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Chapter 13

'Um, Hello Andrea. I missed your call because I couldn't find my phone anywhere (nervous giggle) I uh, I'm just returning your call, I'm not ignoring you um, I will be taking the day off tomorrow and I've let the necessary people know you're to do the same. (Pauses) I (heavy sigh) I um . . . Thank you Andrea for, for listening"

Lily brought the phone away from her ear and handed it back over to her friend "Woah!"

"Yeah" Andrea just nodded.

Yesterday Miranda had effectively burst a damn, and told Andrea what she had needed to know for about a year now.

"So did you call her back?" Lily asked.

"Oh yeah straight away, she just sounded so broken in that message" She said in a very tired voice since she had very little sleep the night before, her mind refusing to let her forget every word that was said the day before.

"Was she alone last night?"

"I don't think so, I think the girls were there with her" Andy replied

"Uh, actually no they weren't they had a sleepover last night" Emily said walking into the kitchen then giving Lily a kiss on the cheek "Good Morning babes" she said in a quieter voice. Lily just blushed.

"What? Why didn't she tell me?" Andy said her voice rising slightly. She was getting worried.

"Well technically she did Andrea, before you left to go to lunch with her, don't you remember? She told me to walk Patricia, um tell Patrick she wanted the red and to let the twins know she would be home for dinner then they could go to their friend's sleepover. Remember?" Emily said while making herself and Lily a coffee.

"Oh god, I completely forgot that" she said in a low voice, leaning on the table covering her face with her hands.

"Yes now you remember" She placing the coffee on the table and then sitting next to Lily.

"Yes I do and how comes I don't get a cup of coffee?" She whined

"A. Because you're not sleeping with her and B. Because you are going round to Miranda's, where you can get a coffee there. And we will look after Holly when she gets back from breakfast with your Mom and Dad." Lily replied, and gave Emily a quick kiss.

"Well at least let me ring her first before you plan out my day." She said getting up a reaching for the phone "And please may I have a coffee before I go"

"Sorry I'm not sleeping with you!" Emily replied quickly and then gave Lily a long leisurely kiss.

Andy rolled her eyes "Geez, get a room" she said walking towards her room with the phone in her hand.

They pulled away from each and at the same time said "HAVE ONE!!" then giggled before kissing each other again. Again Andy rolled her eyes.

When she got into the bedroom she was just about to dial the number when, she realised what she was about to do.

'I can't just ring Miranda up and expect that she would say "yes come over, maybe we could get drunk and tell each other about our first dates" Jesus Sachs you can be a dork!'

She heaved a heavy sigh and walked back towards the kitchen. She walked in with her head down looking at the phone in her hand.

"Hey guys, I don't think I'm going to bother with this, she wouldn't want me go over anyway an-. For god sakes guys would you please get a fucking room!" she said the last part turning around quickly so that Emily could pull her dressing gown back up over her shoulders and get off of Lily's lap.

She heard the rustling of clothes "Are you good?" Andy asked

"Yeah yeah, sorry" she said blushing furiously

Andy just looked at them both "So anyway . . . I'm not going to bother, so I can look after Holly. And Lily you can continue kiss Emily's boobs" She smirked while saying the final part.

"Oh for god sake" Emily whispered, putting her head into Lily's shoulder. Lily just smiled and kissed her head.

"Why not? Andy you need to see her like today, the woman just poured her heart out to you, come on" Lily said while rubbing Emily's shoulders.

"I, It's not that easy Lil's" Andy replied while placing the phone back in its cradle.

"Well how about you just go round there take some wine or her favourite perfume or, or like a book or something fashionnn . . . ey?" Lily said

"Fashioney? Is that a new technical term I've missed?" Emily asked looking at Lily with a smirk on her face.

"Shut up! . . . . Bitch" Lily replied struggling to hold in a smile.

"Save it for the bedroom darling" Emily said quietly. Lily just tilted her head to the side and raised an eyebrow.

Andrea on the other hand was thinking about what her friend suggested. Her mind was going into overdrive.

'Perfume is out as I remember she gets her favourite for free. Wine? . . . No too early in the morning. Clothes is out she can get whatever she wants. Ok, a book? That could be good . . . yeah maybe history of fashion or Parisian style or . . . '

"Got it!" she whispered to herself, and smiled in triumph. She quickly got her cell and phoned her mom.

"Mom? Hey . . . Yeah mom where are you guys now? . . . OK stay there I'll meet you in a minute I wanna say goodbye to Holly cos I'm going out for a minute . . . what wait no not now don't put her on the phone I'll see you in a minute kay? . . . Okay bye" she pressed the disconnect button and ran of to grab her coat.

"Okay I'm going out you guys, please try your best not to have sex in front of Holly or I will pound you both into the ground ok?" Andy said smiling.

"For goodness sake Andrea we can control our selves" Emily scolded.

"You sure about that" Andrea said with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes. Now do fuck off!" Emily replied smiling sweetly.

"Fine geez. See you laters, and call me if Holly has a fit" She said.

"We will babe. Good Luck" Lily replied nodding her head and giving a wave of her hand.

Andrea got to the door and stopped then turning around she smirked while saying "Emily?" Emily looked up with a look asking 'what?' "Nice rack" winked and then quickly ran out of the door to meet her parents and Holly.

Emily's mouth hung open in shock and she snapped her head round to Lily.

"What? You do!" Lily said receiving a light swat on the arm.

After meeting her parents and Holly and making a quick stop in a designer store Andrea made her way to Miranda's.

When she finally arrived at her destination she suddenly became very nervous. It had nothing to do with the fact that Miranda had confided some of the things she had endured in the last year of her marriage to Stephen. It was more to do with the fact that there was the minor detail of the accidental kiss that occurred just before she left.

She let out the breath she was holding since getting out of the taxi and knocked on the door.

When the door opened she was shocked at the sight before her.

Miranda's eyes were red rimmed and it was clear that she had just been crying. She looked weak and vulnerable; nothing at all like the strong person that she is usually used to seeing.

"What?" Miranda asked in a tired voice before Andrea had a chance to ask if she was okay.

"Um, I just wanted to see how you were" Andrea nervously replied. Even in the state she was in Miranda still held a certain power to make you feel like the vulnerable party.

"You could have phoned" Miranda replied tonelessly. A strange thing to witness considering the state she was currently in.

"Yes but you would've told me to stop being ridiculous" Andrea replied.

Miranda seemed to accept this and just opened the door wider and walked on into the den.

Andrea took her queue and followed Miranda through to the den.

Miranda had already sat down and was seated in her chair reading a paper.

Andrea just stood in the middle of the room not quite knowing what to do.

"Sit down" Miranda said quietly, still looking at her paper.

Andrea did as she was told and muttered a thank you. She sat there nervously for five minutes holding onto the package in her hands for dear life until Miranda finally spoke up again.

"Are you still interested in being a journalist Andrea?" She asked her while flipping over to the next page. "I mean a news journalist." She said looking over at Andrea briefly this time before turning her attention back to her paper.

'What?! Where did that come from? Is she trying to push me over to another job again, that's not in Runway this time?!' Andrea thought beginning to panic

"Andrea I'm not banishing you off to a far off place just because of last night it was just a general query . . ."

'Did I speak out loud?'

" . . . and no you did not speak out loud" Miranda said calmly still reading her paper.

Andrea gave a small laugh and relaxed a little "Um no actually I had a change of heart as soon as I got into the fashion journalism role. I loved it how you could come up with so many ways to describe a piece of material, to sort of um . . . to sort of help sell it. I just love how creative you can be with it whereas with news stuff it is pretty much whatever the news is you write about it, you can't seem to be flamboyant with it if you know what I mean" she said looking at Miranda who now held a soft expression on her face.

"Well I'm glad that you are enjoying it. You're actually very talented with it. You seem to have an eye for spotting things that some of the other writers don't catch. I have to admit that I'm . . . I'm very proud of you Andrea" She said sincerely.

'God I could get lost in your eyes' Miranda thought to herself.

"Um, huh wow! Uh thank you Miranda, I don't think you realise how much that means to me." She replied blushing with a shy smile.

Miranda allowed a small smile as well.

"I know I apologised already but, I am truly sorry for the way I acted yesterday Miranda, I think the frustration of the whole thing just . . . " she sighed "just . . . uh . . I got carried away with well . . . me . . . I didn't think, I'm so sorry" she said leaning forward slightly.

Miranda just sighed and replied "It's quite alright Andrea. I can understand" she gave a small laugh "I'm not completely made of ice" she said.

"Yeah I know that Miranda I never thought you were. I'm not like all the other clackers in the business." Andrea replied.

"Clackers?" Miranda asked with a raised eyebrow.

Andrea gave a small laugh and smiled "Oh um the girls with there high heals on the marble floors in the lobby at work? Clack clack clack" She said the last bit while flapping her hands slightly.

Miranda just laughed at this "That's rather amusing" she said nodding and smiling and looking at Andrea.

'God you should laugh more often, it's fantastic' Andrea thought

"So where are the girls?" Andrea enquired.

"They're with their father" she said

"So you're alone this weekend?"

"My my we are quick today aren't we Andrea" Miranda said beginning to get frustrated.

Andrea just ignored that and said "I don't like that you're alone given what happened last night"

"It's not your concern Andrea" she said

"Yes it is"

"Why?"

"Well uh I, I care that's all"

"You care about my well being?"

"Yes of course I do, and especially considering it was the first time you spoke about things. You said that yourself last night"

Miranda just sat there looking at her pursing her lips slightly

"I am aware of the events of last night Andrea"

"You shouldn't be on your own this weekend; you need to get this stuff out of your system"

"I got everything out of my system last night" Miranda replied calmly.

"What so those few things you said last night is everything that happened to you" Andrea said disbelievingly.

"Andrea you are on thin ice. I suggest you leave now"

"What are you afraid of? Is it the press? I'm not going to say anything, huh I care way more than I should, I would never do that to you."

"Why do you care so much?" 'Please tell me why you care so much' Miranda thought to herself

"I just do." She sighed heavily and rubbed her head "I'm sorry I'm pushing you I just don't want it to be one of those things where it all bubbles over okay"

"It doesn't affect you Andrea" Miranda said she was getting tired of this conversation fast.

"Yes it does" Andrea said standing up to stand in front of Miranda.

Miranda was well and truly frustrated with this now and she too put her paper to one side that was now in her lap and stood up in front of Andrea also.

"Why? Why does it affect you?" Miranda said raising her voice slightly. This was getting on her nerves.

Andrea looked into her eyes. Her chin started to quiver and shrugging her shoulders she replied in a small voice "I care about you Miranda" she turned her head slightly and paused breathing out a slow, heavy breath she looked up again and seeing the confusion written over Miranda's face she thought 'Fuck it!' she took Miranda's head in her hands and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. There was no accident with this kiss and if Miranda ever wondered if the kiss last night meant anything to Andrea, there was no confusing this now. The message was clear.

Andrea moved away and licked her lips, still holding Miranda's head in her hands.

She looked up to see an expression of shock on Miranda's face and another that she had never seen before. She looked into her eyes and with her voice cracking slightly due to her biggest secret finally being revealed she simply stated "I care".

She walked away leaving Miranda there stunned her heart pounding out of her chest 'She just kissed me, not by accident, Andrea Sachs kissed me!' those words just kept repeating themselves in her mind. She turned around just in time to see Andrea stop and turn around. She was desperately trying to keep the tears from falling but failing miserably "Uh I got you a gift um as a peace offering." Shaking her head her face screwing up in pain from the rejection she was certain to get she said "Take it, keep it, burn it, give it away, I don't care. I got to go" she said and quickly ran out of the house.

Miranda's head chose to kick in to gear when she heard the front door close and she rushed to call Andrea back in but when she got outside there was no sign of her. She must have been in full sprint mode.

She walked back into the house after checking up and down the street a few more times and went back to the den. She sat down in the seat where Andrea was not ten minutes before and picked up the package. She unwrapped the silver wrapping paper around it and found two books with a post-it note stuck to the top one with a note saying

I wasn't sure if you preferred plain or lined I got both

She looked further and saw that there were two new leather Journal's. One black one brown with the initials MP imprinted in the bottom right hand corner on the front cover. It was exactly the same style as Miranda's other two journals. The one that Stephen had discovered and the one she was half way through now.

'These cost $2000 each!!' She thought

Opening them she saw that one was lined and one plain, but in both they held the same message from Andrea.

Never give up on your thoughts and never be afraid to write them down.

Miranda sat there for the rest of the morning with her thoughts.