A/N: Hello there! Man, I'm insane! I have no time for more stories, and yet here I am, posting the first chapter of my first Karmy fic :D
For those who don't know me, I'm Tana! I'm a crazy lesbian who apparently cannot resist writing fanfiction over my many lesbian ships. :) This story is obviously a Karma and Amy fic from Faking It on MTV :P
Again, for those of you who don't know me and don't know how I work, here are some things you need to know!
Italics are thoughts and flashbacks.
Bold is texts and emails and other electronic things.
The story is in 3rd person the whole time, although it's not omniscient. It's mostly focused on Amy's perspective, but on the rare occasion that I do switch up the perspective, it'll be indicated by a clear "KARMA" or "SHANE" and such. Anything that was not specifically indicated at the start of a chapter is Amy's perspective. At any given moment, I am at least one chapter ahead of what I've posted as far as my writing. So, while I do take suggestions for the story, I cannot promise that all of them can be inserted into the story.
I give a shoutout every 50 reviews. 50th reviewer gets a shoutout, 100th, 150th... etc etc :) While I do appreciate reviews and feedback very much, my update speed does not in any way correlate with how many reviews I've received on the latest chapter. I hate it when people delay updates for reviews :(
I really would like feedback on this first chapter, because I want to know if you all think it's going to be good. Speaking of the beginning of this story... it starts off sort of Canon, as far as major events. However, I changed some things, and after the second chapter, this story will take a different direction than the show, or at least I assume, since we haven't gotten more than three episodes, which is sort of what my first two chapter span. :P
Sooo without further ado, the first chapter of Don't You Know I Love You!
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Amy fell onto her bed, exasperated, and suppressed a sigh. Earlier that day, she would've said that the previous day would've been the strangest day of her life. Yeah, the day that she and Karma got invited to the biggest party of the year, hostest by the most popular guys in school, and then got "outed" as a lesbian couple, even if they weren't really lesbians.
Today though, oh, today was much weirder. First of all, the fact that everyone suddenly thought that Amy and Karma were a dating lesbian couple is crazy. How could news like that spread across a school over night? Second of all, the fact that Karma wanted them to fake this relationship in order for her to be popular is insane. Well, Amy had always known that Karma wanted to be noticed, but that she would go this far? No way, that was crazy.
It get's weirder still, though. The weirdest part isn't even that Amy agreed to fake this lesbian thing, no that isn't even the weirdest. The weirdest is how she so easily pulled Karma up to her for a long lasting kiss in front of all of those people during the homecoming speeches.
Not to mention, the kiss had brought up some confusing feelings for Amy, feelings that Karma was likely not experiencing. No, she had Liam to occupy all of her feelings. Meanwhile, Amy was over here with only her best friend. And at school, that best friend had to become her significant other now. Plus, she had Lauren on her back now, too. Basically, while everything was going great for Karma, things weren't going necessarily as great for Amy.
Her phone started ringing, and Amy picked it up without looking at the caller ID. It was a natural instinct to her, because only Karma had her number and only Karma called her. Simple as that.
"Yeah?" she said into the phone lamely.
"Guess who got another kiss from Liam today after school?" Karma asked excitedly, her voice sounding just as chipper as ever. If she were talking about anything else, Amy might have smiled at how happy she sounded. But talking about Liam? She couldn't really care less.
"I'm gonna go with you?" Amy pretended to guess, rolling her eyes as she rolled over on her comfy bed. Already the stress of the day was threatening to take her under the influence of sleep.
"Yep! Oh my gosh, it was so perfect! His lips are like—"
"I know, Karma, you were talking about them all day, remember?" Amy reminded her best friend, her annoyance showing through in her voice.
Karma sighed. "I thought we got past this fighting stuff?"
"I'm not fighting with you Karma, I would just really rather not hear all the details about you and Liam… again," Amy argued, shaking her head even though Karma couldn't see her.
"I think I've figured out the problem," Karma decided. "You're upset because you don't have a boy to have in secret."
"I'm sure that's it," Amy agreed, sounding just as bored with the conversation as she actually felt.
Karma huffed. "I'm just trying to help. I don't know what your problem is today, but you need to fix it, because tomorrow have to be all cute and in love again, alright?"
"Alright," Amy answered, sighing. "I'm tired, I'm gonna go to bed. Night."
"Goodnight! I'll call you in the morning!" Karma exclaimed, her voice happy again. Amy couldn't help but smile. Karma always announced that she would be calling in the morning, even though it was routine and Amy already knew that she would be calling in the morning.
Amy wrapped herself in her blankets and let her head sink into her pillow. She let the stress of the day fall off of her shoulders and closed her eyes. Tomorrow would be a new day, though probably an even weirder one.
Amy woke up to the sound of her phone ringing, like normal. She smiled, because talking to Karma in the morning always helped her wake up quicker. She answered the phone immediately. "What time is it?" she asked, like usual.
"The same time it always is when we wake up," Karma answered. "Get up! We can't be late, we have obligations to fulfill!"
"Obligations?"
"Homecoming queen obligations? We can't be late to school, we're all anyone is talking about there!"
Amy tried not to roll her eyes as she dragged herself out of bed. "Don't worry, I'm up, and we won't miss fulfilling any of our homecoming queen obligations," she promised.
Homecoming queen obligations filled the next two days, which meant handholding and being as cute as ever. Homecoming itself was just around the corner though. Amy refrained from mentioning it to her conservative mother, who would want to hear all about it. All she had to do was keep Lauren off of her back during the dance, and everything should be fine.
Karma, however, told her parents about their "relationship", which just complicated things. It wasn't like they were going to tell Amy's parents though, they were way too sweet for that, even if they were a little be creepy. Still, Amy had no idea that Karma was going to tell her parents!
The more Amy thought about it, though, the more she realized that for this whole popularity thing to actually work, they were going to have to keep up this ruse for the rest of high school. Without being lesbians, they were nothing, and Karma couldn't deal with that. And as her best friend, Amy just wanted Karma to be happy.
Homecoming finally arrived, and Amy and Karma met up at school, both dressed up. Karma, though, was wearing a gorgeous dress, and Amy was wearing leggings and a gold top.
The dance was pretty boring honestly. Everyone danced, and Amy and Karma danced while Karma was just staring at Liam and Amy was wishing she could go home. It was kind of cool getting to be a homecoming queen, that was until her mom showed up and saw them together.
She was a little freaked out… or more like a lot. She practically passed out, and Amy literally debated on whether or not to go to her house or Karma's. She finally decided to just go home, because if she went to Karma's, her mom would probably get more concerned.
Once homecoming was finally over, Amy hoped that things could finally start to return to normal, when they weren't always the center of attention.
That night though, about an hour after homecoming, Karma called her. "Hey!"
"Hey," Amy answered. Neither of them said anything for a second, and Amy guessed what Karma wanted to talk about. "How did your plan go with Liam?"
Karma had been planning to have sex with Liam that night, and while Amy wasn't really for the idea, she didn't have much room to be against it either. It wasn't like she and Karma were actually dating. "It didn't." Her voice came out in a depressed tone, and Amy frowned despite the relief she felt. "He was only into it because he really wanted to have sex with a lesbian. Apparently it's every guy's dream? But yeah, it didn't happen."
"Aw, I'm sorry, Karma. At least you know that whenever you do have your first time, it'll be more special than that," Amy tried.
"Yeah," Karma agreed. They were silent for a moment, and Amy had a feeling that Karma was cooking up a plan in her mind. "Wait. I have an idea."
Amy bit her lip. "What?"
"If I want my first time with Liam to be special… then I just have to make sure that he falls in love with me!"
Amy tried not to choke. She wasn't sure why she hated that Karma wanted to get with Liam, but she did, and she didn't seem to have any control over it. "Karma—"
"Amy?" Amy's mom asked, walking into her bedroom. "I need to talk to you."
"Amy?" Karma asked on the other side of the phone.
Amy blinked. "Uh, I'll call you later, Karma." She hung up and looked up at her mom, waiting for her to talk. She didn't know exactly what they were going to talk about, just that it had to do with her being a "lesbian" and "dating" Karma and how it was a sin or something like that. "Yeah, mom?"
"Look, I understand that you go to a very liberal school… and from what I saw tonight, there are a lot of homosexuals there," she started, talking in her slow, Texas accent. "So I'm not going to blame you or myself for what happened to you. I will respect the fact that this is out of our control and that you have no choice but to be this way now, but I want you to know that it's not your fault, or my fault, that you turned out this way. It's the fault of that school you go to, and I'll be having a talk with the principal as soon as possible."
Amy had no idea what to say. "Uh," she started. Her mom thought it was the school's fault that she was a lesbian? "Okay?"
"Okay. Also, I understand that the twisted ways of that school have permanently messed you up, but if you want to have a sleepover with Karma, it'll have to be at her house," her mom said hesitantly.
Amy swallowed thickly. "Okay, mom."
Her mom nodded awkwardly, before turning and leaving the room. Amy blinked, shaking her head and rolling over on her bed. This was all too weird, too strange. Sighing, she raised her phone in front of her face and dialed Karma's number.
"Hey, what happened?" Karma asked, her voice sounding concerned, which made Amy smile a little bit.
"Oh, my mom needed to have the lesbian talk with me. No big deal," Amy said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Amy, I really am sorry for getting you in this mess," Karma apologized. Even though Amy knew that Karma really was sorry, she knew that it didn't change anything. They couldn't just slip back into the straight world unnoticed, especially not after Amy's mom found out. It would be way too confusing for her.
"I know," Amy answered, nodding even though Karma couldn't see her. "But Karma… how are we ever going to get out of this again? I mean, there's not a single person at school or at home who doesn't think that we're lesbians."
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there. Okay, look, is there really anything wrong with the fact that everyone thinks that we're gay?" Karma asked pointedly.
"Uh, maybe the fact that we can't date guys?" Amy asked.
"Sure we can," Karma answered. "Just do what I did. Once you like a guy, just tell him that we have an open relationship and whatever happens between you two stays only between you too. It's just not exclusive."
So that's how she gets away with it. "I guess I could do that," Amy answered, although she didn't think she would be able to manage it.
"You should try. I feel like you're not getting anything out of this," Karma said, and Amy could hear the frown in her voice.
"Yeah," Amy said weakly, before adding stronger, "yeah, okay."
Maybe this could all feel a little more normal if she was with a guy in the background.
Maybe.
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Oh btw, my longer A/N is usually the one down here, but I had some things to say up there, clearly. :P Down here I'll usually add rambling or funny stories and such. However right now, I need to be in bed, so I'm going to post this real quickly and then sleep lol bc school tomorrow and ew yeah so :P
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