A/N: Thanks for all the support guys! Here's the next chapter, enjoy!

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Amy had never seen so much alcohol in her life. Or drunk people. Is this what high school parties were really like? She had always believed that the media was just exaggerating what happened at high school gatherings.

Apparently not.

The party had only been going on for about an hour and there was already a person puking in the bathroom. Maybe he shouldn't have brought that fifth.

Amy felt nauseous just thinking about it. And she didn't even have any alcohol yet. She was waiting for Karma and Shane to get there so she wouldn't be alone.

Surprisingly enough, Lauren hadn't touched any of the alcoholic beverages and stuck with carbonated water. She had told Amy that she wasn't dumb enough to get out of control when it was her house; her house that contained her valuable things.

Amy was currently leaning against one of the walls in the living room, thankful that everyone was in their own cliques and ignoring her.

"Hey, Amy."

Or, she was being ignored. She turned to see Liam next to her.

"Do you want a drink?" he asked. Amy shook her head and explained how she was waiting for Karma to show up. "So she is coming? I was hoping her and Shane were; I don't know too many people here." Amy let her face morph into her 'are you stupid' look.

After the conversation Lauren had with Amy, Liam's popularity had spiked and he was right up there with Lauren. Some people already had bets on going on when the two would start dating.

"You're like one of the most popular kids in school!" Amy shouted over the music.

Liam shrugged. "Doesn't mean I know any of them. Or that I like them. You three are the only ones I actually know."

That was true; even though he was popular now, Liam had continued to talk to the trio and even ate lunch with them again the other day.

"You know we're not popular, right?" the blonde asked.

Liam smiled. He opened his mouth to retort when Lauren pushed her way over to them and grabbed the boy by his wrist.

"C'mon, Liam," she said sweetly. "There are people I want you to meet." She turned her gaze to Amy and glared. "People who are actually worth your time." Liam glanced back to Amy as Lauren dragged him away and gave her an apologetic look. Amy waved it off and watched them disappear into the throng of people before deciding to get a drink.

She didn't get very far.

As soon as she turned around, her eyes found her girlfriend standing next to her, smiling sweetly. She flinched and felt her heart stop.

"Jesus, Karma!" she gasped as she clutched her chest, startled. "You know I hate it when you do that."

Karma stuck out her lower lip and gave the blonde puppy eyes. "I'm sowwy."

"No you're not," Amy smirked. Karma smirked back before she took in the room and the amount of people and pursed her lips.

"I wasn't expecting this many people," she confessed before turning back to the blonde. "You did lock your door, right?"

Amy felt her smile wipe off her face and a lead weight drop in her stomach. "No," she answered with wide eyes. Immediately, the blonde took off for the stairs, Karma hot on her heels. When they reached the top of the stairs, Amy let out a sigh of relief at seeing that her door was still slightly ajar and the light was off.

The blonde went in, turned on the light, and surveyed her room, checking to make sure there really was no one who had stepped in. She turned back around and found her arms full of certain redhead who had latched onto her. She slipped her arms around the other girl's shoulders and squeezed back.

"Hello," she greeted softly. She heard a muffled reply from where the girl had buried her face in her shoulder and giggled. "Everything okay?"

Karma shook her head slightly and pulled back. "I didn't do so well on my history test," she revealed sadly.

Amy frowned. "Aw, don't worry about it, you still have the rest of the semester to make up for it." She kissed Karma's forehead. "And I can help you study."

Karma shook her head again. "No, whenever you and I study together, we get um…distracted."

"You say that like it's a bad thing."

"It's not!" Karma reassured quickly. "But it would be kinda nice to not fail history."

"Hmm, I suppose you're right," Amy sighed out dramatically. "You and I can study…other things." She waggled her eyebrows suggestively before sealing her mouth over Karma's. She felt the redhead sigh and parted her lips to deepen the kiss.

Until Shane bursted through the door. The girls jumped apart, both with wide eyes, and upon realizing who it was, Amy instantly glared at him.

Seriously, did this boy live to ruin all of their intimate moments?

He observed the two before rolling his eyes. "The first time we get invited to a party and you're hiding away up here to exchange saliva? The party's downstairs!" Karma was about to retort but the boy seized their wrists and pulled them out the room and down the stairs.

"Shane! I need to lock my door!"

An hour later found the trio and Liam squeezing together on one of the couches in the family room that was located in the back of the house. Liam had escaped from Lauren and the in crowd when he told them he had to use the bathroom. On the way back, he bumped into Shane and the girls and the four decided to head somewhere not as 'public' as Liam had put it. Even though they were away from most of the crowd, the music was still deafening loud so they all yelled and screamed to each other in order to be heard. Although, they probably would've been doing that regardless of the loud music due to the alcohol that they had consumed. All four were at the buzzed stage and just feeling good about life.

They had been swapping stories back and forth and were constantly laughing. It was after the latest round of the giggles that Liam turned his sole attention to Karma.

"So, what did you think of that history test?" Karma's smile dropped considerably and Amy wanted to whack the boy upside the head for making her girl feel unhappy.

"Eh, not too well," she confessed, shrugging. "You?"

"I didn't think it was that bad." Amy's negative attitude toward Liam vanished as an idea formed in her head.

"Wait, you guys are in the same history class?" They both nodded. "Liam, any chance you could help Karma out?"

The redhead elbowed her girlfriend. "What're you doing?" she whispered harshly.

"Helping you pass history without any distractions," Amy whispered back.

"He's gonna think I'm an idiot now!"

"No, he won't."

"I'd be happy to help you with history," Liam interrupted the pair's squabbling. "Preferably when I'm not drunk, though."

"I'm sure you could do better on a test drunk than I can sober," Karma complimented.

It was in the wee hours of the morning when Karma half dragged/half carried Amy up the stairs and into her room. The blonde had fallen asleep on her girlfriend's shoulder and Karma had declared that it was time for bed. Amy blearily unlocked her door before stumbling in and face planting on her bed.

Karma laughed quietly at her girlfriend and went over to the dresser where she pulled out two different outfits to sleep in. She woke Amy up again so the blonde could change while she disappeared into the bathroom. When she came back, she found the blonde snuggled under her blankets, fast asleep. Karma smiled, adoring the peaceful look on Amy's face before lifting up the covers on the other side and joining her. She curled herself around her girlfriend, spooning her and throwing her arm over the blonde's waist.

She soon joined her girlfriend in slumber.

Karma woke up the next morning to find Amy's room bathed in sunlight. The light feels like it's melting her retinas and she quickly snaps them shut again. She groans, already feeling a small headache and pulls the covers over her head. It's her performing this action that makes her realize something.

Amy's not in bed.

Amy is a notorious cover hog and Karma has yet to wake up with the covers still on her when the blonde is still sleeping. It was annoying at first, but now Karma cherishes the fact that she knows something about the blonde that no one else does. It makes her feel special.

Karma frowned as she swung her hand out behind her and felt the cool, empty space. She had been hoping to cuddle with her girlfriend before starting the day.

She was just about to fall asleep again when she heard a loud snore. Her eyes snapped open and she leaned over the side of Amy's bed to find Shane passed out on the floor, still in his clothes from the night before. Karma giggled at the sight of him. If he were awake, Shane would have never let anyone see him in this state, with his shirt untucked and his hair sticking up everywhere.

Seriously, the boy was a fanatic about his hair and Karma had yet to see it when it wasn't perfect. She barely resisted the urge to snatch her phone and gather evidence of this rare moment.

Barely.

Instead, she rolled over on the bed and slipped her eyes shut, hoping to get another hour of sleep.

Until Shane snored again. Loudly. The redhead exhaled heavily through her nose in annoyance and decided to forgo sleep before slipping out of the bed and padding into the bathroom. She brushed her teeth (because she really can't start her morning without brushing her teeth first) and headed downstairs.

She was halfway down the stairs when she a distinct smell invaded her senses and she grinned. Sure enough, when she reached the kitchen, Karma found her girlfriend cooking breakfast, humming. She noted the bacon that was sizzling in the pan and saw Amy standing in front of the stove, flipping over an omelet.

"How much should I tip?" Karma asked. Amy jumped, startled, and spun around to see her girlfriend. She smiled once she got over her mini heart attack.

"Most places would charge a lot more," she played along. "but I'll only ask for a kiss." Karma smirked and rounded the island to reach her girlfriend. Amy slipped her arms around her girlfriend's waist. She brought her arms up around the blonde's shoulders to play with her hair before bringing her face closer. Their lips were less than an inch away when a loud snore shocked her and made her stop her lips from getting closer to the blonde's. She narrowed her eyes.

Was Shane's snoring really that loud?

Amy, noticing the confused look on Karma's face, explained. "Tommy's passed out on the couch."

"Oooohhhh," Karma said quietly. Amy smirked and then proceeded to capture the redhead's lips in a sensual 'good morning' kiss. Karma's eyes fluttered open when the blonde pulled back. Her head throbbed and she closed her eyes again as she brought a hand up to her forehead.

"What's wrong?" Amy asked, worried. She still had her arms wrapped around Karma's waist.

Karma glanced up at the blonde. "How do you not have a headache?" Amy snorted and shook her head.

"I didn't drink as much as you, goof. There's some aspirin in the bathroom cabinet."

Karma smiled in thanks and pecked her lips before taking off to find the medicine.

The girls were eating breakfast when Shane stumbled down the stairs a little while later, his hair sticking up everywhere. Amy nearly spit out the milk she was drinking when she saw him. Karma was giggling.

"Morning, sunshine." The boy shot a glare at her. He shuffled to the seat next to Amy and collapsed in it.

"My head feels like it was hit with a battering ram," he said as he laid his head on the table softly. "Did I decide it would be a good idea to head a medicine ball last night or something?"

"Nope, just decided that getting drunk was the bestest idea ever," Amy chirped in an overly enthusiastic tone. Shane flipped her the bird, but kept his head down.

"There's some aspirin in the bathroom," Karma added helpfully, feeling sad for the boy. Shane picked his head up and glanced at the redhead thankfully before slipping out of the chair and heading to the powder room. He came back less than a minute later.

"There's someone puking in there," he griped. He put his head back down on the table. Karma reached out and ran her fingers through his hair.

"It's probably Tommy," Amy pointed out. Karma just noticed that there was no more snoring coming from the living room. Shane lifted his head again, his eyes more alert.

"Did you guys hear that Lauren dumped him last night?" Both girls raised their eyebrows and shook their heads. "Yeah, rumor has it that she left him for Liam. She's hoping he'll ask her to homecoming."

Amy shrugged and went back to her omelet. She didn't care for gossip, but her girlfriend did and she was currently conversing with the gay boy about the chances of that happening and other rumors.

"Speaking of homecoming," Shane began. Amy rolled her eyes. Not this conversation again. "what're we doing for it?"

"We're not doing anything," Amy said sternly. "Karma and I are going out to dinner."

"Dinner before the dance?"

"We're not going to the stupid dance!" The blonde snapped. "What's the point in even going if we can't go with each other," she asked, gesturing between herself and Karma.

"Because your girlfriend wants to go!"

"No she doesn't!" Amy turned to Karma. "Do you?"

The redhead stayed silent. The truth was, she would have loved to go to the dance. While Amy wasn't into the whole dressing up and seeing people, she adored it. But she knew her girlfriend would probably not have fun and surely complain the entire time, so Karma hadn't expressed her desire to the blonde, but she had to Shane.

"Karma, do you wanna go to the dance?" Amy asked impatiently. The redhead looked down at her hands.

"Well, I-I wouldn't mind it," she confessed reluctantly. She was waiting for her girlfriend to explode; to be angry at her for wanting such a thing. Instead, Amy just stared at her before glancing to the boy.

"Shane, can you-" she heard the bathroom door open and footsteps. They had completely forgotten about Tommy being just around the corner! "Actually, let's go upstairs," the blonde said and she grabbed Karma's hand. The three ascended the stairs. "Not you!" Amy threw over her shoulder to Shane. The boy grumbled, but turned around and went back to the kitchen.

Once safely inside her bedroom with the door closed, Amy rounded on Karma. "Why didn't you tell me you wanted to go to homecoming?" she asked a little harshly. But the redhead could hear the sadness in her voice.

"Because I knew you wouldn't have wanted to go. And then you started planning this really romantic night out in Dallas and I didn't want to ruin that," Karma defended.

Amy slumped back onto her bed. "Look, if you want to go, we can go. I just wish you would've told me. It's kind of embarrassing that I didn't know that!"

"Well, I didn't exactly know how to tell you! You made it seem like there wasn't even a choice in going."

The blonde ran her hands through her hair, one of the many signs that signaled she was frustrated. "We'll go to the stupid dance. We'll have fun and laugh and dance together and just have a jolly good time," she sighed out.

"I don't appreciate the sarcasm."

"I'm serious. While it may not be my cup of tea, I'll still have fun as long as I'm with you. We can do the whole thing, what with me picking you up and picking out your corsage; the whole nine yards."

Karma felt a smile blooming on her face. "Really?" she asked quietly.

Amy smiled back. She loved it when she was the reason that Karma smiled. "Really really."

"And how do you propose you do that without people finding out about your relationship?" Shane asked from the other side of the door. Karma and Amy whipped their head to the sound and rolled their eyes before Amy tore the door open.

"Seriously?" she asked annoyed. Shane shrugged and strutted in.

"You should know by now to not leave me to myself; I get bored very easily." He smirked. "Now, back to the homecoming dilemma."

"We can go as friends," the blonde insisted after a moment. "It's not like no one's ever done that before." Karma examined her girlfriend. She could tell the blonde was still upset.

"What if you guys take beards?"

Amy narrowed her eyes. "Excuse me?"

"You know, beards," Shane said. "Gay guys do it all the time. They pretend to date a chick so that people think they're straight."

"Does the girl know they're gay?" Karma asked.

Shane shrugged. "Sometimes." Karma turned to her girlfriend.

"So we can take guys!"

"Small problem," Amy gritted out. "We don't know any guys besides you and Liam."

"So Karma can go with me and you can go with Liam. Problem solved!" Shane exclaimed excitedly as he started for the door. "I have to go home and fix myself up to look presentable. Text ya later, girlfriends!" With that, he was gone.

Amy slumped back onto her bed tiredly. Karma copied her and slung her arm around her girlfriend's shoulders.

"We still doing this?"

Amy sighed and nodded. "We are." Karma squealed and brought her other arm around to hug the blonde.

"Thank you! We're gonna have so much fun, I promise!"

"We better," Amy mumbled. Karma took the blonde's face in her hands and kissed her.

"We will," she assured, before capturing the blonde's lips again.