Part I
Still shaken up by her dream, Amy went to take a cold shower. She couldn't believe how stupid she had been the past few days, or the past few years for that matter. Of course she was in love with Karma, it explained everything. "Fuck," she muttered under her breath as she closed her eyes, cold water running down her face. "This is really happening." As she stepped out of the shower, she felt like her body was made of led. She wanted to sink into the ground and never come out. But she loves you back, Amy thought. It shouldn't be this scary. That didn't make it any less scary.
She buried her face in her towel when she realized how hurt Karma looked this morning. Karma had put all of her feelings out on the table, and Amy more or less threw them out. She groaned into the towel before throwing it onto the ground and running her hands through her hair. It didn't matter how scary it was for Amy. It was torture for Karma, and Amy's uncertainty was only making it worse. "I have to fix this," Amy whispered.
She looked at the clock at the side of her bed that read 1:08 PM. Karma usually got back from her classes around 3:17 on Sundays, because even though it was a 13 minute walk, she usually got distracted for a good 4 minutes when she passed the pond with all the ducks in it. Amy felt a half-smile creep onto her face when she came to the realization that she now knew everything there is to know about Karma Ashcroft, from the very minute she returned from her classes to the five year crush she was hiding from her best friend.
Amy tossed through her closet and decided on wearing her plain blue button down. Karma always told her that was her favorite shirt. "You can borrow it if you want," Amy would say. "No," Karma would crack a smile. "It brings out your eyes. It looks better on you."
Amy threw it on as she mumbled "how could I have missed that?" She jumped into her pants as she added "there were so many clues." She looked in the mirror before she left to confirm she didn't look like a complete mess before she bolted out the door. When Karma came back, she wasn't going to be disappointed.
Part II
Amy nervously paced around the room as she looked at her watch. 3:18. "Calm down, Amy, she's just a minute later than usual," she mumbled. "She probably doesn't want to come home to your dumb ass." She sat at the end of her bed, looking around the room, impressed with herself that she was able to come up with all of this in such a short amount of time. She never considered herself to be a romantic, but she wanted to make Karma feel things - and feel things with Karma - that neither of them have ever felt before. Once she realized she was falling for Karma, she had fallen hard.
Amy stood up when she heard the door creak open to see a very tired looking Karma. The brunette was looking down at the floor, aware of the other girl's presence in the room, but reluctant to look up at her. "Amy…" she started, trailing off when she saw a rose petal on the floor. She furrowed her brow as she looked up and around the room to the evening that Amy had planned for the two of them. The floors were covered in rose petals and the walls were decorated with Christmas lights. Amy somehow managed to place a small table and two chairs in the center of their tiny dorm room, where a bottle of champagne, two glasses, and a photo album were arranged neatly.
"Surprise!" Amy grinned. "I know it's a little early in the day for champagne, but-"
"What is this for?" Karma laughed gently, still confused why their dorm room looked like something out of a cheesy romantic comedy.
"It's a thank you," Amy started.
"A thank you for what?" Karma started to relax.
"A thank you for putting up with me and my obliviousness," Amy continued. "I'm sorry about this morning."
"No, I'm sorry," Karma interrupted. "I should have never put that much pressure on you. I dropped a huge bombshell and I expected you to feel what's been building up inside of me for years. It's okay that you don't love me, I-"
"Karma," it was Amy's turn to interrupt. "I've loved you from the second I met you," she walked closer to the brunette, taking her hands in her own.
"But you said-"
"I'm an idiot," Amy laughed. "You know how I am. It takes me forever to figure out this emotional stuff. In this case, 13 years," she scrunched her forehead and looked at the ground as she came to this realization. "I know these past few years must have been torture for you. You realized you were in love with me, but I didn't. But I just want you to know that this wasn't one-sided. I've always felt like there was something… missing."
"Really?" Karma's eyes lit up with hope.
"Every time you dated someone, I would get so angry, and I had no idea why. I thought I just didn't want them to take you away from me, but it was so much more than that," Amy's tone grew more serious. "It was like a switch in my mind finally clicked, and I finally realized why. I've loved you for forever. And I have proof," Amy grinned, leading Karma to the table. She brought her chair around to the other side as she opened up the photo album.
"Amy," Karma's smile took up her whole face. "Where did you get these?!"
"I was saving this for your birthday," Amy admitted. "But I got curious today after you left. I wanted to see how I acted around you when I was younger, even if it's just in pictures, and well," she pointed to a picture in the top right corner of the page. "I was right," she smiled.
"Oh my god," Karma's eyes started watering as she looked at the picture closer. It was Karma and Amy at a fair when they were around eight or nine. Karma's mom had taken the picture of the two girls. They were at the petting zoo, and while Karma was looking at the animals, Amy was looking at Karma, admiringly of course, with a soft smile on her face. "You were so cute," Karma whispered, affectionately touching the edges of the picture.
"And so in love," Amy added. "Kind of like right now."
Karma looked up and stared into Amy's eyes for a few seconds. "Have I ever told you I really love that shirt?" Karma broke the silence. "It really brings out your-"
"Eyes," Amy finished. "You may have mentioned it."
Karma laughed as she looked down and then back up at Amy. She leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on the other girl's lips. "You're incredible," she said. "I can't believe you did all of this for me."
"Psh, this?" Amy asked sarcastically. "This is nothing. I'm going to do all sorts of cheesy romantic crap for my girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?" Karma asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well I would hope so," Amy joked. "I didn't go through all of this just to get in your pants."
"Aw, you're so sweet," Karma rolled her eyes. "I can't believe I'm in love with you."
"I can't believe it either," Amy leaned in to kiss her cheek. "But I'm so lucky that you are."
A/N: This was the final chapter. Thanks for reading guys!
