Life's Different Now…
Chapter 1: Moving In
A/N: Hey you guys! I am a big fan of reading different Faking It fan fiction and I've decided to start one of my own! So... this is my first time writing and I hope you like it. If you like it, then let me know if you want it to continue. ^_^ Hope you enjoy!
AU: Karma Just moved to Austin, Texas from small town Landon, Indiana only to be curious of the fast paced life at Hester High.
**KARMA POV**
"Oh wow Karma, isn't this exciting?" My mother squealed as we walk into our brand new home. It was different than our house back home in Indiana. It was a stereotypical country house you would see in those old Midwestern films. Basically, a big bland painted two story home placed on a big, grassy plain in the middle of nowhere. The sadder thing about it was the 30min. bus ride from our house to my high school with a total population of 300 students. It wasn't a bad life to live, but it wasn't a life I wanted to live. It was slow. Nothing was ever exciting. It felt as if we were 2 months behind popular fads and celebrity gossip.
That's why when my parents sat me down and said that we were moving down to Texas because they decided to expand their weird Chakra business, I was so excited! It wasn't like we were moving to big Dallas or anything, but Austin! Austin is way bigger than this little town with a population of 800. As soon as those words left his mouth, I ran upstairs and started packing.
Don't get me wrong, leaving all my childhood friends behind to start my junior year somewhere else was pretty sad. But, I'm pretty sure they knew this was the best thing for me to do. But my boyfriend didn't think so. We were best friends for pretty much all of my childhood and we started dating at the end of the 8th grade. His name was Liam. Liam Booker. He was the cutest guy in the town always wearing his plaid button shirt with the sleeves cutoff, dark blue jeans, and cowboy boots; wearing his occasional cowboy hat. He had nice brown hair, a nice body and deep brown eyes that are very dreamy and he is overall a total stereotypical sweetheart. He hated to see me go, and made me promise that I will never forget him. To be honest, I'm gonna miss those heated make out sessions with him in the back of his pickup truck.
Looks like that's gonna be over for a while.
But now we're here in the nice city of Austin, Texas settling in to our brand new house; Which was totally gorgeous by the way. I finally answered my mother, "Yes mom, this is very exciting."
"Why don't you go upstairs and get a good look at your new room!" I hear my dad as he shuffles throughout the kitchen. I yell 'okay' in agreement as I'm walking up the stairs and straight to my room to see a nice open spread, with only a bed presiding in there. It's bigger than my old room, and I'm gonna a lot of fun decorating it. Let the ideas begin to flow!
2 weeks has passed and all the moving boxes are gone. We have officially moved into the house and school doesn't start until Monday. It's a nice Friday afternoon, and I've decided that I want to explore Austin, maybe stop by a café for a Caramel Frappuccino since it's a hot day. I threw on pair of white shorts and white tank top with a red plaid shirt over it and pair of red converse. I let my naturally curled hair hang over my shoulders, grab my phone off the bed and run down the stairs to the living room where my parents were watching TV.
"My, my, where are you going?" My mom asks without moving her eyes of the screen.
"Out. I wanna explore the city." I answer truthfully. I look towards the TV and see that their watching some show on Animal Planet about African animals or something.
"Ooh sounds fun!" She squeals. "Do you want us to come with you?" My dad chimed in while his eyes are glued to the TV as well.
"Umm, it kinda looks like you're a little busy don't you think?" I laugh bit under my breath.
He chuckled then looked at me, "We'll come if you want us too."
I smiled. I love my parents, they're genuinely caring people. "No dad I'll be fine."
"Well here…" He fished in his pockets for his wallet and handed me 30 dollars, then threw me keys. I caught them and looked at him confused. "Call us if you need anything, and we left a surprise for you outside. Be safe, okay?" He and my mom looked at me and smiled.
Before I knew what the surprise really was, all I could do is flash a big smile and run into them for a hug. "Thank you! I promise I will! I love you!" I was released from their grasp and sped walked out the front door to see a moderately new silver Honda Civic. It wasn't my dream car, but it was a car! I hop in the front seat basking in the fact that I have a car, and then I finally start it up! Oh my god I have a car! I got my license a few weeks ago a few days after my birthday, and I haven't really driven since.
I've been out the house for about an hour now driving around in my new car. Austin is genuinely a nice place. Its busy and way bigger than little ole' Landon. In the distance I see a café coming up, and I want a nice cold coffee drink. So I park the car in front of the café and walk in the front doors.
The people in here look like they're around my age and I've never seen so much good looking people in one place. I start to make my up to the counter where I order a large Caramel Frappuccino. Instead of leaving, I decide to pick an empty table and just relax. While sipping on my cold coffee drink and scrolling through twitter, I feel the table shake. I look up to see a fairly handsome boy staring at me intently. He wore a smirk on his face while his eyes were studying me. "I haven't seen you around? Are you new?" Words finally left his mouth but his eyes were still on me.
"Yeah, I-I'm karma." I don't know why I was stuttering. I guess that his approach wasn't one to be used to.
"Well Karma, relax! I don't bite! By the way, I'm Shane." He held his hand out. I put my hand in his and we shook briefly before pulling my hand back. He smiled, which made me smile and feel more comfortable. He pulled out a chair to sit with me at my table. "So Karma, if you're not from around here, where are you from?"
"I just moved in from Landon, Indiana a few weeks ago." I answered in a comfortable tone.
"Oh small town girl!" He grinned. "How are you liking it here in Austin?"
"It's different." I sigh. "But like a good different. Everything is so much better here you know?"
"Oh Karma, trust me, over time your perspective will change."
Shane and I pretty much sat there in the café and talked for a good hour about a lot of things. I told him about life in Indiana, my friends and my boyfriend that I left behind. He talked about life here and his friends and how he did not have a boyfriend but was looking for a boy toy. I was surprised to find out that Shane was gay. I'm not homophobic or anything but I've never met an actual gay person in real life because there wasn't any in Indiana. Though overall, Shane was a pretty cool guy and I found out we're going to the same school. He gave me his number and told me to hit him up on the first day of school.
While laughing about this funny thing that he was talking about, my phone buzzed on the table. It's a text from my mom:
Karma sweetie, are you coming home for dinner? We made your favorite!
I instantly text her back with a big grin on my face:
Yay! I'll be home in 10 mins! :)
"Hey Shane it's my mom, I have to go." I gave him a real sorry look.
"Don't worry about it, just go!" He shooed me off with a smile.
"You okay over here by yourself?" I feel like a jerk leaving him by himself.
"A friend of mine is coming. Go home." He grinned.
"Okay, I'll text you later!" I say as I'm walking out. I'm looking down at my phone when push open the front door but don't realize there's someone on the other side until I look up into in a pair of piercing green eyes. Her blonde hair is cascaded around her face and is falling past her shoulders. Her face is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my existence. I can feel the red rushing into my cheeks, when I realize that I'm staring. I snap my eyes right back down to look at my shoes which turned into the most interesting ever. "Sorry." I say beneath my breath as she side steps out of the way as I make past her to my car. For some reason I can still feel her eyes on me as I slip into my car and drive off.
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