-IV-
"Abby!" Susan gasped out of breath after rushing up the stairs. She raised both hands up in front of herself "Please. Don't leave."
Abby ignored Susan as she was sorting through her bag.
"I am so sorry. It wasn't aimed at you at all. I would never say that to you, you had your reasons for it, my sister didn't" Susan placed her hand on top of Abby's. She continued, "If you go then it's your turn to run away from our problems."
"Yeah it may be easier to do that."
"What?" The blonde frowned.
"You know as well as I do that this thing between is so complicated, it's in fact screwing us both up."
"If we tried hard enough and get our heads straight about what we want deep down in our hearts," Susan stressed. "Then we wouldn't be screwed up."
"Yeah," Abby pursed her lips and scoffed out loud at what she remembered from Susan and Chloe's conversation downstairs.
"What?" Susan asked, surprised at Abby's sudden reaction.
"What I heard you saying to your sister."
"Oh you eavesdropped at every bit of the conversation?"
"Oh you are starting to look guilty Suse."
"I have nothing to be guilty about, I didn't say anything negative. I only explained what happened six…" Susan shuttered and shook her head " Seven months ago," Susan gasped to herself "God time has flown by."
"You said that we were going through a comfort phrase?"
Susan nodded.
"What got me is that you said that next year it might be all forgotten about and didn't mean a thing. What the hell that suppose to mean? Oh thanks I wasn't that important."
"Abby it wasn't like that. I should have rephrase that, it's only a figure of speech so Chloe could understand."
"Chloe will never understand. I will never understand."
"Never understand? Abby you are so unbelievable!" Susan frowned and opened her mouth slightly in disbelief. She couldn't find her words for a few seconds to continue. Eventually she found them and came out in a high tone. "I just don't know what to say especially what you put me through. I left because I couldn't put up with it all. Anyway why are we having this conversation? It's the same conversation over and over again about our feelings."
Susan sat down on the bed. She continued "Actually Abby…"
"So tell me what do you really want?" The brunette interrupted
The blonde shrugged. "Neither do you."
"Then if we both agree on that, what the hell are we doing?" Abby cocked her head side to side.
"Relying on each others friendship but…" Susan sighed "It's the closeness we have is severing what's between us."
"But I like the closeness…" Abby said with a little smile creeping on one side.
Susan quickly looked up at her. She half smiled "Abby. I think I know the whole problem is."
"You do?"
"Yeah. We are too frightened to accept that have been intimate with another woman, you know you and me," Susan pointed at Abby then herself. "I think we will have to accept that it has happened. I am happy to keep the whole thing a secret. Let's not be labelled what sexuality we are ok?"
Abby froze and looked at Susan. She pursed her lips and arched her brows with agreement. "You know what Susan? I am really glad we've had this conversation, it's kind of cleared the air between us."
"Not 100 per cent. It's getting there, still a lot of work needs to be done," Susan said.
"Yeah. I want to be with you, isn't that why I came all the way here?"
"Yeah, very flattering."
"You should be. I want it to work ok?"
"If you want it to work…" Susan stretched her arm out and grasped Abby's hand and asked with a sad smile. "Will you stay?"
"Only one condition."
"Yes ok, on what condition?"
Abby's eyes signalled to the bathroom and grinned "I want you to do the alphabet on me in the shower."
Susan raised her brows and grinned back.
Chloe's voice shouted from downstairs "Bye! I'm off to work, see you later." The door slammed.
"Well I guess it's just you and me then?" Abby raised her brows and smiled.
Susan smirked watching Abby walking towards her. Abby clung her arms round her neck.
"Well… Are we going to do it?" Abby smiled devilishly leaning in to kiss then nipped Susan's bottom lip and tugged it. Susan moaned at the little pain.
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Susan slid the straps off Abby's shoulders and kissed the exposed flesh. She unclasped her bra and threw them on the floor. They clung naked together, enjoying the warmth of the embrace. Stroking their hands softly over each others soft skin.
"I've missed your touch Abby." Susan's voice was deep with desire. She impacted her lips against Abby's and kissed passionately that Abby nearly stumbled off balance.
Abby broke away and stepped in to the cubicle and stood under the running shower. She grabbed Susan's hand and pulled her in forcefully to join her and wrapped her arms round the blonde's waist. They kiss again under the hot spray.
Susan knelt down and Abby winced from the coldness of the bathroom tiles when she leaned her back against it and parted her legs. Susan held on to her hips as she leaned in between Abby's legs. Abby whimpered when Susan gently bites her clit. She then performed the alphabet on it with her tongue and sucked gently after every third letter. Susan slipped her own hand between her legs to stimulate herself. The brunette closed her eyes, entwined both hands in Susan's wet hair to keep her head in place and shuddered with arousal. Susan is almost drowning working on the brunette's desirable sex. The water sprayed against the brunettes arching body, ran down between her legs creating a waterfall into Susan's face.
"Uh-huh-h-h-huh!" Abby writhered uncontrollably clinging to the side as the waves of her orgasm ebbed. She bucked her hips trying to fight off the euphoria, still holding on to Susan's hair keeping her in place. Susan gasped out after working on herself too. Susan rose up after they both climaxed and ran both hands through her soaking wet hair. Abby gasped at Susan's eyes were piercing in a shade of emerald.
"I love your beautiful green eyes Susan," Abby clung her arms round her neck, cocked her head, smiling and moved in to kiss her. She mumbled against Susan's lips "Mmm that was mind blowing, your alphabet…"
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"I want to check out Bloomingdale's and Macy's downtown Manhattan," Abby said, pulling up her jeans and zipped them up. They have just spent half an hour making love on the bed again after their shower session.
"Sure," Susan replied, spraying on perfume. "Perhaps later we could go ice skating later on, perhaps this evening."
"Are you sure Susan? You don't think you are going to slip and fall on the ice being pregnant?"
"Abby have you ever seen me skate?"
"Nope."
"Robin Cousins eat your heart out," Susan quoted
"Robin Cousins!" Abby gasped and laughed, "Gee…he's the 1980 Olympics ice skating champion. Ugh! Susan we are getting old."
Susan stifled a laugh and her cell phone rang. She flipped it open, looked at caller I.D. and answered it "Hi Chloe."
"Hey Susie. Are you out? I just tried our home number but no answer."
"We are just on our way out."
"Hope you two have kissed and made up?" Chloe asked then laughed out loud, "Yes literally KISS and MADE up."
"Oh Chloe ha ha very funny, is there something you want?" Susan stood in front of the mirror and applied on the mascara.
"Yeah we are short staffed today and I'm covering for someone, so I'm gonna home late. Would you pick little Susie up from school?"
"Sure!" Susan chirped "We'll take her to the ice skating rink at the park."
"Wow she would love that, see you later Susie, bye,"
"Bye," Susan flipped the phone shut. "Hope you don't mind taking Susie ice skating?"
"No the more the merrier, It'll be fun." Abby sat on the bed pulling on her boots.
"I'll treat you lunch at Zarela's, the top Mexican restaurant in New York. I really fancy something spicy."
"Ooh you have an expensive taste, that sounds great. Aren't you spicy enough Susan?" Abby stuck out her tongue playfully.
Susan leaned down to kiss Abby and smiled. "Yeah… but you're worth it."