*Blackindiaink is the voice of Karma while I am the voice of Amy*
The Karmy Diaries Continued…
Chapter 28
Amy
The sick feeling in my stomach turned from nausea to excitement in the second I hung up that phone and left the hotel room. It was time to act, no more sitting in vans and waiting in bars.
In my mind I knew I could leave now and be in Austin in less than two hours as long as planes were moving and flights were cheap.
I rushed outside and saw Reagan there talking to a few other girls.
"Hold up. Where's the fire?" She joked.
"I need to go home," I said. I knew that the tour was always just an option. I wasn't locked in. I had no obligation. They weren't really paying me but they had been giving me food and a place to stay. If they made money they'd give me a little but we had no contract and they seemed used to be flaked on. It'd be okay if I left, I was sure they wouldn't mind.
"Oh," Reagan said, a smile creeping up on her and then dimming. "Well, okay then," she said, acting serious. "I'll go with you to the airport."
"You don't have to," I said. But she knew I was a minor and she had this protective side that had always been knight-worthy so I knew the chances of me going alone were slim to none.
"I'm going with you," she insisted. It wasn't an option, it was a fact.
"Okay," I said.
"Guys! I'm gonna borrow the van for an hour," Reagan yelled. "Amy's gotta get back home to 'er girl." She made it easier than I ever could. I felt the blush rising on my cheek at that last part. The girls cheered and gave each other high-fives. One of them even said something that vaguely sounded like, Pay up.
I was too preoccupied with my own embarrassment to really be sure though. Reagan turned back to me just in time to see the red in my cheeks.
"Don't say a word," I warned.
"What? I like this side of you Raudenfeld," Reagan smiled. "I knew you'd get here eventually, why'd you think I came down?"
To that I had no clue what to say. Somehow Reagan knew me well enough to know exactly how long I'd last on the road before running back home straight into Karma's arms.
"I don't get it," I said, pulling myself up into the passenger seat of the van and shutting the door. "Why'd you come here if you knew?"
"The other night wasn't just coincidence," Reagan smiled. She seemed almost happier about this than I was. "I didn't just randomly come to town. I came for you. For this."
"Yeah, but why?"
"What are friends for?" Reagan smiled, looking over at me and causing me to melt. "You needed protecting."
For the first time in a long time I actually felt happy.
Karma
By midnight I fell asleep but I kept waking up. Amy's phone went straight to voicemail when I finally called her and then I waited thirty minutes and tried again and one more time after that. Then I just lay there and tried not to assume bad things.
Believing that she was coming to me was hard. I didn't want to be too disappointed if it wasn't true and I didn't want to think about her doing something with someone else. She had every right to do what she wanted but the way she was talking before she hung up was so positive.
I just couldn't help but freak out first one way and then the other. I'm not a patient person. I wasn't just worried about her doing something. Something could have happened to her after we hung up.
Nothing in my life was good right now and I needed Amy to be okay. She was my anchor. Getting through tomorrow would be hard.