CHAPTER 9

KARMA POV

Karma woke up feeling like a train had literally drove over her head and then reversed and did it again. She felt more than a little confused trying to figure out where exactly she was and trying to put the pieces of the evening together when she saw the note on the pillow next to her.

When she read the note it all started coming back to her full force and she was mortified.

"Oh my god, I made such a fool of myself in front of Amy. She probably thinks I am pathetic." she whispered to herself while reaching for the aspirin on the side of the bed. She threw the pills in her mouth without thinking twice and gulped some water to get it down her dry throat. She decided that coffee was a necessary evil if she was going to redeem a little bit of dignity when Amy got back. She wondered where Amy was. She made her way down to the kitchen taking in the place while she went down the stairs. The place was big, but not too big, the colours were all neutral and beachy and everything in it was modern, yet practical and simplistic. This place is so Amy, she thought to herself when she finally reached the kitchen. She immediately smelt the beautiful angelic aroma of the coffee and started looking through the cupboards in order to find a cup. She finally found the cupboard with the cups and decided that she needed the biggest mug she could find and finally decided on a giant yellow one.

She saw huge sliding doors leading onto a deck with a giant pool and hot tub literally right on the beach. She decided that she wanted to feel the sand between her toes and so she made her way through the sliding doors and walked onto the beach. It was early, so the sand was still pretty cold, but it felt so amazing between her toes that she decided to go down almost until the water. Thats when she spotted Amy in the water. She was just sitting on the surfboard staring out into the depths of the ocean and Karma couldnt move her eyes. A wave suddenly started forming right behind Amy and she quickly turned around to face the beach and started paddling. As the wave lifted her up, she stood up and made a sharp left turn into the wave as she was gliding into it. Karma had never seen anyone look so graceful while riding a wave and she was in awe. She watched Amy ride a few more waves while drinking her coffee and decided to go and make herself look at least a bit more decent before Amy came back. It suddenly dawned on her that Amy brought her to her house. For a second that made her smile. That must mean that deep down she still cares for me right?

She rushed up to the bedroom where she woke up and grabbed her handbag. Fortunately, she always made sure that she had the essentials with her and she quickly reached for her emergency toothbrush, hairbrush and some make up. As she went to put the handbag down, she accidentally knocked a photograph over. As she picked it up, she noticed that it was a picture of herself and Amy when they were in High School sitting in the courtyard. Her heart felt warm while thinking back at that moment she remembered so vividly. They were still faking being lesbians back then and looking at the photograph now and noticing the way Amy looked at her in the picture, she wondered how she could never have picked up on her feelings when now in retrospect it seemed so obvious that Amy was in love with her. She was just so damn blinded by the need to be popular and dating Liam Booker that she had just missed it entirely. She wished she could turn back time, she would do things so diffrently. She caught Amy in her perifiral vision coming out of the water and she went over to the window to get a better look while hiding slightly behind the curtain. Amy stuck the board upright into the sand and squeezed some of the excess water out of her hair and just that small motion gave Karma tingles all over. Amy was always beautiful, but damn she looked amazing. Her body was toned, probably from all the surfing, and she just had this glow about her. Karma was mesmerized, especially when Amy grabbed the board and started running back towards the house. Karma nearly tripped over the bed as she ran back towards the door. She decided that she would go back down to the kitchen and get a cup of coffee ready for Amy.