The rest of the school day was a blast for Amy and Karma, they loved confusing everybody, but when Karma came across Liam in fourth period she swallowed hard. "So now I see the real reason why we broke up." He looks at her sternly. "I should've known, it didn't even take you a week to break them up and get with her." Karma runs her hand through her hair and sighs. "Liam, me and Amy are not together." Not yet. He doesn't look convinced as he raises an eyebrow. "You're acting exactly the same way like you did back then, when you faked your relationship." Karma shakes her head slowly and turns to walk to the other side of the classroom. "You know what? You two deserve each other, you are both homewrackers and put your own happiness over everybody else's." She lets her head fall and tries to decide if she should say something about it. He could say stuff about herself all he wants, she doesn't care, but the way he talks about Amy makes her furious. "You know what? Maybe we do deserve each other, but that would be because we put each other's happiness over our own. I don't think you would understand since you need dignity to do that. And that is something you lack a little." She hears "Uuuh" from around her and sees now that the room is filled with students who are staring at her and Liam. She sees his fists clench as rolls his head around his neck, a small habit he does when he tries to calm down. Karma would know such things, they fought a lot in their relationship. "Nice one, Karma. But your lack of humility destroys your reasoning." Karma just snorts and turns around. "You know, you came up with better comebacks when we were still a couple, maybe I should write you some." And with that she sits down getting some cheers from the students surrounding them. Liam sits as well and just seconds later the teacher arrives.
Amy feels her phone buzz during her AP English class. When she pulls out her phone, she could feel it would be a text from Karma and an instant smile creeps up her face. She opens the text
I feel so weird being in a room with him. He's acting weird … Can't wait for tonight, what exactly are we doing?
She smiles foolishly at this simple text and tries to shake off her thoughts when she hits the reply button
Forget the douche, he is the one who cheated on you. He went further than a kiss. Whatever comment he's making, ignore it. You're allowed to do whatever you want. That also counts for tonight ;) I'm taking you with me after work, we'll see where it takes us :*
She puts away her phone and continues listening to the lecture about T.S. Eliot and how his poems are oh so important for the American literature. She loves poems but just doesn't get the hang of Eliot. But then she remembers what the teacher quoted last week: "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." And that remembered her of Karma, now even more. What Eliot said is that you have to overcome boundaries and he was so true. If she haven't kissed Karma, maybe they wouldn't go on a date tonight. And what if Karma never told her feelings. Or even worse, what if she never had come clean about her own feelings? Amy sat there thinking about everything that was going through her mind, not listening to a word the teacher said. "Miss Raudenfeld?" The teacher's voice snaps her back into reality and she stares at the empty classroom. "Are you okey? The bell did ring almost four minutes ago. You should head to your next class." Amy gets up and stumbles out of the classroom. I really should get my shit together. She still invades my head like crazy. On her way to the next period she turns the corner quickly, bumping into someone standing right behind it. "Oh god, I'm so sorry, I'm just in a hu-" She stopped when she sees it's Karma. "Oh, hey, what are your doing here? You don't have class in this area of the school right now." Karma smirks at her and bites her lip. "I was waiting for you, and you took your time, lady." Amy frowns at her. "What? Why have you been waiting? Did something happen?" A look of concern spreads on her face and she's actually worried. "No, you doofus. I'm gonna kidnap you." She says shrugging, turning around. Amy just raises an eyebrow. "You know that if you're kidnapping me, you should, you know, tie me up or something, and actually doing stuff?" She turns her head to face the blonde with a pout and Amy just rolls her eyes. "Yeah, that works. Where are we going?" A satisfied smile spreads on Karma's lips and she starts to walk, her best friend following her. "I thought the mall, since you love shopping." Amy grunts at that. "Bit less sarcasm, Karma. Seriously, where are we going?" Karma just shrugs and continues walking. Amy throws her hands up in defeat and walks behind the other girl like a puppy, head low and saying nothing.
When they arrived at Starbucks, Amy just looks at Karma with an are-you-kidding-me-look that made the other girl chuckle. "Oh, come on. I haven't been here in a long time, and I really don't want to be in school right now. So, please … We could go somewhere else, though .. if you know something better." Amy starts to walk away from the building when Karma holds on to her wrist and pulls her into an embrace. Amy is too surprised by the action to react and just stares into Karmas eyes. "Maybe this might convince you" As she leans in, Amy can feel the butterflies trying to escape from her stomach, her breath hitches when Karma stops right before their lips touch and she whispers "If you agree to come inside with me, I will close the distance." a smirk forms on Karma's mouth, who's eyes are closed by now. Amy just nods hastily staring at the girl in her arms. That's the moment when they finally close the distance between them and Amy can swear she can almost see the butterflies escaping from her mouth when Karma pulls away, leaving a breathless Amy behind. "Fine then, let's go." Karma turns around, entering the building like nothing happened. Amy on the other hand swallows hard and shakes her head quickly to come back into reality. When she finally enters the store, she sees her friend at the counter getting their order. She approaches her from behind, taking her hand, lacing their fingers. They get their drinks and sit down at their usual table, they came here a lot before the whole fiasco last year. They chatted away and laughed a lot, still holding hands, but over the table now. Amy swore that she feels somebody staring at her and she turns to look around the store. That's when she meets her eyes. She feels like the air got stuck in her lunges and she forgot how to breathe. She turns around and withdraws her hand from Karma's. The auburn haired girl starts to frown. "What's wrong? Did something happen?" Karma looks up from the table and sees someone approaching their table with a furious look on her face. "You have to be kidding me." Amy cringes and draws her shoulder up as if she could hide like that. "Well well well, so you really dumped me because of … her." Amy and Karma thought that the disgusted emphases on the 'her' was completely unnecessary. Amy turns her head slowly to face Jasmine with a guilty smile. "So, how long did it take you guys to get together? You know I thought you had more self-control than that, Amy." Amy runs her hand through her hair and Karma looks at the cup of coffee in front of her. "Look, Jasmine, we're not together. So, I do have the self-control, as you call it. But weren't you the one telling me to never talk to you again?" Jasmine sighs and Karma lifts her eyes to meet Amy's as if to say you didn't have the self-control, but both of them say nothing. "You know what? You're right, I shouldn't be interrupting this date you guys have." In that moment, Karma feels her phone buzzing in her pocket. He received a text from Cas.
You don't have to work today, see you tomorrow.
Amy looks at her questioning as Jasmine continues. "I should head back to school, because unlike you, I had a free period and I'm not skipping." The girls just ignore Jasmine now and Karma just shrugs in response to Amy's look. Getting the final third-wheel-vibe, Jasmine starts to boil and starts to walk away. "Well, that was awkward, I never ignored somebody in order that they go away. So, who texted you?" Amy changes the subject quickly, because she didn't want to talk about this encounter with Jasmine. "That was Cas, actually. I don't have to work tonight." Amy starts to smile. "Does this mean we have the full day to spend with each other?" Karma winks at her. "We do, but can we please not leave the house for the rest of the day? That was enough conflict for the rest of the week." "As fas as I'm concerned, we could stay in the house for the rest of the month." They both sigh deeply and start to laugh. "Why are people so awfully annoying?" Karma asks in between chuckles. "That's what I ask myself all the time." But Amy suddenly stops laughing and takes Karma's hand. "But then again, why aren't you annoying to me?" Karma blushes and looks away. "That was way too cheesy if you ask me." They finish their beverages and head in the direction of Karma's house.
Amy let herself fall face down on Karma's bed, who opens her laptop to set a new queue for the day.