Summoning idiots to her office for a run through was normal. Summoning people back after they have ruined a photo shoot by dressing the models incorrectly is not.

‘I should fire them’ Miranda thought, ‘although that would make it three employees in one day HR might not take kindly to that…oh god they are speaking’ Miranda tried to indicate she’d been listening all along and simply cut the man off.

“I did not call you here to be bored by your excuses, show me the two outfits we agreed on before the shoot please.” She deliberately kept her voice low knowing how much it unnerved people.

The two employees started racing around to get the outfits ready, looking incredibly harassed. Miranda could not help but notice the hurried whispers between the man and woman. There was obviously something going on here. ‘Maybe I should fire one of them… but which one…?’ Miranda thought as she wandered over to take a look at the outfits they had picked out for her.

“Mmmm yes… where are the belts for these?” Miranda rolled her eyes as they started to stutter. Something about ‘sure they were here, let me just check.’

“By all means take your time, I obviously have nothing better to do than wait for you to do your job properly.”

Miranda was shocked to hear a knock at the door. No one should be interrupting this meeting unless they had a death wish. After allowing them to enter Miranda made sure her finest ‘Do you want to die’ glare was in place but when she saw her assistant Andrea Sachs was standing in the doorway it almost disappeared. There she was staring into space, or at the Editor, Miranda couldn’t decide and definitely didn’t need this distraction right now no matter how much she wanted it. Miranda tried to be normal around Andrea Sachs but recently she found herself slipping up. Today was no exception Miranda almost smiled when Andrea left the office. Stupid thing to do although she was convinced Andrea would not have noticed. It wasn’t just smiles though, Miranda often found herself calling Andrea into her office to bark out some silly request just so she could watch her hips as she walked out again. Of course she’d never be obvious enough for people to guess that she found her assistant incredibly alluring. So when Andrea walked back out the office that time Miranda resisted the urge to watch her walk away.

“These,” Miranda pointed at the two outfits which now at long last had belts, “are the outfits that were originally meant to be shot yes?” she tried to stare out the man and woman standing in front of her.

“You shall take these to Nigel and then whichever one of you was responsible for this…blatant display of… incompetence shall clear your desk.” That had done it; they would both leave now she was sure of it, and of their own accord. Trying hard not to smile Miranda simply stated “That’s all...” Yes Miranda hated people who couldn’t do their jobs properly but recently she was beginning to love having Andrea Sachs in her office.

Later Miranda was sitting working in her office. Halfway through writing an e-mail to Irv explaining why the first shoot was not good enough Miranda got bored. He would understand, he always did eventually, it was just another inconvenience, an e-mail she didn’t want to be writing, another part of her job that grated on her.
Deciding that what she had written would have to do Miranda turned to face the door of her office. Miranda loved routine and every second Friday that is what she had. There was no point going home early as her girls were at their fathers which meant she could work late without feeling guilty. She also noticed that when she left her door open she could look right at Andrea Sachs reflection, giving her all the attention Miranda had failed to give her during the day. No one would ever guess that Miranda Priestley, the Ice Queen had the urge to look at her assistant in any way other than with contempt but she did.

‘Dammit Miranda you deserve to have a little look tonight’ she told herself, ‘It’s not as if you’re gonna call her in here and bend her over the desk is it?’ Miranda allowed herself a slight grin at that thought. So she looked over at the door to enjoy the view of Andrea Sachs leaning back in her chair…. ‘looking at the office door…?’ Miranda took a closer look. ‘Of course not you fool she’s looking at the computer monitor.’ Feeling slightly disappointed Miranda carried on with her correspondence sneaking the odd glance at her office door.

Miranda soon forgot all about her e-mails and instead drank in the sight of Andrea leaning back with her feet on the desk trying to get into a comfortable position. She obviously had no idea she was being watched as Miranda was suddenly awarded with the sight of Andreas stockings as her skirt rode up her thighs. Determined to catch Andrea in this act and make some comment about not having enough work to do Miranda decided to head home. She quietly got her things together and turned off her PC. Miranda was shocked however when Andrea was sitting upright and her desk when Miranda finally came outside

“Roy is waiting for you Miranda, have a good evening” said Andrea smiling and standing to pass Miranda’s coat and bag. “Jeremy said he is looking forward to lunch tomorrow and he’ll be there at 1, Roy is scheduled to pick you up at 12:30”

“Has Irv contacted you?” Miranda asked putting on her jacket.

“Yes he requested a meeting on Monday. I said it was impossible to get an opening that day and I would get back to him.” Andrea paused as if trying to gauge a reaction, “So… I could forget to tell you this until Monday…”

“Very good Andrea,” Miranda could have sworn she heard Andrea catch her breath, “Yes shame you forgot to inform me of that I can’t see me being able to fit him in till Thursday now.” Miranda almost smiled and walked out the office deliberately swaying her hips slightly more than usual. She was getting the feeling Andrea was striving to please her more than usual and thought she was going to enjoy working with Andrea Sachs very much next week.