Central Park, at the same moment.
Nate is walking in Central Park, he is totally upset with how things finished with Andy. He did not want to lose her for that crazy woman called Miranda Priestly.
Nate has known Andy since they were teenagers because their grandmothers lived nearby. So they stayed together almost all their lives since then. Nate had one girlfriend before, but he was Andy's first and only man. He had been planning on getting married for about a year and a half and then, then this woman decided to come in between them.
He is walking in silence at the park when suddenly an image made him stop. Around him some children were playing. He always wanted to have children, since his first girlfriend Melissa. When she died, she was pregnant with their baby. It was a teenage pregnancy. She was only 14 years old, and Nate was 16.
Nate gave a diabolic smile and walked out of the park. With only one place in his mind.
Presbyterian Hospital
8:10 amNigel is taking his mobile in hands when suddenly a very angry woman all in blue, stopped in front of him.
"Sorry sir, but how did you get this phone?"
Nigel looked to her and thought, 'What is wrong with women during the morning? They always look so nervous and agitated.'
"Uh, sorry ma'am but this phone is mine."
"No, it's not. I never saw a mobile like this until a few minutes ago when it came in with the Jane Doe. We are all trying to discover her password to try to get more information about her."
Nigel felt his world collapsing suddenly. If the nurse or wherever she is, saw another mobile like his, it means someone from Runway is there. This confirms that the woman that was in the ambulance was Six.
The nurse saw his reaction and noticed that this man probably really knew the Jane Doe. The man looked pale with an expression of pure desolation in his eyes.
"Can...can I see the other mobile that you have?"
The nurse went to the desk and opened a small drawer, she took the transparent plastic bag in her hand and showed it to Nigel.
"Sorry but you cannot touch this. This bag is going to the police as evidence. We are trying to discover to whom this belongs to and we are using gloves."
" I – I don't need to touch. I can do better than that. I am going to ring and if it is who I believe it is, we will have the proof that it was Six in that ambulance."
As soon as Nigel found Andy's number and dialed, a strange noise sounded at the reception. The nurse looked to it and then to Nigel.
"She put a special ringtone for me, oh Six..."
"So sir, who is she? What details you can give us about your co-worker?"
"Her name is Andrea Sachs, she is from Cincinnati." He pauses for a moment thinking. "Sorry, I need to call someone before I give you more information. The call will be short, very short. It won't take me long."
The nurse stepped away wondering what kind of relationship these two co-workers have. Who would put a ringtone of " Take it like a man" by Cher? Their relationship needs to be pretty close. Darlene knew the song because she is a Cher fan.
Nigel took a few steps away and sat in one of the plastic chairs. He will not have this talk with Miranda and have a risk of fainting or having a heart attack. Maybe it's good that he is already at the hospital.
Runway office.
Emily is trying to call Nigel but his phone is busy. She has been trying for the last 2 minutes. First was no signal and now this.
"Emily?"
Emily ran into the office, Miranda was standing near the large glass window.
"So?"
"I am really trying Miranda but his mobile had no signal and now the line is busy."
"Emily you have been so disappointing today. I will do this myself. I want good news at the next time I ask something of you. That's all."
Miranda reached for her mobile with some hope that she knew was non-sense. She was going to call Andrea's number, she knew the woman won't answer but she was needing to listen to the silly girl's voice.
One ring, two rings, three rings. Voicemail.
"Hi there. You called Andy, uh Andrea, well Andy. I cannot take your call at the moment but I will ring you back a.s.a.p."
Miranda felt a small smile appear only to find that at the same time a strong taste of salt on her lips.
"Andrea, where are you?"
Presbyterian Hospital
Nigel was trying to call Miranda's number. He only had this number for emergencies and never, ever had to use it. She probably didn't know he had this number since he asked Emily for it and told him he should only use it if he is absolutely dying.
"Strange, why is Miranda's mobile busy? I am sure the twins are at school."
Suddenly a song hopped into his ears, "She Drives me Crazy", by Fine Young Cannibals. Nigel started to laugh non-stop. He was with Andy one day when Miranda called and she looked at him so angelic that he giggled with the girl for days.
Flashback
Nigel and Andy were in a small restaurant near her apartment. It was late at night and both of them were in need of a talk. A friend to friend talk.
Nigel just broke up with his long-term boyfriend that complained about his working hours. Andy was having more and more problems with Nate that was becoming a bit violent. The other day he hit her in her stomach so hard that she almost wasn't able to breathe, for the next few days, she had a dark purple bruise on her abdomen. She never told the whole truth about it to Nigel. She only said he wasn't the same guy from their teenage years and college anymore.
A very familiar song that Nigel hadn't listened to in years started to play at the mobile at the table. He looked to her and Andy give to him one of her most beautiful smiles, probably not even realizing it.
"Hi Miranda"
Nigel looked totally shocked and Andy put her finger on her lips to tell him not say a word. When the call finished Nigel looked to her.
"Care to explain, young lady."
"Nigel, it isn't true? Doesn't Miranda drive all of us crazy?"
"Yes, she does. But did you ever pay further attention to the lyrics?"
"What do you mean Nigel?""Well my dear. The name of the music is "She drives me crazy", so I am asking you. Does Miranda Priestly drive you that kind of crazy?!"
Andy didn't reply because at that exact moment their food arrived. They never talked about this but Nigel always wanted to know, does Miranda know about the ringtone?
End of flashback
Nigel waited for the music to stop to call Miranda's mobile.
Hospital/Runway
Miranda is trying to be strong but she knows that it's not working. She cared too much for this young girl to not be worried. Andrea, her Andrea, is like a rainbow after a pouring rain. Suddenly she realized something, she thinks about Andrea all the time, thinks of this girl as hers.
"Where did this come from?!" Miranda thought deep in her mind.
A mobile ringing brought Miranda's back to reality she looked at the her Blackberry, it was number that's not in her contacts. She usually would not take the call, on the contrary, she would call her provider and demand to know how someone would give her private number to a complete stranger.
"Who is this? I demand to know who are you!"
"Uhm, Miranda, it's Nigel."
Miranda will deal with Emily after this because she knows her Andrea would never give her private number to someone else ever, even Nigel. During all these years working together she never thought it necessary for him to have it. He has her home landline and the office, why would he need something so personal?
Andrea, she would definitely prefer to be the new Joanna D'Arc than give this kind of information to Nigel or someone else. And the twins, they like Nigel but, they knew, this number was not for him.
"I am very well aware that my Bobbseys would never give this number to you, neither would Andrea. So I am sure I will deal with Emily later. For now, I want to know what you have for me."
Miranda's voice is quiet and cold as ice. Nigel knows for anyone else it means trouble. But they have been friends for more than two decades and she is not able to make him feel so scared anymore. Only sometimes and, in person. He could hear the small trembling in her voice on the last word.
"Miranda, Six is in the hospital. I only have a little bit of information during the time before she arrived here but, uh," he stopped to look to the nurses in front of him, but not too close, "The situation is not good. It's better you if came here to see your fiancee."
And with this small message he hung up the mobile hoping that Miranda understood his small hint.
Miranda Priestly was in shock after the call, she didn't know what to think. First Nigel hung up on her, second and the most important, he shared a very brief amount of information with her. Her Andrea, for all intents and purposes at the hospital will be her fiancee. It is the only way, she would be able to see the girl.
More than that, her world hit her like a truck. She couldn't deny it anymore. She was in love, she was in love with her Andrea.
