I really don't know how I let her talk me into these things. Let's face it.. I really do know actually. It doesn't help that she knows I'm a big pushover when it comes to her and all she has to do is pout to get her way. It's been almost a month since the whole threesome fiasco and we've still yet to have a decent conversation about it. Every time I bring it up Karma clams up and starts mumbling under her breath unintelligibly until she gives me a smile and quickly changes the subject.

Things had mostly gone back to normal between us.. Or as normal as things ever are these days anyway. And as far as I can tell Karma has barely talked to Liam since that night. Sometimes I'll catch him trying to get her attention at school but she always gives him this look I don't understand and quickly brushes him off.

It's been almost 4 weeks and you'd think I'd be over that night by now, but I honestly don't think I'll ever be over it. I know I saw something in Karma's eyes that night, even if it was something that she was too scared to admit to herself. Which is why things have been so confusing lately. It's also the reason I find myself trekking through the woods on a Friday evening with Karma latched onto my hand for dear life.

"I hate camping" Karma pouted down at her boots that were now covered in mud. I chuckled at the cute look before pulling her free from the mud and along the path to catch up with Shane and the others before we ended up being lost in the woods.

"This was your idea Karms. I would've been perfectly okay with having a House Hunters marathon this weekend." I reminded as we caught up with the others just as they passed through the trees into a clearing. I stopped behind Shane and Liam and heard Karma let out a little 'oof' as she ran into me, obviously not paying attention to anything but her muddy boots.

She rolled her eyes and stomped her foot against the ground to try and shake the mud loose before replying. "This wasn't my idea.. Shane said we were doing something fun this weekend. How was I supposed to know he meant camping?" I heard Shane let out a little chuckle and I gave him a shove as he and Liam took off to the other side of the camp.

"You could've asked before you agreed to it." I replied with a shrug before turning and sitting my bag down next to a fallen tree. "Besides.. It won't be that bad. At least we're here together right?" I gave her a cheesy grin and squeezed her hand.

My stomach flipped as the redhead's pout lifted up into a cute little grin in response. "I guess so." She answered quietly. "Promise to protect me if the bears come out?" Her grin shifted into a look of fear and she shifted her eyes nervously around the clearing before landing back on me.

I snorted at the serious look on her face earning a slap to my arm. "Oww. Abusive much?" I rubbed my arm and chuckled before bending down to pull the tent out of my bag. "Of course I'll protect you from the bears buttface." I replied with a sigh as Karma pulled her hand out of mine and sat down on the fallen tree with a huff.

"What kind of a pet name is Buttface?" Shane questioned with a raised eyebrow as he sat down a couple of canteens next to my bag. I smiled to myself and nudged Karma with my elbow before answering.

"The kind you give abusive girlfriends." I replied earning a scoff from Karma as she lifted her hand from untying her boot and smacked me again. "See what I mean? What are those for?" I motioned to what Shane had brought over quickly before Karma decided I needed to be slapped again.

"Oh. I was wondering if you could fill them up when you go down to the river to wash Karma's boots off?" He questioned with a little chuckle as my face scrunched up in confusion. "Don't give me that look. We both know you're going to." He finished with a head nod over my shoulder. I turn to see Karma with her boots in hand and an innocent smile in place.

"Please Amy.." My stomach flutters as my name passes her lips, and dammit you'd think after all these years I'd be used to hearing her say it. I roll my eyes and shake my head in the negative not trusting myself to open my mouth as I go back to pulling all the stuff for the tent out. As always though, I feel my eyes sneak back to look at Karma who is now pouting at me with her puppy dog eyes. The same ones she knows I can't resist.

"Dammit Karma. That's not fair" I grumble watching her pout shift to a triumphant smile in seconds. I swear this girl could ask me to jump off a bridge and I'd do it just so she would smile like that at me.

"You're the best, you know that?" She tilts her head to the side a gives me a smile that makes my stomach flip in the best way. It's amazing how after fake dating this girl for 2 months now that still happens every time she smiles at me like that.

"Yeah Yeah" I reply sarcastically as I push myself into a standing position and try to take the boots from her hand. I stumble forward a bit when she tugs on them and then grabs the hem of my shirt to pull me back down to her level. The next thing I know my eyes are slipping closed and my stomach has dropped out because her lips are against mine for the briefest of seconds. This girl should seriously come with a warning label: Can make you see stars with her lips.

"Hurry back please. I don't know how to set up a tent." She comments nonchalantly as my eyes finally decide to cooperate with me and open back up to stare at her in confusion. She grins and gives me a little shove when I just continue to stare at her, and I really hope I wasn't drooling.

"Will you just trust me.." Shane trails off and gives me a weird grin as I walk up behind Karma and set her now clean boots down beside her.

"Trust you? That's a scary thought." I said with a chuckle earning me a joking glare from Shane. Karma gave me a nervous smile over her shoulder and gulped before ducking her head as she grabbed her boots and busied herself putting them back on. I knitted my eyebrows together in confusion. "Was it something I said?"

"You two.." He mumbled to himself before sighing and holding his hands out to me. I stare at him questioningly as I hand him the canteens, only getting a little grin and a wink before he turned on his heel and left me in a waft of whatever cologne he was wearing this week.

"Did I miss something?" I inquired as I moved over to sit next to Karma, reaching down to pull the tent bag into my lap. She gave me a little smile and shook her head in the negative before grabbing some stakes and the hammer out of the bag.

"Shane was just trying to tell me how to set up the tent." She cleared her throat and averted her eyes from mine as she stood up letting me know she was lying. "Can I do the hammer part?" I was about to call her out on lying, but she looked so damn cute standing there in front of me that I just sighed and let it slide once again. I'm such a pushover..

"Sure.. Just try not to hurt yourself this time." I replied with a shrug thinking back to the last time I let Karma handle the hammer when we were decorating my room. Her thumb nail was black all summer. "You might need those fingers someday" I joked as I reached out and poked her side. Her eyes widened and her neck turned pink at the implications of my remark and I mentally face palmed because I really didn't mean for that to sound as dirty as it did.

"Jerk" She muttered, turning her face away even though I already saw the blush quickly making its way on to her cheeks. She shook her head and then knelt down to start putting the stakes in the bottom part of the tent.

Even if it was unintentional, I still did an internal dance at my ability to make her blush. Because let's face it, Karma is most beautiful when she's being shy. It rarely happens, but when it does I always find myself in awe of her beauty.. Not that I'm not always in awe of her beauty though. I shake my head to clear the thoughts as I bend down to grab the remaining poles for the tent and hear a sharp intake of breath behind me.

"Oww. Fuck." Karma curses loudly, startling me enough to make me drop the poles and turn to see what happened. She's shaking her left hand and grimacing in pain. I sigh to myself and drop down to my knees beside her to still her hand.

"Let me see the damage." She pouts her bottom lip out cutely and offers me her hand. I shake my head at her. "I said not to hurt yourself Karms." I inspect her thumb noticing it starting to bruise under the fingernail before bringing her hand up to my lips and giving her palm a kiss. "I think you'll live."

I noticed Karma's breath hitched and her arm shook before she slowly pulled it out of my grasp. "You're right. All better." She mumbled quietly, trying to hide her pink cheeks again as she gave me a little smile and picked up her hammer again to get started. I had kissed Karma's injuries on countless occasions growing up, but she had never had that kind of reaction to it before. I decided to store that away for pondering later.

"Who's that guy?" I ask Karma quietly as I sit down on the ground beside her. I notice Liam across the way talking to some girl that I don't know as well. Shane had apparently invited quite a few people to join us, as 4 other people had shown up later in the evening and made themselves at home.

"That's Bryce. He's a college guy that Shane is really into." She whispers back as she slips her hand into mine and intertwines our fingers together. I smile to myself and sigh as I give her hand a little squeeze. She had started to do these things more frequently, and if I'm honest I really don't mind in the slightest. I glance around the fire and notice everyone is either engrossed in conversation or in roasting a marshmallow to perfection.

I lean my head down so that I can talk in her ear without being overheard. "Nobody's watching, you know?" She shivers against me and I notice she still only has on her tank top from earlier when it was hot. I quickly let go of her hand and smile at the cute little pout she gives me before slipping my jacket off and placing it around her shoulders.

Her pout turns into a little smile as she pulls the jacket a little tighter around her shoulders and then takes my hand again. "Who cares? That's never stopped me from holding your hand before." She states with a little shrug before leaning her head against my shoulder. I wanted to remind her that she also kissed me earlier when no one was watching, but decided I liked it too much to care.

"How's your thumb?" I ask as I brush mine across the back of her hand. She lifts her head enough to look down at her fingers before turning and kissing me on the cheek. My skin feels like it has lip imprints burnt into it from the contact, and I quickly feel the heat spread through my body as her breath ghosts over the shell of my ear.

"It could probably use another kiss." She replies so quietly that I almost didn't hear her over the rushing of blood in my ears. I gulp quietly as she seems content to just stay in the same position with her perfect lips hovering over my ear.

"I- I think I could handle that" I stutter out like a nerd before lifting her fingers up to my lips. Her breathing increases and her hand shakes again as I brush my lips softly over her knuckle and I can't help but smile to myself that I can cause that kind of reaction out of her.

My stomach clenches almost painfully and then flips when I feel her lips against the skin below my ear. It was barely a whisper of a touch but when it comes to anything Karma it seems I can feel it all the way to my toes.

"Much better" She mumbles and then tries to suppress a yawn as she lays her head back down against my shoulder and snuggles a little closer to my side.

"You tired?" I ask, nudging her thigh with my knee playfully. I feel her nod lightly against my shoulder and she gives my hand a little squeeze before standing up.

"Come to bed with me?" She asks with a completely innocent look on her face, and I feel bad for a second that I'm thinking completely non innocent things about going to bed with her. The feeling quickly passes though when she licks her bottom lip and then bites it softly between her teeth. I take a shuddery breath in and nod my head as my eyes just keep staring at her lips against my will. Dammit.. It's like I have no control of my own where she's concerned.

"Of course." I mumble out, trying my best to keep the raspy quality out of my voice. Seriously, how embarrassed would I be if she knew how horny I am just from hearing her ask me to come to bed with her? She tugs my hand impatiently and I can't help but to grin at how adorable she is.

We pass by Shane and he gives me a little wink and wiggles his eyebrows suggestively which causes me to trip over my own feet. I really am a hopeless nerd. I hear him let out a hearty laugh as I catch my footing and trail along behind Karma once again.

"Everyone say goodnight to the love birds"

A/N: So what does everyone think? Should I continue?

*** KarmyForLife***