Thanks to Clonedanceparty for the suggestion of a road trip to get Amy and Karma doing something fun together where they can start to get to know each other again.
After the funeral was over people went to a wake where there was food and drink and everyone walked around making polite chitchat. Amy watched as Liam barely left Karma's side the whole time. Every time Amy went to try and walk over and talk to Karma, someone would always get there first.
Amy decided to step outside and try and speak to Shane. She dialled his number and it went straight to voicemail. She was just about to try again when she was interrupted "Hey...there you are! I've been looking for you." Karma said as she walked towards where Amy was sitting.
"Hey. How...how are you doing?" Amy asked, trying her best to keep her heart beat under control.
"Oh you know...I've been better!" Karma replied as she reached the wall Amy was sat on. "Mind if I join you"
"Sure!" Amy replied shuffling along to give Karma enough space.
Karma sat down next to Amy but kept her distance, much to Amy's relief.
"I...just wanted to say thanks so much for coming Amy." Karma paused before adding "It...it meant the world to me that you were there."
Amy thought back to Karma's speech about being different...about wanting to spend the rest of her life with her soulmate.
"Karma...your speech was just amazing...I mean your parents would have been so proud."
Karma turned and looked over at Amy "Thanks. I hope so. I know I wasn't the nicest to them when they were around...you know gave them a hard time for being such hippies, but I did really love them...STILL really love them."
"Of course you did...and they knew that Karms. And everyone back there in the room knew that too. OK?" Amy said supportively
Karma smiled weakly "Thanks. And I couldn't have done it without the Amy Rock."
Amy let out a little laugh "Was pleased to see it hadn't lost it's power"
"Never!" Karma replied, holding Amy's gaze a little longer than Amy found comfortable.
Amy changed the subject "Ummm I didn't see Shane...have you heard from him? We umm kind of had a fight." Amy didn't go into the details.
"I kinda knew that." Karma admitted much to Amy's surprise "he sent Liam a text" Karma added answering Amy's question before she had even asked it.
"Ahhh" Amy said, wondering how much Shane had told Liam...and in turn how much Liam had told Karma. Did Karma know Amy and Kate had split up?
"He umm just said that he didn't think it was such a good idea for him to come to the funeral as he didn't want to cause a scene."
Amy felt bad. She should try and call him again and make it up.
"What happened?" Karma asked
Shit! Amy thought...so she didn't know. God...what to say? Amy remembered the promise she had made during the service about being more honest with herself... this was a classic scenario.
"Ummm well it's a bit of a long story...I told him somethings and he went behind my back and told Kate"
"Kate!" Karma said in surprise
"Yeap...and now...well now Kate and I are no more!" Amy said biting the bullet. There...it was out in the open.
Karma turned and faced Amy in surprise "You've split up!"
"Yeap and she stayed at Shanes last night. I..I haven't spoken to them since." Amy admitted
"Oh wow... I'm sorry Amy...You two seemed...well pretty close" Karma said trying to find the right words.
"We were, but..." Amy stopped talking mid sentence and swallowed hard. What was she messing about for? A voice inside her screamed "JUST TELL HER THE TRUTH!"
"Oh fuck it!" Amy said turning so she was facing Karma straight on. "We split up because of you. Because of my feeling towards you. Because I have not been able to stop thinking about you since I got back...and I...I've no fucking idea what that means...what might come of it...but it wasn't fair on Kate."
Karma sat there in silence absorbing Amy's words. Amy's heart stopped as she waited for a response. Just then, before either of them spoke, a family member came outside looking for Karma. Karma shouted that she was OK and would be right back in.
They walked over to the entrance in stunned silence as the two of them tried to process the situation. Just as they were about to enter the building Karma stopped and looked at Amy.
"Lets away from here?" She asked quickly
"Errrr Sure, but what about all the guests?" Amy asked sensibly
"Not just from here, but from this town...lets go on a road trip!" Karma said excitedly, before adding "Just as friends...I mean..."
Amy hesitated as she considered the suggestion
"Look Amy...I know I have a lot to prove to you...we have a lot of time to catch up on and I...I promise I'm going to do whatever it takes to make up the last five years to you. Come on...whatcha say? A road trip like we always used to talk about when we were younger." Karma waited hopefully for Amy's response.
The voice inside Amy's head spoke again "LIFE'S TOO SHORT...WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?" Amy's smile gave Karma the answer she was waiting for "What the heck...lets do it!" Karma yelped "But Karma...we take this slow yeah...we take this real slow...we build back our friendship and then.." Amy couldn't finish her sentence as Karma was hugging her "absolutely! I'm not messing this up a second time!" Karma replied.