Andy was in the middle of a Photo shoot. Not as the model of course, but somehow as Miranda Priestly´s assistance once again… Andrea wasn´t quite sure how she ended in this situation for as far as she knew she still worked for the Mirror and not for Runway, she had really left Miranda in Paris and yet here she was once again trying to fulfill every whim that Miranda had.
"Well at least I´m not bored anymore…" Andrea thought before rushing off to get some box that was at the back at the studio, a heavy box that Miranda´s current photographer protégé urgently needed to get some final touch that just needed to be added to the scenery so that everything would just be "flowingly perfect".
Ass.
The real reason she was there was because she was running an article of how much the "subtle" advertising really paid off and the process it involved to get it done. Of course there never is anything subtle about advertising as far as Andy new, really, you just had to see a music video to see at least 200 different brands being obviously displayed or a movie and don´t get her started on magazines…
As she put down the box on the desk behind Nigel who was looking through the clothes and different poses the model tried while the camera was firing away. Miranda meanwhile was strangely observing *everything* but gave nothing away until…
"Stop" Miranda said .
And everyone and everything did.
Miranda walked around the model and quickly re-arranged the hair, the pose, the models, the scenery… *everything* and "There is something missing" said she while looking intensely at "the whole picture".
Andrea, Nigel, Serena and even the artist itself started looking for that something, but as always the order was imprecise and they had to guess. Finally after looking for about 5 minutes of looking and feeling anxious to the point of vomiting Miranda finally said...
"Andrea give me a Kiss"
"Wh..WHAT?!" Andy almost screamed.
"A Kiss Andrea, Do I have to describe it to you?"
Not really, but wasn´t this request kind of sexual harassment? You know…
"N…now?"
Asked Andrea after some seconds of making a pro-con list.
Pro: she got to kiss Miranda, make her happy and above all save her neck once again form the Dragon.
Cons: She might have bad breath and mortally offend Miranda and thus lose her career and dignity…
"Of course not, when we all perish would be a good time…" Miranda really had to be kidding…
The silence was deafening, the anxiety was over the top and Andy breaking her resolve to put an end to working in ANY way for Miranda finally gave in and crossed the space between them grasped Miranda´s face in her own and gave her a kiss, more than a peck and definitely less than a French.
After Andy was done Miranda opened her eyes, brushed Andy aside and went to the box, she opened the lid and got something out of it, walking calmly back to where the model was after some quick unwrapping and a quick examination Miranda carefully rested the object in the model´s mouth. A Hershey's chocolate, kiss.
Oh…Oh! Erm…Oops?
Turning around once again and looking at Andy straight in the eye she said.
"Although the display of your talents was uncalled for "-UNCALLED FOR? Andy thought she *DEMANDED THEM*! Well… not exactly but still… she really should be more specific when ordering around…
"They were … passable. However once again I had to do everything myself so that it gets done"
PASSABLE! Oh…the nerve…! Well at least she hasn´t kicked me out of New York…
Sigh…
"That´s all"
And this time, it was Miranda who got to walk away.
But this time Andrea had the sense to follow…