It Is What It Is

After Party Pt. 1

The 2014 Emmy's had been an all around success for the cast and crew of American Horror Story: Coven. 17 nominations and 4 wins later, everyone had something to celebrate. Especially the leading lady of the show, Jessica Lange, having won the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. Everyone was abuzz with congratulations for the older actress, especially Sarah Paulson, who couldn't have been happier to lose to her legendary co-star. 

"Jess!" Sarah yelled, trying to capture her attention.

Jessica looked back to see Sarah waving her over to join her at the bar. With a smile and her Emmy in tow, Jessica made a beeline for the younger actress. 

"Here." Sarah said sliding a shot over to Jessica,"To the big win, Lange!"

"Sarah? What is this?" Jessica said, eyeballing the shot.

"Tequila. What else would I be drinking?" 

"Knowing you, probably nothing."Jessica laughed and held up her shot.

"To the win." Jessica said.

"To the win!" Sarah chimed.

Both women threw back the shot like a champ. Although it took Sarah a bit longer to recover from the liquors effects. 

"Jesus Sarah. As much as you drink this stuff you would think you'd be used to it by now."

"You would think..." Sarah said weakly, her voice still trying to recover from the burn of the alcohol.

A hearty chuckle came from Jessica.

"Next round's on me." Jessica said, attempting to flag down a bartender.

"Oh no. Tonight's your night. I got it." 

Jessica rolled her eyes at her friend. She had no problem paying for her own drinks.

"Excuse me! Sir! Can we get another round over here?" Sarah said loudly, trying to draw someones attention. 

Tonight seemed to be busier than normal for the Emmy's and the bartenders were having a hard enough time trying to keep up with all the orders. There was a 20 minute wait for a shot, and you might as well leave and go to a bar down the street if you wanted a mixed drink. The bar was starting to run out of liquor and Sarah was clearly unhappy about that when one very unfortunate bartender told her the news.

"How the fuck do you guys run out of liquor? I mean, this is the bar at the Emmy's for Christ sake. How do you guys run out of anything?" Sarah huffed, throwing her hands in the air.

"I-I'm sorry ma'am. Really I am. I could get you some-" The poor man was cut off.

"No, I don't want something else. I want my goddamn tequila!"

Jessica chuckled at her frustrated co-star before chiming in.

"You know, we could just forget this whole party and just order a bottle from room service back at the hotel." 

Sarah looked at her friend.

"I guess you're right. That beats not having anything at all." Sarah sighed in defeat.

"Come on, Sarah. Let's go before you give someone else a heart attack." Jessica said, grabbing Sarah by the hand.

To say it was a struggle to getting out of the after party was an understatement. Everyone kept stopping the pair to pay congratulations to Jessica or wanted her signature because they've been "such huge fans for as long as they could remember". Jessica would flash them a smile and sign as quickly as possible, she really wanted to get away from all of the commotion. 

Soon, Sarah spotted the exit. She grabbed her older co-star by the hand and pulled her in the direction of the general direction. It didn't take long before Sarah had the two of them outside and called for their car to take them back to the hotel. 

The flashing lights and the constant yelling of their names almost caused the two to stumble into the black suburban that had just pulled up. Jessica was the first to attempt to get in, and she was struggling.

"You alright there, Jess?" Sarah said trying to hide her laughter.

"It's this goddamn dress. These trains always give me such a hard time..." Jessica huffed.

"Here." Sarah said picking up the train of Jessica's dress and sliding into the seat.

"Why, thank you." 

"No problem, Jess. Ya gotta help a friend in need." Sarah smiled

"I would have made it eventually." 

"Yeah. I didn't wanna wait around all night."

Jessica playfully smacked Sarah's arm.

"I'm not really drunk Sarah."

"But I am, and I wish to get completely shit faced tonight. I wanted to speed things up a little bit."

"You and your drinking." Jessica laughed.

"You ain't seen nothing yet." Sarah shot back.

"Oh my, I can't wait."