Chapter One
Now
It had been eight long months. Eight months since she had last looked into the stunning blue eyes that haunted her dreams. Eight months since she was able to see behind the ice queen mask and got to look at the woman who loved her children, and who was undeniably human despite what others believe. Eight months since she made the biggest mistake of her life and walked away from the woman she had fallen madly in love with and in turn ruined any chance she would have had to win her loves heart. It had only been 30 minutes that once again shattered everything around her. It had been 25 minutes since she hung up the phone after hearing that her Miranda, the woman she was head over heels in love with had been involved in a car accident and was in critical condition.
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Andy or Six as Nigel loved to call her had kept in touch with her friend even after she had left Runway. They met for drinks one night and got to talking about their new jobs and what was going on in their lives. Nigel had found out that Andy has been working at the Mirror for the last seven months, that due to her hard work she had already been promoted to Junior Editor and had already won several awards. Nigel was not as shocked as she expected when she told him that Miranda herself had given her a recommendation even after the way she left her in Paris. Andy found out that Miranda really did pay Nigel back for Paris by making him Editor-in-Chief of Men's Runway, a position which offered him much more control and benefits than the James Holt job ever could have. Andy also learned through Nigel that Emily had been promoted and was offered a job at Runway France but chose instead to take over Nigel's position as Art Director, due to her devotion to Miranda and her budding romance with Serena. What did come as a shock to Nigel however was when an inebriated Andy confessed to being madly in love with Miranda Priestly and that the real reason she left in Paris was because she could no longer hide her feelings and she was heartbroken by not only Miranda's betrayal of Nigel but by the fact she figured Miranda would never see her as more than the smart, fat assistant. However Nigel knew something that would surprise Andy which was the fact the Miranda was in love with her as well. Nigel had learned this piece of information after a party that was thrown to celebrate his promotion. After the party when it was just himself and Miranda both drunk, Miranda accidentally admitted her feelings for the lovely young reported but felt like Andrea could never love the almost twice her age "Dragon Lady" she walked away from because she was disgusted by the idea of being like Miranda. To say he was shocked would be a huge understatement but as quickly as Miranda had opened up she closed off, threatened him with ruin if he ever spoke a word of the conversation and then was out the door.
Nigel had always had a hunch regarding Andy's feeling for Miranda but never could have imagined the feelings being returned, and even though he could not betray Andy or Miranda's secrets of mutual feelings to each other, he could however find a way to get them together. So after a month of planning as well as bringing Emily and Serena on board they had finally came up with a plan to at least get the two women in the same place at the same time and hopefully get them to at least speak to each other. The plan however was put on hold when they received a call informing them that Miranda had been in a very serious car accident and was currently being rushed into surgery.
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Andy ran into the hospital and to the waiting room where she found Nigel, Emily and Serena all sitting with solemn looks on their faces. As soon as Nigel spotted Andy he pulled her in for a hug as she broke down in tears. He explained that the doctors would not tell him much but that Miranda was in surgery due to a head injury that was causing swelling and other internal bleeding. According to Miranda's driver they were going through an intersection at a green light when a drunk driver had ran a red light and t-boned the Mercedes on Miranda's side. The impact had caused her head to whip against the window and then threw her body into the other door. Thankfully the girls were not in the car yet since they were on the way to pick them up from a school function. The drunk driver was killed in the crash. After about 30 minutes the girls showed up with their father James, who was still listed as Miranda's emergency contact. James began demanding an update on Miranda's condition but was told that he would need to wait for the doctor to come out of the surgery. After a couple of hours Emily and Serena left to go back to Runway and begin rearranging Miranda's calendar and Nigel left to try and handle anything pressing Miranda had going on that needed immediate attention, but not before a promise that they would be informed the minute James heard from the doctors. Andy who had remained silent stayed up until this point refused the offer of a ride home, stating that she would not abandon Miranda again unless Miranda wished it. This struck James as odd but Nigel only gave her a sad smile and left. As it approached 11pm, and about 2 hours since Miranda had went into surgery James had Cara take the girls home to Miranda's so they could rest and promised them he would wake them up and let them know as soon as he had an update. Around Midnight the doctor finally walked out. He informed James and Andy that Miranda had arrested once on the table and they had to resuscitate her, but they were able to stop the bleeding and the swelling, and all in all the surgery was successful and she was being moved into a private room in ICU. He also informed them that though Miranda was out of the danger zone they had no way of telling what issues may arise due to the head injury and that they would have to wait for Miranda to wake up so see if there will be any lasting damage, but it would be at least 2 days before they started reducing the medications and slowly waking her up. Andy offered to call Nigel while James called the girls, which James was thankful for. Once the phone calls were made James approached Andy to thank her for staying and asked her what her connection to Miranda was and Andy not knowing what to say just said she was a friend and left it at that. Since they would not be able to see Miranda until at least tomorrow they both headed to their respective houses for the night.
Once Andy returned home she stripped of her clothes, climbed into a hot shower and cried. She cried for Miranda, for the girls, but mainly she cried for all the lost moments she may never have been able to share with Miranda due to her fears. She promised herself that once Miranda recovered she would set out to be part of her life, even if Miranda turned her away or only wanted friendship Andy would gladly take it. She knew that either of these would break her heart but she would accept role Miranda allowed her to play in her life because she realized that you never know how much time you will have to follow your heart.
