Running Back To You. Chapter 13.
Title: Running Back To You.
Author: pure_ecstasy6
Pairing: Andy/Miranda.
Rating: 17+
Summary: Andy has a dark secret that she's hiding.
How will Miranda react when she finds out what it is?
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine. This is written for fun.
Beta: Thanks to my friend worst_liar_ever for going over this chapter.
Feedback: Comments are brilliant so please tell me what you think.
Previous Chapter: community.livejournal.com/dvlwears_prada/1509799.html
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Andy stood next to Miranda in the kitchen by the stove where the older woman was currently stirring a sauce for their dinner. She smiled when Miranda raised the wooden spoon with some of the sauce on it and held it in front of her mouth. Andy opened her mouth and took in the end of the wooden spoon and instantly loved the flavours of the sauce. "You're such a great cook Miranda." Andy said as she saw Miranda's lips curl upwards in a small smile before she watched Miranda start to stir it again.
"That's very nice of you to say." Miranda replied and turned her head slightly to the right to glance at Andrea. When their eyes locked Miranda gasped at the intensity and desire that were in those beautiful brown eyes.
Andy, seeing this as the perfect moment to kiss Miranda, began to lean closer to Miranda, both their eyes fluttering closed, and just when Andy's mouth was about to capture Miranda's they heard pounding foot steps on the stair case announcing the girls arrival.
Andy stepped away from Miranda and cleared her throat before turning around to face the window.
Miranda opened her eyes and watched as Andrea ran a shaky hand through her brown hair before she turned and saw the girls.
"Mummy, we are so hungry!" Caroline whined as she came to a stop in the kitchen and sat on one of the bar stools.
"When will dinner be ready?" Cassidy asked as she too sat on a bar stool next to her sister and looked at Miranda and then Andy who turned around to look at both girls.
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Dinner was really quiet, not like how their dinners had been the last couple of nights, Miranda thought as she looked up at Andrea who hadn't looked at her since their near kiss earlier. She wondered what Andrea was thinking? Was the other woman that disgusted that she had nearly kissed her that she couldn't even look at her and make small conversation with her and the girls? No, the look in Andrea's eyes when they had nearly kissed had no traces of disgust or anything else, all she saw was desire and intensity.
Andy, after pushing her food around for the last couple of minutes, put her fork down and stood from the table. "Excuse me." she said as she cast a quick look at Miranda before she headed towards the back door.
"You still have to eat dinner Andy." Cassidy said as she glanced at Andy's nearly full plate.
"I'll eat it later honey." Andy replied giving the girl a small smile.
Miranda watched as Andy walked through the back door onto the porch and knew she had to speak with her as she knew something was wrong. "Finish up dinner girls and then we can watch a movie." she said to them with a smile.
Cassidy smiled back at her.
Caroline grabbed her hand. "Is Andy okay mummy?"
"Of course, everythings fine. Mummy just has to go and talk to her for a minute." Miranda replied. She hoped that everything was fine as she made her way to the porch.
She found Andy sitting on the ledge as she smoked a cigarette.
"I didn't pick you to be a smoker." Miranda said as she stood next to her.
"I didn't always smoke. I started the first day I was on the run." Andy replied absenmindedly as she stared out into the night sky.
Miranda nodded but remained silent as she gazed to where Andy was looking before she turned back to the other woman. "Can I?" she asked pointing to the cigarette box on the ledge.
"Sure." Andy replied and grabbed out her lighter from her pocket and watched as Miranda leaned forward and lit her cigarette. "I didn't pick you as a smoker." Andy said with a grin as she repeated what Miranda had said to her.
Miranda chuckled before inhaling the cigarette. "I don't." she replied as she breathed it out. "Only sometimes." she added.
They were silent for a few seconds after that before Andy turned to look at Miranda who was looking back at her. "Can we talk about what happened earlier?"
Miranda's heart fell as she knew what the brunette was going to say to her next. That she didn't mean to kiss her, because it was a heat of the moment thing. Her regular icy look appeared on her face, the one she has at work, and Andy noticed.
"I don't think we should be together." Andy said softly. "It's not you, I just, it wouldn't work."
Miranda chuckled and shook her head. "That's what they all say."
"Miranda." Andy said as she took the older womans hand in her own. "Miranda. Look at me." Andy said again. "Please." she said when Miranda was still looking away from her but this time Miranda finally turned and looked at her and their eyes connected. "I mean it, it isn't you. It's.." she trailed off and sighed. "It's me. The situation I am in." she started. "There is no way that I can start something with you when I am wanted woman. It wouldn't work." she said softly.
Miranda shook her head. "How do you know that? There's last couple of days have been fine. No one would ever find out." she replied.
"They would eventually though. Someone will pick up on why you're always heading out here. And I can't let that happen Miranda I won't. If the cops find out that you've been hiding me, a fugitive, you're going to be in deep shit." Andy replied. She hated that she was clearly breaking Miranda's heart and her own but this had to be said as there was no way she was going to involve Miranda and the girls in her already messy and complicated life more than they already were.
"But.." Miranda was going to continue but got cut off by Andy.
"But nothing Miranda. What? Do you think just because you're Miranda Priestly, Queen of the Fashion world and are basically able to have nearly everything the way you want it, that they would let you off easily?" she said and continued, her voice softening. "Look I dont want to ruin your life. We are two different people in totally different places in life and a relationship would never be able to work between us." Andy said. She could see tears starting to well up in Miranda's eyes and Andy swallowed around the lump that had formed in her throat.
Andy laid a hand on Miranda's cheek and felt the older woman leaning into her touch. The brinette squeezed her eyes shut before she opened them a second later. "I'm sorry." she whispered before her hand fell from Miranda's face and she fled from the porch, her heart breaking from having just broken both of their dreams.
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Miranda fell down onto her knees on the porch, her walls that she had built around her fell, and she sobbed quietly from Andrea's words. Now that she knew that Andrea felt the same towards her, and wanted to be with her, it hurt Miranda so much more then she thought it would. When Andy admitted her feelings to her, Miranda thought that they would have a happy, if sometimes complicated, life together. She thought that at the end of the day that they would work out any obstacles that they came across together but apparently Andrea didn't want to have to put her in any difficult situations and god she loved the woman for that, for thinking of her and the girls. But didn't she know that she could make her own decisions and that if she wanted to be with Andrea she would find a way to make it work for them?
Wiping at her eyes for her silly outbreak, she stood from the ground and looked out into the night sky as she took a deep breath and exhaled it, calming herself down. They could work something out. Miranda was determined to find a way to convince Andrea that they could be together and with this she turned around and walked back inside.
She found the girls in the lounge sitting in front of the flat screen watching a movie. "Hello bobbseys." she said softly as she sat down between them.
"Mummy." Caroline said as she leaned closer and laid her head on Miranda's shoulder.
Miranda held her precious girls until the movie finished at 9:30. By then they were asleep as it had been a long day. During the movie she had heard Andrea come through the front door of the cabin and instantly disappeared in the bathroom. She glanced down at her daughters and woke them up so they could get into bed.
Once they were in bed and sound asleep again Miranda began walking down the steps when she heard the bathroom door opening. When she neared the ground floor she saw Andrea who glanced up at her.
"Andrea. Can we please talk about this?" Miranda asked, pleading almost. And Miranda didn't plead.
Andy looked at Miranda again before she turned and started to walk away. "There's nothing to talk about. I said everything that needed to be said earlier. Now I am going to get some sleep. Good night." she said before she disappeared inside the lounge, shutting the double doors behind her.
Miranda sighed again as she stared at the closed doors in front of her. She really had wanted to listen to her but it seemed that Andrea wasn't in the mood at the moment. Maybe in the morning she would be. Miranda turned around and turned the lights out before she made her way upstairs to get some sleep as well.
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TBC...
Author: pure_ecstasy6
Pairing: Andy/Miranda.
Rating: 17+
Summary: Andy has a dark secret that she's hiding.
How will Miranda react when she finds out what it is?
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine. This is written for fun.
Beta: Thanks to my friend worst_liar_ever for going over this chapter.
Feedback: Comments are brilliant so please tell me what you think.
Previous Chapter: community.livejournal.com/dvlwears_prada/1509799.html
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Andy stood next to Miranda in the kitchen by the stove where the older woman was currently stirring a sauce for their dinner. She smiled when Miranda raised the wooden spoon with some of the sauce on it and held it in front of her mouth. Andy opened her mouth and took in the end of the wooden spoon and instantly loved the flavours of the sauce. "You're such a great cook Miranda." Andy said as she saw Miranda's lips curl upwards in a small smile before she watched Miranda start to stir it again.
"That's very nice of you to say." Miranda replied and turned her head slightly to the right to glance at Andrea. When their eyes locked Miranda gasped at the intensity and desire that were in those beautiful brown eyes.
Andy, seeing this as the perfect moment to kiss Miranda, began to lean closer to Miranda, both their eyes fluttering closed, and just when Andy's mouth was about to capture Miranda's they heard pounding foot steps on the stair case announcing the girls arrival.
Andy stepped away from Miranda and cleared her throat before turning around to face the window.
Miranda opened her eyes and watched as Andrea ran a shaky hand through her brown hair before she turned and saw the girls.
"Mummy, we are so hungry!" Caroline whined as she came to a stop in the kitchen and sat on one of the bar stools.
"When will dinner be ready?" Cassidy asked as she too sat on a bar stool next to her sister and looked at Miranda and then Andy who turned around to look at both girls.
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Dinner was really quiet, not like how their dinners had been the last couple of nights, Miranda thought as she looked up at Andrea who hadn't looked at her since their near kiss earlier. She wondered what Andrea was thinking? Was the other woman that disgusted that she had nearly kissed her that she couldn't even look at her and make small conversation with her and the girls? No, the look in Andrea's eyes when they had nearly kissed had no traces of disgust or anything else, all she saw was desire and intensity.
Andy, after pushing her food around for the last couple of minutes, put her fork down and stood from the table. "Excuse me." she said as she cast a quick look at Miranda before she headed towards the back door.
"You still have to eat dinner Andy." Cassidy said as she glanced at Andy's nearly full plate.
"I'll eat it later honey." Andy replied giving the girl a small smile.
Miranda watched as Andy walked through the back door onto the porch and knew she had to speak with her as she knew something was wrong. "Finish up dinner girls and then we can watch a movie." she said to them with a smile.
Cassidy smiled back at her.
Caroline grabbed her hand. "Is Andy okay mummy?"
"Of course, everythings fine. Mummy just has to go and talk to her for a minute." Miranda replied. She hoped that everything was fine as she made her way to the porch.
She found Andy sitting on the ledge as she smoked a cigarette.
"I didn't pick you to be a smoker." Miranda said as she stood next to her.
"I didn't always smoke. I started the first day I was on the run." Andy replied absenmindedly as she stared out into the night sky.
Miranda nodded but remained silent as she gazed to where Andy was looking before she turned back to the other woman. "Can I?" she asked pointing to the cigarette box on the ledge.
"Sure." Andy replied and grabbed out her lighter from her pocket and watched as Miranda leaned forward and lit her cigarette. "I didn't pick you as a smoker." Andy said with a grin as she repeated what Miranda had said to her.
Miranda chuckled before inhaling the cigarette. "I don't." she replied as she breathed it out. "Only sometimes." she added.
They were silent for a few seconds after that before Andy turned to look at Miranda who was looking back at her. "Can we talk about what happened earlier?"
Miranda's heart fell as she knew what the brunette was going to say to her next. That she didn't mean to kiss her, because it was a heat of the moment thing. Her regular icy look appeared on her face, the one she has at work, and Andy noticed.
"I don't think we should be together." Andy said softly. "It's not you, I just, it wouldn't work."
Miranda chuckled and shook her head. "That's what they all say."
"Miranda." Andy said as she took the older womans hand in her own. "Miranda. Look at me." Andy said again. "Please." she said when Miranda was still looking away from her but this time Miranda finally turned and looked at her and their eyes connected. "I mean it, it isn't you. It's.." she trailed off and sighed. "It's me. The situation I am in." she started. "There is no way that I can start something with you when I am wanted woman. It wouldn't work." she said softly.
Miranda shook her head. "How do you know that? There's last couple of days have been fine. No one would ever find out." she replied.
"They would eventually though. Someone will pick up on why you're always heading out here. And I can't let that happen Miranda I won't. If the cops find out that you've been hiding me, a fugitive, you're going to be in deep shit." Andy replied. She hated that she was clearly breaking Miranda's heart and her own but this had to be said as there was no way she was going to involve Miranda and the girls in her already messy and complicated life more than they already were.
"But.." Miranda was going to continue but got cut off by Andy.
"But nothing Miranda. What? Do you think just because you're Miranda Priestly, Queen of the Fashion world and are basically able to have nearly everything the way you want it, that they would let you off easily?" she said and continued, her voice softening. "Look I dont want to ruin your life. We are two different people in totally different places in life and a relationship would never be able to work between us." Andy said. She could see tears starting to well up in Miranda's eyes and Andy swallowed around the lump that had formed in her throat.
Andy laid a hand on Miranda's cheek and felt the older woman leaning into her touch. The brinette squeezed her eyes shut before she opened them a second later. "I'm sorry." she whispered before her hand fell from Miranda's face and she fled from the porch, her heart breaking from having just broken both of their dreams.
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Miranda fell down onto her knees on the porch, her walls that she had built around her fell, and she sobbed quietly from Andrea's words. Now that she knew that Andrea felt the same towards her, and wanted to be with her, it hurt Miranda so much more then she thought it would. When Andy admitted her feelings to her, Miranda thought that they would have a happy, if sometimes complicated, life together. She thought that at the end of the day that they would work out any obstacles that they came across together but apparently Andrea didn't want to have to put her in any difficult situations and god she loved the woman for that, for thinking of her and the girls. But didn't she know that she could make her own decisions and that if she wanted to be with Andrea she would find a way to make it work for them?
Wiping at her eyes for her silly outbreak, she stood from the ground and looked out into the night sky as she took a deep breath and exhaled it, calming herself down. They could work something out. Miranda was determined to find a way to convince Andrea that they could be together and with this she turned around and walked back inside.
She found the girls in the lounge sitting in front of the flat screen watching a movie. "Hello bobbseys." she said softly as she sat down between them.
"Mummy." Caroline said as she leaned closer and laid her head on Miranda's shoulder.
Miranda held her precious girls until the movie finished at 9:30. By then they were asleep as it had been a long day. During the movie she had heard Andrea come through the front door of the cabin and instantly disappeared in the bathroom. She glanced down at her daughters and woke them up so they could get into bed.
Once they were in bed and sound asleep again Miranda began walking down the steps when she heard the bathroom door opening. When she neared the ground floor she saw Andrea who glanced up at her.
"Andrea. Can we please talk about this?" Miranda asked, pleading almost. And Miranda didn't plead.
Andy looked at Miranda again before she turned and started to walk away. "There's nothing to talk about. I said everything that needed to be said earlier. Now I am going to get some sleep. Good night." she said before she disappeared inside the lounge, shutting the double doors behind her.
Miranda sighed again as she stared at the closed doors in front of her. She really had wanted to listen to her but it seemed that Andrea wasn't in the mood at the moment. Maybe in the morning she would be. Miranda turned around and turned the lights out before she made her way upstairs to get some sleep as well.
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TBC...