A/N: I hope you won't be too disappointed with the epilogue, I know some of you wanted this to take off where the last chapter ended. But that's not how I want this to go :)
You'll get enough romantically intimate Karmy moments in the sequel, though.
Abort!
A fake closet is still a closet
Epilogue
She came to stay
"Anyway, Jake was…you know who I'm talking about, right?"
"That straight guy from the bar you thought was the hottest thing on earth, but gave you the coldest shoulder you've ever been faced with? Yes. I do." I sigh and turn to Shane, "You've been mourning after him for two weeks now."
"Exactly! But we met again."
"Mhm."
"And you know what? He's just super shy and his cute butt is not heterosexual at all. Isn't that great?" He squeals.
"Sure." I answer, already tuning him out.
It is not that I'm not interested in Shane's newest achievement, but I thought I could spend this car drive a little more different than listening about Jake from the bar again. I glance to my right and watch Karma slightly bobbing her head and silently murmuring along the song she is listening to. Seems like she is listening…hm…to Chandelier?
Yep, definitely.
I want her to sing along, just to hear her voice again. I haven't heard it since she announced that she is going to just shut mine and Lauren's banter out twenty minutes ago. Since then she is totally fine with listening to the songs on her iPod and enjoying the sunny scenery outside of the car.
I can't believe that two months have passed since the night we genuinely kissed for the first time, it still feels as if it is all just a delusion. Not because it hasn't happened again afterwards, but because every new day with Karma makes me fall a little harder for her.
She turns to me and notices I'm staring at her.
She smiles and takes a hold of my left hand that is loosely lying in the middle of the backseat, giving it a small caress and making me also smile by that tiny gesture.
I love her.
Shane's voice breaks me out of my reverie, though.
"…he told me he was actually gay. Can you believe I wouldn't notice something like that? My gaydar has been working on autopilot for over a decade now, who would have thought? The last time I felt that clueless was when my mom-"
"Is Shane traumatizing you about his mother's stack of porn stuff in her trunk, again?" Karma interjects, finally removing her headphones, giving the back of Shane's head a mischief grin.
Thank god, I honestly love Shane but sometimes he doesn't find an end once he starts talking.
"Stop palming your mom's toys off on Amy. Didn't I already tell you that her sole body parts are satisfying enough?" Oh dear, did she honestly just say this? I bend down the sunglasses I'm wearing to give Karma one of my 'seriously?' expressions, but the effect is a tiny bit degraded thanks to the clear blush on my face.
"Honey, no need to turn all crimson now." Karma says and nudges me in the side, making me feel as embarrassed as human possible.
Who would have thought that she truthfully was that big of a tease. When we were still faking it I just believed that it was nothing but a show, but oh, how wrong I was.
"Guys!" Lauren screeches from the driver's seat, "Please stop it! It's getting pretty disgusting and I have to stay half an hour more with all of you in this car." She huffs and I smirk. Even though I wish it would be just me and Karma on this trip to the Arkansas Bend Park I just couldn't refute my mom's plea to let Lauren tag along.
"Sweetie," Shane says and pats Lauren's shoulder, "Amy is your sister now-"
"Stepsister!" Lauren and I shout at the same time.
"Yeah, whatever. You're sisters now, so get used to it. Also, don't forget how lucky Farrah is that you both took the opportunity for some bonding time." He says sweetly, smiling from ear to ear.
"Bonding my ass." I mutter.
"I can't believe that I'm living under the same roof as you." Lauren sighs.
"Guess what? Me neither." I try to sound as acrid as possible.
"Oh, fuck off, Amy."
Karma sighs, "There they go again," and puts her headphones back on, ignoring us for the rest of the trip.
See.
That's just not how I imagined this weekend.
Luckily it didn't take us much longer to arrive at the Park, I get out of the car and the first thing I do is to stretch my limbs as if it had taken us at least four hours to get here. It has been a little longer than an hour and that's only because of the horrible traffic, but spending time with Lauren in a dead-end situation like ours leads to being as tense as a board.
I feel two very soft and delicate arms circle their way around my waist.
"I love this place." She sighs against me neck.
"Even though it's all full of nature?" I mock her.
She kisses my neck and breathes, "Shut up."
"Ew. I really cannot cope with that. Shane! Get me a drink." Lauren screeches after she got out of the car as well.
Shane chuckles, "Get yourself a drink." He sends us a look and turns to Lauren, "but you are right, let's let those two lovesick fellows have a little time for themselves."
They take off with our bags, making their way to find a nice place to settle our tents.
Karma and I blatantly walk in a different direction and fully ignore our companions. A few minutes later we find ourselves by the shoreline. Karma watches the waves and I find that she has never been more beautiful.
"I really feel like taking a swim right now." She says, already starting to take her shirt off.
I grab her by the waist and pull her in my arms.
"I really feel like kissing my girlfriend right now."
She expectantly looks at me, so I bend down and make my proposal come true.
End.
A/N: Part Two will also confide you with information on what happened in the last two month.
If you want to stay updated about the sequel, just check out my profile page. I think I'll start updating in the beginning of July. So, see you then, hopefully.
Thanks for reading!