Now, My Silver Dragon is my orignal song. No Beta.
Chapter 4
In the meet and greet room, Andréa walked into a goddess style to meet her fans. She flashed her smile while waving her long fingers. Riley was guiding her to the panel where the fans and press sat down for the questioning.
The pixie cut woman finally sat down and gently looked around herself with a chuckle. The fans were cheering her stage name. She was pleased that she had her thousands fans who supported her music career. The questions impacted her to answer in a truth about herself and her stage name. It revealed everything but for her song, My Silver Dragon.
Andréa didn't know that Miranda and her twin daughters watched her behind the press and fans. Riley was beside them and smiling at her boss.
The fans were chuckling at the brunette singer's joke about her band from her music studio. One of her band mate cheered loudly. The pixie cut woman turned around to face her band mate and gave a middle finger.
Others cheered at her bold move but the band mate was not affected by that move but chuckled. Miranda raised her eyebrow at her former assistant and got busted by her. Andréa shrugged her shoulders and smiled.
Cassidy and Caroline were excited about the announcement about the band for a new music album. The brunette singer clapped and informed her fans about the new plans.
"The Paradise of Silver Dragon is coming on next month. There are 15 songs written by me. Also, it is dedicated to my woman."
The fans cheered included Miranda's daughters. The silver-headed woman was surprised that Andréa mentioned her as her woman and looked at Cassidy who glanced over her. She furrowed her brows at her daughter who was slowing a smile.
The interview panel was over and Andréa was taken away by the bodyguards to return back in her dressing room. Riley brought the editor-in-chief and two redheaded girls in the brunette woman's room then went to grab the early dinner.
The band returned to their break time for dinner and worked on their chords. Riley was busy demanding over the business that Andréa gave her to do the errands. The crew rolled their eyes and worked right away.
The pixie cut singer was busy with her public figure while her glam squad fixed her up with the country style. Miranda watched her while the girls were cooping out with the male band mates outside in the hallway.
The glam squad finished with the brunette singer's look and left the women alone. Andréa cleared her throat after looking at the blue eyes on the reflection of the mirror. The silver-headed woman tilted her head with her thoughts and didn't pay attention to the cough from her ex-assistant.
The pixie cut woman got up and walked backward to her former boss then sat down beside her. She reached her long fingers on Miranda's thigh and spoke lightly.
"I can hear your gears wheeling around in your head. What's going on?"
"It's nothing." The editor-in-chief lied and didn't have her eye contact with Andréa at all but she felt uncomfortable.
Andréa scoffed at a lie that her former boss made and knew it was not normal to be that dragon lady she once knew. She sighed and replied.
"I know it's a lie you mentioned. Tell me a truth."
"What? I'm just thinking what to say in front of you. That's all." Miranda informed her with her signature wave. The brunette singer hopelessly chuckled and got up after shaking her head. The silver-headed woman felt out of blue when Andréa stood and walked to the mirror with her response.
"Are you thinking about my confession? If you do not feel same as I do, I would understand." The pixie cut woman checked on her smudges on her makeup. The editor-in-chief's jaw opened and had no words out from her mouth.
Andréa looked at her former boss and chuckled then palmed her hands on the table. Miranda got up from the couch and briskly walked to her former assistant with her serious tone.
"Why are you thinking like that? Do you think that I have same feelings as you do?"
"Well, you are a public figure and I know you well." The brunette singer spoke out while tilting her head to the editor-in-chief. Miranda pursed her lips and stared at the mocha eyes. The silence took over for a few minutes.
"How do you really know me well?"
"Because I love everything about you. You're a mushy mother to your daughters. You keep your mask when you are the editor-in-chief in RUNWAY and scare them out of shit. You don't care about the press that they give you a lot of shit. You always care about your job and your girls. You'll be always a dragon lady to everyone in the public and inside the offices. You never use your public figure when you face your daughters in your townhouse. Because of all that, I can see you, a real Miranda Priestly in my own eyes. You are an amazing person I had ever met. Don't deny that who you are to me. Thai's why I fell in love with you but not for your wealth and fame." Andréa explained with a small smile before leaving with her assistant for her entrance on the concert.
It left Miranda speechless and she didn't realize that they walked out of the dressing room and arrived to her girls who were waiting for them to have their VIP seats in the audience on the left side of the stage.
Cassidy and Caroline raised their eyebrows at their mom then guided them to the area that Riley showed them few minutes ago before the concert opened.
The fans were cheering and screaming wildly. The stage looked like the three platforms on different levels. The drummer was on the top level and followed on the lower level that consisted of the violins and piano. The lowest platform was full of the guitars and back-up singers.
The lights were beaming everywhere on the audience and onstage. The curtains were the see-through drapes that covered on the side of the stage. The big screens on the sides were showing toward the back audience who cannot see the small figures on the stage.
The music kept playing while the band mates started to position themselves on the platform. The stage manager demanded few crews to fix the minor parts before the show began.
For the Priestly women, they stood in a few rows behind and got their best view from stage left. Miranda looked at the audience and didn't expect that it was a full house for the first concert of AMS. She noticed two silver dragons displaying on the banners on the sides with the big screens.
The crowd clapped loudly when the announcer introduced the song. The band kept playing the chords throughout the introductions then the lights dimmed to focus on the top platform where Andréa appeared in her country style clothes with the brunette pixie cut.
The music got louder and the melodies kept hitting on the great notes from the bass guitar and piano at same time. Miranda was impressed with her former assistant's entrance and realized that it was a beautiful voice.
It was like a melody from Les Misérables in a Broadway style. The editor-in-chief realized it was a song that was written by Andréa Sachs since a year and kept hearing that song in her chauffeured car on her way to work. She didn't think that she asked Roy to turn it off but kept listening to the melody that the brunette singer's voice singing on the stage.
Cassidy and Caroline waved their hands in the air with the glow lights and sang with the fans in the audience. Miranda looked at her daughters and gave a small smile at herself. She never saw her daughters singing with their favorite music idol, AMS. The song ended with a bang of the fireworks above the ceiling. The crowd cheered loudly.
Andréa looked around herself and chuckled. She gestured her hands to her band while the fans shouted. Some of the members waved happily. The pixie cut woman spotted Miranda and her girls who were watching her on the stage and gave a smile at them. In few minutes later, the bass guitarist came upon on the front row and rocked out with a guitar pick.
The violinist came upon the stage from the second platform and played a rock beat with the strings. The fans cheered loudly. Andréa clapped loudly and bobbed her head to sing out with her rock melody that she wrote about her life in Ohio. Cassidy and Caroline screamed loudly then sang out with the song belting out in the audience.
Miranda felt out of the blue when she heard her daughters' voices and shook her head. The pixie cut woman practically hopped over on the stage left to face her VIP guests and tsked her finger at the silver-headed woman with a wink. The redheaded girls cheered loudly. Andréa turned around to face her fans in the front and shrugged with a rock melody.
The crowd chanted the lyrics. The drummer smiled while beating on the cymbals at the right moment. The back-up singers clapped and sang the verse on the repeat. Riley bobbed her head while mouthing the lyrics. The brunette singer ran back to her guitarist who was rocking his head upside down and chuckled. The pianist kept hitting on the keys and bobbed with a rock look.
The song finally ended. The crowd cheered loudly with the glow lights waving in the air. Miranda was more impressed with a rock ballad and wanted to hear it again. Cassidy jumped in an excited way. She laughed at her daughter's actions and spotted her employers from RUNWAY in three steps away on left side. It was Nigel and Emily.
"Nigel and Emily!"
The bald man and redheaded woman whipped their head to face their boss in a petrified way. Caroline looked behind them and she was surprised that they made it to a concert tonight. Cassidy ignored them but continued to clap along while she watched her idol on the stage. Miranda was slack-jawed at her employers' presences.
"Mi—randa?" Emily stuttered while practically panicking out. Nigel swallowed a lump in his throat and rubbed his bald head with a sigh. The silver-headed woman glared at them and waved her hand with a reply.
"Please enlighten me with your presences. What are you doing here?"
"I invited them, mom." Caroline said. The editor-in-chief looked down at her daughter who was pouting then looked up at them who were nodding in a truth. Miranda sighed and answered.
"That's all."
Nigel and Emily were relieved that Caroline saved their ass but went fangirling over their favorite idol. They didn't realize it was Andréa Sachs in a person on the stage. The redheaded girl nodded at them and turned around to face the concert. The silver-headed woman rolled her neck and finally sat down while the music calmed down.
Andréa spotted Nigel and Emily then waved her hand at them. They practically were slack-jawed when they saw their Six on the big screen then shouted. Others laughed except Miranda was startled by their loud voices. Cassidy laughed.
"Andy!"
The brunette singer gave a flash smile at them and looked back at her band who were positioning themselves on the platform. She walked to the center stage and the stage manager came out to put a stool for her. Andréa thanked him and put a microphone on the stand. The guitarist tapped her shoulder and gave her a cerulean blue and black acoustic guitar.
She smiled at her fans in the front audience and cleared her throat. The lights started to dim and focused on her. The back-up singers walked out in the backstage and took their break for their vocal cords. Everyone else on the platform stayed behind. Andréa looked at her left side to see Miranda sitting on the plush seat. Cassidy and Caroline smiled at her. Nigel and Emily looked at each other with a confusion on their mind. The pixie cut woman started to speak out for her last song to close the show.
"This time, it will close the show with a bitter end. Let's see. Firstly, I wanted to thank my band, My Silver Dragon with their efforts. Give them some applause." She paused and clapped for them. The members chuckled and bowed out then sat down. The crowd cheered loudly. Andréa chuckled and continued.
"Secondly, my thanks to the backstage crew and else who worked their butts to build a beautiful set. I wanted to thank you to my audio crew and video crew too!" The fans clapped loudly.
"Lastly, I wanted to give my thanks to one person that I never thought that I would meet her again since I left everything in a bitter end. This is why I wrote a song and named it after our band, My Silver Dragon. Let me tell you a little story before I start to play."
The audience kept cheering and shouting. Miranda was surprised that Andréa has a story to tell about a song. Cassidy and Caroline looked at each other with a silent conversation then looked at the brunette singer. Andréa looked away at the silver-headed woman with a loving gaze and continued.
"When I left RUNWAY two years ago in Paris and it was on Fashion Event Week. I immediately wrote this song while I was on my way to Nashville and everything dawned on me when I was truly madly in love with a person that I once worked before. I mean, everything was about her that I once loved. She showed me who she truly was to me. So, I realized that I am still in love with that person but I am afraid to show her that I truly want her in my life." Andréa paused and looked back at the silver-headed woman in the audience.
Nigel and Emily bulged their eyes when they looked back and forth at the ladies on the stage and three steps away from them in the audience. Cassidy and Caroline were slack-jawed and didn't know about their mom. Miranda flinched when she felt the eyes on her from her left side.
"I think it's better for me to sing it out to one person in the audience. She is here right now. I hope you like it." The brunette singer said while looking at the editor-in-chief in the audience. The fans cheered. The music started and the lights dimmed darker but the white light spotted above her head. She started to play on the chords with her guitar pick and bobbed her head. The audience clapped with their glow balloons in the air.
The first verse came out with a soft melody. The piano came out with the beautiful sounds while the acoustic guitar was playing. Andréa stared at the silver-headed woman with her singing voice. It was like a soft melody in Broadway stage.
You walked on Runway
Like a glory in a light
Everyone told me about you
The press and tabloids are everywhere
Your name was still there
Caroline and Cassidy gasped. Nigel almost passed out when he heard the verse. Emily kept hitting her hand on the bald man while panicking out. Miranda swallowed a lump in her throat while she was connecting her blue eyes with the mocha eyes on the stage. The second verse came out in a soft pitch.
Because you don't care
You are a dragon lady to them
But to me, you are not.
I see your silver hair and blue eyes
Like a glory in a light
Andréa bobbed her head while looking at her guitar for a moment. The white light dimmed on her head like an angel showing up in the picture. The piano kept playing like it was in a classical music. The fans were clapping loudly. The brunette singer's mouth came closer to the microphone while she was closing her eyes. The third verse came in to soothe the silver-headed woman's ears.
You sent them away with fire
You tried to send me away either
But I can't go away
Because I see you and
You are My Silver Dragon
Nigel looked at his boss who was holding her tears at bay. Caroline swayed her chest and sang in a soft voice. Cassidy took the photos with her phone. The audience waved their hands in the air. The pianist bobbed while hitting on the soft melody. The guitar roared with a beautiful low pitch. The pixie cut woman tilted her head and sang the fourth verse.
Oh My Silver Dragon
When you come home and
Smile to your beautiful girls
I can see you
Because you are My Silver Dragon
Emily practically calmed down and went crying. Miranda stared at Andréa like she forgot about her world and everything. She wondered how the brunette singer see her. The silver-headed woman didn't feel her tears dripping on her porcelain skin. Andréa opened her eyes and found her mocha eyes at her former boss and sang the fifth verse while the piano was playing in the background.
You come to me and
Ask what you need
I come to you
Give away everything you want
Because you are My Silver Dragon
The editor-in-chief wiped her tears with her index finger and sniffed. Caroline realized that it was about her mom and looked up at her then hugged her waist. The silver-headed woman looked down at her redheaded daughter and embraced her tightly. Cassidy shot the video on the audience and found that it was fascinated about the glow lights. The sixth verse came out with a bang on the acoustic guitar from the pixie cut woman's fingers.
I left you and everything faded away
I saw you crying while I was gone
I kept hearing about you
On tabloids and Page Six
I didn't believe everything about you
The bald man looked back at his friend who was still crying. He didn't believe that Emily was still wailing over a beautiful song. The redheaded woman looked at him with a sob. Cassidy heard it and looked at them with the giggles. Miranda and Caroline released their hugs and stared at Andréa who was watching them while singing the seventh verse.
It reminded me of a glory in a light
You walked on Runway
And sent them away with fire
You tried to send me away either
Because you are My Silver Dragon
The violinist joined the melody together. The fans cheered while the violinist walked on the long narrow platform between the fans. Andréa chuckled at her bandmate and played on her acoustic guitar while the soft melody with a high pitch were flooding everywhere. The eighth verse came out with her beautiful voice. Miranda caught it up while she heard a high pitch on the last line – My Silver Dragon.
I once knew that I was here too long
And my heart started to beat
Because of you
I had no clues why
I am madly in love with My Silver Dragon
The silver-headed woman realized that she was in love with Andréa too. Nigel glanced over at his boss and begged her to see that. He knew that Miranda had a feeling for his Six and wanted them to be together for a long time. The ninth verse came out. The pixie cut woman bobbed while the violinist returned back to the main stage.
You walked on Runway
Like a glory in a light
Everyone told me about you
The press and tabloids are everywhere
Your name was still there
Cassidy bobbed her head while mouthing the lyrics. Miranda tilted her head while the brunette woman closed her eyes. The pianist flowed the hands on the keys while the soft melody hit the right spots. The violin came in on the harmony. Andréa softened her guitar pick on the strings of the acoustic guitar while it was on tenth verse.
You come to me
Ask what you need
I come to you
Give away everything you want
Because you are My Silver Dragon
The soft melody came to pitch in a high level to mix out with violin and piano at same time. Andréa opened her eyes with the tears and tilted her head at Miranda. The silver-headed woman exhaled in the air and kept crying. The beautiful melody came out with the eleventh verse. The fans were amazing with the sounds of the music from the stage.
My heart beats because of you
When I see you with your girls
You are a glory in a light
Because I am madly in love with you
Oh, you are My Silver Dragon
Emily kept crying while flopping her arms on the bald man. Nigel yelped when he felt a smack. Cassidy and Caroline looked at them and burst in laughter. The editor-in-chief ignored the loud voices and kept watching on Andréa. The song came to an end with a melody. The brunette singer looked at the silver-headed woman with a last tear while singing on the twelfth verse.
Oh My Silver Dragon
You walked on Runway
Like a glory in a light
My Silver Dragon
Oh My Silver Dragon
The lights finally dimmed out in a blackout. The fans cheered loudly. Miranda wiped her tears on her porcelain skin with her hands. The music finished with a flow. The piano and violin faded away. Caroline and Cassidy clapped with their loud voices. The audience got up and applauded. Andréa vanished immediately after the song ended. The lights came back to normal.
The silver-headed woman looked at the stage and found out that the brunette singer disappearing. The redheaded girls chatted about the concert and walked away to the backstage to meet Andréa in the dressing room. Nigel and Emily argued about the abuse on him. The audience started to leave the arena.
Miranda went after her girls and Riley was outside behind the dressing room. She raised her eyebrow at her. The assistant looked around to find them and smiled. The girls waved their hands at her. Riley nodded at them and looked at the editor-in-chief with a reply.
"Thank you for coming here. So, Andréa would like to see you right away before you all leave. We have a little time before we go on to another city tonight."
"Caroline and Cassidy, you can wait here while I'm there with Andréa." The silver-headed woman said. The redheaded girls nodded. Riley opened the door to let Miranda enter then closed the door.
A/N: The Part Two ended.
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