Ok yes i knw how long it has been! I'm very sorry! but heres chapter 2 of my story! Review Please!

Andrea and Jason stepped into the elevator and rode it in silence. Jason's body language was different which bothered Andy but she dismissed it. They had been together for a year and a half she could read him fairly well but not as well as some people. She mentally shook herself of thoughts of Miranda, thinking of Miranda only brought back feelings which she tried to forget but failed miserably. She tried to keep her distance from Miranda the night so as to not let the feelings take control like she knew that would with the woman to close, but also a part of her wanted to make Miranda proud by making her entrance so showy and walking around the room with ease and grace not to mention power.

They got off on their floor and walked to the room, Andy told Jason where she was going and he said he was too tired to join and she believed him. She changed into a skirt and blouse, grabbing her purse she kissed Jason on the cheek and took the back elevator down to the lobby. She exited from a side door so she could avoid the press firmly glued out the front doors. Her car was waiting off to the side, she approached and her driver made to open the door but she stopped him.

"A few friends are joining me." She said with a smile.

"Yes ma'am." He replied with his own smile.

"How many times have I asked you to call me Andy?" She playfully smacked him arm causing him to chuckle.

"Yes Andy." He said with a smirk resulting in another playful hit.

Nigel downed another drink Miranda had been furious ever since Andy had walked to the other side of the room and then she left and Miranda became down. The woman was acting weird, and it was all Andrea's fault. Miranda had never been the same after Andy left and now three years later she was faced with the younger woman again and she was acting like she cared about the girl. Nigel almost choked on his champagne. THAT WAS IT! Miranda cared about Andrea, and judging by all the looks he witnessed when Andrea descended the stairs and her anger at Andrea's boyfriend for flirting, Miranda was in love with Andrea!

"Are you alright Nigel?" Miranda's voice broke through his thoughts. When he came back to this world he felt two sets of eyes baring into him.

"Um… yeah… fine." He looked Miranda dead in the eye, it was time to test his theory. "Miranda, Emily and I have plans with Andrea at nine fifteen." The mere mention of Andy's name several emotions ran through Miranda's eyes, one of them was love. He was right!

"Well I guess it's time to leave then. Emily call the car." And with that she turned and made her way to the front exit. Emily called for the car and they both followed Miranda out. Once outside the lights and cameras went crazy and questions were thrown at all three of them. Among all the chaos Nigel leaned over and whispered in Emily's ear.

"I've just discovered something very interesting." She turned to him with interest written on her face, he smirked and stepped up to Miranda.

"You should come say hi." He suggested in her ear as they neared her car. She turned on the steps to face him.

"I…. I don't think that's a good idea." She turned to the car only to be stopped by Nigel's hand on her arm.

"I'll text you the address of where we are, you don't have to stay long, just come say hey….," he leaned in closer to her ear, "I know you want too."

"I'll think about it." She shot over her shoulder as she slid into the back seat. Nigel smirked and walked down the sidewalk toward Andy with Emily by his side.

"What was that all about?" Emily ask completely confused by what she overheard.

"If our lovely boss comes tonight, and I have a feeling she will watch the enter action between the two."

"Oh god! Nigel what are you up too?" whatever it was it couldn't be good.

"Remember what our little Andy told us that one Halloween she got so drunk?" Nigel laughed at the memory.

"Oh god!" Emily remember very clearly.

"Hey guys! Where to?" Andy asked as they approached the car.

"Somewhere quiet so we can talk but with a lot of alcohol so we can talk openly." Nigel smirked and Andy playfully smacked his arm and slid into the back seat and was followed by Emily then Nigel. Jerry, her driver closed the door behind them and rounded the car then got in the driver's seat.

"The blue lounge." Andy said to her driver and he pulled out into traffic. She didn't notice Nigel pull out his cell phone and send a quick text message.

Miranda sat in the back seat of her car thinking about none other than Andrea Sachs, when her phone vibrated in her purse. She pulled it out and read 'one new text message' she flipped open her phone and read the text from Nigel that said 'the blue lounge' , she knew the place, it was a quiet place where people went to talk and drink also a place where she wouldn't mind being seen. She closed her phone and shook her head this was stupid, Andrea made it clear tonight that she didn't want to talk to Miranda. She would go home and go to sleep, her girls were at their fathers so she had the house to herself.

Nigel waited for a reply but didn't receive one, they pulled up to the Blue Lounge and Emily and Andy were brought out of their giggle fit by Jerry opening the door for them. They walked into the dimly lit building and Andy asked for a table and was immediately taken to a table in the back. They sat down and ordered their first round of drinks and Nigel started talking.

"So Ms. Editor n chef, what's new?" Nigel asked with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

"Ha. Ha. Very funny Nigel. Ok here's the low down I was working at the Mirror and I got promoted to Junior Editor then our fashion columnist got sick and had to be out for a while and I took over her column but I didn't go to all the galas I just used my connections to get the details about the new designers out there and it was a big hit, then I got approached by this guy, Steven, my boss, and he asks me if I would be interested in being the editor n chef of his new fashion magazine." She took a breath of air, everything had happened to quickly that was the first real breath of air she had taken in a year.

"I thought you hated fashion." Emily stepped in with the first question or rather statement.

"I didn't hate it. I just didn't understand it." Andy chuckled.

"And now you do?" Nigel asked.

"Yes, just like I understand that our waitresses shoes do not match her outfit, not that her outfit is any better its James Holts 2007 winter line, two seasons ago it would have been in fashion." Andy looked at the waitress now approaching them, Emily and Nigel turned around to look at Andy's observation. The waitress sat the drinks on the table and Emily and Nigel accepted their drinks with a smirk. The waitress smiled and walked away. Nigel raised his glass and Emily and Andy copied his movement.

"A toast, to Andy, who now has came to the dark side." He winked and downed his drink as Emily and Andy did the same.

"I must say the dark side is more fun." Andy chuckled, "I see why Miranda has stayed with it for so long." Only a few minutes into the conversation and she had already mentioned Miranda.

"Ah yes Miranda." Andy didn't like the look Nigel had, it was as if he knew something. She looked at Emily who had the same look, something was up.

"Andy, why did you refuse to be on the same side of the ballroom with her much less greet her tonight?" Emily broke in, Andy shifted uncomfortably in her seat.

"Well… I just…. I don't know how to act around her, she probably hates me." Andy dipped her head down staring at her drink.

"Far from it." Nigel half whispered as he sipped his drink.

"How is she?" Andy blurted, she hadn't been getting her weekly updates for some time now and missed not knowing what was new with the fashion goddess.

"Oh the same, except completely floored by your appearance and attitude tonight." Emily recalled Miranda's face falling when Andrea walked in the opposite direction of her, a clear sign of avoidance, maybe Nigel was onto something here.

"What do you mean?" Andy asked, why would her actions affect Miranda?

"Well I must say she seemed to want to talk to you and the fact that you wouldn't be within fifteen feet of her seemed to… discourage her." Nigel wanted to say 'hurt her' but he didn't want to push his luck.

"I didn't know… I mean I didn't expect it to affect her." Andy's face fell, the last thing she wanted was to affect Miranda in a bad way, now that she thought about it she was rude tonight but that was the only way she could protect herself from Miranda's comments and her own feelings.

"Well believe it or not… you did." Nigel reached for his phone in his blazer pocket, he was going to make the Ice queen come down there or else.

"I was a bit rude." Andy said in a low tone.

"You didn't even look at her." Emily pressed.

Nigel pulled out his cell phone and started texting, Miranda, I know you want to talk to Andy just put on something sexy and get down here!.

"I know I know! Man now I really feel bad."

Miranda was curled up on her couch in her study with a good book when she heard her phone vibrate on the table, she wasn't annoyed that someone had interrupted her reading time, she couldn't even focus on her book all she could think about was Andrea and how beautiful she looked tonight. Reading the text message she groaned, what did Nigel think he was doing? Put on something sexy? Did he know something? I don't know what you are talking about, and why would I want to put on something sexy? She replied.

The conversation had changed from Miranda to Emily's love life which meant they would be there all night, Nigel read Miranda's reply and smirked, did she really think him that naïve? You know exactly what I'm talking about and you want to put on something sexy so she will check you out. He wasn't afraid of Miranda like everyone else, because unlike everyone else he knew she was human.

Miranda shifted on the couch, he did know. She clearly doesn't want to talk to me and why on earth would she check me out? She felt like a teenager, something she was far from.

Why was this woman so stubborn? Nigel asked himself. She does want to talk to you, she just told us she felt bad for the way she acted and she will check you out because you will be wearing something sexy! Miranda don't lie to yourself you know you want to see her, talk to her, and be near her! Now get. Down. Here. If you are not here within the next thirty minutes it will be me instead of you telling her how you feel. We are at the very back to the left. That's all.

Miranda almost swallowed her tongue, now she had to go, Nigel seemed to be able to read her better than she thought. She had thirty minutes to get ready and get to the Blue Lounge.

Judging my Miranda's lack of reply she was on her way, Nigel ordered another round of drinks in a secret celebration, tonight was going to be fun.

Miranda pulled up in front of the Blue Lounge twenty eight minutes later, her nerves were shot, why was she doing this again? Oh yes, because her best friend of twenty years was threatening her. She checked her makeup then exited the car. She slowly walked in and was stopped by a waitress.

"May I help you ma'am?"

"I'm just joining some people, I know where they are." She brushed the woman off and walked towards the back left corner.

Something about the room had changed, Andy looked around but it was too dark to see as there were only dim lights at each table. Then she saw her, a flash of sliver walking in and out of the light on the tables toward them.

Miranda could she Andrea looking her way, she was sure Andrea knew it was her by the look on her face, it was a mixture of shock and nerves, then she noticed that she would have to sit beside Andrea as Nigel and Emily were on one side and the only free seat was to Andrea's left.

"Andy are you alright?"Emily's voice napped her out of her stare, she turned a looked at Emily then Nigel who had a wide grin on his face.

"I'm fine!" she squeaked just as Miranda stopped at their table. Emily jumped in her seat and Nigel simply continued his silly grin.

"Hello Miranda, what brings you here?" He asked innocently. Andy shot him a glare that made Miranda proud.

"You should know Nigel." Miranda could tell Andrea was upset with him for Miranda's being there and she wasn't going to let him weasel his way out of it, she only hoped Andrea was only mad because he didn't tell her she was coming and not that she didn't want Miranda there, she decided to test Andrea "Well I see my presents here isn't welcome, I will go." She turned to walk away.

"No!" Andrea practically screamed much to Miranda's surprise she seemed as though she actually like Miranda being there. "We have a free seat." Miranda turned and looked into Andrea's deep brown eyes where she got lost and didn't want to be found. Andy's heart stopped as she looked into Miranda blue eyes, god why was Miranda looking at her like that, she could feel herself falling deeper in love with the older woman the longer they kept eye contact. She broke it before she lost all control, turning she took her purse out of the free seat for Miranda.

Nigel looked a Miranda and winked, even Emily noticed the eye contact going on between the two and smiled.

Miranda rolled her eyes and took the seat beside Andrea, they were so close their arms were touching, Miranda wanted nothing more than to take Andreas hand in her own but that was out of the question.

It wasn't until Miranda sat down that Andrea took in her outfit, a short black skirt that rode up to her mid thigh when she sat down and a low cut… very low cut blouse that showed off her cleavage. Andy snapped her head back to facing forward she was sure she had been staring and someone would have noticed by now. Someone had, Nigel, who was smirking, she was sure if she smacked him it still wouldn't go away.

He wasn't the only one to notice, Miranda had felt Andrea's eyes all over her body, she was thankful for the dim lighting because she was sure she was flushed. Nigel patted Emily's knee then stood up.

"Well if you will excuse me, I have to go to the little boys room." With a wink at Emily he turned and walked into the men's restroom that were located not far from where they were sitting.

Emily cleared her throat "Well I have to go to the little girls room," she let out a nervous chuckle then added "Excuse me." And bolted to the women's room.

To say that the silence between Miranda and Andrea was awkward would be an understatement. Andy fettled with her drink and Miranda was looking at the brunette from the corner of her eyes, enraged that she couldn't think of a thing to say even though there was so much she wanted to. After a few minutes Andy gave up, she knew Miranda's eyes were glued to her she could feel her skin burning under her shirt.

"I'm sorry." Her voice was soft and hesitant.

"For what exactly, Andrea?" Miranda was surprised it didn't take more effort to keep her voice just as soft, if not more so, as Andrea's. Saying the young girls name again in that special way felt right, and reassuring that she really was sitting alone with the object of her affections.

"For leaving, for leaving the say I did, and especially for the way I acted tonight, I was immature." She was still a little shaky from hearing her name roll off Miranda's tongue once again.