*Katie's POV*
"I doubt we are going to see anyone that will recognize us, but are you all good in case some idiot from school tries to be all buddy buddy with us right?" Amy asks from the driver's side of her mother's car.
"Yeah, I'm loving the improv. Rita's probably hating it though, I'll have to remember to pick up some M&Ms for her," I reply and Amy unbuckles her seatbelt.
"Let's do this, I'm craving some donuts," Amy replies as we walk towards the grocery store.
It takes about ten minutes for us to fill up on everything we need, which is admittedly quite a lot. By the end of it Amy has her donuts, I've got my new toothbrush and I've gotten Rita her M&Ms, so I'd consider it a win.
When we are headed towards the checkout I spot a last minute necessity and turn towards Amy to ask her opinion. Instead of responding Amy eye something behind me and lets out a groan before looking away. Curious as to what could have earned a reaction like that I turn and I'm ecstatic for a second.
"Oh my God, it's Gregg. How is he here too?" I ask but Amy makes another noise behind me.
"Not Gregg, Short Stuff, I wish it was though," Amy replies quietly.
I turn around to look at him again in confusion but once I notice the little things I realize it really isn't Gregg. The walk is different, the clothing, even the vibe is different, Gregg always has a polite and charming air about him whereas this guy exudes arrogance and superiority.
By the time Liam Booker notices us and saunters over I'm wishing it were Gregg as well.
"Hey there Karma, Amy," Liam's attention is focused solely on me and the mention of Amy is a sidenote.
"Liam," Amy replies with a polite, clearly fake smile.
"I'm been working on some new pieces, you should really stop by the art room and check them out," Liam says in a tone that is probably meant to be seductive and I think it's obvious to everyone that he isn't talking about art. In my peripheral vision I see Amy shift her weight, anger practically rolling off of her in waves. Fixing a sweet smile to my face I address the boy standing way too close to me,
"You know, as fun as that sounds Amy and I are booked solid. Although we may be able to stop by for a tour sometime," I turn towards Amy with a questioning look and while I'm facing away from Liam I shoot her a quick wink.
"Yeah, I think we could fit that into the schedule," Amy agrees and I see Liam's face fall and then contort in confusion.
"Karma, I was thinking more of a private viewing, just me and you," Liam says with a low, uncomfortable voice and forced smile.
"Oh, that's a shame. Now if you will excuse us though my girlfriend and I need to be somewhere. Isn't that right sweetie?" I deliberately take a step away from Liam and slip my arm around Amy's waist.
Sensing that he is not succeeding at the moment Liam decides it's time to depart, "Uh yeah sure, I actually need to be somewhere as well. I'll see you around,"
Once Liam is gone Amy and I are all smiles as we walk up to the checkout, it doesn't take too long to put everything up. We do have quite the variety, M&Ms, Skittles, Twizzlers, a jar of Nutella, strawberries, Oreos, wagon wheels, and Milk Duds all make an appearance. When the woman working the register tells me the total is $50 I take out my wallet and hand it over barely blinking at the amount, much to Amy's surprise. As soon as the bags are loaded up Amy speaks again, "Jeez, this acting this really pays well doesn't it,"
"Yeah, I suppose it does. It also helps that I brought a little extra for the fair," I reply as we jump back in the car.
"Thanks for earlier by the way, with Liam I mean. I really don't know what Karma sees in him," Amy says quietly and I once again see just how difficult the situation is for her.
"Trust me, it wasn't a problem. I think my judgement of him must have been clouded because Gregg is such a nice guy, but to be honest, Liam really is a douche." I respond honestly and she laughs a little bit.
"So the whole cast is really close right?" Amy asks when we reach a stop sign.
"Yeah, we all love each other," I reply fondly, thinking about how much fun it is when we all get together.
"You and Rita seem really close, what's going on there?" Amy asks and it clicks on where she is going with this.
"We are, but to be honest I don't really know what is happening. I mean, I'm not with my boyfriend anymore or anything but I think Rita has this idea in her head that it would be impossible to ever be more than friends." I respond honestly, and it's far from the first time I have thought about the situation.
"Would you want to be more than friends?" Amy gives me an inquisitive look, and it hits me just how mature Amy is for her age. She is one of those people that figure out early on in life the things that seem important to everyone else really won't matter in a few years. I've heard Rita refer to her as an 'old soul' more than once and it really is true.
"I really don't know," I answer in a soft voice but before we can really dig into it we pull up outside of Karma's house; or my house for anybody that is watching.
Hauling all of the bags upstairs was quite the ordeal but overall didn't take too long, when we finally got everything into the room I see Rita smirking at Karma.
"You were right, they bought half the store," Rita says with a laugh. I poke my tongue at her in response but search through the bags until I find what I'm looking for.
"You know, I was going to give you these but I don't know if I feel like being nice anymore," I wave the bag of M&Ms in the air and Rita's eyes light up at the thought but after a seconds she returns my snark.
"Well considering the alternative to nice is naughty, I think I'll take either one," Rita smirks at me but there is a look of longing in her eyes and I have a sneaking suspicion that it's not for the M&Ms.
"Now now Rita, there are children present," I respond and receive glares from Karma and Amy but I return my attention back to Rita.
"Here, have at it," I concede as I toss her the bag which she eagerly tears into.
At this point Amy is already into the donuts and as we pull everything out of the bags the next big decision is weighing on us.
"So now what should we do?" Rita asks around a mouthful of M&Ms and we all turn to look at Karma.
"Well I don't know about you two but Amy and I have been wanting to start on Season 2 of Orange is the new Black," Karma replies and Rita and I look at each other with matching grins.
"Let's do it," I respond with certainty.