This is a show I discovered recently which never quite got to what seemed to be its endpoint. (And yes, I'm aware the people making it had different plans.) So, I decided to try and get it there myself. I hope you enjoy it!

CHAPTER ONE

It was, of course, well after midnight when Liam and Lauren arrived back at what she still insisted on calling her condo. Lauren had been silent on the way back, mind still swirling about that kiss and the feelings it had sprung up. Feelings for Liam? Liam Booker? That wasn't a thing that happened.

Liam entered behind her, closing the door and shooting a look up to the loft that served as his room. "I guess I'll see you in the morning then?"

And at that point, Lauren came to a decision. "Wait,"she commanded. He did as he was told. She turned, took the few steps towards him and then kissed him. Really kissed him. And was relieved that he didn't pull away.

She came up for air and saw Liam's dumbfounded expression…which was, after all, his normal look. "So…was that for a camera or for practise or..?"

"No,"Lauren said, trying not to sound too nervous,"that was for me."

She kissed him again and he was definitely kissing her back now. She began walking backwards towards her room and he went with her. As they crossed the threshold, she helped him out of his jacket and began unbuttoning his shirt. They fell onto the bed, him on top, still kissing.

Then Liam pulled away and she had a horrible feeling she was going to get humiliated again, that he was going to tell her he didn't want this, or her. "I should go to my room,"he said. "I've got some…" He paused, as though expecting her to finish the sentence for him, but she didn't have a clue. "…condoms,"he finished awkwardly.

Lauren breathed an internal sigh of relief, while also being determined not to let him out of her sight. "Don't bother,"she told him. "It's not like I can get pregnant."

She didn't know why she'd said that. Maybe to give him an out, to remind him that she wasn't like other girls and if he had a problem with that, he should let her know now. But instead he just accepted it, lowering himself back onto her again and kissing her as they both worked to get her out of her dress.

Amy arrived back at the house alone. She had been half expecting her mother to be up and waiting for her, but she'd obviously decided to leave her to her own devices. Maybe she'd been hoping Amy would be with a nice boy. If so, she'd be disappointed.

Amy headed into her room and sat on the bed. A few moments later, there was a knock on the adjoining door to the shared bathroom. Karma, still wearing her dress from the party, stuck her head into the room. "Okay to come in?"

"Yeah, sure, always,"Amy confirmed.

Karma cautiously made her way in." Well, I wasn't sure if you'd be having new year sex with Sabrina."

Amy laughed. "No, we said our goodbyes at the party. Didn't want to traumatise you too much."

Karma looked at her with mock indignation. "Hey, I could have had new year sex if I wanted."

"You could?" Amy tried to fathom this one out as Karma sat down next to her. "Please tell me you're not talking about Liam again."

"No, not Liam. Felix."

Amy's mouth dropped. "Felix? As in my date?"

"I think you'd pretty much ditched him by then."

Amy felt a pang of guilt as she recalled leaving Felix to reunite with Sabrina. "Well, yeah, pretty much."

"Don't worry, he didn't mind,"Karma assured her. "He said it was me he'd wanted to go with anyway."

Amy wasn't sure whether to be insulted or not. "You didn't see that coming?"

"No, I had no idea. I guess we've been hanging out a lot recently, maybe that sparked something in him? But anyway, he kissed me and, well, I kissed him back. And it was okay."

"Just okay?"Amy checked.

"Yeah, but, well, just like you and he didn't really want to be kissing each other at midnight, I didn't really want to be having new year sex with him." And with that she launched herself at Amy and kissed her.

Amy melted in the kiss for a moment until the kiss broke. Then she just stared at her. "What the..?"

"It's you, Amy,"Karma said sincerely. "I didn't realise until tonight, seeing you and Sabrina together and hearing what you both had to say, but it's you. You're the one I want to have new year sex with."

Then she was kissing Amy again and even though every part of Amy was screaming that this was a bad idea, that she was setting herself up to be hurt again, she kissed her back. She felt Karma's hands unfastening her dress and tugging it off her body, so she did the same with Karma's dress and suddenly they were making out on her bed in just their panties and Amy was pretty sure that any second Karma would freak out and run away…

It was only when their underwear disappeared as well and Karma straddled her that Amy realised she wasn't going to stop and fully gave in to the craziness that was happening.

Amy woke up next morning curled up in bed with a naked Karma after a night of frantic lovemaking. It was something she'd been dreaming of happening for nearly two years. If only she could actually believe it meant what she wanted it to.

Karma stirred and Amy tensed because surely this would be the moment, when Karma would freak out and backtrack and it would all be over. To her surprise, Karma smiled at her. "Morning,"she said lightly, then leaned over and kissed her.

It took all Amy's willpower not to kiss her back but she didn't. After a few moments, Karma seemed to realise this and broke off the kiss, confused. "You'd better get back to your own room,"Amy told her. "If Mum comes in and sees us like this, she'll probably kick you out."

Karma looked hurt but didn't argue. She slipped out of bed, gathered up her discarded clothes and headed through the adjoining bathroom to her room. Amy lay there on her own and sighed.