Karma and Amy were the perfect friends, always spending time together and always having each other's back. Even after everything that happened last year with Amy having feelings for Karma, Karma having feelings for Liam and both of them slept with him. It's been a crazy year for both of them, but nothing can separate those girls. They were lying on the lawn of Karma's backyard drinking some sort of green tea cocktail thingy her parents made them. It was a perfect lazy Sunday afternoon and they were chilling to the music of the Plain White T's. "Why can't life always be like that?" Karma sighs and she takes another sip of her drink. "Because finals are next week, and we should actually study." Amy answers and looks over to Karma lifting her sunglasses. Amy is a straight A student without studying, she shouldn't worry about finals, what worries her is her best friend, who struggles a bit in school. "Oh please, I will get through the finals, don't you worry. I studied all week, I just need one day off." Amy lays back down thinking Yeah, that's what you said Friday when you asked me over for a girls-studying-weekend. But she doesn't say anything about it. Amy felt her phone going off underneath her, she always places it there, so it doesn't get too hot from the sun. Karma frowns at her as she answers the phone. "Hello? .. Oh hey, what's up? … No sorry, it's girls-weekend … I can ask her if you want to … Hey Karma, do you mind going out tonight? It's not for long, just a few drinks at the pub." Karma sighs, it must be Jasmine. Amy started dating her a few weeks back and Karma's really not happy about it. But she has no right to complain since she's working stuff out with Liam at the moment. "You can bring Liam if you want to?" Amy smiles hopefully and this smile breaks Karma all the time. "Fine, why not. It's just a few drinks." Amy smiles even brighter, well she gets to see her girlfriend tonight. "Yeah, we'll be there … I'll think about that .. Hey, you can't say something like that .. I gotta go now, see you tonight … You, too." You, too? Did she say she loves her? After just a few weeks dating? Calm down Karma, she probably just said that she'll look forward to it or something. She feels her body fill with rage. And there goes our lazy afternoon. Whatever. They lie there for another hour before they get up to get ready. Meanwhile Karma messaged Liam if he would come, secretly hoping he would say no. But of course he agreed.
When they arrived at the pub, Liam and Jasmine were already there, talking about some art stuff. Neither Karma, nor Amy understood how someone could talk so much about art. But their partner thought the same when they started talking about TV shows. They joined them on their table and were greeted the same way. Liam hugged Amy and Jasmine hugged Karma, even though Karma really didn't want to. And then Jasmine kissed Amy gently and loving, while Liam pecked Karma on the cheek because she turned her head the last second. Karma felt weird sitting there, again having a double date. Their double dates always went like that. Amy and Jasmine flirting nonstop and Liam trying to flirt with a repellent Karma, who always just stared at the other couple. Karma and Liam also always had the same conversation afterwords. He'd always asked if he had done anything wrong and she'd tell him that she's just tired from the busy day. It's always the same thing and this time it won't be any different. Karma hated seeing Amy with another girl and she still has no clue why. And well, maybe this time it was different when Jasmine leaned over to Amy's ear and whispered "I love you" in there. Karma was furious and stands up aggressively and the whole table looks at her. "Is everything okey, sweetie?" Liam asks. "Yeah, I'm alright, I just have to get some air" Karma stumbles outside, almost falling over three times. She didn't drink tonight, since she's the designated driver that hopefully gets to bring Amy home, but she doubts it. When she's outside she leans back and looks in the sky taking a few deep breaths. Why am I so furious about them being together? Why am I so distant to Liam, I mean I want to be with him, right? She knows she just wants to see Amy happy, but she can't stand it if it's with .. her. "What is wrong with you, Karma?" A slightly angry, but confused Amy stand right behind her with crossed arms. "You always act weird when Jasmine is with us and now you do this. What's happening here?" Karma stares at her best friend with big eyes. "I don't know Amy, I really don't know." Amy comes slowly closer still with a frown on her face and crossed arms. "I always thought you want to see me happy, now I am happy and you don't seem okey with it." Karma can't stop the words coming out of her mouth, the words she suppressed for so long, the words she didn't even dare to think. "Yes, I want you to be happy, but be happy with me! When I picture you in the future, I see you happy. Next to me! I don't want you to be with her, I want you to be with me!" She breaks down before Amy. "What?" Amy's mouth drops and she stares in front of her. Her arms are now hanging from her side. Both of them can't believe what just happened. "I'm gonna go inside and tell the others that we're going now, because I think you just went insane." And with waving arms Amy went inside. Karma just sits there collecting her thoughts. She buries her head in her hands and tries to delete the last few minutes out of her brain. She didn't just say that, right? She didn't just confess something she shouldn't feel for her best friend, did she? Amy comes back outside and walks to Karma's car. "I'm driving," she says and gets in the drivers seat. Karma hurries to stand up and stumbles to the car. The drive was quiet and when they arrived at Karma's they both got out of the car. "Look, I'm sorry about -" "Don't, I get it. You're just drunk." Karma shakes her head in confusion. "What? No, You know I was the desig-" "It's fine Karma," Amy turns to go. "Tomorrow, you'll regret what you said to me and we just forget that it ever happened. I'm doing you a favor here, since you clearly didn't mean it." She walks away. "Yeah, I regret it already, but I meant every word of it," Karma mumbles while she walked up to her door. She couldn't sleep that night and still thought about what she had said to Amy. Why did I say all that? Am I really insane? Or did my head just catch up with my feelings? She couldn't close an eye that night and decided to study instead. Still thinking about Amy, but how Amy explained all of that to her, and it actually worked. Finals, here I come.
The next day was weird, Amy wasn't at the bus stop and when she saw Karma in school she avoided her as good as possible, but of course, Karma noticed. During lunch Shane sat down next to Karma and looked at her suspicious. "Trouble in the platonic paradise? I knew this wouldn't work." Karma tried not to look at him. "What? No, why would you think that?" Liam sits down next to Karma, kissing her on the cheek. "Because Amy sits over there with Lauren and you sit over here, alone." Shane continues while Karma smiles at Liam saying hi. "Well, I'm not alone anymore, so I really don't mind." She winks at him and continues eating her sandwich. "Look Karma, if anything happened yesterday, you know you can tell us." Liam says with a small smile on his face. " Karma kisses him on the cheek, trying to hide how hurt she is due to Amy's behavior. "Nothing happened yesterday, I was just tired." And with the word tired she yawned. Clearly she was now tired more than ever, but just because she studied so much last night. "You don't look like you've got a lot of sleep honey, you should definitely rest more." She smiled at him "You're so cute, when you're concerned, but don't worry, I get enough sleep. But I have to go now, I have to do some stuff before next period." She leaned over and planted a soft, loving kiss on Liam's mouth. "Eww, get a room you two" Shane cried while throwing a grape in their direction. Karma sticks out her tongue in Shane's direction and starts to walk away. "See you in chem class" Shane says waving. Right, she thinks, chem class with Shane and Amy. She frowns at the thought. How will she make it through that? The next she knows it that she's dragged into a dark room by a hand and is pressed against a wall. When her eyes adjust the really bad lighting she sees that Amy stands in front of her. "Okey, just to be clear: What I'm doing now never happened and will never happen again." Before Karma could say anything she feels Amy's lips on hers. Her eyes widen in surprise and are quickly shut when she starts kissing Amy back. Is this real life? Is this really happening? Am I dreaming? These are the thoughts running through Karma's head while she's being kissed by her best friend. This feels so perfect. The kiss is with much more desire than any of their kisses before. Amy pins Karma's body with her own body on the wall, sliding her hands down to her hips. Karma's handy wander to Amy's neck and get a good hold of them, pulling Amy closer to deepen the kiss. Amy gently licks Karma's lower lip demanding entrance, which Karma gives her instantly. Their tongues collide and both can see the sparks on the inside of their eyes and feel the electricity surrounding them. Amy's fingers gently go up Karma's shirt and Karma moans at the touch of Amy's hands on her back. Amy smiles into the kiss and scratches Karma's back lightly sending shivers down her spine. Amy really enjoys the feeling she gives Karma and starts kissing Karma's neck, laying one of Karma's leg around her hip. In this moment they hear a voice and they jerk away from each other. "So you had to do some things for next period, huh?" The girl looked at a quite amused Shane. "I always knew that there was something going on between you for real, but why now when I'm allowed to ask? You're both in a relationship." They both stand there, not saying a word, just looking at Shane with mouths and eyes wide open. Amy is the first to speak. "Please don't tell anyone." Shane chuckled a bit, "I won't I promise, gayscouts honor." Amy lets out a deep breathe in relief. "And there is nothing going on. That was a one time thing." She adds. Karma looks at the ground and blushes. I wished it was more than a one time thing, but you can't always get what you want, right? "Was this why you too didn't talk to each other the whole day?" They both looked at each other. "What? No, we totally talked today." They both said in unison. Shane just grins "I see you later, non-lesbians." He turns and leaves the room. Amy runs out the room just seconds later, leaving behind a heavily breathing Karma, that still had to process what just happened. She kissed me. She really kissed me. So she has feelings for me, too .. right?
The rest of the school day was pretty boring and chemistry was really awkward in addition because of the stares Shane gave them. Karma and Amy sat next to each other in every class they had together. But today they didn't talk at all, which was absolutely uncommon. When Karma was at home all she could think about was the kiss the girls shared. It was really hot! And sexual! I was turned on by Amy! What the fuck?! But the rest of the day way uneventful. The next day was weird, well not weird at all actually what made it weird. Amy acted like nothing happened yesterday, and Shane did the same. Karma was so confused that she played along. Amy waited for her on the bus stop, they walked to school and met there with Shane. Everything was somehow back to normal, but somehow not. Karma's and Amy's hand brushed very often 'accidentally' and they shared way too often looks. But it all goes unnoticed.
One night it was time again for a double date. It was the first time since the kiss that Karma saw Jasmine and hoped that she didn't act weird. They sat in a restaurant, having fun and talking. But seeing Amy with Jasmine, made Karma furious again but she tried to swallow her anger for Amy's sake. Jasmine and Amy were looking deep into each others eyes and Karma concentrated really hard on her food when she felt Amy caressing her leg with her foot. First she thought that she was mistaken her leg with Jasmine's but that is practically impossible since they Karma and Amy sit across from each other with their dates next to them. Karma blushed. Amy was flirting with her while flirting with her girlfriend. During the evening she caught Amy looking at her a few times and touching her in any possible occasion. This girl is gonna be the death of me.
