A/N: This is officially on.

Sorry about the delay of the chapters. I have a new job and a place to live. I'm officially entering the reality of a true world like you. Come on, I just graduated from college few months ago in prior to be two months before. Just give me a slack and enjoy this ride. I can't guarantee you that I come to write this story from now on. I have to adjust my schedule due of a job.

Love you, my readers.

Chapter 7

During a two hours' drive in Andréa's tour bus, Cassidy and Caroline were interested in the video games in the living room then played there. Andréa was in the back of her bus and laying down on the daybed. She was closing her eyes while voicing her lyrics. Riley was in her seat while writing the events on the daily planner while she was nursing herself with a kale drink.

Miranda was there with her daughters and watched them while she cheered on Caroline's streak on the guitar hero. Andréa surprised them that she owned the games that she got used to play with her young brother. The silver-headed woman chuckled when Cassidy whined and looked around herself in a tour bus then reminisced her exploration in the vehicle.

The editor-in-chief never experienced herself in a tour bus before but it was her first time to see the beautiful interior design in the transportation vehicle. The tour bus was fully black on the exterior but it has a logo – My Silver Dragon with a symbol. The picture was a silver dragon with the blue eyes. Caroline was in awe when it came to the beautiful logo and spoke lightly.

"The silver dragon looks like you, mom."

It startled Miranda out of the blue when her daughter informed her about the picture on the tour bus. She knew it was getting ridiculous but looked at the caramel eyes. Andréa confirmed that it was about her. The silver-headed woman was shocked that it was real for her but she kept exploring inside while her daughters screamed about the video games.

Before going on the road trip, the editor-in-chief entered from the front of the bus and turned her head to the left. It was beautiful inside. She could see the kitchen and living room in a mix. The couches were the black plush furniture. The television was facing from the living room. The kitchen was very small but only on right side. They had a microwave, oven, sink and refrigerator but in the style, it was the silver-black appliances.

Miranda was impressed with the colors but it was all about silver and black even the blue in it. She walked through from the living-kitchen room and entered in the bunk beds. There were 8 bunk beds. She wondered who slept in these bunk beds but swore to herself that she won't sleep in the bunk bed. Cassidy and Caroline would be pleased with their sleeping arrangements on the top bunks.

The silver-headed woman rolled her eyes when it came to her daughters in her head. She walked further until she reached the recording studio between the private bedroom and bunk beds. She was amazed when it came to the soundproof music room but understood that Andréa had to work through her tour while her second album was in the run.

Miranda finished with her observation on the recording studio and strode toward the private bedroom. It was Andréa's room and looked around on the interior design. It was all Cerulean wall and even on the bed too. The queen bed was there but it was similar to the daybed and it was bigger enough to size in the tour bus. She wondered where the bathrooms were but Andréa beat her to look for the bathroom.

"The bathrooms are in behind the living/kitchen area but it is in the bunk beds. You see that the separate walls between four bunks on the sides. There are bathrooms between them. They are in a regular bathroom size. This bus is bigger than another regular tour bus. That's why I designed this way to be anything bigger and more spaces for us to walk around while we are on the tour."

"Is the showers included?"

"Yes, it's both in them. You can check it out if you like. I'm going to dump my bags in there while you are here."

"Oh, sorry!" Miranda said while pulling herself out of the way. Andréa nodded at her and dumped her bags in the closet beside their entry door. The silver-headed woman looked around in the private bedroom and approved her needs then spoke lightly.

"Where do I sleep?"

"Here. I can take a bunk bed. There are a plenty of the bunk beds and it is only seven of us in this bus."

"No, I cannot take your bed and this is your tour bus. I'm your guest."

"Oh my god. You are not my guest. You are more likely to be my… companion." Andréa said while figuring how to say something in front of her former boss. The silver-headed woman raised her brow at her former assistant and didn't know how to say that after getting a beautiful compliment from her.

Miranda hesitantly nodded at her and gave a beaming smile. The brunette singer felt fluttered when it came to a beautiful smile from her secret crush. They looked at each other longer but decided to separate themselves for a while.

The memory ended after Cassidy's shout in her victory. The silver-headed woman chuckled and looked at their smiles to her. She rolled her eyes and decided to take her drink from the refrigerator. Miranda was impressed that Andréa did stock in the refrigerator before their arrivals but took her heart to soften herself when it came from her former assistant. She smiled when she saw her favorite drink – Perrier's. It came to her thoughts.

'How did Andréa know her tastes in food and drinks?'

'How could Andréa afford her luxury tour bus with her money?'

'Why did she want to be a country singer but there is no why?'

There were many questions in her head but she shook her head. Miranda went to get the ice in her glass cup from the freezer. She poured her drink in it and drank from her glass cup while walking from the kitchen to the private bedroom where Andréa stayed for her lazy day. The editor-in-chief realized that they hadn't been talking since one hour and half drive from Austin to be on way to Dallas.

Her heart fluttered when she came closer to the private bedroom door. She didn't know what to do is knock on it or turn around then walk away from Andréa. Miranda was on the fence to do something with herself to see her former assistant. But something startled her and it was someone. Cassidy was the one who called her. The silver-headed woman turned her head around and gave a small smile.

"Mom? What are you doing?"

"I was planning to enter the bedroom. What is it, Cass?" Miranda asked.

"Nothing, I just saw you after finishing a game with Caro. She won this time. Finally, I am going to tuck myself in the bunk bed and read the book." The redheaded girl said while smiling. The editor-in-chief nodded and shooed her daughter away. She turned around to face the door and exhaled in the air then opened it to reveal the beautiful sight in her eyes.

In the private bedroom, Andréa was laying down on the daybed and her head was bending over the arm. She was closing her eyes, listening to the music on her headphones and singing the lyrics from her writing pad. Miranda was in awe to look at the beautiful figure on the bed and couldn't take her eyes away from a specific place.

The light rays were gleaming through the window and went on the raven-haired woman's hair to shine brightly. Andréa rhythmed her fingers on her knee while crouching her legs closer to her chest but she didn't realize that Miranda was watching her. The silver-headed woman closed the door behind her and walked to the empty space across from her former assistant's sitting place. Miranda finally sat down and stared at her.

The brunette singer nodded at herself while beating her fingers on her knee. The silver-headed woman moved closer to look at the writing pad Andréa wrote for her music but felt her former assistant's moves and looked up at the caramel eyes from her sight. Andréa slowly smiled at her former boss and reached her left headphone off from her ear then spoke lightly.

"What are you doing here?"

"I…was… um…" Miranda stuttered her words while looking at the beautiful sight of her Andréa. The raven-haired woman chuckled lightly with her waving hand. She flushed her face in a red pool and bowed her head down. Miranda didn't feel that way since she was with her first husband but she felt like a teenager girl who had a big crush on the rocker in the concert. Andréa reached her hand on the silver-headed woman's forearm and replied in a soft husky voice.

"That's ok. You can look on my writing pad if you want to. It's nothing like a secret I hid from you. You can go on." The brunette singer smiled at her before getting up from the daybed. Miranda felt a loss of the contact on the furniture and unconsciously pouted at her former assistant.

Andréa laughed gently. The silver-headed woman was feeling out of blue when she heard a lovely sound of a laugh and it affected her like a giddy teenager who was asking out for a date. She slowly smiled at herself but didn't recognize that the brunette singer stared at her lips for a while. In their moment, they were busying their eyes to ogle on their facial features and wondered how they got together in a private room that Andréa remodeled in her tour bus.

Few minutes later, it ruined their moment by Caroline's victory from her video games. The ladies jumped by hearing Cassidy's insults toward her redheaded sister. Miranda felt disappointed when her moment just came to an end with her former assistant. Andréa shook her head and gave her writing pad to her former boss then got up and left out by the door.

It left Miranda alone in her room and she was mesmerizing everything on her moment with Andréa. Her thoughts came to Nigel and Emily when they carefully asked her some questions regarding her ex-assistant for RUNWAY Magazine. She frowned at her thoughts when she came with her two failed marriages and dedicated to her work in a true business way. No one knew why she refused to show her personal life among her two beautifully and amazing daughters.

Miranda looked down on her hands. There was a writing pad on her hands and she was very curious about a song that Andréa came to have an idea to write about her music. She was clueless about creating a song out of her mind or heart but it was coming from the melody that she kept hearing for a while. Miranda was remembering her moment when she was at her work.

Flashback

In an afternoon at her office, Miranda was doubling checking on the layout that Nigel offered for their Summer Issue. That's when it was before Andréa came to advertise her music career and Paris Incident. She hummed to herself when she was talking to her designer, Vera Wang to offer some interests to have some clothing in her layout. It was for a while, Miranda and Nigel agreed to have some Summer dresses out of the veil that Vera Wang designed for few months.

It happened to her when she was startled by a beautiful melody from outside of her office. It was Andréa who was silently singing to herself while she was working on the schedule for next week's schedule. Emily was out of the town to research on the fabrics for their Winter's Issues. It was only Andréa who was handling everything from A to Z to work herself off. Nigel was out to help his creative team to move everything together with Miranda's notes.

Miranda sent her team out of her office and had her afternoon off to herself but resisted to go out from her office to do something else with her daughters. She felt like she couldn't move at all and kept listening to her assistant's voice. It brought her closer to her door and peeked over her doorway to find Andréa who was closing her eyes in her sight.

She looked beautiful when it came to her voice. Miranda felt tingly when she watched her assistant singing the melody. She slowly walked to her assistant's desk and stared at Andréa for a while. No one knew but Nigel was just getting inside the room to find his boss and Andréa in a same room. He felt like he almost ruined their moment and decided to stay out of their way then watched their interaction between the ladies.

Miranda didn't notice Nigel out of her sight but focused on her assistant. Andréa started to smile while she was thinking of her lyrics until she opened her eyes to find her boss who was watching her. The brunette woman just screamed out of the blue and it caused Nigel to laugh at her reaction. Miranda slowly raised her eyebrow at her and spoke lightly.

"What was that sound?"

"Um... I… Sing?" Andréa tried to calm her breathing but hardly muttered quickly while she was conversing with her boss. She felt like she was going to vomit over her Chanel dress. Miranda hummed and narrowed her eyes with her reply.

"Do you realize that I do not like to repeat my question? What was that you made the sound?"

"It was my lyrics that I composed. So, what do you need?" The raven-haired woman said while glancing over at Nigel who was bursting in a laughter. Miranda ignored her assistant's point of a gaze at Nigel and tilted her head to open her mouth.

"Go get me a coffee from Starbucks and don't reschedule everything after I receive it. Oh, tell Nigel to fetch Christian Dior for a wedding dress he designed. That's all."

Andréa was bewildered when it came to her orderly tone. She looked at Nigel from the glass doors. Nigel nodded wildly and retreated to run for Dior. It came to Miranda's orders and she decided to run for Starbucks. It left Miranda alone in her office and her door was closed after she entered back.

Flashback

It impacted the editor-in-chief when it happened in her memory with her former assistant. She finally understood why Andréa loved singing her composed songs she wrote back in her day as her assistant at RUNWAY Magazine. But it didn't define anything between them at all. Miranda tried to understand why the music was so important in the raven-haired woman's life since the awkward interview in her office.

She put her feather touch on the flowy handwriting on the paper and read every word Andréa composed with her feelings. Miranda couldn't find herself to be an emotional person but it tugged her in an imagination as she silently mouthed the lyrics. She found herself when Miranda was younger to understand every skills as a fashion designer. That's how her life got private in later time. Andréa was a similar person to her but her life was not really in an open mind view.

In her thoughts, the lyrics got a little rough but raw and it put her feelings to express in some way. Andréa showed her who she was before and after in Paris incident. Miranda tried to understand her better when they finally reunited after a year of Paris incident. She couldn't shake her thoughts but kept reminiscing the moments when she was with her former assistant in a same room.

Miranda kept her personal life to herself but won't show who she truly was. Also, she failed at the attempt to hold everything inside with her. Andréa was the one who saw her inside and outside of her life among her daughters. Miranda didn't understand that her ex-assistant saw her true identity even though she was her former boss as an editor-in-chief of RUNWAY Magazine or Dragon Lady.

It put her thoughts aside as Caroline came in the room to find her mom. Miranda looked up at her daughter as she smiled at her. The redheaded girl tilted her head at the silver-headed woman and looked down at the writing pad that Miranda held with her hands. She followed her daughter's point of a gaze and spoke lightly.

"Andréa showed me."

"Oh, well. Cassidy won the victory on the video game with Andréa. She got better than I thought it would. By the way, we are soon arriving in Dallas in less than one hour and half. I thought why not to tell you that." Cassidy said.

"Thank you Cass. I appreciate it. So, are you and Caroline enjoying your day in here?"

"Yes mom! It's awesome to spend our time with Andy. Thank you mom. I meant it. You are definitely cool."

"Cool?" Miranda said with her raising eyebrow. The redheaded girl chuckled lightly with a nod then retreated out. The editor-in-chief chuckled after watching her daughter leaving from the room and smiled at herself. She knew that it was definitely cool for her to do that with her daughters for a long-term vacation with her former assistant. There was no chance for her to do it with her guts but all means for her thanks to Nigel and Emily who encouraged her to take a vacation with her small family. Even though, she had a plan to woo her ex-assistant. Her Andréa.

A/N: Will Miranda get her chance to have Andréa back in her life?

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