Life As We Know It Chapter 7, a faking it fanfic

Life As We Know It

Chapter 7

It was my turn to stay home and watch Emma while Amy goes to work the night shift of her movie. Today was Wednesday and she was going to work till Thursday, sleep all day and then on Friday all three of us go to Corpus Christi for a mini vacation.

Lauren, Theo, my parents and Amy's parents are going. I think it will be a little awkward because my parents are so different then Amy's parents. My mom and dad are super low key and mellow while Amy's mom and step dad are very uptight. I am not sure if they will get a long or not but it will be nice to get out of Austin for a bit.

I just have to survive a night away from Amy and with Emma. It shouldn't be that hard right?

I am in the kitchen making Amy snacks for her shift. She didn't ask but I have been living with her for more then a month now and I know her appetite. This girl ha to eat every three hours.

I made Amy some apples and Carmel, chocolate cookies, ham and cheese sandwich and a soda. I think this will be enough for her but I don't know so I added some chips and carrots with ranch dressing in the lunch box.

As I finish putting the food in her lunch box Amy comes down the stairs. She has a case around her neck that I assume is her camera.

She comes into the kitchen and tells me she is about to go.

I quickly turn around and hand her the lunch box. She looks at me for a couple of seconds.

"What is this?" She ask.

"It's dinner. I know you get hungry and I don't know if you eat or not, so I made you some snacks."

She looks at me for another second, smiles and says "thanks Karms."

I grab Emma from her high chair and walk with Amy to the door. Amy kissed Emma on the head and me on the cheek. She stayed with her lips on my cheek for a little longer then Emma. I pulled back and started to blush. Amy seems to notice and gently smiles at me.

Emma and I watch as Amy drives out the drive way. I go back inside and ask Emma what she wants to do.

She points to radio and smiles at me. This little girl is smart. I am not sure if she knows what a radio is or does but she makes me walk towards it.

I turn on the radio and the song SHOUT from The Isley Brothers comes on. This is a classic song. As the music is up beat and fun Emma starts to move her arms up and down. She is trying to dance.

I start moving across the living room floor dancing to the beat of the song. I am also singing along also and Emma has a huge smile on her face.

I start to sing:

You know you make me wanna (shout!)

Kick my heals up and (shout!)

Throw mu hands up and (shout!)

Throw my head back and (shout!)

As I am singing I am dancing around the living room holding Emma. We are twirling around dancing singing and laughing.

At the end of the song when they are singing very low I bend down with Emma and sing very softly.

You know you make me wanna

(Shout-wooo) lift my heels up and

(Shout-wooo) throw my head back and

(Shout-wooo) kick my heels up and

(Shout-wooo) come on now

(Shout-wooo) take it easy

(Shout-wooo) take it easy (higher)

(Shout) a little bit softer now (wooo)

(Shout) a little bit softer now

After singing that part a couple of time I continue to sing. As the lyrics sing get a little louder now I start to stand up and bouncing to the music with Emma.

a little bit louder now

(Shout) a little bit louder now

(Shout) a little bit louder now (ooo)

(Shout) a little bit louder now

a little bit louder now

Now Emma and I are dancing and jumping around the living room singing and laughing again. I continue to sing.

(Shout)

Hey-Hey-A-Hey

(Hey-Hey-A-Hey)

Hey-A-Hey-A

(Hey-A-Hey-A)

Hey-A-Hey-A)

(Hey-A-Hey-A)

Hey-A-A-Hey)

(Hey-A-A-Hey)

JUMP NOW!

Jump up and shout now (wooo)

Everybody shout now

When the song ends I fall on the couch and have Emma on top of me. Her face is red by laughing and her smile is huge. She looks adorable.

Emma points to the radio again.

"Honey, lets get some water. Then we can be silly" I say to Emma. My throat was dry from singing and laughing so much.

After a quick 5-minute break I put the radio back on. Emma and I continue to sing, laugh and dance around the living room.

After about 5 more songs it was time to give Emma a bath and put her to sleep. She was exhausted from all the singing and dancing that she was falling asleep in the tub. I had to be super careful not to let her mouth get under the water.

After bath time I put her in her pj and wait beside her crib till she falls asleep.

She falls asleep within seconds and I walk out her door.

I admit I am exhausted too but tonight was so much fun. I crawl in to bed and instantly fall asleep.

Amy's P.O.V.

I have been at work for four hours and I hate to admit that I miss Emma and Karma.

We are filming a scene where the runaway girl meets the older girl who will eventually help her and they fall in love.

The two actresses are amazing and their chemistry is off the chart. Right now we are taking a break and I am walking to my office to see what Karma prepared for me. It was really sweet of her to make me snacks; it shows that she cares for me.

I get into my office and open my mini fridge. I reach for the blue lunch box and open. Karma prepared all my favorite snacks. It makes my heart beat fast that the fact that she understands me and is willing to put effort into making me happy.

I hear a knock on the door and see Felix. I motion for him to come into my office.

"Hey Amy, I think the movie is coming along great! Iris and Sara have amazing chemistry."

"Yea I agree" I say as I take a bite out of my sandwich. I don't know if I am hungry but this sandwich is amazing. I close my eyes in pleasure as I continue to chew my food.

"That good huh?" Felix laughs.

I open my eyes and start to blush. I forgot he was in the room.

"So how is Emma and Karma doing?" He ask.

"There doing well. Karma is at home watching Emma. Karma made me this food for tonight." I say.

Felix is just smiling at me mischievously.

"What?" I ask.

"You love them don't you?" He says. "I see the way you look at Karma. You are in love with her." He says.

I am a little thrown off guard.

"No, yes I love them but we are now a family. We have to have a bond with each other." I say trying to convince myself I am not in love with Karma.

"And it is like nothing can happen. Frankie, the detective who is in charge of Emma's case said Karma and I shouldn't have a sexual relationship. That we need to be platonic."

"Amy, you need to be honest with yourself. You and Karma have been in love since your first date. You both are idiots who are in love. Being around Karma so much is helping you open your eyes and realize your feelings." Felix says.

"What do you want me to do?" I ask.

"Uh, maybe ask her out on a date?" he says as a matter of fact.

The next 5 hours went by fast. Before I knew it was driving home to Karma and Emma.

When I turned the key the front door I expected Karma and Emma to be awake. It is 7 o'clock in the morning and Karma is usually fixing Emma breakfast. I went into the kitchen and see it empty. I start to panic but keep my calm. I walk into the dining room, empty. I walk in to the living room, empty. I decided to walk upstairs and check Emma's room. There she was snoring fast asleep. I learn the hard way to never wake up a sleeping baby.

I then walk across the hall and see Karma in her bed as knocked out as Emma was. They must have had fun last night I think to myself and smile. I decided I was going to do something special for Karma and Emma so I head back downstairs.

I reach the kitchen and decided I will make them breakfast. I search the pantry and fridge and see eggs, bacon and bread. I start off the stove and start cracking the eggs and pour the yolk into the pan. I also made a bottle for Emma.

After a few minutes I get a tray out of the pantry and start putting the eggs, bacon and toast on the tray. I then grab a glass out of the cabinet and pour orange juice.

I start walking up the stairs and into Karma's bedroom. I place the tray on her stand next to her bed.

I quickly walk into Emma's room and see she is awake. Just on cue! I pick her up and head back towards Karma's room. I place Emma on top of Karma and quickly grab the tray off the stand. I get on the other side of her on the bed and put the tray across my legs.

"Oh Emma darling, what are you doing?" I hear a sleepy Karma say and she wakes up to Emma drooling on her face. I smile to myself as to how adorable these two are.

Karma sits up and holds Emma, after a few seconds she realized I am next to her with breakfast.

"What is this?" She asks smiling.

"I thought after a fun night you would like breakfast in bed."

Karma smile grows bigger. I give her the bottle for Emma and she starts to feed her. I get comfy and trade Karma Emma with the tray.

Emma is on my lap eating while Karma takes the fork and starts eating the eggs.

While Karma was eating she asked me about my night. I told her how well the film is going and I want her to be there on opening day.

Her smile grows bigger as I continue to talk about my day. Seeing her smile makes my day better.

When both Karma and Emma finish their breakfast Karma turns to me.

"Thank you Amy, for this wonderful breakfast"

"I'll do anything for you and Emma" I reply.

And that was truth. I would take a bullet for both girls and would be devastated if we had to spend time apart. I think I am starting to realize why Duke and Shane made us parents. They believed in us and gave Karma and I a chance to get to know each other. It just sucks that Duke and Shane had to die for us to slowly fall in love.

Going to Corpus Christi was my, Karma and Emma's first road trip together. Neither Karma nor I knew what to bring so we pretty much brought the whole house.

When we finally reached Corpus Christi, Lauren and Theo had to help us unpack.

"Did you two bring your whole house? You know we are only staying for the weekend" Lauren says grabbing Emma's diaper and toy bags.

"We didn't know what bring" I tell Lauren as I grab two more bags while Karma has Emma in her hands. We walk in to the house and both of us stop and stare. This house is beautiful. The ceilings are tall and everything thing is in white and baby blue. It is the perfect beach house.

"Your room is upstairs first door to the left." Lauren says as she heads upstairs. Karma and I follow her. We finally reach the room and both stop.

There is one king size bed and no sign of a crib. Karma and I never slept in the same bed together and we are not sure how Emma will do in an actual bed.

"Lauren, where is the crib and second bed?" I hear Karma ask.

Lauren looks in between us.

"The three of you will sleep in here, in the bed. I thought you have all slept together before?" She asks.

"No- never" Karma says.

"Oh" was all Lauren said. "I'm sorry, none of the rooms has a crib or two beds. And with both of our parent's here there isn't an extra room. I am sorry, I wasn't thinking" Lauren says apologetic.

"It's okay," I say to Lauren as there is nothing we can do.

Lauren apologizes again and lets Karma and I unpack.

"Well I guess we will be sleeping together this weekend," I say as I put out suitcases on the bed.

Both Karma and my parent's came in around the same time. Both were super excited to see Emma and play with her. So far our parents were getting along, but they just met so I don't think we are in the clear yet.

All the men are outside preparing dinner for us while my mom, Farrah (Amy's mom) and Lauren are talking to Karma and I. Lauren has Emma playing with her.

"Amy dear, what do you do for a living" Karma's mom Molly asks. We are in that awkward stage where both my moms and her mom are trying to get to know who their daughter is living and legal guardian of a one-year old baby with.

"I am an director. I am currently working on a independent film that should premier in July." I say. I can hear my mom huff under her breath. She doesn't think a director is a good job for her daughter. She also doesn't like that I am a lesbian. She told me she always wished I would become a doctor and marry a man who could take and please me. We have had this argument too many times over the years that we both don't bring it up any more.

"That is lovely Amy, what is the film about" Molly ask. I can tell she is being genuine and I can see that she and Karma are very similar.

"It is about a 16 year-old girl who runs away from home and lives life in the way she wants to" I say. I know if I told her what my movie is actually about my mom would have a fit.

"Oh that is great dear!" Molly says smiling. I can already tell that I am going to love Molly, her energy is so great and she is very accepting. I think she knows I love her daughter though because she keeps looking between Karma and I smiling. A few times I caught Karma blushing.

"Karma, what do you do for a living" My mom says changing the tone of the conversation.

Karma sits up and looks Farrah in the eyes.

"I own my own business. I am the own of Nadler's bakery downtown. We specialize in gluten free pastries." She says a little intimidated.

My mom narrows her eyes and nods. I am getting prepared to defend Karma; she does not deserve this type of disrespect.

"That is great dear" My mom says. "Maybe you can get Amy a real job instead of her hobby".

The room gets quick except for Emma. Karma is looking towards me and grabs my hand. I let her hold my hand and she squeezes it.

"I actually think Amy should give me a job, she is why more creative than I would ever be" Karma says smiling at me.

I smile back at her and we get lost in each other's eyes for a moment.

We get interrupted by my step dad Bruce saying that dinner is ready.

As all of us walk into the dinning room Karma doesn't let go of my hands, she actually squeezes my hand tighter.

We sit next to each other and ask Lauren for Emma. Lauren just stares at us.

"I'll go feed her" she says taking a spoon from her plate and moving the spoon towards her mouth. Lauren is enjoying this a little too much, but for the time being we let Lauren play and feed Emma.

Dinner went better then expected, I am actually surprised because Karma never let go of my hand through out dinner. It helps me manage my mom's attitude. It just sucks that my mom is ruining everyone's night with her stupid comments.

After dinner we had dessert, Karma made some chocolate pudding that everyone loved. My mom, who is the worst critic of everything ate all of hers and asked for more.

After dessert we stayed up for a little while and talked and laughed. I learned that Karma has a adopted brother Zen who is getting married in a couple of months. Molly said I was obviously invited with Emma. I also learned that Karma was a straight A student in high school and college, she has always been talented, that in high school she would write her own songs and play guitar. I can tell Molly really admires and loves Karma, I wish I could say the same about my mom.

It is now 9 o'clock at night and since Karma, Emma and I have to sleep in the same bed we decided to head up stairs.

I actually had to force Lauren to give me Emma and promised her that she would get to hold her tomorrow.

The three of us say goodnight to everyone and head up stairs. We have the bathroom connected to the bedroom so it was easy to give Emma a bath.

Once we gave Emma her bath both Karma and I got ready for bed.

We are lying on the bed with Emma in between us. I can feel the awkwardness grow between us. Emma moves towards Karma and rest her hand on her shoulder. Karma changes her position to where her back is facing the wall and she is holding Emma facing me. Emma is also facing me. The moonlight is bright in our room and I can see Karma staring at me as I am staring back at her.

After a few minutes we hear Emma start to snore signaling that she has fallen asleep.

"Thank you for standing up for me Karma." I whisper. I don't want to wake up Emma but show how thankful I am for Karma.

"No worries, I will do anything or you" She says. "Good night Amy".

"Good night Karma" I reply. I close my eyes and let my mind wonder thinking about both Karma and Emma, the two most important girls in my life.

The song is Shout from the Isley Brothers and lyrics are from Google Play.