Closer

Thank you so much, Ellie. I hope you like this chapter as well, in spite of the... well, I\'ll let you see for yourself.


Present Day


He gingerly coaxed her mouth open with his soft, tender lips. Her mouth slowly opened, allowing his tongue to taste her own. As realization dawned on her, she abruptly pushed him away.

\"I\'m sorry. I can\'t let this happen.\" She said.

\"Why? What are you afraid of?\" He asked, desperate for her to change her mind.

\"There are things about me that you don\'t know.\" She said, willing him to just leave it alone.

\"As cliché as this may sound, we all have skeleton\'s in our closet.\" He likely joked, attempting to show her reason.

\"Trust when I say your closet is a whole lot cleaner than mine. Look, I don\'t want to risk-\"

\"What? You getting hurt?\" He said with the utmost concern.

\"No! I\'m afraid of you getting hurt because of me.\" She said teary eyed.

\"Cut!\" The director yelled.

\"Sean, what the hell was that?\" Rosalyn said, feigning calmness as she attempted to regain her composure from the intense kiss they just shared. Sean regarded her with a look of total innocence before replying.

\"What are you talking about? It was just acting, remember? It\'s supposed to be realistic.\"

\"Don\'t tell me you\'ve never heard of a \'stage kiss.\' That was totally-\"

\"Come on! You know as well as I do that if actors don\'t have chemistry, we don\'t have believability. No believability, no audience, no show, no paycheck. Wouldn\'t want that, would you?\" He rhetorically asked with a self satisfied smirosalosalyn gave him a look of defiance before walking away.

\"Oh yeah, I\'m wearing you down, baby.\" He said to himself before chuckling, watching her walk away.

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\"Damn it, damn it, damn it!\" Rosalyn yelled furiously in the privacy of her own home. Jackie watched on, bemused.

\"He\'s screwing up my fucking concentration!\"

\"Yeah right. You know you secretly love that chain-smoking white man.\"

\"No. And he quit smoking.\" She said slowly, thrown off by Jackie\'s use of the word \"love.\"

\"Whateva. If you really didn\'t have any feelings for him, then what he did wouldn\'t bother you so much.\" Jackie said in reference to his French kiss on set.

\"That, my friend, is not true. Even if I didn\'t know him before, I\'d still think he was annoying as hell.\"

\"Mmhmm. You only wish that was true. You know what?\"

\"What?\"

\"Why don\'t you just enjoy the moments? Get yo\' groove on and pretend it\'s acting. Then you\'ll be the one messing with his head. Problem solved.\" Rosalyn seriously thought this over for a moment before completely agreeing.

\"Sure. Why not. And our first \"intimate\" scene is about to come up too. I\'ma get him, girl.\" She finished with a satisfactory smile.

\"Yeah girl! Make his balls bluer than his eyes!\" Jackie exclaimed enthusiastically. Rosalyn gave her a funny look at that particular comment.

\"You sure do have a way with words.\"

\"You damn right. In fact, right before you shoot the scene, you should pretend to drop something right in front of him and,\" she paused as she bends to demonstrate, \"drop it like it\'s hot!\"


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In desperate need of a nicotine fix, Sean found himself at a bar downtown, drinking a beer while inhaling all of the cancer inducing second hand smoke he wanted. Not his particular brand of cigarettes, but he couldn\'t complain. As he was taking a deep swig from the bottle, eyes closed in satisfaction of the cool, soothing liquid and the dark ambiance of the place, someone lightly tapped him on his shoulder.

\"Well, well, if it isn\'t the big, shining star himself. Long time, no see man.\" With a slight grin on his face, Sean opened up his eyes and glanced the unexpected (though pleasant) doppelganger.

\"Hey, Dave. Good to see you again.\"


\"Shit, man. It must be tough working beside her day in and day out. And I thought you quit smoking.\" David said off handedly before taking a swig of his drink.

\"It is tough, ad I did quit smoking. You don\'t see a cigarette in my hand, do you?\" Sean replied.

\"No, but supposedly all of this second hand smoke that you\'re inhaling is a lot worse than actually lighting up.\" David said matter of factly.

\"I just hope you\'re not following her around like the lost puppy you truly are, and affirmatively putting the \'ass\' in embarrassment.\" David continued.

\"What makes you say that?\"

\"Well, to be truthful, I haven\'t actually seen the show yet, but I\'ve seen the previews. She\'s fuckin\' hot. I don\'t remember her being that sexy. But then again, I\'ve never seen her in a practically painted on suit before, either.\" He said thoughtfully.

\"And your point is what, exactly?\" Sean said, a little peeved that his long time friend was ogling Rosalyn like that, though not surprised.

\"I don\'t believe I actually have one. Just merely stating the facts. Oh, here\'s another: maybe you should give her as much space as humanly possible.\"

\"That sounds more like unwanted advice rather than a fact, my friend.\"

\"Okay, well here\'s a fact, for you. You hurt her, a lot. I\'m sure initially it was hard for her to move on, but with a banging bod like that, she could have any guy she wanted. As a matter of fact, if I had your blessing about now, I\'d-\"

\"Gee, thanks for your never ending support, Dave.\"

\"I do support you. Really, I\'m just trying to save your ass. If on that same token I consequently get some ass, well...\"

\"Hey-\"

\"Okay, alright. I\'ll drop it.\" Sean gave an inaudible sigh of relief at that. But David was right- to an extent. He didn\'t consider how tough it must be on her too. That\'s why when it was time for their first \"sex scene\" together, he did not expect her to be so okay with it in that very instant. Sure, talking about it before hand was easy, but finally the day had come. He was completely thrown by her attitude about it all.

\"What\'s wrong, Sean? You look a bit ill.\" She said casually as she headed to the set in a robe. Nothing but the \"nude\" under garments underneath. She then casually untied the robe and tossed it aside as she hopped on the bed. He couldn\'t help but look confused.

\"I\'m fine, it\'s just. you seem so, so neutral about all of this.\" She shrugged her shoulders in an exaggerated manner before replying.

\"Well, it is work after all.\" Sean was beyond shocked and confused. So he decided that there was only one course of action: act oblivious and get to work. He took on a completely indifferent demeanor as he too tossed aside his robe, exposing his nude briefs as well. He then calmly climbed on top of her and waited for the director\'s instruction.

Rosalyn had a look of annoyance on her face, but on the inside, she was scared shitless. After reading the script, she could have sworn the writers had stolen memories of her own experiences. To make matters worse, in her mind\'s eye when she had to go to \"that place\" that actors often do, every, single, solitary experience involved Sean. Her brain wouldn\'t allow her to think beyond him and their time together.

She felt real tears well up in her eyes as she recalled their first time together, memories seemingly to come alive as she slowly caressed him. She almost ruined the scene by murmuring Sean\'s name as he gingerly kissed on her neck, but at the last minute saying \"James,\" the character\'s name when she brought herself back to reality. What also brought her back to reality was feeling his erection pressing into her intimately. And then he looked at her, with what appeared to be love shining in his eyes.

\"Do you know how much I love you?\" He said as he caressed the side of her face before leaning in and kissing her passionately. She inadvertently pressed her core into him, causing them both to moan.

\"Cut! We need to adjust the lighting!\" The director yelled. Stunned into the realness of their feelings, Rosalyn had a look of a \"deer caught in the headlights\" on her face. Sean gave her a look of concern, but said nothing.

\"Could you get up please? I have to go- somewhere that\'s else right now.\" She said in a trembling voice, not looking at him. He nodded solemnly and moved out of her way. He couldn\'t believe that they would have to go through that scene again, and possibly the rest of the day.

TBC

Smut- I mean uh... love is on the way.