Disclaimer: I do not own DWP and its characters. I only own some, I might create in the near future of this fanfic.

WARNING: There may be content that can disturb some people, please tread carefully.

2.

7:15 am

Nigel is leaving the taxi that when he noticed something that he did not expect.

There was an ambulance and a police car in front of the building that Andy lives. He slowly walked over and using his manners came near an older man who's on the sidewalk.

"Excuse me sir. What's happening here?"

The man looked at Nigel and was not sure if he was supposed to share the information with a stranger. Nigel decided a different approach was needed.

"Sorry sir, I am a friend of one of the residents here and she did not come to work so I came to see if she is okay."

The old man looked at Nigel and after a moment decided to share what he knows. It wasn't a lot really, but the man in front of him is obviously nervous.

"I don't know the name of the girl. I'm new here and people don't usually speak to someone old like me. I am 81 years old, and you know the times are different now. If I were a handsome guy in my early twenties I'd have girls screaming to have me..."

Nigel tuned out the old man's rambling and is feeling a mix of emotions. Scared that the girl might be Andy and furious that needs to listen a lonely elderly person thinking he wanted to know about this sexual life in his younger years.

"Sorry sir, I don't mean to be rude, but I am really worried about my friend. Do you know if anyone is in the ambulance?"

"Oh she is beautiful, not too slim, but tall. Her hair is red, or is black? I don't know well because I am colour blind, but it's long hair, like a horse. Her smile could make me come so fast."

Nigel wanted to punch this man face but decided not to try, since the police are nearby. Even if it's not Andy in the ambulance, and he hopes not, the behavior of this man is disgusting.

"I will discover for myself, please excuse me sir."

Nigel walked around the small crowd, some of them he could see are residents of the building but unfortunately, he never met any of Andy's neighbours. Suddenly a text message stopped him.

"Nigel where is she? Miranda is furious because the teacher cancelled the meeting and she demands Andrea here in 10 mins! Then I will be the one to take Patricia and buy the dragon's girls' toys!"

Nigel takes a deep breath, his hands lightly shaking and sweating. He sends out a quick reply.

"I don't know. The police and an ambulance are here at Andy's building. A girl that matches her description, tall and long hair, is in there but I am not sure if is her. I'm trying to discover that now."

Elias-Clark Building. Runway.

Right then, when Emily could swear to God that she is going to faint, Miranda stopped by her desk.

"So, who is so important on this mobile that you can't do what I asked? I am beginning to be bored here and I don't like this."

Miranda raised an eyebrow. Emily is too quiet.

"I want Nigel in my office in less than 30 mins. I am looking at a new project and need his evaluation on it. That's all."

Miranda could sense that something was wrong. Emily is more nervous around her than ever and Nigel's disappearance is probably because he needed to go to find Andrea.

Miranda is feeling frustrated and worried with this poor communication. Usually, she knows what to do and she never needs any help from anyone. Now, she needs to discover what is happening to Andrea, her Andrea. Her heart can feel that something is wrong with her assistant.

7:25 am

Nigel is talking with the driver of the ambulance. It is the only person that he could manage to be near and have a small talk. The man is handsome to no end. Tall, blonde, green eyes and a body that is from Apollo himself. He would have great success in the modelling world.

"So Pierre, it's Pierre right?"

"Yeah, it is."

"Do you know anything about the woman in the back of the ambulance? I am a bit worried that might be my friend, but since I am not family I will not get any information from the doctors."

"I don't know a lot. She is young, probably mid 20's and fainted in the corridor of the building. A neighbour found her and called 911, looks like the boyfriend beat her badly."

Nigel took a deep breath. He and Andy have been talking a lot lately. She is so crazy about making every wish of Miranda's come true that he felt he needed to ask the girl about her feelings for her boss.

These conversations have been going on for almost two months and she says she only admires her boss. But, this topic has been causing a lot of problems between her and Nate, especially in the last few days. Nigel asked why, she said the boyfriend sometimes gets a bit too nasty and almost violent.

In a quick moment the two men listen a commotion inside the ambulance. One of the doctors knock at the small window and Pierre gave a small sad smile.

"Need to go, things have become bad, I only have a few short minutes to get to the hospital."

With these words, Nigel still thinking about what Andy told him, watches as the ambulance speeds down the long street until they turn corner that goes to the hospital.

7:29, Runway office

Miranda has been giving orders non-stop to all her staff. The models are almost crying because they never saw the editor like this. The last time has been years now, when the Caroline broke her leg.

Serena is on her way to talk to Miranda when Emily stopped her.

"Don't even try to go in that office. Call her and tell her you didn't finish whatever task she sent you to do."

"But Emily, she will know."

"At this moment she is on the phone with someone else. Go!"

Emily doesn't know what to do anymore and Serena being there doesn't help. Nigel is quiet and Andy is still not replying to her, and Miranda, well, the dragon is out breathing the fires hell around her.

Miranda quickly hung up the phone when someone came into the reception. She hides in a place that Emily could not see her. It was at then that a ring from the mobile made Miranda hold her breath.

Emily is talking so quietly that Miranda is having problems understanding what is been said.

"Nigel, what do you mean a beating bad enough to need to go to the ER?. Nigel, slow down. You think what?"

Emily walked to the chair at her desk, and took a deep breath. She needs a support, without it she will undoubtedly faint.

"I don't think she's having a heart attack but how would I know? Nigel..."

Miranda needed to hold on at the wall to avoid falling down. She knew something was wrong but the words Emily said are now repeating in her mind, "Beating, hospital, heart attack". Since then, her mind blocked out anything else that they said. Andrea, her Andrea, the woman that took her heart might be dying.

Miranda needs to be certain that Andrea survives this. It wasn't until this moment that she realizes how much her assistant means to her. Miranda has been lying to herself and the moment of truth is there: Andrea is more than an assistant to her. However she is not yet able to put a name to what the feelings are. Not that Miranda likes labels but...

At this moment though the only thing that matters is Andrea's health. And if there is a small chance of her being hurt, God help that boyfriend of hers. Miranda is going to kill cook boy with her bare hands. Boy won't know what the bloody hell hit him.

As soon as Miranda's mind registered the end of the call she moves to her desk, with her legs trembling, and takes out her personal mobile. Only four people have this number: the twins, Emily and Andrea.

And then, looking to the small object at her right hand, Miranda's heart skipped a beat. The mobile had a missed call, this was at 5:15 am.

Miranda didn't notice it because for the first time in years, she forgot to charge the mobile the night before. When she woke up this morning, a little after 4:45, the battery died. On her way to the office she charged it a bit in the car. Since it was not totally charged and knowing the girls were still sleeping when she left the townhouse, she didn't bother to turn it on.

When she arrived at Runway, Miranda decided to continuously charge it. The girls were still sleeping, Emily was already there and Andrea would be arriving soon, there was no reason to check it.

She felt better knowing that it was fully charged before turning it on. So it's only now that she has had time to turn it on and check the mobile. Minutes before she went to go to the door did she turned it on, but she didn't look at it straight, it was much more important to hear Emily's conversation.

Miranda almost couldn't breathe and she could feel her legs giving up. As she went down she felt a female's arms around her waist.

"Miranda! Oh God, Miranda are you alright?"

"Andrea..."

And with this, Miranda passed out with a stunned Emily who is trying hard not fall to the floor with her boss in her arms.

Ps: I hope you guys are enjoying the fic. I already have more chapters and I will try to update once or twice a week. Depends how crazy my life gets.

And many thanks to my Beta, Delilah Moon, for the quick reply of my e-mail and the help with my fic. :)

Delilah Moon: I'm more than happy to be able to help! Enjoy!