the stomach.
Zoe, surprised at the contact, fell back against the table, this action causing the knife to fall out of her hand.
Andy lurched forward, her fist coming into contact with the blonde's head, again and again.
Coming to her senses Zoe kicked and pushed Andy away from her and stood up on shaky legs. Gaining in on Andy she slammed the brunette into the wall and wrapped both her hands in a fierce grip around Andy's neck.
Andy choked out in pain trying to gasp for air. Zoe laughed at her. "What? You thought you'd be able to have the upper hand and put an end to all of this by killing me?" she laughed again. "You always were quite the idiot. It was always going to be I who would finish you." she said.
Andy tried to kick her legs into Zoe with as much strength as she could muster up to try and get the blonde away from her but failed.
Miranda entered the town house with Stella right behind her. Both women wanted to speak to Andy about what had happened in the past couple of days so Miranda thought to invite the police woman over instead of spending more time at the station.
When they heard Zoe's laughter they made their way down the hall to the back of the house and into the kitchen where Miranda stopped in the door way upon seeing her lover held up against the wall being choked to death.
Zoe, not realising that they had company in the room, stared into Andy's pleading eye's. "Given up have you?" she questioned as Andy wasn't trying to kick her anymore. "I'm not surprise. You were always the weak one." she said.
Andy turned her head slightly and pleading sad brown eye's locked with the Editors and Miranda did the only thing she could think of doing to save her lovers life; she grabbed Stella's gun out of her holster and fired it twice, the bullets hitting Zoe in the back.
Zoe's grip around Andy's neck loosened before they fell away from her. The curly haired blonde turned around and looked at Miranda in shock before looking down at the hole in her stomach and then back at Andy who was now sliding down onto the tiled floor.
Miranda, realising what she had just down, let the gun slip out of her hands and it fell to the floor, the sound seeming loud in the semi silent room.
The blonde's hand came up to touch her stomach just as blood began escaping her mouth. It wasn't long until she fell to the floor.
Shaking herself out of her shocked state, Miranda quickly went over to Andy. Bending down next to the brunette she laid her hand on her lovers shoulder before realising that the brunette had lost consciousness.
Looking up the Editor saw Stella lean down to Zoe and check for a pulse, even though it was pointless, and felt none. Straightening she looked at Miranda and then at Andy who lay unconscious on the floor.
The police woman began pacing. "Stella, I.." Miranda began but got cut off by the other woman putting up her hand. "No, don't speak. I'm trying to think." she replied.
When she came to a conclusion she stopped her pacing and looked at Miranda. "You never shot Zoe McAllister. I did. You never speak a word to anyone of what just took place. You got that?" Stella said.
Miranda silently nodded before looking back down at Zoe's body. Swallowing the lump in her throat she then watched the steady breathing of her lover as she listened to Stella on the phone as she spoke to 911.
~*~
The Paramedics had come and taken Andy to the hospital, Miranda had gone with her lover whilst Stella stayed and waited for Zoe's body to be taken away.
When her partner Katie came she explained what had happened before going to the station and filling out her statement.
Miranda now sat in the hospital room next to Andy's bed as she waited for her lover to wake up.
Andy stirred in the bed before blinking her eyes open. She looked to her side and saw her lover sitting there. They looked one another in the eye's. "Miranda." she said, her voice sounding rougher than usual.
"I'm here." Miranda said as she held Andy's hand tighter.
"Did what I think happen actually happen?" Andy asked afraid of the answer.
Miranda had been waiting for this question. Silently nodding her head she answered "Yes."
They remained silent for a few moments until Andy spoke. "So.. Zoe's.." she trailed off, not being able to say the rest of the words, even despite everything the blonde had done to mess up her life.
Miranda simply nodded.
Tears began trailing down Andy's cheeks. "What are you going to do?" Andy whispered. "The cops will find out that you were the one who.. who shot her." she said.
Miranda shook her head. "That's not going to happen. Stella has covered it up saying that it was her who did the shooting and not me." Miranda replied and squeezed Andrea's hand assuring the other woman that she wouldn't be taken away from her.
"Are you sure?" Andy asked.
"Yes. I'm sure." Miranda replied and smiled before she leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her lovers forehead.
"Lie with me?" Andy asked.
"Offcourse." Miranda replied and laid down on the bed, wrapping her arm securely around Andy's body and held her close.
After a couple of silent moments went by Andy's voiced filled the room. "She kissed me." Andy admitted, not wanting to keep anymore lies from Miranda.
Miranda lifted her head from the pillow and looked into Andy's eye's. When she was about to speak Andy quickly continued speaking. "I didn't kiss back, I pushed her away, I promise you this is something I would never lie to you about. I love you too much to do that to you." Andy said and Miranda stopped her speaking by placing a kiss on the brunette's lips.
"Shh. I know you wouldn't. I love you too." Miranda replied before resting her head on the pillow and silence filled the room once again as they both fell asleep in each other’s arms knowing that by being together they could get through anything.
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Fin.