Carol came into the apartment, feet sore after a long day. She didn't expect Therese to be home yet, but to her surprise, she was sitting on the couch.

"Hi angel!" Carol greeted brightly. No matter how hard or long a day she had, Therese could always brighten it. She truly was an angel that way. Not a mean bone in her body.

Therese glanced up blankly. She looked at Carol without really seeing her. Her blue-green eyes were puffy and red. The look on her face could only be described as shattered.

Carol walked over to her with mounting concern. "Therese…..? What's wrong?"

"My mother died," Therese said, so quietly Carol could barely hear her.

Carol wasn't sure how to respond to this. Therese seldom mentioned her mother, just as Carol rarely mentioned Rindy. These were painful subjects.

Therese buried her head in her hands and began to cry. Carol sat down next her and pulled her into her lap. She held her, unsure of what to say as Therese sobbed into her shoulder.

"I'm sorry," she said softly. "So sorry, angel." Her long white fingers stroked Therese's dark hair. Therese was shaking she was crying so hard. Carol held her tighter, angry she was helpless to ease her pain.

After she had calmed down somewhat, Carol pushed her down so her head was on her lap. She continued stroking Therese's hair, knowing that Therese both liked her to have her hair played with and that it would calm her down.

Therese rolled onto her back so she was looking up at Carol with her red, puffy, beautiful turquoise eyes. She reached up and brushed Carol's breast lightly, then began to unbutton her blouse.

Their eyes met as Therese sat up shakily and kissed Carol's neck. "I wish my mother had fought for me and loved me as much as you love Rindy," she said huskily.

Before Carol could reply, Therese was kissing her breasts, frantically trying to undo her bra. She sucked on Carol's breast with an intensity and desperation Carol had never seen before.

She reached down for Therese's hair, stopping her. "You don't have to do this."

"I want to," Therese snapped, and resumed sucking on Carol's nipples. Carol cradled her, following her lead. She held her almost as if she were breast feeding her.

Therese kissed her way up Carol's porcelain skin, kissing her chest, her collarbone and then planting soft little kisses on her neck. She kissed Carol on the mouth, harder and more intensely than she ever had.

She looked directly into Carol's blue eyes. "Fuck me, Carol. Right now."

Carol yanked her off the couch and kissed her just as hard as Therese had kissed her. She walked her into their bedroom, their tongues dancing. She threw Therese down on the bed and flung herself on top of her.

Therese tore at Carol's skirt, flinging it aside. Carol unbuttoned and unzipped Therese's pants and tugged them down. She roughly shoved Therese's legs up and wrapped her legs around her. Therese gasped at the sensation of having Carol's clitoris on her own.

Carol thrust hard. Therese arched her back up and kissed Carol with unprecedented fierceness. Carol grabbed Therese's thin hands and held them over her head, pinning her down as she thrust as hard as she could. Therese's head banged into the wall, hard. She winced slightly. Carol put one hand on Therese's head to cushion the blows and held her hands with her other hand, but she didn't stop thrusting so hard. Therese wrapped her legs around Carol, holding on with her legs as hard as she could.

"Oh Carol," she moaned as she leaned her head back. Carol leaned down and bit her neck lightly, thrusting against her as hard as she could. Therese dug her fingernails into Carol's back as she came.

"Jesus," Therese whispered as Carol collapsed on top of her.

"Are you all right?" Carol asked, holding her tightly.

"Yes," answered Therese, although she didn't look it. Carol kissed her dark hair, her pale forehead.

"I love you, my beautiful angel," she said. "My angel, my Therese. I love you."

Therese smiled up at her. She flipped Carol over so she was on her back and began kissing her way down. She kissed her breasts, sucked the nipples hard, though not as hard as she did before. Carol moaned. She kissed the flat stomach with open mouth kisses.

Her tongue flickered over Carol's clit gently. She began to circle it with the very tip. Carol groaned and moaned. She reached down to hold Therese's hair up, as she usually did, but Therese caught them and held them down, just as Carol had done to her. She began to suck on Carol's clit lightly, increasing the pressure with every moan.

"Therese…fuck!" Carol screamed as she came.

"Did you like that," she asked, smirking. Carol smirked back.

Carol reached for her, holding her against her chest. She rested one hand on her back and the other in her hair, stroking both. She could feel Therese's heart-it was pounding.

"Are you all right?" she asked for the second time. "Your little heart is racing."

Therese looked up and smiled sweetly, tears shining in her eyes. "That's what you do to me." Carol pulled her up so they were eye to eye and kissed her.

"I love you," Therese said softly as they drifted off to sleep.