I woke up the next morning surrounded by Lauren. She was all but on top of me. I moved slightly to grab my phone to check the time, but before I could grab my phone, the breathtaking blonde woke up.
"Hi sleeping beauty." I responded, gazing back at her. We laid there captivated in each other for a few moments before my alarm went off.
It was 7:20 and school started at 8:35. I had a little more than an hour to get dressed and to grab something to eat. When Lauren got up to go to her room and get dressed, I asked her if she wanted a ride to school, warning her that I promised Karma a ride as well. She responded that she had practice after school and that she wanted to drive. I smiled at her and kissed her before she left. I debated checking my phone but decided to get ready first.
I took a ten minute shower before changing into a pair of ripped skinny jeans, a purple tank top, and a pair of black converse. I grabbed a bite and left. I only ran into Lauren once before leaving. She looked at me and smiled seductively before heading to her car.
When I arrived at Karma's house, I parked in her driveway and walked to the door since we still had a little bit of time. Karma only lives like five minutes from my house and we only live fifteen minutes from school. Molly Ashcroft opened the door and yelled to Karma that it was me at the door.
Karma was smiling as she ran down the stairs, with her tan crossover bag in tow. She was wearing a baby blue backless lace dress with a neutral toned beaded belt, a pair of gold dangling earrings and her favorite pair of brown knee-high boots. She looked amazing. She didn't even give me a chance to speak as she ran into my arms and kissed me. After we broke apart, I realized that her mom was standing in the doorway, staring as though she knew that this, us together, was inevitable. Karma grabbed my wrist and led me to my car as she waved bye to her mom.
"You still came! I thought you'd be too mad at me to pick me up." She said once we were in my car.
I looked at her with my confused expression until it clicked with her that I didn't know what she was talking about.
"Shit. I forgot how little you care about your phone. I thought you saw my text this morning and came anyway. I texted you this morning to tell you that I lied to you…" She spoke slowly before trailing off. She was staring at me and fidgeting nervously. It was making me uncomfortable. I thought for a second about what she could be talking about. Then it hit me and I understood why she had texted me even though she knew that I rarely check my phone.
The things I knew about my best friend by basic observations were that she hated conflict and didn't think things through before she spoke. She liked the fifty/fifty chance that I wouldn't see it and that I would show up. She knew me well. The other fifty being that I would just ignore her for the day before giving in and being friends again. For her, that was better than an actual confrontation.
"You never broke up with Liam?" I was smart enough to know what she'd lied about because I knew Karma. The fact that Karma was naïve enough to think that situation one didn't include conflict, left me bewildered. We were barely looking at each other. Karma killed my mood completely with this news. I couldn't actually be upset, it's not as though we were dating officially and I also have Lauren.
"No I haven't exactly broken up with him but I am going to do it today!" She smiled weakly at me, thinking that would ease my mood.
"Don't do it for me. We aren't dating. I don't want you to dump him based off of one hot make out session."
"But I want to be with you. I know we are more than friends. I just don-"
I cut her off. "Then we can be friends with benefits while you handle your situation. Get to know each other romantically before diving head first into this for no reason." The bullshit flowed out of my mouth just as easily as it had out of Lauren's mouth yesterday.
Shit this is going to get bad.
Karma looked disappointed for a moment before pushing it away and responding, "Sure. I'll probably still dump Liam though. The only reason I lied to you yesterday was because I didn't want to lose my opportunity with you."
"Do you Karms. I'm still here. We aren't exclusive or anything. I'm not mad. Let's just be honest from here on in." She was silent for a moment before she spoke again.
"Are you going to sleep with other girls?"
I was stumped. I didn't know the right answer but I knew what I needed to say, "Maybe."
If I had still been staring at Karma's face, I would've seen the hurt look that flashed across it but instead before responding to her, I started my car and began backing out of her driveway. I knew that I should've told her about Lauren but I couldn't. I wasn't going to do anymore random hookups, just Lauren and Karma.
When we got to school, people were already dispersing for class because we were on the verge of being late. Karma had AP English first period and I had AP Calculus in the math wing of Hester High School. She gave me a kiss before getting out of my car and running to class. I figured that I was probably going to be late anyway so I decided to go ahead and check my messages. A couple from Shane stating that at Lunch he needed details. A couple from Karma, a good night one, and good morning one and this one:
Karma3: Don't be mad.. But I am still dating Liam. I only told you we were already broken up because you were yelling at me like it was either now or never to be with you. I really want to be with you though. No matter what. I am going to break up with him today I promise. Then we can start this relationship thing :)
Did she just say relationship thing? If I didn't already suspect that I had hurt Karma's feelings in the car, I knew I definitely did now. Crap, I have to go apologize. I couldn't deal with it right now though.
I continued scrolling to see two picture messages from Lauren. Lauren was wearing a matching yellow lace bra and panty set, laying on her bed in the first one. Her face was fully made up and she was staring into the camera biting her lip. The bra disappeared from the first picture to the second one. Her nipples were hard and her fingers were playing with one of them. Then there was a text from her.
Lauren: Farrah and Dad get back tomorrow. Today is our last day with the house to ourselves. I've decided to skip practice today, so I'll be home directly after school. If you're smart you'll be home directly after school too. ;)
I texted her back that I would be there and headed to class. I liked Hester when it was quiet like this not filled with gossiping and protests. All of that noise was what my friends liked. Shane loved the gossiping and Karma and Lauren loved the attention. Same goes for my teammates. None of that really excited me. Winning games and getting A's were my true passion. They were the two things that I did for me, not for anyone else.
Lizbeth, our school's top small forward, and Brandi, a cheerleader, sat next to me in AP Calc. We usually talked about upcoming games but because the season was over we actually talked about work. I got my homework done during class. Once the bell rang, I bolted out of class and headed toward Karma and I's second period, study hall. I caught her outside and pulled her to the side.
"I read your text. I'm sorry about earlier. I still don't think we should dive head first into dating or being exclusive but I shouldn't have been so rude. I just didn't like that you lied to me. I like you, okay? HottieDoucheFace is just going to get in the way of that."
"I like you too and if you wanna take it slow I get that but no matter what I wann…" Karma responded but was cut off by Lauren walking up.
"Hey Karma. I know that you are busy but can you take over practice today? I have something to do." Lauren smiled all friendly-like, as though she actually was. She was wearing a white button down shirt that was tucked into a black skirt with a purple blazer. I couldn't help but imagine her unbuttoning the shirt for me showing off the beautiful lingerie that she'd sent me earlier or slipping my hand under that beautiful skirt of hers. Once Karma said sure, Lauren walked away, confidence in every step. Lauren was evil and she knew she was evil. She'd walked up to my sort of girlfriend, my Karma and asked her to take over her responsibilities, so that we could fuck against every surface of our home.
As I reflected on the irony, I didn't even notice that Karma had begun talking again. I'm still not sure what she said because the bell rang. The women's basketball team shares study hall with the cheerleading team. The cheerleaders practiced all period while my teammates and I did homework and occasionally ogled them. Not everyone on the team was gay or bisexual but if you'd watched the cheerleaders practice, you'd contemplate your sexuality too. They always practiced in a tank top that was a specific color for the day of the week and a pair of black booty shorts. Monday's color was pink and the group reminded me of a juicy Starburst candy that I wanted to take a bite out of. My two girls were making eyes at me across the gym the whole time. Karma was direct, while Lauren was subtle. At one point Karma was bold enough to blow me a kiss. I caught it and smiled. Lauren was staring at me watching the whole thing, smiling wearily. Lauren being Lauren, went up to Karma and said something that I couldn't hear but from Karma's reaction, it wasn't good. I wanted to go over there but I wasn't sure what happened. Karma didn't make eyes at me for the rest of study hall.
Lauren came up to me as the bell rang and we walked to Yarn Arts together. I asked what she said to Karma that upset her. Lauren just smirked at me.
"I asked her if she was still dating Liam while making Heart eyes at you. When she nodded, I told her that she'd better be careful with your feelings or I'd break her thumbs. And that by careful I meant handle her Liam situation."
"Karma and I aren't dating. You didn't need to do that. Plus you are as bigger threat to her than Liam is to me." Lauren was starting to confuse me. Why would she have that type of conversation with Karma if she wanted me too? I realized a while back if you want something from Lauren to just ask but because we were outside of our class, I waited until after to ask her. I snagged her as we walked out of class and pulled her to the side.
"Lauren, do you like me? I mean like me like me?"
She smiled at me because she knew where I was going.
"Yes Amy I like you in the way you are referring. Is this is about me helping Karma? If there is anything that 'Bring It On' taught me, it's that you can only be the best by beating the best. I don't want you to choose me just because Karma was too dumb to dump Booker. "
Lauren Cooper was never hotter than when she spoke to me like that. The quick fluidity of her voice matched with that edgy determined tone made me hot. I wanted to kiss Lauren right then and there but I knew I couldn't, so I just smiled at her.
"I have to go, anymore stupid questions… No? Then I'll see you after school." And with that she winked and walked away, her hips swaying with every step. Before she was out of eye range, she looked back to see if I was staring, which I was, then continued walking and giggling.
The rest of the day went on without much more drama. I talked to Shane during lunch because Karma and Liam were gone and Lauren was busy doing some school president thing. Karma texted me during my last period to tell me to meet her before I left and cheer practice started. I met her outside of the gym.
"Sup Kar-" She didn't even let me finish before her lips were on mine. It was gentle and loving. It was making me want to stand there and kiss her forever. Karma's kiss had me drowning in her. I tried to break away to ask her why she was kissing me all hot and heavy in public but her fingers were laced in my hair pulling me to her. I moved my hands to her ass, squeezing, all but asking her to jump on top of me so I could push her against the nearest wall and…. When we finally broke away, she put a finger on my lips and spoke.
"Don't speak! I broke up with him at lunch. I told him why. He's not mad at you. He thought we'd already been hooking up. I don't care if you think we aren't ready. I want you. I'm coming over after practice. So go home and clean your room or do homework, because at 5:15, I will be over and spending time with my girlfriend for the rest of the day."
Without letting me respond, she walked into practice. I bit my lip as I watched her walk off in her cheerleading uniform. Girlfriend?! I don't know why I was so surprised by the whole interaction. Karma is a planner just like Lauren. The two girls rarely let anything they wanted slip through their fingers. Any goal of theirs came with a plan to get that goal. Girlfriend came with the Monogamy territory and I wasn't sure if I should tell Karma about Lauren yet. How would I even if I wanted to? Hey Karms, you know Lauren, my step sister, cheer captain and your friend, I've fucking her almost every night. In fact we've been doing this so long we've developed feelings for one another but don't think I'm dumping you. Lauren says she's willing to share, are you? We can become a polyamorous couple. That cool?
I don't even have time to think about how to tell Karma or even if I want to tell Karma before my phone buzzes, a text from Lauren.
Lauren: I'm waiting….
Accompanied by a picture of her naked on my bed, holding a can of whipped cream.
