For Love and Runway (4/?)
Title: For Love and Runway
Rating: NC-17
Author: obviously me
Pairing: Miranda/Andrea (they just have to overcome a few obstacles first)
Summary: Things are changing at RUNWAY as Irv is fired and a new CEO steps in. The battle lines are drawn as both Andrea and the new head of Elias Clarke vie for Miranda’s affection.
A/N: This is not beta’d all mistakes are mine
A/N2: Andrea did not leave in Paris.
Disclaimer: Any recognizable characters from The Devil Wears Prada, sadly do not belong to me. If they did I can promise that this would probably be a book, and Miranda and Andrea would have ended up together the first time around. Or for that matter no recognizable characters from Adaptation belong to me.
Part 1: http://merylandrebafan.livejournal.com/28453.html
Part 2: http://merylandrebafan.livejournal.com/29016.html
Part 3: http://merylandrebafan.livejournal.com/29328.html
Ch. 4
Miranda strode back into her office as quickly as possible and she did her best to ignore Andy sitting there at her desk. Seeing her only served to intensify the guilt she felt. Miranda sat down at her desk and rolled her eyes at the absurdity of it all.
“Why should I feel guilty when Andrea and I aren’t even in a relationship?” Miranda thought to herself. She looked into her outer office and saw her Andrea answer the ringing phone. “My Andrea, God there I go again. There’s no way now that she could ever be my Andrea. No matter how much I want her to be.” Miranda tuned the conversation out as she became increasingly lost in her thoughts.
Andy felt her blood pressure rising. She had had a hard enough time dealing with Miranda being out to lunch with Susan and now Susan was calling her office, and for what? For her to pass on the message to Miranda that she had had a splendid time, and wanted to make dinner arrangements? Fuck no; the bitch was doing it to gloat. This couldn’t be possible because Susan wasn’t aware of her feelings for Miranda. Was she? “Yes Ms. Orlean, I will tell her right away and have her contact you about making plans for dinner.” Andy said through her teeth. “Thank you Andrea, I do hope that this time the message is sent properly since our last discussion.” Susan said. “It was a joke we play on all new members of Elias Clarke.” Andy said sweetly, lying through her teeth. Emily looked over at her from her desk with a questioning look on her face and Andy waved her off. “Oh, well then, anyways just pass that information along to Miranda. She truly was great company good day.” Andy only narrowly resisted the urge to slam the phone down and stick her tongue out at it. Instead she got up and walked into Miranda’s office as calmly as she could.
“Miranda’ Andy said calmly. Miranda was pulled from her thoughts at the sound of her name and she looked at Andy. “What?” Miranda asked. Andy walked further into Miranda’s office and stood right in front of her desk. “You’re meeting at James Holt is in an hour, and I have Roy ready to take you there in five minutes.” Miranda looked at Andy and nodded. Andy took a deep breath to calm herself.” Susan Orlean called. She told me to inform you that she had a splendid time at lunch today and that she wishes to take you out for dinner as soon as possible and to let her know when would be best for you.” Andy said.
Miranda looked into Andy’s eyes and saw pain flash through them. Well she couldn’t very well address anything here now could she? “Fine, get my coat and bag and get ready to go that’s all.” Miranda said and Andy turned and left the inner office to retrieve Miranda’s coat and bag. It was going to be a long meeting.”Fuck my life” Andy thought to herself. Miranda emerged from her office seconds later and Andy handed Miranda her coat and bag and walked right behind her towards the elevators. To Andy’s surprise Miranda motioned for her to get in with her. So she stepped inside and stared straight ahead at the metal doors in front of her willing herself not to break down in front of her boss.
The elevator lurched and Andy and Miranda both flew forward. Miranda landing on top of Andy as the Elevator lights went out and they came to a complete stop. “Miranda are you alright?” Andy asked quickly. “Of course I am Andrea.” Miranda said and moved off of Andy and quickly stood up, as the emergency lights dimly flickered. Andy stood up and pulled out her cell phone and called maintenance “Hello, this is Andy Sachs Miranda Priestly’s assistant….oh…yes…she has a meeting…you can’t just leave us in this damn contraption...hello!?” Andy slammed her phone shut and began muttering under her breath. “They are well aware that the elevator has stopped working, and will not be able to get us out for at least an hour and a half. It seems that an employee was just fired from TEEN SCENE and was pissed enough to bring a gun and threaten the editor. She fired a few shots and ran. Naturally nobody stopped her. Now nobody was hurt but the woman is hiding out somewhere in the Elias Clarke building so they have shut down all elevators and blocked off the stairs and are searching for her now.” Andy finished and waited for the blow to come.
“This is utterly ridiculous, my entire day is now going to need to be rearranged because of some deranged ex-employee who couldn’t fire a gun and successfully hit the broad side of a building if they were standing at point blank range. Call Emily and cancel my meeting with James Holt. Have her reschedule it for tomorrow, in place of my meeting with Donatella, you can push her back until four tomorrow. Then have her call John and inform him that he needs to pick up the girls and take them with him since I was supposed to pick them up after the meeting and will now be unable to. That’s all” Miranda said and Andy quickly made the calls to a very distressed Emily, whom she assured that everything was fine.
After getting off of the phone with Emily Andy backed up against the elevator was and slid down it. “Miranda you might as well make yourself comfortable, we are going to be in here for awhile.” Andy said in a tone that she prayed wasn’t snarky. Miranda however, did notice it as she gracefully lowered herself onto her coat, which she had laid out on the floor. “Andrea, I do not appreciate the attitude, while yes I realize that we are trapped in this hell hole for the next hour and a half, I also realize that is not the reason for the attitude, if you are displeased by something don’t just sit there fuming. Otherwise you will eventually let your anger out on someone you do not wish to be angry with.” Miranda said as she faced towards the wall and felt her stomach knot. She knew that Andrea was angry at her after what she had said last night. Out of the corner of her eye Miranda saw Andy tense and Miranda mentally prepared herself for the blow that was about to come, and as she had predicted it did.
Andy spun around to face Miranda and glared at her. “You want me to express my feelings towards the person they are meant for then fine. Last night got off to a great start. You admitted that you knew that I cared for you, you admitted that you liked everything I did for you. In a nutshell you admitted that you have feelings for me Miranda. Then once call from Susan Orlean, and finding out about the flowers, and yes by the way, I knew it was wrong when I did it. However, I did not do it to hurt you but I will admit that I did it for my own selfish benefit.” Andy said and Miranda looked at her, her eyes widening. “I did what I did because from the moment Susan Orlean laid eyes you everyone within a ten mile radius could tell that she was interested in you, and honestly I can’t blame here. Most people within a ten mile radius, while they may fear you, they think you are beautiful and would jump at the opportunity to be in your bed gay or straight.” Andy said fuming “Andrea, that last statement is preposterous.” Miranda said and Andy screamed “NO IT ISN’T! I go to the benefits and the fashion shows, and everything in between with you Miranda; I see the way everyone looks at you.” Andy finished sadly.
“However, when Susan looked at you, it was more than just a look of lust; it was a look of possibility. We could all tell that she was interested in you whether you saw it or not. My immediate thought was ‘what kind of chance would I have with you if someone like her is after you’ so when she asked me what kind of flowers you liked best, I lied. I told her freesias because I knew it would displease you, and that you wouldn’t want anything to do with her for making such a foolish mistake.” Andy said tears beginning to fall. She was no longer angry. Now she was just hurt. Miranda sat quietly listening not knowing what else to do. “Everything was working out fine until you got that call from Susan and you didn’t give me the chance to explain myself. Instead, being you, you tore me down, calling me a disappointment, and thoroughly rejecting me. Then you go off and have lunch with Susan Orlean, and she calls the office, and when she realizes I’m the one she is speaking to she begins to gloat about how much fun your lunch was and how much she enjoyed your company. Now that I have lashed out I will clean out my desk as soon as this fucking lift begins to work again.”
Miranda took a ragged breath and looked her Andrea in the eye, yes indeed she was her Andrea and it was time to fix this.
“You will do no such thing Andrea. I want you to listen closely because I do not make a habit of apologizing to anyone except my children. However, I do apologize for not listening to you last night, and for lashing out, for thinking that you were just making a fool of me. You have to understand that I have carefully constructed walls, and that when I let someone, knowingly or unknowingly penetrate them, I become nervous, and at the first sign of trouble I throw them back up and shut that person out so that I can avoid as much pain as possible. What I did, I did to try and forget about you. However strangely enough my lunch date with Susan only made me feel guilty. I did mean what I said to you last night. There are things I didn’t get to tell you. I do care for you, very deeply and more than you will ever know. You must understand though that I am in the beginnings of my second divorce, I have two eleven-year old daughters and I am almost twice your age.” Miranda finished and gently took Andy’s hand.
Andy sat momentarily stunned. “I...I care for you Miranda; I’m honestly not too sure when it started. I will never do anything to hurt you, apology accepted.” Andy whispered and began to lean in as Miranda did. Their lips met in the sweetest kiss Miranda had ever experienced in her life. As Andy pulled back Miranda put her hand on Andy’s cheek and guided her back towards her mouth for a longer, deeper kiss. Miranda moaned as Andy tickled the roof of her mouth with her tongue and then gently sucked on her bottom lip. They both knew that they never wanted the kiss to end. Miranda pushed Andy back and got on top of her. Kissing her more roughly, causing them both to pant and moan. Finally when they parted for air Miranda came to her senses and got off of Andy and helped her back up into a sitting position. “I wish to address this issue this weekend while the twins are with their father.” Miranda said in a voice so silky and sexy Andy thought she would come just from hearing it. Andy simply nodded her head and kissed Miranda gently. “As for Susan, I will not go out to eat with her unless it pertains to work. “ Miranda said and Andy smiled. Miranda brushed her thumb over Andy’s cheek and gave her a real smile in return. “My Andrea” Miranda whispered.
The elevator suddenly roared to life and the two stood up and quickly fixed their hair and makeup. Both already wondering how they were going to be able to wait two more days until Friday night…..TBC
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