Chapter 7

"Oh my, I am terribly sorry, Miranda, but I have to tell you something..." Miranda and Andy parted and Miranda glared at Sarah while Andy blushed. "You are the cutest couple, ever," Sarah told them, before laying the lipstick down on the table at the bottom of the bed before leaving quickly.

Miranda smirked but Sarah didn't see it since she'd already left.

Andy sat down still shocked about what had happened. Not about Sarah, but the kiss. Her lips still felt the burning pressure from Miranda's soft lips. "Uh, wow...I...you know..." Andy couldn't stop blushing and wasn't able to look at Miranda in the eyes.

Miranda sat up on the edge of the bed. "Andrea, stand up."

Andy obeyed and Miranda put her fingers under her chin lifting her head and looking into loving brown eyes. Andy suddenly felt the need to smile and hug her, so she did and Miranda gladly reciprocated smiling into her assistant's neck. "This feels so good Miranda. You feel so good." Andy sighed happily.

"I am so grateful I am not alone in my feelings, I' m not a hundred per cent sure what this is, you know, between us, but I'm willing to explore these feelings if you are." Miranda pulled back and looked at her stunned assistant, brushing a few strands of hair behind Andrea's ear.

"I would love too. But I guess we should take it slow, you know, date and get to know each other." Andy whispered nervously.

"Acceptable, but are we allowed to do that?" Andy looked confused. "Do what?"

Miranda licked her lips and smirked.

Andy understood straight away and grinned. "Absolutely! And lots of it since we are so good at it." She said leaning in and kissing the corner of Miranda's mouth.

Miranda turned her head and hovered over Andy's lips. "Acceptable..." She whispered against her lips with closed eyes and started kissing her slowly. She kicked Andy's bottom lip and moaned a little. She pulled Andy closer and put her legs around Andy's waist.

They were so close, their hands carefully explored hair, necks, backs but they wouldn't go too far. Since it was all so new the sensation of kissing and being close was enough.

"Okay...wow!" Andy breathed. "This is new...and exciting...and overwhelming," Andy admitted when she pulled back. "So, what did the doctor say? Will you able to get out of here soon?"

"I have to do another EKG and then they will decide on how long I have to stay but Sarah said it won't be too long since I'm doing well," Miranda told her.

"That's great to hear. You better drink your coffee, it's probably not that hot anymore." Andy said and pulled back sitting down next to the bed again.

"Well, I don't mind, since I had something else that is hot..." Miranda said with a sparkle in her eyes.

Andy couldn't stop blushing.

Miranda went to the bathroom before slipping back under the covers. She put the backrest up so she had a sitting position on the bed.

Andy made calls and sent emails while Miranda got comfortable.

"Do you need anything?" Andy asked but didn't look up while keeping busy on her phone.

"How about we talk for a while, until the girls arrive, so we can get to know each other a little better," Miranda suggested.

Andy looked up now and smiled at Miranda. "That's a wonderful idea, Miranda. Let me just finish this last email and then I am all yours."

"I hope you are," Miranda smirked.

Andy giggled and finished her email before she connected her phone to the charger. "So, I want to know everything..." Andy admitted.

The rest of the morning was spent talking about anything that came to mind. Sharing stories of their childhood. Andy told about her time at college and her relationship with Nate and Miranda had some funny stories of her college days to share and spoke about her marriages and how they broke up.

"Thank you, Miranda," Andy said beaming at her.

"For what? Did I miss something?" Miranda asked

"No, I meant for sharing everything so openly and honestly with me, I know how private you are and this means a lot to me. I want you to know that if we give this a go, even if we are at the very beginning, I want you to be honest with me and I will always be honest with you." Andy told her.

Miranda smiled at her assistant. "You are truly amazing, Andrea, I can't believe I was able to hold back my feelings for so long. And yes, I want all that too."

There was a knock and the nurse came in to bring Miranda her first solid food.

"Wow, the deluxe menu, what do we have here? Soup and wheat toast. Enjoy." Andy said sarcastically.

"You know, Andrea, after you have eaten nothing for almost two days this seems almost as good as Smith and Wollensky," Miranda said pointing to her food.

"Enjoy, honey," Andy said chuckling and froze when she realised what she said.

Miranda noticed and took her hand. "Don't worry, I like endearments, darling, just not honey, try to find something else." She said smirking.

Relieved, Andy started thinking. "Hm, what could you possibly like...how about sweetie?"

Miranda started eating but frowned "No."

"Babycakes?" Andy suggested.

"Absolutely not!" Miranda sputtered

"Hm, Babe?" She queried.

Miranda raised an eyebrow and looked over at Andy.

"Do we have a winner?" Andy asked.

"Only if we are alone, understood?" Miranda stated.

"Alright, babe," Andy said laughing and standing up. "I will get myself something to eat and some coffee. Want some too? Decaf of course."

"Andrea, who do you think you are you talking too?" Miranda looked at her while eating her toast and sipping on some water. "Of course, I want coffee."

"Sure, right, how could I even think of asking? I will be right back, babe." Andy chuckled and headed out of the door.

Miranda sat there smiling. After a short while, she decided to freshen up in the bathroom. When she was done she suddenly felt dizzy. She tried to get back to the bed to push the button for the nurse but she couldn't reach it in time. Darkness descended as he legs collapsed underneath her.

The nurse came back in to get her plate and found Miranda on the floor. She pushed the button for code red and all the available nurses and the doctor rushed to her room prepared for the worst.

TBC