As The World Keeps Turning

Chapter 13

Karma's POV

Its finally Friday again, and I have barely spoken to Amy at all since Monday. Every time I see her, she has an excuse to get away. She's been dodging my every move. And to top it off, she said Farrah took her phone away so I can't even text her. It's Friday night and I'm just sitting in my room staring at Amy's contact, debating on whether or not I should try calling anyway.

I don't know what's up with her, and I'm kinda afraid to ask honestly. I'm so worried that she's going to change her mind about us... I don't know what I would do if it came down to that. I drop back onto my bed and stare at the ceiling, not knowing what to do with myself. I start to think about last weekend with Amy and just how amazing it was when I feel my phone vibrate underneath me. My heart skips a beat and I fumble for it in excitement, so glad that I can finally talk to Amy, because who else would be texting me?

My heart drops when I see Liam's name on my screen.

"Hey."

Thats what it says. That's it. My mouth drops open in disbelief and I just stare at the screen. He most have some nerve to text me that, especially since he knows just how much I HATE one word text messages. Why is he even texting me at all? I have half a mind to throw my phone at the wall. Why can't the one I actually want to be with text me? I groan in frustration and hastily delete the text message altogether. I'm NOT going down that road again. Nope.

I go to dial Amy's number, just to see. Maybe I'd get lucky, who knows. The phone rings three times before cutting off and going to her familiar voicemail. I frown into the phone, because I know that if her phone was actually off, it would've gone straight to voicemail.

"That's it. I'm going over there to see what's happening." I decide. I jump up, flick my light off, and leave my house to go find Amy.

When I get to her house, Farrah opens the door.

"Oh hi Amy, what a nice surprise." She smiles at me, like her job requires her to do.

"I know you took Amy's phone, but do you mind if I talk to her for a bit, it's important." I say. The bait is set...

"I didn't take her phone Karma..." She drifts off and looks at me like I'm insane. "But you can go up and talk to her anyway, I know she's love to see you."

I nod and make my way upstairs. I knock quietly on her door.

"What Lauren." She responds.

I ease open the door and poke my head in. "Hi Amy."

She freezes. "Oh. Karma, what are you doing here...?" She looks worried.

"I just wanted to make sure that everything is ok with you. We've barely talked since last week, and I know that apparently your phone never was actually taken away..."

Her gaze wanders down, "I'm sorry. I just have a lot on my mind." Then her eyes travel back up to my face. "Can we talk?"

I feel my stomach flip nervously and I sit on the edge of her bed, wondering what's going through that head of hers.

"I um... I talked to Reagan in Sunday..." She starts. "She's really upset about our breakup..."

I just stare at her with wide eyes. "What happened..."

Amy's POV

I feel my heart wrench in my chest. "Nothing! Nothing happened Karma, I'm not trying to tell you that I did something wrong, I swear."

She sighs and nods her head and continues to look at me with a steady gaze.

"She told me I had to choose between you and her..."

She laughs. "Well how did you take it when you told her you picked me?" She smirks.

My eyes drop and I see her smile falter. "You... You didn't tell her that. Did you?"

I shake my head slowly. "I uh... No. I didn't. This is why I haven't talked to you really this week. I had to think this through... You know, it's not really fair, me leaving Reagan like that. It was so sudden... And she was right about some things. Like... All of a sudden, when Liam dumped you, I became good enough? Why then Karma?"

Her face is turning red. Out of embarrassment or anger, I don't really know. I see her lip start to quiver. "I ... Amy I told you I made a mistake with that. It was dumb of me to ever choose him over you. I was confused. You have to at least let me have that..."

I feel bad. I can see the pain etched in her face, but I'm still skeptical.

"I know that you love Reagan... And lately I've been thinking that I interrupted what you had with her. Maybe she's better for you than I am..."

Panic flashes through my eyes. "No Karms... Just wait a second. I do love Reagan... But I've loved you for so much longer. You two are different. I can't love you the same way, and I don't know what to do..."

Tears are welling in her eyes now. "You need to do what's right..." She shakes her head. "I want you to be happy, even though I want to be with you more than I've ever wanted anything else..."

I lock eyes with her. "Karma, I can't handle you breaking my heart... I can't... I know I want to be with you, but I feel like I owe Reagan something. She pretty much saved me, and I'll forever be grateful to her for that."

She smiles lightly at me. "You know what? Take a little more time to think. I can wait. For you I'll wait forever Ames." She presses a kiss to my cheek and leaves just as quickly as she came.

Karma's POV

That conversation pretty much destroyed me. I feel for Amy, I do. We were pretty much in the same situation at one point, and I really don't like being on the other end of it. When I get home, I lay in bed and think of all the reasons why Amy CANT leave me, why I need her. Simply put, she's become my everything even more than I realized in just a few short weeks.

I wake up the next morning and get dressed for some party I have to go to with my parents. I'd rather be with Amy, even if that's not the case for her. At the party later, I'm just mulling around by myself because I know absolutely no one my own age there. I go loiter by the drink table and poke around the venue when I almost body slam Reagan.

"Reagan? What are you doing here?" I stutter

"Um, I'm working. Hi Karma." She peers at me over her tray

"Ummm... Sorry for bothering you. I uh, I'll see you around."

"Wait. Can we um, talk for a few minutes?"

I nod slowly. "Sure..."

She quickly puts her tray down and leads me off to another room. "So. Have you talked to Amy?"

"Yes..." I respond cautiously. "Have you?" Even though I already know the answer to that question.

"Yeah. Look. I love her. Do you get that? I know you say you do too, but I just don't know. I don't want to see her heart broken, and I know you've already done that once."

I stare at her with an open mouth. "How much did she tell you...?"

"Pretty much everything. She trusted me. You, not as much."

My mouth pressed into a firm line. "Who are you to even say that to me? Why can't you just let me be with her without your input?" I feel my anger brewing inside of me.

"Because, I want that too! I want her! Just because you usually get whatever you want doesn't mean it works with Amy too!" Now tears are starting to fill her dark brown eyes.

I'm at loss for words. "I already told her that she'd probably be better off with you... All I do is run around causing trouble, right?" I force a small smile.

She looks me over. "Look. I'm sorry for blowing up at you. But I've never felt this way about anyone, and the fact that this is happening is making me so... Mad I can't control myself."

She seems to be edging closer to me little by little until I'm practically pressed against the wall.

"I don't think you quite know how this feels, do you princess Karma?" She sneers at me. "Amy was chasing after you even when she was with me, but why should I let her go that easily? I shouldn't." She squeezes her eyes shut.

I just stand there with my back against the wall, breathing heavy, and wondering why this girl is going psycho... She peers at me again through narrowed eyes, and before I can even process what's going on, she crashed her lips to mine.

She kissed me. Why is she kissing me?!

I push her off of me and stare in shock. "What the hell Reagan?!"

She looks like a deer in the headlights, lost, confused, scared.

"I-I don't know... I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me..." Tears are flowing freely now. "I love Amy... Why... Why did I do that..?" She mumbles to herself.

I back out of the room slowly, leaving her there still panicking about what she just did. I know now that this is going to be a race between us. I have to tell Amy, and she does too. It's just a matter of who gets there first.

It's also Reagan's word against mine if she decides to say I initiated the kiss... Who will Amy believe...?

*Ohhhh snap. This is exciting, I love it. Also, I love you all! Yea, you, the one reading this! Thanks for all the reviews. Honestly I just wanna be friends with you all so... Yea. My anatomy test wasn't as bad as I was expecting, in case you're curious. I think it went well. See you tomorrow! It's gonna be good! Please feel free to leave your thoughts*