"You remind me of my daughter"

"Is that a bad thing?"

"It's good"

"You must be proud of her"

"I am, she's amazing. And very successful" Jessica looked at her fellow actress and adjusted the robe she was wearing. Her shoulder was exposed while the other woman was gently caressing her exposed flesh with a wet cloth.

"That feels really nice," Jessica said and looked into the other woman's eyes. "Thank you," she whispered with that raspy voice.

Celia smiled and kept rubbing the cloth on Jessica's shoulder until the last one closed her eyes and leaned her head, enjoying the affection.

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Jessica looked in the mirror, she sighed and let her head fall in front, leaning on her open palms. A soft knock on the door interrupted her.

"Yeah?"

"Ms. Lange?" the security guy, a young man, around his 20s, popped his head inside, "Whenever you're ready"

"Let's go," Jessica replied smiling. She grabbed her bag and followed him outside.

A small crowd was already gathered outside the back door, waiting for THE Jessica Lange but invalid. The play has sucked every single drop of energy she had. The last thing she wanted was to be pleasant and joyful, all she wanted now was her bed.

Jessica walked outside through the front door and watched the crowd, she managed to get into the car unnoticed and left. (Writer's note: I will never shut up about this. I WAS THERE AND I SAW HER. YES, I SAW THE QUEEN IN PERSON)

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"How was it?"

"Jesus, you scared me!" Jessica said and touched her chest. She closed the door and threw her bag next to Susan who was sitting on the couch rolling herself a cigarette. "What are you doing here?"

"You want me to leave?" Susan replied but had no intention of moving while Jessica passed in front of her to fix herself a drink.

"No, I was just surprised to find you here"

"Well, you've got double shows on weekends and yesterday you had that interview, I had to do something to see you"

"You could come see the play" Jessica replied and took a sip from her drink as she walked now in front of her lover and pressed a kiss on her head.

"I will"

"When?" she asked and collapsed next to her

"Soon"

"That's not an answer"

Susan licked the rolling paper and placed the cigarette between her lips, looking at Jessica, "That's all I've got to say"

Jessica leaned back and smirked as she watched the other woman lighting up her cigarette and joining her back, "You mad or something?"

"I'm not mad, I just miss you. That's all"

"I'm trying, Sue and I'm so..." Jessica stopped and sighed, "I'm so tired, you can't even imagine"

"So how was it today?"

"I forgot my lines, Sue," Jessica said sternly and locked her eyes with Susan's. Silence filled the room until Susan burst out laughing.

"For Christ's sake, you make it sound as if someone died, it's not the end of the world, things like that happen all the time"

"Not to me"

"Jess, we worked together, remember? We used to forget our lines all the time, I'm telling you these things happen"

"I think I'm done with theater"

"So you'll retire?"

"Maybe"

"Remember what happened the last time you said that, right?"

"I've been offered this role"

"And you signed up for a movie and worked with Ryan again"

"Maybe now I mean it"

"You're such a good actress" Susan replied and laughed making Jessica chuckle. "Are you hungry?"

"No, but I'm tired"

"You want me to carry you inside?"

Jessica laughed, "As if you could"

"I mean, I could try. You lost weight"

"Yeah, I know" Jessica replied and closed her eyes. Susan looked at her and left her cigarette on the ashtray. "Come on, let's go inside," Susan whispered and grabbed Jessica's glass, placing it on the table.

"No, I'm not sleeping. I like it here" Jessica whined and opened her eyes, "How about you, tell me about your day," Jessica said and snuggled closer to Susan who gladly opened her arm and let Jessica rest her head on her chest, caressing the back of her head.

"Well, I didn't do anything worth mentioning today but yesterday Jack came and we watched the eclipse. I wanted to call you but I thought you might be still sleeping. We had lunch, we talked. It was nice," Susan said and looked at her lover, "Alright, let's get you to bed," she said and slowly stood up. Jessica stood as well and with her eyes half closed, held her lover who was guiding them into the bedroom while:

"You're voice is soothing"

Susan started laughing, "Thanks, yours too," she replied and pushed gently Jessica on the bed who rose immediately and stood on her elbows.

"I need to change"

"Oh, no. I'm too high to help you with that, goodnight," Susan said and turned around

"You're not staying?"

"No, you should rest"

"I'm resting alright with you"

"I should rest too, besides, we're gonna see each other next Monday"

"It's Tuesday!"

Susan sighed and looked at her, "I didn't come here to sleep with you. I just wanted to see you, I do miss you and I want you to rest properly, I know how hard it is and since you don't want me to take care of you the least I can do is make sure that you get enough rest"

"You want to take care of me? Bring me my clothes from inside the bathroom and then you're free to go"

Susan nodded and walked inside the bathroom, "Sue?"

"Yeah?" she yelled back

"You don't have to worry about me. You know, I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself"

"Oh, I know, big girl," Susan said and laughed as she continued looking around for Jessica's clothes, "You're sure your clothes are here?"

"Sure, I'm sure"

"Well, I don't see anything!"

"Look harder!"

Susan repeated Jessica's answer in a lower tone while looking around until she finally gave up, "I can't look harder 'cause there's nothing here!"

"You want me to come?"

"Please!"

Susan sighed and turned around to look again, she looked down and started mumbling, "I don't know, I can't be THAT blind"

"Nothing?"

With that, Susan rose her sight and looked at her lover. She gasped.

There she was, wearing a red silk robe, slightly opened, revealing her gorgeous neck, her hair up high, in a messy bun, as if she was playing a role, holding a cigarette.

"You shouldn't put such an effort to make me stay. I'll stay if that's fine by you"

"What are you talking about?"

Susan pointed at her, "This, is just... God!" she said and shook her head

"I don't understand," Jessica replied and blew the smoke away

"There aren't any clothes around here, you just needed time to dress and seduce me. I get it, let's go," Susan said and grabbed Jessica's hand, dragging her inside.

Jessica started laughing, "Seduce you? I swear I left my clothes here," Jessica said and broke free from Susan's grab. She looked behind the door and there they were. She chuckled, "Look at this. My clothes." she said and looked at her lover, raising her eyebrow. Jessica took the clothes and started walking towards the bedroom, "But you can stay if you want to. I thought we were past this whole... "seducing" thing" she added and put out the cigarette.

Susan laughed and bit her lip, "How about we'll bring it up again?"

Jessica chuckled and sat on the bed, "Now you're getting on my nerves, you're coming to bed or not cause frankly I'm exhausted"

"I'm coming," Susan replied making Jessica smile and lay back on the bed while Susan started undressing herself.

"You want me to wake you up?"

"Oh, please don't"

"How about I'll make you something to eat before you go to the theater?"

"Like what?"

"Whatever you want"

"Yeah, I'd love to"

"Really?"

"Well, based on your cooking skills you'll probably make pasta and you're good at it so yeah"

"I can make you something else"

"Sure you can"

"I can," Susan replied and laid next to her lover, wearing only one large T-shirt she found in Jessica's closet.

"I know, I agree with you," Jessica said and reached for the light on the nightstand, turning it off while, "As always," she whispered.

"I heard that," Susan replied and opened her arms for her woman to move closer.

"I know," Jessica said with a chuckle and moved into Susan's arms, exhaling loudly. "Goodnight," she whispered, her face inches close to Susan's as she lifted her chin to kiss her.

Susan smiled and placed a kiss on her lover's lips, keeping their lips attached, Jessica opened her mouth and deepened their kiss.

Jessica dragged her palm on Susan's cheek, stroking her skin with her thumb while the kiss turned into something different.

They hadn't been so close to each other for a few days now and both could feel the fire starting to burn inside of them, none of them could stop, none of them wanted to.

Susan moaned into her lover's mouth making Jessica stop and look at her.

"I missed you"

Susan looked into her eyes, suddenly Jessica's eyes turned darker, filled with lust and desire. "I missed you too" Susan replied and lifted her hand up on Jessica's chest, moving her fingertips to her neck, and jawline until they reached her cheekbones.

Jessica took hold of Susan's hand and kissed it, "You still want to take care of me?"

"Always," Susan replied and moistured her lips before leaning in for another kiss. Before she could realize it, Susan felt her hand traveling down on her lover's body, with Jessica's help of course.

The older woman stopped and smirked, making Jessica smile as well, "No teasing"

"No teasing," Susan replied while shaking her head, making Jessica chuckle.

Susan moved her mouth her lips up to Jessica's neck, sucking and nibbling her warm flesh. As a response Jessica closed her eyes and moved her head to the side, allowing her woman to continue her actions.

Jessica exhaled loudly when she felt Susan's hand resting on her sensitive area. Susan undid Jessica's robe with her free hand and let her lips start their journey down on Jessica's bare chest.

Jessica arched her back and moved her hand on top of her lover's which was standing still on top of her panties, softly she rubbed her fingers on her center, guiding her lover.

Susan smiled between the kisses she was placing all over Jessica's body and let her fingers explore her woman's private area.

"Yes," Jessica whispered, her voice raspy, once she felt Susan's fingers rubbing her bundle of nerves.

Susan smiled again and continued traveling down on her body. It felt nice, warm and loving. She took her time, making sure that Jessica was enjoying every minute of it. All she wanted now was to take care of her woman and Jessica could feel it.

Within a few minutes, Susan found herself under the bedsheets and between her lover's thighs, her tongue was doing most of the work while her fingers were slowly thrusting in and out of her.

"God, Susan," Jessica loudly exhaled, she was close, her body was relaxed, and her knees were weak. She closed her eyes and bit her lips.

Susan placed her thumb on where her tongue used to be and moved up to meet her lover's gaze, satisfied with her actions on her woman's body, she whispered. "How does it feel?"

Jessica opened her eyes and locked them with Susan's. The feeling was too overwhelming and how could she possibly begin to explain how Susan was making her feel at that moment, or even every other moment?

"God," was the only word that came out of Jessica's mouth along with a loud moan as she closed her eyes once again, getting lost under Susan's touch.

"Look at me," Susan commanded, keeping a straight face, knowing how hard it was for Jessica but she herself had to earn something from their encounter tonight, and Jessica's face was the absolute trophy, seeing her shattering into a million pieces, reaching heaven and then falling hard down to earth, knowing that all Jessica wanted to do is scream out her name, Susan's name but yet she was unable to scream, or even keep her eyes open.

"Don't... don't stop," Jessica pleaded, she opened her eyes along with her mouth. "Sue," Jessica added, furrowing her brows together.

"I know," Susan replied, without increasing the pace her fingers were working, she added another one, "I know," she said again, more seductive this time.

Jessica reached her climax, just like that, hearing Susan's voice was enough. She wrapped her arms around Susan's shoulders and pushed her closer to her body. Susan could hear her breathing, she could feel her woman around her fingers, and while she kept her fingers still she could feel her woman again coming down from her high and her whole body trembling.

They stayed like that for several minutes, enjoying it until Susan kissed her cheek and finally removed her fingers. "I love you," she whispered into Jessica's ear but no reply came, just a silent moan as she rolled over to her side.

Susan stood up and looked at her. She didn't just love her, what Susan was feeling was far more than love, it was something different. She stood there, watching her, observing her curves and the light resting perfectly on her blonde-gray hair. No, it's not just love. She worships her.