2 weeks later
Karma and Liam were having dinner at Liam's parents house with them. This only meant one thing; Liam was going to use this to his advance to have an excuse to be all over Karma. Karma always disliked these types of dinners. They were so superficial. All of Liam's family was based off on lies. Even though in high school he swore he would never turn out liked them he did. They were all sitting stiffly. The room was silent, they only thing that was heard was the sound of the utensils when they made contact with the plate.
"Karma how's the wedding planning going?" Liam's mother Caroline broke the silence.
"Good. Good. There's still a lot to do though." She responded nicely.
"We're meeting with the wedding planner in a couple of days." Liam added taking a hold of Karma's hand and kissing it. Karma smiled at him, but deep inside she wanted to pull her hand back.
"Have you guys thought of who's going to be your bridesmaids and groomsmen?" William Sr. asked curiously.
"Who's the maid of honor?" Caroline quizzed.
"I was thinking of Lauren, the person who's making the cake. We went to high school together. We also chose her daughter and Liam's nephew, Nathan to be the flower girl and ring bearer. The rest of the bridesmaids are Liam's cousins." Karma didn't have to many friends.
"I'm guessing Shane's your best man." William Sr. supposed.
"That's correct." Liam answered. Shane was in Africa with Pablo doing some volunteer work; it was shocking to witness how much Pablo influenced in Shane.
"You know what, considering you are so busy all the time. Why don't you let us take care of the wedding?" Caroline offered.
Liam looked at Karma to see if she would approve. "We'd love to." Karma accepted. She didn't care about this wedding so they could whatever they want with it.
Today was Amy and Lindsay's 4-month anniversary. Lindsay had been hinting she wanted to do something special with Amy. Amy didn't want to celebrate it because she wasn't used to celebrate each month, but she went with it to make Lindsay happy.
"Where're we going? Did you make dinner reservations somewhere fancy?" Lindsay asked her girlfriend.
Amy couldn't help but smile, she was just as curious as Karma. Amy tried her best not to compare them, but every once in a while Lindsay did or said something that reminded Amy of her auburn haired ex-girlfriend. "You'll see. We're almost there."
Lindsay reached for Amy's free hand and interlocked it with hers. She loved doing this while Amy drove. "Come on, the suspense is killing me." Lindsay pouted.
Amy pulled over into a driveway and parked her SUV. Lindsay looked around not being able to recognize the place. "Okay what are we doing here?" Lindsay inquired.
"Come." Amy took her hand and Lindsay followed. Amy took out a key and opened the door. They walked into huge house. This was Amy's mansion she had bought it about a year ago, but she didn't liked living there alone so she moved in with Lauren. She would always go visit it and everything but she never spent the night.
Amy walked her in the dinning room, which she had set it up with candles and ambient lighting. "Who lives here?" Lindsay said surprised by the setup.
"No one. Its mine." Amy informed her, pulling the chair so that Lindsay sat down.
"How long have you had it?"
"About a year or so." Amy began serving the meal. She had hired someone to do the cooking.
They delved into their food without any complaints. It was delicious and the desert was even better, Lauren had something to do with it. She surprisingly volunteered to do it. The couple was lying on the floor cuddling under a blanket enjoying chocolate covered strawberries. They were feeding to one another and this always led to a passionate make out session. Lindsay was resting her head on Amy's chest and Amy had her arms wrapped around her.
"How come you don't live here?" Lindsay raised her head to look at Amy.
Amy sighed and contemplated an answer. "Cause I don't like being in all this silence."
"You don't have to." Lindsay told her. "We could move in together and start a family together." Lindsay proposed.
Amy's eyes almost popped out of her. Holy shit. Lindsay wasn't joking when she said she wanted to settle down. Amy wanted to run away as fast as she possibly could. They have only been dating for 4 months. Isn't moving in together too fast?
"I can't." Amy stammered. "Lauren still needs help with Emma." Nice safe Amy.
Lindsay rolled her eyes. "You know there are other things more important than Emma." Lindsay had repeatedly mentioned to Amy that she was bothered because she always felt she came in second next to when it came to Emma.
"You do realize she is my only niece." Amy reasoned. Honestly this type of thing annoyed Amy to the point where she wanted to break up with her.
"And you do realize that I'm your only girlfriend. Unless you have another one." Lindsay argued. "Amy Raudenfeld, are you cheating on me?" She shifted to a seated position and Amy did the same.
"What are you talking about?" Amy said loosing her calm.
"I asked you a question." Lindsay emphasized seriously.
"No, Lindsay I'm not cheating on you." Amy answered.
Lindsay's mood suddenly changed. "I'm sorry Amy. I don't know what came over me." Lindsay leaned in and kissed Amy. It took Amy a while to reciprocate the kiss. The kiss felt awkward, Amy didn't want to be there anymore. Lindsay wandered down to Amy's neck this was normally a sign to let Amy know she wanted her.
Amy shifted showing she was not in the mood, "Uh sorry. I'm in my period." Amy lied once again. She wanted to drop off Lindsay as soon as possible.
"Boo. Sucky timing." Lindsay pouted.
They sat there for a couple of minutes until Amy couldn't take it anymore and decided to take Lindsay to her house. After this she entered the house and went directly to her room, she was staring at the ceiling when Lauren rested against the frame of the door.
"Wow." Lauren spoke. "You're home early." She assumed Amy was going to be out later, "How was you date with miss florist?"
Amy gave her the same look she gave her when she had just returned from a horrible date. "Oh this is good." Lauren was intrigued. She sat at the end of the bed. "I'm waiting."
Amy sighed, she hated talking about her personal problems but she knew Lauren wasn't going to leave her alone until Amy had spoken. "Everything was going along great up until she started talking about moving in with me to my house to start a family. And I freaked out." Amy explained, "I mean we've only been dating 4 months. Don't you think that's a bit too fast?"
"Of course it is." Lauren agreed with her sister. "What did you tell her?"
"I told her that you still needed help around with Emma." Lauren smiled, knowing this was her excuse of not moving out. She had told Amy that she could stay as long as she needed to.
"Amy, do you see yourself in a future with her?" Lauren genuinely looked at Amy.
Amy shook her head. "She's an amazing person but that's all. The attraction's there, but its just that. Nothing more." Lauren sensed what the source of the problem was.
"Still thinking about Karma?" Lauren asked carefully, this was still a touchy subject to talk.
Amy looked at Lauren and nodded. She took a deep breath. "It's like I'm doing fine, but during the day something or someone does something that brings all the memories right back. And I've tried to not let it happen but I can't." Amy confessed.
"Amy, what you guys had was special, it's going to take time for you to move on, but you'll get there." Lauren encouraged her.
Amy shrugged her shoulders, "I guess I never got over her, because in the back of mind I'd still hoped that someday we would get our second chance. But that hope is gone because she's engaged and soon she'll be married." Amy lowered her head in defeat.
"I'm really sorry Aims." It pained Lauren to see Amy like this after all these years. "You know Amy, you should break up with Lindsay." She said sincerely, Amy looked at her knowing she was right, she couldn't keep leading Lindsay on.
"I should. Shouldn't I?" Amy sided with Lauren on this one. "I'll talk to her tomorrow."
"Can you do me a favor?" Lauren requested. Amy nodded. "Can I watch when you break it up with?" Lauren joked. This brought Amy a smile. " So is that a yes?"
"No, Lauren." Amy said smiling as Lauren exited the room.
"You're no fun."
"Goodnight Lauren."
A/N: Hope you guys like it. I know there hasn't been any Karmy interaction, but I promise it'll get there.
