Chapter 26
A few hours through, they both lost all hope of being rescued. It is probably nighttime now and most of the people in this hotel resort are probably either sleeping or still out partying the night away but whatever they are doing, no one is noticing the broken elevator. Or they have noticed and thought no one was trapped in here. The heat has risen up even higher sending them both in a world of fantasy. Amy started seeing double and starts laughing for no reason. She is later joined in by Karma, who also seemed to be losing her head over the heat. They both laugh as they try to get off on their feet but later fell on top of each other laughing even louder.
"You are so fucking heavy!" Karma tries to move a high Amy from off her but failed and laughs even harder at her failed trial.
"Hey! That's calling me fat." Amy makes a grimace, readying her face to cry, "You called me fat. I'm not fat." She cries, her laughter barely subsiding. "Fuck! I feel high."
"That's because we're high you doofus. It is the heat mounting to your head." Karma says, pushing the girl off her, "Now, get off me!"
Amy rolls off of her and slides back to the other side of the elevator, facing Karma. She slowly lets her eyes roam upon Karma's bare legs, glistening from the drops of sweats due to the overbearing heat.
"I'm hot," Karma looks upon Amy high off heat, hunkered against the side of the hotel elevator. She looks at her and feels this weak feeling of hopelessness, helplessness, of fear and lamentation. Her mind, right now, went all blank on her and she has no common sense, all her judgments left her; she is just as high as Amy is. This pain in her stomach is uncontrollable as she realizes that even high she can't forget her love for Amy. She can't forget her, no matter what she does to rid her mind of memories of Amy and her; they just won't go away – no matter how hard she tries. And she hates Amy for making her so will-deprived when she is near her, hugging her, touching her; even if she is just breathing, and caressing her. And she hates herself more for wanting her, yearning her, missing her when she should be moving on with Liam.
"It's what you say to me." Karma says, gazing at the girl in front of her.
"What do I say to you?" Amy leans upon the wall, her eyes tired and restless, gazing at Karma even high off heat with pure adoration.
Karma tries to move but her head feels heavy. She slumps back against the wall, "I'm trying to get besides you."
"Stop it; you're too weak to move on your own."
She chuckles, "I'm high off heat with you in an elevator."
"What do I say to you?" Amy asks. Karma becomes silent then Amy nudges her "Listen to me!"
"I listen to you. I listen to you very well." She says, "I hear you but I only hear your simple words."
"What simple words?"
"Just those simple words covering what you are afraid to say to me." Karma drops her head down then lifts it up again to hold Amy in a glance.
Amy brings her knee up to her chest; she bows her head, stimulating her words, wanting to find the right words to say that would show how she feels for Karma in one word. The words needed to use are obvious but the words are too overrated and they are not strong enough to explain how those feelings. To say 'I love you' is not enough; she wants to bring her whole pain in one describing motherfucking word. The pain of looking at her without having her, the pain of being so close without being able to touch her, the pain of conversing without being able to use her words correctly. The worst pain of them all is seeing her with someone else other than her. All the regrets she has of making Karma suffer and the hate for Karma for making her suffer too. The frustration of wanting her, needing her, the desperation to claim her as her woman, the horny state she's in every night and day thinking of her. 'I want you' that would be too vague, wouldn't it? All the pain – it's just painful.
"Well fuck, it hurts." Amy says, bringing her head up, "It hurts."
"I know, I'm afraid to say those words too."
She shakes her head, "No, it's my way of saying them to you," Amy looks deeply in her eyes, and confesses her simple word, "It hurts."
"Ditto." Karma brings her keep up to her chest too.
"I'd like to say those words to you." Amy says, "I want to say them."
"Well, why don't you?" Karma asks.
"Because…" Amy starts then stops, "…I hate you."
"I hate you too."
"You hurt me."
"You hurt me too."
"I want to forget you."
"Forget me then."
"I can't forget you."
"I can't forget you too."
"You make me weak."
"You make me weak too."
"If I say those words, all of my power, all of my will, will leave me." Amy drops her legs down in front of her.
"Then don't say them."
"I love you." Amy breathes out.
Karma looks at Amy, flabbergasted, "You're high off heat."
"I am," Amy chuckles then looks up the elevator ceiling. "I'm so stupid."
Karma responds, "I love you."
"You do?" Amy drops her head down to stare at Karma wide-eyed.
Karma smiles then look up at the ceiling as well, "Good God, I'm hot!"
Amy recollects the way that Karma was dancing up on that stage. She's never seen that side of her, not even when they were dating. Is Liam able to break her out of her shell? If so, that means Liam is probably the one for her. What is she then? Is she the one obstacle standing in Karma's way to happiness? She wants to hope it not but at the same time, isn't it for the best? All she's ever done so far was give two fake engagements, one short happy relationship that ended nastily, and with an evil mother-in-law that disrespects her. She doesn't make Karma happy and the realization pangs her as she realizes how loud Karma laughed when they were at the pool as she was playing with Liam Booker.
"Did you feel it?" She asks Karma.
Karma tilts her head down to hold Amy in her inquiring stare, "Feel what?"
"When you were dancing, did you feel it?" She asks again, "Did you feel the burn of my feverish eyes slowly wandering all over your body?"
Karma couldn't find the proper answer to Amy's question, so she just looked at her with an expectant gaze without saying anything.
"I wanted to drink you like honey." Amy keeps her eyes falling amiss within Karma's gaze.
Karma leans her head back and closes her eyes, "Amy…" she breathes.
"I have wanted you to breathe out my name and you did – with each fleshly parts of your body."
"Amy, you have to stop saying things like that to me." Karma says, not really wanting her to stop.
"Sempiternal…"Amy breathes.
"What?"
Amy sighs, "Sempiternal, that's how I feel." She stops, looking at the girl, expecting her to understand what she was trying to say. "I feel sempiternal when I am with you."
"You feel sempiternal? What do you mean?"
"It means that when I am with you I feel like life will never end; like there's no destiny or fate binding me to death. And not only do I wish not to die so that I don't ever stop loving you, I feel like I can't die because loving you gives me just about that much confidence."
Karma's eyes widen in shock. Is Amy confessing to her right now?
"So, I feel sempiternal when I am with you." She leans her head back, looking up at the elevator ceiling then she closes her eyes as if getting ready to go to sleep.
"Amy?" Karma calls her.
Amy just hums out in response.
"Did you just confess to me?"
Amy drops her head down, staring at Karma from under her eyelashes. The heat was too high so she hadn't any strength left to properly move to her side, so she slinked. She slinked to her side with much effort that she managed to muster in her body. And when she leaned her back against the side of the elevator by Karma, she tilts her head to send her a loving glance, "So what if I did?"
"Then it complicates everything."
Amy brings her hand to hold Karma's face in her palm. She slowly detaches her eyes from Karma's to rest it on her parting lips instead. She leisurely leans her head forward to place her lips on Karma's lips. She caresses her lips with the flesh of her own, taking the time to savor each feel that her mouth intakes from Karma's lips. Karma has never felt so many emotions in one simple kiss. She's too stunned to even resist then meltingly got overwhelmed by the power of Amy over her.
"Stop it…" Karma forcefully breaks away from the kiss. "I'm with Liam." She regretfully remembers the man of her dreams probably sleeping up in his room.
"Oh." Amy keeps her hand resting on Karma's cheek. "Your prince charming…"
Karma finds herself leaning into her touch, "…and you are with Reagan."
"Let me once more," she whispers, stroking the side of Karma's face with her thumb. "Let me kiss you again."
Karma, don't let her. Don't go there again. She broke your heart once; she'll do it again. You have Liam now. Her mind shouted at her but she couldn't deny the desperate truth to have a feel of her mouth again.
"Yes," she breathes, her throat growing desperately dry. "Please."
Amy fully takes Karma in her lips once more, this time; she makes sure that all of her longing and desires are felt through each twists of the tongue. Karma felt the vibrations of Amy's moaning within the proximity of her mouth and she loved it. She likes it when Amy kisses her. It is different and it fills her with so many good feeling that Karma feels alive, she feels herself feeling life. Unlike Liam who doesn't really awakened any feelings in her but, that doesn't mean she doesn't feel some type of way.
Amy slowly breaks away from the kiss to rest her head on Karma's shoulders…
Amy's hand slowly leaves her cheek as she breaks away from the kiss. She descends her hand down Karma's stocking who was more than happy to open up her legs to grant her better access. She keeps her dark gaze steady within Karma's heated stare then slowly slides her panty to the side to rest her fingers on her glossy pink skin.
She reads off Karma's every expression as she moans out lightly her name as soon as her hand made contact. Karma now could feel the burn underneath Amy's feverish stare and wasn't afraid to let Amy know of it as she reacts to her every touch. Then, Amy deliberately infiltrates on finger inside and Karma whimpers out, maintaining eye contact with Amy all the while.
"Yes baby," Amy whispers, "Keep your eyes within mine." She slides her finger in and out gradually, simulating the sensation raging through Karma's body.
Karma keeps her eyes glued within Amy's dark gaze. The dark stare that lets her know how much she is wanted and desired by Amy intensified her emotions even more. "Amy…" She breathes.
"Yes love…" Amy whispers as she infiltrates a second finger inside of Karma and steadily pushes in and out as she gradually increases her pace.
"I want to…" She pants as Amy infiltrates a third finger inside of her, stretching her out, "I…" Karma felt all of her senses fleeing out of the window of the threshold of her mind. "I want to fuck you."
"Baby, you do?" Amy whispers, still maintain her heated gaze with Karma's.
Karma pants, "Yes." feeling Amy's fingers hither within her.
Amy reaches over to her side and takes Karma's hand in hers to rest it on the fabric of her jeans. Karma leisurely unbuttons her jeans to infiltrate her hand down her pants and unto her underwear fabric. She gently starts running her hand up and down then runs her fingers over the rims of her underwear to make contact with Amy's center. Amy's dark gaze softens to pure heated neediness. Karma's touch was gentle until she starts infiltrating her fingers inside of Karma and gradually increases her pace just like Amy did. Both held each other within each other's stare and loved each other as each of their contact is met with the expected reaction.
"It feels like home to me…" Amy pants, feeling Karma's fingers grazing inside of her, "Oh Karma…"
"Karma? Karma?" Amy gently nudges the sleeping girl next to her.
Karma forcefully opens her eyes to life to find Amy's head resting on her chest, "Amy?"
Amy chuckles lightly, "Were you dreaming about me?"
"No, I wasn't." Karma quickly lies.
"Liar, you've been mumbling my name for a while now." Amy says.
Karma feels the red crawling up on her face, "Have I?
Amy simply nods against Karma's chest.
"What are you doing?" Karma tilts her head down to look at an Amy still embracing her chest.
"I am listening to your heartbeat." Amy buries her head deeper with Karma's chest, resting her head sideways so that her ear is position between her breasts. "It is so soothing."
The elevator door suddenly opens up and Amy disentangles herself from Karma's chest. The bright daylight coming from the other side temporarily blinds them both as they try to rise on their feet. Amy struggles to stand on her own two feet as she lifts Karma up on her feet.
"Well, well, well…" one of the maintenance guys in charge of the building grins as he sees the both of them in the broken elevator, "I guess you guys have spent the night in here."
Amy nods, "Yes, we've been stuck in here all night."
"This elevator has had some problems in the past before. It doesn't surprise me that it suddenly crashed yesterday but when they found out that it was broken last night, I was already off duty." The maintenance guy explains, "I'm just glad it was just stuck, instead of a major problem that could have put you both in danger."
"Yeah, thank you sir." Amy and Karma kindly thanks the man then heads to their room so that they can quickly pack up their bags. They were set to leave today in a few hours.
Karma and Amy don't see each other again when they meet back down at the lobby where the others were waiting on them to show. As soon as Karma approaches the group, Liam runs over to her.
"Karma, I've been worried all morning for you. Where have you been?" He holds her shoulders, tilting his head down to rest his worried eyes in Karma. Karma struggled to find an explanation to give to him. Vivid images of last night's adventure come rushing in her mind and she feels the red invading her face as she woke up to find Amy against her chest. As she was about to say something, she sees Amy walking to join them, completing the group to so that they can leave.
"Where have you been?" Lauren asks Amy as she places her bag down.
"Karma and I were stuck in the elevator all night." She nonchalantly shrugs, "We just got out this morning."
"You guys were stuck in there all night and no one managed to get ya'll out." Theo asks.
"Well we were hoping that our friends would realize that we went missing and sent out a rescue party." Amy gives each and every one of them a reproachful look, "But apparently, we don't matter much to any of you."
Shane and Lauren look down at their feet while Theo just looks on at Amy with a blank expression. And Liam couldn't suppress his anger, "Didn't you guys have a phone to call?"
"No reception." Karma quickly answers, looking away from Liam trying to hide the uneasiness in her eyes, "There was no reception."
"I expected you of all people to actually do something since you had plans with your lady here." Amy points her head up towards Karma.
"Well, I am guessing that you are responsible for the elevator incident then." Liam turns to face Amy, "I should have known that this was the reason Karma didn't come up to my room last night."
"Liam…" Karma starts but he stops her.
"What do you want Amy? You keep getting in the way between me and Karma. Aren't you guys over already?" Liam seethes.
Amy rolls her eyes, "Look, the elevator was an accident. I had nothing to do with it. And you should have more trust in your girlfriend. Nothing happened." Amy looks at Karma who was looking back at her. Something happened and they both know it but none of them wanted to admit it – at least not yet.
"I am starting to feel like you want to steal her from me." Liam takes a step towards Amy, "Be careful, you don't know who you're messing with."
Amy frowns, "Are you threatening me?"
Shane walks in front of Amy as he sees Liam ready to launch the first punch, "Liam calm down. The elevator may have been broken. Things like that happen."
"You know what? Fuck this!" Amy gently pushes Shane out of the way, to confront Liam. She's not scared of him, "No Liam, I had nothing to do with the elevator. But yes, I had plans to keep Karma from going up to your room last night. I didn't want her to go up to you so you could have your way with her when she clearly did not want to." Amy stares deeply within Liam's dark angry stare, "But, I'm telling you again, you should trust her more than you trust her right now. I didn't touch her all night." She says, lowering her eyes within Karma's, "…even though I was dying to."
Liam takes an angry step, bowling his hand up in a fist but Theo grabs his hand in time before he could do something stupid.
"Hey man, calm down!" Theo stops him.
Karma's eyes started to pour tears, "Were you really going to hit her Liam?"
Liam turns towards Karma and his face softens as the glare that he received from Karma broke him to no end, "No baby…"
"No, save it. Let's go." Karma grabs his bag off the floor and heads towards the Hotel's exit.
As Karma walks out of the hotel, Reagan comes back in with a wide grin on her face, "Alright, the rental car is ready for us to go." She frowns as Liam runs out after Karma, "What's going on?"
Everyone just gives her a blank stare. No one quite understanding what is happening either.
Amy looks at Karma calling out for a taxi and managed to stop one way before Liam could reach her and then she was gone.
"I guess she's leaving without us then." Amy says.