*Liam's POV*
"And that, is not happening," Amy continues and I pull my eyes away from the beautiful brunette that had captured my gaze.
"What do you mean?" I ask but I see that Amy isn't looking at me; her eyes are locked on Karma's. It doesn't take an idiot to see that there is an unspoken connection between the two. A mixture of guilt and longing pass between them and as Karma breaks their gaze and heads around a corner Amy releases a breath and turns back to me.
"Is she yours?" I ask in a sincere tone and Amy's eyes dim a little.
"She almost was, but I blew it," Amy responds in a quiet voice and I nod in understanding.
"Okay, Karma Ashcroft is off limits. Got it," I conclude and Amy looks at me in surprise.
"Wait, really? Just like that?" Amy's tone is incredulous and I just nod in an exaggerated motion.
Amy still looks sceptical so I sigh and explain, "You are the only friend I've got in this place, Amy. You clearly want to be with Karma so I'll respect that. Anything else would be a total dick move, and I'm not a dick."
"Thank you Liam," Amy is sincere and it leads me to wonder if she really thought I would do something like that to her.
"But, I do hate lying. If something does happen between you two I want you to know that you won't have to lie to me about it," I continue and Amy nods in understanding.
"We're good then, let's go talk to Shane," Amy concludes and I follow after her.
"Yo Shane, I've got someone I'd like you to meet," Amy hollers and a boy with dark hair turns to greet her.
"Amy, how have you been?" Shane has a small smirk on his face but I'm pretty sure it's just a general expression of his.
"I've been good, Shane, meet Liam," Amy gestures to me and I give Shane a smile.
"Thanks for the effort but he's a bit too boy-next-door, not really my type," Shane waves his hand as if to send me off on my way after giving me a quick once over.
"Not that sort of meet Shane, Liam just moved in next door and so I'm showing him around. He's in most of my classes but there are a few that he has with you, I was hoping you could help him out when I'm not around," Amy explains and Shane looks me over once again.
"Well in that case I'm happy to help, I can even give him a tour and show him to his classes if you'd like?" Shane offers but Amy shakes her head.
"Oliver already offered to take him to his first class and I can give him the tour but if you could give him a hand in class, maybe even a rundown of the inner workings," Amy responds and Shane's eyes light up at the prospect of a Mean Girls cafeteria style intro to Hester.
"Not a problem, I'll save him a seat in English," Shane replies with a smile.
"Thanks Shane, you're awesome," Amy says and Shane gives an exaggerated bow.
A moment or two later Oliver steps up besides us, "I have to head out now Amy, and if Liam is ready I can show him to his class,"
"Thanks Oliver," Amy thanks the boy and he turns to me.
"Ready to go?"
"Yeah, I'm good," I respond and we say our goodbyes to Amy and Shane before heading towards what I imagine is my classroom.
After a rather boring English lesson Shane points the way to the Art Room and I'm able to relax and lose myself in all the potential pieces I could create. My time is the Art Room seems to be over in an instant and with a parting glance behind me I head out only to collide with someone, out of instinct I reach out to catch the person I bumped into and find myself holding onto the person I swore not to touch just this morning. With this realisation I let go of Karma so fast she sways on her feet a little bit and I have to restrain myself from reaching out to steady her once again.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there," Karma apologizes and her voice alone makes me want to be holding her again.
"It's fine, Karma right?" I respond.
"Yeah, what goes around comes around and all that," Karma rambles and looks up when I don't reply.
"Wait, you meant my name; of course you did. Wait, how do you know my name?" She asks, genuinely puzzled.
"Oh right, I probably sound like a creeper; Amy told me your name," I explain and the smile on her face fades.
"Amy told you about me?" Karma asks in a quiet voice and I curse myself for mentioning Amy since it seems to be a sensitive topic.
"Uh yeah, I moved in next door to Amy this summer and she's the closest thing I have to a friend; she's been showing me around and she mentioned your name when we saw you on the quad,"
Karma nods slightly at my explanation but she looks uncomfortable all of a sudden, "I should probably be going," Karma excuses herself politely and is gone before I can really register what happened.
Before I really have a chance to ponder I see Amy walking towards me with an overly excited looking Shane at her side.
"How were your classes?" Amy asks when she reaches me but Shane cuts in before I can respond.
"Pfff, who cares about classes? Amy agreed to come to my party this weekend, are you down?"
"Uhhh," I begin and I see Amy giving me a 'save yourself' sort of look but I look back at Shane who is now wearing a pleading puppy dog expression, "Sure, why not? It'll give me a chance to make some friends that aren't my neighbour,"
"Yay, this is going to be great, you'll see," Shane all but jumps in the air in his excitement, meanwhile Amy simply rolls her eyes at his antics.
"Now let's go eat, I'm starving," Shane concludes and turns on his heel. I shake my head and smile, Shane seems to be the type of person with the attention span of a small child.
While Shane has been talking almost the entire time we have been seated Amy has been rather quiet and every now and then I see her looking into the distance. It takes me a little while to see who she is looking at but then I see Karma seated across the quad, and every now and then her gaze meets Amy's and strangely enough it jumps between Amy and I just as frequently. I can already tell this girl is going to be trouble and I'm hoping that I can honour my promise to Amy, despite how tempting Karma Ashcroft appears.
Hey guys, it's been ages since I updated, I just haven't really decided to sit down and write anything recently. I'm not really sure where exactly this story is going to go but I hope you guys don't hate it too much. Anywho, enjoy. -Zahli