Dear readers,
hope you guys are thinking "Devil and Angel" as an interesting fic. A lot sillt going to happen on it and surprises are coming very soon specially, about Miranda's past.
As this is an AU fic, starting at the 60's, a lot of things involving USA at that time will appears but other things from before this time around the world too.
Here Andy at the first time at the fic. :)
Disclaimer: I do not own DWP and its characters. I only own some that I created in this adaptation. And I do not own any money with the fic...
WARNING: There may be content that can disturb some people, please tread carefully.
2.
NY, 4 January 2000
Runway
Miranda Priestly's office
3 pm
Miranda Priestly is in a really bad mood. She is talking with her first ex-husband about the twins weekend with him. The man decided to go to her office without been scheduled. When he arrived, he simply informed Emily it was about the twins and came inside, disturbing a meeting with Nigel.
Miranda asked Nigel, an old friend and her right arm in the magazine, to move out for only five minutes and their meeting will be continued from where it was disturbed.
"So James, what happened to my girls, to make you come here without an agenda?"
The girls, Caroline and Cassidy, spent Christmas with her. New Year's with their father but the man decided to introduce his new girlfriend to them, and this, on the New's Year Eve. And obvious did not share this information previously with her.
James only give a smile to his ex-wife. He still likes to put the dragon on full mood, in some way this makes him happy; knows that can destroy her peace for some small moments, especially, at her work.
"Do you know James, I do not care whom you have intercourse or not. But you need to do better than that James. The girls deserve a better father figure."
"Oh yes Miranda. They deserve a better mother figure too, than the Ice Queen."
"How dare you!"
"How dare me?! Are you joking Miranda? I love these girls and you know that but you need to be laid. Maybe this way, you will stop to freak out about Louisa."
James didn't have time to do a single thing and suddenly his face is hot. Miranda Priestly just slapped him.
"Come on Miranda, everybody, in this city, knows your husband number two was gay, apart from you, and that marriage lasted what, two weeks? And the number three, your last debacle, Stephen was an idiot that only wanted your money because he fucked other women outside the townhouse and you knew that!"
"Out! Get out of here James!"
Miranda's orders and the ice tone of voice can be listened outside the closed door or her office. Emily, the first assistant is already on alert and with her hands on the phone to call security if the man does not leave in five seconds.
The door opened but before James leave, he looked back and said something that no one, of these two witness assistants, will ever repeat.
"It's better if you find someone to fuck you well Miranda. You need to be laid soon or the girls will suffer! Find a man, or a woman, doesn't matter, to get you off!"
And like this the man left and Miranda, in seconds, called Emily, her assistant number one. The woman came inside like a flash of thunder.
"Cancel all my schedule. Move them for Thursday. I am leaving."
"Yes Miranda."
At the time Miranda came inside the lift, Emily is already informing Roy he needs to be there and that their employer is in a terrible mood.
J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building
Robert Smith is walking at the long corridor looking for his partner. They are working together now for almost three years and the girl is everything a co-worker needs: punctual, professional, passionate about her job and gorgeous. Okay this last one, are not supposed to be said like this but, it is true.
Andrea Marie Sachs started her career at FBI two years ago. Now at age 29, she is one of the best agents they could have. She put her professional life in front of everything, with an one exception, her grandfather Thomas.
"Hello Robert. How are you? And your fiance?"
"Hi Andy, we are fine but you know, you are gorgeous today. Why that?"
"Oh come on Robert, you need to stop to say this. One day Melissa will listen to you and I will be in trouble!"
The two started to laugh until they stops in front of the door of their superior. A strong knock at the door and they are inside the big and bright room.
"Hello Sachs, Smith. I have a very delicate case for both of you to do and it will not be an easy one."
"What it is about Sir?"
The conversation between them takes almost two hours. At the end, they will need to go uncovered, brother and sister, both of them are going to work at Runway magazine.
Priestly's Townhouse
Miranda is furious, she is the Devil in Prada in full mood. The girls are supposed to be at home when she arrived but James took them from school.
As the other parent his name is in the list of people with authorization to take the twins, as so was Cara, but when she received the call from Cara, she wanted to kill her ex-husband, specially after the fiasco of their talk and his rudimentary behaviour.
If he had spoken about her that way at the townhouse it was bad enough, but at Runway? She never mixed her work with her private life. And now James will regret both, talking to her that way and taking the girls without informing her.
"Cara, explain to me again."
"Miranda, the teacher said he arrived there and said he will take the girls for a late lunch and after bring them back to the house."
"And why I cannot call my daughters' mobile? They are outside the area, wherever that means! And I am trying for a very large amount of minutes."
"Miranda, I am really sorry."
"It is not your fault Cara. This is that stupid caveman that I unfortunately had the idea to married once. I am doing a phone call, if they arrive, please call me at the studio."
"Yes Miranda."
Central Park, NY
James is with the girls, they had pasta in one of their favourite restaurants not far from the park and now decided to walk home. It is not a long distance and they can talk a bit.
"Caroline, Cassidy, you both like to spend time with me right?"
The twins look to each other and have a briefly and short silent talk. Caroline decided to talk first.
"Yes father. We enjoy but not when we go to your house."
"Why not?"
Cassidy, much more passionate than her sister with words, is quiet. It will not be a good idea talk to her father that his actual girlfriend frustrate them both and that his behaviour near her is anything less than elegant.
"Well, we like to spend time with you and four of us simply will not work. (pause) You know she is not mom."
At that reply from his daughter James started to laugh so loud that his stomach now is hurting.
"Thanks God she is not Miranda. I had enough nightmares with her."
The twins looks to their father, both of them surprised with his behaviour. They know he doesn't love their mother, might probably never had, only trying to be famous with her...
"You know that is not polite. Even if you do not love or like her, you should respect her. She is our mother and we love her deeply."
"My fault Cassidy."
The three of them walk in silent until they are at the front door of the townhouse. James rings the bell and when it opens a very angry Miranda Priestly is at the door, a dragon steaming fire.
"Girls, please go straight to your rooms. James, follow me to my studio."
The girls run to their rooms, afraid of what is coming because the tone of voice of their mother. This tone they know very well, not that Miranda uses it with them, it is very rare this happens but all the staff of Runway have the knowledge of it.
"James, come along."
James closed the door behind him and followed the dragon.