As The World Keeps Turning

Amp's POV

I wake up to hear the wind whipping against the side of the tent, shaking everything. As I sit up, I push the hair away from my face that was plastered with sweat. For a moment, the world is spinning and I have no idea where I am, but in an instant it all comes crashing back into reality. I turn around to see a mess of long dark hair belonging to Reagan with her arm draped lightly over my waist, snoring lightly. I smile to myself while thinking about how beautiful she is when she starts to stir and slowly wake up. She rubs her eyes and looks almost as confused as I was when I woke up just a few minutes ago, but when she sees me, her eyes instantly light up and she smiles at me with her brilliant white smile.

"Good morning gorgeous." She says to me and I feel my heart flutter in my chest. She leans over to kiss my cheek before leaning her head on my shoulder. "Babe, I had so much fun last night. Did you?"

"I can honestly say it was one of the best nights of my life." I sigh and lean into her. I can't help but notice just how good it feels to be near her.

"Ok shrimp girl, I really gotta pee. I'll be right back, don't miss me too much." Reagan suddenly hops up, kisses the top of my head, and runs out of the tent. I fall back onto the pillow in start thinking about last night when I feel my phone vibrate. My first thought is Karma. With that one vibration, everything that happened within the last few months with Karma and I smacks me in the face. I groan and sit up. No matter what I do, no matter how much of a great time I'm having, Karma always finds a way to get to me. I mean, last night I saw Karma when I was making love to Reagan… not ok. I shake my head and go to unzip the tent and finally stretch my legs when I practically body slam Reagan.

"Woah babe! You scared me. Did you really miss me that much?" she smirks and I melt a little on the inside because she's just so damn cute.

"No… sorry. Well, I did miss you. I just wanted to stretch my legs. That tent really isn't that big you know." She laughs and nudges my shoulder as she bends to step into the tent. "Can we get out of here soon? I'm actually starved."

"Oh Amy, I wonder why…" she raises her eyebrows and looks at me pointedly from the inside of the tent. I blush and look away, not wanting her to tell me that I suck in bed or anything like that. She reaches her hand out to me and motions for me to come closer. "I have to tell you something."

"Um okay…" I cautiously make my way closer to her. What if she noticed that I saw someone else instead of her last night? Did I do something wrong? I look at her while all of these questions are shooting through my head.

She takes my face in her hands and looks me in the eyes saying, "Amy I'm so glad that I was able to spend last night with you… it was just so special. It made me realize that you…. You are the one I am looking for, and I love you." Her eyes start to well up with tears and she smiles at me lightly while she waits for my response.

"I... I love you too Reagan…" I respond quietly. Admitting this out loud caused something in me to change. My thoughts kept bouncing back to Karma and how she's the one that I thought of last night. Karma has always been first in my book. And the fact that I almost lost her because of a stupid mistake is still tearing me apart. I have Reagan; beautiful, sweet, sexy Reagan. Why can't I just be happy with that? Why do my feelings just have to be so… complicated?

I force a smile and kiss her cheek. She smiles back at me, clearly happier than she's been in a long time. She leans in to kiss my lips lightly, then goes to start packing our things up while I try to gather my thoughts and guess what could possibly happen next.

Karma's POV

There's nothing scarier than waking up in a random room with someone's sweaty arm thrown over your body… at least it's scary before you realize what's going on. I blink at the dim room where I am lying on the couch, feeling steady hot breath on the back of my neck. The room smells strongly of sex. The sex I had with Liam last night which I have a feeling I am going to regret later on in the day. I'm pinned under his arm, so the only thing to do at the moment was think about last night.

What actually happened? I can vaguely remember being angry, but at nothing specific I don't think. I sigh and try to push Liam's arm off of me, but as soon as I do, he blinks awake and smiles as soon as we meet eyes.

"Wow did we stay here all night?" he asks with a goofy smile and I can't help but think to myself that he really didn't have a way with words when it comes to the morning after.

"Yeah it looks like we did." I smile at him lightly and sit up before I notice that I have no shirt on. I suddenly become very self-conscious and reach for something to cover up with. I see his eyes graze over me, hungry and wanting. I can tell that he wants more of what happened last night, and my thought is confirmed when I feel a certain part of him grow and add pressure to my thigh. At that point, I grad the blanket laying over the back of the couch and jump up to stand. "I'm sorry, but I really have to go actually. I didn't even tell anyone where I was last night and I don't want my parents to be mad…" I stumble back looking for wherever my clothes got thrown last night in the heart of the moment.

"Karma." He says slowly, looking me in the eyes. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah Liam I'm fine, I promise. I just really have to go home. Can you please drive me?" I plead with him and throw in a smile to convince him. He smiles back and nods, reaching for his clothes. I pull on my clothes quickly and wait for him to do the same. When he's finished, he comes over to wrap his arms around me.

"I'm so glad that we worked things out…" he says into my hair and I can't help but feel safe in his arms. We head towards the door and to his car, with his arm slung over my shoulder and mine around his waist, like the happy couple everyone expected us to be.

The ride home was one in what seemed like comfortable silence. He was driving with one hand on the wheel, and the other on my knee with a slight smile on his lips. But I was sitting there with my head spinning. After all that happened with us, Liam, Amy, and I… I don't know what it's like for things to be normal anymore. I really wanted to just talk about what I was feeling, but with who? Amy, the best friend I've ever had, is off probably having the time of her life on her little camping trip with Reagan, probably not even thinking about me for a second. Why did I have a dream about Amy and Liam? I know that she said what they did meant nothing… so why should I be so worried about this now? Why can't I get the image of Amy dangling our friendship necklace over the prison toilet out of my head? Or her confessing her true feelings?

I squeeze my eyes shut as we pull into the driveway of my house as Liam looks over at me. "So… we're back together now, right?"

"What? I don't know. Don't you remember what I said last night?" I huff at him, a little frustrated.

"Actually, I really don't understand what exactly happened last night… It wasn't like you. You just stormed in there and didn't really say anything, it seemed like you were just taking your anger out on me a little. I thought you would at least come to thank me after I paid to bail you guys out of prison."

I stare at him with an open mouth. "You really have no clue about how I'm feeling, do you? This is a lot for me to deal with. I thought you could at least try to understand Liam."

"Karma, at this point I really don't know what you're thinking anymore. So when you're ready to talk this out like the adults we should be, call me. I'll always be around to talk." He unlocks the car and waits for me to get out before he pulls away. As soon as he's gone, I run straight up to my room, jump on my bed, and reach for my phone, feeling the frustration inside me about to boil over.

*Let me know how you guys feel about this, I think it could turn out to be a great story if you want me to continue!*