Chapter 1

*BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ*

My phone manages to drag me out of my peaceful slumber. That's what I get for leaving it on before I go to bed on New Years Eve of all nights.

I check my phone.

12:07 am, 1st January 2015. Ahh happy new year to me.

I have 2 texts. Text number 1: From Liam - Heyyy Baaabe! Happy new yr! Wish u were here! Seriously this party is awesomeeee! Y didn't u come with me?! Netflix can not top this, I don't care how much u tell me it does. Oh well, hope u r enjoying ur night. Luv u xxxxx

Liam. My boyfriend of 6 months. Great guy. Well, he's an OK guy i guess. He kinda only noticed me because his friend Shane mistook me as a lesbian. I like to pretend that didn't happen though. We don't really have much in common either. Which is why he's out tonight and i'm at home having fell asleep watching Friends on Netflix. But he's the hottest guy at our school so I don't mind that much.

Text number 2: From Destiny - Hiya Sis, Happy New Year :) I know you're two hours ahead but i'm texting you now before I get too drunk to type properly. I'm already pretty buzzed so i'll just get this over with. I hope you're having a great night and that you actually went out! Netflix can wait one night, right?! Hahaha love you wierdo ;) xox

And that is my charming twin sister Destiny. She's been living in LA since she was 'discovered' 4 months ago singing covers on YouTube and offered a recording contract. I'm happy for her. Really, honestly, i'm happy for her. I'm definitely not jealous. I wouldn't want to live a life in the spotlight anyway. I'm also definitely not jealous of her super hot, talk show host girlfriend - Amy Raudenfeld. Nope, not at all.

People may call me boring but I like my peace and quiet. Anyway, what's boring to them certainly isn't boring to me.

I send a quick, generic reply to both of them and lay back down. Yeah, I may be 'boring' but I won't be the one with a hangover in the morning and that thought is the one that allows me to drift back to sleep with a smile on my face.

The next day I wake up as fresh as a daisy just as I expected. Today is a Thursday but it's the winter break so I don't need to rush to get ready.

45 minutes pass and i'm showered, dressed and have done my teeth. I make my way downstairs to find my mom and dad, as always, in the kitchen sitting at the dining table with a pot of green tea between them and each with a newspaper in hand.

My dad looks up from his newspaper and flashes me a smile. My mom puts hers down and stands up to get me a mug out of the cupboard.

"Hello Karma dear, i'll pour you a cup."

Green tea has never really been my thing but I've never told them because they practically live off the stuff.

"Okay. Thanks Mom" I sigh.

"What's wrong love? You have such a negative aura today. Here tea always makes me feel better." She says as she pours the tea out and slides the cup across the table.

Yeah, because tea is the answer to all of earth's problems. All hail green tea. The savior of the hippies.

I take a sip. Surprisingly I do feel a little better as I feel the warm liquid run down into my stomach. It's familiar, it's normal, it reminds me that i'm content with how my life is.

It reminds me that i'm 'boring'.

I sigh again. "I don't know mom, I guess it's just one of those days. Thanks for the tea though."

"You'll be fine angel, you're a trooper." My dad pipes up as he grins at me again.

They may be hippies but they are my hippies I think as I smile into my tea.

After a day of lounging around, eating junk food and watching trashy TV, I decide to get an early night. What else is there to do?

I pick my phone up off my bedside table not really expecting any texts to be waiting for me and oh look at that, there isn't. Nothing. No I love you or anything from Liam. Wow.

Suppose he is hungover then. Oh well, i'll leave him to it. He only has himself to blame.

Despite not having expected anything, i'm still annoyed and pull my arm back to throw my phone on my bed when it buzzes in my hand.

I look at my phone and see my mirror image grinning back at me - Destiny is calling.

I slide my thumb across my screen to unlock it and put the phone to my ear.

"Hey what do you want?" I ask straight away, not really in the mood to listen to her bragging about what new celeb she met last night or something along those lines.

"Oh it's lovely to speak to you to, Karma. I don't WANT anything I just wanted to speak to my sister. Is that so hard to believe?!"

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry, I've just been in an awful mood today and I can't seem to shake it."

"Aww poor baby sister that boyfriend of yours not doing his job in the bedroom?"

"First of all, ew. Second of all, you're two and a half minutes older than me so you don't qualify as my older sibling, i'm sick of telling you. And third, no it's not that."

She doesn't need to know that I haven't let Liam near me in about a month.

"And i'm sick of telling YOU it definitely counts. That doesn't matter though. If it's not the Liam thing then what is it?."

"I don't know Dest, I kinda just feel like i'm stuck in a rut. It's same old, same old. All day, every day. And I thought I was OK with that. In fact, I thought I preferred it like that. But now i'm not so sure..." I trail off as it took me saying it out loud to realize that's what's been getting me down.

"I know what you mean hun, I see the same people every day, do the same thing, come back to the same apartment. It's getting a little lonely out here." She sighs.

"Are you kidding me?! You are living the dream! You are doing what you love and you are getting paid for it! In LA!" She really has nothing to complain about.

"I'd like to see you try it out Karma, you wouldn't cope as well as me. I'm jealous of you being home. I miss mom and dad and I miss Austin."

"I would be fine living away from home. I'm sick of seeing the same four walls."

"Fine. Prove it."

"Wait, what?!."

"I said prove it. Put your money where your mouth is. I bet you 50 bucks you can't come to LA and live my life for one whole month without cracking."

"Of course I couldn't but not because i'd crack but because people would notice I'm not you! Your girlfriend would know and everyone else would notice when they realize I can't sing!"

She can't be serious can she?

"Karm, we are identical. Half the time mom and dad get us mixed up. Just wear my clothes and you'll be fine. Amy definitely won't notice. Just be careful because she can be quite handsy hahaha. (She seems to find the thought of her girlfriend groping me amusing) Oh and you won't need to sing. I'm due a break, I work hard enough. I'll just tell my management i'm taking a break to write some new material and visit family. No one needs to know! You can wear my dresses and pretty shirts and i'll come to Austin and wear your ugly sweats and food themed shirts and hang around the house watching Netflix like a slob! Oh Karma this is going to be sooo much fun! We haven't switched places since we were kids!"

"It was fun when we did it as kids, yeah. But it's so risky now. You've got your job on the line, i'm going back to school in a couple of weeks, and I've got Liam and you've got Amy. I mean, we're so different now. Do you really think we can pull it off?!"

"Yes. Yes I do. We may be different but we still know each other better than anyone else so it won't be hard to pretend to be each other. Our partners won't notice because we haven't been with either of them long enough for them to recognize a difference. School won't be a problem, I can handle Hester. Come on Karm, you know you need this as much as I do. A break from 'same old, same old' yeah?"

She's got a point. I mean, we have done it before. I'm sure a month wouldn't be too hard. And it certainly wouldn't be boring...

"Okay."

"Okay?!"

"Okay. Yeah, i'll do it."

"Oh my god! Karma you won't regret this! I can't believe we're doing this, it's going to be so much fun. I'll arrange to come visit and then we'll make the switch. Right, i'm calling mom!"

"Okay but wait-"

The line went dead.

I made my way downstairs to find mom and see her in the kitchen just as she is putting her phone down.

She sees me.

"Oh hey honey guess what?! Your sister is flying home tomorrow for a couple of days!"

Oh here we go...

A/N: This is the first piece of Fan Fiction I've ever wrote and I don't know if it's any good or if I should even continue. So please let me know if you like it or if you don't please let me know where i've gone wrong. Thanks if you've took the time to read.