As The World Keeps Turning

Chapter 2

Amy's POV

After Reagan drops me off at home after our camping trip, I head straight to my room, toss my bag to the side, and immediately flop onto my bed letting out a deep sigh. Once again, my head is spinning. Reagan just told me that she loves me… I've never actually had anyone say that to me in this sort of way. I know that this whole relationship thing is basically new territory for me anyway, but isn't it a little soon for her to be confessing her love to me? I mean, we're pretty different as far as I'm concerned. And didn't I just make her feel jealous about my best friend? I press a pillow to my face and groan out my confusion. All I really want at this point is to talk to Karma, but would she even be willing to talk to me? I wonder what she did last night…

I can't help but feel a wave of guilt for what I did with Reagan last night. The scary part is, I feel guilty like I cheated on Karma or something. Which I obviously didn't. She just said that she doesn't feel that way about me. Up until now, I was feeling like I was beginning to move on. I have an amazing girlfriend, who loves me, for the record. Why can't I just move on and be happy with that.

I'm laying alone with my thoughts when my phone starts to vibrate with an incoming call. My heart skips a beat or two when I see Karma's contact light up the screen of my phone.

"H-hey Karma. What's up?" I answer the phone hesitantly.

"Nothing really. How was your trip last night?"

"It was good…" I trail off, trying to decide what exactly Karma's tone of voice means. "What did you do last night? I mean, after the whole prison adventure I mean."

She breathes out a laugh. "Uh I went to go talk to Liam actually, not going to lie to you…"

I can feel my heart drop out of my chest. "Oh. Did you go to talk to him or talk to him?" i wait for an answer then decide against pushing her. "Nevermind, I don't need to know that. I'm sorry."

"Amy it's ok. You were just asking a question."

"No Karma… I mean I'm sorry about everything. I know that I already apologized and that you apparently already forgave me but… I still feel like an awful best friend. I feel like I'm about to lose you…"

I hear Karma sigh on the other end of the phone. "Amy. Please listen to me. I did forgive you. You practically poured your heart out to me in the middle of a jail cell surrounded by strangers. How could I even think about not forgiving you? Amy, I mean it when I say that you're one of the most important people in my life, maybe even the most important. All I want is for things to go back to how they were…"

I feel tears start to well in my eyes. "Thank you Karma, you have no idea how much that means to me."

"You're welcome. You know I love you Amy. I do."

My breath catches in my throat when she says those words. I know that they don't have the meaning that I'm looking for, but it still affects me just the same.

"Do you mind if I come over Amy? I would much rather talk to you in person if that's ok"

"Of course. Come over whenever, sleep over if you want. I think Farrah is away for some meeting but to be honest I don't really know for sure." I laugh.

"Alright I'll see you in a few. Bye Amy."

'See ya soon Karms."

Karma's POV

I hang up the phone with a sigh of relief. It actually felt so good to talk to my best friend again. It's pretty crazy how much I miss her when we're not talking. I hop off my bed to grab a duffel bag to throw some sleepover necessities into, before heading out the door to my bike. On the ride over to Amy's I get a knot in my stomach thinking about telling her that I slept with Liam last night even after all that has happened. I mean, she probably knows, right? And why should it matter, she's happily with Reagan anyway, she must have moved on.

I ride into the driveway of Amy's house and lean my bike against the side of the garage before making my way to her front door. I couldn't help but notice my hesitation before I actually decided to knock. Why was I feeling nervous? It's just Amy. She opens the door within seconds as if she was already anxiously waiting there. She greets me with her brilliant smile and reaches out to pull my into a quick hug, she pulls back a bit when she notices my tension and steps aside for me to go into the house.

"Long time no talk, huh?" Amy smirks at me with her little crooked smile. She pushes her blonde air out of her eyes before reaching to take my bag and carry it to her room.

"Wow, hostess with the mostess I see?" I laugh at her trying to play butler and follow her up the stairs and down the hall to her room.

"Nothing but the best for you Karms." Amy flutters her eyelashes and tries to courtesy as I go to sit on the edge of her bed.

"So before I wait too long, I need to tell you about last night." I hesitate before I continue. "After you left for your trip with Reagan, I went to the art studio and saw Liam… I can't really explain it, and I don't know what came over me but it was really weird…" I pause and look up at Amy. "I slept with him. It was out of anger, and frustration, and confusion, and I just don't know. The reason why I'm telling you this is because I really feel like I messed up. I was pretty much just using him to deal with my problems. And honestly, I'm kind of mad that he let me do it. He knew that I wasn't thinking straight, but he let me do it anyway. I feel like I was taken advantage of… I don't know if that's just me trying to cope or what, but yeah. That's what happened."

Amy blinks at me and I can see her skin go just a little more pale than it was before. "Karma I really don't know what to tell you. Liam is practically the poster-child for taking advantage of people so you had to have seen this coming. I understand that you were angry but you are the one who chose to deal with it in that way…"

"Amy I know I was wrong. Didn't I say I felt guilty? I feel like… like I was actually hurting you in some way, I just don't know how…"

"You know that it hurts me to see you with him. I don't care how much I've moved on or not, I just get a bad feeling about him sometimes. I know that he really isn't such a bad guy, but I just don't think that he's all that great for you Karma." She says to me with almost a sense of caution.

I can feel frustration bubbling inside of me. "Amy are you still jealous? I thought that we've moved past this."

"No! I-I'm not jealous, ok?" Amy stutters. "I just am calling it how I see it. If you don't agree with me, that's fine. At least try to hear me out once in a while." She takes a deep breath then continues on. "Look Karma, I'm sorry that you're feeling this way. I can see that you're frustrated and confused, so… join the club. Everything will be ok. I'll always be here for you to vent to or cry on, whatever you want. Now the point of this sleepover is to fix us, so that's exactly what we're going to do." She slides off the bed before walking over to her dresser and picking up a piece of paper that looks like a list, then hands it to me.

I scan over a list titled "Karmy's Mend-All Sleepover 2k15", and feel a smile take over my face. "Ok. This is gonna be great, let's get started!" I grab her hand and we run down the hall to start what actually might be the best sleepover we've ever had.

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