In A New York Minute—Written By: Mimi the Writer
Miranda Priestly was a busy woman; she was late for a luncheon with the women who contributed their time and money to MOMA. As she waited at the curb for her driver Roy to pick her up she was lost in her thoughts as she noticed a couple walk past her across the street. They were an average young couple that was enjoying the surprising mild autumn afternoon and they held onto one another with such promise of a young love that it made Miranda wistful. As the emotion quickly appeared, they were as quickly dismissed as she noticed her black Mercedes sedan make it appearance before her.
Andrea Sachs was sitting in her office at a high-rise corporate tower in midtown Boston. The years had past quickly that she was now the Editor in Chief of the Boston Herald, the oldest newspaper in the city. Having should a deep history in the city there was pride with be affiliated which such a publication, which often made Andy's job a delight. Andy was sitting at her desk when her assistant Angus came in to hand her the messages he had taken during her lunch away from the office.
"Your husband called, three times. And the daycare called about your son." Angus said as he handed Andy a few more messages and file folders.
"Get Matt on the phone." Andy responded to him as she checked the rest of the messages quickly and placed them on her desk.
The day was dragging on for Andy as she was trying to get new advertisers interested in the Herald's new online presence. As she began to go through the designer websites to get an idea of what dress to wear for her gala on the weekend. Andy had been on the helm of the newspaper for five years and the gala was in celebration of the milestone. Andy's husband was going to be in town despite his obligation to be at an away game in Detroit. Andy had married a professional hockey player Matt Hardy nearly seven years ago and they had two children. Andy found humor in such a mate as he was home with the kids more than she was. Miranda Priestly often came to mind during her moments of reflections, which happened increasingly often these past few years. Despite her best attempts, she had mirrored the woman in her work hours and inability to balance a successful family.
"Hey Lamb chop. Just picked the boys up from daycare and now we are heading to the sports store. We'll pick you up at seven o'clock." Matt said in a rush as he was carrying two boys under the four in both his arms and trying to balance his cell phone on his shoulder.
"Okay see you later." Andy could not help but smile as she envisioned Matt being Mr. Mom. She really had been lucky when she met him.
Andy met Matt while she was visiting Nate at the Oak Room in Boston. Ten years ago when she left Miranda high and dry at Fashion Week in Paris, she had returned to New York to an empty apartment, no boyfriend, no friends, and unemployed. Her loss was compounded by the fact that she was on Miranda's list of undesirables' and thus began her journey towards Boston to see if she could salvage her relationship with Nate. The Boston Bruins hockey team were constant patrons to the Oak Room and it was one evening while Andy was nursing a glass of wine at the bar that Matt Hardy approached her with a cheesy pick up line. As the night progressed and they found many areas in which they shared a common ground, Andy was astounded that the player was five years her junior and despite her initial misgivings they became friends. Shortly after they began to date as Nate ended their relationship when Andy began to work at the Herald and her work hours seemed to be reason enough to split again.
Miranda was sitting at her luncheon wondering how this block of time could have been used in a better manner as she was stuck sitting beside her ex-husband's new wife. Stephen Tomlinson and Miranda had a acrimonious divorce and having the woman beside her was simply annoying especially since Stephen had left her pregnant and disgraced as he gallivanted around town with a woman half her age and getting her pregnant as well. The tabloids were not kind as she was a forty-eight woman who was pregnant by her cheating, lying husband who then traded her in for a much younger model. Their son Brody was a sweet and kind boy despite his parentage. At ten years of age, the boy brought Miranda joy as she would have suffered through the twins' departure to college a couple of years back.
The years following Stephen had not been lonely as she still dated and was able to maintain some relationships despite her hectic work schedule. At present, she was dating Robert Bragg and he was a good companion, but something was missing, he was handsome, age appropriate and a successful stockbroker. Miranda's thoughts always somehow went to a brown-eyed, brown-haired woman that disappeared ten years ago. Miranda knew that she moved to Boston and took a job at the Herald but she was never contacted for any referrals. She often wondered as her heart clenched what ever did happen to Andrea Sachs.
TBC